"Lucy." Someone shakes me awake from my deep slumber.
"What." I groan and squint one eye open. Jasper.
"Aren't we in a good mood this morning." He chuckles. I pull the covers over my head. "It's two o'clock, princess. You need to get up."
"It's fine," I mumble. "We aren't even doing anything today." He sighs, and rips the blanket off of me. I curl up as a cold breeze blows over me.
"You aren't just going to stay in bed the whole day." He snaps. I look up at him, and he crosses his arms.
"Fine." I moan. I follow him out of the bedroom and into the kitchen. He sits at the table and pulls out a book.
"I made you breakfast, but it's cold now." He says. I thank him, and eat it anyways. I sit for awhile with Jasper while he reads. Suddenly, he closes his book and sets it down on the table.
"I've been meaning to ask you, how does one become an S-class Wizard?" He asks. I laugh, Jasper was obsessed.
"Well, at the end of each year, master Makarov announces the contenders for the S-class trials. Then those few participants go to a remote location and engage in several trials to complete. If one completes all of the trials, they pass the test."
"Ah. I see." He picks his book back up. I know he was thinking about it, he was looking at his book but his eyes weren't moving.
"Do you want to go to the guild tomorrow?" I rest my head on my hand. He nods his head yes.
"I'm so bored." I complain. "Are you ever going to finish that book? You've been reading for hours."
"If you're bored, find something to do. I'm busy." He murmurs. A moment later, someone bursts in the door.
"Huh- Natsu?!" I stand up out of my chair. Jasper raises an eyebrow, but then turns back to his book.
"Lucy! I finally found you!" He says excitedly. I stare at him, confused. "Gramps has an announcement to make. He wants us all to be at the guild."
"Right now?" I look at Jasper. He is putting on his jacket. I look back and forth between the two.
"Let's go Lucy." Jasper opens a portal to Fairy Tail. I stare at him with disbelief. It's not every day Jasper stops what he's doing and all of sudden turns his full attention to something else. Natsu and Jasper walk through the portal, and I'm still standing back in Jasper's kitchen. Jasper grabs my arm and yanks me through the portal.
"What's this about anyways, Natsu?" I ask as we walk in the guild doors.
"You'll see." He smiles. We walk into the guild, and everyone is crowded around Master. Behind him stand Erza, Mirajane, and Gildarts. .
"Is this..?" I look at Natsu. He smiles. I look at Jasper, who seems very confused. Mirajane tries to hush everyone down.
"Hello everyone." Master echoes. "I have brought you all here today to announce the participants for the S-class trials." He continues. "I know it is a bit early, but I feel like you all are ready." It is dead-quiet in the guild. Makarov pauses for a few seconds. "This year, I have chosen six of you to compete: Natsu Dragneel, Lisanna Strauss, Gray Fullbuster, Juvia Lockser, Jasper Bruley, and Lucy Heartfillia." I let out a breath of relief. Natsu puts an arm around me.
"Nice job Luce! Definitely worth coming right?" I nod at him, still in shock. We both look at Jasper, who has the biggest and brightest smile on his face.
"What?" Jasper questions, his smile fading right away. He had caught us staring. I quickly turn back to Makarov.
"You all will leave next week, so prepare yourselves. More details will be given to you on your way to the location. Good luck." He recedes back upstairs to his office.
"Congratulations everyone." Juvia walks up to us and smiles.
"Good job you guys." Gray joins our group.
"I think we should go out to celebrate, what do you think, Luce?" Natsu turns to me. I look at Jasper.
"Do you want to Lucy?" Jasper asks me.
"Sure, why not?" I say.
Natsu takes us to a high-end restaurant for our 'celebration'. The evening consisted mostly of Natsu eating, and the rest of us watching him when we were finished.
"Natsu, how do you eat so much?" I ask.
"His stomach is really big!" Happy answers. Happy had joined us too, and was eating almost as much as Natsu.
"H-How?" Jasper stares in disbelief at the plates piling up.
"What do you all think the location of the trials will be?" Juvia asks.
"I think it'll be on another island." Natsu says with his mouth full.
"Which one of us do you think'll win?" Gray asks quietly. We all look at each other, except for Natsu, who stopped listening to the conversation. I think about it for awhile, and think that Jasper will win, I've seen what he can do.
"Me, of course." Natsu stands up. We all laugh at him, while he looks at all of us, confused. The check comes, and Nastu grabs it before Jasper can get his money out.
We all exit the restaurant, and meet an angry Lisanna waiting outside.
"Thanks for inviting me to your 'party' guys." She glares at Natsu and he walks up to her.
"Lisanna, calm down." He says softly. She walks away angrily and Natsu follows after her. "Bye guys," he runs backwards and waves, "See you all soon!"
"Man, Lisanna's really got him trapped." Gray sighs. Juvia nods in agreement.
"Are you going to bed, Lucy?" Jasper asks, reading his book at the table.
"No, I'm gonna stay up for awhile." I yawn. He puts his book down.
"Do you want to train tomorrow? For the S-class trials?"
"Would you really want to help me? I am your competition." I giggle and set my head down on my hands.
"Anything for you, Lucy." He leans back in his seat, eyes closed, with his hands behind his head. My face heats up, and I look away from him to the wall.
"Sure."
A/N: This is a bit of a relaxed chapter, but I swear it's building up to the next few. Please review, and thanks for reading!