After the last heartfelt episode of Sidestories, we're shifting gears a little with a lighter chapter this time around: Lucy's first time at Fairy Hills! I really enjoyed the OVA, so I knew I had to try my hand at my own version at some point!

Of course, this takes place near the end of Chapter 11, after the guild hall was destroyed by Phantom Lord. So without any further ado, let's venture into the girls' dormitories! (I'm definitely not wriggling my fingers mischievously over here).

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- What Eroge Is This?! -

"Are you sure you brought enough with you?" Erza, the Head Girl of Fairy Hills, asked Lucy as they walked together up the path to the dormitory. If their roles had been reversed, more than a single bag would've been required for everything she would've wanted to have brought over.

"It'll just be for a few nights, right?" Lucy replied. "Hopefully this issue with Phantom Lord gets resolved soon, but if I need anything else, I could just go back for it."

"Indeed," Erza nodded, turning serious at the mention of the rival guild. "I can't say that I expect Phantom Lord to stop with just our main guild hall. We have smaller branches located in other cities, and it's possible that they could be targeted as well. I didn't want to disagree with Master Makarov, but standing idle against them only invites further action. I don't believe fighting them outright is the best solution, although we could do more than simply wait for the Magic Council to respond to their crime."

"I'm not sure anyone else would be on the same page about not fighting them outright."

At this, Erza smiled. "Yes, we are an implacable bunch, aren't we?" Reaching the top of the knoll, the two passed underneath the archway emblazoned with the structure's name as they came to the front porch. "But, let's not weigh down your first visit here with any more thoughts on the matter. Welcome to Fairy Hills."

Lucy's heart drummed excitedly. This was an experience she unfortunately missed out on when she initially joined the guild, but now that she was finally at the girls' dormitories, she had to contain herself from letting her giddiness override her composure. It was the same feeling as when she was first brought to Fairy Tail by Natsu and Happy, but at least this time, the doors would be utilized as they were meant to be, instead of being kicked open.

"So you guys made it," Cana grinned at them in the lobby, half-lying on the couch with a bottle at her lips. "Lisanna was starting to get worried. She was on the verge of running out and looking for you with that strictly-platonic-except-not-really best friend of hers."

The white-haired girl gave her a blushing smirk from the adjacent armchair. "I knew they'd be okay. Lucy was with one of Fairy Tail's two female S-Class Wizards," she teased back.

Cana accepted the rib with a tip of her drink. "She may seem all sweet and innocent," she winked at Lucy, "but watch out; that catgirl's got claws, and she'll scratch ya where it hurts."

Lucy smiled at their playful girl banter, while Erza lead her to the foot of the stairs. "I'm taking her to my room so she can leave her things," she called out to them. "Afterwards, I'll be showing her around the facility, so if you'd like to take the opportunity to tidy up your rooms..."

Cana and Lisanna sheepishly grinned, as if such an effort would be futile. Nevertheless, they accompanied Erza and Lucy up to third floor, where they quickly opened and closed their doors behind them after departing from the two. Erza brought the blonde to the middle of the corridor, and allowed her into her quarters. At first Lucy wanted to compliment Erza on her simple but classy decor style, but then she noticed the series of missing walls on the right, extending to every room left on that side of the building.

The redhead had mentioned she had plural rooms, but Lucy wasn't expecting that she was taking up the rest of the hallway. "These are all your armors?" she asked after recovering from the shock. Mannequins, dressed in various battle outfits, were lined in rows, creating a sea of lifeless warriors brandishing intimidating weaponry. (And then, there were those rather odd ensembles littered throughout).

"These are just the ones I don't have space for in my dimensional inventory," Erza explained. "I've reached my limit as to how many I can carry at a time, but I want to someday grow strong enough to include them all. In the past year I was able to add a whole room, so I decided to remodel it into a spare bedroom in case I had a visitor."

"Planning on inviting someone over?" Lucy asked casually, setting her bag at the foot of the first room's bed at her gesturing, even as she wondered how insanely powerful the magical knight was to have filled her considerable pocket dimension already, and with such a collection still lying in wait.

Erza got a faraway look in her eyes as she stared out of the sole window, facing the blue of the lake and sky. "I'd hope so," she whispered a moment later.

After showing off some of the wicked armors she had planned on making room for first, they exited back into the hallway. Just as they were about to descend to the second floor, a door on the other side of Erza's estate opened to reveal a tote-carrying Levy. "Hey, Lucy!" she said brightly. "So what do you think of Fairy Hills?"

"It's really nice," she answered as they approached her. "I've just seen Erza's rooms so far. She was about to show me the bathroom downstairs just now."

