Jambo fellow Readers,

Yet again here we are. At least it was only 5 weeks this time instead of 4 months.

That's a little better right..?

Chapter 2

After ten minutes, it seemed that Levy's patience had run out. With an exasperated sigh, she reached out and grabbed the blonde heiresses hand.

"Come on Lu! We cant just stand here looking at the sign forever. At some point we actually have to go inside or we'll be late for class."

Lucy blushed lightly in embarrassment, not wanting to believe that she had been standing there for so long. While it was Fairy-Tail High, possibly one of the greatest schools on the continent, it was still a school, no matter how much better it was than Sabertooth, should she really be so excited for this?

She honestly thought the answer was 'yes', but she would never say so out loud.

As they walked up to the door, Lucy took the opportunity to look at the school itself, instead of just the sign.

It was a large campus, centered around the main office and cafeteria building, which was designed like a castle, of to the right of the building was a gym/community center, and to the left was the actual school building, with the classrooms and library.

The bluenette was dragging her friend towards the main building in the center to see the principal and get her class schedule. Really it was just a formality, they had already called ahead and gotten her schedule, school ID, and a map of the campus mailed to her, due to the fact that Jude liked to be prepared in this sort of situation, and therefore made sure that Lucy was as well, but Lucy went along with it knowing that Levy was almost as excited to show her around, as she was to see everything.

She was quite surprised to see who was behind the secretary's desk.

"Mira?"

The white haired woman looked up from her work and smiled warmly at her.

"Why good morning Lucy, I'm so glad that you got to transfer to Fairy-Tail High!"

Lucy had yet to fully regain control of her lower jaw, which was still hanging loosely after her initial shock, so her next words sounded something like, "I hought hyou were a hugent here."

At the sight of Mira's head being cocked to one side in confusion, the blonde shook her own, and spoke again.

"I thought you were a student here."

A look of understanding replaced the one of confusion on Mira's face, as her mouth formed an "O". She then shook her head and giggled a little as she responded.

"Oh I was last year, I graduated. Now I'm working here as an intern."

Now it was Lucy's turn to adopt a look of understanding, though hers was shortly replaced another one of confusion.

"But, we saw Erza in the school uniform earlier, isn't she the same age as you?"

Mira smirked, and Lucy heard a giggle from the bluenette beside her.

"Mira is older than Erza by two weeks, Erza was born just after the cutoff date. A fact that has bothered her for pretty much the entire time they've known each other."

"I used to rub it in her face in middle school." Mira supplied, still smirking, "Still do sometimes, she always reacts."

"Isn't that just a little cruel?" Lucy asked, grinning in spite or herself.

"Yes, yes it is," Mira stated, "but what are best friends for?"

Lucy made a mental note to not let Mira become her "best friend". She also sent a subtle (or so she thought) warning glare in Levy's direction.

Seeing as they were short on time, they wasted no more in printing up Lucy's final schedule, and escorting her to Principal Makarov.

When they entered his office Lucy saw an extremely short, old man sitting at a rather large oak desk. He had white hair and a full, if neatly trimmed, white beard, this wasn't the attention grabbing detail though, that was the magazine of swimsuit models that he was currently looking through.

The girls stopped dead in their tracks, the blonde and blue haired ones adopting scandalized looks, while the silver haired one glared.

"Master." Mira said, drawing out the word a little to be sure she got his attention.

The man at the desk stiffened before looking at the three over his magazine. Very slowly, as if trying to be discreet, he closed his reading material and put it in a drawer in his desk. Just as slowly, he folded his hands together on top of the desk and began speaking as though nothing had happened.

"Welcome to Fairy-Tail High Miss Heartfilia,"

"Master…" Mira interrupted.

"Sorry, I didn't hear you knock." He continued, sending a pointed look at his secretary and ignoring her tone and glare.

"Where did you get that?" She asked, ignoring his look in turn.

"Get what?"

"That magazine."

"I don't see any magazine."

Mira, having had enough, strolled to the desk and went to open the drawer, but was quickly stopped makarov placing his hand over it.

"Excuse me, everything in this desk is private property."

"Let me have it." There was no room for argument in her voice, but that didn't seem to stop him from trying.

"Do you have a warrant?"

Without further ado Mirajane yanked the drawer open, ignoring the old man's small cry of pain at having his hand crushed between his knee and said object, and pulled out the offending booklet. As she walked back to the two younger girls, she leafed through the pages, suddenly halting, she turned back to the one who was nursing his hand.

"There are some pages cut out of this, where are they?" She asked, her tone causing the two students in the room to shrink back a bit.

