Chapter 8:
News of Fiore
Natsu POV:
*TIME SKIP 1 week later 10:34am*
Lucy and I were in the kingdom of Edolas and there was a lot gossip going around. "Did you hear? The Straight Kingdom is working with Phantom Kingdom and Grimoire Kingdom to take down the Fiore Kingdom," a woman said.
"Good thing our Kingdom doesn't get involved that kind of thing," another woman said as Lucy and I passed by.
"There is also a rumor saying the Princess Wendy Dragneel of the Dragon Kingdom is being set up with a suitor named Prince Romeo Conbolt of the Tenrou Kingdom," a different women said as Lucy stopped.
"Which doesn't surprise me in the least, Prince Natsu has been missing for almost seven years, and she will be next in line, if prince Natsu doesn't appear," the first woman replied, "Plus he was Lucy Heartfilia's suitor."
"I'm going into that bookstore, I'll be right back," Lucy said and I nodded while Lucy went into the book store she pointed at.
"Didn't she get set up with that creepy Prince Dan," the second woman asked.
"Yes, in fact, rumor has it that that's why she ran away," the third woman responded. "Its said that it because she has this delusion that Natsu Dragneel is alive and refuses to marry anyone else."
"I also that because she ran away, the Fiore Kingdom is at war with Straight Kingdom," the first women comment.
'This is bad, very bad,' I thought. 'If Fiore goes to war in the state it's in right now, they'll lose! And WHAT'S THIS ABOUT MY SISTER GETTING A SUITOR!'
"I'm back, Natsu." Lucy said, as she walked up to me with five books.
"You and your books," I chuckled, "Lets get back to the ship, I've got some things to tell you and a call to make." After that, I grabbed Lucy's hand and pulled her along, as we made our way back to the ship.
Lucy POV:
"Hello, captain," Wakaba said as Natsu pulled me across the desk to the door, "You're back early."
"Luce and I have some very important business to talk about and I'm ready to go, so the moment Gajeel and Levy get back, we get ready sail," Natsu responded as he put his hand on the door handle.
"Caption Ratsu and Second Hand Lucy are going to get dirty," Cana shouted as Natsu swung the door open.
"Cana, I am not in the mood for your dirty jokes, so unless you don't want to see tomorrow, you better be quiet," Natsu growled and walked into the hall, closing the door behind us.
"Ratsu, what's wrong," I asked, as I was being dragged down to the captain's quarters.
"I'll explain once we're inside my quarters," Natsu responded, speeding up.
*TIME SKIP 3 minutes later*
We entered the room, and Natsu closed the door before he raced to his desk. "Natsu, can you please explain what the hell is going on," I asked as I sat down on his bed.
Natsu leaned back in his chair and looked at me as he said, "I heard some rumors that Straight Kingdom, Phantom Kingdom, and Grimoire Kingdom are going to attack the Fiore Kingdom. I also heard that my uncle Atlas set up a suitor for Wendy."
"Wait, a suitor?" I spoke pretty loudly and Natsu nodded as he pulled out his lacrima from his desk and I jumped out of the bed and ran behind him.
The lacrima glowed and Wendy appeared on screen. "Hello, Natsu," she greeted.
"Hi, Wendy," Natsu replied, and he pulled me into the frame.
"Hi, Wendy," I said and the little blue haired girl went wide eyed.
"LUCYYYYYY!" Wendy yelled, and I waved.
"How are you doing, Wendy," I asked with a smile.
"I'm pretty good, even with everything that's going on," Wendy responded with her bright, trademark smile.
"That's why I called, actually," Natsu replied, "I'm in Edolas, and I heard some rumors that uncle Atlas found you a suitor."
Wendy looked at little nervous and she glanced around until she spotted my engagement ring and said, "Lucy, is that what I think it is?!"
"Yep, an engagement ring, Natsu gave it to as a birthday gift," I replied and I show off the ring to Wendy and she was in awe.
"So you're saying my almost 21 year old brother, who is notably not the smartest person, gave you a engagement ring," Wendy said and I nodded.
"Wendy… You're changing topics," Natsu said and Wendy sighed. "Is true that uncle Atlas has set you up with suitor?"
