"We're BACK!" Natsu yelled as he kicked open the guildhall's doors.
They were greeted by a droning chorus of greetings, cheers and raised mugs, and in the case of one girl, she raised a whole barrel of beer that she proceeded to down.
"So you're back Ash brains!"
"I just said that ya stupid snowflake!"
"Bring it Nats...hurmp!"
Natsu sucker punched the half naked boy in the face who hit him back.
They started a spectacular smack down right in the middle of the guild hall, all the while hurling insults.
"Cheep shot fire breath!"
"Don't get your undies in a wad you walking popsicle!"
The brunette drinking beer from the barrel called over the din. "Grey! your cloths!"
Ah, so that's Grey Fullbuster, the Underwear Prince. He's known as being almost destructive as Natsu is.
"They're REAL MEN!" A huge white haired hulk of a man yelled as he jumped in to the fray.
The fighting was starting to consume the bystanders.
"Are you going to fight Loke?"
Loke? One of the most eligible wizard bachelors?
Lucy turned...to find the handsome orange haired man with TWO women on his arms, cuddling up to them as he crooned to them.
"Nah, it's not my style."
A bottle flew out of the melee and conked Loke on the side of the face.
The handsome face twitched in irritation.
"You know what? I will fight. I need to protect you two lovely ladies."
"Good luck!" his 'ladies' cheered
If I hadn't burned my 'boyfriend book' he would have soooo been off the list.
"Oh, hello there! Are you new?"
Mirajane! The white haired beauty stood there, right in front of her.
Lucy nodded.
"Well, welcome to Fairy Tail!"
Lucy pointed at the brawl, her eyebrows raised as she wrote.
-Is that normal?-
"Oh yes, this happens quite frequently. It's quite fun." She said with her sweet smile.
As the battle threatened to engulf them, Lucy summoned two stars
the stars flew to Lucy and Mirajance's chest and emitted a warm glow.
Now they stood in the middle of the fray, completely unscathed as bottles smashed against them. people crashed into them and a bottle flew into Mirajane's face and she just blinked.
"Your magic is very pretty." Mirajane cooed as she gently touched her star, admiring it.
Lucy couldn't keep the grin off her face.
She was here.
At Fairy Tail,
A brawl was happening all around her and her Idol Mirajane, and they were calmly having a conversation in the middle of it, as if they were strolling through a park!
It was a mixture of insanity and dream come true.
And Mirajane complemented me, eeeep!
Then Natsu threw Loke into Mirajane.
Mira's star flickered and faded away as she and Loke fell in a pile.
Loke Immediately jumped off her and Lucy knelt down to check her over.
What happened to my star?
"Damn it! Mira? You ok?" Loke asked.
"I'm fine. It's all in good fun." Mira said cheerfully as blood trickled down her face, still smiling her sweet and sincere smile.
This place is unbelievable.
"Well," A smooth voice whispered in her ear "More Ladies for me to protect." How had Loke gotten behind her?
The fighting had started to die down around them, leaving Natsu and The Muscled white haired man fighting, while Grey was...trying to find another pair of underwear.
"I'm getting fired up now! Natsu growled and he smashed his flaming fists together.
"Yeah Magic! Now it's a REAL MAN'S FIGHT!" the other man yelled.
"Oh dear." Mirajane sighed as she got up. "Elfman is getting carried away."
So is Natsu.
Lucy brushed off Loke's arm and made her way to the two Combatants.
The shining star on her chest reduced Natsu's flames to a fierce heatwave that washed over her.
She Put a hand on his shoulder.
Natsu was getting into this fight, he had taken Grey out and now he was going to go all out with Elfman.
He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Lucy.
She had a look on her face. He didn't need her to speak, he could understand her perfectly fine.
Stop pushing yourself, you know what will happen.
-Natsu time to stop- She wrote.
He sighed.
"All right." He turned back to Elfman. "Next time Elfman."
"Awww, that's not Manley!" Elfman protested as Natsu followed Lucy back to Mirajane.
"You restrained Natsu" Mira told Lucy with awe.
He saw her frown -Is that bad?-
"No, it's just...never happened before. Unless you count Erza, but that's only when he fights with Grey. And then she just threatens to hit them. What did you do?"
