March 18th, X524 (5:30 PM)

The bright orange sky was splendid with the red rays of the setting sun and the beautiful clouds also added the unique scenery of the sunset time. After passing through the Greenland Field, the princess and the guards arrived at 'Twilight Town', a border town which was belonged to the Fairy Tail Kingdom. Rogue Cheney who was leading the group stopped his horse, as soon as he saw Fairy Tail guards standing in front of the town entrance.

"Your Highness, Fairy Tail's guards are here to protect you. Now that our duty is done, we are going back to Crocus," the shadow dragon slayer said. The two girls stepped out of the carriage. The blonde princess smiled at her friend and his guards, "Thank you, Leader Rogue. All of you did a great job. Report to my father that I reach to Fairy Tail safely."

"Yes, Your Highness," Rogue replied as he looked at his junior, "Take care of Princess, Juvia."

The water maiden nodded, "Juvia never let anyone hurt princess." Soon, Rogue and his fellows retreated to return to Crocus City.

Walking slowly towards the Fairy Tail troop, Lucy observed them carefully. A red-haired girl wearing a purple kimono, who was obviously older than her, stood in front of ten guards. Standing behind her were two young men. One man had short black hair and another man had white hair, both of them wearing the same uniform which was a white coat and black pants.

"Princess Lucelia, we, Fairy Tail's royal guards, are here to welcome you. I'm Erza Scarlet, Fairy Tail's warrior," the kimono girl smiled at the blonde. Her red hair and the lilac color of her kimono were totally opposite; red indicated a brave side while another was a soft color. However, it suited the girl well. Her sword, her posture, her voice seemed like she was scary and strong but her eyes and her gorgeous smile were the way of her kind nature.

"I'm Gray Fullbuster, and this is Lyon Vastia," the black-haired man greeted the princess, "King Ivan ordered us to protect you on the way to Magnolia, your Royal Highness."

"Princess, we have already prepared a house for you to stay there tonight," Lyon said, "We will go to Magnolia tomorrow."

"Thank you, everyone," the blonde princess smiled at them.

"Please lead the way. Princess wants to rest early," the blue-haired girl said. She knew who they were and she didn't expect that the high-ranked people from Fairy Tail would come to guard Lucy. The less Lucy talked, the better it was. Ten minutes later, they reached a grand house which was built inside a very wide yard.

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6:00 PM

"Water Shield, Activate!" the blue-haired water mage whispered, as the whole room was surrounded by a large water shield.

"Water shield? Impressive," Lucy said, gazing in awe at the waterfall-like shield which was covering the room, "Since when did you learn such a beautiful skill like this, Juvia?"

"Juvia learned it yesterday. They can't hear what Lucy and Juvia said from inside," the water mage explained, "Erza Scarlet, Gray Fullbuster, and Lyon Vastia. They are from powerful families."

"You knew about them?" Lucy asked her best friend.

"Gajeel-senpai told Juvia about Fairy Tail Kingdom. Five years ago, Fairy Tail's previous King, Makarov Dreyar, was dethroned by his son who now became King Ivan. Previous crown prince Laxus Dreyar was also demoted from the crown prince position. But three powerful families supported Makarov Dreyar; Scarlet Clan, Fullbuster Clan, and Alber Clan. They are all Crown Prince Jellal and Prince Laxus's people. They can't dethrone the King and the King can't also go against them. Strauss Clan supported the King."

"Erza Scarlet is the young lady of Scarlet Clan. She is very excellent in swordmanship. Gray Fullbuster is the young master of his clan and Lyon Vasta is a disciple of Lord Fullbuster."

"Three clans versus one? And am I going to marry their previous crown prince?"

"Yes. that is why King Eucliffe sent the fake princess because Fairy Tail King didn't like Laxus Dreyar."

"I don't think I can live peacefully in Fairy Tail," the blonde sighed, "Fairies are more complicated than sabers. At least, Sabertooth officers is united to serve the King."

"Lucy needs to be more careful," Juvia commented. The blue-haired girl smiled after she had noticed the shadow that had been near the window since earlier had now finally left.

