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Levy swallowed trying to muster up some courage, remember what Lucy says, you are a princess Levy tries to tell herself I am a princess, I am a princess, I can handle this. She repeats to herself as she walks with Lucy to the hall, Laxus, Gramps, Natsu, Gray, the red haired woman Erza and Gajeel stood huddled around the bar, Lucy and Levy joined them walking past a few other members, Wendy a young doctor smiled and waved to them a white lioness sat next to the girl to Levy's surprise, she knew how rare such a creature was, even more surprising was the golden tiger beside the lioness eating a fish out of a bowl, a golden tiger and a white lioness?! Where in Fiore had they found them? Lily was also there seeming to get along with the two other cats, that made Levy happy.
"I see you've spotted Happy and Carla" Lucy says.
"Happy and Carla?"
"Yeah the tiger is Happy, Carla is the lioness"
"Who names a tiger Happy?"
"Who names a panther Lily?" Natsu says defensively from the other side of the room, Levy laughs as Gray punches Natsu in the arm, hard.
"I was nine" Levy says as she gets closer to the group.
"I was ten" Natsu says with a smirk wrapping one of his arms around Lucy to bring her closer.
"Wendy was like 7 or something" he continues thinking.
"Back to the issue a hand" Erza interrupts.
"Princess, we've learned that you're uncle has dispatched bounty hunters to find us, and collect you"
"Bounty hunters?"
"Yes Jellal and Lyon, their reputation is known, we came across them once and thankfully avoided a confrontation" Erza says.
"Okay what are you going to do?" Levy asks.
"Nothing just yet because they aren't all who are searching for you"
"Who else?"
"Lord Zeref, Lord Sting and Lord Rouge of the Ivory City arrived today and have joined with them, along with two bodyguards, Zancrow and Cobra"
"What do they want?" Levy asks.
"Well, um..." Erza suddenly stutters.
"They were your suitors" Lucy whispers to her, Levy makes an O shape with her mouth nodding in understanding.
"I only heard there was one, and they were meant to arrive tomorrow"
"They arrived early and it seems they were going to decide for themselves who married you, they all come from rich families so they could pay whatever the sultan asked"
"So I was literally being sold?" Levy realises.
"Yes" Gray says apologetically.
"May I ask how you know this?" Levy asked curiously.
"We have a spy at the palace still, he is keeping us informed, we were just discussing if it would be prudent to pull him out or keep him there, on one side keeping track of the sultans movements may be imperative but we may also need him to track the bounty hunters" Gramps explains.
"What do you think Princess Levy?" he asks her, Levy almost blanched as all eyes fell on her waiting, expecting a response, Levy looked down at the table, the map they had and the pieces they were using to express pieces in their actions. Like a game, Levy thought thinking back on all the books she had read about making plans and out-manoeuvring opponents, she would need to learn how to do this.
"I think you should leave him there for now, if something goes wrong, or new information goes through the palace it would be best if he could obtain it, we know who is looking for us now, Erza says she knows the bounty hunters if not only by reputation that must give some kind of hint of how they work and if these Lords and their body guards are working with them, they are probably following their movements, so they shouldn't be too hard to track" Gramps smiled at the blunette while the others tried to hide their surprise at how logical she was, understanding the situation so well, Lucy beamed proudly.
"You're right Princess, I believe I could track the bounty hunters movements from the palace to where they would start to follow us" Erza says.
"Who do you need?" is all Gramps inquires.
"Mira, Yukino, Hibiki and Jet" Erza says after a second of mentally flicking through their ranks.
"Interesting Choice" Laxus says.
"Mira is as good a fighter as I but she is also stealthy, Yukino is our best bet in up-close tracking she wouldn't be noticed, Hibiki is a walking Abacus and can calculate calculus in his sleep he can keep track and re-calculate their movements given the right variables and Jet is our fastest runner, rider and fast talker should things go sideways"
"As always you think about this far more than anyone else, I shouldn't have asked" Laxus says shaking his head.
"What about Mavis?" Natsu asks.
"She should stay, we don't want to take all out tacticians with us and she is the best" Erza says easily.
"Of course" Natsu says nodding.
"Never doubt Erza she's always five steps ahead and ready for every possible move you can make before you take a step" Lucy whispers to Levy, Levy nods committing that to memory, don't think you can out think Erza.
I really am enjoying playing with the Fairy Tail characters since they don't have magic I have to expand their ordinary talents. Sorry it's been a while I had my mum's birthday and I caught a cold but review what you've thought and look out for more Arabian Nights!