The Beast and the Beauty
A/N: I know I said this was going to be a two-parter, but I've decided to try to wrap everything up in this chapter. Hope you enjoy!
Levy sat in the comfort of her room on the comfort of her bed. Three days had passed since Gajeel was taken away and the maiden was heart broken.
Her mother said everything was going to be alright, but how could she believe it now. The beast- Gajeel- was scheduled to get executed in two days. All Levy could think about was Gajeel's face when he was staring at her father. He was so determined to not fight him that it caused him to be taken away from her.
Knock
"Come in," she said quietly in a monotone voice.
The door opened to reveal Wendy standing at the opening holding the door open. "Levy-nee, it's dinner time. Oh and also, Lucy-san is here, bye!" She explained going back downstairs before her sister was able to reply.
"Alright, alright, maybe la-! Wait, Lu-chan's here!" The maiden yelled bolting out of bed while trying to fix her bed head hair with her brush pulling out the tangles and naps.
She rushed downstairs in a panicked mess to see her blonde haired friend standing calmly at the walkway with her perfect lady-like posture.
Lucy turned to face her friend and her whole state of body changed, "Levy-chan!" she shouted hugging her friend in a tight embrace.
"Hello there, Lu-chan. I was surprised when Wendy said you came for dinner, but nevertheless follow me." the maiden replied leading Lucy to her table while Rin was just about finished dinner.
The three girls sat down and started conversing for a few minutes till Rin brought over a big pot of different vegetables as she poured each girl a bowl and filled food for their cat, Pantherlily.
"So, Lucy how is everything? I mean now that terrible epidemic is gone and your health is better once more?" Rin asked.
The blonde was quickly blowing on her soup when she stopped and replied, "Everything is much better now I assure you that terrible epidemic is gone."
Levy's mother smiled and everyone started eating dinner till time passed by and everyone was finished and the girls were cleaning up the kitchen.
"I'll take care of the dishes!" Levy declared brushing past them and started cleaning the dishes.
Lucy looked at Levy quizzicially and frowned. Her friend usually wasn't so bold, so something must have been wrong. Even though the maiden wrote books the blonde could read her like one, so she knew something was up
As Levy took care of the dishes Wendy and Rin finished took Lucy to their living room to chat.
'Levy-chan, what's wrong?' Lucy thought.
"Lucy-san," Wendy said snapping the blonde out of her thoughts. "Is something wrong?"
Lucy shook her head and the three carried out their conversation. Soon the maiden finished and she walked upstairs as the blonde closely trailed behind. Both walked into Levy's bedroom and Lucy shut the door.
"Lu-chan?" Levy questioned at her friend's own behavior.
Lucy sat down in front of her friends and asked, "What's wrong?"
The maiden stared at her friend and quickly shook her head denying the question. "Nothing's wrong, I'm fine."
The blonde sighed and gave Levy a solemn look, "Levy, I've known you since we were kids, I can tell when something's wrong or not, so please tell me. You know you can always trust me right."
Levy thought about this. Mixed feelings were coursing through her veins and terrible ides were swimming in her mind. She honestly didn't know if she could tell Lucy the truth.
"Well, it's complicated, but I give you the short version. I was captured by the beast in the forest, but he set me free but then came back for me and I ended up faling in love with him. And the beast is Gajeel."
"WAIT! GAJEEL'S THE BEA-"
"Lu-chan, shh. I don't want the whole entire town to hear you," Levy interjected.
Lucy nodded and the maiden released her mouth. "What, but I heard that the beast was caught and to be executed wait- did you just say you love him?" She said.
"Y-Yes," Levy replied blushing. Lucy smiled and hugged Levy, bringing her in a close, warm embrace. "Lu-chan..."
"I'm so happy for you Levy-chan. You finally found someone that important to you. So important that you kept his secret and he meant the world to you, and that makes me so happy," the blonde said as tiny water droplets dripped on the maiden's shoudler.
"Thank you, so much."
"Okay!" the blonde exclaimed wiping her tears and letting go of Levy. "Well that's determined you know what we have to do," Lucy said.
Levy looked a her friend perplexed with what she meant. "I don't understand what you mean?"
The blonde gave her a mischievious look and grinned bigly, "We're gonna save Gajeel." she declared.
"W-what! Lu-chan I don't under-"
"What I'm saying is that we're going to save him from being executed, and all we need is a plan, but you can leave that part to me." she smirked as Levy nodded to her friend's idea.
"Just be by the well at 1:00 pm. That's an hour before the execution, and should give us enough time, okay?" Lucy got up and gave her friend a quick goodbye leaving her family's cottage.
The maiden sat on her bed in a cheery mood to her friend's plan. 'Thank you, Lu-chan. Now don't worry-' her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a knock at the door. "C-come in," she replied to the knock.
"Okay," was Wendy's voice in reply to Levy's as she walked in. "Um, Levy-nee, are you really going save Gajeel-san?" She quietly asked.
