A Fairy Tail Fan Fiction

Written by NewMusic098

Disclaimer: All Fairy Tail Characters belong to Hiro Mashima.

ROYAL ACADEMY

Summary: Lucy would never have dreamed of being a noble, given that she was just an average, teenage girl. But after winning the lottery, things get a little too big for her to handle. Will she be able to get use to the life of a royal, or will she seek help from someone she wouldn't expect?

Chapter 1:

;- Lottery! -;

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The kingdom of Fiore, modern times. A thriving civilization with vast lands and beautiful scenery. Buildings and forests co-exist with one another beautifully and peacefully. Same goes with all the people and creatures that this land has to offer. But, even with these modern-day technologies, the kingdom is still ruled over by families of royal blood.

At the top, are the kings and queens, those who govern and create the laws of their kingdom to keep peace and prosperity within. The rulers are divided into four, each governing their own share of the land of Fiore. These royals are at the most important people to their kingdom.

Of course, each kingdom divides their land into cities. Then, chooses a family worthy enough to rule over the others. These people are the lords and ladies of each city. They are the ones who uphold the laws in those cities and initiate business with other cities. There are no conflicts happening, since all families had warm and kind hearts. Everyone lived with joy and peace.

As the rules state for the royal families, their first borns are to inherit their rule and live up to their family's noble name. Those young princes, princesses, lords, and ladies are sent to a special academy at the age of 18. This school specializes in teaching them the basics of royalty and adequate knowledge about general things. For a whole year, the young rulers-to-be are taught and trained to act accordingly to their status. They will be tested on whether or not they are worthy enough to rule. And if they are deemed incapable, they will be sent back to the academy to relive all their trials to prove that they are worthy.

And when a noble passes, they will be coronated at the end of the year, officially giving them power and authority to rule over their specific areas. The coronation ceremony will be televised, so everyone will be able to recognize their new leader and rulers.

But, there is one city that has lived on without the need for lords and ladies. The fair city of Magnolia, probably one of the most famous cities in all of Fiore, since it is the only city that did not require a lord or lady to rule over. The people were happy living peacefully without a leader. And they handle themselves quite nicely. Interactions with other leaders give them insight and useful information on how to unite their citizens to develop their city.

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It was a fine early morning in Magnolia. In a small apartment building of three stories, specifically the second floor building, is the household of a specific blonde girl and her family. Inside their living room, she laid on the cheetah-style decorated sofa as she held the remote and faced the television. She was currently watching a debut celebration of one of the ladies of a different city.

"Wow!" the reporter announced. "So many people came to see Lady Levy McGarden's 18th birthday!"

"That's right, George." the other reporter said. "It seems that our very own Lady McGarden of Heizenbilth will be attending Fairy Tail Royal Academy! Oh, and here she is!"

The reporters focused the cameras on the entrance of the McGarden's beautiful mansion. A few seconds later, the blue-haired lady came out stunningly beautiful. She was wearing an off-shoulder sky blue dress reaching down to her knees. The dress had indigo feathers lining from her left shoulder to the upper middle of her chest. She had white gloves reaching up a little to her elbows. She wore a pair of 2-inch high heels as white as snow. And her blue hair was decorated with a golden tiara adorned with beautiful emeralds and rubies.

'Wow...' the blonde thought. 'She's beautiful...'

The brown-eyed girl raised her hand and gave a small wave and smiled at the crowds of people coming out just to see her. Everyone cheered and clapped their hands. As she made her way to the limozine waiting for her from the red-carpeted staircase, people were cheering her name and saying their goodbyes. The young lady waved at them and smiled warmly.

"This is some farewell/birthday party, Jess!" the reporter said.

"Yes, George." the other said. "People from Heizenbilth will be missing their young lady and ruler-to-be, since she will be attending Fairy Tail Royal Academy for a whole year! But don't worry, she'll be sure to make us all proud!"

"That's right, Jess! Well, that's about all the time we have, so we'll be seeing you next week!" The reporter signed out, and the television proceeded to play the commercials and advertisments. Sighing, the blonde turned off the television and sat up from the sofa. She stretched her arms as she yawned. Just then, she heard a childish voice calling for her.

