Chapter 45~ I get dressed up as a boy, have a nose bleed, and meet an emotional orange headed man with a pink haired woman by his side?!
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Lucy's dreamland!
I could tell this was a dream, because I don't remember falling asleep standing up straight. I opened my eyes to complete darkness. I pretty much feel like my eyes were still closed though. God, why the heck were there no lights in my dream?
I moved up my arms in front of me and waved them around. There was nothing there. For some reason I felt empty inside. This place, it was making me feel like this. Why was this happening. My throat grew dry.
Maybe if I think about a light, it will appear? I closed my eyes and thought really hard of a candle. Come on Lucy, think! I stopped thinking when I felt a familiar heat near my face. That's when I cracked one of my eyes open. There was a fire! Did I do that?
"Lucy's a weirdo!" Natsu sang. I opened my other eye immediately to see my idiot standing next to me. Natsu was wearing his usual outfit, I looked down to see my red dress? I reached my hands up to my hair to feel my ribbon in place.
I wonder why I'm wearing this. I feel asleep in something completely different. Maybe I was uncomfortable in the clothes I was wearing?I quickly shrugged it off and whacked Natsu on the head, the fire went out. Oh great! Back to darkness!
"Lucy you're so mean to me!" Natsu cried out. I rolled my eyes as I grabbed onto Natsu's vest. I guess that was stupid to hit him, it was now dark again.
"Please turn on the light." I whined. Natsu hummed as if he was thinking. I stared up at his face, or I tried to. I didn't actually know what I was grabbing right now, I think it was his vest. I could be grabbing his butt for all I know!
"Say you're sorry and I just might." Natsu snickered. I felt his breath fan over my face. I sighed heavily as I knocked my head into what I think was his chest. Well now I know it's not his butt.
"I'm sorry, will you please now light up this place?" I asked. Natsu sighed happily. Natsu snapped his fingers and there was the light! My eyes adjusted to the lighting again. I tried to see if we were actually somewhere I was familiar with, we weren't wasn't.
"Where are we?" Natsu questioned. Natsu waved his hand around only to see nobody and no one. What the heck was going on? I've had some weird dreams, but this one was just strange.
"Oh come on, I would rather dream about fish than this!" I hissed. I really would! I think I would even like to dream of kale more than this! Actually, I take that back. When I think of kale, I think of Ichiya.
To be honest, I'm a bit afraid of the dark. When I was a kid I would be forced to sit in a closet if I was 'bad'. It was complete torture for me. But now Natsu was here with me, there is nothing to worry about. I'm fine.
"That would be something Happy would dream of." Natsu chuckled. I was about to say something until there was a sob. Someone, was crying?! I looked up to see Natsu totally okay, was I crying?
I put a hand up to my face, nope. Where was it coming from? It seemed a bit distant. The sobbing sounded like no one I've met before. It was a man. I glanced up at Natsu to see his ears twitching.
"Which direction?" I asked. Natsu pointed forward. You can always count on Natsu's great hearing. I nodded as I grabbed onto Natsu's arm and walked forward. Natsu had a poker face the whole time we walked. It felt like we were walking for a long time, maybe it was only one minute?
Natsu pulled me to a stop, the sobbing continued. It was louder this time. Natsu frowned. He looked around. He looked almost, confused? Natsu leaned forward while brining out his hand in front of him. There was now someone there.
The person continued to sob. I felt the need to reach out to them, but I held myself back. This man, he had orange hair. I knew exactly who he was right then. I cringed. Why the heck were we dreaming of him?
"L-Leave me alone!" Leo cried. He must be why I felt so empty, it was coming from him. I never, I never thought I would find him like this. I expected to see what the rumors told me. I suddenly felt incredibly guilty.
"Leo?" I questioned. I just couldn't believe it. This couldn't be him. I've heard countless of stories about him. They all said he was a player. They all said he was always happy. I guess you shouldn't believe in rumors.
"I'm not Leo! Don't call me by that name!" He screamed. But, that was his name. I looked up to Natsu to see him frowning. Natsu put out an arm in front of me as if he was protecting me. Natsu pushed me behind him.
"If you're not Leo, than who are you?" Natsu and I asked in unison. Leo looked up at us with tears still running down. He looked at us as if, we were his saviors.
"Loke, I want to be called Loke." Loke stated more calmly. Natsu and I both nodded. I wonder why he picked the name Loke. It was kind of close to Leo. Natsu put down his arms letting me stand next to him.
"Why are you crying?" I asked. Loke looked up at us with shocked eyes. Loke quickly resorted to crying again. He looked like a mess. Natsu and I leaned down to Loke. Loke looked away in, shame?
"I-I won't remember this when I wake up, I'll try to push you away when you come." Loke spluttered out. That really wasn't an answer. I don't even know how to handle this. I'm terrible with crying people!
