Rising from her bed, Erza let out a long yawn. Her alarm clock on the side of her bed table rang at exactly 7:00 am. The redhead turned the alarm off and slipped into her slippers and headed for the bathroom.
She looked into the mirror and smiled softly. Another morning means another day at school and that's her motivation to wake up every morning. Her classmates, her teachers, they all meant a lot to her.
She just loves school.
As the student council president, the redhead is always looking forward to learn something new every day. If bakeries didn't exist in this world, then school would've been at the top of her list for favorite places to be.
Many people question how she maintains her marvelous figure.
With her beauty, it's obvious that she attracted many of the male students. Unfortunately for them, she just wasn't interested in dating.
It's not that she's playing hard to get. It's just that many people don't know that she had her heart cruelly broken when they first started high school. It's just something she doesn't like to share with people.
Putting on her school uniform which consists of a white blouse, a white and blue striped tie, and a red jacket. Erza had to look as clean and fresh as possible. Considering that she is at the top of the school, she needs to be able to present herself as the role model student.
She took a brush and brushed her long scarlet hair. Tying it into a ponytail, she quickly looked at herself in the mirror one more time.
"Looks good." Erza said to no one.
The redhead quickly made breakfast which consisted of a simple glass of milk and a side of strawberry cake. Looking at the clock, it was a few minutes before she had to leave for school. She cleaned the dishes and headed out the door before she was late.
Her house wasn't far away from her destination and there was no way that she would ever be late, yet she still walked quickly, as if in a hurry.
Arriving at the school entrance, students were quickly making their way inside. She proceeded to the front doors and stood there.
As the president, she greeted and opened the door for students with passion.
Erza was caught by surprise when someone abruptly hugged her from behind. She didn't even have to turn around to know who it was.
"Hey Lucy!" Erza greeted as she laughed at her childish friend.
Lucy was Erza's closest friend at school. She's a blonde with looks on par with Erza's, so naturally she was just as popular.
"Hey Erza!" Lucy laughed back.
Noticing that the bell was about to ring, the two friends made their way into the building and walked towards their homeroom. They were happily chatting along the way when someone unexpectedly stopped them in their tracks.
"Looking good as always my dearest Lucy!" A male with spiky orange hair kneeled before Lucy, took her hand, and planted a kiss.
Taking her hand back, Lucy sighed. "I already told you man times Loke, I already have someone I like, so stop sexually harassing me." She was already used to Loke's affection so she wasn't really flustered or bothered.
Loke was popular among the girls and he dated many, but he only seriously had eyes set on one. Everyone in the school knew that Loke had a crush on Lucy, but she always rejected him, claiming that she already had someone she liked.
Erza giggled and the two carried on like nothing happened at all. Loke just stared as their silhouettes disappeared around the corner.
Sitting through first period, almost everyone was asleep, besides Erza. As the top student of the school, she can't afford to nap.
But… she wasn't exactly the top student… if common sense were factored in.
Erza was smart, but wasn't the smartest. Half the time she's clueless and a blockhead. Sometimes even Lucy, the person that knows her the best, doesn't know what's going on in her head.
In terms of grades she's at the top with Lucy. Everyone respected her at school. She never abused her powers as the president and she looked out for others.
But… she's also very clumsy. Sometimes she doesn't understand the situations or doesn't feel the atmosphere. Not to mention, she has no shame. The girl wouldn't even mind walking around the school with just her undergarments on.
But that's what makes her attractive. She's strong and dependable yet, she is also innocent and there is that urge to need to protect her.
After first period, Erza and Lucy walked out of class and separated since they didn't have the same classes. The core classes were the same, but everyone chose their own liberal courses.
Erza liked to study about historical eras, especially during the times where war was frequent. She didn't really care much about the events, but she cared about the armors and weapons they used. She also took cooking class so that one day she could make her own strawberry cake at home. Lucy on the other hand liked to practice literature and writing.
At lunch, Erza and Lucy regrouped and sat at their usual spot on the roof. The roof was their secret lunch area since no one was there to disturb them, just peace and quiet. Not to mention the view was great and they could admire the entire school.
While eating, Erza remembered something.
"Hey Lucy, you never did tell me who you liked." Erza questioned her friend as she took a bite out of her sandwich.
Lucy blushed with a surprised reaction. "Why are you bringing this up now?"
Erza quickly finished her sandwich before crossing her arms and frowning.
"I'm not allowed to know?" Erza pouted.
Lucy giggled. "You don't know him. Besides, if you were to meet him, you would probably like him as well. Can't have that you know."
Erza raised a brow, she was now curious.
"Hahaha just kidding!" Lucy patted Erza on the shoulder.
"Well then, tell me." Erza repeated.
"Well he's just a childhood friend that I went to school with back when we were younger. It's no big deal." Lucy explained.
