How something so small could bleed so much,he didn't know. This girl had stained his hands and arms with her blood. The walk to his castle was hell. Flying in his dragon form was more of his thing,but if he put the princess on his back,she would probably fall off,and he didn't want that.

He couldn't help but notice the way she snuggled into his chest even though she was unconscious. There was something about her that made him want to hold her close and never let go. Of course he wouldn't tell anybody that.

When he got to the castle the looks on everyone's faces were that of horror and confusion. So many questions were asked.

"What happened?"

Was the first question that was asked by his best friend and the captain of his soldiers,Pantherlily. The giant exceed knew him better than anyone else.

Gajeel's main priority right now was to get her to the infirmary,so Lucy and Mira could treat her.

The young lord ignored his people and took her straight away to get treatment.

xxxx

Everything was black,and her head hurt so bad. She couldn't speak,breathe,or scream. When she opened her mouth nothing would come out.

The sound of voices filled her ears,they didn't sound familiar.

The only thing she remembered were red eyes and a black dragon. Those red eyes and the way they had looked at her...

"Someone help me!" She tried to scream once again.

No matter how many times she yelled nothing would come out of her mouth.

She wanted nothing more than to wake up. Being inside of this darkness was torture. All she wanted was to speak to someone to know that her people were going to make it. That maybe this was all just a terrible nightmare.

xxxx

"Oh my goodness,she looks horrible!" Lucy exclaimed.

"Just treat her." Was Gajeel's gruff reply as he placed the small princess on the bed.

"Mira,get me some stitches. Her head is split open pretty bad."

The young nurse couldn't help the tears she felt in her eyes. This poor girl was going to be in so much pain once she woke up. The way she was moving around was probably a sign that she would be waking up soon.

Mira handed Lucy the stitches.

Gajeel stood against the wall with his arms crossed,watching the two women work on the princess.

His brother did it once again. That dumb ass wanted nothing more than destruction. Going as far as asking the princess to marry him.

Gajeel scoffed to himself.

No way in hell would he let his brother ever lay a hand on this girl again.

Why did his family have to be so fucked up?

This girl made him feel weird,he had never felt like this before. When he looked into her eyes,he couldn't deny the spark that he felt between them. But why?

He didn't want to believe in that whole dragon falling in love and souls intertwining bullshit.

Sure he needed a wife and eventually brats to take over his kingdom when he kicked the bucket. But having someone out there that he was meant to be with?

He did get tired of just sleeping with women and not having a special connection. His best friend Pantherlily also always gave him shit for not finding a decent woman.

It isn't like the exceed knew what it was like being born with noble blood. He could only marry a noble,it was the law of the land. The bullshit his father used to always lecture him about when he was younger came to mind. He always told him about falling in love and starting a family. How he would know when he found the girl he was destined to be with.

Something about that girl laying in the bed...there was something about her that felt so familiar to him. She seemed so pure,innocent,kind,and not to mention,she was pretty.

Does she have what it takes to be with a dragon? Could she wiggle her way into his cold heart and make him feel whole?

Time would only tell.

"She's all fixed up." The blonde nurse said rubbing her hands together.

"Hey,Lucy did you notice the way Gajeel was looking at her?" Mira whispered.

"You two should know I can hear you even when you whisper. I'm a dragon,you know."

Gajeel glared at them. Leave it to them to gossip about his love life. They did always try playing matchmaker. If he wasn't a nice guy,he would kick their ass out on the street.

"If you two are done here,then I need you to prepare the other room for more patients. I sent Pantherlily with a crew to find survivors from the attack."

"Yes,Master Redfox." Both girls said in unison.

The young lord decided to take a seat next to the bed. He needed to ask her some questions about what happened when she finally wakes up.

The dragon would never tell anyone that he was actually ready to meet her and get to know her.

'No,dammit!' Gajeel thought to himself.

' I want to run my hands through her blue hair.'

Gajeel face palmed. His mind wouldn't stop.

The young lord felt angry at himself for even having feelings like this. He had never even met her. Sure he had already planned to meet with her father about courting her and possibly taking her as his bride,but these feelings were something he wasn't used to. Gajeel Redfox was a bad ass not a damn sap!

Watching her rest,she looked so peaceful. He could hear her wincing.

The more she winced in pain,the more rage he felt towards his brother. This girl didn't deserve any of the shit that Acnologia had done.

That beautiful blue hair stained with blood,that beautiful face marred with pain,no she didn't deserve any of this.

Gajeel could feel his scales forming from the anger flowing through his veins. Acnologia would pay for this.