My first Fairy Tail fanfic! This is mainly going to be a Friendship-Adventure fanfic, with some romance sprinkled here and there.
Genre: Friendship, Adventure, Humor, Romance
Pairings: Natsu/Lucy, Gray/Juvia, Gajeel/Levy, Jellal/Erza, Mirajane/Laxus, Leo/Aries, Sting/Yukino
Ages:
Lyon, Jellal, Erza, Laxus, Mirajane: 19
Elfman, Natsu, Gray, Juvia, Gajeel, Leo, Aries: 18
Lisanna, Sting, Lucy, Yukino, Levy: 17
Summary: Lucy Heartfilia is signed on to be a counsellor of a summer camp for kids by her cousin Sting Eucliffe, at the request of their grandparents, much to her horror. Can Lucy learn to open up to strangers, as they soon become her important friends?
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail!
Lucy Heartfilia glared at her cousin, Sting Eucliffe, who was currently driving a van. If looks could kill, Sting would have been dead by now. There was a reason for her anger though, Sting had signed her up as a counsellor of a summer camp which he also attended, at their grandparents' request.
Flashback
"YOU DID WHAT?" Screamed Lucy.
"We had Sting sign you up as a counsellor for the summer camp which he also attends as a counsellor." Replied her grandfather.
"But you know I can't go there!" Retorted Lucy, with a horrified expression.
"We know, and we thought that it would be a good way to help you overcome that fear. That's why we asked Sting to sign you up as a counsellor." Said her grandmother.
Sting scratched his head, "Do uncle and auntie know about this?"
"We told them before they left. Lucy we are doing this for your own good. The sooner you get over that fear, the better. You are going to interact with more people in the future, you cannot stay away from people forever." Said her grandmother.
Lucy hugged her legs, and her grandfather hugged her.
"Lucy dear, we all want you to get better. It will be fun, I'm sure that you've listened to all the stories that Sting told you whenever he returns from the summer camp." Said her grandfather.
"Gramps is right, it is fun, and you'll meet lots of people who you can count on. I'm really glad to have met them. We are all a big family there." Said Sting, with a grin.
"I guess." Mumbled Lucy.
"Good, because you leave in two days." Said her grandmother with a smile.
Lucy narrowed her eyes before sighing. Sting followed Lucy back to her room to help her pack for the camp. Sting stopped by his room and took a black paper bag and a brown envelope with him. The envelope had both Lucy's and Sting's names written on it. Sting took out a white piece of paper from the envelope.
"You're in the Fairy Tail cabins. I'll bring you to the Fairy Tail cabins myself. Don't worry, the boys and girls cabins are separated, the same goes for the counsellor's cabins." Said Sting.
"Which cabin are you in?" Asked Lucy.
"Sabertooth. We have various games and events every year and points are given for each event the children take part in. The total points are calculated at the end of the camp and prizes are given to all of the cabins, but the prizes vary according to their position. Of course, the prizes are pretty good and kids really like them. Sabertooth won last year, Fairy Tail came in second. We always have friendly competitions with each other, even among the counsellors from each cabin. It's all part of the fun really." Explained Sting.
Sting handed the black paper bag to Lucy.
"These are the camp shirts for the counsellors to wear, you will also have a name tag but you will only get it when you arrive at the camp." Said Sting.
Lucy pulled out two shirts from the paper bag and the shirts were in the exact same design, only in different colours. The shirt had the words "Fairy Tail" printed on them in large swirly letters as well as a picture of a bird on the left sleeve. One of the shirts was a light blue, and the words and symbol were in dark pink while the other shirt was white while the words and symbol were in dark blue.
"The white one is to be worn during the night walk activities while the light blue one is to be worn during the scavenger hunt and the campfire which is held during the last night of the camp. You are free to wear your own clothes for the rest of the camp, but there are dress-code rules and certain clothing restrictions for certain activities." Explained Sting.
Lucy nodded and Sting handed her a list of the things that she needed to pack. Lucy checked the list before bringing out her suitcase and backpack, and started packing. There was complete silence while Lucy was packing.
"Lucy, are you mad at me? Or Gramps and Gran." Asked Sting, breaking the silence.
Lucy looked up from her packing, "No, I couldn't really. You guys were just concerned about me, I couldn't stay mad at you guys."
Sting smiled, "Don't worry, I'll be with you every step of the way. You can always talk to me at the camp, if you need it."
Lucy smiled and she shared a friendly fist bump with Sting.
