So, I had this idea pop into my head ages ago and I had to write it down. I actually didn't think I was going to post this, but I may as well, since it would be a shame to delete this.
Disclaimer: Fairy Tail isn't mine! But all the things mentioned (like movie names and TV shows) are made up… and the lyrics are mine too! (This disclaimer applies throughout the whole story!)
Edit: 2nd of March 2014 - Thank you to Hairy Tail for noticing that mistake, so no, Natsu is a boy, not a girl (before it says, "Natsu-sama, be my girlfriend..") (so embarrassed) XD
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"KYAAAAA! It's IGNITE!" a girl with hearts in her eyes pointed at the group entering a recording studio, causing many other fans to look over and squeal.
"Gajeel-sama! Look at me!"
"Jellal-sama! Kya, you're so hot!"
"Gray-sama! You're the best!"
"Natsu-sama! Be my boyfriend!"
The squeals of girls were heard from all the way down the street and many flashes of cameras went off, trying to capture the world wide famous band.
As the doors closed behind the group, their manager – Erza came up and ushered them towards the studio.
"You guys have a busy schedule today, so let's get this over and done with in one take." She said sternly, pushing the four into the large soundproof room.
Erza and Loke stood on the other side as they set up, Natsu giving the thumbs up to start recording. Loke put on the headphones and fiddled with the controls before giving thumbs up back.
Gajeel then started off the beat with the taps of his drum sticks before rocking out the upbeat tune, Gray and Jellal playing their respective instruments with him.
Nastu – the lead guitarist and singer – started playing chords before taking a deep breath and singing their promotional song that was going to be used in the upcoming movie 'One Last Chance'.
Where are you now
I don't know why
But somehow, I managed to lose you
Give me some time
Don't run away
If you fall, I will catch you
I honestly, need you right here beside me
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Do I get one last chance?
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Cause I would follow you, wherever you go!
Come. On. Now. Yeah!
Don't be a child
You know that I. Will. Miss. You.
Give me one last chance.
You left the back door, wide, wide open
I heard you scream and shout
'Please think this though'
After hours of drinking
I finally figured it out:
I honestly, need you right here beside me
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Do I get one last chance?
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Cause I would follow you, wherever you go!
Come. On. Now. Yeah!
Don't be a child
You know that I. Will. Miss. You.
Give me one last chance.
Do I get one last chance?
Come on!
Give me one last chance
(mmm, na na, na na, woooh, oh, oh, oh yeah!)
With a final strum of the guitar, the group let out a deep breath and smiled, looking at Loke who returned the big smile and clapping.
The four boys whooped and cheered, their happiness circling throughout the studio as they exited the soundproof room.
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:. Time skip – a few months later .:
"Lu-chan!" Levy called out to her blonde friend who was currently slouched down on the park bench.
"A-ah Levy-chan." Lucy looked up and smiled, giving a small wave.
"Is anyone else here yet?" Levy plopped herself down next to Lucy who shuffled awkwardly.
"Nope." Lucy shrugged, "Juvia probably lost track of time fantasising over… who was it again?"
"Gray-sama… from IGNITE remember?" Levy reminded her of the band currently placing the top charts and little hearts grew in her eyes.
"I don't get it, they're just a bunch of stuck up, snobby guys." Lucy rolled her eyes, pulling down the sleeves of her jumper so they covered her hands.
"Hey! That's my favourite band you're talking about! Juvia's too!" Levy pouted at Lucy's dismissive antics, Lucy had never really appreciated their music after all.
"Sorry…" she mumbled but got cut off when the other girls arrived.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." Cana called, hauling Juvia behind her.
"It's fine… do you think one of you could pay for me today?" Lucy pleaded.
"You got fired again didn't you?" Cana's eyebrow rose and she took a swig out of a metal bottle.
"You know I can't do anything in public… it took me a whole year to act normal around you guys…" Lucy's muffled voice came from within the depths of her jumper.
