Summary: What happens if Lucy joins Fairy Tail… at the age of ten? No one knows who she is so they call her Lucy-hime. What emotions really hide behind that gentle smile?
Hey guys! This is my second fanfic and has a bit of a different writing style than my first one, but I hope you enjoy it. I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters!
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A beautiful woman with hair as blue as the sea and eyes just as bright, is drenched in rain. Instead of feet, she had a long and elegant tail. She can move just as well as any human if there is water. Even a little will work. She levitates just inches above the ground, on the run for her life.
Her name is Aquarius.
In her hands is a ten year old girl with hair as bright as the stars. She is battered with scratches and is unconscious. The girl is tightly holding a golden key.
Her name is Lucy Heartfilia.
"Damn it!" shouts Aquarius as she is cornered into an alley.
A group of men in black suits and dark sunglasses gang up on her, handcuffs and high tech weapons in hand. There were maybe twenty or so of them.
Aquarius grits her teeth, clutching the young girl even tighter.
"This is your last chance, hand the girl over," threatens one of the men in front.
Aquarius glares at them, "Or what?"
"Or else," says the same man.
Aquarius looses it, "Damn you people to hell! You think you can threaten ME?"
Her eyes flash dangerously and start to glow. Her famous water jar appears in one hand.
A tower of water 20 feet high, cascading down upon them is the last thing those men see before blacking out.
"Lucy, hand on, we're almost there," murmurs Aquarius. She is exhausted and slightly injured. She can't hold on for much longer. She is using her own magic to stay in this world, but since the power of her owner reflects on her magic powers, she doesn't have much to spare.
Since Lucy has been knocked out for two days, Aquarius has been using her magic for 48 hours. She has been in the human world far too long.
Aquarius feels her vision blur, she can't keep her gate open for much longer. She knows that she has no more than a couple of hours left in the human world before she runs out of power and her gate closes by itself.
That's when she feels the pull of magic.
"Finally…" breathes Aquarius as she runs to the magic. It's a magic guild. She's heard of it in the spirit world, but it's a weak one.
Fairy Tail
Aquarius would prefer to leave Lucy in a stronger guild such as Phantom Lord, but now is not the time to be picky,
She slams the guild's door open.
"This girl needs help!" she shouts.
Everyone looks at her, she is panting hard.
Majority of them are children. Aquarius feels her hopes start to die.
A girl with a long red braid walks up to her, eyes suspicious.
"Who're you?" she asks cautiously, her sword in hand.
Aquarius narrows her eyes, "Aquarius."
"You're named after the constellation?" asks the girl.
Aquarius nearly snorts, can't they see her tail? "I AM the Aquarius of the stars, the water bearer."
Now, a smaller old man comes, his eyes are focused on the child.
"Erza, that young girl's badly hurt, let them in."
"Erza" nods and steps aside, but with a sword still in hand.
A young boy with pale red, basically pink, hair gawks at Aquarius, "Whoa! Cool! She's got a tail!"
A girl with a long white pony tail stomps on him, "Natsu you idiot, can't you see the girl and the woman are hurt?"
"OW!"
"Mira is right, don't be so impolite," lectures a girl with brown hair. It's also tied up in a ponytail, but her hair is shorter.
"Cana is right, don't be such an idiot Natsu," grunts Mira.
Aquarius just "floats" past them, there isn't any water, but she can still levitate.
"This girl needs help," says Aquarius again.
The old man nods, "Don't worry, we got her, just put her in the bed."
Aquarius sighs in relief, and places Lucy in the covers. She wipes Lucy's forehead.
"What's her name?" asks the old man.
"What is YOUR name?" Aquarius just pushes the question back.
The old man isn't fazed, "Makarov, and hers?"
"Lucy…" Aquarius hesitates, not sure about giving out Lucy's last.
"Is that all?" Makarov senses something out of the ordinary.
"No… if she wants to tell you the rest, its up to herself," replies Aquarius cautiously.
Makarov doesn't push it, "Fine then."
Erza walks up to them, "Is Lucy your daughter?"
Aquarius gives her a bewildered look, "No, does she even look like me?"
Erza shrugs, "You seemed to care about her a lot, that's all."
Aquarius sits down onto the floor, "She's my… master." She knows Lucy dislikes calling herself a master, but that's the only way that Aquarius can explain it to theses people.
