Author's Note:
This story does not follow the original Fairy Tail, except the fact that Dragons are living, Natsu has Dragon Slaying magic and Happy is one out of three Exceeds in this story. Please review if your ACTUALLY reading this, and I do not own any of the characters in Fairy Tail, or any of Hiro Mashima's amazing work, (there is some mild violence in this and the whole thing is written in Lucy's POV)
"Fiore. Once known as the Kingdom of the Dragons, now known as the Kingdom of the Wizards, a place where countless legends have been born, it is a Kingdom from the Earthland and the strongest world out of the three worlds, Edolas, Extalia and Earthland, our world used to be home to the dragon race, there are still dragons that are living to this day, but you have to be careful Lucy dear, the dragons are fearsome, but yet some are friendly, so be careful!" warned my mum as she closed a book, her name was Layla Heartfillia, she had long blonde hair and hazel colour eyes, she looked at me while I sat on my bed,
"I will mommy, will you read me a fairy tale before I go to bed please?" I asked, she nodded and smiled at me sweetly,
"Of course!" she walked over to my mini cupboard and got out my book of fairy tales and read a story about a Princess being captured by a Dragon, and read it to me, I listened in awe to the story, I enjoyed the story when it was finished, but there was something on my mind,
"Mommy?"
"Yes Lucy?"
"What about the dragon, why can't the dragon have a happy ending?" I asked, she looked at me with a confused face,
"Pardon, did you just ask about, the dragon?" I nodded,
"Yes, why doesn't the dragon have a happy ending, why can't the dragon and the princess stay together, if I was captured by the dragon, and like you said earlier, if the dragon was friendly, I'd stay with him!" I replied, my mother ran her fingers through my hair,
"You have a wild imagination Lucy, I hoped you enjoy your 4th birthday the day after tomorrow!" I nodded,
"I will, but what do you mean mum!" she kissed my forehead and tucked me in, she turned my light off
"Good night, Lucy" she walked to my door,
"Night mum!" I smiled before falling asleep
14 years and a day later…
I stood on the brink of my mother's grave with a bouquet of flowers in my hand, the wind blew through my blonde hair, as my chocolate brown eyes stared blankly at the grave, 'In loving memory of Layla Heartfillia X748 – X777' the plaque read, I placed the flowers down gently as a tear escaped my eyelids, "You never gave me an answer that day mum, 'Why can't a dragon, have a happy ending?' you always told me, that everyone can have a happy ending, if they chose the right path, even me, right?" I asked, but it came out as nothing but a whisper, I smiled weakly, "What am I saying, why am I bringing up the past like that?" I asked myself as I stood up, trying to laugh the tears away, I wiped them from my face, "I miss you" I said before walking back to my house,
In another part of Magnolia…
"Dad, I'm going to town, see you!" shouted a boy with spikey pink hair and onyx-green eyes, he went to dash off into town before a red scale claw stopped him,
"Natsu!" bellowed a voice, Natsu turned around to see Igneel, a fire dragon, standing there,
"Yea dad?" he asked,
"Will you go into the West valleys for me today, there's some rare fish Happy's requested living in the river, I need you to get 5 of them for him, if you can?" he mocked the last part, Natsu grinned at the dragon
"IS THAT A CHALLENGE POPS?" he asked, the dragon smiled a bit, before Natsu ran off in search of the fish,
"Psst, Virgo!" I whispered, "Virgo!" my maid Virgo looked at me, she had pink hair and blue eyes, Virgo was one of my mum's head maids,
"Yes, Princess?" she asked,
"I'm going out for a bit, will you please keep it from father, I'll be back for my dress fitting later but I'm out until then, I'll bring my phone!" I whispered, Virgo nodded,
"Of course Lucy-sama, I'll call you if your father is searching for you, but apart from that have fun Princess!"
"Thank you, Virgo!" I exclaimed,
"Is it punishment time now?" she asked,
"NO!" I yelled but I covered my mouth, I was supposed to be quiet, "I'm going to sneak out of my window, see you Virgo!" I thanked before dashing up the stairs of my castle, and running to my bedroom, I scanned the room quickly for my phone, but as I did I realised how big my room, actually was, I sighed, "Someday, I'll have a normal sized house, with a regular husband, a regular job, and a regular family, and I'll finally be free from all this stupid luxury!" I scowled before jumping out of my window and scaling the ivy creepers from my window, and running as fast as I could, into the nearest valley, in the West of Magnolia, where I could finally get some peace from my busy life, as a princess.
