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Levy honestly thought there was a cave or something when she saw they were headed for a huge mountain in the middle of the desert but she couldn't see anything and they didn't stop, they were still pushing the camels at a gallop and she was about to say something about them running into a rock wall when Laxus at the head of the pack yelled.
"Open Sesame" the rock wall suddenly lifted showing a cave which they thundered inside, she heard it close quickly behind them.
Gray suddenly pulled them into a stop and jumped off, he held his hand out to Levy, she took it swinging her leg around, he then held her waist to help her down, considering how short she was, she needed the help. Levy took Lucy's hand as a bit of comfort, Lily coming over to her as soon as Bixlow put him down, he curled his way around her and Lucy, Lucy used to this didn't mind, however the others were a little more nervous after all dangerous or not Lily was still a panther and with the scar on his eye he looked dangerous.
"Lucy?" Levy pulled her friend to a stop.
"Do you trust these people?"
"Yes, I do, they are all good people Princess I promise you, Gramps, our leader is just through there" she says pointing to a door, the others had stopped giving them space, Levy had to appreciate that.
"And he will explain everything" Levy rubs her arm Lily nudging her leg.
"Okay" she whispers and holding her head up she follows Lucy through the doors.
The door they entered revealed a large room, like an underground bar, Levy could only imagine since she had never actually seen a bar, at the other end of the room sitting on a table crossed legged was a small old man, he looked up to Lucy, Levy and the others approaching and everyone sitting at the tables stared at them as they walked by mainly Levy. Levy wasn't sure if it was because she was the Princess or because of what she was wearing, maybe she looked really bad, she did drop out of a high window, was carried by a man and travelled unceremoniously on a camel through the desert. She also hadn't been around so many people in…more than two years, what was left of her chain trailed with her on the ground, she wasn't wearing shoes or had ever in the past years, she stopped in front of the man, very much aware of the others fanning out behind her some sitting, others just standing, someone had closed the door.
"Princess Levy, it's an honour to meet you" the man said while still seated bowing to her.
"It's nice to meet you to Mr?"
"My name is Makarov, you can call me that or Gramps like everyone else does, I can imagine you are probably concerned right now, let me assure you, you need not be you are among friends I give you my word"
"Very well then, Makarov why have you brought me here?" the old man smiles.
"You're intelligent like your father, he was a good man, yes I knew him we were friends I couldn't imagine his own brother killing him, I'm sorry I failed in predicting that"
"No one could have known" Levy says, Makarov nods thoughtfully.
"Anyway since your uncle claimed the throne the kingdom has fallen into disrepair, he taxes the poor to hell, and profits even more off their suffering, you couldn't have known this of course from what Lucy has told me you are barely let out of your room at all"
"Once a week sometimes once a fortnight" Levy says, Gramps shakes his head.
"I can see from your leg he also kept you chained" Levy unconsciously looked down at her ankle the chain still secured around, the chain link moved when she did making a slight scrapping noise.
"Gajeel do you think you can take that off?" one man came forward he was covered in piercings unlike Levy had ever seen, Lily who had decided to lie down didn't even sniff him when he came over, Gajeel knelt down to inspect it.
"Hmm, shouldn't be too much of a problem" he says gruffly, pulling out a few tools and sitting down.
"May I Princess?" he asks her Levy looks to him, he was a bit of a scary man very different from Laxus but still he in his own way was beautiful, especially unique he even had piercings for eyebrows.
"Yes?" she says a little unsurely he carefully lifts her chained foot to rest on his thigh so he could see properly and work at it, he started messing with the lock.
"May I ask what it is you hope to accomplish by freeing me?" Levy asks.
"A fair enough question Princess, for one no one not even royally should be forced into marriage, two I owe it to your father to help you I am sorry it took so long for us to free you but we needed information from the inside, Lucy who had been working there before your father was killed was able to get us detailed schematics of the palace and guard rosters this was a very meticulous plan, in order to avoid casualties, both for ourselves and the poor souls working at the palace and thankfully we have succeeded, not one person was killed in the infiltration and extraction"
"That's good" Levy agrees.
"I'd thought you'd say so, but thirdly we hope with you we can help start unrest in the kingdom, for the princess to be taken shows lapses in palace security, you yourself are now a threat to him"
"How so?" she asks as Gajeel clicks one of his tools and the cuffed chain falls off her ankle, a red mark is now visible around her ankle but Levy doesn't care, she stands on it finally un-cuffed she smiles to Lucy who smiles back and returns listening to Gramps.
"You are the Princess Levy, rightful heir to the throne of Fiore, people will follow you given the choices but more than that, if you could prove yourself to be a worthy ruler the entire kingdom could unite behind you, that is what I want, a new age, a better one for us all" Levy looks into the eyes of this man and wonders what had those eyes seen over his years? A lot she would wager, but how could this man with no doubt much wisdom think she would be fit to rule all of Fiore?
"I'm sorry Gramps but I'm not worthy, I have no power, no people, no wealth, no home, I have nothing of worth" Gramps gave a slight smile a spark in his eye.
"You may be surprised Princess, you are far more worthy than you think"
So this one went a little longer I couldn't find a way to end it in the middle of the conversation so I waited until the end, review!
