Hey there this is my 2nd story that I decided to write. I'm doing two at the same time, which I will try to post a chapter Every week. Do to English being my 2nd language there might be a few errors here and there.

I got the general idea from a story I read written by kowareta1468. She has really good story written and I highly recommend you check them out.

There will some pairings in this story, mainly GrayLu. I hope you enjoy my story and if you did please leave a review.

In future chapters there will be some bad language and maybe bloody things, but very few.

I do not own fairy tail or it's characters.

Chapter 1

'Life is so dam hard' Lucy thought has she picked up the large bucket that was laying on the surface of the wooden wagon.

Every Sunday morning, Lucy would wake up at sunrise, fetch the old splintery wooden wagon and drag it down to the river near by. Sunday was her day to fetch the water. She usually took 3 large buckets and filled them up to the brim. It took 1 hour to and from the river, so this was one the jobs she never looked forward too. It was as she always said, a 'pain in the ass'. Lucy stood there looking at the water, thinking of the events that led her to her changed life and how she met a family she would never leave and hurt.

*flashback*

It was After her father lost his job at the railroads, Lucy and her family where left with nothing but the clothe on their back. Forced to live in the lowest social class, Lucy has been doing these types of laborious jobs ever since she was just 10 years old. Now a mature 16 year old girl, she was accustomed to working hard just to be able to survive these hard times.

She has gone thru a lot of hardships ever since her father lost his job and they started living in the slums. These hardships have made her strong. She wasn't the frail little girl that always had to be cared for anymore. For the first two years in the slums they were living in the streets, searching for scraps in the garbage and looking for any hole they could sleep in. They were fighting a daily war against famine and disease. Her mother Layla was constantly worried about her son and daughter. She'd give them any food she could find, forcing herself not to eat in order for her children to eat. Eventually she got sick and her frail, weak starving body could fight the fever. She died living an empty space in Lucy's fragile little heart.

After her mothers death Lucy's father grew depressed, blaming everything that was happening to his family on himself. He became a burden on the two sibling, Lucy's father was no longer fighting to keep alive, he spent his days sitting in the dirt leaving his kids to fend for themselves. Just a few weeks after his wife's death, Depression got the best of him, eventually taking his life.

Laxus, Lucy's older brother stepped up to the plate. He wasn't gonna let his sister and only family member die.

Laxus was strong and brave, because of this Lucy has always looked up to her big brother.

Lucy on the other hand was never the strong one. After both her parents died, she would cry day and night, leaving all the work to her brother. He would go out looking for food and water Wherever he could find. He would mainly steal from food karts in the middle class markets. He was fast despite his large muscular body, so it wasn't hard for him to get away from the merchants chasing him.

A few months after both the siblings parents died, on one of his food snacking rounds,Laxus ran into a pink haired boy. It turned out that this pink haired boy was out doing the same as Laxus; stealing food for his family. The pink haired boy introduced himself as Natsu Dragneel and invited Laxus to his home. He gladly accepted the boys invitation, seeing as him and his sister have been living in the dirt streets for almost 2 years.

After following Natsu the siblings had arrived at a large rundown stone building. It was about three story's tall and was covered in vines and moss. They could see small windows in the front but that was all. The door was a large door, it was wooden with rusty iron surrounding the borders. It had two large door knobs made of iron marching the borders. The knobs weren't as rusty, they actually looked well kept, better then the rest of the outer structure.

The doors to the building opened and Natsu led the way. The first thing they saw was a bar and some stool by it. There were also a few tables spread out thru out this first room. The place was empty, but it felt homie. They could hear noise coming from somewhere, but they couldn't quite tell from which direction. Natsu didn't address the noise so they didn't ask. He gave them a tour of the rest of the downstairs area. There was a storage room in the back, it was big, but it didn't have much just a few bags of what looked like flour and some wheels of cheese. He then showed them their kitchen, but like the storage it also wasn't much. It had a small stove that they could tell was being fueled by wooden logs. In the left corner of the room was a small counter with a few bowls and plates on top of it. Next to the counter was a small wooden box filled with cooking items. It was all mixed so it wasn't anything specific just stuff like salt, knifes, cooking spoons and pots. The left side of the room was pretty barren, just a few barrels and nothing more.

They left the kitchen and went to the up stairs room. It was a large room, this one wasn't divided. It was an open space with a few hay beds spread around.

Unlike the downstairs room, this room was filled with a few people. They counted about 10, they couldn't tell completely since the light was pretty dim seeing as there was only one window.

The room grew quite when they spotted the two new faces. It was odd seeing all these people living together. Normally in the slum areas people tried to live in small groups of 4 or less so the food would last longer.

After a few minutes of awkward silence, Natsu finally spoke up introducing the two new faces. He introduced them one by one to all his family members.

1st he introduced them to the eldest one there a girl names Mirajane, they called her Mira. She had long white her that reached her waist. She had big blue eyes and a warm smile. You could tell she wasn't very old, she looked to be no older than 16, just like Laxsus.

Then came her two sibling to introduce themselves. Elfman, her twin brother, who had her same white her. He was large and muscular, more muscular than Laxus. He looked a little intimidating. Hugging Elfmans leg was a young girl, who they assumed to be Miras younger sister. Like her two sibling she also had the silver hair, hers reached up to her shoulders and was a little messy at the ends. She was a year younger than Lucy, just 11 years old.

Then a few more people introduced themselves. There was Levy, who had short blue hair. Jellal her older brother, he was a year younger than Mira. He also had the blue hair and a distinct tattoo in his eye. Then there was Cana a girl with dark brown hair, who was carrying a mug, the contents of this mug smelled funny to Lucy. She assumed it was alcohol, which shocked Lucy seeing as she was only 14. Then the youngest of the group introduced himself he looked to be looked to be 7 years old, his name was Romeo. He was Natsus younger brother even tho they looked nothing alike.

Finally out of the shadows a girl with scarlet hair stepped out. She held out her hand and greeted them. Her name was Erza, she was young but you could tell by the look in her eyes that she was strong and capable of helping like the older teens. She was as was 12 just like Lucy.

They found out that they called themselves Fairy Tail, This was their family. Even if someone wasn't related by blood they were still family in each other's eyes. Laxus told them how they were living in the streets and how their parents died. Shocked and worried the Fairly Tail family decided to let them stay with day become a part of their growing family. The saw a light at the end of their dark tunnel and it name was Fairy Tail.

*flashback ends*

It has now been 4 years since Lucy and Laxus became a part of Fairy Tail, their lives have never been the same. They were happy now and all the sadness they went thru in the past was locked away in their hearts. They loved Fairy Tail and they're friends. Lucy finished filling the rest of the barrels and was ready to go back. Even tho she despised doing this type of work, she loved being part of something and never being alone.

She didn't want anything to change, but little did she know there were big changes happening soon.

Sorry for this long 1st chapter. The other chapters aren't going to be as long. I just wanted this chapter to sort of introduce Lucy and her past. Please review it would help want to continue writing this.