Wendy sighed again as she looked at Natsu then she said, "Yes, I'm engaged to Prince Romeo Conbolt of the Tenrou Kingdom. But I can tell you that Romeo is much nicer then Prince Doranbolt Gryder of the Rune Kingdom. Romeo actually looks up to you and he is really funny and sweet. I think…"
(Author's Note: Doranbolt is 18 years old and Romeo is 17 years old in this fan fiction.)
"My 16 year old sister is engaged," Natsu said.
"Well, you were supposed to be here," Wendy responded, "Getting ready married to Lucy in a month then a week later becoming king. But instead you and apparently Lucy are out on a high seas journey looking for our parents."
"Wendy, you know I'm out here for a reason." Natsu stated as he glared at his sister.
"Yeah, I know, I'm sorry," Wendy said, "Its just that Fiore's under threat of Dan, and Atlas wants to help King Jude, but he doesn't know how to run a military…"
"So… That's why... My father… He really isn't… Why didn't he… God, I feel so selfish!" I shouted, I felt myself starting to break down as tears built up in and fell from my eyes.
"Lucy," Natsu said and felt his warm arms wrap around, "You are not selfish… You've done so much for Fiore. You convinced Fiore's council to set up system to help orphan kids live a some what normal life… Plus you set up a funding project that helped wizards like yourself get more high paying jobs. Not only that, but you went and volunteered to work at pet adoption place that was 40 miles from the palace. And when King Sting of the Sabertooth Kingdom threatened to go to war with Makarov of the Dreyar kingdom, you stepped in and made the negotiation between them and stopped a war. Lucy, what you did on June 30th was you choosing yourself over your kingdom for once in your life. I promise that after we find my parents and we get back home, I will help you save your kingdom, if they are still at war with Straight Kingdom. Okay?"
I snapped out of my break down and smiled at him, "Okay, I trust you."
"Good," Natsu said then he looked back at the lacrima, "Wendy, one more thing before I end this call."
"What is it Natsu?" Wendy asked as she got a closer to the lacrima.
"Is the Straight Kingdom really going be working with Phantom Kingdom and Grimoire Kingdom," Natsu asked and Wendy nodded.
"Yes, uncle Atlas is really stressed out," Wendy replied.
Natsu nodded, having understood, and then he said, "Thanks for the update, Wendy, I'll talk to you later."
"Okay, Natsu," Wendy replied with a smile. "Bye, you two."
"Bye," we chorused, and the lacrima went black.
Dear Readers,
Sorry about the wait. I've been so busy with house cleaning, presents both buying and wrapping, hanging out with my family, doing stuff on facebook, and so much more that I didn't have time to work on this chapter so much that is until after breakfast this Christmas morning. So ya, merry Christmas! And guess what, I got a portable light that clips on to my laptop which means I can stay up a little later working on more stuff like job searching, video making, and best of all for you guys is working on new stuff. Oh yea, I was also late because I was working on my second one-shot for a Fairy Tail Writing Challenge, the second challenge, so go check it out! And Now for reviewer shout outs and etc.:
~NynaeveAl'Mera- I glad to hear that you like my stories. And I relate to the obsession of reading, I started reading heavy when I was in 8th with the Harry Potter Series. Now, while I started the harry potter series b/c I was interest in the book, I also started reading them to try to improve my reading skills which also improved my grammar and spelling skills. And as of the current time, I found it hard to close my laptop or a book unless I don't like the story for explain some of the stories I read in high schoollike the Great Gatsby. I hope you are on this chapter when I post it. Thanks for reading.
~DarkRose358- I happy to know that you loved the previous chapter. On your question about Lucy's dad dieing, everyone dies someday even characters but as the author of this story, how and when the characters die is up to me so yea, I could tell you when and how or even if because call me what you want, evil, mean, etc., I refuse to spoil my own story. Sorry.
~Ghostrick217- I'm please to hear that you like the proposal and where the ring was bought and that you love the story so far. I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well and find it just as amazing as chapter 7.
~animelove22- I have to say I thinking about Sleeping Beauty and two fan fics one called Screw Prince Charming and the other called She will be mine when I wrote the proposal scene. I hoped you liked this chapter as well.
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