"Are you sure you want to do this?"

That was all her parents had been asking her since she had stated she wanted to go back to Fiore High, a private boarding school in Earthland City. She repeated the answer she gave every time someone would question her.

"Yes."

Levy's parents dropped her off in front of the Yuri Dreyer Office, named after a founding member of the school who ended up leaving a legacy. Levy took a few of her boxes of clothes and books, everything else had been left in her dorm over summer, and she huffed and puffed as she struggled to get them back in her dorm.

"Levy?" She heard two voices call. She immediately felt at home when her friends attacked her with hugs. "LEVY!" They cried as they lifted her up, squeezing her into hugs of death.

Jet and Droy were two of her best friends. The boys idolized her and protected her with their lives. Levy hadn't known if they were going to come back this year, but seeing them here almost brought tears to her eyes. She realized they were talking to her and tuned into the conversation.

"We were so worried!"

"You didn't call! You didn't write!"

"We thought you wouldn't come back!"

"I knew she'd come back! Levy would never leave us!"

"Oh yeah? Well, I'm going to help Levy carry her stuff to her room!"

"What? No! I'm going to do that!"

Levy watched as Jet and Droy tried to one-up each other by trying to carry more of her stuff. Levy couldn't help but giggle, and Jet and Droy froze in their argument. At first Levy wondered if she had done something wrong by giggling but grins broke out on the boys faces', and Levy knew she could never do anything wrong, not in their eyes. God, how she'd missed them.

"Let me carry some of my stuff." She insisted, but the boys just shook their heads. Levy blushed at all the attention. "Guys, come on, just one little box?" But her friends were adamant and so Levy walked to her dorm empty-handed.

The dorm houses were large buildings, each with a dining hall on the bottom floor. Floors were split by sex in Fairy Tail, the second floor being the girls and the third floor being boys. Roommates were given at random unless there were an odd number of people, then some lucky kid didn't get one. The year before, that lucky kid had been Levy.

This year she wasn't so lucky. At least that was what she originally thought.

Levy opened the door to her room to be greeted with a busty blonde falling to the ground from shock. Jet and Droy walked into the room and set the boxes down while Levy stared in surprise at the girl.

The girl pulled herself off the ground and sent a shy smile at Levy. She was blonde and seemed of average height, two things that Levy wasn't. In fact, as Levy stared more and more at the girl, she realized that the girl was almost the complete opposite of Levy. Her perfect sun-kissed hair was groomed back into a ponytail, a small curl at the end. Her clothes seemed to show more off than they covered; a skimpy white tank top with pink booty shorts. She wore sandals that were probably designer. Her nude makeup was perfectly applied and her large bust filled out her chest dreamily. Her hips curved like any model's would and her long hairless legs left nothing to be desired.

"Hi." The girl said shyly.

Levy remembered her manners and held out a hand to the fallen girl. "Oh I'm sorry for startling you!" She apologized. "I'm Levy McGarden."

"Lucy Heartfilia. You must be my roommate."

Roommate? "Uh, yeah, I must be." Levy agreed, a slight blush coming to her cheeks. Of course she would have a roommate, last year was just chance, besides Lucy had to sleep somewhere, so why not with a girl who has never had one before?

"Are you new here too?" Lucy asked.

Levy shook her head. "This is my second year."

"Well, we have to get going…" Droy began.

"We'll see ya later Levy!" Jet called from behind her.

Levy turned to say goodbye to her friends. "Bye guys!"

"Who was that?" Lucy asked.

"Jet and Droy." Levy answered before bending down to unpack her stuff. Lucy sat on her bed while Levy carefully sorted her books by genre. Lucy leaned over to see the titles.

"Hey, I love that book!" Lucy said pointing to Levy's copy of The Outsiders. Levy's ears perked up at the word book.

"Really?" She asked. Maybe having a roommate wouldn't be so bad after all.

Levy and Lucy marched downstairs for lunch and they were greeted with the other residents of Fairy Tail.

"Hey Levy! Glad to see you back!" Cana cried from her spot with the juniors and seniors.

