Author's Note
Dun dun dun!
She knew they reached the dining hall when a collection of gasps arose from the group. She followed them through wide doors and entered a large dining area with a huge disco ball dominating the ceiling. Unlike the impressive practice room, the dining area resembled the lobby more than anything. Cracked wooden chairs were littered across the floor, few actually accompanying the unoccupied tables. Everyone ran towards the long tables full of delicious concoctions and Lucy realized that she was still standing in the doorway. She had packed lunch with her, but she was not going to complain about free food, especially when it smelled so good. Whatever was at those tables definitely seemed better than the sorry excuse for a sandwich and the warm water bottle in her bag.
A student noticed her standing at the doorway right before she moved her feet towards what looked like a line.
"Hey, Lucy!" They called, and Lucy turned to see who spoke to her. It was a small girl with wild blue hair, that held two plates in her hand. Behind her were two guys who scrambled to get the plates off her hand, but she ignored them and beckoned Lucy over.
"Hi." Lucy greeted, falling into step with the girl as they walked towards the table.
The girl handed her a plate, which Lucy took questioningly.
"You won't tbe able to get any food when they're like that." She explained. "By the time you get to the food, it'll be gone. My name's Levy."
"Nice to meet you." Lucy replied.
"And those two guys," she nodded her head towards the guys that were just nagging her, who had rushed ahead to set a table," are Jet and Droy."
"Are they your boyfriends?" Lucy asked, and Levy gaped at her.
"What?" She asked. "No! They act more of my guardians than love interests..."
Levy sighed at that and shrugged. "Like older brothers, really."
"Oh." Lucy said, ashamed at her assumptions. Two boyfriends? What was she thinking. "Sorry for assuming."
"Sorry for assuming." She muttered as she sat down with Levy, Jet and Droy. Levy shrugged it off and they both muttered quick prayers before eating.
Lucy looked at her plate- it was full of different foods. All of it look delicious, and Lucy pondered which serving she should eat first.
Levy caught her looking at her food. "Oh, I should've asked if you're allergic to anything! Are you?"
"No."
"That's our Levy-chan! Always caring for friends!" Jet and Droy praised, and Lucy looked oddly at them. Levy didn't seem to notice.
"I just put a little of everything on your plate." Levy said. "Sorry if the portions don't satisfy you."
"No," Lucy said, shaking her head. She decided to try the baked chicken first, stuffing a forkful into her mouth. "Thank you."
Lucy's eyes immediately brightened at the wonderful taste of the chicken. "Wow! This is so good! Who made this?"
"Mirajane." Levy answered with a giggle. "She's the best cook I know."
"Wow!" Lucy repeated, just as a person crashed down onto the table. Jet and Droy moved in front of Levy just as the that was once on plates erupted into the air, nearly falling on Lucy, who could only stare at everything with her mouth agape.
The person on the table sat up abruptly, seemingly on irritated at the fact that he had landed on someone's table.
"Damn you!" He shouted, shaking his fist at someone Lucy could not see. The boy let out a sigh, before looking down at Lucy. A bright grin spread across his face.
He ruffled his pink (pink?!) hair, and reached his other towards Lucy. "Yo! New girl Lucy!"
"Natsu!" Levy shouted from behind Natsu before Lucy could respond. "Would you fight Gray somewhere else?! You ruined Lucy's plate!"
"Huh?" Natsu said, blinking confusedly. "Oh, sorry."
He picked up Lucy's plate, which laid upside down on the edge of the table, and carefully picked up the few bits of food that remained on the table then put it back on her plate.
"There! Now you can eat again!" Natsu exclaimed, the grin returning to his face. Lucy almost thought he was pulling some cruel joke by suggesting she eat her food after it had been on the nasty table and his hands, but his smile was so genuine she couldn't help but sigh and forgive him.
"Thank you." She muttered, picking at her food with her fork. At least she got to try the chicken before everything went to shit.
"No prob." Natsu said, obviously not hearing the disappointment in Lucy's voice. "I'm Natsu Dragneel, the best trumpet player here!"
Lucy wasn't surprised. She had heard that one's instrument matched one's personality, and a boy as rambunctious and reckless as Natsu could only be a trumpet player.
"What instrument do you play?" Natsu asked, moving so that he could sit crosslegged in front of the blonde. She sweatdropped- why didn't he just pull up a chair? There were plenty around.
"Natsu!" Levy shouted. "Get off the table, idiot!"
"What?" He whined, turning to face the bluenette. "I was talking to Lucy!"
"And I'm telling you to leave." Levy stated, and although Lucy couldn't see her, she imagined her crossing her arms at the pink headed boy in front of her. "You made a mess and you won't clean it up, so leave so we can."
Natsu sighed, not even protesting Levy's jab at his messiness, and hopped off the table, but not before throwing Lucy another smile.
"Well, see ya later then Luce!"
Luce?
Jet and Droy furiously scrubbed the table with an intense focus on Levy's area as she continued to eat, before putting down her fork with a sigh.
"I can't believe Natsu." She murmured under her breath, before giving Lucy a dull glance. "The worse part is, he's like that all the time. The whole guild is that bad all the time!"
She gestured around her, and Lucy then noticed all the brawls and food fights taking place around her. Natsu had gotten into another one with a black haired boy not too far from her. How did she not notice?
"And Erza's not even here to stop them!" Levy exclaimed, dramatically throwing her hands up into the air.
"Don't fret Levy-chan!" Jet and Droy exclaimed, holding their hands to their heart. "Times might be crazy, but I will always be here to protect you!"
The two's head whipped towards each other and they both gave each other threatening glares, with Levy oblivious to it all. Both of them definitely had the hots for Levy- how did the bluenette not notice?!
"Who's Erza?" Lucy asked, and Levy gave Lucy a curious look.
"She's one of the best saxophone players in Fiore!" Levy said. "How have you not heard of her? She's like- everyone's idol."
Lucy gave a pathetic laugh, shrugging her shoulders. "I guess I kind of live under a rock, huh?"
"Obviously." Levy chuckled. "Anyway, she's performing somewhere far away- jazz competition I guess. I don't know how she plans to win alone. I don't even know when she'll get back."
"Oh." Lucy said. "What instrument do you play, Levy?"
"Flute." Levy answered. "I thought about trying something new this year, but then I'd go down to a B-Class performer."
"There's classes?"
"Yup." Levy nodded. "So no one will play in a competition out of their league and get embarrassed.
"B-Class, A-Class, and S-Class." Levy continued. "We have four S-Class instrumentalists. Erza's one of them."
"That's very admirable." Lucy said. "Are we just going to sit here for the rest of the day?"
"No, but today's the first day. We'll eat for probably twenty more minutes, before getting a thirty minute break before we head to a class. Then, we go home."
"Only one class a day?"
"If it weren't the first day, we would be in class rather than here. Today's pretty much the only day lunch is provided." Levy's eyes moved to Lucy's bag. "I'm guessing no one mentioned that to you? Fairy Tail isn't as meticulous as it looks."
"Yeah," Lucy nodded, looking back around her. "I can tell."
Author's Note
TAKE HEED! TAKE HEED! THIS CHAPTER HAS BEEN REVISED! (As of 7/8/17)
Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Joys!