Hello my PEOPLE! Right Now I am realizing when people write stories it takes longer than expected so I will try my best! I'm all fired up!
Disclaimer: Hiro Mashima is THE GOD of mangas so that's why he owns Fairy Tail and not a peasant like me can own it even though I really want it T_T
Chapter 4: My turn to help
Normal POV.
That night ended and became the first night when Lucy joined Fairy Tail. But the later nights was the worst for Lucy, she slept in the spare rooms in the guild (This story, Fairy Tail has rooms inside for the guild to sleep in like a real family) every time when she sleeps she ends up having nightmares about the village. She will wake up every night and screamed at the top of her lungs and crying of guilt. All of the villagers hurt of bad living conditions since she did nothing to prevent it. All she can think of is how if she knew of their conditions before she would've help them, she would've have done something to ease their suffering. Natsu would always come in and try to calm her down and later have to stay beside her just so she can sleep peacefully. Lucy couldn't see the guilt in his eyes because her eyes are full of her own tears. The first night she couldn't even have the will to go down to the village to bring the villagers their treasures so Natsu had to bring her back to the guild.
To explain: Each week Fairy Tail will go to the village and bring the people what they would need, sounds like a group of Robin Hoods. It's been 6 days since she came. That means tomorrow will be the day to go back to the village. Lucy decided that tomorrow she was determined to help. She swore it upon her name as a Fairy Tail Member.
Lucy's POV.
The days before the D.W.G.T.V (Day we go to the village cheesy huh?) me, Natsu, Gray, and Erza Oh yeah I forgot Happy! ...
"You're soo mean Lushee"
…We went to go steal things for the village and one of the places we went to was Duke Everlue's Mansion. He was the richest person in the town and he was looking for a blonde maid. The group all looked at me when they read this. Natsu and Gray wanted me to dress up like a maid and apply for a job in the mansion and later get them in so we can loot the place. 'What PERVERTS!' But then Erza has agreed and she had a sword….soo I had to do it.
When I went toward the mansion's door to apply for the job, a creepy man came and introduced himself as Duke Everlue.
"Hi my name is Lucy and I'm here to apply for this job." I smiled widely trying to use my charm on the disgusting man.
"Hmmmmm…" Everlue said looking at me up and down. Shivers run up my spine as he did that. It takes a while for his inspection and he finally makes an answer…
"Nope, too UGLY." He concluded. My mouth gapes open.
UGLY?! This is a disgrace to my sex appeal! He dare say this to the Princess of Fiore!?
Then he said "Yep too UGLY" he said again." Why couldn't you be beautiful as my other maids?" he added. At the same time 5 maids popped from the ground all ugly as him mocking me about how they are too prettier than me. 'Not likely' I thought. I glance back where the others were. Natsu, Happy, Gray, and Erza are hiding behind a bush hearing the conversation and all their eyes are wide opened and their mouths all dropped to the ground. Now I want to pummel this man to the ground. But as I turned around the man left before I could 'Damn it' I cursed.
The group came out of their hiding space. "Who knew Lushee is ugly?" Happy shrugged. "Shut up you little BRAT!" I shouted to him and chased him around.
"Well we need a new plan." Erza said. We all nodded.
Later on….
The second plan was to break in. We climbed a tree near the mansion and then Natsu took out his special lacrima bow and arrows and tied a weird-looking rope on one of them. He aimed that arrow at the top window of the mansion. When he concentrated there was a dent in between his eyebrows which made me think about how handsome he was and then he released the bowstring. When it took hold, Natsu tied the other side of the rope on a tree branch. Then suddenly Erza jumped on the rope and ran to the other side with her sword in her hand. My eyes widened as Gray did the same thing, they were like tightrope walkers. I wondered how the rope held their weight…I look closely at the rope, it was a metal cable.
Normal POV.
