Erza Pov

I got ready on hunting. I had my clothes on already with boots that went half up to my shin. I took a map, GPS tracker, binoculars a knife and my phone. On my head I wore the circled. I opened the door of my room we all got guestrooms for staying overnight not all of the nobles are here maybe 20 in total. At the banquet we were at least hundred. I bumped into a person when I walked out the room, I moved my head upwards and looked at a pair of dazzling ice blue eyes. I glanced down to the lips and they showed a smirk. He had a huge backpack almost two times my size in width. It looks super heavy.

"Good morning Princess Erza" Y/n said and handed me a gun case.

"Good morning prince Jellal" I said with a chuckle.

"You look stunning Erza. Like a fairy" He said gazing at me.

"Thank you for the compliment". I said blushing lightly.

"Are you going hunting as well" I asked and nervously wiggled with my upper body.

"Yes I love the silence when I'm sitting in the woods and wait for the animals to show itself. I love to listen at the sounds nature makes. So many don't listen to them or ignore them. It's calming". He said with a small smile as he leaned against the wall.

"Just that you know that deer is mine" I said with a determined smirk.

"Then we will have to fight for it." He said with a spark in his eyes.

"See you later than I'm hunting alone my mom isn't coming she stay's at the castle since it's rather cold outside she doesn't like the cold at all." I said with a small smile.

"Yeah here in Europe winter comes quite soon in Fiore it wont come for another two months". He said and laughed lightly giving me a smirk.

He pat my head slightly and smirked "The winner takes it all" He said with a smirk.

"You bet. I wont lose to you Y/n" I chuckled lightly and poked his chest.

I walked out next to Y/n he took a right turn and walked of with his gun on the back. I had mine in hand and looked at it, a good rifle and expensive with a wooden stock and scope to adjust the range with a build in rangefinder. I inhaled the fresh morning air the moon was barely visible on the horizon. I sighed with a smile showing on my lips. I began to walk, it is said that the first snow of the winter is coming in the late evening.

After a half an hour walk I got to a nice clearing and sat down. Y/n was right the sound nature makes really are calming. I listened a bit and then heard branches crack. I looked around and a huge deer walked out standing in the clearing. I looked at the trophy, the biggest I have seen. I got my rifle ready and pointed it at the deer I looked trough the scope I had a nice clear shot. The deer looked to me and then ran.

I heard a branch crack behind me. Something jumped on me, my rifle fell down a hand was pressed against my mouth.

"Mhhhmh hmhm" I tried to say something but couldn't. I got him shortly of me and turned around. I was pressed to the ground again.

"Shhh you should stay quiet if you don't want to get hurt". The person said.

I bit into his finger. "Get your hands of me you bastard" I yelled angrily.

He pressed his hand on my mouth I began to feel weaker was this guy pressing something on me that is gonna make me sleep. My body began to slowly weaken he tied my arms and began to grope my breasts under my sweater. He exposed my breasts and eyed them like a pervert.

"I'm going to have a lot of fun with you" He said creepily and groped my breasts.

I felt a tear roll down I was going to get violated and defiled. I felt ashamed and dirty. He grabbed the place between my legs forcefully with his hand. He grabbed my pants and pulled them down exposing my private parts. "Please someone help me" I whimpered under my breath. He reached down to my exposed crotch I tried to hide it but couldn't move.

I looked to the side in shame and began to cry. Suddenly the person fell backwards and crashed onto a tree. I tried to look around but was too weak to do so my eyes closed and I drifted into sleep.

Y/n Pov

"You fucking bastard" I shouted fuming in anger and clenched my fist so hard I thought blood was gonna show on my palm.

"Oh ho ho if it isn't Prince Jellal the knight of honor and pride" He said mocking me.

"Your father is disappointed in you everyone knows that" I said fuming in anger.

"I could care less about that old fart when he's dead I'm gonna change Bavaria into a paradise". He said mocking.

"What, for rapists like you?" I shouted angrily.

"This is the last time you violated a girl, you bastard of a Bavarian prince" I dashed at him and my fist connected with his face. He took a branch and smacked it against the side of my face. I thought I was blacking out but got a hold of myself. I grabbed his head and headbutt him. We both tumbled back.

I uppercut him making him fall down. I moved above him, I pulled him up punching his face repeatedly until he was laying there with a bloody face unconscious.

I breathed hard. "Come on Y/n don't drop down now you have to stay up". I mentally said. I looked back to the sleeping angel and walked to her. I kneeled down eyeing her with worry in my eyes. I wiped a tear away that was on her cheek. I took out my knife and cut the rope making her arms fall to the side and her exposed chest showed to me.