"Just, don't waste your time on me." Loke wiped a few tears away. I gulped hard. I couldn't do that. If I did that, what kind of person would I be. I sure as hell wouldn't be.
"We will come to get you, we'll take away your pain." I smiled. Loke looked over to Natsu who was growling a little. I seemed to notice the room was getting a little bit brighter. The air didn't feel so thick anymore.
"Can you, really do that?" Loke asked. I took a quick glance at Natsu, he was pouting. I nudged him a little and smiled. I looked back to Loke with my bright smile still shinning.
"I think we could do that." I beamed. The ends of Loke's lips twitched up a little. I could see a smile coming on!
"Loke, why were you crying?" I asked again. Loke looked over at me, but then looked up. His eyes widened. I felt a looming presence over us. I didn't even have the courage to look back. I glanced over to Natsu.
"Don't look." Natsu hissed. I knew my curiosity would get the best of me. I slowly turned my head back. Chills ran up my spine. Natsu's eyes widened as he saw me move. Natsu quickly shot out his hand and put my head down by grabbing the back of my neck.
"Don't you dare look." Natsu whispered. I gulped as I nodded my head. I was incredibly scared. Natsu pulled me close to him and shoved my face into his chest. I guess looking back really would be a bad idea.
"Why won't you leave me alone! I'm sorry!" Loke trembled. I heard bitter laughter behind me. It was a woman's laughter. I wanted to wake up, I didn't want to be here right now. I raised a shaky hand up to Natsu's vest. I clutched onto it for dear life.
"We have to do something." I whispered. Natsu nodded. Natsu stood up abruptly taking me with him. Natsu pushed me behind him. Natsu made sure both of his hands were on fire this time.
"Alright! I'm all fired up!" Natsu shouted. When those words came out of Natsu's mouth, it made me somewhat safe. I looked ahead of him to see who it was. I froze, the woman standing in front of us was terrifying.
"Stop! Just wake up and leave!" Loke screamed. Natsu and I turned around in shock. Just like that, we woke up.
End of dreamland!
"Wait!" I screamed. I lunged up to see Natsu standing next to me on the bed. I felt a slight pain on butt. Oh my god, OH MY GOD. I quickly tried to see what the pain was coming from. I looked over to Natsu for help, he was cackling.
"Oh my god, someone help me!" Natsu chuckled as he grabbed onto his sides.
"Someone help me!" I whined. I jumped off the bed and began running around the room. I patted my butt over and over again, the pain was now finally gone. I turned around slowly, my eyes wandered down to where a certain evil blue cat was laying.
"You!" I pointed at Happy. Happy snickered.
"You woke me up so suddenly and I got scared." Happy giggled. I was horrified.
"So you clung onto my butt!?" I hissed. Happy laughed even more now. The room was filled with giggles. I was fuming. I turned to Natsu Dragneel who was still laughing. I stomped over towards the bed.
"Oh my gosh, that was the best thing I've ever seen." Natsu chuckled while crumbling onto the bed. I jumped onto the bed and lunged at Natsu. Natsu continued to laugh. Oh, he was going to be crying when I'm done with him!
"Lucy!" Natsu cried. I reached my hands out and tickled his sides. Happy came flying over us and began ticking under Natsu nose. Natsu was sneezing and laughing. Has he had enough? Hmmm, no.
"I see you are all lively as ever." Gray interrupted. I turned around to see Gray and Juvia standing there dressed and ready to go. Juvia wore a long blue dress that stopped at her ankles. She looked like a princess.
"Gray, help me." Natsu uttered out. I flicked Natsu in the nose and looked back to the couple. All color drained from my face.
"Gray, your clothes." I deadpanned. Gray squeaked as he quickly his behind Juvia and used her dress as cover up.
"Where did those damn clothes go!?" Gray hissed. I sighed heavily, that goes in the vault of things I never want to see again.
"We will all meet you in the guild hall, please take your time." Juvia smiled as she backed up and Gray followed. The very pink door was now closed. I turned back to Natsu to see him gone?! I looked down to Happy to see him looking as well.
"Oi, dragon boy!" I called out. I stepped off the bed and saw no glimpse of him. I looked down to see a hand reaching out from under the bed. I squealed when the hand clung onto my foot and pulled me under the bed.
"I scared you!" Natsu sang. I frowned. I took my hand and brought it out to hit him. Natsu grabbed both and made sure they weren't going anywhere. The need to hit him was huge right now.
"You all most gave me a heart attack!" I hissed. Natsu laughed as he intertwined his fingers with me. I really wanted to be mad at Natsu right now, why did he have to be so cute!? Why did he make me blush!? Why did he have this affect on me!?
"I'm not cute." Natsu growled. This was a time where I take notice of how close our faces our. I haven't kissed him in a while. How long as it been? A day? That whole thing with Kagura really wasted some time.
