Fiore Academy

Chapter One – The Opening Ceremony

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail in any shape or form. I am a mere FF writer paying tribute to the world of Hiro Mashima, the rightful owner of Fairy Tail.

Author's Note – Well readers, I've finally decided to work solely on the Fairy Tail Magic Academy Idea that I've been promising you guys. I hope you like it. WARNING; This is rated M for future lemons in the story.

Terraced walls, blooming gardens, the heart of Spring. Beauty with no equal, with its ancient stone towers and intricate buildings. Fountains gushing water, sun golden in its glow. Beauty with no equal… this… is the Magical Academy of Fiore.

In the centre of our scene, a confused boy with spiky pink hair and white scarf made of what appeared to be scales, wrapped around his neck, stares at a map. Little did he know, that the true path he must walk… wasn't on any map.

"Where is it?" Natsu Dragneel, the pink haired boy asked himself aloud, scratching his head in his own confusion.

"Hmm… let's see… the cafeteria is over there… good, I'll need to know that later… hmm… and the Training Hall is over there… then… WHERE THE HELL IS THE AUDIENCE HALL!" Natsu finishes off, crying out in anger and frustration, "WHOEVER INVENTED MAPS TO BE CONFUSING NEEDS TO BE BURNT ALIVE!".

Natsu sighs as he lets out his frustration and looks at the map again.

"It says it shouldn't be too far away; I should be able to see it from where I'm standing… but… where is it?"

A tap on his shoulder brings Natsu out of his own frustrated thoughts and he turns to look around.

"Can I-" Natsu began to ask, until he laid eyes upon the most gorgeous girl he had ever seen.

Long platinum blonde hair and purple, sparkling eyes framed by a face so delicate and soft it near brought tears to his eyes at its beauty.

The girl said something, and Natsu, shaking his head to clear it, asked, "Sorry… what was that, I didn't quite catch that?"

The girl giggles merrily and repeats herself, "I asked if you were lost… I just noticed you've been staring at that map at this exact same spot for about fifteen minutes now… and after all that screaming before… I figure you must be lost".

Natsu just stares at her for a second before taking a gulp, blinking a few times and shaking his head a few times for good measure, and replies, "Uh… yeah, you could say… I'm a little lost yeah".

The girl smiles, "I take it you're new-blood and you're looking for the Audience Hall so that you can go to the Opening Ceremony?"

Natsu nods a few times in reply, as he was still getting over how beautiful this girl was.

"Well in that case, I guess as a class representative, it is my duty to show you the way" and with that and a pleasant smile across her face, she grabbed Natsu's hand and began to steer him away, much to his surprise.

"Wait… hold on… I mean, don't hold on, I mean… can you please let go of my hand?" Natsu asks the girl.

The girl turns around to him before realising how uncomfortable he was, "Oh? Well aren't you just the cutest thing? So, innocent too *giggle*" she says.

Letting go of his hand, the girl faces him, "My name is Mirajane Strauss, second year class A of the Magical Academy of Fiore, also Class Representative of the aforementioned Class".

The girl, Mirajane looks at Natsu pointedly before he realises what she was getting at.

"Uh… I'm Natsu Dragneel, of the first year and… well I don't know anything other than that just yet".

Mirajane nods, "Yeah, you'll find out after the Ceremony".

With introductions out of the way, the pair began to walk with the guidance of Mirajane.

"So Natsu… what class of Magic do you specialise in?" Mirajane asks him conversationally.

Natsu looks at her, "Umm… Class of Magic?"

Mirajane face-palms herself, "That's right… you haven't even had a single class yet… okay then I'll explain" Mirajane resigns herself to lecturing the basics, "The Class of Magic that someone specialises in depends on the magic one is most talented in, and there are five of them; Destruction, Restoration, Transformation, Conjuration and Illusion".

Natsu Nods to show he is following as Mirajane continues, "Destruction Class Magic is typically elementally related; Earth, Fire, Water and Air along with the attribute elements, for example; lightning, Ice, light and so on so forth. Restoration Magic is aid related magic, such as healing or shielding. Transformation Magic deals in the magic that involves changing one's body into something else entirely; I so happen to specialise in this particular class of magic. Then there is Conjuration Magic, magic that is used to summon anything from inanimate objects all the way to creatures like demons. Lastly, there is Illusion Magic, magic that is used to disorient, evade and trick the opponent you're facing".

