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Third person POV

"Eh?... This looks interesting..."

Lucy took the job off the job board.

100 000 000 000 jewels!

CAPTURE A MONSTER!

Mayor of the town of Kurama is willing to pay a large sum!

The monster is sly and intelligent. Has caused the destruction

of 30+ villages. Please Help!

"100 billion jewels huh?" Lucy's eyes turned int money signs. " sounds good..."

Natsu was frustrated. Not only was that girl ignoring him, she looked interested in the mission that he was planning to take! Of course, Erza, Gray, Lisanna, Elfman, Levy, Gajeel and Juvia were going to be going with him and they would splt the reward... but... he supposed it was the distant and cold demeanor that annoyed him the most.

Erza spoke up. " That is a dangerous mission. are you sure you can handle it ...?"

Lucy knew that everyone had yet to find out what her name besides. these folks seemed kind enough... They had given her a place to stay and a job without a second thought. Hopefully they would never find out... The Heartfilia name was out of question. She had always wanted a cool name like this when she was a kid...

"Lily Heart"

"I see. Well,Lily since, it's your first mission, you can come with us. We will take care of you. " Erza smiled.

Lucy nodded. " It's a very kind gesture. When shall we meet?"

Erza turned around to glare at the sheepish duo that had just nearly been caught fighting. She turned around and Natsu and Gray continued fighting behind her back.

"We'll meet at Magonila Station at 10 tomorrow.I almost forgot. Even if it seems you know everyone already but- a formal introduction is necessary.

"My name is Erza Scarlet. I am an S-class mage. I use requip magic." Lucy smiled politely.

She faced the Natsu and Gray who were still fighting.

" Stupid Ice brain!"

" Moron flame idiot!"

" You guys..." The unfortunate two turned around and started sweating bullets at the sight that greeted them. Erza's eyes were red with anger and a demon black aura surrounded her. " Introduce yourselves... NOW."

Natsu nd Gray weakly complied, saluting ad shivering in chibi form. " Y-Yes Ma'm!"

They greeted me meekly

" My name is Gray fullbuster. I use Ice Magic."

" My name is Natsu Dragneel. You already know but, I use Fire Dragonslayer magic."

" ~~~ Don't forget about me~~~~~~!" A blue ball of fur sobbed dramatically.

"Sorry Happy. We would never forget you!" Natsu grinned.

" My name is Happy. I use Aerial magic" Lucy said nothing.

Erza continued. "This is everyone on Team Natsu. We'll split the reward four-way once we have finished the job."

Lucy nodded.

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10 a.m Magnolia Train Station

Lucy POV

I stood patiently at the train station awaiting my "teammates". I had just finished shopping. I had borrowed some money from the McGarden girl. She was nice enough about the whole thing. I needed some clothes, food and water for my new apartment at Fairy Hills. I was wearing a _

" Oi! Lily ! There you are ! We're waiting for you!" I looked up. In front of me was Dragneel with the blue exceed on his shoulder. He jerked his thumb to the right. There I could I see Fullbuster waving at us ( his shirt having mysteriously disappeared again- though the girls around him didn't seem to mind-) to hurry up.

" Sorry. I must have missed you."

As Natsu, Happy and I approached Fullbuster, a voice spoke from behind us.

" Ok! Everyone is ready to go!" I turned around to see Scarlet lugging a HUGE amount of luggage. She was dragging a cart with ropes criss-crossing from right to left holding at least ten HUMONGOUS suitcases. I sweat dropped.

" I have our tickets here. We're in Compartment 6-B." Scarlet started walking toward the train.

" NANI?! We're going on transportation?" Dragneel's face turned green. It was probably because Dragonslayers weren't very good with transportation. For some reason, that drawback had never ever effected me.

" What else Flame Brain? We're meeting at the TRAIN station, moron." Fullbuster retorted. Natsu was too nauseous to reply.

" But-" Erza wordlessly punched Natsu, effectively knocking him out. She carried him in her arms as she boarded the train. I sweat dropped.

Erza, sensing our looks turned around. " It was the easing and most effective way" She said seriously, eyes glinting.

And so our adventures began.

To be Continued