"You should see my room before I go," Levy invited, widening the entrance with her hip. Lucy stepped inside, and wasn't at all surprised to find it filled with books. The extent of which, however, was breathtaking, as it was practically a library's worth. Every available inch of wall was a bookshelf, and even then more were brought in to accommodate the vast selection, leaving enough space to form a narrow path to Levy's bed. "I'm sorry I'm gonna miss the fun with you tonight, but the boys really wanted to have me over. As a consolation, I'll let you borrow anything here you might want to read."

"No need to apologize," Lucy smiled. "And thanks, but I'll take a rain check on that for now. I don't think I'd be able to stop if I started looking through all those, and I don't wanna keep you."

Erza coughed. "I'll take you up on that, if you don't mind, Levy," she said shiftily, plucking a red hardcover novel with her grinning approval.

Once they were back out in the hallway, the redhead swiftly ducked into her room to store the book, never having let Lucy see what she'd procured. The Celestial Wizard asked Levy what kind of stories she liked to read, but the petite girl only managed to wink at her as Erza returned. "So you're gonna show Lucy the bathroom? It's too bad it's still busted, I miss how steamy it can get in there."

"If your room's ventilation doesn't allow for a proper bathing experience, I'll arrange to fix that as well," Erza said, oblivious to her secret meaning. Levy left them at the second floor, hugging Lucy with the promise that they'd catch up later. Erza took her into the public baths, a long room that would've been serenely relaxing if the grand pool wasn't missing a sizable chunk of its border, with cracks running along the floor from the damage. "There was... an incident, last week," she offered vaguely.

With the impression that she wasn't going to give more details, Lucy didn't bother asking. Their next destination took them to the door across from the bathroom, to Bisca's quarters. The gunslinging girl cheerfully showed off her room, occupied with exotic animals and plantlife crawling up the walls.

"Normally pets aren't allowed in Fairy Hills," she said, brushing the mane of her loyal steed as it whinnied softly, "but Erza makes an exception for me, so long as she gets to come over and play with them whenever she likes."

"We have no such agreement. I simply trust Bisca to be responsible, nothing more," the Head Girl said dutifully, holding out a carrot for the horse as she simultaneously let a thin snake swirl around her arm, and a golden retriever energetically wagged its tail at her feet. Lucy was not convinced by her defense.

She watched in amusement as Erza went through petting each Bisca's animals before dismissing themselves. The following room they visited belonged to Laki, a dimly lit box filled with strange, painful-looking contraptions she had manufactured through her Wood-Make Magic.

"What do you think of my gallery? I'm currently working on my magnus opus in my free time," Laki said, devilishly raising her gleaming glasses as she presented a large, humanoid case. It opened to reveal it was lined with deadly spikes, both within the body and the door. Lucy gave her a nervous thumbs-up as she tried to keep from imagining just what the young woman applied her art for, and feared for Erza's safety as she poked curiously at the devices new to her.

When they were back outside, Erza pointed down to the end of the hallway, signaling to Evergreen's room. Since she was there the least of all the girls, and was also as detached from them as she could manage, even the armored wizard was unsure of its contents. They climbed back upstairs, where Cana's dorm was the next stop.

"I did what I could," the brunette shrugged as she let them in. Lucy had been expecting a mess, but found that everything was generally in its place. A long shelf for rare alcohols was set up on the far wall, most of them only sampled at best. Cards were strewn over her desk, but that was about as far as the disorder went - until the closet door burst open. A large pile of clothing tumbled out, and Lucy couldn't help but discreetly sneak glances at her friend's daring assortment of underwear as Cana tried to stuff it all back in. "This always happens," she grumbled as she shoveled her unmentionables. "I don't get how they do it; these are practically nonexistent."

She waved Erza and Lucy off to let her deal with her quandary, so the duo then knocked on the room across from her. Lisanna opened up, still displaying a shade of embarrassment as the blonde took a look around. There was no rhyme or reason to any of her random belongings or how they were scattered about, except that some appeared years old, some were in less than perfect condition.

"These are all mementos from missions I've been on with Mira and Elfman, and Natsu and Happy," she explained. "My siblings let me hang on to most of what we bring back, so the boys keep most of what we've gotten together."

"That's so cool," Lucy said earnestly, curious to one day hear the story behind the items. She would've bet to have seen a zoo up there after Bisca, but this was a heartwarming monument to how much she loved her family. It would've been even more so, if it hadn't all been so cluttered. If the sensible Lisanna had this much of a catastrophe, she shuddered to think what Natsu' and Happy's house looked like.

"So you've saved the best for last?" a sultry voice asked behind them. They turned around, to see Mira standing at the doorway with a smirk. "Keep those expectations tempered, Lucy," she advised as she wagged them over with a finger.

Her room was beside her younger sister's, and at this point Lucy was prepared for anything - except complete normalcy. Mira's room was the cleanest and most organized of all, with limited personalized touches established in the square. The only thing to suggest a sense of rebelliousness amongst the placid innocence was a sharp, violet electric guitar that stood mounted next to a plain acoustic variant, but that was offset by the array of plushy animals sitting on her bed.

