A/N: Hey everyone, so I know this is a bit late, but it's one of my longer chapters, so I hope it makes up for the late update. Thank you for being patient, enjoy. :)

The first day of the games. I pad out of my room early in the morning. The sun wasn't up yet, so I take it to myself to walk around in the pitch-black hallways.

I guess it's about three in the morning. I was hungry, I figured it'd take awhile for me to find something to eat. But scrounging around for snack food wasn't really on my to-do list.

I decide to leave, but just into town. Maybe some of the bars would still be open.

I hoped some of the bars would be open.

My stomach rumbles, and I pat it, murmuring that I'd find something soon.

However, my plan to find an open bar did not see through, and I was left feeling hungrier than before, and a bit irritable.

I stumble blindly into the kitchen, back at the dorms, knocking over what could have been a bowl.

"Damn, where's the food?" I wave my hand in front of me, feeling around for a wall or something.

"Lucy?" A light flicks on, and I squint to see who was in the doorway. A tuft of pink hair walks into the room, towards me.

"What are you doing here, Natsu?"

"I could ask you that." He picks up the bowl that I pushed onto the floor, and sets it back up on a table. "Why are you up so early?"

"Hungry." I say shortly, turning to one of the cupboards. He chuckles, and stands next to me, probably looking for something to eat too.

"Why are you up so early?" I pull down something, and unwrap it from its package.

"I'm just nervous. I thought walking around might calm my nerves." He sighs, pulling down the same thing that I did. I nod in reply, and we lean against the counter in silence.

"Lucy?" He asks after awhile, the food in his hand long gone.

"Yeah?"

"Are you nervous?"

"Morning everyone." I yawn and wave, sitting at the table with my team. I eventually went back to my room and fell asleep after my short talk with Natsu, so I was still a bit sleep stricken.

"Good morning Lucy." Erza replies. Everyone else was stuffing their faces. Lisanna was missing, however. "Did you see Lisanna on your way here by any chance?"

"No."

"I'll be right back." She stands up from her chair, and leaves the room. I assumed she was going to look for her. The day would start in about half an hour, so it'd be helpful if we were all together.

We were all waiting for the announcer to speak the contestants for the first tournament. I was leaning against the edge of the brick, looking over the arena.

"To start off, the first tournament will be Natsu Dragneel, from Fairy Tail, and Sting Eucliffe, from Sabertooth."

Oh.

I suppose that would still be okay, as I knew that Natsu would beat Sting. Even if it wasn't me fighting him, I would still take pleasure watching him lose.

But that means that might not be in any of the tournaments for the next few days.

Natsu was down in the arena, walking towards the center. People were cheering his name, and he was waving back at them.

Probably twice the amount of people were cheering for Sting, though. I scoff, rolling my eyes. He walks towards Natsu with a bored expression. He glances towards me for a moment, and winks, flashing a quick smirk. I puff out my cheeks and glare in a different direction.

The announcer gives the 'ok' to start, and seconds later the arena bursts into life with orange, red, and white.

The fight lasts awhile, and I lose interest and stare around at all of the other guilds, still intently watching the match.

Suddenly, there is silence.

I look back at the center of the arena. Natsu was standing, and Sting was face down on the dirt, unconscious. I smile and cheer after a few seconds. Everyone follows suit, and Natsu runs back to us.

"Good work, Natsu." Master nods a few times. Natsu turns to me and grins. I smile back and turn back to the arena. The announcer was standing in the middle, looking around at the crowds.

"I'm sure you've all been waiting excitedly for the next event." He smiles. "We require one member from each guild." I look at master, and he nods at me. I stand, and as moments pass by, others stand too.

I look at Sabertooth's team, and see Minerva standing, meeting my gaze. I cringe, hoping that I wouldn't encounter her during the event.

We are all transported to a business-type area, stone structures all around us. It wasn't occupied by anyone, obviously, just a conjured up arena for us to fight in. I look around, but I don't see anyone. A list appears in front of me.

"Good afternoon, competitors." The announcer's tone was starting to get on my nerves. "As you see now, the list in front of you is filled with items that you will retrieve for points. When the timer runs out, you will be scored on the amount of items that you have. Each item has a different amount of points relative to it, the higher-point ones being closer to the top. There are no rules, just get the items in the amount of time you have. Good luck."

I hear a bell go off, and look down at the list once more. They seemed like pretty common objects, but I figured the higher-scoring items would be the harder ones to find, so I start running right away.

The arena must be very large, because I haven't come into contact with anyone so far, but I've been jogging around for maybe 15 minutes. I already had two of the items at the top of the list, and I give myself a congratulatory pat on the back.

I hear pounding footsteps around the corner, so I slow my pace and walk quietly. It was someone from Blue Pegasus, Ren, I think. I try to see what he has in his hands, already five things on the list rattled in his hands. I huff, and run the opposite direction. I needed to move to a different area, even though that might mean a fight with someone else.

Now thirty minutes in, I was carrying eight of the top items on the list, except one was missing, I didn't worry though. If I kept it up for this long I would surely win. I am about to turn a corner, and a long pale arm clotheslines me and I fall onto my butt.

All of the items I held in my hands moments ago were now spread across the ground.

"What the hell was that for?" I growl up at Minerva. She says nothing, and starts to pick up the things on the ground. "That's cheating." I stand and walk towards her already retreating figure.

"There's no rules, Princess. If you want them back, come and get them." She taunts. I run up and and tackle her onto the ground. She grunts and throws me off with incredible force, and I slam into a building. For me, that signaled a fight, so I run up to her, prepared to win.

During our fight, the buildings around us crumble and the ground shakes. I seem to forget that while I was gone, others were still training as well. Minerva was more powerful than before. Much more powerful.

In the end, however, I still won. I took back my items, plus the ones that she dropped, just in the nick of time. The timer goes off, and I am transported back into the arena.

The judge counts our objects, and releases the scores minutes later.

1. Fairy Tail - 60 points. Was all I read. I smile, happy that I did my team proud.

That marked the end of day one.