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Ravens and Fairies, Dragons and Princesses (Ch. 11)
"Wow…" Lucy's eyes shined brightly as she glanced around the room. Levy beside her, had the same look with a smile. "I'm actually standing in the Fairy Tail guild hall…"
Things had quickly turned restless as soon as everyone came through the front doors of the guild hall. Lucy and Levy figured it was normal as Erza split up the ones who had started it (Natsu and Gray obviously). They gazed in awe at the huge, beautiful guild hall while standing at the entrance like idiots.
"Princess Lucille," Lucy looked to her left and nearly died when she saw Mirajane.
"Mirajane!" Lucy hopped up and down and flailing her arms at the side. "Oh my gosh! I'm such a huge fan of yours! I read Sorcerer Weekly and…" When Lucy finally finished her rant and caught her breath, she blushed in embarrassment and scratched the back of her head. "I'm sorry…I got a little carried away…"
Mirajane giggled, "It's fine. I didn't think you'd be such a fan of me, Your Highness. I'm flattered."
"Oh, you can just call me Lucy, Mirajane," Lucy said with a huge smile. She was still trying to calm down. "I prefer Lucy."
"Okay, Lucy, and you can just call me Mira."
The two smiled as Levy was still gazing in awe. "Oh! I forgot!" Mira laughed at herself and gestured to the guild hall. "Welcome to Fairy Tail! As you can see, we're pretty destructive, but we're warm-hearted and open with one another…even if it doesn't seem like it."
"Oh, I think it's awesome!" Lucy gazed around the loud room again. There were already a few broken tables and a whole group of people brawling. "Wow! I really look up to this guild so this is kinda a dream come true!"
"Really? Wow, I guess we're pretty popular with the royal family, huh?!"
Lucy laughed, "I guess so. I've been wanting to join since I've first heard about it."
"You've been wanting to join? Are you a wizard?"
"Yup!" Lucy patted her ring of keys on her belt. "I'm a Celestial Wizard!"
"How cool!" Mira smiled, "Here, let me show you to your room. We have a couple of guest rooms upstairs if anybody happened to stay here."
"Is Levy and I sharing a room?"
"No, but you can if you want to."
"Oh, no. I was just wondering."
Lucy turned and poked the still awe-stricken Levy. She jumped and looked at Lucy. "Huh?"
"Mira is taking us to our rooms."
"Oh," Levy picked up her suitcase, followed by Lucy, and allowed Mira to lead the way upstairs. They dodged fire, metal, ice, and a few chairs until they were on the second floor where it was peaceful.
Mira opened the first door to the right. Levy claimed it and went in, saying that she'll unpack and maybe take a nap from the twelve hour trip from Crocus to Magnolia. Mira then opened the next door down and let Lucy in.
It wasn't anything compared to her monstrous room back at the palace, but it was cozy, clean, and small. The bed had baby blue sheets on it that looked comfortable to the touch. The walls were a light shade of gray with wooden floors and white furniture. There were three windows as well.
"I know it's not what you're used to, but-"
"It's perfect," Lucy turned to Mira and smiled. "Thanks, Mira."
Mira smiled, "I'll let you unpack and freshen up. If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask."
"I won't."
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"Oh, Plue! Isn't this amazing?!" Lucy jumped up and down in excitement as the trembling snowman sat on her bed with a smile. "I'm not just in the Fairy Tail guild hall, I'm going to live in the Fairy Tail guild hall! Of course it's temporary, but still!"
"Pu~Pun!"
"Plue, look in here! I even have my own bathroom!" Lucy walked in and lay her toothbrush with it's toothpaste by the sink. "I wonder if Levy has her own too. Do you think so?" She walked back out and turned to her spirit.
"Pu~!"
Lucy giggled, pushing her now empty suitcase under her bed. She then collapsed on the baby blue sheets and stared at the ceiling. Plue crawled over to her and snuggled against her arm. Lucy hugged him with a smile, "I can't wait to meet everyone! The only people I know are Erza, Mira, Natsu, and Happy. At the same time, I'm a little nervous too. What if they don't like me?...I know Natsu and Happy don't, but that's okay because I don't like them either..."
As she huffed in annoyance, Plue suddenly stood up. "Pun! Pu~!"
"You have to go back now? Okay," Lucy smiled and waved, "I'll see you later, Plue!"
Plue disappeared and left Lucy alone to herself. She decided to leave her room and knocked on Levy's. "Levy? You in there?"