Natsu snorted. "Like she could actually stop me."
"C'mon man! Why'd you give up?" Elfman questioned. "It's not Manley! and you're a total MAN!"
"I'll give you Manley..." Natsu started, but Lucy's fists glowed with her punchie stars.
Natsu watched as Lucy opened her palm and touched Elfman with the Star.
As soon as the star touched him, the white haired man went flying across the guild hall and slammed into the wall.
Holy crap that was AWESOME! He thought as he grinned.
Elfman pulled himself out of the wall and screamed out "THAT WAS FREKIN MANLEY!" before collapsing.
Mirajane just sighed before giggling. "Sorry about my brother. He's a bit of a doofus sometimes"
-That was your brother? I'm sorry, I overdid it.-
"Oh, don't worry about it." Mira chirped. "He would have gotten worse from Natsu."
Elfman started bawling, his face still flat against the floor. "My sister doesn't have any faith in me winning! it's so Unmanley! Aaaaaahhhhhhuuuhuuhaaaaaaa!"
"So Mira, Lucy wants to join Fairy Tail." Natsu told her, completely ignoring Elfman. "I kind of owe her, she helped me on my last mission."
"Ah, wonderful! A new member." Gramps had come up behind them, and Lucy was turning to face him.
"Hello there Master." Mira smiled "Should I get the stamp?"
"Yes, thank you Mira. So, you are Lucy. I am Guild master Makarov. Thank you for keeping one of my children safe."
While Mira was getting the guild stamp, Natsu grabbed Makarov and ran outside with him under his arm, screaming "Hey gramps I need to talk to you for a second, let's go! HAHAHAHA!"
"Put me down you Numbskull!"
Once they got outside, Natsu put him down. and faced him.
"You have to work on your subtlety Natsu. You didn't have to carry me." Makarov grumbled. "So what did you want to talk about?"
"Lucy."
I wonder what that was about.
"Here it is!" Mira was back. "Where would you like it?"
Lucy extended her right hand, and tapped the back of it with her other.
"Okie!" Mira stamped her had.
And there it was.
That easy.
She couldn't tell how long she stood there, staring at it, not quite believing it.
"You ok there?" Mira asked, concerned.
She had to believe it. She was here.
Lucy smiled as she cradled her hand, holding it tight to her chest as she nodded.
"Welcome to the guild." Mira giggled.
"So how is it?" Natsu asked, appearing beside her.
Lucy looked down at the pink guildmark on her right hand. Still there.
-A dream come true-
both Mira and Natsu smiled.
"Alright brats! Listen up!" Makarov yelled from the top level.
"We have a new member! Lucy!"
Makarov waited for the cheers to die down.
"Now Lucy, you may not know like the rest of us do, but Fairy Tail is not just some guild for friends, or for work. We are a family! And as you helped one of my Children arrive back home safe and sound, you have our gratitude! As a family we protect our own, and there is little owed between family as you always owe too much to each other to keep track. So welcome to the family Lucy, Welcome! To FAIRY TAIL!"
The cheers erupted again, and Lucy looked around her in shock.
Maybe this could be my home...
Lucy could feel a tear in her eye.
"Alright, let's Party!" Natsu yelled out as he put an arm around her shoulders.
"Break out the booze!" The brunette yelled.
"You're already drunk Cana!" Grey called over the merriments.
"And you lost your cloths again!" She called back with a hiccup.
"Ah crap!"
"Manly Party!"
Natsu was grinning beside her, with Mira on her other side offering her a tankard which she took.
"Party Hard my Children!"
"Hear hear!" "MANLEY STYLE!" "Partaaayyyyy!"
Lucy woke up with a headache.
She had never drunk that much in her life before. She hardly remembered anything from the night before.
She blinked as she saw silver eyes above her.
Mirajane was standing over her, offering a mug with a wink. "Hangover cure" She whispered.
Lucy sat up, which made the world spin.
Mira steadied her and helped her drink.
It tasted of ginger, grass and swamp weeds, and it left a film on the top of her mouth.
The pounding in her head went away instantly, and her headache was reduced to a small buzz.
-Thank you Mira- She wrote shakily.
"No problem." She whispered and nimbly picked her way between sleeping figures back to the bar.