End of Flashback
"I thought that you weren't mad anymore?" Asked Sting.
"I got scared, I guess." Mumbled Lucy.
"It will be alright, Lucy." Said Sting, softly.
Meanwhile back at the camp…
"Erza! When the new counsellor arrive? I want to meet her!" Said a girl with short white hair.
"Be patient, Lisanna. I heard that she's Sting's cousin, so she'll probably be arriving with him." Replied a girl with scarlet hair.
"Sting is in charge of the scavenger hunt materials and prizes this year, he's probably going to drop them off at the office and bring the new counsellor to meet the master before coming here." Said another girl with white hair, but her hair was longer and stopped at her waist level.
"Juvia wants to meet her too!" Said a girl with shoulder length blue hair.
"Me too, I wonder what she is like." Said a girl with light blue hair.
"She probably has blond hair, just like Sting." Mused Lisanna.
These five girls were the female counsellors of Fairy Tail, there were male counsellors as well but they were preparing the place for the kids who would arrive tomorrow. They were Lisanna Strauss, Erza Scarlet, Mirajane Strauss, Juvia Lockser and Levy McGarden.
Just then, a blond haired male and a pink haired female passed by the five girls. Both of them were holding clipboards.
"Hi there Aries. You too Leo. I can see that you guys are working hard!" Said Mirajane.
Leo nodded and looked up from his clipboard, "Nice to see you girls. I suppose that you girls are waiting for the new counsellor."
"We are!" Said Juvia.
"I think she's going to be a really nice person, I saw her picture the other day." Said Aries.
"Hey, I think I see Sting's van in the distance!" Said Lisanna, turning the focus of attention of the others to something else.
Levy formed a pair of binoculars with her hands and she spotted a pearly white van in the distance approaching them. The van eventually stopped a few metres in front of the five girls. Sting helped the girl sitting with him alight from the van before opening the back of the van to get her luggage.
"Sorry we took so long, the master wasn't in his office when we arrived, so we had to wait for him for a while." Apologised Sting,
"It's alright, we're just glad to see our new friend." Assured Mirajane.
"This is my cousin, Lucy Heartfilia." Said Sting, pointing to Lucy.
"It's nice to meet you." Spoke Lucy, softly.
At that moment, Lisanna glomped Lucy. "I knew that you would have blond hair just like Sting!"
Lucy stiffened and Levy seemed to notice it. Levy nudged Juvia and the two got Lisanna to stop glomping Lucy.
"It's nice to meet you Lucy. I'm Erza Scarlet, I'm the co-leader of Fairy Tail this year." Said Erza.
"I'm Mirajane Strauss, I'm one of the sub-leaders this year. You can call me Mira, almost everyone does." Said Mirajane, with a kind smile.
"I'm Levy McGarden! I like reading books, I hope you do too." Said Levy.
"I'm sorry about glomping you earlier, but I was really excited to meet you. I'm Lisanna Strauss." Said Lisanna, with a smile.
"Juvia Lockser. Juvia is pleased to meet you." Said Juvia.
Lucy blinked at Juvia, briefly wondering why she spoke in third person before brushing thought off.
"I'm Aries Celestia and this is Leo Regulus, we're the senior counsellors from Fairy Tail this year." Said Aries, shyly.
"Leo, you wouldn't happen to have Lucy's pass would you? The master said that one of Fairy Tail's senior counsellors would have it." Asked Sting.
Leo shook his head, "It's probably with Laxus or Jellal."
"What's a senior counsellor?" Whispered Lucy to Sting.
Unfortunately, Erza managed to hear Lucy's question and she gave a reply instead, "It's just a term we use at the camp. The senior counsellors are the ones who plan the overall camp schedules and they allocate the budgets for each activity, but the actual activities are planned by the other counsellors. The senior counsellors are responsible for everything that happens during the camp and the people who become the senior counsellors change every year."
"So basically, they are all the ones who do the paperwork and other stuff. It's quite boring and they don't really get to participate in any of the activities except for the night walks and the campfire." Said Levy.
"Mira was a senior counsellor last year and she complained that she didn't get to have fun and enjoy herself last year." Giggled Aries.
"Aries and I must get going, we still have lots to do. It was nice to meet you girls, especially you princess." Said Leo, with a charming smile as he gently kissed Lucy's hand.
Aries and Leo left the six girls to return to their duties.
"So, Lucy what are your hobbies?" Asked Lisanna.
