Previously

"I swear I'll protect Luce from now on!" Levy and I exchanged glances. He's joking… right?

Lucy Pov

While I was walking home, his words keep ringing through my head. No one has ever wanted to protect me like this before, except for my mother…Could I really trust him? Could he really be my friend? Which reminds me, I think Levy is a pretty trustworthy person. It seems that she's like me. Does this mean I've made two friends in one day?! I was thinking so hard about this I didn't realize I had walked into someone until they shouted.

"HEY! What do you think you're doing?!" a man yelled at me. Since I don't talk I just bowed and tried to leave, but he grabbed my shoulder.

"Where do you think you're going?" he smirked. My eyes widened with shock. He started dragging me the opposite way down the street.

"I'm surprised you haven't screamed yet. Are you mute?" I just stared at him wide-eyed. I was so scared.

"Wow, how lucky," he laughed hysterically. I tried to punch him, but I couldn't reach, and his grip on my wrist kept tightening.

Natsu Pov

Why can't I get Luce to talk? She has such a pretty voice. Maybe she still doesn't trust me. I pondered this for a while before seeing a familiar blonde across the street with a read head. Erza? Luce was sitting on the ground crying uncontrollably. I ran as quickly as I could to her. I promised to protect her.

"Luce…" I said. She looked up at me, her chocolate eyes red and her face tear stained. Erza looked over at me as well.

"What happened?"

Flashback:

Lucy Pov

While he was dragging me down the street, he was talking about how he'd keep me for his "collection." A collection? Of people? Is this guy a psychopath? My tears kept falling and soon my legs started to get wobbly.

I fell over and the man stopped. He grabbed me by my HAIR and screamed, "GET UP RIGHT NOW!" But I couldn't. I looked up with pleading eyes, hoping he'd show some sympathy. Instead he raised his arm, and formed a fist. I covered my face with my arms and braced for the impact.

I opened my eyes again when I realized I hadn't been hit. Instead the man lay beaten to a pulp in front of me. A girl with red hair looked down at me, her face creased with worry.

"Lucy? Are you okay?" she asked. This pretty girl knew who I was…

"I apologize, I forgot you don't talk. It must be tough. By the way, my name is Erza Scarlet. Let's be friends." She said smiling down at me.

She probably wasn't expecting it, but I tackled her into a big hug and started crying again.

"It's okay," she said softly, "I'll protect you from now on. When we turned around the man was gone.

Erza Pov

"Natsu, what are you doing here?" I asked curiously.

"I was just walking home… when I saw you guys." He answered, not taking his eyes off Lucy. He looked really worry too. I smile tugged at my lips.

Lucy looked up too. I explained to Natsu what happened when I came. He went over to her and examined her wrist.

"It's bruised!" he shouted frantically, "I was supposed to protect you Luce!"

"Protect her?"

"Yeah, I promised Luce that I'd protect her from now on!" he answered.

"Hmm... It just so happens I promised the same thing. I guess it's a competition now." I smirked. No way was I going to lose. For some reason I felt very protective of this girl.

I walked over to her and hugged her, turned to Natsu, and smirked. I laughed internally because you could practically see the steam coming from his head.

"Let's get you home Lucy," I said smiling. She nodded her head.

Lucy Pov

I forgot to mention I'm rich. Well actually I haven't mentioned a lot of things… I hope they won't be surprised by my house. They followed me as I walked down side walk after side walk until I arrived in front of a gigantic house.

It is 4 stories and wide too. The outside was painted white and it had beautiful river stone covering part of the house. The door was a warm wood color, and front yard was covered in a variety of colorful flowers, completed with a little pond. A stone path led to the front door and around back with a pool and waterslide.

I could see their jaws drop and their eyes go wide, so I laughed.

"You have a voice?" asked Erza snapping out of her trance. I nodded.

"She doesn't use it though," added Natsu. That comment was pretty obvious. I took Erza's hand and took out a pen. I wrote, "My father owns a successful business." She nodded. "That makes sense."

I waved them off with a smile. Natsu was unusually quiet, but I shrugged it off and walked inside.

"Welcome back princess," greeted Virgo. She was one of out maids. "Your father would like to see you as soon as possible." That was unusual since most of the time my father neglected my existence.

I laid my backpack on the floor of my room, and headed to my father's office. I knocked on the door and entered. Inside I was him sitting with someone, a boy in fact. He had blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Sit," he demanded. I grabbed a chair and sat in front of them.

"This is Sting. His father and I work together with our businesses," My father said.

"Hey," said Sting with an overly sincere smile. There was something off about him, but I just smiled and waved.

"Oh yeah your father told me that you're a mute, or at least you chose to be mute," he added, still wearing the same creepy smile. That threw me off a little.

"You and Sting are getting engaged," said my father. It felt like my whole world was collapsing.

Hey! Just so you know, in the anime/manga I don't think Sting is that bad (especially how he does everything he possible can to keep his promise with his exceed, and when he gets him back ;-; the feels) anyways, I needed someone for this roll and I decided to go with him SO YEAH! :D