Chapter 4

It was nearing noon as the group of five made their way towards the guild. The number of people in the streets increasing the further along they went. The number of people, along with the stares the group was getting, was starting to unnerve the blonde lagging slightly behind the others. She was starting to get slightly scared at all of their scrutinizing gazes.

As if sensing her discomfort, one of Bickslow's babies flew in front of her. She hugged it tightly against her chest, and licked it as a thank you, which caused people to stare at her rather than the hulking man in front of her. She wanted to hide, she didn't like this attention at all. She jogged up and desperately tugged on Laxus' coat. He stopped and turned to look at her with one eyebrow raised. Sensing their leader suddenly stop, the rest of the team stopped and turned as well.

"What's wrong, Blondie?" He asked softly as he noted her shivering figure, pleading eyes, and vice like grip on his coat. He notice how her eyes darted quickly around to the people around them, and quickly figured out what was wrong. He sighed as he held open the left side of his coat. "Get in." she flashed him a small, grateful smile as she ran to clutch his side. He draped the side of his coat over her, shielding her from the stares. His team gave him a questioning look. "I guess she doesn't like being stared at." He told them.

"Awww, girlie don't mind them, we're just famous!" Bickslow cackled as he tried to look into her jittery, wide eyes. When she made eye contact with him, he let his tongue fall out of his mouth. She smiled at him, and he secretly noted that that was an almost sure way to make her smile.

"Come on, miss Lucy, the sooner we get there, the sooner you are free from them." Freed stated as he began walking again.

They all started walking again. Lucy clutched tightly to Laxus the entire way. He held a slight scowl on his face, but he was secretly enjoying the warmth she was radiating. Once they neared the doors, he felt her stiffen. He leaned down to whisper in her ear, "There's nothing to be scared of, Blondie." She whirled her head towards him quickly, before had a chance to back up. Their noses touched, and they stared into each other's eyes. Their breaths mingled together and fanned across their lips. Her cheeks heated up as she stared into his eyes. He slowly pulled away and gave her a smirk. She smiled up at him, her heart fluttering. She jumped when she heard someone clear their throat. She looked over to see the rest of the team looking at them with smirks on their faces. Her head tilted in confusion as to why they thought it was funny; it had made her nervous, so she didn't see any amusement in it.

"We're here." Freed announced, pushing the doors open. She watched with wide eyes as they entered the guild. There were a lot of people, and they were staring.

"Welcome back!' They all shouted, and then went back to what they were doing before. No one seemed to notice her, and she let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding. Laxus leaned down to whisper in her ear, "I've gotta go talk to someone, you can go sit down, or follow the team, whatever you wanna do okay? I'll be back in a little bit." She looked at him, she really didn't want him to leave, but she nodded her head anyway. She felt him pull his cloak from around her, and watched as he started heading towards the stairs, nodding at a few people in passing.

She clutched the totem in her arms tightly, and looked for the rest of the team. Bickslow was still standing next to her, Freed had gone up to a woman with long, white hair, and Ever had gone up to a very large man with white, spiky hair. "Come on, girlie, I'll show you where we normally sit." She nodded, and followed him to a table to the left of the bar. She sat down and began looking around the guildhall. "Want something to drink?" He asked. She nodded and watched as he walked away.

"Hey there!" She turned to see a man with pink hair grinning brightly at her, causing her to smile back at him. "I'm Natsu! And this is my partner, Happy!" He pointed at a blue creature with wings floating by his head. "Aye!" The creature talked. "Welcome to Fairy Tail! What's your name?" He asked. She just stared at him with a smile. He looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Well? You don't got a name or somethin?" She frowned, she didn't know how to tell him.

"Everyone's got a name flamebrain." A man with spiky, raven hair and no shirt said, walking up to them. "I'm Gray, it's nice to meet you." He grinned in a flirtatious way. "Is that one of Bickslow's babies?" He asked, pointing at the totem in her arms. She smiled and nodded at him.

"I don't think she has a name, frost breath." Natsu said.

"Of course she does fire prick."

"What'd you call me, ice princess?!"

"You heard me, flame dick!"

"Are you pickin a fight, frost balls?!" Natsu shouted, igniting his fist in flames. She stared in fear at the fire.

"There's no point, cause you could never beat me, flaming fuck!" Gray shouted as he covered his fists in ice. She was scared, so she quickly scurried under the table, clutching the totem tightly.

"You idiots!" Someone yelled, it sounded like a woman. "You scared the girl!"

"E-Erza!" They shouted in unison, before a loud smash was heard. Suddenly she saw two faces peeking under the table, one she recognized as Freed, and the other was the white haired woman he was talking to earlier.

"Awww, She's so cute, Freed!" The woman squealed. "Hi there, I'm Mirajane, but you can call me Mira." She said smiling brightly at the cowering girl. Lucy looked at her, a small smile forming on her lips.

"No need to worry, miss Lucy." Freed said. "I told her of your situation, so she won't ask any hard questions. Bickslow has a drink waiting for you if you'll come out." He extended a hand towards her, the situation seeming far too familiar for his liking. She took his hand, and he helped her crawl out from the table. She looked over to see Natsu and Gray passed out on the floor. She let out a breathy giggle at the sight.

"Don't worry so much girlie! The people here are harmless, even though they like to fight each other." Bickslow cackled. She responded by rolling her tongue out in her imitation of him, causing him to do the same as he gave her the glass of water.

"Bickslow! You didn't tell me you got a girl!" A girl with brown hair and a bikini sauntered over to the table. "I thought you didn't chain down." She said as she took a swig of the barrel she was holding.

