I'll probably try to show some of Mizuki's past, but I don't think I can put it in 'till later. Also Mizuki finds a house and another OC! I have a feeling this chapter might be sorta boring, but whatever. ..Sorry, it might take me long to update because I am really busy with schoolwork. But I'll update ASAP.

Chapter 3

Mizuki P.O.V

It's been three days since I joined Fairy Tail and, I was actually enjoying it. At first, I wasn't too sure about joining, but I thought I made the right choice. Also, the Celestial Order hadn't bothered me for a while; they were probably scared of an official guild. But, I had a problem. I didn't have a place to live. For the past two years I had just been traveling around. I made money by doing part-time jobs in all the places I visited. Since I only needed enough money for myself, I managed to save up a lot for me to move into a more permanent home. For the moment, the guild had let me stay in Fairy Hills until I found the right home or decided to stay there. I yawned as I made my way to the guild from Fairy Hills. Lucy told me she would help me find a house since she found a really nice one for a cheap price. So we both promised to meet at the guild at 10:00. I walked past several stores and found myself wondering if there was a magic shop in Magnolia. I was looking for this one gate key that I really needed to find. It was actually the main reason I had been traveling. Of course, I could always ask Lucy but, I've only known her for three days.

I'll go look for the key later. But first, I need to find a home. As I neared the guild I spotted Lucy about to go in and called out to her.

"Lucy!" She turned to look at me and I ran the rest of the way there.

"Good morning, Mizuki." She greeted me

"Good morning. Let's go inside." She nodded and we went inside. There weren't as many people early in the morning so it felt less crowded than usual. Gray, Erza, Wendy and Charle were together sitting at a table. We sat with them.

"Where's Natsu?" Lucy asked

Wendy pointed to the job request board where Natsu and Happy were looking intently at the jobs.

"Today, me and Mizuki are going to look for a house." Lucy announced. Erza looked at me and said

"Why don't you just continue living at Fairy Hills? The rent is only 100,000 jewels a month."

"Well Lucy found a house where she only has to pay 70,000 jewels a month which is much cheaper than the rent there."

"Well good luck finding a house- Gray, your clothes!" Gray, who originally was wearing a t-shirt and pants, now had nothing on but his boxers.

"Shit!" He shouted and got up to look for his clothes, which had mysteriously disappeared. I saw someone hiding behind a pillar. I got up to investigate and left the others so they could talk. I searched behind the pillar and found a woman I met recently called Juvia Lockser standing, clutching some clothes to her chest. She was obviously fantasizing about something but I didn't know what. She then buried her face in the clothes, blushed and squealed like a fan girl.

Wait… A-are those Gray's clothes? And did she just smell them?

At that moment a shiver ran up my spine and I just stood there, speechless. When I met Juvia the day before she was a nice person and all, but after seeing her like that, I was officially creeped out. Slowly, I backed away from her and seated myself next to Lucy at the table again.

"Where'd you go?" I heard Gray ask me, who had been unable to find his clothes.

"N-nowhere." Sadly, I could not erase that scene from my head and felt a little sorry for Gray.

"Mizuki, we should head out now." Lucy said standing up. I stood in agreement when Natsu came over from the request board.

"Lucy! I found a great job!" He was holding a piece of paper and handed it to Lucy. She briefly looked at it before saying

"Sorry, but today I'm helping Mizuki look for a house. Maybe next time?" He looked disappointed, but he muttered "Fine."

So we left but without being invited Natsu and Happy tagged along anyway. We walked around a nice neighborhood and saw a for rent sign in front of it. On the outside it was made of brick and had a garden filled with rows of colorful flowers. It was symmetrical and had two windows on each side. The door was placed in the middle with stone steps leading to it. It looked sort of isolated to me, but the house was homey enough. We went to the red door and lightly knocked on it. Only seconds later a pudgy old man opened the door and quickly let us in. The house had an overpowering smell of pine, like someone was spraying the scent constantly in my face. I also could smell a dash of moth balls? The smell was overwhelming and not at all pleasant like the man had probably thought it was. I gagged and tried to hide it by coughing. It seemed Natsu thought so too but didn't have the tact to ignore the smell.

"Gah! It stinks!" He brought his hands to his face and covered his nose. Lucy didn't seem too bothered by the smell, and even reprimanded Natsu

"Natsu! Don't be rude!" She whispered and elbowed him. He frowned and wrapped his scarf around his mouth and nose. From there I only breathed through my nose even if it made me sound like I had a stuffy nose.

"I'm looking for a house to rent, can I look around?" An attempt to be polite, but a scowl appeared on his face but quickly left as he composed himself as a seller. He went on as if the past two minutes had never happened and plastered a fake smile especially meant for renters.

