Chapter 2 – Prank Wars

Erza had a small smile on her lips and she radiated contentment as she slept. She was dreaming of strawberry cheesecake. It sat atop a white pedestal and the perfect blend of vanilla and fruit wafted throughout the room. Then without warning her dream slipped away into the abyss and was replaced with the loud sounds of banjo and twang. Erza instantly sat up in bed as Lucy's voice pervaded the dorm with lyrics. "Why the heck are you singing at 6:00 in the morning?" Erza demanded while she threw her pillow at Lucy.

"I thought you'd enjoy your alarm," Lucy smiled back sweetly as she expertly ducked the oncoming pillow. "You don't mind county music do you? Anyway I gotta go eat breakfast, talk to you later!"

Lucy skipped out of the dorm while Erza glared daggers at Lucy's vanishing figure. As Erza contemplated how best to strangle Lucy the clock turned 6:05. This time a soft beep pervaded the dorm. Arghhhh I can't stand that girl She whipped out her phone and started to text Gray. "My roommate is crazy! She woke me up at 6:00 with her obnoxious music and she's sarcastic and full of it!"

Gray was quick to reply, "She sounds like you."

"Shut up."

"Hey I have an idea…"

"Oh?" Erza's interest peaked, "What do you have in mind?"

Lucy felt like she was carrying rocks on her back. She struggled with the weight as she walked to get to her first class of her college career, calculus. Only two more sets of stairs. You can do it girl! I suppose this is the price I pay for carrying around a laptop and all the books I want to read. After one more final self-cheer she gathered her strength and made it to Professor Gildarts's class. She collapsed into the nearest desk in sight. Lucy noticed that the desk she shared was with a boy who had a peculiar shade of red hair. It was pink-salmon that was accompanied with eyes almost as black as ink. "Are you alright?" he asked with concern. "You look like you just ran a marathon and then a tractor bulldozed you."

"Yeah, I'm alright, my backpack was giving just me grief," Lucy replied as she rubbed her sore back.

"I'm Natsu by the way, who are you?"

"Oh I'm Lucy"

"Nice to meet you Lucy," he grinned and motioned for a fist bump, which was greeted back with surprising force. "Not too shabby, most girls look at my hand like it's a monster."

Their attention was then brought back to the professor as he rapped his desk with a ruler. "Ok enough chatter, listen up kids. There is only one rule in my class that you must all follow," Prof Gildarts said as he paced around the front of the room. "You will address me as Prof. Gildarts, and not Prof. Clive as your schedule says. The only reason being is that I like to mess with the college council. They're too uptight about everything." He grinned, "Just don't tell them I said that."

"I like this guy already," Natsu whispered to Lucy.

"Now that we're clear please take out your calc book and open to page 15."

Lucy bent down to get her book and she couldn't believe what she was seeing. Her backpack literally was filled with rocks of every shape, size, and color. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a certain red-head who was trying to stifle her laughter. She was ticked, but right now she had bigger things to deal with.

"What are you preparing for miss, the apocalypse?" Gildarts laughed. "Tell you what, you can have my book for a day and you can just bring your own tomorrow." Lucy's face turned bright red. All she could do was nod and mumble out a thank you.

Natsu shifted his gaze from the embarrassed blonde to the still laughing red head. Erza, what are you up too?

Lucy angrily munched on her sandwich. After calculus had gotten out at noon she had stormed out of class looking for a place to eat and plot revenge. She decided to check out the Fairy Tail Sub Shop and she wasn't disappointed. All the staff was really nice, especially the cashier Mirajane. While they chatted Lucy found out that Mira attends Fiore University as a sophomore. She promised to meet up with Mira later as she walked to a window booth in the corner to enjoy her sub. It was called Fire Dragon's Best and it was stuffed with pepperoni, salami, jalapeño peppers, lettuce, and house made hot sauce. "Heh, that was a good choice," Natsu commented as he slide into the other side of the booth. "Ya know, I can smell a prank war from a mile away and I think you might need some help. I admire your courage to challenge Erza but to win you're gonna need an accomplice." He said the last bit with a mischievous smile.

