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Chapter 11

Lucy's P.o.V

The ball was tonight. A masquerade. I would not be recognized until Dan proposed. He was handsome, red hair and dark eyes. But all princes were supposed to be handsome. So I didn't care. He was obsessive, clingy, touchy, stupid, and arrogant.

I hated him.

With.

All.

My.

Heart.

Virgo pushes the doors to my bedroom open. Levy, Wendy, Carla, Erza, Juvia and Aries make their way into my room. I nod, standing up. They're holding a silver gown. It fell past my feet, dragging on the ground, when I spun it poofed out.

My mask was of the same color. It had stars decorating it. When I moved, the dress shimmered like stars. I slipped into silver slippers, Virgo and Erza getting the dress on, Aries and Levy doing my makeup, Juvia doing my hair and slipping the mask on.

I looked at myself in the mirror, I looked like a star. 'I had fallen down from heaven and I was here to bring joy for everyone but myself.' I thought, amused. They leave me to stare out the window. The sun has set and I was staring at the stars.

"Princess. Let's go." Virgo says softly. I turn and follow them out of my room. We walk down the corridors and too the ballroom. They nod and walk down the stairs, and into the ballroom. I take a deep breath before following.

My entrance caused the entire ballroom to stop and look at me. I make my way down the stairs, tears pricking at my eyes. My dress catches the light of the chandeliers. Men bow and one has the courage to ask for a dance.

I curtsy and he leads me to the floor. I twirl to the music, watching the candles go out one by one till the ballroom was dimly lit. I spin, my gown poofing out in the most graceful way. I was a star in the night sky. None of this existed but me and the sky.

All eyes were on me.

Natsu's P.o.V

I sit by the food table, waiting for Lucy. I roll my eyes at the girls coming down the stairs. Maids. Of course. The maids where in pure swan white gowns and masks.

My mind wanders. We teamed up with Sabertooth. Sting was hell bent on finding his girlfriend, Yukino, who ran away the same night. He was on the other side of the ballroom with Rouge.

Then she appears. Radiant. Lucy. I can tell. No second guessing. She glows in the dim light of the ballroom. Her gown shimmers like stars. The room goes silent except the music. She makes her way down the stairs. She seems to be making her way across the floor to me.

Until she gets roped into dancing that is. She curtsies and he sweeps her onto the dancefloor. The candles grow dim. I can't see her face under her mask, but I know she was the prettiest thing here.

She twirls to the music, looking like a star that had fallen from heaven. The man dips her, I feel a ping of jealousy. I mess with my dragon like mask. Her dress expands in the most graceful way, she bows and jumps.

The music grows louder.

She grows more radiant.

The people around me disappear until it's just me and Lucy. She spins and jumps to the music. Her smile grows dreamy, she's lost in another world.

I turn away. The music stops and she stands tall. Another girl walks up to her and she walks away, talking.

Lucy's P.o.V

My breathing is a little heavy because of the dancing. A girl with very short light blue hair and brown eyes. "Yuki!" I whisper. She smiles.

"Lucy! It's so good to see a familiar face! Other than my betrothed, Jackal." She whispers.

"Same here. Dan has been annoying. I hate him." I say to her. She nods.

Yukino. Princess of the neighboring kingdom. She was my best friend. She knew what was going on with me. She joined the pirate gang Sabertooth. She came back after I did. I appreciate that about her.

"I miss Sting." She says, wishfully.

"I miss Natsu."

"Did Lucy find a man?!" She jokes. I nod, shyly. She claps her hands. I laugh.

"Well. We need leave them." I point out. She deflats.

"That's true. Let's stay friends, ooh and have a double wedding! Just to make it bearable." She says. I nod.

"Sounds okay. Getting married with you is awesome, but...the people we'll be married to are..umm..questiable." I say, Yukino nods. Trumpets blast.

Our eyes widen behind our masks. "Oh no." We say at the same time.

"Will Princess Lucy come to the stage?"

"And Princess Yukino?" Two men say. We gulp. I grab Yuki's hand and we cross the floor up to the stage. "We have an announcement."

My head starts spinning, I was going to hurl. Yukino looks the same way.

"Princess Lucy Heartfilia, would you do the honour of...being my bride?" Dan says getting on one knee, he holds out a gold band with a large blood red ruby.

"Princess Yukino Agria, would you do me the pleasure of being my bride?" Jackal says also getting on one knee. He holds up a similar ring, only the jewel was yellow. We gulp.

