Wow. I updated before a whole year passed. What is wrong with me? Anyway, I'm going to try to write a story depicting how the Fairy Tail members celebrate certain holidays. I went on a website called holiday insights and looked at the unique holidays on there. I'm going to try to write a chapter every month and the chapter will have the holidays for that month. I did skip some holidays that I was unable to do (like Cousins Day or Father-in-Law Day) as well as holidays that are unique to a culture/religion/country (like the independence of any country or Christmas). Those wouldn't make sense in the world of Fairy Tail. I also skipped a few that I couldn't come up with anything for but the number of those were like three so...yeah. Anyway, I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Fariy Tail, Howl's Moving Castle, Soul Eater, Jeff Dunham, any board game mentioned or Rave.
July
Lucy sat at the bar, reading her book while the guild quietly chatted to one another. It was hot and people were lazily milling about, not feeling like doing anything. Well…until a certain fire dragon slayer burst through the guild doors.
"Hey, everybody! What are you all doing just sitting there? It's July! Which means it's Anti-boredom month!" Natsu then proceeded to punch the person sitting right next to him, who happened to be his rival. Gray got up incredibly fast, flipped the table over (for no apparent reason), and began trying to freeze the pink haired moron. This resulted in a guild wide brawl as hell was raised.
At least they're in the holiday spirit. Lucy thought before shrugging and joining the fray.
Creative Ice Cream Day: July 1
In the spirit of the holiday, the guild had decided to hold a contest to see who could come up with the most creative flavor of ice cream. Guild members could either form teams or make the ice cream themselves. Makarov had decided to sit out for the honor of judging his "children." First was Natsu, who wore a vast, cocky grin that made Makarov sigh in resignation. The master knew that nothing good would come from whatever ice cream Natsu had made.
"I call it, Hot as Hell!" Natsu announced while thrusting a bowl of bright red liquid forward. "It has habanero peppers, hot sauce, chili powder, and wasabi, match heads, gun powder, C4-"
"WHAT?" Makarov was truly baffled. How anyone was dumb enough to put explosives into a frozen treat, he had no idea.
"You know, for that extra kick."
"Natsu, that's not even ice cream. That's soup." Makarov inwardly grinned. Since it was technically soup and not ice cream he didn't have to eat it. "You're disqualified."
"But you haven't even tried it! And it's not even ready to serve!" Natsu made a blowtorch like flame and held it up to the ice cream. "Now it's ready." For such a small amount of ice cream, the chemical reaction between the fire and explosives sure caused a messy clean up. The contest also ended up being canceled due to the overly "creative" concoction Natsu made.
International Joke Day: July 1
During the clean up that day, the many glares he was receiving caused Natsu to try to lighten the mood.
"Hey, Erza, what do you call a cold cow?" No response. "Ice cream!" The air suddenly became filled with a blood thirsty killing intent as everyone's glares turned murderous.
World U.F.O Day: July 2
"Oh my Mashima! Romeo, look up there! It's a U.F.O!" Macao pointed skywards while tring to get the attention of his son. He had planned this prank with the help of Wakaba (whom was trying to get Romeo to look up as well) and Reedus. When at last Romeo capitulated and looked above, he was met with a pulchritudinous, azure sky. No cloud was there to blemish its perfection and there was definitely no U.F.O. Romeo sighed and looked disdainfully at his beloved father.
"You know this only proves that I was right when I said you were way too drunk to appear in public." Romeo then gained a thoughtful expression. "Although, I suppose this could mean you're getting old. They say the eyes are the first to go-" Macao grabbed his son's ear with an angry vein throbbing in his temple.
"I'll show you old, you little brat!"
I Forgot Day: July 2
"Reedus! You were supposed to draw a U.F.O for us!" Wakaba berated the art mage whose only defense was, "I forgot."
Build a Scarecrow Day: First Sunday
Lucy watched regretfully as Natsu and Happy merrily constructed a garden guardian for her. Earlier, she had mentioned to them her intention to start growing some flowers in the small area in front of her apartment. The pair declared that she needed a scarecrow to ward off unwanted visitor. Her argument that scarecrows are designed to scare crows away from vegetables fell on deaf ears. She ended up watching them craft her lawn ornament while occasionally adding her thoughts on the figure.
