LonelyBallerina's Note: Hey there, you guys! Lol. Perky much? Anyway (i always say this. gawd. is there another way to say it?), another story for you all! By the way, this is inspired by a movie I just watched. And, yeah, I wanted to post this ASAP. The rest of the story, though, is still vague. T for future reference ;P

P.S. This is also an experiment. I wanna know if I'm tired of the whole story writing thing or if I'm just not inspired to do Fairy Tale :)

Disclaimer (goes for the whole story): Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail.

CAT TROUBLE

Prologue

Dearest Mother,

Winter is finally over, isn't it? I'm glad that it is so I could finally work at the library again. The day for payment of rent is coming and I badly need the money. I know what you want to say but I don't want to return to father, not yet. Until I prove that I'm responsible, enough, I'll never set foot on Heartfilia manor. I'm sorry I'm giving you problems up there, mom, but you know that I really have to do this, right?

In another matter, I aced my test yesterday. Aside from that, though, nothing much interesting happened. Natsu still annoyed me. Gray still stripped and misplacing his clothes, this time, he accidentally left his shirt at Jet's bag. He never got it back since Jet ran away and well, because both idiots started another riot. Sigh. I swear, mom, they should be in jail. Anyway, Levy said the newest chapter of my story was and I quote, "The best! OMG! Lu-chan, you should be a writer!" I know she says this all the time but it still feels awesome. And Erza is still Erza, all strict and stuff. She makes to do my homework with brute force or with a whip, when I'm lucky. Harsh, I know, but it does the job.

I'm lucky to have them, aren't I? Strange as they may seem, they really know how to make me smile and laugh unlike those classmates I had in Proper Ladies' Academy. They were mean and all they cared about were dad's money and the hope that I would treat them to lunch. At Fairy High, even though they don't know who I am and where I came from, they still accepted me wholeheartedly.

By the way, mom, is it weird to have a dream about cats? Because I have been having a lot lately.

Someone knocked on the door, "Lucy! Aren't you heading out for class?" It was Erza, her housemate, checking in on her.

"Hai. Hai," she said and quickly returned to her writing.

I have to go mom. Erza might break down the door if I won't go out soon. Take care, okay? I love you.

And I really miss you, too.

Love,

Lucy

This is my usual morning routine. It's boring, I know, but that's because I'm in high school. Life of a high schooler, oh joy.

You might be wondering who Erza is. Well, she's my housemate. We have been like this for, I don't know, two years? I've met her at a posh café shop, three years before. She worked as a waitress then and I loved that she gave me clues on which cakes were fresh. I visited that shop during the afternoons ever since and we became friends instantly.

Afterwards, something happened. I ran away from my home. You know the huge manor featured monthly at Fiore's Richest? Yep, that's our house. But as humongous as it may seem, people get suffocated as well.

That person is me, Lucy Heartfilia.

My father, Jude Heartfilia, wanted what's best for me…that's what he said. Back then, my life was school and home. And if I were lucky, he allowed me to visit the café provided it was for rich kids only. I put up with everything because he's my dad and I love him but one day, I snapped.

Why? Because he freaking wanted to marry someone I didn't know! And for what? To extend the family's friggin' connections! I hated him for that and I knew he wouldn't give up so at the dead of night, I snuck away and promised myself never to return again.

Since I didn't have much friends, I had only one person to turn to and she gladly accepted me. The next day, I couldn't very well return to my school, Proper Ladies' Academy so I enrolled in another, Fairy High. Here, I met tons of new friends even at the first day. And get this, they didn't ask how rich I was instead, they asked if I wanted to sit by them at lunch. The principal, Mister Macaroni or something, checks on me once in a while (actually, it's every hour). Also, he accepted my scholarship and the suggestion of me being a working student. The job is easy too. All I had to do was assist the librarian and put books back on their right places.

My luck turned because Erza was assigned in a newer cafe shop near school so we moved to another apartment with two bedrooms since I very much can't sleep on the couch forever. And the city we moved to was beautiful and people were nicer and less snobbish. Magnolia provided us with security and happiness that we needed. Nothing could go wrong.

That is, until I saw this cat.

LonelyBallerina's Note: I know you might still be confused on how the story will go but as the story progresses, it will be much clearer. Just to be safe, I won't tell you the movie that inspired this. I want to stick on the whole discreet and mystery thing.

Lemme hear your thoughts! :D