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Lucy Heartfilia was used to a lot of things, mostly thanks to her older brother, Sting.

From the beginnings of a kitchen fire when they were younger (Sting was unable to make something to eat without it resulting in chaos; Lucy maid sure to fix that trait of his as good as she could later on) to an incredible mess all over the cottage when she had come back from her middle school field trip; the blond male had made her immune against a long list of idiocy. Lucy didn't even want to start thinking about April Fools in past years.

Having a boy her age sitting on the windowsill of her dorm room on the second floor was not on the list.

But there he was, with a face-splitting grin on his face, on the window sill, Natsu.

Lucy shook off the trance that had made it unable for her to react until now, and let out a frightened scream – or at least she tried to. Natsu was in front of her in a split second and pressed his palm over her mouth. "Shh..."

Lucy started to panic slightly. Even though her big brother admired him and she had seen him in the lobby earlier, she herself didn't know him at all.

The blonde struggled to free herself from his grip, taking in air with a gasp as he finally released her.

Natsu scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Sorry 'bout that." He then furrowed his brow. "But you didn't have to freak out, y'know?", he added.

Lucy's eyes shot up at him. "What do you think you're doing?!", she screeched. What guy normally came in through the window like that? Into a girl's dorm, nonetheless.

"Ugh, so looouud", Natsu groaned, covering his ears.

"Well sorry about that", she snapped, feeling the admittedly rather good mood she had all day go down the drain.

"You better be", he grunted.

Lucy just let it go, sighing. "May I ask what you are trying to do here?"

Natsu looked at her blankly. "I'm not trying anything, though?"

Jesus. "Let me put it differently: Why are you here?", she asked, hoping he would explain.

"Ahh, thaaat", his grin reappeared.

"Yes, that."

"I just met all the guys, and Sting told me his younger sister is here too. I didn't know he has a sister. But I already knew Sting-"

The blonde cut him off. "Get to the point, please."

He stared at her for a few seconds, as if he was shocked by the fact that she didn't want to listen to his little story. He looked like he was about to pout, but his expression smoothed out as he resumed talking.

"So, I'm here to meet her. Y'now, Sting's little sister, Luigi or somethin'-"

"It's Lucy!"

"Yeah, yeah, that. Do you know where she is?"

Lucy crossed her arms. So he didn't know who she was. She decided to play along a little. "Do you want to meet her so badly that you had to come in through the window?"

He looked at her as if she was stupid. "Like I could come in through the front door. Boys aren't allowed in the girls dorms. Are you stupid?" Ah, he actually said it.

If he was aware of the fact that boys weren't allowed, why was he here?!

Lucy decided to shrug it off. If she let herself down to his current level, she wouldn't be getting anywhere. She had enough experience with that. "Anyway, couldn't you have waited till you see her outside the dorms or something?"

"Naah", he grinned. "I'll forget."

The blonde eyed him incredulously. What had driven Sting to admire this guy so much? She could see he was cheerful, which was a good thing (in moderation, of course), but other than that, he seemed like a total airhead. But she would spend the next two years in the same grade as him, so they might as well get along.

"I'm Lucy."

"Huh?", he didn't seem to follow.

"I'm Lucy. Sting's little sister. Now that you know, what did you want?"

He looked at her suspiciously. She stared back at him. His eyes were kind of pretty; they were slanted, the iris a dark color she couldn't quite define.

"I won't fall for that", he said abruptly, also crossing his arms over his chest.

Lucy blinked at him, perplexed. "What?"

"I said I won't fall for your tricks", he repeated, confusing her some more.

"Tricks? What are you even talking about?"

Suddenly, he pointed his finger at her accusingly. "You're only pretending to be Luigi so I tell you!"

Her eyebrow twitched. "My name is not Luigi!"

"Hah! I knew it!", he triumphed. He was seriously stupid. And funny. Lucy couldn't deny that. That didn't mean she had to let him know. She shook her head in amusement.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever you say."

He pouted. "C'moooon, admit it already. And tell me where Lu- Sting's sister is. She lives in this room, right?"

Lucy could barely hold back a giggle. Was it really that hard to pronounce her name? She cleared her throat and gave Natsu the most serious look she could muster. "Yes, Lucy lives here." His eyes lit up. She bit back a grin. "The other two girls that live here besides me are at the principal's office."

