Maybe It's Like...
Chapter One.
Lucy peered into the bottom of the well. "Is there even any water down there?"
Cana groaned, "Can't you re-summon her or whatever?"
"I told you," she pouted, "I have to have the key!"
"Can't we just go back? She'll make her own way back to the Spirit World anyway..."
"But the S-class exams are tomorrow and she's my strongest spirit."
"That doesn't ever do what you want," the brunette pointed out, "We should train and then rest up or we'll be screwed tomorrow."
"But this'll put us in a disadvantage," Lucy reasoned, pleading with her partner.
"Screw this! Hurry up."
Lucy looked down into the well again. "Aquarius! Are you in there?" she yelled.
Nothing.
The blonde looked back to see Cana sitting on the ground, downing two whole bottles of beer. At the same time. Lucy sighs. "Hey Cana - eee!" she screams when she feels her hair being pulled down in the well, "Cana!"
The mage looked up slowly and blinked dazedly.
"Oh shit!" she yelled as she saw Aquarius trying to pull Lucy into the well. The brunette quickly pulled a magic card from her pocket and held it up.
Thick green vines started to spring out from the ground and quickly wrapped themselves around Lucy's legs. She screamed, "What is it? Get it off me!"
"Lucy! RELAX, it's me!" Cana yelled at her as the vines started pulling her back to the ground. She pulled out another card and more vines sprung from the ground, making their way down the well.
A scream was heard as the brunette rushed toward Lucy. "Oh god, are you okay? Lucy?"
Lucy nodded and gasped in some air, "I thought I was gonna die!" she panted.
"Thank god you didn't..." Cana said, trailing off.
There was a thump on the ground as an angry-looking spirit was thrown to the ground, the gold key lying next to her.
"Oh..." Lucy said as she saw her strongest spirit tied up in vines, courtesy of her partner. "We really are screwed for tomorrow."
She grabbed the key off the ground and quickly sent Aquarius back into the Spirit World.
Cana sighed, "I think that's enough training for today... Don't you think so?"
Lucy nodded her agreement.
Loki let out a flash of light and ran at Gray, his arm ready to punch. There was a solid crack as his light infused punch met a shield of ice as it broke, leaving Gray enough time to duck to the side. "Ice make: Sword." He swung it at Loki, causing the red haired boy to duck. He quickly spun around and aimed a kick and Gray's stomach. At the same time, Gray swung his sword again, this time, aiming for Loki's head. The two were knocked back and flung to the ground.
They both stood up at the same time, "Let's call it a day..." Gray said, "The exams are tomorrow after all..."
"Sure," Loki said, stretching his arms in the air as he started to head back to the guild, "Are you coming?"
"I'll be back later..." Gray said as he headed in the opposite direction.
"Natsuuuuuu!" Happy called from the top of the cliff.
The red haired boy looked up and waved, "That was fast!" he yelled and gestured for him to come back down.
"Are you ready?" Happy asked excitedly.
"Almost!" Natsu yelled, pumping his fist into the air, "What have you been doing for the past week?"
"Aye sir! I trained - but I won't tell you anymore! You can see for yourself tomorrow!" Happy said, flying around in circles.
"Eh? Sounds fair to me!" Natsu agreed, "That means I won't show you either!"
"Then you should rest, it's late!"
"C'mon Happy! Back to the Guild!"
Loki pushed the door open and entered Fairy Tail. "What's up everyone? Why so sombre?" He looked around and realized everyone was crowded around Charles.
"Oh nothing!" Erza said, a smile etched on her face.
"...Okay then," Loki said suspiciously.
"You should get some rest," Mirajane said, ushering him out the room.
Loki stared at her, "What's up?" he asked again.
"Nothing," she said, laughing nervously.
"Something's up. Did something happen?"
"Now why would you think that?" she countered scratching the back of her head.
Loki raised an eyebrow at her, "Is this a broom cupboard?" he asked.
"Does it matter?"
"You tell me to get some rest and then push me into a broom cupboard and you think I don't know that something's going on?"
"Alright. You got us. We're just planning battle tactics for tomorrow."
Loki looked at her.
"Really. We are."
"The whole guild?"
"Surprised? You thought it would be that easy?"
Loki looked at her again, "Well, whatever. I'm going back to the Spirit World. See ya."
"Is he gone?" Erza asked when she left the broom cupboard.
"Yeah. He thinks something's up. Now why would he think that?" she laughed nervously.
"This is bad..."
"Well what can you do?" Macao asked, standing up.
The door opened again, this time revealing a couple of wide-eyed members.
"Natsu!" Macao greeted, "I was just heading out, good thing you came in when you did or I wouldn't be able to wish you luck!"
Natsu grinned, "Thank god, right?"
"Good luck tomorrow kiddo! You too Happy!"
"Aye sir!"
"Let's get some rest, Happy!" Natsu yelled, "Race you upstairs!"
Gray sat at the water's edge, digging his feet into the sand.
"Ur," he thought, "Thanks. You were a great teacher."
"You were a great student."
He shivered as the water swept past his toes.
"It's always moments like this when you miss someone, isn't it... Who are you missing?"
"You. Lyon. Back then..."
"No Gray. You gotta move on. It's the past."
"You advice? It sucks."
"Blame yourself. I am just your imagination after all."
"...Thanks for reminding me."
"Good luck tomorrow. You got my support."
"That doesn't make me feel better, y'know. After you tell me I'm just imagining this after all."
"It wasn't meant to make you feel better."
"I'm gonna become an S-class mage..."
"I know you will. Make me proud."
Natsu laid on his back and looked up at the ceiling.
"Something's wrong..." he said.
"Aye sir..."
"Something's gonna go wrong tomorrow."
The placed a hand on his stomach. The gut feeling he had wouldn't go away.
"It's okay though. I'm gonna become an S-class mage, and afterwards we'll go on missions to find Dragneel!"
"Yeah!" Happy said sleepily.
He sighed, "But we'll be going by ourselves... Because only one of us can become an S-class. No more group missions..." He turned his head over to look at Happy. "No more group missions..."
A/N: Well, it's my first Fairy Tail fanfic. The story starts off slowly (and not to mention, it's quite short) but will hopefully turn out to be okay, yeah. I will be adding couples but you guys can wait around to find out who's gonna be with who. And I'm guessing if you're reading the notes that you've read the story, so all that's left to do now is review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Not even it's merchandise... Nothing. Zero. Zilch. :'(
Anyway, thank for reading :) Next chapter up soon?