First Day by Andapanda(me) on dA
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The alarm barely got a chance to ring before she woke up excitedly. Today was the day that she had been waiting for, the day she would start attending Fairy Academy. Much to her father's chagrin, Lucy Heartfilia had attended the entrance exam for Fairy Academy while her father thought that she was taking the one for a prestigious all girls school. It had taken a lot to get her father to agree to let her go, but thankfully she got through to him, and now she was living in an apartment much closer to the school, so at least she got some time away from her father.
Lucy quickly got her new school uniform of its' hanger and got ready, rolling up the bluish gray skirt up a bit to make it seem shorter and so that the end of her thigh highs would show. Just because she had to wear a school uniform as cute as this, it didn't mean she could add her own little flare to it.
She was already ahead of schedule so at least she didn't have to worry about being able to eat her breakfast or being late for the entrance ceremony, and maybe she could finally see that pink haired boy again, he did help her bring up the courage to defy her father and take the entrance exam, she would like to thank him.
She simply prepared a toast and some fruits, she really need to go grocery shopping anyway so she didn't have much else. She had to admit that it was tempting to run to school with the toast in her mouth, making her life seem more like some manga than it was already. Though she guessed she had to draw the line somewhere, there wa a limit to how many cliché ideas she could have, and she had already marked the window seat and unlikely romance down.
She finished her breakfast and looked at the clock on the wall, it was finally time for her to head out, so she quickly put on her shoes even if she didn't need to hurry. She got on her bicycle and hurried over to the academy. The closer she got she passed some other students, a couple with green and black hair, and a group of three who all had the same hair colour, almost white as snow, but none of the students she passed had pink hair. Lucy was determined to find him just so she could thank him, she just had to do it.
But for now she had to change into her slippers and head to the auditorium for the entrance ceremony.
Lucy stood amongst the other first years, she didn't know any of them and had no idea what to do so she just stood a bit away from the others, she was looking for the boy that she met, the one with the pink hair, but she didn't see him anywhere. Maybe he wasn't a first year like she thought.
"You seem a bit lonely." Someone said and Lucy turned to see the owner of the voice, it was a rather short girl, a few inches shorter than herself. The girl had short blue hair that was being pulled back by an orange headband. "I'm Levy, Levy McGarden, nice to meet you." Levy smiled as she waited for an answer, since Lucy had no better options, she decided to go with it "I'm Lucy Heartfilia. Nice to meet you too." The two of them talked and got to know each other until it was time for them to take their seats in the auditorium. Lucy looked over the applauding older students and parents but still did not see a single bit of pink hair, she sighed, maybe she'd see him later.
"Looking for someone?" Levy whispered as they took their seats.
"Yeah, he has pink hair, how hard is he to find?" Lucy whispered back and Levy smiled
"Looking for Natsu huh? I'll help." Lucy thanked her new friend and looked at the stage where the principle was now standing.
The principal, Makarov Dreyar, was a very short old man, he needed to stand on something to even reach the microphone on the podium. He spoke to the students like they were his very own children, Lucy couldn't really understand why, but even if she was just sitting there listening to him, she felt like he'd care for her in a way her father never did.
Makarov introduced the vice principal, Gildarts Clive who for some reason didn't attend the ceremony, the school nurse Porlyusica, and Macao Conbolt, Wakaba Mine and Reedus Jonah were the only names Lucy caught before she zoned out and started thinking about nothing in particular. Then Lucy saw the scarlet that was headed for the podium, it was a student, so she guessed it was the student council president, she had the most amazing scarlet coloured hair she had ever seen, and not just that, she looked elegant and beautiful as she made her way to the podium.
"That's Erza Scarlet, she's just a second year but she's still the student council president." Levy whispered to Lucy.
Lucy was about to ask Levy more about her but before she could, Erza started giving her speech to the students. Erza had a voice that demanded attention, yet it was also caring, it fit her really well. She welcomed the students to Fairy Academy and with that, the students stood up, and the older students started singing the school song.
Lucy had to admit that she loved the school song, the way the lyrics talked about adventure, life, companionship and promises, it made her hopeful for the future. She looked at Levy who looked incredibly happy, though, Lucy bet that she had the same smile plastered on her face, but unlike Levy, she wasn't humming along.
The first years were then lead by their homeroom teachers into their classrooms, Lucy was in class 1-A with Levy, and according to the name roster, so was the pink haired boy, Natsu. She still didn't see him, so she sat by the window on the second row, with Levy right in front of her. Levy was talking with the girl sitting next to her, one with white hair, Lucy remembered passing her on her way to school earlier.
"Oh, Lucy! This is Lisanna Strauss." Levy introduced her white haired neighbour and made Lucy join in on their conversation.
"So how was Edolas anyway?" Levy wondered "You left in the middle of elementary."
"Wait you lived in Edolas?" Lucy asked, Edolas wasn't exactly the closest place to the academy, or the country they were in.
"Yeah, I left for a program in elementary and I got really close to everyone so I decided to attend Junior high there too. It was really amazing, I loved it there, but I'm glad I'm home." Lisanna managed to say before their homeroom teacher, Macao Conbolt shushed everyone. Everything went pretty smoothly after that, Natsu finally arrived and Macao kept talking about how the school year would be like, eventually they all headed outside for a class picture.
Finally after the picture was taken, Lucy had a chance to talk to Natsu.
"Natsu!" she called out, running over to him as the class headed back inside.
"Hm?" he stopped and waited for her to catch up to him.
"Sorry, I just...wanted to thank you." Lucy said looking down at her shoes.
"Thank me? for what?" Natsu was very confused, he felt like he was forgetting something.
"You don't even remember?" she sighed "Well, you convinced me to take the entrance exam for Fairy Academy, you helped me gain the courage to stand up to my father, so, thank you."
Natsu was still rather puzzled until it finally hit him, he remembered talking to her, he remembered seeing her standing outside the school on the day of the entrance exams, she looked scared back then and then she bought him food. "Oh, now I remember...you hair is longer."
Lucy was surprised that he had noticed that her hair had grown a little longer in the past few months, maybe not my a lot, but just enough for her to forgo her old hairstyle. But still you'd think that he would notice that instead of the difference in length. "Lucy, right?"
Lucy looked at him confused "Sorry?"
"Your name, it was Lucy, right?" Natsu had his hands on his hips, he looked cheery, almost if this was just the start of some new adventure for him.
"Yeah, Lucy Heartfilia." She couldn't help but smile when he grinned, it was as if he could light up an entire room with just that. "Well I'm Natsu Dragneel."
After that, she noticed it too, for her, this was also just the start of some big adventure.
Authors Note
I am basing this fic on some things that I have drawn and still am. I will possibly make a pic for some chapters
you can view it all in my dA gallery
andapanda . deviantart gallery/55412230/Fairy-Academy
