"Welcome to Fairy Tail!" Natsu said. After meeting Lucy and hear she wants to be part of the duel guild, Fairy Tail, he brought her with him. They were currently standing right in front of the guild and Lucy was excited.

"Oh wow! I can't believe I'm standing in front of thee Fairy Tail guild." Lucy said.

"It's even better inside." Natsu said as he led the way inside. "Yo, I'm back!" When she did, the inside looked like a lively place for there were people everywhere. They were dueling, talking, interacting. It was like it was huge club.

"It's even better than I imagined!" Lucy said.

"Natsu!" Both of them looked and saw a young girl with long blue. She wore a green dress with a cross pattern on it and sandals.

"Wendy! Great to see you." Natsu said.

"Who's she?" Lucy asked.

"This is Wendy Marvell." Natsu said. "She's among the youngest members of our guild and one of the nicest. Wendy, meet Lucy."

"Hi. It's nice to meet you." Wendy said.

"It's nice to meet you too." Lucy said.

"Natsu, you're back!" All of them looked ahead and Lucy had stars in her eyes. The person they saw was a red, practically scarlet, hair with white sleeveless blouse with a blue skirt.

"It's Erza!" Lucy said.

"I see you brought a new friend." Erza said.

"Yeah." Natsu said. Before he could even say anymore, a cup hit him in the head. "Hey! Who through that?" Natsu saw it was a guy with black spikey hair. He wore jeans with a dark blue shirt.

"I heard you caused quite the ruckus. Seriously, Natsu, when are you going to learn to be careful?"

"Who's he?" Lucy asked.

"That's Gray." Erza said. Natsu got mad and got up right in Gray's face.

"You got a problem, ice for brains?" Natsu said.

"Yeah. It's got oddly color hair and always acts so reckless." Gray said.

"Cease your fighting at once!" Erza said and all it took was a single stare from her and something strange happened. The two were acting nervous, but tried to make it look like they were good buddies.

"Yes, ma'am." Both of them said.

"Whoa! What's with the complete personality change?!" Lucy said as she thought it was completely weird.

"Those guy are always like this." Wendy said. "Natsu is like fire and Gray is like ice. They don't seem to quit fighting, but Erza is the only one that can stop them. She can be pretty scary that even those two fear her." That was when Gray noticed Lucy.

"Who's she?" Gray asked.

"Her name is Lucy. She wants to join." Natsu said.

"Really? So what is her dueling like?" Gray asked.

"I don't know. I just met her yesterday." Natsu said.

"Idiot! You asked a girl you know nothing about to just join us?" Gray said. "How do you know if she's fully dedicated to becoming a member? It's going to take heart and soul."

"What's the harm?" Natsu said.

"Hold on. I'm getting a little nervous. Am I or am I not in?" Lucy said as she was backing away, but she accidently backed into someone who was acting like a waitress. "Sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going."

"It's fine." Lucy turned to see who she turned to and saw a beautiful girl with long white hair and ponytail over her head. She wore a maroon dress and Lucy had stars again.

"You're Mirajane!" Lucy said.

"Hello. I don't think I've ever seen you around before." Mirajane said.

"Hey, sis, you okay?" Lucy looked to see a giant guy with massive muscles and a girl with short white hair in a blue long-sleeve and green shorts.

"I'm fine." Mirajane said. Both of them looked behind her and spotted Lucy.

"Hi. You must be new around here." The girl said.

"Who are you two?" Lucy asked.

"They're my little brother and sister, Elfman and Lisanna." Mirajane said.

"Little?! That big guy looking like a brute is your YOUNGER brother?!" Lucy said.

"So we have a new recruit, do we?" Lucy looked to meet one more. An elderly man that was pretty short. He wore a white coat with fur in it and black pants.

"Gramps!" Natsu said.

"Hello, Master." Erza said.

"Master?! This little guy is in charge of this place?" Lucy said.

"Yes. My name is Makarov. Who are you exactly?"

"My name is….Lucy. Lucy Heartfilia."

