Love in War

Chapter 32

Lucy's POV:

The party was going great as I watched it unfold; levy was dancing with who I presume to be her date, he was nearly two heads taller then her, his long black hair was tied up in a low ponytail, he had piercing all over his face and his deep red eyes were glued to her. I'm happy levy found a guy that likes her, but if he hurts a hair on her head he is so dead. Mira is the bell of the ball, she has danced with nearly every guy here, and Cana has nearly cleaned the palace of all alcoholic beverage.

every thing was going great. I even got to talk to one of my old friends Gray, he is the prince of a kind in in the far north and we haven't seen each other since we were kids so it was good to see him again. The girl I'm guessing he brought was hiding behind a pillar trying not to be noticed but also stalking him, her long wavy blue hair looked like the ocean on a peaceful afternoon and her eyes would give the sky a run for its money. Apparently they were shipwrecked together and were rescued about a month ago, and her name is Juvia . I'm glad they're safe. Natsu kept glaring at Gray the same way Juvia kept glaring not at me whenever me and Gray got to close to each other. I found it pretty funny.

Around midnight the party calmed down just a little bit because most everyone was just a little tired from dancing. I heard many story's about people around the world, a runaway scarlet knight that fell in love with a fugitive, a puppet master and a tiger, a demon that was struck by lightning; some of the stories seemed far fetched but others seemed very believable. I was about to go find Natsu again when I ran into someone.

Her tan skin complimented the light green dress, and her short white hair was decorated with Brad and a darker green flower. When we both it the floor the sound of two small metal objects hitting the ground rung in my ears as I helped her look for the things she had dropped, a few feet away from me was a small golden key.

I picked it up to examine it when the girl spoke up," that's mine, thank you for finding it." I looked up to see her head tilting downward as if she were nervous, her quite voice was very hard to hear o et the chitchat of party members, but it was clear to me I had to give it back.

I handed her the key and she put in in her other hand were I saw a glimpse of another golden key, and it hit me like a ton of bricks, those are the last keys I need to free them all.

I quickly stood up and pulled the girl to get feet," follow me." I said as I pulled her into the halls of the palace away from the nobility. Excitedly I took her hands and stared into her dark brown eyes as I whispered,"can I ask you for a favor?"