Chapter 1

Lucy hummed along to a random tune in her head walking down the road by the river. The sun was shinning bright and warm that day and most of magnolia was enjoying the warm sunshine .There was a small breeze that day that was nice and cool since it was winter making a nice addition to the warm sunny day. Lucy closed her eyes enjoying the warm sun as she moved along the road next to the river to her guild .Though a few minutes later she open her eyes to the yelling of some fisherman "Lucy be careful " like they always did because they thought she walked too close to the river . She waved as she passed by and continued along enjoying the nice walk .Lucy was wearing an outfit similar to the one from the S-class exam except it had gold leggings and was blue and gold instead of white and blue ,thanks to Virgo who had commandeered her clothes this morning . Lucy sighed remembering the morning

-Flashback

Slowly opening her eyes Lucy yawned and felt well rested and warm and sat up relaxed .She moved her legs toward the side of the bed with a sleepy smile on her face .Only a few seconds later she found herself on the floor rubbing her side wondering why she was closer to the edge of her bed than normal since she tended to sleep in the middle of the bed .Lucy got up and stretched feeling more awake and turned to fix her covers only to have her relaxed feelings dissipate and her face heat up as she prepared to yell "Natsu get out of my bed !" The pink haired mage quickly sat up a little scared then recognizing Lucy he scratched his head "Oh Lucy ,I dropped of a present this morning but your bed looked so comfy and me and happy fell a sleep " he said. Lucy was giving Natsu a very scary glare when a blue cat began pulling on Natsu's sleeve "H-hey Natsu " the blue exceed said . Natsu looked scared a again and gave a smile " Happy birthday Lucy " he said quickly escaping through the window with Happy helping him with his quick getaway by using Areaia . Lucy let her anger leave and turned toward her closet grumbling only to stand in shock

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" WHERE ARE ALL OF MY CLOTHES " she said looking for the culprit .Virgo in her usual maid outfit appeared behind Lucy and said "I have prepared clothes for you princess and have taken your clothes to the Celestial world " making Lucy jump.

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Lucy then recovered "Virgo why did you take my clothes ?" but Virgo disappeared leaving Lucy once aging stunned and looking around for the cloths Virgo had apparently prepared for her.

- End of Flashback

Lucy smiled then remembering it was her birthday finding Natsu's 'gift' on the table ,if you could even call it a gift .She found a large raw fish ,obviously from Happy , and a box that had a silver key inside . Lucy didn't even inspect what the key was just hooked it on her belt and walked out of her house towards the guild " I wonder if anyone but my team remembered ?" she asked herself then laughed " I'm sure that today will be great ,but then knowing fairy tail things could easily get out of hand and ruin it " she said her mood quickly becoming nervous as she tried to shake it off as a chilly wind blew at her heels as she quickened her pace towards the guild .

Lucy entered the guild to find everyone already drinking and being merry . She smiled at the sight of seeing some of her old friends from other guilds here .Blue pegasus team from the Nirvanna incident ,'Mystogan …more likely to be here to see Erza who was being challenged to a fight by Natsu , Yukino was here quickly noticing Lucy waving and running towards her followed by Levy ,first master Maves was here unknown to the other guilds and was sitting on the bar counter laughing ,and surprisingly Rouge and Sting were here as well .3rd/6th master Makarov smiled and was drink a beer next to Maves . Levy handed lucy a present yelling " happy birthday Lucy " while smiling .

Lucy's POV:

I opened my present and I looked at the cover of a novel then hugged Levy ." I have been looking for this novel ,thank you so much levy " I said then saw a mob of mages running towards me yelling in varying tempos and times "happy birthday lucy " I smiled as all of my friends surrounded me some with presents in their hands well with the exception of Laxus who was in the corner not caring ,Rouge and Sting just talking to themselves with their exceeds ,and Gajeel who had yelled " happy birthday bunny girl" instead that I faintly heard as I was being herded to the tables .Cana drunkenly hugged me when I sat down and said it was too loud to drink but she didn't care right then . Everyone laughed and was enjoying themselves as they separated into their separate tables and groups .I felt Wendy hug me and then a blue exceed come and land on my head . Everything was so nice and I was smiling so much I think that my face might freeze that way ,I laughed at the thought when a huge cake carried in by Erza ,Gray ,and Natsu came in and I was astounded by how big it was when they did set it down .Suddenly all my celestial spirits were out and ( harp spirt) was singing happy birthday with the guild soon joining in "…tooooooooo yooouuuuu" they sang and Nastu yelled " Cake!" I laughed we could all tell what was on Natsu's mind .