Natsu nods after hearing Mirajanes' lecture, "I see… so what can you transform into?"

Mirajane smiles pleasantly, "I can transform into demons of course".

Inside Natsu's head at the moment, was a scene where he pictured Mirajane smiling, laughing in a blooming garden in the heart of Spring, and suddenly… turning into a demon.

Natsu shakes his head and laughs, "No way you turn into demons… you're much too pretty and nice for that".

Mirajane appears taken aback, "Really? You… think I'm pretty?"

Natsu blinks as he stops with her, "Umm… yeah, don't you get that all the time?"

Mirajane shakes her head, "When I first started here, guys would ask me out all the time until they realised I wasn't interested in dating… I never wondered why they did ask me though".

She never once wondered why all the guys asked her out? Natsu wondered.

"Well, after hearing all that, I suppose I'd be in the Destruction Class, since I use Fire Magic"

"That's pretty cool Natsu… I sometimes wish I had an elemental power instead, but still… I'm happy as I am now" Mirajane says.

Man, she is the cutest girl I've ever seen, Natsu thinks with his teenage hormones.

"Well anyway, we're here now" Mirajane announces.

Before Natsu had realised what happened, he had arrived at the Audience Hall.

"Well I guess this is where I leave you Natsu, I need to get ready, I'll be on the stage with all the teachers and the other council members".

Mirajane turned to go away but Natsu caught her arm, surprising her.

"Yes Natsu?" Mirajane asks him once he realises what he was doing and let's go of her.

"Uh… it's just… will we talk again… soon?" Natsu asks nervously.

At this Mirajane laughs, and all she says is, "You dummy".

With that she skips closer to Natsu, props herself up on her tippy-toes and kisses Natsu on the cheek.

Waving goodbye, Mirajane dashes off to the Stage entrance to the Hall, whilst Natsu Dragneel was left speechless, still holding the spot on his cheek, that Mirajane had kissed.

…..

"Greetings to all new students of the Magical Academy of Fiore, I am your Headmaster Makarov Dreyer, and today I am here to greet you all and wish you luck over the next three years of your education" a short and aged man announced on stage.

After waiting for over fifteen minutes, Natsu and his fellow classmates were instructed to take a seat so that the Opening could begin. Now, to start things off are some words from the Headmaster himself.

"I trust that you will all apply to your studies with vigour and determination, as magic is by its very nature, dangerous. Over the next three years, you will learn how to control your respective Class of Magic, whether it be; Destruction, Restoration, Transformation, Conjuration, or Illusion".

Natsu sighed, having already had this lecture of a sort not twenty minutes ago, from Mirajane. For some reason, he hadn't been able to get her out of his head since he met her, and seeing her sitting up on stage didn't help any.

"So, without further ado, allow me to introduce to you the Header Teacher of Class One, Ur Milkovic" in front of Natsu, one of the girls spat on the ground.

As the Headmaster stepped down, the Head Teacher of Class One stepped up. Ur Milkovic was a beautiful woman; middle aged but still fresh with short raven black hair and deep grey eyes.

"Greetings new-blood, I'm Ur Milkovic, your new Head Teacher… let me be clear with you right now, you break the rules and you'll have me to answer to" Ur Milkovic smiled, making some of the 'new-blood' shift nervously.

"Now then, I just want to say welcome to the Academy and should you ever need help with anything, just come by and see me… but don't waste my time" Ur warned, "Now then, next step would be to introduce you to your Student Council Representative".

When the Head Teacher stepped down, one of the students stood. Natsu wasn't believing his eyes. Is every girl in this school hot? Natsu thought to himself.

Scarlet hair to the waist, brown eyes as hard as the earth, but a face worth getting punched in the face if you asked her out.

