Hey guys! Sorry for not getting this written sooner. To be honest, since this is the last chapter of this story, I really didn't want to finish it. But I guess things have to come to an end! Well enjoy!

P.S. This story does NOT follow the original story line by Hiro Mashima. All credit for characters goes to Hiro Mashima!

Chapter 10: My Princely Dragon

"AH! I know where she is!" Everyone looked up at the small girl who had a big smile spread across her face.

"That's our Levy!" Jet and Droy, two male teammates of Levy's, said in unison.

"Oh come one guys, stop!" Levy said, trying not to get embarrassed.

"Where is she?" Natsu spoke up, nearly knocking the two guys, standing in front of Levy, down. Levy looked at Natsu, her expression turning serious.

"According to my calculations, Lu-chan was taken to the rumored haunted mansion deep within the forest on the outskirts of town."

"If you'd put a tracker on the girl, this would be a lot faster." Gajeel said, chewing on a handful of nuts and bolts.

"What did ya say, Metal Head?!" Natsu said, bursting into flames of anger.

"Stop it, both of you!" said Erza, pushing the two dragon slayers apart from each other.

"She's right, there isn't time to fight. Lucy-san's in trouble. The note says that they might do something to her if we don't hurry!" This time Wendy piped up, trying to ease the tension between the two.

Natsu stopped and looked at the small dragon slayer and nodded. She was right, Natsu needed to keep calm and get to the real problem at hand. "You said that old creepy mansion, right?" He asked. When Levy nodded her head, Natsu instantly replied with, "Alright."

He knew exactly where the haunted mansion was. He remember when he was little, he and Gray use to have contests on who could stay there the longest without getting scared and running out with their tails between their legs. If course that didn't last long, because once Erza got wind of this, she forced them to stop sneaking into the unoccupied mansion.

Without even thinking, Natsu ran out of the guild hall. Everyone else stood there, looking at each other, then shrugging and running after him.

"Natsu, wait! Weren't you supposed to get Lucy's father?" Lisanna asked, trying to catch up with him. Although the noted did say to bring Jude Heartfilia to them, Natsu decided against it. If he didn't care enough about his own daughter to save her on his own, then he wasn't going to get him involved. Also, Natsu was afraid that if he saw Jude now, he would kill him.

"We don't need him." Natsu said, trying to shove his negative thoughts out of his mind. Lisanna shrugged this off and fell behind so she could run with her sister Mira and her brother Elfman.

"Hang in there Lucy. I'm coming!" Natsu said to himself as he led the guild to the mansion.

"Natsu!" Lucy yelled as she bolted up from the nightmare she was having. She started to shiver as she relived the dream of Natsu walking out of her life forever.

"Where am I?" Lucy said, realizing her whereabouts. She took a good look around the room she was in.

She found herself in a large, dimly lighted room. It was a little similar to her own bedroom. A desk next to the large window; a dresser near the bedroom door; a vanity on one side of the four post king sized bed, and a small Victorian night table on the other side. The only thing different was that all the furniture, except for the bed, was caked with dust that has collected over the years.

Lucy gripped the sheets around her as she swung her legs over the bed. The floor was cold on her bare feet which made her shiver. She didn't know where it came from or how it got there, but she realized that she was wearing a pale blue evening gown made from chiffon fabric. She thought about the creep that changed her clothes and shivered once again.

Wait, what happened to me? Lucy thought, realizing that she was in an unknown place, wearing a dress that she obviously didn't put on herself. She thought hard on what happened. Lucy remember walking into Gray and then she went off running to see Natsu, but when she tried to remember the events after that, her mind went hazy.

"I have to get out of here." Lucy said, trying to brush the fear out of her mind. She quickly walked to the window and looked out, hoping that she could jump from the height. Unfortunately, the room was on the 3rd floor. If she tried to jump, she might kill herself. She turned her head to the door that led out of the room. That's the only way out, I guess. Lucy thought, trying to put on a brave attitude.

