Author's Note: Hello, and welcome back to my page! I am Happycamper999, and I am excited to announce I am all done with my fall semester of my senior year in college! To celebrate I have written a 12 part Christmas Special for the mages of Fairy Tail! What will they be doing? Read and Find out!

I will say one thing...This story will contain my original character, so if you want more info on him head to my page and read his short bio, or don't and enjoy it either way! (but prep for spoilers from my other stories...) He's not that detailed, so it shouldn't be a big deal!

In any case, relax and enjoy the holiday season with your favorite mages of Fairy Tail!

It is important to not that I do not own Fairy Tail. It, it's story, characters, settings and all other aspects are the property of Hiro Mashima. The only aspects I may claim are the plot and several original characters.

Fairy Tail - A Christmas Special!

Chapter One - On the First Day

It's the most wonderful time of the year! The snow is falling, and the wind is chilly yet pleasant in the Town of Magnolia. December had finally come to Fiore, and winter was joining it to stay. Not only was the cold air sweeping through the south, but it was also the end of the year, which meant Christmas was finally coming to town.

Here we find Wendy Marvel sighing with delight as she strolls through the winter wonderland with a great big smile on her face, and her exceed Carla by her side.

"Oh boy!" Wendy began spinning through the falling ice as her tiny exceed friend shook her head in disagreement. "I really do love this weather! It's so beautiful, isn't it Carla?"

Carla turned away. "Well, it' a bit too cold if you ask me. After all Magnolia rarely dips down to these temperatures. It feels like we're standing on top of Mount Hakobe!" She began to tug down on her small pink mittens and pulled her scarf tighter around her tiny feline neck.

Wendy continued smiling. "Yea, I know. Still it sure is pretty out here!" The young Dragon Slayer looked inside the window of a local gift shop, and noticed all of the yuletide decorations had made it onto the walls and doors. "Besides, now we're one step closer to Christmas!"

Carla had no choice but to smile. "Yes, I suppose you're right. I imagine the town will begin to show its festive side as the season rolls around."

Wendy then kept marching forward in agreement. "No doubt! I can't wait to see what Fairy Tail has planned. I hope it's something fun!"

As Wendy and Carla made it to the large and elaborate Guild Hall, they finally passed through the famous Fairy Tail doors and greeted all their friends with warm smiles.

However, not everyone was equally excited for the cool weather. As they came inside, Natsu Dragneel shouted over to the door.

"HEY COME ON WENDY!? IT'S FREEZING OUT THERE!" Natsu harmlessly snapped at his blue haired friend to quickly shut the door as she and Carla made it inside.

"Actually what Natsu's trying to say is Welcome Back! I hope you guys had a good mission!" Meanwhile his other friend, Lucy Heartfilia rolled her eyes and smiled as she gestured for the newest guests to come take a seat.

Wendy knew Natsu wasn't actually being mean and smiled back. "Gee, thanks Lucy! It was actually pretty easy. They only needed Carla and me to help with a few simple house chores."

Carla rolled her eyes and jumped onto the table. "Yes, and it was far too much work for such a little reward. Not to mention the timing of this cold weather!"

Then, she stopped as her blue friend Happy came over and wrapped a green blanket around her shivering shoulders. "Awe, well it sounds like you guy's had it rough, huh? How about I order you a nice hot chocolate?" The blue exceed gave his white-furred friend puppy-dog eyes as she looked away.

"No thank you, maybe later…come to think about it I expected this place to be more decorated for the holidays?"

Wendy then looked around with her. "Yea, where are all the decorations?"

Lucy joined in and soon realized the Fairy Tail Guild hall appeared to be rather lack-luster with their festive decor. Other than a few dusty wreaths and several balls of holly stuffed everywhere the bar looked rather naked for this time of year.

Lucy then pondered that thought and called over to Mira with a new question. "Hey, Mira, is there any reason the guild isn't looking very Christmassy? We're only a few weeks away, and I would have expected to see a little more than this by now?" She picked up a fallen cluster of holly that had fallen from the ceiling and landed in front of her.