He grinned at her. "Thanks!", he called as he hopped onto the windowsill. Then he froze. He stared at her over his shoulder. "But Sting said they already were at gramps' office together!"

Gramps? The principal? She lifted an eyebrow at the pinkette. "Really?", she asked innocently.

He eyed her suspiciously one more time before he swung himself out of the window. Lucy didn't bother to check if he was okay; she doubted it was the first time he had done something like that. Instead, she held her breath for a few seconds, until she was sure he was way out of earshot, and broke into a small fit of giggles. Just then, the door opened behind her.

"Lu-chan, we're ba- What's so funny?", Levy asked curiously.

Lucy calmed down and greeted Levy and Wendy, who entered after. "It's nothing", she assured, "I just met an interesting person is all."

Wendy looked at her enquiringly, while Levy just shrugged it off. "Anyways, Lu-chan. We're supposed to meet downstairs in an hour, we're gonna meet all the girls during dinner then."

"Do we always eat in the dorms?", the blonde questioned.

"Breakfast and dinner, yes. At least on school days. For lunch and on free days we eat in the lobby", her bluenette best friend explained.

'I see', Lucy thought. She would be able to meet Rogue, Sting and the other guys at least once a day then.

But she had been living with Sting and Rogue for the last years (Rogue sleeping over was almost a common occurrence, though those times had lessened since high school) and even though she saw herself as a mostly independent person, she didn't want to wait until tomorrow to meet them again.

Just then, her cellphone, which was charging on her nightstand, rang, signaling she had a new message. She quickly picked it up and saw it was from Rogue. That was surprising, he rarely contacted anyone over phone.

"Your idiot brother here forgot to charge his phone, so I'm sending you this instead", she read. She giggled softly at that. That was typical for Sting. He was a good student and fairly smart, but he couldn't remember simple things like charging his phone to save his life.

"We still have some time before dinner, so we were wondering if you would want to meet up in the lobby? Sting here misses you already. Wendy and Levy can come too, of course. Rogue"

Lucy giggled again. His text was way to formal. But that was just like him. Then, she grimaced. She hadn't seen them for a few hours and was already getting sentimental. She wasn't used to living separate from them, after all.

The two bluenettes merrily agreed to meeting up in the lobby, and they spent the whole time until dinner there. Some other students were present, but no one Lucy knew. At some point Jellal came in through the doors and joined their conversation; he warmed up to them really fast and talked more than she had ever seen him talk since she met him.

When it was time for dinner, Erza came to pick the girls up; Lucy assumed she had known where they were through Jellal, who had been happily typing away on his cellphone while talking.

The blonde glanced back and forth between the scarlet-haired young woman and the blue-haired male, who were exchanging a few words. As Erza led the girls back to the dorm, she threw Jellal a sly grin, who winked at her in response. Wendy noticed the small interaction and giggled, casting a knowing glance at the red-head walking in front of them. It seemed like some people had caught on to their relationship, which wasn't that much of a surprise after the display earlier that day. Lucy guessed that almost nobody knew as much as her about it, though. Except for Erza's friends, of course, if she had confided in them.

They were met with cheers as they strolled into the dining room of Fairy Hills, a large buffet set up to celebrate their arrival at Fairy Tail. The other transferred girls were already seated at one of the relatively large dozen round tables. Levy Lucy, and Wendy joined them, along with Erza some others. Mira appeared a few minutes after they had started eating.

Lucy learned some small facts that night; how Erza was actually nineteen, the same age as Mirajane, and had started school two years late due to 'certain circumstances'. None of the girls pried any further.

Also, a number of girls affirmed Natsu and Gray actually understood each other quite well despite their constant fights.

That and a few other things, nothing too personal.

They were asked many questions, but none of them were too private. Everyone here seemed incredibly understanding towards unspoken things.

They also became acquainted with Cana Alberona, who was still clad in a bikini top. She commented about Lucy's breasts and was apparently the one responsible for all the dirty jokes, fulfilling her role gladly.

It was a long night, and everybody went to bed late in spite of the next day being a school day for the most of them.

Before Lucy, Wendy and Levy went to sleep, Lucy received a call from Rogue, telling them that Charle, Lector and Frosch had arrived and he would take care of Wendy's feline friend for the night, seeing as it was past curfew.

With the happenings of the day and a lot of new names and faces swirling through their mind, they finally laid on their beds for a good night's sleep.

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