Lucy looked around her and blushed.
She and the brunette, Cana had been snuggling together and were using Natsu's stomach as a pillow.
She groaned as she got up and looked around the guildhall.
Grey was in his underwear, flopped face down on the table, Loke was asleep in a small pile of girls, Elfman was snoring while sprawled out on the bar.
However there was one figure at one of the tables, a tiny blue haired girl reading from a dusty and very old tome from the light of a lacrama lantern.
Lucy wove her way through the human obstacle course that the guild hall had become.
The girl looked up from her book as she herd Lucy approaching.
"Oh, hello. Lucy right? I'm Levy."
-Nice to meet you. What are you reading?-
"Your handwriting is lovely Lucy. And I just finished 'The Legend of infinity' and this one is a book of old fables."
-I love books. I was writing a novel at one point.-
"Really?"
-yes, but- Lucy paused -I lost it-
"Oh. Well, I'm sure if you try again it will be better than your last one."
-I may just have to start again.-
Lucy noticed a stack of small magazine sized books beside her. Detective Lance booklets.
My favourite. I like her already.
-Have you read the latest issue of Detective Lance?-
"Ohmygosh, there is a new issue?"
Lucy smiled as she got out Horologium's key and swiped it through the air.
The clock spirit appeared in a flash.
"Good morning miss Lucy. I have brought your collection for you."
Horologium's container section opened up, the books stacked up high inside the clock spirit.
Lucy picked up the topmost booklet and handed it to Levy.
She touched the clock face gently after she shut the cabinet.
"You are welcome miss Lucy." He said, and vanished.
Lucy turned back to The blue haired girl to find her engrossed in the book.
After a second she squealed in excitement. "I knew he survived the waterfall drop!"
She smiled at Levy's excitement.
It's nice to find another book lover like me.
Lucy blinked. The purple haired kid sitting next to her had woken up and was watching them.
-Hello there-
"Hi."
-You seem a little young for all this insanity.-
"Yeah, I'm waiting for my dad. He's out on a job at Mt Hakobe and he was supposed to be back today."
"I know you're worried about him, but have faith. Maco be fine." Levy told him, not taking her eyes away from the book in front of her.
"I guess you're right. well, I'm Romeo."
-Lucy-
"so you're another bookworm?"
-Proudly-
Levy giggled at this.
"Tell em' Lu. Book life."
-Damn right- She penned elegantly before deftly sending her light pen spinning through her fingers.
Levy offered Lucy a high five and she took it before they both started giggling conspiratorially.
Romeo sighed and started reading a book on fire basic magic.
"do you mind if I borrow this for a little while?" Levy asked
-Sure. Do you mind helping me find a place to stay at?-
"You don't have a place?"
-I've been travelling. A lot.-
"We have apartments at Fairy Hills, but those are a hundred thousand Jewl a month."
Lucy slumped. She didn't have near that amount of money.
"I do know that there are some cheaper apartments around. Want me to show them to you?"
-Only if you don't mind-
"It's not a problem. I don't mind helping out a fellow bookworm" She said with a wink.
"I was only here to look after Romeo while Mira was busy. Now it's quiet I can go home afterwards."
-Thanks Levy-
"Hey, no problems Lu."
It was perfect.
The apartment was absolute Luxury for the girl who was constantly on the road.
And Seventy Thousand Jewl was very affordable for being in the center of Magnolia.
It was close to the guild hall, and the canal ran right outside it.
If only I had enough Money for it.
Lucy lamented as she was flopped on top of the bar in the Guild hall.
"Hey Luce. Why so down?" Natsu yawned next to her.
-I have no Money-
"Let's go on a Job then, come on then." Natsu said as he dragged her over to the other side of the guild hall and stood her in front of the jobs board.
"Take your pick. Though I'd prefer if you picked a job where I could punch something."
Lucy looked over the jobs board. Finding Thieves, Monster hunts, Decoding scripts, Treasure hunts, Finding a rare fish, breaking a curse.
The variety and amount of quests went on and on.
Lucy reached out to one of the posters.
She saw the guild mark on the back of her hand.
My first quest as a Fairy Tail Wizard.
It will be a new Adventure, with a new family.