Author's Note: I do not own Fairy Tail.
R&R please!
The birds chirped quietly outside my bedroom window as I woke to my beeping alarm.
"Ugh…" I grunted as I dragged myself out of bed and into the bathroom to shower.
I let the water run down my body, removing all traces of a rough night. I tossed and turned all night from a reoccurring nightmare. The nightmare started off normally, me walking home from school, but then I am pushed down from the back by unknown hands. The hands soon begin ripping my clothes off. That's where I always wake up. "Why am I having such scary and odd nightmares?" I thought as I stepped out of the shower and began drying my dripping wet body.
I quickly blow dried my hair, towel still wrapped around my body. I styled my blue hair like normal, it in a messy manner and my orange headband holding it all back. I quickly tossed the towel and threw on my bra and panties. I put on my short and tight black dress with the school emblem embroidered on my left breast. I pulled up my knee high black socks, but my black boots on, grabbed my bag, and ran out my apartment door with a piece of bread between my teeth.
As I rounded a corner, I spotted them. They were there every morning, smoking. They had piercings and were always cussing. They scared me, but I didn't show it. I never quickened my pace or put my head down. That would show fear. I kept my head held high and walked like any other normal time.
From time to time, I would sneak glances in their direction, only to find one of their eyes on me. It was always the tall one, with the same school uniform as me. He had piercings along his eyes, ears, and nose and had long, spiky, black hair that fell to his hips. He always watched me, morning and night. They were here on my way to school, and from school. I found him the scariest, seeing as how his eyes were always on me.
Our eyes met for a second before I dropped my head and continued walking. I could hear him chuckling softly and his friends asking him what was so funny before I rounded the corner and out of earshot.
I could see the school just ahead of me. Its brown oak door's glistening in the morning sunlight. I smiled as I saw a familiar blonde head bobbing up the schools steps.
"Lu-chan!" I shouted, running up to her.
"Morning, Levy!" Lucy Heartfillia said in response once I reached her on the steps. "Ready for the new semester?" She asked, resuming her walk up the steps.
"Yep! How about you?" I replied eagerly. I loved this school. Fairy Tail Academy had a good academics program and a good sports program. It had something for everyone who attended. My favorite was the extravagant library located in the west wing of the Academy.
"I wasn't ready to wake up, that's for sure." She replied with a yawn.
We walked down the hall to pick up our new schedules, since classes change at the beginning of a new semester. Lucy picked hers up and I soon followed suit.
"What do you have first?" She asked, looking over my shoulder at the schedule I had in my hand.
"Hmm…" I hummed looking over my schedule. "I have Government, English, Chemistry, Free Period, Lunch, Trigonometry, and Study Hall. You?"
"I have the same Lunch as you and that's it." She sighed.
"Aww…maybe next year?" I added reassuringly.
"Yeah! Ahh! I got to go! See you later!" She yelled over her shoulder as she bounded down the hallway.
I walked quickly down the hallway towards my first period class. The library would have to wait. I couldn't wait until my free period and my study hall. I could sit in a room full of books. The way the books smelled of leather and trees calmed me and made me feel less nervous and on edge.
I walked into the classroom, glanced at the seating chart the teacher had in the front of the room, and took my seat near the back. I began writing in my journal that I always kept with me.
Right as the bell rang, a person sat next to me. I glanced up from my journal briefly only to find a flash of metal. "No…It can't be…can it?" I thought, looking up from my freshly written words to the man next to me. He had long black hair and piercings along his eyes, ears, and nose. My eyes widened in shock and I quickly looked back down. "He doesn't recognize me does he? I really hope he doesn't! Please don't realize who I am..!" I thought.
"Hey," He whispered, "Do I know you?"
"No!" I whispered back a little too quickly. "I've never met you before." "Shit! He knows! He knows!" I thought.
"Are you sure?" He whispered back.
"Yes!" I hissed in response.
He sat quietly after that. When the bell finally rang for releasing first period, I quickly moved out of my seat and out the door before he had a chance to stand. "This is bad." I thought. "He realizes it's me…" Hopefully second period would be better.
No such luck. He sat next to me during second hour, third hour, and also had a free period at the same time as me. At lunch I quickly found Lucy.
"Lu-chan!" I shouted across the cafeteria, finding her sitting at a table with the rest of our friends.
I quickly ran up to them, on the verge of tears. "Hello, Levy! What's wrong?" Erza Scarlet stated, her voice going from cheery to serious. I sat in the chair across from Erza and next to Mirajane and Lucy.
"You know the group of people I pass every morning and afternoon?" I said. They nodded in response. "One of the members, the really scary one with all the piercings, is in all of my classes, and above all else, he recognizes me!" I wailed, the tears spilling over.
"It's okay, Levy." Mirajane cooed, comforting me.
"Juvia thinks it is okay! Levy needs to be strong!" Juvia encouraged.
"How am I going to face him? He scares the living daylights out of me! I don't know why, but my gut just tells me to be scared of him, yet my heart says to trust him…I'm so confused and scared!" I cried; tears continued to fall down my face as Mira stroked my back softly.
"The bell is about to ring. If you don't feel like going to class, go to the nurses' office." Erza added gently as she and everyone else picked up their things and headed off.
"I'll call you later." Lucy said as she too, disappeared behind the cafeteria doors.
I sighed, silenced my sobs and walked to the bathroom. I looked in the mirror only to find my eyes swollen and red. I dabbed some make-up around the red areas to make it look like I hadn't been crying. I quickly packed up my things and hurried off to my fifth period class.