Chapter One The Book
~Levy~
I walked out of my apartment complex and into the town of Magnolia with everything I needed tucked inside by bag. I am the happiest person alive. Why? Because I, Levy McGarden have been accepted to Fairy Tail High. I have always wanted to join that school since I was in 5th grade. The school was founded years ago and it still stands today, which I think is pretty amazing. It features grades 10-12 so I had to take 9th grade at Sabertooth High. As I walked down the streets I was proud to wear my uniform. I wore a red and white tie, a light yellow short sleeved under shirt with a red buttoned up vest. It also came with a cute black skirt with matching shoes and white socks that came to the middle of my shin. In pictures I've seen of the school a lot of girls will pull up their skirts to make them shorter. I don't understand why. Do they like showing their butt to the entire school?
"Well, I know where you're going?" I turned around and stopped when I saw a blonde haired girl wearing the same uniform as me. She's tall. Well, everybody is taller than this 4"10 girl. She had big brown eyes and her hair is pulled up to a high side pony-tail held together by a white bow. She looks to be around sixteen or seventeen years old. She held out her hand with a smile spread across her face. "My name's Lucy." She said in a welcoming tone. I took her hand and shook it. "My name is Levy. Levy McGarden. It's nice to meet you Lucy." I said. "You too." replied Lucy. I released my grip on her hand and let it rest at my side.
I continued to walk and Lucy walked next to me. We made our way down the sidewalk to the school. "So, Levy… what grade are you going into?" Asked Lucy.
"I'm going into 10th. How about you?" I asked still looking forward.
"I'm also going into 10th!" She said like it was the best thing in the world.
There was a little silence before I spoke up.
"So, Lucy where are you from?"
"I'm originally from a town North of Mongolia called Largin. Where are you from?"
"I've lived in Mongolia all my life with my mom."
"What about your dad?"
I never wanted to think about what happened but Lucy looks like somebody I can trust. But, not yet. Not with this secret.
"He was part of the armed forces that went to attack some terrorist groups. He… never made it back home." I lied. It was the first thing that came to my mind and I'm pretty sure it was believable.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't know."
"It's fine." I smiled. We ended up talking like we'd been friends for years until we reached the school.
It was an immense building. Probably the biggest one I've ever seen. It is a yellow bricked building with a short dark gray roof. Tall black gates surrounded the school and the place where they opened read, "Fairy Tail High." I peered through the gate and saw the most exquisite garden in the world. It had an arrangement of black lilies, red roses, pink chrysanthemums and yellow daisies. Surrounding the flower bed where dark crimson bricks. It is so beautiful! "Well, after you." Said Lucy gesturing towards the gate. I opened it and walked through it. There were several students loitering about. I took another look at the flower bed and saw three boys fighting towards it. One had spiky pink hair, light tan skin and has a muscular body. Another has really dark hair, with his shirt off. He has pale skin and a toned muscular body. The tallest of them all has long black spiky hair. He has piercings above his eyebrows, on the sides of his nose and down his chin. He has tan skin and scowl splattered on his face.
They were being followed by a red head girl who looked to be furious at the three. A blue haired man with a strange mark around his eye who looked a little frightened of the red head. And a blue haired girl who had her hand clasped together and raised to her chests. I followed her gaze and she was staring at the shirtless boy. I could swear she was cheering him on. Lucy walked over to them and I decided to follow. When we got there the boys had made their way to the flower bed and it was destroyed. All of the males that were fighting were panting heavily while glaring at each other. I know it wasn't my business to scold them but I was just so mad on what they had just destroyed. I walked up to them and they all looked at me. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU JUST DESTROYED?! THOSE FLOWERS ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO GROW IN MAGNOLIA! YOU ALSO JUST RUINED THE BEAUTIFUL SIGHT! I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU WERE FIGHTING ABOUT BUT OBVIOUSLY IT WAS SOMETHING STUPID!" I yelled. They all started at me in shock, including the red head. I yelled all of that in one breath so I was panting just as the boys were.
They all looked at me for a while before Lucy came up to me. "Levy, I think you need to calm down," I nodded and looked up at her then smiled. She gave me a small smile back and then gestured towards everybody. "Levy, these are some of my friends." Said Lucy. Now, I was just embarrassed. I just yelled at Lucy's friends and for something that could have been easily taken care of. Ugh. I can be a real idiot sometimes. "I-I'm sorry." I said. The black haired boy walked up to me and patted my head. "Never knew so much anger could be tucked away in a Shrimp." He said. "Hey! My name's Levy and I'm not that short." I said.
"Yea, compared to a 4th grader. Gihi." He laughed.
"Gajeel, leave Levy her alone." Said the redhead.
The tall boy, named Gajeel backed away in fear. Does everybody fear her?
The redhead walked up to me and held out her hand. "I'm Erza Scarlet… Levy, is it?" She asked. I shook her hand and nodded. "Nice to meet you Erza." I said with a smile. "This is Juvia Lockser," She pointed to the blue haired girl and she waved then her face turned into a scowl. "Stay away from Gray-sama and Juvia won't kill Levy." She said. I have no clue why she talks in third person, but I just shook it off. "Jellal Fernandez," She pointed to the boy with the unusual tattoo. He gave me a small smile and I smiled back. "You've already met Gajeel Redfox," Gajeel gave out a 'tch' noise before rolling his eyes. "Gray Fullbuster," Erza pointed to the guy that was shirtless. I started at his chest wondering why he didn't have a shirt on. He looked down and then cursed before running off. "He has a bad habit of stripping." Lucy Whispered. "And that's Natsu Dragneel." Erza pointed to the pink haired boy and he gave me a large grin. I smiled back and the bell rang, signaling that class was about to start. "We better go." I said.
