Flash back to lucy's freshman year
Lucy was shoved forcefully out the way and went flying into Lisanna, which made both of them both fall to the floor head -well face- first.
"I-I'm so... sorry" Lucy exclaimed getting up quickly ignoring her own pain and holding out a hand to help the other girl up.
Lucy's head really hurt but she was used to it by now people here thought she was dirt and shoved her around. The other girl got up on her own though stumbled and Lucy managed to catch her so she wouldn't fall over again.
"Again, I'm sorry, I'm a big clutz, You aren't hurt are you?" Lucy smiled weakly.
"You're not at fault, those idiots pushed you, why do you not tell anyone?" Lisanna asked still using Lucy to steady herself.
"There's not much point I have no proof, and I don't blame them for hating me, it's my own fault, I'm sorry, oh no, you're nose is bleeding, Here I have a tissue," Lucy panicked as she dug her free hand in her hoody pocket and grabbed a clean unused tissue and held it to Lisanna's nose.
That's when two other pupils a female and a male, the female who is two years older and the male is about a year older rushed over, both sending a glare Lucy's way.
"A-Again I'm ever so sorry for making you fall, I honestly tried to avoid falling into you," Lucy apologised and picked up the other girls books and handing them to the girl apologising once more.
She then proceeded to pick up her own books and was going to stand before she was once again pushed to the floor hitting her head again, She ignored the pain and looked at her attacker. She tensed seeing a gang of people that glared at her and then fused over the white haired girl with the bleeding nose.
"Lisanna! What'd that bitch do?!" A ginger-ish boy said glaring daggers at Lucy... If looks could kill Lucy would be just a pile of ash right now.
Lucy ignored every feeling of pain she felt and grabbed her books trying to stand quickly.
"Guys! Don't be so mean! She was pushed and bumped into me, it wasn't her fault so lay off!" The white haired girl addressed as Lisanna yelled at the group, Lucy stood using the lockers to steady herself.
"I'm sorry," Lucy whispered and walked away leaving the group amazed that she didn't fight back, stick up for herself or anything and just apologised, it was as if she were apologising for her entire existence and her eyes seemed to say the same thing.
"Lisanna, why'd you stick up for her? Don't you know that's the one that is rumoured to be someone quite vicious?!" Mirajane asked as she fussed over Lisanna's nose. Mirajane is Lisanna's older sister she was quite protective of her younger sibling and she glared at the retreating figure of the blonde.
"Don't you remember Lucy?" Lisanna asked sweetly as she tilted her head, Lisanna had instantly recognised the blonde as her childhood friend,
"Should I?" Mirajane asked her younger sister confused.
"I can't believe you forgot Lucky Lucy! My friend from childhood!" Lisanna said shocked her sister had forgotten the little rich sweet blonde girl.
"That's Lucky Lucy?!" Mirajane Exclaimed shocked the quiet girl was cute little lovable sweet Lucy who always wore elegant dresses and spoke with such a sophisticated tone.
"Yeah, I have to talk to her again! I haven't seen her since elementary! Going to secondary school really messed up our friendship," Lisanna said in a super hyped voice.
The rest of the gang looked at the two siblings in confusion, even Elfman was confused by his sister's conversation.
"Elfman remember the little rich blonde girl who used to play with us when we were little?" Mirajane asked her younger brother.
"Yeah, she was a real man!" Elfman said making the others sweat drop at his proclamation, Lisanna laughed at her older brothers antics.
"Elfman that girl who bumped into me was that little girl" Lisanna explained.
"No way! That girl is not rich! She lives on her own in an apartment down the hall from Grays, there's always some creepy old guy going in and out of it." A salmon-haired boy stated in a serious and bored tone.
Lisanna looked at Mirajane with a knowing look, they'd both thought of the exact same thing.
"She escaped him... she finally escaped him," Mirajane breathed a happy sigh
"Mira, please explain," A small Bluenette said from between two boys.
"Later Levy, we have to find Lucky Lucy," Lisanna said running in the direction of the blonde, Mira and Elfman running close behind her, the group of friends watched the three then they noticed a few droplets of blood where the blonde had 'fallen' the second time.
They gave each other worried glances and ran after the three siblings, and directed them to the nurse's office. They bashfully entered to see nurse Porlyusicadressing the wound of the blonde they were looking for.
