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Sting, Rouge and Zeref stood in the hall with the king, Zancrow and Cobra by the door, Jellal and Lyon had been paid and left, they didn't mention the double payment the princess had promised them.
"So you've met my darling niece" he says with a false smile.
"Somehow I don't think you cherish her much" Rouge says.
"We may have slight, family issues but we are still blood, yes?"
"I guess" Zeref admits.
"Good now which one of you has decided to marry my niece?"
"We haven't discussed it" Sting says.
"Well I'd urge you too, I am planning the wedding tomorrow, one of you better be standing there"
"One of us will" Zeref assures him the Sultan smiles and nods going back to doing something they leave and head to a room they'd been given to stay the night, Sting's specifically.
"I hate that man" Rouge growls.
"I do too" Zeref says which was surprising for him, he didn't tend to love or hate anything.
"I can't believe we're having this conversation now" Sting says shaking his head.
"One of us has to marry her, if only to get her away from that man" Rouge says, the other two nod.
"So who's it going to be?" Zeref asks.
Levy was dressed up as a bride the next day, Mest came to escort her.
"You're him aren't you?" Levy says, Mest looks at her.
"Him who?"
"Fairy Tail's spy, I was told you were here"
"What makes you think I am him?" he asks, not denying it.
"You're kind, all the members of Fairy Tail are kind"
"I'm not sure you can count Gajeel as kind" he says, Levy smiles and he smiles back.
"I can't get you out, I'm sorry"
"Its fine but you shouldn't stick around, leave when you can" she says, he nods.
"Believe it or not I have a small idea of what you're going through"
"How?" she asks.
"Well I'm betrothed" he says with a smile.
"That's wonderful" she says with a smile, he nods.
"Yeah, she's younger than me, but she made me promise I'd marry her one day when I took this job…incentive to come back in one piece" he says with a laugh.
"Is she from Fairy Tail?" she asks, he nods.
"Wendy"
"Wendy?!" she says remembering the small fifteen year old girl who looked much younger, she looked to Mest he was only eighteen maybe nineteen.
"Yep, I've loved her for years, and I'll wait for whenever she wants" Levy smiles, there where so many couples in Fairy Tail, she thought back to Laxus and Gajeel even Gray how nice they were to her, could she ever find such happiness?
"I'm sorry Princess, but we have to go" Mest says, Levy nods and takes his arm, he'd unlocked her chain and Levy swore she would never be chained again, she tried to breathe evenly as they approached.
"Do you know which one?" she asks, he nods.
"Don't tell me I'm too scared" she decides he nods again holding her hand as they walk, they enter the hall and Levy seals away her fears and looks up.
Laxus stared out toward the capital that stretched on the horizon, Lucy stood with him.
"We'll get there, but we can't charge the palace" she says, he nods, Levy cold have only been brought back since yesterday so they weren't far behind, they hear bells tolling.
"There must be a wedding" Lucy says.
"I wish them luck" Laxus says, turning back to Gramps and Mavis staring down at a map of the capital.
"Our spy Mest can probably get us in but the security will be all different, people are going to get hurt" Mavis says studying the map.
"Then we shouldn't attack" Gajeel says.
"Sneaking can only get us so far" Gray says.
"He's right and then what? Leave with her again only to be hunted down again?" Lucy asks.
"We need a better plan" Natsu says.
"We need a smaller group" Laxus says.
"Hey!" Cana pants rushing up to them, coming from the town.
"So I heard, the Princess is leaving for the Ivory City tomorrow!"
"Really?" Mavis asks.
"Yep, not clear why probably to marry the lords, they all come from there, but yeah they are planning to leave tomorrow"
"We could attack them on the road!" Erza says.
"But still we're plagued with and then what?" Mira says.
"We'll let the Princess decide" Gramps says.
"Are you sure?" Gildarts asks.
"Yes, I trust that girls instincts, she's kind hearted, she'll make the right choice"
"Why did she disappear in the first place?" Juvia asks.
"I think that may have been my fault" Natsu admits, Lucy looks at him surprised.
"How?"
"Well I told her the story of the Fire Falls, it think she took it to heart"
"What Fire Falls?" Freed asks.
"It's a story about an oasis and Dragons, granting a wish if you complete these trials"
"I've heard of this" Freed recalls.
"In a book I gave her" he remises.
"She said something to me about wondering if I believed in some legends, I said yes, she was reading your books when she asked" Laxus remembers.
"She had that book out when she questioned Natsu" Gray recalls.
"Maybe she had a reason to think it wasn't a legend?" Wendy wonders.
"Perhaps, we'll have to ask when we see her" Lucy says.
"Good, we have until tomorrow, lets plan this ambush" Mavis says, hunkering down.
Fairy Tail has no idea they'll be too late as they plan an ambush to save Princess Levy!
So who do you think will be standing at the end of the aisle?