Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima does. This story was made for fun, and not for cash. (How unfortunate.)
The First Date, Part 1
The next morning, Lucy woke up in one of the dorm rooms at the Sabertooth guild. This was her new bedroom, as well as where she would now be living, and it looked quite different from the bedroom that Lucy had in her apartment. This room possessed a brown tiled ceiling, emerald green walls, sapphire blue carpeting that covered the entire floor, and the furniture was purple in color. The large four-poster bed was in a royal shade of purple purple with two soft pink pillows on it, and there was also a purple rectangular table in the middle of the room as well. A purple sofa stood behind the table, and there was a wide purple dresser next to a tall purple bookcase near the door.
The brown wooden door was across from Lucy's royal purple bed, and the blonde girl smiled happily while seeing a pink desk on the left side of the room with a pink heart-shaped chair to match it. There were two adjacent arched windows on the left side of her room, having red curtains that were moved away from the windows, and the sunlight beautifully shined into Lucy's dorm room. Really, this guild was definitely good with its ability to make the rooms look pretty stylish for every specific person. Sting had hoped that this room would be to Lucy's liking, based on how everything was state of the art at this guild.
Lucy removed the pink comforter off of her body, and she raised her arms high above her head. She knew that Sting was a really cool guy to be around, since he had taken her out on some cool adventures, and Lucy also thought that Sting was cool because of the fact that he was quite a smart guy. The blue-eyed male used dinnertime as a little opportunity to tell Lucy about the Darkness Magic that she could now wield, but she couldn't be expected to master it so easily. Even though it would be a little nice to catch up to Melinda, the difference in their levels of experience was far too great. After all, was Lucy really a match for someone who won seven ribbons in Magic Contests?
Lucy smiled softly while knowing that she also had Water Magic at her disposal, but she wasn't going to make a big deal about the fact that she couldn't use elements in combinations yet. She simply needed more experience before she could even participate in a Magic Contest, and the brown-eyed girl decided that it would be good to have a nice day with Sting. They did finish a job yesterday, and Lucy didn't feel like taking anyone down today. She still remembered how that villain named Lucian had been quite weird, but he was only beaten because of the fact that he seemed somewhat cocky.
As Lucy got out of bed to open up one of the arched glass windows in her room, she began to think of how Sting made her feel so happy yesterday. He was really glad that they could work together, and Sting's confident attitude always caused Lucy to smile or giggle. She liked hearing him say that he'd be Fiore's best dragon slayer, seeing him as someone who could be capable of claiming that title, and Lucy began to blush. Her cheeks became light pink when she thought about how great it was to look into Sting's beautiful eyes or see his muscular arms, and he also had rock-hard abs. Not only was he smart, but he was a hot guy with a voice that seemed to float around in Lucy's thoughts about him. Lucy did not even know that she began to slightly lean over the window, and she began to happily giggle.
"Hey, Lucy! I know that you like to have fun adventures with good battles, but it's not always good to be living on the edge." Sting told her in a calm manner while looking a bit concerned, as he stood on the ground while looking up at her.
Lucy replied in a cheerful tone while seeing Sting, thinking about how good it would be to go out on a date with him for the purpose of socializing, "Hi, Sting! It seems like a totally good morning for fun, and maybe we should go to- Whoa!"
Her suggestion was cut off by how Lucy suddenly fell out of the window, which really fitted Sting's words about how it wasn't good to always live on the edge, and Lucy quickly activated her Water Magic in an attempt to save herself. She fired five blue bubbles of water down at the ground, making these projectiles have the ability to quickly increase in size, and Lucy landed on one of the blue bubbles with ease. It felt very soft like a pillow, but then the bubble bounced her off to a different bubble. This transpired for a few more moments, before the bubbles popped to create beautiful blue glitter, and the last bubble sent Lucy bouncing high into a tree.
She sat on a tree branch while blushing nervously about what had just happened, and Lucy embarrassingly looked at her chuckling friend. Sting didn't think Lucy ever needed a spell like that, but it was kind of funny to see her get bounced up into a tree. Sting could guess that the weird spell had some use, despite the fact that it wasn't a really explosive move, but at least Lucy could try utilizing it in a Magic Contest. She was able to climb down the tree without getting hurt, and Lucy smiled when she made it down to the green grass that was next to the ground. As she walked across the grass, Lucy realized that it would be good to ask her laughing friend about going on a little date.