"Your room's so cute!" she complimented, resisting the urge to dive onto the marshmallow-like comforter and its stuffed inhabitants.

"You'd never figure a girl once known as 'The She-Demon' sleeps here, huh?" Mira replied, crossing her arms as her grin spread. "Well, as long as you don't go through my wardrobe, anyway. Then you might start to catch on."

Lucy wondered if it truly could be more risque than Cana's, but just as she was about to brush off the thought, she remembered how competitive Mira could be. The title of Sexiest Wizard was not one she would likely concede, especially not to a girl from her own guild. With the S-Class mage's sinister smirk looming over her otherwise precious room, Lucy mentally kicked herself for doubting her claim for even one second.

- 0 -

After the whole congregation of young women were served dinner on the house, they all went to their rooms and changed into their sleeping outfits to group together once more on the first floor. Erza waited for Lucy on the other side of their door to head back to their room, having Requipped in the blink of an eye into a lavender pajama set.

"I'd love to learn how to do that," Lucy said, reappearing in a comfortable T-shirt and sweatpants.

"It can be very practical," she agreed as they made their way down to the common room. Bisca and Laki had been the first to arrive, dressed in a short nightgown, and a fluffy robe, respectively. "I know it's exciting having Lucy stay with us," she told them, her voice carrying up the stairs to reach the oncoming girls, "but let's try to be on our best behavior. We don't need this to end up like what happened in the bathroom, okay?"

"We could've avoided that if you - oh, never mind," Cana said as she entered next. An oversized band tee just covered her upper half, leaving her long, silky legs dangerously exposed. "And hey, you can spare me the glare, Erza. I'm wearing panties this time."

"'Atta girl," Lisanna, dressed in black boyshorts and a tank top, commended with a big smile, coming in behind her. "Guess I win this one, Mira."

"Oh well," her big sister sighed with a smirk as she made her entrance. "At least I'm not going to be outdone, though."

Lucy's eyes flew open as Mira sauntered in, wearing the most exquisite lingerie she'd ever seen. Her lace-trimmed pink babydoll and matching bottoms, along with stockings held up by a garterbelt, were even more of a knockout than any of her bikini shoots for Sorcerer Weekly, and the blonde made sure to take mental photographs of the exclusive vision.

"Anyway," Cana said, not at all bothered by the bet over what was under her shirt, rallying them all in a circle on the couches. "So now for the fun part of the night. First question: what boy from the guild would you most like to bring over to your room?"

Nervous but excited giggling rose up around the circle, and Lucy dreaded having to answer as they started around the group. With the way Cana grinned over at her, she knew the order was deliberately set up for her to go last.

"Well... Alzack," Bisca replied first, her blush prominent. The other girls awwed at the admission of her long-time crush on her partner, even if it had been apparent forever. "He's been so sweet to me ever since I joined Fairy Tail, we've got so much in common... and he's a total stud without all that hair in his face."

"I'm not sure any of the guys would get my work. Maybe Bickslow might?" Laki pondered, drawing ooohs from the gathering. When they thought about it, the purple-haired girl and the most out-there member of the Thunder Legion seemed like they could have some rather interesting conversations.

Erza, next to go, crossed her arms. "I think of all the boys in the guild as brothers." The girls playfully booed her response, but she remained unmoved to change her position on the subject.

"Is there someone outside of Fairy Tail that you're interested in, Erza?" Mira asked coyly, leaning in closer to her rival as she got a mischievous twinkle in her eyes. "Or maybe, you were just waiting for a cute new girl to join the guild, to invite up to that convenient spare bedroom of yours?"

At this, the redhead's composure fractured as her cheeks began to take on a scarlet tint. "No! To both! There is no one outside Fairy Tail, and I'm sorry, Lucy, but we can only be friends!" she shouted, her reaction now getting them all laughing.

"Ah, that's too bad. You're really cute when you're flustered, Erza," Lucy said with a smile, feeling her boldness enabled by the ambiance. The laughs doubled as the knight fully blushed, and some of the girls even considered hopping aboard that ship.

The turn then shifted to Lisanna, her face already flushing pink. Just as she opened her mouth, however, Cana held up a hand to stop her. "Nope. You're exempt from this round, missy, because we all know your answer. And besides, you've already tried to sneak a boy in."

Lucy raised her eyebrows at the information, as the others smirked deviously at the Take Over mage in remembrance. She was having a little trouble imagining the scenario, but, that strictly-platonic-except-not-really best friend of Lisanna's was a boy, after all...

"It wasn't like that!" she cried defensively, mostly at Lucy, because no one else had believed her out the first time around. "I already told you, I hadn't been feeling well that day, so Natsu came over to check up on me!"

