A/N Here's one more chapter for today. First off, I want to tell you why this is rated T. There may be some violence in some chapters and character death too. Nothing to graphic.
Disclaimer (forgot to do this last chapter): I do not own Fairytail. Fairytail Belongs to it's respective author Hiro Mahima.
Now for the summary: 6 teenagers are thrown into detention on Saturday. They are all very different, or so they think. However, soon they will learn that just because they're different doesn't mean they can't be friends.
Natsu Dragneel was in detention. Detention of all places. And for what? For punching Gray Fullbuster? The guy had completely deserved it, he'd started the fight by calling Natsu names. But now here he was, and Gray wasn't, because Natsu had thrown the first punch, and Gray was better at playing innocent. The only good thing about being there, was that Lucy Heartfillia was there. At least, despite the fact that he had nothing else to do, he could stare at a pretty face. Natsu wasn't particularly girl crazy, but he'd be insane to say that Lucy wasn't the cutest girl in school.
Lucy Heartfillia couldn't believe the unfairness of this situation. She didn't mean to sound like a brat, but who cared if she skipped ONE day of school? That was okay, right? Right? Sure, it was. of course, in Lucy's opinion, everything she did was right. Because if it wasn't right, then why would she do it? Lucy didn't like to think of herself as a mean girl, but she didn't go out of her way to be nice either. She figured that if someone wanted to look at perfect behavior, they should look at Erza Scarlet. Lucy wanted to gag when she thought of being THAT perfect.
Mavis Vermillion thought that staying late in the school Library was no reason to earn detention. Granted, she did sort of sneak in, but that was beside the point! Wasn't a school all about learning yet you couldn't step foot in the school after everyone went home. Mavis was infuriated by what such actions implied. You couldn't simply close learning, could you? Honestly.
Jellal Fernandes did not care that he was in detention. He could tell that everyone else in there thought that this was completely unfair. He, on the other hand, knew that he completely deserved being in detention. They'd caught him vandalizing school property. Jellal didn't think himself a criminal though, he thought that this school should be proud of his artistic nature. Alas, this was not the case.
Erza Scarlet was mortified about the reason she was in here. It was an unfortunate accident (non-accident) on her part. It was her first time in here, and she was very determined to make it the last. Erza was in here because someone had knocked over her cake. That, in itself, wasn't the problem. Yet, that was exactly the problem! She'd lost it and beat the kid up. It was not her proudest moment, and Erza never wished to repeat that dreadful action.
Zeref Dragneel. Yes, he was Natsu's brother. Though he was perhaps the opposite of him. He was in this dreaded place to make sure his little brother stayed out of trouble. It was probably the lamest reason to be in detention ever. But that didn't matter because he was the lamest person in the school. So, anything he did was, by association, lame. He accepted that.
These, completely opposite set of students, just happened to be in detention on the exact same day. And it might just change who they were. Even just a little bit. "Good morning everyone!" Natsu yelled and plopped into the seat next to Lucy's. she rolled her eyes and contemplated switching seats. Natsu, despite being popular, was a total dork in Lucy's opinion. Though, she doubted anyone ever took anything he said seriously, so she wouldn't be the first.
Natsu looked around. It seemed he and Lucy were the only ones there, at the moment. Then his eyes settled on his brother. Had Zeref gotten in the car with him and his mom? Natsu didn't remember. His brother had always been kind of a ghost, so Natsu doubted the teacher who was watching over them would even notice him, in the back. Then, it was Erza, the scariest woman in school. Natsu had to admit that Erza was beautiful, but he would never have the guts to say it to her face. Erza could be… an assuming type of person. After her was some long, blonde-haired weirdo. Natsu didn't know her name. and then there was Jellal. Natsu wondered for a moment if he should just run away. Jellal and Erza, Student president, and biggest bad boy of the school. Together. In the same room. The two of them were going to tear the rest of them apart. Everyone else seemed to know it too with the way they all shifted uncomfortably in their seats. "Well hello, hello miss Scarlet." Jellal said with a smirk, sliding in the seat next to Erza. Erza, for her part, ignored him and stared straight forward. "Hey, I'm talking to you!" Jellal exclaimed, his hand touching Erza's. Erza turned to him with a vicious glare and slapped his hand away.
