And the Skeletons dance
By: I always smile
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Chapter One
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19th June, Saturday, 5:23 PM
Crash! Boom! Doom! Crash! Hiss! Honk! Boom! Crash! Punch!
"That all ya bastards got? Hah?" Natsu scoffed, kicking the blue haired leader. What was his name again? Dora? Sora? Nora?
"Retreat, men." He choked out, running away as fast as he could.
Oh, silly me! I didn't exactly tell you what's going on, now, did I? Well, let's just say Natsu saw this girl wearing his school's uniform get attacked by some scumbags. And he saved her; he was itching for a fight, you see.
"Are you stupid or something?" he asked the blonde, finally turning to her.
"I'm sorry."
"WHAT DID YA- oh…. it's okay." Natsu shut up when he realized she said sorry. He was an idiot, and he knew it; thanks to the heartless monsters he called his 'friends'.
He had a good reason though. Usually, even if he did just save their asses, no one from Fairy High would take his insult without spitting one back. Now wasn't Blondie different?
He took a better look at the girl who was on the floor. She looked about Natsu's age. She was pretty, he noted. Her knee was bleeding and her ankle looked a bit swollen.
Who the hell would hurt such a nice girl? Natsu immediately made the decision that he would most definitely beat that person up. Wait a second…
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He did just beat them up.
"Hey, are you alright? You're bleeding." He asked her.
She smiled weakly in response. "Yes, I'm fine." She reassured, mumbling something afterwards.
"What?" Natsu asked in confusion.
"Nothing" She said, trying to stand up. He offered her his hand, yet she refused. Once more, she failed in her attempt to stand…
Phew, Natsu caught her.
"You are not okay. We should get your ankle looked at."
"No, it's fine. I was just going home anyway; it's not far from here." She said, smiling up at the pinkette.
"Then I'll walk you home." Natsu said in a voice full of authority.
19th June, Saturday, 6:17 PM
The little building Blondie lives in is very close to Natsu's house. In fact, he lives just around the corner. The door of her apartment looked so tiny; something tells Natsu that the rest of her apartment is too. Not that his place is any bigger than hers. Though his cousin Gajeel lived not that far away (next door as a matter of fact), and the older boy had a habit of entering his house (Natsu really shouldn't have given him the spare key) and setting up pranks. He is so annoying. Not as annoying as Gray, but still very annoying. Let's just say it's torture to live near 'Screw man', and even the thought of living with 'droopy eyes' was hell. Finally, they arrived at the girl's door, so she got off Natsu's back and started searching for her key in the small bag strapped around her body.
Oh, did I mention he was carrying her on his back? She was having trouble walking, so Natsu gave her a piggyback ride, her face was all red and stuff.
She finally found her key, opened the door, walked inside, thanked Natsu, closed the door in his face and went inside.
Weird chick- Oh, wait. He doesn't even know her name.
21st June, Monday, 1st period
Blondie had homeroom with Natsu.
BLONDIE HAD HOMEROOM WITH HIM! HOW CAN SHE HAVE HOMEROOM WITH HIM?! HE KNOWS EVERYONE IN CLASS! Well, everyone except the weird, not to mention kinda pretty girl he's been calling Blondie in his head. Well, back to the matter at hand. (Since he was an idiot, it would just confuse him if he tried to think about two things at once.) HOW COULD HE NOT NOTICE HER?
Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!
The bell rang, which meant class was over. Mr. Clive (a.k.a Gildarts) had left, students following his lead. Blondie walked out of class.
"Oi, Popsicle."
"What?"
"Who's that blonde chick?"
"Dunno, why do ya care, Hothead?"
"I've never noticed her before."
Out of nowhere, Logan and Norm butted in.
"Oh, Lucy Heartfilia finally caught your eye, Natsu?" Logan said.
"Huh?"
"Give up, buddy. She's really creepy. You don't want to be caught hanging around her." Norm added, stuffing his things in his bag.
"What do ya mean? Explain." Gray seemed interested in her.
