Chapter 2
"Alright. Dragneel, stand and introduce yourself. Say your talent and your hobbies." Macao instructed.
The boy stood and sighed. "I'm Dragneel Natsu. My talent is martial arts and my hobbies are spending time with my friends and eating." Natsu sat back down in his chair.
"You'd think the martial arts would help you focus…" Macao sighed. "Moving on, Dreyar."
Lucy stood with her head held up high. "My name is Lucy Dreyar. I'm a music talent, not saying which, and my hobbies are…" Lucy trailed off. The only thing she did was hang out at the gym or the studio with her brothers and their friends. Sometimes, Gajeel or Juvia would take her out shopping, but other than that she had nothing. "Quick! Just make up a lie Lucy!" She told herself. "My hobby is reading in Magnolia Park." She sat back down.
"Very good. Now, Fullbuster."
Gray stood up. "Fullbuster Gray," he stated. "My talents are art and music, and my hobbies are hanging out with my sister and my friends."
"McGarden."
A small bluenette stood up from her chair with a sheepish smile on her face. "Levy McGarden. My talent is Language and Writing. My hobbies are spending time with my friends and reading." She sat back down and buried herself back into the book she had been reading.
"Excellent. Now, Redfox."
Gajeel stood and scowled at Macao. "It's Gajeel Redfox, aka Black Steel Gajeel. I'm a martial arts and a music talent. I spend my time alone or with Lucy or Juvia. That's all you need to know."
Macao sighed and gave Lucy a pitied look before continuing. "Lockser, your next."
Juvia's name is Juvia Lockser. Juvia is an athletic talent, in swimming, and Juvia spends her time with Gajeel-kun or Lucy-chan."
"Why is she speaking in third person? You know what, don't answer that. I don't want to know." Macao sighed. "Anyway, moving on with introductions and announcements. The student body government will be holding an assembly after lunch. Also, this class is a study hall or a free period to do with as you please within reason. That means you must follow the academy rules. That's double for you, Fullbuster! Dragneel!"
The bell rang, and the students filed out of their respective classes and towards the cafeteria. Among them were the new kids, Lucy Dreyar, Gajeel Redfox, Juvia Lockser, and Wendy Marvell. The four were looked at strangely, being as one was wearing a winter coat in the middle of spring, another was covered in piercings, though the last two were rather normal, one was rather young, being as she was a fifth year and all, and the other being exceedingly beautiful, but hanging out with this crowd gained her some weird points from the passerby.
Gajeel grabbed Lucy by the wrist, pulling her into his chest. He leaned closer to her ear and whispered. "You've got a shit ton of explaining to do. Start with the hair."
"Laxus-nii insisted I live normally, but I'm not normal."
"I guess the eyes were part of that, too. Just rebel. Be who you are, Luce. Be the bubbly, energetic star I know you to be," He told her. Looking up at the two girls waiting for them to finish, Gajeel motioned for them to go on ahead while he stared to drag Lucy towards the music room. He let out a breath of relief when he found it empty. He gently took off her wig and tossed it aside. Then he walked over to a section of guitars and played a little chord. "What do ya say? One song, Luce?"
She smiled, shaking her hair out of the bun she'd had it in. "Why not?"
Gajeel smirked and started playing.
So this is what you meant
When you said that you were spent
And now it's time to build from the bottom of the pit
Right to the top
Don't hold back
Packing my bags and giving the academy a rain-check
I don't ever wanna let you down
I don't ever wanna leave this town
'Cause after all
This city never sleeps at night
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am
So this is where you fell
And I am left to sell
The path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell
Right to the top
Don't look back
Turning to rags and giving the commodities a rain-check
I don't ever wanna let you down
I don't ever wanna leave this town
'Cause after all
This city never sleeps at night
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am
This road never looked so lonely
This house doesn't burn down slowly
To ashes, to ashes
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am
The sound of gasps and clapping at the end of their song nearly scared the living piss out of Lucy. She turned around slowly to see their class and a few others standing there, clapping and cheering for them. She grew scared when she saw her bothers.
Laxus and Sting advanced on their sister with frowns on their faces. Lucy squirmed under their anger glares.
"S-sorry…" She tried.
Laxus pinched the bridge of his nose. "Lucy…" He took a deep breath. "WHAT THE HELL GOT INTO YOU?! THIS ISN'T LIKE YOU AT ALL!" He yelled at her. Laxus had a temper, but he would never yell at Lucy. All his friends knew this. Evergreen, a girl who managed to befriend Laxus in his rebellious phase a few years ago, ran over to him and raised her hand to slap him, but froze when she saw the look in his eyes, one of pained fury. She dropped her hand to her side and took Lucy into her arms, where the blonde was struggling to hold back her tears.
The fact that Laxus yelled at Lucy hurt her the most. Their father was almost never around, so Laxus raised is younger siblings as their father figure. Everyone who was close to Laxus knew he had a soft spot for his sister, and on occasion his brother as well. Being the oldest gave him the most responsibility in the Dreyar house. What their mother couldn't do, he did. He defended Lucy in fights when they attended Magnolia's public school.
"L-Laxus-nii…" Lucy stuttered, but was cut off by Gajeel.
