My name is Lucy Heartfilia, born into the world of my father who is the richest man in Fiore. I guess some other girl would be blessed to have money spent willingly on the best dresses or accessories, but for me, it's miserable.
So, today is the day, mom. The day I escape from this prison. Wish me luck!
Lucy finished the last few words and folded the piece of paper neatly before slipping it inside a fresh envelope. She squeezed it tightly against her chest as she exhaled deeply. 'Jeez. I'm so nervous... Alright! Time to go!' She gleamed... to herself. Lucy placed the envelop in her bag and threw it over her shoulder, brushing her long blonde locks back and opening her bedroom window.
She peered left and right, scanning the seemingly never ending gardens of the Heartfilia estate, once certain it was clear, Lucy pulled up her brown hood to disguise herself and hopped out of her window and onto a lower roofing of the house, then quickly she hopped again until she finally found her feet firmly amongst the grass.
The celestial blonde inhaled the fresh air excitedly for a moment before running as fast as her feet could carry her. 'We're almost there, guys!' She panted, lightly tapping the brown satchel that was attached to her skirt belt.
Finally, finally, Lucy arrived in Magnolia, one of the cities of Fiore. Lucy was so excited, she skipped merrily down the market place. A nearby river caught her attention, she then pulled out a golden key from her brown satchel and smiled in glee.
'Open! Gate of Aquarius!' The rivers water began to glow golden and suddenly rushed up, until a beautiful mermaid enticed with blue features appeared before Lucy.
'Hmph! I was on a date! Geez. So annoying!' The mermaid tsked in annoyance. 'Aww! Come on Aquarius, we're finally going to make our own path, I'm so excited!' Lucy grinned happily as Aquarius gave her the death glare. Aquarius then disappeared, leaving behind golden sparkles.
'Oh! That was cool!' Exclaimed a male voice, Lucy jumped in surprise, frantically turning her head from left to right 'God?!' She replied, the male voice laughed 'Up here!', as Lucy looked up she saw a boy with pink spiky hair accompanied by a blue cat, both were hanging upside down from a tree branch next to the river.
'Wh-what the hell are you doing up there? And why is your dog blue?' Lucy asked, completely confused 'I am not a dog! I am a cat! Aye sir!' The cat replied 'Gah! It spoke!' Lucy exclaimed loudly.
'Of course he talks! He's my partner and best friend! Anyways-' The boy attempted to jump from the tree, instead he ended up falling into Lucy. 'Ow, ow, ow' he muttered, 'Ah! Pervert!' She squealed, 'Eh?! I'm not a pervert!' He insisted as he sat up 'I'm Natsu Dragneel, and this is my friend, Happy!' 'Aye Sir!' Happy nodded as he sat beside Natsu.
Lucy rubbed the back of her head awkwardly as the two stared at her in anticipation, then she gasped as she realised her hood had fallen down from the impact, she quickly pulled it back up and stood to her feet in a panic.
'You never saw me, okay! And the my name... its Lucy!' She shouted as she ran off, Natsu and Happy looked at each other in confusion 'Wonder if she doesn't like fish?' Happy questioned 'Na... Maybe she was just hungry? Lucy... Well buddy. As much as I like makin' new friends, I'm starvin'! Let's go!' Natsu grinned and stood 'Aye sir!' Happy remarked.
Meanwhile, at the Heartfilia estate, one of Lucy's maid's has been summoned to her fathers office. 'What do you mean, she's gone?!' He exclaimed, slamming his hand against the desk top 'F-forgive me, sir' the maid trembled. 'Well, she better enjoy it, because that day is almost here.'
Lucy finally stopped running, when she turned back she realised that she had ran all the way into the fields that lay just outside the town. She breathed heavily and fell onto her back, burying herself into the grass as she shielded her eyes from the sunlight. 'That day, huh... Natsu. ..' She mumbled as her eyes closed and drifted her away into sleep.
'Well, well, missy, that's a dangerous place to lay y'know?' A deep male voice chuckled, Lucy groaned as she squinted her eyes open, making out a tall dark figure peering down at her 'guess I'll have ta' take ya' for myself then, hehe' the stranger straddled over Lucy and began to unbutton her shirt.
'No! Get off! Help! ' She began to squirm and yell, 'shut up will ya? I'll make ya feel real good if ya behave' he smirked, Lucy struggled to move as she saw the evil glint in this man's eyes. 'Oi, bastard! What dya' think you're doing to my friend?' A familiar voice approached.
'Natsu!' Lucy gasped, 'who the hell are you, punk? I'm gonna kill ya!' The stranger yelled, getting off Lucy and charging towards Natsu, 'Nobody... makes my friends cry!' as the man ran towards Natsu, his fist began to surround itself in flames 'bastard!' He exclaimed angrily, connecting his fist with the strangers face and sending him flying.
As Lucy sat up, trembling in fear and covering her slightly ripped top with her arms, Natsu approached her, throwing his cape around her shoulders and kneeling down, using his thumbs to brush away Lucy's tears. 'Thank you...' She muttered, Natsu smiled gently, leaning his head against hers 'We're friends, Lucy! I know! Come to the guild, we'll get you a decent top!' He exclaimed excitingly, Lucy nodded, taking Natsu's hand and both standing to their feet.
'Ehhhh?!' Lucy gasped as she stood outside the guild Natsu spoke of 'You're... part of Fairy Tail?!' Natsu grinned at her, Fairy Tail was the number one mages guild in Fiore.