Lucy knew that it was still breakfast time, but she'd really be happy to spend most of her day with Sting. She would also make sure that they wouldn't go out on dates in any abandoned churches or cemeteries, and Lucy hoped to have another fun day with Sting. The white dragon slayer gave her a confident grin again, causing her to nicely smile at him, and this made it easier for her to tell him about the date. Lucy had a great amount of happiness in her eyes while she proceeded to ask Sting out, telling him that they could go eat waffles or pancakes at a diner to start things off, and the blonde-haired girl also told the light dragon slayer that they'd also have tons of fun.
Sting began to smile at the thought of going out on a date with Lucy, as it would give them time to have a good amount of happy fun, and he simply nodded his head in approval. This prompted Lucy to give Sting a happy hug, before her face blushed a light shade of pink at how he hugged her back, and the Celestial Spirit Wizard began to think about where they should go. Lucy did not exactly know Hearthome Town like the back of her hand yet, so she would have to tell Sting where they'd be going for their date. Plus, it would also be quite fun to see Sting be her tour guide for the day.
Before they could really go away from the Sabertooth guild, Lucy looked down at her clothes to see that she was still wearing some pink pajamas. Those weren't exactly the best choice for a date, so she simply ran into the guild to go up the left staircase that would lead to another set of stairs. Those stairs ascended to the third floor, the floor where Lucy's new room was located, and she ran up the stairs at quite a fast pace. Even though Sting wouldn't really be going anywhere without her, Lucy still wanted to make haste with getting ready for the morning part of her lovely date with Sting.
Meanwhile, at the Fairy Tail guild...
Erza stood between Natsu and Gray to keep the boys from starting a really serious fight, as Gray had just told the fire dragon slayer about a shocking interview that happened yesterday, and the male with black hair told Erza that this problem was truly Natsu's fault. If he hadn't been rude enough to make Lucy feel so hurt by how she got cheated on, then she probably would've been thinking straight without anything to rile her up into taking a serious job by herself. Even though she had her spirits with her, Lucy's connection to Fairy Tail was now severed. Her presence was not sensed by anyone in Magnolia, and it was like she completely vanished.
Gray knew that something was really wrong for Lucy to be absent again, and he still remembered Barry's words about how Lucy looked like she was dying. If Lucy was truly dead now, then what could be done? The only action that could be taken was to hold Natsu responsible, since he had been the one to kick her off of the team, and the pink-haired male would have to face some sort of punishment. Even though there was no sign of Lucy's corpse in Eterna Forest, there wasn't any sure way to make sure that she wasn't dead or rotting somewhere. Gray felt like he wanted to scream at Natsu, and this was something that wouldn't be easy to handle.
Natsu angrily defended himself from Gray's words about him being the one responsible for the possible death of Lucy, as he had nothing to do with which job she took, and he told Gray that it wasn't his choice to send Lucy off on a mission that she couldn't handle. If she was dead, then her killer should be at fault. Natsu told Gray that he shouldn't be acting high and mighty because of the fact that he didn't follow Lucy to see if she was doing something that would end up being too much for her, and the fire dragon slayer went on to say that there was no reason that Gray couldn't have gone after her.
The user of Ice-Make Magic shot back with how they had to handle the job on that tropical island, so there was no one who could go after Lucy. He told Natsu that Lucy's body was not found, and her keys were also not found at the scene of where the fight took place. Gray went on to inform Natsu that he went to Eterna Forest late last night, but he only came across the rubble of the decrepit chateau. Natsu fired back with how Lucy's body was not found, so there was nothing to be getting furious about. He simply told Gray to stop being stupid, and Natsu looked at Lisanna while hoping that she would back him up on this.
The white-haired girl sat down at the round table while she was calmly trying to stop her friends from fighting, and Lisanna told Gray that Lucy could've crawled all the way to the town of Eterna. If the chateau was not that far from the forest's exit, which it wasn't, then Lucy could've tried going to the nearby town for medical attention. Someone would've probably seen a wounded girl trying to get into town, and they possibly took her to the hospital. Perhaps Lucy was not even conscious while she had arrived at the hospital, so maybe she was resting in bed or wrapped up in bandages.
"That's possible, but something makes me feel like that didn't happen." Gray replied to Lisanna, as that didn't seem to be part of Barry's story.
Erza told Natsu and Lisanna in a calm manner while looking stern, "We got the info about Lucy yesterday from a teenager who is in the Ivy Kinoyama guild, and he said that Lucy was attacked by a woman named Melissa. Maybe she took Lucy somewhere to finish her off, but it's still too early to assume anything major."
