Her Champion

A/N: Hey y`all... Still no laptop on my end. Don`t know when or if it will ever come at all. Also thank you guys so much for 100 followers. You have no idea how happy I am to know that this shitty story got 100 followers. So starting in the next chapter. I will be responding to all of the reviews from the previous chapter so you guys get my feedback on the things you write. I hope you guys don`t mind.

Chapter 10 is here.

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P.S: I don`t own any of Fairy tail`s characters.

Chapter 10

Lunch and offers

Erza was walking through the hall leading to the dining room, where the prince was waiting. Her armor reflecting the rays of light that were shining through the windows. She didn`t bother changing out of it nor did she care about what she wore in front of the prince. She was a proud warrior. She wanted the whole world to see her as such.

After a few more minutes of walking, she arrived at the door of the dining room where two guards stood at each side of it.

They did a low bow in a show of respect to which she only nodded back. The guard on the right opened the door for her to enter.

She entered and the doors slowly closed behind her. The dining room of the Fiore palace unlike in her palace had dark greenish color walls, with their family crest pattern on them (Jellal`s logo), the floor was made out of marble-like stone that is dark blue, on her right she saw four wide windows with big white curtains on them, there were also many paintings of family members and different arts.

But the one that instantly caught her eyes was the biggest picture of Jellal and his father which was positioned behind the real Jellal who was sitting at the crown pf the table that was big enough to hold up to thirty people.

When her eyes fell on Jellal he smiled and said "Welcome Princess Belserion. Please have a seat."

She did as told and walked to the one opposite of him. The one that was farthest away from him.

"You can sit closer you know. I don`t mind." He said in a reassuring tone. Surprised that she set so far away from him.

"No need. I am fine right here."She replied respectfully. Just because he was a prince, does not means she trusts him.

Not even a minute passed, a girl with black hair, blue eyes wearing a maids outfit walked into the room with two plates in each hand. She did a slight bow to both Jellal and Erza before setting the two plates down in front of them.

"Thank you. Stella." Jellal told the maid to which she bows again to both of them before heading out of the room.

Erza watched her leave before looking down at her plate. A red liquid was laying inside the plate with a strong scent of tomatoes coming with the steam from the soup. Confirming it to be tomato soup.

Jellal saw her gazing at her soup in thought. He gave her a smile before speaking in assuring voice "There is nothing in there that would bring you harm my lady. Our chef is one of the best chefs in all four regions of our kingdom."

Erza looked up towards him before returning her gaze to the soup" No It`s not that my lo-"

"Please call me Jellal... There is no need to be so formal with me my lady." He interrupted her in a polite voice. Which irritated Erza a little bit. She hated it when people interrupted her.

"Jellal..."The word slide off her tongue like it was poison "I was just thinking about my kingdom" She met his eyes for a second before picking up her spoon and begin to eat her soup. Jellal not wanting to upset her with any more unnecessary words. Begin to eat as well.

They ate in silence until Jellal decided to break it.

"Speaking of which. I heard that the Alvarez kingdom is a woman-dominated nation. Where males have fewer rights and freedom than females. Is that true?" He asked curiously.

"It is. Ever since my mother become the queen." She answered truthfully.

"Which brings me to my next interest. I am surprised that you accepted my invitation to this tournament. I didn`t expect that you would accept taking into consideration how your reputation and status describe your persona. So may I ask why did you choose to accept it." Jellal asked her to which she only narrowed her eyes slightly before saying.

"Forgive me Jellal... But that is personal information."

"I see... Forgive me for asking my lady."

"Apology accepted."

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"Did you enjoy the fight?" Jellal asked after a few seconds of silence.

Erza huffed before setting the spoon down in now empty plate and crossing her arms over her chest.

"The results were as expected Nat- I mean... My champion was superior and better in every way possible. His opponent never stood a chance." She said proudly with a confident smirk on her face.

Jellal smirked at her proud words. He interwinds his fingers together before setting his chin on them with his elbows on the table for support.

"I see... My Lady. If I may... I would like to ask you a few questions about your... Champion."

