Chapter Text
‘”The Fairy’s Tale
Lucy Heartfilia settled down into her bath. She sighed in satisfaction as she sunk deeper, the warm water soothing her sore muscles. ‘Ah, this is the life…’ she thought as she reached over to grab the book she had brought with her. This was her day off and she was going to spend the entirety of it relaxing. Just as she was about to begin reading, she heard her front door slam open, and a loud voice yell her name.
“LUUUCYY!!” “LUUU-SHEE!!” Ah. Must be Natsu and Happy. Barging in unannounced as always. Well, at least they used the door this time.
“If she’s here, then she’ll hear you. You don’t have to yell so loud, flame brain.” Gray’s here too?
“You wanna go, icicle?!”
“Don’t you two dare start fighting in Lucy’s home!” And Erza?! Oh, god. The last time all of them were at her apartment at once, she had to pay nearly 800 jewel in order to get the carpet changed.
“S-sorry for barging in like this, Lucy…” Oh. Okay. At least while Wendy is here, they wont do any serious damage.
Lucy submerged deeper into her bath, trying her hardest to pretend that her teammates weren’t in her house at the moment. ‘Maybe if I don’t say anything, they’ll go away’ she thought.
“Ah! W-wait! Natsu! Isn’t that her bathroom? Maybe you should knock before-“ Wendy had yelled. But it was too late. Natsu had already burst the door open and was staring at Lucy. Lucy rushed to cover her breasts, heat rushing to her cheeks.
“Oh, there you are, Lucy! Didn’t you hear us calling yo-“ Natsu was smacked dead in the face with a bar of soap that Lucy had thrown.
“NATSU GET OUT OF MY BATHROOM THIS INSTANT!!”
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Lucy sat down on her bed in a huff, annoyed expression clearly shown on her face. Her teammates were sitting in various places around her apartment, none of them looking even remotely sorry.
“Why are all of you in my house on my day off…? There’d better be a damned good reason for this, too. ” Lucy said through gritted teeth.
That got their attention. At least Natsu, Happy Gray were a bit nervous.
“W-well you see, Luce…” Natsu started
“We wanted to apologize for ruining your last mission…”Gray continued
“And in doing so we decided to take you on a new mission. One where I’ll make sure that nothing goes wrong.” At this, Erza glared at the two boys.
“And this mission is perfect! It’s cheap, easy, and it pays well!” Wendy added as a finish.
Lucy looked at her teammates in slight surprise. While it was true that her last mission didn’t go as planned (Natsu and Gray destroyed half the town and they lost half of the measly reward), she didn’t expect all of them to pitch in and try to make up for it.
“So, uh, what’s the pay?” Lucy asked, curious about this new job.
“70,000 jewel.” Erza replied
Lucy’s eyes went wide at this. “S-seventy thousand jewel?! Didn’t you say that it was easy?”
“It is,” Gray said, coolly. “All we have to do is find this time travel device that’s hidden somewhere on this mountain called Mt. Ebbot.”
“Mt. Ebbot? Never heard of it.”
“Ugh who cares?? I’m bored sitting here, lets get going!” Natsu shouted as he jumped to his feet, Happy floating up next to him.
“Alright, lets go. Gray, do you have the train tickets?” Erza asked.
“T-train…?” Natsu asked weakly. He was turning green already.
“Yup,” Gray said smirking a bit at Natsu’s expression “What did you think that we were gonna walk all the way to Ebbot?”