Author's Note:
GOMENASAI! I apologise for not updating! There's not much of an intro this time just. I am sorry I will be updating later than usual everything ales will be included at the bottom! Before you read I cannot stress this point enough! I DO NOT! AND NEVER WILL (though I wish I did) OWN FAIRY TAIL (OR RAVE MASTER, SINCE I INCLUDED A LITTLE ELIE SCENE IN THIS)
P.S. I meant to post like 4 days ago but some reason it didn't post and I realised RIGHT NOW that it wouldn't work, *sigh* anyway here it is. Sorta rushed this one too. Gomen!
"Thank you for letting me stay here, but I've found a place to live now, I will come back and visit soon, but before I left I just wanted to tell you something!" Igneel lifted up his giant head. "I would just like to thank you for keeping my secret, I really appreciate it!" I smiled, Igneel grinned.
"My pleasure, have you told Natsu yet?" I shook my head.
"I was actually panning on telling him tomorrow, for today I'll be busy!"
"Have you seen the guards, they're all over the city looking for you, are you sure you'll be alright?" Igneel asked concerned
"I saw them yesterday, and the day before, and the day before that. They're thinking of moving from Magnolia, and onto Hargeon, then across Fiore. I've been 'missing' for a week now, so they should be moving onto different countries soon enough."
"If they don't, call on Natsu or the guild, they'll all protect you Lucy. Oh, and I will too!"
"You know Igneel, you're like the father I never had, so thank you!"
"What do you mean, you have a father, King Ju-"
"That's exactly what I mean, King Jude Heartfillia, the King of Magnolia, whys only offspring is a 'pathetic useless excuse for a person' in his own words. My father, I will never actually consider him as my real dad, so I'm happy to have found people I can call my friend, people I can call my family. Because no one will replace my mother, but, I'm happy I have someone to replace my father!" Igneel's cheeks grew pink.
"Lucy, what are you doing, you have to show me where your new house is!" Natsu shouted as he walked out of his house, he slung an arm over my shoulder. "C'mon let's go!"
"And what makes you think I'm showing you where my house is?"
"Because we're best friends!" he cheered, I sweat dropped.
"I am somehow best friends with a pervert, well my life's taken a bit of a beating hasn't it?" I asked rhetorically.
"How Luce?"
"It was a rhetorical question, Natsu!"
"What's rea-tore-call question?" asked Natsu as question marks started forming above his head.
"HOW STUPID CAN YOU GET!?"
"DON'T CALL ME STUPID YOU WEIRDO!"
"WEIRDO? I'LL SHOW YOU!"
"Why are you even here?" I asked Natsu, he was currently lying across the seats of the coach, it looked like he was dying!
"W-why coul…dn't, w…we wal-!" he hung his head outside the window and was currently spilling his insides out on the road.
"WHY DID YOU EVEN COME ALONG! YOU HAVE MOTION SICKNESS!" I yelled, Natsu held up his finger to point out something, but then he dropped back down, I sweat dropped, 'How did I even befriended this guy? He's far from normal, if my father knew about me being friends with him he's ban me from going out ever again!' I thought "Hey Natsu"
"Hai Lushie?" he said between gags.
"You do realise we stopped about 5 minutes ago right?" I asked, we were stuck in traffic, who knew a Wednesday morning could be so busy? Natsu's head jolted up, he blinked in disbelief, then showed me a goofy grin.
"HAHAHAHAH I DIDN'T REALISE!" he chuckled, I sweat dropped yet again.
"What am I going to do with you?" I asked myself, then I realised something. There was a lack of a blue exceed floating around calling me a weirdo. "Hey, where's Happy?" I asked
"Oh yeah, he has the HUGE crush on Carla and he's been spending more time with her, trying to get her to finally accept his fish." he explained, soon the coach started up again, and Natsu was I'm such a state, I actually felt sorry for him.