"She wants to join, Gramps." Natsu said. "What do you say? Let her stay. She seems like a pretty cool girl."

"Shut up, Natsu. You're the one that brought her here and you don't know anything about her." Gray said.

"It's fine with me." Makarov said.

"Really?! I'm in? Just like that?" Lucy questioned.

"We don't have very high standards." Makarov said. "However, there is something you are going to need to do. In order for you to become a member, we're going to need to see you duel."

"I need to duel someone?" Lucy said.

"Yes. We must get a read on your skills." Makarov said. "Gray, since you seem to be the only objective to it, you'll be her opponent."

"My darling Gray is about to duel!" All of them saw a blue hair waved lady wearing coat-like dress with white fur. "If he is dueling, he will win for sure! I know you can, darling."

"Oh man. We should start whispering this stuff." Gray said as he was annoyed.

"And that would be…." Lucy tried asking.

"Juvia." Erza said. "She's practically Gray's number one fan….and his soulmate….claimed by her."

"Oh! She's a little nuts for him, isn't she?" Lucy said.

"That's an understatement. Who in their right mind would like Gray?" Natsu said.

"Natsu, be nice." Lisanna said.

"Enough talk. Let's head over and see what this girl has got." Makarov said. They went over to their small duel field with Lucy and Gray taking their position and everyone, with a few extras, getting ready to watch.

"Oh boy. I didn't expect to draw in a crowd." Lucy said.

"You better get use to it." Gray said. "Time to see what you've got." Both of them held out their duel disks, Lucy's yellow and Gray's blue, with them activating them and ready to start.

"Let's duel!" Both of them said at 4000LP.

"I'll start this off." Gray said. "First, I summon Ice-Make: Lancer!" A knight-like warrior rose on the field with lances and it looked he was made from ice. He also had 1400atk points.

"Wendy wasn't kidding. Gray really does use ice." Lucy said.

"I place two cards facedown and end my turn." Gray said.

"Here goes!" Lucy said as she drew her card. "I summon Celestial Spirit Taurus in attack mode!" A humanoid cow holding a giant axe rose out of the ground with 1700atk points.

"What the heck? Is that some sort of cow?" Gray said.

"Taurus, take down his Lancer with Rampage Axe!" Lucy said. Taurus went on the attack as he pulled out his axe.

"Not so fast. I'm activating my Ice Chunks trap." Gray said. "When and Ice-Make monster is attack, by lowering their attack points by 400, they survive." Lancer blocked the attack and his attack points dropped to 1000. "Also, all damage goes to you." Chunks of ice shot at Lucy and her life points dropped to 3300.

"That's the way to do it, Gray!" Juvia cheered

"Not a good start." Erza said.

"Lucy didn't even consider the face-downs." Mirajane said.

"Come on. Be a man and don't do something foolish." Elfman said.

"Hard to do since she's a girl." Lisanna said.

"I guess that's all I'll do this turn." Lucy said.

"That's it? You'll have to do better than that." Gray said as he drew his next card. "I activate Ice Molder. When a monster with Ice in is name has lower attack points than it's original, this spell restores all the power." Lancer's attack points went back to 1400. "I'm also going to summon Ice-Make: Hammer" Another soldier with a giant hammer came on the field with 1800atk points.

"This isn't going to go well." Lucy said.

"No it won't. Ice-Make: Hammer, take down that cow with Frozen Smash!" His monster jumped up and slammed his hammer against Taurus and took him down. Lucy's life points dropped to 3100. "Lancer, your turn and since she has no monsters, we can attack directly!" His monster's lances stretched out and struck Lucy with her life points dropping to 1700. "I think that's enough for this turn."

"Not looking good for Lucy." Wendy said.

"Did you expect anything less from my Gray?" Juvia said.

"Don't be too quick to judge. She can still pull this around." Natsu said.

"How do you know?" Makarov asked.

"Just a feeling I've got. There's something special about her." Natsu said.