"So what do you like about him?" Erza asked.
"What's with the questions?" Lucy laughed. "Well, first of all he's unique. If you see him, you'll also say that. He's also a nice guy. He would go through anything for his friends. One time I was being bullied, no one stood up for me except for him. Even though he got into a lot of trouble for fighting, he said that it was worth it if it was for you." Lucy blushed as she explained.
"That's sweet of him. So have you guys made any progress?" Erza asked.
"Well… I did confess to him before we entered high school, but he turned me down. He said he only saw me as a younger sister." Lucy frowned as she recalled her earlier days.
"Oh, I apologize!" Erza bowed quickly at her friend.
"Nono it's okay! I already got over it. Besides, we still meet up sometimes and text. We're still best friends!" Lucy reassured her friend.
"I see. That's good to hear." Erza smiled as she raised here head.
"Oh yeah! I almost forgot! He's transferring to Fairy High tomorrow! Just thought I'd let you know." Lucy giggled.
"Huh…?" Erza raised a brow. It was just so sudden.
"Yup! The person I like will be here tomorrow! He's transferring from Fiore High!" Lucy said excited.
"Fiore High?" Erza questioned. Her gaze slowly went to the ground.
"Yeah. The same school that Jellal goes to." Lucy frowned as she mentioned a name she wasn't supposed to.
Lucy clearly forgot that mentioning Erza's ex-boyfriend caused her to feel down.
"Well anyways, he had some circumstances and wished to change schools." Lucy explained.
"Yeah I understand. We all heard about Salamander from Fiore High, the delinquent who loved to get into fights. Who wouldn't want to get away from that?" Erza giggled.
"You know about Salamander?" Lucy surprisingly asked.
Erza nodded in response. "I've heard stories about him before, but I never actually met him in person."
Erza tried to recall details about Salamander. "He's infamous for causing fights and he's really troublesome."
Lucy shook her head, as if she got offended.
"Nono! Those are just rumors!" Lucy shouted.
Erza stumbled back at Lucy's sudden outburst.
"Sorry for telling Erza…" Lucy apologized as she gazed away.
Erza was confused. It seemed like she was being defensive for some reason. But without questioning it, Erza accepted the apology.
Changing the subject, Lucy faked a smile. "Anyways, since it's his first day tomorrow, you're going to be the one to show him around, right? Please take care of him for me!" Lucy clapped her hands together and pleaded.
"Just leave it to me!" Erza replied, still not sure how coincidental it is that they were just talking about a boy, and he'll be here tomorrow.
"Speaking of relationships, did you find anyone you're into yet?" Lucy asked.
Erza closed her eyes and calmly shook her head in response.
"Come on Erza! You're pretty! Many guys like you! You're going to have to forget about Jellal! Don't you remember what he did?! He cheated on you with someone else! I would kick his ass—"
"That's enough." Erza stopped Lucy. "I know what he did, and I would never forget, but it's just that, I'm not interested in anyone."
"Alright Erza…. But when you find someone. I want you to seduce him, so that he'll make you his." Lucy winked seductively.
Erza's eyes widened and her face was flushed with the color scarlet. "Lucy! Show some decency!"
The next morning, Erza received a text from Lucy.
"Sorry! I can't make it to school today! I got a fever I told my friend to meet you at the student council office in the morning before first period. Also, would you mind having lunch with him? Just so that he has company. Thank you!"
Erza replied to Lucy's text, telling her that she's got everything under control.
The girl got into her uniform, did her hair, ate breakfast and marched towards school.
Erza walked quick, but not quick enough where she was breaking the rules. As the president, she must enforce all rules laid by the council, and running in the halls was prohibited. She wanted to see if Lucy's friend had arrived yet.
Turning the corner, she stumbled upon Loke and his gang. There, she saw Loke being troublesome once again. Loke may be popular with the girls, be he's also an ass and bullies people who he thinks is inferior to himself.
"What's with the hair?! You paint it or something?" Loke laughed as he kicked a boy on the leg.
He then proceeded to punch the victim in the gut, causing the person to cover his stomach in pain. Loke then grabbed him by the hair and shoved him into a locker. The bully then tried to punch him in the face, but was stopped when someone grabbed his shoulder. Turning around, he wasn't greeted by his gang, but a red demon.
"Loke…" Erza glared.
"What…?" Loke shivered. His voice began to shake.
Erza may be the president of the student council, and a beauty, but she also has an infamous demon side, who would scare even the toughest of people. Not many people get to see that side of her, but when needed, she is not afraid to show it.
Loke quickly got away from Erza's clutch and ran off as fast as he could.
"That Loke!" Erza screamed. She turned around to see the person picking up his belongings which were thrown around.
"Here let me help you!" Erza said as she helped pick everything up.
"Here." She said, handing him his things.