"Its been so long!" Mirajane added, giving the girl a suffocating hug. When Levy was finally able to pull herself away from Mira's embrace she introduced Lucy to the older students. Cana, Mirajane, Laxus, Freed, Bickslow, Evergreen, and Elfman sat at the table.

"Where are Bisca and Alzack?" Levy asked, ignoring the other blatantly obvious missing teen couple.

"Upstairs." Mira replied in her high voice. She wiggled her eyebrows though making her innocent features display what she really thought they were doing. Levy blushed.

"They're a couple." Levy explained to Lucy, who nodded.

"Soooo Levy, tell me, are you going to ask out Jet and Droy?" Mira asked.

Levy's blush deepened. "N-no!" She shouted hastily. "Jet, Droy, and I are just friends!"

Mira pouted. "Fine." She huffed, obviously upset that her gossip-fishing didn't amount to anything. Laxus snaked an arm around her and whispered something in her ear which made her smile.

She waved to the two girls. "See you around Levy! Nice to meet you Lucy!" She called before turning back to her boyfriend.

As Levy and Lucy past people Levy informed Lucy of who they were. "Over there, with the purple hair, yeah that's Kinana. She's in our grade and has a boyfriend who is in Cana's year. He's a Dragon Slayer." Lucy didn't ask about what a 'Dragon Slayer' was because Levy had already moved onto the next person. "The girl with short white hair, that's Lisanna, Elfman and Mirajane are her siblings. She's also a sophomore. The girl with long purple hair, that's Laki, she's also in our grade. Also she's kind of sadistic, but other than that she's nice. Over there are some other juniors, Warren and Max. Nab is a senior, but he's been having such a hard time with the curriculum, I don't know if he's going to graduate."

"Who's that?" Lucy asked pointing to two janitors talking to an old man with a balding head who was less than half their heights.

"The guys in the uniforms are two of the janitors, they were alumni and came back to work at the school. But they don't have the capabilities to hand full time teaching jobs, so like some of the other alumni they're janitors and subs, the one with a mustache has a kid here. The old guy is Mr. Makarov; he's the history teacher and the teacher in charge of Fairy Tail."

Levy looked around searching for the tell-tale red head or the roar of the salmon haired boy.

"Whatcha looking for?" Lucy asked.

"-OH YEAH? YOU WANNA PROVE IT FLAME BRAIN?"

"That." Levy said. She pulled Lucy preemptively towards a table, in case they needed it for a shield. The doors of the dorm burst open as two boys shouted at each other. "The one on the right is Natsu Dragneel."

Lucy studied the pink haired boy while Levy gave her a background. "He's in our grade and a total hot-head, but like in a good way. He's on the wrestling team and the basketball team. He's also kind of a pyro, so don't take out a lighter anywhere near him, also don't challenge him to an eating contest or dare him to eat anything spicy."

"What's with the scarf?" Lucy asked as the white checkered cloth whipped around from all of his moving. "It's not even cold out."

"His dad gave it to him. He never takes it off, not even during games. It's usually him, that scarf, and a jersey or a singlet."

"What about the other boy?" Lucy asked. The other boy wasn't as nearly noticeable as Natsu, although something had to be said for the fact that he wore no shirt. He was ripped and he screamed at Natsu.

"That's Gray. He's a nice kid, a lot more down to earth than Natsu, but he gets into fights with Natsu more than anyone else. He's an ice skater and does figure skating and hockey, but there isn't exactly a figure skating team. Just a bunch of kids who get together and skate to music."

"YOU WANNA PIECE OF ME ICE BREATH?"

"BRING IT ON SQUINTY EYES!" The two began to brawl while shouting insults at each other. Mr. Makarov did a double take at the boys before frantically waving his arms to try and stop them from fighting. But it was too late. Natsu had fallen against Elfman who in return tried to sock the boy in the face but ended up hitting Bickslow. The fight escalated, as they always do in Fairy Tail, and soon more or less the entire population of kids were fighting each other. Levy pulled Lucy under the table and they watched as Mr. Makarov tried, in vain, to stop the chaos.

A white haired head found its way beside them under the table and Levy formally introduced Lisanna to Lucy. "So what do you think of Fairy Tail so far, Lucy?" Lisanna asked.

