Never let go

1: Ship of destiny

A gloved hand was held out to the blonde in the car as she took it and stepped out of the car, her wide brimmed, purple hat shielding her eyes from the harsh, April sun. A male hand on her shoulder caught her attention and she turned her head to look up at her father, Jude as he smiled.

"Isn't it marvelous, Lucille?" He asked and the girls eyes turned back towards the ship. The Titanic. The girl let out a sigh, holding her parasol on her arm daintily.

"I've seen bigger." She said dismissively as her fiancée, Dan Straight climbed out of the car, his slicked back brown hair shining in the sun. He pulled his pocket watch out of the breast pocket of his suit before tucking back in.

"Oh come on, my love." He said, a large smile overtaking his handsome features. "The Titanic is the biggest to cross the Atlantic. That has to be exciting, am I right?" Dan stood up straight and headed towards the blonde female, placing his hand on her shoulder. "This is the unsinkable ship itself! That on its own has to excite you a little bit."

The girl looked up at the ship as Dan handed a man a large wad of cash to park their car. "How do they know that this ship is unsinkable."

"Well that's it's name, Lucille." Jude said, looking down at her.

"Yes, but how do they know?" Lucille pressed, turning her head to look at her father. She was already mad enough as it was-knowing that once she and her family were back in America, she would be marrying Dan-and her curiosity was beginning to upset her more. This ship was called unsinkable. It had to be unsinkable, right?

"Don't worry your lovely little head with the small details, my pet." Dan said lovingly, making Lucille's nose crinkle in disgust. "I'm sure Mr. Deyer knows what he is doing. Now come along." Dan's hand came to rest on the small of her back as they headed towards the loading ramp, a large, busty woman leading a small corgi up the ramp in front of them.

"Where is Levy?" Lucille asked, referring to the maid the blonde had decided to bring back with her. Dan and Jude sighed before Jude muttered under his breath:

"Long gone hopefully."

Lucille pursed her lips, puffing out her cheeks in annoyance as the two men at the door nodded respectively towards her.

"She got here before us." Dan assured. "She'll meet up with you, my dear."

~иєνєя ℓєт gσ~

Four men sat in a smoke filled room, cards in their hands, coins, bills and two tickets resting on the graffiti filled table in the middle. The salmon haired man eyed the white haired man to his left and then the dog eared man to his left. His friend across the table held onto his cards tightly, chewing onto his bottom lip as his Ebony hair fell from below his newsboy cap and into his dark eyes.

"Alright." The salmon haired man said, pulling the thin cigarette from his mouth and blowing out a small stream of smoke. "It's win or die time. Let's see 'em." He said, his own cards lying face down on the ground. "Toby?" He asked, looking to the man on his right. The man let out a sigh, placing his cards on the table face up. Nothing to his advantage. "Gray?" He then turned to his friend across the table, earning a sigh and a folded deck. "Lyon?" The salmon haired man turned towards the white haired man who in turn smirked confidently, laying his cards down.

"Oh man." The salmon haired man said, leaning back in his chair. "That's a good one. But you want to know what's better?" He asked, catching Gray's attention. "A full house, baby!" The man threw his cards on the table with a hoot, showing the outcome of his hand and jumping up in excitement, his face split in a smile.

"We're going to America?!" Gray exclaimed, eyes wide. The boy turned to him and smiled widely.

"We're going to America!" He confirmed and Gray smiled widely, hollering happily and pulling his hat off his head to swing it joyfully. The boy bent over, wrapping his arms around his winnings and let out a sound of surprise as Lyon took him hastily by the collar of his jacket. The white haired man reeled his fist back and the boy closed his eyes, bracing for the hit. When the sound of skin slapping against skin was heard but wasn't matched with the pain, the boy opened his eyes quickly, watching as Toby stumbled to the ground, falling into a table as Lyon went after him. The boy laughed and grabbed the two tickets on the table, Gray sliding the bills and change into his hat as he cackled.

"We're going to America!" He exclaimed as he clutched the hat tightly to his chest.

"Well boys, if you're going to America, you're ride is leaving in five minutes." The man behind the bar stated, catching the two teens attention. The boys looked at each other and Natsu slung his own hat off of his head, bowing deeply before sprinting off with Gray, his knapsack in his hand as the two teens ran off towards the ship of dreams.

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"We're the luckiest son's of bitches this side of the Atlantic!" The salmon haired boy said, running through waving people and crying couples. "You know that?! I'm going home and we're gonna meet two pretty gals and we'll be scott free for the rest of our god damn lives!" The two run up a ramp, waving their tickets as the ramp was pulled back from the ship. "Wait! Wait hold on! We're passengers!"

"Have you gone through customs?" The man at the door asked in a bored tone.

"Of course. We're Americans. Both of us!" He added the last sentence almost as an after thought. The man looked at them before sighing and holding his hand out to take the tickets. The teens handed their tickets towards them before jumping over, stumbling slightly as the lip caught them off guard. The salmon hair boy smiled as the man at the door held out their tickets and sighed as they were snatched from his hand.

"This is the Titanic!" Gray exclaimed, making his friend smile. Making their way towards their room, they burst inside only to be greeted by a man with large eyebrows and a man with a long beard.

"Hey, Natsu Dragneel." The salmon haired man said, holding his hand out and shaking both of the new men's hands. "This is Gray Fullbuster." The two teens claimed bunks, Natsu shoving Gray as the black haired boy climbed to the top bun. The eyebrow man and his companion looked at one another with quizzical expressions.

"Lyon?" The larger man questioned and the eyebrow man shrugged.

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Alright cx

Chapter One is doooone. What do you guys think? I really hope you like it cx let me know your thoughts!

-Dylan