Lucy woke up with a start. She quickly looked around the room, startled by her surroundings. Where was she? Why was she...oh. Oh yeah. Now she remembered. She was taken by the Dragon blood named Natsu, what she'd been waiting for for so long. Lucy stretched and sighed heavily. She looked around the room, where was Natsu anyway? Probably on the roof, but she didn't hear anything from on top of it. She heaved herself out of her bed and trumped over to the window. Natsu! She shouted out the window. Lucy waited, but there was no response. She rolled her eyes and flopped onto her bed again. After a couple minutes of lazing around, Lucy decided to put on a fresh change of clothes. Dragging her bag next to her, she dug around and found a nice dress. Lucy quickly slipped off her dirty one and...
Hey, princess, I'm back with the...f- Natsu said perching on the windowsill. Lucy's head jerked up and she froze. There was a couple moments of both of them only staring in disbelief.
I'll...just be up here? Natsu gestured and quickly climbed up to the roof. Lucy stood stock still, not daring to say a word. Quickly, Lucy scrambled into her clean dress and stomped over to the windowsill where a small bundle of food lay. She snatched it up and said a quick thanks almost under her breath. She was sure Natsu hadn't heard her.
You're welcome. Natsu shouted down to her. Lucy grudgingly went back to her bed and ate her breakfast. Great! This was a great way to start off her time here. Now she was too angry at Natsu to talk to him. There went her only company. But at the same time, Lucy wasn't quite sure why she was so angry at Natsu, It wasn't his fault. Lucy sighed and crammed a piece of bread into her mouth. She would have to make up with him. But now that she thought about it, they really had no dispute at all. She would just have to act like nothing had happened at all.
Lucy trotted over to the window, and looked out over the grassy field, and at the forest at the edge of the horizon. Y'know, I'm sorry. Natsu said from the roof, I didn't know you were going to be up this early..and.. Its okay, Lucy reassured through her slight anger, It wasn't your fault. Anyway, how did you get food? There isn't a town for miles. Natsu considered not telling her, but then decided it was okay..he guessed.
Well, I found a traveler..and, Natsu explained, I um...borrowed some stuff from him. You stole! Lucy declared, You stole his food didn't you? Well, um, yeah I guess, Natsu confessed, But I mean, we can't just starve! I had to do something. I can't believe I ate stolen food! Lucy said, completely ignoring Natsu. Natsu rolled his eyes. He scooted down to the edge of the roof and stared down at Lucy.
Anyway, what are you gonna do while waiting? He asked. Lucy shrugged and looked up at Natsu.
Probably read a book. I brought one, but I'm not sure how long it'll last. Lucy admitted. Yeah, one book won't last you that long. As for me, Natsu yawned, I'll be sleeping most of the time. Natsu laid down on the roof and closed his eyes.
Okay, but what happens when a prince comes? Lucy asked. She sat on the windowsill, her legs dangling down from the window. They tingled with the fear of falling. Natsu opened one eye and glared down at Lucy.
I'll fight him off of course. Natsu said matter-of-factually.
No,No. I meant when you're asleep, Lucy responded, You said you'd be asleep most of the time, right? Natsu laughed.
You think I'd sleep through you trying to climb down a rope? Natsu scoffed, Or not hear a prince declaring his so called 'love' for you as you scream about how this is finally 'the day'. Just like when I got you yesterday? Lucy raised her eyebrow.
I didn't...scream that much, right? Lucy asked, embarrassed, Anyway, I bet your a deep sleeper. You were pretty excited. I wouldn't be surprised if you literally screamed. Natsu laughed, I am a pretty heavy sleeper, though. But I have the best hearing ever. I can hear whats going on in that forest over there. Natsu pointed to the forest at the horizon. It was at least ten miles away. Lucy only rolled her eyes. Anyway, I'll probably go read my book. Lucy sighed, Talk to you later, I guess. Yeah, later. Natsu said. He yawned and rolled over. Even though it was still morning, Natsu managed to fall asleep.
