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The wind buffeted her hair a Lucy made her way down the street to her new high school, Fairy Tail High. Approaching the building she sighed trying to compose herself before stepping into the swarm of students and making her way to her assigned locker.
Once she arrived she looked around if anyone had the one next to her and smiled before turning to unlock it. Lucy opened it reaching to set her things inside when she was shoved into the locker by someone walking by and dropped all her stuff. Wincing she held her stomach for a moment before taking a deep breath and picking up her stuff as two small hands reached down to help her.
"Hey I'm sorry those guys are jerks let me help you pick this up." She looked up surprised to see a small girl almost her height with blue hair and a headband wearing the uniform and small reading glasses on her face. Lucy smiled saying a soft 'thank you' as she gathered up the things the girl had given her.
"My names Levy, Levy McGarden" The small blue-haired girl said sticking out her hand that wasn't carrying her own backpack and school supplies. Lucy stuck out her own hand taking it.
"Lucy, Lucy Heartfilia"
"Well it's nice to meet you Lucy, looks like we're locker buddies," the girl joked with a playful wink as she opened the locker next to Lucy's before they both started to get the things they would need for class. Upon noticing her pull out her math textbooks Levy smiled speaking once again.
"Math with Ms. Porlyusika?" Lucy turned to her surprised before nodding. "How did you know?"
"I actually have her this period mind if I see your schedule?" Smiling Lucy nodded before handing her the schedule.
1st- Math- Ms Porlyusika
2nd- Science- Zeref Dragneel
3rd- History- Makarov
4th- Lunch-
5th- Gym- Coach Happy
6th- Free Period- Ms. Carla
"Wow we have all the same classes!" Levy squealed taking Lucy's hand in hers before closing their lockers and leading her down the hall. Lucy just smiled holding onto her textbooks, spirals, and pen holder, 'I'm glad I could make at least one friend today' she thought smiling to herself once more as they stopped in front of the class.
"Here we are!" Levy giggled walking inside with Lucy following close behind taking their seats in the middle of class towards the window, Lucy got the window seat while Levy sat to her right. Just as Lucy was about to sit down Levy called over a small group of people.
"Hey Erza! Natsu! Wendy! Gajeel! Gray! Come meet the new girl!" Lucy blushed at Levy who only laughed in response as the group walked over. Once they stopped in front of her desk Levy began to introduce them.
"Everyone this is Lucy. Lucy this is Natsu, Erza, Gray, Gajeel, and the little one like me is Wendy."
"Hey, Hiya, Sup" They all smiled responses before the pink-haired one, Natsu, spoke up.
"Hey your the one I accidentally ran into in the hall!" Lucy nodded looking down at her math textbook,
"Hey I'm really sorry I was going to go back and help you but Ice Princess over here" He emphasized with a jerk of his thumb towards Gray, "wanted to start a fight. I really hope you can forgive me" He smiled a toothy grin and she couldn't help but smile back as she looked him and the rest of the group over.
They all wore the uniform of course but their hair color differences is what really stuck out to her. Gajeel had pitch black hair, Levy and Wendy had Blue hair, though Levy's was a lighter shade, Erza had cherry red hair and Gray had bluish black hair that shone blue in certain parts. But the one that caught her attention the most one the one with the salmon pink hair and checkered or scaly looking scarf. She hadn't realized she'd been staring so hard until they all burst out laughing,
"Guess we are a bit of a sight huh Lucy?" Erza smiled crossing her arms as she thumbed her cherry red hair. Lucy turned red and was about to open her mouth when Erza started to speak. "But don't worry no offense taken."
With that Lucy looked over the group one more time before starting to laugh until she couldn't breath. Everyone looked at her surprised until they laughed along with her, they stood there for awhile trying to catch their breath until Ms. Porlyusika came in and snapped at them.
"Everyone in your seats right now!" The class broke into a frenzy and everyone snatched a seat with their clicks, before she knew it Erza was sitting in front of her, Levy to her right, Natsu diagonal to her between Erza and Levy, Gray behind Lucy and Gajeel behind Levy.
As class started Lucy's mind started to wonder, she continued to take notes throughout the rest of her classes doing her assignments and copying down anything she might forget later.
When lunch finally arrived Lucy had been staring out the window at a big willow tree in the center of town that she could see from the buildings 3rd floor. She jumped when she felt a tap on her shoulder and turned to see Natsu standing there.
"Hey Lucy you coming or what? You've been staring out the window all class period." He smirked when she blushed muttering an 'I was not' before gathering her stuff and following him. He just laughed turning to her, "Don't be embarrassed I do it a lot too, it helps me think." He closed his eyes with his arms crossed behind his head as they walked to meet the others at lunch.
