Hi everybody! Sorry, it took me sooooo long to update! It's just I had school mid-terms, and Christmas shopping to do, its just been busy...
Well yeah... Welcome back to chapter two! I am pretty excited about this story, even though I have a few kinks I have to work out with the help of my sister, I think you guys will like it!
Alright, so thank you guys soooo much for the great reviews! I really love it when you guys support me, it helps me be more excited and proud of what I am accomplishing and helps me write more, and better.
Btw, I will have hints of other couples! If you want me to add in a little something of your favorite couple, I will definitely try to! But, the main couple is Gruvia... So, thank you guys!
Well, I have to say this, as much as I hate to...
Disclaimer:
I do not own Fairy Tail or any of it's characters! I only own the story... :0)
ENJOY MY READERS!
Last time on Masked!
Lucy: So, Juvia and I snuck out of the castle so Juvia can get some freedom-
Natsu: But, while she was there, she met that stupid ice bastard and "fell in love"
Lucy: If you can't take this seriously, let me do the summary!
Natsu: And I am pretty sure that the ice princess "fell in love" with her too...
Lucy: Natsu! There is a script! Follow it!
Natsu: Well you aren't!
Lucy: *sighs* Well, anyways... Her father found out that she was gone, and sent guards after her. So, Juvia ran away from Gray, hoping she wouldn't be caught because of the consequences... *shudders*
Natsu: So, the two never kissed... And it makes it even harder because they may never see each other again! They were wearing masks for heavens sake! How could they ever see each other again?!
Lucy: Love will find a way! Plus, I was able to tell it was you because of that big pink mess of yours...
Natsu: It's SALMON!
Gray watched Juvia run through the crowd of people. Where is she going? They want the princess, and she can't possibly be here! The princess is just a stuck up brat who sits in the castle pampering herself all day long! Gray thought to himself. But little did he know, the woman he had fallen in love with, was the stuck up brat. She wasn't even like those rumors, she spends most of her time helping the maids with chores, and staring out the window longingly, just wanted to get out!
Gray saw two guards hauling Lucy and Juvia out of the guild, roughly. He pushed himself off the balcony and followed them outside, yelling for them to stop. Natsu, a pink haired- excuse me, "salmon" haired dragon slayer just ahead of him.
"What do you think your doing?" Natsu growled his arm setting on fire. Gray followed his lead and shaped a sword out of ice. Lucy and Juvia stared at them with wide eyes. Gray looked at Juvia, and she mouthed something, but Gray couldn't make it out. Because just that second, his vision went blurry, and he found his entire world go dark, and he collapsed on the floor.
The rain began to pour now, every drop describing how Juvia felt. Lucy screamed bloody murder and fought against the guards grasps. "Natsu!" She screamed. Hot tears streamed down her face as she continued fighting against the strong men. One of the guards took out a stun-gun and shoved it in her side, electrocuting the blonde. Juvia stared at the guard in rage.
"How dare yo-" Juvia was cut off by a hand put over her mouth. She quickly bit his finger, HARD, making him jerk back with a loud yelp.
"How dare you hurt Juvia's friends! Let them go immediately!" Juvia shouted as the guard cradled his injured hand. He smirked.
"Sorry princess, Master orders." He replied sternly, shoving her into a large, royal carriage, along with the celestial spirit wizard.
Father, why won't you let Juvia out? She just wanted some time to be free... Why did Master have to hurt Juvia's friends? Juvia thought solemnly. She knew she couldn't go against her father. He was too powerful.
When they finally arrived at the castle, Juvia stumbled out in the rain. The guards were soaked. Serves them right... One large man was carrying Lucy over his shoulder, and two others were pushing Juvia through the castle doors.
"Let go of Lucy-san." Juvia demanded, but the guards ignored her. With one final shove, Juvia was pushed through a set of doors, stumbling on the ground. The guard threw Lucy into the room as well, then they shut the door.
"Lucy-san!" Juvia crawled over to her hurt friend. She shook the blonde awake. "Please wake up Lucy-san..."
Lucy moaned and struggled to open her eyes. She smiled when she saw Juvia, but it suddenly faded.
"Hello daughter... Slave..." A cool voice echoed throughout the giant room, seeming to come from everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Juvia shuddered. Father... She looked up at the large throne that stood in the middle of the room on a giant stage, and saw her father sitting on it. He had long, dark red hair put up into a ponytail, and a mustache growing long on his face. His black lips were curved into a big smile. Juvia stood up, standing tall and proud, but on the inside, she was shaking with fear.
"Why must Father hurt Juvia's friends?" Juvia asked gesturing to Lucy, who was now standing up with Juvia, but slumped over, hiding from Jose's dark magic.
"Friends?" He snickered. "You call this... Pest, your friend?" Lucy looked down at the floor.
"Lucy-san is not a pest!" Juvia yelled at him, but immediately regretted it. A sudden wave of dark magic came from his body and wrapped itself around Juvia's small figure. Juvia struggled, but it only made it worse. The grip around her tightened, and Juvia was gasping for breath.
