Hi everyone I'm back again! *random music playing in the background* I know its been longer than I said it would but I'm back with a new story *another good one that you will like I hope!* This is an AU story, the first part takes place in high school so everyone is between 16-18, the second part takes place in college. I really don't know when updates will be because I'm still in the early chapters of writing. Quick shout out to trinity531 and Kamila-chan! Thanks for putting up with me when I was stuck in my dark corner of writers block! If you have any questions feel free to ask. Read, review, and enjoy!

As Always Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima

Chapter One

First Impressions

"Ashley!" Lucy yelled out to her twin as she walked into Ashley's darkened room and flicked on the light, causing a lump on the bed to groan and roll over. As she threw an arm to cover her eyes Lucy walked over and pulled the blanket off of her, causing her to flinch and groan again.

"Go away..." She mumbled, rolling over again.

"If you don't get up we'll be late for school! Your uniform is hanging on the back of your door, so hurry up!" Lucy walked out of the room to the floor length mirror and started to fix her uniform. A simple navy blue pleated skirt that just brushed her knees, a button up white blouse with a bright blue ribbon under the collar, and a black jacket with the school crest on it, a intricate flower embroidered in gold, signaling that she was a magic student. Paired with her knee high white socks and black shoes she looked rather cute, the only problem was her hair. Long, blond, and always in the way she never knew what to do with it.

Sometimes I just want to cut it off, but Ashley would be pissed with me if I did that, she cut her hair a few days ago so we wouldn't look the same anymore. Just then Ashley walked out of her room and took one look at Lucy and sighed.

"You never knew what to do with your hair after mom died, did you?" She said as she walked up behind Lucy and started to work on her hair, pulling part of it to the side of her head, holding it in place with a bright blue ribbon. Lucy turned and smiled at her sister, she was dressed the same but instead of a ribbon holding her hair it was held in place by a hair tie and a skull hair clip.

"There, all better. Now let's go!" Ashley yelled while racing down the stairs.

Lucy parked her car and got out of it, glancing around for her sister. She spotted Ashley running up behind her boyfriend, Sting, and laughed as she jumped onto his back, causing him to drop his books in surprise. She watched as his cousin Rouge quickly picked them up off the damp ground.

I'm so glad that its finally warmer out, its been too cold lately. Hmmmmm... looks like I'm not the only one who is glad that the cold is finally over. Lucy looked over as a black motorcycle pulled into the school parking lot, followed by a dark red convertible with the top down. The person on the bike removed his helmet, revealing his blue and black hair and the tattoo on his face that Lucy always found disturbing, Bickslow.

She heard a car door slam and looked over to see the people in the convertible getting out. The one driving stood up and she could see his long green hair, and saw the girl next to him stand up and get out of the passenger seat, her light brown hair shining in the sun. Freed and Evergreen, cousins to Bickslow, though no one knew how they were related just that they were cousins.

She then watched as someone stood up in the backseat and hopped over the side of the car, and watched, trying to control her laughter, as he tripped avoiding a puddle, falling into a heap on the ground. He turned to the sound of her laughter, his storm blue eyes glaring at her. "Oi! Blondie! What are you laughing at?"

"You're blond too, and they make doors for a reason, you should learn to use one!" Lucy yelled as she walked over to Ashley, Sting, and Rouge as they waited for her by the doors.

"Do you know who he is?" Her twin asked her breathlessly.

"Uhh... Some guy who doesn't know how to use a door?" She glared over at Sting as he laughed.

"No, not just some guy. That was Laxus Dreyar!" Ashley told her in a hushed voice. "Grandson of Principal Makarov! One of the strongest magic students here! I know we've only been here for about a month but you need to learn who you should leave alone..."

Oh crap! What did I just do? Lucy blushed and looked at the sister, who was trying not to laugh at the look on Lucy's face. "I-I got to get to advanced language arts, I'll see you at lunch." She stammered and ran off, leaving Ashley laughing with Sting and Rouge.

Lunch came and Lucy looked around for Ashley and spotted her with Sting and Rouge at their usual table, and she walked over to join them.

"So..." Lucy's best friend Levy started as she sat down across from Lucy. "I heard you got the better of Laxus Dreyar this morning, is it true?"

Instantly Lucy felt her face heat up. "Perfect. How many people know?"

"Only about half the school." Levy said with a grin.

"Oh this is just perfect!" She groaned and looked around the cafeteria and saw many pairs of eyes watching her, and one pair of storm blue ones glaring at her from across the room.

"Can this day get any worse?" She muttered as she put her head in her arms on top of the table.

Magic Combat, just about everyone's favorite class, except for Lucy. Her form of magic was rare and she didn't like using it, unlike some of the showoffs in this class. There was only one other person who used the same magic as she did and they were nowhere near her level of strength. Of course no one knew how powerful she was as she relied on her magic whip and limited her use of magic, only Ashley knew her strength.

Ashley, on the other hand, was an expert in hand to hand combat and used magical weapons along with her requip magic, and she wasn't afraid to show off her power.

As Lucy walked out of the locker room and into the arena she groaned when she saw the third years standing there with her fellow second years, a small lacrima screen was next to stands.

"Alright kids, listen up!" Their teacher yelled as he walked out, he had red hair, stubble on his chin, and eyes that never missed anything. Gildarts Clive, just about everyone's favorite teacher, except for his daughter Cana, who was always annoyed by her overprotective father.

