I'm waiting. I'm waiting for this woman in front of me to choose a collar for her dog. No, I don't think a male dog would like a pink collar, I thought and a let out an irritated sigh. The woman at the register gave me an apologetic smile.

"What about this orange one?" Asks the older of the two women.

"Yes, I think your dog would enjoy that color." The other woman replies. Can't you pick the regular red? All dogs wear red, male, female. It DOESN'T matter, I huff, tired of waiting. I've been here for over twenty minutes, do you blame me?

"Then I'll go with this collar, thank you for your help." The woman says, handing the cashier the collar and some money. ALL HAIL KAMI!, I had to restrain myself from jumping, it was hard.

"Sorry for the wait, do you need help with something miss?" The white haired cashier asks, knocking me into reality.

"Ah, yes. I'm looking to adopt that puppy." I reply, pointing to the box holding said puppy. The white haired woman's eyes light up. Did I say something?, I wonder, watching her jump up and down.

"Really!? All the others were adopted, I was scared she would have to go back to the shelter alone." The woman sighed, with relief or sadness, I couldn't tell.

"A-ah... I see" I shift under her gaze.

"Do you have a name for her yet?" The woman asks, stepping from behind the counter. I shake my head.

"No, not yet. I couldn't think of one..." I replied, rubbing the back of my head.

"Ah, sometimes it can be hard to name an animal." She smiled, opening a half-door to get to the puppy. Once she got there, she picked up the small dog and smiled. "Someone's here to take you home, you want to meet them?" The puppy licked her face in reply. "I'll take that as a yes~" She handed her to me.

"T-thank you..." I looked down at the pup, Aww so cute~, I looked back to the white haired woman. "Umm... what else would I need for her?" I held up a small collar, a leash, and two bowls. "I didn't know what food to get..." I trailed off, embarrassed. The woman giggled.

"Here, let me show you." She turned down an aisle, grabbing a small shopping basket, sorry wallet you might not make it through this..., I sighed and watched her put different things into the basket. She turned and looked back at me.

"What made you want to adopt her?" She asked putting, what looked like, a box of dog bones, into the basket.

"Always have wanted to, just was never able to. I moved recently, and thought 'why not?', you know?" I answered, gently petting the small animal in my arms.

"I see." She giggled, "Oh, and about all this, you get the "Puppy Play" discount, so don't worry too much." She smiled, pointing to the basket, now near to being full. I sighed, again.

"Thank you..." I said, continuing to pet the puppy, that's now happily sleeping in my arms.

"No problem, and, I was wondering, if this is your first time owning a dog, maybe you'd like to go to this group I have with my family and friends. We all gather together and give advice, tips, tell stories, or just hang out. We always welcome new members!" She spoke, smiling hopefully.

"I-I don't know... could I think about it?" I replied, a little scared to meet new people.

"Of course, no pressure." She then completely turned to face me, sticking her hand, that's not holding the basket out. "I'm Mirajane Strauss, just call me Mira, nice to meet you..."

"Lucy, Lucy Heartfilla." I finished, shaking her hand.

"Well, Lucy, I think we got everything you'll need for a while, you ready to check out?" She asked, nodding towards the checkout counter.

"Hmm, I think I have a name for her. Can I get her tags made?" I asked, looking back down to the furry ball in my arms.

"Of course, what name did you choose?" She questioned, setting the basket on the counter and turning to a small machine. "And what tag do you want?" She tapped a showcase full of different shaped tags.

"Umm... the third row from the top, seventh one over. For the name, I was thinking of going with... Layla..." I replied, hesitantly speaking the last part.

" What a lovely name." She smiled kindly, "This tag is really cute too~" She waved the, small, red metal tag, showing the shape of a fairy-like creature. "This is the symbol of the group I mentioned before, so many of us chose it, we decided to use it." She giggled fondly of the small piece of metal, "Is this the color you want? I have a bunch of different ones."

"Umm are sure I can use that one? I mean, I'm not a part of the group?" I asked, unsure if it would be rude or not. Seeing as I'm not a member, though I think it might be a good idea to join. It might help.

"Of course you can. It was just something we chose to use, you don't have to worry yourself over it." Mira smiled.

"T-then can I have it in purple? It matches her collar..." I scolded myself for stuttering, why am I stuttering? Seriously, it's not that big of a deal..., exactly. Not a big deal.

"Sure thing!" She answered, placing a purple version of the tag into the small machine, tapping a few buttons, before it started cutting the name into the tag.

"A-ah, about before... I think I might join tha-" I didn't get to finish, as Mira started squealing.

"Really!? You'll join!?" I simply nodded, still trying to fix my ears. "Then I have to tell everyone! Makarov will be happy to know!" Mira looked around the store, checking for anyone, then pulled out her phone and started texting.

Text; To: All Contacts: "GUYS! A NEW MEMBER IS JOINING! Be prepared, her name is Lucy, first time dog owner!"

And that was how my crazy days with "Fairy Tail" began...

Hey, I don't know if I should continue this... Well tell me what you think so far!