Sooo I´ve got inspired to write a fanfic becasue of a post I saw on tumblr and The AWESOME ARTS based on it from blanania ( One of them being the cover image of this FF ;D *o*) were the final push I needed to actually start writing it xD I just HAD to write my idea down before I forgot about it, yesterday, which kept me up till 2:30 AM, so I had to cut it into a two-shot :P I will try to finish the second part till tomorrow ( but won´t make any promises :P ) :D

HOPE YA LIKE!

Oh ... and NO Fairy Tail is not mine, aaaaal characters belong to HIRO MASHIMAAA ( Not Levy´s mother tho, hehe :D ) :P

"And then a knight in shining armor will come and rescue the princess from the 'evil' claws of the dragon and take her as his wife … and they´ll live happily ever after!" A blue haired girl said. She sighed and leaned back.

" Sounds like shit!" A deep voice close to her growled.

The girl looked to her right side, right into blood red eyes, which belonged to the large dragon she was currently leaning onto.

The dragon was covered in nearly black, metallic, scales. He was laying down, his long tail curled around the girl, careful as to not let the razor sharp end touch her and leaned his head on her right side, enjoying her company. The girl´s long, which was made of light blue and white fabric, was spread out around her. She wore a matching bandana, which kept her hair out of her face, the long ends of the material reaching her lower back.

They were both sitting outside of the grand castle´s garden. Outside of the castle was a wide forest, which surrounded the building, making it hard for people to get to it.

" Well … that´s what I was told for five years before I was put into this abandoned castle, with a dragon to protect me!" She said, an annoyed tone in her voice.

" Tch, pretty stupid idea from yer parents, princess! Putting their daughter in here in HOPES that a knight defeats the dragon and takes her back home, just to confirm his courage and shit!" The dragon snorted.

" A knight defeating the dragon … in that case, I will be here forever!" She mused, a slight smirk on her face, which did not go unnoticed by the dragon.

" Thanks for the complement!" He said with his own wide smirk, which revealed his sharp fangs. The smirk didn´t last long though and was replaced by a frown.

" I feel bad for ya though, Levy. Being stuck with only me for the rest of yer life..." He said.

The now 17 years old princess, named Levy, was brought here when she was only five years old . She was afraid of the dragon at first and he was pretty pissed that he got the duty to watch over a child ( He was 50 years old by the time, which was the same as 15 years in human age ).Her parents came to his abandoned castle in Oaktown and asked him to,but the though of a good fight made him agree, not that the last seven knights were much of a challenge to him.

However … within this 12 years, they had got to know each other better. They had started talking with each other after a few months and started spending time together. During this years she had become more and more precious to him and, as a dragon, the duty to protect her became more important, now that she was like a treasure for him that he wanted no one to get close to.

She turned onto her side and laid her hand on his snout and stroked it affectionately, making him purr.

" I would rather be here with you than back to a castle I don´t see as my home anymore!" She said with a smile and looked into those red eyes she loved the most. The dragon, named Gajeel, was her only friend. She had become too fond of him and could not imagine a life without him anymore.

" I should be asking YOU that, don´t you think?! Being stuck with me and all. Didn´t you … didn´t you ever want to be with other dragons? Maybe find a mate?" She asked, timidly. She had found many books about dragons in the castle´s library and came to know about the dragon´s lifestyle.

The dragon snorted at that.

"Nah, I was never interested in finding a mate or anything! I´m more interested in a good fight!Gihi" He replied, chuckling.

Levy rolled her eyes, still smiling. Then a thought came to her and she looked back to him.

" Was there … ever a case in which a dragon mated with … I don´t know … another creature? " She asked, curious about the answer.

Gajeel´s eyes widened, not expecting such an question from his companion.

" Not that I know of … why?" He asked, rising his head a bit off the ground.

" Uh … well … I just think that the aging difference would be a problem, you know?! Since a dragon has a longer lifespan and all." She said, feeling a bit awkward, but she had nothing to do and this question had bugged her since she found out that dragons could become over 200 years old and now was a good time to ask.

Gajeel put his head back on his outstretched paws and thought for a moment.

" Hm … no, that should not be a problem." He sated.

" How so?" The princess asked.

Gajeel turned his head, so he could look at her.

" When a dragon mates, its mate will gain a few of its abilities. Not his magic tho, but the heightened senses and the mate would live as long as a dragon does!" He said, remembering what his father had once explained to him.

" Sounds like a benefit." She stated, smiling.

" Well ..." He said and started rising from the ground, making the girl stand up as well. " like I said, I don´t really think about this things ...you should go back inside! It´s getting dark and I have to hunt more food for us."

" I always wonder, how such a big dragon can hunt in this forest. With your big built you probably frighten the animals away before you can get close to them!" She said in wonder, while brushing

dust off her dress.

" I´m skilled, that´s why it works!" He said, cockily, chest puffed out.

Levy only chuckles at that, receiving a glare from the dragon in front of her. She pats his arm and bid him good night, before going back into the castle.

When Gajeel was sure that she was gone, he sighed in relief, turning to the forest.

" I should find a proper excuse for that, before she really gets suspicious!" He mumbled to himself and vanished into the forest.

The next day Levy was sitting in the large library of the castle, which was her favorite place, with Gajeel sitting next to her. The rooms in the castle were big, big enough for the dragon to fit in without destroying anything.

" Don´t you get bored of books?" He asked, after watching her read her third, thick tome.

" It´s not like I have much to do here, Gajeel and I like reading!" She answered, not looking away from the page she was currently reading.

She put the book down and turned to him.

" How come that I can´t find anything about this castle in all of these books?" She asked.