"Don't touch me!" she snarled. Jellal smirked and withdrew his hand. It seemed he'd only wanted a form of reaction from her. he then went back to looking stoic as Erza had moments before. the formerly calm president, however, looked like she was going to murder someone. And that someone was going to be Jellal in the next few seconds.
Fortunately, the teacher arrived within the next few seconds, so she arrived at detention instead of a crime scene. All hopes of Natsu running away went out the drain. Their teacher for detention was Ms. Strauss. She was almost as scary as the president herself. Natsu was probably going to die within the next 9 hours of his life. "Good morning students! I'm here to explain the rules of detention. I know some of you are first-timers." She gave a pointed look in Erza's direction. "Now, here in detention we sit in our seats. We don't talk, and, to put things simply, we don't do anything! Does everyone understand?" she asked with a delightful smile. For some reason, in detention, that smile was even creepier than usual. They all nodded anyway and Natsu leaned back in his chair. He noticed that they were oddly grouped together. He and Lucy were sitting together. And Jellal and Erza of all people were sitting next to each other. That weird, blonde girl was sitting by herself, and his brother was still in the back, completely unnoticed by anyone else. There were times when Natsu grew jealous of Zeref having space to himself. Zeref could probably get away with murder if he wanted too, with the way no one even knew he existed. If no one knew you existed, then how could they suspect you? They couldn't, end of story. Mira had left for her office telling them she would know if they misbehaved. Natsu didn't doubt it.
The first ten minutes all of them were utterly bored. Then Jellal looked like he decided, who cares if Mira's watching? And promptly left his seat. "Hey, what are you doing? Ms. Strauss told us we couldn't get out of our seats!" the blonde weirdo hissed. "Don't you think you're in enough trouble?"
"Well, blondie, you're also breaking the rules by talking, aren't you?" Jellal said, smirking. Erza turned and gave Jellal one of her infamous glares. It said, sit down right now before your body's too broken to commit such a feat. Erza's glares, Natsu found, were very expressive. Jellal just gave her another smirk and walked out of her reach. "Watcha ya gonna do, Scarlet? You gonna break the rules? Come punch me? Hm? I can't hear you." Erza clenched her fists and turned straight forward. She was NOT going to give him the satisfaction of making her of all people, break the rules. "Aw, you're no fun, Scarlet." Jellal said. "Why don't you… get out of your seat." Natsu watched in horror as Jellal physically picked Erza up. She growled and struggled to get free. Jellal was at least 5 inches taller than Erza and easily held her off the ground.
"Let me go!" she growled. Natsu thought that Jellal just might have a death wish.
"Would you two stop acting like children?" Lucy said, turning in her seat and watching them with a very annoyed expression on her face.
"Is everyone out to die today?" Natsu asked himself.
"Well I'm sorry princess. I forgot that FUN wasn't in your vocabulary."
"At least I have a vocabulary." Lucy snapped back. Jellal narrowed his eyes.
"Is there something your trying to tell me?"
"Oh Jellal, you're so stupid it's almost cute." Lucy sneered. Erza rolled her eyes.
"And you say we're acting like children." The two girls glared at each other.
"Can't we just all get along." Natsu tried but was unsuccessful. All three of them ignored him.
"They can't get along because each of them has egos the size of whales." The blonde weirdo said. She had a book out. Natsu wasn't sure how she snuck it passed Mira, but Natsu had new respect for the girl.
"WHAT!" each of them cried, glaring at the girl.
"Don't shoot me for speaking the truth." She said, her hands up. All of them were glaring at her, Natsu was whistling in the front of the room, and Zeref was busy, not being noticed.
"Who are you anyway?" Lucy asked, her hands on her hips.
"My name's Mavis Vermillion."
"Hmph, what's your crime?" she wondered. Mavis glared at her and turned to face the front of the room.
"I'm not telling you." Lucy rolled her eyes.
"Whatever." Lucy said and sat back down in her seat.
"Now put me down, Fernandes." Erza growled.
"Oh really?" and then he dropped her. Erza landed on her feet, whirled around, and kicked him in the shin. Jellal winced but refused to scream in pain like he wanted too. He'd forgotten how hard Erza could hit.
Then they all sat down and were silent. "So…" Natsu said, turning to Lucy. Silence and Natsu did not mix together. "What did you do to get here?" Natsu asked.