Natsu puts his hand in front of Lucy knowing she never done this before. His face was facing away from her but she can still see him blushing, finally Lucy had made him blush for once. Happy ran across the cable before them and was shouting to them to hurry up from the other side. When Lucy put her hand in Natsu's he pulled her up in his arms and ran across the cable just like when he took her to the village, she blushed at the memory but was also saddened by the thought of the village. when they reached the other side, the others pulled on their masks while Natsu and Lucy did the same. Erza use her sword and carved a circle through the window, big enough for them to fit in, and the group went in. They all put on their masks. (A/N They wear their masks when they are robbing a place so people won't know who's robbing them)
"Stop Pushing Ice PERVERT!" Natsu yelled at Gray as we were wandering the mansion's huge hallways.
"What the hell are you talking about Tabasco Freak?! I'm not pushing you! I'm simply nudging you!" Gray shouted back at him. They kept shouting arguments at each other; Erza had enough of their bickering so she slammed their heads together. She scolded them while they lie on the floor with their souls flying out (like in the anime XD).
"Shut up!" Erza told them. "Do you want us to be caught!?" "S-sorry" Natsu and Gray both said weakly, their voices muffled by the pain in their joints. Lucy and Happy cower in fear as they saw the scene. NO ONE would want to anger Erza.
The mansion was huge but not as huge as Lucy's castle, still it had many rooms and the group couldn't find the room where the gold was. Natsu and Happy were acting like ninjas and were saying "nin nin" a couple of times. Gray was naked again and Erza was kicking each door breaking them in process. They weren't really a quiet team. Lucy wondered how they stole many things when they were this loud. But they weren't being truthful before so Lucy wondered if they have another secret …
BOOM! "Found it" Erza said. Inside were mountains of gold, jewels, silver, etc. Fit for a king. Lucy look around, every little space was covered by objects that each cost a fortune. Everyone took off their masks.
"Jackpot" Natsu said while showing his canines. Gray whistled impressively at the gold when he came in the room.
"Gray your clothes." Erza said, not taking her eyes off the gold. "WHAT!? WHEN DID THIS HAPPENED?!." Gray shouted, looking for his missing clothes.
"This is more than we usually find…" Happy said happily and was about to grab a gold fish covered in jewels for its scales. But before he could Natsu suddenly grabbed him by the knapsack. Natsu's eyes were wild and he sniffed the room and said "Someone else is in the room". Everyone froze.
Natsu sniffed the air again but his expression changed from an angry expression to a confused expression. "It's gone…" he stated. "What do you mean?" Lucy asked, now she's confused.
"Natsu has enhanced hearing, strength, eyesight and smell basically he's like a bloodhound. Wendy and Gajeel are just like him as well" Erza explained. 'That explains a lot' Lucy thought. Just like when he heard her when she hiding behind the bushes. But at the back of her mind were more questions that she wanted to know. But Gray interrupted her thoughts.
"Well we gotta hurry" Gray said "We don't want the creep to find us".
"Gray is right we have to bring some of this stuff back to Fairy Tail for the village." Erza said being serious again.
"Aye" Happy said trying to brighten the mood. But Natsu is still sniffing the air as if the "person" will come back. The strangest part was that the scent smelt familiar.
We left the mansion and headed toward the road Natsu suddenly looked back at the mansion with a wild expression as if someone is following them.
As Natsu finally turned back around knowing no one was there. And while in the Mansion, Duke Everlue smiled creepily at the group in his office. He spoke into the phone. "I have found the child…"
At the Guild…
Natsu's POV.
I can't get this feeling out of my head. There was someone in the room, there was someone following us. But why no one was there?! My nose is always right. Gotta keep calm for the others, for Happy, for Princess…..I stopped.
"Heh" I chuckled lightly…. Princess….. You look so different from before….
Lucy's POV.
"ACHHOOO" I sneezed. Someone was talking about me.
"Are you okay Lu-chan?" Levy asks me. "Yeah I am, thanks anyway Levy-chan" I tell her. When I told her I wanted to write a book. Levy immediately wanted to be the first to read it so we became best friends just like me and Natsu.
"Well tomorrow is the day we go back to the village so don't get sick Lu-chan alright?" Levy smiled at me. I smile back.
