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Fairytail isn't mine, if it was...*creepy laugh*
Chapter 2 : First Friend
They stared at each other tensely. The cloaked individual didn't let anything show on her porcelain face but a pensive frown could be seen on Erza's stern one. She put her sword away but didn't stop her examination of the shorter girl. Just before the two spectators behind were going to faint because of the sheer power that the redhead and the blonde were exuding, a small smile appeared on Erza's face and she held her hand to the blonde who took it daintily.
"Not bad Clive. Don't sneak on me next time."
"I wasn't trying to sneak on anyone. Losing your touch Scarlet?" Retorted the said Clive smartly, a challenging glint in her honey eyes. Erza shot her a competitive look while the forgotten girls behind gasped in surprise. Someone actually stood up to THE Titania? And Clive?!
One second wasn't up before the students were nearly shoving their faces in the startled blonde's, sparkling eyes and all.
"Did she say Clive? As in Gildartz Clive?!" The girl on the left squealed. She had purple hair held in pig tails by blue ribbons and warm blue eyes. The girl on the right had exactly the same features, and the blonde had a hard time to tell them apart. No matter how much she looked, she couldn't find a difference.
Erza seemed to take pity on Clive, or she was just annoyed with the twins, because she plucked them easily off the ground with her usual terrifying strength, and made the twins cower again. That combined with her dark face? It was tear-worthy. The twins gulped in fear.
"Behave Miko, Riko!"
"Sorry Erza-sama…" They answered in unison, tears pooling in their big blue eyes. They looked like kicked puppies, but Erza was indifferent.
"This is Lucy Clive, Gildatrz's daughter. She will from now one live and go to school with us. Treat her correctly." The 'or else' was left out, but everyone could hear it, but the twins weren't deterred, turning sparkling and awed eyes toward Lucy, who grimaced. She knew those looks; they followed her everywhere when she traveled with her Dad. Lucy looked away coldly and crossed her arms under her impressive bosom.
"Yeah. Well. Whatever. Where to now?"
"Follow me. I will lead you to your room." Said Erza sternly with a nod to the blonde, making her way to the mansion and ignoring the excited chatter of the twins about creating a fan club and rivalry and yuri and other nonsense.
She would deal with them later.
Lucy shuddered silently and quickly followed Erza. There was no way she was going to stay more than necessary with the fan girls.
One more time, her eyes opened wide when she entered the mansion. It was all white, with glass and marble, and everything was sparkling. The windows showed beautiful scenery and Lucy wondered how a universe like that existed in a school.
Oh yeah, magic.
"We've arrived. Dinner is at 7 pm. Don't be late." Her words were brusque and could be taken as offensive and cold, but Lucy just smiled mischievously and took the card Erza was giving her. The redhead departed, her black cape flowing behind her dramatically. Lucy so needed to get one of those.
The girl pouted slightly and slid her keycard across the lock before she pushed the white doors to enter, making sure to close them behind her quietly. A pale, blue-haired girl was looking at her impassively from a comfy-looking sofa. They stared at each other for a long period of time before Lucy turned around, pretty sure she wasn't in the right room. She was so going to talk Erza's ears off about this.
"Wait, this is Lucy-san's and Jubia's room."
The blonde girl looked back at her counterpart, confused.
"So...you're my roommate?"
"Not really. We are just sharing the living room, Lucy-san's room is at her left."
Only then did Lucy take the time to examine her surroundings. It was This didn't fit Lucy's idea of a living room at all. It was large and clear with a grand window just behind the canopy in which Jubia was seated. Still sitting there, without a word or a single movement, only watching Lucy...she was like a doll. A creepy, human-sized doll. The walls were dark and the soft creamy carpet made Lucy discard her shoes and descend the little stairs leading to the heart of the room. Glass tables, flat screen TV, beautiful plants, artistic photos and pictures, columns of glass animated... Was she in a palace or something ?
She gave another quick look at Jubia and nearly jumped when she saw that the other girl was still looking at her.
"Hum...I'm gonna unpack." No answers. "Would you like ...to help me ?" Jubia's eyes widened and she looked at Lucy with something that the girl couldn't decipher. Maybe she said something wrong?
Before she could take her words back, Jubia was already at her side, a pink hue on her pale face. Doll-girl didn't say anything, but Lucy was happy nonetheless. The two of them opened a black door on the left, which lead to a way too big bedroom. Lucy wasn't even shocked anymore, she kinda liked it actually. A big smile painted itself on her lips when she saw the Royal bed, and she didn't lose another second to take Jubia's hand and jump on the bed like a little girl, laughing at Jubia's befuddled face.
"Tickle attack!" Jubia didn't have any time to move before Lucy was on her, tickling her sides mischievously and making Jubia explode in giggles. The blonde girl smiled, glad to be rid of the creepy doll look.
"You finally smiled."
Jubia blinked, then she smiled too, a little out of breath from laughing too much.
"It's Lucy-san's turn."
"Wait-!"
But she wasn't fast enough and it was Jubia's turn to be on top of her and tickling her like no tomorrow.
For the first time in years, laughs and girls chatting happily could be heard in the phantom Princess's room.
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"This bathroom is bigger than my old room." Muttered Lucy four hours later, after unpacking most of her things. She knew she shouldn't have amassed so much stuff, but some of them were so cute or awesome! Even if they were useless, it was the memories they contained that mattered, and memories of her old life were something she couldn't ignore.
On the good side, it gave the opportunity to spend a lot of time with Jubia, getting to know her new friend. Lucy was surprised to discover that she had a lot in common with the blue-haired girl.
