So I was looking for some prompt ideas and I mashed a couple of them together. Thus, this document was born. It's basically: It's late, I'm lost and I'm all alone. I know you live in the same building as me. So could you please walk me back?
It might not sound very good yet, but hopefully it turns out alright. I had a lot of debate over who should be in this one. I was originally going to make it another NaVia one shot, but I kind of have something else planned for them. So I decided to make it a group one centred around Levy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or its characters
Enjoy!
The night had started out well for Levy. She'd been invited out by a few friends and she had happily agreed to go. It had been a while since she had been out and she had been looking forward to it, even picking out her best dress and actually putting effort into wearing some makeup. They'd gone to a few bars, dancing and drinking to their heart's content. Levy would say she had enjoyed it, even though she had protested to the mere idea of it at first. She hardly ever went out anymore and the night had been extremely entertaining. Until she realised that she had lost her group in the last bar they had went to and she had no idea how they had gotten there or how she was supposed to get back to her apartment. She had headed outside to look for them and had ended up wandering the streets. Drunk and alone. Ok, so maybe it hadn't been the best idea at the time. But she was only realising that now she had sobered up a bit. She had tried calling them, several times until her phone died , but she always got through to their voicemail.
Some friends they are! How drunk could they have been to forget me?! She sighed to herself and looked at the latest street sign to her right. It was unfamiliar. This whole place was unfamiliar to her. Levy had no idea where she was. She was lost. Normally, she was such a sensible person. In fact, she prided herself on that and said that it was one of her best qualities along with her intellect. But at that moment in time, she wondered what had happened to them to put her in suh a state. She looked at her watch, just barely making out that it was quarter to two in the morning. That meant she had been walking for nearly an hour now and she was probably no closer to home. At this point, she was preparing to just give up. I could call a taxi. Oh wait. Nevermind. That was it. She was doomed. Might as well face reality now and realise that she wasn't going to get home at any point tonight. She debated curling up in an alleyway or bus stop for the night, but thought better of it when her common sense kicked in for the first time that night. There might be a hotel or B&B near by, but she didn't want to risk walking any further for fear of becoming even more lost. There was no one else around, as far as she could tell, meaning there was no one to help her. The dark knight sky wasn't helping to make matters any better either. She was struggling to see anything under the dim glow of the street lights. It was hopeless.
There was nothing else she could do. She resigned to sitting on the curb with her head resting on her hands. Maybe someone would drive past and see her. They might offer to take her home. Actually, that doesn't seem like a good idea. But what choice do I have? A faint laugh caught her attention. It came from the direction she had walked from. She strained her eyes to listen for any sign of the person and was able to catch a very quiet chorus of different voices that was seemingly getting clearer the more she listened. There was a group of people! And they were headed her way! She was saved. If she asked, maybe they would point her in the right direction to her apartment block. Or they might let her borrow a phone to ring a taxi. Her mind suddenly told her to be hopeful again.
A figure finally appeared at the end of the street. They were followed by three others and all four of them were laughing at something. Levy couldn't make out what they looked like at first, until they stepped under a light that was a bit closer to her. There was a stoic looking red haired woman who looked as if she was trying her hardest not to burst out laughing at something her friend had just said. She was adorned in a very tight fitting black dress that complemented her figure well and her hair was up in a high bun. Behind her was a tall brunette who was sporting some kind of blue bikini top and loose brown trousers. She had a bottle of what Levy presumed was alcohol in her hand. There was a fellow bluenette next to her and she seemed to be more moderately dressed then the rest of them, with a loose flowing dress and sleeves that reached to three quarters of the way down her arms. Finally, there was a cheery blonde woman with a huge grin on her face. Her own outfit consisted of a short sleeved, tight fitting white t-shirt and short black mini-skirt with a golden belt. Levy wondered why anyone would go out dressed like that. It seemed so indecent.