"It's my turn!" Lucy said. "To start, I'm activating Silver Celestial Key. This spell allows me to summon a level four or lower Celestial Spirit. I summon Celestial Spirit Cancer." A male hairdresser with crab legs coming out of his back rose up with 1000atk points.

"She certainly has some weird looking monsters." Gray said.

"Cancer won't be staying around for long because I sacrifice him and summon Celestial Spirit Aquarius." Lucy said. A blue mermaid carrying an urn rose on the field and had 2000atk points.

'Bring it on, Lucy.' Gray thought. 'If she attacks, I can use my Ice Blockade trap. Not only will my monsters survive, but it will make her monster completely useless.'

"I'm activating Constellation Rays." Lucy said. "This little spell will change all monsters on the field to the light attribute."

"Why would you do that?" Gray said.

"It's so I can use Aquarius' special ability. By giving up half of my life points, she can destroy every monster that isn't of the water attribute." Lucy said.

"No way!" Gray said. Aquarius created a tidal wave from the urn and it washed away all of Gray's monsters as Lucy's life points dropped to 850. "No! My trap only works if she attacks a monster."

"Oh my! That's quite impressive." Mirajane said.

"Was she planning that from the start?" Wendy said.

"I think so. She kept a few cards in reserve from her first turn. That's why she only played one card." Erza said.

"Aquarius, attack him directly with Raging Torrent!" Lucy said. Aquarius shot out a stream of powerful water that blasted Gray and knocked him down with him losing half of his life points.

"No! How dare she strike at my beloved!" Juvia said.

"Not bad." Gray said as he got back on his feet. "You seem to have some skill after all. Don't think that means I'm going to just let you win."

"It's your turn." Lucy said. Gray took a look in her eyes and saw determination that was unwavering and full of spirit.

"Here goes!" Gray said and drew his next card. "I'm going to start by summoning my Ice Maker." A robotic freezer with legs walked out on the field with 1000atk points. "I'm also going to use my Ice Maker's special ability. Since there's and Ice-Make monster in my grave, once a turn, I can bring one back. I'm bringing back my Lancer." The freezer opened up and the Lancer came back on the field. "I'm afraid things are only going to get worse for my Ice Maker…is a tuner."

"A tuner?! You mean you can use it and other monsters for a synchro summon?" Lucy said.

"Exactly." Gray said. "I tune my level two Ice Maker with level four Ice-Make: Lancer!" His freezer became two green rings that went around Lancer and turned it into four stars. In a shine of a ray of light, a new monster was formed. "I synchro summon Ice-Make: Geyser!" a geyser of water and ice erupted out of the ground and at the top was half the body of a man with light blue skin. He also had 2300atk points.

"I'm not worried." Lucy said.

"You should be. I activate Geyser's special ability." Gray said. "By banishing an ice monster, yours will lose attack points equal to the banished monster. Ice Maker is more than enough." Some cold water landed on Aquarius and her attack points dropped by half. "Sorry, but this is the end of the duel. Ice-Make: Geyser, attack and end this Cold Eruption!" An ice geyser erupt right under Aquarius and took her out. Lucy was knocked off her feet and lost the last of her life points. Lucy got on her knees and was upset.

"I lost." Lucy said and she seemed like she was about to cry. "Now I won't become a member."

"Don't say that." Gray said as he walked over to her. "It doesn't matter if you would have won or lost. We needed to see if you really have what it takes to become a member." He grabbed Lucy's hand and helped her up. "I could see that when you gave up some life points when you were falling behind. I saw your determination and spirit. With a little help from us, you'll make it big one day."

"Really?" Lucy said as she felt so happy to hear that from a Fairy Tail member.

"Hold on! Are they having a moment? Is she trying to take my Gray?" Juvia said.

"That's not what's happening at all." Wendy said, but she wasn't listening.

"What I tell you? Lucy is certainly something special." Natsu said.

"She surely is." Makarov said. "Let's hear it for our new member, Lucy, our newest member!" Everyone cheered as they all welcomed her and Lucy felt honored to be an official member.