Lucy was late, it was the second day and Lucy was already late. She wouldn't have to be running around her apartment getting dressed and eating at the same time if it weren't for Natsu practically dragging her to the arcade because apparently there was some big reward that day. They then met with Gray who ended up going against his old friend? Acquaintance? Lucy wasn't sure. But it ended up with them going at it for hours while Lucy and Natsu watched, surprisingly Erza was there too and was way too into it.

So now Lucy was racing against the clock, she knew that she would miss the first minutes no matter how hard she tried not to, but hopefully she wouldn't miss anything important, it was only the second day anyway. So she quickly hopped onto her bicycle and hurried over to school.

She finally arrived and sat down onto her own seat, not so surprisingly, Natsu and Gray hadn't arrived either. What did surprise her though was the fact that the seat in front of her was empty, she may not have known Levy for a long time, but she didn't seem like the kind of person to be late.

As time passed there were no signs of Levy, and Lucy had completely forgotten to ask for her email so she couldn't just send her a message to check on her. For now all she could do was worry and wait for lunchtime to ask Lisanna or Natsu if they had heard anything. But when lunch finally rolled around, Lisanna hadn't heard anything, so they strolled over to Natsu.

"Levy? Now that you mention it, she's never been late, or missed a day." Natsu said, scratching his neck under his white dragon scale scarf. Gray also joined them as the group now all wondered if Levy was alright.

"What about Jet and Droy, maybe they know." Lisanna suggested, if anyone knew about Levy, it would be those two. Team Shadow gear, as they liked to be call after they met in kindergarten, they were as close as could be.

"Yeah, let's go." Gray said and stood up from his seat and the four of them all went upstairs to the second year classrooms.

"So do you know what room they're in?" Lucy asked the others. Thankfully she saw Erza walking down the hall towards them. "Let's ask." Natsu and Gray didn't seem to like that idea as they both looked terrified all of a sudden and started muttering about her being a monster.

Lucy walked up to Erza, she had to admit that she was feeling a bit nervous, seeing the scarlet haired girl up on stage was one thing, but walking to her face to face was very different.

"Hello, I'm Lucy Heartfilia." She decided that introducing herself first was the best course of action, being polite was a very important thing after all.

"Nice to meet you Lucy, I'm Erza Scarlet." Erza gave Lucy a reassuring smile, subtly letting her know that she didn't bite.

"I was wondering if you could help us." Lucy gestured to her three classmates, standing a bit behind her.

"Hello Lisanna, welcome home. Natsu, Gray, I do hope you're getting along." The student council president looked at the two boys who started sweating from her gaze.

"Just peachy, we're the best of friends, ha ha ha." The boys said in unison, wrapping their arm over the other's shoulder.

"Now what did you need help with?" Erza asked curiously.

"No one has heard anything from Levy, so we were wondering if Jet and Droy had." Lisanna explained.

The answer that Erza gave was not one that they had hoped for "Well neither Jet nor Droy are here today, and no word from either of them." she began "This is rather strange indeed."

Before they could talk more, it was time to head back to the classroom and Lucy had already been late once today and she wasn't planning on being late again, and Erza would shoo her downstairs anyway if she didn't hurry. So the all said their farewells and left to go back into their own classrooms.

The day went on as normal after that, despite the missing students and Natsu and Gray causing a ruckus and being sent out to stand in the hall, but other than that all was normal. Then the last class ended and it was time for clubs, Lucy was almost as sure as Levy about joining the book club so she thought about just heading over to the library instead of going home right away.

Before she and her new friends though could leave the classroom, Erza burst through the door, she looked greatly dismayed "You should come see this!" Was all she said before the four of them ran after her, a few other students joined them as well.

When they reached the front gate of the school grounds, Lucy couldn't help but stare in shock. By the gates where Levy, Jet and Droy, all beat up and bruised, someone had even laid them down on the ground as if they had been crucified. It was an awful sight.

Lucy hadn't noticed that Erza had made Lisanna go get the school nurse, Porlyusica who was now pushing past the students to get to the injured teens. She yelled at everyone who was standing too close for her comfort and looked over them in a hurry, then got some students to carry them up to the infirmary while she would inform Makarov and make some phone calls.

"Why..? Who would even do such a thing?" Lucy asked no one in particular, still staring at the place where the trio had been displayed.

"Phantom Lord Senior High School." Erza answered, she was fuming, the rivalry between the two schools had gone too far and something needed to be done about it, but she knew that answering them in the same way would not bode well for anyone. Erza sighed and then cleared her throat "All students, rest assured that everything will be alright, just enjoy some club activities or go home." She had a reassuring smile as she talked to the students, but it was replaced by a very stern look when she looked at Natsu "And you, don't you dare do something reckless." and with that, she headed back inside the school building.

Lucy was still frozen in place, she had already guessed that Fairy Academy would be a lively place, but this was in a whole other league, and only on the second day. She was shaken out of her trance when Gray shook her shoulder "You ok?" He asked, looking her straight in the eyes, she nodded shakingly "Y-yeah, I'm fine." She then went for her bicycle, right now she needed to go home.


Authors Note

I am basing this fic on some things that I have drawn and still am. I will possibly make a pic for some chapters

you can view it all in my dA gallery

andapanda . deviantart gallery/55412230/Fairy-Academy