January 17, X791

Birds were chirping and swooning everywhere as the morning sun was slowly rising. Even in the morning the hours, people were up and active. Laughing and voices could be heard throughout the kingdom and cities. People walking around and children playing could be seen. It was just a normal day for the kingdom.

(Y/N) watched the morning sun slowly rise up as she stood on her balcony. She had already wore her outfit for the day. They had requested her to wear fancy attire for the day so, She wore a black dress, black tights, and black combat boots.

She had a portion of her (Short/Medium/Long) hair into a ponytail with a black bow. She also wore a black choker.

Over her black dress was a army green trench coat. Her trench was long and unfastened, the chilled winter wind whipping back one side to reveal a sword tucked against her leg. She was to protect the prince as they were to go out into the town.

She breathed in the chilled air to clear her thoughts. She was depressed due to her loss of the necklace her mother gave her. She wondered how she had lost it since she always wore it.

(Y/N)'s attention to her thoughts was shifted as she looked down the balcony due to someone calling her name. The prince was below the balcony waving at (Y/N), gesturing her that it was time to go.

(Y/N) rolled her eyes and grabbed her suitcase. She changed into a shadow and floated down below to where the prince was. "Where'd she go?" Sting asked himself, scratching his head. (Y/N) appeared from the shadow behind him and said, "I'm right here."

Sting jumped and looked at (Y/N) wide eyed. "Don't scare me like that!" (Y/N) rose her eyebrow and smirked, "I thought you never get scared." Sting pouted and turned. "Shut up."

Just in time, a carriage rolled up and (Y/N) opened the door for Sting to go in. "Come on, your Royal Highness." (Y/N) said, bowing. "Oh!~ Why thank you! Hee hee hee!~" Sting squealed in a high pitched tone.

(Y/N) went in the carriage after Sting and closed the door. "Where are we headed?" (Y/N) asked, crossing her legs. "We're going to Crocus, Fiore." Sting smiled, the continuing. "I heard there are good amusement and shopping centers there."

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"Thanks Jerold! See you late tomorrow!!" Sting thanked the man driving the carriage and gave him a tip. "So where now?" (Y/N) turned to the prince. "First, I'm going to take you there." Sting said, pointing to a sign that said 'Amusement Park'

(Y/N) looked around that area and saw a large wheel. "Wha-What is that?!" (Y/N) said, her eyebrows furrowing together. "Is that a weapon of some sort?!" She reached for her sword, but was stopped by Sting getting her arm.

"No!! That's not a weapon! That is called a Ferris wheel. You get into a cart and it takes you around like a wheel." Sting said, making (Y/N) let go of the sword. "Oh."

"You've never been to an amusement park?!" Sting asked (Y/N) with wide eyes. "No..." (Y/N) said, twirling with her fingers. "Wow. Then it's a great time to take you! Let's go!" Sting exclaimed and took (Y/N)'s arm, going towards the park.

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"Wait, so if i knocked down the bottles, I'll get a prize?" (Y/N) asked, her thumbs feeling the bean bag in her hands. "Yes. Look at how I do it." Sting said, throwing the bag towards the bottles and knocking them down. "What would you like, sir?" The man asked.

"Teddy bear." The man gave Sting a giant teddy bear. "See like that." (Y/N) nodded and placed jewels onto the counter, receiving a bean bag from the man. (Y/N) got into a throwing stance and threw the bag softly. The bottles fell down and (Y/N) smiled. "Now, what would you like miss?"

(Y/N) looked at the stuffed animals and pointed to a horse with blue hair and a horn coming out of its head. "Oh, a unicorn." Sting said. She received the unicorn and hugged it. As she hugged it, a warm feeling was felt.

"89!!" A man's voice yelled through a microphone causings (Y/N)'s attention. She looked at a crowd of people around a tall machine with numbers labeled on it. She tugged on Sting's yellow and blue coat and asked, "What is that?"

Sting turned to the crowd and said, "Oh. That's a strength meter." (Y/N) gave Sting a look of interest and waddled over there. "He does it again!!" (Y/N) eyes wandered over the man and felt her heart sink.

In front of her was her friend, Jackal. Somehow, his animal features were gone and his hair was different than usual. He was dressed in a tuxedo and was holding a hammer. (Y/N) thought it was really impossible for him to be there.

