Author's Note:
Sorry for the long wait, but I'm back, hope you're still reading, đź‘Ť oh and in this chapter Lucy sings a song, its 'Ending 11 - Glitter (STR)' and I wrote my own English lyrics and I might try singing it and posting it on YouTube, (maybe) No but onto the story, I hope you enjoy and once again, NOTHING TO DO WITH FAIRY TAIL, MAKING, SCENES, CHARATERS, MAGIC, NOTHING, OR RAVE MASTER BUT THERE'S MONE OF THAT IN THIS SO... ENJOY (A little GaLe in this chapter if you look at it that way)
I ran down the familiar street and picked up my pace, I was only a few house from Levy now, I looked at her small house and I shouted up the window, "LEVY-CHAN IT'S LUCY!" I screamed, I saw her light switch in and her curtains open, the petite girl stood there with her hair all messed up, while she rubbed her eyes,
"Lu-Chan, what are you doing here?"
"I was locked in my room so I had to escape somewhere, your parents aren't here right?" I asked, Levy shook her head,
"No" she answered,
"Okay," I kicked my heels off and I hoisted myself up onto her back garden's wall, and I tried reaching for her window, it was really hard seeing as I'd got a long dress on.
"Lu-Chan I'll open the door for you now!" she shouted hesitantly, 'What is she acting all panicky about?' I thought, I jumped down off of the wall and I walked over to her front door, I heard two different voices, one belonged to Levy, the other one was a familiar voice, a VERY familiar voice, after the second voice stopped talking, I heard the door unlocking, which revealed Levy standing there.
"You were with him again weren't you?" Levy nodded sheepishly, I sighed "Are you sure you can trust him, he works in that tattoo shop 'Phantom Lord' and his eyebrow has three screws implanted in it Levy, don't you think that's a bit creepy?" I asked, Levy stared at me sadly, we started walking up her stairs.
"Gajeel isn't bad, he's really sweet!" she reassured, I stared at her in disbelief, "Lu-Chan, believe me, he's nice, really nice!"
"He called me bunny girl just last Tuesday, but it's not just that, he's just unworthy of your trust, I know I don't trust him Levy-Chan, I'm sorry, I just don't feel like I can just yet though!" I explained, I didn't want to lie to my best friend, not at all.
"Just give him a chance, please!" she opened her bedroom door and I saw the black haired metal lover sitting on Levy's bed.
"Hey bunny girl!" he grinned at me and Levy, more to Levy though, I glared back at him.
"Gajeel!" I snarled.
"Not going to well in the castle, get kicked out again, you are really hard to handle, I wouldn't be surprised if you were finally kicked out for good, I have no clue how shrimp puts up with you! Geehee!" he chuckled, I grabbed the nearest lamp and raised it to throw at him, but Levy put her hand on my shoulder, so I was able to calm my anger and put the lamp down,
"Okay, I'm not staying here tonight, I'm going off into the town, and I'll find some inn to sleep in!" I told them, and I walked over the Levy's bed, glared at Gajeel, before using the headboard to hoist myself in the air and fall out of the window… and land on my backside.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH BUNNY GIRL FELL!" Gajeel cackled, I stood up and glared at him
"Next time, I WILL throw the lamp!" I threatened as I dusted myself down and walked away, in search of the one place, which allowed me some peace, the one place that I had good memories, the place that my I spent the last day with my mum.
I sat against the edge of the mountain, lying against a rock and stared at the sky, I saw the stars sparkling in the night, "Watch the pieces of our future, shatter by our touch" I sung quietly and slowly, I closed my eyes and felt the tears on the brink of my eyelids, I opened my eyes again and continued "When the glitter disappeared, darkness gained too much" I kicked off my heels and started climbing the mountain of rocks, humming to the tune, I felt the hard rocks against my bare feet. "Rotting from inside, our sacred metropolis, searching for fresh air, standing on my own" every rock I climbed, the more I felt alive, "Where is the end, where you've wanted to be? Ash and rocks fall down, overflow the sea, Utopia left me…" I reached the top of the mountain and the top of the pile was smooth and there was a bit of a rock hanging over the edge, if you weren't careful, you could fall down 50ft and die. "Every single day I continue to carry on, although I'm not strong, I'll stand up, as I sing my song" I walked to the edge and sung louder than ever, "Fog will hide the bright sky we see, butthere's still that choice. You can hide in fear or you can listen to your own voice!" I held my hand to the sky, as if I was trying to reach for the stars in the sky, the people watching over me, just like my mother.
"Wow that was amazing!" I heard a voice, I turned around to see Natsu standing behind me, I jumped and took a step backwards, but the rock underneath me gave way, and I was falling, "LUCY!" Natsu screamed, I could see him trying to grab my hand before I fell, but it was futile, I could feel the force of the air as I was falling, I closed my eyes and I saw split second flashes of my life: my 1st birthday, on my 2nd getting a doll I called Michelle off Elie, my 4th, then the day my mum died, meeting Levy and Juvia, sleepovers, being home schooled, meeting Wendy, escaping my house for the first time, and all those events lead up to the last thing I saw… meeting Natsu. I had only been falling for 5 seconds now.