Sting noticed Lucy's nervous look and gave Erza and Mirajane a sign.
"Lisanna why don't you, Juvia and Levy bring Lucy to our cabin first? So that she can settle in and unpack first, we can get to know her later during dinner." Asked Mirajane, catching onto Sting's sign.
"Of course!" Said Juvia.
Lisanna, Juvia and Levy led Lucy to their cabin which wasn't too far from where they were. Erza and Mirajane stayed with Sting who had something important to tell them.
"What is it that you wanted to tell us Sting?" Asked Mirajane.
"It's about Lucy." Said Sting.
"We're all ears." Said Erza.
Sting took a deep breath, "I was hoping that you guys at Fairy Tail would take care of Lucy for me. She had a traumatic experience when she was younger and she's afraid of getting close to strangers and making friends. Our grandparents asked me to sign her up as a counsellor because they wanted her to get over her fear, I apologise for her rudeness beforehand if she doesn't respond so well to some of our habits. Lucy didn't want to attend the camp because of her fear, she really liked attending summer camps until that incident happened. The master knows of Lucy's condition, that was why he immediately accepted the application that I sent in for Lucy."
Erza nodded, "I see, thanks for telling us. Of course, we will inform the other counsellors not to go overboard with their welcome preparations for her. But rest assured that we won't tell anyone about Lucy's past."
"We will try to explain it to the others without hurting her feelings, and of course we'll do our best to become friends with her." Said Mirajane.
Sting gave a small smile, "Thanks, it means a lot."
Mirajane giggled, "Sting, you do care a lot for Lucy don't you?"
Sting smiled, "She's like a sister to me, not that either of us had any siblings. And we're the same age too."
"Don't worry, she's in good hands here at the camp. We'll make sure that no one will hurt her." Said Erza.
"Thank you, I should be getting back to Sabertooth's cabin to park my van. I'll see you guys for dinner later." Said Sting, with a grin.
Sting hopped into his van and drove off, while Mirajane and Erza returned to their cabin. Juvia, Levy and Lisanna were helping Lucy unpack, and the two older girls could tell that Lucy was wary of them.
"Lucy, we'll leave you to unpack first. Please join us in the cabin next door, it is where we have meetings. But for now we are just going to go over the list of names of the kids in Fairy Tail this year." Said Erza.
Mirajane gave Lisanna, Levy and Juvia a look which meant that they should leave Lucy alone.
"Alright. See you later, Lu-chan." Said Levy.
Levy, Lisanna and Juvia followed Erza and Mirajane to the cabin next door. Six boys were already waiting for the five girls. Natsu Dragneel was a male with wild pink/salmon hair. Gray Fullbuster was raven haired and was currently not wearing a shirt. Gajeel Redfox had wild and long black hair with various piercings. Laxus Dreyer had blond hair and a lightning shaped scar on his face. Jellal Fernandes had blue hair and a tattoo on the left side of his face. Elfman Strauss was Mirajane and Lisanna's brother and like his siblings he had white hair. The six boys were sitting at a long table.
"Where is our new recruit?" Asked Gray.
"She is unpacking, and Gray please put on your shirt." Replied Mirajane, calmly.
Gray freaked out before Jellal tossed him his shirt which was oddly by the window. Gray hurriedly put on his shirt as the girls took their seats at the long table.
"We have something to tell you about our new recruit before she arrives. She is Sting's cousin and he wants us to look out for her." Said Erza, with a serious tone.
Even the girls were surprised by Erza's tone but they all listened to Erza and Mirajane. Erza and Mirajane explained Lucy's situation to the others as well as Sting's request. They also explained their observations during their first meeting with Lucy.
"Don't do anything silly that will scare her, we have to help her overcome her fear by becoming her friends." Said Erza.
"I didn't know Lu-chan had such a scary past." Shivered Levy.
"Don't worry, Juvia will do her best to be friends with Lucy!" Said Juvia.
Just then the door opened and Lucy popped her head into the room. Levy gave Lucy a kind smile and led her to the table where she took a seat in between Erza and Levy.
"This is Lucy Heartfilia, the newest counsellor of Fairy Tail." Said Erza, placing an arm around Lucy's shoulder.
"I'm Jellal Fernandaz, I'm one of the sub-leaders this year. It's nice to meet you Lucy." Said Jellal, kindly.
"Nice to meet you Lucy! I'm Elfman Strauss! Blue is a manly colour!" Said Elfman.
