Howdy-do my ladies/gentelmen? Here is chapter three, I'll try and keep regular updates, but classes start soon for me, and I'm entering the superior school (French system), so I may not be able to keep the daily updates up, I will do my best :) I'm thinking of changing the cover photo for the story, but I just can't find a school+Nalu thing suitable enough, if there are any people who enjoy drawing here, please send me something ^-^ I will make a character in your honour, and you will have the right to create them :)

Disclaimer: see Dogma

WHEN WE WERE KIDS

CHAPTER THREE

We shopped all day, each of us finding what we wanted. One thing I noticed about the gang, was that they fought a lot. I say that, but even I kept bashing into Natsu accidentaly on purpose. The day came to an end, and we all watched the pre setting sun on the edge of the fountain. "I'll see you guys tomorrow." Mira said, I had learned she had a small brother named Elfman and a sister named Lisanna. "I better be off." Gray said. He said he had a lost big brother, called Lyon, but he went by a different name. "Me too." Erza said. She lived with her great uncle, Rob. That left Cana, Natsu and I. "Come on guys." She said.

"I'm talking Lucy the long way round. Gramps told me to check his letter box at the guild." Natsu said.

"Sure, whatever you say. Don't forget love bites, I will need proof." Cana said.

"Cana!" I said after her, she just laughed as she went down the street.

"Do you need to go to the guild?"

"No, but it's on the way there, and it's a nice building, so I'll show ya. Coming?"

"You betcha." I slid off the wall, and punched his arm just for good mesures.

"What is it with you and violence?"

"I owed you one for the under the table business.

"You started it, remember, you squashed my foot."

"You nearly told everyone about the incident."

"Whatever. Hurry up, before it gets to dark." The sun was nearly setting. We walked along the streets, at a fast speed, before we ended up in front of a huge building, with FAIRY TAIL written in large letters over the doors. "The fairy tail guild hall." Natsu said, waving his arms. It was amazing. I was about to ask him how many members there were, when he grabbed my arm and pulled me away. "If you wanna see the waterlilys, we need to get going.

"Okay, you can stop pulling me, please?" I tried to say. He let go of me, but didn't hesitate to push my back when my pace became to slow. The streets started to become less comercial, and more urban, we walked along side a river. It was gorgeous, the orange sky reflecting in shards on the surface, I balanced myself on the low wall, separating the river and cobbles. "Careful, if you fall, in obba-chan will kill me."Natsu said.

"Don't worry about me." I said.

We walked for a while longer, until we came to a park. "Come on, it'll be dark soon!" He said, pulling my forearm, I allowed myself to be dragged along. He pulled me to a mini forest, just a smallish cluster of trees. It looked scary, going in there when it was close to dark, but I genuinly wanted to see the waterlilys. He came to a halt. "Here it is. Lily bridge." In front of us was a stretch of river, that had been left wild, and what he called a bridge was in fact stones, arranged to go from one bank to the other. There were waterlilys. Big, pristine white flowers, on top of leaves shaped like a pie missing a piece. "It's beutifull..." I muttered in awe. Natsu took his sandles off, and paddled in the shallow waters. "Coming?" He asked me. I couldn't resist. I slipped my knee highs off, and walked into the ankle high waters. Little fish scattered where I put my foot, and the ripples in the water changed. It was pleasantly cool. "It's nice, isn't it. Have you seen the waterlilys?"

"Yeah, they are beautiful too."

"Come and see." He gestured for me too come over. "Look at this." He leant down to be closer to one of the lilys, and I did too, slowly, he opened the flower up. Inside it was a little, bright green frog, croaking. I laughed, as it jumped onto Natsu's chest, making him fall into the river.

"Crap, I had just washed these pants. Ah well. Guess I can have fun now." He stood up, and kicked his foot in the water, making a mini wave that soaked my legs. "Hey!"

"Come on Luce! Show me if you are worthy of waterlily bridge." He teased. If it was a splash fight he wanted, he was gonna get it.

"Alright, but I'm not going gentle on you." I said. I kicked my leg, angling my foot slightly so the wave was bigger, it soaked his rolled up jeans even more. We continued to splash each other, until we realised that the sun was setting at a frightfully quick speed. "Crap, Silver-obba-chan is gonna have me for dinner." I said.

"Ji-Ji is gonna decorate my room with my guts..."

"Gross."

We made it back onto hyacinth road just as the sun disapeared, and I was thankful we didn't run into Cana, who knew whats she would of said... "Thanks for today." I said, as we stood on the pavement, between four and five.

"No sweat, it's just a usual day for us." He said, grinning. That grin, I swear...

"I know, but this is the most fun I've had in years, and it's only been one day."

"Well don't die on us, we still have tomorrow, and the day after next."

