A/N: Okay, so I kind of wrote ahead for the first few chapters, to make sure that I had all the details the way I wanted etc. That means that while the first few chapters should be up fairly quickly, I can't guarantee that all of them will be up as quick! I will try my best to upload every week – sometimes earlier ;) but who knows?

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or the characters!

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Chapter 1

"Lucy!"

The teen sighed as she walked through the door. She didn't think she'd been that late; so why did her father sound so angry?

Although these days it was hard to tell if he was actually angry; he always sounded that way.

"Coming Father!" she called as she quickly dumped the dead flowers in the bin and hurried down to the dining room, where her father's voice had come from.

When she entered the room, she found him looking out the window, facing away from her. This she was used to; he hardly ever looked at her properly anymore. She was the spitting image of her mother.

"Come here," his gruff voice came, and she did as he commanded.

"What is it?" she asked.

"For your final year of high school, I have decided that you need the best level of education available," he began. "I expect good results, so I am sending you to Fairy Academy. You will not attend that public school this year. That is all," he stated.

Lucy stood there in shock for a few moments before she registered the dismissal. He was sending her away? Was it that hard to live with her? She knew that things had changed after her mother's accident, but she didn't think it would come to this.

Jude Heartfilia was a wealthy man. He had always wanted to send her to a private school, but both Lucy and her mother didn't want that. Lucy didn't want to grow up with other rich kids that were more likely to be stuck up and greedy; Layla had agreed – she didn't want her daughter to grow up in that environment, and Jude had agreed with her, and kept his promise to her. Until now.

Lucy didn't believe any of the crap he sprouted about wanting to give her a good education; his high expectations, yeah, but not the other stuff. He was just embarrassed to tell people that the famous Jude Heartfilia sent his daughter – the heir to the Heartfilia company – attended a public school. God forbid.

She was seething as she walked down the long hallway to the library – her favourite spot, and the place where she was rarely bothered.

True, she didn't have a whole ton of friends, but she had a couple of really close ones, and that was more than enough for her. She wasn't the most popular girl, but that didn't bother her one bit. She didn't have a boyfriend, so the only things she would be leaving behind were her friends, Michelle and Hibiki, a few of her teachers that she got along well with and…

"Ohh damnit!" she groaned.

She just remembered that she had finally made Head Cheerleader this year. She had beaten that witch, Flare, who thought everyone worshipped the ground she stood on. It had felt good to see her face the first time she lost anything. Now she was sure to get the spot. Lucy made a mental note to see what she could do, considering she was still technically Captain, if only for a moment. She would try and get Michelle that spot.

Lucy sighed as she tried to calm down. She would get over the cheerleading; it wasn't the most important thing. Besides, now she had one less thing to take her attention from studying. She was going to miss her friends dearly, but it's not like she won't ever see them again. They'll catch up.

She sighed again as she heard Virgo, her favourite maid, calling her for dinner. Lucy stood and made her way back to the dining room for yet another silent meal.

"WHAT?!"

Lucy sighed. She was standing in front of her locker the next day at school with her two best friends. She had just told them the news.

"Will you keep it down Michelle? I don't want Flare to find out – you know how much of a snoop she is!" Lucy cried.

"S-sorry,"

"I know, it sucks," Lucy said, frowning. "I'm going to miss not seeing you guys every day. But we will still see each other – a lot! All right?"

"Definitely," Michelle and Hibiki agreed.

"Now, Michelle," Lucy turned to her, looking serious. "We are going to get you my spot as head Cheerleader,"

Michelle's eyes turned round in disbelief. "B-but,"

"No buts!"

"But I can't be Captain! You know can't!"

"Don't be silly!"

"I –"

"Michelle," Hibiki suddenly cut in. "You need to believe in yourself more; I believe you can do it," he smiled warmly at her.

"T-thanks," Michelle replied, blushing ever so slightly.

Hmm, maybe with me gone, those two will finally get their acts together! Lucy thought.

No more words could be said as the bell went, telling them to get to class. Lucy suddenly felt sad. She only had two more days of classes at this school, then exam week and then that's it. She'll be gone forever, never to walk these halls again.

"Hey, Blondie!"

Lucy grit her teeth as she heard that irritatingly familiar voice across the lunchroom. She turned to see none other than Flare Corona, her flaming red hair in two long plaits.

"What do you want?"

"I heard you were moving schools," she started. "I just wanted say that that's really too bad; I'm gonna really miss you," she said, faking sincerity.

