A/N: In the past I've written two certain Fairy Tail fics; Once You Get to Know Me (which was a boxing fic) and Hidden Feelings (which was a school/comedy fic). I had so much fun writing those fics that I decided to make this fic a combination of the two. A school life boxing fic. I hope you guys enjoy ^^
"Alright Luce! You can do this the champion's already exhausted from the previous round. You got this in the bag!"
Hearing those words somehow gave me courage and energy. These past seven rounds have been hell, I still haven't fully gotten rid of this nervous feeling in my gut, but having Natsu as my second seemed to calm me down a little.
I couldn't feel my face anymore. All I felt was an unpleasant warm feeling throughout my body. It was equivalent to the flustered state you feel when you have a heavy fever.
My breathing was starting to become hitched. I would be lying if I said I felt great.
"Oi Luce, hang in there, you're almost done just stay up on your feet and you'll be fine.", Natsu said softly as he rubbed vaseline over the cuts on my face. His face was so close to mine. I could clearly see the worry in his onyx colored eyes.
The same worry he had the day we met….
…
"Isn't this house wonderful Lucy! It's so spacious and beautiful.", the man known as Jude Heartfilia commented as he took in the sight of his new home.
"Do we really need a living room this big dad?", Lucy replied as she stepped into the living room, and laid her heavy bags on the floor. "I mean I'm pretty sure an elephant could fit in here", she joked.
"Well I know that you told me that you didn't want a big house, but I just couldn't help myself. I knew from the moment I laid my eyes on this house that this is the one.", Jude replied with a giant goofy grin on his face.
"Good grief", Lucy sighed. She observed the sight around her. Bookshelves and a faint coffee table in the middle occupied the room. You would expect to a new home to be empty, but Lucy's dad planned ahead of time. He hired workers to renovate and move in all of their personal belongings and furniture before they arrived.
Which was a relief for Lucy, who was exhausted from the nine hour drive to their new home.
"Ah~ I could really use a warm shower right now", Lucy said as she stretched her arms over her head.
"That's the first thing you wanna do? You don't want to check out the rest of the house or your room first?"
Lucy gave her dad a strange look, "I was stuck in a car with you for nine hours, which is already bad enough, but you just had to play your Spice Girls CD. So I think I deserve a warm shower right now."
"Hey! They're a good band you can't deny that, and besides I let you play your Red Hot Chili Peppers CD."
"Ya but that CD only lasted for two hours! Your Spice Girls CD lasted like seven!", Lucy retorted making Jude flinch.
"Fine fine~ Go take your shower but once you're done come meet me in the front yard. I want to go sightseeing here in Magnolia before it gets dark."
"Alright", she replied as she grabbed her stuff and headed upstairs.
Jude watched her fading figure before turning back to his luggage on the floor. "Now where did I leave my second Spice Girls CD….hmmmm"
The upstairs of the house was just as big as the downstairs. To the side of the stairs there was a big open space that looked like a second living room. It had couches, chairs, and a tv. Down in front was a long corridor that lead to several different rooms. Lucy went down the line opening doors trying to find the bathroom.
It took her three tries before finally finding it, and when she did her jaw dropped.
"Wha-"
Her eyes were greeted with a beautiful sight.
A gigantic circular matte bathtub was sitting right at the far end of the room below a window. Beside it was a normal shower that Lucy paid no attention whatsoever.
"Well I was gonna take a shower but~", she dropped all of her things and took off her clothes in an instant. "I've changed my mind~"
She turned on the warm water and jumped in. The moment the water touched her skin she felt at ease. She felt all of her tension and exhaustion flee away.
"Ah~ I love this house already~", she breathed out as she dove under the water, and let the warm safe feeling engulf her.
…
She didn't even notice that she feel asleep. One moment she was splashing in the tub, then the next she was on top of a soft bed.
"Huh? Wha happened?", she moaned as she rubbed her eyes. She noticed she wasn't in the bathroom anymore it looked like she was in her room. All the stuff she had from her previous bedroom was all around her. Her Gorillaz posters, her JoJo plushies, and her pink curtains. These made her realize that she was in her bedroom.
"I guess dad carried me over to my bed when I fell asleep in the bathtub", she groaned as she slowly got up from her bed. After taking off the blanket she was under, she realized that she was wrapped in a towel.
"Aw crap I forgot! Dad wanted to go sightseeing!"
She quickly threw off the towel and began to dig through her suitcase of clothes, trying to find something good to wear. She finally settled on a pink top and a short jean skirt. But before heading out she looked in the round mirror hanged up on the wall. I mean after all she had to make sure she looked good.
Her bright blonde side ponytail and her cerulean eyes stared back at her. She couldn't help but smile at herself. She looked exactly like her mom, and that was something she was very proud of.
