Chapter 6

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. It belongs to Hiro Mashima.

A/N: Sorry for the long wait! Here's another chapter!

The next day, Lucy went to school as usual, but with Yukino and Sting walking with her. After the marriage, Minerva, Sting and Yukino planned to move in with Lucy and her father, so Sting and Yukino had to transfer from Sabertooth Academy to Fairy High as it was closer.

"Ugh, I'm feeling a bit nervous..." Sting muttered. "Even though I'm a guy."

"It's fine! Everyone gets nervous on their first day at a brand new school! Right, Yukino?" Lucy said.

"Don't worry, Sting. I'm sure you'll have tons of friends in no time," Yukino agreed.

"Lu-chan!" Levy called out as she ran up to Lucy. "Good morning!"

"Good morning, Levy," Lucy greeted. "Oh, and I'm sorry for leaving earlier yesterday."

"It's all right!" Levy assured. She noticed two unfamiliar people, Sting and Yukino, walking beside Lucy, and asked who they were.

Lucy vaguely informed Levy that they were friends of hers who were transferring into Fairy High. "Oh, I see!" Levy said, then talking to Yukino for a while.

When they reached Fairy High, Sting and Yukino separated from Levy and Lucy going to the school office to be informed of their classrooms. Sting ended up in Lucy's class, but Yukino went to another class.

After the two got out of the office, they noticed Lucy was waiting for them outside. "Huh? Isn't class starting, Lucy? You should hurry up and go to your classroom!" Yukino asked, confused.

"The form teacher, Miss Evergreen, isn't here today. I heard that she was getting married to a 3rd-year here, but it was just a rumor. And the substitute teacher has not arrived yet, so I decided to come here to wait for you two," Lucy explained. Then, she turned to Yukino and patted her back. "I overheard that you'll be going to Class 1-B, Yukino. Even though you're in a different class, you'll be fine! Good luck!"

Yukino smiled and thanked Lucy before briskly walking past her to her classroom, not wanting to be late. "Ok, let's go, Sting." He nodded and walked behind Lucy as she led him to Class 1-A.

A few hours later, just half an hour before recess, it was self-study period. A few students were studying, but most of them were just chatting. A few of Lucy's friends, as well as Lucy herself, had gathered around Sting.

"You've got yourself a catch, Lucy. Don't care for Natsu anymore?" Cana said as she downed a can of beer. "Ugh, where's my barrel?! This is barely enough!"

"T-That's not it! Besides, Sting is older than us!" Lucy said. "Wait... If you're older than us, why are you in this class? This class is for first-years. Did the teachers get your age wrong?"

"No. When I was 14, I skipped that entire year of school since I had to work to make ends meet since my father got degraded. So I stayed back to learn what I was supposed to learn when I was 14 the year after," he explained.

"I see. So since you're poor, you're still single, little boy? Wanna play with me afterschool?" Cana asked seductively. Sting's face immediately reddened as he shook his head. "Aw, no fun. You first-years are boring."

Levy laughed nervously. "Don't mind her, Sting. Cana's actually 21, but she kept failing her grades so in terms of education, she's still a first-year," Levy said. Then, she noticed a few people coming towards her direction.

A few girls that were whispering to each other close by walked up to Sting. "Sting, I heard you transferred from Sabertooth Academy. That's such a prestigious school, so it must've been a huge waste to come to Fairy High," one of the girls said.

"Hm? Not at all. Fairy High is a wonderful school, as wonderful as all the people in the school," Sting told them, smiling.

"Kyaa! You're handsome on the outside and nice on the inside! Totally ideal!" Another girl squealed.

"Eh? Uh, thank you," Sting said, beaming with happiness.

"Seems like you're fitting in just fine!" Lucy joked as she patted Sting on the back. "I guess I'll go check on Yukino."

"You're so cute! Oh, you're cute too, Lucy," Mirajane gushed, hugging Yukino. Yukino was blushing, and Erza and Lucy could clearly see why. Yukino was sitting down, and Mirajane was standing up, so Yukino's head was half-buried in Mirajane's chest.

