I have been really busy with school work so I haven't been able to upload as much, but this week I am mostly free. Hope y'all enjoy the story!

Chapter 10

I stood in shock at what Levy said. I started to sweat madly all over my body. I guess its about time to tell Natsu the truth. Besides he wouldn't be mad, or would he? I was scared of what he would think.

"U-um... W-well... I am kind of the princess of Fiore" My voice sounded very small and on the last word my voice squeaked.

Natsu started at me with an surprised expression, but then it turned into full hatred.

"What?! Why couldn't you have told me before?"

"W-well I couldn't trust you at first because I had just met you and I knew nothing of you"

Natsu's fists were at his sides, and they were pure white. Natsu's anger hurt me. I didn't mean to hurt him. I bet that Natsu had some bad memories with royalty.

"Natsu I don't know what happened between you and royalty in the past, but I promise I am not like the rest. I hate being royalty, and I never want to go back to being in a castle" What I said was fully true.

Natsu stood there staring at me long and hard. I could tell he was (for once) concentrating hard. After about ten minutes of Natsu looking me over he finally spoke.

"Alright, I will look past the royalty part of you"

I let out a breath that I had just now noticed that I was holding.

"Thank you"

"Your welcome, Luce"

I looked at him in confusion "My name is not Luce, it is Lucy"

"I know, its just a nickname I made for you"

I let the nickname slide.

"So, what are we going to do now"

I looked at levy "Well, since King Jude is now looking for you we will have to travel deeper into the forest. By doing that we will hopefully not encounter any of the Fiore guards"

I nodded in agreement "Good plan"

"First we will head back to my house and get the supplies we need"

Once we all got into the house we instantly started packing. I only grabbed the necessity's like my keys, helpful books, canteens that were filled with water, a brush, and one extra traveling dress. I sat down on one of the chairs, waiting for Levy and Natsu to finish packing. Once we were all ready we headed out.

"So what all did you bring"

"I brought some medical supplies, extra clothing for everyone, and some weapons"

"what about you Natsu"

"I have all the supplies we need to set up camp, and to cook"

We walked for what felt like forever. My feet were starting to get tired from all of the walking I have been doing lately. By looking at the sun I knew that we had about two hours before sunset.

"Hey Levy, I think we should make camp. We only have about two hours till night fall"

"Alright"

Levy picked an open spot in the trees. Natsu started to set up camp which was three sleeping bags.

"Levy" she looked at me "Could you by chance go looking for food?"

"I would be happy to" she grabbed her bow and arrow "what animal shall we have for dinner?"

"Um, rabbit would be good"

Levy nodded and disappeared into the forest. I went off to get twigs for a fire. I came back with a pile of about twenty thick twigs. I set them in a pile on the floor.

"Natsu"

He was laying on his sleeping bag which was on the far left "yes?"

"Could you light this?"

"Sure" He got off his sleeping bag and crawled over to the fire and lit it.

"Thank you"

I grabbed a medium sized sauce pan and went to a nearby river and filled it with water. I went back to the camp site and set it on the fire. I also looked around the camp looking for herbs that would make the stew taste good. I found a couple of herbs like rosemary, thyme, sage, and bay leaves. Once the water was boiling I put the herbs in. Levy soon arrived with a corpse of a rabbit.

"here you go, I have already skinned it for you"

"Thank you"

I have to admit, I felt like I was going to vomit when I looked at the rabbit. I couldn't help but feel bad for it. I grabbed a dagger out of Levy's pack and cut the rabbit into smaller pieces, and removed the bones and internal organs as I went. I then tossed the meat into the pot and stirred every so often. I then grabbed some wooden bowls out of Natsu's pack and filled them all with stew and handed two of the bowls to both Levy and Natsu.

"Oi, Luce this stew tastes really good"

I blushed a little "Thank you"

Levy was looking at her stew and then looked up to me "I agree with Natsu"

I put a warm smile on my face "Oh no, it cant be that good"

After everyone finished their stew I washed out the pot and the bowls and then dried them off and stored them back in Natsu's pack. I then crawled into my sleeping bag. I was in the middle so I was sleeping right next to both Levy and Natsu. The fire was very dim but still gave off some light and warmth.

"Goodnight" I said in a sleepy tone.

"Night" both Levy and Natsu said in unison.

I slowly drifted off to sleep.

Sorry this chapter wasn't to exiting, but don't worry the next one will hopefully be more action-packed!