Chapter 2: Royal ball?

Lucy was scrubbing the floor, when Yukino came in and brought her a scrap of food.

"I'll try to sneak more food to you later," she whispered.

Lucy sighed. She couldn't believe that her stepmother only gave her leftover scraps to eat. Her stepmother almost always made sure that there were NO leftovers. Lucy was lucky that Sorano and Yukino were always there for her. (A/N: Haha. That sounded cool! "Lucy was lucky.") They found ways to sneak her more food when she was starving. Yukino even offered her to sleep with her on the bed but Lucy refused. Once, Stepmother caught Yukino asking Lucy if she wanted to sleep with her.

"Yukino, dear you don't have to worry about rats like her," she said. Yukino couldn't say anything about it. You can't change Stepmother's mind easily.

Lucy and Yukino are now 18 years old. Sorano is 20.

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Natsu was just chilling in his room, when a servant come in, and says, "His Majesty requires your presence."

What could his father want at this time?

He walked to the throne room, and he saw the king talking to one of his advisors.

"Good morning, Father," he called over to him. Igneel looked at him and said, "I was planning something for you," he replied.

No 'good morning,' no 'hello,' no nothing.

"You are the Crown prince of Bosco. You will soon be a king. Every king needs a queen," he continued. Natsu saw where this was going. "Oh, brother...." he muttered under his breath.

"I already told you," Natsu said. "I still haven't found the perfect girl." 

"Which is why," Igneel said, "I've arranged a ball for you. Everyone is invited. Even the princess of Fiore, Juvia." Natsu liked Juvia, but not romantically. They were friends. 

"There also will be other girls from Fiore," Igneel continued. Natsu wanted to run away right then. He remembered the time he actually ran away. He was about 15, or so.

Little Natsu ended up in Fiore a few days after he ran from the palace. He bumped into this boy and fell back on his butt."Watch where you going!" the boy said. "What do you mean?!" Little Natsu said. "You're the one that bumped into me!!"

"Gray!" another female voice said. "You better not be bickering with the children." Little Natsu squinted his eyes and saw a girl with firey red hair. The boy who she called "Gray" said, "I'm not! This boy was picking a fight with me!" Little Natsu glared at Little Gray. "I was not! You were the one who bumped into me!"

"Enough!" the girl said, her voice thundering. "Apologize! To each other." Little Gray and Little Natsu scowled and very slowly shook hands. The girl smiled and said, "good! My name's Erza by the way. This is Gray," she explained. "Hi. I'm Natsu."

"Nice to meet you! Are you lost?" Little Erza asked.

"Kind of," Little Natsu admitted. "I want to get to Bosco."

"Bosco!" Little Gray exclaimed "That's miles away!"

"Calm down Gray," Little Erza said. "We can still take him there. Let's go to Porlyuscia and prepare for the journey. Plus, Natsu looks like he could use a meal!" Little Erza added.

Natsu smiled at the memory. He hasn't visited them since then. He actually considered going there again. The people there were so fun. They were rather...special...but they were still good friends.

Cana was the alcoholic.

Elfman was the manly one.

Laki was the wood cutter.

Natsu could name many more people, but his father interrupted his thoughts by saying, "What do you think about this son?"

"Yeah, whatever," He said.

"Good. The ball will be next week"

"What?!"

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