Lucy's jaw dropped and she set down her half-eaten sub. "You know Erza?"

"Gray, her, and I have been best buds since grade school. Listen, are you in or what?"

Her brown eyes gleamed, "Well I do have something in mind…"

Erza was exhausted. Her first day of college was no walk in the park. Her classes for the day included calculus, physics, and the required freshman class English. All she wanted to do was plop down on her bed and sleep. "Ah blessed sleep!" She pushed open the door to her dorm and saw that her bed was missing. "Ummm Lucy, did my bed run off somewhere?"

Lucy casually looked up from her book, and said in a lazy voice, "Check the roof."

Her response snapped Erza out of her sleepiness. "Are you freaking kidding me?" She ran up to the roof and lo and behold her precious bed was there. Wind whipped around Erza as she texted Gray for the hundredth time that day. "My bed's been kidnapped. Get yer sorry butt over to the roof of Larson Hall now!"

"Wow," Gray commented. "She got you good."

Erza hadn't bothered to change into pajamas or even get under the sheets. She just laid on top of the blankets with her eyes closed. It had taken them over an hour to sneak that stupid bed downstairs and avoid the resident assistant Juvia. She patrolled the hall ways religiously each night and she usually caught people too, like Loke. (Boys and girls weren't allowed in each other's dorms past 10:00 p.m. Gray hadn't been able to get there until 10:30 because of an emergency ice hockey practice, courtesy of Coach Elfman.)

Gray couldn't but help notice how different Erza looked when completely exhausted. Usually she is reserved, bossy, and guarded. But now, she seems more fragile and exposed. Instead of her usual straight hair, it is wavy and it gently frames her face.

"Hey thanks for the help. You should probably get outta here, Juvia randomly checks in the dorms." Erza mumbled one last thing to him before she went out into dreamland. "Oh, and she carries a bullhorn with her."

The name Juvia was enough to send shivers down his spine. I say hi to her once and now she's convinced I'm the one. He walked over to the sleeping Erza, bent down, and whispered good night gently in her ear. Then the last thing he did before he left was softly kiss Erza on the cheek. I don't have enough nerve to do that when she's awake. Ha, what's the point? How am I supposed to get close to her when he's always in the back her mind?

Lucy had had enough. She woke up the next morning surrounded with hundreds of Dixie cups on the floor filled with ice cold water. They were coincidentally only on her side of the dorm. The first step she took out of her bed spilled water on her library books. Now they were unreadable and she'd have to pay for the damages. Does it look like I'm made of money? She strode into the her dorm after breakfast and fumed, "Erza, what makes you think you can-" She stopped mid-sentence. Erza had her back to the wall and her arms were wrapped around her legs. Her whole body quavered. Lucy's voice softened, "Hey, what's wrong?"

Erza's tear stained face looked up. "It's- it's nothing, just a letter."

Lucy sat down next to her, "You don't have to tell me. You know, I've come to realize all this fighting is so petty. We're roommates so we should be best friends, not two girls who can't get along because of first impressions. " She let out a little laugh. "I'm quick to judge others, but I tend to give myself lenience," she said quietly.

"No, I'm the one who started all this. I'm the one who should be apologizing. I'm impatient and-"

Lucy gently cut her off. "Hey, don't be so hard on yourself. What's past is past right? My mom always used to tell me that new mornings bring in fresh starts. Friends forever?"

Erza smiled, "Friends forever."

A/N: Oh my gosh, this chapter took so long to write! I lost track after hour two and right now its 1:15 a.m. XD Anywho, I hope you guys enjoyed this and look forward to chapter three! Haha, I love all the scheming the four did. Next up is Gray's perspective! Ok, let's go to the shout-out corner. Y'alls reviews are all appreciated!

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