Magnolia. Appears to be a simple place. Inside this town lives a woman who has been living a simple life: Lucy Dragneel. She was a beautiful blonde woman who loved her life. Lucy lived in this town as an English teacher at Magnolia High School. She was happily married with her husband Natsu and her teenage daughter Nashi.

"Nashi, come down for breakfast." Lucy called out.

"Coming." Nashi said as she came down the stairs. Nashi was about fifteen years old and had pink hair that went down to the bottom of her neck.

"So are you excited, Nashi?" Lucy asked. "You're about to enter your sophomore year of high school in a few days."

"I guess as long as you don't embarrass me." Nashi said. "Don't get me wrong, Mom. I'm glad I got you as a teacher, but I don't want you embarrassing me around my friends."

"You don't need to worry about that." Lucy said as she served her some fruit and waffles. "You know as well as I do that it's your father that embarrasses you more than I do."

"True." Nashi said as she started eating.

"Hey!" Natsu said as he heard all of what they just said as he came into the kitchen. Natsu had hair color like Nashi and had it in spikes. "Excuse me for being a carrying father."

"Dad, I know you love me, but you scare some boys away." Nashi said.

"I just want to make sure no boy hurts you and if they do, they are not going to live to see tomorrow." Natsu said. It's that kind of overprotective attitude of his that Nashi finds embarrassing.

"Eat up. We've got a lot to do, Nashi, before school starts." Lucy said. The family ate up their breakfast. When both of them finished eating and Nashi got dressed for the day, she and Lucy were about to head out into town.

"Mom, I don't suppose there's any way you can give me a pass if I don't have a notebook or anything for class, right?" Nashi asked as the two of them were about to get in Lucy's car. They were planning on heading out for school supplies.

"Nice try, Nashi." Lucy said. "Now that I have you as a student, I'm going to make sure you are getting your work done. That's also why you're coming with. I'll make sure you have everything you need at least for my class."

"Mom, you know I always get my school work done." Nashi said.

"I know. I'm just messing with you." Lucy said as the two of them got in. Lucy opened up the garage, but she noticed it didn't go up all the way. "Dang it."

"You know you don't have to use safe words around me anymore." Nashi said. "I'm not a child anymore."

"Yes, I know." Lucy said. Nashi has been saying she isn't a child anymore for years. "Nashi, you try getting the garage to go up. I'll try pushing it up."

"Shouldn't we get Dad?" Nashi said.

"How heavy could it really be?" Lucy said as she got out of the car and right under the garage door. "Go for it!" Nashi hit the button. Lucy felt the door going down and Nashi tried to get it to go up. Lucy pushed, but it was heavier than she thought.

"Mom, are you okay?" Nashi said.

"No." Lucy groaned as she felt the garage door coming down again.

"I've got it!" A young man came in and held it up for Lucy and managed to take the weight off her. Lucy looked to see he was a handsome looking blonde with perfectly combed hair that was about twenty.

"Thank you." Lucy said.

"I think it's stuck in place." The man said. Nashi stepped out of the car to see what was going on.

"I see you young ladies have some big help." An elderly man in a wheelchair came wheeling in.

"Oh! Hello, Mr. Chester." Mr. Chester was their elderly next door neighbor that lived next door to them. Natsu saw what was going on and came out.

"What's going on here?" Natsu said.

"Hello. I see you all have met my grandson, Nathan." Mr. Chester said.

"Please call me Nate." He said as he held out his hand.

"Hi, Nate." Lucy said as she shook his hand. "I'm Lucy Dragneel. This is my husband Natsu and our daughter Nashi."

"I never knew Mr. Chester had a grandson." Nashi said.

"Yeah. As you can probably see, I haven't really visited my grandfather lately." Nate said. "You mind if I take a look? I might be able to find the problem."

"Nate is a great mechanic." Mr. Chester said.

"Sure." Lucy said.

"Yeah. I've been trying to fix that for weeks, but I can't find the problem." Natsu said. Nate went right inside and had a look.

"So what's with the sudden appearance of your grandson?" Lucy asked.

"Nate just moved in. He's going to be staying with me for a while." Mr. Chester said.

"I think I see the problem." Nate said. "I can fix it up for you, but I'm going to need to run to a hardware store."

"You actually found it?" Natsu said as he's been looking for days and could find nothing.

"It would be great if you could fix it. We can't have the whole thing falling down on our heads." Lucy said. "Nashi, could you go with him and show him where the hardware store is? Maybe you can also show him around town."

"No problem. Come on, Nate." Nashi said as Nate come out and followed her with Natsu not liking her going off with some boy they don't even know.

"Nate seems like a nice boy. So how come he's living with you?" Lucy asked.

"Well, Nate's parents died in a car accident a couple years ago." Mr. Chester said. "He didn't even get to finish high school and struggled to support himself. He soon ended up getting evicted from his home."

"Oh no." Lucy said as she felt so sorry for the boy.

"So until we can figure something out for him, he's going to be staying with me." Mr. Chester said.

"That's nice for you. You've got some company and someone to help you around the house." Lucy said.

"He won't be around for long if he tries anything with Nashi." Natsu said.

"Natsu, you need to take things easy. I'm sure he's a nice guy." Lucy said. "Mr. Chester, how about you and Nate come over and join us for lunch? It can be our way to welcome him."

