Hello, and welcome to another chapter of Circus de Fairy Tail. I thank everyone for reviewing and fallowing. I couldn't ask for better fans of my story! So, thanks again!

Last time on Circus de Fairy Tail,

"Oh! I have an idea!"

"You should join Fairy Tail!"

"Finally, that bitch is gone."

Now...on with the fanfic! BTW, I do not own FT, because if I did, Natsu would make a move already.

ALSO sorry for taking so long! I hope you can forgive me!

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Lucy smiles endearingly at the handsome Natsu(not that she found him handsome or anything!), truly enjoying herself, "Me? A Fairy Tail member? W-why, I don't know, Natsu-san..."

"Just Natsu, Luce, and don't demean yourself! You would be a fantastic member! Right, Happy?"

Happy nods avidly, his eyes bright and excited, "And you can meet Charlie-chan! Ah...she is as beautiful as the setting sun!"

Lucy can't help but smile at Happy's love for this 'Charlie'. "Oh, I still don't know...you really think I've got what it takes?" She was playing the part rather well. Lucy was always the best actress.

"Of course you do! Now, come on! I want you to meet Erza!" Natsu exclaims.

Lucy swallows a gulp as he grabs her hand, "O-oh? E-Erza-dono? Are you sure? She might not like me..."

"Not like you? Pfft, Luce, you're hilarious!" Natsu laughs.

This time, Lucy gulps.

About three minutes later, Lucy is standing in front of the ever powerful Erza Scarlet, who's eyes were as cold as steel.

"Hm? Who is this Natsu?"

Natsu was about to answer, but Lucy cuts him off, gaining a strange and foreign courage, "The name's Lucy. I believe you are Erza-dono, no?"

"Yes, I am, Lucy-san. And please, just Erza-sama."

What a woman! Lucy thought as Erza took her outstretched hand and shook it, her grip firm against Lucy's. "O-okay, Erza-sama."

Suddenly, Erza Scarlet's take-control attitude and expression changed to a one of friendliness and mischief, "I am just kidding, Lucy-san, call me just Erza!"

Lucy nods, a little bit ashamed that she took the scarlet-haired swords master's words to heart, "Very well, Erza." She testes it on her tongue. What a beautiful name. It made her own look like a fool.

"So, Lucy-san, I believe you are the mage everyone's been talking about? The quick and brave blondie from the crowd?"

"Yes, Erza, and please, just Lucy. 'San' makes me sound a little too old for my liking."

Erza laughs, and Lucy notes that even that sounded full of control and dominance. Lucy was starting to like this woman, and obviously the feeling was mutual because Erza says, "I like you, Lucy. You're funny. I have a feeling we are going to be friends."

Lucy smiles, "Great! Your guild kind of intimidates me, with so many powerful mages, including two Dragonslayers."

"Oh, not just two!"

Lucy's face goes slightly pale, "E-eh?"

"There are three, Natsu-whom you have met, Gajeel, and Wendy."

"W-Wendy?"

"Yep! She is the Dragonslayer of the Air Dragon. Gajeel is obviously the steel Dragonslayer, and Natsu is the fire Dragonslayer."

Lucy feels a slight sweat appear on her brow, and she tries to contain the panic. "R-really?" Three? Two was bad enough!

"Yep! Are you feeling okay, Lucy? You look a little pale."

"I'm fine! Real fine! It's just...wow. Quite a guild you got going on here...so why become a circus?"

Erza laughs that dominating laugh again, "Oh, do not worry, we all still take jobs! The circus thing...it is kind of a side job."

"A circus as your side job? Never heard of that one before."

Natsu is smiling next to Lucy and with an impatient shove(that was still very gentle, but pushed her kind of far) towards the rest of the guild members, he says, "Okay, okay! Enough with Erza! Come meet Marijane!"

Lucy smiles a huge grin, "Marijane? You mean the Marijane? The one from Sorcerer's Magazine*?"

"Yep!"

"Woah!"

"H-hey, wait!" Is Erza's reply to Natsu's rather rude insert. "I was talking to Lucy!"

"Well, she needs to meet nicer people!"

