Chapter 1: New Friend

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN FAIRY TAIL!~(sadly)~

Lucy's POV

(A/N:It's October 12th)

I walked though the school halls, head down and holding a few reading books and a binder. I wanted to get to the library and read and relax. It was the only place where I felt truly at home.

I, apparently, wasn't looking and bumped into someone. "Oof!" I fell onto the ground, the papers of my binder scattering.

"Watch where you're going!" A male's voice said, annoyed. I looked up to see the last person I ever wanted to talk to-Gray Fullbuster, the most popular boy in school.

"Gomennasai…" I mumbled, starting to pick up my scattered papers and putting them in my binder.

"Tch. Just don't do it again, nerd," He scowled. I felt something inside me twang. Why did he have to turn into the person he was now?

"Stop being an obnoxious jerk, Gray! You were the one who wasn't looking!" A girl's voice yelled. I turned to the direction of the voice and saw a petite, dark-blue haired girl. She was wearing an orange dress with white fringes on the sleeves. There was a red ribbon tied to her dress at the neck and an orange headband.

"Whatever," Gray said. He started to walk away with two guys known as Gajeel Redfox and Natsu Dragneel. Natsu gave an apologetic smile as if to say, "I'm sorry about what he just did. I want to help you, but he'd kill me." I nodded at him as the three walked away.

The blue-haired girl hurried to me and helped me pick up the papers, putting them neatly in my binder. She handed the binder to me and helped me up.

"Arigatou…" I thanked her quietly.

"No problem. I just transferred here and I already hate that guy. I keep hearing girls whisper his name in the halls, so I learned who he was. I'm Levy McGarden," She introduced herself.

"My name is Lucy Heartfilia. Thanks, Levy…For standing up for me," I told her.

"I wouldn't exactly say I stood for you…I only told him he was an obnoxious jerk," Levy joked.

I smiled sadly. Levy pretended not to notice. Inside my heart, I knew he wasn't always like this. "Yeah…Where are you headed to, Levy-chan?"

I saw the surprised look on her face at the nickname. I quickly added, "Is it okay if I call you that?"

"Yeah! As long as I can call you Lu-chan!" Levy exclaimed. Levy was nice. I liked her a lot.

"Sure! Where are you headed?" I asked.

"I'm going to the library. What about you?" Levy-chan answered.

"You like to read too?!" I exclaimed.

Levy nodded and told me, "Yeah! I just finished rereading 'Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer'. Have you read that before?"

We started to walk towards the library, which was just around the hall. "Yeah! That's one of my favorite books! I've read it like a million times! It's a little creepy, though," I exaggerated.

Levy giggled as we entered the library. We took a seat at the table closest to the door. I opened one of the books I was carrying and Levy looked at the cover. "What's that book?"

"It's called 'Dreams' (A/N:I made it up. I don't know if it's real, though). I've read it a ton of times before! It's amazing!" I told her.

"Really? Can I borrow it when you're done rereading it?" Levy asked me.

I nodded, "Sure! It's one of my all-time favorite books when I was a child and it still is. I think you'll love it. It's about a girl student in her sophomore year. She loves to sing and write stories. Everyone discourages her dreams of wanting to become a novelist or singer. She doesn't care and keeps believing."

"That sounds like a nice book! Finish reading it so I can!" Levy urged.

I laughed at her excitement. "It's been a while since I've laughed…" I mumbled, which she unfortunately heard.

"What do you mean, Lu-chan?" Levy wondered.

"Ah, it's nothing, Levy-chan. Anyway, you can read it now if you like. I've read it a billion times before," I handed her the book.

"Wow! Arigatou, Lu-chan! I'll return the book after I'm done reading it!" Levy promised.

I smiled, which I haven't done in a long time. "Okay, Levy-chan. By the way, what homeroom do you have?"

"I have homeroom with Gildarts, but I don't know where he is…" Levy informed me.

"We have the same class together! Give me your schedule!" I ordered her excitedly.

Levy giggled and handed me her schedule. I skimmed it over and grinned. I haven't done that in a long time. "We have all the same classes! I can't wait to have you in my class everyday!"

"Really? Yay!" Levy-chan cheered, causing Ms. Aries the librarian to "shh!" us. We giggled silently and the bell rang.

"I'll take you to our class, Levy-chan! I'll be your guide until you can familiarize the school!" I promised her, the both of us getting up and walking out of the library.

"Thanks, Lu-chan! You're real good friend!" She smiled at me. I smiled, but a pang hit my heart as I recalled someone I used to be friends with.

We walked in silence to our homeroom, but it wasn't awkward. Once we were almost there I realized something: She just called me her friend. Her friend, something I've haven't had in a long time.

I smiled to myself as we neared the classroom. "Thanks for being my friend, Levy-chan," I thanked her mentally and entered the class with my new friend.

That sounded nice-New friend. It was like music to my ears.