Hey guys! Thank you for giving my story a chance to be read! This is my first time writing a Fairy Tail fanfiction. I hope that you will enjoy reading the story as I enjoy making this one.

There will be many pairings in the story and it will be revealed as the story goes on. But the main focus of this story is Lucy, Mira, Erza and Mavis. They will guide the story and tell about their story themselves. Nothing explicit and even though romance is the main genre, but there will be also drama, humor, friendship and angst.

It's a contribution for the event that I join in Tumblr, Fairy Tail Big Bang 2019. There will be pictures for this story also as this is a writer and artist colab event. I will upload the link picture later.

And all the editing credits goes to my wonderful beta reader nalufever (dancewiththeseatbelts) which also happened to be the artist that draw the pictures for this story!

There will be 10 chapters total for this story, including prologue and epilogue. And story will be updated biweekly.

And with all that said may you enjoy read this story of mine ^^

Miyuu

I - Welcome to Fairy Heart

"Excuse me…"

Lucy opened the glass door and let herself into the flower shop. From the front display she could already see that many types of flowers bloomed in the shop, pleasing her eyes. But when she was fully inside, it was not only the colorful flowers that had her amazed, the fragrance that wafted around was enough to make her felt like she was in a meadow. No wonder that this flower shop was so famous and one of the hot topics that everybody in Magnolia talked about these days.

Fairy Heart, a flower shop that had opened five years ago and in that five years had made its name to be known in the entirety of Fiore. It didn't have another branch; only the one that was built in Magnolia, which where the blonde was now. The shop was managed by three florists and now, Lucy was wondering the whereabouts of the famous florists of Fairy Heart. Or she should say the three famous fairies that maintained Fairy Heart. The three florists were each known to be exceptional beauties. That's why the others called them fairies… even though there was also rumorsabout these three fairies.

"Ara, welcome to Fairy Heart," said the sweet voice of a woman from Lucy's right. Lucy turned her head to look at the voice's owner and was greeted by a really pretty lady. The woman's silvery white hair cascaded down her back with her bangs tied up and off to the side; although Lucy didn't know why she tied her bangs like that, it kind of ruined the elegant aura that the woman exuded. The shop woman approached Lucy with a full smile on her lips. In all, the silvery white haired woman was very welcoming and it made Lucy relaxed.

'I think the rumor is a false one after all.'

"Can I help you?" The woman asked politely. "My name is Mirajane, but I answer to Mira and I will be the one that helps with your need today."

'The saying that the florist in Fairy Heart has exceptional beauty is right. Mirajane sure is very pretty. It's not wrong to even call her a fairy.' Lucy offered the woman a polite smile. "Hello Mirajane, my name is Lucy."

"Hello, Lucy," said Mirajane. "Just call me Mira. As I said before, what can I help you with?"

Lucy was on a mission that day. Newly hired at Weekly Magazine; her superior, Jason, had given her this as her first job. Her mind drifted to what her boss told her. "You will interview the owners of the very-super-coooollll flower shop named Fairy Heart." But then, Jason's face and tone of voice turned from excited to dejected. "You are our last resort. If they also kick you out, then I give up. So, please Ms. Heartfilia, pleeeeeeease find a way to interview the operators of this flower shop. You can do anything you want and I will provide anything that you need! If you can get an interview with Fairy Heart, promotions will be knocking on your door."

So, here she was. On her first job as a journalist, her first very-hard-level task. Nice, wasn't it?

But looking at Mirajane in the moment, Lucy was wondering why it was so hard to interview them. It wasn't like they had man-eating-plants among the flowers that made everybody scared of them and ran away, was it?

...Or did they?

...Or was it the rumor?

Lucy was the type of person that wouldn't turn down anyone asking for help. So, when Jason pleaded with her to do this interview (the man dogeza in front of her), she agreed to help her boss. The man practically lunged to hug her to show his gratitude when she agreed - which Lucy dodged of course. She was prepared for anything when she heard the magic words, promotion. 'Here goes nothing.'

"I come here today not to buy flowers," said Lucy, "I'm a journalist from Weekly Magazine and I am here to interview the florists of Fairy Heart."