Lucy slipped back into her room and approached the small table. On it was the rest of her breakfast. She sat down on her bed and ate the rest of it. After setting the scraps on the table, Lucy lay down on her bed and stared at the ceiling. How could she spend every day like this? It was so boring! Right about now she really wanted to take a walk in her garden or at least walk around somewhere not a cramped little room. She guessed she would just have to get used to that. After several more minutes of moping, Lucy pulled her book out of her bag and settled down to read it. It really was not Lucy's preferred writer. She was only reading it because a princess from a nearby castle, Levy, had told her to read it. Being a good friend, Lucy accepted the offer, but she hadn't picked it up until now. Lucy cracked open the book and started reading. Time passed, and so did chapters. Pages flipped, Natsu snored, and Lucy was becoming more and more skeptical about the writer's method of writing. By chapter five, Lucy was convinced that the author was writing a documentary, not a romance novel. However, Lucy continued to read, due to the lack of other things to do. An hour passed. And there went another hour. Finally, Lucy slammed her book shut and looked up. She had gotten to chapter 15, almost one third of the way through. Natsu really was right, this book wouldn't last long at all. Lucy threw it onto the bed and heaved herself out of her bed. Stretching. She walked over to the window to see exactly what time of day it was. Lucy leaned out the window into the afternoon breeze. The sun was a little bit left to the middle of the sky. I better wake up Natsu and make him get me lunch or something. Lucy decided. Hey Natsu! Lucy called, ...Natsu! Lucy heard a groan and Natsu looked over the side of the roof. What. He snarled. Lucy reminded herself to never, ever try to wake up Natsu again.
I need lunch. Lucy demanded, although the was rather frightened by what Natsu might say, or do. Natsu mumbled a string of profanities and sat up.
Okay, fine. Natsu grumbled, I'll get your princess butt lunch. Lucy stepped aside as Natsu landed on the windowsill.
Can I come? Lucy asked innocently, hoping to get out of the tower.
No, Someone has to stay behind in case the prince comes. Natsu decided. Lucy looked confused.
But if he came, he could just take me away without having to fight you! Lucy proclaimed. Yeah, but if I stayed behind and you got food, imagine the prince coming and finding just the dragon. Natsu reasoned, 'Well, the princess is off getting food and she'll be a while. So uh.. wanna talk or something?' You see, that'd be awkward, princess. Lucy laughed.
Okay, I guess your right. Lucy admitted.
Anyway, it isn't really your job to get food. Natsu said, shrugging.
Then, what is my job? Lucy asked. She was unsure herself. Natsu opened his mouth, and then closed it. He paused, thinking.
Actually, I have no clue. Natsu admitted, I think I'd better go then. Lucy nodded. Natsu turned around and grabbed the rope. Oh, and um Natsu? Lucy said quickly. He looked over his shoulder. Can we maybe eat together and talk or something? Lucy asked. Sure. Natsu shrugged. He grabbed the rope and jumped off of the ledge. Lucy walked over to her bed and sat down. She dazed off, looking out the open window. Suddenly, she felt a single tear rolling down her face. Surprised, she quickly wiped it off. What was she doing? Why was she suddenly crying? To Lucy's absolute horror, a couple more tears rolled down her cheeks. And then it finally, and really hit her. She was homesick. But that just sounded childish to say. Lucy wasn't a child anymore, she couldn't possibly be homesick. She just suddenly missed home. Lucy grabbed her thin pillow and buried her face into it. She desperately hoped Natsu wasn't coming back soon. Lucy sat, meaningly bawling her eyes out. She felt hopelessly stupid for doing so, but really, she just couldn't help it. After a bit, Lucy sat up straight and pushed the pillow back onto her bed. She rubbed the tears off of her back and sighed finally. Natsu should be back any moment now, in fact, there he was. There was a sound of Natsu scrabbling onto the windowsill and then Natsu climbing up onto it. He looked up at Lucy.
Oh, hey are you okay? He asked. Lucy quickly stood up.
What? Yeah, Yeah I'm fine! Lucy laughed nervously and quickly wiped her face. Natsu raised a suspicious eyebrow. He jumped down from the window and sat on the floor. Lucy cautiously sat down next to him. Lucy handed her a piece of bread and a large bowl of soup.
Sorry, some of the soup spilled on the way back. Natsu said as he hastily crammed a piece of bread into his mouth.
No, no its fine. Lucy reassured. She took the spoon that Natsu had thrust at her. There was a moment of silence while Natsu and Lucy ate. So...um..what was your childhood like? Lucy asked after a couple minutes. She was trying to start some sort of conversation. Ah, well, Natsu said in between chewing, Boring mostly. I pretty much grew up on my own, though. My guardian ignored me a lot. You? I led a pretty spoiled younger life, Lucy admitted, I mean, I was princess and all. My mother died when I was younger and my dad ignored me. Now he's very protective. He has been ever since my mother died. That sounds pretty bad. Natsu admitted.
Yeah.. Lucy trailed off, So what are you planning on doing after this? Oh. Natsu coughed, I really don't like the capturing princesses thing, so I was just gonna quit after this one. I only did it to make my guardian satisfied. I'll probably just end up lazing around until I die. Natsu laughed. Lucy smirked.