"I think your better than cute! Adorable." I teased. As soon as I said that, the door slammed open.
"Lucy and Natsu are doing funny business!" Happy shouted out. My eyes widened as I saw the door close. Why Happy?!
"Why is that cat always teasing us." I sighed heavily. I covered my face with my hands. Why does this happen to me? I really hope no one will listen to that cat.
"What's so wrong with that?" Natsu asked. I dragged my hands down my face. I peeked through my fingers to see Natsu looking straight at me.
"What am I going to do with you?" I sighed. Natsu giggled a little and began to crawl out from the bed. I followed behind him. I stood up and dusted myself from being on the floor. I squinted my eyes a little, this room was so bright.
"Remind me to tell them to at least change some of the things in the room a different color." I hissed out. Natsu grunted in agreement. Natsu walked towards the end of the bed where a pink trunk was sitting there.
"Our clothes." Natsu said as he threw my purple outfit towards me. Oh I missed pants. I gave Natsu a silent you better not look, he just winked at me. I quickly changed into my outfit and turned around.
"One of these days I'm going to catch you!" I sneered. Natsu giggled as he skipped over to me. I flicked him on the forehead. Natsu reached into my pocket and closed his eyes. I swear he better not pull out fire or else he's dead!
"Don't forget your ribbon." Natsu grinned. Natsu pulled out a purple ribbon and began his work on my hair. It was hard not to laugh. I didn't even know how Natsu knew how to do hair so well. I looked up at Natsu to see him glaring at me as he finished my ribbon.
"You're lucky I don't mess up your hair." Natsu scoffed. I giggled as put a hand onto Natsu's shoulder leaning up. I was now on my tippy toes. I gave Natsu a small short kiss on the cheek and ran towards the door.
"Oh you're getting it now!" Natsu growled slightly. My hand was right on the doorknob when Natsu pulled me back. I squealed as Natsu wrapped an arm around my back and leaned me down.
"Well this is romantic." I laughed nervously. Natsu grinned. I felt like melting now. Maybe it was that grin? Or maybe it was because how close we were right now. Natsu swooped down and kissed me.
Natsu grinned through the whole kiss, I don't even know how he did it. Natsu stood us up straight knocking foreheads with me. My heart was fluttering. Only Natsu could make me feel like this. Natsu's grin got bigger the more I complimented him.
"We need to get going." I groaned. Natsu shook his head. Moments like this made it so hard to pull away from.
"I think we should get to Loke as soon as we can, he doesn't seem stable." I whined. Natsu was now growling. I guess that wasn't the smartest thing to bring up. Now Natsu was never going to let me go.
"You know we have to go get him, don't be like that." I giggled. Natsu growled less now. I gently unwrapped Natsu's arm from me but held onto his hand. Natsu smiled a little at this.
"Are we forgetting anything?" I asked. Natsu hummed in thought.
"I'm pretty sure Jellal or Erza has one of our bags with them." Natsu replied. I nodded my head and took one last glance at the very pink room. Even though it hurt my eyes, I'm going to miss the comfy bed.
I shook my head and smiled. I opened the door to reveal Rouge and Sting sneaking by our door. They stopped in their tracks. I eyed them carefully. They looked very luscious.
"Are you guys plotting anything?" I asked. They shook their heads so fast I thought they would fall off. I gave them a glare but inside I was laughing.
"I don't know what you guys were up to but I'm watching you!" I exclaimed. I put two fingers up to my eyes. I moved my hand very slowly at them then quick, they flinched. Oh this was too good.
"Okay that's enough, where are we heading to?" Kagura stated. I jumped back and turned to see Kagura standing behind me. Natsu let out a little squeal as he jumped behind me. Kagura obviously did not know what she looked like right now.
"What are you all staring at?" Kagura asked. I gulped. I looked back to Rouge and Sting. They gave me a weak smile. I turned to Natsu absolutely horrified. I knew exactly Natsu was going to do next.
"Are you trying out a new look?" Natsu asked. My jaw dropped. Kagura's face scrunched up in confusion. I could see in the corner of my eye Sting and Rouge trying to get away.
"What do you mean?" Kagura asked. I just wanted to run. I wasn't even the one who did it, but I still wanted to run. Kagura had many doodles on her face, especially ones with the males private parts.
Kagura had some bobby pins in her hair so her bangs weren't in the way. I could see something on the top of her forehead that would totally make her rage. I was screaming at the top of my lungs inside my head. It read:
Rouge's property.
I turned to Natsu, unable to say anything. Rouge and Sting were still discreetly trying to get away, but Kagura had her eyes on them. Rouge and Sting smiled nervously. I honestly did not want to be them right now.
"You, you should look for yourself." Natsu replied. Kagura squinted at Natsu, but then nodded. Kagura quickly went into our room and closed the door behind her. After a few seconds, I heard screaming. Natsu pulled me to the side of the hallway.