"Great! I am Mr. Boxford. I'll give you the tour of the house." He first showed us the living room which consisted of a sofa, a coffee table, a carpet underneath it and some paintings hung on the walls. The place looked kind of empty but if I decided to rent it I could change that. Not that I would. He led us to the kitchen which had a refrigerator, stove, oven, microwave and a small glass table with a matching chair. He scurried up the stairs to show us the bedroom and the bathroom/laundry room. The bedroom was old-fashioned and the bathroom and laundry had everything you'd expect to be in them. He walked down the stairs and said

"Did you like the house?" He had a hopeful look in his eyes

"It was… nice." Honestly, I didn't like it at all. I could change the furniture and the décor, but after a while the house didn't feel right. It felt uninviting and bare. It also stank.

"Wonderful! I'll have the contract ready!"

"Wait! I never said yes yet!" He either has hearing problems or he pretended not to hear my protests. I sighed.

"Are you renting the house?" Lucy asked me

"Fuck no! How could I ever live here?"

"Good choice, I didn't want to insult you if you did choose this place."

"The rent is 200,000 jewels and here is the contract." Mr. Boxford reentered the room with a stack of paper in his hands. "What?" He looked puzzled as he glanced at the expression on my face.

"I won't live here, sorry."

"I thought you like the house! And the price is pretty low for a beautiful house."

"This is just the first place I'm visiting. And, no offense, but this house isn't that great. The value of this is more like 40,000 jewels." I waved my hand in front of my nose to indicate the stench. Regardless of my 'no offense' he still looked offended. But his face brightened as he heard another knock on the front door. He ran to the door, let a couple in and kicked us out. I started breathing through my nose again and felt thankful for fresh air. Natsu unwrapped his face and a look passed over his face and suddenly

"Aah! What time is it?"

"Why?"

"I have to go somewhere! Happy, let's go!"

"Aye!" They ran off without an explanation.

"Maybe he has a date." I didn't actually believe that, but nothing's impossible. What I said was more of a statement than a question, but Lucy answered anyway.

"Natsu? Getting a date? I doubt it, he's not the type. You've seen him." She was really against Natsu getting a date. Was she jealous?

"Maybe, you're just jealous? Would you rather be on a date with him?" She blushed a deep tomato red and looked away from me.

"W-what? No! Not Natsu!" She was flustered from my questions. I laughed at her reaction and her face reddened even further.

"Do you, maybe, like him?"

"W-we should keep going, we don't have all day!" She avoided my question and started walking briskly in the direction we already came from.

"Lucy! You're going in the wrong direction." She turned almost instantly and said

"I knew that!" I wonder if she really likes him. Or maybe she's the oblivious, clueless type who knows nothing about her own feelings. Either way ,I'm positive she likes him! I was sure of it. I followed after her. She soon stopped in front of a newspaper stand, picked up a paper and ruffled through it. She located a page and pulled out a pair of pink glasses. Reading glasses? It glowed as she read. After a few seconds she took off the glasses and shoved the newspaper over to me and pointed out a short ad for a house:

House for Rent!- Nice, spacious, clean house with

1 bedroom, 1 full bathroom with hot tub and shower.

Kitchen includes cooking utilities and refrigerator

Two story house Price: 80,000 Jewels (Negotiable)

"We should check that out. The description sounds good enough for me." She paid for the paper and we left.

We made a few wrong turns and had to ask for directions several times. It took us a while, but we made it to the house.

"I think this is the right house." Lucy checked the address again. It was a dark and light gray brick house with two windows on each story. There were window boxes attached to the four windows with two rows of purple and orange carnations each. There were three stone steps leading to a soft brown door with a small rent sign from Van Duraine Realty. We stepped up the stairs and rang the doorbell. I heard footsteps from inside the house. It stopped, probably looking through the peephole, and opened the door. We were greeted by a middle-aged woman with dark blonde hair. She looked regal, for some reason and spoke with a slight accent.

"Come in!" She held the door for us and inside I found a modern styled interior. The house also smelled fresh with the fragrant scent of lavender and vanilla. The woman shut the door and introduced herself with a friendly smile

"Welcome. I am Mrs. Van Duraine. Usually we don't rent houses, but I wanted to try something new. Anyway, are both of you looking to rent this house?"

"No, only I am. Lucy just came to help me out." Mrs. Van Duraine looked a little surprised.

"Forgive me if I'm rude, but you look rather young."

"I'm fifteen."

"Sorry for prying, but, where are your parents? I have a son and I would never leave him to fend for himself."

I stiffened at that question. I looked at her eyes which held genuine concern and decided to answer honestly. Or at least half-honestly.

"I-I don't know where they are." An awkward silence stretched between us, and Lucy looked shocked.

"Mizuki…" Lucy was worried, in the future I would tell her, just not then.

"You poor thing! I hope you find them soon." Mrs. Van Duraine's eyes then displayed pity. It was a look people often gave me when I told them about it. I really hated that look. I didn't want to be pitied; it made me feel like I couldn't take care of myself and that I needed help.

"What happened to them?" Lucy seemed to sense that I didn't want to talk about and to distract us from that topic, Lucy suggested

"This house is finely styled. Can we look around more?" That snapped Mrs. Duraine's attention back to the house.

