A/N Wassup I'm back after my very LONG LONG LOOOOONNNNGGGG hiatus and I'm excited. If you follow me and are wondering about the stories I haven't finished I might start wrapping those up soon or I may leave them as a summer project because I went back to read them but I've really lost my grip on the characters so I'll write this and oneshots on my oneshot collection until I think I know what I'm doing. Okay well onto the story. I don't own Fairy Tail and the reason everyone hates Lucy I got from Ao Haru Ride (watch it bc its fabulous).

At that place everything was black. She couldn't see any color or happiness.

Lucy looked around the classroom and was meet by the angry glares of her female classmates. It had been happening since she started middle school and now in her first year of high school, it was the worst it's ever been. None of the girls ever talked to her not even the transfer students because they had heard the stories. About how Lucy stole the heart of every boy in school and had the all underneath her thumb. It made the girls crazy jealous so she had no friends.

The future was bleak and everything was painful. Of course during the times with her basketball friends everything was different but most days only greeted her with snickers and snide comments.

The tears that had been threatening to fall were about to flow but Lucy ducked her head lower into the book she was reading. Ever since the comments started she had been doing anything she could to make herself likeable. Class representative, head cheerleader, boys' basketball manager, and even top of her class academically. All that had done was made her more enemies. Lucy would never stop herself from doing the things she loved because people disliked her for it but it was terrible to have no friends except for the basketball club. Finally she convinced her father to send her enough money to move to Magnolia and go to school there.

It was a fear that if she stayed in the dark place for so long then one day she'd forget what color was too.

The class bell rang and Lucy dashed out the doors, hitting the street running. A smile spread across her face and she laughed loudly as she entered her already empty house.

"That was the last day! I'm free! Fairy Tail Academy here I come." Lucy giggled and grabbed her only suitcase that wasn't with the moving company before dashing off the door and down to the train station. People were swarming the station and Lucy had to shove her way through the crowd to get to the train. Once she sat down on the suspiciously warm seat with her legs stuck behind her bright pink suitcase, the train sped off to Magnolia. The three hour ride flew by as Lucy fidgeted, irritating the old lady sitting next to her, and smoothed her skirt.

"All get off for Magnolia please." The conductor announced as the train screeched to a halt. Lucy made her way across the train and hit the steel platform with a thud. Once she was truly in Magnolia she looked around. According to the school's principal the campus, and her dorm, were supposed to be twenty minutes east from the train station. Lucy followed the directions the principal had given her and was blown away by the immaculate building in front of her. It seemed to stretch for miles and was at least three stories tall. Guarding the fortress were a set of golden gates that made Lucy believe this was actually heaven. Cautiously she opened one of the gates and entered the main building.

"How may I help you?" The lady behind the front desk asked with a smile on her face.

"I'm a new student. I start here next month after summer break but I'm living in the dorms." Lucy explained and felt awkward with her oversized suitcase.

"Ah yes Lucy Heartfillia! Here's your schedule, rule book, and dorm key. On the first page of the rule book you should find a map and your school uniform will be hanging in your dorm along with anything the mover's brought for you today. Don't worry about wearing the uniform anywhere but to classes and on-campus meals." The secretary waved to Lucy before turning back to her computer. Lucy looked at the map for a moment before snapping the book shut and heading over to the dormitory. Inside the building were students bustling around. Girls and boys in every year of high school were joking together. Lucy was too busy admiring the scene to notice the green haired man behind her. She backed up slightly to stare at the architecture when she bumped into the man.

"Oh I'm sorry." Lucy apologized and bent down to help him pick up some of the papers he had dropped. While doing so, the wristband on her right arm fell down as well.

"That wristband is familiar… one of the high schools gives them out to their basketballs members and affiliates. If you don't mind me asking so bluntly, who are you?" the man asked while analyzing Lucy. She subconsciously tugged on her skirt but stood up and smiled slightly anyways.

"I'm Lucy Heartfillia and I was a manager for boys' basketball. Then I transferred here." Lucy introduced pleasantly.