"Sting! Rouge! You're dead!" Kagura screamed. Sting and Rouge were all ready out the hallway when Kagura lunged out of our room.
"Which way did they go?" She asked deeply. I lifted up a shaky hand pointing to my right. She gave us a scary smile.
"Thanks." Kagura stated. Kagura ran down the hallways and out the door. The next thing I heard was screaming of two idiot teenage boys. I turned to Natsu and flicked him in the forehead.
"What was that for?" Natsu pouted.
"Don't you ever dare think about doing that to me." I stated. Natsu nodded his head slowly.
"Do what?" A voice said. I looked down to see Romeo and Wendy standing there. I felt if I told them what just happened they would ask what was on Kagura's face, I didn't feel like telling Wendy that.
"Don't draw dic-" Natsu didn't get to finish his sentence. I slapped my hand over his mouth. Natsu Dragneel we do not use that language in front of kids!
"Rushie!" Natsu muffled out. I removed my hand and gave him a serious look. Don't say it Natsu, don't do it!
"Are you and Natsu-san speaking to each inside your heads?" Wendy asked. I was a bit surprised she even knew about that.
"Yes, can you and Romeo do that?" I asked. Wendy blushed a little.
"It's sometimes hard to do." Wendy stated. Romeo looked up at Natsu and stared. Romeo moved over to Natsu and pulled him by the scarf so he could whisper something in his ear.
"Does Lucy-san think of weird things?" Romeo asked. Romeo was a really bad whisperer. I swear to god if Natsu Dragneel answers this wrong I will destroy him.
"She thinks perverted things." Natsu replied. I could see Wendy's face turn bright red and look up at me. I stared down at her with a straight face. I was screaming inwardly again.
"Really Lucy-san?!" Wendy asked. They were all looking at me right now. I glanced over to Natsu to see him smirking at me. You're pushing your luck dragon boy.
"I think you're hot when you're mad." Natsu snickered inwardly.
That was it, I was seriously going to freak out. I shoved my hand into my pocket and pulled out a spatula. I knew this time it would be a spatula. Natsu's eyes widened.
"Don't listen to the beat up dragon boy kids." I smiled evilly. They all looked at in me in confusion.
"But I'm not beat up." Natsu deadpanned. I nodded in agreement.
"Not yet!" I cackled. I lunged at Natsu, he dodged me. I chased him down the hallway with a spatula. I probably looked like a crazy woman right now, but I didn't care.
Nobody's perspective.
Wendy and Romeo looked at each other with straight faces. Running through their heads was the same exact thing.
"I think we are more mature than them sometimes." Romeo commented. Wendy nodded in agreement.
Back to Lucy's perspective.
"Natsu Dragneel!" I hissed. I was chasing him around tables now. He was laughing and smiling which made me not want to be mad at him. I dropped the spatula onto a table. I reached both of my hands to grab his scarf that was just waiting to be grabbed.
"AH!" I cried out. I tripped, I tripped on a fricken pink table leg. I fell face first. I growled as I leaned my head up to see a worried Natsu. Natsu's eyes widened. Natsu quickly picked me up and shoved his fingers up my nose. I was absolutely horrified now.
"What are you doing!?" I tried to pry his fingers out of my nose, they didn't budge.
"Your nose was bleeding, so I stopped it." Natsu stated. I groaned as I tried to remove Natsu's fingers again.
"Natsu Dragneel I'm going to give you to the count of three." I growled. Natsu shook his head. I was going to destroy him for sure. This is the most unromantic thing in the world.
"Is this suppose to be some sort of fetish?" Gajeel popped in. I curled my hand into a fist, I connected it with Gajeel's face. This time I caught him off guard.
"Ow! Fucking uncalled for." Gajeel hissed. I looked back to Natsu to see him smiling at me. This was disgusting. I smacked Natsu's hand down which caused a lot of blood to come out. Gajeel and Natsu began to freak out because blood squirted at them.
"Napkin please!" I hissed. Immediately someone handed me a napkin. I muttered a thank you. I put the napkin up to my nose. Natsu was also handed a napkin for the blood on his fingers. I looked over to the kind person.
"K-Kagura!" I stuttered. Kagura no longer had any doodles on her face. My eyes wandered behind her to see a beaten up Sting, Rouge looked a bit better than Sting though. Yukino was tending to Sting's wounds.
"So, where are we headed?" Erza jumped in. The obvious answer was Loke. He seemed like the one who most needed help.
"I really wanted to get some other keys first, but Loke worries me." I stated. I was actually really troubled by that dream. I didn't know who that woman was but she was scary. Was she, even alive. She gave off a stuffy presence, I couldn't breathe when I thought of her.
"Loke?" Jellal asked. I nodded. I guess this would be a good opportunity to tell them.
