Hiya, there readers! I just came up with this interesting theme for a story and I just had to write it down. It is based off Robin Hood, so I guess I would have to put a Disclaimer. This is just a little taste to the story, By the way.

Disclaimers: I do not own Fairy Tail, and I don't own Robin Hood, etc…

(Jeez, sounds too formal if ya ask me…)

= Can I Join You Now? =

~Prologue~

She ran as fast as her legs would carry her, a small hope in her chest that pushed her to move forward and not look back.

She was Lucy Heartfilia, Princess and soon-to-be Queen.

Well, was.

Her birthplace and home, Crocus, had long since gone up in flames. Courtesy of a French guild called "Phantom Lord" that made her think, how in God's name is that French?

No, Lucy, you should be thinking of a plan of escape, and what to do when you manage to slip away.

That is, If she managed to survive this.

Lucy only noticed the mistake of not looking at her surroundings and paying attention, when a tall man with long, messy, black hair shouted at her.

"Don't move!" The man said with a light French accent.

Who was she to stop running? She just ran faster. Unfortunately, the man was obviously stronger and faster than she was.

Fortunately, she had managed to secretly squeeze in a few hours of physical training a week with Laxus Dreyer.

So when the creep reached her, she gave him a good kick in the balls. When he hunched forward in pain, she gave a curt nod of satisfaction and quickly took off before the Frenchman could recover.

After managing a safe kilometer of running and gasping for breath, she limped towards the forest and struggled to climb a tree. She could still see the bright flames of the fire and smoke of burnt hay. Only then, she could feel the crushing weight of loss and grief. How many had died? How many were going to be turned to slaves and tortured? How many had escaped? What was left of her once lively and cheerful home?

With a tear-stained face, she ducked back into the leaves of the tree.

"Crap."

Her ankle was in a slightly odd angle, but the pain was still to be registered as she checked for other injuries. Well, at least I've managed to escape. I hope that Levy is alright.

Levy.

Oh, Levy. She was on her way back to Crocus from a guild or something… She had to go warn her!

Whelp, Lucy thought to herself. I know where to go now.

"Ugh…Why is it taking so long to get there?" Lucy complained.

She was pretty sure that the travel from Crocus to Magnolia didn't take a week, but how many days would she have to continue walking?

Her feet were sore, her clothes ripped and God-who-knows-how twigs and leaves had tangled themselves into her long , disheveled, blond hair.

She had been walking for a little less than a day now, and boy, did she feel dead. Her vision was blurry with lack of sleep and she felt like she was going to collapse at any moment. Not only that, but the forest seemed never-ending and she feared that an animal would just jump out at any moment and gobble her all up.

A sudden vivid image of a weird creature munching on something that looked a bit too much like human legs, their feet sticking out, came to her mind.

Oh, Kami! What if there are actually beasts in here!?

She groaned. Black spots were intercepting her power to see, and consciousness felt like it was slipping further and further into the back of her mind.

Lucy barely noticed the starting of an opening in the forest and a sound of surprise that came from a man with, Pink hair?

The last thing she saw was the hands of a person reaching out to grab her.

Well, I hope ya enjoyed it! If ya don't mind, I'd like some feedback about how it went, write in the comments if I should continue!

~TheMuncher101 Is Out