"Its very…" Lucy searched for a word to describe her thoughts.

Lisanna laughed when Lucy couldn't really come up with anything. "Yeah, that's sort of how everyone reacts. But we love it here anyway."

There was a silence above and Lucy looked at the other two girls. "Is it over?" She asked. They shook their heads.

"Nah, someone probably just squished Erza's cake." Lisanna said. There was a female scream and then a few male, but very high-pitched, screams. Then the riot was back in motion. There was a thud on the table above the girls and they instinctively ducked.

"Who's Erza?" Lucy asked. Levy and Lucy peeked out from under the table for long enough for Lucy to get a glimpse of the red-headed floor monitor.

"She's a junior but she and her boyfriend are also the floor monitors, only Jellal is the boys'." Lisanna explained.

"She's friends with Natsu and Gray, but most of the dorm, including them, are terrified of her." Levy added.

"She's really sweet!"

"But not if you take her candies, especially strawberry cake."

"She usually ends these fights quickly."

"Does this happen often here?" Lucy asked timidly.

The other girls sweat-dropped and exchanged glances. "Too often." They replied in unison.

Soon the noise faded and another white haired girl popped her head under the table. Mirajane grinned as she helped out Levy, Lucy, and Lisanna. "The fight's over. We should all go back upstairs so Mr. Makarov can yell at the others in peace."

The girls snuck out of the room while a little worse for wear kids stood stick straight in a line while Mr. Makarov paraded in front of them. "It hasn't been a complete day yet and you've still managed to start a fight! I don't know what to do with you kids anymore! I can't be having you guys-" he continued to lecture them.

At some point Mr. Makarov let the students go and Natsu and Gray went upstairs to check on their friends.

Lucy opened the door and saw a pink headed blur attack Levy. Levy stumbled backwards and fell before Natsu stood with his innocent grin.

"LEVY!" He cried, repeating the reaction almost everyone had given her this year. "You're back!"

"Jesus Pyro, let the girl breathe." Gray said rolling his eyes. Natsu pouted but stepped back so Gray could hug her too. "Are you okay?" He asked.

Levy blushed. "Yeah. I'm fine." She said.

"Hey! Don't touch that!" Lucy shouted as Natsu had found something to play with. He flipped through a stack of pages, speed-reading them.

Natsu puffed out his cheeks as he looked at the blonde. "Why not? Its good!"

"You don't just read through someone else's stuff without asking!" Lucy chided him.

"Why not?" Natsu asked.

Lucy looked flustered and searched for something to say. "B-b-because its not polite!"

Gray laughed. "Pinky being polite? That's rich."

"Hey! I can be polite!" Natsu argued.

"Are you sure about that, Flame Brain?"

"You wanna go Stripper?"

Levy noticed that Gray's shirt had disappeared, and waved her arms between the boys, trying to stop them from getting into a fight. "Natsu, Gray, I don't think I introduced you to my roommate, Lucy. Lucy, this is Natsu and Gray."

The boys waved to Lucy. Lucy frowned. "Uh, Gray? Where'd your shirt go?"

"SHIT!" Gray looked around frantically for said shirt before seeing Natsu waving it over his head. "Natsuuuuuu!"

Natsu laughed as he dodged Gray's swipe. "Give it back!"

"Why should I?"

"I'm going to-"

Levy sighed. "Gray, your pants."

"FUCK-"

After an altercation between the boys which, thankfully, ended with no property damage and Gray wearing clothes again, the four headed outside to relax in the sun. Actual class would start the next day and the opening ceremony would be tonight, so with no distractions they could just chill.

"Um, Gray?"

"Yeah Lucy?" The boy was stretched out on the grass, his shirt was missing again, with his eyes closed. He opened one eye to look at Lucy when she asked the question.

"Who's the blue haired girl following you?"

"That's Levy, Lucy." Natsu said stupidly.

"Not Levy, idiot." Lucy said rolling her eyes. "I know who Levy is, the other blue haired girl."

"Oh, yeah, her. Yeah, I noticed that too Stripper." Natsu added, glancing at Gray. "Do you have a stalker or something?"