"None of your business." Lucy said, staring at her fingers like they were the most interesting things in the world. Natsu sighed and sat back. After five minutes of sitting there he let himself fall out of the chair. He could tell the rest of the students were staring at him, but Natsu didn't care. He couldn't sit in one place for very long. It never went well for anyone around him if he tried.
"Hey!" Natsu exclaimed, sitting up. "Why don't we do a friendship circle." Lucy turned to him, looking disgusted.
"A friendship circle?" Erza asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, we could play like, truth or dare. Except without the dare. So, we can get to know each other better." Natsu said, feeling pretty proud of himself for coming up with something like that.
"Ugh, no thank you." Lucy said.
"Princess, why don't you do us all a favor, and stop acting like you're so high and mighty." Jellal said. He smirked when Lucy shot him an infuriated glare.
"I am not acting like I'm high and mighty." Lucy snarled and turned away from him. settling her hands on her desk Jellal could tell she was smirking. "There's no need to act. I am high and mighty. Especially to pigs like you."
Jellal slammed his fists on the desk. "Why you…" Jellal snarled. Erza put her hand on his arm.
"Don't get so worked up Fernandes. She isn't worth it." Erza told him.
"NOT WORTH IT!" Lucy screeched quietly, whirling on Erza.
"That's what I said, wasn't it? Or is your mouth so loud you can't hear over your annoying, screechy voice." Mavis snorted. Natsu, despite himself, let out a laugh that turned abruptly into a cough. Jellal made no attempt to hide his sniggers, and had anyone known he was there, they would've seen Zeref smiling quite broadly. Apparently, Lucy wasn't the only one who could scald people with her burns.
"How dare you!" Lucy screeched hysterically. Her mind was obviously reeling from the insult because all she could do was splutter unintelligibly, unable to come up with a response.
"Are you trying to say something Miss Heartfillia or are you not intelligent enough to form one coherent sentence." Erza added coolly, her dangerous eyes focused on Lucy's doe ones.
"Fine, let's do this friendship circle thing." Lucy grumbled. So, they all gathered in a circle.
"I'll go first, since this was my idea." Natsu said. They all nodded. "So, Lucy, what's your favorite color."
"Yellow. Because it's pure, unlike other colors." Lucy gave a pointed look at Erza's red hair. "But I won't name any names because unlike some people, I'm not a tramp." She then looked at Jellal.
"Being a tramp and not naming names when you were obviously talking to Miss Scarlet, has no correlation whatsoever." Zeref spoke up for the first time. Everyone jumped and looked at him.
"Who's this, and where did he come from?" Jellal asked.
"I'm Zeref and I've been here the entire time." Everyone was silent.
"Wow… I didn't even notice you." Mavis said. She was slightly annoyed because she noticed almost everything, and missing this dark-haired boy was a huge blow to her ego.
"Hah! I knew it. None of you noticed him!" Natsu burst out laughing. They all looked at each other.
"You noticed?" Erza asked.
"Well yeah! He's my brother after all. Although I'll admit that sometimes I forget I have a brother…" Natsu trailed off.
"Well, if this is like truth or dare, then it's my turn, right?" Lucy asked. Natsu nodded, although he was kind of scared.
"So, Erza, have you ever hit it off with someone?" Lucy asked, smirking.
"Would you care to elaborate."
"Have you ever had a boyfriend, gotten kissed, etc."
"Yes…" Erza said.
"To what?"
"Both." They all stared at her. Perfect Erza Scarlet had a boyfriend and got kissed. Natsu felt that maybe his entire life had been a lie and Erza should be the new "It" girl.
"Who was it?" Lucy asked excitedly.
"That wasn't part of the original question. Now, I believe it's my turn. Zeref, how do you feel about nobody ever noticing you?" Zeref shrugged.
"I don't really mind, I guess. Although, sometimes it can get kind of lonely. When people forget I even live at my house. I just… don't have a commanding presence. Sometimes, I wish I was Natsu."
"Why?"
"Because everybody notices you. For once I wish somebody would just notice if I'm standing right beside them. I almost wish I was even unpopular! I'm so invisible that I don't even get bullied! No one realizes that I exist even though I'm standing right in front of them…" Zeref sighed and slumped forward.
"I… never realized." Natsu said quietly. Natsu never thought about how hard it would be to make friends if he was invisible. Sure, he would've been able to commit murder but… what was the point if you were invisible no matter what you did? "Sorry."