"URGH THIS IS SO BORING!" moaned Natsu as he sat by the lake and tried to fish,
"Aye!" shouted Happy, Natsu's blue, flying cat also known as an Exceed,
"Of your bored then why did you come with me, and why did you ask for 5 fish?" asked Natsu,
"Because I'm a cat and I like fish!"
"But why 5?" Happy shrugged, Natsu glared at him for a second then he went back to fishing,
"Why can't you find one, didn't Guildarts show you how to fish when we visited Tenroujima Island?" asked Happy,
"That was 7 years ago Happy!" Natsu pointed out, Happy muttered something under his breath, as they continued to fish
"This is relaxing," I muttered, I was laying underneath a tree I could feel the sun's warmth on my legs, "Maybe I should go see Levy-Chan later, I haven't seen her in a week," I said, I sat up and felt the refreshing breeze, I loved it out in the meadow, it was nice to be away from all the people of Magnolia, don't get me wrong, I loved the civilisation, but sometimes it was a bit too crowded for my liking, I looked at the city, and sighed, "Everyone'll be coming to my birthday tomorrow, why did I have to be a Princess, why can't I have a normal party with Levy, Wendy, Juvia, and Elie?" I questioned, my phone started buzzing, "Hello?"
"Lucy-san, I'm sorry for bothering you, but Jude has requested your presence and he's sent the royal guards out for you, I suggest you either run or come back straight away, sorry again!" muttered Aries, one of my mum's other maids, she was Virgo's sister
"Got it, thank you so much Aries!"
"Sorry, see you in a but Lucy, sorry again!" she muttered before hanging up, I stood up and started running back home, but on the way I caught a glance of some boy with spikey pink hair fishing with a blue cat, I had to stop for a second to collect myself from the weird sight, but then I continued running
"Dad, I got the fish, after 3 hours, I'm tired now so I'm going to bed!" Natsu called to Igneel as he walked into his small cottage by a cave, Natsu saw Igneel in his house, "Dad what you doing here?" he asked, Igneel looked like a human now, with red spikey hair and onyx-green eyes like Natsu,
"We've been invited to the Princesses birthday party tomorrow, at the royal castle, and we have to go, it's celebrating Princess Lucy Heartfillia's 18th birthday, it's a masquerade ball!"
"So, they give those out to everyone, it's not that special!"
"Maybe you can finally find a girl you won't scare away there, because let's face it, you're 18 already and even Lisanna gets a bit scared of you, and she's got that weird got with the stickman on his forehead!"
"You mean Bixslow?" asked Natsu, Igneel nodded,
"Yea him, and Erza, don't get me started, last time I saw her with you, she almost killed you, so you're going Natsu, maybe you could even befriend the Princess?!" suggested Igneel,
"Yea right, I'm going to bed, see ya dad, enjoy the fish Happy!" shouted Natsu as he jumped on his hammock and turn his back to Igneel and Happy,
"He does know it's only 4 in the afternoon right?" asked Igneel, Happy shrugged,
"This one's really pretty Lu-Chan!" exclaimed Levy, she was there for my dress fitting along with Wendy, Juvia couldn't make it, and Elie was on her way here from Punk City,
"It really is, but I don't think Lucy likes it!" said Wendy,
"Yeah Wendy, I wish I could have a shorter one!" I poked the dress with one hand because I was holding my dog-like pet, Plue, the dress was a simple light pink ball gown with no straps and a matching pink mask,
"I can make it shorter for you Princess, if you'd like?" asked Virgo, I nodded my head,
"Yes please!"
"No you will not have the dress shortened Virgo, Lucy's a Princess, she needs gowns!" interrupted my dad,
"Dad I'm 18 tomorrow, for 17 years you've made me wear fancy dresses and ball gowns, this year, it'll be different, I'll wear what I want, and you can't change that!" I snarled, he glared at me,
"Virgo, don't!"
"Virgo, shorten it!"
"Virgo, don't you dare!"
