In the Kingdom of Fiore, on the outskirts of a town called Magnolia, lies Fiore Academy. Funded and run by the Magic Council, the school welcomes young wizards from across the land to study and receive top notch magical training. It is here that Lucy Heartfilia meets her future Fairy Tail guild mates…

Lucy struggled up the path to student housing with her two large suitcases. More than once on her journey over, she had weighed the pros and cons of summoning Virgo for help. In the end, the cons won out every time.
She was starting at a brand new school and hoped to make some friends as quickly as possible, so somehow she felt summoning the strange spirit around strangers wouldn't make her the most popular girl on the block.

As she turned the corner, a red brick building came into view with a smooth white sign reading 'Student Apartments – Magnolia Building'.

"About damn time." She grumbled to herself, making her way to the door.

The celestial mage checked the piece of paper she was holding and was relieved to see she was going to be living on the second floor. The building had 5 floors and she wasn't keen on the thought of hauling her giant bags up several flights of stairs.

As she began to climb the stairs, she heard footsteps and giggles sounding on the floor above. Her heart pounded in her chest as she realized the moment she'd longed for was finally here. She was finally going to meet some real people and hopefully make some friends for the first time in her life.

She had been happy to finally say goodbye for good to the mansion. While it did hold some happy memories, there were too many sad ones to count. She had lost her mother, grieved for her alongside her father, and then slowly watched her father drift away day by day.

It took nearly 9 years, but eventually she had been able to mend her relationship with her father. Unfortunately, their newfound happiness had been cut short by his sudden death a few months later. Unable to stand the big, empty house any longer; Lucy had tearfully dismissed the servants, packed up whatever she could and left.

She had chosen Fiore Academy as her fresh start.

Lucy made her way down the hallway with renewed energy until she stopped in front of a door on her right. "Room 212," she recited the number aloud to herself. "This is it…"
She turned the key in the lock and opened the door.

At first glance, the apartment was much more pleasant than she had expected it to be. She had always pictured student accommodation to be old and dingy but the school itself was only a few years old so it made sense the buildings would still be in excellent shape. The wide entryway opened right up into a living and dining area, and when Lucy walked in she found three sets of eyes looking up at her from the couch.

The three girls on the couch smiled as Lucy stood there, suddenly tongue tied now that she was finally in the presence on her new roommates.
One of them, a tall, pretty girl with long red hair, stood up and walked towards her.

"Hi, I'm Erza. It's nice to meet you," she held out a hand, which Lucy shook gratefully. "I'm guessing you're our new roommate?"

The other girls got up and crowded around them as Lucy spoke. "Yeah, my name is Lucy. It's nice to meet you!"

A small girl with periwinkle blue hair stepped forward with a big smile. "It's nice to meet you Lucy, my name is Levy!"

"And I'm Cana!" A girl with long brown hair smiled and gave a small wave.

'Is she holding a flask?!'

"It's nice to meet you guys. I can't believe we'll be living together," Lucy giggled. "This is so exciting!"

Erza smiled at her enthusiasm. "Well, Levy and I will be sharing this apartment with you. Cana lives down the hall in 206."

"But don't worry, I visit all the time." Cana added, winking.

"It's true." Levy smirked at the brunette, who was now taking a long swig from her flask.

"I'm assuming you're a new student Lucy?" Erza asked. The blonde girl nodded shyly.

"That's cool," Levy smiled. "We've actually seem to have a lot of new students this year. It's nice to see the academy has become so popular."

"If you don't mind my asking," Cana closed the flask, turning to Lucy. "What type of magic do you use?"

"Not at all, I'm a celestial wizard." Lucy jiggled the set of golden keys at her hip.

The girls' eyes widened as they looked at the keys with interest.

"How fascinating," Erza said, her eyes still on the keys. "Celestial wizards are rare in this world."

The other girls nodded in agreement.

"It's true," Lucy chuckled at their expressions. "The only other Celestial wizard I've ever met was my mother. She was one of the best. I hope to make her proud one day. What about you guys?"

"I use Requip Magic," Erza motioned to the armor she wore. "Cana uses Card Magic, and Levy uses Solid Script Letter Magic."

"Oh co-" Lucy began to say, but was interrupted by a clap of thunder.

All four girls turned to the window in astonishment.

"Was it not beautiful and sunny like a minute ago?!" Cana pressed her face against the window as it began raining heavily outside.

"Well, now that I think about it, it was starting to look pretty gloomy out there while I was walking over…" Lucy stood there with the other girls, gaping at the bizarre weather change until she realized something. "Hey, since Cana doesn't actually live here; we're still expecting another girl, aren't we?"