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6:20 PM

"Hu, I can't hear anything from outside. All I heard was rippling water flow," the black-haired man said with disappointment as he sat down on a chair.

Eating her favorite strawberry cake, the red-haired beauty looked at Gray, "I guess the blue-haired girl is a water mage. Blue hair, blue dress. Water is blue."

"Titania, you are wrong. Just because she likes blue doesn't mean she is a water mage. Look at Gray. He likes black and white but his magic is ice," Lyon retorted. Erza gave him her famous glare, "There are two girls in that room. Princess can't use water magic. Who else can use water magic other than the blue-haired girl? THINK BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING."

"Yes, my lady," Lyon replied immediately, shaking slightly because of Erza's scary glare. Gray put his hand on the white-haired wizard's back and patted him pitifully, "Never doubt our Erza, dude."

"Our duty is to protect Princess Lucelia, not to spy on her," the red-haired beauty explained, "However, I can say that there is something special with her." She smiled, "I mean.. she is very brave."

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March 19h, X524 (2 PM)

After traveling for six hours from Twilight Town, the group, which was led by Erza, Gray, and Lyon, reached 'RiverCloud Forest'. It was situated near Magnolia, the capital of Fairy Tail Kingdom. Going along the path in the forest, the scarlet-haired knight noticed that once a lively and pleasant forest was now awfully quiet; there were neither squirrels, deer nor birds chirping. She stopped her horse and looked around the surrounding cautiously but she didn't see anything suspicious.

Gray and Lyon took notice of Erza's sudden changed action, "Titania, what's wrong?"

"Be careful, guys!" She replied quickly, "I'll stay beside Princess."

No sooner did she retreat her horse to protect the princess, Erza saw a flood of red substances rushing towards her direction from a far distance. "Requip, Black Wing Armor!" Her outfit was changed into black armor and a pair of bat-like black wings. Her long hair was tied into a high ponytail. Erza summoned her multicolored purple-silver blade and flew swiftly towards the attack. Blade's slash met the red paper-storm, dividing the papers into two, as the torn papers fall onto the ground. Erza stood protectively in front of the group as Lyon and Gray went near the carriage.

Two women walked slowly towards the group. One woman had black hair which was tied into two low ponytails. Her attire was a black dress which she wore it as a robe. She was Kamita. Another woman was wearing a long and slightly loose white kimono with red stripes. Her long pink hair was tied on the top of her head in two large buns. She was holding a samurai sword, and sakura petals were floating around her. Her name was Ikaruga.

"We're Garou Knights. Titania, you destroyed my paper blizzard red dance completely. You totally deserve your reputation."

"Garou Knights. Professional assassins. Very loyal to the Fairy Tail Kingdom. Your job is to kill the enemies, not our princess consort."

"We won't acknowledge an enemy princess as our princess consort. NEVER," Kamika smirked, "Unfortunately, she is unlucky."

A large vine emerged from the ground and pierced the carriage vertically. "PRINCESS LUCELIA!" Gray and Lyon shouted.

However, the carriage was exploded like it was forced to open with water from inside, the two girls jumped out of it from each side. Juvia extended her right hand to the side while casting "Water Slice!" Multiple water blades that Juvia created cut the vine into pieces. The water mage ran to Lucy.

"Erza Scarlet, hand the princess to us. This is the only way that you and your guards can stay alive. Hahaha." Four people walked into the battlefield.

A man wearing a metal mask and black hooded cape was Kama, the leader of Garou Knights. Two large scythes was carried on his back. A pink-haired young woman wearing a big pluffy cap and a pink long coat with petal-like edges was standing behind him. Her name was Cosmos. Standing beside her was a man with a squared head and widely opened eyes, named Uosuke. The last man was Neppa who was large built and overly muscular.

With the paper magic-user and the pinkette swordgirl who blocked the path in the front and four newcomers at the back, the escort group was surrounded by Garou Knights.

"Garou Knights.. You will regret this." Ezra said calmly as a white light glowed around her. "We are going to eliminate you."