(Y/N) shook her head as she walked backwards in fear. "We need to get out of here, Sting!" (Y/N) grabbed Sting's hand and walked to the other direction. "What's wrong?" Sting asked with confusion in his voice. "It's about your safety. I'm protecting you from harm, prince." (Y/N) said, while dragging him somewhere.

Sting ten forced his hand from (Y/N) and took a step backwards. "If it's the hammer you're worried about, I can eat it." Sting informed (Y/N) about his magic, but (Y/N) shook her head. "No. No. No! It's the people that's there! Now we need to go, now!!" (Y/N) said, pulling him was all of her strength.

With that, she pulled Sting into her, making them both fall into each other. (Y/N) turned red due to how close Sting's face was to hers. His warm breath gave her goosebumps and made you tense up.

Sting got up and pulled (Y/N) up. "Listen, if anything happens, we're safe either way." Sting said, patting (Y/N)'s back. "Maybe you're just overreacting. Just have fun!" Sting smiled at you.

"Now, let's go on rides. It'll get your mind of things." Sting said, pulling (Y/N) into a line of people. (Y/N) didn't respond due to the thoughts she had. She stayed frozen and was paralyzed by fear. She shrugged it off and thought it was only overreaction.

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"You see. Nothing happened." Sting said as he sat on a booth across from (Y/N). (Y/N) didn't turned to reply, instead she watched the sun go down. The sunset drew her gaze to the wall of light, and she watched the sky darken over the beautiful city of Crocus.

"It's beautiful isn't it?" Sting asked (Y/N) with his chin in his palms looking at the sunset. She stopped looking at the sun and gazed up at his face. His spiky, blonde hair was being ruffled by the chilling air, his dark ocean blue eyes was shining with the sun, and his clothing was loose, showing off his black shirt with his noticeable abs. (Y/N) blushed at this and covered her face with her hands.

Sting turned to her and asked, "What's wrong?" (Y/N) looked up from her hands to Sting. Their eyes met for a moment... Piercing blue eyes meeting startled (Eye Colored) eyes in a battle of nerves.

He then possessed an engaging smile and arresting blue eyes. (Y/N) returned the smile. Sting saw her breath-taking (Eye color) eyes, her (Hair Length), (Hair Color) hair flowing with the wind, and her rosy-pink lips.

Sting suddenly felt hot and had a warmth feeling in his heart. Somehow, knowing what to do they both started to lean towards each other. Realizing what was going on, (Y/N) stopped. 'I'm merely just a maid. I'm merely just a girl who's getting her job done. This shouldn't be happening!' (Y/N)'s thoughts told her to stop, but her heart boomed for more.

Unfortunately, that good feeling was stopped when the ride went into a stop and the doors opened. The ride was over.

After that, it was really awkward between the two. As they stepped out of the amusement park, (Y/N) bowed to Sting and thanked him. "Thank you so much for taking me here..." Sting chuckled and said, "You don't need to thank me."

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(Y/N)'s eyes were glued to the nice wonders around her. Bright lights were everywhere, people walked, and the good aroma of food lingered through the air. "Miss! Would you like a flower crown?" (Y/N) turned to the saleswoman and smiled. "Sure!" (Y/N) gave the women jewels and placed the crown on her hand.

"You seem to like this." Sting said as he crossed his arms. (Y/N) turned to him with a big smile. "I've need been here before! Kyô-" (Y/N) immediately stopped her sentence. "I mean, I wasn't allowed to go the shopping district. My orphanage said it was full of disgusting people." (Y/N) nervously said.

"You were in an orphanage?!" Sting asked (Y/N), with surprise. "I thought your father told you about this..." (Y/N) said, her smile dropping. "My father never told me about it..." Sting said, rubbing his head. "Oh..." (Y/N) said, before turning the other way. Her eyes traced over a store window and saw dresses on the window frame. Sting turned to see where she was looking at.

He widened his eyes and remembered something. "Oh crap! I almost forgot!" Sting face palmed himself for not remembering. "What?" (Y/N) asked confused. "There is this huge ball coming up. It's really important... And... You'll be needing a fancy dress. Do you happen to be friends with other maids...?" Sting said, rubbing his chin while looking at the dresses. "Yeah... Why is that?" (Y/N) asked, shifting her flower crown. "Do you happen to know their dress sizes?" Sting asked. "Thanks to wearing maid dresses, I do!" (Y/N) said to Sting.

