You're Part of My Crew Now, Princess

A Pirate Life For Me

Lucy had always believed that her father had been jealous of her mother. Her skills with a gun were above his own, she was quicker with the trigger and just slightly more accurate. Even though it hadn't been by much, Lucy could feel the inferiority growing within the man. Eventually, he forbade Lucy's mother from practicing with her gun. Inheriting her mother's looks was something Lucy was proud of, but she didn't realize that inheriting her mother's sharpshooter skills was possible but...here she was.

She fired a second before her so-called father. The bullet had gone straight through the back of his hand, causing the gun to fly from his grip and clatter onto the deck. Lucy didn't move from her position, holding the gun as she watched her father grasp at his wrist. He gripped it tightly as he stared through the new hole in it. Blood poured profusely out of the new wound.

Then he turned towards Lucy, his normally calm refined face blatantly showed the anger within.

"YOU BITCH!" He bellowed as he stalked towards her. Unconsciously taking a step back, Lucy kept the gun at the ready.

"I'll have your head for that. You're just like your mother. She should've stayed in line if she had maybe she'd still be alive today! I'll make sure you join your whore of a mother soon!" Lucy stepped back again, her knees threatening to give out on her.

"What do you mean? Are you saying... are you saying that you... you killed my mother?" It came out like a breath. That couldn't be true, it just couldn't be. He wasn't that evil, was he?

"No, I didn't. I wouldn't dirty my hands with that. When you have money you can hire people to do things for you. She was a waste of my time but man, was she packed full of money. Too bad she left shit like you to take care of. You never did what I told you to do either; I was actually in the process of hiring the same guy again, for you this time. Some other kind of unfortunate accident and you'd be gone, simple as that. Then you up and run away? I wouldn't get any money from insurance that way, dear. You just need to die; it's all your good for."

Lucy felt the gun slip from her fingers. Her mother had been murdered? They had told her it was an accident. Her mother had been killed in cold blood, The reality shattered her very soul. Her mother, the beautiful woman who smiled and had so much patience, how had held her when she was sad and always said what Lucy needed to hear. She had died because of greed. Because the man standing before her wanted money. That wasn't fair. Lucy wanted her mother back! Standing in a daze she wobbled as her legs shook beneath her, this man had taken everything she held dear. The world began to fade as she sunk into herself, the pain inside her was unbearable.

Distantly she heard the sound of a sword being unsheathed and footsteps growing closer. In all the chaos she heard only certain things. The boat rocked slightly as it rose and fell in the waves, the water lapping against the wooden sides. The wind as it picked up and whistled through the cracks of the ship. All these things she noticed but she didn't actually feel anything right now, more like she was out of her body.

Natsu heard a scream, Lucy's scream. Fearing the worst his eyes searched the crowd and found her. What was wrong with her, he told her to stay in his room! Not only that, but she was holding his gun. Following her aim, he found who she was pointing at. An older gentleman, who was pointing a gun aimed straight at him. Before Natsu could even move a gunshot echoed through the air causing him to flinch, but the bullet never hit. No, it hadn't hit because the old man hadn't fired his gun at all. The gunshot had come from Lucy, who had shot the man in the hand, shooting the gun right out of it. Being slightly impressed t first Natsu cast that aside when he watched the two converse and Lucy eventually drop the gun. He could hear every word clearly enough, he had always had exceptional hearing. She couldn't drop her only weapon in the middle of a fight! That was just plain suicide.