Levy nodded and Wendy took a big breath and grabbed her older sister's hands. "Okay, but I want to help!" She exclaimed.
The maiden gave her younger sister and weird look and starting laughing, "Wendy, that's fun-" but was interrupted by Wendy's voice.
"I'm not kidding. I don't exactly know if he was lying or not, but Gajeel-san said everyone can and will do something extraordinary in the lives, and I know what I want to do," Wendy said with a determined look, "I want to help save Gajeel-san."
"If that's what you want then fine, you can help, but you do know the risk. We could die," the maiden said her sister nodding. "Thank you, Wendy," she muttered hugging her sister.
Tomorrow came by as quick as the night ended and Levy and Wendy were getting dressed and ready to meet Lucy at 1:00 pm by the well with her plan to help save the beast. "We are leaving!" The maiden yelled leaving with her sister.
The two made their way to the well the blonde and next to her a boy with salmon hair holding a odd colored blue cat. "Levy-chan! Over here!" She called to the two. They walked over to them and sat beside them.
"Natsu-san, Lucy-san, it's nice to see you again," Wendy greeted.
"Hey Wendy, so I'm guessing your caught in this crazy plan as well," Natsu replied as she gave him a tiny nod. "Let's do this-!"
"Sshh! Natsu you have to be quiet! I honestly don't know I brought you with me," Lucy said in a stressed tone raising her hand to her temple.
Natsu just grinned and hugged the blonde's waist. "Because you need me, of course!"
Levy was standing there impatiently tapping her foot at their little display till she yelled, "Can we hear the plan!"
Lucy nodded and pulled out a set of keys that shined radiantly in the light that could catch anyone's eye from a distance. "I stole the keys to the jail house this morning. We'll have Natsu and Wendy be the distraction. We can say something like Natsu "lost" Happy, or maybe like Wendy sprained her ankle. Something like that, but all we need is a long lasting distracting for Levy-chan and I."
"Got it!" Everyone complied getting up and walking to the jail house where Gajeel was being restrained.
They made their way there and the two girls were waiting behind a set of bushes while their plan of action was put into play.
Natsu was walking beside Wendy when Happy jumped out of his arms just like he was told to be his owner and the salmon haired man ran to the guard out front. "Help me! My cat just ran away, please help me catch him!"
"Sorry son I can't-"
"Please! He was a present from my Dad before- before he died," he replied making fake tears well in his eyes. The bodyguard gave a reluctant sigh and went to help chase Happy as the two girls sneakily snuck inside.
Lucy pulled out the set of keys and picked a small silver key, getting through the first door.
Both moved into the second corridor and saw another guard. "There's another guard!" Levy quietly shouted.
"I guess I'll be the distraction," the blonde muttered. Levy agreed as Lucy walked out to the guard.
The guard turned to Lucy and gave a big smile and walked to her. "Miss Hearfilia!" He exclaimed in a loud voice, "It's good to see you again!"
"It's good to see you too..." She trailed off as Levy tipetoed by the two, into the main holding facility.
She pushed the door open and snuck inside walking down the hall looking at the different people in the cells. "Gajeel! Gajeel!" The maiden said in a quietly hushed voice. "Where is he? He should be here?" She whispered to herself.
The maiden ran to a big cage on the far end of the hall and it said it was empty, as it read: Here lies the beast's cage.
If that was true, then where was Gajeel, and why wasn't he in his cage. "If you're wondering about that vile creature then he's already been moved. We thought you might try something so we moved him an hour earlier," Haru said stepping out from the darkness as the guards restrained Natsu, Wendy, Lucy and even Happy.
"No, please let them go!" Levy exclaimed. "They're my friends, and Wendy's your daughter. I'm your daughter," she yelled her face writhing with anger.
Levy's father scoffed and laughed, angering Levy even more as she swiped at him. Her fist swung at him, but his callused hand grabbed her wrist squeezing it causing immense pain to shot up her right arm.
The maiden howled in pain as she fell to the ground and everything started turning hazy. Her vision started to get blurry and everything was dark, but not before hearing her father's voice saying, "You and your friends chose the wrong side. Sorry." and she passed out.
The maiden felt a warm heat source next to her and fluttered her eyes open to see a medium sized jail cell. She lifted her head and a pain shot through it, as she clutched it. "Levy's awake!" Levy heard someone shout tring to sit up.
The maiden looked down and saw Wendy sleeping beside her, arms wrapped tightly around her waist.
"Wendy," she moaned. "Wendy, wake up," she said nudging her sister's petite body, waking her up.
"L...Levy-nee," Wendy yawned. "Levy-nee!" She exclaimed tackling her sister down hugging her tightly. "I was so worried about you! Please don't scare me like that again!" She exclaimed crying.
The maiden smiled and nodded, wiping her tears and sitting up. "Levy-chan, you're okay! Thank goodness, we were so worried!" Lucy said.
"Well, I'm fine now, so please, don't worry about me."
