"Falling in love was the easy part; planning a wedding - yikes!"

-Niecy Nash

Summary

A few years after everything had happened, the famed power couple of Fairy Tail Natsu and Lucy are having "The Wedding of the Century" as the magazines put it. As preparations are set, the guests arrived, and the countdown to the aisle starts, join Fairy Tail as they embark on a different type of adventure!

A Very Fairy Wedding

by

Magnafeana

Prologue

Six Months

Six months.

One half of a year.

One hundred eighty-one days.

Four thousand three hundred twenty hours.

Six months.

That was how long Natsu and Lucy endured planning their wedding.

All in all, the planning process could have been simpler. It would not have been as stressful if there were less to zero arguments. And it would not have been as exhausting if there were not missions that specifically requested the presence and skills of the bride or the groom or both of them.

But when you were a Fairy Tail member, you learn complications pop up everywhere.

Now when the Fire Dragon Slayer proposed to the Celestial Spirit Mage, word did get out and fast. Whether it was from the drunken mouth of Cana or the overexcited Mirajane or the sorrowful Loke seeing his opportunity pass him, it did not matter—everyone in Fiore knew about the wedding that was bound to happen. Even people in bordering countries heard of the Dragon Slayer who destroyed his enemies (and towns in the process) and the Celestial Maiden who was able to tame the dragon (at the price of her burning through her savings in food and allowing him to sleep in her bed), and they were eager for such a wedding to take place.

Natsu proposed to Lucy on the anniversary of the day she ran away with him to Fairy Tail. While it was an unconventional way Lucy could only describe as "so Natsu", she agreed to his proposal, crying into his arms after he kissed her with Natsu chuckling: "You're going to be my weirdo forever, Lucy." The two of them wanted to start preparations to begin right away because Lucy was determined to make her wedding a success, and Natsu was as impatient as he ever was and demanded they be wedded soon.

But they never expected it to take them a whole six months to complete their wedding.

Mirajane helped the affianced couple plan their wedding (after waking up from fainting due to the fact her favorite couple would forever be canon) and calmed them down when heated arguments between them slipped like when Natsu failed to understand the significance of a certain flower arrangement or when Lucy refused the idea of a "fire fountain". Sometimes Gray would accidently let out a snarky comment, and Natsu would immediately leave the planning sessions to deal with him. Other times, a man Lucy could only vaguely recall from somewhere would appear, and Natsu would become riled up. Only a few times were when Juvia chases Lucy for being too close to Gray.

Originally, the venue was supposed to be at the guild. "That's like our second home. That's where we see all our family. Doesn't it make sense to get married there?" Natsu had pointed out. Erza, however, had slapped him in the back of the head for such a suggestion and demanded the two be wedded in Kardia Cathedral because it was "proper".

The venue was then supposed to be the cathedral. However, it was later pointed out by a sheepish Alzack Fairy Tail had been banned from the church after his wedding with Bisca because of how rowdy it was.

Then wedding venue had changed to a chapel at Akane Beach and reception was to be held at the resort. While the owner of Akane Resort was reluctant to allow Fairy Tail back into his fine establishment after they had wrecked it the first time, he agreed eagerly when Lucy entered the mix and pleaded for the owner to allow her reception at his resort. He caved, kissing her hand as his welcome (though Natsu had ripped her away from him and gave her an abrupt kiss as if to warn off the owner).

Finally, after six months of color schemes, flower arrangements, venue, food decisions, dresses for the bride and bridesmaids, tuxedos for the groom and groomsmen, music selections, photographer, and a priest who was not traumatized for looking at Lucy a little too closely for Natsu's liking, the day had finally come.

Natsu and Lucy's wedding day arrived.

Some guilds would allow their affianced couple to invite whoever they wanted. They would leave the two alone to their own planning. A few would attend and steal the groom away for his stag night or the bride away for her bachelorette party to celebrate one of their last nights of being single. They would see the couple off as they rode off to their honeymoon and only give them devious grins after the newly wedded came back from their vacation, joking about how the sex was.