"I've gathered everyone here for a contest. You will pair up with someone from your class, boys with boys, girls with girls, and compete against your classmates in order to find the best boy and girl team from each class. The winners from the second years will go up against the winners from the third years to find the strongest. A prize will be awarded to the winner of each grade, and a grand prize will be awarded to the winner between the two. You have one minute to find your partners."

Gildarts looked at them expectantly, and they quickly formed team, a few decided to be on their own. Lucy quickly ran over to Ashley, the only one who wouldn't be surprised if she used her magic. They stood there waiting in their matching combat uniforms, white tank tops and black shorts, though some of the boys went without their shirts, mainly the resident strippers, Gray Fullbuster and his cousin Lyon Vastia, they always somehow managed to lose their tops without noticing. After everyone finished pairing up Gildarts wrote everyone's names down onto the screen.

"Normally I would say ladies first but seeing as there are more of them the men will go first. The first match is Laxus vs. Bacchus. Onto the field guys! Everyone else into the stands!" The two guys walked onto the field while everyone else walked into the stands and either sat or leaned against the railing.

"Try not to injure each other too bad or Porlyusica will have my head." He told them as he walked to the edge of the field to judge. "START!"

Bacchus quickly rushed at him and Laxus stood there patiently waiting for him. As Bacchus got closer Lucy cold see Laxus gathering his magic into one fist before he slammed it into him as he reached Laxus, sending him across the room, leaving a small crater in the cement brick wall.

"Winner, Laxus!" Gildarts called out as Laxus left the field. "Next up is Jellal and Gajeel vs. Freed and Bickslow!" Everyone watched as the four walked onto the field and they held their breath as they waited for the match to begin. Everyone knew that Jellal, with his Heavenly Body magic, and Gajeel, with his Iron Dragon magic, were strong on their own, but they didn't work well as a team.

Freed, with his runes and Dark Eciture magic, and Bickslow, with his Sieth magic and his soul dolls, weren't very powerful on their own, but they had flawless teamwork. Their fight was an intense few minutes but Jellal and Gajeel were announced the winners and from behind her Lucy heard a grunt of disappointment. She turned and realized Laxus was sitting behind her. "Not everyone here is a monster like you." She hissed at him, earning a glare from him as he leaned forward.

"I'm not disappointed that they lost, Blondie, I'm disappointed that there are no monsters here that will give me a good challenge. Though no one knows what your magic is or how powerful you really are, so I might be wrong."

She glared at him before turning away. Maybe he's right, ever since Ashley and I transferred here a month ago I haven't used my magic in front of everyone. Maybe I should use it... Lucy watched in silence as the rest of the boys fought. Laxus won against Jellal and Gajeel, making him the winner of the third years, and then it was the second years turn. Natsu won against Sting and Rouge, making Ashley next to her pout, and Gray and Lyon won against Cobra and Elfman.

She watched with excitement with everyone else as the fight between Natsu, Gray, and Lyon began, lasting over ten minutes with Natsu as the victor. She heard Lisanna next to her cheer for Natsu as he grinned over to the girls, completely oblivious to Lisanna's feelings towards him. She heard a sigh and turned to see Laxus behind her still, Freed and Bickslow behind him, Evergreen sitting next to him waiting for her match.

"We will now start with the ladies matches, giving Laxus and Natsu some time to rest before their match. Erza and Mirajane, you two will be fighting Flare and Angel." Gildarts announced, and Lucy turned her attention to the field. The match was over too soon, Erza, with her many magical swords and armor, and Mira, with her Demon Souls, quickly overpowered Angel with her Angel magic, and Flare with her Hair magic that Lucy always found disturbing.

Next up was Evergreen and Cana, who quickly lost against Minerva and Ultear, causing Laxus behind her to click his tongue in disappointment, but Lucy didn't even bother to turn around to glare. Instead she turned her attention to the next fight, Erza and Mira vs. Minerva and Ultear.

Lucy and Ashley both leaned forward with excitement, this match was going to be good. As the match began Erza quickly changed into her Black Wing Armor and Mira changed into her Satan Soul and rushed their opponents. Minerva, though, used her Territory magic to move her and Ultear away, then Ultear's orb that she carried everywhere went zooming around, attacking Mira while Minerva started to attack Erza. The match went on like this for several minutes, each side gaining an advantage but then losing it. The match ended, though, when Minerva, distracted by Erza, was caught by surprise by Mira as she landed a heavy kick to her back, sending her into the stands.

Ultear, now having no chance of winning, surrendered and Erza and Mira were announced the winners of the third years. Next up were the second year girls, the first match being between the fifteen year old geniuses Wendy and Chelia vs. Yukino and Juvia. Thanks to Juvia, she and Yukino won over Wendy and Chelia, as they preferred to use their magic for healing not fighting.

"Lucy, we're up next." Ashley gave Lucy a reassuring smile as they made their way onto the field, their opponents Lisanna and Levy right behind them. She looked over at the stands and saw Laxus watching her closely, and heard murmurs from everyone. Ashley was easily the strongest of the second year girls, but Lucy was the unknown.

"Levy!" Lucy called out to the blue haired girl. "Sorry for this but I want to win."

Levy looked at Lucy and grinned. "We'll see about that!" She called back and the match began.