"I-it's okay, I brought extra money." Levy patted her best friends shoulder reassuringly.
"Juvia did too." Juvia piped up.
"But seriously, this is the seventh job you've been fired from in the past four months!" Cana exclaimed, her voice slurring in the slightest.
"I know!" Lucy wailed, catching other people's attention.
Quickly covering her mouth, the three other girls hauled Lucy to her feet and dragged her across to the movie theatre.
A long line of girls flowed out of the building, waiting to buy tickets to the first opening of 'One Last Chance', a movie featuring IGNITE, Natsu being one of the main characters and the rest of the band, as his best friends.
"Ugh…" Lucy grumbled, "Such a long line, which movie are we gonna see anyway?"
"One Last Chance, of course." Juvia stated it as if it were the most obvious thing in the whole world.
"But that movie seems so sappy and predictable… bo-ring." Lucy dragged out the word.
"Hey! We're paying for you, so don't complain!" Levy poked her tongue out.
Lucy turned to Cana with puppy eyes, hoping her drunken friend would take her side. Sadly, 'lucky' Lucy seemed to have run out of luck when Cana shrugged and said,
"The trailer was pretty cool, I wouldn't mind watching it."
Lucy sighed and slumped in defeat as the four girls finally took their first step forward, closer to the ticket booth.
"This is gonna take forever!" she complained again.
"Of course! The movie is being shown in three of the theatres today, all of them starting in two hours." Levy and Juvia said simultaneously, they had been talking about it non-stop for the past month after all.
"WHAT?!" Lucy screamed, "You're telling me, you dragged my ass out of bed three hours earlier than the actual movie!?"
"Yup!" the three traitors nodded.
"Argh, and I could be at home watching re-runs of 'Minutes 'till Death' right now!" Lucy pouted and grumbled.
:. Time skip – after the movie .:
"I think I almost became deaf for a moment in there. Plus the fact I feel like I've drowned in a theatre full of tears." Lucy said, looking down at her damp jumper where Juvia and Levy had sniffled on, "I really shouldn't sit between you two when watching sappy movies." She gagged, glaring at the two bluenettes, who smiled back sheepishly.
"It was a good movie though," Cana slurred, "I mean when Natsu kissed – webrfji." Her words were muffled by Lucy's hand.
"Stop, stop, stop. No more romance and whatnot from you guys. Thank you very much!" Lucy crossed her arms, catching a glimpse of her watch.
"Oh no! I'm going to be late for my job interview… wish me luck!" she called, waving goodbye while running off.
"Knowing her, she'll get the job because she seems so nervous and innocent then get fired in a few weeks when she breaks a few too many plates and messes up the orders." Cana said, remembering the time she incidentally went to the same café that Lucy worked at.
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"Laxus." The band greeted as their boss walked into the room.
"You guys… are my sole contribution to the company that earns me the most money. You're famous, on the top charts, and all the girls out there love you." Laxus said seriously, pacing around the room.
"What are you implying?" Gajeel asked, the others nodding in agreement.
"What I'm trying to say is, I want you to add a girl into your group. Preferably a singer. You know, just to get the boys joining your fan base." Laxus stopped pacing and turned to face the four boys and one girl, who were all sitting squashed on the couch, his arms crossed.
"WHAT!" Natsu jumped up from his seat, his fists clenched tightly together, "We record with female artists, isn't that enough?" he growled.
"But no boys will officially join if you don't have a permanent female with the band." Laxus stated, "The less fans, the less money."
"I don't care about the money. No, we don't care about the money." Gray spoke up, the others nodding with him.
"Doesn't Erza count for that anyway?" Jellal pointed out.
"She doesn't appear onstage though, does she? And she not… fame material." Laxus looked Erza up and down.
"Hey!" Erza protested, a dark aura beginning to surround her.