Makarov, to his credit, didn't even cringe, simply met her stare levelly.

"If you're asking about the pictures of you, then Laxus has them." Was his steady reply.

Mira immediately blushed, something that Lucy had never seen before, and dropped the magazine on the desk, as she went to cradle her left hand. Drawing Lucy and Levy's attention to the ring that hadn't been there last year, which of course caused them to gasp.

"Mira?" They asked in unison.

"I have some work to do at my desk." The silver haired woman suddenly stated as she turned and half ran out of the office.

The instant that the door clicked shut, Makarov snatched the almost forgotten magazine up and placed it back in his desk.

"Who's Laxus?" Lucy asked, deciding to completely ignore the magazine.

Makarov sighed as he eased himself back into his chair.

"He is my grandson, an assistant physics teacher here, interning like Mirajane, and her fiancé."

Levy gasped, bringing her hand to her mouth in shock.

"But last year they weren't even dating! How did they get engaged over the summer?" Another gasp, followed by the bluenette's scandalized whisper, "Is she pregnant?!"

the master shook his head, "no, no, nothing like that. They both had feelings for each other for some time, but he was foolishly burying himself in his training and work. Honestly, I think he was afraid to approach the subject, but don't tell him I said that."

"Training for what?" Asked Lucy, still lost as she didn't even know what Laxus looked like.

"he is a master martial artist," Levy explained, "he currently is a godan black belt in karate, and he is aiming to be the youngest zudan in history."

At lucy's blank stare she clarified, "godan is 5th degree blackbelt, zudan is 10th, the highest in his style."

Lucy nodded in her new understanding as Makarov cleared his throat to continue.

"At any rate, you aren't here to catch up on the latest gossip, you're here to finish your application. Just one more thing is necessary, so if you would please sign this."

He handed Lucy a slip of paper, which she stared at uncomprehendingly.

"But, I thought I took care of all the paperwork already…"

Levy giggled lightly as makarov explained.

"This is the final piece, it's something that only the students sign, most parents don't even see it. In simple terms, it states that if you do poorly in classes, you can't just blame the school or teachers, by signing this you are taking responsibility for your education, which is an important step in life."

Lucy stared at the document for a moment more, it was a single page so she read trough it once, her father was a banker, meaning that she had the importance of reading before you sign anything hammered int her head almost before she could read. Seeing nothing that she disagreed with, she quickly autographed the form and handed it back to the principal, who took it and put it away in a file. Turning back to the two in front of him he smiled.

"It's good to see you again Lucy. You were only an infant the last time, so I doubt you remember me, but I marveled then, and I will say it again now, that you look so much like your mother."

The young woman blushed lightly as she smiled softly. It wasn't the first time that comparison had been made, and it was, in her opinion, the best compliment that anyone could give.

To say that she was at all like Layla Heartfilia.

"Anyways," Makarov continued, "I would love to sit and chat with you or a bit longer, but you have classes to attend, and not long to get there, so we must set that aside for later. Until then, enjoy your time at Fairy-Tail High lucy."

The two girls squealed and hugged in their excitement, causing Makarov to quirk an eyebrow. They ignored him as they walked out of his office on their way to class.

As they passed mira, the silver haired woman looked up and smiled brightly.

"Have a good first day Lucy."

Lucy and Levy exchanged a glance before turning to glare, semi-jokingly, at the secretary.

"We are so not done talking here." Lucy started

"You have a lot of explaining to do young lady." Levy finished

Mira rolled her eyes and shooed them away as they giggled.

In spite of everything that already happened, they still made it to their first class before the bell rang.

Barely.

They sprinted the last few hallways, and had just crossed over the threshold of the door when they heard the bell ring. They just stood there, bent over and panting, for a few moments before standing up to face the class.

Or lack thereof. Seeing as every seat in the room was empty, including the teachers desk. Before lucy had enough time to properly panic, Levy double checked their schedule and simply groaned in exasperation.

"We have Guildarts for homeroom." She exclaimed, earning a confused look from Lucy, she elaborated, "he's always late, so you can be too, and he wont right you up for it, he is the most laid back teacher that I know.

"Oh… So how long will we have to wait before he gets here?"

"Well, he usually gets in about ten minutes after the bell rings, so the other students for this class should start showing up…"

"NOW!"

The two girls jumped and hugged each other when Cana leapt in the doorway and shouted. She immediately cackled and tackled Lucy in a bearhug.

"I MISSED YOU SO MUCH LOOPY!"

"IT'S LUCY! I missed you too! NOW GET OFF ME!"

