Chapter 1
Lucy woke up as sunlight streamed through the window near her bed. She yawned and had a look outside, discovering the day to be beautiful. She got up and stretched, thinking about the mission her team was going to go on today. One glance at the clock told her she had about 2 hours before going to the guild. Before that she had to pack her bag and get ready.
'I should have a bath first' she thought as she made her way to the bathroom. 'But before that...' she came out of the bathroom and went back to the window near her bed. She locked it and smirked, going back to her daily chores.
She came out having a long relaxing bath, wrapped in a towel. As usual, she expected Natsu to be there but he wasn't. 'Probably because I locked the window' she thought. She sighed, sad. 'But why am I disappointed?!' She sighed again and thought 'Never mind...'and went back to packing her stuff. She was no Erza, but she did always pack all the necessary things that they'd need on their missions.
She had almost locked the door before she remembered the small bottle of pills for motion sickness she had bought. 'Ah! I almost forgot about it' she thought, grabbing the bottle and putting it in one of her bags and left for the guild.
Lucy opened the door to the guild hall and as usual, was greeted with chaos. Natsu and Gray were fighting again, for no reason. Soon, their fight turned into an all out brawl, with other people joining them and destroying stuff. 'Erza isn't here yet then' she thought, judging from the mess that the fight was generating. "Good morning, Lucy!" Mirajane greeted Lucy with a warm smile from behind the bar counter. "Hey Mira" Lucy said, making herself comfortable on one of the stools in front of the counter. "Aren't you guys going on a mission today?" She asked Lucy. "Oh yes we are" Lucy replied. "So the usual then?" Mira smiled again. "Yes please" Lucy said, returning the smile. "Coming right up".
"Natsu! Gray!" Suddenly the whole guild hall came to a standstill and the said boys visibly gulped. They slowly turned their heads to the person who had yelled out their names – she was also the one emitting a murderous aura. 'Crap! Erza!' Natsu and Gray thought."Are you two causing trouble again?" she asked, threateningly. Gray and Natsu laughed nervously at her question. "N-N-No not at all Erza..." Natsu said. "A-As you know...Natsu and I are the best of friends..." They said, laughing again, nervously and put an arm around each other's necks. "Hmm...That's good" She said, nodding. Natsu and Gray both disappeared into the crowd, grabbing their opportunity to flee.
"There you are!" Natsu said, putting an arm around Lucy neck. She smiled at him. "Hey there Natsu." "Why was your window locked today?" he asked, with a slight pout and sat down on the stool beside her. She giggled and replied "I was only following your advice, Natsu. Don't you always tell me how anyone can enter from the window? So I locked it." "Yeah, but I am no thief!" he said, defending himself. Lucy sighed and asked "Why don't you just use the door for once? You could've easily gotten in through the door today." Natsu face become thoughtful as realisation hit him. Lucy laughed. "That did not even cross your mind, did it?"
"Lucy! Gray! Natsu! " Erza called the three of them from the request board. The three of them went to her and they gathered around to discuss and decide which job to take. As usual, Natsu wanted to have an adventure, Lucy wanted to take up one that would pay well, Gray was fine either ways and Erza decided which one suited them the best. "Hey Natsu, where's Happy? " Lucy asked. "Oh he's sitting over there with Lily and Carla" Natsu said, while pointing to the direction of their table. "I'll call him when we get going". Lucy nodded at his answer.
"Alright we'll take this one." Erza said, while looking at the paper in her hand. "What is it about?" Gray asked, curious. "It doesn't really say here" Erza answered. "What do you mean?' Lucy asked. "It says that the client will give us the details at the mentioned location. Oddly, the name of the person who requested the job isn't given here" Erza said. "Hmm... that is odd..." Gray said. "Seems a bit shady to me... are you sure we should be taking that?" Lucy asked. "Whoever it is, I can kick his ass!" Natsu said, with a fist of his in the air, on fire. "I think we can handle it" Erza said, ignoring Natsu. "And besides, it pays well."She reasoned. Lucy sighed "Alright..." and agreed. The three of them then looked at Gray, waiting for his vote. "Fine with me" he shrugged.
"Mira! We are taking this one" Erza said, handing her the paper. "Oh yes... this request came in the morning...a bit odd though..." Mira said. "Please be careful on this one guys... the request is giving me a bad feeling...Anyways...good luck as always..!" Erza nodded at her and the five of them, including Happy, the blue cat, set out for their unusual mission.