What, you're not gonna pair up with some lady dragon or anything? Lucy joked.
You do know that there are no female dragon bloods, right? Natsu asked, That's why dragons died out so quickly. Lucy stared at Natsu, who in turn stared back at her. Sooo..you going to hook up with some human girl? Lucy suggested.
No. Natsu replied, Like I said, I'm gonna laze around all my life. Ah. Lucy responded shortly. A mindless conversation continued on after a while. They discussed the recent uproar about the tradition in which they were both slaves to. Also about their recent hobbies, things like that. All stuff that everyday people would discuss. After a final word of one of these conversations, Natsu finally stood up and stretched.
Well, I guess I'll head up to my roof then. Natsu said, motioning up. Lucy drowsily nodded. Also, I got dinner while I was out, Natsu continued, I'll leave it here, so eat whenever you want. Natsu crawled onto the window and onto the roof again. Lucy sighed and got up again. She reached into her bag and pulled out paper and a pencil. It was only a couple hours until she felt like eating, so she decided to write. Sitting down at the table, Lucy began on the 7th chapter of her romance novel. Lucy loved to write. Nothing could stop her from doing it for hours and hours. And nobody did. In fact, Lucy did write for hours and hours. By the time she finally looked up, the sun was slowly setting. Lucy quickly jumped up in surprise. She had forgotten to eat dinner. She sat down again and started slowly eating her dinner. While she did this, she also wrote. By the time she was done, the sun had set. Lucy packed up her scraps and jumped into her bed. It took a while, but she finally feel asleep. The first boring day had past.
Her sleep was quiet, undisturbed, and quite nice. Until, that is, when she heard Natsu shouting her name.
Lucy! Natsu shouted, Lucy wake up! Luuucy! Lucy's eyes popped open. Natsu was sitting on the windowsill motioning her to come over. It was morning, but not early morning. Lucy had slept in quite a lot. She uncertainly got up and crossed the room to Natsu.
What is it? Lucy asked drowsily.
We've got our first one! Natsu said excitedly. Our first what? Lucy asked as she stared out the window.
Prince. Natsu said, grinning. Lucy's eyes widened. Really? The first one? And so soon too! The prince, mounted on his horse, was standing in the shadow of the tower. He was waiting for someone to come and challenge him.
Well, what are you doing sitting here? Lucy asked, excited, Go and fight him! The prince himself was tall, and a little bit big, but still muscly. He looked a little bit unsure that he was at the right castle. Overall, He looked like he could defeat Natsu. But then again, Natsu was practically a twig. Natsu slid down the rope and approached the prince. The prince dismounted his horse. Hello, I'm the dragon. Natsu introduced, Pleasure fighting with you. No, I thought you were the princess. The prince said sarcastically. Wow, I already don't like you. Natsu laughed.
Great. That'll make your defeat more humiliating. The prince retorted. Natsu seemed thoroughly ticked off by this person. Lucy went and got a chair because this was going to be interesting.
The prince drew his sword and Natsu clenched his fist. Wait, Lucy thought, He's just fighting with is bare hands? He's going to get beaten into the dirt. The prince made the first move, he made a quick slash at Natsu. Natsu dodged and made a quick comeback with an aim for his jaw. Blocked. This repeated, except Natsu aimed for his stomach. Still blocked. Next, Natsu made a move. He managed to punch the prince in the jaw and kick him in the stomach. The prince recovered quickly and made a try for Natsu's middle. He only got part of Natsu's cheek. Natsu landed another successful blow to his ribcage. He fell to his knees. Natsu was about to land his leg ontop to finish him off, but he deflected the move. This continued for about half an hour more, with Lucy watching intently, although she was really not sure who she was cheering for. Despite this, she encouraged both of them from her window. The prince fell backwards and on his back. Natsu Kicked him in the solar plexus, which knocked him out. Lucy halfheartedly cheered from the window. She thought what maybe she would be able to get out today. With great trouble, Natsu climbed the rope and collapsed on the windowsill. That looked pretty hard. Lucy sympathized. Natsu glared at her.
It wasn't that hard. He panted.
You're panting and look like you're about to faint. Lucy stated. It really wasn't that hard. Natsu said stubbornly, Besides, that was the first prince. Who knows how many more there'll be. Lucy shrugged.
And who knows how many will succeed. Lucy admitted, Maybe you'll just defeat all of them and I'll have to say here forever. That wouldn't happen. Natsu groaned, rolling his eyes.