Dragon Boy and Princess

Chapter 23

Heyo! What's up! Who's mad at me for not updating in forever? You guys are! Yes, you are! Please don't kill me! *hides in my little author's corner* I'm sorry, guys, really. It's just that I haven't had the Nalu motivational spark flare up in me recently. Don't get me wrong, I still ship Nalu very much, but my mind is taken up by other things at the moment. Like a new all original story idea that I thought up during seven hours in the car. I can't tell you guys what it is yet, but I'm planning on it being my big debut novel. Hopefully, but it is in part inspired by this awesome book I recently read in only two days called An Ember in the Ashes. BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!! Go read it!!!! I will bite your head off if you don't!!! Now, with that out of my system and with the conviction that you will go buy the book the second you read this, I present to you without further ado, Chapter 23!!

Lucy, Erza, and Levy met Gray, Juvia, and Cana at the front gates after Lucy changed into some of her "nightclothes" for the outing and grabbed her sword and a cloak. She was wearing a strapless, pastel, lime green top with ruffles that fanned out at the end, dark blue jeans and the small heeled black boots she wore to see Natsu every night. Over that she had her midnight blue cloak on, which was the only way she could go to town and not be noticed. Her hood was up and her left hand was sitting on the hilt of her concealed sword.

"Ready to go?" Lucy asked them.

They all nodded and clambered into the waiting carriage.

When they arrived in town, Lucy looked around in wonder. Everything seemed to be sparkling, probably the effect of not having visited the capital city she lived in in a couple years.

"It's so beautiful!!" she exclaimed.

"It's always been this way," Gray smirked.

"Yeah, well I haven't really gotten to see it recently now have I?" she huffed at him.

"Right, I forgot about that."

"Gray-sama! Can we go over there?" Juvia asked excitedly, pointing at some stand further down the street.

"I-uh," He looked at Lucy pleadingly.

"Of course you can go, Gray! I've got Erza and Cana here with me," she said turning to look at the two, then frowning. "Where did Cana go?"

Everyone turned to where Cana had just been standing.

"I never noticed her leave," Levy said, shocked.

"How did she even get her job?" Lucy asked.

"She was sober," Gray and Erza explained.

"No way!" Lucy said incredulously.

"Don't worry, we found it hard to believe too," they both said, putting their hands on Lucy's shoulders.

"Man, I gotta see that at some point."

"I don't think that's ever gonna happen, Lu-chan," Levy said.

"Yeah, you're probably right," Lucy sighed. "Well I'm sure we'll find her sooner or later. You can go with Juvia, Gray. I'll be fine with Erza and Levy."

Juvia didn't wait any longer to drag Gray off to Mavis knows where.

"Don't do anything dirty!!" Levy yelled after them, and Lucy was sure that the thud that was heard after that was Gray falling on the floor.