I lay down on my new bed with a book I'd picked up in the nearest store. So far it was amazing, Levy recommended it, saying 'Lu-Chan, you have to read this! Oh my Mavis, it's amazing!' she was right! "Lucy!" complained a voice, I completely ignored it, I was engrossed in my new book, it was a romance novel about a common man who fell for a rich heiress, 'To bad this can't happen to me!' "Lucy!" the voice got louder, and more pissed off. I ignored it yet again, and continued reading. "LUCY!"
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?!" I screamed back, throwing my book at the annoyed dragon slayer, knocking him down onto the floor in the process. He soon recovered though.
"I was asking if you wanted to come play, I'm so bored and Happy has gone with Carla! AGAIN!" he complained, I glared at him before picking up my book.
"Go play with Gray or someone, or you could go find Happy. I'm sure if he's with Carla, Wendy will be there too, so leave me alone because I'm reading and I want some peace, we have to go to the guild tomorrow!" I instructed,
"But!"
"GO!" I ordered, he sat up slouching for a moment, before leaving my room in a mood. I lay back down on my bed and scanned my room for a second, 'It's amazing that I finally have my own house, and it's only 70,000 Jewel a month. I can just sneak into the castle monthly to get some money, if I don't earn enough at the guild!' I thought smiling to myself. 'Now all that's left is to find a boyfriend, and out live the rest of my life happy!'
2 weeks later…
"Here Lucy, this is your share of the money!" Lisanna handed me an average sized bag full of Jewels. "There's 57,545 Jewel in there, we earned 385,270 Jewel in the past week, so 20,000 for the guild's damages this week, and the rest was shared between the 6 of us!"
"I still need a bit of money to cover my rent coming up in 2 weeks, can I also work this week too?" I asked,
"You'll have to ask Mira, Gray was supposed to be working this week, along with Erza, and we can only take on 6 people to work at a time in the restaurant, unless you want to work at the bar?" she offered, I nodded.
"Anything that I can earn money off of, I'll make sure to ask her later!" I waved as I walked out of the restaurant. I'd been working at Fairy Tail for about 3 weeks now, and I still hadn't told them I was the Princess. I was really surprised they hadn't found me yet, my dad would always send the royal guards out for me when I escaped, even since I was 5. I guess I'm just amazing at evading them!
"Lu-Chan!" I looked across the street and saw my best friend
"Evening Levy-Chan!" I smiled, she smirked and raised an eyebrow. "What is it?"
"When are you going to tell Natsu-san?" she asked, my mood dropped.
"Please don't remind me!"
"Why, did something happen?" she tilted her head, my mood dropped even more.
"I chickened out!"
1 week ago…
"Tomorrow, I WILL tell Natsu about myself!" I walked into my room with a surprise waiting.
"WELCOME HOME LUCY!" shouted Natsu and Happy jumping out from behind the door, I screamed in peril, I grabbed the nearest object (which happened to be Happy) and lobbed it at Natsu, "STOP THROWING THINGS AT ME THIS IS THE 3RD TIME TODAY!" he barked at me, fire spewing from his mouth, he tended to do that when he was angry, he had already destroyed 3 of my books, 5 different outfits, and my bedcovers. Just from me yelling at him!
"Sorry, you just scared me!" I looked down, "Natsu, I, I have to tell you something!"
"Huh? What is it Luce?" he tilted his head, offering a hand to help me up, I took it.
"I…" 'What should I do, what should I say, THINK LUCY THINK, JUST TELL HIM FOR MAVIS' SAKE! ARGGGHHHHHH!' I screamed inside my head. "Earthland to Lucy!"
"Huh!? Oh yeah, I have to tell you that… I'M GOING ON A JOB TOMORROW BY MYSELF!" I yelled, 'Crap, why did I lie?'
"Oh okay, but if you not back within a day I'm going out looking for you, no wait, I have a better idea!" he grinned widely, "I'LL GO WITH YOU!"
Present…
"Lu-Chan, you HAVE to tell him later then!" Levy exclaimed, I sighed.
"I know, I know, I will!"
