Y/n Pov

I was standing at the doorframe of the third bedroom a children's room. Irene covered Erza under the blanket. She sat back on a chair that she pulled towards the bed. She opened the book and Erza looked at her from the bed smiling lightly.

A/n: This bedtime story is inspired by the Grimm brothers Fairy Tales that means that there is like in the original violence and other stuff. If you never read the original story of the Grimm bothers but the Disney copies then this might surprise you at how dark the originals were.

"Once upon a time there was a Queen, she had no husband as she stated that she is strong and can rule her kingdom without a king. The Queen was called Irene she had scarlet hair and chocolate brown eyes. Her age was just a tender 19. Irene was known as a merciful ruler that looked at her people not with disgust but with sympathy. She always tried to evade any conflict with other kingdoms. Her kingdom was wealthy as she used trading as a means of gaining the many riches that her kingdom owed. The Mountains around Dragnof were filled with gold, silver and many other precious goods. Such as diamonds rubies and sapphires. The Kingdom of Dragnof flourished under Irene's reign. Travelers called it the city of gold and gems. There were no poor people as Irene herself was going around the city checking if the citizens were happy and if they had any problems she would waste no time and help she'd call a nearby guard and make them help while Irene lend a hand herself to help. One time Irene was walking by a woman that was in labor she called for the guard to get the doctor. Irene stood by the woman but when the doctor came Irene already held the newborn in her hands and gave it to the mother, she helped to bring a child into this world." Irene said with a smile.

"However time passed and other kingdoms heard of Dragnof's riches. Informed by a spy Irene knew that she stood no chance if she'd go to war with her own kingdom. She turned to the only country that she could ask for help. The king of that country only gave help if she married the general of the kings army. With no other choice Irene agreed as it was for the people of her country. She married the general and defeated the Army of the king from Bellum that attacked Dragnof. With the war over Irene thought that she now had peace and could go back to rule her kingdom. But the real tragedy just began. One night Irene was in her bedroom she cried as she was abused and raped by her drunken husband more then once. 'I wont allow that anything happens to you I'll protect you' The Queen said and held her belly. She was pregnant." Irene said with lightly shaky voice.

"It came worse as she was outcast from her kingdom. The General had incited a revolt against her and so Irene was now sitting in a cave in the woods with a child growing inside her, hungry and cold. One night Irene woke up from a loud thunder storm. She heard footsteps coming closer. Irene hid behind a rock as she was scared that her husband would want to kill her. The Queen heard a groaning sound, it sounded like a man. She peered over the rock looking at a rather young looking male with blonde hair. The man also had a large traveling bag next to him. The fire that the man made showed that he had scars along his arms. His face had a single scar splitting his left eyebrow. Under them were eyes that had a unique ice blue color. His chiseled chin had a short beard. His lips were tugged into a smile. "You can come out I wont hurt you." The man said softly as he gazed over to Irene.

The Queen not feeling any danger coming from him slowly walked to him and sat on the other side of the fire. "What's your name." The stranger asked with a soft smile. Irene looked at him a little skeptical but she sighed lightly. "It's Irene Belserion." She said with a sorrow filled voice.

The man was a little shocked as he realized that he had a person of royalty in front of him. "Queen Irene, what are you doing here your highness and in these tattered clothes." The man asked seemingly shocked. Irene looked down, the clothes she wore were ripped and dirty. It had been a few weeks that Irene was cast out from her own kingdom. "I got thrown out from my kingdom by my husband." She replied and looked down. Suddenly Irene's stomach growled signaling that she hadn't had any decent thing to eat. The man hearing this grew a concerned frown.

"When was the last time that you had anything decent to eat." The man asked concerned. Irene looked at the stranger a little confused to why he would worry for her even to the stranger had his own problems probably.

Irene have in. "Before I was thrown out of the kingdom, that's the last time I ate something decent. I found things to eat in the woods so I have been surviving like that." The queen replied a little hesitant.

The man grabbed something from his bag and walked over to Irene. "Here you can have it since you seem to need it more." He said with a smile to Irene.

Irene looked at the food, it was more then enough to fill her hunger. It was a quite decently sized piece of meat and in a metal box were vegetables. "Go on and dig in I'll just take this and eat." The man said grabbing an apple from the bag. "Thank you stranger." the queen said and began to eat the food but only with her right hand the other was on her belly from the beginning that she sat down.

As the man was done eating his apple he looked again at Irene his face showed concern to why Irene only ate with one hand. "Are you injured or why are you only using your right hand" The man asked worried as he went to Irene's side.

Irene looked up to him. "No I'm not injured." She exclaimed. Irene wasn't going to tell a stranger that she was expecting a child. She didn't trust anyone anymore. But the look on the mans face only grew more suspicious. The mans eyes looked directly into Irene's. "I can see the fear you have, you are scared that someone harms you but you aren't concerned for yourself but for something that can't protect itself yet." The man spoke softly. Irene didn't realize it but the hand she now had on her belly wasn't hers. "You are expecting a child." The man added with a soft smile.

Irene nod slowly. Irene was on the verge of braking into tears as she felt kindness and warmth for the first time in weeks. If Irene didn't eat anything decent later on then she'd risk a miscarriage. She swore to protect the only thing she loved even to it was from someone who raped her multiple times and beat her. She felt a single tear roll down.