In the moment Lucy said that she was a journalist, she swore that she heard something crack. And for some unknown reason she suddenly felt cold… or maybe it was the air conditioner that somehow had turned on and blew towards her.

"You are a journalist," said Mirajane, smile still intact on her face.

"Yes."

"From Weekly Magazine."

"Yes."

"And you don't want to buy flowers today?"

"Maybe next time?" said Lucy, unsure about the aura that the silvery white hair woman now exuded. Somehow the elegance and warmth was gone - replaced with a cold and intimidating aura from the still smiling woman. Lucy gulped. Cold sweat began trailing down her back. "Can you help me with this, Mira?"

Mirajane didn't give an immediate response. Instead she locked gazes with Lucy for a while until she heaved a giant sigh.

"And here I thought that I wouldn't have to bother with them today," said Mira exasperatedly. "I guess I will let Erza deal with you for now." After saying that, Mirajane turned and went deeper inside the shop, leaving the anxious looking Lucy behind.

'Who is Erza? The other florist? And what did she mean - she would let Erza deal with me?' But before she had more time to think about it, another woman came out from where Mirajane had disappeared. Another strikingly beautiful woman, this one with scarlet hair.

This new woman approached Lucy with confidence and a bold fiery aura. Lucy's gaze was drawn to the the item in her hand… was that a shinai (bamboo stick like sword)?

"You are the journalist from Weekly Magazine that just met Mira, right?"

Lucy snapped back her focus to the scarlet haired woman. She was met with a piercing gaze. "M-My name is Lucy," stuttered Lucy a bit. 'She's scary…' An unknown fear began to crawl inside her. "And yes, I'm a journalist from Weekly Magazine. Are you Erza?"

"Yes, I'm Erza. And I want you to give me one, damn good reason why I shouldn't kick your butt with this shinai out of this shop. You have five minutes."

"WHAT?!" Lucy exclaimed loudly. This Erza woman was insane! Lucy came to Fairy Heart to do an interview - not to fight! Then, she remembered the rumor that the florist in Fairy Heart was someone that should not be messed with. Was this what the rumor meant? Don't mess with them because they were... violent ?

"Three minutes left."

"W-WAIT!" Lucy tried to think about something, anything but her mind was blank from the panic that rapidly grew inside her.

"Two minutes."

And Erza's threat was sure not helping! What should she say to her?

"One minute."

Lucy didn't want to meet her end in here, like this. She was only twenty-three for heaven's sake! She hadn't had a boyfriend yet, her apartment rent was due, not to mention that she hadn't made amends regarding her relationship with her father...

"Thirty seconds."

Oh, gosh, she didn't have time to think about those things! Her time was nearly up and her mind was as blank as ever. "I-"

"Ten seconds."

"I-I just-"

"Your time's up." Erza raised the shinai above her head, ready to strike Lucy.

"EEEKKK!" Lucy shielded her head with her hands and squatted to the ground, slamming her eyes shut. "I JUST WANT TO INTERVIEW TO KNOW WHY FAIRY HEART IS SO FAMOUS!"

"Not good enough," said Erza indifferently.

"ALSO I WANT TO HEAR AND KNOW THE STORY OF FAIRY HEART!" Lucy screamed her reasons desperately. Why did she have to meet her end like this? As far as she knew, she never did anything wrong and she swore that she would always pay her rent on time! Was that not enough to let her escape from this dire situation?!

"Erza, hold it." Another voice that Lucy didn't know made Erza halt. Lucy peeked a little to see the owner of the new voice was approaching her. She saw another woman emerge from the back; a blonde woman, much smaller than the rest of the occupants of the room. Her long wavy blonde hair flowed on her back to her feet and it swayed every time she walked. She wore a small winged hair ornament on each side of her head near her ears. The smaller woman stood in front of Lucy and looked at her with green eyes. "What did you say?"

"Eh?" Lucy blinked her eyes. "What do you mean? And who are you?"

"My name is Mavis. And I am the florist of Fairy Heart. What I want to know is why did you say that you want to know the story of Fairy Heart?"