"Lucy-nee!" the child squealed. Lucy looked to the right and was half-tackled by a small child with auburn hair tied into pigtails and blue eyes. The child grinned at her sister. "Mom says it's breakfast time!"

"Okay." Lucy smiled. "Let's go. Shall we, Sophie?" Sophie giggled and nodded her head. She got off from Lucy and they started to walk into the dining room. When they got there, they saw three plates with regular breakfast with glasses of juice. Their mother was seen bringing in some pancakes from the kitchen. Her auburn hair was tied into a messy bun and she was wearing a white, slightly dirtied apron.

"Mom?" Lucy called. The woman flinched when she heard someone, and almost lost her balance if not for Lucy balancing her using her body. The blonde took the plate of pancakes from her mom and gave it to Sophie. She then placed the plate on the table and sat down, waiting for the rest to sit down and eat.

"Thank you, Lucy dear." Amanda, their mother sighed in relief. "We should sit down now, don't you think?" The blonde gave a nod and guided her mother to her chair, then sat down herself. They all started to pray, clasping their hands together and giving thanks for the food. Afterwards, they kept a light conversation flowing as they ate. Minor things such as Sophie's school and their mother's job as a freelance writer.

After breakfast, Lucy and Amanda began to wash the dishes as Sophie went to the bathroom to take a bath. Lucy was washing all the dishes thouroughly as her mother wipes them dry and places them on a cabinet. The blonde wiped some sweat from her forehead and sighed. She then looked at the clock. It was a quarter to nine.

"Oh, shoot!" she exclaimed. "Gotta go, mom! I need to get to work!" She started to rush off from the kitchen, but was stopped when her mom grabbed her wrist gently. She looked at her, confused as to why she was stopped. She was even more confused when her mother shook her head.

"Don't go to work today, dear." she said, almost pleading. "You've been working non-stop everyday. You even took over some of your co-worker's jobs when they were out sick. Maybe you should rest, hmm?" At that, Lucy smiled warmly, but shook her head and let her hand slip off from her mother's.

"I can't do that, mom." she said. "I need to work hard. It's for all of us. You haven't been able to find a good company to take you in, and we can't just eat into our savings. I have to do this so I can support our family."

"I see..." her mother sighed. "Your always so active at your young age. I guess that's supposed to be a good thing. I'm so happy for you, Lucy." She pulled the blonde closer and gave her a warm hug. Lucy reciprocated the action almost instantly. Seconds later, they felt someone who was dripping wet hug them as well. They looked down and saw Sophie wrapped in a thick pink towel as she made her way to the hug. Both the elder women carried her and hugged her, too. A few moments later, Lucy let go of them and grinned.

"Well," she said. "I'm off to work, okay?" Sophie and Amanda nodded at her and smiled as well.

"Come home early, okay dear?" her mom asked. "Let's spend some girl's night later..."

"And bring back some sweets!" Sophie exclaimed. Lucy giggled and gave a thumbs-up to her sister and mother. She then made her way out of the apartment and out the streets.

She went down the road a few blocks, and saw a small department store near the corner of their street. She went inside, and saw her boss. He had his signature pompadour-style brown hair and his pipe on his mouth. Beside him, was his long-time partner, his dark-blue hair still shiny as always as he chuckled about a seemingly funny joke she couldn't hear. As she went near them, her boss looked at her and gave her a wave.

"Morning, Lucy-chan!" he exclaimed. "Always early, I see?"

"Good morning, Wakaba-san." she smiled. She then turned to the other one and smiled as well. "Good morning to you as well, Macao-san."

"Good morning, Lucy." Macao replied. "Now don't go working too hard today, okay?" Lucy grinned sheepishly as Macao chuckled. She then gave a small nod and proceeded to work. She first started to sort out the supplies that were delivered to them earlier today. Then, took all of them to the appropriate places for each item. Later, she started to sweep the floors and mop afterwards. After all that, she took over the shift on being the cashier.

Lucy had always worked hard, eversince she found out that she was adopted by her mother 2 years ago. She never did get how they all had different hair colors than her. On the day before her birthday, Amanda found it in her to tell her that she was found near the riverbank as an infant years ago. Lucy tried to fully accept that fact, and tried to live normally with them. But she realized in herself that she was being a burden to them this whole time, and even though they were still her family, she wants to find a way to pay them back for all the kindness they gave her. No one never really knew who Lucy's parents were, so she could never find them. But, she was happy as she was, living here in Magnolia with her family.