"Alright new-blood, I'm Erza Scarlet, your rep" the redhead, Erza introduced herself, "I want you all to behave yourselves whilst you're here; It'll make my job a whole lot easier by taking some of the paperwork off me" with those… kind words… she stepped down.

One of the guys in front of Natsu, a huge guy with platinum blonde hair muttered, "Who elected her as the Student Rep? Was everyone too scared or something… bet you she doesn't have a boyfriend with that attitude… how unma-" but the guy didn't finish his sentence, as to Natsu's surprise, a dozen swords suddenly crashed, points first, in front of the guy.

"What did you say?" the voice of Erza Scarlet called out.

Everyone looked away from the scene to gaze upon Erza Scarlet as she stood in the air with over two dozen swords twirling around her whilst she wore… some very revealing armour.

"What is your name new-blood?" Erza asked the guy who muttered about her, venom dripping from her simple words.

"E-Elfman… Str-Strauss" at the mention of the guys' last name, Strauss, Natsu looked up to see Mirajane standing up on stage, looking worried.

So, this is the brother you mentioned huh? Natsu thought to himself.

"Well Elfman" Erza dripped words of venom, "Guess what?"

"W-What?" Elfman stuttered.

"You get to be my first victim of the year" Erza announces, as though it were a great honor.

Trembling to the ground, Elfman knelt, fearing the worst for his life.

"Now prepare for a world of hurt!" Erza called out.

Seconds seemed to turn to minutes as Natsu's thoughts ran. Assumedly, Erza Scarlet is one of the most powerful students in the entire school, judging by the fact that she is the representative. However, if she were to hurt this guy Elfman, Mirajanes' brother… then Mirajane would be sad, Mirajane… his friend.

Swords began to descend down onto Elfman, as Elfman fears for his very life, and then… silence.

Heat, great and powerful heat…. Flames, intense searing flames. The Hall had their entire world consumed in flames, and Erza's swords, much to her shock… had been directly melted and separating her from the insulter… was a pink haired boy, controlling the flames around him.

"I think that's enough of the scare tactics, Student Council President" Natsu speaks calmly.

Elfman, looking up and realising he wasn't hurt, saw the situation and began to creep away. But Erza's attention was already diverted by the threat before her.

Meanwhile on the stage, Mirajane began to feel even more anxious. She knew that Erza would have only cut her brother a little and he'd be okay with a bandage… but now… she began to think Erza might be much more serious against Natsu.

"Natsu" Mirajane murmured aloud in worry.

"Don't you worry my dear" a voice to her left said.

Mirajane looked and saw that the owner of the voice, was none other than the Headmaster himself.

"Master Makarov?" Mirajane questioned, asking him what he meant.

Makarov smiles, "Don't you see… can't you tell… this boy, whoever he is… is overflowing with magic… I'd actually be surprised if it were Erza who won this fight".

Mirajane looked at Makarov as though he were going senile. How could any new-blood ever hope to defeat the third ranked student in the entire academy.

But for now, all that Mirajane Strauss could do, was watch.

"What did you say to me new-blood?" Erza asked Natsu coldly.

"I said, you can quit it with the scare tactics… everyone else can bite your bait, but you can leave me out of it… and others too, If you plan on hurting them just because they questioned your leadership abilities, not that I blame him" Natsu growls out whilst sustaining the heat and flames around him.

Meanwhile, Erza was having second thoughts.

His magic is absolutely overflowing… not only that, but he's got full control of his abilities and magic… who is he? Erza thought to herself.

Natsu laughs, "What's the matter?"

Erza shakes her head of such thoughts, "Nothing… let us continue… who are you to question me?"

She knows he is powerful, but she is the third most capable student in this school, and no way is she going to cower down to a new-blood on his first day.

"Very well… It's unavoidable?" Natsu asks her finally.

Erza nods and Natsu sighs, "Very well… I tried".

…..

One hour later, Natsu opened his eyes to find himself in one of the most uncomfortable beds he had ever laid in. Looking around, he found himself in what appeared to be the School Infirmary.

"You're awake… I'm glad" came a sweet voice at Natsu's side.

Natsu turned his head in the direction of the voice to see Mirajane, smiling a little sadly at him.