Normal POV

Night had fallen and most of the citizens of magnolia had retired to their houses .The suns warmth had soon faded and a cold wind was blowing . Mirajane was sitting at the bar and serving drinks when she decided it was time to put her plan into action after all she was fairy tail's honorary matchmaker or at least she thought herself as one .Mira brought drinks over to rouge and sting were standing avoiding the rest of the party " Rouge ,Sting ! You both made it !" she said handing each a drink from her tray . Sting to the drink and drank heavily " Nah we were already here and noticed the chance to get free food ,didn't even get your invite " he said in such a way that you could tell he wasn't sober . Mirajane shrugged " Why don't you go tell Lucy happy birthday at least .I think your the last ones even if your just here for cake " she said then walked off smiling brightly over towards Natsu who was trying to get Gildarts to fight him " Gildarts fight me !" Natsu yelled excitedly .Gildarts just sat there with his drink " Not now enjoy the party " he just said but Natsu continued to pester him " Natsu come on ,enjoy the party " Mira jane said handing natsu a drink " Oh hey Mira ,fight me !" he yelled and Mira just smiled and said " Natsu just wait till the end of the party to fight don't want to be counted out early " she warned and walked over to Laxus who just sat there not caring . Mira put on her brightest smile and walked over slightly worried that Laxus wouldn't -" Mira ,what do you want " he said interrupting her thoughts ." Laxus drink some ,join the party ,have some of Lucy's cake " she said nudging him out of his seat where he snorted " You mean drink some of the spiked beer and spiked cake ,nope not this time Mira" he said pushing away the drink she had just set down " No this time I got a very special wind mage to help me " she said trying not to laugh as the blood drained from his face and mumbled " I need a drink " taking a long drink from the mug on the table then realized his mistake

"Damnit Mira ,you sneaky -"

" Now now ,I know your drunk but lets keep this a happy place for Lucy "

" Women !" he growled as she walked of over to Lucy quite smug as Laxus ,Sting ,Rouge ,and Natsu were near Lucy or starting to drift towards her .Mirajane nearly squealed with joy who could ask for a better present than a boyfriend …too bad Lucy didn't know yet but all for her…and the rest of the quilds amusement . The guild had been planning for weeks Lucy's birthday but nobody knew what to do for the finale ,well until I suggested to the master about having a battle with a very special prize and the details that we had talked about in secret .Mira couldn't believe how insistent the master had been about including his grandson ,he said that he wanted his son to gain humility and feel something but I suspected something not so different .Mira handed a drink to Lucy who laughed at how grey stole her drink .Mira wanted to blow up on grey ,how dare he use up her one extra and she didn't have time to wipe up a second batch …..what to do what to do ,grey obviously knew that we were doing I looked at him with a glare ,how dare he ! Wait was that a glimmer of - " Mira give me a drink already ,remember our deal that I would get drunk for the first time tonight " she said getting the last drink on my tray . I saw her drink halfway through before a drunken Eve came and drunk the rest of her glass " Can this get anymore messed up." she said quietly and left to the bar . Mira looked around finding the clock then back to the party . Laxus seemed to be gazing at Lucy but kept catching himself and tried to fein sleeping ,Sting and Rouge seemed to be in a heated argument with him pointing at Lucy ,Natsu had walked over to Lucy and was trying to con her out of her food ,Grey was close to Lucy but seemed to of froze himself to the spot ,Eve though was dropped over Lucy who seemed annoyed pushing him off .

Master got up " Hey YOU BRATS !" he yelled out to the guild causing everyone ,except for about 5 different people to stay silent and look at the Master . Makarov stood their menacingly for a few seconds then laughed and smiled " I know that every one wants to compete in Lucy's Birthday event but only 10 can compete this since you brats nearly destroyed the building the last time we had a birthday ," he wiped a tear from his eye then looked at the Guild " This year for the Finale I need for Lucy to exit the Guild for a few moments " he said looking at Lucy expectingly who then blushed about 50 shades of red then walked out of the guild with the doors closing behind her . the master sighed " then Natsu ,Laxus ,Cana ,Ezra , Grey ,Romeo ,and Gajeel's marks began to glow slightly " Now this year we are going to allow another Guild to participate ,Eve from blue pegasus and Sting and Rouge from Sabertooth ." he said then laughed " You all know how great the prize can get so let's just announce a clue about the prize " he lifted his hand and a image of food appeared and lots of people began to drool " Now Lucy come back in " The doors opened and Lucy walked in rather suspicious " Ready ? Begin" the master said and everything went to hell