"VIRGO DO IT!" I yelled,
"FINE, BUT IF YOU LOOK LIKE A FOOL AT TOMORROW NIGHT'S PARTY, FINE BY ME!" he bellowed, Levy and Wendy flinched but I was so used to him shouting at me, it didn't matter,
"Mum always said that I should so what I want, and I want this!" I shouted back, after my dad left Wendy and Levy let out a sigh of relief,
"No offense Lucy, but your dad is a bit scary!" muttered Wendy,
"Yeah!" agreed Levy
"I know, but I'm used to it, Virgo, will you please shorten the dress?"
"Yes Princess!" she replied and she shortened the dress for me, it looked gorgeous when it was finished,
"Lucy you look gorgeous!" exclaimed Elie coming through the door of my castle, the guards always let her in seeing as she was in fact my cousin, she brought her friends with her, two boys and one jelly looking blob that talks,
"Elie, Haru, Musica, Griff, how are you all?" I asked,
"We're fine, happy birthday Lucy!" shouted Haru,
"Thanks, but my birthday's tomorrow Haru!" I laughed,
"Elie, you told me it was today!" whispered Haru, Elie laughed,
"So how's your relationship going?" asked Wendy, she'd met Haru when she visited Punk City with me before, and she'd met Elie there too,
"Good!"
"How are you Musica, still single!?" I mocked, he scowled, while Elie and Haru laughed,
"You see Lucy, Musical hasn't been in a relationship since Hara found the last 'Rave Stone' so it's been a long while!" replied Griff,
"It's Musica, not Musical you squidgy jelly blob!" Musica retorted,
"Nice to meet you all I'm Levy!" Levy greeted, we all talked through the rest for the evening, and I invited Elie and the others to stay in the castle, but they told me that they already booked an inn, so I said goodbye to them with Levy and Wendy and then we went up to bed, Levy and Wendy were sleeping over tonight, and we were going to meet Juvia before the party tomorrow,
"Lucy, you excited for your party, it's lasting all day?" asked Juvia as she got on a dark blue cocktail dress, with a black and blue mask
"I am, but guys, will you not tell everyone that I'm me? Please!"
"But what will be say then, if someone asks for your name?" asked Wendy, she was wearing a puffy white dress with matching bows for her hair which was in twin tails she wore a white mask
"I mean, if any girls or boys our age come up to me, don't tell them I'm Lucy Heartfillia, tell them my name's Lucy Ashley, that's a fake name I used when I was younger!"
"Got it Lu-Chan Ashley, cool!" exclaimed Levy, she wore a small orange dress with white bows on the side, with an orange mask
"Yea, it suits you, not as much as Heartfillia though, hey I wonder if your married name will suit you as well?" Elie pondered, she wore a red and white dress that resembled a sailor scout uniform and red heels to match with a red bow,
"Thanks you guys, I really appreciate it!" I said while putting on some small silver heels, I placed my tiara on my head and walked downstairs with the girls, we were just going to sneak in with the crowd as my father introduced me, I just hid behind a curtain until he thanked everyone for coming and then the music started up,
"HARU! MUSICA!" shouted Elie as she ran over to them, Juvia had gone off to stalk some boy she thought was 'a piece of heaven given to us as a gift' who had a tendency to strip, Levy watching as her friends Jet and Droy fight over who gets the first dance with her and then they started crying as Gajeel took Levy into his arms and carried her to the dance floor, and Wendy had gone to talk with her friends from school, one's her age, so I walked over to Elie to talk to her, Haru and Musica, Haru was wearing a white suit with a silver mask to match his hair, Musica wore a black suit and black mask, to match his hair
"Hi Elie, hey Lucy!" Haru waved at us, while Musica was chatting up some girl who had just stomped on his toe, I tried to contain my laughter, but I couldn't, Griff then popped up
"Musical you never learn, you just haven't got the skills to get a girlfriend!" stated Griff, Elie and Haru started laughing with me,
"Shut it!" Musica stomped on Griff, squishing him on the ballroom floor,
"Thanks, you just wrecked my ballroom with Griff guts, I hope your happy!?" I asked sarcastically while picking up a glass of punch,
"As a matter of fact, I am!" he seemed pretty proud of himself,
"Hey guys, how long are you in town, we could hang out if you're here for a few more days!?"
"We're here for 2 more days after today, so we could go out into Magnolia for a day, if you want Lucy?"