"Lucy and I, we had a dream, Leo, he wants to be called Loke." Natsu stated. Kagura looked at us in confusion. We stated the whole sharing dreams thing, she looked very confused.
"I think I get the gist of what you're talking about." Kagura nodded. I explained the dream to them, they looked just as worried as me.
"So, he won't remember you guys?" Jellal question. Natsu and I nodded in unison.
"He's definitely going to push you away at first, I say we beat him up and take him by his will." Gajeel cackled. Levy whacked him on the arm.
"We can't just do that Gajeel." Levy groaned. Well, I was kind of siding with Gajeel for a bit there. Loke was going to be a tough one. I just have this feeling he will reject us. But I'll get him to come with us somehow.
"How about we just head there and see how it goes." Erza chimed. I hummed in agreement. That could work. Maybe it won't go as bad as I think it will. I have to be optimistic!
"Okay, first things first." Kagura stated. We all turned attention to her.
"What is it?" Gray asked.
"We need a few people to stay back considering we don't want to draw attention to ourselves." Kagura demanded. What? I brought everyone along with me for a reason. I can't just leave them out.
"What do you mean?" I asked. Kagura focused her attention onto me.
"We will only have to do this for this particular mission." Kagura smiled.
"Why?!" Romeo and Wendy jumped in.
"We just need Levy, Juvia, Gray, Lyon, and Gajeel to stay behind." Kagura said.
"How come it's just us?" Levy asked. Kagura looked down at Levy like she expected her to know already.
"You are all missing princes or princesses, you will cause attention considering we are going into a kingdom." Kagura replied. They all nodded in agreement, except Gajeel.
"You do realize no one know I exist in the kingdoms right?" Gajeel sneered. That was true. Gajeel wasn't a big dragon anymore. He was just, some metal looking dude.
"Do you seriously want to leave Levy alone?" Kagura asked. Gajeel shook his head, Kagura smiled.
"You're quite smart Kagura." Erza complimented. Kagura smiled as she nodded many times.
"Don't you think Lucy will cause more attention than anyone?" Gray question. Kagura was about to argue with him, but then shut her mouth.
"Gray's got a point." Laxus butted in. Oh man, I didn't think about that. I was considered dead or missing in other kingdoms. But I have to go.
"I can help with that!" Mira exclaimed. I wanted run away when I heard Mira's voice, I knew her intentions.
"What will Mira-san do?" Juvia asked. Mira's smile widened as she looked at me.
"Okay boys, it time to make a wall, no peeking." Mira smiled sweetly. Natsu, Gray, and Lyon made a little wall. Mira quickly started to do her work. Once Mira was done, I felt a little, boyish.
"Done." Mira grinned. I stood up straight and looked at everyone's expression, shock. I looked down to see my breasts had been wrapped up, so it looked like there was none. I also felt make up on my face. But it was very light.
I was still in my outfit, except I looked a bit more manly. I reached my hands up and felt my ribbon replaced with a head ban. Some of my hair was tucked into my shirt as if it was suppose to be shorter. I reached into my pocket and pulled out a pocket mirror. I caught a glimpse of my reflection and almost screamed.
"I look like a boy!" I exclaimed. My feature were still womanly, but I really looked like a boy. I looked over to Natsu. Oh my god, I'm totally ruining my image here. Natsu won't care right.
"Wow, she really does look like someone else." Jellal commented. I gulped. I totally hope this doesn't ruin Natsu's appeal for me. Oh what am I thinking? I'm seriously going to go crazy from my own thoughts.
"I think, you look like Lucy." Natsu stated. My jaw dropped. Oh thank god. Relief flooded through me. I walked over to Natsu and hugged him tightly.
"This is why I love you." I whispered. Natsu laughed as he hugged me back.
"I won't be kissing you like this though, that will seriously give me nightmares." Natsu stated. I pulled back and giggled. I guess that's fine.
"This is seriously disturbing though, Lucy is hot as a man." Levy whistled. I snapped my head over to Levy and blushed.
"D-Don't say stuff like that!" I spluttered out. Gajeel flicked Levy in the forehead for that. Gajeel turned in my direction and gave me a glare. Did he seriously think I was going to after Levy or something?
"Mira, it's scary how good you are at this." I groaned. Mira smiled at me brightly, which scared me even more.
"So, this is believable?" I asked. Everyone nodded.
"I think we should get going then!" Jellal laughed. I had a feeling Jellal will be making jokes about this later now. I said my goodbyes to Juvia and the rest. I told them I would see them very soon. They waved to us and told us to be safe.
"Be safe, bring back a souvenir!" Levy called out. I smiled at her, she blushed. I then frowned, she better not be blushing for the reason I think she is. Kagura opened the door to the guild and let us out.
I breathed in a huge amount of fresh air. Finally I can see greenery instead of pink. All that pink was really beginning to hurt my eyes. Natsu and I fell into step. Lisanna and Bixlow decided to stay back with the others to handle some unknown business.
