Be my Raven, and I'll be your Scarlet
A/N: Heya again! :D Hope you all enjoyed chapter 1 ;). This week I'm feeling very optimistic actually :D (usually I'm probably the most pessimistic person in this whole word xD). And thank goodness I can finally use my computer instead of the tablet which gives me hell xD. FYI NaLu sadly won't be in this chapter :( (Or maybe they will be? :D). Gray and Erza may or may not meet :p It's all a mystery unless you find out. I actually have no clue what will happen except for one big, certain event. I may get to upload this really quickly (keyword: may...and just realised is the month May xD...really bad pun...) So anyways, Enjoy! :D Btw strong language!
DISCLAIMER: Sadly, I don't own Fairy Tail or any of the characters :(. But the story plot is mine and mine only! MUHUHAHAHA! XD
Chapter II: The Disaster
5:55 am
"Ring! Ring!" Erza woke up in a daze, picking up her glasses from her bedside table and looking at the time. Oh no! How could I oversleep today or all days? Then the Scarlet haired Student Council President realised that it was a Saturday. Why was she getting so imperfect by the second? She rubbed her eyes before remembering yesterday's events. Natsu Dragneel. That bastard Iceboy. Who the hell calls themselves that, a 3 year old? She remembered the annoying guy and also their scheduled meeting, however, she had not even asked for the time. Erza logged on her laptop and stared at the screen. Then, she clicked the link which sent her to the chat room of hell once more:
Titania: You there?
Iceboy: Yeah. Stop writing like a know it all nerd...
Titania: Well for your information, 'Iceboy', I am the Student Council President of Fairy Tail AND I get the best grades. While you are probably... A junkie drug addict with not even one brain cell.
Iceboy: Bitch
Titania: What did you just say to me you impertinent junkie?
Iceboy: Am 100% sure u have no friends cause you're a colossal bitch :).
Did he just put a smiley next to that insulting comment? Erza sat there, her hands trembling with anger and startled at how this boy dared talk to her like that. She replied with blood rushing to her face.
Titania: For your information 'Iceboy' I actually do have a friend.
Iceboy: Exactly my point. One.
Titania: Stop talking to me like you know everything you bastard!
Iceboy: I have a name. Gray. Remember or u r dead. And u r pretty stupid, u r WRITING NOT TALKING. Guess I've got more brain cells than some random chick (A.K.A. U!). So y don't u have girlfriends?
Titania: Excuse me? Do I look like a homosexual (although I have nothing against them)?
Gray snorts as he receives that message. He had a really long job to do.
Iceboy: R u completely and utterly clueless? Girlfriend means a friend who is a girl to you. Nothing more. I know that your only 'friend' is probably a crazy boy who loves spicy food and is a junkie who seems high all the time.
Titania: ... How do you know? And stop saying that, Natsu is a great person, he is just very high maintenance.
Iceboy: So his name is Natsu...
That name sounded awfully familiar to Gray. However, he was too absorbed in his first conversation with a nerd to be bothered to remember.
Titania: Just shut up! Tell me where in Raven Street we are meeting and what time!
The great Erza felt completely exasperated. This guy was making even hell seem like a nice place to stay.
Iceboy: Chill (get it? Chill? Iceboy? Gray? Yeah, so need to improve on puns...), ok meet me at the phone shop in 30 minutes.
Iceboy has left the chat
Ugh! Erza wanted to scream to the whole world that this guy was an asshole who thought he could control her life. She breathed slowly trying to gain her composure. The Titania was never late, and she was certainly not going to be the second person to arrive on the date... Did Erza just say date ? No, it could not be! It was just a meeting with two strangers who happened to be a boy and a girl with no romantic feelings! They should really make a name for that... Erza was going through a moment of insanity; hot tea would get her thinking straight. She put on some black boots, which matched her dark shades, some ripped Scarlet jeans with a white crop top and a black leather jacket. Erza did have her mother's style, even though she usually wore simpler clothes as she rarely left the house, except for school. Her brain was too frazzled to use the stairs, so she used the elevator instead. A long sigh escaped her lips, and not for good reasons [btw do not sigh! I heard you lose a bit of happiness each time, and after you sigh too many times, all your happiness will be gone :( ] .
