Authors Note: Hello everyone, and please read this authors note to know what is going on. This new story was requested by the retired author, Horsejumper88, and she has given me the task of writing out this idea; furthermore, she told me the main female lead, and gave me the basic idea of what this new story should be about. She let me choose the couple, other characters, and the names of all the places; in other words, we are co-writing it in a way. Now that I have explained everything, welcome to my new story!

If anyone is interested in finding out the background to the story, please go to my profile to gain more information.

If interested in reading a story about Cobra/Erik and Lucy Heartfilia, please go read The Cursed World. This adventure and romance filled fanfic has Egyptian mythology tied in to it, so please go check it out.

Fairy Tail does not belong to me, but it belongs to its creator, Hiro Mashima, and Disney owns Pirates of the Caribbean.

Chapter One:

The Boy Found at Sea

Pirates. That's all the young nine-year-old girl could think about when she sang Hoist the Colors aboard one of her father's ships. Lucy Heartfilia is her name, and she is the daughter of the Governor Jude Heartfilia, who owns the East Fiore Trading Company.

She stood on the highest deck of the ship as they sailed closer to Port Hargeon, and she smiled as she felt the salty and warm sea breeze gently cover her fair, creamy skin. Her petite body is adorned in a beautiful gown her father bought when they visited the rest of the Heartfilia Clan, and she tied her short, straight blonde hair in an elegant bun to make her outfit look more regal. She had her hands folded nicely on her stomach as she stopped singing, and looked more out into sea as the air around them became foggy.

Not far from her is Lucy's father, Jude Heartfilia, talking to one of his trusted friends. The man is tall, and has short, slicked back dirty blonde hair. His mustache is trimmed properly, and he wore an expensive suit the king of Fiore gave to him personally. He smiled as he talked to the fifteen-year-old officer, Freed Justine.

Freed Justine is the officer to both the Fiore Royal Navy, and the East Fiore Trading Company. Being an accomplished man at only the age of fifteen is something to be proud of, and Lucy always admired him for it, but she also found it annoying that he always hung around her; he would usually spend his time talking about the company, and how she looked nice that day. Although she did find it annoying, she did find it flattering that he did compliment her, for he is one of the most handsome officers, too. His peachy complexion always went well with his short light green hair, and with his blue eyes; furthermore, he is well built for a boy his age. Yet Lucy could only see him as a friend, or an older brother figure.

The young girl turned to look at Jude and Freed, and the two men smiled at her as they stopped their talking. She is happy that her pirate song didn't bother them; a song that her own mother taught the young girl before she passed away a couple of years back. Like her mother, Layla Heartfilia, she studied everything about pirates, for she found them all fascinating; they came in all shapes and sizes, and had their own laws and councils - she just couldn't get enough of it all. Of course, her father didn't find it appropriate to be fascinated by all of it, so she figures to keep all her research to herself.

She continued singing until the sky started to turn a dark grey, and the fog around the ocean started to become more thick; however, due to traveling aboard ships all of her life, Lucy found this all normal. She knew a storm is coming, and she will soon take shelter. Her father always admired her for being a smart young girl, and she wanted to keep her father happy and proud of her; however, she stopped singing when a tanned hand gently rested on her left shoulder.

Surprised, she turned to look at the retired twenty-year-old Fiore Navy Sailor, Nab Lasaro, who will be leaving to go off on his own shortly. He gave her a warm, yet pleading look with his black eyes, and ran his other hand through his straight, black hair that goes down to his cheekbones. He is tall and muscular, but Lucy noticed that he was starting to gain weight since he left the navy.

"Lucy, as much as I adore your singing voice, it would be better to not sing that song," Nab told her softly, yet a bit frightened. "It might actually make us face some pirates,"

Lucy nodded her head with a soft smile spreading across her little lips. She almost giggled at how suppositious the man is, but to make him feel more at ease, she will gladly stop singing.

"Of course, Mr. Lasaro," Lucy agreed, now starting to feel a little chilly as the air around them turned cold, and started to hug her body.

"Oh Nab," Jude chuckled to himself as he turned to look at his daughter and the said man. "I wouldn't worry about pirates,"

Freed just calmly smiled with a nod of his head. "They wouldn't dare mess with Fiore, or a ship with a Navy Officer abroad,"

Nab lightly laughed to himself as he scratched the back of his head, and walked over to the two men after he patted Lucy on the back. He figured it would be better to inform the two about the myths and legends of pirate lore, and why they should be concerned.

Lucy laughed a little as she looked at the three with her large brown eyes. She always felt like she had an extended family when Nab and Freed were around. She turned back around to look out at the beautiful, blue-green sea with wondering eyes. Oh, how she would love to go on an adventure of her own some day.

When she started to looked around the ship as she imagined herself as a pirate, her eyes landed on something a few yards away from the ship, bearing west. She gasped, and ran over to the other side of the ship. Her little hands gripped the railing as she got a closer look at the object floating around in the ocean. Both her hands flew to her mouth as her eyes got wide, and she called for the three men to come to the side of the ship quickly.