"Nah, she ain't mine, Cana. But holy hell if she was!" He cackled.

"Well, she looks perfectly okay with carrying your babies, you won't find that anywhere else!" She laughed.

He laughed with her as his babies started growling. "Relax babies, she wasn't talking about you." Lucy look at the growling totem in her arms. She wanted to return its comfort, so she did the only thing she knew, and licked it again.

"Holy shit! I can't decide if that was hot or cute." Cana stated with a shocked expression. "What's your name?"

"Her name is, Lucy." Freed answered for her. "She is unable to talk, so please try to refrain from any question that don't garner a yes or no answer."

"Aw man, that must suck!" She looked at Lucy. "Does it suck?"

"Cana! Don't ask something like that!" Mira yelled. Lucy looked at Cana as she tried to figure out her answer. 'Does it suck? Would it be better if I could talk? Would it make much of a difference? Is talking really that important? Does it make me less of a person?' Her thoughts started tumbling down a depressing road, and everyone could see the distress on her face.

"Whoa! Whoa! Chill out there, it's not that big of a deal." Cana said quickly.

Mira placed a hand on Lucy's shoulder. "If you're worried about it, we can find a way to help you, but I don't think it's anything to stress over." She said with a reassuring smile. Lucy looked at her and felt her bad thoughts dissipating.

"Mira, is Wendy here?" Freed asked.

"I think she's due to be back from a mission some time today." She replied. "Is someone hurt?"

"Yes, miss Lucy got attacked by a boar last night. That's when Laxus found her." Freed said.

"You got bested by a boar?!" Natsu shouted, getting up from the floor. "Don't ya have magic?" She tilted her head to the side confused. She still didn't understand what that meant.

"Laxus said he couldn't feel any magic from her, I don't think she knows what magic is. I would find it rather difficult to explain." Freed explained as he drew his eyebrows together in thought.

"Well, what better way than to show her." Gray said, also re emerging from the floor. "I'm an ice make wizard." He said as he put his fist on his palm, and then lifted it to reveal an ice figure of the guild symbol. He held it out for her. She looked at it in amazement. It was beautiful. Light bounced off it as it shined in the light. She reached out and touched it, flinching slightly at the coldness of it, before grabbing it and licking it. Gray's eyes went wide, as everyone else giggled around the table.

"Man, she's just a guy's wet dream." Cana stated.

"I'm a fire dragon slayer!" Natsu half shouted, lighting his fists on fire. She flinched back a little, before he put the flames out. She turned to look at Freed, wanting to know what he did.

"Ah, I'm a rune mage. I can write runes according to my desires, that those within the barrier must comply with, as well as a few other things." She was beyond confused. "It's a little difficult to explain, but I could show you at another time, if you wish." She smiled at him and nodded. She then turned to Bickslow.

"You're holding my magic, girlie." He grinned. She looked down at the totem and smiled wide, letting her tongue roll out, which caused everyone to laugh.

Pretty soon most of guild had gathered around to show her their magic. A blue haired girl named Levy started telling her about all her favorite books, and gave her one that she could read later on. She was really grateful of everyone's kindness, and willingness to show her a part of them. She caught the eyes of someone who hadn't yet approached her on the opposite side of the guild. He had long black, spiky hair, and weird dark specks all over his face. He was eating something shiny. It didn't look like food. She started getting more and more curious about this man, and decided she wanted to go look at him.

She made her way across the guild and sat down next to the strange man. He looked at her with his red eyes, and raised his eyebrow. He didn't speak, she didn't speak. 'I wonder if he can't talk either.' She reached her hand out and poked one of the things on his face. It was hard and cold. "The fuck are you doing?" he growled. It startled her, and saddened her a little, that he could talk. She pointed to the plate full of the shiny things and arched her brow in silent question. He smirked and handed her a piece, watching in amusement as she examined it and then, of course, licked it. 'Eww, how can he eat this?' She looked back at him with confusion. He grinned at her, and took a bite out of another piece, purposefully making a louder than necessary crunch. She stared at him in awe, and then grinned at him as an idea popped in her head. She poked one of the things on his face, ignoring his growl, and then pointed at her own face. He stared at her in shock. "You want one?" She nodded with a huge smile. "You sure?" She nodded again. God, he just couldn't say no to her fucking excited face. 'She looks like a damn bunny bouncing up and down like that. Shit, don't look at her jiggling tits'. "Where?" She thought for a moment, before pointing at the left side of her nose. "It's gunna hurt, you don't look like you can take it." He smirked as she huffed and tried her best to glare at him, but it was laughable to say the least. "Last chance." She just smiled wide and rolled her tongue out, which became a way for her to say 'no worries'. He chuckled lightly and stuck his hand out, sticking his thumb in her left nostril and pinching the side between his fingers. He tried to make it as small and shiny as possible.

She felt a sharp pinch, but it wasn't that bad. She involuntarily let a single tear fall out of her left eye. She tried to see it, but only managed to cross her eyes. "I'm sure someone around here has a mirror, Bunny girl." She ignored what he just called her, and hugged him quickly before venturing off to find a 'mirror' as he called it.

Hey everyone! I just wanted to write a quick note to say thank you to all of you who saved, followed, and reviewed. I honestly didn't think that anyone was going to read this, so your support means a lot to me :) I know this chapter is short, but honestly I was really dreading writing the whole introduction to the guild thing. I hope it turned out alright. Some characters might seem ooc, but I'm just writing them how I want them. Anyways, thanks again you guys! :)