A/N: I came up with this idea randomly , so I hope you guys like it! I always get nervous writing AU fics, but anyway, I don't own Fairy Tail or any sort of like...dancey movie like Moulin Rouge or Burlesque (which I guess this is loosely similar to?!) Feel free to give criticism and such :)


When I was 5 years old my parents took me to a terrible production of The Nutcracker. It was a small town production and the set was practically falling apart, but, 5 year old me absolutely adored it. As I watched all the beautiful girls move with such grace on stage, I couldn't help but be in absolute awe of their movement. It was then that I knew I had to be a dancer.


Lucy dropped her bags and glanced around her new apartment. She sighed.

"It's not perfect," she said, "but it'll have to do I guess," she shrugged. For a New York City studio apartment Lucy actually had it rather nice. The room was fairly large with a nice sized kitchen in the corner. She had enough room to place a divider to separate her bedroom from her living room. The floorboards were a bit creaky and the wallpaper was faded. Lucy sat down on the floor.

"I'll have to buy some furniture," she said, thinking aloud. She sighed again. "I'll also have to get a job to buy said furniture," she whined scrunching up her face.

It had been Lucy's dream to move to New York City her entire life. She had spent years studying dance and when she turned 22 she decided it was finally time to make the big move. Of course, in her mind she imagined living in a glamorous apartment and joining up with some incredible dance company. Neither of those things had actually happened...but here Lucy was in New York City, in a shitty apartment and no job. It wasn't that she hadn't tried! She had sent applications in to various dance programs. She had sent to over twenty and only got auditions from about two and from those two she'd heard back from a grand total of zero. But Lucy was determined to make it work. She would make connections and keep applying and eventually something would come along.


Lucy found the place by accident. She had been walking around, giving resumes to places close to her apartment, when she found it.

"Fairy Tail, where all your dreams come true..." she said reading the sign on the door slowly. There were smaller signs that advertised dancing, music and food. "Some...sort of club?" she asked aloud, unsure of what to make of the place. She walked into the club, which was surprising large and it completely empty. Chairs and tables took up much of the space, but there was a large stage in the back of the room, and Lucy's face immediately lit up, seeing stages automatically got her heart pounding.

"We're closed," a voice grumbled from the bar area. She turned around to face a rather gruff looking man. He had long dark hair and piercings all over his face. "We don't open till later tonight," he said angrily.

"Oh," Lucy said shyly. "The door was open, so I figured it would just be ok..."

"Yeah come back later," he growled cutting her off.

"Are you hiring here at all?" she asked quickly before he could ignore her.

"Tch. I have no idea, let me get the owner," he grumbled. She wasn't sure if she wanted to work here after the bartender seemed so angry, but beggars couldn't exactly be choosers. It didn't take long for the bartender to return with a short older man.

"Hello young lady! I'm Makarov, the owner of this lovely club. How can I help you?" he asked sweetly. Lucy sighed a bit, happy that not everyone acted as rude as the bartender.

"Well I saw your sign outside that said something about dancers and I was just wondering if you were hiring at all...you see I'm a dancer and..."

"Hmmm..." he responded, looking Lucy up and down. "We could be hiring," he said. Lucy's eye twitched a bit, feeling a bit uncomfortable. "Fairy Tail is a unique place, I'd like to see what's unique about you. Do you wanna dance for me?" he asked.

"Like...an audition?" she asked. Makarov nodded. "Uh...sure!" she said. "When?"

"Right now!" Makarov said. "I just hire when I feel like it," he laughed. "You're a cute girl, go ahead." Lucy's heart started pounding. She could really use a job...but she hadn't prepared anything.

"Right now?" she squeaked out. "O-okay," she said without really even thinking. What was she doing? There was no way she was going to be able to pull out anything good right now.

"Gajeel, turn on some music!" Makarov cheered. Lucy couldn't tell if Makarov was making fun of her, or if he would actually hire her right there on the spot. Gajeel turned the music on and it was some club style beat. Lucy's forte had always been ballet, but she knew quite a fair share of modern techniques. She approached the stage and began to move. Lucy had always been a natural at feeling a song and just going with where her body took her. She moved her hips and twirled. Whatever nerves she had been feeling immediately melted and her face lit up with a smile. She moved quickly and with ease with the beat.

"Stop." Makarov said abruptly.

"I-I'm sorry...I didn't...really have time," she mumbled, knowing at this point it was useless to make excuses. Makarov held up his hand.

"Can you come back here in four hours?" he asked. Lucy looked at her watch and nodded. "Good," he said. "You're hired."

"Really?" she asked, in shock.

"Yeah, see you at 6," he said and walked into the back office where he had come from. Lucy awkwardly waved goodbye to the man behind the bar (who didn't wave back) and ran out the door.

"I'm a dancer! I'm a dancer!" Lucy jumped around once she was out. She pulled a small journal out of her purse and held it up. "Isn't this great Mom?" she asked. "I'm finally going to be a REAL dancer," she giggled.


Lucy returned to Fairy Tail that night at six sharp. This time Gajeel wasn't the only one there, he was setting up the bar with two...shirtless boys. Lucy shook her head and approached the bar.

"Hi," she began. "Gajeel right?" He grunted slightly. Lucy decided to take that as a yes. "I'm here for my first night?" she said.

"Oh hello lovely lady," Lucy turned around to see the two shirtless men standing behind her.

"H-hi!" she said nervously, her face flushing.

"I'm Loke," said the orange-haired boy said. He took Lucy's hand and kissed it.

"Yo! I'm Gray," said the other half naked boy.

"Can we help you?"

"With anything?" Gray added.

"Really, anything." Loke said raising his eyebrows at her. Lucy pulled her hand back.