Lucy and I made our way inside and the school looked bigger on the inside than it does on the outside. I pulled out my schedule to find out what my first class is. Math, room 405. "Awe man! I have history first." Said Lucy looking over my shoulder. "Well, I'll see ya in the next class we have together." I said as I waved goodbye. Lucy waved back and she walked over to Natsu. I'm betting they have history together. I then walked off to math class.
~Lucy~
I walked next to Natsu as we made our way to history class. I met Natsu back in middle school. We were partners for dissecting a frog. We were working on the frog when Natsu just had to look at the heater. So, are Natsu being Natsu, he turned the heater on. When I asked him to grab a paper he reached over and knocked the heater down. The entire chemistry lab went up in flames and Natsu suspended from school for a month. I was actually kinda funny. I didn't have to dissect a frog and we didn't have science for two months. We walked down the halls and Natsu spoke up. "So, Lucy? How long have you known Levy?"
"Oh… actually we just met today."
Natsu started at me like I just grew an extra head.
"Natsu, earth to Natsu." I said waving my hand in front of his face.
"Oh, sorry. It's just, you two seem like really close friends."
I pondered on this for a while before saying, "I hope we are good friends someday."
We reached history class and Natsu and I sat next to each other in the third row. Evergreen and Gray also had this class so we aren't all alone. The bell rang and our teacher walked into the classroom. Her name is Mrs. Marvell. She has dark blue hair like Wendy except her hair comes down to her shoulders. She also has big hazel eyes. She's a slender woman with rounded curves in her hips and chest. Wendy was my 'little buddy' and I was her 'big buddy' when we were growing up. Her family and my family were really close friends, well… at least until my mom died. But even after she did die I still went over to her house to have tea parties with her dolls. Right now Wendy is attending Magnolia Junior High. Seems like only yesterday I was in her shoes. Class felt like it went on forever! All did was give us expectations and class rules. I already knew that Gajeel, Natsu and Gray would break at least half of them. That's how each class went. Introductions and/or class rules and expectations.
~LUNCH TIME~
I sat down at a table with Lisanna, Juvia, Levy and Erza. All of the boys were at a different table because they think all us girls do is gossip and talk about boys and who's dating who. There just a bunch of sexist do**h-bags. "Lucy?" asked Lisanna. "Yea?" I replied. "Who's your friend?" She asked looking at Levy. "Oh! I'm so sorry. Levy this is Lisanna, Lisanna this is Levy."
"Nice to meet you." Said Levy with a smile.
"Nice to meet you too." Replied Lisanna.
We ate lunch and Levy and I began talking about a book we'd both recently read called If I Stay. We both loved it. We talked on and on until somebody called Levy's name. "LEVY!" someone shouted. I turned around and there were two boys. One was… well, fat with a brown… pony tail-thing. He had tan skin and had a large smile on his face. The other was in shape and had orange hair and pale skin. His hair was spiky and pulled back into a high ponytail. Levy turned around and looked at them. "Jet! Droy!" she shouted. Levy got up from her seat and ran to the boys, embracing them both. They laughed and talked together until lunch was over.
~Levy~
I was at the bookstore with Lucy after school. We each picked out a couple of books and then went to a circular table in the center of the store to read each book and to decide if we wanted to buy it or not. I was looking at a book called Where She Went it looks pretty good. Well, it is the second book for If I Stay. I was pulled from my reading when Lucy spoke. "So, Levy… what do you think about everyone?" She asked, I put my book down and though for a while. "Uh… Well, Natsu seems really nice and fun but when he gets mad he gets mad. The same goes for Gray. And also, what the heck is wrong with Gray and stripping? Erza seems really intimidating but can be nice when she wants to. Juvia seems like she has some serious mental problems about obsessing over Gray. Gajeel seems annoying but he looks like he can be nice." I smiled and Lucy leaned into my ear. "Don't get your hopes up with Gajeel and being nice. He can be a real jack-a** sometimes."
Really Lucy? I was getting my hopes up a little and then you just bring me down. "Excuse me." Said Lucy. She got up and went to the bathroom. I gathered up the books I was going to buy and took them to the cashier. "Hello Levy" Cameron said. I knew him because I was a regular customer here. I was one of my friends. Even though he was three years older than me. "Hi Cameron, I'd like to buy these please." I said. I placed the books on the counter and he scanned them. Before I could give him my credit card he spoke. "Can I interest you in our lastest book? We just got it today and I know you love to read. We only have one copy so when you're done can you return it?"
"I'll buy it. You know what they say, you can't judge a book by it's cover."
Cameron smiled at me and I took the book and the bag containing my other books. I sat down and Lucy came back. She leaned over my shoulder and looked at the book. "Your Story." Said Lucy. She read the title and I opened the cover. We read something that we'd never forget.
'I was walking with Lucy to the bookstore after school. I had my backpack over my right shoulder and my wallet in my left. When we arrived at the bookstore I saw Cameron at the front desk. I waved to him and he waved back. Lucy and I grabbed some books and sat down at a table in the middle to decide which ones we want.'