After much struggling, Lucy managed to throw the alcohol lover off of her, though she just continued laughing.

"I hope that this isn't the way that every class is going to go." Lisanna stated, as she walked through the doorway followed by Juvia, and a handful of people that Lucy didn't recognize.

"Juvia is glad to see that Lucy got to change schools for this year."

Lucy smiled at the bluenette, "Yeah, after that whole fiasco at Sabertooth, my dad refused to let me stay there."

As the small group made their way to some chairs in the middle rows that weren't claimed, Cana raised a brow.

"I thought that you were begging him to let you come here. Why does it sound like this idea was his?"

Lucy went into a brief explanation of the letter.

Now Cana raised her other brow, "Why of all the…!"

She was interrupted when Lucy pinched her lips shut.

"Then I read the second page, where he admitted to being a sore loser."

The group burst into laughter, except for Cana who was trying to lick Lucy's fingers to make her let go.

As they continued their conversations, Lucy now wiping her hand on Cana's sleeve, people continued to trickle into the classroom. Lucy saw that Erza was not exaggerating with the hair colors. Other than blue, there was also a girl with hair almost as red as the strawberry lover's, two boy's with orange hair, and someone with green hair who looked very familiar.

The final student to to walk into the classroom was a guy with gravity defying pink hair.

Finally Guildarts entered, at Lucy figured that it was him since he obviously wasn't a teenager. He was six foot two, with long brown hair that was slicked back, and a stubbly beard. He strode up to his desk at the front of the class, turning to face them, with a clip board in his hands.

Clearing his throat he began.

"Alright, I see that we have mostly returning students, but for the few new students, let me explain how Fairy-Tail High classes work.

"First off, look around you. Everyone in this class is a senior, that is how all your classes will be, no mixing of age groups, your elective classes wont be controlled this way, but this is to help the teachers by making it so that they don't have to adjust as much for maturity levels.

"Second, everyone in this class has about the same grade average from last year, so while you still have the same amount of homework, your classes will be a little different. Example, I will be teaching you brats history this year, for the most part that means that I will be assigning you work, and that's it. The book has everything that you need to know, and as long as you are caught up in the reading, you should be able to do just fine on the tests, and assignments. If you have a question, about the work or material, I will be at my desk and you can ask me. Walk up to me or shout it across the room I don't care.

"If you keep your grades up, then when you come in here, you can do whatever, play on your phones, talk with your friends whatever, I don't care so long as you do it quietly. If your grades drop too low, then its obvious that this style doesn't work for you and you will be sent to another class, where the teacher will be more strict. Am I understood?"

At the unanimous nod of the room, he gave a grunt of approval and turned to his clipboard.

"All right then, role call, sound off when I get to your name, Cana Alberona,"

"I'm right in front of you Dad." Cana said reaching for a flask that Lucy hadn't seen earlier.

Faster than she could track, Guildarts was suddenly standing in front of Alcohol lover snatching up the flask.

"And that was your mistake, don't let me catch you drinking in class."

"HEY!"

She was ignored as he went back to his desk, telling her that she would get it back at home, leaving her grumbling at her desk.

Lucy looked between the two with wide eyes. Did Cana say that he was her Dad? Before she could voice the question out loud though the history teacher continued with the role.

There were a lot of names, but lucy only caught a few of them like 'Natsu Dragneel', the boy with the pink hair and, she was guessing, Wendy's older brother. When he was called on, he was cradling his head in his arms like he had a migraine, which caused lucy to have some pity on him, though he showed no other signs of discomfort.

There was Gray Fullbuster, who was on the right side of Natsu, the reason that Lucy remembered his name was because as soon as he said 'here' lucy noticed something, right before Guildarts pointed it out.

"Gray, your shirt."

Said student looked down at his bear chest and let out a yelp. He began franticly looking around for his missing article of clothing when someone from the back row threw it to where he was sitting in the front row.

"How did it get back there?!"

"I don't know! Guildarts said your shirt was missing, and suddenly it was in my lap, neatly folded!"

Gray grumbled as he pulled the recovered item on while the rest of the class chuckled, except for Juvia who suddenly had, much to Lucy's surprise, pink hearts for eyes.

"Oh my darling Gray is so handsome!" She swooned, causing Lucy to roll her eyes.

When her name was called, Lucy simply raised her hand and called out a quiet "Here," to which Guildarts grunted his acknowledgement, and welcomed her t Fairy-Tail High.

Levy didn't even look up from the book that she had been reading when her name was called, but the person who was called right after levy caught Lucy's attention.

