Mira's POV
Yawn! I woke to darkness. The sun was just about to rise. Wait. The sun was just about to rise! Oh no! Me and my sisters were supposed to get to our bosses house by 5 am.
I went and woke up Erza, Lucy, and Yukino. Then I went to the other bedroom and woke Levy, Juvia, Wendy and Kagura.
We hurriedly got dressed in our uniforms.
Me and Erza had tight white tops, thigh length black skirts, black flats and a white headband.
Wendy and Kagura had loose white tops, black leggings, white flats, and a white hat.
Levy and Juvia had black knee length dresses with a white apron, white sandals, and a white headdress.
Lucy and Yukino had the worst and prettiest uniforms. It consisted of a very tight white crop top that pushed up their breasts. A ruffled black mini skirt. 3 inch black heels. And a white and black rose clip. There mistress, Lady Minerva hated them because of their beauty so she embarrasses them.
I went to the kitchen and got breakfast out. It wasn't much to feed our 8 mouths. There was a loaf of bread, a carton of milk, and a small glass of old milk. Each of the girls got half a glass and equal parts of the loaf while I had the old milk like I usually did. They all devoured there food leaving me to be the only person left to eat. I saw hungry looks in their eyes. I sighed.
"You girls can divide my share between yourselves." I said cheerfully.
They all look horrified even though I did this everyday.
"Mira! We couldn't!" Lucy said shocked.
I just smiled. "I'm not really hungry anyway. Please eat it."
They saw through the lie but reluctantly split it among themselves and ate. I smiled even though I was starving.
We headed out. Erza and I made our way toward Lady Angel's house.
We entered through the kitchen and started making breakfast. As we finished I brought it up to Lady Angel. By then it was 8 am. After giving the food, me, Erza, and the other maids started cleaning the house. We finshed at 11 am.
Then Lady Angel came storming into the kitchen. She looked over all of us maids then pointed her finger at me because she hated me the most because she thought I was prettier then her.
"You slut!" She roared.
"Yes Mistress." I replied quietly.
"Go into town and get me material for a dress. After that make my dress. You better make it good cause its for the upcoming ball!"
"Yes Mistress." She handed me 500 jewel.
"When you get back here you better tell me how much you spent and how much is left."
"Yes Mistress." I took the pouch and left.
As I got to the market, the smell of the food in the stalls wafted through the air. My stomach grumbled. I was starving. I only drank a little milk in the morning and last night we had no dinner because we didn't have anything to eat except our breakfast.
I was at the start of the market and the clothing stalls were on the other side of the market. It was a 15 minute walk.
As I started walking my head started spinning. The smell of food was making me dizzy. I was very hungry. As I was walking I stumbled. My eyes were swimming. I started falling and fell into unconsciousness. Before I did I heard someone shout.
"Hey!"
Laxus's POV
I strolled along the market. Me and my brothers had just snuck out of the palace. I was the crown prince of Fiore. Prince Laxus Dragneel. I was so tired of being cooped up inside the castle all the time.
I wore a disguise of blue jeans, a yellow sweatshirt, and sneakers.
As I strolled along, I saw a white haired girl in a maid uniform. She had a pouch in her hand and she was very skinny. Skinnier then a person should be. She stumbled. The she started to fall, her eyes closed.
"Hey!" I shouted.
I rushed to her and caught her. She was very very light but she seemed very pretty.
I took her to the near forest area. My friend Chelia lived there and she was great at healing.
I carried the white haired beauty to Chelia's cottage. She was only 12 years old but she was a genius at healing. As I reached her cottage I saw Chelia outside tending to her herb garden.
She had her pink spiky hair in two pigtails and was wearing a pink dress with white leggings.
"Laxus!" She squealed. Then she noticed the girl. "Who's this?"
"She fainted on the streets so I brought her here so you could tell me what's wrong."
"Okay. Bring her inside."
I took the girl inside and lay her down on the bed. Chelia took out a brown root and placed it in the white haired girls mouth. I looked at her in confusion.
"The root tells whats wrong depending on the color." She explained. I nodded.
A few moments later the root turned a sickly yellow and Chelia took it out. Chelia's face turned to shock.
"This yellow means that she hasn't been having enough food. Today she only had a half a glass of milk and yesterday was also a half a glass of milk. She's been living of milk and she's close to dying. The milk she's drinking is old so it's affecting her slowly and she hasn't realized it but she needs to eat more to survive. Living off the old milk is affecting her and can cause her to faint, have trouble breathing, temporary blindness and much more. The old milk she's been living on has something in it that is affecting her. It's very rare."
I was suprised. This girl should be healthy instead of sick. I saw a mark near the back of her shirt. It looked like a red welt. I pulled her shirt back a little while Chelia shot me a dirty look. There were welts slashed across her back. I remembered seeing them on a prisoners back at the castle dungeon. Whip slashes. Chelia gasped.
"Those whip slashes are making her condition worse. By the looks of it she's getting whipped everyday. The way it looks like is that there's some sort of poison on the whip that's invisible. The poison is dissolving into her body and adding to the old milk it's making her condition worse."
Then the girl woke up. Her ocean blue eyes shimmering with confusion. She was pretty. No, she was gorgeous. She was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. And her eyes showed kindness deep within.
"Where am I?" She questioned.
