"Okay, Lucy, just relax, it's no big deal. After all, you were homeschooled your whole life, it's not like that's weird or anything." Lucy muttered grumpily to herself as she struggled to get her bags up the steep stairs of her new home. "And apparently there are no elevators in this forsaken place!"

"Princess, would you like some assistance?" A voice from behind her made Lucy jump and she turned to see that Virgo had materialized from the Spirit World using her own magic.

"Ah! Virgo, don't just pop up like that, that scared me!" Lucy gasped almost losing her grip on one of her suitcases.

"Do I receive punishment now?" Virgo cocked her head slightly and Lucy sighed, ignoring her request.

"Actually, that would be great if you could help. This stuff is really heavy." Lucy admitted and the two girls hauled Lucy's luggage up to the top floor where, unfortunately, Lucy was staying. "I guess I'm in room 313… What luck." Lucy scowled at the 'thirteen' that marked the end of the number. Finally, they made it too a door that had 313 nailed to the front of it. Lower down on the door was a whiteboard where Levy was written in neat script on half of it. The other half made Lucy smile, whoever Levy was, she had written Lucy in equally neat script. Little doodles of flowers and hearts dotted the board; it made Lucy feel a little more at ease.

"Here I go, I guess." Lucy shrugged at Virgo who simply blinked and watched Lucy place a few light wraps on the door. Shortly after that, the door swung open to reveal a short, small girl with blue hair. She wore a bright smile and had warm features, beckoning Lucy in and greeting her with a happy, "Hi!".

"H-hey, I'm Lucy, am I in the right room?" Lucy asked tentatively and Levy's head bobbed in confirmation.

"If you're Lucy Heart..filia, is it? Then yep, you're in the right room! Oh, I'm Levy McGarden by the way, sorry!" She quickly held out her hand and shook Lucy's. "I suppose we are roommates, yeah?" Lucy smiled, something about this girl made her feel right at home, well, something of what a home should feel like.

"Great, yeah, I guess we are! Sorry, I think I'm a bit late… It was just me dragging all my stuff here until Virgo helped me." Lucy apologized and gestured to the pink haired maid.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I would have helped if I had known!" Levy yelped as if it were her fault personally.

"Don't worry about it! You wouldn't have known. Thank you so much, Virgo, I appreciate it." Lucy turned and quickly thanked her spirit.

"Anything for you, Princess." Virgo bowed and then vanished back to the Spirit World.

"Whoa!" Levy exclaimed, "Where'd she go?" Lucy was surprised, wouldn't it be obvious that Virgo was a spirit? Right, I forgot, Celestial Wizards are pretty scarce now, aren't they?

"O-oh, Virgo is a celestial spirit. I'm a Celestial Wizard." Lucy stated a little proudly and Levy eyed her in amazement.

"That's so cool! I've never met a real Celestial Wizard before, but I've read a ton about them! So, do you have any other zodiac keys?" Levy gushed in excitement; Lucy guess from her intrigue that Levy knew a bit about her type of magic.

"Yes, actually… I have ten of them." Lucy confessed sheepishly and Levy's eyes bugged out.

"Ten? B-but those are so rare! You must be a strong wizard! Wow, you're amazing, please promise me to show me more of you spirits later, okay?" Levy begged and Lucy smiled broadly.

"Sure, sure. So, what kind of magic do you use?" Lucy inquired and Levy smiled at her slightly.

"I use Solid Script magic. I take words and create whatever they are into something real. Like, here-" Levy held out her palm wide and said, "Solid script, flower!" As she uttered the words, flower materialized. Foliage and bright blooms sprouted from the little word object in her hand, swaying slightly with Levy's movements.

"That's amazing! I think I remember reading about them somewhere, perhaps in one of my Mother's books…" Lucy pondered.

"Oh, do you like reading?" Levy questioned.

"I love to read and write. I'm actually an English major… And I'm minoring in writing. What about you?"

"Oh wow, that's great! I'm an English major as well, maybe we'll have some classes together! I'm not sure if you knew this, but we have to double major in magic because this is a wizarding school. I know it certainly surprised me, but I guess that's why some people don't take on another major until later in their college career." Levy informed her.

"Yeah, I did see that. I don't mind really, it'll keep me busy, and I'm actually really excited about learning more about magic! I was only ever taught at home…" Lucy sighed. "This is actually the first school I've ever actually attended. Don't think I'm weird." Lucy chuckled lightly.

"Not at all, don't be silly! I grew up in an orphanage, actually, a lot of the kids that I grew up with are here. We all decided to come here. It's the leading school for the art of magic in the area anyways, and we all wanted to stick together, you know?" Lucy eyed Levy admiringly. Here I am complaining about my life and there are so many amazing people here… I'm living with one…

"That's really great of you guys." Lucy murmured.

"Well, anyways, you're coming here mid semester, you don't need to tell me why or anything, but I'll be happy to help you with any work you have." Levy offered and Lucy smiled appreciatively.

"Thank you, Levy. Actually, I don't mind telling you. I've been homeschooled for as long as I can remember, and I wanted to go on to some form of higher education. My dad didn't really want me to go, so I figured I'd try again next year, but… My father died this past summer, unfortunately. I'm just following my mother's wishes, I of course wanted to come here." Lucy explained.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry…" Levy gasped. "How are you and your mother holding up?" Lucy smiled sadly, even though her mother had been gone for a long time, it still stung to say it out loud.

"She passed away when I was three. So, it's just me, and my caretakers back at home, of course." Lucy sighed wistfully and then suddenly felt Levy quickly wrap her arms around her shoulders.

"Please let me show you around. Come meet everyone, if that's okay? I think everyone will love you, and you'll fit right in with us." Levy blinked rapidly a few times and then smiled brightly at Lucy.

"Th-that would be great." Lucy stammered. I can't believe it, I've been here for under an hour and I already have my first friend! Maybe it won't be so bad here, maybe everything will start working out for me…

"Well, let's get you settled in! Magnolia University welcomes you, Lucy Heartfilia!"