"What is he going to wear?"
"A vest!"
"Why does he have a turnip for a head?"
"Because, he is Sir Turnip on a Pole!"
"Aye!"
And so, Sir Turnip on a Pole's quest began. He remained in Lucy's small garden, protecting her flowers from…um…butterflies or something.
Compliment Your Mirror Day: July 3
When Mira found out about Compliment Your Mirror Day, she encouraged everyone to participate. The only one who took her seriously was her brother, Elfman. Elfman had stood up in front of the mirror with a piece of paper inscribed with something he had thought of earlier. He wanted it to sound poetic [the hell?] as to thank the mirror for portraying his manly physique.
"Mirror, mirror on the stand,
you are a most manly man!"
Disobedience Day: July 3
Lucy was fighting an unbelievable amount of dark guild henchmen on a mission. She needed to get rid of them all or she'd be a goner. Luckily, it seemed the blond mage was near a lake so she summoned Aquarius. When the spirit appeared, she grinned evilly.
"I was hoping you would call me out today. My actions are actually justified!" Lucy's expression turned confused.
"What do you-" She had no time to finish her sentence as the whole shore suddenly flooded, taking the dark guild mages (and Lucy) with it.
"TODAY'S DISOBIDIENCE DAY, BITCH!"
Sidewalk Egg Frying Day: July 4
Natsu sat on the concrete outside Fairy Tail with a raw egg on the ground. He was waiting for it to fry since summer meant hot weather and hot weather meant hot surfaces. So here he was, trying to fry an egg on the sidewalk but to no avail.
"Maybe you did it wrong. Maybe it's supposed to be a fish, not an egg." Happy chimed in. Lucy was walking casually down the street but stopped when she saw them. Curious, she approached her tow best friends who were sitting on the ground watching a raw egg.
"What are you guys doing?" she inquired the two of them.
"Trying to fry an egg on the sidewalk." Natsu blandly stated since he was losing his patience with the egg. Incredulous, Lucy stated the obvious to her friend.
"But, Natsu, it's raining."
Workaholic's Day: July 5
"Natsu, enough with the missions, already!" Lucy groaned as she was led to the mission board for the fifth time that day.
"But we have to keep doing missions. It's Workaholic's Day!" Cana, who happened to be sitting at a table near the mission board, spit out her liquor in a classic movie fashion.
"Workaholic's Day? I thought it was Alcoholic's Day!"
National Fried Chicken Day: July 6
"Natsu, what the hell are you doing?"
"I'm celebrating National Fried Chicken Day."
"It's fried chicken, dumbass! Juvia, help! Fried's on fire!"
Chocolate Day: July 7
Being the nice person she is, Mira decided to bring chocolate for everyone in the guild. She even brought some Chocovine for the, ahem, alcoholics. Mira was very happy about the enjoyment that came with her thoughtful present. Well…until Lucy came to the bar with a mind boggling question.
"Hey, Mira, do you think I can give a piece to Plue? He is a dog but he's also a spirit, so does that cancel out or something?" Mira opened her mouth to reply but stopped. She stood there for ten minutes with a befuddled expression before she finally answered with an affirmative.
"Feed him a piece and hope for the best."
National Strawberry Sundae Day: July 7
Erza was immensely happy. She had no idea strawberry sundaes were that good. It was almost as good as strawberry short cake! Even though Erza was feeling blissfully euphoric, her exterior remained as stoic as ever. Occasionally, she would smile and scare the living crap out of everyone but…all well.
Teddy Bear Picnic Day: July 10
Gray was feeling extremely pissed off. He had lost a bet to the fire dragon slayer and had to accompany Wendy to a picnic. Not just any picnic, mind you, but a teddy bear picnic. Wendy was, after all, a child and in the grown up world she lived in, a break was necessary every now and then. She should be allowed to act her age sometimes. And Gray was somehow stuck in this situation. When they reached a small clearing, Wendy laid out the blanket and set the food out. Charle and Gray sat down as Wendy arranged the bears.
