Italic = narrating

"Speak"

- Thought

"CAPS LOCK" = SCREAMING

Disclaimer: not owning Fairy Tail nor the original fairy tales

Jellal and the armor clad princess

Waiting for the next match to begin the on-lookers waited impatiently. They all wanted to see the men fight and see just who would win in the end. Most of them expected it to be their princess Erza, but the idea of missing out on the biggest gossip in this decade if she lost was something they weren´t interested in.

"Bets! Place your bets here! Who will win this match? The slender Lucien or the round Everlue?" Cana Alberona called out among the audience from her stand.

"Cana-chan!" a white-haired girl arrived at the stand.

"Mira, what are you doing here?"

"Just cheering on Elfman", she said and smiled. "I would like to bet."

"Oh? On what match?"

"This match, I place my money on Lucien."

"Alright, the odds are in favor so far."

Mira smiled and gave her the money for the bet.

"You better win now, Lucien Titan", Mira said and the sweet girl suddenly got a demonic-aura around her as she glared at Lucien out on the field.

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Lucy felt a sudden chill down her spine. She looked over her shoulder wondering what had caused it. But the next second it was gone and left her in confusion.

"I don´t want any foul play now lads, follow the rules", Freed said and then begun the match.

Lucy readied her sword, preparing herself for an attack from her enemy. However she discovered to her surprise that her opponent wasn´t in front of her. She frowned and stayed on her alert as she tried to spot her opponent again. Suddenly she felt a hard blow to her side and she flew in the other direction. Almost dropping her sword at the impact with the ground, she clutched it hard in her hand as she rose from it.

"What the…?" she muttered as she bent her knees to get a more stable stance, keeping an eye out for Everlue.

A blow to the back and she fell forward with a gasp. She still clutched the sword in her hand refusing to drop it as she knew she then could be counted as un-armed and lose. She had to win; Erza had put her faith in her. She couldn´t disappoint her sister. Spinning around, Lucy kicked upward to defend herself from another blow from Everlue.

A second she heard the roar from the crowd for not losing quite yet, and then everything disappeared and it was just her and her opponent again. Every sound and the crowd, Freed, even the pressure to win was all silent, gone. She could win this and she would. Not for Erza´s sake, and not for the sake of having easier trainings – for her own sake. For the feeling of not being defenseless, but being strong. She could defend herself and she would from now on – she wasn´t as weak as people thought. Or at least she didn´t want to be. Not anymore.

All their lives, Juvia and Lucy had been compared to Erza. Erza was so strong. Erza was so fast. Erza was so agile. Erza was so skilled with the sword. Erza, Erza, Erza. Lucy loved her sisters, but she didn´t want anyone to look at her and wonder how Erza had become so strong when Lucy was weak. Not anymore, no from now on it would be obvious that they were siblings – they would fight side by side and win everything.

Lucy lashed forward and her sword clashed with Everlue´s. He stumbled backwards in surprise but Lucy didn´t let him catch his balance. With a jump she kicked him in the chest and landed gracefully with her knees bent in front of Everlue´s body. Kicking the sword further away from his hands she had disarmed him.

Everything around her came into focus again.

"Winner: Lucien Titan", Freed acknowledged with a loud voice and the roar of the crowd almost drowned his words.

Lucy looked around herself for a moment, stunned by what had happened. She then turned her back to Freed and Everlue, still on the ground, starting to walk back to the waiting area.

However, the sound on bone-breaking and a guttural gurgle made her turn back.

"I said ' no foul play'", Freed said as he lowered his hand.

Everlue lay on the ground with the sword in his hands and his jaw looked slightly disconnected. He had tried to attack her from behind, after losing, but Freed had stopped him. She bowed toward him as a sign of gratitude before walking back to her sisters.

Juvia hugged her the second she stepped inside and Erza placed a hand on Lucy´s shoulder.

"Good work Lucy. I´m proud over you", Erza smiled and Lucy smiled back, small tears gathering in her eyes.

- I did it! she thought proudly. On my own, I did it. I won.

And a big grin spread in her face as she realized this. She had never been this proud over herself before.

I´m back with an update :) This is probably my fave chapter so far, because of Lucy´s developement I think...

Anonymous 13: Here it is, sorry I was gonna put it up sooner but I´ve heard your wish! ;)
Ps - your puppy dog eyes almost crushed me...

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Anonymous: Back again I see, if it´s you... How would I know for sure, a lot will probably call themselves "Anonymous" ;)
You got to see the fight, was it up to your expectations or just nah? And nope, still no Jerza for like... many chapters... sorry...
Not a Miraxus shipper, sorry, and Zervis is like adorable but at the same time so hard... maybe if Natsu kills him the two of them can be together? :3

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Next chapter will leave our main story for a bit however, ElfEver is to be expected ;)

But that chapter wil probably take time because I have a bit of a hard time with it...