But you see, Fairy Tail was not just a guild.

Everyone in the guild, every friend of their guild, and even residential peoples of Magnolia were invited to such a wedding. Fairy Tail was known for their parties and a wedding was no exception. When Bisca and Alzack got married, the church had been filled with not only the remaining mages of Fairy Tail, but also the half of the city and a crowd of people waited by the doors to greet the married couple. But for this wedding, even King Toma E. Fiore and Princess Hisui were attending the wedding ceremony. Not only would the cathedral be filled—the entire city would be so packed they would have to broadcast it from lacrima screens. Jason Weekly offered to be the host of such an extravaganza. It was going to be "wild" in the words of Cana's boyfriend Bacchus and "cool" was the only adjective Jason could use.

It was to be a Fairy Tail wedding of all weddings.

While some guests were invited and others would show up regardless, Natsu and Lucy specifically hand-selected those who would participate in the wedding. It was not easy—it never was in Fairy Tail—when the duo had their friends swarming them in the park not even an hour after Natsu proposed and demand they be in their wedding. Mira was the most fervent of all, competing with Levy in a duel to the death for a spot as Lucy's Maid of Honor. Luckily, Mira was already married to Laxus, so Lucy chose Mira as the Matron of Honor and Levy as the Maid of Honor. Cana, Juvia, and Erza were selected as Lucy's bridesmaids and the disputes for a spot in the wedding were resolved quickly due to that. Erza's daughter Aine was to be the flower girl along with Bisca and Alzack's daughter Asuka. Erza seemed happier that her daughter was a flower girl than herself being a bridesmaid, gushing on and on about how adorable her daughter would while Aine hid her face in her hands with an embarrassed blush on her cheeks. Asuka seemed uncertain, saying a flower girl was for "babies". But after Lucy told her she could wear her cowgirl hat down the aisle, Asuka seemed more than ready to be the best flower girl yet. Lucy had then decided not to leave the boys out of the hectisy and asked Lance Dreyar and Mystogan if they would like to be part of the wedding and walk down the aisle with the flower girls. Lance eagerly agreed, wanting to walk with Aine—much to the poor girl's embarrassment—and Mystogan had no say in his answer due to Erza proclaiming her son would always take up any task given to him.

Natsu was difficult deciding whom he wanted for his groomsmen and best man. At first, he was not interested in choosing, and Lucy threatened to never let him sleep in her bed if he did not decide. When he begrudgingly decided to oblige by her wishes and choose groomsmen with each name he said he was shot down. At first, he wanted Happy as his best man (they were best friends after all), but Mira was the one who disagreed. She reasoned they had to have a traditional wedding with humans as participants. While Mira's reason upset Natsu, Happy seemed elated he would not be forced into an uncomfortable tux. In the end, Natsu asked Gray to be his best man, which resulted in insults, which resulted in a fight, which resulted in Gray agreeing, but after reminding Natsu he was agreeing because Lucy was like his little sister and he would do anything to make her happy. Natsu called for Laxus, Gajeel, Sting, and Rogue—all fellow Dragon Slayers—to be his groomsmen, to which all four had no say seeing their wives or girlfriends or friends giddily agreed for them.

Because Lucy's parents were gone, Makarov stated it would be an honor for him to walk Lucy down the aisle in replacement to her father. Lucy cried at his generous offer and Natsu was proud he had such a master who cared for his children.

The arrangements had all been settled and nothing could go wrong. Or so Lucy nervously hoped, and Natsu had to calm her down on several occasions.

The pair was the separated on for several hours at a time with fittings (in which Lucy had to promise Natsu he was allowed to do anything he wanted with her on their honeymoon as long as he did not burn off his tux), wine tasting (with Cana's help, of course), and cake trials (Lucy forbade Natsu from coming after he tried devouring all the cakes on display). The two were only together for a few hours during the night and mornings, making their time count with warm smiles and playful banter, counting down the days until they would see how their work paid off.

