Chapter 9~ The 'Goodbye' Ball

Natsu POV

We arrived back at the guild hall and only had about an hour left until we had to leave. "I never want to do that again!" I layed my head on the table.

"One day you'll have to do it all again." Lucy said as she ordered a strawberry milkshake and fire wings.

"Why would I put myself through that torture?" I asked.

She handed me my fire wings then sipped on her milkshake. "You want a family of your own some day don't you? With a wife and more then 1 child?" I nodded my head.

"Well, when you have a family, you'll need a place that has room for you and your wife. A room for your kids, a place for their things. When you have a family, you'll have a lot of things and the stuff you and your family hoard, will need a place for storage too. That place is going to cost you a lot more then were paying right now if you want to rent it. It will cost you even more if you want to buy the place." During all of that, I don't know why, but I pictured Lucy as my wife.

"…u"

"…su"

"…atsu"

"Natsu!"

I shot up and banged my head into Gray's chest. "Sorry. I wasn't paying attention."

"That's okay, Natsu?" He said, "Anyway, Sue is here early because she is busy later. We're leaving now." We said our good byes and left.

Lucy POV

We arrived at the castle and were met by my parents. "You're here early, so you will pack or train. It's up to you. On second thought, just pack. The ball goes pretty late into the night anyway." We all left to our rooms.I finished in about 15 minutes. When I walked into my room, there were already maids packing. I got them to leave then finished packing what was left.

I decided to go out to the royal garden to get some fresh air before I had to get ready. I got outside and sat down on the edge of the big fountain in the center of the garden. I wasn't paying attention and almost fell in to the water, but someone caught me. I closed my eyes bracing myself for the impact and when I opened my eyes I saw Natsu. "Careful, Luce. If you fall and take a shower, you'll be late to the ball."

"Why would I be late to the ball?" I asked while getting out of his arms.

"You take forever in the bathroom, and we need to get ready in 10 minutes." That earned him a smack in the head. "Ow! Sorry, Lucy. I didn't mean to offend you."

"Well, you should finish packing."

"Already did."

"Really?" he nodded, "Alright, why are you here anyway?"

"Do you not want me here?" he looked so sad.

"No, that's not it. I just thought you want to be away from me for a while. You're going to have to follow me around from now on." He hugged me. "Natsu?" I whispered quietly as a light pink blush came to my cheeks.

"I would never hate having to be with you. I care about you so much." He let me go and gazed into my eyes. "Don't ever think like that." I nodded my head then ran off to a field that was right next to the fountain. I lied down on the grass and stared at the sky.

"Lucy! I'm soaked!" He said as he ran over.

"How?"

"When you ran off, you knocked me into the fountain." I was about to apologise when he interrupted. "It's fine. You don't have to apologise. There are advantages to being a fire mage." He irrupted into flames to dry himself off and I lost it. I was laughing uncontrollably.

"It's not funny!" he pouted.

"I'm sorry. I haven't had a good laugh in a while." I sat up and gestured him to sit next me and he did.

"Have you ever been in love?"

"I don't think so. Why?" I asked as I lied down again.

"I was talking to Mira sometime after you left. She said I might've been in love with someone." That broke my heart.

"Who?"

"Well, she is beautiful." I know it's a girl. "Her hair is light, but it's bright." Lisanna? "She is curvy." Definitely Lisanna. "She left me for awhile." Is he talking about Lisanna? "Her name is L…"

"Guys! We have to start getting ready now!" We heard Levy's voice from the door.

"I'll tell you some other time." He grabbed my hand and led me inside, when I knew my way around my own castle.

After about 20 minutes, all the girls barged into my room in robes. I had just taken a quick bath because the water was cold and now I know why. "What are you guys doing here?"

"We're here to get ready." Levy said as they put their dresses on my bed.

"Plus, we can help each other get ready too. Juvia would love too brush someone's hair." Juvia grabbed a brush out of her make-up bag.

"I need some help doing up my corset." Wendy showed us the back of her dress.

"I need help with my hair." Juvia immediately ran over to Yukino.

"I need make-up assistance." Erza suddenly had sparkle in her eyes. The doors opened and in walked Mira. "MIRA!" we all yelled.

"Lucy's mom came to the guild to ask me to help my girls with their looks for tonight. I said yes because I get to come to the ball too. Tonight, I shall take pictures of all my ships!" She had a camera around her neck. "Romeo came too." Wendy blushed.