"School! I'm not sure we do have tomorrow, obba-chan is gonna be pissed at me..."

"Better go then, I'll see you tomorrow, and close your curtains."

"You close yours, bye!" And we went seperate ways. I sighed. Today had been the best day of my life since my mom got sick. And to think I would have many more...I knew that it had only been one day, but it already felt like a whole year.

I opened the door, scared of Silvers wrath, I had suffered once before, when I was a small girl.

"Lulu, is that you dear?" Asked a voice that wasn't angry.

"Yes, sorry I'm back so late."

"So late, it's early. When I was your age, we used to stay out until the stars were shining brightly in the sky."

"Really?"

"Yes, it was me, Mocky, Rob, Poluchkia, and Yajima" she said.

"Mocky?" I asked questoningly, it was obviously Mokarov she was talking about. She laughed.

"Tell me about your friends, you met Natsu today, what about the others?"

"I met Erza Scarlett and Cana Alberona yesterday, they showed me here."

"Erza and Cana, lovely girls. Erza is a good student to."

"And then there was Mirajane Strauss and Gray Fullbuster."

"Gray? The child who has that strange habit of..."

"Yeah..." I said, remembering him frightening the old lady in the library.

"Did you like them all?"

"Yes." I said, truthfully, they were all great, and kind, and...weird. Mira always called Erza Red, Gray and Natsu called each other strange names, that ranged from awefull profanities, to childish insults, and Cana was a fourteen year old alcoholic. Their weirdness just made it even more fun.

Silver and I sat down to dinner, and she told me about school, and told me not to worry, she knew everyone in my class and told me that they were all really nice, wich comforted me, even though the others had told me that. I went into my room after a long comforting shower, and I made sure my curtains were closed. Natsu had closed his, but I saw a piece of paper stuck to his window. It read 'stop looking!' . I laughed, and closed mine.

I woke up the next morning, feeling nervous, but still exited about my first day at school. Before, I was home tutored, so this would be a different experience. I got ready, the uniform was simple. A white shirt, and black skirt, knee socks were optional. I went for a black pair, I liked knee socks, they were comfortable, and suited me. I styled my hair, choosing a blue ribbon, to add some colour to the get up. For breakfast, silver had made a chausson au pomme , she called it. It was apple puree, folded into pastry, and it was delicious. I finished, and was in my room getting my school stuff ready, when Silver popped her head round the door. "Lulu, Cana and Natsu have come to show you the way to school."

"Really? That's nice of them." I said.

"There right behind me, can they come into your room?" She asked.

"Of course! Morning guys, thanks for coming here." I said, as they walked into my room. It was stramge seeing them in school uniforms. Cana had opened up her shirt, to show some cleavage, and Natsu still had his scarf on and had rolled his sleeves up. I decide to add my touch to my uniform, so I hitched my skirt higher, so that it rested on my waist.

"Hi Lucy." Cana said.

"Yo." Natsu said. He got onto my bed, and lay there with his hands behind his back. Cana leant against my desk. "Wow, this bed is like clouds." He said.

"Make yourselfs at home..." I said, sarcasticly. They didn't catch the sarcasm, but I din't mind too much.

"How are you two?" I asked.

"Good, but tired." Cana said. "Bickslow came round to my house, demanding a drinking competition, again . He's getting better, but I still obliterated him"

"Drinking competition?" I asked.

"Yeah. You beat Cana, you're a legend. Of course, I could beat her anytime, I just can't be bothered." Natsu said.

"You just keep telling yourself that. You'll go far in life." Cana said, patting him on his head. He scowled and ruffled his hair up again.

"So where are the love bites?" Cana asked me. I didn't understand.

"Excuse me?!" I said, surprised at why she was asking me.

"Last night. You two took the 'scenic route'" She said, throwing up air quotes.

"Cana!" I said, blushing. Natsu just sighed, and told me "If she annoys you like that, just tell her she made out with Bickslow."

"What is it with you two!" I said, surprised at their pervertedness.

"I did not make out with Bickslow!" Cana shouted.

"See? She always forgets what she was talking about." Natsu said. I sighed. "It's time to go kids!" Silver said from the kitchen. We all got up, I picked up my satchel, and we set off. It turned out, that this Bickslow lived on our street. He came out from number ten, and said hi to Natsu and Cana. I noticed Cana blushed. Bickslow had tanned skin, and was pretty buff. He had styled his hair using gel, and he had seperated it into three sections, gelling them into spikes.

"So who's the new girl?" He asked, refering to me.

"This is Lucy, she's gonna be in our class." Natsu said, elbowing me lightly.

"Hi, you're Bickslow, right?"