As Natsu opened the doors, Lucy could barely catch her breath as before her eyes was the legendary Fairy Tail hall, filled with members who each had their own unique reputation and magical power, it was full of laughter and you could feel the strong bond emanating throughout.
Lucy grasped her hands in front of her as she nervously followed Natsu's footsteps, she could feel various eyes focused on her until they came to a stop. 'Hey, gramps'! Can my friend Lucy here borrow a room? Some punk got her dirtied' Lucy peered over Natsu's shoulder to see the short and drunk Master Makarov sat perched atop the bar, she nervously smiled, Makarov grinned and nodded, too drunk to object, perhaps?
After Lucy was given a new top, she descended the stairs and re entered the hall, looking around nervously as she recognised a few faces from her favorite magazine, Socerer Weekly. 'So, you're a mage too?' A young looking bar maid asked, her hair was silky white and long, it completed her pale skin and dazzling smile 'Ah! You're Mirajane! I- I - I'm a celestial mage' Lucy replied, in her mind, she was screaming with excitement from meeting one of her idols.
'Ohhh? A celestial mage, eh? They're pretty rare nowadays' Stated one of the other guild members, Lucy couldn't contain her nervousness, so much so she almost became dizzy, 'Well, from what I saw, they're pretty damn cool! Right, Lucy?' A strong arm found its way on top of Lucy's head, followed by Natsu's voice and cheesy grin, Lucy couldn't help but blush.
'Come on, ya' pervert, can't you see you're scaring her?' Remarked the midnight blue-haired boy, who for some reason, was topless, Natsu rushed over and clashed his head against the boy's 'Who're ya callin' a pervert, ice boy!' Natsu yelled 'You, you friggin' fire monkey!' The pair kept throwing lame insults back and forth 'Natsu! Gray! Enough!' A pair of hands reached out and grabbed them both by the hair, flinging the two boys against the wall with ease.
'E-erza' the pair grumbled in dismay, Lucy stood in awe at Erza's beautiful red hair, unaware that she was now being 'examined' by the lady herself, 'A newbie?' Erza asked, her eyebrow furrowed as she now stare Lucy in the face, she had a scary atmosphere about her making Lucy more nervous.
'I-I... I'm not... N-Natsu saved me from some thug earlier, I just needed a change of clothes' Lucy stuttered, Erza nodded and backed away, seemingly satisfied with Lucy's answer before pointing her index finger at her 'Then why don't you join?'
'I-I would love to, but I can't...' The members of the guild pouted and groaned in sadness to this response, '... but... Maybe you could help me... I need somewhere to stay, just for a week... Please!' Lucy bowed towards Erza and the others, 'Eh?!' Natsu interrupted with a disappointed look, 'now now, we are Fairy Tail, helping others is what we do best, Natsu' Erza shoved her elbow into Natsu's face as she smiled at Lucy.
Later that night, Lucy had finally settled in her room, she lay back on the bed and huff in relief, suddenly a light tapping came from her room door, she slipped back up and opened the door to see Natsu on the other side, 'Oh, hey, you're awake! Wanna see somethin' awesome?' Natsu asked, bearing his usual captivating grin, as Lucy nodded Natsu grabbed her hand and began running towards the guild exit.
Lucy could barely keep up but felt excited as she ran hand-in-hand with Natsu, finally they had reached their destination, a cherry blossom tree, famous for being the only cherry blossom tree which blossoms turn into the colors of the rainbow at night in Magnolia.
Lucy looked up at awe, thinking how pretty the pink cherry blossoms were, 'Ain't this awesome?!' Natsu chuckled, Lucy's eyes wandered over to Natsu who stood next to her with his arms on his waist and a child-like expression on his face as he looked at the tree, Lucy noticed how Natsu's hair was much like the cherry blossoms, pink and it had a shine that not only lit up his face but also the area surrounding him. Lucy couldn't help but smile and slightly blush as she admired him.
'What ya' staring at me for Lucy? The cherry blossoms! The cherry blossoms!' Natsu was now inches away from Lucy's face, Lucy's cheeks turned bright red as she realised she must've spaced out.
'Eh? You not feelin' well?' Natsu's face came closer as his eyes examined Lucy's face, Lucy smiled and shook her head 'I was just thinking... your hair... is the color of cherry blossoms' Natsu grinned 'Well yeah... Bastards usually tease me about it though' 'Hm... its pretty" Lucy mumbled 'Eh? What was that Lucy?' Lucy laughed awkwardly and shivered slightly.
'Mm... nothing, just cold' Natsu chuckled and took ahold of Lucy's hands, a bright flame suddenly engulfed around their hands 'It's warm... but it doesn't burn?' Lucy glanced down at the flames that emanated from Natsu's hands, 'Well ya' know, a friend once told me that if you concentrate hard enough, the flames won't burn ya', even though burning stuff is fun!' Natsu smiled widely.
Lucy could feel Natsu's heat pass through her entire body, the small space between their lips began to slowly become more imminent until a high pitched female voice interrupted from behind them 'Hey, hey, Natsu!' Natsu and Lucy both quickly released their hands up into the air as the slender girl whose snow-like complexion matched her beautiful short white hair, beamed brightly with her cheeks a strawberry red began to run open-armed towards Natsu.
Natsu laughed awkwardly 'Heyy, Lisanna... Offt!' Natsu tumbled to to the floor as Lisanna had now pounced onto him. Lucy felt a slight stab in her chest as she watched them fool around, but could only show a well-practiced fake smile before deciding to walk back to the guild.