Hello, and I'm back with another chapter of The Police Gang.

Sorry if updates become slow from now on-I have some pretty bad writer's block still-here's to hoping that it passes soon, but oh well.

I don't own Fairy Tail.

Enjoy!

Wendy had been hanging out with Lucy, Gray, Juvia, and Asteria for quite some time now, and she decided that they were pretty awesome-even if Natsu and Erza kept telling her that the four of them were nothing but trouble, although they didn't approach her during school. In all honesty, Wendy didn't mind. Natsu and Erza didn't understand what life for her was like, but Asteria, Lucy, Gray, and Juvia all listened to her-and sometimes shared stories of their lives with her, and from the sound of it, they weren't exactly the best. For example, she learned that each of them had different habits for reasons with abuse and foster homes-yeah, each of them had come from foster homes, too! Juvia had a tendency to walk around in the rain to get rid of the blood from wounds she received-she also used to speak in third person as a way to remember her own name-that's how bad it had been a few times. Gray had a stripping habit as a way to draw attention to himself and the scars he had used to carry-he still lost his shirt every so often-at least, from what Lucy, Asteria, and Juvia said-he never did in school. Lucy had collected random keys-spare house keys, spare car keys, keys that had literally no purpose whatsoever-to stab at attackers, and now she just carried them around out of habit. Asteria was distant towards people because she had major trust issues-and she had a habit of running away from her problems. And, for the first time to anyone, Wendy admitted to them something that she found herself doing from time to time.

Every so often, Wendy liked to pretend that the animals around her were actually able to speak, so she often found herself having conversations with different animals-for example, she liked to talk to the Dragneel's two pet cats, Happy and Carla.

The best part was that Lucy, Gray, Juvia, and Asteria never made fun of Wendy about this! Wendy didn't even mention it to the Dragneels because she was sure that they'd start to think about sending her away-and while she wasn't completely comfortable around them, she didn't want to have to go to a new high school-and to think that it had sounded so scary for a while! Of course, Fairy Tail High School was known for being destructive, getting into plenty of fights-apparently Natsu and Gray kept getting into fights, although Wendy had never actually seen them get into a fight, but both of them had missed lunch twice because of lunch detention. There was also a problem with bullies-that first one wasn't the only one that Wendy had seen and tried to stop-and drugs-she didn't know if that was just a rumor, or if that was an actual thing.

Anyway, overall, Wendy's experience at Fairy Tail High was pretty good-even if Natsu and Erza kept complaining about who her friends were, but it wasn't like they tried to be her friends-in fact, they kinda seemed to hate her at times. But oh well. Because, for the first time in a long time, she felt like zhe completely belonged. Like her friends could understand her and what she'd been through, and they didn't need much of an explanation, although they listened to everything she had to say-and she listened to them.

At lunch, two weeks after Wendy became friends with the group…

"Aw, seriously?" Wendy asked. "Today, too?"

"Sorry," Lucy said. "Trust me, detention is no fun to go to whatsoever."

"Can't I just sit in detention with you guys?' Wendy asked. "You said so yourself that it's like an after school study hall-so can I just join you guys? Please?"

"It'll take an hour," Juvia said.

"I don't mind," Wendy said.

"Won't the Dragneels wonder where you are?" Asteria asked.

"I'll just say that I'm busy," Wendy said. "Please?"

The four exchanged a look, then turned back to Wendy.

"It usually takes a pass, though…" Asteria said. "So I don't think it'll be a good idea."

"Please?" Wendy asked.

"Why don't you want to go home instead?" Juvia asked.

"Well…" Wendy said slowly, then sighed. "Ok, admittingly, I also don't want to have to walk home with Natsu and Erza. They bicker all the time, and I just hate walking home with them because they keep telling me that we shouldn't be friends."

"If they don't like it, then why do you hang out with us?" Gray asked.

"Because you're my friends!" Wendy said. "I hate the thought of having to be friends with others!" She took a deep breath. "I've never had friends that understand what I've been through. Friends that are alright with everything about me. Friends that I can talk to about talking to animals, and you guys don't care. You guys don't care about what others think about you, and what others say, or anything. But bullies had better run away, 'cause they'll regret it if they don't."

The four exchanged a glance, then Asteria took something out of her pocket and handed it to Wendy.

"Huh?" Wendy asked, looking at the object-a small i.d. badge…

...with Wendy's picture on it, plus a small barcode.

"What's this?" Wendy asked.

"Your ticket into Me. Peterson's detention," Asteria said.

"It looks official," Wendy said, giving her an odd look.

"You'll see why-Ms. Peterson's detention is in Room 308," Lucy said. "Just don't let anyone see your pass besides us and Ms. Peterson."

"Ok," Wendy said.

And that's it for this chapter! What did you think?

Sorry about taking nine days to update. Admittingly, it took a little over two weeks with another of my fanfictions, but still…

Anyway, I should update before long, but we'll see!

Until next time!

Lunetheart out.