A Fairy Tail story- Magnolia Academy!

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~Chapter 1: New Arrival~

Lucy's POV

I was leaping through a long, green field in nothing but my panama pants and top, hair flowing down my back. The sun was shining down on me, not a cloud in the sky, a beautiful day. I closed my eyes and breathed in the fresh air. I flopped back into the grass, listening to the chirping of the birds. And there was a distant buzzing noise. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

Frustrated, I sat up to search for the source of the annoying noise. But there was nothing to be seen but grass, grass, and more grass. The beeping noise continued to grow louder.

Was it… my alarm clock?

I sat up bolt upright in bed, rubbing my eyes. Curse alarm clocks! Streching my arms out, I yawned loudly before slapping a hand over my mouth. Oops!

Right, I was supposed to be quiet. After all, my father didn't wake up until 9:00 am, and it was 5:00 am. That explains why I'm so tired.

I hurried to get changed, urged to not wake any of the servants up. The mansion was huge, but the staff could be found in the most peculiar places. Believe it or not, I once found Aries in a broom closet, sleeping. So I ought to be quiet.

Today was the day I was going to run away from home! I had to be prepared. Enough clothes, a bit of cash, and anything else necessary. Anything to leave my abusive father.

I never thought I'd have the courage to leave! But after Mama died, things got worse. I hurriedly threw on a black skirt and pink top. The only friends I had left were the servants… Virgo the maid, Aries the limo driver, the twins Gemini, who were the chefs, Capricorn the butler, Cancer the stylist, and Taurus, my Dad's personal servant. I threw up my hair (not as good as Cancer could make it, but it would have to do) and packed my set of collected keys.

Grabbing my bag, I slowly pushed the door open. The hall was dark and spooky. But I had lived here for my whole life. I know my way around!

As I twisted around one corner, I finally found the door. Slowly creaking it open, I slipped outside. I ran a few steps before turning back to the house- no, mansion.

I'm sorry, Dad. I won't miss you. Gritting my teeth, I ran out into the night.

I, Lucy Heartfilia, was finally free.

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"Street 87, apartment number 4…" I muttered to myself, turning around a corner and finding myself on the 87th street. I had done a bit of searching beforehand and found a cheap apartment. And walking a few more steps, I found it.

It was a small brown building with two windows on every floor. It looked fairly new, but looks can be deceiving. This was where I would be living. But I still needed to find a job, and a high school. Ah, well, one thing at a time.

I tugged my suitcase in the door with me as I stumbled over to the front desk. "Excuse me?"

"Wait for one second, would you?!" A lady's voice snarled from a back room. Gulping, I shut my mouth. That didn't sound good.

After a full minute had past, an angry lady stormed out of the room. She had long light blue hair pulled back with a headband. She wore all blue and a skirt that resembled a mermaid's tail. "What do you want?" She snapped.

"Uh, hi! I'm Lucy. I… Uh, I bought an apartment here?"

"Is that a question?"

"No, ma'am!"

"Hmm. Let's see here." She pulled out a book from her desk drawer and flipped to the front pages. "Hmm. Lucy. L-U-C-Y." She jabbed her finger at a section in the book. "Yep, you're here. Your room's up on the right." The woman gestured to a small staircase leading to a room with a red door.

"Thanks!" I said cheerily.

"I'm Aquarius," the desk lady grumbled. "Pay is 70, 000 J a month or else I kick you out. Understood?" I nodded quickly. "Good. Here's your key." Aquarius tossed a bronze key into my hand.

"Thank you!" I squeaked as I tugged my suitcase up the stairs. It must have taken me at least a full minute! The case I brought was so heavy!

"Just in case you're wondering," Aquarius called, "We're supposed to help you. But I'm not going to. Clear?"

I sweat-dropped. "Y… Yeah."

And so, with much difficulty, I made my way to my room.

I was officially a part of the town known as Fiore.

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After I settled in, I decided to take a walk around town to see if there were any jobs available. There was one for a garbage man, but I decided to make that my reserve option. Then there was a job to clean someone's feet… I'd rather not. Otherwise, town was really nice. They had a lot of clubs, though. I already saw two- the Lamia Scale club and the Sabertooth club. Weird. And now, staring ahead, I see another club! …Blue Pegasus?

Who comes up with these names?

And talking to some people, I now know there is one main school here- Magnolia Academy. I already enrolled there, and because its summer, school starts in two days.

Two days to get ready? Oh god! I've got so much to do! And I don't even have a job yet!

I passed another club- but this one was slightly different. The sign above it was a bright red, with the black words, 'FAIRY CLUB' blazed on the front. But someone, in a thick black marker, had scribbled, 'tail' in between the two words. And there was originally so much space between the words that it seemed to fit just fine. There was a large white sign in the window- 'HELP WANTED'.

Score! An incredible looking place to work at!

Nothing to be nervous about, Lucy! But I was nervous. Hesitantly, I pushed open the door into the the Fairy Tail club.

It was absolute mayhem. The room was littered with table and chairs, booths, and a small bar near the left side. There was a shirtless, raven-haired male standing on top of one of the tables, screaming at a guy with pink hair.

