Chapter 1

"Please, please don't hurt mommy- daddy don't hurt mommy-" the little blonde rocked back and forth in the corner of her room. The only thing that was heard was the blood curdling scream coming from her mother. The screams soon made the whole house shake and Lucy was paralyzed with fear for her poor mother's life.

It was well past 1:30am in the Heartfilia mansion and the little blonde had finally stopped shaking after she heard her mother's crying stop. Although she was young she knew that her father was a horrible man and regretted her mother marrying him. She wished she hadn't met him. Even if it meant she wouldn't have been born.

That was years ago her mother had passed long ago. Lucy couldn't help but dwell on her past. She could only find that the small time spent alone with her mother was the only pleasant memory from her dark past. She had been in Magnolia for a few months after getting her acceptance letter from Flore University. There she would study to become a journalist, although she wanted desperately to become an author.

Lucy had been exhausted after taking a double shift at the Cracked Mug Coffee Shop to keep up with her rent. She rarely had time to work on her novel thanks to her job. She had either been taking orders and making cappuccinos or sleeping after her long shifts. Thankfully as soon as school started she would try and find a roommate. She looked at her phone and checked the time and date- 11:32pm, July 27th- *sigh* "Only 10 more days until school starts" the blonde thought outloud.

She had been keeping track of the time until a new chapter in the life would and she hoped that it would be full of fun memories to drown out all her old dreadful memories. She hopped out of bed to put on some pajamas that was really just an oversized blue T-shirt and some black thin cotton short-shorts. She slowly climbed into bed and stared off into the dark abyss that she called her room. As time ticked on her eyelids started to get heavy and she was soon off in her own dream land.

-X-

The days passed quickly and before she knew it school had started. It was the first day of school and Lucy had the whole day to explore her new campus. She had taken a wrong turn at one point and was very lost.

"Ugh,why is this campus so big." she complained out loud. She tried to find her way off the maze like campus. After Lucy wandered for about an hour she rounded a corner not really paying attention to where she was going and a tall muscular boy with pink hair ran straight into her. She closed her eyes bracing herself for impact but didn't feel a thing. Instead she felt strong arms holding on to her lower back and felt a warm breeze on her face. When she finally opened her eyes she was met with her savior's face. the stayed like this for a few moments that felt like an eternity. After realizing their strange position the man's cheeks became as pink as his hair.

He quickly helped the lovely lady to her feet and gave her his signature grin while rubbing the back of his neck. While Lucy just stood there in shock still processing what just happened. After a moment of silence the boy said "I'm so sorry I didn't think anyone was out anymore, the campus tends to clear out around six" snapping her out of her thoughts. "Oh, it's fine I was actually kind of lost" the only reply she got was a chuckle. "What?" she questioned the pinkette. "Nothing I can show you the way out if you like, I get lost all the time so it would be no problem to help another helpless soul" he said with a smirk. "Umm, if you get lost all the time then how would you know the way out?"she asked with a confused look. "Well you make a good point, but I know my way around on this part of the campus because I live here." he stated like it was a fact.

And with that they were off. There was an awkward silence before the spiky pinkette decided to speak."What's your name?" The blonde didn't look over at him "Lucy…" she stated blankly. She made sure not to say her last name for reasons (*cough* her dad *cough*) "I'm Etherious Natsu Dragneel, but my friends call me Natsu." He flashed her another grin as they continued their journey to the girls dorms.

They got to the dorms at 7:47pm. Lucy turned to her new friend " Thanks for the help I would probably still be lost if it weren't for you," she smiled. He just grinned and turned to walk away before he turned back before she completely shut the door "Lucy before I forget." she held the door open for a second as he handed her his phone. "I figure you have a phone so if you get lost again just text me." she then grabbed her phone from her bag and handed it to Natsu and they put their numbers into each other's phones. Then Natsu smiled and walked down the corridor of the girls dorm and Lucy just watched as his figure disappeared into the elevator.

"Sigh, so much for finding a roommate but I guess having my own dorm wasn't that bad." and with that thought she fell In a deep sleep.