The male looked up, and Erza was surprised. The male had flat salmon pink hair, he wore big glasses, a white scaly scarf and looked completely out of confidence. The male muttered a quiet 'thank you' and walked off.
"That hair… is he from here…?" Erza raised a brow.
Looking at the clock, it was almost first period and she still had to meet up with Lucy's friend, so she quickly power walked to the office.
Panting at the door and making sure she hasn't pass the speed limit, she shouted at the girl currently in the office. "Did anyone stop by to look for me?"
"Morning Prez!" the vice president waved.
"Morning Mira! Did anyone come looking for me?!" Erza asked.
"Why yes. He's sitting in the room right—"
Before Mirajane could finish her sentence, Erza quickly dashed into the backroom of the office.
Seeing that someone was really waiting for her she quickly bowed for forgiveness.
"SORRY I'M LATE!" Erza apologized.
"No problem." A male with pink hair muttered.
Hearing a familiar voice respond, she looked up to see a familiar face with pink hair.
"Oh it's you." Erza smiled.
…
She stood silent for a few seconds until realization hit her.
"YOU'RE LUCY'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND?!" Erza screamed.
The male just nodded slightly with a blank face.
Erza stumbled back a little. She couldn't imagine that someone like him would be Lucy's best friend. Even though Erza never judged anyone before, he still looked like those typical nerds. She clearly couldn't imagine Lucy liking him. But he is unique. She had never met anyone with that hair color before.
"Well, sorry for yelling. But my name is Erza, Erza Scarlet. What's your name?" Erza asked as politely as possible.
"My name is Natsu, Natsu Dragneel." The male replied.
Erza smiled and then quickly pulled out her phone and turned her back against the newcomer, quickly texting something.
'Your friend is Natsu Dragneel right?'
Lucy quickly replied. 'I see you have met him. He's pretty unique right?! Please take care of him!'
Erza replied back. 'He's unique alright…'
Turning back to Natsu, she gave her brightest smile.
"Well then Natsu, do you have a schedule yet?" Erza asked.
Natsu nodded and took out a sheet of paper from his bag and handed it over to Erza. Scanning his schedule, she was surprised a little.
"We have a similar schedule, so we'll be seeing each other a lot in class." Erza chuckled. Natsu just nodded.
"Well anyways Natsu, let's head to class. The bell is about to ring. I'll show you around the school during lunch." Erza explained.
When they arrived to their homeroom, everyone was doing their own thing since the teacher wasn't in yet. When the class had finally noticed that Erza was in the room, everyone went quiet and stared at her.
"Everyone! Today we have a new transfer student! His name is Natsu! So please treat him nicely!" Erza shouted.
Natsu waved and bowed towards his new classmates.
"What's with the hair?!" A male with raven black hair yelled.
"Gray be nice!" Erza shouted.
"What?! I just thought that it was cool. I didn't mean to offend him or anything…" Gray retaliated.
"Natsu, don't mind him. He's always like that." Erza said.
"Thanks. You're really nice…" Natsu muttered but smiled back.
"No problem! A friend of Lucy's is a friend of mine!" Erza smiled.
"Well anyways Natsu, as you can see the tables in class are arranged in pairs. I sit here, and Lucy sits beside me. Unfortunately, the only remaining seat is at the back beside a guy named Laxus, but he never shows up anyways so you can sit there. Well you can sit beside me today since I'll be lonely without your girlfriend here." Erza said to see if she could get any emotions out of this guy. Ever since she met him, he never genuinely smiled.
Natsu began to blush, but he didn't say anything. Erza just giggled at the boy's flustered face when she teased him.
Natsu and Erza had their first and third class together, right before lunch. After the third period bell rang, Erza brought Natsu to where her and Lucy would usually eat.
She honestly wasn't surprised that Natsu was smart. Any questions the teacher challenged him with, he was able to answer.
What she worried about was his social life. He never approached anyone in class. All he did was greet them slightly and that was it. He never approached anyone, so of course, no one approached him.
Luckily for Natsu, the student council president was his friend and she was determined to help him out.
"So Natsu, how's school for you so far? Are you enjoying it?" the redhead asked as she took a bite from her sandwich.
"Ok, I guess…" Natsu mumbled as he chewed on his sandwich.
He didn't really want to talk about school. All he wanted was to have a peaceful lunch, but since it was Erza, he had to show her respect for taking care of him this morning.
"That's good…" Erza turned her gaze to the ground.
Thinking that it was getting awkward, she decided to change the subject. "By the way, I heard from Lucy that you used to go to Fiore High. Is that true?" Erza questioned.
Natsu nodded in response.
"Wow! Does that mean you know about the rumored Salamander? I heard that anyone that went to Fiore High trained to be stronger because they feared him." Erza smiled as she tried to change the mood.
