Chapter 7

It was close to the zenith of the sun and the bandits were getting their supplies for their ritual "This is the last day you are going to live, my preeties" sneered the Bandit king taking a large sip of his wine "There is no escape now" he said smirking his dark grin he stood up his body full of wine and waddled to the girls "You're soo pretty, maybe I shouldn't sacrifice you to the gods maybe I should just keep you all to myself" he said touching Lucy's cheek Lucy spat at him her golden locks falling freely to the floor. The king drew his hand out of the cage and slapped her "How dare you defile me!" he yelled in anger

Lucy screamed as her face hit the hard ground her heart pace quickened as she instinctively felt her cheek where the burning pain ached, her jaw felt sore and Kimora went up to her fear blazing in her eyes "Lucy are you-" but before she could finish her sentence A pair of grubby hands held Kimora's face The princess let a shriek of horror looking a his lust filled eyes with putridness "Your pretty hot as well" he said looking down at her breasts Kimora was scared her heart pounding in her throat she felt as if the Bandit King was stripping her clothes one by one Lucy defensively went in front of her "Stop it" She said glaring giving her best death stare

"I couldn't do anything even if I wanted to" he replied standing up the wine glass dangling in his hands he turned around and strutted out of the cave "But mark my words mage" he turned around his fingers curving into a sharp point "You. Will. Pay" and he turned back once again, returning to the hazy glow of the outside Lucy crumpled into a knee bundle position and cursed under her breath "Those.. those.."Kimora spouted "Assholes!" "Kimora! Not here!" she said worriedly thinking that the bandits would punish them But fortunately the bandits were busily occupied looking for their items in a gold chest making their own chatter block the insult

Lucy and Kimora saw with wide eyes what the items were one looked like an ointment or some kind of potion the glass was filled with orange liquid to the brim it reminded Lucy of Cana she'd never leave her liquor always drank a barrel to the brim every day, master used to scold her but he himself was a drinker himself not to Cana's extent of course but stopped after a while then the memory of Cana reminded her of a particular incident When Master Mavis purposely put Alcohol in the girls drinks for her fun all the girls Erza, Levy, Wendy including her into a Alcohol Driven Drunkie she didn't remember a thing of course except for a small part of that incident

She was being hauled up on someone's back and she rested peacefully on the individual's back it was too hard to be a woman's back unless you're talking Erza but she just knew it didn't feel like a woman's back I know it's not Erza but who could it be? It did give a comforting heat, it felt...good she was rudely interrupted from her wanderings by a jolt to the back it wasn't that hard enough to hurt you but it would snap you out of a dream or thoughts. It was Kimora she looked as if she saw a ghost "Kimora...Kimora...Kimora!" said Lucy shaking the village princess out of the shock she was in "Lucy look" Kimora said in a voice so high that a bat could squeak back

Lucy by the pitch of her voice did not want to see what was the thing that shook Kimora to her feet but for her friend she had gulped sending a part of her fear inside her stomach, her forehead matted with sweat her palms started to shake as she turned around she saw a very large sword it was in it's sheath, the bottom handle of the sword was decorated with gold and small, beautiful, colorful stones the Bandit Lord flipped the sword to the other side and she saw red dye or maybe even blood cover the top of the sheath

She turned around breathing hard to see her friend's horrible state but she wasn't there "Kimora! Kimora!" Lucy searched for her looking from here to there but Kimora wasn't there she gestured to the bandits who were pacing from here to there looking for items in large boxes and containers "Hey" she said little softly the bandits didn't hear a thing "Hey!" she spoke a little louder. No answer "Hello?!" she screamed gripping the bars tightly, the bandits snapped out of their conversation and the room went quiet "Where's the princess" she asked furiously glaring at them "Tell me! Where is she?" It looked like if she was outside of the cage she would be holding their throats in her hands

One of them broke into a smile he took a few steps forward and told her "Seems like the gang started to carry the princess to the temple" he looked at his copper watch "It's time"

Natsu decided to not tell anybody that Lucy wasn't here he knew he was dense but not that dense to not know where his best friend was or is. He was nervous but he had to trust his best friend he knew that she would be back but a part of him wanted to go after her a part of him told him to go. It was the third day that Lucy was missing and he was on his way to the guild he didn't know what to say to Mirajane if she asked him if he saw Lucy at home

"Natsu! There you are! So did you find Lucy? wasn't I right?" Mirajane piped up walking towards him with her pearly smile as usual "I bet she was there sleeping in her bed or writing her novel, was I right?" she continued breathlessly That's what I expected to happen, that's what i wanted but Lucy wasn't even there how am I going to tell her that his eyes wandering to her pearly smile How can I tell that pretty smile that Lucy didn't come back from her mission "Yeah, your right" he mumbled looking down at his slippers and walked past her "Can I get a sandwich I'm starving" he said stopping for a little while and then continued to walk towards the bar.

"What's wrong with flame brain?" Gray asked "Did someone give a punch to the face if I was right then don't answer " he smirked "I'm pretty sure it's not that but..." Mirajane turned to face him "He's hiding something and he doesn't want to tell us" and with that she turned around to feed the hungry fire mage

Author's Note: I'm thinking of creating another story it's also NaLu and I really want to make it but I don't know if I can because I can only upload one chapter of this story or the other if you would like me to make it please let me know and tell me if you think there are any problems to this story thank you