AN/: hey! I'm not dead! It's me with a new story even though we all know I don't need to post a new one! Oh well! I'll get around to updating my other stories very soon. I have most of the chapters typed up, it's just that I need to post them.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN FAIRY TAIL OR ANYTHING RELATED TO IT. I do, however, own the song featured in this story. Live In The Beat is an original song written and owned by me.

Thanks! Enjoy!

The lights had been turned down considerably. The room was absolutely packed. Natsu and his team fought to get to their seats in the front row. They'd gotten tickets to this concert through a recent mission. They'd gotten really lucky, honestly. They'd gotten front row seats at a Lucy Heartfilia concert.

She was every guy's dream girl. She had the looks, the money, the fame; she was the whole package wrapped up nicely and neatly, a pretty bow slapped on top to top it all off.

As the lights got dimmer and dimmer the crowd roared with excitement. The girls were screaming and squealing and the guys were unabashedly declaring their undying love for the popular singer and songwriter. Gray was just about drooling, something that Natsu would be sure to tease him about later, Happy was flying around in circles excitedly, and even Erza was having a hard time keeping herself from squealing like a little girl.

Natsu huffed in annoyance and covered his sensitive ears. What was so special about this Lucy girl, anyways? From pictures he saw of her she was nothing but a rich, bombshell blonde. What was so special about having shiny, blonde hair and big boobs? Didn't they just get in the way?

He rolled his eyes unimpressed. He'd been raised by a dragon! This Lucy Whatever-her-last-name-was would have to do some pretty serious stuff to impress him. Like, she'd have to beat Erza, or something!

The spotlight was turned on and a girl with blonde hair ran onto the stage excitedly. Her hair had been curled and most likely slightly teased to give it a more wild and carefree look. It was all bunched up on the top of her head at an angle, a side ponytail, if you will, and tied up with a pink ribbon. She wore a short jean-skirt and a blue t-shirt covered by a torn and frayed jean-vest. On one side there was a small, silver chain pinned across the breast pocket. On her feet were black boots that ended just below her knees. They weren't like stiletto boots, but they definitely had some sort of heel on them. She had red, heart earrings dangling from her earlobes, contrasting a bit to the theme of blue, black and pink that her outfit consisted of. She wore a single, black fingerless glove on her right hand. Her makeup was light and natural.

Overall she looked a bit like a rebellious teen minus the dark makeup and depressing and angry aura. Actually, she had a very happy aura, one that seemed to invite you in and begged you to be friends with her. She had such a smile on her face that, even with the lights turned nearly completely off, the room seemed a tad bit brighter.

She bounced excitedly to center stage waving to her fans and smiling every step of the way. Her brown eyes scanned the crowd. Unbeknownst to the others around her, her father and most of her stage crew included, she was indeed looking for someone. She'd been informed that a group of certain people were going to be attending her concert, front row, center stage. Looking down a bit she finally saw them.

First she saw Happy, the flying, blue Exceed. She'd always admired that cute little fur ball. Well, really it was more like adored, but really who was keeping track of that sort of stuff? Next she saw the redhead, Erza Scarlet. THE Erza Scarlet was at her concert! Lucy idolized that woman for her strength and beauty. There was almost no one stronger than Erza. Next to the Requip mage was the ice-using mage, Gray Fullbuster. He'd started to take off his shirt and Lucy swore she could see a glistening trail flowing from the corners of his mouth. A bit disturbed by that Lucy moved her eyes to the next person.

Natsu Dragneel was at a Lucy Heartfilia concert. Honestly, Lucy was surprised. Who would've thought that someone like him would show up at a show like hers? Didn't he like to be active more often than not? Was that why he had his arms folded over his chest, his glance returning to the double doors at the back of the theater consistently? He wrinkled his nose a bit when his eyes landed on her on the stage. Why did he seem so... So disgusted?

It didn't matter, did it? The strongest team of her dream guild was sitting in the front row at her concert! Fairy Tail mages had come to watch her preform!

Lucy decided to shake it off. She squeezed her gloved hand into a fist, feeling reassured and satisfied when she felt the crinkle of paper against her skin. She was definitely gonna do it this time. This was her chance! But, she still had a show to put on.

"Hello everybody! How are you guys doing tonight?" she yelled into the crowd. She'd cupped her hand around her mouth and had a dazzling smile afterwards. The audience roared with excitement and the blonde noticed that Natsu had cringed a bit at the sound.

"I've got a big treat for you all tonight!" she cheered jumping slightly and landing with her feet together and her hands on her hips. "I've written a new song and I want you guys to be the first to hear it," she continued, pointing at the audience when she yelled the word, 'you.' "What do you think?"

The room filled with noise again and even Gray, Erza and Happy could be heard yelling along with the crowd. Natsu stayed silent, though.

Lucy's band came out and the bass guitarist handed Lucy a mic as he passed by. The keyboardist, who had one hell of a keyboard laid out in front of her, gave Lucy a thumbs up and a wide smile. The crowd settled down waiting for the music to start.

The beat came first. Over on the drum-set the drummer kept a steady yet update tempo by beating on the bass drum, his foot never once wavering to slam down on the foot pedal when a beat was to be accented. The keyboard came in next. She pushed a button to start and the playback of a recording of sorts while she began to play another tune over it. It had a very energetic feel to it and was no doubt a form of techno. The bass and lead guitars started playing next. Lucy gripped the mic in her right hand, taking a deep breath to prepare herself.