Sting then widened his eyes and remembered something. "Oh! I just remembered something! There is a huge ball coming up in the shadow kingdom, so you'll need a fancy dress!" Sting chuckled at (Y/N)'s reaction when he said Dress. "Do you happen to be friends with other maids...?" Sting said, rubbing his chin while looking at the dresses. "Yeah... Why is that?" (Y/N) asked, shifting her flower crown. "Do you happen to know their dress sizes?" Sting asked. "Thanks to wearing maid dresses, I do!" (Y/N) said to Sting. "Wait!" (Y/N) said. "A b-ball?" (Y/N) gulped. "What's that?" Sting looked at (Y/N) in surprise. "Wow, there's a lot of stuff I need to teach you! Okay, so, a ball is basically a fancy way of saying fancy, formal dance party. You have to dress fancy and need to dance." Sting explaied to (Y/N).

"I can't wait! There'll be food and-and there will be woman! Nice-looking woman!" Sting said as he turned red and blood leaked from his nose. (Y/N) sweatdrop from his comment. "Boys will be boys."

"Anyways..." Sting wiped his blood and turned to (Y/N). "Let's go take you shopping!" Sting cheered, causing a few heads to turn to him. "But I don't wanna..." Sting grabbed (Y/N)'s hand and dragged her to a dress shop.

Sting and (Y/N) walked into a dress shop and was welcomed by the store owner. "Welcome! Welcome! How may I help you?"

"She needs a dress for a ball." Sting said, pointing over at (Y/N). "Oh. Is that you're girlfriend?" The old saleswoman looked at (Y/N). (Y/N) turned red and shook her head. "No-No. I'm just an friend," (Y/N) said.

The saleswoman laughed and apologized. "Anyways, let's check your measurements. If you can please follow me." The woman gestured (Y/N) to follow her and they went into a little room. The woman went over to a shelf and got a measuring tape, paper, and a pen.

She measured you and went off somewhere. She then came back with a dress and some other material.

"I think this would be the perfect match for you." The woman said, holding up a long, fluffy, strapless purple dress. "It comes with a necklace and black gloves."

You took the dress and went into the dressing room. You had tried to put on the dress, but failed. "Are you ok in there?" The woman asked from the other side of the door. "N-No." You said, unlocking the door.

The woman opened it and chuckled. "You're not supposed to wear under that, silly!" The went over the batch of things she gave you and gave you a strapless bra. "Here wear this." The woman then went out and closed the door. "If you need help, call me." You sighed and looked at the clothing.

After putting on the strapless bra, you put on the dress, zipped it up, and adjusted the dress. You didn't realized that the woman had left the door unlocked and saw that it opened. You gasped and walked backwards. "O-Oh! I'm sorry!" Sting said, before covering his eyes. "You're not naked are you?!"

You laughed at his actions and said, "I'm not. I'm just wearing the dress." Sting then put his hands down and looked at you. He smiled and whistled. "That's nice. Do you like it?" Sting asked, crossing his arms.

"I haven't even looked at myself." You said before turning around and looking at yourself in the mirror. Your eyes widened at how you looked in the dress. You haven't wore a dress like this and kept looking at yourself in the mirror in disbelief.

"I-I like it." Your lips curved into a smile and turned to Sting. "I like it." You then pushed Sting out of the room. "What are you doing?" Sting asked as you pushed him out of the room. "I need to change, you dummy!"

(Y/N) changed into her clothing. She gathered the dress, gloves, and necklace and walked out of the door. Walking together to the counter, Sting paid for your dress. "W-What?! Sting is here?" You and Sting walked outside to see a crowd of girls running towards you guys.

"Sting!!"

"Notice me!!"

"Senpai!!"

"Prince!~"

"Lick me!!"

On instant, you wrapped your arms around Sting's waist and turned into a shadow. In the shadow, you saw Sting choke for air and went faster to another area. You floated to an alleyway and landed there with Sting.

Sting landed on his knees and gasped for air. "Never. *Gasp* Do. *Gasp* That. *Gasp* Again." Sting said, breathing heavily. "Without telling me. *Gasp* that."

Sting then looked towards your grinning face. "How can you do that?! Rogue ever showed me that before." You looked around for answers. "I-Uh-It's a secret art." Sting rose an eyebrow. "Secret art?" You nooded. "Yes."

"Wow! You should teach Rogue that! He's been dying to turn a new move!" Sting said happily. "Yeah... Sometime."

