Twenty-One - Lucy Heartfilia
Lucy could not believe that she was being punished. She had been trying to stop the destruction. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad, though. They were chaperoning the Fairy Hills Middle School field trip, which meant they got to visit the Nirvana Planetarium. It might actually be a fun, relaxing day.
It started out well enough. There were actually only three middle schoolers on the trip. That made four chaperones seem ridiculous, but no one wanted to complain and risk worse punishment. Lucy recognized Happy, the blue-haired kid that had helped rescue her from Phantom Lord. There were also two girls on the trip.
"I'm Wendy Marvell," the dark blue-haired girl greeted. "And this is Carla, my best friend." The white-haired girl waved as everyone introduced themselves. "Is this a fun place?" Wendy asked.
"It's amazing," Erza told her. "You'll see when we go in."
"This won't be the same as your last time here, Scarlet," a voice said from behind them. They all turned to see a boy with dark red hair and a shirt featuring a purple snake. Lucy recognized him from Era, but couldn't recall his name. "Unless you want to pay one hundred dollars a ticket again."
Everyone looked to Erza in surprise.
"One hundred?" she repeated incredulously. "That's ridiculous."
"What? He didn't tell you?" the boy laughed.
"This place can't be worth that much," Natsu said under his breath.
"What was that?" the boy asked, narrowing his eyes.
"Don't insult our planetarium," a girl Lucy recognized as Angel said, showing up at the boy's side. "Are you just going to let them talk like that, Cobra?"
"Of course not!" he said.
"Shut up, I'm trying to sleep." Lucy recognized Midnight, reclining in a desk chair behind the ticket counter.
"Oi! Midnight!" Cobra called. "You can't just let them-"
"I do what I want," Midnight insisted.
"This isn't over," Cobra said, glaring at Natsu.
"Let's just go to the show," Erza said, leading the way in.
"Hey, look who's here!" another voice said before they could enter the theater.
"Lyon?" Gray said. "What are you doing here?"
"College credit," Lyon shrugged.
"You didn't want to go with your girlfriend?" Gray asked.
"Meredy has school today," Lyon shrugged. Lucy vaguely recognized the other people with him. Lyon and two others went to Lamia Scale University, while the four guys behind them went to the College of Blue Pegasus. "Why are you here?" Lyon asked them.
"Punishment," Natsu said. "We destroyed the dojo."
"Why am I not surprised?" Hibiki of Blue Pegasus sighed.
"Hey, we're not that bad," Gray protested.
"Natsu is literally setting the curtain on fire as we speak," Sherry, the Lamia girl with hot-pink hair, pointed out.
Everyone looked over to see Natsu absently flicking his lighter on and off. When he noticed the flames crawling up the curtain on the wall next to him, he panicked and dropped the lighter. Unfortunately, it was still lit. He hurriedly stomped it out and Gray helped him put out the curtains. The fire went out, but the damage was done.
"What the fuck is going on here?" a furious-looking Cobra asked.
"Uhh," Natsu said.
"That's it. I'm done with this." Cobra looked over his shoulder and called, "Angel, get back over here! Midnight, Racer, Hoteye, Brain! We have problem guests!"
Lucy tensed up as six very angry employees approached them.
"Oh, shit," Natsu muttered.
"Didn't we get sent here for fighting in the first place?" Lucy mumbled helplessly.
She tried her best to help with the battle that ensued. Fairy Tail sure could fight, even when still injured from their last battle. The college students joined the fray to help them out. However, the planetarium employees were tough, even with so many people against them. It was hard to tell who was going to win.
"What is going on?" a voice asked, sounding distressed and incredulous at the same time. Everyone paused for a moment to look towards the doorway and see a familiar, blue-haired, fairly battered, hoodie-clad guy, looking distraught. "Why is this happening?"