Chapter 1: A Love Potion?
Lucy knew she was in trouble the moment she walked into the guild and was met with Cana's evil grin and Mira's sickeningly sweet smile.
At least I won't be bored today, she thought as she sat beside Cana at the counter. Mira gave her some water and continued smiling at her. Crap, this is getting creepy…
"So guys, what's up?" Lucy asked, not really wanting to know the answer since it probably wouldn't be anything good. Especially if their expressions were anything to go on.
"Well Lucy, now that you mention it," Cana started, "I went to the store this morning and saw something interesting, which I just had to buy."
Well this wasn't going the way Lucy had expected it to. She'd expected something about her love life, or lack of. It wasn't that she didn't try, but none of the guys seemed to catch her eye. Even though Mira, ever the matchmaker, would always bring up how it seemed someone liked her, Lucy couldn't care less. One week it was Natsu, the next Gray; it was actually pretty persistent of Mira. As for Cana, well Cana went along with Mira's matchmaking and enjoyed teasing Lucy endlessly.
"And what was this thing you bought?" Lucy's curiosity got the better of her as she relaxed since it didn't seem that she'd be subjected to another round of matchmaking.
But Cana smirked, instantly making Lucy uneasy. "Oh, just a love potion."
Yep, there it is.
"I see," Lucy said, resigning herself to whatever her friends had in store for her.
Mira finally spoke. "Oh come on Lucy, this'll be fun."
"Oh is this love potion not for me?"
"Well…" Mira trailed off.
"Lucy, you really needa loosen up," Cana interrupted, smiling. "I mean, it's just for fun. Don't you remember what happened when Juvia tried to use that love potion on Gray? This'll probably be a repeat. It'll be funny."
Lucy nodded. "Alright, I'm in," she smiled.
"Great," Mira said cheerfully. "And I already have the perfect person to use this on." Mira clapped her hands excitedly as she glanced at her chosen victim.
Lucy and Cana followed her gaze, only to see it land on Erza, who sat eating her cake in peace.
"But Erza?" Lucy objected. She didn't want to hurt Erza, as she was one of her closest friends and Lucy would feel guilty about betraying her friend like that.
Cana grinned, "It's just for fun, and you know what, it might not even work."
Lucy considered this. It's not like Erza's gonna get hurt or anything, right? There's no harm in doing this or anything. And it'll be fine…
"Okay I guess," Lucy relented.
Mira squealed excitedly, happy that Lucy would be following her plan. Cana smiled and pulled the potion out of her bag. And Lucy, well Lucy was trying to calm the sudden nervousness she felt.
"Okay, so in order for this to work, Erza has to drink some of this." Cana looked to Mira, who immediately nodded and brought out a cup of water.
"Shouldn't we use something else? Instead of water, I mean," Lucy questioned.
"Nah," Cana answered, "The potion's clear."
"Alright," Lucy shrugged.
She watched as Mira handed Cana the cup. Carefully, Cana poured the potion in, trying not to put too much. That is, until someone suddenly bumped into her and the little bottle containing the potion was emptied out into the cup.
"Hey!" Cana yelled, angrily looking for whoever had just pushed her. But Lucy gasped loudly, bringing Cana's attention back.
"I don't think the amount changes anything," Mira smiled reassuringly. "Don't worry Lucy. You know Cana and I wouldn't do anything to hurt Erza or anyone in the guild."
That's true, Lucy thought. If there was any way this would harm Erza, then they wouldn't be doing this…
Mira took the cup from Cana and hurriedly mixed the contents within it. "There, all done. Now here Lucy," she said, giving the cup to Lucy.
"What?! Why are you giving it to me?"
Cana smirked at Lucy's wide eyes and confused expression before answering her. "You're gonna give it to Erza of course."
"Wouldn't it make more sense that Mira gives it to Erza, since she is the server?" Lucy argued.
For some reason, she had a weird feeling about this whole thing, not to mention Cana's and Mira's suspiciousness earlier.
Mira pouted at Lucy's question. "But I'm serving everyone else, now you want me to go all the way to Erza's table and give her this?"
Lucy shook her head in disbelief. First of all, this is your plan, not mine! And secondly, you've been standing here this whole time, not serving anyone, Lucy thought.
"Besides, if it's you giving it to her, she won't object or anything," Cana added.
"I guess. Okay fine guys," Lucy said.
She stood up, adjusted her skirt and looked at Cana and Mira's smiling, mischievous faces again before grabbing the cup and heading to Erza.
Once she was out of hearing range, Cana spoke again, her eyes watching Lucy slowly walk away. "You know Mira, she's probably gonna hate us for this," she grinned.
Mira just smiled. "It's not like she'll find out our plan. Besides, everything will be fine."
"You're crazy, just like your plans," Cana shook her head.
Meanwhile, Lucy had been slowly making her way to Erza's table. She breathed in deeply, feeling the nervousness once again. But there was also a feeling of excitement; she wanted to see how the potion would make Erza react.
Sitting down across from Erza, Lucy smiled when the scarlet-haired girl glanced up at her.
"Lucy," Erza smiled, giving Lucy her entire attention.
"Hey Erza. I brought you a drink," Lucy offered, handing the cup to Erza who took it with a grateful expression.
"Just what I needed," Erza said, drinking from the cup as Lucy watched on.
After taking a few sips, Erza put the cup down, and looked at her blonde companion. Erza couldn't help but notice Lucy's anxious and waiting expression.
"Yes?" Erza asked.
"Oh nothing, it's nothing," Lucy quickly responded.
I guess it didn't work after all…
"I feel…" The older girl started, but let her sentence trail off.
"What is it?"
Lucy suddenly felt even more excited as she watched Erza look down and blink.
"I feel off…"
Erza blinked, as if trying to focus. Lucy wasn't sure if this was how the potion worked or what was going on.
"Um, Erza?"
Erza suddenly looked up at Lucy, startling her. "Lucy."
"Um…"
"Lucy! It's you!" Erza cried out, grabbing everyone's attention as she tackled Lucy onto the floor.
AN: Okay so I suck at writing but I really like the Erza/Lucy ship and I noticed there's not that many fanfics for them and I just had to change that. So bear with me and my terrible writing please. And shall I continue this?