Why can't I feel my legs? I asked myself, slowly coming out of a dead sleep. Actually scratch that; why can't I feel any part of me? I groaned, only one word coming to mind after that thought; heavy. Then I knew.

"Damn it Natsu," I growled as I opened my eyes and sure enough, there he was, his over three hundred pound self, laying in a semi-catatonic state, directly on top of me. "Not this again!"

The dragon was splayed out all over the place, yet his head was coincidentally nestled directly next to mine. His hot, muggy breath washed over my face at regular intervals and that only served to infuriate me more.

Natsu wasn't the closed book he probably thought he was. That being said, I could probably list on all of my fingers and toes the ways I could tell whether the gigantic dragon was actually asleep, or if he was completely faking it. I'll only state the obvious one for this circumstance though; he was grinning like an idiot, clearly having fun at my expense.

I squirmed underneath him and kicked out but it was no use; he was set in place. "Get off of me; I know you're awake!"

A high pitched whining noise pierced my eardrums as I continued to struggle in vein. Then his large head lifted and he stared at me with mock tiredness through half lidded eyes. Quite the actor, isn't he? "Don't give me that look," I said, completely unfazed. "We've been over this; you're too big for the bed."

He whined again as if to say, "Am not," and his scaly head smacked the pillow again, his long snout twisting into a pout.

"Yes," I smiled. "Yes you are. We both haven't been able to fit for a little over a year and a half." Oh, my poor, poor twin mattress has been through so much, whether it be scorch marks or sheer weight.

At my comment, Natsu rolled over, freeing me but knocking me clear out from under my warm covers and onto the cold floor. He then proceeded to take up my now vacant spot, which didn't do very much considering he was still partially hanging off of the bed.

Fine, I thought. Two can play that game.

I huffed, crossed my arms over my pajama clad chest and looked away from him. "Well," I began, slowly taking steps to the open bedroom door. "If you want to be that way…," almost there. "Then I guess…"

Now.

"Breakfast's all mine!" Quick as a bunny running from a wolf, I rounded the corner and sprinted down the corridor until I reached the stairs, a large, apparently hungry, red blur right on my heels. This wasn't anything new; Natsu was always hungry.

Jumping up on the railing, I slid down on my bottom, Natsu just simply bounding over the steps entirely. Surprising me though, he stopped and looked back up at me. I tried to stop, or at least slow down, but it was too late, I went flying right into him, knocking the both of us to the ground in a heap.

One of Natsu's tail spikes was jutted painfully into my side and I groaned. "Ow…" I was definitely awake now.

A few hours after that totally chaotic Saturday awakening, I was trying to finish my Calculus homework when my phone alarm rang out, jolting me out of my thoughts. It was a text from Levy, seemingly even more hyper than usual.

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG! O_O

I rolled my eyes as I typed a response. Oh boy, what did you steal from Barnes & Noble now? -_-''

Instead of getting an answer, I received a picture message, and my eyes widened. It was a picture of what looked like a block party invitation, a little torn and crumpled up but still legible. The date on it was for tonight.

My phone beeped again. Look what I found just lying on the ground outside my house! (\o_o/)

I started another text, about to ask what the big deal was, but then it hit me. …We're going to crash it aren't we…

Oh Lu, u know me so well that it's scary. ;) pick u up at 8?

I sighed but smiled. I wasn't much of a party person and neither was Levy, but I knew what she was trying to do; get me out of the house for a while and have some fun. I was hesitant, but maybe it would be good to hang out with other kids from school, whether I was invited or not. It seemed like a big enough event that no one would notice two girls slipping into the crowd.

I must've hesitated a bit too long, because I was suddenly being spammed with, PLZPLZPLZPLZPLZPLZPLZPLZPLZPLZPLZPLZPLZ! DX

I waited a few more seconds and with heavy fingers I finally typed, Sure. To which I was then spammed with 'yay', over… and over… and over again.

Oh and Lu? She typed after her spam attack.

Yeah?

It's not stealing if I'm planning on returning it XP

Is it City of Heavenly Fire?