"I'm Gray Fullbuster, glad to be working with you soon." Said Gray.
"I'm Laxus Dreyer, I'm the co-leader along with Erza this year. Nice to have you on the team." Said Laxus, though abet a little grumpily.
"Gajeel Redfox, nice to see you bunny girl." Said Gajeel, which earned him a look from Levy.
"I'm Natsu Dragneel, nice to meet you Luigi!" Said Natsu.
Gray face palmed while the others shook their heads.
"Her name is Lucy, Natsu." Said Levy.
"Do you mind if I call you Luce? It's much easier to remember." Said Natsu.
Lucy nodded slowly, "It's nice to meet you all."
Just then Laxus stood up and took something off the wall hooks and handed it to Lucy.
"This is your counsellor pass, wear it all the time so that the kids can recognise you. You can help kids from other cabins back to their own cabins if they get lost." Said Laxus.
"We should give Lucy a tour of the grounds, so that she will be familiar with the place when the kids arrive tomorrow." Said Jellal.
"Who wants to show Lucy around?" Asked Erza.
"Juvia and Levy will go!" Said Juvia, after glancing at Levy.
"I want to go too!" Said Natsu.
"You guys go on ahead, Jellal and I are meeting Leo to pick up some stuff." Said Gray.
"Don't tell me you're scared of a certain place, ice pants!" Snickered Natsu.
Gray's eyebrow twitched, "I am not scared!"
"Then come along with us!" Said Natsu.
"Of course! I'll prove that I'm not scared of that place, flame brains!" Retorted Gray.
Jellal sighed, "Gajeel, you'll have to come with me then."
"It's all your fault salamander!" Hissed Gajeel.
Erza gave Gajeel, Gray and Natsu a glare which made them shut up.
"Gajeel, you were saying?" Spoke Erza, dangerously while looking at Gray and Natsu.
"Nothing! I'll go with Jellal." Said Gajeel, even dropping the nickname he had for Jellal.
"I'll go along as well, to prevent you two from getting into any trouble." Sighed Erza.
"We'll stay and finish sorting out the cabins for the kids, we'll meet again for dinner later." Said Mirajane.
"Have fun!" Said Lisanna.
Levy, Juvia, Erza, Gray and Natsu gave Lucy a tour of the camp grounds using a vehicle which looked like a golf kart. Levy was driving, because Juvia and Levy couldn't trust Erza, Natsu and Gray's driving. This was because the three crashed three of the karts last year, Gray and Natsu were having a race and Erza was trying to stop them and they crashed the karts as a result, which had cost the camp quite a bit of money to replace. Erza was explaining the various facilities that they had and Lucy glanced at the scenery as they passed by. The camp had really good facilities, and Sting was probably right, she was going to have fun here, after all her fellow counsellors were all really nice to her.
"Lucy are you up for a little fun tonight?" Asked Erza, as Levy stopped driving.
Levy parked the kart in front of an old building, which looked like an old barn or storeroom. It was maintained quite well as the building showed no signs of falling apart at all.
"What is this place?" Asked Lucy.
"It's the place where we have our test of courage, every camper and counsellor has to go through it once. We'll explain the rules to you during dinner and we will have the test tonight at about 10pm." Said Erza.
"This is the place where ice pants is afraid of! He claimed that he saw a ghost when it was just a plain white sheet!" Laughed Natsu.
"You wanna go at it flame brains?" Retorted Gray.
"I'm always ready to kick your butt." Proclaimed Natsu.
But before Gray could retort, Erza slapped both of their heads together.
"Behave! Is this how the two of you behave in the presence of a new counsellor?" Spoke Erza.
"Juvia finds it hard to believe that the kids actually look up to the two of you." Sighed Juvia.
"So Lu-chan, are you up for the test? We've decided to do it tonight, in case you didn't want to do it with the kids." Said Levy.
"It is fine, I guess." Mumbled Lucy.
Juvia glanced at her watch, "Juvia thinks that it is best that we go to our last stop now."
"Oh yes, the last stop is the dining hall. Don't worry, I asked Mirajane to bring all of our utensils for us." Said Erza.
Levy drove them to the dining hall which wasn't too far from the main office. Levy parked the kart and the six walked to the dining hall where they joined their fellow counsellors. Mirajane placed their utensils on the table with a sign with the words Fairy Tail printed on them. Just then a male with white hair, with a megaphone in his hand, sounded an alarm which turned the attention of the other counsellors to him.
