Hello friends! KittyCrow12 is here with a brand new story! This story is set in a modern and alternate dimension AU, where exceeds are people with exceed ears, tails, and wings. Also in this AU, pure white wings are very rare, so almost no character in this story will have white wings. Speaking of characters, there won't be any characters that aren't exceeds in this story. Why you ask? I don't really know myself! I just was kinda thinking that it would be a change in pace to most other ffs… So here goes nothing; this is the first chappie of "A CHappy Ending!"

Disclaimer: I don't own any part of the Fairy Tail franchise; that belongs to Mashima-sensei.

Italics: Someone's thoughts

A CHappy Ending Ch. 1

It was all Happy Dragneel could do to not beat his head against a wall. Here he was in a college prep modelled high school, about to fail out his second to last semester if he didn't ace the rest of his exams.

"Mr. Dragneel?" Mr. Nadi impatiently asked as his tail flicked from side to side. "If I could please have your attention for just a few minutes, I can send you on your merry way. I'm trying to inform you that you are in desperate need of a tutor to be able to pass any of your classes this semester. Do you even consider your education to be that important?"

"Aye sir!" Happy exclaimed as he was brought out of his stupor. Poor Happy just couldn't get a break, between his lacking grades to his thick rimmed glasses and worn hand-me-down clothes with his slight build and stature, it was no wonder that students loved to pick on him. "I was just a little surprised when you gave me the news that's all… I haven't struggled in school like this before…"

"Well if you spent more time taking notes than having your head in the clouds and staring at – ah! Here she is!" Mr. Nadi's tone immediately changed from one of resentment to utter delight. "You're just the girl I wanted to see. Miss Marvell, I…"

The rest of that sentence was a garbled mess in Happy's ears as he turned to face the girl which so happened to be his lifelong crush. Well, maybe not lifelong… but ever since I met her, she's been the only girl I've ever seen… the blue haired boy thought to himself as he took in the white haired beauty that was Carla Marvell. The girl was of average height and had curves in all the right places; from her heart-shaped face, all the way down to her petite feet, she was the very essence of feline elegance. Her deep brown eyes scrutinized the situation before her, contemplating what Mr. Nadi was telling her, all while her snowy white tail lazily swished back and forth.

"Are those ears on top of your head merely for decoration Mr. Dragneel?" Mr. Nadi coldly asked as the teacher's focus was once more returned to the star struck boy. "I'm trying to tell you that Miss Marvell will be your peer tutor for the rest of the year, or until you are off academic probation!"

"W-what?!" Happy and Carla squeaked simultaneously. They both looked at each other comically and then stared back at their teacher.

Carla was the first to collect herself and speak her mind. "Mr. Nadi, with all due respect, I do not think I'm qualified for such a position. I also do not have the time -"

"Nonsense," the teacher dismissed, clearly having his mind set. "You are ranked second in your graduating class only by thousandths of a point and are not involved in any extracurricular activities this semester or next, so I fail to see where you simply cannot tutor him."

The white haired girl knew it was a losing battle, but she still had one card left to play. "But what about Sammy? Surely since he's first in the class and -"

"I've already asked him and he declined due to the internship he just received working for a small law firm in Central that will be taking up all of his free time. That leaves the position open to you Miss Marvell," Mr. Nadi smirked, knowing that he had won.

"It would be an honor Mr. Nadi," Carla all but growled out as she fixed a hard glare on the boy who officially stole her free time. "When do we start our sessions?"

"Splendid! You will start right now. I will need to have you both here at the school so I can monitor Mr. Dragneel's progression with his learning. I'm sure that you both can go to the library and reserve a study room. I'm also sure the librarian will be happy to help. Now run along you two, I have other brats' lives I have to rui - I mean, there are other students I need to attend to…"

And with that last comment, the two students bade their farewells and made their way to the school library. They walked in awkward silence for a few minutes before Happy managed to work up enough courage to speak.

"Uh, C-Carla? I w-was j-just thinking that w-we needed t-to –"

"Will you just spit it out already?" Carla spat venomously, obviously still irate over having to take time out of her day to tutor someone. "I don't have the time to sit around babysitting you all day until you finally catch up in your classes. I –" the white haired girl cut off when she saw the boy cringe in humiliation and left the next sentence unfinished. She was about to apologize for her rudeness when a deep voice caught her attention.

"I thought you were through giving tongue lashings today Carla. This boy certainly looks the part of a sniveling dunce. Actually, you could even dare to say that he looks more like an insect with his over-sized eyes and scrawny frame," a young man with light blue hair and ears with cold black eyes commented boredly, as if assessing the situation from afar.