Logan looked around. "She joined school just a few days before the summer break. As you can see, she's all cute and stuff, so guys immediately began hitting on her. Even the tri-men tried, but she's like anti-social or something. She's always paying way too much attention to the classes and she's always in the library during the breaks. She sits alone during lunch, keeping her nose in her book. She's not in any after-school activities and is always busy after school or during the weekends. Not even the girls hang around her. I mean, she's just a creep. A hot, antisocial creep, but doesn't change the fact though."
"Well, that's just stupid." Natsu practically growled. He talked to her just yesterday and she seemed pretty nice. "Just cause she's weird, doesn't mean you shouldn't try to be her friend." Oh come on, everyone, everyone in school had to be at least a bit creepy if not a lot.
The raven haired 'stripper' agreed. "You said it, Flame brains!"
Yep, they both decided to approach the blonde at lunch.
Lunch Break
Natsu sat down next to Lucy at lunch. She looked at him with surprise at first then shock. How did Natsu know you ask? He knows because her eyes went like from normal to the size of dinner plates.
"Y-you're the one from…"
"Yeah, I'm Natsu by the way."
"Natsu, I'm so sorry about yesterday and thank you again. I really should've…" Boy, she was speaking way too fast.
"Nah, we're good, Lucy." he grinned at her. She blushed for no apparent reason. "We have homeroom together and I noticed you today and realized I never talked to you before and…"
Gray joined them, punched Natsu's arm, then took the sit next to him.
"Hey Lucy, my name's Gray, Gray Fullbuster. Nice to finally talk to ya, I'm in homeroom with you and Hothead this year."
"Hello, Gray. It's nice to meet you too."
And right on cue, the Strauss Sisters walked in, Juvia and Levy right after them. After a while, Erza appeared dragging Jellal and Gajeel by their ears.
They all came right up to Lucy's lone table in the corner and started to fight and chat and giggle and laugh and gossip all at the same time.
Was Lucy surprised? Oh, heavens no. she was astonished. A few months in school without any friends then one day out of nowhere some really weird and freaky but fun (and a bit cool) people sit with you and act like they've known you for I don't know…. forever. Wouldn't you be shocked?
Oh well, Lucy wasn't that weird. She was normal, almost too normal for this crazy academy. But she didn't like being alone, no one likes that. So, she was pleased to see people sitting with her and introducing themselves to her. It gave her a chance to make friends. So, who were the people she acquainted today?
The pink-haired guy, who approached her first, who also happened to save her from some *cough* Fucking Assholes *cough* and carry her home due to her hurt ankle, was Natsu Dragneel. He had Homeroom, Math, Chemistry and PE with her. He happened to be a very happy-go-lucky and cheerful person and complete and hopeless idiot; possibly the biggest idiot in the school-no scratch that-probably the biggest idiot in town.
Next was Gray Fullbuster, a raven haired boy with a very, very weird habit of stripping without even knowing. He happened to have Homeroom and Art class with her. He's also known for his rivalry/friendship with Natsu. The two best friends always fought; until Erza stopped them that is.
Erza Scarlet, the student council president more popularly known as Titania, is attending her junior year of high school. She is the scariest person in the group. She has a habit of threatening people, but she can be really nice too. She loves cake, stopping fights between the boys and her childhood friend. Oh, but let's save that for later. Her reason to always hang with the group was to keep an eye on the guys at first, but soon she became friends with these 'goons' (as she dubbed it) and started hanging with her younger classmen.
Next let's touch the certain childhood friend whom Erza loves *cough* in the romantic way *cough* so much. Jellal Fernandez happened to have bright blue hair and a scarlet (same color as Erza's hair) colored tattoo across his face. And it's so obvious he returned her feelings, he just was too dense to notice that Erza did like him.
Mirajane a.k.a Mira was Erza's second best friend. A sweet girl who was into matchmaking. And it was so obvious that Lucy found that out in 5 minutes. Oh yeah, she was as scary as Erza when she was mad. (Levy whispered that part to Lucy; she is still having trouble believing.) Her little sister, Lisanna, was also very much like her sister, if you cut out the scary part. Lisanna wasn't scary.
Then Juvia the creepy girl who declared her as love rival the moment they met. She is very, very serious about her Gray-sama. If you still didn't get the picture: she is in love with Gray.