"That's me. Strongest guy in the second year class at Fairy." He said. The classes were seperated into six years, however, you could leave when you got into year four. You start there at thirteen, in year one, and finish at eighteen, in year six. We were in year two.

"He isn't he strongest. I am." Natsu told me. I sighed.

"Bickslow is also a good drinker." Cana said. "You can count on him for a good night at the pub."

"Cana, whenever we have a 'good night at the pub', we end up staying there till morning." He said, putting his arm around her neck.

"Only becaused you're from drinking so much." She repied, smiling. Natsu looked my way, and nodded, proving his point from earlier. All four of us walked to shool, and we arrived in front of the gate five minutes before class. "Jeez, it's so big..." I said. Natsu patted my back. "Stick with me, and you'll be fine." And he grinned. His grin didn't annoy me so much now. He and I walked over to a table were Erza was sitting with Gray, Mira, a little girl with blue hair, another girl with white hair like mira, and a boy with her hair too, and another boy with black hair. Erza saw us, and got up.

"Everyone, meet Lucy. She is new to Magnolia, but already knows Gray, Natsu, Cana, Mira, and me."

"I met bickslow to this morning."

"And Bickslow."

"Hi!" Everyone said to me, I waved. An arm went around my neck, surprising me. "Isn't she the cutest thing?" Cana said. I laughed. "You haven't seen me angry yet." I warned.

"Lucy, this is Wendy." Erza said pointing at the girl with the blue hair. Yo, me again. I know that Wendy is twelve when Lucy is seventeen, but for the sake of the fic, I modified some ages...

The girl waved at me. "Hi, Lucy, it's nice to meet you."

"The pleasures all mine." I said, waving back

"The boy next to her is Romeo."

"Hiya." He said.

"Nice to meet you."

"There both first years, but they hang around with us." Erza said. "The girl next to Mira is Lisanna, her little sister, and next to her is Elfman, Lisanna's big brother."

"Hello Lucy, it's nice to meet you." Lisanna said,

"Likewise. I love your name, Lisanna.." I repeated. She looked extremely nice.

"Hi, I'm the manliest student here." Elfman said yo, I also know that when Elfman was a teen he was a wimp, but I like the MAN ! Elfman.

"Okay, it's nice to meet you, you have a nice name too."

"It's MANLY!" He said. Everyone laughed. A girl with blue hair, lighter than Wendy's walked over to me.

"Hi, you must be the new girl everyone's talking about." She said, shaking my hand.

"Yes thats me. Lucy's the name."

"Hi Lucy, I'm Levy. I couldn't help but notice the book thats sticking out of your bag." She said. I looked at my satchel, and sure enough, the book I was reading the night before was sticking out. "Are you an avid reader?" She asked me.

"Yep, I read all the time!" I said. She smiled gleefully. "Me too! My parents say I read to much." She said, laughing. I laughed with her.

"Who's your friend Levy?" Asked a boy with golden hair.

"Yeah, if she's your friend then she's ours, Levy." A boy with black hair that went up in a spike asked.

"Hi Jet, Droy. This is Lucy, the new girl." She said. "Those two are my stalkers, please save me from them!" She said in my ear. The two guys came over.

"Hi Lucy." Jet said.

"How are you?" Asked Droy.

"Fine thanks. Levy was just gonna show me where the girls batthroom was." I said.

"Yeah, I'll catch you two later, okay?"

"Sure thing Levy." Said Jet.

"Laters." Said Droy.

Levy pulled my arm and dragged me along to wherever the girls bathroom was. "Thanks, that was a good save." She said. We rushed along the corridors, before turing round a corner, and Levy bumped into a guy with long messy black hair.

"Ga-ga-Gajeel!"

"Oh it's you. Guess I don't have to fight you. See you in class." He said, blushing I noticed. I looked back at Levy, she was blushing too...Definitly not an IAH.

"So who's Gajeel?" I questioned.

"Oh, no one..."

"Are you blushing?"

"No." She was blushing. I would leave it for now, but I wanted to know more.

A/N: OOOh, some Gale there. I would like to ask you if you want a side chapter, of how Gray and Cana ended up together, trust me, it would be funny ;) Thanks for reading, and I'll see you soon bisous Roji

Lucy: did she just say she was worried about Roji?

Happy: Aye!

Natsu: Demon sister has feelings! *still cowering behind Lucy's back* (see fire and stars as to why)

Gray: So, you don't know where she is?

Hetty: Yeah, I haven't seen her for two weeks, and she is getting me scared.

Natsu: Maybe a Dragon has eaten her!

Lucy: Just shut up Natsu.

Natsu: Hey!

Hetty: No, she has a fringe. Dragons wouldn't eat her.

Happy: That doesn't make sense.

Erza: *comes running in* Hetty! It's important! You need to come with me!

DUN DUN DUUUUUN !

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