Chapter 2

It had been a couple of hours since my introduction. So far I had met: A celestial mage called Lucy, A fire dragon slayer called Natsu, a talking cat called Happy, a reequip mage called Erza and an ice mage called Gray. They were pretty awesome, plus they made me felt like I belonged.

"So Lily, what kind of magic do you practice?" Natsu asked out of curiosity. "Oh, well… I practice ice magic, since that's what my older brother practiced" I answered with a sigh. Lucy noticed I was getting upset so she decided to switch the subject. "So, Lily, do you need anyone to teach you?" Lucy gave Gray a look that made him almost choke on his water. I nodded, not understanding why she asked. "Well, Gray will be more than happy to teach you" Erza said with a smile.

Gray looked at me, then back at Erza and Lucy, then back at me. "Sure" he said plainly. I just agreed with whatever just happened. Just then, I felt someone glaring sharply at me, sharper than swords. I turned around and noticed at blue haired girl behind a plant. I swear if looks could kill, I would've be dead 40 times already from her glare only.

"Great! Well, I must go, I'll see you all later" Erza said as she walked to the door. "I have to go also. I promised Happy I'd take him fishing" Natsu said as he grabbed Happy and ran out the door. "Well, I have to go make a deal with another celestial spirit. See you later Lily." Lucy smiled and walked behind Natsu.

I was left alone… with Gray. "Thanks for agreeing to train me" I said softly. "No problem. But, you have to do something in return" He said then stared at me. I nodded. "You have to help me out on some missions in exchange for Ice magic lessons and I'll throw this in also, I'll show you around Fiore." He said, sounding like a dealer.

"Oh, well… I don't know. I'm kind of trying to stay away from trouble and you're basically the definition of trouble" I shrugged. "Come on. Don't you wanna see all the things your brother saw, the beauty of Fiore. I can make that happen." He said, not giving up. Why'd I know he'd say that? "So do we have a deal?" He asked.

/God, please don't let any of this bring me any trouble./ "We have a deal" I said and nodded. "Great! We start tomorrow" He said then stood up and walked to the door. When he was gone. I groaned and banged my head against the table. Something told me trouble had just begun. After two years of trying to stay away from it.