"Hey! Put her-" Lucy was suddenly grabbed as well, and they both were being held in the air by giant, black hands.
"You are not allowed outside the castle." Jose said threateningly to Juvia, who had to practically squeeze her mouth shut to stop herself from screaming. "And you..." He looked at Lucy and Juvia heard her let out a tiny yelp from the tight grasp around her throat.
"Well, I think that you should be thrown in the dungeon for the rest of your life for what you have done." Juvia's eyes widened.
"N-no..." She barely managed to wheeze out. "L-lucy-san had.. Nothing to do with Juvia's e-escaping..." Juvia was trying to suck in any air, but she felt as though all of her oxygen had been taken away from her.
"Hhmm?" The king hummed, amused.
"Lucy-s-san... Went... After Juvia to tell h-her... To come back... J-juvia escaped on... H-her own..." Juvia explained, and she could just feel Lucy shaking her head.
"Oh. Is that true Ms. Heartfilia?" Jose asked, but just before she could answer, the door burst open and a young man entered.
"Put her down." The voice said. Juvia almost screamed with happiness, but if she let out another breath, she just might suffocate.
"Oh, Gajeel. Thank you for joining the party..." Mr. Porla smirked, and Gajeel stiffened.
"Bunny girl had nothing to do with this. I helped Juvia escape." He said firmly. The king's smile widened, and he dropped the two girls. Juvia fell on the floor and coughed, breathing in and out.
"Gajeel... Kun..." She wheezed.
"Is that so..." Jose looked deep in thought, before finally he said, "Get out of my sight rodents..." Juvia quickly stood up, still taking in deep breaths, and ran into the hall, Gajeel and Lucy right behind her. The doors slammed shut behind them.
"What the heck were you guys thinking!?" Gajeel yelled crossing his toned arms over his chest. Lucy smiled weakly as him.
"It's good to see you too Gajeel..." Lucy straightening out her muddy dress.
"Thank you Gajeel-kun.." Juvia said giving him a big, long hug. "Father would have killed Juvia and Lucy-san..." Juvia's eyes darkened. He never did care about her, just about her magic...
"I still am gonna need an explanation..." Gajeel grumbled pulling the bluenett away from him. Lucy and Juvia exchanged glances as they started walking back to their rooms.
"Well..."
Gray groaned and rubbed his eyes. Everything was blurry. Where am I? He asked sitting up. Once his eyes adjusted, he looked around. He was in a small room, it looked like an infirmary... The Fairy Tail infirmary. A familiar white haired girl walked up to him.
"Hi Gray," She said softly, a concerned smile on her face. She bent down and held her hand up to his head. "You have a fever..."
"Hey Mira... What happened?" He asked rubbing his temples, everything was fuzzy, it was all a daze. He couldn't remember anything. Mira's smile faded.
"That's what I was going to ask you... You have been out for a few hours... Lisanna found you and Natsu both passed out outside..." Mira explained. Gray looked at the floor, then suddenly burst out of the bed, nearly giving Mira a heart attack.
"Juvia!" He frantically began looking around the room. "Lucy!" Gray went on a rampage, running throughout the guild in search of the two girl's familiar faces.
"Juvia!" He yelled running into the sunlight. The rain had stopped now, and there was a rainbow spread across the blue sky. Gray collapsed on his knees and buried his hands in his face. "No..." The rain stopped... What if... Gray felt something heavy on his shoulder.
"Gray... What's wrong?" A young female with scarlet red hair and beautiful gray-red eyes was looking down at him with worry. Many of the other guild members gathered around to listen to the story.
"The palace guards, they took them..." Gray stood up, furry covering his face. Erza raised an eyebrow.
"They took who?" Mira chimed in. Gray looked his friends in the eye.
"Lucy and Juvia." He said. A young girl with short blue hair gasped in the background.
"No! Lu-chan!" Levy covered her mouth with her hand.
"Gray, who is Juvia?" Erza looked at him with curiosity.
"She's-" Gray stopped. A beautiful water mage... A girl I think I've fallen for... "A friend... Juvia is just a friend I met at the party..." Gray told them. Erza nodded.
"Ok, please Gray, can you tell us exactly what happened?" Mira asked looking at the castle with worry.
"I was just talking to Juvia, then all the guards came in saying they were here for the princess, but that can't be right because the princess would never leave the luxuries of the castle..." Gray said. They all entered the guild and sat down as Gray continued.
"So, Juvia tells me she has to go, and she runs away. But then I see the guards begin to harass her, so I follow them outside, and they had Lucy too..." Gray stopped, it was just too painful. The girl he has been friends with for years, and they girl he has just met but felt like he has known for years had just been kidnapped. How would you feel? "They looked so scared... I-I was just about fight but... Everything went black..." Gray shook his head. How could he have been so weak? He couldn't save two helpless girl against some stupid castle guards!