"Hishui E. Nagare."

"Here." Said a girl with jade green hair as she raised her hand.

Lucy raised her brows, she hadn't expected anyone else to come here from Sabertooth. She supposed that since she was here, that anyone could be really, but she was still surprised.

The last name that stood out to Lucy was Gajeel Redfox, this was because the guy, who was on Natsu's left, was 6 feet tall with a black mane for hair that went down to his mid back, and had more piercings in his face than one would normally find in a whole shop. As he stood to say that he was there Lucy heard Levy groan from beside her.

After the role call was done, guildarts simply told the class, "Hey you guys have literally no work this class, do whatever, but do it quietly."

As soon as he said this Lucy saw that Natsu snapped straight up in his seat. She watched curiously as he turned his head, looking around the room as if searching for something. After a few sweeps, their eyes locked, and her breath caught.

It was her first time seeing his face, and she was not prepared for it.

He was wearing a white checkered scarf instead of the standard tie, had lightly tanned skin, and olive green eyes, that held her gaze with such intensity that her heart skipped a beat. They stared at each other for a few more seconds, (though to Lucy it felt longer) before a huge grin split his face revealing his sharp canines.

Lucy hesitated only slightly before she smiled back.

The moment quickly ended when Natsu's gaze suddenly jerked away, and he gave one more look about the room. His grin widened, and then he spoke.

"Hey, Erza isn't in this class. GRAY, GAJEEL! FIGHT ME!"

The two named students had only a moment to stare bugged-eyed at the pinkette before he grabbed them each by their hair, pulled them out of their desks and slammed their foreheads together with a resounding THUD.

Lucy grimiced at the sound, but her expression quickly morphed into one of shock and awe as the two boys on the floor almost immediately jumped to their feet and returned fire, each aiming to smash Natsu's skull between their fists. They failed in this endeavor, however, as Natsu ducked low in his seat, managing to avoid the brunt of the attack, though they each still managed to graze him.

Before he could retaliate, Guildarts stepped in and, in one swift motion, clocked each of them on the top of their heads, causing the three students to halt their actions and nurse their newfound headaches.

"The three of you go to the Principal's office." Guildarts said in a bored tone.

The three offenders all stood, still rubbing their heads, and dutifully left the room without a word.

As Guidearts returned to his desk, Lucy, still staring in shock, heard Levy shifting in the desk beside her. Looking over, she saw that the blunette had her phone out and was texting furiously. Upon finishing, Levy put her phone away, and took notice of her friend's questioning stare. She grinned mischievously.

"Just informing Erza of Gajeel, Natsu and Gray's behavior…" she said with pseudo innocence.

Lucy shuddered, already familiar with the redhead's strict disciplinary views. " Will they be okay?"

Levy considered for a moment. " I think so…" She said slowly, "But they'll defiantly be a little worse for wear."

Lucy shuddered once again and turned her attention back to the doorway through which the boys had exited. She hoped that the redhead wouldn't be too cross… Especially to Natsu… She wondered what was bothering him, seeing as normal people didn't start fights purely because of a specific person's absence….

She had yet to discover that the students of Fairy-Tail High where far from normal. But she would soon find out.

Dang, if I keep making you guy's wait so long between chapters, I at least have to find a way to make them longer.

But trust me when I say that I am doing the best I know how, considering that I work 40-50 hours a week, drive at least 14 hours a week and try to keep a social life going as well as get enough sleep.

Suffice to say, I am a little swamped.

Shout-out to any one who knows what anime I'm referencing with Hishui!

Now this school setup I have made is probably nothing like what you ever heard of, (or it may be dead on for some of you.) but I was home-schooled all my life so I am not familiar with anything about it. Also I kind of molded it to best serve the story.

And for those who are wondering where all the magic and dragons are, you will get a taste next chapter.

Also, I made a mistake in the last chapter concerning Erza and Mira's ages. In the last chapter I said that they were 19, but that would make them 20 in this chapter, and Erza is still in high-school? Starting this chapter, they are 19, and I will edit that bit in the last chapter.

Finally, I hope that you appreciate how badass I made Laxus already. First he is a godan, (pronounced go-dawn) at the age of 19! Aiming to be the youngest Zudan (zoo-dawn). To put this in perspective, my sensei, who has been doing karate for roughly 30 years, and is actually in the living legends hall of fame, just made rukudan (6th, pronounced roo-koo-dawn). And in my research, the youngest zudan I have found has been like 35, and in some styles, 60.

Be sure to leave a review, I really love to hear your opinions.

Badaaye- Duma