~Guns and Princess

A/N: Hi minnaa! First, I want to thank everyone who is supporting my other fics! Thank you a lot!

By the way, this is my first ever AU fanfic so please don't expect to be really flawless and as good as those written by veterans. But I can assure you that I tried my best to come up with this story and its plot, and also, this story is written in a "Lucy's POV" way. I hope you guys like! Enjoy~ ヽ(^o^)ノ

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.

Chapter 1

So here I am, the heiress of Heartfilia residences, Lucy Heartfilia, running – running as fast as I can. Running for my life, to be precise. But look at the bright side, I'm still alive. But, the question is, for how long? I may be alive now, but I may be dead later. Hahaha. What the hell am I thinking? I should be happy right now. I should not worry of what will happen later, or tomorrow, or the next months, or years. I should be happy 'coz I'm still alive. After all, there's no need for me to worry for I am—ahh screw that. Even if I say it, well, you might not understand me right now, but I'm sure, you soon will. Just… just let me start everything from the beginning.

-FLASHBACK-

My name is Lucy Heartfilia, daughter of the late Jude and Layla Heartfilia. My mother passed away when I was a kid. Then, it was just me and my father. He was a businessman who had earned his fortune by working very hard. We lived in the mansion together with our helpers.

Because of too much work, stress, and lack of sleep, my father became ill. I can clearly remember those days when he repeatedly said, "Lucy, you'll have to take over our family business when I'm gone…"

At first, I tried to protest countless times. I told him that I wasn't ready yet and he shouldn't talk about things like he's going to die the next day, but I always failed. My father was a stubborn man alright. And later on, I finally realized why – it was because he believes in me. He knows that I can do it, and I am the only one he can trust to handle something as big as our business.

Soon, he passed away. Everyone grieved. Even though my father was a very strict, ill-tempered, and workaholic man, he was still the head of our family. And if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be able to live in a mansion like our very own.

'Til then, I promised not only to myself, but also to my parents that I will try my very best to run our business and make it better. Everyone supported me. Everyone, but my Uncle Ivan.

When my father announced that I'd be running the company, I sensed his displeasure towards me even if he doesn't say it directly. Maybe he couldn't accept the fact that my father left everything to me when he could have left it to his brother. After all, my uncle is way older and more experienced than I am. Since then, he has been going against my plans for the corporate. And as his niece, I can't just simply don't mind whatever he says. After all, he's still my uncle. But I don't hate him, nor do I like him. It's just that the way he tells me what to do, and makes me appear wrong and immature in front of other people really, really pisses me off. That's why, aside from setting my goal on making the business better, I also plan to show Uncle Ivan that I am capable of handling the job.

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Today was once again, a very busy day for me. I signed a lot of papers, brainstormed plans, talked to a lot of businessmen. But this is normal. I experience this almost every day. I would even consider myself lucky if I managed to finish everything at 10 in the evening. And now, it's almost 12 midnight. As I was fixing the papers on my table, the door slowly opened.

"Lucy… I see you're still here."

"A-ahh, yes. But I am about to go to bed, I'm just fixing these."

"Oh, I see, you're doing your best for the business. Well, that's good."

Tch- as if this is good enough for you. I thought.

"By the way, Lucy. I realized that since you're the head now, you might as well need some bodyguards."

"Wha-what? But uncle, I don't think I need bodyguards, and besides, I don't have time to look for people like that so—"

"Oh, don't worry about that, my dearest niece. I have already picked out the best bodyguards for you."

As expected of my uncle – never asks my opinion first before he does anything about me.

"Come in and show yourselves to the Princess, boys." He commanded.

"Yes sir." They answered

As I heard footsteps, I wondered what they look like. After all, being a bodyguard is a really tough job. I imagined them to be big, scary looking bald guys with black glasses.

"Good evening, princess." Both of them bowed as they greeted me.

And I can't even manage to answer back. I was shocked to see normal-looking teenagers in front of me.

"Th-they are my bodyguards, uncle?" I forced a smile.

"Well, they might not look like one, but I assure you, they are top-class!" He nodded in confidence.

"O-okay… please put your heads up now guys."

"Thank you very much, princess." They said.

But indeed, I was very shocked and kinda doubtful too. I mean, how could these teenagers possibly look like bodyguards? I guess this is my uncle's way of saying that since a teenager is running the business, might as well give her teenage bodyguards too.

"No need to be so formal, you can call me Lucy." I smiled. "So, what are your names?"

"My name is Natsu Dragneel", answered the pink-haired guy, grinning.

"And I am Gray Fullbuster", said the raven-haired guy.

While my pink-haired bodyguard showed me his grin, the raven-haired guy looked at me in the eyes with a very cold, deep stare. But it really didn't make sense. I mean, how could these guys perhaps, protect me from bad people? But I guess I shouldn't judge a book by its cover. I sighed.

"Oh well. Natsu, Gray, I am going to bed now, see you tomor—"

"It is our duty to protect you, so we will accompany you to your room." Gray interrupted.

"A-ahh, okay…"

"Please let me carry your papers, princess." Natsu said as he walked towards me.

"I already told you to call me Lucy right?"

"A-ahh, I'm sorry about that, prin—I mean, Lucy."

As we walked towards the door, I thanked my uncle by smiling at him. He nodded back as he showed a somewhat creepy smile. And as we walked past him, I heard him say, "Ja' Natsu, Gray, you know what to do…"

To be continued…

A/N: So… how was it? I hope it's okay! I know that you guys already know this, but to clear myself out, the horizontal line meant flashback, so the things you read below it and in the following chapters are all parts of the past. Thank you! Tehee~ please feel free to review, etc.! \(◦'')/