Lucy was rudely awoken by someone banging on her tent. "Natsu, leave me alone." She yelled. Then she opened her eyes and realised she wasn't at home and she definitely hoped it wasn't Natsu making that noise. Also, when did he use knock/bang anyway? "Lucy, get your butt out here in training clothes now."
'Ah' Lucy thought. 'It's Laxus.' Quickly changing into some shorts and a tank, Lucy emerged from her tent to find the sun hadn't risen yet. She groaned, but got a shock when two simultaneous groans came from Freed and Jellal's tents.
"Laxus, dude. What the heck?" Jellal yelled coming flopping out from his tent, his hair messy and his shirt only half on. Lucy got a quick glance of his toned chest and blushed slightly, a fact Jellal didn't miss.
Then the zipper was pulled down from Freed's tent and out emerged a perfectly groomed Freed. Seeing Laxus' slightly dishevelled hair and clothes, then Jellal's blatant messiness, he smiled. "You all look great!" He said, teasing them.
Lucy pouted, pretending to be hurt. "Am I included in that statement?" she asked, giving her best sad yet teasing look. Freed looked away and answered, still looking the other way. "Nope, you look fine Lucy."
Grinning and poking her tongue out at the other two, Lucy bounced over to Laxus. Jellal on the other hand stalked towards him, trying to deal with his messy hair as they went. Laxus grinned at the three before beckoning to the breakfast sitting behind him.
"Pancakes!" Lucy exclaimed, her face breaking into yet another grin. "Thanks sparky!" Laxus nodded, then realised what he had just been called, swiping his hand, he attempted to take back the pancakes. Getting them into his hands, he smiled down at her. But Lucy quickly muttered a spell so quietly even Laxus couldn't hear it.
Then pancakes were eaten up by a portal, which then opened by Lucy. She reached inside and pulled out the pancakes, which now had maple syrup and bacon on them. Muttering a quick thanks to her spirits, she closed the portal.
Freed had pulled a notepad from god knows where and was writing notes. He coughed and everyone looked to him. "Has anyone else noticed how the two spells we've actually seen both include a portal of some kind? Do all your spells?"
Lucy shrugged. "That's the thing. The words only come to me when a situation has arisen when the spell is useful. After I use it for the first time though, I can remember the incantation."
Freed nodded, looking interested. Laxus waved a hand in front of Freed's face, interrupting him form writing. Receiving an annoyed look from the green haired mage, he smirked and zapped the pen, turning it into a pile of dust.
"Before you started examining Lucy, I was going to tell you that Lucy and Jellal's testing should start immediately after breakfast. I have an important plan for after lunch. Should you be finished by then Jellal?"
Jellal, who had fallen asleep into his pancakes didn't respond. He was jerked awake when a rather large bolt of lightning hit him. He jumped, somehow managing to bang his hand onto the end of his fork, which was loaded with pancake. The fork did a majestic arc, then landed on Laxus's face.
Lucy giggled, then found herself with a pancake covered face and top. Seeing Freed was still clean, she grabbed a whole pancake, throwing it at him. Then, almost instantly afterwards, Jellal poured on the maple syrup, having used his magic to speed towards Freed.
Laxus, Lucy and Jellal all grinned. Freed no longer looked so clean and perfect! Deciding that breakfast was probably finished at this point, Lucy took off towards the waterfall, using the new portal spell to snag herself some soap, hair products and towels.
Realising the boys could come to the waterfall at any moment, she contemplated how to stop them seeing anything. However, when she reached the waterfall, along with the stuff she had teleported from her tent was a bikini. The weirdest thing was she didn't recognise it and knew it wasn't one she had previously owned.
Cautiously picking it up, she hid up a tree and hurriedly got changed. She then ran lightly along a branch and dove into the river.
It seemed Jellal had had the same idea about getting rid of the stickiness that covered them. He was also in the river, not ten meters from where she had landed. Smiling at him, she swam to shore and grabbed her shampoo, trying tremendously hard to not look at his chest.
After resisting the urge to look, she faced the waterfall and begun to wash her hair, using shampoo, then conditioner. She was about to use her soap when Jellal surprised her, coming up behind her and asking to borrow her soap. She gasped and slipped back.
In a moment of déjà vu, she found herself being caught by the mage. This time however, she looked into his eyes, becoming lost in them. She couldn't tell how long she lay there, cradled in his toned arms. All she knew was suddenly, the eye contact was broken and she found she missed it. Badly.
"Shall we get changed and begin your testing" Jellal said, his deep voice through Lucy's thoughts and registering in her brain. Managing a nod, she smiled and began to swim towards the bank, briefly diving underwater to refresh herself.