AN: This is my first fanfiction =[ So sorry if it's not good or the chapters aren't long _

Chapter 1

A storm raged on in Magnolia, people ran for cover into shops and children splashed around in joy as their parents watched on from warm café's. A lone figure pulled their hood tighter to their face and grumbled to themselves about the poor choice in clothing for today's weather. Water filled their baggy boots and every step felt like trudging through slimy mud. Their skirt and tank top stuck closely to their skin, irritating it and worsening her mood even further. Why did she even decide to go out today?

"Lucy!" Natsu greeted as the doors to the guild slowly creaked open. Quickly slipping in and throwing her coat on a nearby hat rack Lucy shook some water off herself before taking her boots off and letting the excess water flood the entrance. Once she heard her companion shout her name she looked over before saying something to herself and heading over to the bar.

"A hot chocolate please… and do you have a towel?" Lucy whined, slipping onto a stool and splaying her arms across the countertop. The barmaid giggled to herself before disappearing behind closed doors.

"Lucy! I called your name!" Natsu said blatantly leaning on the counter and moving closer to the side of her face. The irritated girl suddenly snapped her head to look at him,

"And I ignored you" a childish comment, she knew but she was not in a good mood right now. Suddenly she felt herself being lifted off the ground, with a quick squeal she felt warm arms embrace her soaking self and slowly heat up. Soft streams of vapour came off Lucy and in no time her body and clothes were warmed. Just in time for Mirajane to come back with a large mug, topped with cream and marshmallows and a large fluffy towel. She stopped to see Natsu hugging Lucy tightly and an almost unnoticeable glint came to her eyes.

"What a cute couple" Mirajane suddenly exclaimed, putting the items on the counter and clapping her hands together. Lucy suddenly pushed away from him, her face going bright red, "We're not a couple" she screamed to Mirajane who simply smiled and went to help another wet comrade.

Now that she was dry and comfortably sipping a warm cup of cocoa Lucy finally turned all her attention to the guild and the members within it. The guild wasn't as packed as it normally was, probably due to the horrendous weather. Team Natsu was here as always, sitting at a table in the middle talking about strength and other topics. Before she could continue looking around Natsu waved his hands in front of her, "What's wrong with you Luce, I've been trying to talk to you since you got here" he said pouting, she took a long sip of her cocoa, eyes closed before replying "The world doesn't revolve around you Natsu" he tilted his head, confused before brushing it off and grabbing her wrist as she finished her hot chocolate. Quickly he strode to the rest of the group.

"Lucy's finally ready" Natsu shouted before plopping himself down with the rest of the gang. Erza looked up and smiled to her before turning back to her conversation with Happy about the different types of fish. Gray raised his hand in a lazy wave and continued to ignore the comments by Natsu, looking a lot more interested in a wall than his teammate. As Lucy sat down Erza concluded her talk to Happy about how cats can't live off fish only and how he should have a healthier diet and turned to Lucy, sliding a piece of paper to her.

"A mission" Erza said simply, watching as Lucy picked it up questionably and read over the contents, her eyes finally landed on the payments and her eyes almost popped out of her head, "That's a lot of money" Lucy gasped reading over it again to make sure it wasn't a coffee stain that added an extra zero. Erza nodded, more to herself than Lucy, "It's been on the board for a long time, I'm not sure why no other guild has completed it yet but now it's our turn, we leave once the storm stops and the weather warms".

The group continued to talk amongst themselves, Gray finally taking the bait of Natsu's taunts and getting a quick punch in before Erza slammed their heads on the table. Lucy waving Wendy over and forcing Natsu to dry her off too, explaining the mission to her and Carla before moving on to talk to Levy on another table. As the day progressed the guild became more packed and increasingly rowdy, fights broke out, chair were wrecked and the occasionally Lucy flew across the room screaming. Soon it was night, a full moon loomed behind clearing clouds.

"We'll meet tomorrow morning at the train station" Erza said, pushing herself up from the table and walking out to go home, closely followed by Wendy and Carla. As soon as the guild doors closed a full out scuffle happened between Natsu and Gray as they jumped around, punching and destroying everything in their sight. "I think it's time for my leave too" Lucy said, laughing awkwardly and rubbing the back of her head. Too distracted to notice her leave Natsu and Gray continued to fight the night away.

On her walk home Lucy leaned back to the now clear sky and counted the stars in the sky, unconsciously saying the constellation names as she walked. Most people had vacated the streets but there was the occasional drunk and couple walking around, holding each other and looking to the sky, whispering sweet nothings about how romantic the sky was tonight. Lucy sighed to herself and jumped onto the wall next to the river, it was too late for the locals to warn her but an image of them calling over to her played through her mind and a smile tugged at her lips.