Maybe it wouldn't be such a long year after all. I mean she had made so many good friends already, and it was only her first day! She smiled to herself lost in thought as she picked up her lunch tray and looked around the cafeteria for her new friends. After a minute of looking she spotted Levy's small frame waving to her from a table outside under a cherry tree. 'Wow that's pretty' she thought walking over to them, just as she was going to their table somebody pushed her roughly causing her to drop her tray all over the front of her shirt and the cafeteria to burst out in laughter. Lucy looked up slowly to the boy in front of her who was laughing along with the rest, the one who had pushed her.
Everyone at her table jumped to their feet and ran over as she whimpered softly, it was starting again, just like in middle school, she would be bullied, kicked, punched, yelled at, thought of as nothing, and be worthless all over again. Could they sense it? Did they know she had been through it already? Did they want to make her life an even bigger hell than it already was?
But just as Natsu, Gray, and Gajeel cornered the guy who had pushed her and Levy and Erza had run towards her, she bolted. They all stared after her in confusion and the entire cafeteria's laughter died down to utter silence as they all watched her run away. She ran to the bathroom and locked herself in, taking a deep breath she willed herself not to cry.
No. No more tears, not ever, she thought about the consequences going home early would bring, how her father would punish her for skipping on the first day of school. But she didn't care, she had to, she didn't want to stay here and face everyone after she had run away so shamefully.
So she went to her locker and grabbed her things, walked out the doors, through town, and into her house hoping her father as still asleep. But just as she was about to make it to the stairs a hand grabbed her by the hair.
She yelped dropping her bag to the floor reaching for her hair that was held by a firm grip.
"What are you doing home?!" Her father snarled pulling her hair harder, she yelped more looking to the top of the staircase as her brother and sister peeked form the railing down at them.
"I-I T-there was an accident in the c-cafeteria and I came home to ch-hange." she answered stuttering the whole way and yelping as he threw her into the wall.
She lay covering her face in a crumpled heap on the floor waiting for him to kick her like he always did before but looked up in horror when he started walking up the stairs.
"Fine but you've been getting out of hand Lucy. They will pay for your mistakes." He smirked, an evil grin playing itself across his face.
"No! Not them leave them alone!" She screamed running up the stairs and ducking under his fist to grab them both and run into their room, locking the door behind them.
"Lucy! Open this door right now!" She ignored her father screams as she opened her siblings' closet and pulled aside the wall panel she had made to reveal the ladder to their hideout in the sealed off attic. Lucy had made this years ago when Asuka and Haru had first been hit by their father, ever since then she had taken the beatings for them whenever she could. But her father often went after them when she wasn't home or locked her in her room so she couldn't interfere.
"Lucy no!" Her brother cried out grabbing her hand with tears streaming down his small face.
"I have to Haru! I'm sorry go up to the hideout and don't come down until I come to get you, if I don't come get you stay there until I can. Got it!?" She snapped the last part so he wouldn't come after her and he nodded softly whimpering as she placed the wall panel again. The wall panel was pieces of the wall she had cut off and it fit perfectly into the hole, nobody would ever find it unless Lucy, Asuka or Haru showed them. Her father didn't even know the house had an attic, which it technically didn't Lucy had just torn a hole in the roofing to form a small cubby with enough room for the three of them whenever needed.
She closed the closet door and opened the window to get out of the house when her father burst through the door.
"Lucy!" He snarled grabbing her by the leg as she jumped out and dragged her back in.
"No!" she screamed kicking and fighting her best all to no a vale. He started to furiously punch and kick her each punch as hard and vicious as the last.
"WHERE ARE THEY!? TELL ME NOW!" He screeched throwing her into the wall, she cried out falling to the floor and spat out some blood with every punch and kick that came her way. Tears streamed down her face as they mixed with her blood from the cuts and busted lip he had given her. He continued until the sun set slightly almost setting before he stomped off having released his anger on her and leaving her on the floor in her own blood.
Lucy shakily got to her feet and wobbled a little having to grab the bedpost for support. She limped over to her own bedroom and locked the door behind her, she went to her own closet and removed the secret wall panel whistling softly for her brother and sister to come down, which they did slowly. They gasped and whimpered softly as Lucy hushed and soothed them to sleep. Once they were asleep she moved them onto her bed and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Slowly Lucy peeled off her clothes form the dried blood sticking to them and dropped into the bath. Sighing she washed off and got out a few minutes later, draining the red bathwater. After sighing again for the millionth time she settled down at her broken desk and did the homework from the classes she went to today only to fall asleep on her books after completing it.
A/N! Hey everyone I wanted to kinda change up the story a little so i did some minor detailing, I also removed one of my other stories "The Tragic Love Story Of Us" because I couldn't really see it going anywhere. I do think i'll redo the idea and rewrite it but I don't know. Anyway I hope you enjoy the slight changes! Love you and leave reviews! I live off those cx