Gray proceeded to punch Natsu in the head for how he didn't even have enough decency to ask Lucy about where she would be going, and the male with dark blue eyes told Erza that they should try to find Melissa. The scarlet-haired mage told him that they couldn't do that because of how there were no jobs that concerned the capture of Melissa right now, and beating her up could result in that killer telling the Rune Knights that she was wrongly assaulted by mages from Fairy Tail. Not only would that get Team Natsu in trouble, but that would also reflect very badly on the guild of Fairy Tail.
Natsu didn't like being punched in the head by Gray, and the fire dragon slayer proceeded to tackle the ice mage down to the ground. This prompted Erza to kick Natsu into the air because of he was being an idiot, and the pink-haired male landed on a table where Gajeel had been sleeping. The iron dragon slayer grumpily woke up to tell Natsu about he was still being stupid as ever, and Levy was surprised to suddenly see Natsu get off of the table to leave the guild. He was quite steamed from how Gray was accusing him of being the one who caused Lucy's death, and Natsu gave a harsh glare to the male with dark blue eyes.
Lisanna got up from the table to leave the Fairy Tail guild for now, as she wanted to help Natsu calm down, and the white-haired mage walked towards Natsu with a smile on her face. She hoped that Natsu had not been the cause of Lucy taking on a dangerous job, even though he actually was the reason that she did it, and Lisanna was also hoping that Lucy was not dead. Even though the blonde-haired girl was probably taken to a hospital, there was no real guarantee that she would end up surviving. Lisanna knew that this was a really tense situation, and Team Natsu would have to find a decent way to handle it.
She gave Natsu a gentle kiss on the cheek to calm him down, and Lisanna kindly asked him if he'd like to eat some hot fudge sundaes for the sake of cheering up. She told him that there was a possibility that Lucy was alive, so it was good for him to tell Gray that there was no reason to worry. If Lucy was just recovering, then she'd probably just return to the guild in a week or two. It was pretty unfortunate that she was attacked by a dangerous criminal, and Lisanna thought of trying to hold a little party for Lucy's return. After all, some people would be really ecstatic that she got through a fight with someone who almost killed her.
Natsu began to calm his anger down while he turned his head to look at Lisanna, and the fire dragon slayer told her that he'd love to eat some sundaes with her. Natsu was quite glad that Lisanna was around to keep his mind off of the negativity that Gray made him feel, and Natsu began to think about how Lucy was really at fault for her own possible death because of how she was a total moron for taking a job that she couldn't handle with just her spirits. Natsu began to laugh about his thoughts, making Lisanna think that he was starting to cheer up, and the fire dragon slayer really started to be glad that Lucy was out of his life for a while.
Meanwhile, at a cafe in Hearthome Town...
Sting took Lucy to a cafe that had red walls and a white tiled floor that looked quite fancy, and they sat across from each other in pink chairs while their square table was also pink. They ate large stacks of strawberry pancakes that had been covered in red strawberry syrup, and the large plates were white. Lucy was also pleased to see that they got large cups of hot chocolate as well, which was quite sweet, and she took a bite out of one of the strawberry pancakes while loving the happy time that she was spending with Sting. Lucy was currently eating the first pancake on the stack, and she also loved looking out at the window to see the clear blue sky.
She turned her head to shockingly see that Sting was already finished with three of his pancakes, but she did have to take into account that he was a dragon slayer. Natsu once told her something about how dragon slayers could eat lots of food, since he once ate out all of the food in her former apartment, so she could see why Sting seemed quite hungry. Lucy accidentally let out a burp, however, and that caused Sting to laugh after he had swallowed his food. Hearing Lucy burp was kind of funny, especially because of how she proceeded to blush cherry red, and Sting told her that it was okay to burp on a little date.
Lucy currently wore a green midriff shirt with some blue jeans and red flat shoes to match, and she also had an orange bow on the left side of her head. Lucy's hair was down, as she never really thought of having it in a ponytail or in pigtails for dates, and she looked quite attractive. In fact, Sting kept smiling at her while they had been on this date together. He just couldn't take his eyes off of a beautiful girl like Lucy, and the user of Light Dragon Slayer Magic also liked how Lucy had such a kind personality. She even thought about buying a plush doll of Lector, even though she could see Sting's red Exceed at any time, and Sting was just as famous as his cute cat.
As Sting put down his spoon and fork, he looked a little curious to hear Lucy ask him about the Darkness Magic that she had gained yesterday. She wanted to know about its properties and certain spells to base hers off of, and Sting had a calm look in his blue eyes while telling her about how Darkness Magic could be used to create spells with high amounts of energy. Sting informed her that spells of Darkness Magic could be based off of gravity or ghosts, since both of those things involved darkness in different ways, and gravity would be quite useful. Lucy could use it on enemies in the air or even pull enemies into the air, so it was somewhat useful.