"No one is going to defile you" I said placing a hand at her cheek.

I grabbed her pants and pulled them up. I directed my hand to her sweater and pulled it down. "Thank god I was able to come in time" I said hugging the unconscious Erza and placed a kiss on her forehead.

"Don't ever leave my side I love you to much" I softly said with a smile. I grabbed her rifle that laid half a meter away. I moved towards the guy and pressed the "I'm injured" button on the GPS that everyone got for this hunt. It sends an emergency signal to a team that is in the castle.

I pulled Erza up bridal stile. "She's havier then I thought!" I said under my breath. I shouldn't have packet in so much to begin with and with Erza and her full equipment it's hard enough.

I walked away to another spot and laid Erza next to me on a blanket I tucket her in the blanket and laid her next to me on a tree so that she could look around.

Erza Pov

I woke up I felt dizzy I looked up and was leaned against a tree. I rubbed my eyes, I noticed a movement on my left my heart jumped a bit. "Y/n" I said wide eyed. He looked at me with worry. I was cowering and trembled from what happened.

"Erza..." He said in a low voice. I just sat there cowering in shame and tears rolled down slowly as I cried into my arms.

"Erza I'm sorry that I wasn't able to come sooner" He said in a low voice and moved a hand over my cheek wiping a tear away.

"Thank you Y/n... Thank you" I said and cried into his shoulder as he embraced me.

"Shhh Scarlet everything is gonna be fine" He softly said into my ear and caressed my back. I cried into his shoulder feeling the same when I did it the first time years ago. I felt safe in his arms like nothing can hurt me. I looked up and saw a tear drop from his eye.

"Are you done crying" He asked softly. I nod and separated from his shoulder.

"Thank you Y/n for saving me" I said and my lips formed a beautiful smile.

"Don't mention it" He said and pulled me closer so that I laid on his chest.

"I owe you my life" I said silently.

"You owe me nothing" He said and moved a hand over my hair.

"I do owe you my life, remember. You saved me from falling" I said looking up into his eyes.

He smiled softly and got closer to my face I saw him pick something up from his backpack. He turned his attention to my eyes gazing into them. I saw him look at my lips my heart began to drum. Is he about to kiss me? I felt that he placed something on my ears. He then cupped my face and softly kissed my... Forehead. He moved away and mentioned to stay quiet. I stared at him bewildered, I blushed at his affection and smiled softly. He leaned next to me and made a photo of us two leaned against a tree.

"It's perfect" He said and showed me the photo I could see that I had a slight shade of pink on my cheeks.

I looked at the back of his head "Never change you lovable idiot" I mentally said with a wide smile.

I heard a cracking sound I looked up and the same deer showed up that I saw. It roared up. Y/n already had a gun pointed to it. I got a bit nervous. I saw the fire of the rifle the deer jumped up and dropped right after, his legs still moved around. Y/n loaded another round and waited for a couple of minutes.

"It's dead" He said and lowered his head lightly.

"Aren't you happy that you got the trophy" I said to him silently.

"Honestly I always feel bad when doing this but it's better than to just buy meat that comes from animals that are held in mass". He said with sorrow.

"Your heart is at the right place Y/n" I said with a smile.

We both stood up and packet our things, mostly his since the blanket I had around me was his. He snapped three twigs from a spruce tree. He walked to me and placed it on my circlet. He smiled softly at me.

"You look like a fairy from the woods with all what you are wearing" He said with a warm smile.

He walked over to the deer and kneeled in front of it "Rest in peace you proud animal of the forest" He said and placed the twig in it's mouth.

"So how are we going to bring it to the castle" I said looking at the beast.

"With a car" He said and pulled out his phone.

Shortly after I saw the emperor show up with a jeep and a trailer. He got out of it and smiled widely.

"Prince Jellal and Princess Erza I knew that one of you would get the trophy" He said with a smile.

"So which one of you struck it down". He said looking at us.

"My rifle hasn't shot. It was Erza who had fired at the beast". He said and showed the emperor my rifle that had a cartridge missing.

"Excellent work Princess Erza congrats on your trophy Waidmannsheil" He said and shock my hand. I was a bit puzzled I looked at him and just smiled.

"Can't get any words out right now. I know that feeling" he said with a grin.

"I saw the emperor and Y/n pull at the deer and bring it on the trailer. I walked to Y/n at tapped his shoulder lightly to get his attention. He looked at me with a smile.

"Why did you say that I shot the deer you were the one that deserves the trophy" I said eyeing him.

"It's because you had it in your line of sight first so you deserve it" He said with a small smile

"How do you know that I was aiming at that deer" I said wide eyed.

