Chapter 1: Wrong Number (aka Lucy should double check phone numbers)
Lucy was entering college when she had finally had enough of her strained relationship with her father.
She knew she could never work out the problems with her father easily, but after years of trying, the suffocating atmosphere in the house had gotten to her. She needed to leave, and college was her escape. Especially, if it was one a few towns away from where she lived.
And that is why the blonde ended up going to Fairy Academy in the bustling town of Magnolia.
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"Thank you so much for helping me move in, you guys." Lucy sighed gratefully. "I swear I didn't own this much when I left home."
She eyed the boxes that nearly threatened to swallow up her friends with disdain. Levy was surrounded by Lucy's massive book collection, trying to unpack the large boxes and line them up on her bookshelves. Erza could be seen in the kitchen, unpacking various cooking utensils, while Lisanna and Kinana were rushing to get rid of the boxes of blankets and stuffed animals in Lucy's room.
One of the stuffed animals hit the blonde in the face.
"It's what friends are for, Lucy." Lisanna called out innocently, retreating back into said girl's bedroom. Kinana looked on apologetically, while Levy and Erza smiled at the pout the heiress was now sporting.
"I thought you were the nice one."
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A few hours later, Lucy was moved in and all five tired girls were spread out across her living room. Levy, Lucy, and Kinana were all lounging next to each other on the carpet, Lisanna was flipping through the channels on the TV, and Erza, having put on her glasses, was using the downtime to study on Lucy's coffee table.
Levy, who had been admiring Kinana and Lucy's painted nails, stopped when she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. Quickly fishing it out and unlocking the device, she saw that she had received one message from a certain raven haired stripper they knew.
"Hey!" Levy whispered. "Gray wants to know how moving went."
"Oh, I got this." Lucy responded, grabbing her own phone and opening her camera on it. She flipped the camera around and moved to make sure that Levy and Kinana were shown in the picture.
"Lisanna, come here." Kinana gestured to the girl, getting her attention. "And Lucy, don't forget Erza in the background."
Each girl shifted until they were all in the frame and slowly each began to get into a pose.
Lucy was in the middle with Levy resting her head on her right arm, with both of them having their mouths open. Kinana was on the other side of her with a blank face, and Lisanna was peeking over Lucy's head, winking while sticking her tongue out. In the corner over Kinana's head, Erza's side profile could be seen.
Lucy quickly snapped the picture, and the giggling girls watched as she sent it to Gray.
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"Hey, Salamander! The food's too fucking spicy!" Gajeel slammed his spoon on the table as he yelled at the pink haired boy stirring a large pot in the restaurant kitchen. Cobra watched the large man with a frown on his face, Bickslow laughed at the display, and Jellal sighed.
"That's actually the whole point of the challenge." The blue haired man sighed. "The curry's meant to be incredibly spicy."
"Actually, I don't think it's spicy enough. He can still talk." Natsu piped up from the kitchen. "The next batch will be better."
"And exactly how much hot sauce did you put in it?" Cobra asked.
"Um, five-no-seven…" Natsu counted the containers on the counter. "Yeah, seven bottles."
"Gajeel will go home to Juvi with tears in his eyes~" Bickslow mocked the former gang member, causing said man to decide that he would be more appealing dead.
As Bickslow jumped away from Gajeel's attempts at strangling him, Jellal attempted to calm the two down and Cobra continued eating the curry placed in front of him. Away from the chaos, Natsu was taking a break from cooking and instead looking at his phone.
He had just received a text from a wrong number.
The grin that overtook his face could have blinded someone.
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"Lu-chan, Gray never got the picture you sent." Levy notified the room. A comment that made each girl sit up in interest.
"Huh?" Lucy questioned. "I sent it to him a while ago."
"What picture?" Erza asked, being the only one out of the loop.
The girls ignored her in favor of crowding around Lucy's phone. However, the only thing they were able to spot was that the picture had indeed been delivered. At least, until Kinana spoke up.
"Lucy? Gray's new number ends in 8104 not 8401…" The girl trailed off as they all turned paler.
"I…I sent it to the wrong number." Lucy reported slowly. "I SENT IT TO THE WRONG NUMBER!"
The girls got even closer to the blonde's phone as she frantically typed.
"It's okay, I'll just apologize!"
Sorry wrong number…
She sent the message, and held her breath, waiting for a response.
In several minutes, she got one. In the form of a picture.
In the photo, a young, pink haired man was in the middle. A man with a ton of piercings and messy black hair had replaced Levy, while a guy with dark red hair and a scar over his right eye took Kinana's place. A man with blue hair, which was shaved in some spots, and a large tattoo on his face was there instead of Lisanna. In the corner they could see that another blue haired man, who also was wearing glasses, had taken over Erza's spot. Each of them copying the poses the girl's had used in the original photo.
Wide eyed and red faced, the girls were at a loss.
"They're kind of cute."
Okay, maybe not Lisanna.
Photo credit goes to blanania on deviantart and the whole fanfic is based on "We Are Young" written by koa-chan! Please, look them up, they're great.
So, basically this first chapter is an intro to the whole fanfic. It's essentially the first meeting between the two groups that sparks the rest of the story. All the chapters after this are going to focus around one person, with the others appearing or playing roles in the person's character development.
I really want to expand on these characters and how they live, which will still have elements from their Fairy Tail lives.
And if you have anything you want to see in this fanfic, go ahead and let me know. Or, you know, if there's anything you don't want to see, let me know.
Reviews are always appreciated.
Miss Arcobaleno