"NATSU!" I yelled, although there was no hope for me now, I closed my eyes and waited for the end… it never came. I opened my eyes slowly and saw that I had been saved, I was hovering in mid-air and Natsu had me in his arms, I gasped.
"ROAR OF THE FIRE DRAGON!" he screamed, and in a second, he was breathing fire, which was propelling us back into the sky,
"Magic!?" I exclaimed breathlessly, soon we were back to safety and back on the ledge. Natsu put me down, I stared at him in awe. "MAGIC!" I was able to yell it this time,
"Yeah, I have magic, so what?" asked Natsu, he scratched his head.
"Magnolia, Hargeon, Crocus, the WHOLE KINGDOM of Fiore was stripped of magic, 7 years ago, when all the dragons disappeared!" I shouted, Natsu tilted his head.
"What are you talking about Lucy? The dragons never disappeared!"
"YES THEY DID, MY FRIEND IS 16 AND HER DRAGON DISSIPEARED WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 3!" I was totally losing my patience, Wendy was 6! 6! When she lost her dragon, she was devastated, she never met her real mother and Grandine was the only one there for her, the only one who was there to raise her, teach her right from wrong, so when I was 5, I saw her crying, she was sitting under the tree in the valleys, and I decided to help her.
Flashback
"What's wrong?" I asked the young girl, she looked up at me, her eyes sopping wet,
"M…my…my mommy, my mommy has gone missing, I…I can't find her anywhere!" she went back to crying, I kneeled down and hugged her, she tensed up and stopped crying,
"It'll be alright, I lost my mum when I was only 4, and I know what you're going through!" I released my hug and faced her, "So I'm going to help you get through it" I smiled, I held out my hand, "My name's Lucy Heartfillia, I'm the Princess of Magnolia, and I'd like to be your friend!"
"I'm Wendy Marvel" she was shaking as she grabbed my hand, but I smiled warmly and she stopped shaking, "And, I'd love to be your friend, Princess Lucy!"
"Just Lucy, it's just Lucy, okay!" I grinned at her, and I played with Wendy for the rest of the day, and from that day on, I was always there for her, and she called me the mother she never had, and sometimes, she told me I was a guardian angel sent from our god, Mavis Vermillion, and I was sent to watch over her, and to make sure she was alright.
End of Flashback
"That's weird, my dad is still living with me now, and he's a dragon!"
"But I saw him from the window last night, he was human, a normal human!?"
"I know, he can transform into a human, to go out and about, like the Princess' party yesterday!" he explained.
"So, THE DRAGONS ARE STILL OUT THERE!?" I shouted excitedly, Natsu nodded,
"Yep!" he grinned, "Hey Luce, shall I walk you home?" he offered, I shook my head,
"No it's fine, I have to find somewhere to sleep tonight so I'll just sleep over my friend's house or something" I explained,
"Why aren't you sleeping at the castle, have you been kicked out?" he asked,
"Not really, but I've been locked in my room so because I escaped, I don't think I'll be allowed back, so I need to find a place"
"Why not sleep at mine, it's sort of clean and we have a guest room?" he offered, I shrugged
"Are you sure your dad wouldn't mind?" I asked biting my lip, he shook his head.
"I've had worse guests!" he laughed, I giggled,
"Well I guess it'll be alright for one night!"
We walked along the pathway to Natsu's house, I started shivering a little bit 'Why the hell did I have to own all these flimsy dresses!' I yelled in my head, I felt something warm against my neck, I looked down to see Natsu's scarf on my neck, "Hey, this is yours though" I told him,
"I don't need it, your cold so I gave it to you" he explained,
"But don't you get cold?" he shrugged
"I'm a fire wizard, I don't get very cold, and you seem like you need it more than me!" he smiled, a small blush grew on my cheeks
"Thanks" I muttered, but it came out like a whisper, we soon arrived at the mini cottage, Natsu tried opening the door, but he couldn't, it was locked.
"OI! DAD! OPEN THE FRIKEN DOOR!" screamed Natsu, there was no sound, Natsu was getting pissed, and soon his hands ignited, I screamed
"F...F…FIRE!" I yelled in peril, Natsu raised his fist
"FIRE DRAGON IRON FIST!" he roared, as he smashed the door down, I watched in fear as I saw the door, as nothing but ashes and dust. Natsu stood up straight and looked at me, a grin grew on his face as he motioned his hands to the doorway
"Come on in!" he exclaimed, all I could do was sweat-drop.
I stepped inside the little cottage and just stared, the room was a tip, there were old clothes all over the place, old pieces of food (such as bones and fat), and don't even get me started on the furniture; the couch was tipped over, the curtains had huge holes in them, as if a mutant moth had attacked them, there was nothing decent to sleep on, except one small hammock that Natsu slept in. "Umm, where's the spare room?" I asked, Natsu tilted his head,
"What are you talking about, there's no spare bed!" he answered, my jaw dropped,
"YOU TOLD ME THERE WAS A SPARE ROOM, ONE FOR ME TO SLEEP IN!" I screamed, he scared his head, he smirk grew on his face.