Her mom was her everything and even though she isn't here with her. She knows that she'll always be watching over her.
"Yosh! I better not keep dad waiting any longer", she grabbed her purse from one of her bags and rushed downstairs. She was expecting to see her dad in the living room but to her surprise he wasn't there. The room showed no signs of her dad.
"Dad?", she called out as she looked around.
'Maybe he's in the kitchen', she thought as she started to make her way over there. That is until she felt her phone vibrate in her skirt.
She quickly took it out of her pocket and turned it on.
She was greeted with a message from her dad.
Dad
Sorry I got called into work at the last minute. I left some money on the coffee table just in case you get hungry. Love ya
The message was followed by a ton of random emojis that made no sense.
'Ugh dad! I wish you would stop using emojis', Lucy deadpanned as she gazed up at the clock on her phone.
6:00 PM
'I guess I still have some time before it gets dark. I should probably go get something to eat. The only problem is I don't know the area around me so I might get lost.', she thought to herself as she picked up the money from the coffee table.
"Well even if I do get lost it'll be like an adventure.", she smiled to herself as she headed to the front door.
"Besides this'll give me a chance to see Magnolia up close and personal."
…
Lucy expected Magnolia to be an amazing city that stood out from the rest, due to her dad hyping her up throughout the road trip.
"Oh just wait till you get there. Magnolia is one of the most beautiful cities in the country, you're gonna love it!"
But to her misfortune Magnolia looked exactly like how other cities looked.
The only thing that was differently out this one was its humongous size. Magnolia was like the size of a fantasy world from of an mmorpg, but without any barriers.
Lucy could literally walk for an entire hour, and she still wouldn't cover five percent of the city.
"You think a city this big would have a ton of fast food restaurants around", Lucy grumbled as she wandered around the city, looking for somewhere to eat.
The night sky was quickly falling on top of her and the other city goers around her, which only made Lucy anxious.
'This is bad! At this rate I'll have to return home without eating anything.', Lucy thought to herself as the streetlights around her started to turn on.
She pulled out her phone and glanced at the time.
8:00 PM
"IT'S ALREADY BEEN TWO HOURS?!", she shouted without thinking causing the people around her to give her weird looks.
She nervously avoided eye contact and gazed down in embarrassment.
'Crap! I guess I'll just have to go back home. It's already really late. Plus my dad absolutely hates it when I stay out too late.', she turned on her heels and started to head back, 'I don't blame him though, it's pretty scary at night.'
But before she could make it back home, a menacing sound erupted from her empty belly.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr~
She froze.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRR~
The ferocious sound only seemed to grow louder with every step Lucy took.
She sighed as she rubbed her belly.
"Well I guess it wouldn't hurt to try searching for a convenience store", she whispered to herself.
However her journey to look for a convenience store was quickly interrupted by a loud call.
"Oi! You there blondie!", she could her someone with a husky voice call out for her. The voice sent an uncomfortable feeling down her spine, almost as if she were unsure about turning around to face the owner of the voice. She could sense a menacing aura around her, which gave her a weird feeling in her gut.
Suddenly she felt a strong hand clamp down onto her left shoulder. Her body tensed up at the feeling.
"You look a little lost blondie~", she heard the husky voice whisper in her ear. "Why don't you hang out with us for awhile~"
The grip on her shoulder tightened, making Lucy's stomach drop.
"A-Actually…..", she began, "I-I have somewhere…..I have to be….right now", she responded weakly.
The grip on her shoulder pulled her whole body around. She was now facing the owner of the voice along with two other people.
The three figures in front of her were gigantic. Their bodies looked like they were built like tanks, their bodies resembled that of a professional bodybuilder.
She couldn't get a good look at their faces, due to the excessive accessories on their heads. They all wore the same kind of hat, that only served the purpose of covering their eyes.
"Let's get a good look at you blondie~", the one in the middle said as he slowly caressed Lucy's cheek with his cold finger.
At this point Lucy was absolutely horrified, this kind of thing has never happened to her before. She didn't know whether to run or scream. Both options seemed like they would end in failure.
"Please…..leave me alone", she breathed out which only seemed to fuel their disgusting actions.
"Nah I don't think so blondie~ You're coming with us", she heard one of them speak those chilling words.
Her whole world froze at the utter of those words.
She felt a strong grip on her waist, her heart was just about to jump out of her chest. She was now on the verge of tears.
But before any of those men could lay another finger on Lucy, a hot blooded, salmon colored hair boy made his way over towards the scene.
And let's just say he didn't look too happy…..
A/N: So my senior year of high school has finally started so I'm not sure when the next chapter will come out. I'm sorry that this one was so short, but I'm pretty horrible at managing my time lol. I really want to make this story a long running series. I just have so much planned for this story, so I hope you'll guys enjoy it ^^
Thank you so much for reading!
