This is a story I started to make up in my head one night while I was trying to fall asleep. The characters of Fairy Tail live in the real world and deal with various problems. Some characters that have died in Fairy Tail are alive in this story. Please enjoy! I own nothing but the storyline.
It was a crisp Autumn morning that a young lady named Lucy Heartfilia moved into her new room at the Fairy Hills apartment building.
Lucy didn't have much trouble arranging her belongings, as she hadn't brought many. Luckily, the apartment room she now rented came with a bed, a couch, a table, chairs, a dresser, and appliances.
Lucy stepped into her new bedroom and promptly flopped onto the bed. She felt so awful about what she'd just done in the past few days. She had run away from home (taking plenty of cash with her), because her father had set up an arranged marriage to some middle-aged man that Lucy didn't even know. She started to sob, wondering how her father could be so cruel.
Just then, a knock sounded at the door. Lucy hurriedly wiped her tears, hoping that her eyes and nose weren't a tell-tale red. She opened the door to find an elegant young red-haired lady and a pink-haired guy who looked about as old as his companion.
"Hello!" The redhead said, her voice a mature and motherly sort of tone. She held out her hand. "I'm your neighbor, Erza Scarlet."
"I'm Lucy. Nice to meet you." Lucy said, forcing down her sadness, smiling as she shook Erza's hand. Then she looked over at young man with the pink hair, waiting for him to introduce himself.
"I'm Natsu Dragneel. Great to meet you, Lucy!" He said, then grinned a large and rather adorable grin. Looking at that pure and innocent expression made Lucy feel much better.
"Lucy, when I and the other residents of this building heard you were moving in, we just had to throw a party to welcome you. We don't get many new people, and it's a tradition to treat everyone who lives here as family. If you aren't busy, you are invited over to my apartment to celebrate your coming here." Erza said.
"A party? For me? B-but you don't even know me..." Lucy spluttered out, dumbfounded.
"We'll get to know you at the party." Natsu said, and suddenly Lucy felt like running away from home hadn't been such a bad idea after all. Now she had a chance to make friends instead of staying in her room all day talking to her doll Michelle, which had been a present from her late mother.
"W-well, I suppose I don't have anything else to do, and it's only 3:00." Lucy smiled as her new acquaintances led her into their apartment beside Lucy's.
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