"I have no clue what you mean, Squinty Eyes." Gray said sitting up. Gray scanned the area around him, looking for a blue-haired girl who wasn't Levy.

"Shut up Droopy Eyes."

"She's right there." Lucy said girl with curly blue locks, who definitely wasn't Levy, ducked behind the bush she was hiding in, but no quick enough because Gray saw her. He squinted, trying to remember her name... She did look familiar. What was her name?

"Hey, isn't that Juvia?" Levy asked, placing the identity of the blue haired girl.

"Yeah! That is Juvia!" Natsu agreed brightly. He jumped up. "HEY JUVIA!" He shouted. "WHY DON'T YOU COME OVER HERE INSTEAD OF JUST STALKING ICE PRINCESS?" Cerulean tresses appeared over a bush. A girl wearing a blue dress that looked way to warm for a day like today shuffled towards the four. Juvia's face was bright red.

"Juvia is sorry is she embarrassed Gray." The girl apologized.

"Nonsense Juvia!" Levy dismissed. She patted the ground next to her. "Come sit."

Juvia put her hands to her mouth as she noticed the other bluenette. "Juvia is so sorry for what happened last year!" Juvia shouted, tears coming to her eyes. Juvia wasn't the only one blushing, Levy's red cheeks rivaled that of the taller bluenette. "Juvia will do anything to redeem herself in Levy's eyes!" She promised.

Levy shook her head. Lucy was staring at her. Please don't ask. Please don't ask. Levy thought pleadingly. "T-that's not necessary, Juvia. You had nothing to do with that!"

"Juvia still feels guilty for what happened."

"Don't." Levy assured her.

"What are you talking about?" Lucy asked. The other four students exchanged uneasy looks, Levy began to blush.

"You know we have six dorms, right?" Gray began.

"Yeah…"

"Well there used to be seven but-"

Natsu stretched her arms and loudly proclaimed, effectively cutting off the other boy, "There was a really bad prank war last year between Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord, then almost all of the Phantom Lord bastards were expelled and the dorm is being re-purposed this year."

Gray glared at the pinkette. Natsu pursed his lips. "What?" He argued, glaring right back.

"You could have said it a little more compassion, man."

Natsu turned to Juvia who looked really guilty. Natsu's eyes widened as he tried to take back his harsh words. "Juvia, I didn't mean that! I mean I did, but not about you! You ain't no Phantom bastard! You're awesomer than they are! And uh," he paused trying to mess up again, "a lot more pretty."

But it was too late, Juvia looked like she was going to let the water works go. "JUVIA SAID SHE WAS SORRY!" The girl cried as she tackled Levy in a hug. Levy's blush grew as she pushed the other bluenette of her.

"Juvia! For the last time, you don't need to apologize!" Levy said kindly as she tried to reassure the girl. Juvia nodded and sniffled, her tears coming to a stop. Lucy was about to ask why Juvia kept apologizing, to seemingly, only Levy. But Gray changed the topic, making her forget the question.

"Speaking of which, Juvia, what dorm are you in now?" Gray asked.

Juvia's eyes lit up and she clasped her hands in front of her chest as she stared dreamily at her crush. "Juvia is now in Fairy Tail so she can be with Gray!" She sighed happily. Gray's eyes widened and he sweat dropped.

"D-did you choose Fairy Tail so you could be near me?" He squeaked.

"Of course Juvia did! Juvia loves Gray!" Juvia said adoringly.

Gray began to unbutton his shirt out of habit. Lucy face-palmed. "Gray, don't strip."

"Juvia made Gray want to strip?" Juvia said excited.

"It doesn't mean anything!" Gray excused hastily, but Juvia was over the moon. Levy giggled and her friends smiled when they saw her in a good mood.

"So Luce-" Natsu began.

"My name is Lucy!"

"-are you going to the First Game?" He continued ignoring her comment.

Lucy looked confused. "First Game?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you about that." Levy explained. "There are a good number of sports teams here, so the First Game is always given to a fall sport. The First Game is the first game of the year and afterwards there's like this huge party, that supposedly has no alcohol but Cana and Baccus always sneak some in somehow."

