The next morning, I woke up with a smile on my face.
I went to take a quick shower and got ready to go to school, then, went down and ate a little of the breakfast my mother made and ran out so I won't be late to school.
When I came out, I saw Natsu waiting for me and grinning.
"Took you long enough"
I blushed and went with him to school.
On the way, we saw Levy with a freakishly big guy with piercings all over his face.
"Hey Levy-Chan, who is that?" I whispered to her with a worried face.
"The name's Gajeel, Blondie." He said with a smirk on his face.
"He is an iron dragon slayer so he has a very good hearing, and also a pretty good nose, just like Natsu" Levy said after laughing a bit.
"Is that so? Hahaha" I laughed awkwardly.
"Actually, all dragon slayers are related. Me and Iron head here and cousins." Natsu got in the conversation.
"Sadly, it's true." Gajeel said with an annoyed expression on his face.
"Hey, aren't those Gray and Juvia?" I said and pointed ahead.
"Oh yeah. Hey Gray! Juvia! Wait up!" Levy screamed and waved at them. They smiled and waved back and waited for us. We greeted them and all went to school.
The day went fast and Natsu waited for me to walk me home.
"How was your day Luce?"
"Good. Yours?"
"Great. I won a fight with ice princess today at lunch" he said and smiled and raised his fists.
"Yeah, we all saw that. You two always fight like that?" I asked.
"Yeah. But it's not like we hate each other. He is my best friend and that's just how we act".
"Best friends fighting?" I asked with wide eyes.
"Yeah. It's fun so, why not?" He smiled at me with his biggest smile.
"If you say so" I said and we got to my house.
"Well thanks for walking me. See you tomorrow! Good night" I said and smiled at him.
"Alright. Good night Luce!" He said and went to his house.
"I'm home!" I yelled as I walked in the house.
"Sweetheart come here, we need to talk with you" My father said with a serious tone.
"Something happened?" I asked with a worried face when I came to them.
"Not yet, but we are afraid that something might happen." My mother said and looked stressed.
"We got an anonymous letter today. I want you to read it." My father said and gave me a latter.
"Heartfillia! The richest family in Fiore. Now living in a small house in Magnolia.
I wonder why, since you still are the richest family.
And why would you let your beautiful young daughter walk to school all vulnerable like that?
She is worth a lot of money I presume. Would be a shame if someone kidnapped her, right?
If you want your precious daughter to stay safe pay us 50,000,000 jewels and, maybe, we won't touch her.
I will be waiting."
I was shocked. I didn't know what to say. I was so scared now. I almost started to cry when my father started to say something.
"We won't let them touch you sweetheart. I already called Mr. Makarov and he said we should come to his office to think of a plan. So, get ready. We will leave in 5 minutes." He said trying to sound calm.
I ran to my room and put my bag on my desk and ran back down as we all went back to the school while looked everywhere to see if there is anything suspicious.
When we came to school I was in deep thoughts. 'What do they want? Money? Oh no. They are going to take me and ask my father for all his money. I can't let this happen! But what can I do? I don't want this to happen. Why is this happening? Is it because I wanted to go to a normal high school? Is this because of me?'
"Honey this is not because of you. There are just bad people in this world... Don't worry, I'm sure that Mr. Makarov has a plan. Everything will be alright, I promise you." My mom said as if she read my mind.
We went to Gramps's office and he opened the door before we even knocked and let us in quickly and looked outside, just in case.
"Let me see the letter" he said straight with worry in his eyes. My father gave him the letter and Gramps examined it closely.
"This is bad" he said quietly but I heard him.
"This letter is written with magic ink. There is a secret inside. Lucy, I need you to understand you are in danger and I have a safe place to take you to." He said looking at me with a very worried face.
"Okay, I'll go. Where is this place? Will my parents be safe?" I said thinking about my parents who I wanted them to be safe.
"They will be safe, don't worry child. Now, I will go home with you and you will pack your things at once and I will take you. Do not worry. I will make sure you are safe." He said and we all went to our house in silence.
I packed my things and I was ready to go. I cried and said goodbye to my parents. I went in a carriage with Gramps and left.
"I didn't want to tell your parents where you are going so that they won't pay money for this. You are not going to a far place my child. You will still be in Magnolia, and you will still be able to see your parents and go to school, no need to cry." He said with a soft smile and made me calm down.
After 15 minutes we got to the place.
"We are here. Are you ready?" He asked as we went out.
I could barely speak. I was shocked and mesmerized. I couldn't believe I was in a place like this.