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After a good nine hours of work, Lucy bid goodbye to her boss and the other employees and headed out with a bag of groceries in hand. It was for their dinner and Sophie's sweets. Inside the store, Macao and Wabaka stared at her with admiration.

"Man," Wakaba sighed. "That Lucy sure is a hard worker, ain't she?"

"Yeah..." Macao answered. "You sure your paying her enough?" He smirked when Wakaba glared at him.

"Don't start with me..." he sneered.

Lucy heard the two men's argument as she was walking away. She chuckled lightly, as those two reminded her of little kids. Which was good since they have an active spirit. Looking down at the groceries she was carrying, she couldn't help but smile. She'll do anything to pay her family back for what kindness they did to her. She walked towards their apartment, humming a lullaby that she seemingly remembered. Her mother told her that she was humming that all the time when she was a kid. And seeing as Amanda didn't teach her that, they figured she heard it from her biological mother.

Making her way on the road with a crowd of people, she realized that she was getting a bit lost. It wasn't like her to get lost, maybe it was because she was so focused on other things she forgot to look to where she's going. She saw the crowded people heading towards a lottery. The grand prize for winning the lottery was 290 million jewels in cash.

"A lottery, huh?" Lucy asked herself. "Well, I supposed it wouldn't hurt to try..." She sighed then started to shove herself to the entrance of the lottery. There were so many people there that even a pin couldn't get through. After a while, Lucy had gotten through with little trouble. She dusted herself and checked her belongings. Seeing as nothing was out of order and/or missing, she went inside the lottery.

"One ticket, please." Lucy said to the cashier. He handed her a small ticket through the small hole in the glass window.

"That'll be 20 jewels, miss." the cashier said. Lucy nodded and gave the man his pay and went to one corner of the lottery with fewer people. She looked at the lottery ticket with stars in her eyes.

'Gosh, I hope I win!' Lucy thought. Even though there's a one in a million chance of her winning, she was still hoping that she would at least have a chance of winning. She stuffed the ticket in her pocket and went out of the lottery. She then made her way back to her apartment, since it was almost getting dark.

She ran through a shortcut that would lead her to the back of the apartment. The door was open, and she made her way in. She climbed the stairs to their apartment. When she opened the door, she saw Sophie laying on her stomach as she watched the television, and her mother reading a book as she sat on the sofa. The auburn-haired child glanced at her and grinned.

"Lucy-nee's back!" she exclaimed. At that, her mother tore her gaze from her book and looked at Lucy. She smiled at her and gave a small wave, which the blonde reciprocated.

"Welcome back, dear." Amanda smiled. The blonde made her way in and placed the groceries on the kitchen counter sitting down next to her mother.

"Hey, mom." Lucy said. The girl heard her mom hum in question, so she continued. "Can we watch the announcement for the lottery tonight?" She heard her mom sigh, then heard her book close. She looked at her to see a pair of blue eyes gazing at her.

"Okay then, dear." she said, holding out her hand. "Give me your ticket." At that, Lucy flinched and rubbed her head sheepishly.

"H-how did you know that?" she chuckled nervously. Her mother shook her head slight and waved a finger in front of her.

"A mother knows, dear. A mother knows..." the woman muttered. "Now, the ticket?" Lucy sighed, then pulled the ticket from her pocket and placed it on her mother's hand. The woman smiled and tucked the ticket between the pages of her book, making it her bookmark, then placing the book on a desk before she stood up.

"Alright then," she said. "Let's have dinner, then we can see what results the lottery has in store for us." Lucy gave her mom a determined nod. Determined to find out that she at least had a chance to win. All of them went to the kitchen to eat dinner.

While eating, Lucy didn't realize that she was eating really fast, almost inappropriate for a lady. The blonde only stopped when she heard her mother clap her hands once to get her attention. The girl shrank in embarrassment under the mother's half-glare gaze, but returned to normal as they laughed at their silliness. After finishing their dinner, Lucy washed the dishes as Amanda prepared Sophie to go to bed.