"I-I-I do." I stutter. I was going to be sick. My skin grows feverishly warm.

"O-o-o-okay." Yuki says. The men slip the rings on our fingers. Dan turns to me. I gulp oh no. He steps to me and I back up.

He grabs my arms and kisses me. It was nothing like kissing Natsu. It was cold and emotionless. I gag.

He pulls away after a little, smirking at me. Everyone cheers, except a select few. I grab Yukino's hand and squeeze it, I needed comfort and she did too. The room then starts spinning.

"Excuse me. I need some air." I whisper, walking back onto the floor. I make my way through congratulations and lucky girl. I wander around a corner, before the room spins even more, tilts and goes black.

Natsu's P.o.V

I hear the announcement. I watch Lucy and another girl walk up to the two men on the stage. Lucy looks like she was going to be sick. I hear Sting gasp.

"Yukino!" He whisper yells. Rouge nods.

"We'll save them." He says to the both of us. I gulp. Lucy accepts the proposal, still looking like she was gonna hurl. After they accepted Dan kissed her. He kissed her. I growl, ready to kill him. I couldn't. Lucy ran off.

"I gotta follow her!" I said, running off. She turns a corner and I slide after her. She walks a bit further, before crumpling to the floor. I slide on my knees, catching her. She was feverishly warm, sweating and shivering.

I held the sick girl for a moment when the rest of the girls who ran off run after her. They see us and I rip off my mask. "We gotta help her." I say. They nod. I stand and Erza clears the way to Lucy's room.

We run down there, Yukino and Sting following. Sabertooth were waiting for the signal so we could bust this popsicle stand. Not now. Definitely not now. We manage to get her to her room when she starts groaning. Her skin grows warmer.

"Lucy you gotta hang in there." I mutter. She coughs. Loud hacking coughs. She was sicker than we'd thought.

"Lucy hang in there. We need you!" I say, we open the doors to her chambers and slide her into her bed. I push the covers down and leave the room for the girls to take care of her for now. I pace around outside for an hour or so before we get news. Lucy was awake.

Lucy's P.o.V

I wake up in my bed, I turn my head to see them. A pair of onyx eyes. 'Natsu.' I think. My lips part in a small gasp.

My baby blue nightgown clings to me with sweat. My cheeks are bright red, my eyes a bit bloodshot. And yet, all I could notice was him. He glares at me, standing up.

"Lucy...I...HATE YOU SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!" He yells and I flinch.

"NOT ONLY ARE YOU A PRINCESS, YOU ARE A HEARTFILIA PRINCESS. HOW COULD YOU KEEP THAT FROM ME, THEN RUN AWAY. DAMMIT! AND THAT DAN GUY HAD THE NERVE TO KISS YOU!" He screams. I cough quietly. He sits back down, his face close to mine.

"I hate him. I hate you. And now I want to bash his face in." He mutters. I laugh, shivering. His eyes cloud with worry. "You're not going to be able to leave for a while..." He says. I curl up, my fever still going strong. He kisses me lightly. I kiss him back lightly, too weak to try anything.

"Go to sleep weirdo." He says. I smile weakly. In my blurry state, I whisper something to him.

"I love you assflame." I murmur, falling into a fevered sleep. I feel him bend over and kiss my forehead.

"I love you too Luce." he mutters, before my fever pulls me under.

I wake up later to feel arms wrapped around me. I turn to see Natsu asleep next to me. I sigh, snuggling into his warm embrace. I was still feverish. I feel drowsy. The form behind me sighs. I snuggle back into the pillows, falling asleep again, back into fever dreams.

"Lucy. We're coming for you."

"You can never get away."

"Come on dear."

Fangs, claws, red eyes. Keys, black makeup. I wake up shivering and screaming. Natsu jolts, sitting up.

"Lucy? LUCY?!" He yells. I stare at him, before falling back down, crying.

"I-I-I can't. I-I-I'm a horrible person. I-I-I don't deserve you." I sob. He holds my crumpled form.

"Shh...it'll be alright." he said stroking my damp hair.

"I don't deserve anyone. I don't deserve what I have." I cry. He keeps whispering sweet things to me until I fall asleep again.

"Weirdo." I hear him say, putting me back down onto the pillows. My fever hasn't let up one bit. He snuggles back into me again. "I'm going to kill Dan for kissing you. I love you weirdo." Natsu says. I sigh, feeling his arms tighten around me.

