After taking Lucy by the hand and leading her, Natsu stopped in front of an elaborate building with a sign that said, 'Fairy Tail'. "This is the place! Welcome to the Fairy Tail Tavern," Natsu introduced the building to the leather-clad blonde. Amazed at the building's appearance, Lucy could only smile as Natsu opened the door and shouted to the patrons inside. "I'M BACK, EVERYONE!"
"Natsu's here. Somebody make sure he doesn't burn another table," a black-haired shirtless male with a tattoo on his chest said in a deadpan voice while he smirked.
"Screw you too, Gray," Natsu retorted back. While the two males just started to insult each other, Lucy walked in and was taken by the people and interior of the bar. As Lucy wandered around, one of the waitresses greeted her.
"Hello! Welcome to Fairy Tail. Can I help you," the woman said with a motherly smile. Immediately recognizing her long white hair and sparkling blue eyes, Lucy practically squealed at the female in front of her.
"Oh my god! Y-yo-you're Mirajane! I am such a huge fan! You're even prettier in person," Lucy gushed over the model in front of her. The maroon dress she wore was absolutely perfect on her and Lucy couldn't stop asking Mira questions until Natsu interuptted her.
Walking up to Lucy and putting his arm around her shoulder, Natsu just smiled and spoke to Lucy. "I see you met Mira already, Lucy. You have to talk with everybody else before we get back to what I said earlier," Natsu stated as he dragged her to a table where three girls were talking. One was a tall and shapely brunette chugging down beer like it was nothing, the second was a short blue-haired girl with a headband who was reading a book, and the third looked exactly like Mira with shorter hair.
Greeting the girls, Natsu gave introductions to the four. "Lucy, this is Cana, Levy, and Lisanna. Guys, this is Lucy. Remember that Levy is the publisher I talked about," Natsu explained as Lucy got a look of realization.
"That's right. You did say that. Hi, everybody," Lucy said with a smile. As the others gave greetings, Cana drunkenly made an observation about Lucy.
"Those are the biggest boobs I have ever seen! And the girls who are normally here have some pretty big gazongas," Cana said with a flushed face and a cheeky grin. "Seriously, you are on par with Erza and Mira in bust size. I bet you even beat them," she continued.
"Cana! I don't think that is very appropriate," Levy reprimanded the drunk girl. After doing so, she briefly looked down at her own chest and pouted for a second. Looking back up, she spoke with Lucy again. "So, Natsu told you I work at a publisher? Why did he say that," Levy asked.
Twiddling her fingers, Lucy's face became redder than when Cana remarked on her notable chest size. "Well, I have a few books that I want to get published, but I am still writing them up. I'm not sure if I am that good of an author," Lucy shyly explained.
Levy and the others smiled before the blue-haired girl spoke again. "I'm sure that you are a great writer. Hey, why don't you let me read your drafts to help you? I can easily help you out with that," Levy reassured and offered.
"And my big brother is an author himself. I'm sure he would love to help you, Luce," Natsu pitched in his word. With so many supportive faces, Lucy was still a bit uncomfortable with the idea. But, she was calming down and spoke up.
"Maybe I should just start small and show you guys? A short story or something can work," Lucy bargained with the group. Hopefully she would get them to calm down if they eased their way into the topic of her writing.
"Speaking of that," Natsu remembered. "Hey Mira! Can you come here for a minute," the pink-haired boy shouted to the waitress. After serving two older patrons their drinks, she walked over to the table and Natsu asked her a question. "You think you can get Lucy a job at Sorcerer Weekly? She thinks she can improve as a writer by working with some articles. She can also model a bit for you guys."
Mira thought it over for a bit with a finger to her chin. "Hmm, I'll have to ask if we need help there, but I'll see what I can do," she answered. "I'll make a call to Jason and ask him to help out." With the question answered, Mira went back to the counter to start cleaning glasses while Natsu and the girls just smiled at the response they got.
"Hahahaha! Alright, Lucy! You might get it after all," Natsu said as he wrapped his arm around Lucy's shoulders again. Lucy was growing accustomed to Natsu's constant physical contact and she could only think that it felt nice and comforting.
Gray soon walked up to the table as Levy and Lisanna left. Taking a seat, he began chatting with the new arrival Natsu brought. "How in the hell did Natsu find you? The guy is an idiot. There is no way that he found a cute girl like you by sheer luck," Gray remarked with the other male in earshot.
"WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN," Natsu barked out in anger. Gray just turned to him and smirked.
"I'm saying that girls are not going to come crawling on their hands and knees to sleep with you," Gray responded. "I would actually be surprised if you found out what girls liked," he goaded on.
"Well, I'm sure that the ladies are willing to give lots of tens in exchange for a lap dance, you stripper," Natsu snarked back at Gray. Looking down, Gray and Lucy panicked when he was actually stripped down to his black boxers.
Noticing that Natsu was twirling his pants and shirt around, Gray attempted to tackle the pink-haired boy to retrieve the clothes. However, he hit a hulking tower of muscle with the same white hair as Mira and Lisanna. Retaliating from the apparent surprise attack, the man slugged Gray in the face and sent him flying into a customer's table. Eventually, the entire establishment was participating in a full-scale bar fight with chairs and bottles flying everywhere.
Lucy could only look on in shock and scream, "HOW DID THINGS GET THIS WAY!?"
Mira walked by to just give an explanation. "Oh, this always happens. Makes it more fun, right," Mira said before she got nailed in the head with a bottle. As Lucy screamed Mira's name in the chaos, a door on the second floor of the tavern slammed open.
"WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE," shouted a red-haired woman who looked like she commanded respect from everybody. At the sound of her voice, everything stopped out of apparent fear. Lucy believed the girl she was looking at could scare US Marines into obeying her. "Clean this place up, now," she ordered everybody and they obeyed.
Putting a hand on Natsu's shoulder, Lucy needed to ask him a new question. "Natsu, who is that pretty girl?"
"Oh, that's Erza. I did say she can literally beat sense into people. Now you know why," Natsu explained to the blonde. While they were talking, Erza walked up to the duo and tapped her foot. Turning around, Natsu and Lucy were a bit scared by her glare until the older female softened her gaze.
"Natsu, who is this girl? She doesn't look like a regular and she seeked you out specifically," Erza asked the pink-haired boy.
"This is Lucy, my new friend. She wanted to meet Mira, so I brought her here," Natsu explained in a simple way.
Eyeing over Lucy again, Erza nodded once and extended her hand. "Hello, Lucy. I'm Erza Scarlet. Pleased to meet you," she greeted the cute blonde. Taking her hand, Lucy returned the greeting. As they ended their handshake, Erza had to say one extra thing. "Is... that what you usually wear?"
Looking down and seeing that Erza was referring to her delivery uniform, Lucy blushed a bit before quickly answering. "Only for my job as a delivery girl! I work at Dragon's Lantern as a waitress and a delivery girl! I'm trying to become an author and Natsu said there were people to help me out with it. Mira and Levy said they could help me out with it," the leather-clad blonde explained.
Erza calmly listened to Lucy's explanation before nodding and speaking again. "You're in good hands, Lucy. Everybody here will look out for you. Now, let's have some fun for the day," the redhead responded to the delivery girl.
Lucy spent the next few hours enjoying herself with Natsu and his friends. Despite being a rowdy group of people, they were very friendly and she felt like it was a new home for her.