Jubia was looking at magical pink chair dubiously. Why did the thing had human looking arms and was huffing like some sort of pervert?
"Was Lucy-san's father poor or something?" She asked, itching away from the unknown thing. There was no way she was standing near that.
"Ah, not at all. The old man is kinda rich with all the S and SS class jobs he took, but we never stayed more than a month in a place," the blonde said lightly as she arranged her beauty products and others bathroom related things. Finally done, she nodded to herself with a satisfied sigh and came back to plop herself on one of the gigantic cushions near Jubia, nearly getting engulfed by the fluffiness of the seat.
"O-oh...Lucy-san is a real woman." Shuttered Jubia with a red face as she looked at Lucy undergarments. The said "real woman" laughed loudly as Jubia blushed and spluttered with only a look toward her impressive collection. She loved this kind of reaction, her Dad never did the laundry ever again after that.
"Aren't you one tooo ? I mean you do have impressive body parts...A boyfriend ?" The poor blue haired girl nearly jumped out of her skin when Lucy teleported next to her, waggling her eyebrows suggestively. Lucy didn't know it was possible, but Jubia's face colored even more, and she was pretty sure that steam was coming out of her ears. A dreamy expression appeared on her face.
"Not a boyfriend..But soon...Jubia is sure that Gray-sama will fall for her charm..." Although really cute, Jubia was really creepy again right now and Lucy slowly itched away, but Jubia gripped her arm tightly without even looking away.
"Gray-sama is perfect you know..."
"Ah so.." Lucy tried to get away from Jubia's strong hold but she realized with horror that even her monstrous strength was failing her right now.
"He is kind, handsome, smart, funny, even if he always strips..."
What a weirdo, thought Lucy while looking strangely at Jubia who was still in her daydream.
"He's really shy too ! But Jubia is going to make him fall in love with her in no time! Jubia knows that Gray-sama likes cute girls and-" She suddenly stopped in her lovesick rant and slowly turned toward Lucy with a dark face. Beautiful shiny and soft blonde hair, heart shaped face, big warm and honey eyes, cute button nose, pink lips...Lucy-san was incredibly cute. The blonde gulped, realizing that she couldn't get away right now.
"W-what is it..?" She asked tentatively to the crazy looking girl. Was she bipolar?
"Lucy-san is beautiful..."
"Thank you..?"
"LOVE RIVAL!"
"I DON'T UNDERSTAND!" Cried Lucy while taking her arm out of Jubia's suddenly distracted hold and running out of her bedroom, screaming in horror when Jubia followed without losing a second.
"LOVE RIVAL ! I WON'T LET YOU TAKE GRAY-SAMA'S HEART! EVEN IF YOU ARE MY FIRST GIRL FRIEND!" (The space is really important)she screamed crazily..
"I am your first friend..?" Said Lucy suddenly in a quiet voice. Jubia stopped behind her and came out of her crazy state, blushing cutely.
"Yes..Jubia has only male friends because Jubia scare girls away..." Lucy looked at the glassy eyes of her friend and took her in a bear hug suddenly. Tears fell on Jubia's pale cheeks.
"You are my first friend too since a long time ago..."
"R-really ? But Lucy-san is so friendly..."
"Aha...Only with you.." Muttered quietly the blonde girl, blushing. And it was true. Since the...accident, she realized that she couldn't act normally like she used to. Cheery sunny and friendly Lucy was still there, only buried under the dark feeling that engulfed her since that day. Yet...When she saw Jubia, it took less than a second for her to fall in love with the blue haired girl. Not this kind of love, but the friendly one. She looked so lonely, so like her before Gildartz, that she fervently wished to be friends with her.
They looked at each other for a little time before they exploded in laughs, muttering between two breath about the mushiness of their conversation.
Out of breath, but happy, they laid on the soft carpet, blue and blonde hair mingled in a beautiful mix and hands entwined. Some people fell in love, but Jubia and Lucy fell...in friendship.
A beautiful melody suddenly rang, followed by nineteen bell chimes. Lucy knew it meant that it was , she heard it four times before after all, but it managed not sound annoying this time around.
"It's time to eat," sighed Jubia, a frown marring her pretty face. Lucy turned curious eyes to her.
"What's so bad about it ?"
"Everyone is going to be here. And Jubia means every clan but without their guild masters. It's ...mayhem. And Jubia doesn't like the 30 minutes speech of the Director..."
Lucy hadn't a single clue about what her friend was talking about. All she knew, was that this whole dinner with everyone was going to be a pain, and not going means annoying Erza and spending time with Jubia.
She smiled mischievously.
"Well we're dining here. And you'll tell me more about this whole clan stuff while we're at it!"
"Wait-"
"Oh! Let's eat sugary stuff in front of a good romance movie after this too!"
"But Lucy-san-!"
"Call me Lucy." Said the blonde girl suddenly, pouting slightly. Jubia looked away with a blush on her face. She wasn't going to succumb to those puppy eyes!
"I-I can't..."
"Y-you don't like me after all..." Tears pooled in Lucy's eyes, and she looked away sadly.
"Huh?! No! Jubia loves Lucy-san...Lucy! Jubia Loves Lucy..."
"Great!" chirped Lucy, sparkling while going in the kitchen. Jubia realized too late that the blonde got her.
Lucy is such a strong opponent...
And we're done ! Did you like it ? :D I enjoyed writing it ! I always thought that Lucy and Jubia had a great potential to be best friend. *^* I mean...Unison raid guys ! That's like, awesome. *o*
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TheeverpeachyHaruka.