Hello All!

It took me a bit of time to write this because my computer kept on autocorrecting the names especially Jellal's name to Jill which was rather annoying. But what can you do? :P I guess you could call this story a spontaneous experiment? hehehe I wonder where it will go. Please review and tell me your thoughts! I kinda thought Jellal would have a slight Siegrain personality then migrate to the Jellal that we all lovingly know (avoiding the angst of fake fiances and whatnots)

Love

mushimushi123!

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A familiar school bell rang in Fairy High and a blue haired boy stared out the window at the trees blowing and the faint sounds of students playing sports and heading inside for class. It was Jellal's second year of high school and he stared bored out the window.

Another year gone…and I still couldn't find her. Well...not like I really tried this year.

Jellal had spent many years searching around schools in his neighbourhood looking for his Erza and her beautiful red hair. It couldn't have been so hard especially since there were so few people with red hair like hers but to no avail. The only redhead he ever came across was the creepy but nice girl, Flare. He shuddered remembering how he was nearly scared to death when she popped out from a bush. After last year of entering high school, he had decided to give up and focus on other things and try to live a normal high school life. He did sometimes think about Erza but other times he wondered whether she might have gone to live in America with her parents and forgotten all about him altogether. He was quite resigned to tune out of life altogether and he didn't really have anything he cared that deeply about apart from her. He was quite lucky to be found by his actual parents, the rich Fernandes Family had come and picked him up and set him up for a gruelling education so that he might inherit the company when he was older. He sometimes thought that he should have remained in the orphanage since his parents gave him less attention than the nuns did.

"Jellal"

He turned his head to face his girlfriend, Ultear, a fairly pretty black haired girl who had been considered one of the prettiest girls (apart from the legendary Mirajane Strauss but was currently dating Laxus so no luck there). Jellal had carefully calculated that Ultear would be a better alternative to the constant love letters and girl fans who seemed to stalk him at every corner. He honestly had no interest in any girl and Erik, his best friend, would make fun of him saying he had a 'redhead fetish' since Jellal would turn his head at the sight of any redhead. However, Ultear was not a bad looking girlfriend and she was what you would call the 'Queen' of Fairy High. She provided him with the latest news and did not bother him unless she had an ulterior motive. She was his cover-up for his disinterest and Jellal was her arm-candy. The girls did not dare to talk back to her or her gang of Meredy, and Angel who seemed to control the school at their realm. Jellal didn't deny that he was a careful person keeping his grades up, satisfying his girlfriend Ultear and doing his duties as School President so that people would just leave him alone. Honestly, despite his careful calculations everything was boring.

"Ah…Hey Ultear"

Jellal gave a smile that did not reach his heart as Ultear sat down beside him and started telling him about the latest news and gossip occurring in the school.

"I don't really understand why that Freedom is following Laxus around all the time, I mean it's almost like he's in love with him. And Mirajane just puts up with it…sometimes I wonder whether she's just there to hide their secret love affair. And rumour has it that Elfman and Evergreen are dating-"

Jellal had probably never spoken more than "Hey" "Ah, I see" and "Okay" to his girlfriend, Ultear and she never asked him any unnecessary questions which helped him drown out from the conversation when needed. Instead he listened to the radio as the class was coming in and settling down.

"News just in! Scarlet who had won her first Gold Medal for 2011 will be entering this years 2015 Olympics in Tokyo! A world-class Gymnast who has won several International Awards!"

Jellal frowned. The class began to chat about this revelation.

"Scarlet sounds like an American name. I wonder why she's competing for Japan", asked Lucy confused.

"Ah I heard it's a nickname because of her hair colour. She's actually from Japan but grew up in America. Nobody actually knows her real name!"

"She sounds super cool! I heard she's amazing at other sports too and really clever too!"

"I heard she's got a NICE BODY", squealed Taurus, a student who looked very much like a cow but was very aggressive so nobody dared suggest so.

"Y-yeah…she's a real beauty!"

"Maybe, I'll smoothly ask her out then…", said Loke. His eyes shining with perverseness.

Jellal smiled. Trust Taurus and Loke, the most perverted guys ever to make comments about a girl's beauty. The bell rang again and Makarov-sensei came in.

"Alright! All you Bakas! Settle down!"

There was a scrapping of chairs as students rushed back to their seats to sit down. Ultear returned to her seat next to Meredy at the back of the class. When it was quiet, Makarov-sensei continued.

"Welcome to second year at FAIRY HIGH!"

There were some hoots and clapping whilst Ultear, Aquarius, and Angel rolled their eyes.

"Ahem- SETTLE DOWN (silence). We have a new transfer student this year so I want you all to take care of her whilst she's here so make her feel welcomed. Come in!"

The class inched forward in anticipation. Jellal tilted his head fairly interested. The door slid opened and in walked a familial red-haired girl that he'd been waiting for all his life. She was a lot taller and was very womanly now. Her bright brown eyes glanced round the room and briefly stopped at Jellal before moving on. And her bright scarlet hair that Jellal could recognise anywhere as his heart began to beat very loud. The redhead bowed and her hair flashed brightly in the sunlight.

"Hello everyone. My name is Erza Scarlet. It's nice to meet you! Please take care of me"

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The class was in total shock. Lucy Heartfilia was the first to recover and then pointed at Ezra

"Wait…The Gold Medalist Gymnast? The youngest ever Gold Medal winner? Scarlet?"

Erza turned to the blonde girl and nodded smiling.

"Thats me"

The class burst into chatter. Lucy ran forward and shook Ezra's hands asking to be friends as well as Mirajane and other girls in the class.

"Wow, she has a NICE BODY"

Loke appeared quickly beside Erza and offered a rose

"Are you free for dinner tonight? Maybe we could-"

Suddenly, Loke was punched out the way by Natsu and Gray.

"Erza! Remember us in middle school! You have to compete with us again!", shouted Natsu with his eyes shining. Gray rolled his eyes and offered a high five to Erza which she warily returned. Ezra had attended the same middle school as Natsu and Gray briefly for a year before she returned to America for a special 6 month training. Erza had taken some mixed martial arts lessons and beaten the crap outta both Natsu and Gray so Natsu had constantly asked to fight her everyday until she punched him in the face. But she didn't want to ruin her reputation this time. The bell rang again signalling the beginning of lessons.

Makarov-sensei looked at Erza and scanned the class for an empty seat. He pointed at Jellal and said

"How about seating next to Jellal over there?"

Erza nodded and sat next to Jellal. For a moment, it was like the two of them were in their own little world listening to the sound the leaves outside that they could only remember in their memories. Jellal faced Erza seeing a familiar pair of brown eyes staring back. She in turn faced the bluenette boy that she had been waiting for so long. Finally, Erza smiled and spoke…

"It's been a long time…"