Erza lost her smirk at those words. Her eyebrow raised in a questioning look. In her mind, she was wondering what did the prince want to know about Natsu.

Meanwhile in the dungeons:

"How did you do it?" Knightwalker asked the sitting dragon slayer.

"Huh?" was his reply

"That tornado of fire... I am willing to say that everyone felt it. The heat, the pressure, the power it created. I have never seen anything like it. How did you do it?"

"Oh..." Natsu said after realizing what she meant "It was just something I learned while messing with my magic."

"Magic?" Knightwalker asked in surprise

"Yeah, It`s called the fire dragon slayer magic. It allows me to gain aspects of a fire dragon. Such as enchanted senses, strength, speed, fire manipulation and an ability to eat fire." Natsu told her. He did not know the reason why he did tho. But something in his gut told him he could trust her.

"Woah... That is truly amazing. I have never heard that such exists." Knightwalker said in an amazed tone.

"Hehe... It`s pretty cool right?" Natsu said in a nervus voice while scratching the back of his head with his right hand.

"It is... You are truly blessed to have such powerful magic. Unlike my people..." Knightwalker said with her voice becoming sad and sorrowful towards the end.

Natsu seeing her mood become from interested to sad he asked her "What do you mean by that?"

Knightwalker turned so that her front was facing the hallway she came from. Her face looking down in sadness. As she leans on the bars of Natsu`s cell.

She had no reason to tell him. He was another princesses champion and a would-be enemy of her champion. So why does she feel like telling him her story anyway? She sighs before deciding to tell him.

"Back home... In the kingdom of Edolas my people... They can`t use magic at all. No matter how easy or simple the magic maybe. For some reason, they can`t even get a spark of magic to appear. That made Edolas... My home into becoming the weakest kingdom out of every other one. Our royal prophet has foreseen that one day I will bring them someone, who has learned the ways of the magic by no normal means and that he will make Edolas into the kingdom that it should have been ages ago." Knightwalker said her last words filled with pride as she raised her fist.

However really soon she becomes crestfallen again "That prophecy was told six years ago. I have traveled around kingdoms... Endlessly searching for someone but everywhere I went only more failure was found."

Natsu set his gaze down on the floor. Feeling sorry for her.

"Then one day..." Natsu looked up at her when she spoke again "While I was doing my royal duties, one of my servants brought me a scroll. It was an invitation to participating in a tournament as well as for the hand of Prince Jellal. I have heard that the prince is a very powerful magic wielder. With power capable of destroying armies.

"Capable of destroying armies?" Natsu thought with his right hand underneath his chin.

"And that`s why I came here..." She looked back at him only to see him looking back at her with a faraway look in his eyes. She waved a hand in front of him but got no reaction. She then clapped her hands in front of him which finally woke him up from his dreamland.

"HUH!..." He jumped a little from the loud sound before realizing what he was doing "Oh... sorry got lost in my head there." He gave her an apologetic smile.

She lightly shook her head in disappointment before turning fully to him.

"It`s fine... But if you don`t mind Natsu. I would like to see your fire magic up close... And personal." She let out a seductive purr at the end.

Natsu blushed at her words and cough a little bit before saying.

"Sorry to disappoint Erza. But you see my master..." He hated that word "Has put this on me." He grabbed at the metal dragon collar around his neck. Giving it a few pulls before letting it go.

"It`s an anti-magic collar that stops me from using my magic. Not only that! This thing shocks me whenever I defy her order or if she puts magic into that stupid stamp." He explained while his face adopted a sneer at the memory of him getting shocked.

"A stamp?" Knigtwalker asked

"It`s hidden on her right shoulder beneath her armor." He explained

"So that`s how she is able to control him... Interesting." Knightwalker thought with a small smirk on her face before turning her expression into a look of worry.

"That thing looks unpleasant to wear... Is it choking you?" She asked him in a worried voice.

"It used to but Miss Perfect became reasonable enough to make it so it doesn't. It`s still unpleasant to wear tho." He said rubbing his neck with his finger through the opening underneath the collar.

