flux

AU - Lucy got accepted into one of the biggest private and most prestigious schools in Fiore with a scholarship. She thought she'll have the typical high school life, with a history she tried to leave behind forever. But it seems that her past had come back to haunt her and unfortunately goes to the same school as her. And what's worse is that she happens to get involved with a famous boy band who took a sudden interest in her. Curse her luck.

flux
/fləks/

noun

1. the action or process of flowing or flowing out.
2. continuous change.

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"You know what's the only permanent thing in this world? Change. It's the natural state. Our moods change. Our lives change. Our feelings for each other change. Our bearings change. The song changes. The air changes. The temperature of the shower changes. We change. Everything and everyone changes. And you have to accept this. We must accept this."

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Skipping breakfast isn't always a good idea, nor is walking to school because you missed the bus—most especially if it's raining. And then the train that she could take to go to school already left. Lucy has no idea when she had a bad day like this. She had woken up late; ten minutes before her first class would begin. She slept three in the morning because of her anxiety and excitement for her first day in a wealthy academy such as Fairy Tail. She couldn't imagine how she got accepted with a scholarship. It was so overwhelming her eyes couldn't shut close to sleep. It was frustrating, really: wide awake during the witching hour until dawn breaks.

Her estimated sleep would probably have lasted around a whole hour, and her alarm went off. Her eyes were bloodshot and dark bags sported under her eyes.

Now here she is, transparent umbrella over her head, her feet desperately trying to avoid puddles, her hair disheveled and a grumbling empty stomach. And what's worse is that she's running late. Awhile ago, she still has five minutes before school starts, now she's two minutes left. It was a pleasant morning, indeed.

Lucy huffed and briskly walked, pushing through crowds of people in the highway, different colors of umbrellas decorated downtown. It's so early in the morning, yet the city is already busy. Well, it is in the midst of working season. She sighs one more time when she sees the familiar rooftop of the school and a flag attached by a pole taller than the building, the logo printed on the cloth.

Fairy Tail. Lucy smiles slightly at the name. It's one of her dream schools and it's a great privilege to be able to study there. She walks a bit faster and the rain seems to dissipate slowly.

Lucy glances at her watch, she sees she has a minute and a half to reach school. She looks up and sees a pedestrian lane, and she waits impatiently before the sign by the post turns green. After a few seconds, it dings to a walking neon man and she's off, with other people surrounding her. The rain is weaker now and she breathes in relief. She inhales through her nose and the fresh scent of rain reaches her nose. The smell of rain always makes her feel relaxed; one of the reason why she loves it when it rains. Except if she has to walk to school during a drizzle, she doesn't.

When she reaches the other side of the road, she starts running, her feet going faster and making a dash. She looks at her watch again and she has half a minute left. Not until someone bumps into her—or pushes her, she wasn't sure—and they both fall on the ground together in the middle of the sea of people.

"Hey!" She shrieks once her bum touches the ground, her bag and umbrella falling from her hands. People from the crowd merely avoided her as they went around her to pass by; thankfully, it won't make any difficulty for her to stand up and fix herself.

At least they weren't rude enough to step on her hands or belongings.

She stares at the person who 'pushed' her, and sees pink obnoxious spiky hair, making her blink repeatedly. It was a guy, about her age to say the least, and was wearing the Fairy Tail male uniform, blazer unbuttoned.

A sandwich stuck between his lips as he faces her, standing up and picking up his own umbrella, dusting himself off. His bag was slung across his torso.

He grinned from ear to ear and to her disbelief, still managed to speak with a sandwich in between his teeth, "Ah, sorry about that." He offers her his hand, and for a moment, she hesitantly looks at his face and to the hand, until she grabs it—which is unexpectedly warm—and gets back on her feet. She bends and picks up her bag and transparent umbrella. She pats her skirt and nods. Good thing the ground isn't that wet to dirty her uniform.

"It's okay." She shrugs, and she looks at her watch for the last time. Ten seconds left. Lucy groans. No matter what she'll do, she'll end up late, anyway. The guy gives her an odd look and checks her out up and down. Lucy backs away a bit and leaves a good distance between her and the boy.