Lucy lowered her hands and stared back at Mavis. "Because I believe that everything has it own story to tell. Fairy Heart is a famous flower shop, so I believe that it must have many stories behind its success," answered Lucy slowly. Mavis looked back at her unblinking while Lucy awaited her response with bated breath.

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tic-

"Okay, you pass," said Mavis suddenly, a wide smile plastered on her face.

"Hai?" Lucy blinked her eyes several times, confused with the sudden turn of events.

"Mira, please bring the tea and also the cake that I bought yesterday to the meeting room. Oh! You can bring Erza's strawberry cake too." Without a word Mira disappeared to do what Mavis had asked her. "This is a rare occasion that has to be celebrated," said Mavis cheerfully. Either she was oblivious to Lucy's confusion or was just purely ignoring the reaction of the journalist. The smaller woman continued, "And Erza, please put a closed sign on the door. I'm sure this will take some time." Erza also did what Mavis told her without another comment. Then Mavis turned her focus to Lucy again, as if she just remembered that she was there this whole time. "Lucy, isn't it? Do you have anything that you want to do after this? As I've said that this can take some time so I suggest you cancel any plans."

"N-no, I don't have any engagements after this," said Lucy still trying to process the whole thing. Did this mean that she could interview them? So her life was spared from Erza's shinai? Wait a second…

"You will let me interview you?!" Lucy sprung from her position, stars in her eyes. She felt happiness beyond anything she'd ever experienced before erupt inside her. 'Oh. My. GOSH! I hit the jackpot!'

"No, you won't interview us," said Mavis sharply.

"...Eh?" A big question mark hung near Lucy's head. She halted her celebration dance. "What do you mean?"

"You want to know about the story behind Fairy Heart. So, that's what we will tell you; the story of Fairy Heart."

"I see…" Lucy didn't know what to respond from Mavis' answer. Sure, she had told them she wanted to know about the story of the Fairy Heart. But, didn't she have to ask them first about what story she wanted to know? That's how it worked, right?

Then again, she was the only one that had gotten a chance to talk to them; the last resort, Jason had described her. 'The other journalists were either kicked out immediately, or had been beaten by Erza's shinai.' She was lucky enough to say the right thing at that desperate moment. If not… she didn't want to think about it. She would not push her luck. She would grab anything that these florists offered to her. If they wanted to tell a story or stories, then she would listen to… whatever they had to say.

Mavis asked Lucy to follow her to the inner part of the flower shop. Following her, Lucy realized that the smaller woman was barefoot. Even though she found it weird but she didn't ponder on it too much. Mavis led Lucy to the room at the back. From the look of the room, she guessed that it was the meeting room which Mavis mentioned to Mirajane before. She saw that Mira and Erza had already taken seats and the tea and cake that Mavis asked for Mira to serve was on the table. A massive piece of strawberry cake was in front of Erza.

"Have a seat please." Mavis seated herself on the empty chair beside Erza and Lucy sat on the last empty chair beside Mirajane. Truthfully, the blonde journalist still didn't grasp the whole process. She would have to see what these florists had in store for her… even though that's what her mind told her, but the curiosity that stirred inside her wanted to be quenched. Lucy braced herself to ask questions.

"Why are you letting me hear your story?" Lucy asked the florists. "I mean the other journalists must have told and asked the same things."

"Believe it or not, the other journalists never said that magic word," said Erza. "They just want to interview us."

"But that's what I want to do too. What makes me different from the others? And what do you mean of the magic word?"

"Because you want to know our story," said Mavis.

"You're not answering my questions," said Lucy exasperatedly. "Yes, I want to know your story. But so did the others."

"No, they didn't," said Mirajane. "They just wanted for us to answer their questions. What I mean is, they wanted us to listen to them but they didn't want to listen to us." As if there was a switch, a light bulb lit inside Lucy's mind. "They just launched bunch of questions at us without hearing us in the first place."

"You are the first one that specifically told us that you want to HEAR our story. That's the difference between you and the others. And that's the magic word I meant before," said Erza.

'So that's the reason why the other journalists were not successful getting them interviewed.'

"I bet you must also like to read books, don't you?" asked Mavis to Lucy.

