"Luuuuuuuuuccccy! Can you grab me a few pieces of cobble from the chest?" Sting pleaded to Lucy. "Fine, but I need a piece of steak in return." It was approaching 6 pm, the time Lucy had to eat dinner. The group, made of Sting, Levy, Rogue, and Lucy, were still fooling around, ignoring the new player, who was actually unusually quiet in the game. Generally, when a newcomer joins, they get an achievement from opening their "Inventory". But FireSalamander never got the achievement or any of the others. Strange.
"Lucy! Time for dinner! Get off your damn laptop!" Jude, Lucy's father, yelled from the kitchen. "Ugh, dinner. Later guys." She sighed, and left the call and the game after a chorus of "awws" and "byes". Lucy didn't close her laptop as she walked away, because she was going back to the game after eating. As Lucy plopped down in a kitchen chair, putting food onto her plate, her father asked how her day was. "Fine, boring as usual." After that, dinner was relatively quiet as she and her father ate. After they were done, Lucy washed her dishes an ran back to her room. She joined into Simplicity, only to be surprised- her house was on fire. She saw the new guy, FireSalamander, running around, setting her and her friends' village aflame.
CelestialSpirit: Hey, what the hell are you doing!
CelestialSpirit: Answer me dammit!
FireSalamander was slain by CelestialSpirit.
CelestialSpirit: Don't you dare ever come back here, and don't grief us.
Lucy nervously bit her bottom lip as she checked through all the chest looking if anything was stolen. To her dismay, the chests were left untouched, everything was where it was left. She hurried and put all the burning flames out, leave her and her friends' houses in ruin, holes covering the walls, floors, and ceilings. She sighed as she got to work, fixing everything that was broken. About ten minutes later, Lucy received a message ingame.
[FireSalamander - You]: Hey, I'm sorry about earlier, I thought the village was abandoned.
Lucy thought of a witty reply and sent the message.
[You - FireSalamander]: Did you even bother to check the chests? Or the farm? They both would've been empty if it was abandoned -.- Check next time.
She was beyond done with this guy already. She wanted nothing to do with him, at all. She clicked over into Skype, and sent a message to the group chat. "This FireSalamander bish thought our villa was abandoned and griefed us :l" Within minutes, she got varying replies. "Really?! Are you serious?" from Levy. "I WILL HUNT HIM DOWN AND LIGHT HIS FAMILY ON FIRE!" an overreaction from Sting. "Oi." a very short answer from Rogue. "It's okay though, nothing was missing and I fixed up our houses." Lucy quickly typed, to hold back Sting from joining and raging. Getting no response, Lucy clicked back into her game. Another new message.
[FireSalamander - You]: Look, I said I'm sorry. The name's Natsu. What's yours?
She typed back a one word reply.
[You - FireSalamander]: Lucy.
Not wanting to talk any longer, she logged off and set her Skype to Do Not Disturb. She sighed as she shut down her laptop for the night and glanced at her phone. Three texts, two from Wendy, one from Erza.
Wendy: Hey Lucy-nee, wanna hang out with me and Erza?
Wendy: Friday night of course, it'll be a sleepover!
Lucy chuckled at Wendy's texts, she still acted like a little kid. Well, Wendy was a little kid at heart, and the baby of the group. She smiled as she typed back "Sure" as her response to the invitation. Lucy moved on to Erza's text.
Erza: Come hang out Friday, sleepover at my place.
Lucy: Why not? :D Seems fun!
She was excited, she loved spending time with her friends, online or not. Lucy leaned back in her chair and remembered all the good times the three had together.
xoxox
"Lucy-nee, over here!" Wendy yelled. Eleven year old Lucy ran over to a small blue-haired ten year old girl. She and Wendy were hiding from Erza, who was playing hide-and-seek with them. "I'm going to get you!" Erza yelled as she charged over to the playground, where she presumed Wendy and Lucy would be hiding. The two girls chuckled as Erza defiantly pushed kids out of her way as she looked for her friends. Erza was feared among the kids back then, hell, she still was now. Erza was most definitely not a bully, but she was never afraid to speak her mind and do what she wanted, so that's what made her scary. She was also very smart, the Class President. No one messed with her or her friends. As Erza finished checking the playground, she began to make her way over to the bushes, where Wendy and Lucy were hiding. They gave quiet squeals, terrified to be found by Erza. They hugged each other tightly, giggling as Erza got closer. But oddly enough, Erza had disappeared from their sights. As the two girls began to let go of one another, a hand was placed on their shoulders. "Boo!" Erza screeched into their ears from behind, as the other two gave a terrified scream. After the screaming had died down and the other kids' weird looks went away, the trio laughed among themselves. They sat behind the bushes until recess was over, braiding one another's hair and decorating their hair with flowers. Erza, Wendy, and Lucy skipped into the school building holding hands, their flowery braids swinging behind them.
xoxox
Lucy sighed as she awoke from her daydream and checked the time. 11:03 pm. Eleven already?! Did she really spend that much time daydreaming about the past? Lucy quickly changed, and hopped into bed. She had no trouble falling asleep, and drifted off into a peaceful slumber.