This chapter may be a trigger for some of you, It deals with attempt of rape so if that makes you uncomfortable then please feel free to skip that part. I love you all, have a beautiful day.

*Lucy POV*

It's so warm. I snuggle my face further into my pillow, desperate for the heat it's giving off. My fingers softly skim across smooth muscle and rest on a sharp carved collarbone, its curve inviting the palm of my hand, I hear a soft groan.

WOAH WOAH WOAH! WHAT!?

My eyes snap open and I take in my surroundings; my head rests on Natsu's bare chest, my hand lays on his collarbone, and our legs are intricately entwined, but the worst part is his hand rests peacefully on the small of back. My eyes move up cautiously to his face. There's a soft blush on his cheeks and he looks younger, so much younger and sweeter. He could pass as a child. I begin to pull away, not wanting him to wake up and see the position were in, out of fear he will never let me live it down.

I push off his chest softly but get pulled back down and brought up to his chest. His large hands wrap around my waist and he snuggles his head into my hair, his lips brush against my bare neck. His hand skims against my skin and I shiver, but come back to my senses and slip through his tight grip. I shuffle away from him desperately, my face a startling deep shade of red.

I need to change and get out of here! I need to clear my head! I climb down from the monster bed and tip toe to the bathroom, taking a quick shower and putting on some clean clothes. Thank god the day clothes isn't as bad as the skimpy little dresses that claim to be pajamas. I slip on some black shorts and a pink tank top; I debate whether or not to take my sword. I'm only going to walk around the town for a bit, I'll be okay.

I slip out of the room and let the door close quietly behind me.

-IN THE TOWN-

Okay Lucy, why didn't you push him away as soon as you saw what you were doing?

Did I like it? I kind of did if I'm completely honest with myself. How did we get like that in the first place? Was it him or me?

I pass a small shop, the smell of baking bread making my mouth water. Maybe I'll think clearly if I have some food in my stomach.

*Natsu POV*

I stretch my hand out and it falls absently on the cool sheets, with no soft tender skin to cushion its fall. What was I expecting to touch? The absence of her warmth makes me shiver, and I pull the sheets over my head. Did she sleep in my arms? I vaguely remember the smell of her hair, and her fingers brushing across my chest. I feel my face heating up in embarrassment, and my heart beating like a fucking drum.

Oh god! I'm supposed to be pushing her away! What did I do last night? I groan in frustration and throw the sheets off. My eyes scan the room and the lack of Lucy's nagging and adorable face worries me. Where is she?

"Natsu It's cold!" Happy cries, sleep still clinging to him as he struggles to open his eyes.

"Sorry buddy, I'll get us some breakfast!" I rub behind his ear as I pull the sheets over him. He sighs in satisfaction and quickly falls asleep.

After a quick shower and some fresh clothes I walk out of the room. In the hallway I pass some guards and decide to ask them about Lucy.

"Have you seen a blonde girl pass by here?"

"Yes, she was granted permission to go out into the town," he says, never looking my way, still staring blankly ahead.

I mumble a thank you as I make my way towards the front gates.

"Oi Natsu!" I turn and see Alzack calling me from down the hall.

"Al!" I jog towards him, meeting him halfway.

"So did you enjoy the room last night?" he winks. I groan and look down at my feet, desperately trying to hide my blush.

"Ahhh you did didn't you! She's a nice one!" He pats my shoulder encouragingly.

"Don't talk about her that way!" I growl.

"Relax, I was only kidding,"

"Since when are you so obnoxious and obsessed with sex. You used to be terrified of all that stuff!"

"Well I wasn't terrified, it just made me nervous, but once I talked to Bisca about it and after we used that room a few times, I got over it." I glance at him; he looks happy and very much in love, even after years of marriage.

"I'm gonna go get Lucy, I'll meet you in throne room if that's okay? You're highness?" I smile at him.

"Shut up you little shit!" He ruffles my already messy hair, and pinches my nose.

"Hey I'm not a kid!" I yell in defense as I push him off.

"Okay sure, go get your girl, see you!" he turns on his heel and disappears around the corner, my objection still hanging on my lips.

I sigh and walk out into the town, searching the crowds for a loud, sarcastic blonde, it should be easy right? I walk passed an alley next to a bakery and hear an interesting conversation.

"Bitch you should know better than to walk around in those little shorts and not expect this to happen!" a man in a worn out red cap growls at… Lucy!? I take a step forward but stop when I see her spit in his face.

"You should learn to control yourself! A woman shouldn't have to adjust herself to accommodate a man! Especially a piece of shit like you!" she kicks him in the stomach and turns away from him, but gets yanked back and pushed onto the floor. Her hand shoots to her side where her sword should have been. Idiot, how could she leave the palace unarmed? He slaps her across the face and the look of pain and panic on her face while the man reaches down to pull at her shirt is enough to send me off the edge. My fists ignite in flames and I run forward. In a flash I rip him off of her and throw his thrashing body against the wall, he hits it with a sickening crunch.

"You piece of shit! Don't you dare touch her!" I growl as I kick him in the stomach. He starts coughing blood and I kick him again, and again, and again.

"Natsu!" Lucy calls breathlessly. I turn to look at her and my breath hitches in my throat. I didn't realize he hit her so hard. She has a nasty cut under her left eye, and some bruises are starting to form along her cheekbone and upper arms. She has tears in her eyes and I can tell she's struggling to keep them from falling. Fury consumes me once again and I turn back to the man lying unconscious on the ground. I continue to kick him, each one stronger than the last.