There is a growl, before suddenly all Hell breaks loose in Fairy Tail. Lucy jumps out of the way as a large wooden chair flies at her. She darts to the side, looking at the now fighting Erza and Natsu. Natsu's fists are aflame, and Erza is in her Flame Empress Armor, her sword flying at the young male. They battle it out as Lucy starts chanting words, "Shadow, Shadow, Erza and Natsu Shadow." She is clutching a long necklace with an onyx gem at the end of it, and it begins to glow. Lucy automatically feels the use of the spell drain her magical power to a low 34 percent remaining, and she is slightly faint. Natsu is just about to take a punch from Erza when their own dark shadows rise from the ground and wrap icy cold tentacles around the two warriors. Erza gasps at the chill of it, while Natsu is yelling, "Wow, this is cool!"

Lucy steps towards them, slower than usual because of the power sap. She frowns and says in a strong voice, "No fighting, please. I do not like it when friends fight each other."

Erza stares at the blonde mage and says, "A-are you a shadow mage?"

Lucy giggles, "No! I just use a pendant that stores magical shadow energy. Even though I am not a shadow mage, I can still use the power. I am already a master!" Her tone is now prideful and cheery.

Natsu laughs, "Cool!"

The scarlet haired Titania is also trying to contain a smirk, "Can you let us free?"

With a quick nod, Lucy releases her magic on them and the puppet-like shadows flood back into the ground, bending to the shape of their masters again. Erza smirks and nods approvingly at Lucy, "You will be a valuable asset."

Natsu suddenly growls and says, "Not just an asset! A good friend too!"

Lucy's face goes slightly red and she murmurs, "R-really? A-a friend?" Lucy had never had one before, and the thought warmed her up inside.

Natsu looks at her, a big smile on his friendly and open face, "Yeah! You and me are already friends, right, Luce?"

Said woman nods slightly, face getting more red and heart beating faster. Friends with Natsu? T-that sounds...awesome...as he would say!

Erza smiles and says, "Yes, now, on to Marijane!"

Natsu gives a knowing smirk to Lucy, Ha ha it said.

Lucy giggles and walks with Erza and Natsu, while Erza pointed out members,

"Over there is Elfman, a take-over mage. He complains a lot about manliness. Next to him is Evergreen, a mage who can turn anything into stone. That is Levy, a nice word mage notorious for reading too much."

Lucy liked this Levy already.

"Sitting on both sides of her are Jet and Droy and all three of them make up the Shadow Gear team. Sitting on the counter over there is Cana, a card mage who is an alcoholic. Next to her is Gildarts, a S-class mage who is Cana's father."

Lucy's head was swimming with information as she took it all in. She would need to know this if she were to build up her defenses. As they come to the bar counter, a white-haired woman turns around, a smile on her beautiful face. Marijane.

"Oh! Hello, Natsu, Erza, and..."

Natsu was about to greet Lucy, but the blonde spirit mage butts in, "Lucy. Lucy Heartphilia." She takes Marijane's outstretched hand for a shake and smiles sweetly, turning on her charm with this one. She's heard about Marijane's reputation of the 'She-Devil'. Lucy wasn't dense. She would have to be careful with the seemingly purely kind woman.

Marijane smiles back, "Would you like a drink, Lucy-san? And something to eat? You don't look too hot."

Lucy cocks her head, "I feel fi-"

She suddenly faints.

"Lucy!" Natsu yells, diving to use his arm as a pillow. "W-what happened?"

Erza looks down calmly, "Must have been when she used the shadow magic. It's obviously not her true magic, so it drains more power than usual. She should be fine."

Natsu frowns and picks Lucy up, throwing him on his back. He looks at Marijane, "You knew, didn't you? That's why you offered her-"

"Drink and food? Yes, I could tell. She was playing tough, ignoring the signs of a drain in her magical energy. She will be fine, as Erza said." She goes to the sink behind her and fills up a crystal glass with water. She hands it to Erza, "Make sure she drinks this when she wakes up. Do not wake her up before two hours, or it could be catastrophic to her body."

Erza nods and turns to Natsu, "Where do you want to take her?"

Natsu thinks for a minute, "How about my room?"

Erza raises a single eyebrow, "How do you think she'll react if she woke up in a man's room?"

