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The next morning, Lucy woke up early once again, and she was just as upset as ever. What happened to sleeping till noon? It's the summer holidays for goodness sakes!
Her mother had instructed her to go into town to get herself another alarm clock, but she really didn't know what use it would make considering in about a day it would be reduced to pieces on her new carpet floor and there would be a scratch and/or dent in her new light pink shaded walls. A
nother reason she felt that going into town was a completely idiotic idea, was because Magnolia is huge, and she didn't know where anything was. She contemplated over going across the street to see if Mirajane would be able to help, but Lucy didn't want to be a bother, and she didn't want to risk the chance of seeing her tormenting big brother, Sting.
Sting was certainly something else; arrogant, cocky, full of himself, you name it and Sting Eucliffe is it. Lucy barely met the guy, but he's already managed to get under her skin, and completely drive her insane. All she could focus on, was Sting and how much of a jerk he appeared to be. She wasn't expecting that on her first day and she wasn't expecting her first and only friend in this new city to be the adopted sister of said jerk. That girl got all the luck.
Lucy strode down the sidewalk, occasionally getting side glances from a selection of people, mostly boys, but she was never good with boys except her old friends Natsu, Gray, and Loke. They were all like family to her, but when it come to the topic of boys being interested in her, she was dense and clueless, but somehow that innocence seemed to attract the boys to her, but she was still too naïve to take note of it.
Plue wobbled by her side looking, around happily at the new environment; a new jungle to explore but then again, his master would flip out, if Plue got lost in such a busy and big area. Even so early in the morning, the streets were buzzing, as if to celebrate the dawn of a new day. Lucy had already stuffed her face before she had left, so she wasn't tempted to buy anything with her new card that her father had provided for her.
Lucy looked around feeling utterly lost and helpless. She asked for directions a few times but nobody ever answered. They were all as rude as Sting. Her struggle was making her frustrated, and to top that, off her blue ribbon went flying just a split second later. Instead of wearing her classic blue ribbon, Lucy had picked out a purple one to go with her jeans skirt and purple long sleeved top that read Princess in white.
Lucy scampered after her ribbon getting completely off course for where she was….attempting to go. Plue tried very hard to keep up as Lucy ran after the ribbon like a crazed lunatic. She was so preoccupied with the piece of cloth, that she didn't notice the salty air filling her lungs, the decrease of people, or the fact that the air was filled with more moisture. She ran off the sidewalk, and onto a sandy beach where her ribbon finally came to stop as is has been caught on a twig.
"Yes!" Lucy cried as she snatched up the garment and tied it securely around her ponytail where it belonged. She grinned at her accomplished catching of her favourite purple ribbon, but that grin slowly faded when she realized that she was no longer on the busy sidewalks of the city but on a sandy beach. She was more lost then before now. "Curse my short attention span!" She exclaimed clutching her fists in frustration. Plue was completely aware of how lost they truly were and pouted a bit.
"Pun-pun?" It chimed looking up at its master, Lucy shrugged.
"I'm not sure where we are Plue…" She mumbled looking around to see if anything seemed familiar but all of it was as familiar as Lucy's sister, and she didn't have a sister. If Lucy had brought her gate keys with her, she would be able to get Pyxis to point to the right direction, and get her out of here, but sadly she left her key chain on her nightstand which contained all fifteen of her keys.
"Ugh this is just great! I'll probably be wandering along this beach for hours until I finally figure out where the heck I'm going…" Lucy complained kicking up some sand with her white Converse Chucks. Plue's eyes shone the same way as his master's did: completely helpless.
"The beach isn't exactly long enough to wander along for hours…" Another voice inserted making Lucy jump. She turned around and Plue jumped in front of her, as they both got on the defense but they were only met with a boy. Lucy calmed down and held Plue back, not that he could do much damage anyway.
"Oh it's just you." She muttered crossing her arms and turning in the other direction. Plue did the same and the blond teen raised an eyebrow at her.
"Is that how you greet me Blondie? No hello Sting? Or how are you?" Sting asked in a fake, hurt tone. Lucy rolled her eyes as she turned back to face him.
"First of all, I don't have any pleasant greetings for the jerk, who can't even get my name right, and second of all, what are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same thing. You sure seem like the one who knows the city by heart." Sting retorted sarcastically, gapping her question. Lucy cast her gaze downwards as she shoved her hands into the pockets of her skirt. Sting smirked at her defeat and flashed a smirk.
"I'm not lost….I just lost track of where I was heading." Lucy muttered trying not to make herself look stupid. Sting rolled her eyes at her pathetic excuse and laughed lightly.
"In other words you are completely lost? Yea I noticed." He said as he began to walk past her. She stood there for a while thinking about her options: Stay lost, or get Sting for help, both were equally horrific.