"Wait, you went on a mission, how'd it go?" she asked politely, I just sighed again.
"We destroyed the town, I don't even know how, but we did, I had to use the money I earned at the guild, so I had to work double this week for my pay!" I held up my bag of money. "There's not enough for my rent that's due soon so I have to work again this week!"
"So you've still got some time though, you can earn the money in no time and then we can go out somewhere!" she cheered, I sighed for the 3rd time in our conversation.
"Did you forget? The guards are still after me" I turned to the set of TVs in the shop window, pointing at one, there was a news lady interviewing Elie on the TV, "See there's reports everywhere and Elie's being interviewed, wait. ELIE'S BEING INTERVIEWED?!" I screamed,
"So Elie, what do you think, about your cousin, Princess Lucy Heartfillia, going missing?" asked the lady, Elie looked down.
"I knew she would do this, she's always hated her title, and I wasn't surprised at all that she ran away, but then again I don't blame her for anything. She hated her privileges and always wanted to be normal, I'm just surprised she didn't run away sooner!" Elie told the lady.
"At least someone's on my side,"
"What do you mean?" asked Levy,
"Everyone's been talking about me running away. They've been saying 'She's so ungrateful, anyone put in her place, wouldn't run away, they'd embrace their title as a prince or princess!' in those exact words!"
"I'm sorry Lu-Chan, but we can still go out, we can get you a wig or dye your hair a different colour, or we could cut it-!"
"YOU ARE NOT TOUCHING MY HAIR LET ALONE CUTTING IT!" I yelled. No one was allowed to cut my hair. No one!
"Okay fine! But I've already gotten the tickets to that new water park in Crocus. The one that opens in 2 weeks, I have enough tickets for all 10 of us!"
"10?"
"Yeah, me, you, Natsu, Gajeel, Gray, Juvia, Wendy, Romeo, Erza, and Jellal!" she smiled, I sweat dropped.
"You know Gray has a tendency to strip, right? So imagine him in a water park!" Levy held her forehead.
"I know, I know. But Gray's our friend, so he'll just have to learn not to strip for one day!"
"That seems fair, tell him he's not allowed to come unless he sorts out his stripping habit." I exclaimed, Levy nodded.
"I got it!" she smiled, "Lu-Chan, would you like to come over mine again tonight? Mira and Lisanna are coming over too!" I nodded at her offer.
"Yeah! It'll be nice!" I smiled back, "But first I need to get some food. Natsu's eaten me out of my house again, and he's planning on coming over later, so I'll be a bit later."
"Okay, see you later!"
"I WANT FOOD! FOOD! FOOD! FOOD! FOOD!" Natsu chanted, he was banging his fists on my table and was whining like a baby.
"Can't you just shut up for one second! Food takes time to make! If you don't like it, Erza's in Fairy Hills, go ask her for food!" I snarled, I had just put the chicken in the oven and Natsu was getting on my nerves. He knew food took a while to make, I'd been making food for him since the day I moved in, and he knew (well thought) that I couldn't get as angry as Erza on a normal day, so he tried testing me. Biggest. Mistake. Ever.
"Nooo" he groaned in annoyance "I'm not going to Fairy Hills, she killed me when I stepped into the building, well her and Wendy, Laki, Evergreen, and others. I'm just glad Levy and Bisca aren't there anymore, Bisca shot me and Levy threw her books at me, I'm just glad you don't live there!" he looked at me as I started preparing my salad.
"Oh, and why's that?" I asked raising an eyebrow. He grinned.
"Isn't it obvious? I couldn't see you when I wake up!" my face turned red, and a small smile grew on my face. "Oh and you couldn't cook for me either, read to me, or even let me in your room!" he added, I sweat dropped.
"I don't even let you in my house, you barge in every day,"
"So?" he asked, I was getting slightly annoyed by his amount of carefreeness, (Author's Note: Carefreeness is a word, I swear to Mavis, I looked it up!)