Sting then linked arms with you. You looked at him in surprise and walked out of the alleyway. You were still tensed up by the sudden touch. "I want to take you somewhere." Sting's voice suddenly got softer. "Okay..."

"Ok good..." Sting sighed. "Well, we have to go in there now..." (Y/N) nodded and went towards the shop along with Sting. Sting held the door open for (Y/N) and she walked in.

After an hour of shopping, they went to the place they were staying and and dropped off their bags of stuff and suitcase. After that, they continued to stroll around the city by theirselves.

As they walked around, they noticed the crowd was getting bigger and bigger. Due to that, (Y/N) had lost Sting in the crowd and tried to look for him. "Move out of the way!" "I'm walkin' here!" "Move it!"

(Y/N) then turned to an alleyway to block out all of the people. 'How rude people can be...-' (Y/N)'s thoughts was stopped when she heard loud footsteps behind her. 'Clank. Clank. Clank.'

(Y/N) turned her head slightly and looked to see who it was in the corner of her eye. "Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Couldn't find Stingy-boy? What a shame... But... Look at you now. So lonely and an easy target... It makes me... Tempted." (Y/N) froze as she heard the voice in the back of her.

She turned to see jackal right in front of her. She yelped and walked backwards. "What are you doing here?! Why are you here?! How are you like that?!" (Y/N) asked, shaken up. 'Just an overreaction he said... Have fun and be calm he said...'

Jackal smirked and turned his head. "Well, what would you do if someone were to snitch on you?" (Y/N) gazed at Jackal has darkened. "What would you do if someone you trusted and loved started to abuse you for no reason. How's that?!"

Jackal eyes widened then frowned. "Oh this isn't for no reason, dollface..." Jackal said, walking closer to (Y/N). "You are already to month two, meaning you have six more months left, Conbolt." Jackal closed his eyes and coughed. "The Conbolt I know will finish this job immediately, but what happened?" He walked towards her and cornered her. "Did you already got attached to this family? Do I have to ruin another family?" Jackal said, his voice lowered.

"Another family?" (Y/N) asked as he looked up to Jackal. He chuckled and lowed his head to her ears. He then whispered the unthinkable into your ears. "Like you're mommy and daddy to be precise." (Y/N) felt her heart stop. She gasped and pushed Jackal from her. "DON'T YOU EVEN GO THERE, JACKAL!!!" (Y/N) screamed. Little did she know, she touched Jackal. Jackal smirked as he saw (Y/N) fall to the ground with fire on her.

After all of these years, she was lied to? (Y/N) suddenly felt mixed emotions of anger and sadness. Black streaks were starting to appear on her face and Jackal licked his lips to see what was set to happen.

"Hey! Leave her alone!!" Jackal's gaze from (Y/N) turned from her to the boy, startled. He turned to see a boy in front of him. He looked to be about 12-13 years old and had short, dark purple hair, and black eyes. He wore a orange scarf, dark blue pants, brown boots, a white long-sleeve collar shirt, and suspenders.

Purple flames appeared on the boys hands and went into fighting stance. (Y/N) just played on the ground emotionless, too depressed to do anything. Even with the burning pain of the fire, she was not just reacting to it.

"Heh. You think you're tough, boy? I can explode you just like that." Jackal said as he snapped his fingers.

"Bring it on!" The boy challenged Jackal. Jackal lunged towards him and attempted to punch him, but the boy jumped and avoided his attack.

While in the air, the boy threw purple flames at Jackal and went over to (Y/N). He sucked in the flames and eat it. "Thank Natsu for teaching me this act!" The boy said as he ate the flames then looking down at the woman. "You're okay miss?" The boy asked, helping the girl up. "O-Oh. Y-Yes." (Y/N) stuttered, getting up.

The boy looked at her face and gasped. She looked oddly familiar to him somehow. Distracted in thoughts, Romeo didn't notice that Jackal was after him.

"Reflect!!" (Y/N) yelled as she touched Jackal's finger, making him explode instead of the boy. "Gah!!!" Jackal yelped in pain and fell backwards. "Hey, kid! Thanks for your help. I can defend myself for now. Go to safety while I'll handle this." (Y/N) said, flashing a smile to the kid.

The boy was lost for words. "A-Are you sure, miss...?!" (Y/N) gave him a thumbs up. He then nodded and ran off. (Y/N) turned back to the twitching man in front of her. "Let me guess... Mard sent you here..." Jackal nodded and got up. "Nice to meet again after months. I do not hope to meet you like this next time..."