"Through your window, at 1 in the morning?" Mira teased skeptically. "He was lucky Erza got to him before I did. Otherwise, I would've made him rethink ever coming near my little sister again."

"I went easy on him because he claimed he only wanted to make you feel better," Erza said (the snickering was right on cue for that entendre), "but I made sure he understood never to set foot on Fairy Hills again."

"So what about you, Mira?" Cana asked, directing the heat from the youngest Strauss daughter to the eldest. It seemed as if the model's love life was the subject of much fascination, as the girls all looked highly attentive at how she'd reply. "Who'd be fortunate enough to have the privilege - or unfortunate?"

Mira smirked back at the brunette, ready to change which way the pot was being stirred. "I guess I'd go with Freed," she said with an overdose of sugar in her voice. "He's so handsome, and strong, and mysterious. I remember he was blushing so much when I offered him a copy of my first magazine spread, it was totally cute." Even though it had only been for a split second, Cana's eyes had noticeably narrowed. "Oh, you weren't planning on naming him, were you? I'm sorry."

"Not at all," Cana grinned, finding her brashness once more. "The boy I'd like to invite over the most is actually Happy. I think it'd be pretty fun to sit around with him and plan pranks on all of you." This too was met with jeers from the circle, who let the Card Wizard know that was an even bigger cop-out answer than Erza's. She payed them no mind, though, as she was locked in a staring battle with Mira.

Lucy could already see how this was likely to end, and cleared her throat to speak and hopefully break up the tension. Problem was, she didn't exactly have any Fairy Tail guy in mind, resulting in more of a soft cough than a way to draw their focus. It wasn't that there weren't any attractive young men to choose from (off the top of her head, Loke and Gray were quality selections that hadn't been mentioned yet, and Natsu and Freed for those who had), she just didn't see any of them in a particularly special light.

"What did I say about being on your best behavior for Lucy?" Erza asked precariously, and the blonde was thankful for the save - for a moment. Cana and Mira turned their frowns on her, finding a new outlet to unload on.

"Next question: what's going on with you and that Magic Council guy, Siegrain?!" they demanded of the redhead, jabbing their fingers at her face.

The effect was instantaneous. Erza roared as she sprang up for them, Requipping a sword in each hand. Everyone but her targets scattered out of the way, as the two other strongest women in Fairy Tail summoned their own magic to brawl it out. There was a heavy burst of light that overtook the room, and Lucy could feel the shockwaves of their meeting as she barricaded behind the couch with Lisanna.

When everything seemed calm, the two girls slowly poked their heads over their hiding spot. Bisca had used the loveseat for cover, while Laki had managed to make it into the hallway. They were also checking out the damage, a crater in the carpeted floor where Erza, Mira, and Cana lay on their backs. The trio was conscious, but their clothes (as little as there was to begin with) were worse for wear.

"Perhaps I acted rashly," Erza admitted.

"I probably shouldn't have asked that," Cana followed.

"No regrets." Mira, of course.

- 0 -

The Head Girl dismissed everyone for the night in the wake of the common room battle, then retreated into her private bath to wash up. Lucy stood around in Erza's main bedroom, wondering where it was exactly she would be sleeping. She had always taken to mean that the spare bedroom was to be hers, but when she thought back, the only time Erza had been specific at all was where she was supposed to leave her bag, at the main bed.

She was tired after the day's events, ready to escape to a world of dreams, and so she decided to play it safe and took the second room. The last few seconds she could remember was hearing the bathroom door opening, before slipping into a land cognizant of Phantom Lord's menace.

Erza manually changed into another of the same pajama set and brushed her damp hair, in the quiet as she suspected Lucy was already asleep. She checked in on the blonde for confirmation, but found her features troubled at the apparent nightmare she was having.

She sighed softly, feeling sympathetic. After the disturbing image of their guild hall totaled, it came as no surprise that it would pervade their subconscious. Erza fully expected to be a victim of a nightmare, as well, which spurred her into climbing into the same bed as Lucy.

Erza settled behind her, holding her around the waist. If the two of them shared such a close space, then maybe they could ward off the bad thoughts. It was the Fairy Tail way to stand together, after all, so it made sense that they should lay together, right? Her mind briefly flickered ahead to how she'd explain the situation in the morning, but decided to deal with it then. For now, she just wanted to sleep with one of her warm sisters beside her.

Well that was fun. I tried to keep it from getting too naughty for now, deliberately avoiding a bathing scene, because this wasn't the time to feature it. Does that mean we have one coming later on? And in the main fic? No spoilers!

So I really hoped you enjoyed this chapter, because I had a blast writing it... what? But anyway, if you wanna tell me just how much you loved it, you can, with the handy-dandy review function! Thanks again, and stay tuned!