"We're going to start with the important buildings on campus before we head off campus. It's early enough that you should get a pretty decent tour today," Lucy said as she walked down the stairs outside the cafeteria.
"Sounds good to me. Lead the way, Luce," Natsu told her as he slid down the rail to the bottom. Lucy blushed. Since when did he have a nickname for her?
Lucy led him around the different educational buildings before stopping in front of one particularly large building.
"What's this place?" Natsu asked as he looked up at it.
"This is called the guildhall," Lucy explained, "It's basically like a commons for all the honors students, mainly because we refer to the honors students as being in guilds. The different "guilds" get their names from the dorms they're in. For example, we're in the Fairy Tail guild."
"That's so cool. So guild mates are kind of like a family then?" Natsu asked trying to understand.
"Exactly. A really, really dysfunctional family," Lucy chuckled.
"We'll have to come back here later. I want to see the rest of the city," Natsu told her. Lucy nodded and set off to show him all that Magnolia had to offer.
Lucy showed Natsu the important buildings on the outskirts of campus, the open markets, and the various off campus hangouts before they stopped for lunch. Lucy was once again amazed at how much food Natsu could eat.
"So, why'd you apply to Magnolia University halfway through the year?" Lucy asked.
"I just wasn't feeling it anywhere else," Natsu shrugged as he took a bite of his hot wings.
"Fair enough. So what are you majoring in?" Lucy asked as she took a sip of her milkshake.
"I'm majoring in animation and special effects, and minoring in pyrotechnics," Natsu told her.
"That's an…odd combination," she commented.
"I've always been into pyrotechnics as a kid, so that was a no brainer. As for animation and special effects, I like to draw. I have a comic strip that I started where Happy is this thing called an exceed so he has wings," Natsu said, "What are you majoring in?"
"I'm an English major, but I'm minoring in psychology," Lucy told him.
"That's an odd combination," Natsu teased.
"Well, I've always loved writing, so that's the English part. As for the psychology, one it's always a good thing because then you can relate to others and you can always write characterizations accurately because you understand people. The other reason is because I like being able to help people," Lucy explained.
"Well, from what I can tell, you're good at helping people. I mean, you have been helping me since I got here," Natsu told her as he wiped his mouth with a napkin.
"Oh, and I'm far from being done with that," she told him as she got up, "I haven't even shown you the best part yet."
"Alright, I'm all fired up now," he said as he followed her.
They'd been walking for a while, passing through the city, when Natsu began to get impatient.
"Where are we going?" he asked.
"You'll see," was all she said. She led him up a rocky hill to the top before turning to show him the view.
"You can see the whole town from here," she told him.
"Wow, this is amazing!" Natsu said.
"So, since you can see everything from up here, is there any place you want me to show you on the way back?" she asked.
"Yeah," Natsu said thinking, "that park." He pointed to the group of trees that seemed almost out of place amongst the rest of the buildings.
"Alright," Lucy said as she started back down the path they came.
They finally made their way down to the park he had pointed to.
"Woah! The trees are huge," Natsu said as he looked around.
"Yeah, they are pretty big, aren't they?" Lucy agreed as she looked up.
"Can you imagine Happy getting stuck in one of those?" Natsu joked.
Lucy laughed, "Yeah, that'd be terrible." Lucy paused to take in the sky, " It looks like the sun's starting to set. We should probably get back. It's about time you get introduced to the others."
"Okay," Natsu responded.
They headed back along the waterway, with Lucy walking on the wall next to the river.
"Luce, you're going to fall in."
"No, I'm not. I do this all the time."
"Luce, you're not exactly the most graceful person."
"What do you mean?"
"You tripped like five times going up to the top of that mountain hill thing earlier."
"IT WAS STEEP!"
"But still."
Lucy balled her hands into fists and walked faster, "You know what, find your own way home."
"Aw, Luce, don't be like that!" Natsu called after her. She kept going so Natsu ran to catch up.
"Lucy, I'm sorry if I offended you. I was just looking out for you. You are my nakama now," he told her. Lucy sighed and slowed down.
"Fine. Apology accepted," Lucy told him as she stepped off the wall. They walked in peaceful silence back to the dorms.
A/N: This one's because of Lucy Day. I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far. None of you got the music reference in the last chapter? I am truly shocked. Reviews are always loved.
