Fairy Tail Furious

Chapter 22

"Hey, Levy, how did you...you know, end up in Fairy Tail? I mean, if it's okay I ask," Lucy asked quietly while she joined the blue-haired woman scoping the racks in the shiny, very expensive store. They were in the girl section, of course, and Natsu had dragged Gray over to the other side of the shop, where the clothes were. Levy changed from her mechanic uniform and into more casual, girly clothes; a frilly, black skirt and a orange crop top with pastel pink designs. Lucy herself was wearing one of Mira's sweaters and skinny jeans.

Lucy felt a bit out of place with Levy in the extravagant clothing store, but this really wasn't a new environment for her. No, Lucy remembers how her dad would give her credit cards and have someone drop her off at shops like these, but it was lonely and boring - Lucy remembers buying barely anything, just to get her father to look at her and ask why she didn't purchase anything.

Levy twirled a finger around one of the long strands of her bangs, looking at a pair of jeans with interest. "No, it's okay to ask, Lulu-chan," Levy smiled before returning the jeans to the rack. "Don't worry about asking. You're part of the gang now, so there's no secrets between us, you know?"

Levy picked out a cute, blue-and-white tunic top. Holding it out to press it against Lucy's breasts, nodding with approval. "Anyway, you're wondering how I got in? Heard that Jellal spilled the beans for Erza on the train," she smiled, putting the top in Lucy's hands. "It's about time you learned more about everyone little by little, right?"

"Well," Lucy blushed, looking at the top given to her by Levy, "I would have never expected either Erza and Jellal to come from that. I mean, I know that Mirajane and her siblings were used as financial fraud, but..."

Levy waved her hand, chuckling. "It's not a big deal, Lulu-chan. I'm okay with telling you my story," Levy cooed sweetly before seeing shoes on display. The mechanic's eyes sparkled as she scurried over to them with Lucy being dragged behind. "So, I went to plenty of colleges and stuff like that, right? I was the daughter of a really rich family, much like you. My dad is this really important politician advisor and a college professor for literature and crap. My mom stayed home, taking care of stuff with me and housekeeping, after she married my dad - she's how I'm related to Juju-chan, you know?

"So, anyway, in my second year of college, my roommate was in this drug business that I had no idea about," Levy rolled her eyes before picking up a shoe. "She took off when the cops got involved, and stashed her goods in my things, so everyone thought it was me. Not only did I get arrested, but my dad's reputation got kicked in the ass to the politician branches and fired him. My dad disowned me and kicked me off his financial plan, leaving me in major debt and in addition to my criminal fines and serving time was a bonus.

"They never caught my roommate, since she booked out of the country with a new name and all, but by my third day in prison, Makarov showed up with the knowledge of my story," Levy grinned, putting the shoe back and facing Lucy, who's eyes were wide. "He came to my cell and told me about Fairy Tail, and how he looked at my file and knew that I was innocent - since I was taking so many classes at the time, there was no way I could've organized drug deals and all that. I was taking lots of shop classes, and mechanics and languages, so he offered me to join."

"Wow," Lucy exhaled with amazement, and this made Levy grin bigger.

"Yep! It's nice, too, since Jet and Droy were also from my school and needed jobs, I hooked them up with Makarov and they work for me," Levy smiled.

"I just...never thought you'd come from a family that had money like I did. I'm sorry if that sounded rude!" Lucy peeped, realizing what she had just said, but Levy simply laughed and waved it off.

"Please. My dad was somewhat controlling of my mom," Levy rolled her eyes. "He didn't like my aunt or anyone on my mom's side of the family, so he told her that she wasn't allowed to talk to them, but she always snuck out with me to meet my aunt and Juju-chan."