…

I broke out laughing so loud that Natsu started rolling his eyes in my direction. Lol You're not returning it XD

X3

Ending the conversation, I glanced at the clock. Two hours… Then I started getting nervous. What if it stuck out that I wasn't supposed to be there? What if we both just ended up standing there like awkward freaks? What if…

A chill went down my spine as I remembered being chased the other day and I turned to look at Natsu, who was busy blowing a small ball of fire in the center of his front claws. Even though I explained it away as just being him goofing around, something still unsettled me. The feeling I had, pure fear, I had never felt that way around Natsu, whether I knew it was him or not. Was something really hunting me?

I jumped up from my desk and slapped my cheeks in an attempt to rid my mind of the negative thoughts. No! Don't start psyching yourself out Lucy! I told myself firmly. You'll be fine; you can do this. Nothing's going to hurt you in a large crowd of people. What's the worst that could happen?

With that one thought fueling my confidence, I grinned and began rushing to get myself ready. Only briefly did I notice Natsu wander across the room, take a curious glance at my phone, and his eyes widen before I closed the bathroom door.

"Natsu, I'll only be gone for a couple hours!" I argued with said dragon who was currently blocking the front door with his huge fame. "You're being ridiculous!"

He just ignored me, his spiked tail whipping back and forth in front of me to keep me away from my escape route. Steam billowed out of his nose as he growled in irritation.

Oh, he's the one that's irritated? I thought in annoyance, clenching and unclenching my fists at my sides. It was like he was playing the role of my absent father and quite frankly, it just made me want to smack him.

"Aw, come on," I groaned. It was not going to end like this; I had put too much effort into getting myself pumped for it.

My brown, high-heeled boots clicking on the tiled floor, I stepped up to him and glared daggers into his very soul. Natsu tried to look unaffected but when I saw him divert his eyes, I knew I had won. He breathed out in defeat and I smiled in amusement at his attempt at getting attention.

"I'll be fine, Natsu," I assured him, resting one of my hands on his snout and gently rubbing the small, warm scales there. "Two hours; that's all I need, I promise."

Closing his eyes, he leaned into my hand, looking like he was deep in thought.

"Nats-"

Beep, beep!

At the sound of a car horn, the dragon snapped out of his stupor, lowering his head and moping away from the front door and out of the view of anyone outside. Pulling aside the curtains over the front window, I could make out the glowing orange headlights and the feint blue hue of Levy's Camry in the twilight.

Well, there's my ride.

"Two hours," I repeated, turning to give him a reassuring smile. "Then we'll play all you want." For the first time since he had seen the invitation, he smiled his sharp-toothed grin and I closed the front door behind me, still convincing myself that everything would be just fine.

"Took you long enough," Levy grumbled, tapping her fingers on the steering wheel impatiently as I slid into the passenger seat. As a response I stuck my tongue out and she laughed. "Well at least you look nice for going to a block party."

I wouldn't have called my outfit nice, but yes, I was trying to at least make a decent impression. I was wearing my favorite, dark blue, shooting star leggings with a jet black tank top and a light jean jacket. My hair was up in my usual side ponytail, tied with a blue ribbon to match my leggings.

I wasn't trying too hard, but I still didn't want to look like I didn't care. I had very little to no experience at parties so if putting more effort into my outfit was going to make me feel more confident, damn it, I'd do it.

"Just trying to keep myself from bailing…," I mumbled as I nervously bit my lip. Getting ready for it was one thing, now that I was actually in the car on the way there, my mind was instantly flashing to the worst possible scenario. Which included making an idiot out of myself.

Levy rolled her eyes as she put the car into drive. "Lu relax; they're high school kids, not a pack of wolves."

"Sounds like the same thing to me…"

Levy pulled away from my house on Strawberry Street, and not even fifteen minutes later, we were parking near a streetlight along the side of the road. It was already pitch black outside and if the entire block wasn't lit up with strung up paper lanterns, we probably wouldn't know which street we were on.

"Ready?" Levy asked me as she killed the ignition.

Listening to the loud music thumping in the distance, I took a quick, deep breath and let it out, allowing a slow smile to grace my face. "As I'll ever be."

"So… what kind of party is this again?" I could feel my eye twitching with every word as I stood in shock at what I was witnessing.

Everyone was fighting, all clumped together in a large group in the middle of the street, and when I say fighting, I don't mean verbally. They were literally fighting: punching, kicking, civilians flying through the air like rag dolls, you name it. This…was a party?