Lucy didn't even bother to respond, she just glared at the girl, waiting for her to leave.

"Oh," she suddenly gasped. "But was about cheerleading? You were just named Captain; is the stress too much for you already?" she tilted her head to the side. "I told you that you couldn't handle it," she sneered, leaning in close to Lucy's face.

Lucy didn't move and inch. She would not let Flare intimidate her.

"Oh well, I guess the title will just go to the girl who truly deserved it, the way it should have in the first place," with that, Flare and her group of followers sauntered off, leaving Lucy fuming.

"We'll see about that!" she cried. "Michelle! You and me are gonna be doing some training. Every day. I want to make sure you crush that bitch to the ground,"

Lucy and Michelle trained every day for at least two hours – even during exam week. Lucy knew that Michelle was a great cheerleader; she just needed to show Michelle that.

After exams were over, Lucy called a final cheerleading practice for herself, and tryouts for Captain for the other girls. It was a long process.

Lucy watched intently at all the girls in her squad, and realised how much she was going to miss taking these girls all the way to Nationals next year. They were all so talented and committed; even Flare. As much as she hates the girl, Lucy had to admit that Flare was actually a great cheerleader. She just didn't trust her as a person to make the right decisions for everyone.

Michelle managed to get through her routine flawlessly, like Lucy knew she could, and she was so proud of her best friend for it.

"Okay girls, listen up!" Lucy called after the tryouts were over. "I will be choosing the top three girls, and posting the names in the Facebook Group. You will then be able to vote – anonymously, and directly to me –on your order of preference. You will have a week to vote before I post the new Captain, got it?"

There were a bunch of nods all around. Lucy felt her eyes start to sting. She really was going to miss these girls.

"Lucy?" a girl named Miliana stepped forward. "Can I say something?"

"Sure,"

"I just wanted to say, on behalf of everyone, that we're really going to miss you next year," she said, surprising Lucy. "It's not going to be the same without you," Miliana stepped forward and hugged Lucy tightly.

Before she knew it, everyone on the squad – except for Flare and the two girls she was holding back – was hugging Lucy.

"You guys…"

Yep. Lucy was really going to miss this lot.

Summer break went fast, and before she knew it Lucy was on a train headed to Fairy Academy.

The school was two towns over, so she would be boarding there – as did most of the student body, because it was in a remote town. She had orientation day today – Sunday – then a day to relax and get settled, then her final year of high school would officially begin on Tuesday.

Lucy sighed as she stared out the window. She had no idea what to expect. She just hoped that they weren't all snobs.

One stop after she boarded, she couldn't help but notice two people boarding. There was a boy, about her age, who had pink hair and wore a white scarf, even though it was hot out. He was making a fuss; it looked like he didn't want to get on. He was accompanied by a young girl – his sister? – with long blue hair. She looked like she was trying to soothe him as they found a seat two rows in front of Lucy and on the opposite side.

Soon after the train left the station, Lucy understood what the fuss was about: the boy had motion sickness. It looked pretty bad. She felt sorry for him and the young girl who had to look after him.

Lucy used to get motion sickness when she was younger, but not that bad. She hadn't in years, but she still carried patches with her, just in case. It was more out of habit than anything else.

After rummaging in her bag, and deliberating with herself for a few minutes, she stood up and walked over to the two.

"Hi," she smiled. The boy didn't seem to notice she was there, but the girl looked up at smiled back. She was so cute!

"Hello,"

"I couldn't help but notice he wasn't feeling too well," Lucy pointed her thumb to the boy. "I always keep motion sickness patches with me, and I wanted to give you these," she held out the three patches.

"Thank you so much!" The little girl cried, lighting up. "That's so nice of you!"

"No worries," Lucy smiled. "I couldn't just let someone suffer if I had something to help,"

"I'm Wendy, by the way," she held out her hand. "And this is my brother, Natsu,"

"Pleasure to meet you, Wendy! I'm Lucy," she smiled, shaking the girl's hand.

"Nice to meet you!"

"Well, I should get back to my seat, and let you take care of your brother," Lucy said, smiling. "If you need anything, I'm just there!" Lucy pointed to her seat.

"Thank you so much again, Lucy-san!" Wendy cried, smiling again as Lucy turned and headed back to her seat.

What a lovely little girl; she was just so cute! Lucy made sure to keep checking on her throughout the rest of the ride.

A/N

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