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Lucy stepped off the train and found herself in a large busy town of Magnolia, she dubbed this far enough away from that stupid was concerned however, with the five people who were waiting for her when she stepped off the train. There were four women and one man. "Hello there young lady." A red haired woman said.

"Hi..."Lucy replied keeping alert in case they tried something.
"You're kind of young to be traveling all alone." The small blue haired one told her. she tilted her head to the side in an adorable way and smiled at the confused and more than likely a little creeped out blonde.
"I'm almost eighteen, so it not really a big deal...are you with the authorities?" Lucy asked wearily eying the group, they didn't look like they would force her to go back but you just couldn't leave thoes kinds of things to chance anymore.

"No, but we were told that here is where we would find the runaway teenage girl we're looking for...we're mages." Only guy said said. "Why aren't you wearing any pants?" Lucy asked and the male began freaking out, "and what the hell was he talking about?" She demanded tucking a strand of her long blonde hair behind her ear.

"If we promise not to take you back to wherever you're running from and not to hurt you, will you take a ride with us?" The woman with the long wavy brown hair asked.

Three women. One with blue hair and a child like innocence about her. One with long red hair and a hard looking outer shell (referring to how tough she looks). Another with blue hair and overly obvious feelings for the nearly naked black haired man. And lastly the woman with the long brown hair, she looked as tough as the red head but somehow less threatening.

Lucy saw no reason not to trust them, and at least she would get a ride into town out of it. They don't seem like their from a dark guild, and I don't think an actual dark guild would make promises or give me a choice on weather or not I left with them.


Natsu sat in the over grown garden behind the mansion that the council had exiled him to. "I've been here alone for two weeks." He sighed. Natsu was a very social person, he liked to fight and he loved hanging out with his friends. He missed his best friend Happy who was at the moment staying at the guild since the fury, blue cat like exceed had not been allowed to join him. Man exile was boring!

He sighed again wondering when the punishment thought up by his other friends from the guild would come into play, hell being stuck alone was punishment enough for him, and he felt kind of bad that the girl they chose would have to suffer to...but at least they wouldn't be alone.
Those guys got really weird when they started doing the whole council thing.

"This is really going to be a test of my strength!" He declared firing himself up to face the new challenge, he set his lunch a blaze and devoured it in what looked to be one bite. "But for the sake of the girl I will not fail!"


Somehow the weird conversation at the train station had ended with Lucy riding with them in a magically powered carriage (don't remember what it was called); she was unaware of why they wanted her specifically, but what she had been told seemed like a pretty good deal to her. Someone that they cared about had lost someone close to him, probably his lover, as a result he had shut himself away in his mansion and cut himself off from his friends. "All I have to do is show the dragon slayer how great life is, and live in a mansion where all of my needs will be taken care of." She read from the paper they had given her to explain things better than their very vague explanations.

This nameless mage was supposed to be awaiting her arrival, and according to them it had taken a good week to convince him to agree to the whole thing. Since his friends had for some reason been unable to accompany her to the mansion and see to it that she made it up the incredibly steep hill safely...they just kind of dropped her off at the bottom of it.

"I wish they would have at least given me his name or a photo, so I'd have something to go off of in planning my now solo approach." She sighed as the familiar sound sound of thunder echoed over her head and the smell of rain invaded her nostrils. She knew the signs of a storm well; it was storming the day she had been removed from her first foster home, as well as the first time she'd ever run away from a home and was soon caught and sent back, on her sixteenth birthday when they realized she was to troublesome to keep tossing in homes and sent her to the shelter with others like her. "It has of course rained more times than that in m lifetime, but these were all significant moments in my life." She said as if she were justifying her dislike of the rain to someone.

Perhaps this time the rain will signify a happy turning point in my life. She thought to herself as she continued to trudge up the long driveway that wound around the hill, trying to remain positive.
Lucy wasn't in the system anymore so the worse that could happen to her was rape. Not like I'm a virgin anymore. She sighed inwardly, thinking of the athletes and mages at school and at bars she had pleasured in order to save up money for her trip. The kids at that shelter were pretty much on their own, there was someone older there to supervise them sure, but they had to feed and take care of themselves really, so she did what most of the other girls were doing to make sure that she survived. Lucy accepted the loss of her innocence as a necessary sacrifice to stay alive and get where she wanted to be.

While living in the mansion Lucy would receive a monthly allowance to do as she pleased. "This new life could be a reward from the Kami for all my hardships." The mused.


AN: Sorry if this seems kind of boring Its just a way to get Lucy's character development out of the way.

Next chapter: Lucy meets Natsu- Natsu meets Lucy. How will that go I wounder?

R&R please.