"When the lights go down!

In the night, it's a riot!"

She sang with confidence and her voice came out like a gentle yet strong breeze, flowing easily from her and resounding beautifully yet still strong.

"I know you can,

Feel that beat!

Don't you dare try to fight it!"

She wiggled her index finger back and forth at the crowd smiling slyly before preparing to do a big move of some sort to go with the music.

"Let the music play loud!"

She jumped and landed with her feet apart, her left arm extended toward the ceiling.

"Gettin lost in the crowd!"

Lucy hid her face behind her left arm and crouched low on the stage.

"We're gone!" She punched toward the ceiling after springing back up to her feet. "Lost!" She swiped her hand out in front of her as if pushing something away. "Disappeared!" She twirled in her spot. "You may never find yourself again!" She reached out towards the crowd.

"As the sound goes BOOM BOOM BOOM you scream YEAH YEAH YEAH!" Lucy yelled out the lyrics pumping her fist in the air and stomping in place at the same time with the beat. "Just DANCE DANCE like a maniac and absolutely lose it!" The performer banged her head with the beat.

"If you wanna make out alive,

Gotta scream until you feel alive!

Before we all shut down,

Some words of advice!"

The music dropped to near silence before rapidly picking up again.

"You

Gotta live in the beat if you wanna

Survive~!"

While the music played to carry over to the next verse Lucy's mic was switched out for a headset. She balled up her right fist again to make sure that her precious paper was still there. Though it did feel somewhat sweaty, it was still there.

"You can hear it now.

The battle cry of all of us,

Can't you?

It's a call to arms,

That includes you.

All of us,

That are drunk on the sound!"

The famous Heartfilia made her way to the edge of the stage where her fans were eagerly waiting to be as close to her as possible.

"Let that sound lift you up!

You can hear it clearly now!

It echoes! It resounds! It's

All around! And

Even the deaf can hear it now!"

She begun doing a small dance routine up close to the audience as she sang the second chorus.

"As the sound goes BOOM BOOM BOOM you gotta DANCE DANCE DANCE it's,

Move or be moved,

In this crazy world of music!

If you wanna make it out alive,

Gotta scream until you feel alive!

Before we all shut down,

Some words of advice!

You gotta live in the beat

If you wanna survive!"

The music slowed down a bit and Lucy used this opportunity to connect more with her fans. With her left hand she let her fingers graze the frenzy of hands fighting to reach her. She made her way to the area where the group of Fairy Tail mages were sitting. Slyly she slipped the paper out of her glove and gripped it tight. This was her chance!

"Oh~

Nobody knows,

where this rhythm goes.

We just go with it,

Roll with it,

And go with the flow.

Yeah~!

I'm really gettin sick of it!

This re-al-ity stuff!

I guess that it's okay,

But,

It's just not enough!

Why don't we go where,

The music is forever?

Take my hand and come with me,

We'll,

Live in the beat together!"

Lucy noticed Gray's hands flailing toward her and, acting as if nothing was happening, she reached down and slipped the piece of paper into his hands, winking and giving him a smile before backing up and continuing with the song that had jumped up in speed and energy again.

"Oh~ as the sound goes BOOM BOOM BOOM you sing YEAH YEAH YEAH! You gotta,

DANCE DANCE,

Like a maniac,

And absolutely lose yourself!

And you can SCREAM SCREAM SCREAM you feel ALIVE-LIVE-LIVE if you,

LIVE LIVE in the beat!

Just go ahead and try!"

The song got softer signaling the approaching end if the song.

"When the lights go down.

In the night, it's a riot.

So come with me and take my hand,

And live in the beat, just try it."

The music stopped and she gave an exhausted bow as the audience exploded with cheers and screams. She smiled wide and looked toward the group of mages. Gray had opened up the little note and after reading it himself he'd immediately shown it to Erza. The whole group looked up at the singer with a baffled and surprised look. No one could really blame them, thought. They'd hoped to go to the concert and maybe buy a t-shirt! What they had gotten was something completely unexpected.

He'd opened it delicately. The moistened creases on the paper made it appear to be fragile. After unfolding it Gary's eyes nearly bulged out of his head. Written on the paper was a very specific note.

To Team Natsu of Fairy Tail,

Thank you so much for attending my concert. You honestly have no idea how much it means to me! If you're interested, I may have a request for you. Feel free to stop by my dressing room backstage after the concert where we can discuss this request more openly. This note has my signature on it, so just show it to my bodyguard, Taurus, and he'll let you all right on through. Thanks again! Hope to see you after the show!

Lucy Heartfilia.

Her name was scribbled underneath her printed name. Three members of Team Natsu were squealing in excitement. Natsu, on the other hand, was a little less than pleased, and though he wanted to protest he wasn't sure if he was all too fond of the painful mental images of Erza twisting his body.

It looked like Team Natsu had a mission from the great Lucy Heartfilia herself! Yippee...

END NOTE: so what did you think? I totally kinda wrote this on a whim. Live In The Beat is actually the first real song I've written. Well, it's the first song I've finished writing. Tell me what you thought bu reviewing if you'd like. It you could PM me! I promise I'm gonna try super hard to get my other stories updated! Until then, bye for now!

~Alice-chan