"Natsu please!" I feel a hand on my shoulder and turn to see Lucy, tears and blood streaming down her face.

"Please, don't do something your going to regret because of me," she whispers. I nod silently as I absentmindedly wipe the blood from her face with my thumb, my fingers skimming across her cheek. I pull away as I see her hand leave my shoulder fall back next to her, the absence of her touch churns my stomach painfully, reminding me of the events that took place last night. I turn away, a deep blush on my cheeks.

"Natsu? Why ar-" I turn towards her and see her shocked expression. Her cheeks are redder than mine and her eyes turn to the floor.

"I'm sorry about this morning! I don't know if you were awake but that was out of line and I apologize!" she bows quickly, still hiding her red face.

"I'm sorry too." I mumble as I scratch the back of my neck. This is so awkward. She looks back up at me, her face serious.

"Thank you for saving me," her gaze is intimidating, I nod and turn around, heading back to the street.

"Don't forget your sword next time idiot!" I call back at her.

"SHUT UP! CAN'T YOU JUST SAY YOU'RE WELCOME!?" she yells and I have to hide my smile.

"Hurry up Blondie we have a job to do!" I turn back and smile at her. She stops walking and looks genuinely surprised, but in an instant her expression is replaced with a joyful grin.

"Yeah!" She grabs my hand and pulls me towards the castle.

-Throne Room-

"Okay so they will take you down to the storage room, if you get lost there's a very small chance of you coming back out, so be careful!" Bisca motions towards the guards waiting patiently by the doors. We nod and follow our guides down the hall, with a final smile at my old friends the throne room doors clang shut.

*Lucy POV*

It feels like we've been walking for hours, when in reality it's only been a few minutes.

"Why is this taking so long?" Happy whines.

"Stop complaining!" I mumble as I roll my eyes at the cat's laziness.

"Here we are," the guards stop in front of a massive wooden door, slowly opening it and guiding us inside

"Remember, try not to get lost! Oh and if you come across on of Princess Asuka experiments… just run the other way!" and with that they flee the room and close the door behind them.

"Well then we better get started!" Natsu shouts cheerily and starts walking in a random direction, Happy mindlessly following. He is a completely different person, he's happy and childish and nice. I don't know what changed but I'm not complaining. I snap back to the present and assess the situation.

"Natsu! Wait!" I grab on to his vest and pull him back.

"We need to think, we need to make sure we can make it back to this door safely, and we can't split up you idiot!" I slap him lightly across the head and cross my arms in defiance.

"I didn't know there were monsters down here!" I groan as I glance around the room. Well it's more like a city? I can't really see anything that's not right in front of me, which consists of junk, junk and more junk, but judging from the arc of the roof this place is impossibly big. We're definitely gonna have to be careful in here, especially if there are weird monsters running around. I'm really glad I have my sword and gear back, it was a mistake to leave it behind and it will never happen again. I glance at Natsu and quickly turn away once I feel my cheeks warming up. He saved me and all I could do was thank him, I'm falling more and more into his debt.

"Okay what do you want to do then Luigi?" he turns towards me, a serious look on his face.

"It's Lucy you idiot!... Maybe we could use some string and leave some behind as we go along so we won't lose track of where we've been? How's that?" I sigh in defeat.

"That could work! Happy look for string!" Natsu turns to his nakama and the two begin digging in the sea of old clothes, paintings, books and more.

"Found some!" Happy emerges from a particularly large pile with a huge wad of purple string scrunched up in his little paw.

"Good Happy!" I give him a high five as I take the string from him. Natsu reappears with a dirty sock hanging from one of the spikes on his head, but I decide not to tell him about it.

We start looking from left to right, looking thoroughly in every pile on our way around the room. I carefully leave behind some string as we go along, staying a bit behind to make sure Happy and Natsu don't accidently cut, burn or eat it, considering they're capable of doing so.

"Hey look at me!" I glance over at Happy; he stands tall on a pile of gold, a crown placed limply on his small head.

"I'm the king of the world!" he laughs.

"Happy! Take this a bit more seriously!" I whine as I bend down to rummage through another mountain of junk.

"Lucy don't move," I freeze at Natsu's command.

"What happ-"

"Shhhh, don't talk," he whispers. I can hear him creeping closer, and that's when I see it. The creature that I can only guess is one of Princess Asuka's experiments, is pink with a large spiderlike figure and the head of a white teddy bear with a purple heart shaped nose is haphazardly sown on to its body. I stifle a scream, how could a little girl create something like this? Natsu is a foot away from me and he continues to creep towards the creature, trying desperately to tread forward unnoticed.

"Natsu wait… come here," I whisper as calmly as I can. He slowly backs up in my direction until we're shoulder to shoulder, and then he realizes why I called him back. The creature slowly crawls towards us along with his army of friends emerging from the shadows. I feel Natsu chuckle and I turn to him in disbelief.

"Now I'm fired up!" He grins as his fists ignite with a blazing light, and all I can do is smile back at him. This is the boy who saved me today; it feels like a lifetime ago… I won't make the same mistake again; I don't need to be protected! My hand shoots to my side and I unsheathe my sword, making Natsu draw his breath.

"I still don't know how you manage to carry that thing around," Natsu mumbles and takes off into the swarm of spider teddy bears, I smile softly and run after him.

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I know this chapter is really random and shity and short. It jumps from one thing to another but I needed some NaLu moments. I've had a really horrible week and the next chapter will be much longer.

If you have any questions or comments please let me know! I love you all, Peace and Blessings! xx