-First Day-

When I reach my high school, Fairy Tail Academy, on the first day of my sophomore year, the masses of people sort of overwhelm me, but if you go to FTA, you get used to it.

Something catches my eye as I go into FTA. I turn around and I see a small blue-haired girl wearing a guy's shorts and top. She is clinging to a tall boy with bubblegum pink hair and a tiled muffler, despite the 70 degree weather. The pink-haired boy doesn't seem to mind the girl clinging on to him, so I guess they're related or something like that.

The small blue-haired girl notices me staring at her and comes up to me. At a closer inspection, she looks very young, around 13-ish.

"Hello!" she says to me cheerfully. "I'm Harper, and the pink-haired boy is Natsu."

"Hi," I reply, glancing in Natsu's direction. He seems to be slightly sad, which I find odd. "I'm Gray."

"Nice meeting you, Gray," Harper says. Then she looks abashed. "Hey, do you know where Mr. Markov's class is? Natsu and I can't find it."

I glance at the group lists for the sophomores, then glance at the schedules. It turns out that Natsu, Harper, and I are all in the same group, 10-4.

"I'll show you to the classroom," I tell both of them. "We're in the same group anyway."

"Yay!" Harper exclaims. "Lead on!"

I lead them to the class, noting that Natsu hasn't said anything just yet.

-Period One-

Mr. Markov glances at all of the students, judging to see who's friends with who. Harper sits next to Natsu. Juvia (as always) sits close to me, occasionally making little doe-eyed glances at me.

"Looks like we have some new faces," Mr. Markov finally says, startling Natsu, Harper, and 2 other unfamiliar faces. "Please stand up and introduce yourselves. That means EVERYONE," he states, glaring at everyone so they listen. "Starting with Wendy."

Then, people start introducing themselves, starting with Wendy.

"Wendy Marvell," she says, standing up.

"Mavis Vermilion," one of the newcomers says. She's small, with shimmering long hair.

"Gajeel Redfox," says the scary raven-haired teen who started a food fight last year.

"Carla Stone," another newcomer says. Oddly her hair is long and white.

"Lucy Heartfilia."

"Romeo Conbolt."

"Mest Gryder," says the tall, scarred teen.

"Harper Dragoneel!" says Harper, bouncing up and down a bit before sitting down.

Finally it is my turn. "Gray Fullbuster," I say.

"Juvia Lockster," says the blue-haired girl.

"Bisca Connell." Bisca's older cousin, Alzak, is the math teacher here.

"Sherria Blendy."

Natsu stands up. "Natsu Dragoneel," he says. His voice is a bit high for a teenager.

Mr. Markov claps his hands. "Okay," he exclaims. "Now, in Social Studies this year, we'll be learning..."

-Fast forward through a few boring-ish periods (Natsu talked to me a bit between periods). Now Lunch-

After getting the slightly disgusting cafeteria food, I wander around the cafeteria, looking for a place to sit. Not near Gajeel, not near Lucy, but where...OH!

I notice the small blue head of Harper and the pink one of Natsu, sitting near Mavis. I head over to them.

"Oh!" says Harper when she notices me. "Come sit." I take her invitation and go sit. Harper then resumes her conversation with Mavis.

"Hello, Gray," Natsu says to me. "I do think that my sister is a social butterfly." He takes a bite of his sandwich

I nod at him. "Yeah, I agree," I reply. "She looks a lot young for a sophomore." I take a bite of my cafeteria food. Ick.

"She's 13," Natsu says. "But she's a bit of a genius though." He adds when he sees my surprised expression.

I nod at him and we resume eating our food.

"I call Harper Happy sometimes," Natsu says to himself five minutes later. "She's always so cheerful."

I silently agree. Harper still chats happily to Mavis, oblivious to our conversation.

-Another fast forward through some more boring periods after lunch ends to the end of the day.-

"What a cool academy!" I hear Harper say as she exits the school with Natsu. "Gray and Mavis are so nice!"

"I agree, Happy," Natsu replies, putting his arm around Harper's shoulder. "Fairy Tail Academy is so much better than my old school!"

They tun down the street toward Icicle Street, which I live at. The name's pretty dumb, because I've never seen a single icicle there.

After a few minutes of walking, I get to the small white house where I live. When I knock on the door, my little sister, Ultear, answers it. She's in fourth grade so she gets out a lot earlier than me.

"Gray!" greets Ultear. "How was school? Anyone new?" She runs a comb through her long black hair and lets me in.

"Just four new people-Mavis, Carla, Harper, and Natsu." I reply, already halfway up the stairs.

I head to my room. My mom, Ur, says that my room is always a big mess, but that's because I have a bookshelf that falls down if something heavy hits the ground, spilling its contents everywhere.

Plopping myself on my bed, my mind runs through the day (which was slightly boring except for the Dragoneels and Ms. Scarlet putting Gajeel in a headlock). Then for some reason, I think, That one new kid's rather cute. I couldn't lay my finger on who the person is, which is weird. I usually remember who people are.

GITL (Gather in the light): I think this fanfic might evolve into a Gratsu story, I just don't think it will though.