Happy fought the embarrassed flush of his cheeks as he looked to the ground in shame. He found himself melting under the demeaning looks that both his crush and her perfect boyfriend were giving him. He couldn't help that his family couldn't afford the contact lenses that could match the prescription for his glasses so that his eyes wouldn't appear so enormous. His vision was so terrible that he was legally blind in both eyes; the boy couldn't even make out vague shapes on a page that was less than a few centimeters away from his face without any correction.

"My assumption is that you were recruited to tutor this poor specimen since I was busy, is that correct?" Sammy continued on as if he hadn't just insulted Happy after his quick assessment of the situation.

"You're correct my dear," Carla quipped as the words sarcastically fell off her tongue. "We were just going to the library. Go on to your internship, we'll catch up later. Come along you…" Carla promptly latched a white-knuckled grip onto a bewildered Happy's arm and dragged him the rest of the way to the library, leaving a smug Sammy behind.

Happy was incredibly relieved when the white haired beauty finally released his arm in from of the library doors; his fingers were starting to feel tingly from poor circulation.

"Come on, you're walking at a snail's pace!" Carla hissed.

"I'm sorry!" Happy yelped, speeding his pace to match hers.

"How may I help you today?" a bored female voice suddenly asked, bringing the pair of students' attention to the owner of said voice.

"We need a study room," Carla quickly began and paused momentarily as she watched the librarian's eyes roll.

"If you're not going to study, I suggest you leave now. I refuse to clean up any more messes from extracurricular activities left in the library today," the librarian sniffed. If Happy had been drinking anything, he would've had a perfect spit-take as he spluttered in response to the librarian's not so subtle innuendo.

"Ma'am," Carla picked at her nails, taking the other woman's comment without batting an eye, "I was just appointed to be this boy's tutor in every subject by Mr. Nadi not fifteen minutes ago. He told us that we must study on the school campus so that this student's progress can be effectively monitored. I do not appreciate being slandered so outlandishly when we have simply come to this library in search of an environment conducive to this boy's learning. Are we clear?" Carla ended her rant with an icy glare pointed at the librarian. As much as the other woman tried to hide it, Happy noticed a trace of fear in the librarian's eyes as she tried to keep up her indifferent façade.

"Follow me then," the librarian huffed, clearly annoyed that the white haired girl had gotten under her skin and led the pair to a wall lined with locked study rooms. After she quickly unlocked one of the doors, the older woman turned to face the students. "Let me know when you're finished using the room so I can lock it up after you leave. And no funny business!" With that last word, the librarian spun on her heel and stalked back to her post at the reception desk.

"Insecure cretin," Carla muttered under her breath and opened the door for Happy to walk in first. "Get in, you. You don't have time to waste staring like a gaping fish."

"A-aye!" Happy stuttered. Carla sighed in annoyance and followed the boy into the room to take the seat closest to the door after she shut it.

"Okay, is there a subject in particular that you would like to start on?" the girl asked as she trained her gaze on Happy. When said boy shook his head no, she gave a scowl. "Oh, come on! There's got to be one subject that you'd like to start on… Seriously? Ugh, fine! We'll start with math."

Happy sighed heavily as he finally approached the front door of his family's house. He had spent the past four hours in the library with his long term crush and she completely ripped him to shreds. She tried to cover as much content as possible, but they barely made any progress because he kept making mistakes with his work. She had given her own assignments on top of the homework that was given by the teachers to help "supplement" the learning process. He knew without a doubt that there wouldn't be much sleep in his nearby future and resigned himself to make a large pot of coffee for the long night ahead.

The bluenette cautiously opened the door to listen for either of his parents, not wanting to face them in his current exhausted state. Sighing with relief, he realized that neither parent was home yet and he trudged to the kitchen to throw together some semblance of a meal. Happy pulled the refrigerator door open and ran a hand through his hair when he remembered that leftover night was last night, so he was left with either making a sandwich, or braving some of the casserole that looked rather suspicious…

Sandwich it is! immediately thought Happy and he dug in the fridge for ingredients. With his dinner in hand, he chomped on his sandwich is he dragged himself up to his room on the second floor of their home. Throwing his backpack on the bed, he started setting up his small desk for the homework session to come… and realized that he had forgotten to make any coffee. Argh! Now I have to make another trip… Happy thought with a sigh.

Ten minutes later with a thermos in hand, the blue haired boy once more clabbered up the stairs and knew that he would be self-sufficient for the next several hours. "Hopefully I can finish all of this work before two in the morning…"

And that's one down! I'm sure a lot of people noticed, but I used the canon partners' last names (if at all possible) for their last names since no exceed has a last name… I tried really hard to research, but I figured that it was somewhat better this way; it kinda gives a shout out to the slayers and companions that influenced so much of their canon lives.

I'm going to try to update this fiction once a week since I have the first few chappies already typed out. Get excited for regular updates! Woo! Thank you so much for reading and until next time, buh-bye! :D