"I'm your boss, I can say whatever. Besides, I already know the perfect girl for you guys. She can't sing, but there's always auto-tune anyway. She'll be coming here in two days at 3 pm to meet you guys." And with that, Laxus walked out of the door.
"Auto-tune? No way in hell! We're not like that!" Natsu shouted after him.
Flopping back down onto the couch, the group sat in silence for mere moments before Gray spoke up.
"Laxus ain't gonna change his mind about this whole 'girl joining our band' thing, so we have to agree… just anyone without auto-tuning." He stated.
"But what are we gonna do then?" Natsu sighed, throwing an arm across his eyes.
"Easy, just find a better girl by tomorrow, right?" Gajeel suggested.
"Exactly… so… what are we waiting for? Let's go hunting." Gray took a few wigs off the counter.
"Wait!" Erza called out sternly, "We can't just go asking random strangers to sing for us."
"That's true… how about we hold auditions?" Natsu suggested.
"Hey guys –"
"But then all we'll have are fan girls dying to meet us." Gajeel huffed.
"Guys – "
"Then what are we gonna do! We only have two days!" Gray said throwing his hands in the air.
"GUYS!" the shout caused them to look at Jellal.
"What?" Erza cocked her eyebrow.
"Look." Jellal pointed to an advertisement in the newspaper, "Its tonight at the karaoke bar across town."
"But it's already over…" Gajeel said, scanning over the paper.
"No, that was the boy's competition, the girls one starts in…" Erza checked her watch, "20 minutes!"
They all jumped up and quickly placed hats and glasses on while Erza went to call a taxi.
Jumping into the vehicle, they screamed at the driver to get going as he sped down the road.
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"So, Miss Heartfillia. Why do you want this job, and have you done any similar ones in the past?"
"U-uh… um I reallyneedthisjobbecauseIhavenomoneyotherwise." She looked down into her lap.
"I'm sorry, what?" the manager of the café looked at her.
"We.. l… well I've d-done jobslikethisallthetimebutIalwaysgetfiredintheend." She mumbled out again.
"You know what?" the manager sighed, "Work here for tonight and we'll see how it goes, alright?" he smiled gently at her.
"R-r-r-really? T-thankyousomuch!" Lucy looked up in surprise and exclaimed.
"Yes, yes, now go change into this." He held out a maid's uniform.
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"We made just in time!" Natsu cheered as they walked into the karaoke bar.
"Yeah, but only because we were speeding." Gray stated.
"Gihi." Gajeel smirked.
"Meh, whatever, we're here, so let check out this contest." Jellal said.
They all walked into the bar and were immediately hit with the stench of sweat and alcohol.
"So here are the rules!" the emcee announced, "the contestants must sing a song by IGNITE and will be given a score out of then by our judges. So give it up for our first contestant of tonight – Kimi Fields!"
Gray gave a low whistle.
"She's hot." He said as the other boys gaped.
"But can she sing?" Erza's voice cut through their fantasies.
"Hi, I'm Kimi and I'll be singing 'Flames to my heart'… Kyaa! Natsu-sama is the best!" Kimi spoke as the intro started playing.
When I look around, all I see
Is the whole wide world, at my feet
No need to see the future
And the past is already gone
Somewhere there is a light
So hold on
And when the shooting star brings flames to my heart
I know I can't let you go
The desperate cries from being alone
Cannot heal the wounded soul
And send it on
The flames to my heart
Melting the ice cold
When fire and ice clash together
And the light overcomes the dark
When the stars in the galaxy
Come tumbling down
I'll be there, hold on!
And when the shooting star brings flames to my heart
I know I can't let you go
The desperate cries from being alone
Cannot heal the wounded soul
And send it on
The flames to my heart
Melting the ice cold
When the shooting star brings flames to my heart
I will never let you go~
The girl finished the slow, hearty song and everyone stood in a stunned silence.
"Looks can totally be deceiving, huh?" Natsu hissed to his band mates.