"Lucky Lucy!" Mira and Lisanna squealed making Lucy's eyes widen like saucers,
"H-How do you know that name?" Lucy whispered fearfully,
"Lucy... You're so mean. I can't believe you forgot us after you promised not to," Lisanna pouted making Lucy's eyes grow even wider.
"Th-there's no way you're Lisanna! She was so timid and shy!" Lucy said rather shocked to see such a confident teenager smiling at her. Lisanna grinned and nodded.
"You've changed a lot too Lu-Lu, Mira and Elfman didn't remember you" Lisanna giggled.
"M-Mira...? E-Elfman...?" Lucy said quietly.
"I know, we've changed a lot too," Mirajane said giving her kind heart-warming smile to the blonde.
"You finally escaped that horrible man then?" Lisanna said rather sadly, Lucy smiled weakly and nodded, she was then engulfed in a tight embrace... Elfman was hugging her.
"You're no longer manly!" He whined making Lucy let out a giggle.
"I know... but I'm glad to have seen you three again... I've been looking for you, I even went to your house to surprise you but I chickened out" Lucy said tears running down her face, four more arms wrapped around the blonde hugging her.
"Please don't cry Lucy...you're safe with us now," Mira said hugging very tightly as if the blonde were about to disappear. Then one of the boys cleared their throats.
"This is all very touching but can we ask why you're hugging her," A deep male voice Lucy knew all too well spoke up. Laxus Dreyer.
"Lax-us.." Lucy breathed, he obviously hadn't changed much. Well except for the scar on his left eye.
"Laxus! Don't you remember Lucy? You know that little blonde girl who used to piss you off for fun," Mira said releasing the blonde who immediately hid behind Elfman.
"Woah! You're saying the Loner saddo that's rumoured to be hooking up with an old dude for money is the happy-go-lucky badass rich girl?" Laxus said questioningly.
"I wasn't happy-go-lucky!" Lucy said glaring at him, she hated when he called her that, he knew Lucy would react like that and he burst out laughing.
"Blondie actually fell for it, You may have changed slightly but not too much in your personality," He said just glared at him and mumbled something bout him being blonde too.
Lucy just glared at him from behind Elfman and mumbled something bout him being blonde too.
"Okay, everyone, this is Lucy. She's an old friend of mine, Mira's and Elfman's. She has a scary rich father and that's all I'm going to say since it's Lu-Lu's business... She can decide to tell you the rest herself. Please be nice to her" Lisanna said as she pulled Lucy from hiding behind Elfman placing an arm around Lucy's shoulder so she didn't escape.
"Wait, you want us to be nice to the girl everybody hates and rumoured to be sleeping with teachers and old men?" one of the boys with scruffy black hair and pure red piercing eyes and piercings all over his face said gruffly.
"Yes that is pretty much what I want," Lisanna stated in a serious manner,
The salmon-haired teen was about to say something when they all noticed the sadness and loneliness in the blonde's eyes as she tried to avoid eye contact, the salmon-haired teen knew this look all too well as the majority of their group had this look when they'd met for the first time.
"Alright. We can do that for if it's for you, Lis, right guys?" He grinned at the group, a short silence followed the salmon-haired guy's proclamation before the group eagerly showed their agreement.
"I-It's okay really, you don't need to force yourselves to be my friends, d-don't risk your reputations for someone like me, I-I mean I don't do anything of what the rumours say about me but that's beside the point, my point is since everyone believes those disgusting rumours and your friends with me they'll think even worse of you and myself," Lucy squeaked out her disagreement as she rambled, she was shocked at them all agreeing so easily.
Actually, though it could have easily been reverse psychology, the group wanted to become this girls friend even more now, the way she said it made it sound as if she cared for their welfare as well as their school lives.
"Lucy.. you are our friend now, there will be no escaping your fate," A scarlet haired woman said as she smiled gently, it shocked the hell out of Lucy that they were so welcoming.
"I-I don't get it at all. Why on earth would you risk it? I'm not worth it. I-I don't want more people hurt because of me. P-Please don't risk it I'm begging you not to," Lucy said as confident as she could though it kind of failed when her voice wavered and she was visibly trembling.
"You should listen to her, people will just say your all sleeping with her too. She doesn't deserve your sympathy," A voice all too familiar to Lucy sneered from behind the group. The group growled seeing Freed and his ridiculous long green hair. Lucy visibly shivered at the sight of him.
"You don't scare us, Freed, It'd not like you would do anything without Laxus' approval," A raven haired male from the group growled at Freed. Freed glared at him.