"I'm going to talk to Igneel later, he's the only one who can stop you from spending so much time here!" Natsu started pouting in the corner of my room, and I saw small cat ears popping out of his head, or maybe I'm just watching too much anime with Wendy.
"You're mean, and you're weird!" he muttered, I sweat dropped.
"When did you become Happy?" I asked, then his last remark hit me. "HEY! I'M NOT WEIRD! IF ANYONE'S WEIRD, IT'S YOU WITH YOU'RE PINK HAIR!" I screamed, Natsu glared at me.
"It's salmon!" he pointed out, I rolled my eyes.
"Fine then salmon! But it's still weird Natsu!" he growled something under his breath, my eyes glowed red "WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" I screamed holding up the knife in my hand, he held his hands up in fear.
"NOTHING!" the doorbell rung and saved Natsu from a beating. "I'll get that!" he shouted dashing to the door, I sighed.
"How the hell is that guy my best friend?" I asked myself smiling, I got back to chopping my tomatoes, I loved my tomatoes!
Natsu opened up the door to see a boy about 17 with short blonde hair and blue eyes standing with some royal guards. The boy was wearing a prince-like outfit. "Who the hell are you?" asked Natsu tilting his head at the boy.
"My name is Prince Cream of Veronica, I am looking for my fiancée, have you seen her? She needs to come back with me" he asked, Natsu looked even more confused.
"I have no idea what you're talking about!" he answered bluntly.
"Look, I understand you don't have much of an idea what I'm talking about, so is there anyone else living here that I can speak to?" Cream asked.
"I don't live here, but my friend does!" Natsu looked behind him. "LUCY SOMEONE WANT'S TO SPEAK TO YOU!" he yelled.
"Lucy?" asked Cream, Natsu nodded.
"Yeah, my best friend Lucy, why?" Cream looked at the guards and nodded, then they barged in through my door.
I put down the knife and walked downstairs. I had a mini kitchen in my room, the landlady thought of everything. "Who is it Natsu?" I asked, I couldn't see anyone at the door, "Natsu?" I looked outside the door and saw quite a spectacle. I saw someone fighting with about 10 guards, and I knew exactly who the person was. "NATSU WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?" I yelled, there was a small cloud of smoke that cleared and I saw his head pop up from the pile of limbs on the floor.
"Oh, hey Luce!" he grinned, all I could do was gawk. Natsu walked over to me and explained the situation, along with Prince Cream.
"Wait, so this guy seems to think he's the fiancée to girl named Lucy?" I asked, Natsu nodded. He started walking back inside my house.
"You coming Luce?"
"I need to talk to Cream for a minute Natsu, I'll be in soon!" I answered, and he walked back in my house. I walked over Cream who was currently passed out with the guards. "Prince Cream!" I stated, his eyes opened quickly and he saw me. He jumped up onto his feet.
"Lucy-san! You've finally agreed to be my fiancée that great, I knew your father would convince you! Now all we have to do is get you back home an-" he was cut off by my hand colliding with his face.
"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!? MY FATHER ORGANISED OUR MARRIAGE NOT ME! AND DO YOU HONESTLY THINK I'D MARRY A SPOILED BRAT LIKE YOU! I'M NOT GOING BACK TO THE CASTLE, LET ALONE BACK TO MY FATHER! I'M STAYING HERE IN MAGNOLIA! WITH MY FRIENDS! AND NO ONE. NOT EVEN YOU. CAN CHANGE MY DECISION!" I screamed, letting all my anger out on him. He held his sore cheek which was now bright red. When I was pissed, I had the strength of Taurus. I scowled at him before walking off.
"YOU WILL BECOME MY WIFE LUCY HEARTF-!" but I interrupted him and slapped him once again, he almost said my real name, giving away my identity.
"SHUT UP CREAM! I'M NOT BECOMING YOU'RE WIFE!"
"Then tell me why you can't!"
"My father organised out marriage, I'm against it!" he glared at me.
"Then do you love someone else?" he asked, my eyes widened, 'Do I love someone else? Is that why I'm refusing. Am I in love, if so, with who?' I thought.