It's kind of sad that I have to leave them behind for a little while. But Kagura had a good point. I wonder what Bixlow and Lisanna had to take care of. I shrugged it off and glanced up. Laxus and Mira were talking about something very serious, I could tell.
"So, who has the map?" Sting said as he came behind us. I jumped a little. I really need to have people stop startling me.
"Fro wants to know too!" Fro smiled up at me. I felt a weight suddenly on the top of my head. There lied Happy grinning from ear to ear. I rolled my eyes playfully as I turned around and began to walk backwards.
"Jellal and Erza always have the maps." Natsu stated. Rouge and Sting nodded. They're injuries from Kagura seemed a little bit better. I wonder why they did that earlier.
"How come you drew those doodles on Kagura's face?" I asked. Rouge groaned and Sting sighed heavily.
"It was Sting's idea, I tried to stop him." Rouge heaved a sigh. My eyes wandered over to Sting who was now not paying attention. Sting and Lector were not talking about who to prank next.
"Did you write Rouge's property?" I asked. Rouge's face brighten to a very bright shade of red. I was surprised, I didn't think Rouge had the guts to do something like that.
"Sting wrote Rouge's bitch, I covered it up with property." Rouge whined as he shoved two hands on to his face. I wanted to laugh, and so I did.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't hold it in." I giggled. Natsu soon joined in on the laughter with me. Rouge gave me a weak snarl and walked towards Jellal and Erza. Fro quickly followed behind him. Sting soon behind him with Lector preached up on his shoulder.
"Finally my enemies are gone." Happy whispered. Hold up, what?
"What?" I asked. Happy giggled as he jumped over to lay in Natsu's hair.
"I get Lucy and Natsu all to myself!" Happy grinned. I squinted at the cat and gulped. He really was evil, but I love him.
Celestial Kingdom.
"Prince Leo, how may I assist you today?" A royal servant asked. Leo sat high up on his chair with two beautiful woman on his side. Leo looked down to the woman in front of him who was bowing.
"Aries, you know you don't have to call me with such a formal name." Leo grinned. Aries looked up at him but then turned away from his stare. Aries frowned slightly, she knew he was not the same anymore. Leo has changed over the years, but she still attends to his every wish.
"Sorry prince Leo, what may I help you with?" Aries asked. Leo frowned deeply, hadn't he just told her to call him by something less formal? Leo waved his arms at the ladies at his side, they left out of the room.
"You know Aries, you could be my queen, why do you insist on just helping me like this." Leo asked. Aries blushed as she hid her face.
"I'm sorry Leo, but, this place, it's not a replacement for home, we both know it." Aries gulped. Leo was now frowning. She was right. Leo wanted to be mad at her, telling her there was no hope left anyways, he just shook those thoughts away.
"I have a bad feeling, I think we should close the gates to any new comers." Leo stated. Aries looked up at him in shock. Usually they kept the gates open for everyone, especially woman, but now he denies it.
"Are you sure, Leo?" Aries asked. Leo nodded his head and frowned slightly. The feeling that was in the deep pit of his stomach wasn't actually a bad feeling. Leo felt like his life was going to change somehow, he was somewhat scared.
"Yes, please tell the guards and don't let them mess with you, you are strong." Leo stated. Aries smiled and nodded her head. She quickly left the room leaving Leo in silence. He stared at her as she hopped away like a little bunny.
"I'm a failure." Leo hissed out as he stopped himself from crying.
"Let today be a good one, let this one day be the best of them all." Leo said to no one in particular.
Back to Lucy's prospective.
"We're here." Kagura announced. The Celestial kingdom surely was pretty. I still don't take back my decision of not coming here long ago. It's been months hasn't it? It's seems like it's only been a little while since I was standing near a kingdom.
I looked up to see a very high golden gate standing in front of us. The gates were closed though. After the long walk we had it had seemed to get a bit darker. This made the kingdom shine brighter. For some reason, it seemed like it was trying to outshine the stars.
"Oi you guys, the kingdom is closed." Someone yelled. I shot my gaze up to see a guard standing on a golden tower. Hold up, I did not just walk here for nothing.
"What do you mean?" Natsu shouted up towards the guard. I could hear the guard groan a little.
"I couldn't hear you, what was that?" The guard yelled back. Natsu frowned, Natsu has the loudest voice I've ever heard. This guys must be deaf. The guard shook his head and suddenly disappeared.
"Where did he go?" Laxus grunted. I tried looking around for him, but he just disappeared in thin air.
"Ah!" Wendy squealed. Natsu quickly turned around and lit his one of his fists on fire. I turned around to see Romeo standing over Wendy who was laying on the ground. Standing in front of Romeo was a man with brownish black hair. He had a scar on his eyebrow.
