The Princess and the Commoner

Chapter 20: Lost and Found

Wendy slowly sat up and groaned, she yawned and looked around. Natsu was snoring on the bed next to her and she smiled slightly, 

"Natsu, there's food downstairs. I'm going to go get some see you later." She looked over to Natsu. He groaned and sat up. He looked over to Wendy and sighed in exhaustion, 

"Wait for me..." Wendy smiled and laughed, 

"You're not really a morning person are you Natsu? I'll wait for you." Natsu slowly stood up and walked to the door. Wendy followed after Natsu and closed the door behind them. They slowly went down the stairs and to the area Alice said there was going to be food. Natsu walked up to the counter and got a plate loaded with food. Wendy grabbed her food and they both sat down at one of the tables. Natsu started wolfing down his food and Wendy laughed at him as food went everywhere, 

"And you eat a lot too huh?" Natsu nodded. Then, Natsu slightly slowed down eating and looked around without moving his head. Wendy listened in close and looked around. There was a table of people looking at them. Natsu kept eating like nothing happened. Wendy and Natsu finished their food and walked back up the stairs and back into their room. They both sat down on their beds and listened close. There was someone walking up the stairs and Wendy listened intently, 

"Do you think they are the mages from Fairy Tail? The one's we have at the base keep talking about someone coming to get them." Natsu clenched his fists but kept listening, 

"Yeah. It's the Salamander and the Sky Maiden. I can't believe that they thought they could hide the fact that they are from Fairy Tail by covering their guild marks. They're two of the three dragon slayers, of course we would know them by their looks!" 

"Shhh! Be quiet, they could hear us." Natsu slowly layed down on his bed, making sure to make as much noise as possible, 

"Let's get some sleep Wendy, we need to replenish our magic energy so that we can go find the others." Natsu nodded to Wendy and she layed down on her bed with a loud sigh, 

"Ok. I feel pretty weak after Aria drained our power. Night Natsu..." The two dragon slayers stayed still for a moment before their door opened. The men that were talking outside walked in and looked at Natsu and Wendy, 

"Let's take them. Aria successfully drained them so they are weaker than they would normally be." Natsu heard someone walk up to his bed and take something out of a bag, 

"Yeah." Natsu was about to burst up when the man pushed something in his arm and his body went completely limp. His eyes shot open and he yelled out as loud as he could, 

"WENDY RUN!" Wendy sat up and looked at Natsu in horror. Tears formed in her eyes and she ran out of the room as fast as she could. Some of the men attempted to run after her but their boss shook his head, 

"There's no use in trying to get her." He looked to Natsu and grinned evilly which sent chills up Natsu's spine, "Besides, we have the strongest dragon slayer right here." Natsu started getting sleepy. The drug the men put in Natsu made him unable to move and knocked him out. He struggled staying awake but quickly passed out. 

"Good work fellas. Now all we need to do is take Salamander to master and watch as he is tortured with the rest of his pathetic Fairy Tail friends. One of the men laughed and picked up Natsu on their shoulder, 

"Let's deliver our present to the master." The men laughed and walked out of the room. They went down the stairs and past Alice, she looked at Natsu in horror, 

"What do you think you're doing?!" Their boss walked up to Alice and grinned, 

"We're taking the Salamander to our master, got a problem with that?" Alice backed up and watched as Natsu was taken away by mysterious mages. 

"I'm sorry Natsu. I thought you were going to be safe here." 

~*~

Lucy watched as their guard took Gray and pulled him out of the cell, 

"Leave him alone!" Erza rushed at the man again but he just pushed her back and she slammed into the cell wall. They guards had been smart and put magic canceling chains on them. Lucy crawled over to Erza with tears in her eyes, 

"Erza, are you ok?" Erza nodded and sat up in pain, 

"I'm fine Lucy." Erza, Lucy, Gray, and Happy had been in the same place for about 3 weeks and they hadn't seen Gajeel, Levy, Lily, or Carla. They had left Natsu and Wendy at the hotel that they had found and Lucy was happy that they were safe. Lucy turned to see someone walking down the hallway, 

"Master was pretty happy with our surprise. I'm glad that we thought of taking him with us." The man walked over to the cell Lucy, Erza, and Happy were in. He grinned and opened the door, he motioned to someone else. The man walked up to the cell door and threw someone inside, Lucy looked at the boy in horror, 

"Natsu! What did you do to him?!" Erza shouted at the men and stood up shakily, 

"We gave him some magic that will keep him knocked out as long as we want." Lucy's eyes didn't leave Natsu's still form. She slowly crawled over to him and rolled him over and layed his head on her lap, 

"Natsu..." Tears started falling down Lucy's face. The men laughed and walked away. Lucy looked at Natsu's wrist and saw a strange band. She picked his arm up and looked at his wrist closely, 

"Erza, what is this thing on Natsu's wrist?" Erza walked over to Natsu and looked at his wrist. She pulled a knife out of her boot and cut it off, 

"It was something to shock him. They're planning to hurt him like Gray." Lucy looked at Natsu with a sad face, 

"I'm sorry that you got pulled into this Natsu. You woke up after 3 years and now you are unable to move and are stuck in a cell. And you're going to get hurt, just like Gray..." She layed down on his chest and started crying harder, "The only people that can save us are Gajeel, Levy, Lily, Carla, and Wendy. Assuming that they haven't been taken here too. I don't want you to get hurt Natsu..."