Irene felt something fuzzy around her. It was a blanket with fur. "You were lightly shivering." The man spoke as he pulled the blanket tight on Irene's collar. "I'll prepare to sleep it's late and in about six hours the sun will be up again." He added pulling out another blanket.

The man laid down on the blanket without something to cover him. Irene smiled, the stranger gave her the only thing that would have kept him warm. "Aren't you going to sleep? You can just roll up in that fur blanket, it's big enough." The man asked concerned.

Irene stood up walking to the man. "It's not nice that I am the one to stay warm while you sleep on a blanket without anything to cover." The queen spoke with a smile.

Irene laid down right next to him. The man smiled. "If I'm to sleep with you under the blanket then I have to take off my armor." The man said and undid the straps of his chest piece and took of his shirt, showing a muscular chest and abs. Scars ran along the chest and abs. On his neck was a necklace. Irene's gaze trailed on his chest for a second before she shrugged and pulled the blanket over her and the stranger. Both laid down facing in opposite directions.

In the morning the queen felt warm and she smiled. She opened her eyes and looked at a shoulder directly. Irene grew a blush on her face as she realized she was hugging him and he had his arms around her.

The queen looked at the man that seemed to still be sleeping. "I'll protect you." The man said in his sleep, Irene could feel that he meant her as she felt him slightly tighten the embrace. Not caring and feeling the warmth Irene laid her head back on the mans shoulder resting.

She somehow felt secure around him and she could Trust him, so she decided to sleep as she needed his warmth.

Irene could feel that the male was beginning to wake up, she wanted to get out of his embrace but couldn't, the mans eyes opened gazing at the queen and her lightly Red cheeks.

Realizing what position they were in the man quickly broke the embrace. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to." The man said and Irene could see a pink hue on his cheeks. The queen merely giggled barely audible. "It's ok we both were sleeping and we both hugged each other." Irene spoke softly.

Irene remembered yesterdays talk. "You haven't told me your name yet." She said a little upset.

The man looked a little startled. "I'm sorry I forgot, it's Makarov." The man said with a kind smile.

A/n: I chose the name for a reason that you might understand later on. Makarov got his name through a story by Mavis.

"Makarov that's a name for a kind person it also sounds calming" Irene said with a soft smile.

The man named Makarov chuckled. "Thanks I appreciate the flattery." He replied and grabbed his bag walking towards the cave exit.

Irene grew anxious as she saw him leave she grabbed the mans wrist getting his attention. "Why are you leaving already." Irene asked with a slightly sad voice.

"I'm not leaving you. I'm just going to look for something to eat as this wasn't much for you." Makarov said as he gazed at her eyes.

Irene hearing this smiled softly. "But how do I know that you tell the truth." She asked a little perturbed.

Makarov moved his hands towards his neck pulling off his necklace. "This means a lot to me as it was given to me by my younger sister." He said and placed the necklace around Irene's neck. He smiled softly. "It's actually for woman but I don't care it was the last thing that my sister gave me before I walked away, a few years ago. So this will be a sign that I'll come back." Makarov said turning around. "Here take this it might help you." He added giving Irene a sharp knife before walking out of the cave.

The queen sat down on the blanket that Makarov left. She looked at her tattered clothes and the knife. A few hours passed as Irene heard again footsteps she still was scared that her husband would come to kill her. Gripping the knife she hid behind a rock again. Irene could hear several things drop on the ground. "I'm back." The voice said that belonged to Makarov.

Irene walked forward and saw four rabbits and a few apples on the ground. "I hope that this is enough." Makarov said and pointed to them. He ignited the fire with just his hand, making Irene grow a confused look on her. "How did you hunt them and how did you make a fire out of nothing." She asked a little astonished.

Makarov looked at her. "I'm a fire dragon slayer, I learned it from a dragon." He exclaimed making Irene smile.

"Mages are rare in this part of the world I myself know magic, I'm an enchanter and learned dragon slayer magic as well." She said with a soft smile. The queen sat down next to him and picked up one of the rabbits. "Do you know how to skin them." The man asked curious. Irene nod and made short process of them.

After a good lunch both mages were satiated and sat in silence. "You know what. I'll take a look at your kingdom I know that the people loved you as their queen, I'm sure that some know that you haven't betrayed them." Makarov said and stood up.

"I don't know if that's a good idea and the kingdom is a few hours from here." Irene exclaimed.

Makarov shrugged and laughed a little. "I don't mind it and I was on my way anyway to Dragnof, in fact I thought of staying there as someone like me could make a decent guard." He exclaimed and puffed out his chest making Irene giggle.

"But I wont leave you alone." Makarov said and grabbed Irene's hand pulling her up and their faces were just an inch apart. Irene grew a furious blush on her cheeks as she could feel the warmth of him and the calming aura that he had.

Irene nod. "Yes I'll come with you but the guards can't be allowed to see me." Irene said a little scared.

Makarov smirked and pulled out a coat with a hood on placing it over Irene. "Now then no one will know it's you." He chuckled, He laid his hand lightly on her cheek smiling lightly before pulling it away.