"Good morning Erza sweetie how are you my beautiful, amazing, brilliant daughter? What would you like today sweetie? Some hot choc for cheering up? Coffee to wake you up? Tea for a stressed brain?" I probably should give an explanation on why Erza's mum was speaking but not actually there but 5000 miles away. It all started when Erza's mum had found out that she was pregnant. She had gone through temporary insanity, then total mum mode. She tied back her Purple hair whenever she had an idea, and got on with her plan. She installed her voice on the elevator by saying greetings and little messages for her adorable, perfect, incredible daughter ( and yes, she had a great mother's intuition that the child was going to be a girl). She had gone through tons of hard work, and even made sure that the elevator knew that it was her daughter's DNA before saying those joyful messages. Erza had been born premature with a hole in her heart (personal experience for me actually xD Only had an 80% chance it would close. Luckily, it did :D) and everyone had been worried. But she was a strong child and pulled through.
" Could I please have tea mum?"
"Of course sweetie! It's in the kitchen in 5...4...3...2...1... Done!"
A loud ping came from the kitchen and she sipped her tea silently. She had twenty minutes left; it was time to go (even though the journey would only take her 10 minutes by car).
5:58 am
Gray had been thoroughly enjoying himself, thinking of different ways she looked. Maybe with spots? Or braces? He was laughing his head off ( should I hate Gray? xD I know I made him like this but I have created a monster! Everyone has spots, no one has perfect skin...And braces can help in the future to have perfect teeth, so what's the problem? Ik I'm weird, but he has to be an asshole like that..). He wanted to leave her waiting for one hour. He suddenly gained a huge headache and a voice paralysed him. Do not even dare Gray. It was Ul! He scratched his messy, Raven hair, knowing that Ul would not like him to leave this chick waiting. He quickly dressed himself in a prussian blue shirt and left the two top buttons open, baggy black jeans and blue Nike trainers. He didn't want to disturb Lyon, so he just took a burger in the fridge and left the house.
Gray sat on the bench in front of the shop, surprised by how early he had arrived. In the distance, he caught a glimpse of Scarlet hair blowing in the wind. His eyes were bulging as he saw the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.
...
"You bastard!" screamed Erza before kicking him in the family jewels. Knowing that the Raven haired boy had been Gray was very easy. She had imagined him sitting in a vulgar pose which boys called 'cool' and had seen someone exactly like that, just having a feeling that he was the one.
Scratch that, she was a violent psycho!
"What the hell is your problem!" said Gray while standing up and making himself as tall as his height would allow, and he was shocked to see that she was actually shorter, even though she seemed so imposing.
"You are my problem! How dare you come before me?" Lighting was being conducted thanks to their glares. Then Gray realized... she is only angry because I was fucking early? Before he could stop himself, he started howling like a madman in front of Erza, clutching his stomach tightly. Erza just stared at Gray with utter shock; she couldn't even will herself to punch him in the gut. Well this was a strange meeting. However, what they didn't know was that someone was lurking in the shadows, watching them...
Lucy stared at her best friend being kicked in his manhood and stifled her laughter. This girl, Erza, seemed like a good person, and she wanted to know about her more. Lucy had received an e-mail accidentally which talked about something to do with meeting someone. Then, Lucy had been curious, and as the official Gossip Girl and best writer in the school, she just HAD to know. Gray was never early on a date... NEVER. What was she to him and why was she special? Sure, Lucy had had a crush on Gray once, but that was because she had thought he had been a great person. Now she was COMPLETELY over him... or so she thought. Did her heart just clench a little when she saw him with another girl? Nope, definitely not.
Lucy started walking in the other direction and smiled to herself, wondering if she should ask her good friend Mira to be an epic matchmaker for them. She had been closing her eyes in thought as she banged into someone. They both fell on the floor. There on the floor was a Blue(?) cat and a guy with Pink hair. "Happy are you okay?" He completely neglected her. The cat meowed in reply. Relief was apparent in his expression.
"Oi! How dare you push me?" He suddenly had a very thunderous expression (you know the expression that looks really crazy when Natsu is fighting an enemy?) at her shouting at him, and she felt herself backing away from him. "Huh? Why are you dressed so suspiciously? Like... Shelbon Bones!"
The blonde girl stopped being startled and slapped her forehead.
"It's Sherlock Holmes, stupid. And it was your fault for pushing me, you Pink haired boy!"
"Salmon"
"Huh?" replied Lucy, perplexed.
"It's Salmon. My new friend told me my hair was actually Salmon," he started grinning at the good memories.
"Like... the fish? But why didn't your cat...Happy then eat your hair?"
"No! It's the colour silly! You're weird..."
"How dare you call me weird! You just said your friend thought you the meaning recently!" screamed Lucy.