The bridal shower was hosted in Balsam Village and went without a flaw. They even had sweet Mira knockout Natsu so he was unable to track down Lucy. It was a nice night for relaxation, a wonderful night to be with the girls for Lucy. A few weeks closer to the wedding, the women kidnapped Lucy while the men took Natsu to their party of being young and dumb. Both ended up miles away from each other and clueless as to what was happening. Lucy's party entailed going out to Cedar and enjoying the night in a place with male 's night contained club-hopping while his friends got hammered. Natsu struggled to find Lucy due to the restraints Laxus created with his magic. Neither Natsu or Lucy were remotely interested in the strippers, but their single friends were not showing complaints. Even Cana flirted a little, but perhaps it was the alcohol compelling her. Either way, the bachelor parties were memorable with both the guys and girls getting banned from various locations all over Fiore. The Master had wept at the bills sent to him. So much destruction!

Weeks later, Natsu, Lucy, and their wedding party arrived at the hotel. Their few days of relaxation was Heaven. Natsu and Lucy were inseparable. They made the most of the water park without destroying too much. Their friends made sure the two at least spent a few hours with them. But Natsu would whisk Lucy off on a romantic dinner—Mira would help him plan it—or Lucy would demand the two of them go out for lunch. They would spend as much time as they could before they would be taken away on their wedding day.

Guests from all over came to stay at Akane Resort's hotel along Akane Beach with those next days. Even Lucy's landlady made the trip there, earning the royal treatment for allowing Lucy to stay in her apartment even after she was late on several rent pays. Every day, more and more guests would pour into the beach area, and, every day, the owner would sink to his knees at Lucy's feet and kiss her hand, tearing up at all the new business he had gained.

The rehearsal wedding had gone smoothly. Natsu growled only once when the priest let his eyes slip to a place on Lucy that was probably deemed unholy for him to do so, but, thankfully, Lucy was there to control Natsu's irritation by stroking his arm. Because the Master had last minute business with the Ten Wizard Saints—a few who would make an appearance at the wedding—Gray pretended to walk Lucy down the aisle, wiping away her tears and promising no matter that she was married she could still come to him in the middle of the night if she just wanted to talk. Through their private talk, Natsu had kept on a soft smile that was genuine and even Juvia allowed the two to be so close, sighing how considerate her boyfriend was being.

The rehearsal dinner was the night before the wedding and in a restaurant a town over from Akane Beach. The restaurant itself was quaint, but had the ritzy feel about it. The dinner went near perfect—save for Natsu and Gray bickering and Makarov restraining Erza from drawing out her swords to silence them—and the food was something even Natsu got full from only having nine courses. Natsu and Lucy thanked their Fairy Tail family and their friends outside the guild for being good to them in the past months and received teary welcomes as a response. They had all taken the train back to the hotel, but Lucy and Natsu separated from their friends. Natsu had been able to hold a loving conversation with his fiancé on the train ride, holding her against his chest as they talked about all their good memories. That night Lucy went to an empty bed, and Natsu came to a room filled with snoring Dragon Slayers and their Exceeds and an Ice Mage along with two young boys. Both had trouble sleeping and stared at the freckled night sky, knowing their beloved was doing the same.

And now, the day had arrived.

After only six months.

One half a year.

One hundred eighty one days.

Four thousand three hundred twenty hours.

Six months.

The dresses had been delivered, the tuxedos were pressed and ready for wear, the rings were with the Maid of Honor and Best Man, the priest had arrived on time, the church was gradually filling up, and the lacrima screens had been set up everywhere—both in Akane and in Magnolia—for the people to see. King Fiore and the princess arrived with front row seats and friends from Sabertooth, Lamia Scale, Quatro Cerberus, Mermaid Heel, and Blue Pegasus had gotten their seats before everyone else.

Anxiety was floating in the air as blatant as a drop of white paint on a black canvas.

Today was the day.

The wedding between the ferocious Dragon and the Heavenly Princess.