The Princess's Protector

Chapter 11: Answer

I'm sorry for not updating, I really am, but speech team has been occupying all of my time lately and I wish I could keep updating this as much as I had at the beginning!! Yes, the story plot is kind of confusing but it will all be explained over the next few chapters to just read on!!!

Natsu shut the door behind Lucy in a hurry, his arm stretched taut and his head hung low, catching his breath. Lucy leaned on her knees, too, gasping down lungfuls of air.

"What the hell Natsu!?" Lucy screamed between breaths. "Why'd we just run away like that."

"Itsatrapofsimekind." Natsu muttered.

Lucy frowned. "What?"

The prince sighed, standing tall over the blonde. "The girl we saved..." Natsu paused, turning his head to the left and biting his lip.

"What?" Lucy looked into Natsu's eyes with an unwavering gaze; it always made people talk.

"The girl we saved," Natsu said, releasing a breath, "I know her."

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Erza's hand slammed on the wooden counter of the bar, then she cringed, reminded by the pain of her injury.
"They left?! Why!?"

"I don't know. They just suddenly ran...like their lives depended on it. Very peculiar." Mirajane replied, wiping over the spot Erza's hand was, moments before. Erza rose from her bar stool.

"I'm going to talk to the master. Is he in his office?"

Mira nodded, eyes lingering on Erza's injured shoulder.

"It's fine. Thanks, Mira."

Erza walked to the master's office in silence. The pair that had helped her...they couldn't be ordinary people, especially the girl.
She could heal.
He could do....things with fire.

"So master, that's why I think we need to track them down. I—they saved my ass as well as my mission...I need to thanks them as well as make sure that they're not a threat."

The master nodded approvingly, his high white brows scrunched together in concentration. "Very well, then, but I can almost assure you that they're harmless. They might even prove to be an asset to us, within the guild or not."

Erza nodded respectively, unconsciously rubbing her head. The master sighed.

"Have the visions been coming back again?" He said to her, softly, partly to not be overheard but mostly in concern. Erza grimaced and nodded.

"I–I think I'm going to lay down.."

"Of course."

Erza twisted the door handle–

"Erza." The master called. She half-turned to him. "Does this pair of individuals have anything to do with the visions?"

Erza paled, not wanting to admit...
"Yes."
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"Your captain of the guard is the same person?!"