(Y/N) looked down and turned to Jackal to see that he was gone. She sighed and walked out of the alleyway and saw that the crowd was decreasing.

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"Dad... I think it was her..." Romeo said as he walked side by side with his father. "What makes you think that?" Macao said as he turned to look at his son.

"She has the same hair color, eyes, and she looks like the girl from the picture you showed me." Romeo said, thinking back to memory. "Heh. It'll be a miracle if I got to see her again." Macao said as he went reached to open a door from a bar.

"Wait! Dad! What are you doing?!" Romeo said as he grabbed onto his fathers arm. "It is a miracle. I got to see her and I guarantee that you'll see her too." Macao stopped reaching to the door and turned to his son.

"Like Fairy Tail, we survived from all of the misfortune that happened to us. How? By a miracle." Romeo said to his father. Macao frowned and asked, "Well, where was my miracle when I had misfortune?"

Romeo was lost for words and sighed. "Your point is invalid, Romeo. If you need me, I'll be here, drinking my sorrows out." Romeo got so angered by his father and stomped his foot.

He watched his father go into the bar and watched the door closed. Romeo looked at the door, now saddened, and started to walk towards an hotel his friend was staying in.

He rubbed his arms to stay cold and was starting to regret not wearing a sweater. If only he was like his friend, Natsu...

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SIghing, (Y/N) opened the door to the room her and Sting were going to share. She noticed that her bags were still there, but Sting was not. "Damn it Sting. Where are you?!" (Y/N) looked over at the clock and saw that it was 2 in the morning.

'Probably with a girl...' (Y/N) suddenly felt like if her heart was crushed, but shook it off. 'Wait a minute?! Why am I thinking this?! Wtf!!' (Y/N) sighed and took off her shoes. She then went into the bathroom to brush her teeth and change into bed clothing. She got out of the bathroom and looked out of the balcony.

She looked down to see that there were still crowds of people below. "Wow. This city doesn't sleep then..." (Y/N) turned to her bed and went over to the bed and lifted the blankets and crawled into bed feeling disappointed and depressed.

After waking up, feeling out of breath, she turned to find Sting sleeping on top of her back. (Y/N) gasped and kicked him out of the bed, blushing. 'How dare he sleeps like that on top of me!'

Sting groaned and rubbed his head and looked at (Y/N). "What the hell was that for?!"

"You have a bed over there!" (Y/N) said, pointing to the bed across the room. "And on top of me?! Really, Sting?!" (Y/N) was angered by Sting and huffed. "But you were comfortable." Sting whined. "And it's cold without Lector."

(Y/N) rolled her eyes. "Fine, but go on the other side." Sting cheered in victory and crawled in the blankets next to (Y/N).

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Putting the last suitcase back into the carriage, Sting sighed and turned to see (Y/N) coming towards the carriage with a smile. "Is that everything?" Sting asked (Y/N). (Y/N) shook her head. "Great! We can go now!" Sting smiled and opened the door for (Y/N).

(Y/N) bowed to Sting and entered the carriage. Sting then looked to the horseman, Jerold. "Hey Jerold we're ready." Sting said. "Oh yes, just a second." Jerold said as he was petting the horse's mane. Sting entered the carriage and closed the door.

"We got a long way to go, (Y/N)..." Sting said, turning to (Y/N) only to see her fast asleep. "Wow, you must've been really tired." Sting said and leaned back in his seat. "Maybe I should rest too." Sting said, curling up next to (Y/N). "I really miss Lector." Sting said before he fell asleep next to the maiden.

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"Prince Sting, we're almost-" Jerold stooped his sentence to see that the prince was asleep next to the maiden. "Heh. How cute..." Jerold said, turning back to watch the road and his horse.

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Sorry for not updating for a long time, I just got a new phone and I tried to log into my Wattpad using a laptop, but it just wouldn't work. I tried typing on the phone, but it would freeze from time to time and that got me mad. So here I am now. Things are about to get intense in the next few chapters so be prepared.

Omg. Guys. I just got into Mystic Messenger and gosh, I'm obsessed with that game! I just got it yesterday and now into day two! ❤️ At first, I thought it was just an anime because Amalee did a English cover about it and then while I was reading on Wattpad, it mentioned Mystic Messenger so I decided to check it out. I didn't know that it was a game. I love it!

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-Phoenix