Turning his gaze to look the redhead in the eye, Natsu stayed silent for a moment.
"Do I look strong?" Natsu asked with no expression. Erza didn't say anything. She wanted to, but she didn't have the words.
"There you go." Natsu said. He then stood up, packed his things and exited the roof.
Realizing that her fellow companion had left, Erza quickly packed her things and followed him as well. She didn't know what she was thinking, asking him a question like that. It was clear that he probably didn't like people asking him questions like that. She didn't want to make things awkward between them and chased after him to apologize.
"Wait Natsu! I didn't mean it like that!" Erza yelled as she ran after the boy. Finally catching up to him, she grabbed him by the shoulder and turned him around. "I'm sorry Natsu. I didn't mean to offend you." Erza bowed quickly. Natsu stared at her in her bowing position, and giggled. Hearing the male laugh, the redhead looked up at him to see him smiling.
"What's so funny? I was really trying to apologize!" Erza shouted.
"Oh! I'm sorry. It's just that, when you apologize, it's pretty cute." Natsu continued to giggle.
It was now Erza's turn to get flustered. It was the first time she had heard the boy laugh, and it was refreshing, compared to his usual emotionless self.
"Yeah. Don't worry about it. I wasn't offended or anything." Natsu replied.
"Really?" Erza hit him lightly on the arm as payback for making fun of her.
"Ow that hurts!" Natsu rubbed his arm with a fake hurt expression.
"I'm really sorry!" Erza bowed again.
"See! You're doing it again! It's cute!" Natsu giggled. Erza looked at the male and pouted.
"STOP TEASING ME!" Erza shouted with a blush on her face.
"Yeah yeah. Anyways, it's almost time for class. Shall we get going, prez?" Natsu winked at the last part.
Erza sighed and nodded. The two of them began to walk to their next class together when Natsu suddenly whispered something into her ear.
"By the way, Salamander is actually a nice person."
Natsu walked in front of Erza as she was taken aback.
"That was unexpected…" Erza said to no one.
During class, Natsu was sitting at the back of the room, while Erza sat at the front. She looked at him to see that he was back to his normal self, emotionless and lacked confidence. Now the redhead was confused. Natsu was a fun person to be around with, like she had experienced at lunch. She just didn't understand why he was being so distant now though.
After school, Erza parted ways with Natsu and decided to go visit Lucy before heading home.
Arriving at Lucy's house, she was greeted by her mother, Layla. Layla was happy that Erza was visiting Lucy and quickly let her in. Erza made her way up the stairs and into Lucy's room.
"Hey Lucy." Erza smiled at her sick friend who was lying in bed.
"Oh, Hey Erza. Fancy meeting you here." Lucy smiled at her friend.
"How are you feeling now?" Erza asked with concern when she saw her with a wet towel on her forehead. "Do you think you can come to school tomorrow?"
"Yeah I'm feeling much better so I'll probably be going to school tomorrow." Lucy replied.
"That's good to hear." Erza smiled.
"Anyways, how was Natsu? Did he trouble you?" Lucy asked.
"Well…" Erza explained everything about today after meeting up with Natsu.
From finding the male getting abused by Loke, to what they did in class and at lunch.
"Hahaha! Out of everyone he could tease, he just had to tease you!" Lucy laughed.
Erza pouted in response and then raised her brow. "By the way. Is Natsu always like this? He is clearly not the person you described him to be. I mean, in class he doesn't even try to meet anyone. It's like he's trying to isolate himself from everybody else. The only person he talked to was me."
"Well, that just means he likes you!" Lucy joked.
Erza's face began to grow red.
"Just kidding." Lucy winked.
"I'm going to kill you!" Erza shouted as she held the blonde by the shoulder and began shaking her like a maniac.
"Alright Erza! I get it I get it!" Lucy stopped laughing.
"Well to answer your question. He's been like that since the end of second year. He told me that he had lost interest and didn't want to be bothered anymore." Lucy explained, but the blonde was shocked when she saw Erza crying.
"I'm so sorry!" Erza bowed. "I didn't know you were going through so much! It must've hurt when he said that to you!" Erza sobbed as she embraced Lucy.
"Huh? WHAT?!" Lucy yelled. "That's not what I meant! I meant that he lost interest in making friends."
"Huh?" Erza let Lucy out of her hug. "Is that why he seems so down?"
Lucy nodded in response. "So when you see him, don't force him to make friends or talk about girls."
"Why not girls?" Erza questioned.
"BECAUSE HE'S MINE!" Lucy yelled.
Erza began to laugh at Lucy's boldness and the blonde began to laugh herself.
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A/N:
For those of you who are new to the story, this is a remake of my old story "Don't Judge". Concepts will be the same, but I'm trying to change some things. If you want to know where the story might go, you can check out the old story when it's still up!