Hey everyone! I'm here with the tenth chapter of this fic! I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: 私は妖精の尻尾を所有していません (I do not own Fairy Tail, put into google translate so it's probably completely wrong)

P.S: This is continuing from immediately after the previous chapter.

"Well," replied Mrs. Strauss smiling, "Although I cannot officially condone the use of such language, on an occasion such as this, I will disregard it. Mr Makarov also said that you should go to his office after lunch. He has talked to Mr. Strauss and made sure that he understands that you will be missing the lesson,"

"First, we get into the newspaper, then we get to miss maths!" shouted Natsu, "Best day ever!"

Mrs. Strauss smiled and starting to chuckle she walked away, leaving us to go to lunch, excitedly discussing this turn of events.

"Guys! Guys! Guess what!?" I exclaimed, hurrying to the table where our friends were sitting, "Mrs. Strauss just told us, that she's going to put our manga in the school newspaper! And, she's gonna' add a new segment, just for our manga!"

"Yeah, but more importantly," yelled Natsu, "We get to miss maths!"

There was an awkward silence, before my friends ignored Natsu's comment.

"Juvia is so happy for you!"

"Pretty cool, I guess,"

"Wow Lucy! That's so cool!"

"That's pretty neat!"

the others replied all at once.

"We have to go meet Mr Makarov soon, so we'd better be off, but, as my comrades forgot to mention, we get paid!" spoke Erza, smiling at the looks of disbelief on the others' faces.

"Come on guys!" I called, already at the door. There was no way that I was going to be late for this meeting.

Taking a deep breath, I knocked on the door. My knuckles rapped sharply against the hard oaken wood. To be honest, this was the first time I would be actually seeing the principal. Sure, I had received a welcoming email from him upon joining the school, but I had never spoken to him in person. Judging by the stories Natsu had told me of his punishments, he was a real force to be reckoned with. We meekly waited outside the door; even Erza's usual calm collectedness had vanished. As a muffled voice called for us to enter, I prepared myself for a tall, imposing man. Probably wearing a formal suit with steel-rimmed spectacles. However, upon opening the door, I was greeted with the exact opposite. Before stood an old, short man, about four and a half feet in height. Instead of the suit I was expecting, he wore a comfortable cloak, waistcoat and pants. He wasn't wearing a stern expression, instead, he bore a wide grin.

"Come, sit down," he smiled at Erza, Natsu and I.

I took a seat from the three comfy chairs that were laid out in front of the principal's desk. The principal walked around and sat down in his comfy armchair. He settled himself, before turning to face us.

"Pupils, it has never happened before in my time at this school, that pupils have created something of such high quality that I have decided to add it to the school newspaper. The school newspaper may seem small, but at one pound/dollar/franc/euro (IDK where you live) with over two hundred copies sold per week, it is definitely not the case. I hope my colleague made this clear, but I will explain again to make sure you understand. I am offering you the chance to have a ten-page manga edition segment of the newspaper in every edition. The editions, as you know, are released every two weeks. I understand that you will not always be able to meet these deadlines which is why I understand that the manga may not appear in every edition. However, if I may say so, as a friend, not a teacher, please make more as soon as you can - I have to find out what happens to Bora! In any case," he said, calming down, "I propose a salary of ten [insert your currency] per person, per issue. Now, I know you all will need time to consider whether - "

"Count me in!" shouted Natsu.

"Me too," smiled Erza.

"Definitely!" I said, almost giddy with excitement.

"Well," he said, visibly chuckling, "I assume you wouldn't mind starting . . now?"

We all nodded vigorously.

"Then it's settled," he said, satisfied, "You many return to your next lesson, English, was it?"

We thanked him for this wonderful opportunity and I shook his hand so hard, that I was sure it would fall off. Finally, though, we were out of his office and out of earshot of anyone. Immediately, we all started jabbering animatedly to each other:

"I'll finally get to show that Minerva -"

"I cannot wait to get started,"

"Woohoo! Party!"

"The look on her face'll be -

"We'll need to make another mini storyboard and redraft, and -"

"And then we can all eat cake!"

Realising we were all talking at once, we burst out into uncontrollable laughter, which although disappeared as soon as we entered the English classroom, left a lasting joyous mood in our hearts. Nothing could dampen my spirits now, they were positively soaring, and by the dreamy looks on Erza and Natsu's face, I could tell I wasn't the only one.

After school ended, our group of friends all huddled together near my locker.

"Although we just celebrated at Erza's house, this definitely calls for a night out!" Gray exclaimed, "I dunno' maybe, bowling? Followed by eating out?"

We all seemed to agree, and before long, we had arranged a time and place. Riding high on my success, I couldn't wait to get home and start to work. Now that I was on my throne of elation, nothing could dispossess me of it. Absolutely nothing.

As I turned the handle of my door, I immediately felt something was off. There was no reason, nothing different, but something, maybe a sixth sense, was unsettled. The hairs on my neck stood up straight, spooked. I looked around cautiously before swivelling around to catch sight of the face I tried so hard to forget but never could rid my mind of.

"Lucy, I'm home," the face spoke.

Mysterious, eh? . . . Not really, you probably can all guess. In any case, PM/review me any answers you may have as to who this unsettling figure may be! I can't believe I've reached ten chapters! *looks at BTL (between the lines)* . . . Never mind . . . But in all seriousness, thank you to everybody reading for sticking with me through ought. Your kind words make me proud, and every action, favourite, follow, review or view never goes unnoticed. As well as this, we've hit 500 views! The fact that 500 hundred of you have decided to put the time into reading my work is just crazy to me. Thank you all so much, and I hope to see you all in the next chapter, coming tomorrow or day after that. Also, please do review, favourite and follow! See you all later!