"Ahhh, it's such a nice day. I hope there are some good jobs at the guild" Lucy Heartfilia said as she was strolling down the side of the canal, ignoring the concerns of the men in the boat that she passes every day. Plue waddled by her side, agreeing with his Celestial Spirit owner's comment with, what could be considered, his catchphrase, "Puun Puun".

The streets were quiet as most of the normal humans would be at work, and the wizards at their present guilds or away on job requests. The sun shone brightly on the town of Magnolia with a subtle breeze every now and then. The pleasant atmosphere put the golden-haired girl in high spirits and optimistic for the day ahead. After all, her rent was overdue by a couple of days; her landlady wasn't happy about it.

Lucy closed her eyes and enjoyed bathing in the sunlight, certain of her footsteps so that she wouldn't fall in, and started humming a song that her mother used to sing for her when she was younger. It always brought her happy memories that song, when her mother was alive and before her father started using her for business, an object instead of a cherished daughter. Still, she was glad he understood her love for her guild and friends in the end, even if it took her being missing for seven years for him to do it.

Whilst she was happily making her, however, what Lucy didn't calculate into walking with her eyes closed, was that not all people would be hidden away indoors, as Magnolia was quite a famous tourist destination, what with wizards and magic and all, and that some might appear from random places and also happen to be in her path.

Whatever conclusions you may have drawn, were probably right. It didn't end well.

"Aghh!" Lucy screamed as she fell into the canal she was walking beside. Luckily, the men in the boat had already passed and so were not here to see the incident (she wouldn't be allowed to live it down). But unluckily, she was sopping wet and very confused.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you like that! I tripped over my own fee. Sorry, I'm a bit clumsy"

A stranger loomed over her from where she was staying afloat in the water and he seemed to be holding out his hand for her to take and be pulled out from the water. Lucy looked at the man's face and saw that he was genuinely sorry and concerned for her now wet-being. She accepted his hand and was dragged out from the cold water and felt some heat from the sun beaming down onto her still giving her some optimism, but the occasional gentle breeze took that all away again. And although the man looked sorry, Lucy still wasn't happy.

"Oi, why didn't you watch where you were going? Some people just don't look before they act nowadays, now I have to walk all the way back to my apartment!" Lucy was raging and an angry tick mark had appeared on her forehead. Fearing what would happen next, Plue chose this moment to return to the Celestial Spirit World. The stranger seemed to be a bit put off as well, but then had a sheepish smile on his face.

"I really am sorry about that, I'm known for my clumsiness where I'm from, and thought I might be able to go somewhere where nobody knew. Funny how that worked out" He chuckled a bit, but Lucy's death glare quickly silenced him.

"Oh, but about having to back home to get changed, I don't think that will be necessary. You see, I'm actually a fire user, but I learnt an ability when I was younger that allows me to transfer my heat to other people. I know you don't have a reason to trust me, considering that you just met me and that I just knocked you into the canal, but would you so kindly give me your hand?"

Lucy reluctantly held out her hand out, with her palm facing up. The man placed his hand on top of hers and Lucy's eyes slid closed in contentment as she felt heat move from her hand throughout her whole body. She couldn't place it, but she felt like she had felt something similar to this before. Having heat surrounding her...

Her thoughts were lost when the heat dissipated. Her clothes were nice and dry from the unknown heat source and felt better when this meant she didn't have to return home and could get her rent money, but that nice feeling disappeared when she heard the man chuckling yet again.

Lucy's chocolate-glazed eyes were met with glistening emerald ones as the tall stranger managed to finally calm down a bit.

"Sorry. But, it just occurred to me that I just used what could've been potentially dangerous magic on a pretty, young lady, yet I don't even know your name!" Lucy's cheeks were painted rose at the thought of being called a 'pretty, young lady' but disappeared after a few seconds as she started giggling too.

"That's right. My name is Lucy, Lucy Heartfilia. Don't worry, I'm also a wizard and belong to Fairy Tail" At this, Lucy rose her right hand and showed him her mark with pride and a smile on her face, she always did that. Just being able to say that she belonged to Fairy Tail made Lucy's grin 10 times wider and more genuine.

"I'm Trevor Redstone, a fire mage user. Fairy Tail, huh? That's amazing. Judging by the fact that you had the Gate of the Canis Minor open, you're a Celestial Wizard, right?" Lucy had her mouth agape from Trevor's knowledge of other types of magic than his own. Not even she knew that much detail about her guild mates magic, however she eventually snapped out of it believing that she was creating an odd silence, and nodded her head.

'A heat/fire wizard, huh? Just like Natsu. Oh!' And this was when Lucy finally recalled that familiar feeling from before of being covered head to toe in warmth. It was only one of the many, many, many, times Natsu had snuck into her bed and encaged her like some sort of body pillow. The thought made her grimly shiver, Natsu's body pillow, ugh, that had weird written all over it. She suddenly realised how much she was thinking about her teammate

and shook her head violently, before looking up at him and smiling.

Then that was when she took in his looks. His face was young, no visible signs of wrinkles or scars, meaning that he was probably around the same age as her. His hair was a nice golden-brown colour that shone in the sun, and his eyes were the colour of an emerald's, the green shining just like one. He was tall, had a good physique and build and... then Lucy looked at how tight his shirt seemed. His shirt was white, giving her a good peek through to the inside. He had a very prominent six-pack hidden under there. The size of his chest made her instantly think back to Natsu, and his bulging muscles. She'd managed to have a good feel of them several times, whether that be when he went flying into her after Gray gave him a powerful punch, or that time when she was naked and fell into him and they rolled around in that barrel that went tumbling into the city during the time of the Grand Magic Games and the Dragons. She realised that she was, once again, thinking about her pink haired friend and mentally slapped herself.

"Uh, sorry. I kind of spaced out there for a bit"

"It's fine, really. Umm... I know this may seem kinda weird, but I still feel pretty guilty about knocking you into the canal. Would you perhaps like to get a drink with me sometime?" The man was slightly blushing and looking off to the sides. Lucy thought that he looked quite cute like that.

"Sure, that sounds great"

"Then, I'll meet you at the Hanami Café tomorrow at noon?"

"Perfect. I'll see you then"

The two parted and Lucy continued on her way to the guild. Little did she know that that encounter would be the start of a weird adventure of her own…