Fiore and Dragnof have been at war with each other for three years. The war started because the king of Fiore, Makorov Dreyar, accused the queen of Dragnof, Irene Belserion, of stealing his jewels. She denied it, saying that she would never do such...
"Goodbye, mother." Erza says to Irene. She was leaving Dragnof to go and fight by Stella's side, their allied kingdom, "I'll be taking Natsu, Gray, and Lucy with me. If you don't mind."
"Do what you please, child." She says in a hushed voice, "bring a win, we need them to trust us before we crush them!"
"Yes, of course," Erza nods, "The carriage should be outside, I'll see you in a couple of years, Mother." Irene sat on her throne, holding her staff tightly.
"I'll miss you, Erza." She wipes a tear out of her eye. Erza laughs and turns around, ready to walk out the door, "and whatever you do, come back here alive."
Erza waved her hand, "I know, I won't throw away the life Natsu fought so hard to protect. I'll miss you too, mother." The guard opens the door for her to leave. She walks out, a smile across her face, "bye," the guard opens the door of the carriage where the nauseous Natsu, Lucy, and Gray sat.
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A week later... "Your highness," a guard walks to Irene, "I have a letter to you from the Fiore Kingdom." He bows down, walks to her, hands her the letter, walks back to where he was standing, and stands still.
"That so?" She looks at the letter, "I was going to speak to Acnologia, but I guess that can wait." She opens the letter and looks inside.
"Queen Irene Belserion, I must talk to you, it's urgent. If you're not busy, I hope we can meet today. Some of my jewels are missing, the Securty lacrimal show the last person in there was from the Dragnof kingdom. I would like to ask you why you would send a spy to steal my Jewel. -King Mokorov Dryer of Fiore"
Irene grins with amusement, "my, my, what a stubborn old man." When people who are born in Dragnof turn 18, they get a tattoo of a dragon. Just so wherever they go, they always remember where they were originally from. An example of it on Natsu,
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Erza has a blue mark, she tattooed it on her arm. Natsu, as you see here, has it in red on his arm. Lucy got it in red on her back, and Gray got it on blue. It is tattooed on his chest. Irene has it in black, tattooed on her right thigh.
She laughs, crumbles it up, and throws it on the ground, "who knew? He couldn't be more wrong."
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At the meeting... The king of Fiore sat there in silence, so did the Queen of Dragnof. They do not speak a word. King Mokorov breaks the silence by walking to the window, looking outside, and saying, "I really don't understand why you would do something like this, Queen Irene. You live in a kingdom full of humans, dragons, and wizards."
"Why would you think I would send a spy, King Mokorov? I know better. Your kingdom and mine have been allies since the beginning, why would I do that?" She explains. He sighs, "besides, I don't need your jewel."
"That may be true but my people need it. I need to pay people's work, dear Irene. Now tell me, why did I see the emblem on their arm?" He asks, his voice hushed and calm.
"Might have been born in kingdom...but it doesn't mean they can be loyal. You know, I have many people with tattoos like that yet they leave." Irene sat down on the table in the middle. If you enter the room, you see a big wall made of glass to look outside. There is a fluffy white carpet in the middle, a wooden table and chairs, and a chandelier. The floor is tile and the walls are marble.
"They're still a part of your kingdom. You know, I treat everyone in Fiore like my own children. They mean everything to me, their smiles, their happiness, and them having fun. No matter if they betray you or not, they're still your children."
"You make me laugh," Irene let's out a chuckle, "Even so, I never sent them. How long are we going to talk about this? It's boring me."
"Until you say the truth!" Makorov turns around and yells at her. She frowns, "admit it, you sent that person to steal it!"
"I did not!" She stands up, "if I did, you can ask my guards if someone came to the palace with a chunk of jewels!" He frowns, "My kingdom doesn't need your jewel after all, we've got more then you make, old man."
"That's not true and you know it, wretch." He says.
"Oh it's true. Did you see your kingdoms people? So many are in dark guilds and the all mighty King Mokorov cannot do anything about it." She sits down and crosses her legs.
"This is war, Irene." He says, his voice cold and stiff.
"Your dying kingdom will be late to rest, Makorov." She says, her voice cold and stiff.
The next day, Makorov sent a magical army to burn the Dragnof kingdom. The dragons found out and went after his army. And so the war began. Everyday, every night, every week, every month, for three years, nonstop. Sure, they had days to rest but it was back to battle right after.
Let's just hope the princess, daughter of Irene, and the prince, grandson of Makorov, can stop this madness. Many innocent people have lost their houses, many lives have been taken away...that includes children. This is how the war started. Stupid, isn't it? Who was the one who stole the jewel? Was it Irene? Was Makorov setting her up to take her kingdom down? We'll know...someday.