"Yeah! And this year the Dragon Slayers are getting it!" Natsu said gleefully.

"What's a Dragon Slayer?" Lucy asked.

"Technically all of the athletes are Dragon Slayers, but no one uses the term unless they're referring to the wrestling team or they're referring to Fiore's team during a match." Levy responded.

"Natsu's on the wrestling team?" Lucy said.

"Yep!" Natsu exclaimed loudly.

"Why does that not surprise me…" It was more of a statement than a question.

"What about you Lev? Are ya going?" He asked expectantly.

"Of course I'll be at the Game." Levy said kindly Natsu looked like he wanted to jump up and down from excitement. "Wouldn't miss it for the world, but I'm not going to the party." Natsu deflated a little.

"Why not?" Gray inquired.

Levy shrugged. "More time to read. Plus it's really loud there."

"What about ya Luce?"

Lucy ignored the name-shortening and pondered it while glancing between her roommate and this pink-haired fireball of energy. "I guess I'll go to the Game, if everyone else is going."

"What about the party?"

Lucy chewed her lip while she thought. "I don't know… I don't really know anyone and Levy isn't going…"

"Gray, Juvia, and I will be there!" Natsu encouraged. He glanced at Gray. "Right, Stripper?"

"'Course I'll be at the party, Fire Breath."

"If Gray is going, Juvia is definitely going!" Juvia proclaimed.

"I guess I'll go too then. You sure you don't want to go, Levy?"

The pocket-sized bluenette nodded. "Yeah, besides I have new books to read."

"Okaaay." Lucy agreed slowly. Aww, she really wanted to have fun with Levy, but if Levy wanted to stay at the dorm, then she was okay with that.

"When are we getting our schedules, do ya think?" Natsu asked loudly, quickly changing the subject.

"Tomorrow morning during breakfast Hot Head, like always." Gray responded.

"What did you call me Ice Breath?"

"I called you a hothead, got a problem with that Pyro?" Gray challenged, mashing his head up against the other boy's.

"Yeah I do, Ice Prick." Natsu replied, pushing his opponent. Gray growled but a steely voice interrupted them from fighting.

"If you two being to fight I will personally see to it that you are punished." The female scolding them was obviously older than Lucy, her long red hair was brought back into a braid. She wore a grey shirt with a blue uniform skirt.

The boys noticed her and began hugging. "What? Fighting? We're not fighting!" The boys said hastily in unison.

Erza crossed her arms over her chest. "I sure hope not. You caused enough trouble earlier."

"We're sorry!" Lucy was positive she also heard a muttered "please don't hurt us!" from the boys.

"I understand we have two new girl sophomores." Erza said, with a smile. The boys sighed, happy that the red-head's attention was shifted from them. "I'm Erza Scarlet." She said, holding out her hand.

Lucy took the hand, surprised by such a formal greeting. "Lucy."

"It's good see you again, Juvia." Erza said sweetly. Juvia nodded, her eyes wide in appreciation.

"Good to see you too, Erza."

"I assume you both have heard the rules of the girls' floor?" Erza said rhetorically as she began to lecture the girls. "No boys past ten at night, and a girl and a boy cannot be in a room alone together at all."

"That's not true on the boys' floor!" Natsu disagreed.

"It is on the girls'."

"Well, that's stupid." Natsu stated proudly. Erza glared at him and he shuddered. "t-that the boys' floor can, I mean, nothing that Erza says is stupid!" He said hastily. Erza returned her attention to Lucy and Juvia.

"Also, pets need special permission from the school board. The bathrooms at either side of the building are co-ed, but no showers after eleven. Lights out is at eleven, and it is preferred if you don't leave your room afterwards."

Natsu leaned over to Gray. "Wow, Jellal is a lot more lax on this shit." He whispered. Gray nodded in agreement.

"Hey Erza!" A male voice called. Erza's ears went red when she saw the male bluenette calling her. "Come over here for a second."

"There are more rules that will be explained tonight after the opening ceremony." Erza said, before sending a glare at the boys. "Coming Jellal." She responded. She walked away and Natsu sat back down, next to Lucy.