"Oh...right. Fine, your room."

"How about the vacant room?"

"Sure."

Natsu and Erza walk towards large doors in the southern wall. Members stare as they walk by, and a raven-haired man walks up,

"Is that the chick from the crowd? So you did take my advice to invite her to join? That's unusual." His voice is mocking, his eyes narrowed in mischief.

Natsu stares at him, his eyes narrowing in anger, "Yeah, she is, ice-breath. And she isn't chick she's Lucy. Get it right before I fry you."

The ice mage smirks, "Touchy, touchy. Well, tell me when she wakes up. I want to meet her. Why did she even pass out anyway?"

Erza cuts into the conversation, "She used up a lot her magic energy when she used shadow magic, when it isn't her native power."

"Well, what is her magic?"

"We don't know. Go put some pants on, Gray."

Gray shrieks and exclaims, "How'd this happen?" And he runs off to search for his discarded pants.

Natsu rolls his eyes in an annoyed but amused way and mutters, "Stupid ice-boy."

Erza gestures for them to carry on to the doors. She opens them easily when they approach them, and they take a left, heading down a long hallway. Doors were scattered everywhere on the walls, even on the ceiling and floor. They come to a normal door that was labeled, 'VACANT' in sloppy hand writing. Erza pushes it open, and they both slightly wince at the the screams of the door scratching the uncarpeted concrete. There is only a single bed, a small bedside table, and a rather large wardrobe. The three enter silently, and Natsu heaves Lucy onto the bare bed. She lands with an thud but she only turns in her sleep, dreaming on.

Erza shoots a dark look at him, making him cower a bit. She frowns and gestures that they leave.

"Maybe we should stay..." He whispers loudly, making Erza wince as Lucy turns in her sleep again.

She glared at him, "Why?"

"So she doesn't freak out when she wakes up."

"We might just make it worse. Plus, the longer we stay the bigger the chance of you accidentally waking her up."

"Why just me?"

"Because I have the ability to stay silent for more than three seconds."

Natsu scoffs, "I can stay quiet way longer than three seconds!"

"Really? Prove it."

Natsu nods and shuts his mouth. 3. 2- "What if-"

"Ha!" Erza whispers, "It has been proven. Now, get out."

Natsu pouts and sulks away, shutting the door to the empty room behind him. Erza looks at Lucy, a small smile on her face,

"I was expecting you to come, but not just yet, Celestial Spirit Mage Lucy Heartphilia. I'm surprised Master Marcov actually let you get anywhere near Fairy Tail. I wonder what he's playing at..." She smiles fondly at the girl as she turns in her sleep, muttering something about fire to herself.

Erza stands from the bed, re-quiping into her normal armor. She had forgotten earlier that she was still in her Flame Empress Armor.

Sighing, Erza walks to the center of the room, sitting in a crossed-legged position. She closes her dark brown eyes and sighs again.

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Natsu sulks into the main hustle and bustle of Fairy Tail, his eyes downcast. A young girl walks up to him as he sits at the bar, her long blue hair swishing.

"What's wrong, Natsu-kun?" The young girl asked, a worried frown on her petite face.

Natsu looks at her and sighs, "I wanna be with Lucy but Erza was saying I can't shut up for more than three seconds and then she kicked me out...I'm sad, Wendy."

Wendy giggles, "I can see that. Where's Happy?"

Natsu glances around to see the flying blue exceed talking avidly with Pantherlily. Probably about fish. "Over there..." He sighs. "Now I have nothing to do. Luce was stupid, using magic that isn't native to her. What is her magic anyway? I will find out!" His demeanor changes drastically from depression to determination. It made Wendy smile fondly at him,

"I wanna know too!"

"Okay, Wendy. We'll get her when she comes out! Which will be in, like, two...hours...ugh..." He falls back into depression mode, startling Wendy.

"Natsu? Natsu! Stop acting so weird!"

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There you have it folks, please review! If you have any ideas, I'll take them! But please, nothing too crazy. I will not take any that involve lemons. I do not plan to include that in this story, so PERVERTS BE GONE! I'm just kiddin', we're all perverts on the inside!

Lol, I hope everyone has a nice summer!

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