"Because I was just a hundred meters from your point. I looked at you when you showed up. I didn't have a clear shot on it but you had and if not for that bastard than you would have struck it down". He said and clenched his fist. He walked to the car storing his backpack.

"Oh Jellal Y/n, you don't know how much you do with all your actions" I silently said and placed a hand over my heart.

"Are you coming Erza" He said and grabbed my hand pulling me to the jeep. I placed my backpack next to Y/n's in the car.

We drove up to the castle and stood in the yard they unloaded the deer and brought it to the kitchen. Y/n and I stood in front of the main door of the castle when I noticed snow falling down.

"It's beautiful isn't it" He said softly sighing and looked at the falling snowflakes.

"Yes it is" I silently said and felt two arms wrap around me from the back. I looked to my right and Y/n nuzzled his face into the crook of my neck.

"Never leave my side, promise me" He said softly into my ear.

I looked at Y/n with wide eyes what makes him do something like this, he never did something so affectionate. Sure he hugged me but he never said something like that. I blushed a bit.

"I wont if you never leave me" I said and looked down he grabbed my left hand and moved his hand over it and touched the place were my wedding band would be on the ring finger.

"Let's go inside I'm sure they are waiting for us to join them". He said and pulled me behind.

Y/n opened the door and we headed to the main hall the great fireplace my mother loves sitting in front of the lit fire with a cup of hot chocolate. It became something of a tradition for us every winter we would spend ours just sitting in front of the fire sometimes even sleep there arm in arm.

We walked to the fireplace and Y/n sat down on the free seat, he pulled me to him I sat on his lap he eyed me.

"I see you two are back from the hunt" I looked to my mother who eyed us with what looks like her fourth cup of it.

"Yes we got the deer they are currently preparing it". Y/n said with a smile.

"Erza and how was it for you? You looked forward on hunting" She said and eyed me with a warm smile.

I remembered what happened and buried my face into the crook of Y/n's neck as tears welled in my eyes.

"Erza everything is gonna be alright" He softly said patting my back.

"Erza what's wrong?" My mother asked in shock

I was a scared girl right now I felt so vulnerable but Y/n gives me hold. I pressed my face into his crook grabbing his shoulders for support. "Can you tell her please, I can't" I silently said. He nod.

"Irene how am I going to say this..." I heard Y/n say but he stopped.

"Say what?" Irene said calmly. I felt her stare at my back.

Y/n sighed and looked at me. "Erza, she was almost violated by that bastard of a Bavarian prince" He said and his words fumed with anger.

I heard the cup my mother had in her hand drop down. "WHAT" She yelled in anger and stood up coming closer to me.

"Erza is this true" She asked and looked at me with worry. I looked up with my teary eye and nod.

She placed a hand on my shoulder. "Where is that bastard I'm gonna kill him". She said in rage.

Y/n grabbed Irene's hand stopping her from going away.

"If what I did to him was enough than he's not gonna wake up soon" Y/n said with a small smirk.

"Yes you beat that bastard up because he dared to touch me". I weakly said.

I calmed down and sat straight up I walked to the seat next to Y/n and sat in it my mom brought me a cup of hot chocolate.

"Y/n thank you for looking out for Erza" I heard my mom say.

Y/n didn't say anything he smiled warmly at me.

"Where is that guy that beat up my son?!" I heard someone yell.

"Looks like the king noticed that I got his son a new makeover" He said with a grin.

I chuckled a bit. I saw the king storm inside the living room.

"You, how dare you beat up the prince of Bavaria you scum" The king said angrily.

Y/n walked to him and looked at him dead in the eye with a look that I have never seen in him like he's ready to kill. The king already looked intimidated.

"You call me scum yet your son is a fucking rapist!" He pressed every word into the mans face.

"My son is not a rapist" he yelled in fury.

I saw Y/n snap. he kicked the mans knee and made him fall to the ground. Y/n picked a sword from above the fireplace. He pulled him up by the neck and held the sword on his throat so that he could look at me crying.

"Tell me does this look like she wasn't almost raped?" Y/n said furious.

"No it does" he said scared.

"Now do exactly what I tell you or else you are gonna find yourself down in the ditch of the castle together with your honorless piece of shit that calls himself a prince". Y/n said and tightened the grip on his neck.

"I'll do everything you ask for" He said terrified.

"Ok now listen carefully. Number one you take the title away from your son. Number two you make him confess the two other assaults he made before he assaulted Princess Erza and number three he has to get punished by justice.

"Yes I'll do that" He said and Y/n slowly moved the sword away. Y/n let go of him and the man walked away.

"Why did you do this" I asked and looked at him in shock.

"Oh this? I'm sorry but I couldn't think of anything else" He said calmly gazing at me.