Levy was in the same confused boat as me, scrambling for the piece of paper in her bag that had sent us here in the first place. When she finally found it, she held it up in the orange hue from the lanterns and read aloud the only two words above the address, date and time; "Fairy Tail."

My eye twitched again, this time in annoyance. "Fairy wha- Levy!"

Suddenly, a large wooden chair came flying directly at us and I just managed to yank Levy out of the way before it smashed into the light pole behind us. The chair exploded into a million splinters on contact. Holy crap, whoever threw that was strong…

Completely unfazed by the violence surrounding us, Levy thumped her fist into an open palm and her eyes lit up in recognition. "Oh! I know who they are," she stated like a student that just got an A on a test.

Ducking out of the way of yet another flying piece of furniture, I yelled, "Is this really the time for that?"

If she heard my protests, she only ignored them. "They're a club at our school." She pointed one finger to the sky in her know-it-all manner and I quickly grabbed her head and pushed it down to keep it out of the line of fire of a projectile couch. How in the hell-

"A club?" I yelled in disbelief, lying on the pavement on my stomach like a marine in war. "How is this a club?"

"It's a very exclusive club," Levy stated now lying next to me. "It's also secret; no one knows how to get in or what it's all about. All anyone knows is that almost all of its members are very-"

"Man!" A largely built guy came flying over our heads only to land face first on the concrete.

"…destructive."

"Clearly," I sighed.

"Do you remember what happened to the gym a few months back?"

Wondering what she was getting at, I hesitantly answered. "Um, yeah, that gas leak exploded right? It leveled half the building."

She laughed nervously. "Actually no, that was these guys; I think they were playing dodgeball."

"What!"

"Lucy?" Looking up, my face probably the very picture of fear, I actually saw a familiar face quirking a confused eyebrow back at me.

"Erza?" I asked and said red-head helped both Levy and I to our feet. Erza Scarlet; I had a few classes with her and we had talked on more than a few occasions but I had no clue that she would be in a place like this. She had always struck me as being insanely responsible. "What are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same," she smiled and I flinched. Oh yeah, I technically wasn't invited. I was about to open my mouth to defend myself when she had quickly excused herself for a moment.

"That's enough," she yelled at the top of her lungs, fire burning in her dark brown eyes as she turned to stare down the partygoers. I could've sworn to God that every single one of them turned completely pale and froze like statues, some in mid punch while others were holding more furniture over their heads. They all looked absolutely terrified.

"I apologize for them," she stated, her demeanor now back to normal as she turned back to me, her hands folded over her chest. "They just like to roughhouse, that's all."

I chuckled nervously. "Roughhouse…right…"

Clearing her throat behind us, Levy stepped up, her hand extended to Erza in greeting. "Hello," she started, a wide smile on her face. "I'm Lucy's friend, Levy."

Erza gripped Levy's hand and for a second, I thought I heard a crack. Oh boy, should've warned her about Erza's strength.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Levy," she greeted back before asking the both of us in unison. "Would you both like to join us?"

My eyes widened. She wasn't going to kick us out? We weren't in the club so why-

"More partiers is a man!" The flying guy from before screamed out from behind us, and soon some of the others from the chaos were calling us over.

Strangely enough, even though they were all ripping each other's heads off not even five minutes ago, they now all seemed to be on good terms. People who had just punched someone, were now helping those same people to their feet, even laughing as they did so. Others grabbed the thrown furniture that wasn't destroyed and placed them back into place; chairs at tables, tables now being turned back upright.

I had never seen such a turnaround in all my life, and it kind of felt…warm. I kind of liked it.

"Lucy?" It wasn't until Erza spoke that I realized that I was spacing out and I snapped to attention, making her ask the question again. "Would you like to hang out with us?"

I smiled, a real smile, one that I usually only gave to Levy or Natsu. "Yeah."

Hey guys! So that's chapter 3! Basically it's a build up to the next chapter which is going to be, you guessed it, chaotic XD. But what else would you expect? Let me know what you all think! I appreciate any kind of feedback! :) I'm also trying to figure out if I should respond to reviews in PM's or in the author's notes. Let me know! Thanks Everyone!