A/N: Hey! So, I've been working on this fic for a while and planning a lot. I have the next chapter done as well, so I'll probably post it after I post this. This AU has probably been done a lot already, but I got the idea and just had to start it. I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1 — New Girl

At the age of seven, Gray moved to the city of Magnolia Town with his foster mother, Ur, after the traumatizing event of his parents' passing. He was able to begin anew and made a large number of friends once he was enrolled in school. Growing up without his parents was difficult, but he was able to find a family with Ur and his foster siblings. Many kids at his school had found it strange when they found out that Ur was not his birth mom, but Gray never found a reason to believe that it was strange. It took a while for Gray to warm up to Ur. He was soon calling Ur "Mom" after four years of living with her.

When Gray had reached middle school, he and his friends formed a silly club called Fairy Tail. However, they then made it an official club once they all entered high school. He was rather happy with his life and thought of himself as pretty normal. He lived in the suburbs that were located in the outskirts of the city while his school was located within the city. His foster siblings, Lyon and Ultear, attended the same high school as him. Lyon was the same age as Gray while Ultear was one year older.

Freshman year had been a drastic change. His classes were hard to keep up with due to him not being the smartest at some of his classes, but he managed to pull through. Sophomore year had been exactly the same. One semester, however, his grades had dropped dangerously low and Ur was disappointed in him. He didn't want let Ur down, so he tried his best to get his grades up. After several study sessions with his friends, Gray passed his exams with flying colors and started summer with a bang. He spent most of his time hanging out with his friends. It had passed by far too quickly though, since the first day of school was in a week.

"How does it look?" Gray asked his foster brother after stepping out of the dressing room. He was wearing a pair of jeans and a plain black t-shirt.

"Stupid," Lyon replied.

Gray furrowed his eyebrows together in anger. After a moment of frustration towards the other boy, he sighed and let it go. He had some troubles with anger issues while growing up, but Ur had helped him control it.

"Whatever," Gray scoffed, "I'm still getting it."

Ur had given them her credit card so that they could go to the mall and get a few outfits for the new school year. Gray was simple when it came to picking out clothes; he usually went for the plain things and didn't spend too much money on anything. Lyon, however, went all out with his clothes.

Once it was time for them to check out their clothes at the register, Lyon had a huge pile of clothes while Gray had about two pairs of jeans and three shirts. After all the clothes were scanned, the final price had added up to quite a lot of money. Gray grinned as Lyon's face lit up in panic.

"Mom's gonna be pissed," he teased as Lyon put a few things back to make the price drop by a little.

After they paid for the clothes and left the mall, they soon began to fight over who would be driving home. When they were both old enough, they had turned getting their license into a race. They managed to get their license around the same time and both would find any excuse to drive. The argument had ended with Lyon jumping in the driver's seat before Gray could put another word in. Gray huffed and got in the passenger's seat soon after.

In Gray's opinion, Lyon was pretty bad at driving. About halfway home, Gray had to switch with Lyon because he was driving so carelessly.

"It's not my fault you suck at driving," Gray said once he heard Lyon's whines.

When Gray turned down their street, both boys noticed something. A moving truck was parked in the driveway of the home next door to their home.

"I can't believe someone finally bought that house," Lyon mumbled. Gray made a noise in agreement as he parked in their driveway.

The house next door had been on the market for quite some time. For some reason, no one had been interested in it. The for sale sign was on the front lawn for about five years; why was someone buying it now?

Both then made their way inside after staring at the truck for a few minutes. They quickly carried their bags of clothes to their rooms. Once Gray had thrown the bags on his bed, he went back downstairs to find his mom in the kitchen.

"Did you see the moving truck?" he asked as he opened the fridge.

Ur nodded. "They came over and introduced themselves while you guys were gone. They're a married couple with two kids—both around your age."

"Did you see the kids?" he asked, curious.

"Nah," she replied, "they're too busy unpacking. They'll probably stop by tomorrow and say hi."

"Okay."