"Yeah… what happened, I can't really remember, but guessing since I'm here, I lost right?" Natsu asked her.

Mirajane appeared to consider this, "It's hard to say".

Raising an eyebrow, Natsu asked, "What do you mean 'It's hard to say'".

Mirajane seemed to look at something over her shoulder before saying, "After you and Erza fought, both of you passed out at the same time, but for different reasons… Erza passed out because her body was too strained from all the damage you did to her, whereas you passed out because you used too much magic, so… It's hard to say since you both passed out, but If it were up to me…. You would've won".

Natsu laughs with a tinge of bitterness, "Yeah… that's right… she was pretty tough to have forced me to use all my reserves".

Mirajane smiled, "That is expected, she is a year older than you and the third ranked student in the school".

Natsu smiled. He knew from the start that this Erza girl was going to be a tough opponent, but still…

"Did I do the right thing?" Natsu asked Mirajane.

"What do you mean?" Mirajane asked him.

Natsu sighs, "Did I do the right thing? Challenging Erza… all because she was picking on your brother".

Mirajane smiles, "So that's why you challenged her? That's sweet of you and I thank you Natsu… but… don't be so reckless in the future please. But that's not me saying you didn't do the right thing standing up to her" Mirajane looks down a little, "Sad to say, only a few teachers can control Erza, most of them because she respects them and not because they're more powerful… and there are only two students In the entire school who can beat her… but they mind their own business most of the time, so it's good to see someone stand up to Erza… she can be… a bully sometimes".

Natsu nods and a thought came to him, "Hey Mirajane… what rank are you?"

Mirajane looks up with a smile as though he had told a somewhat funny joke, "Me? I'm ranked seven".

Natsu sat up quickly, "That high?"

Mirajane nods, "My family is a noble family, and for dozens of generations we have specialised in a brand of magic called 'take-over magic'. Basically, we can take over a creature or soul, and turn into the creature at will… I take-over 'Satan Souls'… basically demons".
Natsu whistled appreciatively, thinking how cool Mirajane's power sounded.

"So anyway, the nurse said that you could go once you woke up, so you ready to head home?" Mirajane asked.

Natsu looked up at her, "Home? Already?"

Mirajane giggles, "Didn't you notice there weren't any other students here besides all the new-blood and the Student Council Members? The purpose of today was just for the ceremony and a tour… sadly I will have to give you the tour tomorrow, If that's okay with you?"

Natsu sighs, not believing his own stupidity, "Yeah Mira, that would be great".

Mirajane puts on a plain face and sat silent beside Natsu, staring at him.

Natsu, thinking he'd done something wrong somehow, said, "Uh Mira? What's wrong?"

"You called me Mira… no one calls me that" Mirajane said plainly.

Natsu scratches his head in embarrassment, "Sorry, thought it was a nice nickname… I'll call you Mirajane from here on".

But Mirajane grabbed Natsu's hand and held it, "No… call me Mira".

Natsu, not fully understanding Mira's actions, smiled and grasped her hand firmly.

…..

Fifteen minutes later, Natsu and Mira walked out of the school grounds in a comfortable silence. Natsu realised that he had made a good friend today and was glad for it… for it was something he was not used to.

Before the Academy, he had gone to a public school, where he was bullied because of his pink hair. Nobody really wanted to be friends with someone who was so much different than they were; he was glad that Mira did not think the same as all those others.

"Hey Mira, whilst we were in the Infirmary, you kept on looking behind you… why is that?" Natsu asked her, something that he had been wondering.

Mirajane looks at him and shrugs, "Erza was still asleep there… I hope she wakes up soon".

Natsu began to feel bad, "I hope she isn't too hurt".

Mirajane smiles at him reassuringly, "Don't you worry Natsu, she'll be fine… she needed to learn the lesson anyway".

"What lesson is that?" Natsu asks.

"That she can't always have things the way she wants… she always likes to scare people into doing things the 'right' way".

Natsu thought about this; normally when people act like that, they usually were trying to hide who they really were from people. Maybe the strict Student Council President was someone different after all.

