"Hey, Luce?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm glad you're in Fairy Tail."

"Me too, Natsu."

When Natsu woke up the next morning, he was utterly confused.

Did I just dream about Heartfilia? he thought to himself as he reluctantly got out of his bed. Why the hell did I call her "Luce?" And what was that weird pink tattoo on her hand?

Although Natsu was still shocked, and slightly disgusted, at his dream, he tried to forget about it entirely as he made his way to the bathroom. He didn't need Heartfilia to ruin his day before he even got started.

In First Period at Fairy Tail High, Natsu was sitting in his regular seat, thinking about the dream. The bell hadn't rung yet, so the teacher and more than half the class had yet to arrive. He was wondering what the Natsu in his dream had meant when he had said "Fairy Tail," when he felt Gray slide into the seat next to him.

"So, how pumped are you for detention?" Gray asked sarcastically. "I, myself, am looking quite forward to it."

"Ugh, you losers are actually planning on going?"

Natsu didn't bother turning around as Gajeel sat at his usual seat on Natsu's left. The setting of the dream didn't seem familiar, either. Did trees with rainbow-colored leaves even exist?

"You mean you're not going?" Natsu heard Gray ask Gajeel. "Flame Brain said it won't be on our permanent records if we show up." Gray also looked at Natsu as he said this, but Natsu still didn't bat an eye. Was the girl in the dream even the Heartfilia he unfortunately knew?

Gajeel let out his signature laugh at this. "I don't care about my permanent record. It's already filled with crap, another detention won't change anything." God, it was getting harder to think as the two kept talking around him. Before Gray could respond, Natsu spoke up first.

"Can you both shut up for a second? I can't think," he said loudly as soon as the entire class fell silent.

From the front, someone laughed.

"We've all known that since Fairy Tail Low," Lucy said with mock sweetness. "A bit of noise around you won't change anything."

"What're you always trying to pick a fight with me for?" Natsu asked angrily, slamming his fist against his table. Yeah, there was no way that girl in his dream was Heartfilia. That girl looked a lot nicer, sweeter, and hotter.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Lucy said airily, turning her head slightly to face him. "And anyways, I have better things to do than try and fight you."

Natsu smirked, leaning back in his seat as he suddenly thought of a good comeback. "Oh really, like what? Planning your next boob job?"

Lucy stood up angrily, her chair flying back with a lot of force. Ignoring this, she turned around to face Natsu with hot eyes. "Say that one more time," she growled.

Natsu smiled, happy to oblige. "Oh really, like what? Planning your next boob job?"

"First of all, these are real," Lucy said, pointing to her lady assets. "And second, I wouldn't be talking, if I were you. Even if these were fake, which they're not, you'd be a hypocrite for talking about something like that."

"What're you trying to say?" Natsu demanded, getting out of his own seat. "You think I got a boob job?"

"And this is where we end the conversation," Mr. Mine, their English teacher, said as he finally walked into the room. "Dragneel, Heartfilia, sit down. Everyone, pass up your essays on the issue of Smoking."

Natsu and Lucy both sat down, although they still made sure to glare at each other furiously before doing so.

"What the hell is wrong with you? 'You think I got a boob job?' Are you freaking kidding me?" Gray hissed in Natsu's ear as he handed in his essay. "Geez, you really do have ash for brains, don't you?"

Natsu rolled his eyes as he tried to find his own essay. "Whatever. Ah, damn it, I know I put it in here somewhere," he hissed as he searched through his folder.

"Where's your essay, Dragneel?" Gajeel asked mockingly, handing in his own essay. "Oh wait, don't tell me; it left to schedule your boob job."

"Shut up," Natsu said as he searched through his binder. "It's gotta be in here somewhere."

"You know, I don't even know why he gave us this topic," Gray said as he watched Natsu dump the entire contents of his bag onto his table. "I've seen him carry a pipe around in his mouth more than once."

"Can you say that's the same as smoking, though?" Gajeel asked as he picked up what looked like a half-eaten sandwich from Natsu's desk before putting it back down. "And you don't know if he lights it or not. . . ."

"Found it!" Natsu said triumphantly, lifting his crumpled essay into the air as Gajeel mumbled to himself. "It was in my Physics notebook, for some reason."

"You three in the back, shut up," Mr. Mine said from the back. "And Dragneel . . . get that load off of your desk before I get suspected for dumping the trash on there."

Snickers flew through the air as Natsu shoved everything back into his bag. In the books and movies, the entire school feared the rich heir who could get someone in or out of the school easily, but it didn't go that way in Fairy Tail Prep. The teachers had no problem reprimanding him, either not knowing or not caring that he could easily get any of them fired.

Not that Natsu would use his family name like that. He liked to be his own person, and have people treat him as Natsu, not the rich, powerful, and awesomest son of Igneel Dragneel. 

"I know what you're thinking. 'Awesomest' is not a word. And you are not even close to being the most awesome anything."