"Erza's scary this year." He commented. Gray shivered.

"You guys are afraid of Erza? But she seems so nice." Lucy said naively. Even Juvia and Levy looks uneasy about that statement.

"Yeah… you don't want to see her angry." Levy advised.

Soon came time for the opening ceremony and the entire population of Fiore High piled into the gymnasium, and listened to four very boring speeches while sweating their asses off from the lack of air-conditioning. The first of the four speeches was made by the Dean himself, Mr. Fiore. Mr. Fiore was a short man who wore striped overalls under a red coat. He needed to stand on a specially made step stool to see over the podium, even Levy wasn't that short.

The next speech was made by Mr. Makarov about the dorm rules and etiquette. He mentioned loudly about how "Food fights and fists fights are not appreciated. So don't do them." And everyone looked at the Fairy Tail dorm. Natsu and Gray seemed to already be quietly arguing and not paying much attention to their teacher. "And one last thing. A new rule has been implanted. Any and all students in the undertaking of prank wars that reach the ears of the administration will be at the very least harshly punished. If it gets to the point, and it might, the administration is not afraid to expel students, so do not push us. That's all." Everyone who had been at Fiore last year sent discreet, and some not so discreet, looks at Levy, and Levy's cheeks reddened.

"Why are they all looking at you?" Lucy whispered, but Mr. Makarov had already moved on and Levy's being stared at had stopped.

"No reason." Levy said softly. She really didn't want to answer that question.

The next two speeches were made by Mr. Lahar, the head of security on staff, about construction that would be going on during the year (mainly about re-purposing the old Phantom dorm), and by Mr. Arcadios about grounds keeping, and if anyone decided to spray paint the grass again right before a game they would have to work on the grounds again until they fixed what they had done.

After that they watched a short movie about how great the sports and extra-curriculars were, and how this year was going to rock! The movie was shown every year and started the school mascot, a weird looking man with a pumpkin for a head named Mato. They were then dismissed and told to go back to their dorms.

True to her word, Erza gathered all of the girls on her floor into her room while she lectured them about proper etiquette during the year, and how she expected everyone to follow the rules. Levy hazarded a guess, after seeing some of the reactions, such as; Cana straight out laughing in Erza's face and Mira's crooked smile, that Erza would be pretty disappointed with the amount of rules that would be followed, but probably not surprised. Lucy also found out how scary Erza could be when the ginger got pissed at the brunette.

They were finally released to go to bed. After brushing their teeth and showering, Lucy and Levy crawled into their respective beds and Levy flicked on her reading light.

"I'm going to bed, Lev." Lucy said, stretching and yawning.

"Okay, Lu. I'm going to read a little."

"Don't stay up too late."

"I won't." Levy promised, even though she believed she would. What? It was a good series, and she would probably finish the third book in no time. But surprisingly, Levy became tired after she finished her book, so she set it aside and turned off the light while her roommate snored quietly in her bed.

"Night Lulu." Levy whispered before closing her eyes.

Hey everyone! Diana is back with GaLe this time! Yes, this will be a GaLe highschool!AU however there will be some chapters with other parings. Main pairings are GaLe/Gajevy/Gajeevy, NaLu, Gruvia, JerZa, Elfgreen (if I can fit it in), and some more. I am indifferent to Laxus pairings, so we'll start of with Miraxus and see where their relationship will evolve (or maybe it won't, who knows). Other minor pairings that will be mentioned but probably not explored are Kinana X Erik, Bisca X Alzack... I'll add more when I come across them... Also probably some StinYu soo...

*gasp* no Gajeel in this chapter! I know! Unthinkable! Don't worry, we're just getting started and hopefully this will be a long ride :).

First Game and First Game party in the next chapter! (Also some important wrestlers show up. hint hint)

I send you kisses and good luck in the new school year, mine is starting tomorrow *makes Excalibur face from Soul Eater*.

Comment/review/fav/follow/whatever-you-want below and I'll see you when the net chapter is up! (Will I regularly update? I don't know... maybe... but first I have to write chapter two!).

XOX

~ Diana