"Oi, what are you doing?" Jellal shouted. The guard pulled back and looked over to me. He kind of frowned at me.
"You must be one of those couples." The man laughed. What? I really was confused on what he was talking about. The man laughed more and more as he pointed at Natsu and I.
"You two are too cute." The guard's giggles subsided. I looked at Natsu to see we were holding hands, I was dressed as a man. Great! Just great! I laughed nervously as I let go of his hand.
"So, you were the guard from up there?" I asked. The guard looked over to me and smiled. I took that as a yes.
"What is your name?" Jellal asked. I was a bit surprised Jellal jumped in on the conversation, usually he is very anti social.
"Doranbolt." He smiled. That was a very weird name.
"I go by Mest sometimes as well, but Doranbolt is my name. Who are you pretty boy?" Doranbolt asked. I pointed to myself. Was he talking to me? Doranbolt nodded like it was obvious. Thank god Gajeel wasn't here, the jokes would really be annoying.
"I'm, I'm" I stuttered. Oh damn! I didn't think of a name! This is my life! I'm sorry everyone, I screwed up! I looked towards Natsu for help, he looked away. Gahhhh!
"Luke!" I shouted. Doranbolt looked surprised. Good one Lucy, yell at the guard. Luke? That was just two letters away from Lucy. I'm such an idiot.
"I see, and you're boyfriend here is?" Doranbolt questioned. Natsu growled a little.
"Natsu Dragneel." Natsu stated. Doranbolt nodded.
"State your business." Doranbolt finally got to the point. What should I say? I'm here to see Loke? No, he's known as Leo here. Will they let me in?
"I need to speak with the prince." I stated. Doranbolt lifted an eyebrow.
"Why do you need to speak with him?" Doranbolt questioned. Seriously!? Why did this guard need to know any of this stuff at all?!
"Official business, it's very important to him as well." I walked up to him. I need to act like a man, was I doing it right. From observing Natsu, he always gets in people's faces. Doranbolt looked down at me, he was taller than me damn it.
"What should I tell him?" Doranbolt asked. That was a good question. Right when I was about to freak out, I got the idea. Once Leo heard this, he would surely let us in.
"Tell him it's time to go home." I smiled. Doranbolt let out a little smirk. As fast as he smirked, he was gone. He vanished again. Was he teleporting?! I haven't seen many of those wizards before.
I turned around to see the whole group staring at me. I could see Natsu giving me a thumbs up. They all looked so, proud?
"That was very professional." Erza commented. Jellal nodded in agreement. I smiled with relief. So I did a good job.
"That's my Lucy." Natsu grinned. My smile grew wider. My smile disappeared when Erza, Mira, Wendy, Yukino and Kagura blushed.
"Don't you dare blush." I growled. They blushed even more. Don't fall for me!
"Oi pretty boy, the prince said you guys are allowed in, go to the prince immediately." Doranbolt called over to me. I turned around to see the golden gates open. For some reason, I knew what I said would make Loke interested.
"Let's go." I smiled back at the group. Doranbolt waved at us and gave Wendy a small smile. Romeo pulled her to his side and glared at him. It seemed like a little Natsu.
"Us men like taking care of our treasured things to ourselves." Natsu grinned at me. I rolled my eyes playfully. I also tried to hide an oncoming blush.
"This place is amazing!" Wendy exclaimed. Romeo and Wendy asked us if they could go out for a bit. We decided the kids should at least have some fun. Happy and Carla decided they would go with them.
Somewhere during the time Rouge and Sting took Kagura and Yukino to go walking. Fro and Lector followed them telling us they would come find us later. Mira and Laxus soon stopped during the walk because something caught Mira's eye.
"We'll meet at the middle of the kingdom." Mira winked as she and Laxus left us to go into a little shop. Now it was just Erza, Jellal, and Natsu with me. Erza and Jellal seemed like they were sticking with us.
I looked around the kingdom and smiled. The shops were glowing with magic and lights. We even passed by an ice cream parlor. I felt like a kid in a candy shop. I looked to my right to see Natsu smiling with me.
"You know Lucy, you still look like you, just with shorter hair." Natsu grinned. That kind of made me feel better. I thought my appeal was totally gone for Natsu, but I guess not.
"You're too sweet." I replied back. Natsu chuckled. I looked back to the road ahead of us, we finally reached the castle that held the waiting lion. I gulped. That dream we had made me not want to find Loke, it scared me.
"Come on." Erza demanded. Erza's voice surely got me going. I didn't even realize we stopped. We continued walking up the steps that lead up to bright blue and golden doors. In this kingdom I felt like it was still light outside.
"I see you are what Doranbolt was taking about." A voice said. I looked to my right to see a man standing there he a pony tail. He was quite mean looking, but I doubt it.
"I'm Lahar, I will show you to Prince Leo." Lahar smiled. I gulped and smiled nervously. Lahar opened the door to reveal a gorgeous palace. It was filled with many staff running around. Lahar lead us through the busy staff and opened a pair of golden doors.