"Thank you for joining us today, Mr. Cuddles. Is that a new tie, Sir Stuffles? It looks dashing. Oh, Madam Bearnise, have you lost weight?" Gray was flabbergasted. She's making small talk with the teddy bears! Gray thought dumbstruck.
"You've got to be shitting me!"
"Gray, language!" An angry voice berated behind him. Gray turned to see a familiar red head glowering at him.
"Erza? What are you doing here?"
"I was invited." Erza stated and held up a small, brown teddy bear with button eyes. "Now I advise you to watch your mouth because neither I nor Mr. Fluffy wants to hear your vulgar language."
Cheer Up the Lonely Day: July 11
Even though the seventh was a few days ago, Natsu and Lucy were still depressed about their parents' anniversaries. Natsu wouldn't even react when Gray insulted his strength. He only sighed and said, "I know." Lucy didn't go to the guild at all and that worried everyone. So, Gray and Juvia hatched a plan to get their friends out of their melancholy state. They enlisted the help of many other members in their plan. And so, operation Don't Worry, Be Happy (or Gazille's suggestion: Operation Cheer Up, Damn it!) was under way.
"You know Natsu," Gray began with a smirk on his face. "I think the reason you're so weak is because you were raised by a sissy dragon!" Gray was currently at Natsu's house, implementing his plan. So far, the results were satisfactory. Natsu's eye twitched as he faced the ice mage.
"What did you say?" Natsu's tone was dangerous, verging on deadly.
"He said the reason you're so stupid is because Igneel had a pea sized brain and passed it on to you!" Gazille's shout from outside the house caused Natsu to grit his teeth in anger. Gazille and Gray bolted away from Natsu's house in direction of the guild with a livid Natsu pursuing.
Meanwhile, at Lucy's house, Juvia and Cana were trying to get a rise out of the blonde mage.
"Juvia thinks Lucy's mom was a horrible mage, like Lucy!" Juvia mentally apologized for this. She didn't want the girl to hate her but she had a script to follow.
"How'd she die, anyway? An overdose?" Cana was already drunk so whatever she told the blond girl would be offensive. Lucy had more patience that Natsu but when she finally cracked and began to chase her friends with her whip, the other girls hightailed it to the guild. Natsu and Lucy burst through the guild doors at the same time and both were ready to commit a homicide.
"Surprise!" Everyone shouted to the two confused people who just walked in. "Happy Cheer Up the Lonely Day!"
World Population Day: July 11
"Okay, Natsu, how many people do you think there are worldwide?"
"Uh…106?"
SMACK!
"See what you did? Twenty innocent brain cells had to die because of you!"
Pecan Pie Day: July 12
"Yay! It's Puh-cahn Pie Day!" Levi shrieked waving a fork in the air.
"It's pee-can, not puh-cahn." Gazille corrected hotly.
"Nuh-uh! It's puh-cahn! Right Jet, Droy?" The two boys indicated nodded an affirmative. "See, I'm right." Not wanting to lose the argument, Gazille began to bring in the bystanders.
"Oi, Nudist! Is it puh-cahn or pee-can?" Gray frowned at the nickname before replying.
"It's pee-can."
"Juvia agrees with Gray-sama!" The water mage gazed lovingly at the ice mage.
"No, it's definitely puh-cahn." Lucy put in.
"How can you say that? It's pee-can!" Natsu argued back.
"Aye!"
"No, Natsu, you're wrong. It's puh-cahn." Erza retaliated. The results of this argument caused an orthodox brawl to break out over the proper pronunciation of the word pecan.
Barbershop Music Appreciation Day: July 13
Lucy's eye twitched in irritation as she tried to block out the music around her. For some unexplainable reason, Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Gazille had formed a barbershop quartet and were singing loudly (and off key) for the whole guild to hear. Lucy was on the verge of leaving but she actually did when Erza emitted an inhumanly low note.
Fool's Paradise Day: July 13
That would explain the quartet.
