I pump my fist in the air. "Yes! Take that Cana!"

The brunette groans as her avatar, a chibi version of herself in a thief get-up dissolves after getting hit by my sorcerer self. She picks up the bottle on the coffee table, nursing it as I dance along with my avatar's victory dance. She sighs, mumbling to herself. Mira giggles at us from the kitchen as she does the dishes, putting clean ones from the dishwasher into the cabinets and dirty ones into the dishwasher. Upstairs, Erza meditates. Levy and Lisanna are out, Levy at the library and Lisanna at the animal shelter, Evergreen out in the backyard. Just another quiet summer morning for us.

That's when the doorbell rings, and I stop, looking towards the front door. So does Cana, her eyebrows raised. No one we know rings the bell. They just walk in.

I turn to look at Mira who shrugs as she closes the dishwasher and pulls a tray out of another cabinet, setting a tea set on it. Erza calls down the stairs, "Someone answer the door!"

I shrug and go to the door, checking my appearance in the mirror first, just in case. Then I open it, smiling. "Hi. Can I help you?"

There stands a girl with blonde hair half pulled up into a side pony tail, flanked by a girl with pink hair and a boy with wild orange hair and blue sunglasses, both wearing black suits. She smiles back at me, "Uh, hi! I'm Lucy Heart. Levy sent me?"

I settle my weight on one hip, tilting my head. "Any particular reason why?"

Lucy fidgeted, "Um, I'm looking for a place to stay."

I glance at the two with her, noticing how they were looking around them at all times. Lucy noticed. "Oh, they're just my..." She hesitates, glancing at them before continuing," cousins. Loke's going to go to school here too, and Virgo gave us a ride."

I raise my eyebrows at her, but shrug. "Okay. Why don't you come in, and we can talk about whether or not Fairy Hills is for you."

Lucy follows me in, nodding when I gesture to the front room where Erza and Mira already wait. Erza leans back in her favorite chair, her legs crossed under her blue skirt. Mira sits on the couch, waiting for me to join her, smiling. She gestures at the tea before us as Lucy takes her place on the opposite couch between Virgo and Loke. "Tea?"

"No thanks." Lucy responds. Neither Loke nor Virgo says anything, looking around them at the inside of the house. I feel self-conscious as they scrutinize every corner, feeling like the house is suddenly a huge mess. The guy looks at me, his eyes quickly going from my face to my feet then back to my face and he winks before I look away, turning back to the conversation Erza and Mira are having with Lucy. It's the basics. All about the rules of Fairy Hills, what's expected of tenants and such. You have to have and maintain a certain grade point average, you have to participate in house events, you have to be respectful of other tenants and you have to take on chores to keep the house clean and feed the other girls.

"You think you can do all that, Lucy?" Mira asks. Lucy smiles and nods. "Yeah, I think so."

"What's your g.p.a. now?" Erza demands. Lucy gulps. I don't blame her. Erza can be quite intimidating. "Uh, it's three point eight."

"What's your major?" Mira asks.

"I'm an English major, ma'am."

I pour myself a cup of tea, stirring in a spoonful of sugar as Erza and Mira keep asking questions about Lucy. She doesn't play any instruments, she doesn't have a boyfriend or a girlfriend, she doesn't have any pets, but she doesn't have any aversion or allergies to pets either. She likes to read and write, and she likes to spend her breaks away from home. After a whirlwind of questions, Lucy is starting to look more than a little nervous. Erza simply looks thoughtful, and Mira content. They look at me. "Well, Anya? Anything we failed to ask?"

I take a sip of my tea, thinking. Then I smile, and look at Lucy. "What's the number one career you want?"

She didn't even have to think about it. "I want to write best-selling novels."

She blushed and I giggle, looking at Mira and Erza, who both nod. Then I stand. "So, you want to come pick your room? We have a couple of empty ones."

Lucy sits there for a moment. Then she grins and leaps up. "I can stay?"

I shrug. "Of course."

Mira stands as well. "Loke, why don't you go to the house across the street? If you're going to Fairy Tail too, you could ask the boys at the Guild Hall if you can stay there. I think they have a few open rooms as well."

Lucy walks with me up the stairs. "So, I get my own room?"

I shrug. "Yeah. If we have open rooms, we don't think it's a big deal for each person to have their own room, as long as we're all willing to move in with another person if we get more tenants."

I stop on the second floor and look at her. "We have three open rooms right now, one on the third floor and one on this floor and then the last in the ground floor. Each floor has one bathroom. On the third floor you would share with me, Levy and Cana, the second floor Erza, Mira and Lisanna. The basement only has two rooms, so you'd just have to share with Evergreen. However, it's also the floor with the rec room and it opens to the backyard, so it's used by everyone just like the one in the main floor- though, that one is really just a half bath, since it doesn't have a shower."

