Italic = narrating

"Speak"

- Thought

"CAPS LOCK" = SCREAMING

Disclaimer: not owning Fairy Tail nor the original fairy tales


Jellal and the armor clad princess

At the tournament the crowd was all silent, hoping to understand what was going on in the arena. They simply could not see a thing, and they could not understand why. What had been done to make a big sand-cloud appear around the fighters? This was not what they had paid to see.
Do not all of us wonder what was going on inside the cloud?

Natsu once again barely avoided his opponent. It was obvious that it was Max doing, but how? Witchcraft? Did he have a broom he dragged around quickly with his free arm? He had a one-handed sword after all…

- No, focus! How can I defeat him? I can't disappoint Siegrain by losing right away.

Natsu heard a sound to the left and moved to the right, spinning around in the air to block the attack.

"He's loud", Natsu muttered under his breath as the sword once again disappeared into the cloud of dust that was all around them.

- I can hear where he is! Natsu realized and closed his eyes.

Right. He blocked the hit and listened as Max moved to attack from a different angle.

- There.

He thrust his sword in that direction, flat side so he wouldn't make a serious injury and heard how Max lost his balance. Opening his eyes, Natsu saw that some of the dust had settled when Max fell, and thus he could see his opponent struggling to get back up. Quick thinking, he kicked him back down and took the sword from his hand.

"I win!" he yelled and the referee saw that Max had no weapon, lying flat on the ground.

"The winner is Natsu Dragbuster!" the referee called out and making the crowd clap their hands. They weren´t any less confused however as no one had seen how the young man had won.

Natsu, throwing his hands in the air as a victory-gesture, grinned widely.

- I´m sure Siegrain will be impressed! And that ice-prick too!

"Did you see that Gray? I totally busted his ass!" Natsu said to his brother as he arrived. He pulled his helmet over his head and put it under his arm.

"No idiot I didn't see, we're not allowed to watch other matches, remember?"

"Oh, right. All you need to know anyway is that I was awesome", Natsu grinned and Gray shook his head.

- Natsu, you simply never change, Gray thought.

"Next match is between Lucien Titan and Everlue, please prepare yourselves and head to the grounds!"

The man called Everlue was on the fighting grounds mere seconds after being called out. His opponent, however, seemed to be reluctant to leave the waiting area.

"I can't do this Erza!" Lucy hissed to her sister. "Please, just let me not do it!"

"Nonsense, you'll be fine", Erza said firmly pushing her sister towards the doors gently. "Now go on, just do what I've taught you."

"What if I die!"

"You won't", Erza sighed. "I've explained it before, haven't I? You won´t be fighting to death, worst that can happen is that you´ll get a small cut on your hand."

Lucy nodded slowly. "A small cut. Not worse than a prick by a needle, right?"

Erza smiled, thinking he sister was convinced. "Exactly."

"I hate needles! I don´t wanna!"

"Lucy", Erza said extremely quiet. "You will win. I've trained you myself. If you don't, I haven't trained you enough and then I'll have to train you much harder than before."

Lucy swallowed. She who had thought their trainings were tough enough as it was. Tougher than she could handle, actually.

"I'll win", Lucy said and saying the words out loud made her feel a bit more confident.

- That's right, Erza trained me. And Erza is the best at sword fighting in the kingdom. We're sisters. I must have some of the abilities she has.

Entering the tournament grounds Lucy instantly felt a bit relieved seeing Freed Justine was going to overlook her match. Freed worked in the castle and Lucy knew that the green-haired man was rather serious and very fair. He wouldn´t allow any breakings of the rules.

She stopped in front of her opponent, Everlue. He was short and no armor could hide that figure. He looked rather out of shape. She wasn´t exactly the fittest, but she could probably out-tire this man.


I´m sorry for the long wait peepz! I really am, but I haven´t had time! Though I´m here now :) I know Lucy appeared as a coward here, but I want to remind you guys that she and Juvia never have fought before and that it´s not usual for women to fight.

Alright, so mind letting me know what you think? Maybe I´ll be able to publish the next chapter sooner... ;)

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