And of course, Levy and Gajeel. There was absolutely no doubt that Levy was going to be a very close friend of Lucy's. A fellow bookworm is always appreciated. Gajeel, Natsu's cousin/#2 rival was very punk-ish, with piercing and that kinda stuff, but had a soft side for Levy and Levy only.
What a weird group of people, Lucy thought. This group didn't only have sophomores like her, but some juniors as well, but they look like they belong together. How weird! How can such a group of completely different people make such a perfect set of friends? Who knows how they became friends? She was a part of them now, wasn't she? Of course she was, if she wasn't why would they ask her to meet them at the gate of the school so they can walk home together. Wow, in one day the lonely, creepy and weird geek Lucy Heartfilia made 9 friends.
What a day!
After school
3: 26 PM.
The entire gang was walking home together. They looked like a mini parade. Natsu, Gray and Gajeel shouting about which character from One Piece was stronger; Mira, Erza and Jellal were discussing something about class; Juvia staring dreamily at Gray; while Lucy talked with Levy and Lisanna.
Lucy didn't really know much about teens her age, so it was fun for her to be all care-free, talking about shops and clothes and music. Soon, one by one most of the gang began to leave. Erza and Juvia left for the dorm they lived at first. Jellal set for his apartment right after. Lisanna, Mira and Gray lived across the block, they knew a shortcut. So off they went. And Gajeel decided to walk Levy to her house (not because he was possessive, OKAY? He was not possessive of the shrimp. You get it? … Good.) So it was just Natsu and Lucy.
"I can't believe Gray thinks Ao-kiji is the strongest none mugi-wara character! It's definitely Ace!"
"Can't you and Gray just get along?"
"No freakin' way! Do you know what he told me in math?"
"What?"
"Macao was giving us homework and Gray … but damn, the assignment is so hard! I'll never get it done, stupid Macao and math!" He complained. Lucy couldn't help but giggle, Natsu had such a one track mind. Wasn't he supposed to tell her what Gray said to him in Math?
"Natsu, try first."
"I don't wanna."
Lucy sighed.
"Why don't you come to my place and I can help you out."
"Really?!" He had stars in his eyes. "You'd help me?" Lucy nodded.
"You're the best, Luigi." He threw his arm over her shoulder and gave her a one-armed hug. Lucy only blushed and shook her head before…
"IT'S LUCY!"
"Hehe, sorry, Loopy."
Smack!
"IT'S LUCY! LU-CY!"
"I was just joking, Luce! Did you have to smack me that hard?"
Natsu learned one thing during that conversation; Lucy really wasn't as timid as most thought her to be.
When the pair arrived in Lucy's apartment, Natsu just walked in like he owned the place. It's small, Natsu thought. Lucy gave him a small tour.
"…This is the living room. That's the kitchen and … my bedroom is that way and there's a small veranda over there."
"Nice place you got."
"Thanks. Oh, and Natsu, would you like some tea?"
"Yeah, that would be great."
"All right then. Why don't you sit down and wait? I'll be there in just a moment."
Natsu didn't listen to Lucy. He just explored the little living room, and then barged straight into the kitchen. He sat down on the counter beside Lucy and watched her boil water. For some reason, Lucy was very embarrassed. She blushed and ignored him. Weird, this chick blushes over everything. The silence was comfortable.
Lucy finished making tea and asked Natsu to follow her to her room. It was a very normal and small room with a bed at the corner, a dresser beside the door, a bookshelf (with a lot of books, no wonder she got along so well with Levy) and a small desk. That's all she had in her room.
Natsu and Lucy drank tea, ate snacks, talked about random stuff and had loads of fun, their assignments left untouched. Whatever, to hell with doing homework; Natsu could just copy Gajeel's, anyway.
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Beta-read by: the ever so amazing ClumsyMustache
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YOSH! 1st chapter up!
First of all this story is inspired by REAL people. Mainly it's about the friends I made in counseling So if you know someone exactly like the person in the story don't be surprised. Also, it's better to not add our entire stories. It's a version where we all get our happy endings.
Second, this is mainly a friendship story. But of course there will be romance. Because hello? Hopeless romantic here!
Well, hope it was a good read! I'd love to hear your thoughts.