His eyes darkened. He was going to kill the king... He was going to kill the princess... He was going to kill the prince... He was going to kill anyone that would get in his way from saving his friends...
"I SWEAR WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON THAT BASTARD OF A KING, HE WILL NEVER SEE THE SUN AGAIN!" Natsu stormed out of the infirmary and into the guild hall, only to be stopped by Erza.
"Natsu, we can't go now. We need a plan." She said but Natsu pushed her to the side.
"I DON'T GIVE A CRAP, I'M SAVING MY FRIEND!" Natsu yelled, but the next thing that he knew, he was on the floor passed out. Erza breathed out heavily and made her sword disappear.
"As I was saying, we need a plan. We can't just charge in there, who knows how many magic users could be waiting for us? This could be a trap." Erza said sitting Natsu up in a chair next to her and started wrapping his bruise with a bandage.
"We can take them!" Romeo, a young dark haired boy shouted.
"But, just like Erza-san said, it could be a trap.." Wendy, a blue haired dragon-slayer, reminded him. He nodded in understanding.
"What if..." Mira trailed off, but everybody already knew what she was going to say.
"Are you sure?" Levy asked, but she already knew that answer. It didn't matter what stood in their way. Fairy Tail will do anything to protect their friends.
"How about we give the masks one last shot?"
Gajeel laughed and smacked his knee. "Y-you... Ha! You ff... Haha! You fell i-in love? Geehee!" He wheezed, talking in between all the laughs. Juvia huffed and leaned up against the wall of her room.
"If Gajeel-san would have been there, he would understand..." She pouted. Lucy smiled and patted her shoulder.
"If it counts at all, I think it's soo romantic!" The blonde said joining Juvia against the wall. "It's too bad you guys didn't kiss though... You and Gray would make the perfect couple!"
"Geehee!" Gajeel just continued to laugh. He just doesn't understand...
"How does Lucy-san know Gray-sama?" Juvia asked, and Lucy burst out laughing.
"Gray-sama? Your the royal one here! Ha!" Lucy laughed but then quieted herself when she saw the princess huddled in a corner, her face as red as a tomato.
"Well... Uh... Gray and I were... We... Were neighbors! Yeah, we were neighbors!" Lucy lied. You can't let it out... As much as you want to tell her, she can't know... She'll hate you... Lucy thought. Juvia smiled.
"Wow! So Lucy-san and Gray-sama were close?" Juvia asked smoothing out her dirty dress.
"Well, we still are..." Lucy said looking at the floor. Juvia's smile faded.
"Lucy-san, Juvia is sorry..." Juvia said wrapping her arm around her friends shoulder.
Juvia didn't know exactly what happened, but when Lucy and Juvia were only about 13, The King handed a dirty, chained up Lucy to Juvia. "This is your new slave. I found her wandering around castle grounds. She belongs to you, be sure to give her a proper punishment..." Jose told her. That's how Lucy became Juvia's servan- friend. That's how Lucy became Juvia's best friend.
"It's ok... I still get to see him and Natsu when I have to run errands.." Lucy said.
"Geesh, you girls are so touchy..." Gajeel grumbled crossing his arms over his chest. Lucy laughed.
"Anyways, I had better get back to work-" Lucy started.
"What are you doing in here pest?" A slimy voice echoed throughout the room. Lucy froze in place and Juvia began to shiver. Gajeel shot up and looked at his father.
"Hey-" He started but Jose shoved him to the side with the black magic. Gajeel slammed into the wall and seemed to stick there.
"Father, we were just-" Juvia was interrupted by an evil laugh.
"You were just doing what you shouldn't." He said, the grabbed Lucy by her forearm and lifted her off the ground. "It's time for your punishment rodent. Remember that you are a slave, so you need to be treated like one..." Lucy fought against his grasp and Juvia stood up, only to be slammed into the wall just like her brother.
The King walked out of Juvia's room and into the hallway.
"Lucy-san!" Juvia screamed, trying to pull away from the evil magic shoving her against the wall, but it was no use.
Suddenly, the whole castle was filled with Lucy's screams...
Omg, I am soooo sorry, but I just had to leave it on a cliff hanger! It gave me shivers, and that's they best part!
Well, anyways! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I'm really sorry it took me like FOREVER to update... I just... Ugh... Well, The story is getting a kick start! I left a few questions out there!
What is Lucy keeping from everybody?
What are the Fairy's planning to do?
How is this love story ever going to work out?
Haha! It's up to you guys to solve them yourself! Although, I will help you a little!
Well, yeah! I hope you liked! Once again... Haha...
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Lucy: Wait... That's not really going to happen to me right? *swallows*
Natsu: I would never let that happen to you!
Happy: Awe! They Liiiiiiike each other!
Lucy and Natsu: Dooo nooot!
Ice: Yeah... Well, until next time! Audionie Bronies! (I made that up, sorry!)
~IceWatermage (Ice)