Year X795. July 1

The train of Magnolia had just arrived, making a loud whistle. It was 7 pm and the sun was still shining, the level of temperature pretty high. A crowd of people was eagerly getting off the train. Voices filled the train station and luggage could be seen here and there.

"So hot…" a blond woman commented in a bored tone waiting in a queue to get off the train. She managed to finally get out of the train station and started walking down the sunbathed streets of Magnolia dragging her medium-sized pink suitcase along with her. Passing through clothe stores she suddenly stopped by a shop window and looked at the clothes behind it. "Nice prices, huh…" she commented to herself. Suddenly she noticed her reflection on the glass.

A tall, slender young woman was standing in front of her. Her long, straight, golden hair was worn down, her fringe adorning her warm, beautiful face and her eyes were brown. She wore a plain white dress that flattered her smooth shoulders with two thin straps, firmly holding her noticeable chest . The dress led down to her slim waist to her slightly curvy hips, exposing the skin from a few inches above her knees and down to her feet where she wore light brown heels.

Content with herself she entered the shop. After trying on a few pairs of shoes she decided on some red heels. After purchasing them she exited the store. "My name is Lucy Heartphilia. I'm a celestial spirit mage and a member of Fairy Tail. Today I turn 20 years old. Cool,right?" Lucy smiled to herself, happy about her purchase while she continued her way in the streets of Magnolia.


"You're seriously stupid. Can't you do anything properly?" a dark blue haired man commented."Shut up, Gray." calmly replied a pink haired young man.
"Natsu, that's not how you decorate a door…" a redhead said as well.
"See? Even Erza thinks you're an idiot." Gray slyly provoked him.
"And Gray, put some clothes on…" Erza continued with a disapproving tone.
"Whoa!" said Gray looking at his trousers that were gone.
"Ain't gonna do you the favor…" Natsu said sighing. "Furthermore…there's something wrong about this!" he yelled frustrated.
"Natsu, that's the wrong way…" a feminine voice said giggling. "It has to be facing the outside part of the door."
"Ohhh…" Natsu said. "Thanks, Lisanna!" he chirped. The silver haired woman smiled at him.
"Lisanna! Can you help me a little with the cake?"
"Coming, Mira-nee!" she replied and went to her sister.
"Decorate it with the cream and the strawberries, okay? I gotta check the rest of the place." said a beautiful woman with long, wavy, silver hair.
"Everyone hurry up a bit! She should be here soon!" Mirajane shouted so that all the guild members heard her.

Everyone in the guild was busy setting up the place, when Makarov, the tiny guild Master suddenly popped up.
"What event do we have this time?" he asked Mirajane.
"Oh, welcome Master! It's Lucy's birthday and we're having a party for her. She's coming back today from a job she went solo about a week ago." she explained to him.

"I see. Try not to destroy the guild…" he said worried in a low voice. "…and make sure to have lots of alchohol!" he yelled excited.
"We always do, Master!" an already drank female mage shouted at him while hugging a barrel of wine.
"Cana…don't drink all of it before the party starts." Mirajane told the brunette.
"Juvia is here too!" a woman with long, light blue hair said coming in the guild. Gray went to her.
"What took you so long…" he asked her.
"I'm sorry!" she apologised feeling like a scolded child.
"It's alright, I was just worried…" he said gently to her. A blue flying cat popped out of nowhere between the two.
"They lllllove each other!" he commented loudly in a shy tone.
"We already know…" Gray said casually and tuned his back, leaving the cat behind.
"Gray-samaaa…" Juvia said looking at him excited while walking beside him. The blue cat looked at them.
"My joke is not fun anymore!" he cried sadly.
"I still like it, Happy!" he heard Natsu say, grinning at him. Happy looked at him.
"Aye!" he told him and flew to him.

Natsu looked around the place. You could see pink "Happy Birthday!" decoration and hearts and flowers everywhere in the room.
"I think she'll like it!" said Natsu grinning.
"Aye!" agreed the cat. "Natsu, did you bring her gift?" the cat spoke again. Natsu was silent.
"CRAP! I forgot it home! I'm off to get it! he yelled, running in a panic out of the guild. Happy looked at him with a disapproving face.
"Where is he going?" asked Mirajane the cat. "She should be here any moment." she said again.
"He forgot Lucy's present…" Happy explained to her.
"My, my…" said the woman and then turned to look at the place.
" Everyone! It's about time! You all know what to do!" she shouted to the guild and everyone gave her an approving nod.


Lucy was now very close to the Fairy Tail building. "I've missed everyone…" she thought to herself. "I wonder if they remember it's my birthday today…" she hoped. "Natsu must have been making the guild a mess again…" she chuckled thinking of that and smiled.

Suddenly she saw something in the door of Fairy Tail and her pace quickened. She stopped in front of it and smiled lovingly. "Happy Birthday Lucy!" she read the big poster that was on the door. Lucy took a deep breath and put her best smile on while entering the guild.

"Everyone! I'm back!" she said excitedly.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCY! WELCOME BACK!" everyone yelled in unison, big smiles on their faces. Erza approached her and gave her a hug that hurt her.
"Welcome back!" she told Lucy.

"Thank you,Erza!" said the blond in a little painful voice and smiled. Lucy looked around and saw all the familiar faces again, happiness filling her. She couldn't find one specific face though. She turned to Erza again.

"Where's Natsu?"