The blonde-haired girl did not really know what ghostly magic would be needed, but Sting told her that she just had to think creatively about what the human mind could fear. After all, she was certainly spooked by Lucian's purple flames that were quite destructive. Purple flames were quite creepy and unnatural, almost like they were alive, and flames in a purple color could bounce around like they had a will of their own. Of course, there were more ghostly attacks besides flames. Lucy smiled cutely while Sting told her that she'd probably end up creating those on her own, so there was no need to rush anything right now.
"Hey, Sting. I've been wondering... Do you have any favorite places in this town?" Lucy asked him in a happy manner while blushing, twiddling her thumbs in a somewhat shy manner.
The light dragon slayer responded confidently while starting to think about where he'd want to take Lucy, "Well, there's a flower shop that is next to Minerva's house. There's also a burger shop, and there's an ice cream store that makes the finest ice cream on this side of Fiore."
Sting kept eating his strawberry pancakes, but he did start to think about how Lucy could use her moves for Magic Contests as moves for regular battles as well. Despite the fact that she did not have as much experience as Melinda, that wasn't something to remain a problem. Sting thought about giving Lucy some ideas for new spells, but that wouldn't be necessary for this little date that was going on. Plus, Lucy was quite smart. She was probably going to create some new spells soon, and practicing with them was also quite crucial. She'd be on the path to being a good Magic Coordinator, and Sting knew that Lucy would work hard.
As he was about to get up from the table to pay for the food, he stopped to see that Lucy was looking at a red-haired girl who appeared to be holding a green case to hold her ribbons. She appeared to only have a red one and an orange one, but this girl appeared to look quite ambitious about filling up the other five spots in the ribbon case. Sting smiled at his date while telling her that she'd have to soon buy a ribbon case, as there were Magic Contests in other towns, and this news caused Lucy's eyes to twinkle brightly with joy. She really wanted to know about the Magic Contests in other towns, and they seemed cool to her.
Sting let Lucy know that each town based their Magic Contest off of their area, with the exception of Hearthome because of the fact that Sting was the guild master while he was also involved in managing the Contest Hall, and some Magic Coordinators would be required to battle or appeal with the area around the building. Magic Contests could also test a wizard's ability to work in different environments, as they normally would have to go out on jobs in different places, but there were many elements of magic while there were only seven types of ribbons that could be received.
With a look of confidence on his face, Sting told Lucy that not every type of magic was permitted in Magic Contests. For example, he let her know that Celestial Spirit Magic recently received a ban in the official Grand Contest Festival because of its rarity and because of paranoia involving levels of strength. After all, an extremely powerful Celestial Spirit Wizard could summon seven spirits with ease. That wouldn't exactly be fair to all the other competitors, especially since fighting seven more opponents would be against the rules, and there were also certain types of Caster Magic that were banned because they would be far too dangerous.
Lucy was quite happy to receive such great information, and she would be glad to only use her golden keys to assist her in fights. She had not used them yet because of how certain conditions were not fulfilled, such as how there was no water for Aquarius to use in the abandoned church, and Lucy didn't know if it would be a good idea to try mixing one of her spirits with Darkness Magic. Compatibility could really be an annoying iron wall that forbade some things to occur, but it was only part of the rules that involved magic. After all, spells would be far too berserk if there were no rules in place.
One hour later...
The two mages from the guild of Sabertooth went to go check out a flower shop in the town of Hearthome, after Sting had paid for the breakfast, and Lucy was quite happy to see that the flower shop in Hearthome Town was quite different from the flower shop in the town of Magnolia. There were pots of normal flowers on some of the tables while some odd-looking flowers were on other tables, and there were even pots of dark flowers on some of the shelves. Lucy looked curious about some of the flowers that seemed really odd to her, such as some red and orange roses growing together in a pot of soil, and Sting was now ready to tell Lucy about the flowers on this side of Fiore.
He let her know that people on this side of Fiore would infuse Plant Magic into the soil, causing flowers to grow faster than normal, and magic could also help flowers look much more beautiful than normal. Some flowers would end up turning out to be rather ugly or smell horrible, which was because of discord between the Plant Magic and the other possible type of magic used to sabotage the flowers, and Lucy walked around for a few seconds before she ended up stopping at an amethyst purple flower that appeared to be poisonous. Really, why would the clerk sell this thing in the shop?
Sting told Lucy that the flower was known as a Toxic Flower, something used to poison or kill opponents in one hit, and its power simply depended on the amount of poison that was poured into the soil. Too much poison, however, would result in the Toxic Flower exploding and creating poisonous gas that could even kill its creator. Lucy was quick to back away from it, as she did not want to get poisoned, and she buried her face into Sting's chest while looking a bit scared. He gave her a gentle hug for a moment, before getting her far from the Toxic Flower, and Lucy liked how Sting had such a muscular chest.
