The Dragon Princess

Chapter 18

Lucy POV:

That last job was amazing! We had to fight a group of bandits and I was able to use my dragon force to help fight them, my dragon force gives me pure white scales on my arms and face and also gives me really cool dragon hands. The dragon hands have grey claws and cover my hands in white scales which shimmer softly in the sunlight, as we walk back to the guild Sakura sits on my shoulder telling me I was amazing on the job. Natsu then picks me up and carries me on his shoulders as we laugh and talk more, I'm really warming up to everyone now. But I'm still scared that the council will come for me, they always said the best place for me would be six foot under. 

"Hey Lucy, you ok?" Natsu asks me.

"Yeah just thinking, I'm not too heavy am I?" I ask looking down at his face.

"Nah you're tiny! You hardly weigh anything." He says and begins to pick up the pace walking to the guild hall.

"Slow down Natsu!" I squeal.

"Speed up?! Ok!" He yells and begins running with the others hot on our heels.

I squeal at the top of my lungs but then Natsu stops dead in his tracks, pulling me from his shoulders he hides me behind his back. I take a small look from behind him and notice its the council, they are walking towards the guild hall with all the council members in tow. Have they finally come for me?

"Damn it." Natsu curses under his breath.

"Natsu..." I say looking up at him.

"Erza bring out the shackles." Natsu says as he kneels down to face me. "We're going to have to dress you like a prisoner ok? And....we need to make it look like your injured...." 

"How are we going to do that?" Wendy asks helping Erza to put the shackles around my ankles and wrists. "I'll take care of your keys for you Lucy." 

"Thank you, and the only way your going to make me look like I'm injured is to actually hurt me..." I say and Sakura lands on my shoulder.

"They can't do that! You won't will you?" She asks fearfully.

"They have to, its the only way the council will believe I'm still a prisoner." I say and stand away from everyone.

Placing Sakura down on the ground I turn to face everyone.

"Only superficial wounds....Then we'll bandage me up and I'll be ok." I say and everyone looks at me with sad looks on their faces.

"We can't do that Lucy, you're one of our own now. Your a part of our family." Erza says taking a step towards me.

"I know that, but they are going to take me away if they see I'm being treated like a normal girl. I don't want to leave..." I say as the tears come flowing down my cheeks.

Erza steps forward and wraps her arms around me allowing me to sob into her, being with these people has made me feel wanted. When I was in the council prison I was made to feel like scum like someone who needed to be put down, but here I'm loved and cared for.

"Hey Lucy!" Sakura yells. "What about Maya? Her Illusions are so powerful I doubt the magic council will be able to see through them!" 

"Your right! But I can't use my keys with these shackles on." I explain. "Maybe if I call her in my mind she might come out, pick her key for me Sakura." 

Sakura shuffles through my keys until she finds a holographic key, the top of the key has a dragons head that changes depending on the way you hold it and the base of the key is swirly like smoke. Sakura places the key down in front of me and then nods for everyone to go back, I focus on the key and then say the summoning spell in my mind.

"I, Princess of the Dragons! Command this gate to open!" I shout inside my head while the key glows slightly. "Open Portal of the Illusion Dragon!" 

The key swirls softly and then a small dragon pops out in a cloud of silver dust, blinking her soft green eyes at me she pads over giving everyone else a snarl.

"Maya, don't be rude." I say as she sits at my feet. "We don't have much time, I need you to make me look like I'm injured." 

"Why princess?" She asks in her bell like voice.

"Dont ask any questions Maya, its complicated. Can you just do this for me?" I ask her.

She nods her head and then roars at me, I feel her magic surge inside me. Opening my eyes I notice I look like I've been through hell, I have bruises and cuts all over my body and she even added some bandages and scars. She nods at her handiwork and then disappears, I put on a limp and then look at the others.

"Ready to go?" I ask.

Everyone nods and we then make out way to the guild hall, people glance at me with shocked expressions since I always come back looking perfectly fine with the team. People point and stare but I'm used to it, since I look like Lucy from Fairy Tail people used to stare at me. As we reached the guild hall Sakura turned into her pixie form and hid in Erza's pocket, its safer that way since they might have information about her. Natsu pushes the guild door's open and we step in with me in the rear limping and acting for all I'm worth.

"How was the job?" Master asks while casting a quick glance at me.

"Completed with no trouble, now get back into your cell." Natsu says giving me a kick in the back.

I skid across the floor and then stand up, glancing at the council members I walk slowly to my cell. Once I'm inside I listen to what they are saying about me.

"So her sentence has been decided?" Master asks.

"Yes, the only punishment worthy of such a spawn of Zeref." Gran Doma says.

"What is the sentence?" Natsu asks butting into the conversation.

"Its one that hasn't been used in centuries, but its the only thing we could think to use in the circumstances." Gran Doma says.

"Well tell us what the sentence is!" Natsu yells and I can tell he's getting angry.

"Death. She will have her magic energy sucked out of her and then she will be hanged, we will come for her in two days." Another council member says and then I notice them all walk out.

I sit on the floor of my cell and the tears come flowing down my cheeks, the spell on me wears off and I'm back dressed in my nice clothes. But I still sit there sobbing, I won't ever see my family again, I won't be able to complete my mission. I won't be able to save Natsu....

This is where my destiny will be decided, if I become who I was born to be.

Or if Zeref might get his hands on me....