"I'm Freed Justine. Would you mind coming with me after we find your dorm? The basketball team has recently lost our manager and I think you might do great. As long as you'd like to of course." Freed offered and took the suitcase from Lucy. She pursed her lips but nodded hesitantly anyways. Every good memory she had ever had at school was with the basketball club so maybe it would be the same here.

"Sure." Lucy said and Freed smiled gratefully.

"Thank you. Now what dorm number are you?" Freed inquired with the tilt of his head.

"Room 245." Lucy said while reading off her schedule.

"What a coincidence that's right in the middle of the athletics dorms. It helps that the gymnasium is less than five minutes away. How fortunate for us right now, no?" Freed chuckled to himself before striding down a large hallway and reaching a room at the very end on the left. Lucy fumbled with her key for a few moments and then entered the quaint dorm room. Her boxes from the company were neatly lined up on a wall and they even had the courtesy to set up her desk. After dumping her suitcase near the boxes she exited the room and glanced at Freed who had been patiently waiting for her by a set of metal doors right outside her room.

"This is the doorway that leads to the gymnasium." Freed explained and opened one of the doors to let Lucy walk through. It took a few seconds to cross the covered pavilion before he opened another set of doors to see a large polished gym. Inside boys were running around while two men watched them. At the sound of the door opening one of the men with red hair turned to look at them. Freed made a signal and the man blew on his whistle to gather everyone's attention. The team ran up to him like puppies and Lucy hid her smile behind her sleeve. It must be the same at every school. Nice to know that some things don't change.

"Hello everyone. I believe we have found our new manager. This is Lucy Heartfillia and she just transferred here. Back at her old school she was boys' basketball manager." Freed introduced Lucy who waved to the group.

"Why did you pick her? Was she even good as a manager?" a burly man asked. His spiky blonde hair and lightening tattoo were menacing enough without the fierce scowl on his face.

"Lighten up Laxus. I'm sure Freed wouldn't have brought her here if he didn't give her some kind of test." Bixlow said and slung his arm over Laxus' shoulders.

"Actually an evaluation evaded my mind." Freed admitted sheepishly.

"Well I'll give her one. I'm Coach Gildarts and I want you to run the next twenty minutes of practice." The red haired man said while handing Lucy a small plastic whistle. After that he promptly walked up the stairs to the second story viewing area and laid down on his back. Everyone turned to glance at Lucy who analyzed them all.

"Hello." She said shyly and ducked her head slightly.

"Hello Lucy. I'm Jellal, the captain of the team. Today we were going to work on how to make our club appealing to new members this year. Right now it's only us four. Bixlow, Freed, and Laxus were the only ones to stay behind with us since the regulars all graduated. Please feel free to coach us as you would your old team." Jellal bowed slightly before heading back into line with his teammates. Lucy blinked twice at that and straightened her back.

"Very well. Two on two. Now. Highest score in ten minutes wins and then we will discuss the club's appeal." Lucy glared at the four boys and clapped her hands together. "Begin!"

"Captain why did you have to say that?" Bixlow wheezed from his spot on the floor. He was sprawled out and his tongue lolled out of his mouth.

"Sorry. I underestimated Lucy." Jellal sighed and turned to the manager-in-training. She was glancing at the four with a smile on her face.

"Not bad. Good job." Lucy congratulated the team before pursing her lips. "Of course it doesn't matter how good you are if you don't have enough members for an official team. It may be fine if you had more stamina but right now that's out the window. Anyways we should go back to new members. The new school year starts in two weeks. Any potential candidates?" Lucy asked.

"We were just going to wait to see who shows up." Bixlow shrugged and got up on his elbow.

"No wonder there's only four of you. Scouting begins now! Well if I'm your manager." Luy suddenly got shy again and glanced at her toes.

"You're manager. I've never seen anyone work these godawful brats to sweat and still make the exercise useful." Coach Gildarts called out from the balcony before exiting the gym.

"Alright then. Scouting starts now!" Lucy cheered and the team got up to cheer halfheartedly as well. This was day the rebirth of Fairy Tail High's Basketball Team began.