She tried standing up but fell down back onto the bed. She looked at Chelia then at me. I was worried that she would recognize me. My sweatshirts hood was down so my spiky blonde hair was visible and my lightning bolt on my right eye was shown.
"Who are you?" She asked suprised.
Chelia answered. "You are in my cottage. My name is Chelia and..."
"Jack." I interrupted. Saying a fake name so she won't tell anyone I was here.
"Right," Chelia said. "Jack brought you here cause you fainted on the streets."
"I did?" She asked.
"Yes because you have a serious condition." Chelia answered. She explained her condition to her. She was horrified.
"I didn't know that. But I don't have anything other than that to eat. My name is Mirajane Heartfilia but you can call me Mira." The girl- Mira said.
She told us her story of how her parents had died in a fire. How she became a maid and how she got whipping everyday.
"My boss gives me a 10 whip slashes everyday because she believes that I'm prettier than her. I didn't know that they were filled with poison."
"The poison weakens your body." Chelia said. "If you don't eat more you'll die within 5 weeks."
Mira had tears in her eyes. "I can't die. My sisters are counting on me. I'm the one who keeps our family together and happy. They would crumble without me."
She stood up this time and fell again. I caught her. "Why am I so dizzy?"
"Careful." I said.
"Thank you for saving me. I can't repay you though. I'm sorry."
"No need."I declined.
"I need to head back to the market." She said worried.
"Why?" Chelia questioned.
"My mistress wants me to buy cloth and make a dress for her for the ball."
"Are you going to the ball?" Chelia asked.
"I would love to. I have never been to a ball. I was only 8 years old when the fire happened. I would but my mistress probably won't allow it and I don't have a proper dress." Mira said sadly.
I felt sad for this beauty. Then I had an idea. "Why don't I help you. I can provide a dress for your mistress and for you and your sisters."
She was apalled. "I- I can't. You've done so much for me already."
"It's no problem. I have of money." I replied with a smile. "I can't also give you some money."
"Thank you so much!" She exclaimed with tears falling.
Chelia smiled. "Alright then, remember to eat lots if vegetables and you'll get better in 4 weeks."
"Thank you." She smiled. I offered to give her the dress tomorrow and take her back to her mistresses place.
"Thank you Jack." I smiled.
After 10 minutes we were 5 blocks away from Mira's mistresses house.
"Thank you for eveything." Mira said to me kindly.
"No problem. Meet me at the market entrance tomorrow at noon. I can give you the dresses. Tell me your sisters favorite color and size and I'll bring them."
"You're very kind." She said. She told me the info. "I'll see you tomorrow. Bye."
"Bye." Then she did something unexpected. She gave me kiss on the cheek. She giggled and walked away. Her long white hair swaying in the cool breeze.
I lifted my hand to my cheek. I then realized something, I was in love with the white haired beauty.
Mira's POV
I couldn't believe what had just happened. I kissed Jack. A guy who showed me nothing but kindness. I blushed.
I walked into the mansion to be greeted with a slap. I fell to the floor. I looked up to see Lady Angel.
"Where have you been bitch!" She screamed.
"I-I'm sorry." I stuttered. "The cloth was closed because the owner was sick but the next market stall was the owners sister and they said that they'll give a v
Laxus's POV
I headed back to the castle. I was greeted by my brothers.
"Where have you been?" Jellal questioned.
"You've been gone for a while." Gajeel said.
"Did you meet a girl?" Sting asked.
I blushed and my hand flew to my cheek.
Natsu gasped. "You did meet a girl and she kissed your cheek!"
"Your in love!" Romeo, Rogue, and Gray exclaimed.
"Okay fine I am but so what?" I said.
"What's her name?" Gray asked.
"Mirajane. She is the most gorgeous girl I've ever seen." I smiled. My brothers had smirks on there faces.
"You've got it bad!" Natsu smirked.
"Boys!" Our dad, King Igneel, shouted.
"Coming!" We all yelled.
We walked towards the throne room and saw four young ladies standing beside our dad and mom, Queen Grandine.
"You four oldest are now engaged to theses beautiful ladies. There all ladies of high status." Our mom said.
"I'm sorry, did you say we're engaged." I asked.
"Yes." My dad gave me his "we'll talk later right now act happy" look.
We all smiled.
"Laxus your engaged with Lady Angel. Jellal your engaged with Lady Flare. Natsu your engaged with Lady Lisanna. Sting your engaged to Lady Minerva." My mom said cheerfully.
All four of us smiled even though they were fake.
The respective girls came to us. They all wore very revealing gowns. The neckline plunging and the corset tightened to where their breasts pushed up against the plunging necklines.
After a while the girls left. Our dad came to us. "All four of these young ladies are of high status and they will be your brides. Laxus and Jellal, your 18. Natsu and Sting, your 17. It's about time you guys got married. No objections."
We nodded. Our lives were going to be spent with women we didn't even know.
A day of bliss turned to anger and sadness.
A/N: What do you think? I also have this story on Wattpad in case you wanted to read this on that.
What will happen to Laxus, Jellal, Natsu, and Sting?
Will the prince's meet their true loves?
Will there be trouble?
Fine out in the next chapter of Dumpsters to Diamonds
Chapter Two: Blossoming Love
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~ StarshineRose18