She blushed a bit from how close she had been to him, before blushing even more at how they were next to some pots that were filled with red roses, and Lucy's nose took in the potent cherry scent of the roses. They were obviously made with really good magic, since they were smelling extremely great, and Lucy felt like buying some roses for the purpose of having them in her room. On top of that, roses would somewhat symbolize how she was starting to develop feelings for Sting. She really liked him, even though it wasn't to the point where he'd be her boyfriend, and Lucy loved her little attraction to him.
Lucy was about to buy some roses, until the price tag on one of the flower pots stated that the roses cost 70,000 jewels, and she found herself to be a bit appalled by the high prices for the sweet-smelling roses. In their defense, though, they were quite great while there was a high demand for them. In that sense, the price for the roses had to be quite hefty. Lucy walked out of the flower shop with Sting, almost holding his left hand with her right hand, and she began to smile softly from the fact that she'd get to see the town of Hearthome. It was quite a large town, and there were some cool sights to see.
"Sting, where should we go next?" Lucy asked him in a kind tone while smiling, her cocoa brown eyes full of positive energy.
The male with blue eyes replied calmly while starting to grin a bit, "Well, we could go get some ice cream or go to the nearest sundae parlor. They do make some good caramel fudge sundaes."
Lucy was about to be led somewhere by Sting, but the duo stopped for a moment to see that there was a Lacrima Vision screen appearing high in the air. These screens were normally seen in the Grand Magic Games, but Lacrima Vision screens in towns would be used for some important announcements that people needed to know about. Some of the news ads were only for recognition towards certain mages who had really become quite popular, so Sting started to fix his hair because he hoped that he would get the recognition that he really deserved. After all, he was a pretty nice and strong guy who people liked.
The Lacrima Vision screen proceeded to feature a picture of Melinda while the female announcer began to speak about the supposed "pride of Hearthome Town" for getting fifth place in last year's Grand Contest Festival, and no one really cared that she lost in the last round of the Top 8. Lucy began to turn her head away from the screen while she had to hear that Melinda cleverly won all seven of her ribbons, and the hype for the black-haired girl was quite real. Some teenage girls even spoke of how she was so incredibly cool while some guys wanted to date her, and some people even wanted to go against her.
Sting began to scoff at how the announcer made it seem like fifth place was some big achievement, since Minerva got all the way to third place in the semi-finals, but it seemed like Minerva was overlooked because of her humiliating loss against Erza Scarlet in the Grand Magic Games. Erza could possibly end up winning in a Grand Contest Festival because of her godly skills, which always made Minerva feel quite infuriated, and Lucy really had to wonder why some people got spotlight that wasn't highly deserved. If Minerva had beaten Erza, then maybe she wouldn't be seen as a cowardly woman who was weak.
As the screen began to leave the sky, Sting gave Lucy a friendly kiss on the cheek for taking him out on this nice date. Even though it was now four hours away from noon, Sting did like how this morning date was going. Lucy was not boring at all, as she seemed very excited to know about everything involving Magic Contests, and the blonde-haired girl was also very nice. Lucy didn't even seem vengeful, since she would never be the type of person to simply use Sting as a tool to get back at Natsu for cheating on her, and Sting also liked how Lucy had a great desire to get stronger. It seemed like she was really interested in Magic Contests, and she wanted to become very strategic.
Lucy enjoyed being around Sting because he was like a great teacher to her, informing her about everything that she needed to know, and the girl with cocoa brown eyes blushed from how Sting kissed her on the cheek. She loved to learn from him, and Lucy decided that she would become even more skilled for the sake of helping Sting on jobs. She loved how they were spending their morning together by checking out flowers, having many conversations about interesting topics, and eating pancakes. Lucy could only thank Sting by giving him a soft kiss that landed right above his lips, causing him to giggle somewhat, and Lucy let him hold her right hand with his left hand. They were about to walk off somewhere, but a certain woman's gasp of shock stopped them in their tracks.
This woman wearing a blue dress asked Sting in a stern tone while teleporting in front of him and seeing the blond male with Lucy, "We all got back from the mission, but you aren't even at the guild to properly greet us? Also, what the hell is SHE doing here?"
How was Chapter 8? Did you like it? The StiCy is starting in a pretty fun way, and it'll get even more fun when some situations collide! In fact, Lucy may find herself having to finish the rest of her date after something that's quite exciting. Standby for the update!
