I wake up in my bed in the morning.

"Jasper?" I call out. He walks in with a cup of coffee. "Did you move me?" He nods and takes a sip.

"I woke up in the middle of the night and you were on the floor. So I moved you to the bedroom."

"Thank you." I sit up. He nods, and walks out.

I decide, for the rest of the week, to train for the S-class trials. Alone. I knew that Jasper wasn't going to be much help, so I left him at the house. We were leaving on Saturday, so that left me five days to get into shape.

I run through the forested area around Jasper's. I run for about an hour, before I get tired and stop. I go to the lake, and meditate. I feel like it helps my magic flow better.

I take Jasper's ring off, careful to set it where I wouldn't lose it. I relax my muscles, whisper an incantation, and feel magic coursing through me. I smile, this was one of my favorite things to do.

-Very Large Time Skip-

We were on the train, I couldn't stop shaking. I was very nervous. I sit by Natsu, and he tries to make me laugh the whole ride. We stop at a boatyard, and board onto boat.

"I told you it'd be at an island." Natsu crosses his arms with pride.

We sit in silence while we sail to the island. We see Master standing at the shore.

He greets us, and we walk into the trees. We stop at a cleared area and he turns around.

"This year, I have set up a point system. There are certain tasks that you will go through to earn a certain amount of points. That means all of you have the chance to succeed, instead of just one." We all look happily at each other, delighted that we all could become S-class wizards in the same year.

He told us that there were six items hidden around the island, and we each had a clue that led us to one item. We had two hours to find our items and return to the clearing. However, there were obstacles along the way, which was where the points came in.

Master started the timer, and we were off. I look at my clue, and it says one word.

'Red'

I look around, and see a red flag. I smile, this would be easy. I follow the flags to another clearing, where I find Erza waiting for me.

"Lucy!" She smiles. I wonder over to her.

"Shit." I mumble. I should've known that Erza would be part of the clue, her red hair and all. I stop a good distance away.

"If you beat me, I will give you your item." She stands strong, waiting for me to make the first move. I requip a sword, and run at her. She does as well, and our swords clash.

I exhale, I think I only had an hour left. It took me awhile to follow the red flags.

"Come on Lucy!" She yells, still standing strong. I relax my shoulders, and run at her again. She pushes me back. "Come on Lucy. I know you can beat me."

I expel magic from my sword, and run at her again. She holds the sword in front of her. I push harder, and a drop of sweat forms on her forehead. She drops and falls onto her back. Her head falls to the side.

"Erza?" I kneel next to her.

"Was that really you Lucy?" She chuckles. "I hadn't realized how strong you've gotten." She hands me a slip of paper and sits up. "Here you go, good job." I stand and offer her a hand.

"Thank you Erza." I smile back at her.

"Hurry now, you've only got 20 minutes left." She waves her hand at me. I turn around and run, had time really gone by that fast? I come to the clearing, and Jasper is standing there, talking to master.

"Hi Lucy." Jasper glances at me.

"Good work, Lucy." He holds out his hand and takes my sheet of paper. "604 points. 104 over what you needed." He smiles at me. I wondered how he was adding up the points, and how he knew where we were and what we were doing.

After 10 minutes we see Natsu, Gray, and Juvia running out of the trees simultaneously. Then, with five minutes left, we were worried about Lisanna.

"Where do you think she's at?" Juvia looks at the treeline. "Maybe we should go look for her."

"4 minutes and 28 seconds. Let's just give her a chance to finish." He also stares at the treeline.

The timer hits zero, and Master motions all of us to find her. Natsu and I go the same direction.

"Help!" I hear a distant voice say.

"Natsu." I call out to him. He runs over to me and we follow the voice to Lisanna, hanging up in a net.

"Lisanna are you okay?" He asks.

"Natsu! I'm so glad you're here. Could you help me down?" She says sweetly.

"Sure." He shoots a burst of flame at the top of the rope, and she falls. He runs up and catches her. He untangles her from the net and she steps out.

"Do I have any time left?" She looks around.

"No." Natsu replies.

"I bet you didn't finish in time either, right Lucy?" She looks at me.

"No I did." I say innocently. She huffs, and angrily walks back to the clearing. Natsu and I trail far behind her, talking about my fight with Erza, and his with Mirajane.

"Nice job Luce!" He grins at me. We get to the clearing, and everyone is waiting for us.

"Better luck next year, Lisanna." Juvia half-smiles.

"Shut it." I hear her say under her breath.

A/N: Please review and thanks for reading!