"LUCY!" yelled Natsu. I shot my head around and saw him grinning. "Hurry up! The food's done!"
"Okay!" I nodded, and ran to Natsu, leaving Cream answerless, or so I thought. Cream smiled.
"I guess I found the answer! Lucy Heartfillia, I know who you like!" his expression grew dark and he grinned. "And I'm going to use that against you"
Inside my house…
"So who was that?" asked Natsu as I handed him his plate of food.
"My fiancée" I answered, I heard a thump that scared me a little. I looked over my shoulder to see Natsu's fists against the table. "Natsu?"
"He demanded to see you, and he said you have to come back with him! You're not going back Lucy!" Natsu growled, I raised an eyebrow.
"Are you okay Natsu?" I asked a bit worried, I sat down across the table from him. He glared at me.
"YOU BELONG HERE! WITH ME, AND FAIRY TAIL. I WILL NOT LET YOU LEAVE TO MARRY THAT BASTARD!" his aura darkened, I was starting to get scared. I could see fire in his eyes and his hands ignited, I looked at him in fear. 'He looks terrifying! What's wrong with him?'
"Natsu what's wrong, tell me!" I yelled standing up, he shot a death glare at me, his eyes slit and he grew small fangs. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? TELL ME!"
"Shut up!" he snarled I gasped, this wasn't the Natsu I knew.
"NATSU!" yelled a voice, Natsu looked at the door that flung open, revealing Igneel.
"Igneel!" I ran past Natsu and stood by him, "What's with Natsu? He's acting strange"
"His powers are getting out of control! I didn't think this would happen so soon!" he exclaimed,
"What?" I asked, Igneel stepped up to Natsu and held out his hand. A small flame danced about, and within seconds, Natsu fainted! I ran to him and caught him before he fell.
"Lucy" Igneel said, I looked at him, "You need to stay with him for the next week, don't leave him, and for Mavis' sake, don't tell him about your secret. Knowing you've lied will set him off, and he could rampage." Igneel instructed. I nodded, but I was curious, what made Natsu bug out.
"Why did Natsu get angry all of a sudden?" I asked,
"Well, what did you tell Natsu before he freaked out?" I thought for a long time, but then I remembered.
"Well, Prince Cream of Veronica came here with the royal guards, of Veronica, to try and get me to go back home and marry him. Then after Natsu beat them up he asked who Cream was, and I told him that he was my fiancée, and then he flipped!" I explained, Igneel looked down. "You know something, don't you!" I accused.
"I can't explain it Lucy, I'm sorry, but all I can explain is the fact that it's something to do with you, but Natsu doesn't realise it yet." he told me, I nodded.
"I understand, I won't leave him, and I won't tell him my secret." Igneel nodded,
"Okay, thank you Lucy, I'll be going now!" Igneel reached for the doorknob.
"WAIT!" Igneel looked back at me, "How did you know, that Natsu was here, and that he was freaking out? Is it your dragon nose, like Natsu's, or did you know he was going to be here, did you suspect it. Or did you know that it would be near me, seeing as it's something to do with me? I want to know!" I demanded, but Igneel ignored be and just turned the doorknob and left! "There's something going on, and Igneel knows it, I have to figure it out. But how? The guards are on my tail, what am I going to do?" I asked myself, but really, what am I going to do?
Author's Note: I apologise for this chapter being so later. I kinda, sorta, lost my files when my tab reset, so I've literally lost my whole set of ideas and this chapter, along with Chapter 8 got deleted, so I had to rewrite this one. But fortunately this has happened before so I took the liberty of copying my ideas onto paper so I didn't lost them. And I couldn't update sooner as I had lost my charger while painting my room. So Yea! But I still updated even though I've had like 6 school assessments for no goddamn reason. So i'll be later updating. Oh and I got an 'A' on my 'Future Diary' story and I'm writing a new one that I WILL upload as its Fairy Tail *smiles* please review it'll mean a lot, sayonara minna!