Losing interest in the conversation, Gray grabbed a water bottle and left the kitchen. He threw himself on the couch and sighed. As he reached for the TV remote, he looked out the window to see a tall guy taking a box out of the truck. He had long black hair and piercings all over his face. Gray assumed that he was the father of the family, but was proven wrong when an older looking man stepped outside to help. He raised his eyebrows, slightly shocked at the fact that that kid was around the same age as him.

Gray turned his focus back to the TV and began flipping through channels until he found something interesting to watch. The rest of the day went by fast as the boy spent his entire time laying on the couch. He planned on spending the rest of his summer in relaxation. Eventually, he felt himself drifting off and decided to drag himself upstairs to his bedroom.

As he made his way into his room, he stripped his articles of clothing until he was in nothing but his boxers. Gray fell onto his bed and soon was able to fall asleep.

The morning light shined through his curtains, waking him up. Gray sat up in his bed and stretched his arms outward as he let out a yawn. He glanced at the clock to see that it was before noon. Surprised, he stood from his bed and threw a pair of pants on. As he was walking down the stairs, he heard a knock at the front door. Gray groaned in annoyance. He really didn't want to answer the door so early in the morning, but he knew that Ur would be mad if he didn't. He thought about putting a shirt on, but decided against it. It'd take too long and Gray has answered the door without a shirt on plenty of times.

Gray opened the door to find the guy he saw yesterday. Standing next to him was a girl who was about the same age.

"Hey," the boy said. "Our parents wanted us to come over and introduce ourselves."

Gray leaned against the doorframe and crossed his arms. "Hi," he replied.

"The name's Gajeel," he said before pointing to the girl, "and this is my sister Juvia."

He looked at the girl and examined her. The first thing he noticed about her was her vibrant blue hair. She waved at him, too shy to actually say hello. Gray nodded in response.

"I'm Gray."

After a few seconds of standing in awkward silence, Gray heard someone coming down the stairs. He turned to see his brother tiredly wiping his eye.

"Who's at the door, Gray?" he asked in the middle of a yawn.

Before Gray could answer, he saw Lyon's eyes light up once he saw the girl standing on the other side of the door. He ran over to her, gently pushing Gray in the process.

"Hi, I'm Lyon!" he told her, smiling.

Juvia stared at him in surprise. "Juvia," she responded.

"Nice to meetcha Juvia!"

It took Lyon a few moments to realize that he wasn't wearing any pants. Once he noticed, he yelped and ran back to his room to throw on some clothes. He returned shortly after, smiling widely at Juvia.

"Lyon, where's Ultear?" Gray asked him, pulling him out of his trance.

"Oh, uh... I'm pretty sure she went to senior orientation."

"Orientation?" Gray heard Juvia say. "What school are you guys going to?"

"Magnolia," Gray replied.

"Us, too," Gajeel said in amusement. "Guess we're classmates."

A few moments of silence passed before Lyon spoke up.

"So, you two are siblings? You don't look anything alike."

Gajeel scoffed. "Well, that's because—"

"B-Because we inherited different genes! Haha, yeah," Juvia interrupted Gajeel after lightly slapping his arm.

Gray and Lyon stared at the two in confusion. The tone in Juvia's voice sounded suspicious, as if she was hiding something.

"Anyways!" Juvia spoke nervously. "We should really get back home. Bye!"

Juvia ran off then, leaving a confused Gajeel to chase after her. Gray closed the door after watching them leave and Lyon continued staring at the now closed door.

"I call dibs," he declared.

"What?" Gray yelled.

"I call dibs on Juvia," he repeated, teasing him with a smile.

"Who said I wanted dibs in the first place? You can have her."

Lyon smirked before going back upstairs to his room.

Letting out a deep sigh, Gray jumped over the back of the couch so he could lay on it. He closed his eyes, deciding that he needed a nap despite the fact that he woke up only ten minutes ago.

He certainly felt that his last days of summer weren't going to waste.

A/N: I hope you liked it, thanks for reading!