The Dragon Princess

Chapter 14

Lucy POV:

Its time for us to head back to the guild now and I'm a little nervous about it, I sit on the windowsill of the hotel we've been staying in and sigh softly. I'm scared about what the guild will say once they know who I am, will they use me? Use my dragons? I decide to go for a walk so I jump down from the windowsill and then walk to the door, everyone is packing right now and Sakura is asleep so it'll just be me. I tiptoe out and then run down the hallways and then into the forest where we met Frost, I place my hand on a tree and then feel my image changing. My hair turns a deep forest green and my eyes turn as green as grass, I kneel down and then place my hand on the floor and a small pink flower begins to grow.

"Pretty." Someone says from behind me.

I turn around and see Wendy, she's wearing a soft yellow top with a blue skirt. She also has on ankle socks with frills and black shoes and in her hair is a small silver clip, she walks over and admires the flower.

"Can you do that all the time?" She asks me.

"Yeah, anywhere where there is nature, or green things like grass and trees." I say and stand up feeling my hair turn back to normal.

"We're ready to leave now, and the town would like to thanks us." She says and offers me a hand.

"They'll want to thank you, not me. I'm just your prisoner who's forced to come along." I say hanging my head.

"They still want to thank you, they've been referring to you as the dragon whisperer. Since you were the one who controlled the dragon Frost, they want to award you a medal!" Wendy says excitedly.

I look at her in awe as she takes my hand and leads me through the crowd of people who are standing before a podium, we climb the steps and the crowd erupts into cheers. My face goes bright red and Natsu nudges me forward, I give him a glare but Erza then takes my hand and leads me forward again.

"Here she is, this is Lucy Dragonite." Erza says smiling at the mayor who looks at me with a huge grin.

"Well my dear Lucy, my humble town of BlosomVill are in your debt. You captured the dragon and made it seal away the winter it brought with it, please tell us more of your tale." He says smiling.

"Well I didn't really capture the dragon, I sent her home. Her name was Frost and she'd escaped, so it was my duty to send her home to her parents. And I can guarantee that she wont cause anymore trouble." I say and do a small curtsey.

"You say that she was sent home? Where is her home?" He asks me eyeing me up and down.

"I can't possibly tell you sir, but I'm happy that I could help the town." I say and then step back.

"Well as a sing of our gratitude please accept this medal." He says and passes me a small box.

I open it and look at the medal inside, its a rose shaped medal on a crimson silk ribbon. The rose is a pale pink and the edges are gold, I lift it carefully from the box and then attach it onto the white dress I have on. With the award ceremony finished Erza, Natsu, Grey and Wendy go and collect their things while Carla, Sakura, Happy and I sit and wait on the station platform. Once everyone arrived after collecting their bags we climb into our train carriage and then sit down ready for the three hour long journey, I tuck my knees under the skirt of my dress and then look out of the window. Its much nicer seeing it without all the snow, I then untuck my legs and pull out Frost's key. 

"Everything ok Lucy?" Natsu asks me.

"Yeah I just miss the others, its weird not seeing them day after day. I especially miss my mother, she would always help me if I was sad." I say and can feel the tears fill my eyes.

"What was she like? My dad Igneel was awesome! And he had flame red scales." Natsu says and then keels over with a green face.

"Motion Sickness?" I ask Grey.

"Yeah, he used to use Wendy's Troia spell but it doesn't work anymore. Why don't you get motion sickness like the pyro?" He asks me while Natsu grumbles.

"Well mom told me its because I'm still young, but I was told by Aunt Dina that when she healed me when I was a baby she made it so I would never get Motion Sickness." I say and hold Frost's key tighter. "I'll never be strong enough to summon them with these on." I hold my shackled hand and legs out.

"When we get back I'll ask master if we can take them off slowly, get you and everyone else used to your level of magic." Erza says placing a hand on my head.

"I'd love to be able to see everyone again, Iggy, Dina and Mcana will love to see their children again too." I say and then lean against Erza.

She wraps an arm around me and then pulls me a little closer, I feel my eyes become heavy and I soon fall asleep. The next thing I know Erza is giving me small nudges, I open my eyes and look at her.

"We're at our stop, come on." She says and stands up.

I pick up my bag and then climb off the train, as we walk I notice everyone is giving me weird glances. I attach Frost's key to the hook under my dress because I plan to put it back once I get chance, Erza then places a hand on my shoulder.

"Lucy, we need to take Frost's key from you. You broke the rules that the council gave us when you took the key, and because of that you're not around food or water for the next five days." She says and I can tell her voice is tight.

Once we walked into the guild I'm taken straight to my cell, I'm given an old dress and told to change into it. The cell is then locked and the members who put me in walk away, Natsu and his team are watching me and I smile slightly at them.

"Don't worry, I'll be ok. When I was with the council I wasn't fed for weeks at a time, just take care of Sakura for me while I'm here." I say and then lie down on the dirty blanket on the floor.

I lie down on the blanket and turn to face the wall, I can feel the tears fall from my eyes. I notice the hair thats hanging over my shoulders has turned blue so that must mean that the others can see my tears, I stop them instantly and then take deep breaths to try and calm down. Its going to be a long five days....