There was no answer so Lucy figured she was asleep. She gulped down her nervousness and took a deep breath. As long as she doesn't make a fool of herself (or get hit in the head by a flying chair), she'll be fine. Lucy walked down the stairs around the corner toward the main entrance where everyone was. People had calmed down from the fight, except for Natsu and the black haired man that was always half-naked. Lucy looked around at everybody and gapped when she saw Levy. So she wasn't asleep; she was with Gajeel and Pantherlily at a table and didn't seem to notice Lucy's presence.
"Traitor," Lucy muttered and looked away. "What do I do?"
"Um…You're Highness…"
Lucy turned and saw Wendy curtsying in an adorable manner. She was so nervous and adorable at the same time; Lucy couldn't help but let a smile surface. "Hi Wendy!"
Wendy blushed nervously, "You know my name?"
Lucy nodded. "We saw each other a couple weeks ago when you were healing people. Don't you remember?"
Wendy then nodded. "Right, that was you. I never really introduced myself. So, um…it's nice to meet you, Princess Lucille."
"It's nice to meet you too…and you can just call me Lucy. You don't have to bow or say 'you're highness' or anything."
"Are you sure?"
Lucy nodded and smiled, hoping to relax the tension in Wendy's muscles. She must be nervous to talk to royalty.
"Um okay then. This is Carla by the way," Wendy pointed to the white exceed who was right next to them. She seemed to be too busy telling Happy she didn't like fish to notice Lucy was there. "And the blue cat is Happy."
"I know. He and Natsu rescued me from Raven Tail so I already know them."
"Huh?" Happy turned and looked at the two girls when they said his name. "Oh! Looney! It's you!"
Carla gasped, "Happy! That's-"
"It's Lucy," Lucy interrupted. "Not Looney and it's good to see you too," She puffed out her cheeks in a pout.
"I forgot you were going to stay here for a while. Ever since Natsu found out you were staying with us, he's been grumpy. He's been giving you looks since you came in."
Lucy looked around the room and saw Natsu sitting across the room next to a brunette chugging down beer or whatever was in the barrel down her throat. He wasn't looking at Lucy; he was just staring at the table.
"He has ultra dragon hearing so he can probably hear our conversation and looked away when I mentioned him," Happy continued while Lucy watched him. "He was just looking at you though."
"Ultra dragon hearing?"
"Aye! He's a dragon slayer!"
Lucy turned back at the trio in front of her. "Oh yeah…I saw him using dragon slayer magic when he saved me. I didn't really think of that until now." She was talking, mainly to herself, but Wendy replied anyway.
"I'm a dragon slayer as well, but I don't have a good as hearing as Natsu."
"You're a dragon slayer too?" Lucy smiled, "Wow! You're pretty young for a dragon slayer so that's impressive!"
Wendy smiled proudly and Lucy could tell she was relaxing. "Princess-I mean Lucy, can I ask you something?"
"Yeah, what's up?"
"Why do you have a ring of gold and silver keys on your belt?"
"Oh!" Lucy giggled, "I'm actually a wizard myself." Wendy and Carla gapped as Lucy continued, I can summon spirits from the celestial spirit realm to fight and defend me. It's called Celestial Magic."
"Wow!" Carla smiled, "I didn't think you'd be a wizard, Princess."
Lucy smiled, "Call me Lucy."
"I see you four and getting along well!"
Lucy, Wendy, Carla, and Happy turned around to see Mira behind them with a plate of food in her hands. She handed it to a man who was painting a picture. "Merci, Mira!" He said and she smiled at him.
"Don't hog her to yourselves!" Mira joked around as stepped away from the painter and approached them. "I know that Lisanna has been wanting to meet her. A few others might want to as well."
"I can go talk to her now," Lucy smiled. One of the things she loved, was to meet new people. Since she rarely got out of the castle walls back in Crocus, meeting new people was like winning 1,000,000J to her. "Where is she?"
"She's over there," Wendy pointed to the bar. Lucy noticed it was the girl she was holding in her arms after Natsu and Happy brought her back to the castle and saw almost every Fairy Tail member unconscious and hurt.
"She looks like you, Mira."
"That's because she's my little sister."
"I didn't know you had a little sister."
"The big guy over there is her brother," Happy pointed, "the large guy next to Evergreen, the girl with brown hair. His name is Elfman."
"I see em."
Lucy left shortly and made her way toward the bar where Lisanna sat at while drinking a shake.
"Excuse me."
Lisanna looked up from her shake and turned around as her eyes widened when she saw Lucy. "Y-yeah?"
"You're Lisanna, right?"