"That we are," Erza nodded. "I wonder what she's like."

Juvia hesitantly made her way through the gates of the Academy, silently willing herself to keep her rain at bay. Her ability to conjure rain was, sadly, something she had never been able to control fully. She had spent the last 8 months working hard to gain some semblance of control over it, and while she had finally managed to stop the constant rain, she still had yet to see the clear blue sky. Her gloomy rain clouds continued to follow her, threatening to spill at any moment.

She continued to walk up the path until she realized she had no idea where she was. The school campus was much larger than she had anticipated and most of the buildings had the same red brick exterior. Groaning, she took a chance and turned down the narrow path to the right towards a cluster of buildings. About halfway there, she realized they were the student residence buildings. She was supposed to be looking for the admissions office.

'Where could it-?' Her thought was cut short by a voice behind her.

"Uh, hey," She turned to see a boy about her age with spiky black hair, standing there without a shirt on. "Are you lost?"

She opened her mouth to speak but no sound came out as her gaze slowly raked across his broad shoulders, over the tattoo on his chest and down his well-muscled torso. She wasn't sure why the boy was shirtless, but she certainly wasn't complaining.

"Um, are you okay?" Her eyes snapped back up to his and she was met with a look of confusion. She immediately clamped her mouth shut and blushed a deep pink shade, realizing she had been standing there gawking at his half-naked state.
Thankfully, he didn't seem to notice.

"Y-yes, Ju-I'm sor-sorry," Her words came out jumbled as she struggled to regain her composure. "I'm new here and I'm a little lost."

He chuckled at her flustered state, surprising her. "Hey, no problem," He grinned. "I'm more than happy to help out. Where is it you need to go?"

"The admissions office." She answered, attempting a small smile.

"Cool, I'll take you there." He turned and began walking in the opposite direction down the path.

As they continued walking, she decided to break the silence.

"Um…," She started, a blush creeping up on her cheeks when he met her gaze. "Why aren't you wearing a shirt...?"

He stopped and looked down in horror at his unclad torso.

"Aw crap!" He yelled, spinning around wildly, looking around him. "When the hell did that happen?!"

She watched him with wide eyes as he searched the ground, scratching his head.

'He really didn't notice?' She thought, and she couldn't help but giggle.

At the sound he stopped and looked at her with a frown.

"Oi, it's not that funny!" But he couldn't help but smile himself as her giggles grew even louder.

She looked up mid-giggle and saw him smiling sheepishly at her as a faint blush dusted his cheeks.

'He really is quite handsome.' She thought, as her giggles subsided and she met his gaze.

As Juvia continued to gaze into his dark eyes, she felt a strange warm, fluttery sensation in her stomach. She had never felt something like this before.

She looked down at her stomach, placing a hand tentatively on it, before looking back up to see him coughing and blushing furiously.

"Let's keep going," he turned away, continuing down the path. "We're almost there."

She jogged to catch up to him and they walked the rest of the way in silence.

When they reached the building, she turned to face him with a shy smile.
"Thank you."

"No problem," He grunted, looking down at his feet. "You okay now?"

"Yes, thanks again for the kindness you've shown me today." She saw a look of surprise mixed with something she couldn't quite read flash across his face but he simply nodded and turned to leave.

As he turned the corner and disappeared, Juvia realized she had never gotten his name.

'Ah well,' She thought, smiling to herself. 'There aren't many shirtless guys wandering around here. Perhaps I'll see him again soon.'

Then a terrible thought crossed Juvia's mind. Would he still show her the same kindness once he discovered her powers?

The thought of losing her first potential friend filled her with sorrow, and she knew she had lost control of her power once again when she heard the start of the soft rainfall outside.

A/N: Thanks for reading :) please review if you can, good or bad - it helps me write better :)

This story is gonna have a bit of a slow start and for that I apologize. I have stuff planned for later chapters but if I don't give some background stories first nothing will make sense. Hopefully you stick around :)

Also quick note: Juvia is one of my favourite characters and I wrote her a little differently than most people do. I'm sure many will find her OOC but I decided to focus more on how she was before Fairy Tail and before meeting Gray. She's such an interesting character with an amazing capacity for love considering all the crap she's been through so I'm going to be focusing more on that than her crazy stalker stuff. Even though I do love her hilarious antics involving Gray so I will be sure to throw a few in.

Also, I watch the dub and read the manga so I was a little torn on how to write her but I decided with first person because she has a ton of dialogue in this story and third person was giving me a headache to write. I'll have her slip up occasionally in future dialogue though because the third person is still fun to work with.