Mr. Popular & Mrs. Not So Popular
Chapter 1
Fairy Tail High, a place where jocks, preps and nerds do NOT mix. In This school, popularity is way more important than education. It's like one of those cheesy high-school movies. Except this is no movie. This is real life. To put it simply, Fairy Tail High is completely stereotypical.
Each Student is put in a rank. The ranks are: Earth Rank- The rank where the people are completely unknown. Not popular, but not unpopular. They tend to just stick in with the background. Basically, they are wallflowers. Sky Rank- The people who are sort of popular but still care about their education a tad more than their popularity. Star Rank- The populars. They don't have to be smart r kind. All they have to do is be rich while looking pretty. They get privileges, such as free extra credit, access to the front of the cafeteria line, being able to skip class, failing a class yet still passing it, and so much more. Nameless Rank- People who are known as nerds/dorks/freaks. The people who end up getting bullied. Who actually care about their education and getting into a good college rather than popularity. So unimportant they don't even have an official rank name. I myself happen to be a member of the Nameless Rank.
My name is Lucy Heartfilia. I live alone with my mom. My parents divorced a long time ago. My dad was the rich one so we don't have much money. We live in a small house but it's just the perfect size for us. The house is placed pretty far away from town and we don't have any neighbors. I attend Fairy Tail High and am at the top of the list for intelligence. Of course, that doesn't really matter when it comes to FTH. Nope, doesn't matter at all. Which is one of the reasons why I am in the Nameless Rank.
*Briiiing* The school bell rings, signalling the end of the school day. I grab my books, speed walk to my locker, quickly put away my stuff, get my bag, lock my locker, and speed walk to the exit. Just like every other day. I'm almost at the door when suddenly I crash into something, or rather someone, and fall down.
What? Why? I always get ready faster than anybody else in this school so that stuff like this doesn't happen! I slowly look up to see the cause of my fall. Praying it's, at worse, an Earth Rank that will be nice to me. Sadly, I couldn't be more wrong.
"Watch where you're going dumbass!" I get shouted at. Of all the ranks! Or all the people! Why this? The one standing in front/over me was none other than the king of this school, Natsu Dragneel.
Natsu Dragneel
Rank: Star
Intelligence: Pretty good for a Star Rank
Group Of Friends: Other Star Rankers, mainly, Gray Fullbuster, Gajeel Redfox and Mirajane Strauss.
Other Info: Most popular boy in school. They call him 'King Of The Fairies'. He is also a complete asshole.
That's it. I'm doomed. My life is officially over. Goodbye life. It's been nice knowing you. "Hey! You deaf or something?" Natsu continues to shout at me, bringing me back to reality. "I said move it! You're in my way." He says strictly. "S-sorry." I apologize, quickly getting up and rushing out of the doors. Can my day get any worse?
-After School-
"Lucy! Your friend Dan is here!" My mom calls from downstairs. I look through my bedroom window and see the red haired boy from school outside my door. God bless my mom for using the peephole. "He isn't my friend mom!" I say, walking out of my bedroom and down the stairs. "But he is such a sweet boy." My mom started giving me a 'please let him in' look. "Mom. Do not open that door." I tell her. As expected, instead of listening to me, she puts on an evil smirk and unlocks the door. "Mom..." And it opens.
Dan Straight
Rank: Earth
Intelligence: Meh
Chance Of Becoming Star Rank: 0%
Group Of Friends: Sadly me
Other Info: He would be a Nameless Rank but he's surprisingly popular with the drama club.
"Lulu!" Dan exclaims, attacking me with an unwanted hug. "Dan get off of me!" I try to push him off. "We were just about to eat dinner. Would you like to join us Dan? We are having hamburgers with french fries." My mom annoyingly asks. Dan lets go of me and turns to my mom. That gives me the chance to shake my head, trying to tell her to take that offer back. "I'd love to Mrs. Star." Too late. By the way, Star is my mom's maiden name.
"Wow, these hamburgers are great!" Dan points out. "They're just hamburgers..." I mumble, making my mom roll her eyes at me. "Thank you Dan. You are such a nice boy. Unlike my daughter over here." "That's right, because I am a girl." I say matter-of-factly. "Hey mom, what's that smell?" I ask, noticing the air smelling weird. "Huh?" My mom took two big sniffs before answering. "Smells like... something's burning." Suddenly, grey smoke fills the air and my mom's eyes widen, along with mine. "Holy shit! Mom, you left the oven on with the french fries still in it!"