"Okay," I said and walked to the door to go in my closet. "Everything I have for getting ready is in here." They all walked in and looked mesmerized.

"My parents really went all out, huh?" I said as I waved my hand in front of their faces.

"Yeah, Lu-Chan! This place has two floors!" We walked up the stairs.

"Lucy, it's almost as big as your bedroom." Wendy couldn't help but point that out.

"I'm jealous! If my requip storage was even half as big as this I could have so much more armour." We went to a space above my room, attached to the closet.

"Juvia thinks Lucy is really Lucky."

"Think I could borrow a dress? I don't have one for tonight. I was asked last minute."

"Sure. You can all have one if you want." They all ran off and grabbed a dress. "Say the spell on the wall if it's the wrong size after putting it, or trying to put it on and it should fit."

The dress Juvia, Erza and Mira chose fit perfectly. The dress was obviously to big on Wendy, and the chest was big on Levy's chosen dress. We all helped each other get ready and went down to the ball. Juvia was good at up-do's so she did those styles. While I helped with hair down styles. Wendy and Mira got make-up. Erza was helping us with jewelry, along with Yukino. Around half way through, maids came in and tried to help, saying that 'commoners' shouldn't be helping a princess. That caused Wendy and Levy to cry, and Mira and Erza almost jumped on them. I told them to not call them that and got them out of the room. We finished getting ready and left to the ball.

3rd Person

The group of girls walked down the stairs to the ball, and drew stares from all over the room. Mainly from the guys they knew. Natsu stared at Lucy as she walked down the stairs. She wore a light pink gown and matching heels. It had a deeper, sparkly pink belt going around the waist. It hugged her curves. It was V-neck straps. Her hair was in a bun, with 2 pieces of hair framing her face.

Juvia wore a light to dark blue Ombre dress. It had white accents around the bottom of the dress and the sweetheart neckline. She was wearing deep blue, strappy heels. Her hair was down, with the ends curled. She had 2 curled pieces of her framing her face. Gray started at her and would've drooled if Happy hadn't shut his mouth.

Gajeel almost punched a guy for starring at Levy, but he walked away before he could. Levy wore a bright orange gown and light orange heels. The top of her drees was full of gems. And it had a net over the bottom portion. It had halter top. Her hair was in her usual style, with a pale orange head band.

Jellal almost dropped his drink when he saw Erza. She wore a Red dress, with a black top. It had black gems placed randomly over the bottom She had on black strappy sandals. Her hair was in a messy bun.

Mira had a lilac dress with an illusion neckline. Her dress had a waist band with a big bow in the back. It had net on both sides of the bottom. She wore Lilac flats. Her was an off the shoulder style. Her hair was in a French braid. Laxus almost dropped his coat.

Sting dropped his plate, and it was caught by rogue. Yukino wore a white dress and white wedges. Her dress had sliver accents and a keyhole neckline. It was a backless dress. She had her hair down, straight.

Romeo dropped his cup. Luckily, it was empty. Wendy had an emerald green dress that went right under her ankles. It was very simple with lighter green gems all over the top. She wore green flats. Her hair was in a crown braid.

"You look…" Laxus couldn't get any words out.

"The end of that sentence is nice, hopefully" Mira gigled

"You are breathtaking." Jellal stared into Erza's eyes. Erza blushed a colour that was close to her hair.

"I don't know what to say, Juvia. You're just…wow." Gray kept looking at Juvia up and down. Juvia was blushing ever so subtly.

"You look amazing, Levy." Levy was amazed at the fact Gajeel called her by her name.

"…" Yukino waved her hand in front of Stings face. He should have said something.

"Lucy, you are gorgeous. I didn't think you could be more beautiful." Natsu grabbed her hands and looked into her eyes.

"Wendy… You look so beautiful. Do you maybe, wanna dance?" He grabbed her hand as he nodded and led her to the dance floor.

From afar, the king and queen watched their daughter.

"Maybe we made a bad decision. Do you think we should go back, Jude?" she leaned her head on her husband's shoulder. "Maybe." They left to the door to greet some special guests...

That took way to long to write. I should start having a plot for my chapters, and not just write whatever. Do you guys think I should? The next chapter will be the ball. I planned to just write the ball today, but that is not what came to mind. Next time, there will be a Rowen scene. Also, as of September 2017, I will be in high school. I'm excited and like dreading it.