"What?" Lucy was taken aback by Mavis' question that came out of nowhere. "How do you know?" Lucy didn't bring anything with her that could implicate her as a bookworm, which she really was.

"Your choice of word, story and your view on every being must have had a story behind it, has indicated that you are one," said Mavis. "And it's my pleasure to meet another book lover like me!"

"She has practically read all of the books in this country," said Mira smiling.

"That's awesome!" Lucy said amazed.

"Thank you," said Mavis. "Now, if you are ready, I will begin the story behind Fairy Heart."

"She also likes to storytell," added Erza while cutting her cake. "Don't mind me." The scarlet haired woman ate her cake with delight and Lucy could tell that Erza really liked the strawberry cake from the happy face she displayed.

"Please have some tea and cake." Mira offered the food and drink to Lucy while she poured some tea for herself.

"Thank you," said Lucy but her focus was on Mavis who was ready to tell her the story. "I'm all ears." Mavis nodded.

"Before I begin, I want to ask you a question," said Mavis. "Do you have a boyfriend?"

"...Why do you want to know?" Lucy narrowed her eyes.

"Please answer the question."

"...I'm currently looking for one," said Lucy in a small voice but was heard by the rest of the room's occupants.

"It means that you don't have one, right now."

"What's with me not having a boyfriend got to do with listening to the story?" Lucy was a bit annoyed by the question. To be honest, she had never been in a serious relationship before. She's had a crush yes, a fling yes, but not a real relationship, one where she was someone else's girlfriend. She was a hopeless romantic and had quite a particular criteria for a boyfriend. To find the right guy was one of her goals in life, after all. But for now, it was a sensitive subject for her. Not something that she wanted to discuss with strangers who had just threatened her life not even an hour ago. "Can I not listen to the story if I don't have a boyfriend?"

"Well… I'm afraid you will not fully understand the story if you've never liked someone else in romantic way," said Mavis and frowned a little. "And that will be a shame if you can't understand the story fully."

"Who said that I'd never liked someone?" said Lucy in a defensive tone. At her age -she was twenty-three!- it would be insane if she'd never liked someone before. She didn't live in a cave, thank you.

"Do you now?" Mavis tilted her head a bit.

"Not now, but I did have a crush before."

"Great!" Mavis clapped her hands, happy with the answer. "That will do." Lucy sweat dropped from Mavis' reaction.

"So, the story that you want to tell me is a love story I suppose?" asked Lucy.

"Love stories that we in Fairy Heart have helped. We help the budding of love turn into full bloom and each of the stories have bloomed beautifully. That's the success behind Fairy Heart." Mavis' eyes turned into stars that shone very bright.

Lucy had a hunch that whatever story that Mavis would tell her would be a great one if how the smaller woman described her story would be any indication. Her toes were tingling with anticipation and her heart was beating fast. At that moment, she had already forgotten she was supposed to do an interview. She was all ears for the story that Mavis would share.

"Hmm, where should I start?" Mavis tapped her chin, pondering.

"How about the story between Levy and Gajeel?" Mira chimed in.

"Wait, Levy? As in Levy McGarden the librarian at the Magnolia Library?" Also the same Levy that was currently her neighbour in the same apartment building Lucy resided in. She did know that the librarian had a boyfriend named Gajeel Redfox. She once met the man and got a nightmare from the piercing stare the man gave her. That was three weeks ago by the way.

"Do you know Levy?" Erza asked, her fork with strawberry on it, halfway to her mouth.

"Yes. She's my neighbour in the apartment building that I'm living in now," answered Lucy.

"But I never saw you when I went to her place."

"Because I just moved into the apartment three weeks ago from my hometown." The same day she moved in, Gajeel had successfully given her nightmares while she slept. That was a very nice way for her to spend her first night in the new place. Lucy shook her head to get rid of the memory.

"I see," said Erza, continuing to eat her cake.

"So, what's the story behind Levy and Gajeel's relationship?" Lucy tried to move the focus back to that couple.

"If I have to say, that couple is one of a kind. But like what the sayings says, opposites attract." Mavis put in her thought. "Now, with the story. It happened just a week after the Fairy Heart opened..."

To be continued