Authors note

Warning: signs of abuse, can be unsettling for some people and if that's the case stop reading when you get to the memory part.

Hey there, yesterday my WiFi was down so I couldn't really upload another chapter or edit one or do almost anything so to make up for it here is a longer chapter. I'm also trying to figure out if I should make Lucy more defiant or timid because the discription to my story is vague there. Let me know in the comments. Thanks and enjoy!

Oh my goddesses... who was that hot stuff? Was that actually the fierce dragon that everyone is afraid of? What has my father gotten himself into?

Those three thoughts were the only things running through Lucy Heartfilias mind as she blindly changed out of the bridal style gown and into the clothes she was given. Lucy tossed the gown and corset into the corner of the room. She didn't want to see it because it reminded her of memories, awful memories.

Once she finished changing she looked down at her new outfit, it was something she wasn't used to. She smiled and tilted her head as she examined her new clothes.

Lucy, coming from a wealthy lords family was used to tight, overly exposing, and stiff clothing. This outfit however was a pair of loose jeans and a small navy blue crop with white flower patterns adorning the sleeves.

Where did a guy get an outfit like this?

She twirled around, letting her golden blond hair fall out of her braided bun and gently putting it up in a side ponytail with a blue ribbon.

"That's better," she thought to herself.

Lucy sighed and looked around the small, dimly lit room. Against the wall she saw where she had slept the night before and in the middle of the room was a pullout couch full of patches of fabric and cat scratches.

The stairway was a few feet away and headed upstairs.

"That must mean I'm in the basement," Lucy said to nobody in particular.

Meanwhile upstairs

"Ugh are you almost done cooking breakfast? I'm starving!" Natsu said as his stomach started to growl.

He hadn't eaten since noon the day before and was starting to get hangry.

"Hold on a second Natsu i'm trying my best, why don't you use your flames to cook for a change?" A little blue Exceed by the name of Happy retorted while trying to cook eggs and salmon in a large pan.

"It's too early!" Natsu cried before looking down the hallway toward the stairs that lead downwards.

Noticing movement along the stairway a small figure emerged.

As the figure emerged he noticed that Lucy had in fact changed out of her bridal style gown. He could tell that he quite liked the way she did her hair in a side ponytail contrasted to the braided bun before.

Lucy stood against the wall waiting for a sign to enter. Uncomfortably she crossed her arms around her top to make herself smaller.

Natsu noticed this action and sighed, what happened to this girl? Seeing such a pretty girl feel uncomfortable with her body made him angry. Her demeanor had changed since earlier and he realized that she had her own fits of confidence every so often. He decided to check something out.

"You can come in ya know," he said with a smile before walking over and reaching out to grab her hand.

Lucy uncontrollably flinched at his touch and shyly sidestepped around Natsu toward the table with chairs.

"Um I'm not that hungry so..." as soon as Lucy said that, her stomach growled and her face turned bright red.

"S-sorry!" She half squeaked while shaking her hands in denial.

"Why are you sorry? Everyone needs to eat." Natsu explained to her.

When she flinched at his touch he knew something was wrong, looking closer he noticed light bruises along her stomach that were exposed because of her crop top.

Ignoring the newfound information about her situation Natsu brought over a plate of eggs and placed it in front of Lucy.

"Eat up Lucy," he mumbled to her as he sat down across from her with his own plate. Happy joined him hovering next to the table eating his salmon.

"Hey Natsu, whos the chick?" (In this story I'm altering happys personality to be more short and mature, no longer being as childish as the show).

"Hey Lucy," Natsu said to the girl across from him. Right now she was silently pushing the eggs around her plate not eating. "This is my buddy Happy, he is an Exceed."

Lucy looked up, her eyes flittering from Natsu to Happy before looking back down at her plate.

"Happy this is Lucy, she's mine apparently," Natsu said and shrugged before devouring his plate and going for seconds.

Lucy looked up at Natsu as he walked away and started to stare off into space.

(Warning: memory aproching)

April 29th 2013

Time: unknown

Little Lucy was sitting in the gardens quietly humming when a young man, 5 years older than her walked up and grabbed her arm pulling her away. Little Lucy cried out for anyone to help her but everyone kept their heads down or didn't hear her. She was dragged into one of the many rooms in her house and thrown on the bed. The man started to straddle her. He began to kiss her up and down her neck and face. Lucy started to cry, not being able to do anything with her hands firmly held down next to her. Tears were streaming so fast down her cheeks that she didn't realize then boy was pulled off her by one of the maids.

The boy was sent to jail the next day but he left marks. Both physically, on her neck and mentally in her memories.

Lucy was so focused on the memory that she didn't hear Natsu asking her what was wrong, or be able to feel the stinging hot tears running down her face uncontrollably and forming a small puddle on the table.

Wow this chapter was over 1,000 words and I'm really proud of myself. Once again I can't figure out if I should make Lucy defiant or if I should make her timid. Lemme know in the comments. I'm trying hard to increase the size of each chapter so the next one may be longer. Remember to follow, like, or whatever to keep up with the story and until next time,

Stay Frosty!