Lahar smiled as he closed the door behind us, leaving us in an almost empty room, with only a throne there. Sitting on the throne was Loke. Loke looked down with a frown at us.
"Who said it, I want to know who?" Loke asked. I gulped. I knew exactly what he was talking about. I stood up straight and stepped forward.
"I am." I stated. Loke looked kind of shocked.
"You, look like a woman." Loke said in a weird tone. It almost sounded like disgust.
"That's not the point, you, Loke, are coming with me." I grinned. Loke got up from his throne and walked towards me. His clothing was very king like, it was all golden, even had a few stars on it. This guy, he must really miss home.
"Why would I come with you, you know nothing about me." Loke's voice grew louder. I could see Natsu in the corner of my eye get a little tense.
"I'm sending you home." I smiled. Loke was now in front of me. He looked like he was going to cry.
"But I can't go home, I'm forbidden, there is no hope for me." Loke's let out a little sob. I didn't think he would be this emotional.
"You will help me defeat the witch who put this curse on you, all you have to do, is make a contract with me." I chimed. Loke shook his head and let out a few more tears.
"That's not it, I couldn't do anything to help her, I was too weak, I'm not worthy anymore." Loke sniffled. I had no idea who he was talking about. Maybe that lady in the dream? But all I knew was, it wasn't his fault.
"Loke, It's not you're not at fault, you had no control over your powers, things will be better if you just trust me." I smiled. Loke looked down at me with wide eyes. He quickly hugged me. I felt a hand on my shoulder, I was pulled back.
"Don't hug what's mine." Natsu growled. Loke's eyes widened. He looked at Natsu and I, he laughed.
"Stay right here, there is someone who will definitely like to meet you." Loke grinned. I haven't seen him grin before, it was nice and warm. I felt like I had finally done something right.
"Look!" Loke grinned. Standing in front of me was a girl with pink hair, she even had horns!
"Are you, Aries?" I asked. She nodded. Oh my gosh, I got two in one day. I think I'm going to puke from excitement.
"Sorry, but yes." Aries smiled nervously. I frowned. Why did she say sorry. She said sorry over and over again.
"What is your name?" Loke and Aries asked in unison. I think this was the right time to reveal myself.
"Lucy Heartphilla, please make a contract with me." I grinned. Loke and Aries face went from shock, then to glee.
"You're alive!" They shouted. I clamped a hand over their mouths.
"Be quiet, this is a secret." I smiled. They nodded their heads. Aries muttered a sorry. I stuck my hand out and they both reached out for it. I could see the tears streaming down their faces.
"Thank you." They said in unison, there was now two golden keys in my hand.
"Hold up!" Jellal yelled. I turned around to see him right up in my grill.
"What?" I asked. Gosh Jellal, I was just having an intense moment and he decides to ruin it.
"Who is going to watch over the kingdom?" Jellal asked. My jaw dropped, holy crap. I didn't even think about that! Thanks Loke for totally dumping this on us!
"In time, I will, but only for the time being." A voice said behind the doors. As soon as the person walked out of the doors, I wanted to punch myself in the face.
"Ichiya?!" Erza yelled. Ichiya smiled as the three, now not mermen, boys walked behind him.
"Were you, following us?" I asked. Ichiya blushed as he looked up at Erza.
"I was just watching after my honey." Ichiya winked at Erza. Erza hid behind Jellal so quick.
"Alright, are you sure we can leave this to you?" I asked. Hibiki, Ren, and Eve nodded. They are suited to be princes now that I think about it.
"I'll be back soon, don't you dare do anything stupid until then." I glared at the kale monster. Ichiya gave me a huge smile and a thumbs up. I turned to Erza, Jellal, and Natsu.
"I say we spend a little time in the city for a while?" I questioned. They're eyes gleamed. I wanted to have a little fun as well.
"Alright, let's go party!" Natsu shouted. Natsu grabbed onto my hand and rushed me out of the castle. I could have sworn when we left the castle, there was a ghostly standing there. She was smiling and waving. She had what looked like green hair.
"Thank you." She mouthed. I didn't know who she was, but I smiled anyways. This, was going to be a fun night!
Authors Note~ Hello friends! I know this is kind of late, but I really hope you guys enjoy this! I tried really hard on this chapter. Did I make you laugh, even a little? Anyways how did you like this chapter!? Anywho, my birthday is on sunday, I'm super excited. I really hope everything goes well that day!
Next chapter will have Capricorn, some jealous Natsu because of Loke. Also some Nalu time, I plan for there to be, A CARNIVAL chapter, I'm excited. Who's excited!? Me! Okay guys hopefully next chapter will be updated earlier! Angel will also appear soon! Muahahha!
See ya next chapter!
Glen coco out~