Lucy nods, taking all of this in. "Okay. I'm guessing we're starting with the top floor and working our way down?"

I grin. "Figure I'd double this as a tour."

Lucy grins back, "Smart idea."

We climb up the stairs to the top floor, and I unlock the unused bedroom. "All of the doors lock separately- only Mira, Erza and I have a master key. I'll give you your key when you move in."

We walk into the empty room. "We can help you get furniture, if you need it."

"Thanks, but I can handle that." She walks over to the window. "Wow, you can see the whole city."

I smile. "From my room, the view is of the lake. But that view is exactly why I, Cana and Levy picked the third floor."

Lucy shakes her head. "I think I don't even have to choose, this is a great room. That's a decent looking closet, and it's so bright in here. Can I paint the walls?"

I nod, "Yeah, you just have to paint them back to eggshell when you move out. And pay for the paint."

"Who lived in this room before?" She asked as I locked it back up. We head back down the stairs after I show her the bathroom.

"Uh, Bisca did. She graduated last year. She's getting married in a couple of months. We have a picture of her somewhere, I'll show you."

I stop beside the empty bedroom on the second floor, and point at it. "You want to see, or are you deadest on the room with a view?"

She giggles. "Yeah, I think I'm going to go with that one. Let's move on."

I smile and we walk down to the main floor. Virgo waits at the foot of the stairs. "Princess, did you choose your room?"

I raise my eyebrows, and look back at Lucy, who is blushing. She waves her hand, "They all call me weird nicknames. Princess is just Virgo's. Yeah, I did. Will you help me get some furniture after Anya finishes the tour?"

"Of course, Princess."

I shrug. "Well, you already saw our front room. That's where we do most of our formal stuff. Oh, and pictures of each tenant is there, along with a bunch of scrapbooks, so if you want to know more about Fairy Hills' history and previous tenants, that's where you would look."

I lead her back to the kitchen and living room. There sits Cana, playing the video game. I brace my hands on the back of the couch. "You know, it doesn't matter how much training you give your character, you're never going to beat me."

"Never say never, Anya." Cana replied. She hit pause and turned to look at Lucy. "You must be Lucy. I'm Cana."

Lucy raised her hand, "Hi, Cana."

"I heard you came here with a really hot guy. He your boyfriend?"

I pat Cana on the shoulder. "Nah, she said he was her cousin. He looks like a womanizer though, Cana. I wouldn't give him your attention."

She snorts, "You just say that because you want him for yourself. Whatever, I'm not into fighting over guys."

I giggle, and turn away as Cana takes a swig of her drink before unpausing her game. "Nice to meet you, Lucy."

I lead her more into the kitchen. "This is where we mostly hang out."

She looks around. The main floor of the house is split into fourths. The front room and entry way, where everything is nice and formal. The staircase, which takes up a while corner of the house, going from the ground floor all the way up to the third floor. The back bit of the main floor is all kitchen and living room. More space is made by opening it up to the deck by folding the glass doors there. We walk to the railing, so that Lucy can look over the backyard. We have the pool, a lot of grass, and a garden, with a little shed artfully hidden behind some trees. Evergreen is laying on a hammock in the garden, sound asleep. Lucy smiles, leaning over the railing. "Wow. This place is amazing."

"Isn't it?" I agree. I look back to the kitchen where Mira is making herself lunch. "All of the girls usually come together for dinner at six. I'm pretty sure it's Levy's turn to cook tonight, which means Thai take out, her treat."

Lucy giggles. "You guys take turns cooking?"

"It's part of the chores. Mira's the best cook, Lisanna being a close second. Evergreen likes to cook as well. Erza tries, but it's usually something really simple with her. And with Levy and Cana? They always order out. Levy, Thai, Cana, pizza."

"What about you?"

I shrug, brushing my blonde hair behind my ears. "It's half and half. If I decide not to cook, we usually actually go out to eat."

I look at her. "So, what's dinner going to be like on your nights?"

She grimaces. "I'm not sure."

"Princess?" We turn to see Virgo staring at us. "Would you like to go shopping now, so that you can stay here tonight?"

She smiles. "Yeah."

She starts to go, giving me a wave. "We'll finish the tour when I get back?"

I nod. "Of course."

And then she's gone. I stretch, and then go and sit on the couch, picking up my controller. "Ready for round two?"

Cana snorts, "Ready to get your ass whupped?"

After a few minutes, Cana groans, and I look at her, grinning. "What was that about getting my ass whupped?"