"Yeah, I haven't seen you guys in like a year, so yeah, definitely!" we talked for the whole afternoon, the way I hoped to spend my birthday, talking and hanging around with my friends, the music started changing and a song my mum taught the dance to me and Elie when we was little came on, "Hey guys!"
"We learnt the dance to this, c'mon Haru!" Elie dragged Haru to the centre of the ballroom, while Musica went up to some girl and asked her to dance, and she accepted oddly enough, but I was alone and I had no one to dance with,
"Go on, ask that girl by there!" said Igneel to Natsu who was wearing a red mask and a black suit, Igneel wore something similar but the mask was slightly different,
"Do I have to, can't I just go home dad?"
"If you ask her, we can go straight back home and on the way I'll buy you some food!"
"Deal" he agreed, Natsu walked up to me and tapped me on the shoulder "Excuse me!" I turned around, I recognised the boy's hair, it was the boy from yesterday, and I quickly snatched my tiara from my head and put it on the table
"Oh hello!"
"W…w…would you, like to dance?" he blurted out, I smiled,
"Of course!" he held out his hand and I gladly took it, his hand was warm, we walked to the centre of the room so I was next to Elie and Haru, and we danced until the end of the song, I had my foot stepped on a couple of times but as soon as he let me lead, we were alright, he bowed when we finished and I curtseyed,
"Can I ask you, what's your name?" he asked,
"Lucy, Lucy H… Ashley!" I corrected myself
"I'm Natsu Dragneel!" he started running off, "See you around Lucy!" he waved to me before running to his dad,
"See you around!" I called to him before meeting up with the rest of my friends again, and going back to my room,
"Did you meet anyone Lucy?" asked Juvia,
"I met one guy!" I told them, they all started 'oohing' in unison, I went a bit red, "Shut up!" I shouted, "It's nothing like that, I only just met him!"
"Lucy-san, there is something called 'love at first sight' you know!" Wendy said,
"I know, but I've never interacted with any boys before, beside Haru and Musica, and they're both iffy! No offense Elie you've been with him longer, so you could tell me different but still!" I said,
"Lucy, none taken, its fine, he can be iffy from time to time anyway!"
"Guys this is gonna sound stupid, but how do you know if you 'love' somebody, different from family love, or love for friends, how do you know, who you love, if that makes sense!?"
"Lu-Chan you know when you know, you feel something in your heart when you think about them, it might not happen right at first, but if you hang around that person long enough, you'll know!"
"How are you guys such experts on love?" I asked intrigued,
"We've all had boyfriends before, I had one when I was 13!" replied Wendy,
"So a 13 year old beat me to a boyfriend, that's sad!" I muttered burying my face in my hands
"What's his name anyway?" asked Elie,
"Natsu Dragneel,"
"Hmmm, Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Dragneel, it has a nice ring to it you know!" Elie told me, I went bright red,
"ELIE YOU, YOU SHOULDN'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT I, I, I ONLY JUST MET HIM!" I stuttered my face completely red, now,
"So, in my diary I have Elie Glory on the front, it's no big deal!"
"Yeah, Juvia has Juvia Fullbuster on hers!" Juvia started to have fantasies that shouldn't be mentioned in a civil conversation, I was getting scared of that mind of hers,
"Levy Redfox!" I then looked at Wendy and she went bright red
"Wendy?"
"What?" she asked, trying to cover her blush,
"Do you have a name on your diary?" I asked,
"NO, COURSE NOT, but I have thought about someone I liked and their last name being the same as mine but…" she trailed off, I decided to leave her alone seeing as she was young,
"Guys I'm going into the valleys for a bit anyone want to join me?" I asked,
"I'll come with you Lucy!" Juvia said,
"I was going to spend time with Haru, and I invited Wendy along, because she told me she was going into town today!" said Elie
"I was going to stop by the bookstore, sorry Lu-Chan!" Levy apologised,
"It's fine, Juvia, you coming?" I asked, she nodded she jumped out the window with me and we ran over to the valleys, where I was yesterday,
"I'm going into the valleys for a bit dad, see you!" Natsu waved to Igneel (as a dragon now), and he ran off into the valleys,
End Notes:
I hope you enjoyed the story, I'll try to update once per week, specifically every Saturday, school is coming up soon and I've got a weekend to myself so I'll try to write a few chapters then post them once or twice per week, I hoped you enjoyed please review and like, there'll be more soon. :D \(°^°)/