Diplomat
A diplomat is appointed by a leader to conduct peace with other countries or nations. There have been many sent by the different people of Fiore and their kingdoms but none have returned alive
Lucy had never felt so run down in her life. Her head throbbed in pain like when she had been kicked in the head by a stallion in a gruelling training session with Erza, and she felt incredibly hot. It burned uncomfortably in her veins, a heat that gripped her and kept crawling up her body. Many times she had regained consciousness but her eyes would never quite regain focus before her mind pulled her back into the dark lull of sleep, the pain unbearable.
It was quite some time before Lucy's eyes did peer open, but they were immediately shut tightly when a bright light blinded her. A groan left her body as she pushed her head under silk sheets and finally sighing as she was consumed in the cushion underneath her head. It was as if she was in the bed of a royal, yet she could hardly appreciate it as she curled in on herself.
The smell of apple cinnamon and smoke infiltrated her nose as she laid under the warm covers. Her headache had dulled, but a nagging feeling kept her from falling back into the sweet embrace of sleep. She could hear the buzz of a city just out of reach, the sound of carts being dragged across cobblestone and merchants shouting. Lucy rolled over, trying to hide from the white noise, though she stopped moving with a gasp. Her eyes flying wide open as pain flared in her thigh, her palm shooting down to grasp at… bandages?
It was then that she was met with the sight of the maroon canopy above the soft bed that she rested on. There was a pause before she leapt from her spot in only a white sleeveless tunic that was certainly not her own. Yet, the surprise of being wrapped up in a man's clothing only lasted a few short moments as the pain in her leg shot up her body and made her knee tingle in discomfort. She dropped slightly, her body hunched as she picked her injured appendage off the floor - a hiss escaping her clenched teeth.
Where was Gray and Wendy? Were they attacked?
She growled as her eyes flittered around the room quickly. Her weapons were gone along with her clothes. If someone came she wouldn't even be able to pull the small blade from her boot as protection let alone defend herself in hand to hand combat with the condition of her leg. She needed an escape. Again, her deep brown eyes swept the area.
The room was fairly spacious, with a large animal throw rug on the floor. A dark mahogany dresser stood tall adjacent to the bed up against the wall. A fireplace stood to the right of the bedroom near the balcony with large tall chairs surrounding it. The archer squinted her eyes. If they had been attacked then why wasn't she locked in a cell?
Lucy shook her head. First she needed to get out of here and then she had to find her partners. It was the only thing that mattered at this moment. If Gray and Wendy had been hurt, it was all her fault. She had brought them along with her on this foolish mission after all, and yet she let down her guard and left them to defend themselves alone! She had to get to them.
The archer rubbed at her bleary eyes, taking large gulps of air to calm down her erratic heart as she thought up an escape. When her lungs started to work again Lucy turned to the balcony. Her brows narrowed, eyes set into determination as she began to get to work.
She hobbled over back to the bed, her hands reaching out to strip the bed and then begin to make her way to the balcony. Each step hurt, the pang in her thigh causing a cuss to leave her lips every so often. Lucy ignored it though, her mind working in overdrive as it pushed through the grogginess and the aches in her body.
When she peered over the ledge her lips parted in a gasp. Below in the expanse people moved through the streets with horses or other foreign animals. There were merchants and vendors with citizens coming in and out to buy and sell. The buildings all had balconies with high rising windows, and vines crawling up the brick infrastructures. The town was bustling and beautiful. Yet, it was the magnificent dark stone wall that surrounded everything which caught Lucy's attention.
It rose high above the town, cradling the people inside, and almost seemed to sparkle in the morning sun. She'd never seen anything like it, but it all looked too familiar. The walls. They reminded her of the night sky with how they glinted, she could nearly picture her mother and the memory of how they would climb up and up to look at the stars.
"You awake?"
The voice made Lucy spin around, the movement straining her leg and wrenching a yelp from her throat as she stumbled. She pulled up her arms, but instead of meeting the floor she was embraced in a warm chest - strong arms encircling her smaller frame to catch her fall.
"Ya need to be more careful or that leg's never gonna heal," a deep voice breathed in her ear.
She stilled, her breath catching in her throat as she looked up as the man slowly released her. Her brown eyes took in a strong jaw, tan skin and finally his dark slitted eyes, partly covered with soft pink bangs, that stared right back at her. He was incredibly handsome and twinges of a blush rose up into the archers cheeks. A grin broke out on his face, but Lucy could only scream.
She lunged forward, catching the man off guard and tripping him backwards. They fell onto the floor in a tangle of limbs, both grappling with each other before the blonde twisted the man's wrist and pinned them above his head. Lucy stared him down with a glare.
"What happened? Where are the people that I was travelling with?" She moved a hand to his throat, her fingers just barely putting pressure on his throat, but ready to strike and break his trachea at any point.
A growl erupted from his throat and his pupils glinted gold. He raised up a leg, unbalancing the blonde and using the distraction to free his hands. The man gripped onto her waist before rolling them over, his hips pushing up in between her thighs as his teeth nipped at her throat.
His hands gripped into the flesh of her legs as he begun to push himself ever closer to her. He breathed in her scent before nuzzling at her chest - a purring sound resonating deep in his throat. Lucy whimpered as she tried to push him away, but he only growl and yanked the archer closer to himself.
Lucy screamed, the wound on her thigh splitting open beneath the bandages from all the struggle as she used every limb to fight against the man on top of her. She needs her bow. If she only had it then-
The man pulled himself up, a curse leaving his lips as he quickly examined her leg. Lucy could only stare dumbfounded as she watched the scales on his cheeks as they faded back into his skin. Draconian...
"I'm sorry," he said, eyes never coming back up to meet hers as he pulled himself up and then offered her a hand. Lucy eyed him warily, her guard still raised. When he noticed that she wasn't going to accept his hand, he sighed before bringing it up to pull at his pink hair.
"Your friends are safe. I shoulda said something to begin with, but I can bring you to them right now if you want," he mumbled, but his eyes came back to the bandages that were now soaked with blood on her leg. "We'll need to get those sorted before though."
"Who are you?" Lucy cut off his rambling as she slowly bought herself up, "and where am I?"
He paused and soon his dark eyes were back to hers, yet they were no longer slitted and the blonde could see the green flickering in his irises. He was flashing her another smile before she knew it. This guys mood changes were nearly as bad as Gray's…
"I'm Natsu, the prince and rightful ruler of Draconia as judged by the gods, and of course you're in my Kingdom. The Draconian Lands."
A/N: PLease don't hurt me! I'm so sorry that I haven't updated in awhile but I've been swamped with work so I'm trying to catch up. If you do ever wanna know what I'm doing I do update in my blog Doginshoe on tumblr! I'm so happy with the response I got on the last chapter - It blew me away! It has motivated me so much ty ty ty. Thank you to thebowtifullady again for being my beta as well!
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