"Attention fellow counsellors, as you may have heard, we have a new counsellors joining our camp this summer. She will be in Fairy Tail, please welcome Lucy Heartfilia!" Said the white haired male.
Erza motioned for Lucy to stand up and Erza raised Lucy's hand.
"Please give her a round of applause to welcome her." Said the same male.
"That was Lyon Vista, Gray's adopted brother. He is in Lamia Scale." Explained Erza, as they sat down.
"Let's go and get our food." Said Lisanna.
Lucy picked up her plate and followed Lisanna. Lucy glanced around and the other counsellors looked friendly enough.
"Lucy, do you have any food preferences like allergies or being a vegetarian?" Asked Lisanna.
"Not really." Said Lucy, while shaking her head.
Lisanna smiled and scooped some pasta for Lucy and herself before letting Lucy pick the rest of her food. While Lucy and Lisanna were picking out their food, Levy and Juvia filled their cups with orange juice. Lucy took her seat in between Erza and Juvia and she glanced across of her and saw Gajeel's plate before staring at him. Gajeel's plate was mainly filled with food that were high in iron content.
"What are you staring at bunny girl?" Said Gajeel, rudely.
"Gajeel, where are your manners?" Scolded Levy.
"Gajeel-kun's body doesn't have enough iron by itself, so he needs to eat food that are high in iron content to keep himself healthy." Explained Juvia.
Gejeel grumbled slightly before Juvia and Levy glared at him. Lucy blinked before Lisanna assured her that this was a common sight at the camp. But it was slightly different this time as the counsellors from other cabins came by to greet Lucy as well as to welcome her to the camp.
"How are you settling in Lucy?" Asked Sting, while he handed Lucy a bowl of mango pudding for dessert.
"The people here are pretty nice." Shrugged Lucy.
Sting grinned, "I told you so."
"Urm, Sting-sama. We still have to prepare for tomorrow." Spoke a female voice meekly.
Lucy and Sting turned to the sound of the voice which was a short white haired female.
"Lucy, this is Yukino Aguria. She's my fellow counsellor in Sabertooth. Yukino, this is my cousin, Lucy Heartfilia." Said Sting.
"I'm Yukino. Nice to meet you Lucy-sama." Said Yukino, shyly.
"I'm Lucy, it's nice to meet you too Yukino." Said Lucy.
"I'd better get back to the cabins, we still have some work to do before the kids arrive tomorrow. I'll see you tomorrow, Lucy. And good lock on your test of courage tonight." Said Sting, while patting Lucy's back.
Sting and Yukino left Lucy with the rest of Fairy Tail. After finishing her pudding, Lucy followed the others to wash and dry their utensils before Levy and Jellal returned to the meeting cabin to keep the utensils there. The others led Lucy to the old barn.
"Lucy here is the plan, we've hidden three small boxes like these in the barn and we need you to find them. Of course, you will have a partner or two to accompany you. You can choose your partners, or we can choose them for you." Said Erza.
But there are a few of us who cannot be your partners since they were the ones who hid the boxes. You can't choose Laxus, Lisanna, Mirajane and myself to be your partners." Explained Jellal.
Lucy paused before glancing around the place, "Is it alright if Juvia and Natsu accompany me?"
"Juvia is alright with it!" Said Juvia.
Natsu grinned, "Sounds fun."
"Natsu, just don't destroy anything." Sighed Jellal.
"Let me check your pockets first." Said Erza.
Ezra and Gray checked Natsu's clothes for anything dangerous.
"Natsu loves fire and he tends to bring matches and candles everywhere he goes. It gets him into plenty of trouble most of the time, even though we do need them eventually most of the time. But we can't risk having the barn burned down before the camp starts tomorrow." Explained Levy.
Elfman pulled out three flashlights and a small bag full of batteries from his black backpack, he handed them to Juvia.
"Natsu is good to go." Said Erza.
Juvia handed out two of the flashlights to Lucy and Natsu but kept the bag of batteries.
"Have fun!" Smiled Mirajane.
Juvia, Natsu and Lucy waved to the others before they entered the old barn.
I'll end the chapter here! The next chapter will start with Lucy's test of courage followed by a talk with the other Fairy Tail counsellors.
I do know that certain elements are missing at the moment, like Juvia's fangirling over Gray, but those elements will come in later. Like I said, this is a friendship story, so romance will not be the main plot. I want to develop Lucy's friendships with the other characters, but I'll sprinkle some romantic moments here and there.
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