"Yup, that was completely and utterly, death to my ears." Jellal nodded.
"Think you're ever gonna sing that song again?" Gray asked.
"Nope. But can't help it is Laxus puts it on the list, he only puts the most popular ones on there." Nastu shook his head.
:. Time skip – after all the horrible singing from the contestants .:
"They were all horrible." Gajeel groaned.
"No offense, but you can't really talk." Gray shrugged.
"Shut up." Gajeel snorted.
"Oi, oi, I'm hungry." Natsu held his empty stomach.
"There's a café over there." Jellal pointed out, just as the lights turned off and the last person walked out, locking the door behind him, "Or not…" he concluded.
"Let's just go back and order room service." Erza suggested.
"Fair enough" Gray shrugged and looked around for a taxi.
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"I didn't even get paid…" Lucy groaned, walking up the driveway.
She had gotten kicked out not even an hour after working at the damned café. First, of all, she'd never been told part of their uniform consisted of roller skates, and second of all, who knew she would puke at the sight of the kitchen after 'skating' in there to collect table 4's… or was it 8's, order. The kitchen was so shiny and bright, and filled with so many anti-bacterial sprays, who wouldn't gag?
She rummaged through her bag for a while, trying to find her keys. Becoming desperate, she dumped the whole contents of it onto her door step and kneeled down to search through the messy pile.
"Damn it. I'm locked out." She cursed to herself, slumping onto the steps. 'I guess I'll just have to ask someone if I could stay over.' She thought, pulling out her phone and calling Levy.
"Levy-chan? Hello?"
"Lu-chan? What's up?"
"I'm locked out…."
"Again?!"
"Uh… yeah… again. Speaking of again, I didn't get the job."
"Awww. There's always next time… I'm guessing you're coming over to stay the night?"
"Please… just until I can afford to get another key from the landlady."
"It's fine, I can call the others over if you want."
"Nah, it's fine, I'm dead tired anyway…"
"Alright… see you soon."
The tone sounded and Lucy put her phone away. Quickly stuffing everything back in her bag, she hauled herself up and made her way to Levy's, who unfortunately live quite a while away. Although Cana's house was closer, she was probably at some bar drinking her liver to death. And Juvia already had a roommate, so she didn't want to intrude even more.
It was already quite late at night, so the streets were empty except for the few passing cars. Feeling that it was too silent, she took a peek around to see if anyone was watching or listening. Satisfied that she was alone, she started humming a tune that she'd made up.
Although Lucy had never really sung before, lyrics suddenly popped into her head and she couldn't help but add it to the tune she was humming. Clearing her throat, she looked around once more before she softly started singing.
I'm just a clumsy little girl
Living in a lonely world
Without a future
Without a dream
There's nowhere that I need to be
Time passes by
Without no light
Just the days going by
And darkness pulls me in
Have I lost myself?
Are the walls closing around me?
Am I drowning in a pool of shame?
People don't care
They don't see the walls they broke down
And now I have to build myself back up again
She suddenly stopped, she'd run out of lyrics to sing, but a car had also passed her and suddenly pulled to a stop up ahead.
Five people suddenly stepped out and started making their way towards her.
'W-what the heck is going on?' she screamed in her head. She turned around and sprinted away, but the sound of multiple footsteps followed her.
"G-g-get away f-fr-om me!" she stuttered, her voice deathly quiet over the pounding of footsteps, no one even heard her. She pulled out her phone and flipped it open, trying to remember an important number. 'Argh, I've forgotten the number for the police at a time like this?!' she cursed her mental blank.
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CHAPTER ONE :)
IF YOU FEEL LIKE WRITING A SONG AND WANT IT TO HAVE AN APPEARANCE, JUST PM ME. (And no offence if you want to have an actual song make an appearance. But I sort of want to keep the songs to mine (and hopefully some of your) imagination.)
R&R – THANKS FOR READING