Lucy and The Lion

Chapter 1 : The Lion Cub

Lucy had been staring at the request board for over an hour, trying to find a job she could do alone. Unfortunately her usual team members were all off on jobs, Erza had been requested especially for some sort of rare monster hunt and Natsu got requested along with Gray. "I hope they don't destroy wherever they are" Lucy had thought to herself...

A small request stood out on the board and Lucy thought the job would be ideal for her, it wasn't anything too intricate and she believed she could do it. There was someone playing pranks on a small town about a 2 hour train ride from Magnolia, the job was just to investigate the cause and report the findings, there seemed to be no life threatening danger involved. Besides with 80 000 Jewels, Lucy could at least pay her rent for the month.

Lucy had taken the request off the board and walked over to Mirajane, she was greeted by her usual smile and gentle voice. She had informed Mira that she was interested in going out on this job and was waiting for approval, Mira had stamped the request and told Lucy to be careful. Lucy was excited, thinking back, has she really ever done a solo job before? Well... this just might be a first.

Walking with a spring in her step and a carefree smile on her face, Lucy walked into her home and prepared a bag, just in case her investigation runs more than a day. Double checking and making sure she had everything, she left for the train station, running more like to catch the train that was just about to depart.

After her mini marathon, Lucy sank back into her chair, breathing hard and feeling relief that she just made it, instead of waiting for the next train. As she was slumped over, a loud growl had erupted... It was Lucy's stomach. "Ah, I should have eaten before I left" As Lucy sighed to herself, she looked down to see a bento at her face.

"Hime-san is it time for punishment?" A cute looking girl wearing a maid outfit with blue eyes stared up at her

"Eeeek!" Lucy had gotten a fright and had quite the reaction. "Oh, Virgo it's you... you really scared me" Lucy said with a half cracked smile and sweat droplet.

"My apologies Hime-san, here is your bento" With that Virgo disappeared back to the celestial spirit world. Lucy thanked Virgo and began to eat.

After lunch, Lucy had decided to take a quick nap for the last stretch of the ride, waking up and running off the train before it departs again. Lucy was now in a small and quaint town. Looking around, she wondered who would play pranks on this town. She had made her way to the clients house, which happened to be the Mayor of the town. He had arranged accommodation for the young mage. She smiled kindly and thanked him, after putting her bags down she set out for her investigation.

She had begun her investigation with speaking to the residents who have had the pranks played on them, supposedly the magic they all experienced would alter something into a slight deviation of itself... A magic of obscurity? Lucy was making notes and lost in thought at what or who could be the culprit...Just then she heard a shriek and saw someone running her way. A strange looking man in a bright multicoloured jumpsuit wearing a mask... Lucy just gained another sweat droplet... this has to be the wizard who plays pranks...

Lucy jumped in front of the running man "Stop!"

The mans' stride had come to a very sudden halt. "Out of my way girl" He said as he pushed Lucy aside, of course Lucy would not take that. She pulled out her whip and it begins it's bright glow, she hits the ground and attacks by tripping the man. "Are you the one playing pranks on the town?" Lucy asked with a serious tone

"So what if I am? This town is boring, I'm just trying to make it lively" The man said with feigned innocence and some weird giggle.

"But, you're not making it lively. You are just causing trouble for those around you!" Lucy had lectured the poor man until he decided to give up.

"I don't see what the problem is, my magic wears off eventually" He said as he pouted.

This man is a child, Lucy had thought.

Walking back to the Mayor's house, she had come to present her findings... as well as the culprit.

The Mayors face practically dropped and hit the floor. The man guilty... was the Mayors son... They had decided to settle their familial differences themselves. Lucy collected her payment and was now departing from the small town, she honestly thought the job was a bit boring. As she was walking away her peaceful thoughts were quickly interrupted.

"Lucy, look out!"

She had felt someone pushing her out the way, when she looked up she had seen...

"Loke, you came out on your own again?"

She could see something was not right, Loke stood in silence with a faint glow before disappearing. Looking towards the direction of the magic, Lucy had caught a glimpse of the man she turned in.

Worried about he had done to Loke, Lucy stood quietly and somewhat confused noticing that Loke's clothes were still there just casually laying in a pile. Lucy was about to cry thinking that something terrible had happened to Loke until she saw the clothes moving... Moving? Lucy got a chill down her spine and decided to look at what was moving around so energetically in the bundle of clothing.

Out popped a kitten? Lucy stood with the most comical expression of confusion on her face..."No, no, not a kitten... a cub... A lion cub!"

Loke... had been turned into a lion cub. As Lucy was trying to sort her thoughts and process the situation before her, the tiny cub had begun snuggling up to her hand... "It's so cute!!!~" Lucy said... she had also recalled that the magic would wear off eventually...until then she will look after it... Lucy picked up the bundled clothing, the tiny cub and was ready to leave for home.

~ Hey everyone, Neko-chan here. Hope you are all liking the story so far! Thank you for reading and next chapter will be out soon =^.^= ~