"I lied" he replied bluntly, I froze, and I swear I crumpled into a million pieces right there, 'No spare room, the place is a mess, and he expects me to sleep here?' I thought in my head. I started walking through the door less entrance, "Where you going Lucy?" he asked, I raised an eyebrow.
"Where d'ya think, I'm going to sleep at Levy-Chan's," I replied,
"I thought you were sleeping here?" he seemed to deflate, he lay on his hammock, "Okay you can go" he told me, I looked down,
"Now I feel really bad" I muttered, I sighed, "Okay, I'll sleep here"
"YOU WILL!" he screamed excitedly,
"If!"
"If?"
"If I can clean this place up a bit first!" I demanded, Natsu nodded,
"Okay, that's good, I'm going to go find my dad, he'll want to meet you!" he started running off,
"Wait!" I yelled after him, but he'd gone off somewhere, "Why does he need to introduce me to his dad?" I asked myself, but I shrugged off that thought and I got to cleaning.
"Phew, there, all done!" I smiled at my work, the room was completely clean, the couch was the right side up, and I found out that the couch was a pull-out, so there was, in fact, a place for me to sleep.
"LUCY I FOUND… WHOA!" Natsu exclaimed as he looked at the room, "How did you make my house look clean?" he asked, I shrugged,
"I don't know, I never really do manual labour but I seem to be good at it, I guess!" I replied sheepishly, I pulled off Natsu's scarf and gave it to him, "You forgot about this!"
"Oh yeah!" he grinned, "Anyway, Lucy, I'd like you to meet my dad, Igneel, for some reason he wanted to meet you so…" Natsu was interrupted but Igneel barging past him and shaking my hand frantically,
"IT'S VERY NICE TO MEET YOU YOUR HIGHNESS, PRINCESS LUCY HEARTFILLIA!" he yelled, 'Holy crap!' I thought
"What the hell are you talking about old man, she isn't the princess, what have you been drinking? I swear, too much time with Guildarts!" complained Natsu, Igneel glared at Natsu,
"HOW DARE YOU BE RUDE IN THE PRINCESS' PRESENCE!" he bellowed,
"Excuse me" I interrupted, Igneel stared at me, so did Natsu, I held out my hand "Hi, my name's Lucy Ashley, Natsu said I could stay the night, I don't really have anywhere else to go right now!" I explained, I lied about my name but the rest was true, I didn't have a place unless I wanted to be stuck in my room 24/7 for the rest of my life.
"So wait, you're not the Princess?" asked Igneel, I shook my head.
"I'm going to go find Happy, I can't find him anywhere, HAPPY, WHERE'D YOU GO!" Natsu's voice trailed off in the background,
"Okay, you're Princess Lucy Heartfillia, I know you are, and just answer me this, why are you lying to my son?" questioned Igneel, I looked down,
"I don't really want to lie to him, but I've had fake friends before, I only have 4 really friends, and one of them's my cousin, I want to have a close friend, one who's a boy, one who's kind, caring, and one I can trust, and Natsu fits the bill, I've been betrayed all my life by boys, and I want him to like me for me, not as a princess, but just as Lucy, I'm sorry I'm lying but…" I trailed off, Igneel put his hand on my shoulder, I looked up.
"I know you're doing this for something good, but after you know you can trust my boy, will you please tell him, please!?" begged Igneel, I nodded,
"Yeah, I will, I know his heart's in the right place. So I promise I'll tell him soon!" I smiled,
"I FOUND HIM!" yelled Natsu, he ran in with Happy, who was flying along beside him. I smiled at Happy and he juts hid behind Natsu.
"IT'S THE SCARY WEIRDO!" Happy yelled in peril, I had to resist the urge to hit him, so I just cursed under my breath.
"So Lucy, I would think you'll sleep on the couch tonight, there's no other room, but mine which is a cave, and Natsu has his hammock so I suggest you use the couch." Said Igneel, I nodded,
"Okay, I don't have a change of clothes for the morning though?"
"That's okay, I'll run down to the shops in the morning, oh wait, Natsu, you can take Lucy to Fairy Tail, I'm sure Mirajane would have some spare clothes in Lucy's size maybe?" Igneel asked Natsu, and ye nodded,
"Okay, Luce, if you want, maybe you could join, it's just a bar downtown, but it's a regular hang out for me and my friends, and only someone with the mark can get in, so I'll ask Mira tomorrow for you, okay!" he grinned, I nodded,
"That'll be great!" I exclaimed, not long after, I settled into the pull out couch and I fell asleep, it was comfier than expected, and I preferred it to my bed, after I fell asleep, I failed to noticed Natsu crawling in the bed next to me, for some odd reason, but he was safe for the night, but when I was going to wake up in the morning, boy would he get it!
Author's Note:
Okay so this is where the story is starting to evolve, might not seem like it, but it is, from what I've got planned anyway, sorry, sorry, sorry, SORRY I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOO LATE THIS TIME, but I promise to be quicker, I have to learn my lines for my school's play now, so it'll be less often, but I promise i'll try, hope you continue to read! Now ITADAKEMASU (TIME TO EAT (supper) )