She made her way to the large double doors in the room and pushed them open. Once outside, she was met with a long hallway. It seemed that there was a long ballroom located at the end of the corridor. She made her way quickly and quietly to the end and stood there, looking around the large room she was standing in.

"Ah, you're up!" A voice boomed in the large, opened room. Lucy looked around for the owner of the voice, which was located at the other end of the room. There were a couple of claps and the lights instantly turned on and the whole room was filled with brightness that overpowered the darkness outside. "I see you are wearing the lovely dress that my servant put on you." The man said walking closer to Lucy.

When he was more than halfway across the ballroom, Lucy could make out the man's facial features. He was an older man, around the age of her father. His hair, which was black with hints of gray, was combed back, exposing his forehead more that it needed to.

"W-who are you?" Lucy said cautiously.

"My name is Ian Maverick. But you can just call me Ian, my dear." The man said, giving her a slight bow.

Maverick? Lucy knew she had heard that name once before, but she could place her finger on it. "Where am I? And what do you want with me?" Lucy said, talking steps back as Ian took steps towards her. This must have been funny to Ian, because as soon as Lucy asked those questions, he was throwing his head back in laughter. "Why, you are at my mansion, dear. And I plan to use you for my plan." He said while calming his laughter, which was now more evil than before.

"Plan…?" Lucy asked, feeling frightened.

"That for me to know, and you to find out." Ian said smiling, then grabbing Lucy's arm to keep her from running away. Lucy's eyes went wide. She remembered that smile from a long time ago.

She had seen this man before when she was a little girl. She remembered him showing up at her house, her mother and father had a serious expression when faced with the man at the front door. Lucy was scared of the man and she remembered holding the back of her mother's gown to keep herself hidden.

"You're Maverick! You're the one who wanted to ruin my father's business!" Lucy said ripping her arm away from Ian's grip.

"Well darn, I guess the little princess has found me out." Ian said, throwing his head back in laughter once again. "But this time, I will succeed in taking that man down for good." He said with a serious look. His eyes were gleaming with evil and hatred.

Lucy didn't hesitate to run past the man to the other side of the room. She thought she was safe until she unexpectedly tripped over the long gown she was wearing, landing hard on the ground. A ripping sound filling the room.

"You ungrateful girl! You've ripped the dress that I was kind enough to get you!" Ian said, walked towards the girl that was attempting to recover from the fall. Before she could make a run for it, Lucy's wrist was grabbed once more.

"Let me go!" Lucy screamed as she struggled to get away from the man.

"It's no use. There is no escape." Ian said as he snapped his unoccupied fingers. In seconds, a figure threw open the doors and walked in slowly. Lucy realized that the figure was another man, who was large in size and a scar was visible on the right side of his face.

"What can I do for you, Master Ian?" The man said.

"Egor, I want you to take this stupid girl back to her tower and make sure she doesn't escape again." Ian said, throwing Lucy to the ground. The man nodded his head and reached down to pick the blonde girl up.

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER!" Another figure appeared, bursting through the huge windows and flying towards the larger man and landing a flaming punch on his face.

"Natsu! Everyone!" Lucy yelled out in joy. Sure enough, there was the rosy hair boy standing there, shaking his fist as if he injured it. Behind him was everyone from the guild. Once he heard her voice, Natsu walked over to Lucy and knelt down.

"They didn't hurt you, did they?" Natsu asked, holding Lucy's face in both hands.

"No." Lucy said, tears streaming down her face.

"Thank God!" Natsu said as he pulled Lucy close to him. He tightly wrapped his arm around her. This seemed to have stunned Lucy.

"Who the hell invited you here?" Ian asked in rage. Natsu pulled away from Lucy and stood up. His eyes were gleaming with rage.

"So you're the bastard that kidnapped Lucy!" Natsu said, walking angrily towards the now quivering man.

"E-Egor, stop messing around and get rid of this pest!" Ian said.

"As you wish." Egor said as he suddenly appeared in front of Natsu. In a split second, Natsu was sent flying into a nearby wall.

