This is a twist taken from the classic fable Goldilocks and mixed in with Fairy Tail. Hope you enjoy :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Goldilocks or Fairy Tail.
One day, a young woman named Lucy Heartfilia was walking through the woods after running away from her strict father. She was searching for a new, more exciting life. So far, she didn't have much luck, and had been out on the road for two days with no more than three hours of rest. She glided as proudly as she could in her short white skirt, green t-shirt and rose red sandals, but it was still clear she was exhausted from her road trip. And then she came across a small house. Not too shabby.
"Perhaps I'll stop here for the night," said Lucy.
Lucy approached the door and knocked, but the wind blew it open. Apparently the door had never been closed. Lucy walked in and set her purse down on the nearby end table.
"Walking along that rocky road in this humid weather made me thirsty," whined Lucy.
Fortunately for her, there were three bottles of sake on the counter, each a different flavor. Not the ideal thirst-quenching drink, but if it was just the right temperature, it was good enough for Lucy. She took the first bottle, which happened to be the biggest, and took a sip before spitting it back out into the sink.
"This one's too hot!" cried Lucy.
Lucy tried the next bottle. She swallowed what she sipped, but suddenly had goose bumps because of it.
"This one's too cold!" whined Lucy.
Lucy picked up the third bottle. She took off the cap and had a few sips.
"Just right," she said with complacency.
Lucy sat at the kitchen table and chugged down the entire bottle. Fortunately it quenched her thirst, but now she felt a bit dizzy. The hard kitchen chair was not comfortable enough for Lucy, so she moved into the living room and saw 3 rocking chairs, each different sizes. She sat in the first one, which was also the largest.
"This one's too big," said Lucy, feeling small.
Lucy got up and sat in the next chair, which was very tiny.
"Too small," whined Lucy, feeling claustrophobic.
Lucy got up and sat in the third chair, which was perfect for her.
"Just right," she said with complacency.
Lucy sat back and closed her eyes, rocking with the chair. She felt at peace for the first time since she fled from home. Suddenly, she felt herself falling and landing on wood. The chair had broken while she was sitting on it!
"Well that's a weak chair!" exclaimed Lucy.
Lucy was still tired, and not feeling any better from the sake, so she went upstairs to find a place to nap. When she got up the stairs, she saw three bedrooms. In each room was a bed, each at a different temperature. She went into the first room and tried the first bed, which was covered in red sheets.
"Too hot," complained Lucy, sweating while under the covers.
She got out and went into the second bed, which was covered in blue sheets.
"T-Too c-c-cold," stuttered Lucy, shivering from how little the covers protected her from the cool temperature.
She got out and climbed into a third bed, which was covered in silver sheets, and felt so comfortable for Lucy's tired, aching bones.
"Just right," she said with complacency.
She got cozy, wrapping the blankets all over herself, removing her clothes from herself, stuffing her head in her pillow, and within a second, was fast asleep.
Two hours later, three figures came down the road and approached the house. One was fiery tempered with spiky hair. Another was taller and cold blooded, with long black hair. The third was a small, flying cat.
"I can't wait to finally sit down and enjoy my sake!" exclaimed Happy.
"I hear you, buddy," said Natsu, "After a day of work like today, I could use a hot drink."
"Hot drink?" asked Gray, "In this blazing weather?"
The trio opened the door and immediately sensed that something was not right. The house smelled of strong perfume, and none of them used any…as far as they knew.
"You think someone was here while we were out?" asked Gray.
"They better not have touched my drink!" cried Natsu.
They all went to the kitchen and looked in each of their bottles.
"Someone's been drinking from my bottle!" exclaimed Gray.
"Someone's been drinking from my bottle!" shouted Natsu.
"Someone's been drinking from my bottle," cried Happy, "and not a drop left for me."
"Boo hoo," said Natsu, mocking Happy, "At least I still got mine!"
Gray and Natsu happily drank some of their beverage, but immediately spat it back out onto the carpet when they saw their rocking chairs.
"Someone's been sitting in my chair," said Gray observantly.
"Someone's been sitting in my chair!" cried Happy.
"Someone's been sitting in my chair, and their fat ass broke it!" shouted an unhappy Natsu.
"I'd like to know who did this and where we can find that punk and kick his ass!" roared Gray.
"How about we get our things and go find him?" asked Happy.
The three of them went upstairs into their rooms, and once again, it was obvious something was not right. Natsu and Gray saw that their covers had been wrinkled, and as surprising as it sounds, they both made their beds before leaving earlier.
"Someone's been sleeping in my bed!" shouted Natsu.
"Someone's been sleeping in my bed!" exclaimed Gray.
"Someone's been sleeping in my bed, but I'm not telling them that she's still here," giggled Happy to himself.
"Not telling us what?" asked Gray and Natsu.
They both froze in their steps when they saw who was sleeping in Happy's bed. It was a girl! A cute, blonde girl. The three of them had not had much experience with women, so this was an exciting new experience for them…just seeing one. Especially one who was sweating and in nothing but thin, pink underwear who also happened to be using her legs to hold tightly onto one of the pillows.
"How did she get in here?" asked Gray.
"Did we forget to lock the front door?" asked Happy.
"So this is a girl?" asked Natsu.
Natsu knelt down and observed the sleeping traveler, poking her thighs, wondering what they were.
"Yeah, that's gonna get her up real fast," said Gray, "Let me handle this."
Gray used the cool air of the room to lift the sheets off Lucy and send goosebumps crawling up her skin, which did wake her up. Lucy rubbed her eyes and saw three strange figures before her. These must have been the owners of the house.
"Eek!" cried Lucy, covering herself up with the blankets, "Don't look at me while I'm half-naked!"
"Then don't break into our house and dress half-naked," Gray sarcastically replied.
"Who are you guys, anyway?" asked Lucy.
"We're the owners of this house," said Natsu.
"Wrong! You idiot!" barked Gray, bopping Natsu on the head, "The Fairy Tail Guild owns this house, we just use it for a hideout…or a weekend getaway."
"That's Gray, by the way," said Natsu, pointing at Gray.
"And this," said Gray, bashing Natsu's head in, "is the idiot Natsu!"
"I'm Happy!" said Happy.
"I'll bet you are," replied Lucy.
Happy put his head down in embarrassment for her, "Just like the others," said Happy, "cuter than a cupcake, but dumber than a rock."
Lucy used her bare foot to kick Happy all the way across the room, and as a result, he was unconscious.
"Hey! That was awesome!" cried Natsu, "I like this chick! Can she stay?"
"What?" asked Gray, "Wait, no! No! We can't!"
"Could I?" asked Lucy, "I don't really have anywhere else to go…"
"We'll need a better argument than that," said Natsu, "Gray doesn't go for the whole 'I have no home' jazz…"
"I can do some work for you guys!" exclaimed Lucy.
"We can handle ourselves, thanks," said Gray coldly.
"I have an idea!" cried Natsu.
Natsu whispered his grand idea into Gray's ear, and suddenly, he was thinking. Perhaps he was ready to change his mind?
"Fine," said Gray, "as long as she agrees to that, she can stay…but ONLY for a LITTLE!"
"Woohoo!" cried Natsu and Lucy.
"Wait," Lucy said, "What am I going to be doing?"
