AN: So this is for a little contest for a club that i'm in. I wanted to do so much more with it, but it needs to be appropriate haha. XD Anyway enjoy it :D

Erza watched as Lucy tried to pick her sword up again. Lucy struggled and soon fell backwards. Erza caught her and sighed. She had decided to take it upon herself to train Lucy after Mira asked her to.

"Can't we quit yet?"

"No."

"At least give me a break! We have been at it all day. It's already sunset Erza."

"Fine we can run." Lucy groaned. "It will be the last thing for today." Lucy's eyes lit up at hearing that.

"All right!" Erza shook her head.

'What am I going to do with you Lucy?' She led Lucy to a path in the woods. Lucy nearly fainted after seeing that their trail had a lot of hills.

'I think Erza is trying to kill me.'

"Come on Lucy. You do want to finish before dawn right?" Erza was already starting to head off.

"Do I really need to do this?"

"If you want to get stronger yes." Lucy sighed. There was no way Erza was going to let her out of this one. They started off at a slow pace. Lucy was already dreading going over the first hill.

'I'm so going to fall and die.' She thought as she approached the hill. Erza stayed by her the entire time. Erza smiled as they started to go over the hill. Lucy was sweating bullets and looked like she was about to cry.

"I won't let you die." She saw the relieved look on Lucy's face and decided to mess with her a little. "You still have a lot of training ahead of you." Lucy groaned. "Oh and I forgot to mention that these woods are filled with spiders. Lucy tripped and fell. Erza laughed. She was only going to frighten Lucy enough to get her to run faster, but she instead terrified her. Lucy got to her feet and took off running.

'I guess I went overboard on that one. I forgot just how scared she is of spiders.' Erza started running to catch up to Lucy.

"Lucy?" Erza walked all over the place searching for Lucy. She couldn't find her anywhere. She stopped walking when she heard a noise. She turned her head and looked in the trees.

"Erza!" She turned around to see Lucy panting behind her. "Please….let's go…home!" Erza smiled at Lucy.

"Only if we run back." Lucy sweat dropped. She couldn't believe that she had been placed in Erza's care.

'I swear Mira is going to pay for this.'

…...

Earlier That Day

"Hey Lucy. How's it going?" Lucy turned to see her friend Mira. She sighed and laid her head down on her arms.

"I'm so weak." Mira tilted her head and smiled.

"How about you train?"

"I don't even know where to begin."

"I think I do." Lucy looked up at Mira. She was grinning and Lucy felt a shiver go down her spine. She turned her head to see Erza heading towards them.

"Hi Erza."

"Hello Mira."

"Would you train Lucy? She wants to get stronger." Lucy paled. Everyone in the room fell silent. The last time Erza tried to train someone, they went into hiding and nobody could find them. Nobody knew the reasons why though.

"Of course I will. Come on Lucy." Erza dragged Lucy out of her chair. Lucy cried and silently begged someone for help. Natsu and Gray pretended not to see anything, and Levy buried her face in another book. Lucy sighed. She was going to have to deal with Erza training her alone.

…...

Present Time

Lucy struggled to jog back to town. Erza still had all of her armor on, and Lucy wondered how she managed to run in it. She ran over another hill almost tumbling over. Finally, they reached the edge of town and Lucy fell to the ground. Erza bent down beside her.

"I can't wait for tomorrow."

"What!?"

"We still have a lot to cover."

"Why me?"

"Hmmm….I need to find something that will motivate you."

"Can I escape with what life I have?" Erza nodded her head. She was clearly already thinking about how to get Lucy motivated. Lucy slowly crawled away.

…...

Lucy slammed her door and fell on her bed. She sighed.

'Maybe if I run away and go into hiding I will be able to escape Erza's training.' She forced herself to get up. She went to the bathroom and started the bath. It had been a long day and she needed a bath to calm her down. Lucy slowly sat down in the bath and sighed in relief. 'This feels so good.' She closed her eyes and thought about how she was going to escape.

"Lucy?" Lucy opened her eyes and screamed.

"Natsu! What have I told you about knocking?!" He jumped and backed out of the bathroom. He was mumbling 'sorry' all the way. Lucy angrily got out of the bath and threw on some clothes. 'So much for my relaxing bath.' She thought bitterly. She exited the bathroom and looked at Natsu. He was still blushing and looking at the ground. "So what do you want Natsu?"

"Well…I wanted to know how you were after your training session with Erza." Lucy sat down on the bed beside him.

"It is tough."

"There is no way you're going to survive." She looked at him in disbelief.

"Then why didn't you help me?"

"I don't want to die."

"Thanks a lot Natsu." He gave her his toothy grin. She couldn't help but smile back at him. The door slammed open and Lucy screamed. Erza stood in the doorway with her hands on her hips. Natsu sweat dropped and cowered behind Lucy.

"I finally figured out how I'm going to motivate you Lucy."

"Bye Lucy!" Natsu turned and jumped out of Lucy's window. She sighed.

'Great now I'm stuck with the slave driver.' Erza closed the door and approached Lucy.

"How?" Erza grinned. Lucy paled.

"By giving you a reward at the end of the day if you don't complain."

"What if I complain?"

"I will punish you."

"What's the reward and the punishment?"

"The reward will be anything you want. The punishment will be a surprise." Lucy didn't think that either of those were going to motivate her, but she really had no choice in the matter.

"Okay then."

"I'll see you bright and early tomorrow." Erza left and Lucy tried her best to fall asleep. She was dreading tomorrow.

…...

The Next Morning

Lucy woke up and yawned. It was still dark outside, but she had to prepare for the torture ahead of her. She got dressed and ate breakfast. Lucy watched the sun slowly start to rise. She nearly fell asleep again when she heard a knock at the door. She sighed.

"Come in Erza." Erza walked in and Lucy stood up. They walked out of her apartment and started jogging. They were going to have an hour run to start off the day, and they would run another hour at the end. Lucy tried hard to keep up with Erza's pace. They came to a stop in front of a creek.

"You're doing better than yesterday Lucy. I guess I really found the way to motivate you." Lucy chuckled and sat down.

"Yeah I'm sure you did." Erza made Lucy do push ups, sit ups, and even pull ups. Lucy did her best to not complain about how tired she was. She collapsed after she finished her push ups and when she did the pull ups, she fell out of the tree. Erza caught her and laughed. Lucy pouted and kept quiet. She was not going to be punished. Things never turned out well when Erza gave punishment. The sun finally started to go down and Lucy grinned. All she had to do was run home and she was getting a reward.

"Let's go!" She took off running before Erza even stood up. Erza smiled and rose to her feet.

'You've done great today Lucy.' She started running to catch up to her friend. When she did Lucy turned her head so she was looking at Erza.

"I want ice cream." Erza laughed.

"If you can beat me there." She started to run faster. Lucy ran faster too. They were laughing the whole way there. Lucy lost, but Erza still rewarded her with ice cream. The two sat down on a nearby bench and watched the sun set.

"I'll see you tomorrow bright and early Erza."

"Of course you will." They laughed and headed in different directions to get home. Lucy smiled the entire way back.

'I guess training with Ezra isn't horrible. I actually like it.' She hummed the rest of the way.