Chapter 1: Beginnings

It was the last day of the summer before the beginning of our Junior year. I really had a hard time comprehending how time could have gone by so fast. It seemed like just yesterday Sophomore year ended and I was at the waterpark with my friends. Myself, Levy, and Erza sat in my dad's old garage that we had kind of converted into a lounge like place. These two are my best friends. I honestly couldn't imagine anything in my life without them. They had been there for me thru thick and thin and never gave up on me no matter what the situation was. I took a glance at my wrist watch and started to panic a little.
"Guy's it's getting late. We gotta go."

Erza and Levy got up realizing the same thing. Every year the day before school started we would go to the beach and watch the sun set. There we would make wishes on what we wanted to happen that school year. As we were walking towards Erza's car we were stopped by Natsu.

"Hey can I come with you guys?"

We glanced at each other and nodded at him and pointed to the car. The four of us climbed in. Me next to Erza, Levy and Natsu in the back. I had met Natsu shortly before I met Levy and Erza. He was one of the first people to talk to me when I moved to Riverside. We had met at a local café. He struck up a conversation with me and we've been friends ever since. There was one point I actually thought that he might like me but I immediately banished the thought when I heard about his friend Lisanna that had disappeared a few years ago. I actually felt kinda sorry for him. Everytime someone mentioned her name his eyes filled with anger, hatred, disgust…and lastly pain. I never mentioned her around him because I knew how he would get and in a way I understood. My mom died when I was young due to a severe illness. It wasn't the same type of pain but it was the same pain felt for loosing a loved one so in that sense I understood completely.

"Lucy are you okay? You're kinda spacing out."

I looked at Erza and gave a slight nod and a smile. I hadn't noticed that I had dazed off a little. I had noticed that we were almost there so I decided to strike a little conversation while we finished the trip.

"So Levy? What kind of books did you read this summer."

"Mostly romance novels actually. Have you ever read 'Safe Haven'?"

"The Nicholas Sparks book?"

"Yeah."

"Yes! I absolutely love that one."

I heard Natsu laugh and gave him a look that almost had disgust written all over it. I turned back as Erza parked the car. We got out and walked to the rail that separated us from the sand and the water.

"I really can't believe summer is practically over."

The others nodded in agreement.

"Erza. You first."

"Well this year I want to become student council president."

We all oohed in excitement. We new that if anyone stood a chance at that it was her. She was voted most likely to succeed last year.

"This year I want to admit my feelings to a certain crush of mine."

"You still haven't told Gajeel how you feel Levy?"

She blushed and nodded her head in embarrassment.

"Well this year I want to anchor the student news channel."

"Since when."

They all said this and unison and I just sighed telling them that this year I just wanted to take more risks. Try to make my life a little more interesting. They all nodded in agreement. My life was a little drab and I wanted that to change. All three of us then looked at Natsu waiting for his wish. He returned the glance and just laughed.

"You guy's can't say your wish out loud. You'll totally jinx it."

"We just did."

"Yeah, could have been a great year for you guys."

I quickly threw my arm and pushed him to the ground. We all just laughed at the fallen form on the ground. Even he had laughed. We sat there for a few more minutes and decided that it was time to go home. We packed up and headed back towards the city.

I woke up to sunlight shinning in my eyes. I glanced over to my clock. This was the second morning and I had woke up exactly five minutes before my alarm even went off. I swung my legs over the bed and slowly got up. I already had my outfit for that day laid out. I walked over to my desk to pick up the red dress I had hanging over the chair and closed my door to change. I slipped off my pajamas and slid the red dress over my head. I opened the door of my wardrobe to access a body length mirror. I admired my slender figure and reached for a black belt out of the bottom of the wardrobe. It was a snakeskin belt that had a gold buckle. Perfect for this dress. I threw on a pair of black and red striped wedges. After I was done I picked up my curling iron and went to my bathroom and began to curl my hair. I watched as the curls fell lightly on my shoulder one by one. This of course didn't take me long to do seeing as I had been doing this for years now. I lined my eyes in black eyeliner and put on a small shade of pink lipstick. With that I was ready to go. I felt beautiful and I had to admit it had been a while since I felt like that. I grabbed my bag and purse and made my way for the door grabbing a poptart and saying goodbye to dad on my way out. Just as planned Erza was in my driveway when I walked out the door. I climbed in the car and gave her a huge hug.

"Damn Lucy you look great!"

I looked at her and noticed the floral dress she was wearing with a matching blue jean vest and had her hair up in a pony-tail.

"Same to you Erza. Who you trying to impress."

"I should be asking you the same thing. Are you trying to make Natsu fall in love with you? If so that outfit will do it."

"That's not a funny matter Erza."

I gently punched her on the shoulder as we made our way towards the school. Riverside Academy of Magic and Academics was one of the best schools in the nation. I felt privileged to be a student there. It was only a five minute drive from my house. Luckily. We arrived parked and made our way into the school. I looked at my schedule to see who my first teacher was. I was excited to know that it was Ms. Porlyusica. Everyone knew she wasn't really fond of people but I enjoyed being around her. And now I was in her Music Appreciation class. I left Erza and walked towards the room excitement filling my heart. I walked in and the first person I seen was Levy. She looked tired and had bags under her eyes. I walked up to her hoping she was okay. I finally found the words to speak after I took my seat next to her.

"Levy are you okay you look like…crap no offence."

"None taken. I stayed up late reading last night."

She took a book out of her bag and showed it to me. It was an advice book on how to confess your love. I giggled slightly smiling at her and she returned the smile. We engaged in a small conversation before class started. I just happened to look towards the door and there he stood. I had never seen this guy before but something about him struck my attention. Before I could stop myself my thoughts became words out loud even though they weren't that loud.

"Who is he?"

(Here is the first chapter of my new fanfic. So who do you think the guy is? Lol see ya next chapter.)