Knightwalker focused on the collar on his neck. She took in the design and craftsmanship of it thinking how magnificent it looked. She then saw a keyhole and her eyes widen and a small smirk made its way to her lips.

"You know... I can free you from her hold." Her words made Natsu look at her with wide eyes.

"You can... How?" He asked in wonder.

Knightwalker continued smirking and said, "With this". She reached inside her coat and pulled out a lock picking set. Natsu just stared at the tools in confusion.

"What are those?"

"These are lock picking tools. They are used for picking locks that you don`t have a key for." She explained

"And you just go around with that in your pocket? Don`t you think that is a little bit suspicious..." he said

"Don`t get the wrong idea... I simply like to be prepared for any situation and also if... I ever... forget... my key..." She uttered the last part quietly. If it weren`t for his enchanted hearing Natsu wouldn`t have heard that.

He chuckled at her embarrassed face and thought that she looked cute like that. "Hehehe... I guess even princesses are humans haha..."

She was surprised by this reaction she expected him to make fun of her for doing something so unexpected form the person of her stature.

"You won`t make fun of me?" She asked in surprise.

"Why would I do that?" He asked back

"It`s just... It`s not often you see other princesses with this kind of habit."

Natsu only chuckled again before saying "What does it matter. I don`t care if you are a princess or a slave. What matters to me is what kind of person you are. And I can safely say Erza... You are one of the best ones I have met since coming into this kingdom. I wouldn`t think any less of you."

Her eyes widen at his words. Ever since she was a child. She would be judged by others for doing certain things that were not expected from her. She hated the feeling of being judged for her actions, even when they were to help someone. But this man did not care. He saw her like he saw everyone else and did not judge her based on her actions.

A warm feeling welled up in her chest as her hand was placed over it. She smiled genuinely at his words as her body filled with the unknow warmth.

"Thank you for your kind words Natsu..." She said in a soft voice "Now then how about we get that thing off your neck?"

Natsu was about to say "Hell yeah" but stopped when he remembered something important. A flashback of his promise to Erza Scarlet played inside his mid making him let out a sigh as looked up at her.

"I am sorry Erza..." This confused Erza

"Why is he apologizing?" She thought whit a raised eyebrow.

"I can`t accept your offer." Her eyes widen at that. She was about to say something when he continued "It`s not that I don`t want to be free again. However, I made a promise to my master... And in turn, she promised to help me find my father. I intend to keep my promise for my father taught me to stay true to my word and I will not disrespect him by turning away from this."

Erza saw the fire in his eyes as he spoke with determination. She closed her eyes in disappointment before opening them with a small smile on her lips.

"Very well Natsu. If you ever change your mind let me know. And also... Do you mind if I come to talk with you from time to time? I would like to learn more about your magic." He asked hopefully

"Sure. You seem like a nice person. So I would like to learn more about you too." Natsu said while giving her one of his toothy smiles.

"Thank you... Natsu" She said smiling back

Natsu then sniffed the air as his eyes widen in recognition of the scent.

"Heh looks like she is done with her meeting." He muttered bitterly

"Your master is coming?"

"Yeah... You better go now. I don`t think she will like it if she saw you talking with me." Natsu said as he stood up before jumping on to the bed.

"Indeed. She does look one of those that get mad easily." She said while taking to steps away from his cage.

"You have no idea." A sound of the metal door opening was heard down the hallway away from them.

"Talk with you later Natsu." She did a slight bow before walking down the hallway.

"Bye.." She heard him say as she left his vision.

Halfway through the hallway, she saw her Alvarezin kingdom twin carrying a platter of food in her hands. She had an annoyed expression on her face as she passed Knightwalker without even glancing in her direction. She watched an armored princess walk a few more steps before continuing with her path towards the balcony.

The next match was between her`s and Juvia`s champion. She did not want to miss that. Tho as she made it out of the dungeon one question came to her mind.

"What the hell is up with all that food she was carrying?"

A/N: And it`s done. Thank you guys once again for 100 followers.

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