A Prince

Chapter 2. Second Prince Of Fiore

There was a loud thud as Natsu collapsed on the floor. Erza rushed over to his with Gray, Lucy stayed still. Lucy watched the door open.

"It seems someone else took the poison," A voice came from behind. Erza glared at the woman before her and scowled. Lucy looked at the woman's black hair and smirk, it was for her.

"Why, why did you do this?" Gray asked. 

"I'll give you the antidote, only if you give me the girl," The woman said. Erza looked at Lucy and shook her head.

"No, we'll find the antidote by ourselves," Erza said.

"That won't do, the poison will last for two hours before it kills him, I doubt you'll find the antidote," Lucy walked over to the woman and stood beside her. Gray and Erza looked at her, shocked, not knowing what to do. Erza seemed to calm down first and signal Gray to not to do anything.

"Come on, get on the horse," The woman said before closing the door shut. Gray stared at the door and closed his eyes. 

"Erza, who was that?" Gray asked Erza after a few minutes of silence. He looked at his best friend's lifeless body and let out a big breath.

"It was Minerva, part of Prince Sting's army. Remember, this country has many kingdoms and we're in the top one," Erza smirked. Gray laid back and waited.

"You have come, and you do meet all my expectations," Sting said after shutting his phone to a close. Lucy stood still as he circled her. "Now, Minerva told me someone else took to the poison and not you," Sting said.

"Yeah, about that, can I have the antidote for my friend?" Lucy asked. Sting stopped in front of the window and smirked. He picked up something from his desked and opened the little red box.

"Only if you put this ring on your finger," Sting had a ring between his two fingers. It had a few diamonds and it was gold. She could tell all of it was real and nothing was plastic. 

"Sure, just save him," Lucy said. She took the ring and begun to put it on her finger.

"I object!" A familiar voice yelled from behind. Lucy dropped the ring on the floor and looked at the open doors behind her.

"Who the hell are you, guards!" Sting yelled. Erza and Gray walked in. Gray kicked a motionless body. Erza swung her sword behind her and it disappeared into thin air. 

"I am someone you should know, Prince Sting of Crocus! I am Prince Natsu, the second prince of Fiore!" Natsu said. 

'A Prince?' Lucy thought to herself. She didn't expect this to happen. 

"Eh?" Sting said to himself. He looked closely at the boy's hair and gulped. 

"Are you okay?" Lucy asked as she rushed towards him. 

"Yeah, why?" Natsu asked. Lucy's mouth opened wide and Erza was the one to first notice it. She shut her mouth closed and it opened again.

"I see, you're the one that took the poison! It was to immobilise Lucy, here, but, you took it," Sting said proudly. Natsu rolled his eyes and looked back at Lucy.

"Oh, that's what we're talking about! I grew immune to all sorts of poisons, kind of, so yeah!" Natsu shrugged. He ruffled her hair before lighting his fist.

"He has magic?" Lucy asked Erza and Gray. Natsu walked towards the blonde man and smirked. Sting looked at his hand and tried to light it on with his light magic. He hadn't trained as much and couldn't summon it as fast as a normal person.

"Yeah, Dragon Slayer Magix," Gray said. Sting pushed over a candle and created a firewall in between them. Natsu inhaled deeply and tried to suck it in.

"He can eat fire," Natsu blew out the fire he just ate at the Prince.

"Breathe fire and attack with fire. He's immune to explosions and fire!" Erza laughed. Sting landed at the balcony behind him and shattered his phone. 

"Any last words?" Natsu asked. He had squatted down on the ground with his fist inches away from Sting's face.

"He's not gonna kill him, is he?" Lucy asked Gray. Gray let out a little laugh and Lucy gasped.

"No, he's just gonna tell his court and he'll be suspended from doing anything but paperwork! Nothing to say to anyone about leaving or any new meetings," Gray said to her.

Natsu unlit his hand and looked over at Lucy. "Wanna say anything to him?" He asked her. Lucy grabbed something from her pockets and walked over to the balcony. 

"Take it, if you have the guts to poison someone, why don't you take it? Why can't you be someone that people can respect? How did you end up like this," Lucy asked. Sting took the thing from her hand.

"The sweet..." He said to himself.

"If you don't want anyone to know what happened for the past whatever days, you cannot think about Luce, talk about Luce, or even be in a five-metre radius of Luce!" Natsu growled.

"Sure," He stuttered. Natsu hung his head down and laughed before dropping down his fist. 

"Thank you, for saving me," Lucy said to the three before him. Natsu looked down at her, sitting on the floor and bowing her head. Erza looked at her before finishing scolding Sting. Rogue rushed in and bumped into Gray. 

"Er, sorry," Rogue muttered. He joined up with Erza and started to utter some cuss words.

"It was no big deal, you are a friend of mine, aren't you?" Natsu asked her. Lucy looked up and saw his big toothy grin.

"I guess so," She murmured. Natsu sighed and sat on the floor opposite her.

"Well, since you have nowhere to go and you are my friend, Why don't you come with me?" Natsu asked.

"Thank you!"