The rest of the guild is interested now.
"Master?" echoes Erza.
"Yes, didn't I already say that?" snaps Aquarius. Lucy is the only person who she loves other than her boyfriend, everyone else is nothing to her.
"So you're her slave?" asks Cana, eyes wide.
Aquarius gives her a glare that Cana shrinks back.
"No, I am not! It's complicated alright!" shouts Aquarius, stressed.
Makarov seems to be the only person following.
"I see, so she's a celestial wizard," he says intelligently.
"What's a celestial wizard?" asks Natsu, a bit stupidly.
"It means she can wield magic like us, but instead of fighting by herself. Her spirits fight for her. Aquarius is most likely one of Lucy's spirits. They're sort of like weapons that one uses, making Lucy Aquarius' mast-," answers Makarov.
"Lucy… is not my master," interrupts Aquarius.
Makarov is confused, "But you said…"
"You people are so dimwitted! There was no possible way of explaining it without taking too long. She technically is my master, but she… never lets me call her that. Its always a "partner" or "friend"," Aquarius murmurs, tears threatening to fall.
"Damn it! Now I don't know if she'll ever wake up!" screams Aquarius. She wants to be angry at this guild, but there is no reason for her to be angry with them. That just frustrates her even more.
Everyone's eyes soften; Aquarius' tears transformed her into someone precious to them.
"Aquarius…" says Erza in sympathy.
Damn this all… I'm crying in front of these strangers… she thinks, but the tears don't stop.
"Aquarius-nii…?" a small tired voice barely whispers out of nowhere.
Aquarius stops, and then lifts her hand from her face. She then turns around and sees Lucy, with her eyes open.
Lucy's face was pale, and was covered with scratches, but her dark brown eyes were soft and caring, showing no signs of hurt.
"Are you alright Aquarius-nii?" she asks again in a small voice.
"Lucy!" cries Aquarius as she embraces the little child. Tears are still streaming down her pale face.
Lucy is a bit stunned for a moment, and then she let out a smile that lit up the atmosphere, "I'm okay Aquarius-nii! Don't cry, I am here."
Lucy's smile turned her into someone you didn't really care about, to someone you really wanted to know.
Makarov turns away, secretly wiping away some tears.
Erza turns away and does the same.
Natsu just starts to bawl, which proves that he has no pride.
Soon, Aquarius stops her tears and looks at Lucy.
Natsu is still bawling his eyes out with Gray trying to calm the idiot down.
"I'm sorry Lucy," says Aquarius, ashamed.
Lucy looks surprised, "Why would you be? You saved me Aquarius-nii."
"I… wasn't there for you when you needed me."
"That's not true, you were there with me the entire time… but you need to go now," Lucy says gently.
Aquarius looks up, "No… I can't go back yet… You still need me…"
"She can stay with us."
Aquarius turns around, it was Makarov.
"You mean you'd accept her?" ventures Aquarius cautiously.
"Yes, we do," Erza replies, "We accept almost anyone."
Aquarius considers this, "Fine then, but treat her well… or face the wrath of water."
Almost everyone shivers.
"Aquarius-nii!" Lucy says, giggling, despite her wounds.
"Just kidding… not really," says Aquarius with a weak smile.
"Alright then… good-bye?" asks Lucy.
Aquarius hesitates, but nods, "Good bye…"
"Take care Aquarius-nii. Make sure you heal yourself," says Lucy as she takes out a golden gate key.
"Gate of the water bearer, close," says Lucy as Aquarius becomes enshrouded with light then disappears.
Silence
Lucy looks at her key and slips it back onto her keychain.
"Cool," says Mira.
Lucy blinks, and then looks up with curious brown eyes.
"Good day, My name Lucy!" she says with a small smile.
"Hello Lucy, I am Master Makarov, you'll be part of our family now," he says with a handshake.
Lucy looks at the Master Makarov, he was quite tiny.
"Oh... family?" she says a bit confused. It's been a while since she used that word, it's meaning has almost left her.
"Yes, we're a magic guild called Fairy Tail, but we're also a big family!" says Cana.
"Welcome to the family Lucy," says Erza.
It takes Lucy a while to register it, but then it hits her.
She lets out a big happy smile, "Arigato!" (that means thank you in Japanese) she exclaims happily.
Almost everyone welcomes her warmly back, with the exception of Mystogen. God knows where he is at the moment.