"That would be lovely." Mr. Chester said.

….

Nashi and Nate

Nashi showed Nate around Magnolia to have him familiar with the town. They arrived in the hardware store and she saw two people when entering. Once they entered, Nashi saw two people she knew well. One was a redhead boy her age and a woman who had red just as red.

"Hi, Simon!" Nashi said to the boy behind the counter.

"Hey, Nashi." Simon said and Nashi turned to the woman.

"Hello, Vice Principal Scarlet." Nashi said.

"Nashi, you can just call me Mrs. Scarlet." Erza Scarlet, she was the vice principle at Nashi's school and she also happened to be Simon's mother. "I'll see you back at home, Simon. I'm hoping to see you both at school."

"Later, Mom." Simon said as Erza left. When she left, Simon noticed Nate. "Who's this guy?"

"Simon, this is Nate. Nate, this is Simon." Nashi said. "He's an old friend man."

"Great to meet you man." Nate said.

"Can I help you find something?" Simon said.

"No. I think I'll be okay." Nate said as he and Nashi went to look around the store. "So how do you know those people?"

"Simon and I have been friends since we were kids." Nashi said. "Not only that, but as you saw, his Mom is the vice principal of my school. On top of that, both of our moms have been friends for years."

"I see." Nate said. "Look, I know what to look for, Nashi. You can just hang back. I shouldn't be long."

"Okay." Nashi said as she walked back to the counter.

"So what's the deal with this guy?" Simon asked.

"He just moved into my neighborhood." Nashi said. "He's going to be staying with his grandfather right next door until he figures out what to do with himself." Simon heard the bell to the door rang and saw the people come in who was a guy with a couple girls.

"Uh oh. Dominic is here." Simon said and Nashi groaned in misery. Dominic was a couple years older with dark brown hair. He looked over and saw Nashi.

"Nashi!" Dominic said as he went over trying to act cool. "What a surprise meeting you here."

"Beat it, Dominic." Nashi said.

"Come on now. Don't be like that." Dominic said as he placed his arm around her, but Nashi tried to resist.

"Dominic, just get what you came for and get out." Simon said.

"Well right now, I've got something I want." Dominic said as he slid his hand down Nashi, but she pushed him off.

"Will you just leave me alone?" Nashi said.

"Come on, baby. You, me, and the girls can have some fun." Dominic said as he tried to get closer to her, but Nate came just in time and pushed him back.

"Is there a problem here?" Nate asked as he tried to defend her.

"Maybe." Dominic said as he went from cool to tough.

"Dominic, get out." Simon demanded. Dominic did what he was told as he and the girls left.

"Who was that?" Nate said as he placed his items on the counter for him to buy.

"Dominic. He goes to our school." Nashi said. "He's one guy I don't mind my Dad scaring off. He's a sexual harassing creep that thinks all girls want him. The two with him were just part of his entourage. When he sees a girl that interests him, he tries to make her his. It's disgusting."

"Hopefully, he won't be a problem." Nate said.

….

The Dragneels

Nate was able to get the garage fixed and it was a big help. Lucy lived up to her offer as both sides were having a nice lunch outside on the Dragneel's picnic table and cooked up a little barbecue.

"So what are you planning on doing, Nate?" Lucy asked.

"I'm not entirely sure. I never finished high school so getting a job or a place of my own might be a little tough." Nate said. "At the moment that's probably a good thing."

"How come?" Natsu asked.

"My grandpa will be going to the hospital to have a little surgery done. They're going to point in some bionic parts in him so he can move his legs again." Nate said.

"I'll be gone for a few weeks." Mr. Chester said. "I sure hope Nate can take care of himself until I get back."

"Well, Nate, if you need anything, you're more than welcome to come over and ask for anything." Lucy said. Knowing what a hard time this boy went through, she wants to try and help him. "We just need to figure out what to do about an education."

"Mom, you're great friends with Vice Principal Scarlet." Nashi said. "Can't you talk to her? Maybe she can let Nate come to Magnolia High to finish up."

"I suppose it's worth a shot." Lucy said since she wasn't fully confident in that.

"That would be great!" Nate said. "Thank you, Mrs. Dragneel. I really appreciate what you're trying to do for me."

"It's no trouble at all." Lucy said. She believed Nate was really a nice guy. What's the worst that could happen?

…..

Night

Later that night, Lucy got done in the shower as she walked out from the bathroom and into her bedroom with a towel wrapped around her. She pulled out a few clothes to get ready for bed, but she stopped. She felt something strange like something was burning in the back of her head. She turned around to her bedroom window. She walked over and opened the window. She leaned out, but didn't see anything strange.

"Hey!" Lucy got scared, but she turned to see it was just Natsu. "What are you doing? You better not be showing off to some other guy?"

"Very funny." Lucy said with a chuckle. "I thought there was something out there. I was probably just imagining things."

"We're in a friendly neighborhood. What could be out here?" Natsu said as he walked by. Lucy knew he was right. Nothing bad really happens around here. Lucy went back to getting ready for bed, but her watcher was more careful. Nate's new room was just outside of Lucy's bedroom. He stood there and watched as she dropped the towel and tried to stay in the shadows so she couldn't see him.