Embrace Your Geekness Day: July 13
After she received a note saying it was safe to return, Lucy finally went back to the guild. Upon entering, she was called over to a table by Levi and the two promptly began to talk about books. They started to do impersonations of characters and recite quotes they liked until they were interrupted by a certain fire mage.
"Lucy! Stop infecting Levi with your weirdness!"
National Nude Day: July 14
This was definitely Gray's favorite holiday. No one could tell him to put on his clothes since technically he was celebrating a holiday. If someone tried to get him to redress he would simply hold up a calendar. It was going great until Erza saw him.
"Gray! Put on some damn pant, there are children here!"
Pandemonium Day: July 14
Due to Gray's earlier antics, a cyclopean skirmish erupted in Fairy Tail and spilled over onto the streets of Magnolia. Unfortunately, the council was unable to do anything about it since, theoretically, they were observing a holiday.
Tapioca Pudding Day: July 15
"Tapioca Pudding Day?" Natsu gagged at the dessert that was offered to him. "Gross! That's for old people!" He grabbed the goop and gave it to the person behind him. "Here, Gildartz."
Cow Appreciation Day: July 15
"For the last time, no!"
"Aw, c'mon Lucy. Just one hug!"
"I said no, Taurus!"
"But it's Cow Appreciation Day!"
"Shut up, you damn pervert!"
National Ice Cream Day/Peach Ice Cream Day: Third Sunday/July 17
Sadly, no one participated in these holidays due to the ice cream incident earlier in the month. Natsu was locked up when he mentioned it.
Yellow Pig Day: July 17
Mira and Lisanna decorated the guild with small yellow pigs in correspondence with the holiday. The sisters were also having fun transforming into yellow pigs to add to the fun. The lugubrious expressions that replaced their smiles when Fried told them what the holiday was really about made many want to kill him.
"It actually has nothing to do with pigs. It's a math holiday."
National Caviar Day: July 18
"Hey, Mira, what's caviar?" Happy asked the cheery bartender.
"It's something rich people eat!"
"But what is it made of?" Happy inquired once more. Mirajane's smile never quivered as she answered, "I have no idea." Happy decided to ask the only (former) rich person he knew.
"Lucy, what's caviar?"
"Caviar?" Lucy repeated for clarification and the cat nodded. "It's just fish—" Happy flew off before she finished her sentence. "Eggs."
National Raspberry Cake Day: July 19
Erza was crestfallen. She had fasted for three days so that she could eat all the strawberry cake she wanted today. It was all for naught, though, since it was raspberry cake not strawberry. Her whole plan was shot in the head when Mira told the swordsman her mistake. Her despondence only grew as she watched all her teammates eat the creation that caused her so much misery. After an hour, the swordsman was so aggravated that she ended up boycotting the villainous dessert. The situation got so out of hand (Erza was having strip searches to get rid of the stuff. Gray didn't seem to mind though…) that Mira had to intervene.
"Erza, just because it's not strawberry cake day doesn't mean you can't eat it."
Moon Day: July 20
"Gray, it's not that kind of moon! Put your pants back on!"
Ugly Truck Day: July 20
In Edolas
"That is an ugly-ass truck alright." Lucy Ashley commented. Natsu Dragion frowned at the blonde's appraisal.
"This is actually my favorite truck. You don't need to be mean to it just because it's ugly." Natsu began to stroke the truck. "Don't worry, Bessie. You're beautiful where it counts; on the inside." Lucy's laughter could be heard echoing all throughout Edolas.
National Junk Food Day: July 21
"Guess what, Lucy!" Natsu ran up to his blond friend. "Today's your favorite holiday!"
"Kill an idiot day?" Lucy's eyes brimmed with hope.
"What? No, it's National Junk Food Day!" And another fifty innocent brain cells died from the smack Natsu received.
Rat Catcher's Day: July 22
In honor of the strange holiday, the members of Fairy Tail decided to throw a party for the resident rat catchers (meaning Happy, Charle, and Panther Lily). The plan was to keep the cats distracted until that evening and so far it wasn't going too well. Natsu had taken Happy fishing so as to distract him. Natsu, however, was unable to keep his mind from straying to what was going to happen later.