He was attractive, she'd say. Spiky hair, nice tanned skin and a strong yet charming face. With an appeal. She adds in her mind; yet he's making her feel conscious, and her face heats up a bit. His eyes trail back to her face, focusing on her own eyes.

She quickly looks away. She isn't exactly fond of eye contact.

"You're from Fairy Tail?" He asks, surprised.

"Err, yeah." Obviously. Lucy awkwardly says, slinging her bag on her shoulder. "I could see you are, too. And mind you that we're running late," she points out. "Bloody late." She unnecessarily. adds for suspense.

He jumps and stands straight, "Oh yeah! Crap! Come on then!" He pulls her by the arm and then makes a dash towards the school. They ran as if they were chasing for a thief. She yelps for a few times, her feet scrambling clumsily, hoping not to trip on her own legs.

"W-Wait! Slow down!" Lucy almost flew forward from the speed, but luckily kept her balance. The boy didn't even listen to her and decided to run faster.

"H-Hey!" She shouts at him.

It was a comical scene; a pink-haired guy running like a madman with his hand latched onto a blonde girl's who happens to be flying already instead of running along behind him. Everyone else was look at the odd pair; because it isn't everyday you see something like this.

When they did finally step inside the campus, he didn't stop running. He just entered the building, went up the stairs—with her being pulled by the pink-haired lad—headed to a classroom, without even knowing what room he or Lucy are supposed to be in. And Natsu slides the door and clumsily falls face first as he enters, with Lucy pulled in with him. Both teens panted as they lay on the floor of the classroom in a tangled heap of two.

All eyes of the occupants in the room are on them. "Oh my." A voice says. The teacher in front scratched the back of his head, "May I have your names, at least?"

The boy stood up first, jabbing a thumb to himself. "Natsu Dragneel!" After he announces his name, the teacher looks at the class record where a list of names were printed on, and when he finds the boy's name, he points at a vacant chair at the back beside a dark-haired topless boy. Natsu excitedly dashes to his chair, which makes the half-naked student beside him scowl bitterly.

Lucy remains on the floor but slowly stands up to her feet, patting her uniform. The teacher sighs once more and asks, "Name?" Lucy blinks in wonder and looks at the room occupied by students alike. All of their eyes were on her, as if they were waiting for her to do a miracle or somewhere along that. Lucy quickly looks down on her feet. She breathes for a short moment, anxious. Her palms were suddenly sweaty from being the center of attention and she manages to squeak out her name.

"Um... Lucy. Lucy Heartfilia," she says timidly. The teacher looks at his class record to search for her name, and to her surprise, his eyes lights up and he enthusiastically points his pen to a vacant chair by window at the back. Lucy slightly rolls her eyes at the stereotypical seat, given that she is a student of Fairy Tail by luck and is almost considered a transfer student.

Before she walks over to her seat, she makes eye contact with the Natsu-boy, and he gives her a wide grin. She was surprised, but she shoots him a small smile of her own. And with that, she heads to her seat quickly and seats herself. She fixes herself, as the teacher starts to introduce himself and about the school.

Lucy gives the pink-haired lad another glance, and this time, he wasn't looking. It must be fate. She giggles to herself; maybe it wasn't exactly a bad day after all.

Author's Note:

It was considerably long, for a prologue. But I hope you guys enjoyed it! I have no idea what title I'd give this story and so I consulted the book The Lovers' Dictionary by David Levithan, and scanned through the words there. And I found this term, "flux." It happened to catch my eye and I looked up the definition and I thought, it was perfect. I don't know if it will fit the story's plot-line but I do hope it manages to interest you, readers.

Anyway, chapter one will be uploaded within a few days' time or a week. Most probably five or six more days, chapter one is ready to go.

And I'm still trying to get over the ending of Naruto. I wasn't exactly happy with the couples who ended up together in the end, so I am treating myself and curing my broken otaku heart with my favorite fanfictions of my favorite ships in Naruto. At least, I'm doing fine. But I'm still busy at school, as always, so I'll try to catch up with my deadline (a week's time) and satisfy you readers with the next chapter.

I hope you liked this long prologue! Give me some feedback! Or PM me if you want to tell me something in private! And please vote on my poll. Thank you so much for reading this! This is just the beginning. Much love.

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