Lucy's POV:
"Let me go! Unhand me you...you..." I didn't know what to describe him. I didn't know what he was, "Monster!" And I didn't dare show him my weak side.
"Princess, stop struggling or you'll make it hard on both of us!" Natsu snapped as he hauled me up on his arms, my face hitting his scaly back.
I screamed and hit his back, "Help!" I yelled, "Someone help me!"
"No one is here to help you, my lovely daughter," My father came walking by a few minutes later.
"Father?" I stopped hitting Natsu--excuse me, Lord Dragneel--when I saw Father approach him as if they were best friends. Then, and only then, was when I finally got some answers.
That smirk, and the menacing look on his face, frightened me a little. I'm about to be handed to this...creature in exchange for protection of the kingdom of Crocus. Well, as long as everyone is safe, I'll be happy to give my life for the people of my kingdom. At least, that's what my mother taught me before she passed away.
I relaxed a little, knowing that this is all part of the plan to protect the kingdom. I'm doing this for the people, I thought, and for my father.
Still, I was shocked, angry, but mostly shocked. My father, the king of Crocus, traded his only daughter for the trust of this monster. Right when the crown should have touched my blonde head, someone had to have taken it. That someone, my father, took away the only thing that made up my very existence, my job of becoming the next queen.
But of course, no one would listen to me. They would think I was just a fragile princess, too young and too innocent to take such a significant job as I have prepared to do. They would think I'm a precious little girl who they would keep locked up and kept guard. But no, not anymore. After this is all over, after the war is done, I'll come back and take my place. I'll show my people what a lady can do. After all, I'm only eighteen.
"Now that you know everything, please keep yourself fastened as the ride may have some turbulence...major turbulence," I thought I saw Natsu--sorry, Lord Dragneel--grin. Oh no..this can't be good...
Everything happened in a flash. Natsu's wings bolted upwards, as he ran to the front gates, carrying me like a haystack. My head slammed against his scaly back and I snapped at him. He just laughed and started raising his wings upwards then downwards. That's when everything happened in a flash. The first thing I knew, I was on the ground. The next thing I knew, I was in the air.