"But mommy~!" the little girl whined. "I wanna see if Lucy-nee wins or not! Please?" She made her signature puppy-dog eyes that their mother couldn't resist. She smiled at her and patted her head.

"Alright." she said. "But after that, it's straight to bed, okay?" The little girl nodded and gave her mother a tight hug.

"Thank you, mommy!" she said. "I love you!" She then ran off to the living room and jumped on the sofa, excited to see the results of the lottery.

"I love you too, deary..." their mom said. She followed suite, Lucy closely behind as she finished up her chores. They all sat down on the sofa, Amanda carrying Sophie on her lap while Lucy sat on the edge, excited and nervous at the results. She knew if they winned this, everything would chage for them. They could pay the debts that they owed for quite some time now, and they could move into a new home. It was really a nerve-wrecking moment.

"Good evening folks." the old reporter said. Tonight on Channel 5, Princess Erza of Paradisus has gone off to Fairy Tail Royal Academy. We will be having an exclusive on the story;"

"Wowie," Lucy muttered. "Sure are a lot of ladies and princesses going to that academy."

"Yes of course, Lucy." their mother said. "And not just ladies, but also princes and lords go there to study on how they would rule with both kindness and conviction."

"I see..." Lucy muttered again. She then focused her attention back to the television. The reporter had finished with the news, and it was time for the lottery announcer.

"Good evening, everyone!" the cheery announcer exclaimed. "It's time for what you've been all waiting for! Who will be the lucky 290 million jewel winner?" Lucy gulped, she was getting the feeling of anxiety and nervousness. She had to calm herself down, but who wouldn't be nervous at life changing-moments such as this? She breathed deeply, regaining her normal heartbeat then proceeded to watch.

"As you know, there's a one in a million chance for anyone to get this right!" he announced. "So, let's get to the good part, shall we?" The announcer got off from camera-view and in his place, were six digital boxes where the numbers will be placed.

Amanda took the bookmarked lotto ticket and surveyed the numbers. They were: 7, 20, 65, 2, 0 and 18. She clasped her hands between the ticket and started to chant.

"Oh, Mavis powerful of all, please give us light in this peril in the night..." she chanted over and over. Lucy sweatdropped at the sight of her mother, but kept focused as the first digital box started to spin. It revealed to be the number 7. Lucy almost jumped with joy.

'Just five more!' she thought. She leaned in some more, thinking that the more she focused, the more likely she'd win. The next box spun, and it revealed to be the number 20.

"Woo-hoo~!" Sophie cheered. "Four more to go!" The next box spun, revealing the number 65. Amanda nearly fainted when she saw this. They had three numbers right, and it was seriously getting closer. Lucy was sweating buckets, anxious to see the results of the last three numbers. The next box spun, and it revealed to be the number 2. No one dared to move at that point. All of them were so consumed into focusing, that they didn't even have time to breathe if they hadn't reminded themselves.

The next box was spinning, and Lucy's head was too. Just thinking about how much money they'd receive made her feel dizzy. Her train of thought was derailed when she saw the next number. It was the number 0.

'Just one more...' she thought. She glanced over to her mother, who was holding her hand without her realizing it, and gave it an assuring squeeze. She looked over to Sophie, who was grinning at her the whole time. She then gazed at the screen. This was for her family, to give them the life they deserve.

'Please...'

The last box spun.

'For my family...'

It started to speed up.

'For our future...'

It started to slow down.

'Help us!' she pleaded. At that moment, the last box halted to a stop. Lucy had her eyes closed all the while, so she couldn't see what number it was.

"Lucy...-nee..." she heard Sophie mutter. Then, she felt her mother's grip on her hand tightening a bit.

"L-Lucy, dear..." she said. "T-take a l-look." Lucy didn't respond quickly. But after a short while, she opened one of her eyes. The other one shot wide open when she saw the number.

... This left their family in utter shock.

T.B.C.

Hello again, my peeps~! XD I don't really know why I keep doing different stories, and not even bothering to finish with the others! :3 Anyway, hope you enjoyed this, and can you guess what the last number is? Haha XD

See you all in two weeks~!

Ja Ne~