…Pink hair?

Yes, pink hair. They were arguing loudly until the pink-haired boy grabbed the raven-haired guy's leg and flipped him into another table. Chaos grew- if that was even possible! A girl in a bikini top with brown capris was chugging a barrel of beer in a corner of the bar. Two white-haired girls were laughing at the men's fighting from the safety of hiding behind the bar. A tall guy with a lot of metal piercings was chewing on… a piece of iron?

What kind of lunatics were there here?

"ENOUGH!" A loud female voice sounded from the door to a back room. A tall woman with long red hair stepped out, her gaze sweeping the entire room. She had the aura that said, 'don't mess with me'. She was wearing a blue skirt and knee-length black boots with a silver shirt that almost looked like armour. "What ridiculous behaviour! Especially when we have the chance to have a new arrival!" She pointed towards the door and everyone stared at me.

Then I realized I hadn't moved from my spot at all in the last few minutes. I felt blush creeping up my cheeks.

"We almost never get any brave souls to work for us," the scarlet-haired lady boomed, "and you're going to scare her off before she even sees anyone! Now," she claimed, satisfied, "where's my cake I left here before I had to use the lavatory?" She turned to a nearby table where a bulky white-haired man was eating a piece of cake. He looked up at the lady, and his face paled.

The woman glared. "You. Die."

And chaos ensued once more. Except now, with the arrival of the new lady, it was even worse. God, was she violent!

One of the white-haired girls I saw earlier made her way over to me. "Sorry. Are you here about the job?" Her smile was like a ray of sunshine- I felt so much safer!

I laughed nervously. "I can see why you don't have many working for you."

The lady laughed. "Yeah, we get that a lot. Well, I'm Mirajane. Welcome to the Fairy Tail club."

"Thanks!" I squeaked. "Is it always like this?"

"Only when the crazy ones are here," Mirajane laughed, before frowning. "But that's mostly everyone…"

"Yeah… ha ha." I grinned, trying to seem nice. I wanted this job, even if it meant I had to put up with this.

"So! You're the new girl!" The pink-haired boy popped his head up in between us. He had large, bright eyes and a signature smile.

"Well, I'm not here for sure yet, but-"

"'Course you are!" he cheered. "We haven't had anyone new in a while!"

"I figured that much…" I muttered.

Mirajane smiled. "Well then. This is Natsu, one of the best ones here. And this is- wait, what's your name?"

"Uh…" I took a deep breath. "Lucy."

"Lucy!" The white-haired barmaid beamed. "Natsu, can you introduce Lucy to everyone?"

Natsu grinned. "Sure!"

"Attention, everyone!" Mirajane called sweetly. "Natsu introducing our new waitress, Lucy!" She shot everyone a death glare, one that said: be nice or else.

All the others murmured welcomes. I smiled, then twirled to Mirajane as realization dawned on me. "Wait, does this mean I get the job?"

Mira (can I call her that?) nodded. "Yeah. We don't get many applicants here. And you're have the record for being the newest girl who stayed the longest!"

I sweat-dropped. "Great…"

"Alrighty!" Natsu grabbed my wrist. My stomach flip-flopped. "Let's go meet people!"

Natsu dragged me behind him as he made his way towards the raven-haired shirtless boy. "This is Ice-Princess, the-"

"I'm Gray," the guy interrupted. "Don't listen to Flame Head."

"Right…"

"May I introduce myself?" The scary red-head from before walked over. I found myself shaking in my shoes. "I'm Erza Scarlet. Pleased to meet a brave soul."

"H… Hi!" I squealed. Erza shook my hand, squeezing so hard I thought my hand would fall off.

Erza smiled. "Those two-" she gestured to a currently fighting Natsu and Gray- "are actually best friends. They do try to hurt each other, but that's simply because they're like best friends."

"Okay," I muttered, unconvinced.

Erza glared at the pair. "Boys! Are you fighting?"

The boys immediately linked arms. "No, ma'am!" They chorused. "We're best friends!"

"Glad to hear it," Erza said. She turned to me. "See what I mean?" I laughed nervously.

Natsu then proceeded to introduce me to everyone else- Mirajane and her siblings, Lisanna and Elfman, Cana, the alcoholic, Wendy, the small, quiet, sweet girl, Gajeel, a guy who worked with iron and had too many piercings, and Levy, the bookworm and someone I instantly bonded with. Mira (she did say I could call her that) introduced me to the waitress staff- herself, her sister Lisanna, a girl with short purple hair named Kinana, and now… myself.

"I can pay you 20, 000 J a week," Mira said cheerfully. "As long as you work for at least 15 hours a week."

"Deal," I said happily. No matter how much everyone mights, it turns out they're all really good friends. I think I could enjoy it here.

Lucy: Wait, we have to end the chapter there?

Frost: Well, if it's too long, the readers get bored.

Lucy: But I have so much more to do! So much more to say!

Natsu: Yeah, well, I barely had a part!

Gray: You had no part? I had no part! You got to beat me up!

Natsu: How is that any different from normal?

Erza: Are you two fighting?

Frost: ANDDDD with that we end the chapter there. Stay tuned! Review please!