Robin Hood

Lucy POV

Chapter 1: first day of school

"Please stand when your name is read," our teacher droned.

She was an old lady, slightly overweight, with short, grey-brown hair. I would guess her age but that would be rude.

"Levy McGarden." A short, blue haired girl stood.

"Here." She sat down looking uncomfortable.

"Natsu Dragneel" an obnoxious boy with flamboyant pink hair.

"Here."

"Gajeel Redfox." Now this kid was you run of the mill, bored of school delinquent. He didn't even bother to stand.

"Here." He grunted.

"Grey Fullbuster." An idiot without a shirt.

Some more names were read, some more kids stood up, then responded before sitting down. I didn't care, instead I daydreamed of when the bell would ring and release me from this cruel and unusual punishment.

"..cy…Lucy…LUCY HEARTIFILIA!" she snapped in my ear. I stood up lazily and glared down everyone who snickered or laughed.

"All present and accounted for, please, do continue oh wise one." I bowed dramatically and sat. Only five hours and 36 minutes left. Five hour and 35…

I think that the teacher started to teach something, but the likely hood was, I already knew what it was. Ah, the perks of being a teenage protégé.

My next class was history, and it was taught by the same, boring old lady. After that was math, then electives. I had study hall and computers.

Study hall was alright, everyone left me alone. I took the time to glance over my homework, choose to ignore it and move on. I turned to my school computer. I could do about as much on that computer as the average person could do trying to replicate Michael Angelo's David with nothing more than a block of marble and safety scissors. So I set to work with the sharpeners.

I had broken through the school firewall in the first ten minutes of study hall, and I spent the rest of the time setting up my own protection wall, something that would take even the best hackers an hour to crack and decode. That was more than enough time for me to find them and fry them.

The bell rang announcing that study hall was over.

The human flamingo, Natsu Dragneel was, in my computers class, surprising only because how computers was a nerd class and he was a popular. Part of The Circle to be exact.

I never understood why my parents insisted on me pursuing a 'normal' education. I could be teaching the teachers here and kicking their butt while I'm at it, but instead I was here in good old Fairy Tail High. Bored out of my mind.

It was for the social aspect my parents said, their argument so weak I almost came here out of pity.

Well, at least teenagers were amusing. They have a pecking order that they fore everyone into. It is called different things in different schools, but it is always there.

Here at Fairy Tail High, the first and foremost is The Circle. They are the top of the school, the almighty king of the rock, a group made of the popular of all popular: Natsu Dragneel, Lisanna Strauss, Gajeel Redfox, Grey Fullbuster, and the great Titania, Erza Scarlet. They were dubbed The Circle because a circle is one unbroken line. Nobody enters The Circle, nobody leaves. Exclusion at its utmost peak. And what makes it even more entertaining, they didn't even realize it was happening.

Below The Circle in the hierarchy of teens, are the Populars. Beneath them are The Somebodies, then The Nobodies, the Shadows, and last and most least, the Dirt. Like this:

The Circle

The Populars

The Somebodies

The nobodies

The Shadows

The dirt.

(A/N: this is the actual pecking order from one of the school I used to go to: A/N)

I would say that I fit in rather comfortably with the shadows, and that was fine by me. That is also why I felt like wringing the neck of that pink-headed idiot who walked over to me when the teacher said to break up into groups of two.

"Is that seat taken?" he said, pointing to the chair next to me. I swung my feet over and stretched out across the two chairs.

"Why yes, yes it most certainly is. So why don't you take that empty head of florescent spikes you call hair and find another partner."

Natsu rolled his eyes and folded his arms, not moving an inch.

"You heard me pinky, shoo, run, skedaddle, mush." I gestured colorfully with my hand to enforce the fact that yes, he should leave. I seems he didn't take too well to being given the birdie.

"Well, I tried to ask nicely," he shrugged, then freaking walked around the table and SAT ON MY LEGS!" I coughed to hide my surprise and kicked him off.

"Oh, I am soo sorry pinky, my leg twitched. I don't know what came over me!" I stood up a graciously offered him a hand. Should have known he would pull me down on top of him.

A teacher leaned down over us. "Is there a problem?" she asked.

"Oh, no, not at all," the jerk lied through his teeth. "She was just soo excited to be my partner that she pushed me down." I clenched a fist.

"Oohhhh, that was a low blow my dear pinkett," I whispered to him, under my breath. I forced fake tears to come to my eyes as I climbed off of him, my head hung low.

"l-liar!" I stuttered quietly, thanking my drama teacher from when I was younger. I allowed my face to turn red and looked at my feet.

"Oh, really? What actually happened Lucy?" the teacher looked borderline concerned. I burst into rather realistic sobs, my faked tears hit the floor in a drizzly cascade. Everyone was facing us now, and for once I was grateful for the attention. The more witnesses the better.

"Well… you see..." I hiccupped, tears not slowing. "He walked over to me and asked if I would be his partner. I- I didn't want to hurt his filings, so I said yes. While we were sitting down, he reached over and…" I trailed off and let everyone else's imagination do the rest. I looked up at the teacher through soggy eyelashes.

What followed was most satisfactory.

Natsu was sent ot the principle's office, his repuataion tarnished for "taking advantage of his classmate" and thanks my amazing acting skills, I was sent home early (FREEDOM!) knowing that if he tried to tell anyone what really happened, he would only be even further discredited.

Yep, school just got a little more fun.