"Assflame." I laugh. He sighs, his breath tickling the back of my neck.

Again, I wake up from nightmares. I shake, Wendy standing over me.

"Hey Lucy! Glad your up! Natsu had to keep the guards busy. And the king. And your...Fiance. And the servants." Wendy lists off. I groan.

"I get it I get it. I'm a big deal." I say. Wendy laughs.

"You're getting better though! Your fever has gone down and you'll be able to get out of the bed in a day or so. Also...someone wants to talk to you. He's fighting Natsu right now."

As if on cue, two boys burst into my room. One with a lion mane for hair, the other, with pink hair. I stifle giggles. 'Natsu.' I think.

"I SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK TO THE PRINCESS. I'VE KNOWN HER LONGER!" The orange haired boy said...LOKE!

"WELL SHE'S IN LOVE WITH ME! AND SHE'S STILL SICK!" Natsu yells back. I blush. He heard that?! He and Loke growl at each other. I cough, then I start choking. Wendy stares at me in shock.

"NEVER FEAR! YOUR PRINCE CHARMING IS HERE!" Loke yells coming over to me.

"SHE DOESN'T NEED A PRINCE! SHE HAS HER DRAGON!" Natsu yells. I my face turns blue, I'm not breathing. Wendy sits next to me, patting my back, HARD.

"Geez." I say when I stop choking. "You two are idiots. Though Natsu is right, Loke. I don't need a prince charming. Plus I've known you since we were like three. You're like a brother to me."

Loke looks like he was shot. I shrug. Natsu laughs. I smile. Natsu walks and sits next to me. I lean into him. Loke looks like he was about to explode.

"Well. Natsu. Dragneel. You made an enemy out of me. And I will be back. And you won't survive. Lucy..." he looks me over, grinning. I bury my face in Natsu's shirt. He holds me for a bit.

"I wanna leave." I say. He nods.

"I know. Me too. But you have to get better. Wendy will help you. I swear it." He says. I nod. Natsu pushes away to look at me. My brown eyes were clouded, my hair was pulled up in a messy bun.

He smiles that fanged smile of his. "Come on. Wendy will give you some medicine and Juvia and Levy will have a bath drawn. Yukino also wants to see you." I nod.

After I took a bath, Levy helped me into a pink dress. It was a summery thing. Short enough so I wouldn't trip over myself. I thank her and she leads me out to where my friends were. I was still sick, but the room wasn't spinning anymore.

Yukino and Sting were holding hands (not so secretly) under the table. Natsu sticks close to me, helping me when I wobbled over. I lean against him, still flustered. He heard me. My cheeks grow warm.

Levy looks at me, raising an eyebrow. I look down shyly. "Yay! You're better Lushy!" Happy says flying into my lap. I pet his ears.

"Yeah. Not all the way. But better." I said, my voice raspy. I cough a little. Yukino looks over at me, concern filling her pretty eyes.

"Thank you for coming for me." I said smiling. They nod smiling back. I sigh, feeling drowsy. "I think i'm going to go-" I said standing. The moment I stood, everything went black.

Days later

I woke up to Natsu packing a suitcase. I felt better than I had in days. He smiled at me. I smiled back, standing up. I could finally stand without almost blacking out. I stretch, grabbing an outfit.

A pirates outfit. I smirk. I'm going back. No more arranged marriages. I would live for myself. Not anyone else. I change in the bathroom, and do my hair. I was paler than usual, but that would fix itself soon enough.

I open the door and drab my sword. "Finally. I've been waiting to get out of her for a while."

Natsu laughs. "Well you were ill. So we couldn't go." I stick my tounge out at him.

"HEY!"

"But I got to take care of you." He smiles. I walk over to him and kiss his cheek.

"We get to go home today." I say, smiling again. Natsu laughs.

"Indeed we do. C'mon m'lady. Our adventure awaits." He loops my arm with his. I giggle.

"Of course my dragon. Adventure we go!" I say and we walk out of my room. It was midday, but my uncle was nowhere to be found. Perfect time to leave. I hold his hand smiling. We're going home.

I smile as we make our way to the docks. Everyone is laughing. I hold my head up high. I was no princess. I was a pirate.

Then we saw them.

Please don't kill me XDD

Wow! Two chapters for two stories on the same day! How ever did that happen?

I'm glad you asked!

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