Then the long list of introductions begins.
Lucy is trying to stay calm by the sudden group of people that have come to her life, but it's not easy.
Finally, the last two people introduce themselves.
Lucy blinks as she sees a boy with a lightning shaped scar across his eye.
He is apparently bored out of his mind with her and just mutters a simple "Hi"
Lucy waves back awkwardly, "Hello Sir..."
"That's Laxus, but he's just mentally retarded," jokes Mira as she jumps onto his shoulders.
"Look who's talking," snaps Laxus as he pushes her off. The two start a fistfight.
Lucy blinks, what just happened?
Then she feels a gentle tap on her shoulder, it was the girl with the red hair again!
"I'm Erza Scarlette, do you want to live with me?"
Lucy is a bit taken back, "Huh?"
"Well, you don't really have a place to stay so I just thought you might like to stay over at my place… but you don't need to if you don't want to…" says Erza, a bit embarrassed.
Lucy stares at her for a moment then smiles, "Yes please Miss Scarlette, thank you!"
Erza blushes, this is the first time anyone has called her Miss Scarlette…
Lisanna goes up to her with an unreadable face. Lucy just stares back.
Then, Lisanna sticks her tongue out playfully, "You're the newbie now!"
It takes Lucy a while to register that word since she wasn't allowed to use words like that at home…
Lucy corrects herself mentally, Fairy Tail was her home form now on.
"I see, well I'll try my best Miss Lisanna," says Lucy.
Before Lisanna could say anything, Mira abandons her fight with Laxus, pissed.
"Damn it. What's with the formality? All I've been hearing from you is "Good day" and "Sir" or "Miss" or even "please" and "thank you". It's driving me nuts! Geez, I'm going to start to think you're a princess," Mira complains, with a demonic aura around her.
Lucy freaks out, they can't know about her identity, Miss Mira was almost right on!
"Umm… I see Miss Mira, I will try my best so I will not disappoint-"
Mira transform into a demon and interrupts a freaked out Lucy, "DON'T say "Miss Mira" or use that damn formal language!"
Lucy who is now worried about her life, bows her head, "Yes Miss… I mean yes sir… I mean… I mean…"
Erza comes to Lucy's rescue, "Stop bullying her Mirajane, you're acting like a freak as usual."
Mira twitches, "I don't want to hear that from YOU."
They get envolved in a deadly fight of life and death.
"Umm… Umm…" Lucy doesn't know how to react to this kind of behavior.
Gray sighs and pats Lucy's head, "Don't mind this messed up guild. The people here are all messed up in some way as far as I'm concerned."
"Gray, you shirt," Cana says with a smirk.
Gray looks down, "Dang it! Not again!"
Lucy blushes heavily.
Makarov sweat drops at the commotion and turns to Laxus who is angry from the fight with Mira.
"Hey Laxus, you better calm down a little, you should go take a walk…"
"Sure gramps…" he mutters angrily, but smashes the guild door in the process of leaving.
"Nooo…" moans Makarov, another couple thousand jewel out the bank.
Lucy looks around, tired, and a little awkward.
Then she lets out a smile, something that people would least expect at the moment.
"What a wonderful place," she manages to murmur before she falls back into bed, asleep.
Makarov smiles.
Natsu stares at Lucy's face, then considers what Mira said.
"Woah, it the idiot actually thinking?" mocks Gray.
Natsu doesn't seem to hear, he continues to think.
People are kind of freaked out now… Natsu is using his brain… but what's he thinking?
A light bulb goes off the top of his head, "I know! We'll call her Lucy-hime!"
(for all people that don't know, hime is pronounced hi-may. It means princess in Japanese)
Mira and Erza, stopped fighting, "Huh?" they said in unison.
"We don't know I thing about Lucy, only her first name. She uses that weird formal language so she's kind of like a princess…" Natsu explains excitedly.
Mira considers this, then gives it a thumbs up, "I like that!"
Erza blinks, then relaxes, "Can't believe I'm actually agreeing with Mira, but it's cute."
Natsu cheers, "Alright then its decided!"
Gray stares at him, "Don't you need her permit?"
Lisanna sticks her tongue out, "No, it's a nickname, like how Natsu calls you Snowflake."
"Hey!"
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Phew… that was a loooooooong chapter… ten pages on my word documents…"-.-
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