"Natsu!" Lucy screamed.

"You bastard!" Natsu said as he jumped back to the man that sent him flying.

It took about five minutes of punches being thrown from both parties, until Natsu became frustrated.

"Natsu, here!" Levy said as she used her scrip magic to make fire. Without even thinking, Natsu gulped down the fire. "Thanks. I'm fired up now!" He said as he took a deep breath. "Fire Dragon Roar!" A huge flame escaped the boy's mouth and hit the man standing before him, taking the man out for good.

"You think that's gonna stop me?" Ian said, as he grabbed Lucy off the ground. Natsu was prepared to beat him up, until he realized that Ian had his left arm tightly around Lucy's neck, while he held a knife to her with his other hand. "I would think twice about your actions. One wrong move and I could easily slice her neck."

Given the delicate situation, no one moved an inch. Natsu was now flaring with anger as he helplessly watched the girl he loved struggled. "That's a good boy." Ian said, giving him a smirk. Natsu was thinking of a strategy that would work. If he was quick enough, he could stop the knife before it came into contact with Lucy's body. This was the only solution he could think of. Carefully, he prepared himself for this sly maneuver and he took one small step to brace himself. But before he could attempt anything else, Ian swiftly brought the knife to the girl's stomach. Natsu stood there in shock at the sight of Lucy being stabbed and then falling to the ground. At that moment Natsu ran towards Ian at top speed. He threw multiple punches at the man until he was left unconscious on the other side of the room.

He bent down to where Lucy lay there helpless. Her breathing was becoming raspy. "Stay with me Luce." Natsu said. Tears fell down as he held her in his arms.

"Na…tsu…" Lucy said weakly as she slowly brought her hand up to his face to wipe away a tear, a small smile on her lips.

"I'm here Lucy! I'm here!" Natsu said, squeezing his eyes shut, praying that this was all just a bad dream. "Stay with me!" He said as he bent down and lightly kissed Lucy on the lips.

"I love you, Natsu." Natsu's eyes went wide as he looked down to watch Lucy slipped out of consciousness.

"LUCY!" Natsu yelled as more tears fell down his cheeks. He hugged the girl's body close to him as he repeated her name over and over.

When he opened his eyes, he saw something falling from the ceiling. Natsu reached out to touch the white spots. Snow? He looked up and saw a robed figure standing close by, smiling sadly at the couple on the ground.

"This is all I can do." Veronica said as she folded her hand to her chest and more snow came down.

"…Natsu."

Natsu jumped slightly at the sound of his name being called quietly. He watch in shock as the girl lying in his arms fluttered her eyes open. "Don't cry." She said, bring her hand up to wipe his tears as her own tears came streaming down her face.

"Lucy! Thank God!" He cried, pulling Lucy into a hug. This time, without hesitation, Lucy wrapped her arms around Natsu. Natsu pulled her in closer and whispered into her ear. "I love you!"

"Me too!" Lucy said as she brought her face up from his chest. Natsu slowly placed a hand on Lucy's cheek and brought his face closer to hers. In an instant, their lips were brought together in a deep kiss. They pulled apart when they heard someone clear their voice and they realized that everyone from the guild was watching.

"They liiiiike each other!" Happy said as he smiled. Both Lucy and Natsu's face turned bright red. Everyone started to smile as Natsu turned to Lucy.

"Shall we go home?" Natsu asked. Lucy smiled brightly.

"Yeah!"

The two stood up from their spots and started to walk towards the others. Lucy's fingers intertwined with Natsu's.

"What are you thinking about?" Natsu asked as he noticed the smile on Lucy's face.

"Nothing, I was just thinking that I really love you!" Lucy said as she rested her head on his shoulder. I love you, my princely dragon!

THE END

Well there you have it! That last chapter of My Princely Dragon! Seriously, I was on the verge of tears while writing this chapter. (You can tell how much I loved writing this story! Haha) Anyhow, I was thinking of writing a short story after this, so look out for that! Until then! Bye-Bye!