"It is no big deal." Zeref smiled softly. "Mr. Fernandes…" Zeref had to say his name a few more times before Jellal's head snapped towards him.
"Yeah?"
"Where did you give Miss Scarlet her first kiss?" everyone was speechless. He hadn't asked if they'd ever dated, or if they were together. It was like he just knew.
"Um… at…" he cleared his throat. "At a pottery class." Natsu's mouth dropped open. The thought of the biggest bad boy in the school doing something as mundane as pottery class was probably the biggest shock he'd had that day. Natsu must've made his disbelief fairly clear because Jellal glared at him.
"What? I like art. Why do you think I'm always vandalizing the school? It's in my artistic nature." Jellal gave them a charming smirk. Erza, on the other hand, was flushing bright red.
"ZEREF!" she cried.
"I am sorry, but it was better than Ms. Heartfillia asking, is it not?" Erza didn't say anything. Jellal, obviously feeling brave, draped his arm around Erza. For her part Erza, for once, didn't screech and slap his arm away. It looked like she was too frozen to do anything of the sort.
"So, looks like it's my turn." Jellal said. "Mavis, why are you so boring? Seriously, why don't you lighten up once in a while?"
"Boring?" Mavis all but screeched. Jellal shrugged.
"Well, just because I don't like to break the law does not mean I'm boring." Mavis said with a roll of her eyes. "Anyway, my turn." Jellal rolled his eyes convinced that was not an answer. "Natsu, what did you do to get in here."
"I guess it is about time we all confess about why we're each here. I'm here because I punched Gray in the face, though he totally deserved it. What about the rest of you?"
"Well, I'm in here because I decided to redecorate the halls of the school." Jellal said with a smirk.
"I ditched." Lucy said. She looked rather proud of admitting that. They all turned to Mavis with raised eyebrows. Mavis rolled her eyes. "I bet you're in here because you snuck in the library after hours." Lucy added. They all laughed at that prospect.
"I… snuck in the library after hours." Mavis whispered.
"I'm in here to make sure Natsu does what he's supposed to… I'm failing pretty, miserably aren't I?" they all nodded.
"Yep."
"I'm in here because I beat up the kid that knocked over my cake in the cafeteria." Erza said quietly. She was the only one of them that sounded remorseful about why she was here.
"Wow… that's totally you Scarlet." Jellal said smirking. Erza glared at him and finally shoved his arm off her shoulder. Jellal crossed his arms and settled back with a disappointed look on his face.
"You just got put in the doghouse, man!" Natsu exclaimed, laughing. Jellal gave him a look that could murder him. Natsu's laugh turned into a cough rather quickly and he looked away.
"Did you say something, Dragneel?" Jellal asked tightly.
"Hm… I think I said you got put in the doghouse." Said Natsu. When Jellal's eyes narrowed even more. "Oh, that was a rhetorical question." Natsu said quietly. He cleared his throat.
"Mhm. Yep, it was completely and utterly rhetorical." Jellal said. "And if you want your face to remain straight then you better not talk to me again."
"Don't speak to my little brother that way, you hooligan!" Zeref growled. His eyes were a bloody red. They all looked at each other. Zeref cleared his throat. "… Please." He added, a meek smile coming to his face. They all raised their eyebrows.
"Is your brother, by any chance, bipolar?" Mavis asked.
Natsu shrugged. "How am I supposed to know why? I didn't even know he existed for like… eleven years of my life. and then one day some strange kid was in my room, talking to me. I didn't believe he was my brother till I was 13… yeah. So, don't ask me whether he's bipolar. I doubt anyone knows but him."
"I'm not bipolar." Zeref mumbled. "I just can't hold my anger in ALL the time." Zeref said. "… But I am socially challenged." Zeref added.
"I'm a glutton!" Natsu blurted and then clapped his hands over his mouth.
"How, aren't you like, the school's football quarterback?" Natsu crossed his arms.
"Just because I'm not fat doesn't mean I'm not a glutton. What about the rest of you?"
"I have a growth disorder." Mavis said quietly.
"So THAT'S why you're so tiny!" Jellal exclaimed.
"Oh yeah, and what about you, buddy? What deep, dark secret do you have?"
"I… I have a drinking problem…"
"Like you drink too much milk?"