However, there was something familiar about them but Levy couldn't quite figure out what it was. So she kept her eyes trained on the group as they they walked closer to her. They had yet to notice her and she was sort of thankful that they hadn't. The brunette said something that had the other three turning several shades of red whilst she once again began to laugh. "How much have you had to drink tonight?" the red head asked her. "Oh not that much Erza." she slurred her words and threw an arm around the red h- Erza's shoulders. Her reply was simply met with an eye roll. "Erza should know by now how much Cana drinks. Juvia found out the hard way." The bluenette spoke up. Levy realised that the blonde had noticed her hunched up form at the side of the curb. She turned her head a little more and then everything clicked.
The blonde woman and the brunette, who she had presumed to be Cana, lived two doors down the hallway to Levy. She had seen them a few times around the apartment building but she more of the blonde than she did Cana. There had been times when she had brief conversation with one or both of them. And, she realised, all four of them where usually in the same lectures as her. Of course she recognised them. Hopefully, they would help her. "Hey, hold a minute guys." The blonde held out a hand, signalling her friends to cease walking, as she came to a halt a few paces before Levy. "Do we know you?" she asked.
"Err- well I think. I live in the same building as you. It's Lucy right?" Levy had finally succeeded in remembering her name. Lucy looked very surprised until Cana cut into the awkward conversation. "You're that bookworm that lives down the hall from us right? I thought I recognised ya." She brought the bottle to her lips again and began to chug down the contents inside. Levy gave a small nod as she stood up and dusted her dress off. The others (minus Cana) shared looks of confusion before something seemed to click inside Lucy's head. "You're name's Levy, isn't it?" she nodded once more.
"What are you doing out here so late at night?"
"I could ask you the same thing." her reply was met with a glare from the red head.
"Excuse me?"
"Sorry. I didn't mean anything by that. I'm lost. I was at a club with some friends and I lost them so I went to look for them." She told them. They asked her why she was wandering the streets alone, to which she replied that she had somehow entered a part of town she did not recognise and did not know how to get home. Erza had given her a lecture as to why that was such a foolish idea and Levy was forced to agree with her. "So what is Levy going to do now?" Juvia questioned her. Levy noticed that she had a straight quirk to speak in the third person. "I don't know." She thought about asking to walk with them but quickly shut the idea away, not wanting to bother them.
But it seemed as if Cana and Lucy had the same idea as they grabbed her by the arms and insisted they walk her back to their apartment building. "We don't want you getting lost now do we?" The small bluenette looked in amazement as they proceeded her in the direction of what was presumably the way to her apartment. Erza and Juvia parted from the group about five minutes before they arrived. She was thankful that they had helped them so several times in the elevator ride to the second floor. They walked her all the way to her door, even though she had protested against it. Their excuse was that they wanted to make sure she got there safely but they really wanted to see what the women's home looked like. They had never been there before and she had been inside their apartment several times for different reasons, usually to drop off some notes from a lecture they missed.
She reluctantly invited them in and she saw their eyes bulge out of their sockets as they stared at the hundreds of books that lined her walls. "Never, in all the time I'v known you Lucy, have I ever met someone who owns more books than you." Cana stated in disbelief. "Have you read all of these Levy?" Lucy stared in awe. It was like she had walked into the woman's private library. Levy gave a sheepish smile before admitting that she had in fact read every single one of them several times. And that was how the two women began talking and didn't stop until Cana pulled Lucy out of the apartment when she noticed that it had passed four.
Levy waved them off and told them to come back any time they wanted before she closed the door. Tonight had been surprisingly fun. But it would be a long time before she went to out drinking again. It was only then did she realise how much alcohol she had consumed that night, and she groaned as she practically crawled into her bed. She was going to have one hell of a hangover when she woke up.
That could have turned out better but oh well. Like I said, I came up with this while looking for prompts. I was going to make this another NaVia one, but I want to write some kind of 'Day At The Beach' au for them. That's still a work in progress so it might be a while before that it's out.
I don't know how well this one will turn out, but people seem to like this series so far. I'm impressed. If you have any requests that you would like to see then I wouldn't mind posting something related to it.
Goodbye for now...