"I love parties!"
"What?"
"I mean fishing."
"Okay…."
"And surprises."
"Huh?"
"I said, 'and soup.'"
"Alright then…."
Wendy wasn't distracting her cat well either. Being an innocent child meant she was an awful liar.
"Are you ready to go to the guild yet, Wendy?"
"No!"
"Why?"
"We can't…."
"Why not?"
"Because…there's a rat infestation!"
Charle paused.
"You do realize I'm a cat, right?"
Gazille had slightly better luck keeping his cat occupied.
"Ha! Yahtzee! Take that, bitch!"
"Rematch!" Panther Lily took out a deck of cards and dealt them. "We play my game now."
"…."
"….
"Got any twos?"
"Go fish."
After about six hours of various board games (Monopoly, Scrabble, Life, etc.), it was finally time for the party. The cats and dragon slayers made their way to the guild for the celebration. Luckily, none of the cats had found out (even though Gazille used words like "party", "surprise", "cats", and "distraction" while playing Scrabble) about the party. They were truly surprised and enjoyed themselves for the most part. At least until Happy pointed out that they had never caught a rat.
Hammock Day: July 22
Since Cana had been utterly wasted the day before, she decided to relax and let her hangover recede. So she kicked back in a hammock and slept until it was dark out. Then she went to the guild to get drunk again. Someone should really send her to an A.A meeting….
National Hot Dog Day: July 23
"Here, Elfman." Lisanna handed her brother a hot dog she bought from a sweaty vendor a few minutes prior.
"What is it?"
"It's a hot dog. Haven't you had one before?" Elfman shook his head at this and took a bite. His eyes grew wide and filled with an emotion that could only be described as utter bliss.
"It's…it's…IT'S MANLY!" He quickly gobbled up the rest and ran off to buy another.
"Great. Just don't ask what it's made of."
Vanilla Ice Cream Day: July 23
Trying to redeem himself, Natsu decided to buy four tons of vanilla ice cream to bring to the guild. He placed the gargantuan containers in the back of the guild and left the containers open to thaw. On his way out of the room he tripped over the edge of one of the containers and it fell over on to the floor. Since it was still frozen, nothing fell out.
"It's fine. It's not like it's going to melt very fast." Natsu said to himself as he left the room. He slammed the door shut which caused the container on the floor to roll into the other containers and caused them to fall onto their sides as well. Three hours later, Cana passed by the door on her way to the room where the liquor was stored. She paused when she saw a large milky puddle right outside one of the rooms. Cautiously, she went over to the door ad carefully opened it. She regretted the action instantly. An enormous amount of white, milky "soup" flowed out of the room and flooded the guild. By the time it all drained out into the streets (which they would have to clean), everyone was sticky and soaked to the bone. Natsu (somehow the only one clean) sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "I knew I was forgetting something." And so Natsu was beaten to a bloody pulp and the rest of the guild had to clean up his mess.
Parent's Day: Fourth Sunday
Cana held the holiday card tightly behind her back. She was trying to muster the courage to give it to her father but was failing miserably. She ended up getting drunk and giving it to Lucy for her to send to her dad. Lucy was too nervous to send it as well and ended up giving it to Romeo. Romeo gave it to his father who read the card and promptly fainted. Apparently, Cana had already written in the card.
Dad,
Surprise! You have a daughter and I figured the best way to tell you was through this holiday card.
Love,
Cana
Culinarian's Day: July 25
Against his better judgment, Makarov decided to host a cooking contest. Mirajane and he would be the judges (since allowing Mira to compete would be unfair) and once more the competitors could enter by themselves or as teams. Natsu was not allowed to participate at all and was shipped away on a "mission" ("Natsu, your mission is to locate and bring back the legendary sword, Excalibur"). After three hours in which the contestants slaved in hot kitchens working on their entries, it was time for the judging. This time, Gazille was first. He placed a gorgeous cake in front of the master and Mira. The cake had a silvery hue to it and seemed to reflect their surroundings. When Makarov tried to place his fork in the dessert, he was met with tremendous resistance. After five minutes during which Makarov struggled to rip a piece off, the master gave up.
