I do not own Fairy Tail. This is an alternate universe from Hiro Mashima's work.


Chapter 7:

Lucy sat there with her head on her knees as she listened to the rain. Her brown eyes were closed as she tried to think of her situation. A few days ago, she was the princess of the kingdom Heartfilia and under her father's tyrannical reign. While riding her horse, a dragon picked her up in its claw and taken to a secluded cave. At the cave, there was a boy with pink hair named Natsu, who eventually became her friend.

The pink-haired boy stood with his back against the oak tree while it shielded them from the rain. He said nothing while he leaned against the tree as he was deep in thought. A little while ago, his temper flared towards Lucy and lead to their fall from the cave where they stayed with the dragon. See the dragon that had kidnapped Lucy was like a father to Natsu and he had gone missing for three days, so he was worried.

Igneel, the dragon, gave Lucy a letter about why he kidnapped her. But Natsu heard them meeting secretly. He felt betrayed and snapped at Lucy the next day when she tried to talk to him. When he tried to apologize, she fell out of the mouth of the cave. Natsu jumped out of the cave after Lucy and held onto her as they fell. Before hitting the ground, they were rescued by Igneel. To apologize, the dragon offered to take Lucy home to her kingdom.

Lucy has not moved from her current position since Igneel offered that to her. Her life in the castle ran through Lucy's mind as she sat there. But as she thought of living in the cave, the memories of her mother mixed in with the images of Natsu. His smile and Queen Layla's smile appeared one after another.

One memory in particular stirred her heart. A young princess was crying under a tree in her mother's garden after being scolded by her father. Queen Layla walked over and sat down in front of her daughter. She smiled softly and said her name. The princess looked up with tears in her eyes at her mother. "It's okay. Being happy and being true to yourself is the most important thing."

Natsu looked over at the princess as she lifted her head and wiped her eyes. Lucy started to stand up and brush herself off as she looked out at the rainy scene.

"The rain sure is calming, huh?" She asked while smiling at Natsu.

"Yeah." He said before smiling back at her. His onyx eyes showing how happy he was that she was talking to him and smiling. "Lucy? Did you decide on what you're going to do?" Natsu asked quietly.

"Mm-hmm. I'm sorry, Natsu." Lucy walked over to him and stood close to him. "But…could I stay with you?" Her cheeks were flushed as she looked into his eyes.

Natsu felt some disappointment as she walked closer to him. When she asked for his permission to stay, he grinned and hugged Lucy to him before letting her go.

"Of course, you can stay." He said as he blushed from hugging Lucy so suddenly.

The princess felt her cheeks grow hotter and looked away from him. Lucy stood near the pinkette as they waited for the rain to come to a stop.


As the rain stopped, Natsu made a weird sounding call towards the cave. Igneel appeared at the opening and flew down to them. He looked at Natsu before giving his attention to Lucy.

"Your highness, what is your decision?" Igneel asked her, softly.

"I want to stay with Natsu and you, if I may." Lucy said to the dragon.

The dragon smiled and nodded his head before turning to offer his back. Lucy and Natsu climbed on and laughed as Igneel took off into the air.

It was a different view for Lucy since she had no good experiences on the back of Igneel. Seeing how close the blue sky was to her fingers, Lucy smiled at Natsu as the wind went through her hair. Fields of flowers waved in the wind as they flew back towards the cave.

Igneel landed back in the cave and Natsu helped Lucy off the back of the dragon.

"That was amazing!" Lucy said as she looked at Natsu. "Thank you for the ride, Igneel." She turned to the dragon and smiled.

"My pleasure, princess." He bowed his head and went to the back of the cave.

Being left alone, Natsu and Lucy said nothing to each other as they blushed. It got a bit awkward as they sat at the cave's opening as the sun went down. Lucy looked over at Natsu a few times and noticed he was looking back at her. She blushed and smiled at him before looking away.

Natsu finally got brave and moved closer to her and slid his hand closer to hers. Lucy noticed and closed her eyes before placing her hand in his.

"Thanks for letting me stay." She said to him as they held hands.

"No problem." He smiled at her and continued to sit with her.


However, Lucy's father had sent his troops out to look for her. They had spotted her with the dragon and the pink haired boy in the west. A messenger was sent to her father to let him know of his daughter's whereabouts. The king growled and sent out his best warriors. A squad known as Phantom Lord.


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