She hadn't thought the dragon would actually come.

Once the dragon had left her father's forests and she had made her way back to the castle, she had told her dear father what she had encountered and what the dragon had said. This naturally led to the king of the Fairy Kingdom to gather all his troops in an attempt to prevent the dragon from getting his claws on his youngest daughter.

Many good fairy men from near and far gathered within a few days to the king's army, not only for their honor as fairy citizens, but also for the slight hope each of them bore to catch the eye of one of the king's daughters.

This hope was however crushed as none of the girls even as much as batted an eyelash at the soldiers. In fact, they kept themselves around Levy at all cost and refused to leave her side.

"We won't let you be taken!" Cana would ensure.

"Don't worry, we're here for you!" Lucy ushered.

However, despite the king's daughters' attempt to stop the inevitable, it was useless. Thursday came and so did the dragon. Instead of the usual gleaming sun rising to the east, the dragon's massive form blocked it's warmth as it grew bigger and bigger with each wing stroke and each heartbeat. Big until the dragon cast a massive shadow above the Fairy Castle; when the gut of its wing made the King's army fall by a single stroke; when its iron breath poisoned the remaining Fairy soldiers.

The mighty dragon Gajeel didn't even have to land down upon the fairy land to lay the king's army to waste. And before the sun shone high, there was nothing left of the king's defense except himself and his daughters.

"Do not fret as your men are wounded, but not dying." Gajeel said as he finally landed among the fallen army and looked down upon the pale king and his daughters, especially the blue haired shrimp. "I have come for the shrimp, now hand her over."

Despite the flaring anger of the sisters and the temper of Levy it was all inevitable. It was clear what power the dragon possessed and with the knowledge of what the dragon could do, Levy stepped forward, silencing her sisters' attempt to threaten the dragon and started stepping into the balcony, past her father and closer to the dragon than she had ever been.

It was then she turned to them and said "This is for the best of the kingdom, do not fret as I refuse to die by this beast's claws. Good bye." Then Gajeel bowed his head for Levy to climb up on his neck and once she was properly seated, he took off without a fleeting second.

~O~O~O~

"Have you ever sat softer, have you ever seen clearer?" The Dragon's, no Gajeel's, voice rumbled below her as the icy wind swept past with each stroke of his wings, climbing higher and higher up to the sky.

"No never." Levy answered in a soft whisper the moment Gajeel broke through the layer of clouds, where the only thing below was a misty white sheet and the only thing above was the never ending blue. The words were swept away by the wind the instant they left her lips, yet somehow Gajeel managed to pick them up as his scales rumbled beneath her in laughter.

She woke up with a start as she felt a dip in her bed. Someone was climbing in with her. Levy didn't know who it was, as the room was engulfed in the darkness of night.

It had only been a few days, though it felt like years, since Levy arrived to the dragon's home in the horizon. It was a grand castle, far bigger and spectacular than Levy could ever imagine. Once inside, Gajeel vanished off and she was introduced to Lily, a black cat who was more polite than Gajeel could even dream off.

Lily had showed Levy to her bedroom, which honestly had far too much room and a far too big bed for her to ever fill up, and told that she could go wherever in the castle grounds as she desired.

Since then she had been left alone. Until tonight. She didn't know who it was; she didn't know what they wanted, but they just climbed under the sheets to join her in slumber. It was obvious by the dip in the bed that this person was far taller and heavier than her. It was a man as his voice was deep when he attempted to clear his throat silently; and it was obvious he was after something as he attempted to sneak his cold fingers around Levy's waist.

As if Levy would let that go in silence, she flung the covers, screamed, kicked and elbowed whatever she could reach of the muscular man behind her.

It was only when she heard an "oumf!" quickly followed by rustling, an arm circling her and a muffled "Damn shrimp!" that she managed to identify the voice.

"Gajeel?" She hissed in fear for being wrong as the man covered them in the sheets again.

He didn't answer her, but rather tightened his grip on her – as if he was afraid she would attempt to attack again – snuggled in closer and started breathing in a slow and steady rhythm on Levy's neck. Inevitably it lulled Levy back to her slumber where only quickly fading questions remained.

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