"Ahem..." Erza coughed. "Mirajane? Lucy came to check on Yukino, so I think it would be helpful to let go of her." Mirajane heard Erza, and let go of Yukino reluctantly.

"So are you doing fine, Yukino? Do your classmates like you?" Lucy asked. "Well, it's obvious Mirajane loves you to pieces, but what about your other classmates?"

"I'm doing fine, Lucy. Thanks for worrying. I think I've made a few friends too. After all, everyone here is so friendly! Especially people like Kinana and Laki," Yukino said cheerfully. "I'm so glad I came to attend Fairy High. The people here are different, compared to the peope at Sabertooth Academy."

"That's good to hear. Now, I should go back, before the substitute teacher goes to Classroom 1-A for the next period," Lucy said, looking at her watch. She walked to the door and was about to leave when Erza stopped her.

"Before you go, could you visit Natsu on your way home today? He says he's sick with a terrible fever, but I have my Student Council duties to attend to, so I don't have the time. Initially, it was Gray who asked me to visit him because he said he was busy, and I only agreed that time as I didn't know I would be busy. Here's a bag of medicine and a map to Natsu's house," Erza said, handing Lucy a small plastic bag with a bottle of pills and a packet of cooling pads inside and a folded piece of paper.

"Ok, no problem. I don't have plans this afternoon anyway. I'll be heading back to the classroom now," Lucy agreed.

With that, Lucy left. During recess, Yukino and Sting were introduced to many new friends, including Wendy and Romeo from the middle school. By the time the bell rang for the end of recess, they made a lot of good friends, as well as a small number of enemies (a few students who were simply jealous of them), but they were elated and comfortable at Fairy High.

Hours of class flew by, and yet another day of school was over. Lucy was about to leave the classroom when Levy suddenly ran up to her.

"Lu-chan, I need to ask you for a favour. Will you help me help Mirajane with her work as the Vice Student Council President? I have something... important to do, so I can't make it. Please!" Levy pleaded.

Lucy looked over Levy's shoulder and saw Gajeel leaning against the door at the back of the classroom and instantly knew what "important thing" Levy had to do. "I would if I could, but-" Lucy began.

"Thank you, Lu-chan! I owe you one!" Levy said as she ran off with Gajeel.

"Wait! I haven't...!" Lucy called. Then she sighed when there was no reply. "And, she's gone. ...Well I guess helping Mira with some work couldn't take that long."

When Lucy found Mira and explained everything to her, Lucy was shocked at the amount of things needed to be done. "My assistant is absent today, so I hope I can count on you, my cute Lucy! First, you would need to help me take notes while we have about three meetings back-to-back about three different things that will probably last 2 hours, and then we would need to clear out unauthorised clubs which will take about half an hour, then..." The list continued down.

As Mirajane was telling Lucy about the list of things needed to be done while they were walking to the Student Council Room, Lucy noticed Sting surrounded by a few tough-looking third-years in the hallway. She was about to go to him to see if he was doing fine when Mirajane nudged Lucy.

"Are you listening Lucy? Anyway, we should go to the Student Council Room to get your notepad. The first meeting is starting in 2 minutes," Mirajane said, dragging Lucy into the room in front of them.

"Ugh, I managed to finish everything in 2 hours, but I'm exhausted!" Lucy complained to herself as she stretched. "And I still need to go visit Natsu too. Speaking of Natsu, I hope he's okay. The day has been less noisy and fun without him." Lucy took her bag, and noticed Sting's bag was still slung over his chair. "Hm? Is he still here? Maybe I should bring his bag to him."

After searching around the school for Sting, Lucy decided that she was just wasting time and that he was probably just surrounded by girls who thought he was ideal. Then she realised there was still one more place she haven't checked.

"He probably isn't up here, but I just have this feeling..." Lucy said to herself. When she opened the door to the rooftop, both the bags she was carrying dropped to the ground, as well as her jaw.

Sting was there, his feet on the edge of the rooftop, about to fall off the school building onto the ground.