"Don't worry I won't miss it for the world."
Later…
Not again, NOT AGAIN. This nightmare was the worst compared to the others. I came to the village and all the people blame me for not helping them. They are coming at me, all of them, but what really shocked me was my mother... Her eyes were normal chocolatey eyes like mine and her face was the same as before but her warm brown eyes were blank like when she was laying in her coffin, dead was coming toward me as well.
My hands reach my face and I started to sob. They were right…Everything I did turned out to be disastrous; I couldn't even save my own mother when she was still alive. Everything... is my fault. Suddenly I heard a voice. My eyes widen as I looked around in my dream world.
"It's not your fault" a voice urges me, my eyes widened and I lower my hands down from my face. "It's not your fault so please wake up Princess" Only one person would call me Princess. Natsu?
My eyes opened and saw Natsu's face appear above me, he was shaking my shoulders. Tears are falling down my cheeks, I was actually crying in the real world as well…
"So you're finally awake Princess shall I call you Sleeping Beauty from now on?" Natsu joked grinning at me but his eyes full of worry.
"Why are you here?" I asked him. A boy enters a girl's room while the girl is sleeping…sounds like trespassing.
"Well first of all you were screaming like a Banshee screaming it's all my fault! And second you did this every night since you came here but this time you woke up entirely" He explained, yawning.
"Wait so you been here every night with me?!" I blushed.
"Yep" Natsu grinned at her red face. " And there was more…." He purred.
"PERVERT!" I slapped him on the head. Not the reaction Natsu was looking for.
"The HELL?! Why you always do that!? I meant I stayed with you until you fell asleep IDIOT!" Natsu said.
"Why didn't say that before without sounding like a PERV!" I shouted back at him.
We were glared at each other then seconds later started laughing.
"But… Thanks" I said quietly. "For what?" Natsu asked.
"For making sure I was okay…thank you Natsu"
"That's what best friends are for" Natsu said quietly, looking away from me. There was a comfortable silence in the cool starry night. The moonlight lighting up our faces so we can see each other.
"Natsu…" I started embarrassed, my face starting to turn red.
"Hmmm?"
"Can you stay with me forever?" I asked. Natsu's face now turned to the same shade as mine.
"Never mind" I said. "Just forget it" But Natsu did something I didn't expect. Natsu grabbed me by my shoulders and made me look at him straight in the eyes.
"I will always stand right by your side; everyone in the Guild is at your side as well. Remember what I said before YOU are part of our family. I swear to be right there, at your side wherever you go, forever… That's a promise…"
My eyes are now brimming with tears and are now falling down my cheeks.
"Hey! I said not to cry in front of me remember!?" Natsu said then laughed at my face when I tried to hold in my tears.
"Well the promise starts now, so sleep, tomorrow is a big day and I'll sleep on this part of the bed ok?" Natsu told me. I blushed at that idea but I nodded, laid down on the soft mattress and closed my eyes. I remember saying those words to him before… but he didn't keep it.
"Hoodie…"
Natsu's Pov.
"Hoodie…" I heard Princess said. She remembers some things huh? That's a relief.
When Lucy breaths were low and steady I know she is asleep. "That promise you mention Princess….?" I asked to Princess's sleeping figure as I stared at the ceiling.
"…Has been kept for years"
End of Chapter 4
Whoah I'm done! I think this is the longest one I ever made BE GRATEFUL!. Natsu met Lucy before!? WTF?! Just kidding but I need to try that story in a later chapter. Sorry if it took longer than usual. My internet broke so I had to wait still I'm sorry! Has this chapter been a surprise to some people if so please and ask questions so I can put them in the next chapter and review! Thank you! OH! And thank you to .52! XD
Coming up next Chapter 5: Secrets from everyone is out
How did Natsu met Lucy?
Who was Duke Everlue talking to?
Who was the "child"?
Would the village like Lucy?
Who's this Hoodie?
I CAN'T FIND MASTER STILL! NOOOO!