"What the hell is this made of?" Makarov inquired, exasperated.
"Steel." Gazille's reply caused Makarov to literally throw the iron dragon slayer out and call for the next contestant. Happy and Charle came in with a still hot fish fillet which made both Makarov's and Happy's mouths water. When Charle handed the dish to the judges, Happy broke down sobbing.
"B-but I wanted to eat it!"
"Too bad!" Happy sulked in a corner while Makarov cut a piece and bit into it. His face paled before turning a sickly green. He spit the food out (Happy shrieked in horror) and proceeded to the bathroom to hurl.
"How could you? Flying fish fillet is supposed to be the food of the gods!"
Threading the Needle Day: July 25
Natsu and Gray were having an argument (about something pointless) in which both of the mages believed themselves to be right. The master was MIA (due to earlier events) and so the task to mediate the dispute fell (unofficially) on Erza. The problem was Erza had no idea who was right in the squabble. She decided to ask the stellar spirit mage for her input.
"Just get them to compromise." Lucy told the redhead. "You know, thread the needle." Lucy didn't intend for the metaphor to be taken literally even though that's exactly how the swordsman took it. She ended up threading two sewing needles and jabbing them into the corneas of her two good friends.
"Stop behaving like children and find a middle ground!" Somehow it all worked out since the pain of the pointy object in the boys' eyes caused the two to forget about their spat. By some divine force, neither suffered any permanent eye damage although the two did walk around with eye patches for a while. By the way, if you were wondering about the outcome of Natsu's mission, the result was inconclusive. The dragon slayer refuses to speak of it for some reason….
All or Nothing Day: July 26
"All or Nothing Day?"
"Yeah. It's a pretty vague day but a lot of the other mages are celebrating by giving it 'their all' on missions." Erza thought for a moment before flashing a devious (if not emotionally scarring) smirk.
"I know what I am going to do." And that is how Erza gave it her "all", obtained nothing, and beat the daylights out of the dealers and gamblers at the casino she went to. She ended up being dragged home by an injured Natsu and a sighing Lucy. [That, in my opinion anyway, is why Erza was at a casino in the Rave cross over chapter.]
Take Your Pants for a Walk Day: July 27
"…."
"…."
"Gray?"
"Yes, Erza?"
"When you take your pants for a walk, you have to actually keep them on."
"Oh…."
"And Gray?"
"Yeah?"
"WHY MUST YOU ALWAYS STRIP IN FRONT OF CHILDREN?"
National Milk Chocolate Day: July 28
On this holiday the guild decided to gorge their selves on chocolate. No, seriously. That's all they did. What? You were expecting something funny? I do not joke about chocolate.
National Lasagna Day: July 29
"So…tell me again why I'm being painted orange?"
"Because it's National Lasagna Day and it'll be funny." Happy gave Lucy a skeptical look.
"If you say so." Thus, Happy ate lasagna (which he found absolutely disgusting) while Lucy called him Garfield. Unfortunately, it was all for nothing since no one really understood the cosplay.
National Cheesecake Day: July 30
"Natsu, for the fifth time, cheesecake is not an animal that was made by crossbreeding cheese and a cake. No, it was not genetically altered nor placed inside a surrogate mother that was a pie. American cheese does not exist and I don't know where you came up with that word. And no, cheesecake does not grow on trees."
"But what if a mouse and a giant cake monster got 'jiggy with it' and had babies?"
"Okay, Natsu, for the sixth time…"
Mutt's Day: July 31
"Happy Mutt's Day, Plue!" Lucy excitedly told her dog spirit.
"Puun."
"What? Are you a pureblood?"
"Pu-puun."
"A pureblood what?" Lucy questioned the spirit as well as those around her. Natsu unhelpfully put in, "Snowman?"
I really hope you enjoyed this. If you laughed, then my mission is acomplished. I plan to do one of these every month but...we'll see how that goes. On another note, I kind of got curious while writing the pecan pie story and I want to know how you people say it. I'm curious on which is more popular. So review, favorite or something. Again, I really don't care either way.