Gone With The Night

Gone With Our Nightmares

I'm so sorry, I was working on this for a while, writers block sucks so much q.q, Feel free to hit me (Erza moment)

Natsu's P.O.V

I slowly pulled off the hood of the thief I caught and to say I was surprised is an understatement. She was a girl with long golden hair, reaching just past her shoulders and flawless features. She looked about my age but she seemed familiar. I brushed some of her hair aside to look at some of the scratches on her neck and her arms were covered in bandages, I couldn't help but feel guilty. Her injuries were not severe but would hurt later, according to Wendy, but her magic felt weak and I assumed it was from constant use of magic.

I heard the slight clink of metal and looked down at her belt. 10 gold gate keys were attached to a ring in a leather pouch, No one bothered to take them away from her, Celestial mages were rare and no-one was known to be one in our kingdom. She was wearing magic restraining bracelets anyway, so use of magic was impossible. Next to the pouch were two holders, one was empty and the other held a regular sized dagger. Sliding my hand over the hilt I slid it out of the belt and weighed it up in my hands, She definitely wouldn't be allowed this in her cell so I slotted it into my belt for safekeeping. Before I let her go I secured the handcuffs around her wrists so she couldn't escape if she woke up on the way back. I pulled her hood back up and handed her to the guards and watched as she disappeared into the truck.

Gajeel's P.O.V

I pushed the hood off of the short thief and watched as blue hair shifted slightly. They were female, about my and Salamander's age, most likely the same age as her partner in crime. I sighed, I still couldn't believe the biggest thieves in our country could be females, I mean, they had done more stealing than the Oracion Seis, and they were a group of heartless psychopaths. She had a few scratches on her legs and a disgusting gash on her leg that might make it difficult to run for a while, but other than that she seemed fine, she didn't use much magic so she should wake up in a few hours.

After searching her it looked like I got the solid script mage, meaning Salamander got the Celestial Wizard. however I did find a small sword strapped to her leg and I quickly unstrapped it so she couldn't escape with it later. I slipped on the handcuffs and tightened them to the smallest setting, we usually use it for kids but her wrists were incredibly small. I picked her up bridal style and walked over to Salamander before handing her over to the guards.

"Not what we were expecting, eh Salamander?" I grunted and folded my arms and let my gaze wonder over the truck as the heavy lacrima doors slammed shut. "Saying that I'm not surprised would be lying." He stated looked over to the doors. I knew we were thinking the same thing,

What kind of past did these girls have?

Normal P.O.V

After a while the heavy truck arrived at the Palace gates. The gates were made out of crystal and were carved with intricate designs. They joined to a stone brick wall that surrounded the Palace. As for the palace itself it was huge. 4 pointed towers towered above them with one larger in the middle, extravagant carvings decorated windows and spires. It looked like something out of a Fairy Tale.

The eyes of the servants turned towards the truck as it stopped outside and soon two guards came to open the doors. They carefully lifted the unconscious girls out and Natsu and Gajeel watched as they were taken to the infirmary, most likely to be patched up before their audience with King Igneel.

~Timeskip~

~In The infirmary~

The blue haired script mage groaned and shifted in the bed. 'Looks like Lucy found me...' She sighed and buried her face in the pillow, before realising that they left their camp and all their pillows behind. "Oh Damn, Lu-Chan? Where are you!" She yelled and sat upright, wincing at the pain. Her eyes adjusted to the bright lights of the infirmary and she looked around at the strange environment.

"Tch, Foolish humans. Never a moment of rest in this Damned place." Startled at the new voice, Levy turned to face a old woman with pink hair, a frown permanently engraved on her face. "Oh, you're up...finally...Anywa-"

"Where's Lu-Chan, What have you done with her, what do you want with us? Where am I?" Levy yelled and the pink haired woman sighed.

"Damn humans, Your friend's fine, Nothing, Nothing again, the castle."The woman disappeared out the door and her footsteps could be heard getting fainter and fainter. Levy breathed a sigh of relief, wait...The Castle?! She needs to find Lucy right away. She shifted her legs to the side of the bed and gripped the side before placing her feet on the floor. Her face twisted in pain as she put pressure on her damaged leg and she gripped the side table to stand up as she shuffled over to the next bed and gasped at what she saw.

Lucy was lying there, layers of bandages wrapped around her arms, legs and face. Levy almost collapsed as she sat on the chair next to her and looked at the bandages on her face. "Didn't know you were the type to watch people in their sleep" A gruff voice called from the other side of the room. She turned her head and stared at the two figures, A tall man with black hair and multiple piercings was leaning against the door frame and next to him was a slightly shorter one with...Pink hair? Oh well. She tried to stand up in case they attacked but just ended up falling back in her chair with a thump. "Yo, you gonna talk to us short stuff?" The taller asked and Levy just glared and looked back at Lucy.

"Oi, we are talking to you!" The pink haired male yelled and Levy and she just sighed.

"Well at least it was me who woke up, Lu-chan would've had the heads of these idiots for yelling so much..." She grumbled but did not expect the others to hear, but with their dragon slayer hearing, they did.

"Oi keep your mouth shut shrimp and tell us some info." 'Shrimp, really?' Levy thought and sighed.

"Well, I'm Levy McGarden, The blonde is Lucy, We are both 17 and we live on the run. We only take things we need. I'm a solid script mage and she's a celestial wizard. Any more questions? Oh and by the way, we're both female." She states and Gajeel grumbled.

"Yea we can tell that you're female, captain obvious." Levy shot him a menacing glare and he held up his hands in a surrendering position.

It was then that the slight shuffle of blankets were heard and a groan of annoyance from the other side of the curtain was heard, looks like sleeping beauty was awake!