The oven starts catching on fire and more smoke fills the air. We cough as the smoke gets in our lunges. "Get outside!" Dan, my mom and I rush out of the house as more of it sets on fire. "Call the firemen!" Dan shouts. "We can't, the phones are inside." Mom says. "I'll go get my cell." I start walking into the house but my mom holds me back. "Are you crazy?! You could get hurt if you go back in there!" By this point, nearly the whole house is on fire. I try to shake out of my mom's grip but it's too tight. "I already lost your father. You're all I have left! I'm not going to lose you too!" Mom shouts. Finally, I stop struggling and back away from the house. Looks like my day could have gotten worse. And it just did.
We stare at the burning house for a while. "We don't have a home anymore." I mumble as the house falls apart with barely any more parts that haven't turned to ash. *Weo! Weo! Weo!* The sound of police cars and firetrucks coming our way fills our ears. "They must have seen the smoke and light." Mom says.
Large men with hoses run up to our house and water the fire away. Though, there isn't much house left. Our house. Our things. They're all gone. A police officer comes up to us and starts asking questions like 'how did the fire start' or 'do you have insurance'. "Do you have a place to stay while a new house is built for you?" The officer asks. Mom thinks about it for a while. "Hmm... I don't think so... Wait! We could stay at an old friend of mine's house. I'm sure she'll say yes."
I try to think of who this old friend is but nobody comes to mind. I don't remember any friends of my mom's coming to visit. Guess they were friends before I was born. The police officer hands my mom his phone and she calls the friend. "Hello... It's me, Layla... I know, it's been forever!... Well I have a bit of a problem... You see my house, well it kinda burned down... I'm fine... No not injured at all... A place to stay would be nice... Thank you so much!... Ok bye!" My mom ends the call and hands the officer his phone back. "We will be staying at her house." She says. "Tell me where she lives, I will drive you two over there. And that officer will drive you back home." He points to another policeman as he refers to Dan. Though I don't pay much attention. All I could think about is how my mom could be so... Upbeat right now.
-Time Skip-At The Friend's House-
I look up at the house. It's like ten times bigger than ours was. Not to mention how close it is to Fairy Tail High. I take a sigh before stepping outside the car. This is all happening so fast. My house burnt down along with all of my belongings and now I'm moving in with a stranger. Well, she is friends with my mom so she must be nice... But still.
I walk up to the front door with my mom. She knocks on the door and seconds later it opens to reveal a tallish woman with long blue hair. "LAYLA!" The woman exclaims an hugs my mom. She lets go once she notices me. "Who is this?... Don't tell me... You had a daughter!" The woman squeals. My mom nods her had. "Correct. This is my daughter Lucy. Lucy this is my old friend-" The woman grabs my wrist and pulls me into the house, not letting my mom finish her introduction. "This is so exciting! I've always wanted a daughter. I even bought a house with extra rooms in case my husband wanted another child." The woman states. "Another? You have a child?!" I'm guessing it's a boy." Mom says, walking in the house, closing the door behind her. "Yes. As a matter of fact, he should be around your age Lucy. I'm sure you two will become good friends. Hold on, lemme call my husband. Honey! Get down here! Layla's here!" She shouts.
Not long after, a man comes down the stairs. He has red spiky hair and is sort of tanned. "Layla, it's been a while." He says. "A while? W haven't seen each other since high school." Oh so they were high school buddies. "This must be your daughter." The man points out. "Hi, I'm Lucy. Thank you for letting us stay here." I thank him. "No problem at all. You could call me-" "Oh! Oh! Now I want you to meet my son." The woman interrupts again. She must like interrupting.
The woman goes up the stairs and I could hear the sound of a door opening and what she is saying. "Come down for a minute. I want you to meet some people." Right after that, she comes back downstairs, followed by a boy wearing a baseball hat that's covering his face a little. "Take that hat off!" The woman pulls off the boy's hat, showing his face. Fuck. My. Life.
Thank you so much for reading the first chapter of my first fanfiction. I hope you enjoyed it! Sorry for any grammar mistakes. Reviews and follows will be greatly appreciate. I'd love it if you would give me any suggestions that you may have. That's all for now. Till next time, bye minna!
-Celestial Princess Lucy