"How'd you know what I was thinking?" Natsu asked Gajeel, half-curious and half-freaked out.

Gajeel smirked. "Sixth Sense. But being serious here, no one thinks you're awesome, or the most awesome."

Natsu could think of only one thing to say to that.

"Shut up, Iron Boy."

"Now that we're finally done with the essay," Mr. Mine said from the front as Gajeel glared intensely at Natsu, "we will start reading actual books with covers."

Groans could be heard from all around the classroom except the very front, where two girls looked excited at the books.

"To think people would be interested in reading books," Gray sighed as he received the book. "Romeo and Juliet," he read aloud, squinting at the cover. "Oh, this is easy. It's about the two enemies who fell in love with each other and also ended up killing each other, right?"

Natsu glanced sideways at Gray before staring back at his own copy. He didn't think all of Gray's summary was accurate, but he knew that there were two children of enemies who fell in love, and both ended up committing suicide in the end. In Natsu's opinion, it was a pretty crappy plot. He didn't remember who died first, but was it really that hard to live without someone you loved?

"They didn't love each other, they just wanted to have sex with each other," Gajeel scoffed. "And they killed themselves, but I suppose you could say they indirectly killed each other, since it's the other person's dead body that made them want to die." Gajeel shook his head, oblivious to Natsu's and Gray's weird stares. "It's all because of lack of communication. One of the dumbest plots Shakespeare ever came up with."

"They put that kind of stuff on the Internet?" Natsu asked.

"And you memorized all of it?" Gray added. "Dude, what drugs have you been taking?"

Gajeel finally took note of their surprised expressions and looked away quickly.

"This is all your fault, Shrimp!" he suddenly yelled out loud. "It's because you're always talking to me about these dumb books and they're wasting space in my head."

The girl sitting next to Lucy turned around in shock. "I -- I didn't think you were actually paying attention," Levy squeaked. "I just talked about it because it feels weird to just sit in silence."

"Calm down, you two," Mr. Mine said indifferently from the front. "Actually, hold that thought. Um, why don't you guys talk about what you think about the book? I know we haven't read it yet, but you must have heard something about it."

"Well, it sounds stupid," Natsu began. "Is it really that hard to live without somebody? Do you have to kill yourself, too? I mean, they weren't sixty when this happened, right? Whoever died last probably would've had a good life if he or she didn't kick the bucket."

"That's because you've never experience love for yourself," someone unwanted countered. "You're probably being biased when you say that. If you ever fall in love with someone, and the person dies, you'll probably feel like you can't go on, too. You're just too dense to ever feel something like that."

Natsu scoffed at this. "Oh, like you ever fell in love, Heartfilia," he spat. "Hell, has someone even loved you? If there is, there's something seriously wrong with that person."

Lucy turned around, her face dangerously red. "Shut up! Like there was someone ever loved you? You'll probably die single and unwanted."

"Hey, I'll be a lot more wanted than you could ever care to be!"

"You wanna bet?"

"Yeah, I d--"

"As much as I wish I could let you both talk for the rest of the period, I can't," Mr. Mine interrupted. "Both of you can have very loud voices. Loud to the point where this entire hall can hear you both. Either talk about the book or don't."

"Fine!" Natsu snapped before turning to Gajeel. "What did you say Heartfilia's nerd friend said about the book? They had sex, or something?"

Unfortunately, before Gajeel could answer, the person whose opinion no one wanted, decided to speak again.

"How do you expect to talk about the book if you have no idea what it's about?" Lucy asked him. "I'd have a better chance with the guy sitting next to you. At least Levy, my 'nerd friend,' talked to him about the book a little."

Gajeel scoffed at this. "Are you kidding me? A little? I could tell you what the two main themes of this book are, and write an entire essay as to why. That Shrimp doesn't shut up when she doesn't want to."

"Stop calling me Shrimp!"

"Why not? It fits you perfectly. Shrimp are small, you're small, it's perfect for you."

Lucy stood up to defend her friend, who was now sulking quietly for some reason Natsu couldn't figure out. "Well, you have a billion piercings on you. If I called you --"

"Once again, this is English class, not Insult class. Save that for later," Mr. Mine interrupted loudly as he stared at the clock.

"Just yell at her later, Natsu," Gray said without looking up from his phone. "Save your energy for when you're actually fired up."

"Oh, so you're saying I don't have enough energy to fight twice?"

"Stop twisting my words, Ash-for-Brains!"

"What'd you call me, Stripper?"

"You deaf? And don't call me that!"

In the front of the room, Mr. Mine just sighed, giving up.

A/N:
In case I didn't drop enough hints, Mr. Mine is Wakaba.

Despite that, Natsu finally had a dream! Which means we are one step closer to going into the plot! And it's gonna be TWO steps in the next chapter, because it's gonna have Lucy's flashback and detention.