There in the water is a young boy, who appeared to be ten-years-old, floating on a piece of wood from a ship. Not far behind him is a ship slowly sinking in the water while on fire, and broken apart into pieces.

Jude, Freed, and Nab rushed to her side when they heard her call, and they stared at the boy floating in the water with the mess behind him.

"Rescue the boy!" Freed called out to the men aboard the ship, with Jude and Nab running to get a boat ready to head towards the boy. "Stay on alert for pirates!" He also called out, quickly getting his sword.

Lucy could only watch everything with a worried glance as her father and Nab went out into the water with a boat, and retrieve the boy from the wood he is asleep on. When they started to row back towards the ship, she ran over to the ropes that connected to the boat, and started to help heave the small boat back in its place. She then helped the crew put together the barrels of rum to form a little table on the deck, and they laid down a piece of wood covered with a blanket.

Once Nab and Jude laid the boy down on the piece of wood, Lucy appeared right at the boy's side, and stared at him as she took in his features. He definitely looked ten-years-old, and has fair skin. Just like her, his face is a little round due to being young, but what stood out to her most is his hair; a beautiful black that is naturally spiky. She turned a little red when one word popped into her mind, handsome.

She jumped when someone put something next to her, and she looked over at Freed a little startled. Next to her is a bucket filled with clean water, and a piece of cloth hanging on the side of it.

"Do you mind cleaning him off and checking for wounds, Lucy?" Freed asked with a small smile. "I have to prepare the ship for one or two things,"

Lucy just nodded her head, and the Navy Officers patted her back gently as he rushed away to the lower part of the ship. Looking at the bucket, she took the cloth and dipped it in water, and lifted a piece of the boy's hair with her free hand. On the boy's forehead, right above his left eye, is a large cut that is still bleeding. Feeling bad, she started to gently wipe away the blood from the wound, wondering what happened the to the mysterious boy.

As she continued to wipe him down, her eyes landed on a necklace hanging from the boy's neck. Attached to a gold chain is a round, gold medallion, with circular patterns decorating it. In some places she saw an ancient writing, but she didn't identify it from any countries in the peninsula of Ishgar. In the middle of it, however, is what concerned her the most. A sinister looking skull is in the middle of the medallion, with its mouth wide open and teeth showing.

Lucy then looked over towards the ship that is slowly sinking, and saw something that caused her eyes to grow wider than before. Waving in the breeze, hidden by all the fog, is a black flag with the white skull and crossbones located in the middle, yet that isn't the flag of the sinking ship; it is the flag of the ship sailing away from the sinking ship. She looked at the boy, and then back at the ship a couple of times before one word fit it perfectly popped into her head, pirates. Fear and wonder started to go through her tiny body as she watched the other ship start to turn around.

She looked down at the boy as he started to move a little, and knew that they have the son of a pirate aboard the ship. She knew that if Freed or her father found out that he is a pirate, they would kill him. In her heart she knew it wasn't acceptable, and didn't want to see someone her age sentenced to death because of a life they didn't ask to be born in to, so she did the first thing that came to mind.

In hopes of concealing the boy's identity, she gently took the gold medallion off the boy's neck, and placed it around her own. She quickly put the gold medallion in her dress to conceal it, and looked around the ship when doing so. She sighed in relief when she saw no one notice her do it. She looked right back at the boy, and a gentle smile curved her lips upwards. It grew when she saw the boy start to open his eyes, and all breath was caught in her throat when she saw a pair of dark blue eyes look around before settling on her brown eyes.

The boy's heart raced in his chest when he saw a beautiful girl, who appeared to be a year younger, look down at him with the most beautiful smile he has ever seen. He needed to blink a few times to make sure he wasn't imagining things. His breathing is ragged, and he knew it, but he still tried to keep it all under control as he felt pain go through his body. He then felt a warm, tiny hand rest itself on his right arm, and again looked at the girl next to him.

She is holding a soaking white cloth in one hand while cleaning his arm of any wounds or infections. When she saw him looking at her, she gave him another smile with a dust of pink coating her cheeks.

"My name is Lucy Heartfilia," The girl told him, shortly stopping what she is doing to talk to him. "What's yours?"

The boy grinned slightly as his chest moved up and down heavily. "My name is Gray - Gray Fullbuster,"

"Well, Gray, you're safe now," Lucy declared to Gray, going back to taking care of him. "Rest. You'll need it to get better."

Gray nodded his head, and relaxed as he slowly drifted off into a nice slumber; however, as Lucy continued to nurse the boy, she looked over her shoulder at the shipwreck to see the pirate ship completely gone.

Here is the first chapter to The Pirates of Fairy Tail: Book One. I hope everyone enjoyed it, and didn't get too confused with the beginning. If anyone has any questions or concerns, please feel free to PM me at any time. The characters and their roles will be introduced in the second or third chapter of the story.

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Chapter Two: Eight Years Later