Once Upon a Fairy Tail {A Fairy Tail Fanfiction}

Chapter Six: Sinbad The Salior Part I

Lucy didn't care where she was, but she knew that the bed was warm and fluffy and oh-so-comfortable, and as such, she didn't move from her position, only snuggling into the bed even more. It was so... so fluffly!

(No matter that 'fluffly' wasn't even a word...)

She was so comfortable that she almost forgot that she was, in fact, stuck in a magical book with her dense loudmouth of a best friend, and that she could have been sleeping in a prison for all she knew.

The thought didn't occur to Lucy for a single second as she sighed into the comforter; but it most certainly sprang into her mind when a rough hand suddenly grabbed her, yanked the blonde from the sheets, and bound and gagged her.

Lucy tried to scream and struggled fiercely, but to no avail. She could have sworn that she heard a deep male voice curse, but she was too panicked to pay any attention. Instead, as a blindfold slipped over her eyes and she was forced into silence, she wondered for the millionth time where Natsu was whenever one needed him.

Her legs were tightly tied, which was a bummer- Lucy knew that while her power didn't match up to that of her teammates' (and Erza. Oh, god, especially Erza when you had accidentally eaten her cake), she could deal a mean kick.

Lucy hated being a damsel-in-distress, but for now, she would patiently wait out the situation in hopes she could salvage it. Her captor uttered a grunt of relief that she had finally stopped struggling, and quickly raced away, feet padding along quickly, until at last she heard the quelling sound of the ocean and the boisterous talk of seamen.

(Well, she was now officially doomed, seeing as Natsu both hated water and ships.)

He actually despised anything that moved, Lucy thought bitterly, but this was in no way a pacifying thought; Natsu wouldn't be coming to save her any time soon if she were really being transported onto a ship.

Sure enough, the sounds of the waves and sailor-talk grew louder, and she was harshly dumped onto what she could only assume to be the deck of the ship. It was rocking slightly, and she was leaned against a mast; her hands were quickly tied to it.

The second Lucy's mouth was free, she spat out, "You'll never get away with this!"

"Don't try to struggle," came the monotonic reply. Lucy was shocked to hear that the voice sounded suspiciously like... Erza? If only the blindfold would be removed...!

Bitter from the distinct knowledge that she had no idea what chapter she was in (and had there ever been a Fairy Tail like this, anyway?), Lucy settled into an angry silence, suppressing an angry huff.

It seemed like forever until the ship started, but Lucy was surprised to see the blindfold removed after what may or may not have been an hour or two. She opened her mouth to shout at her captors, or perhaps sweet-talk them into untying her hands...

...but her mouth snapped quickly to prevent it from seeming like she was openly gaping like a fish. "Erza!"

The scarlet-haired woman cocked a delicate eyebrow. "You know my name?"

Now that Lucy had her vision back, she could see the planks and boards of the ship, as well as the crew that was on it. "Gray! Juvia! Cana, Elfman, Mirajane, Lisanna!" Along with them were a varying amount of other people, all that she recognized from Fairy Tail. A surge of relief- from familiarity- was quickly fought down by panic from her unfamiliar surroundings.

Each of them showed varying distaste at her knowledge of their names, but it settled into suspicion. "Oi, Erza," Cana grunted. She took a swig from her bottle. "What's with the Princess knowing our names?" Princess. Figured.