"I just...got hired here...I'm just r-r-reporting for my first night!" she said nervously. "Do you two...work here?" she said.

"Yeah! We're the servers," Gray said.

"The servers?" Lucy asked.

"Yeah we serve food," Loke began.

"Drinks," Gray added.

"And really anything else your heart desires," Loke said with a smile. Lucy felt her face turn bright red.

"Lucy! You made it," Makarov's voice boomed from behind the bar. "I see you've met Gray and Loke, they're two of our most popular servers." It didn't take much for Lucy to imagine why as she stared at their bare well-toned chests. "Well, let's head to the back so you can meet the other dancers," he said leading her towards the back of the club. They walked backstage to the dressing room where a large group of girls sat in front of mirrors, applying makeup, gossiping and singing along with the music they had playing. "Girls! Girls! Listen up," Makarov said, all their heads turned to look towards him. "This is Lucy! She's going to be a new dancer, so please welcome her and treat her as one of your own," he said and pushed her farther into the dressing room.

"Hi!" A light blue-haired girl approached her. "I'm Levy. I'm also a dancer and one of the newer girls too! It's so nice to meet you! Let me introduce you to everyone." Levy grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the first set of mirrors. "This is Mirajane and Lisanna, they're sisters and their brother Elfman is one of the bouncers, they've been with Makarov forever," Levy said. The two girls smiled and waved. "They do a sister act together, it's really amazing! People have loved the two for years!" Levy smiled waving at the two girls.

"Nice to meet you," Lisanna said cheerfully and Mira smiled. Levy dragged Lucy down the line more.

"This is Evergreen and Bisca, they're two of our oldest dancers."

"Do you have to introduce me as 'old'" Evergreen whined.

"You know that's not what she meant," Bisca teased, "It's so nice to meet you Lucy. I"m sure you'll fit in fine! It doesn't take much to fit in with all these freaks."

"I really don't think you need to call me a freak either! What is it with all this name calling right before a show? It's terrible for my complexion," Evergreen continued to whine.

"I really don't think people calling you names has anything to do with your complexion." Bisca sighed and shook her head.

"Bisca does a gun show. It's really popular with lots of the male clients."

"And some women," she winked. Levy pulled Lucy down the line some more.

"Then this," she gestured to an empty seat and another blue-haired girl, "is where Juvia and I sit," she said. "Juvia this is Lucy! She's a new dancer," Levy said. Lucy waved and held out her hand to shake the blue-haired girls hand, but the other girl just stared.

"Are you the blonde who was talking to Juvia's Gray?" she snapped.

"I-I-I didn't realize he was yours," Lucy stammered nervously, trying to avoid the girl's glare.

"He's not, Juvia just really really really likes him. I recommend you just avoid him altogether," Levy whispered.

"Don't worry Juvia, I have no interest in Gray," she said nervously.

"Great! Then let's be good friends," Juvia said her attitude completely switching. The girl grabbed Lucy's hand and shook it.

"Ok," Lucy said raising an eyebrow finding the girls personality switch a little odd.

"That's just Juvia," Levy said. "She's really sweet, I promise," Levy assured the blonde. Lucy just nodded in agreement, unsure what to make of anyone really. "You'll sit here!" Levy said gesturing to the empty mirror next to her. "Next to me. On the other side you'll share with Cana, who doesn't seem to be here yet." Levy said curiously.

"She's probably here, she's probably just at the bar with Gajeel. Better watch out Levy," Juvia said while putting on some lipstick.

"W-why would I care if Cana and Gajeel were talking, Juvia?!" Levy snapped loudly.

"Juvia is sure Levy doesn't care at all," she said standing up to take her hair curlers out.

"You're right! I don't!" Levy yelled after her. "I really don't," she said quietly to Lucy. "Anyway, I think you've met pretty much everyone but Cana...oh and there's Erza."

"Lucy can wait to meet Erza," Juvia said sitting back down to adjust her curls. "She's not going to be happy Makarov hired someone new," she said.

"Who's Erza?" Lucy asked.

"Erza is our headliner. She's the one all the customers come to see. She's super talented and she's known Makarov since she was a little girl!" Levy said.

"What are you saying about me now, Levy?" a voice called out from behind the curtain.

"Oh! Erza, I was just telling Makarov's new recruit about you." Erza emerged from behind the stage. Lucy could see why she was the headliner. She had long bright red hair, which she had currently tied back into a ponytail. Her body was slim, but she had curves and her breasts were sizable. Lucy could see that she was a strong, confident woman.

"New recruit," Erza said narrowing her eyes at Lucy. She stuck her hand out. "I'm Erza, I run the show around here, so any dancing questions you have really should go through me." She took her seat at the head of the row of mirrors. Hers was a bit bigger than the other girls and she was the only one who didn't have someone on the opposite side of her.

"I'm Lucy, it's nice to meet you," she said.

"Likewise," Erza said looking Lucy up and down, measuring what she was up against. "I assume Makarov is going to have you watch us tonight. Unless you think you can keep up with us," Erza said tauntingly. Lucy looked down.

"No I think it'd be best to watch tonight," she said. "It'll be nice to see what kind of dancing you guys do here." All the girls looked at her curiously.

"You mean you got hired here not really knowing what it is that happens here?" Levy asked. Lucy nodded.

"Is that a bad thing? Isn't it just a night club?"

"Oh honey," Erza said. "This is Fairy Tail. You're going to be in for quite the treat tonight." Erza smacked her lips together after putting on lipstick. Suddenly Lucy wasn't sure what she had gotten herself into.


A/N: I hope you guys like it I feel like its such a random idea, but hopefully you guys like it