"Sure, the kitchen and laundry room are on this level and the bathroom and bedroom are upstairs." Mrs. Van Duraine waited in the living room while Lucy and I left to look at the rest of the house.

The kitchen had dark granite countertops with an island in the center, hickory cupboards, ceramic white tiles on the floor and stainless steel appliances. We moved on to the laundry room and found a new, white washer and dryer with even some clotheslines for clothes that can't be put into the dryer. It had the same tiles as the kitchen and pale green walls. Next we checked the bathroom upstairs which had a medium sized bath tub. It also had a shower, toilet, sink and mirror. The floor tiles were light blue and the walls were white. From what I've seen, this house was the obvious choice compared to Mr. Boxford's stinking house. I walked out of the bathroom and opened a white door to the right. It was the bedroom. It had a mahogany twin sized bed with blue and light green bed sheets and pillows. Next to it was a white bedside table the same length as the bed. Behind it was a glass window framed by cedar wood. The dresser, bookshelf and closet door were all white and the desk and chair were made from cherry wood. The walls and ceiling were a soft lilac color with lilac flower wallpaper stretching around the top of the room. After viewing everything we headed back to the living room where Mrs. Van Duraine was busy doing things on her laptop. When she heard us return she closed her laptop and asked me

"How do you like the house? I hired an interior designer to decorate the house. If you rent it, it comes with everything here."

"It was magnificent. Even though it's only the second house I've seen I think I do want to live here." She smiled brightly and pulled out a few pieces of paper which I assumed to be the contract.

"Okay, the price is 50,000 jewels." Before she wrote down the price I realized that the price was lower than it should have been.

"Wait! Shouldn't it be 80,000 jewels?"

"Mizuki! You should just accept it. Why should you pay more when you don't have to?" Lucy whispered to me. Mrs. Van Duraine didn't hear the whispering and continued.

"No, that's alright. You should just worry about your parents." So that's why. Missing parents did have perks.

"Just sign here, here, here and here." I did as she told me and wrote my signature in all the spots.

"Am I done?"

"Yes. I am expecting payment in one month. I'll be leaving now." She gathered her things, gave me another pitying look and left.

"Lucky! My rent is 70,000. Oh well, since you're done I can help you carry your things here."

"That's okay Lucy, I don't have much." She shrugged and left me to sort out things.

"I have a home now. I guess I can go look for the key."

Normal P.O.V

Mrs. Van Duraine walked as fast as she could. She was going to visit her sixteen year old son. She knew she did not get to see him much due to her busy schedule and she tried to see him whenever she could. She unlocked the door and was greeted by her butler.

"Welcome home, Mrs. Van Duraine." He bowed politely.

"Yes, yes. Please show me to Charles, now. Thank you." He nodded and led her to the gardens. Her son, Charles was sitting and enjoying a cup of tea.

"Is it okay for him to be outside? It's rather warm out here." The maids attending to him answered

"He said he was feeling much better today and needed fresh air." Mrs. Van Duraine didn't quite believe it.

"That's right mother. I haven't collapsed in a while, so it is alright." With those words, she relaxed. She observed how her son had grown so much. He had grown to look more like his father. His ice blue eyes were from his father, and his dark blonde hair from herself. But he was really pale from staying inside most of the time. She looked at her watch and gasped. If she didn't leave soon she would be late. She did not get much time with Charles, but she was glad for every second she did.

"Charles I am so very sorry. I have to leave now. Take care of yourself and don't spend too much time in the sun." She turned to the maids and told them

"Please take him to his room." She kissed Charles on the head and left. He glowered as his mother left. He hated her. She didn't even care about him. She probably thought their growing real estate business was more important. He was always alone and was not allowed outside the estate except to go to school. He felt like he was being held captive sometimes. He mentally cursed his condition. Since he was young, he had heart problems and would collapse every few weeks. He hadn't got any better. Though that was the case he knew he would always have Libra. He couldn't summon him every day due to his weak body, but he took what he could. He sighed and let the maids take him to his room.

Yeah, this chapter was a little boring, but I promise I'll make it better next chapter. I'm going to put more of Charles next chapter and the Celestial Order will be back! I don't know why but I felt like adding this:

Character Bio

Name- Mizuki Celestima

Birthday- March 6th

Age- 15

Zodiac Sign- Pisces

Magic- Celestial Magic, other?

Physical Description- Cobalt blue eyes, black hair reaching her lower back, 5 ft. 4 in. weighs 90 lbs. (Unrealistic, but I read that Lucy weighs 103 lbs.) Slender build.

Clothing- Dark blue over the shoulder shirt with black tank top underneath. Black cargo short-shorts worn over black leggings that stop right below her knees. Wears black calf-high combat boots and has a necklace with her gate keys.

Guild Mark- Fairy Tail mark placed beneath right collarbone.

Family- ?

When I add new OC's I'll put their character bios. Thanks for reading! I'll update soon.