"Freed...Leave Lucy alone. You shouldn't pick on her anymore," Laxus grumbled. Freed jumped at the sound of Laxus' voice.
"But Laxus, why are you sticking up for... well that, don't tell me you fell for her 'charm' I mean, at least have standards darling," A busty female with red thin glasses, Evergreen, spat out glaring at those in the group.
Lucy took the distraction as her chance to escape and slowly slipped out the second door of the infirmary only to be blocked by the very muscular pinkette who stood there with a proud smirk.
"And where do you think you're going? Trying to ditch us already?" He inquired arms folded eyebrow raised.
"I don't want Lisanna, Mira and Elfman to be harmed because they're seen with me, please let me leave," Lucy squeaked trying to beg the pinkette to let her pass.
The pinkette took a step towards Lucy and in turn Lucy took 5 steps away only to get herself cornered between him and the door, it was very obvious she was scared as she scrunched her body close to the door, the pinkette stuck out his arm and Lucy flinched not knowing what on earth he was going to do.
"I'm Natsu... Natsu Dragneel and those three are tougher than they look, plus you said yourself that those rumours are just that, there's no need to be afraid," Natsu grinned.
Lucy hesitantly shook the male's hand, her sleeve covering most of her hands except for the tips of her fingers. Natsu took this chance holding tightly onto Lucy's hand and opened the door dragging Lucy back into the now silent nurse's office.
"I found her trying to escape," Natsu grinned, several sighs of relief were heard from the crowded room.
"Lucy, why'd you try to escape when I told you there was no escape?" The scarlet haired girl asked, curiously tilting her head slightly.
"I told you before, you'll just end up being hurt," Lucy half yelled though she was still petrified.
"I couldn't live with myself if Mirajane, Elfman and Lisanna were harmed because of me" Lucy's voice turned to a whisper.
"Tough, you're stuck with us now," The raven haired boy said with a half-forced smile. Lucy just backed away from the male who had stepped closer to her,
"U-um... c-clothes" Lucy murmured turning her scarlet red face away.
"Whaa-! When'd that happen!" The boy yelled which made the rest of the group laugh,
"Gray..." Lisanna sighed and facepalmed.
Once the boy Lisanna addressed as Gray had found his clothes and put them back on they began to introduce themselves, the small bluenette and her two 'followers' spoke up first.
"I'm Levy McGarden, it's nice to meet you Lu-chan," The bluenette said in the perkiest voice Lucy had ever heard, it made her happy.
"I'm Jet, Levy's older brother..." The tallest of the two boys with gingerish hair said plainly.
"I'm Droy, Levy's other older brother..." The fatter of the two males with jet black hair said. Lucy shyly waved at them.
"I'm Erza Scarlet," The scarlet haired girl said with a smile, but the look in her eyes said 'mess with me and you're dead'. Lucy shivered at that look and made a mental note to not cross her, not that she ever would.
"I'm Loke, it's lovely to meet you.. princess," A boy in a green coat and orange-ish hair and sunglasses said with a flirtatious look.
"Gray Fullbuster," The raven haired boy said holding out his hand which made Lucy jump back slightly, She just gave a weak smile and stayed at quite a distance from him.
"I think you scared her Ice bucket," Natsu said with a mocking grin.
"I bet you scared her more ash for brains" Gray retorted, and they then began their usual insult throwing which made Lucy all looked at the blonde who used Elfman as a thing to hide behind.
They all looked at the blonde who used Elfman as a thing to hide behind in a stunned manner as it was the first time they'd seen her smile with actual happiness filling her face.
"Gajeel," The boy with pure red eyes and piercings all over his face stated gruffly, Lucy stayed behind Elfman trembling a little, Gajeel looked menacing.
"LuLu... c'mon you gotta get used to them, their friends now, you can't use Elfman as a shield forever" Lisanna giggle as she pulled Lucy into a hug where Lucy visibly tensed though soon after the bell rang.
"C'mon... you'll be late for class," Erza said softly but strictly, And that's how they became friends which completely ruined Tristan's original plan.
Tristan and Vincent were hired by Lucy's father to make Lucy's life so miserable that she'd miss her home and go back. That wasn't happening though, Lisanna, Mira and Elfman wouldn't let it happen again, not since they've finally got Lucy to open up.
Sooo... this took fucking ages to type up... hope you like it.. sorry if its a bit long... but it was necessary hope you are enjoying...