"Sting!" Lucy called running after him. He stopped, which she sadly didn't notice, making her crash into his back. But he being more stable than her, kept his stance, while she fell to the ground on her back. She groaned in pain as Sting busted out into laughter. She sat up dusting away the sand and spitting out some of the grains that managed to get into her mouth. Plue ran to his master's side in concern.
"Nice one klutz, but I didn't think you'd literally fall for me." He said as he put out a hand for her. She took it and he hoisted her up only to be greeted by her flushed face and raging chocolate colored eyes. Just like before, he seemed to get lost in her eyes. They were such an amazing coffee brown, he couldn't help but adore the girl's eyes. However the blank staring was beginning to creep the owner of the orbs out.
"Uh Sting?" She said waving a hand in her face. He slapped it away and flicked his hair out of his eyes once again, regaining his composer and returning back to the reality.
"So you came running for help didn't you?" He asked in a flat tone. Lucy smiled sheepishly, completely losing her pride for the time being and giving into the fact that she did need his help. "Where were you going anyway?" He asked as he fished into his pajama pants pocket. That was when Lucy noticed that he wasn't actually wearing clothes but his pajama's which were a black T, and some baggy gray pants.
"I was heading into town to go buy a new alarm clock; my last one got into….an accident." Lucy explained not really wanting to explain how she had gone through nine clocks in one month by chucking them at the wall violently.
"Okay, then I'll take you to Erza's." He instructed. The girl just nodded.
"Magnolia is such a pretty place…" Lucy muttered turning back to look at Sting. He just shrugged.
"I guess when you get past the morning rush, and the whole happiness overload." He said ruining Lucy's perspective. They walked a bit away from the craziness of the city, to a more calm and quite area of the town.
"Hey, where exactly are we going?" Lucy asked as she continued to gaze downwards.
"We're going to get your new clock." He replied simply. Lucy was slightly confused due to the fact that she was completely unaware of where exactly they were going. She knew they were going for a clock, but why not in the city?
They had arrived in front of a nice small shop, and Lucy could notice a girl looking to be about their age with fierce red hair, that was brushed into absolute perfectness. She gazed out the store window with her soft brown eyes and smiled brightly when she noticed Sting. They walked up to the front, and Sting opened the door to let Lucy in. Sure he acted like a jerk, but that doesn't mean he wasn't raised a gentlemen. Lucy finally got a full view of her, to see that the girl was wearing baggy black shorts with red Converses, with a simple black t-shirt.
"Ey there Stingy, nice seein 'round these parts!" The girl said with strong a smile, Sting smiled lightly at the girl in return. "Who's your comrade here?" She asked referring to Lucy.
"Erza, Lucy Heartfilia. Lucy, Erza Scarlet." Sting said pointing to each person when their name was mentioned. " Lucy is one of Mira's friends." He added.
"Oh, you're close with Mira? Nice to meet you!" Erza said shaking hands with Lucy. The blond smiled and returned the gesture.
"It's a pleasure." She said with a bright smile.
"Speaking of Mirajane the demon, she hasn't been round here in a while Sting, tell her she better pay me a visit, it gets boring around her without a good challenge." Erza said as she re-entered the shop gesturing for the pair to follow. "So what are you looking for?" She asked leaning on the counter.
"We just need a clock for Blondie here." Sting said pointing at Lucy. She glared at him, for what felt like the millionth time from when they first met.
"I have a name, plus, your blond too." She muttered.
"Does it matter?" He muttered back.
Erza looked between the two a bit confused then finally laughed lightly.
"Well let's see what I got in stock…. alarm clock huh?" She called. Lucy only nodded. "I see, come dance with me, my swords!" Lucy twisted her face in confusion. What was that command?
Out of nowhere, a super-sharp looking sword came floating out the back room with a smallish sized box attached to it. Lucy was a bit scared at first, but when she realized Erza meant no harm, she dropped her guard a little.
"Oh that is so cool." Lucy said as the sword dropped the box in Erza's hands, and disappeared. Erza smiled.
"Yea, I hold up the fort here for my grandparents when they are away." Erza explained as she opened the box and took out the clock. "How do you like this one?" She asked holding up the device. It was a Plue shaped digital clock that looked absolutely adorable to Lucy.
"I love it….but how's the alarm?" She asked not wanting such a cute clock to end up in the garbage. The scarlet haired-young woman pressed a button and the soft chirp that sounded much like 'pun-pun!' filled Lucy's ears. "I'll take it!" She said happily.
Erza smiled and wrapped up the clock, and Sting paid for it, Lucy had argued before, but she couldn't refuse, when he said it was his way of apologizing for his behavior yesterday. They both thanked Erza, before walking out the door, and starting the long journey back to their homes.
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