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This is the Chapter 1 of TDH

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Chapter 1: The Dragneel Household

"Brrrrrrrr" I purred. "So colddd, so colddd!" I rubbed my hands together trying to grasp any I warmth I could as I stopped along my way.

I took my small pink luggage that had my clothes stuffed in and dragged it. It was really, really cold. Probably enough for someone get brain freeze just by standing there. Plus, it was the night. I stopped once again to take a extra jacket from my luggage. I mean seriously, a coat wasn't enough to keep myself warm.

If you're wandering what I was doing, yeah I was finding a place to say.

Want to know why?

Well, basically my father had this huge debt after mum died. You know... He got depressed so he couldn't work properly with his mental state. He drank everyday and wasted his money on alchohol. It was when I was still ten though. Now I am seventeen. My father tried to pay back but as time when by it just kept piling. Piling and piling.

The loansharks couldn't wait any longer. (Makes sense. Who can wait for seven years?) They kept pestering him everyday to make him pay back. They even went ro his company and complained so he got fired from his job. He was then left jobless.

He couldn't take the stress any longer after that incident so he packed his things and left. Left me alone.

Stupid father.

He just left me to live alone. Luckily he left behind some money too, so I could survive for a couple of weeks. But then the loansharks came again. They came to my house and chased me out of it cause the debt this hasn't been paid yet.

Thanks to that I had to be homeless for a week! I don't even know how I actually survived this cold winter outside. I just slept in the streets, sometimes under the bridge until one of my distant relatives heard of the news.

My relatives really wanted to help me but none of them could do anything so they tried to find a solution. Then they found out one of their good friends could take me in.

So... yeah...

I was on the way to their house.

Oh! I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Lucy Heartfilia. Just a normal highschool student you see. (except that I'm homeless... that isn't normal right?) I have a blonde hair that touches just below my shoulders. I'm planning to grow them longer, and they are tied into two ponytails. I have chocolate colour eyes that many of my relatives said I got it from my mother.

"House 55... House 55..." I squinted my eyes as I tried to find my way.

"Ah here it is!" I smiled when I found it. It was just like any other Japanese house. It was two stories high while the roof was painted blue. I could see that the grass in the courtyard was trimmed really nicely despite the snow covering it. I knew there people inside immediately as the lights were on.

There was a banner on the entrance that read 'The Dragneels". I took a deep breathe before pressing the doorbell.

"Dinggg dongggggg"

"Who's there?" I heard footsteps on the other side of the door. The voice seemed like a middle-aged woman.

"Ahhhhh... It's Lucy Heartfilia. I was told that I would have a place to stay here."

"Oh I see. Come in, come in." The woman behind the voice opened the door. She had wavy light pink hair that reached her shoulders. Her onyx eyes matched her femaine appeared perfectly. She smiled.

Her smile kind of reminded me of my mother. But I can't really remember how her smile looked like. It's been too long since I last seen her.

"Sorry for the intrusion..." I said bashfully as I stepped into the house. I took my shoes off and put it on the shelves.

"Honeyyyy! Lucy's here!" The woman called out. Probably to her husband.

"Yeahhh wait a minute. I'm changing... andddd I'm done!" The voice sounded a lot like a man. It was a bit scratchy though.

A middle-aged man emerged from the stairs. He had blood red hair which was messy and long enough to tie it into a tiny ponytail. Wait- he actually had one. He had really handsome features (totally opposite of my dad) and had a toothy grin on his face.

"Hello Lucy Heartfilia!" He still had his toothy grin on. His warm voice surprisingly made me comfortable for some reason He was really friendly.

"Hello sir." I bowed as soon as I saw him.

"Have really manners huh." He said. "Call me Mr. Dragneel. You can call my wife Mrs. Dragneel."

Mrs. Dragneel waved and smiled at me.

"You must be cold dear." She approached me and took my luggage. "Follow me. You should have a hot bath and sleep afterwards."

Bath... Bath... My goodness just the sound of it felt so nice. I didn't had one in ages. And the word 'hot' made it sound even better.

"I'll lead you to your room." She climbed up the stairs as I followed her. "You'll be sharing a room with my son. It's that alright? We don't have any spare room."

"A son...? He's a boy?" I asked.

Well, it's okay. He's probably very young. Maybe around 10?

"Yeah."

I just sighed and kept quiet. I didn't have any options didn't I?

Mrs. Dragneel knocked on the door. "My dear! She's here! I'll open the door." She announced.

"Yeah. Come in!" I heard a voice. It did seem like a boy but it sounded like a teen around my age.

I must be hearing wrongly right?

Mrs. Dragneel opened the door. There was a pink haired guy sitting on a chair back-facing us. He was quite tall. No. Too tall to be a child. He was studying on the white desk in front of him. His hair was arranged really wildly.

He turned his chair around to look at us.

Wait pink hair? I think I saw him somewhere before... Where was it...

"Lucy?" His eyesbrows knitted closely together.

Wait. Crap. I just remembered.

"Na-Natsu...?" I stuttered.

Oh okay. It was my schoolmate.

Wait what?

No.

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No.

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NOOOOO!