When Lucy opened her eyes again, it was already sometime in the evening. The sky was beginning to get dark as the sun sank below the horizon. She sat up, still dazed and a bit tired. Lucy held her hand up against her temple, groaning as she felt a massive headache settle in. "What happened?" She asked outloud. All she could recall was the race that had happened earlier the day - and her winning. "But what happened after that?" She wondered to herself.
As she sat there, thinking and trying to piece together the past few hours, she heard the door to her room creak open. The blonde looked up, thinking it was Virgo. "Virgo! Thank goodness you're here. I was just won..." Her words trailed off as she stared openly at the blue cat by her doorway. She rubbed her eyes, then looked up again. Still, the blue cat was there, staring back at her as if she were stupid. She blinked and stared back. The two looked at each other in silence and Lucy sat there, her brain not catching up to what her eyes were seeing.
"So...are you hungry?" The blue cat asked casually, stepping fully into the room with a plate of what seemed to be some sort of fish with wings? Lucy blinked slowly, at first in confusion. Was that a fish? With wings? What? Wait...more importantly, was that a blue cat? She was pretty sure cats did not come in blue colors. Most importantly, however, Lucy was one hundred percent sure cats definitely did not talk. "Oi, excuse me, I asked if you were hungry," the cat repeated in irritation, raising an eyebrow at her, his blue tail swishing back and forth behind him.
"Are you...talking?" Lucy asked dumbly. The blue cat rolled his eyes at her, as if she just asked the stupidest question he has ever heard of.
"Yes I'm talking! You've never met an exceed before? Weirdo. Humph," he pouted, strolling casually into the room with the plate of fish. He hopped up onto the wooden night stand by the bed and set the food down, looking quite proud of himself. He grinned at Lucy who subtly scooted away from him. "Um I'm sorry but what did you call yourself? An exceed?" By now, the blue cat was seemingly irritated by her lack of knowledge and simply ignored her question. "You must be hungry! Eat the food before it gets cold. Natsu cooked it for you!" He chirped happily. Lucy's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
She felt like a stereotypical blonde girl, not knowing anything and always confused. "Who's Natsu?" She asked the blue cat. "And what's your name? I don't want to call you blue cat." The exceed sighed and sat down on the night stand next to the plate of food. "Natsu's the one who saved you! He's out hunting for food right now but he'll be back in a few," he informed her. "Oh, I see. But you haven't answered my question, what's your name?"
The blue cat grinned at her once more. "I'm Happy!" Lucy smiled at his name. "Happy huh? The name suits you I suppose. Well, my name is Lucy Heartfilia." Happy's eyes widened. "Your last name is Heartfilia?" He asked in amazement. Lucy tilted her head to the side, not sure why he was asking her about her family name. After all, she wasn't of this world and she had no affiliations with this place until just recently. Happy didn't answer her silent question but simply hopped off the wooden stand and waved back to her.
"Hey, where are you going?" The blonde asked, she didn't want to be left alone in this strange place, even if her only friend as of now was a talking blue cat. "I'm going to go find Natsu. Stay here and don't wander around!" Happy yelled as he dashed out the door. As if a blue cat wasn't strange enough, a pair of snow white wings sprouted from his back and he took off, soaring out the window across from the room she was staying at. She stared at the empty space in shock and mild awe for a few minutes before she swallowed her confusion and turned to the plate of fish he had provided earlier.
"Well Lucy, you've just witnessed a flying, talking blue cat. I don't think anything could get weirder than this," she sighed out loud to herself. With that being said, she eyed the strange fish on her plate and picked up the fork. "Well, bon appetit."