The blonde smiled and stood up triumphantly with a plan. "That's good to know, but we still have to get out and save Levy's crush from the cold blackness called Death," she sais clenching her fist.
"Get out? Sorry to break you're spirit Lucy-san, but this bars are sealed tight, and didn't they steal the keys from you?" Wendy said as a frown appeared on Lucy's face.
Levy stood up and tried stretching her wrist through the bars. "Levy..." the blonde trailed off. The maiden kept persistently sticking her hand throguh the bars till her wrist, which was already red, turned purple.
"I'm usually not the sensible one, but you have to stop Levy. How are you gonna bust out if you're injured," Natsu spoke up leaning his elbow on his knee.
"Natsu..." the maiden mumbled and nodded, "Okay you're right. I guess we can't get anywhere if one of us is injured," Levy said sitting back down beside Wendy.
They sat in silence till Lucy spoke up, "So we just wait till the execution is over. Till Gajeel's dead?"
"I honestly don't know what else we can do," Levy answered frowning.
So the group sat there waiting, in that cold, dark cell they found it theire temporary home. This lasted for awhile till they heard the guards screaming and yelling. "Intruder! Inturder!" A guard yelled running into the cell hall, but getting knock out by something.
"Ah!" Wendy screamed fainting.
Soon, a light blue was exuded from the hall before and the thing attached tothe light came in. It showed a woman. She had blue locks and eyes and a white ripped dress, and was...floating.
She floated to their cage fingering the door looking at them. "Stay away!" The salmon haired man yelled.
The blue woman wrapped something around her hand and sliced the lock off, opening the door. "W-who are you?" Lucy asked as the blue woman turned away not making any eye contact and extended her arm open, gesturing them to leave.
"You're...helping us?" Natsu questioned as she nodded. They all stood up, Natsu grabbed Wendy and Lucy held Happy, and Levy got up and they took off, but the blue woman whispered just enough to let Levy here,
"Go, save Gajeel. He needs you, so go save him. I am Juvia, but that doesn't matter, go."
The maiden nodded and ran, following her friends to the execution site and saw the beast and her father with the executioner. "Now, if that is all then this beast will now be executed!" Levy's father shouted.
"Wait!" Levy exclaimed. "You can't do that!" The crowd dispersed to around them giving them glares like no other.
"Levy, it seems you have escaped, but that doesn't matter he's going to die!" Haru yelled, sending guards to them, snickering, "This little game you've played, has gone on long enough."
Levy's face seethed with anger and shouted, "Well then if it is a game, and I'm not going lose! Because I'm going to save Gajeel!"
The beast was on execution table and slowly cracked open his eyes. There in front of him he saw Levy, the girl he pronounced his love to, strangling and squirming under a few guys strong hold just to make it to him.
"Shrimp...why? You shouldn't have come to save me, I-"
"That doesn't matter! You're still you! I've spent the past few months with you to know you're not as bad as people say you are. You are kind, nice, funny strong and the man I fell head over heels in love with!" The maiden declared loud enough so that everyone standing in the vacinity could hear her. Gajeel was awestruck at the bold outspoken confession, and grinned,
"You really are something, Levy."
A light was emitted once again and the beast heard a rushing, but warm voice in his ear. "Now, go to her, Gajeel-kun, she needs you."
The beast let out a loud and dangerous roar causing everyone to step back as Gajeel broke the chains binding him and he transformed, running to Levy and her friends adn scooping them up,and running off with them.
Soon, after the rescue they all packed their things as Levy's mom, Rin stood at the gateway to the forest. "Are you all sure of this?" She asked.
"Yes mother we are. We'll never be allowed back to the village so we'll all leave instead," Levy replied.
"Okay, and be safe. All of you."
"Don't worry Mrs. McGarden, we have a scary beast, Natsu, Happy and Panther Lily with us, so we'll be fine," Lucy said as they set off.
They were walking away when Gajeel snatched Levy's hand. "G-Gajeel!" She shrieked.
"Thanks Shrimp, for everything. Now let's go," he said picking her up and running inf ront of everyone.
Levy smiled as the wind rushed through her face and yelled, "Yeah, let's go!" And they were off, probably to live happily ever after.
The End
"Aw, it's over," a girl with light blue locks whined.
"Yes my dear Raina, but they did get a happily ever after, so it's okay," a woman with identical locks responded.
A little boy ran over to the Raina and growled scaring her. "Haha! The beast was the best! He was all mean and scary, I liked him!" He exclaimed.
"You think so Silver. Well it's okay, I liked the beast to," the woman agreed to the bot Silver.
Then later on the woman was outside at night looking at the stars when a man said, "Juvia, time to come in!"
"Coming Gray!" The woman Juvia replied.
'I'm so happy, Gajeel-kun! That you finally got you're happily ever after. This makes Juvia very happy.'
And once again the water spirit disappeared. Into the house, with her family and with relief. Knowing that the beast and beauty got their happy ending, after all.