Ok so this is the final chapter, not completely the finale one, but the final one I'm publishing today.

Two Weeks Later~

"Oh. My. God," Grandeeney gasps as her and Wendy prep me for the ceremony, "Natsu is one lucky boy. Never in my years have I EVER thought my Natsu would marry such a beautiful woman like yourself."

"Yeah, I never thought i'd see the day where Natsu finally got mated," Wendy adds, "I always thought Natsu would just be a loner for the rest of his days like Laxus's late father."

"I'm just excited for my Grandbabies," Grandeeney beams, caressing my hair. "Oh, I can see them now! A boy with blonde hair and a girl with pink hair, it sounds so perfect!"

I had to admit, it did sound perfect. Since birth, I naturally had the desire to get married and have a family to call my own. I had to take care of my mother when I was very young and grew to love the feeling deep within my stomach I get when took care of another human being.

As excited as I was to finally become one with Natsu, I was terrified. I still had that guilt in the back of my head.

That voice that keeps reminding me that I left my kingdom. My friends, and most importantly whatever little family I had.

I don't know why, but I had an off feeling.

"Two weeks and still no sign of the princess," Juvia sighs.

"How do we even know she's still alive?" Loke whispers to Erza.

"She is!" Gray shouts, an echo being stretched through out the forest. "She...has to be."

As the two weeks of searching dragged by, Gray started becoming more impatient and aggressive. Shouting was regular.

"My lord," Jellal says in a rather annoyed tone, "We have no proof to show that our princess is still-"

Before Jellal could finish his sentence, there was a growl. A growl that didn't belong to anything human or animal like. This roar was beastly. Then, the ground below them began to shudder and quake.

"What is that?" Erza asks, trying to hold her stance.

"Guys, look!" Loke yells, pointing at the mountain ahead.

Everyone follows his finger to see a black dragon claw it's way up the mountain and then bellows a mighty roar.

"Aconologia!" Juvia cries, and Jellal quickly places his large hand over her mouth.

"Quiet!" Jellal hisses, "You might catch it's attention."

"We need to find shelter, now," Gray instructs, "Somewhere the beast wont be able to see us."

"Too late for that," Erza says, as the Monster sees the group and soars high up in the air then diving down, like a hawk about to snatch up it's pray.

The group darts to their horses and and quickly ride off, in hopes of finding a way to survive. Aconologia takes ginormous steps towards the group, without any kind of effort of catching up, he was hot on their trail.

The horses dodge and jump over whatever might be trying to slow them down. With Gray in the lead, his eye catches something...a cave.

"In there!"

I walk down the pathway that was nicely aligned with bones, torches, and smiling people. Dressed in a beautiful dark brown dress that draped down my chest area, revealing my cleavage a bit, which made me feel a bit embarrassed about and my neck and ears were nicely decorated with blue pearls, crimson feathers, and precious jewels. I had several different marks and designs painted on my creamy skin that had their own meanings.

The sight of Natsu made my heart flutter. The moonlight focused only on him. He wore a coat that was one sleeved like his black one, the only difference was that it was a dark shade of red and the seams shined gold. He also wore a crown of feathers and also had designs and markings all over his body. With of course, his scaly scarf.

Natsu and Igneel, who was also dresses nicely, waited for me in front of what looked like a alter carved from stone. Drums and harps play as I make my way to my new hus-mate.

We join hands when I finally get down the isle and the people let out a quick cheer as the drums get faster. The cheers start to grow louder and when Igneel raises his hands, it instantly becomes quiet.

"Oh, great Dragon Spirits!" Igneel's voice booms, "We come before you today, to make this dragon and his mate become one..."

"You look beautiful," Natsu whispers as Igneel continues.

"Thank you," I whisper back, "And you look very handsome."

"You nervous?"

"A little," I whisper truthfully.

"THE RING?" Igneel's voice a little sterner to catch our attention.

"Oh, yeah!" Natsu quickly reaches into his pocket and then turns to me, "Lucy Heartfillia, this ring symbolizes that you are forever mine and I am forever your's."

He slides the ring perfectly into my finger and it fit perfectly.

"We will be together forever under the moon, and the day you and I descend from this world, I will be by your side 'till the end of eternity," He continues, eyes filled with sparkle and a soft expression planted on his handsome face.

I could feel tears pool up in my eyes when he nearly sings, "Lucy, I love you."

"I love you too," I smile.

"Alright, time for some lip action!" Grandeeney cheers from the sidelines, next to a sobbing Lissana and Yukino.

Natsu and I chuckle as we lean in to seal our love with a kiss that declares us as mates...

Clear from Aconologia's vision, the group pants and catch their breath, safe from harm, for now.

"That...was close," Loke breathes heavily.

"Tell me about it," Erza replies, jumping off her horse and examining the cave. "Where are we?"

"Seems like a cave," Juvia says.

"I get that, but why does the atmosphere seem different?"

"Quiet!" Gray hushes the group as he thought he heard something off in the distance. "Do you hear that?"

There's a pause as they all listen attentively.

"Are those...drums?" Jellal asks.

"Sounds like it," Gray answers.

"Are we not alone?" Juvia asks, a bit scared.

"Let's check it out," Gray orders as the others follow.

They walk in silence when all of a sudden Gray's horse trips and they all fumble down a steep slope. They all land with a hard thud an frantic, neighing horses.

The group groans, picking themselves up and dusting off their armor.

"A warning would be nice before we all fall down a giant slope," Loke huffs, fixing his orange hair.

"Hey, the drums sound closer," Juvia clarifies.

"We must be close to where they're coming from," Gray says, but then his eyes grow wide, "They stopped."

"What?"

"I said they stopped," He repeats, almost snarling.

"Then...what do we do-" Jellal starts when Gray bolts off.

"My Lord!" Erza calls fro Gray as he runs off.

"After him!" Jellal orders.

When the group finally sees Gray, he was propped against a wall.

"My Lord," Juvia pants.

Gray seemed disturbed, confused, and he was just wore a face of complete disbelief.

"Lordship?" Loke calls for him.

"L-Lucy..." Gray mumbles, as he sees his bride lean in to kiss the lips of another man.

Suddenly, rage built in him, making him angrier each second their lips touched.

'She's being forced!' Gray thought, 'my beloved is being forced to kiss the lips of another!'

Gray draws his sword and stands straight up, about to charge and just as he took the first few steps to slay the man that was forcing himself upon his bride, arms envelope him.

"No!" Jellal barks, holding back Gray.

"Release me!" Gray snarls.

"Are you willing to risk your life without thinking!?" Erza hisses, holding back the prince, "It's thousand against five, we have no chance of coming back out alive!"

Gray stops flailing.

"We will return fro the princess," Loke assures the prince, "We'll make sure to place a land marker here and come back tomorrow with a army."

Gray turns to the soldiers, a deathly aura coming from his sinister glare, "My dearest Lucy, " He says in a low tone, talking to no one in particular, "I will bring you back home and into my arms. Safe and sound. The way how it should be..."

Welp, there you go. SHE HAS BEEN FOUND! Please, feel free to diss and cuss out Gray all you like XD