The Guardian [ Gruvia ]

Chapter 9: Her Majesty

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I am sorry for the late update. I am preoccupied at the moment. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Third Person POV

We have been on Fairy Tail's journey to find Juvia for a long time now. Don't you think we should visit her for a change?

Juvia's POV

Right now I am sitting on my bed wearing a beautiful white dress, for no reason at all, and thinking about some things.

I have been isolated in this room for a few days and I don't know where this is going! I don't know what is happening...or what's going to happen. The staff keeps calling me a princess even though I am not one.

I want to know what is going on. I just hope that this isn't just some prince wanting to marry me or something. Right now Gray-sama is the only one for me...I think... That Luke guy is pretty handsome too...Argh! This is no time for that! I have to find out the truth behind all of this!

I stood up from the bed and started slowly walking towards the door. When I reached the door I quietly opened it a little bit just to peek through and see if anybody was there.

No one was in front. That was strange. Well, this is my opportunity. I went out of my room and quietly closed the door.

The hallway was huge and well decorated. I started walking cautiously and looking around at the same time. There were a lot of pictures on the walls and occasionally a statue could be seen around. Is this some kind of castle?

I looked out of the window to see if I could determine where I actually was. Immediately after I looked out of the window I realised my speculations were correct. I'm in a castle! But why?

The window was pretty high from the ground but a lot of soldiers could still be seen near the entrance of the castle. A particular one, probably their leader, was beating up some guy who looked strangely familiar...but I was too far away to see how he looked like.

That explains why there weren't any soldiers guarding the castle within. That was some crazy luck I had. That opportunity would surely be my last so I had to use it.

I started running trough the hallways opening every door I could and trying to find something that looked suspicious. It didn't help that I heard some soldiers slowly entering the castle. It just made me even more nervous.

What to do? What to do?! This is taking too long! My heart was pounding really fast while I was running and searching. Fear of failure started to slowly take over me because all that I found so far was useless. I have to do something before someone sees me. My nervousness made me harder to think. I had to calm myself down and stay positive.

Those hallways looked like a labyrinth, I felt like constantly going in circles. But every maze has to have a goal, the center. I just had to find it. But how?...There must be a place where I haven't looked yet.
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That's it!

I started running once again, now even faster, feeling highly confident about where I was going. There was only one place where I haven't been. Something inside me guided me to it.

Not long after, I could see some kind of gate not far from me. That must be it! I rushed towards it but when I came near it some soldier spotted me.
He ran towards me and it seemed like he was going to call reinforcements...or a certain someone. Maybe that guy who was beating up that guy before? No! Not after I came this far!

I anticipated what he wanted to do so I made my move before he could.

"Water Lock!", I shouted inside my head. Of course I didn't want others to hear me. The soldier was trapped within a water sphere. I kept him like that until he passed out. Once he did, I let him go. Wow, that was really close.