Love Amongst The Stars
Chapter 1: A New Beginning
A tuft of pink hair bounced in front of the celestial mage, belonging to her newest friend, Natsu. A blue, talking and flying cat was gliding by his side. Watching them, her heart warmed noticing the bond they had for each other. Natsu must have raised the little blue cat, she was thinking, because of how he responded to Natsu. The pair was leading the new friend to their guild, Fairy Tail!.
Lucy had been dreaming of this day, ever since her mother left her celestial spirit, Aquarius, with instructions to make sure she found her way her. At the age of nine, Lucy watched her mother, Layla, die of Magic Deficiency Disease. Her father turned cold towards her ever since. She suspected part of it was because she reminded him so much of the love her lost. She was a spitting image of her mother though. All of her female bloodline carried the same genes and passed down her particular features.
Her thoughts stopped abruptly as she realised a giant building was looming over her. Staring up, she saw the logo shine in the sun. Fairy Tail! She had finally made it.
"Lucy, we are here. Hello?" Natsu waved his hand in front of his new pals face and she stared up at the building. "Are you nervous or something?"
"OH. . . . oh. Yes, I am. I have been dreaming of coming here for so long. Now that I am here, it is scary. I hope I can find more people like you in there Natsu."
"That won't be a problem. Everyone in there is like family to me. The best group of people you could ever meet." Natsu turned on his heel and kicked the doors open. "Oi! WE ARE BACK EVERYONE!"
"OI! FLAME BRAIN! Do you have to shout already?" A raven haired man said. he looked to be Natsu age and was very handsome. Lucy stood in the doorway and watched and the 2 mages were now forehead-to-forehead, insulting each other. The dark haired man somehow was in his boxers and Lucy's ears burned red with interest and embarrassment.
Before anyone could stop it Both the mages pulled back and swung at each other. Fist colliding as Fire and Ice fought to be the dominant element. The energy from the magic sent both them flying backwards and into tables. This started an all out brawl in the guild. Chairs were flying, magic was zipping past her eyes and screaming was booming from every corner. Lucy slid her way through the crowd to a lady at the bar, with her face in her hand sighing.
Making to almost the bar, the raven haired man stumbled in front of her.
"Hmmm, you are new aren't you? MY name is Gray Fullbuster, it's nice to meet you? Um. . . . . is something wrong?" The Ice mage finished, looking confused, until he looked down. Somehow, he had stripped out of his boxers too and was letting it all blow in the wind. Looking back up, he saw Lucy's face redder than a tomato. She was pretty cute. Not knowing what to say, he blurted out the first thing that came to mind. "Miss. could you lend me some underwear-?"
Stunned at the request after seeing him in the nude, Lucy was frozen in place looking even more shocked. Smooth move Gray. Loke isn't going to let you live that one down. She is seriously pretty and . . . "Ow! NATSU! YOU MATCH STICK." Gray's thoughts were interrupted by Natsu's laying a punch against him.
Stunned at the request after seeing him in the nude, Lucy was frozen in place with a shocked look. Smooth move Gray. Loke isn't going to let you live that one down. She is seriously pretty and . . . "Ow! NATSU! YOU MATCH STICK." Gray's thoughts were interrupted by Natsu's laying a punch against him.
"Put some clothes on you exhibitionist!" The Flame mage bellowed.
Lucy continued up to the bar and sat down. "Excuse me!"
"Oh, hello dear. I haven't seen you around before. Are you new?"
"I am hoping so. Natsu brought me here just now because I was looking for the guild. I would like to join if that's okay?"
"Oh, what a sweet girl. Of course! What is your name hun, oh and what power do you have?
"Oh, My name is Lucy He. . . *smiles* just Lucy if that's already (Mira nodded) and I am a Celestial Mage." The rowdy crowd calmed down when they heard this. A man that looked about her age, with glasses, nearly choked on his beer at a near by table.
"Oh my! That is wonderful! Celestial Mages a pretty rare."
"Every female on my mom's side of the family have been Celestial mages for many generations now."
"OH wow. That is even more rare. Now hun, I need to give you your guild mark. What color would you like and wear."
"Oh, um, how about pink and on my left hand! Oh and your name?"
"Oh pardon me. where are my manners? My name is Mira! You can call me big sis if you want. All the kids your age do." She gently smiled and lifted the stamping tool off Lucy's hand. A pink Fairy Tail symbol appeared on her hand.
"WOW! I am really a member of Fairy Tail! MY mom would be so happy."
"Would be?" Mira asked out loud without thinking. Quickly she covered her mouth thinking she asked a bad question.
"Oh yea. It's alright. It has been years. She passed away when I was 9 due to Magic Deficiency Disease. I hope to be like her some day. She is the one that told me I should come here. She said it was a great place to grow and become strong. SO, I am very happy to be here."
Everyone's heart in the room melted and a few people had tears in there eyes. Eyes were drawn to her, so intensely. She had a light about her that just made everyone want to be happy. Watching her smile as she looked at her hand a few smirks crossed some of the mages faces. No one noticed the that at the door, a red haired mage had returned.
"I was gone for 4 days and this place already looks like a pigs pen." The scarlet haired woman said. Her eyes focused on the now hugging Natsu and ravened haired mage. "Natsu! Gray!."
"Aye" The said in unison with a slight look of terror and whimper.
"What have I told you about fighting inside the guild. And the rest of you, why didn't you stop them." Mira was the only one not cowering down. the rest of the guild had their heads down and eyes looking in every other direction but hers.
Thinking she should lighten the mood, for Lucy's sake, Mira pulled out her secret weapon."Erza! I got a strawberry cake for you."
"Really?" In second Erza was at the bar and savouring the piece of cake in slow and thoughtful bites. Stopping for one moment to look at Lucy. "Who are you?"
SO DIRECT! Lucy thought as she straightened up. "My name is Lucy. I just joined the guild today."
"Nice to meet you! I am Erza scarlet. Also know as Titania. I am a Re-quip Mage."
"It's very nice to meet you too. I am a Celestial Mage."
"OH, really? That's pretty rare. It will be nice to have a Celestial Mage in the guild. Thank you for choosing to join our little family!"
"I can't wait to get to know everyone."
Lucy spent some time at the guild hall getting to know each other. She especially took time to talk to Gray. There was no luck talking to Loke, though, even though she tried. He just kept running away. Before it got too late, Lucy headed out and searched the town for an apartment. She found a nice little apartment that was perfect for her. The land lady was SUPER nice and rented the place to her for only 700J a month. It was a steal.
Settling in to her new place, Lucy quickly showered and went out to grab a few things for her place. She left home with a little money, so she got bedding, thing for the bathroom, kitchen and dining items, and a tiny bit of food to start her off. Leaving her house suddenly, she didn't have many clothes either. She packed light, but made sure to grab her stash of money she had been saving up. She dropped her stuff off at her new place and ran out to get some quick clothes shopping done. She didn't have anything warm or even a swim suit. Once she got a few different outfits together, she grabbed a bite to eat. Not having to cook for tonight was nice.
Locking the door behind her, she set her bags of clothes on the floor in her room. She had a small apartment. The kitchen, dining, living and bedroom where all one room. The bathroom, thank fully, was on it's own behind a door. Tomorrow she would start trying to earn money by taking easy jobs. She was hoping to work her skills up as quick as possible. Maybe she could go on a mission with Natsu, so he can show her the ropes. Maybe, she could even go with Gray. For now though, she just wanted to drift off to sleep. After a shower, she got ready for bed and tucked herself into bed. She drifted off into a happy sleep pretty quickly. Thinking of how proud her mother would be of her and how nice it was to find new friends.