"Yeah, and you're Princess Lucille?"
"Just Lucy, please," Lucy smiled. "May I sit?"
Lisanna almost laughed. The Princess of Fiore is asking her if she can sit?! "Of course!"
Lucy sat down. "It's nice to meet you! Your sister told me you wanted to meet me so I came over."
Lisanna and Lucy talked about anything and everything. Lisanna showed her around the large guild hall and talked about all the activities and jobs they do. Lisanna had just finished talking about dragon hunting (when it should be called beast hunting) when suddenly voices and footsteps were coming down the hall, closer to them.
Lisanna gasped.
"What?!" Lucy looked at her. Was something bad going to happen?
"Come here!" The white haired female pulled Lucy over toward a table and got down.
"What is it?" Lucy asked again, but the people the voices and footsteps belonged to, came into view and stopped.
"Leave me alone, Juvia."
"But Darling, I want to go on a date."
"Not right now; I'm busy."
Lucy turned to Lisanna and whispered as quiet as she could, "Who are they?"
Lisanna kept her eyes on the pair, but replied, "That's Gray and Juvia. They're in love with each other, but Gray doesn't wanna admit it. The whole guild has been waiting forever for them to get together! Maybe they'll kiss here! Let's see."
Lucky for Lisanna and Lucy, they were far away enough for Gray and Juvia not to hear them. Since Lucy's read every romance she could get her hands on, she was a little excited to witness a kiss. Even if it didn't happen, these two had to get together! They were adorable! Lucy smiled and prayed silently that they'd become a couple.
"I don't understand," Juvia looked down, causing Gray to look at her. "Whenever you're too busy to go to dinner, I would leave you alone, but whenever I see that you're free and I ask you, you always say you're busy. I don't understand."
"Juvia," The look on Juvia's face said sadness and distress. Lucy and Lisanna could clearly see that Gray was upset by what he had said. "Look…I just…I've been getting this strange feeling and need some time to think about it."
Lisanna and Lucy gasped, but thankfully at the same time as Juvia, so their cover wasn't blown.
"A feeling?! You feel something for me?!"
"Uh…not like that…" It was true: Gray had feelings for Juvia. Even though she's a little weird, Gray had always thought she was pretty. Every time she changed her hair and outfit, she got even prettier. It was just a small crush, unlike what Juvia felt for him. He just felt embarrassed to reveal it in public like she did. For a while though, Gray could feel it growing stronger inside and he doesn't know if he could hide it any longer. He's been thinking if he should just admit it or keep it in, and that was the feeling he was talking about.
There was one thing Gray was positive he didn't have to worry about: that if he confessed, his love would be returned. This was rare when it came to love stories.
"Then what do you mean?" Juvia asked, interrupting Gray's thoughts.
"Well…"
Gray watched Juvia's face. Her eyes had a glint of hope in them and her cheeks here slightly pink. Her lips were in the shape of a small o and Gray just couldn't help himself. The next thing he, Juvia, Lisanna, or Lucy knew was that his hands were on her cheeks and their lips were an inch away.
Gray snapped out of it at the last moment.
"I…gotta go. I'll see you later," He pulled away and walked around the corner, hiding his red face (but doing a terrible job).
Juvia was beyond happy. She squealed and ran in the opposite direction as Gray, on her way to tell Mira the Matchmaker what had happened.
Lisanna and Lucy came out of their hiding spot with a smile.
"Oh my gosh…" Lisanna put her hands to her mouth. "Oh my gosh…"
Lucy squealed, "He does love her!"
"Oh I can't wait until they get together!"
The two girls squealed, hugged, and laughed. Lucy smiled at the white haired beauty with only one thought running through her head, "I love this guild!"
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Ta-da! It's done! I'm sorry it came late, my brothers kept asking me to watch Fairy Tail after my homework with them again…sorry! I just want to say that I love Lisanna and LuLi friendship. Just because you ship NaLu so hard (like me XD), doesn't mean you have to hate Lisanna and vice versa. Many people think that so I just want to make it clear. I also love the steam friendship (steam is Natsu and Gray. Apparently, that's what their called. I got it from a youtuber group, "Unison Raid Cosplay Group". They're awesome, go check them out!). I think that Natsu and Gray would be the best of friends if they put their hearts in it. Like that one time when they were training for the Grand Magic Games at the beach: "Swimming contest! Sand castle building contest! Eating Contest! Sun Tanning contest!" Lol! I'm getting off topic! Sorry! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and there's your Gruvia moment and more to come, Blue Star! XD
-zEllie