They then realised they were in the centre of attention and still on the floor, and to her horror, Erza and Gray were coming their way. Lucy grabbed the Pinkette and he took his Blue cat. She pulled him to the closest door she could see. She opened the door and locked it shut. She was panting heavily from all that fiasco. She slowly turned, and realised her error.. AGAIN! She had been locked in the WC cubicle with this guy. It was very tiny, only a few centimetres of space between them. She turned to the door, but before reaching it, the door was locked shut with a key... She barely noticed the sign saying that this cubicle does not work. Damn! Damn! Damn! Where is my cell? I need to call the police. It should be a crime locking people up! She searched her pockets but to no avail. She had left her cell phone at home. Just as she was searching again, an arm was wrapped around her waist and she could feel the Pinkette breathing on her neck. Her body was paralysed, she could not move. Her heart thudded uncomfortably in her chest.
"Hey.." He whispered in a low, husky voice. Just as something was supposed to happen, her stomach gave an unearthly growl. It resonated throughout the city. She felt like dying with mortification. He let go of her.
"Oi Happy! Was that an Earthquake?" the cat simply meowed. She felt her face flush red.
"Good thing I have food!" She turned around and looked at the boy standing in front of her, smiling so brightly it was way too infectious and should have been a crime or something sold on the black market. She smiled back and nodded to say thanks. He gave her a crisp packet.
"Be careful err..."
"Lucy" She smiled,
"Luce, it will burn like the fires of hell! By the way, my name is Natsu." When he told her it burned like the fires of hell, she really should have believed him. Her mouth was burning at the first bite and was lolling her tongue like a dog while fanning it.
"Look Happy, she's a dog, your arch enemy," laughed Natsu, enjoying seeing her in pain. What a sadistic guy! Then he reached in his pocket and gave her freezing cold water to help her throat. She was very grateful. She suddenly didn't feel hungry anymore. But there was still a tiny..okay a HUGE problem! She was stuck with a guy in a WC and had only a few millimetres away now while her heart was pounding loudly, and who knows when they would be free again? This was going to be a long night.
6:50 am
Erza had been in the store with Gray for over one hour. She couldn't find any phone she liked! She exhaled, getting tired and tried not feeling angry at every little comment that came out of his mouth.
"Erza! What about this one?" Up until now, Gray had not offered any suggestions, but now he had found one. It was a Samsung Galaxy S5 and had a Scarlet cover with studded, real rubies which formed the shape of a sword. Erza knew it was the one as soon as she laid her eyes on it. Gray stifled a chuckle and put the phone on the counter.
"How much?" Asked Gray.
"£4905 sir." Erza was sure that was a complete rip-off, and so did Gray.
"How much?" He gave an icy stare to the person behind the desk. They involuntarily gulped and said,
"£450 sir." Gray smiled at his victory and paid for the phone. Before Erza could protest, he typed his number in her phone and put her phone number in his.
"Why did you pay for MY phone?" He simply shrugged and said,
"You owe me." Erza hated, no detested owing anyone, but she had no choice. She reluctantly took back her phone and stared at it for a few minutes before putting it in her Gucci scarlet bag. A woman banged into both Gray and Erza, making them topple over each other, and Erza was on top of him. Erza went beet red while Gray paled at the beauty on top of him. Time seemed to slow down, and Erza hoped her hair was covering her embarrassing expression. She went back to reality when he coughed and she stood up, all her muscles tense, while he lazily got up. She picked her bag from the floor and started walking to the exit when...
"Ding! Ding! Ding!" The thief alarm started buzzing as Gray and Erza stepped on the exit line. They were both searched and to their horror, phones which they had never seen were in both their bags. They were hauled to the police station, and then put in the same cell. Erza was in a corner away from the moonlight, sobbing at her misfortune. Why oh why did I get a criminal record? What did I do to deserve it? She felt utterly depressed. Gray already had a clue what to do, but he first needed to comfort the vulnerable girl in front of him. She seemed so strong a few hours ago, standing tall and proud like a queen, but now she seemed a beautiful mess with tangled, Scarlet hair. He slowly walked and sat next to her, stroking her hair. She leaned on him, sobbing more loudly and letting her pain being absorbed. Slowly, they both fell asleep almost in unison, both having troubled dreams of jail and no freedom.
Tada! Now that was a twist :p Can you guess who the culprit was and the reasons? (A.K.A. someone in Fairy Tail). Finished this all in one day, so I'm pretty proud of myself :D. I just turned pessimistic again but whatever, it will pass soon enough xD. My arms ache so badly from endless typing. And I actually did add NaLu so I'm even more proud of myself! :D Btw my sister found out about this story xD But now she can be my Beta (although she is doing a very lousy job xD). It's finally Friday, my favourite day of the week! I will mostly just sleep, eat and read xD. And the reason why this is much shorter than the first is because I had tons to write on chapter one cause it was an intro to every MAIN character xD Bye :p Review if you want ;)