"If you're gonna yell at anyone, it should be me. You ain't gonna yell at her for being who she is." Gajeel put the guitar aside and stood up. "And who the hell are you to tell her she has to hide behind a mask, or wig in this case? She's Lucy Dreyar. Remember how she would get beaten up if we didn't step in?! Let her have this one moment of happiness!" Gajeel yelled at Laxus, getting in his face. The bystanders could tell a fight was about to break out.
That's when a tall redhead stormed out of the crowd and bashed Gajeel's and Laxus's heads together, making both clutch their heads in their hands. Gajeel let out a growl as Laxus glared at the redhead.
"I will not have fighting on this campus. As student body president, I give you both three days' worth of detention. I'll meet you in the main hall after school. Now as for you, Lucy Ashley, welcome to the school." She gave Lucy a smile before Laxus decided to push the redhead's already thin patience.
"Sorry, Prez. But this is Gramps's granddaughter, which means this is my sister. Meaning you don't get involved in family affairs."
"I could care less about what you idiots were fighting about, Laxus. The fact that you were about to damage school property made this my concern. So, in other words, shut the fuck up before I cut you. Okay?" She growled.
Lucy grew scared for her brother's life. Deciding to speak up in order to save him, she desperately tried to blame herself as well. "But, Ms. President… This is as much my fault as anyone else's. I doubt we were even supposed to be in here. I'm sure I broke school rules as well."
The redhead smiled softly at Lucy before she spoke. "Lucy-chan, all rooms are open to students during the free periods. You broke no rules, I promise." She grabbed Laxus and Gajeel by the collars of their uniforms, dragging them to hell, Lucy guessed.
"She's nice," Lucy commented to the crowd of silent people.
Their silence turned to a horrified one at her words. Gray stepped out of the crowd and looked at her for wounds. "You must not be right in the head, Lucy. Erza's scary."
"Erza? Oh, you mean the president. Yeah, she seems nice." Lucy smiled. "She sorta reminds me of Laxus-nii in her own way."
The crowd gaped at her as they took in her words. The first to recover was an older boy with sea blue hair and a tattoo under his eye. "I'm glad you see Erza that way, Dreyar-san. She'll really appreciate it." Lucy looked at him strangely, making him remember that she didn't know who he is. "I'm Jellal Fernandez, I grew up with Erza. I'm also your vice president."
Lucy smiled at him. "Please, call me Lucy. Just like Erza-san, you seem like a really nice person." Lucy bowed formally, just like she had been taught many years ago, seeing as how it was custom in noble culture.
"Nice to meet you, Lucy." He blushed in embarrassment since he was not used to being treated so formally. Deciding to return the gesture, he bowed as well.
Suddenly, the door to the music room door slammed open, and Gajeel stood there for a moment until he caught sight of Lucy and Jellal. Noticing the blushing male's face, Gajeel grew pissed off. He looked at Lucy carefully before storming over to her and taking her wrist into his grip. Without saying a word, he dragged her to the cafeteria to order food. "Order whatever you want, Ashley. It's on me."
She blinked at him, before looking at the first-rate cuisine in front of her. She looked across the bar and noticed the meals shrunk in quality as the line went on. Deciding on a lobster bisque, she laid her head on Gajeel's shoulders in a brief, awkward hug as a sign of thanks.
She didn't see the faint blush on his cheeks as he picked up a plate of pork slices and purchased their meals, coming to a total of 10,000 J. Lucy's meal was a surprising charge of 3,000 J, while Gajeel's was 7,000. Moving to an empty table, they sit next to each other. Gajeel glaring at the students who took notice of their grouping. Soon they were joined by Juvia and Wendy, then Sting and Rogue, and lastly, Laxus, Freed Justine, Bixlow Sith and Evergreen Fearī. Laxus still looked pissed as hell and was glaring down Gajeel. Sting eyed the two carefully as he ate his own chicken sandwich. Rogue also noticed the change between the males, the two being on rather good terms when they had seen each other this morning. The two walked away due to Gajeel having something "urgent" to tell Laxus. Rogue was curious but did not let it bother him enough to ask.
"So what's up with you two?! I know you're pissed that Luce's cover has been blown, but who cares. At least we know we'll be accepted for who we are here. So, what's the problem?" Sting said with a frustrated as hell tone of voice. "It's not like you two be at each other's throats like this!"
"He's right." Rogue spoke up, agreeing with his best friend.
"It's been dealt with, it's over, finished. END OF DISCUSSION!" Laxus roared, easily silencing the room. "Lucy, after school you are to go see Gramps. No buts." He added as he saw her open her mouth to say something.
"Okay, Laxus-nii." She said sheepishly. Gajeel picked up her finished lunch plate and went to drop them off at the tray rack.
Gajeel returned to the table with a scowl, and grabbed Lucy's wrist once again and went to the front gates so they could talk in his car and away from prying ears.
Locking the doors behind them, he turned to her with soft eyes. He was happy she trusted him enough to sing with him, sit in a locked car with him, and hopefully, share her heart with him.
Konnichiwa Minna!
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! It was fun writing it.
Also I'm officially on SPRING BREAK meaning I will be posting chapters up the chimney! (haha...I'm so awkward...)
Great thanks to my beta, Leoslady4ever! She's amazing!
Song- It's time by Imagine Dragons.
Love 'n Lucky,
-SFL