" The castle is not well known!" He stated.

" Such a big castle?!" She said in disbelief.

" There are rumors about the last owners, but no one knows if it´s true! " He said.

Levy´s eyes sparkled and she turned her body fully in his direction. Gajeel already knew what that meant and sighed.

" It´s said that the last owners of the castle were a king and his son! The castle was full of life at that time and everyone respected them, for their kingdom was known for their grate and strong army. It´s said that they had dragons on their side which made them more powerful during wars. That´s where the king received the title as the 'Dragon King' and his son as the 'Dragon Knight'!" He started telling her.

" Why Dragon Knight? Wasn´t he the prince?" She asked.

" The prince was more interested in the kingdom´s army than wanting to stay in a castle. He was always in the front when they were in a war..." Gajeel explained, a faraway look in his eyes, which did not go unnoticed by Levy.

Gajeel shook his head and looked back at the girl beside him. She looked back at him, her mouth opening slowly, but before she could ask anything else, he plopped down onto the floor and rolled onto his back.

" ANYWAY! That was all I know about it. Just some rumors anyway! Who knows, if they are even true!" He said, acting tired. Before he knew it, a weight fell on his stomach. He looked up to see Levy sitting on him, a frown on her face.

" Are you hiding something?" She asked, suspiciously.

" And what would that be? I told you what I knew!" He said, in a bored tone.

" You will tell me, now, or .." She said, in a warning tone.

" Now I´m afraid of what a little shrimp like you will – GAH! S-STOP! GIHAHAHAHA" He burst out laughing when Levy started tickling his stomach, which was the only part not covered with his iron scales. He rolled around, but pushed himself up with his paws, before he could crush her under him, his large shadow looming over her. She saw that evil gleam in his eyes which made her gulp in fear.

The dragon smirked down at her, his sharp teeth shining in the light.

" Revenge is sweet ~" He said, before attacking her.

The sound of Levy´s laugh could be heard in the whole castle.

" Don´t you have anything to do? You´re just laying around!" Levy said.

They were sitting in the dining room. Levy had made lunch for both of them with the meat Gajeel brought from his hunt.

" What? No iron?" He asked before eating his food. Levy sighed and summoned the word IRON with her Solid Script magic. After all, this was a world full of magic and not only the dragons could use it, but there were also many mages, most of them living in one of the grate kingdoms, like in Magnolia or Era, working in the castles and in their armies. The dragons eyes gleamed after seeing the word and started eating.

"Well, it´s not like I have much to do either! There was no new idiot trying to rescue ya and-" Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by shouts coming from outside the castle.

" PRINCESS LEVY! ARE YOU IN THERE?" A male voice screamed.

Levy went to the window and saw a knight standing at the castles large gates. From what she could see, she could tell that this knight was not as build as the last knights, he had less muscle mass, but he was still tall. He took his helmet off, showing messy short orange hair. He saw her at the window and smiled.

" Hello, princess. Don´t worry, I´m here to rescue you!" He said.

Levy turned back to Gajeel, with a bored expression.

" Well now you have something to do!" She told him.

The dragon snorted and without another word, went out to get rid of the idiot outside.

The knight waited outside when he heard loud stomping coming towards him. The gates opened slowly, revealing a large beast. The knight shook in fear, but still pulled his sword out, pointing it at the large dragon emerging from the castle. The dragon looked down at the small human with his red eyes and snorted again.

" And who might YOU be?" He asked.

The knight stopped shaking, to Gajeel´s surprise, and had a serious expression on his face.

" I´m Jet, Prince of Clover and am now here to rescue the princess!" He said, proudly.

" Tch, many knights tried that too, but- UFF" The dragon was cut off, when he felt pain shoot up from his front-paw. The prince had stabbed his sword into it, so fast that the dragon didn´t see him approach. Gajeel pulled back, now pissed and swung his tail at the prince. He was taken aback when the prince dodged his tail and appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye.

- A speed mage!- Gajeel recognized.

Gajeel took in a deep breath gathering Magic Power in his mouth, with a loud roar he sends a powerful tornado full of sharp shards of metal towards the prince, but he runs out of the way a second time.

" Falcon Heaveward!" The prince screamed and came at the dragon with high speed. He kicked Gajeel onto his chest and send him crashing onto the castle. The wall behind him collapsed and made the whole building shake. He cursed under his breathe and reminded himself to fix that later. He was pulled out of his thoughts by a loud scream coming from the other side of the castle. He turned around to see that Levy had fallen out of the window by the shake. She was struggling with holding herself up by the windowsill and was slowly loosing her grip.

"LEVY!" Gajeel cried out and was about to save her when another kick send him crashing right through the castle, the rest of the wall collapsing over him, burying him under the debris.

"GAJEEL! KYAHHH" Levy screamed when she lost her hold and fell.

Before she reached the ground, she was caught by two slightly muscular arms and held tight. She looked up to see the prince smiling down at her.

" Everything will be ok now, but we have to get away before the castle collapse completely" He said and turned away from the castle, making it able for Levy to look behind him. She was shocked when she saw that half of the castle was destroyed. Her eyes swept to the debris on the side where she saw the dragon´s tail sticking out of them, making her gasp in shock.

"GAJEEL!" She called for him, but she got no response. She cries when the prince takes her from the ruined castle, from the dragon who faithfully watched over her.

" No, please, STOP! I CAN´T LEAVE HIM THERE! I HAVE TO GO BACK! NOOO!"

She kicks and screams and sobs for her beast, repeating her desperate plea to return to the place she has called home for so many years.

- I didn´t need to be saved!- Was her last thought before she fainted from exhaustion.