"Well anyway, I still hope I didn't hurt her too badly" Natsu says after some thought.

Mirajane nods, "Yeah me too… despite all her faults, she can be a decent person".

With that, the pair began to walk toward the School Dormitories until they came to a fork. A sign on the left read 'Boys Dormitory' and a sign on the right read 'Girls Dormitory'.

"Well this is where we part for now" Mirajane sighs as she walks toward the right and stops.

"Natsu, I'd like you to meet me here at half past seven tomorrow, so I can begin showing you around, okay?" Mirajane says to Natsu who nods.

"Okay Mira, I hope you sleep well" Natsu smiles at her.

Mirajane smiles back, and appearing to suddenly remember something, grabbed a folded piece of paper from her pocket.

"They handed these out at the end of the Opening" Mirajane says, placing the piece of paper in Natsu's hand, "It's your class details, as well as your dormitory details".

"Thanks Mira, I'll see you tomorrow" Natsu thanks her, making her blush.

"It's nothing, Miss Milkovic gave it to me when she realised that I was staying with you until you woke up, so really… it's nothing".

"Still Mira, thank you, not just for this but… for being my first friend" Natsu again thanks her.

Blushing, Mira turns away and stops, as though deciding something. Then, deciding to just go with it, turns back to Natsu, and for the second time that day, she left Natsu standing where he was, stunned as he held onto the spot of his cheek, where Mirajane Strauss, had kissed him.

…..

Minutes later, Natsu found himself in his dormitory room and was surprised to see it was a single person dormitory.

"Wonder why I was given this kind of privilege" Natsu wondered, as he recalled seeing all the other boys share rooms in pairs. Deciding to just go with it for now, Natsu walked over to his suitcase, which seemed to have been delivered here, and began to unpack, all the while looking around what would be his new home for the next three years.

As soon as you walk through the door, you came through a hallway, where an open but small kitchen laid to one side. Once you were out of the kitchen, a spacious room opened up which acted as a dining room and lounge room, complete with leather sofas and a fifty-inch plasma screen. On the left in the hallway was a door which led to a bathroom complete with toilet, sink, shower and a small spa tub for a bath. In the lounge room, a door on the right led to a spacious bedroom complete with a queen bed, bedsides and a study corner with a desk and computer as well as free Wi-Fi. Natsu felt that he was in heaven, especially seeing as all the furnishings were of some class.

"I don't know how I got so lucky, but thank you to the whoever is responsible" Natsu thought aloud as he prepared himself for bed.

…..

Meanwhile in the girl's dorm.

"I'm glad to see you're okay Erza" Mirajane smiles pleasantly as her roommate enters the room, looking tired from her ordeal earlier,

Erza smiles back at her long-time friend, "Thankyou… I wasn't expecting him to be so strong".

"You mean Natsu?" Mirajane asked.

"If you're talking about the guy with pink hair, then yes" Erza said slowly, "You know him?"

"I wouldn't say I know him, but" Mirajane put a finger on her lips, "I'm definitely going to get to know him… he's really cute after all".

Erza rolls her eyes, "In the year we have been here, you haven't seem interested in any of the guys who have asked you out… I now see why… you like younger guys don't you Mirajane".

Mirajane looks up at this, smiling mischievously, "So what if I do? You can't say you're not interested in him; you've always said you want a man who's stronger than you and would stand up to you".

Erza smiles, "I suppose you're right about that".

Mirajane lays down on her bed, preparing for sleep, "I'm showing him around the school tomorrow… you're welcome to come if you like".

However, Erza shook her head, "No… I'll keep an eye on him for now… like you said I'm interested… but wouldn't go too far just yet".

Mirajane shrugs her shoulders, "Your decision… your loss" making Erza frown.

So, with that, the Magical Academy of Fiore slept, as tomorrow, would be a big day for everyone.

Authors' Note – Well I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of 'The Magical Academy of Fiore' as much as I enjoyed writing it. If you have any comments that you would like to make, feel free to do so in the comments section below. And If you found yourself liking the story, why not favourite and follow this story in order to for you to find out whenever I update. If that is everything, then I will sign off on this Authors' Note.