"What are you, five? He means alcohol, dork." Lucy said, rolling her eyes.
"Oh yeah, well what about you, princess? Did you get a nose job?" Jellal teased.
"NO! let's see, I guess since the rest of you are sharing your deep dark secrets, I can share mine… I like books! A lot, actually." She said quietly. "And… I like to write, and actually have this inner nerd in me." After her proclamation she was breathing a little harder. "And you, Erza?"
"I… I'm not perfect. I have serious anger issues, and more than once, I've let them get the best of me… like when I caught Fernandes cheating." She growled, glaring at him.
"I didn't cheat!" Jellal cried. "I've told you time and time again, she came on to me!"
"And yet you let it go on. You didn't shove her away! And you always wanted to keep our relationship a secret." Erza was standing now. "WHY!" she asked. "Was your reputation more important than our relationship!"
"NO! your reputation was more important than our relationship. I did it to protect YOU! Just what would people have said if they saw us walking down the halls together?"
"Oh, please Jellal, just when has my status ever mattered more than any relationship I have."
"I know you don't care Erza… that's why I had to care enough for the both of us…" he said quietly. "It's not just about what people would have said. What about when I get detention? What about when I get in fights? Erza… I care about you too much to drag you down with me."
"Don't give me excuses Fernandes. I know perfectly well that I could've been dragged down. I'm not as gullible as to think I could change you into a better person. I know that only you can do that Fernandes. But I still could've helped. Jellal…" he looked at her. she hadn't used his first name in a long time. "I wanted to support you, to help you. Because I know you want help, it's just that you aren't going to let anyone close enough to give it to you."
Later everyone was back in their seats. Though, Mavis and Zeref were together, discussing all kinds of books and formulas that the rest of them could never hope to understand. They looked like they could be good friends. Natsu was glad things were working out. Especially since Lucy wasn't being so stuck up anymore. "Hey guys…" Natsu said, turning to them. "What's going to happen. When we go back?" they were all silent. "If we talked to each other… like if I talked to Mavis. What's going to happen?"
"I think we should stay friends." Lucy said. "I mean, you guys no more about me today then my friends since Kindergarten know." They all looked at each other. That, coming from Lucy, was big. She'd even started conversing with Mavis. About books they each liked.
"This has been the best detention ever." Jellal admitted. Erza elbowed him.
"Don't beat around the bush Jellal."
"Okay, okay! Everyone, me and Scarlet-." She elbowed him again. "-I mean Erza, are going to give it a second shot!" he cried. They all cheered.
"Um, guys…"
"Lucy let's go out!" Natsu cried. She smacked his arm.
"Not in your life, dork!" she giggled.
"Guys."
"You two do make sense though." Mavis said.
"GUYS!" they all turned to Zeref.
"Yeah, bro?"
"Ms. Stauss is coming this way." Zeref said quietly. They all panicked and quickly got back in their seats.
"Is everything okay in here?" Mira asked. they all nodded rapidly. "Okay…" Mirajane said. "Well, this has probably been one of the quietest detentions I've ever had. You guys did great!"
"Wait… you're making this speech like it's time to go." Natsu said, confused.
"Look at the clock, dear." Mirajane said kindly. Natsu did so. The entire day had already passed.
"You're all free to go!" Mirajane exclaimed and went back to her office. They all looked at each other.
"I… guess I'll see you guys Monday?" they all nodded. "Good. Hey, let's write Ms. Strauss a note." Natsu exclaimed.
"But who should write it?" Erza asked.
"Well you're the girl with the perfect handwriting." Lucy said, smirking. Erza smiled slightly.
"Alright, well, what do we want to write?"
"How about this."
Dear Ms. Strauss,
Detention today has changed our lives. We're grateful to have spent time with each other.
Sincerely, Fairytail
"Is there any particular reason why we decided to call it Fairytail?" Mavis asked.
"Well, you named it." Erza said. "We should be asking you." Mavis smiled.
"It was the title of one of my favorite books. It was a place where all kinds of people met and went on adventures together. I figured the name suited us, considering." They all smiled at each other. Fairytail. So, in conclusion, Saturday detention was one of the best things that ever happened, to the group of odd people, who decided to name themselves, Fairytail.
A/N Thanks for reading. Reviews and constructive criticism appreciated. If you see spelling and grammar mistakes don't be afraid to tell me.