Mira stopped her chore of scrubbing the bar-top counter in order to sigh. "Yes I know. It's just hard to get too excited about Christmas at Fairy Tail since everyone keeps so busy over the season."

Her short haired sister, Lisanna then stopped her scrubbing to add on. "Yea, some people stick around, but for the most part we can't seem to get very many people in for the holidays."

Natsu would have joined in, but after Wendy shut the door he was finally able to rest his head on the hard table for a quick and solid nap.

Meanwhile, the icy Gray Fullbuster walked over and rolled his eyes. "Geeze, can this idiot just do that at home?" He then sat down and continued talking to the girls. "Yea, I gotta admit this place is really depressing right now. I would have at least liked to see a tree or something."

Happy looked sad as he sat by Carla. "Does this mean we won't get Christmas this year?"

Lucy turned her head, and grabbed his little blue paw. "Awe, don't say that. I mean if we're all here than…"

*SLAM!*

The small crowd of the guild hall all jumped up and looked over as the saw four figures standing in the door way.

Natsu woke up after feeling the chilly air and jumped up with another fit of anger. "GEEZE CAN'T YOU GUYS JUST LET ME SLEEP!?"

He ran forward but was immediately cloths-lined by a large metal club to the face.

Standing in the doorway was none other than Gajeel Redfox dressed in a red flannel shirt and brown work pants. He also had his tiny exceed Panther Lily standing right beside him wearing a matching outfit.

Gajeel then howled and addressed his guild members. "Relax, Salamander. We just came in to brighten the place up a bit…"

He then turned and made room for Master Makarov Dreyar, who was carrying in a large and elaborate Christmas tree, and following behind on the other end was his quiet and short-tempered grandson, Laxus.

They both had on similar outfits to Gajeel and Lily, only their flannel shirts were the color of forest green.

As they carried in a large green Christmas tree, Gray began to chuckle. "Wow, look at all the little lumber jacks."

Laxus snapped in response. "Hey, let's keep the lip down to a minimum. We just figured we'd bring some more Christmas spirit to the guild hall this year."

The small crowd looked puzzled as Mira spoke up. "But Master, this is usually a very busy time of year for the guild…?"

Makarov busted out with laughter as he slammed the front end of the tree down. "Ah who cares!? I told all of our clients that the champions of the Grand Magic Games wanted to celebrate Christmas in the comfort of their guild hall this year, and thanks to Warren everyone else in the guild got the message."

Warren Rocko stood up from another table in the room. "Ah, it's no big deal. Just tryin' to help the guild!"

Max Alors laughed from across the table. "Yea, this place was starting to look a bit too depressing. We were willing to do anything to keep this Christmas from going down the drain."

Everyone cheered as the little Wendy Marvel spoke up. "Wow that's amazing! Do we have anything special planned?"

As Makarov went to answer, he was cut-off as a rather festive ghost of Mavis Vermillion flew in behind him wearing a red and white Santa hat and started giggling in her response.

"Well of course! I thought it would be in our best interests if we held a guild-wide Secret Santa Gift Exchange this year, with almost forty members in total!"

Makarov quickly added on. "We will also hold the final gift exchange during our Christmas Eve extravaganza in exactly 12 days. So ya better buckle down and buy your gifts early!"

Everyone started feeling the new wave of Christmas spirit, and all jumped out of their seats, and as they did Natsu finally let a smile appear on his face.

"OH MAN THIS IS GONNA BE EPIC! I can't wait to have a huge party!" He seemed more awake than before, and decided now was the best time to join the others.

Happy replied with equal the intensity. "Aye Sir! It's gonna be off the hook!"

As the afternoon finally rolled around, Warren had finally achieved the impossible and gathered all the well-known members of Fairy Tail into the bar hall.

As they all went to begin, the last sound of the doors slamming open echoed through the hall as two final figures emerged in the door way.

Standing in the scene was Fairy Tail's Ace, Gildarts Clive, and he was also being joined by what appeared to be Jellal Fernandes disguised as Mistogan.

Right as they entered, Cana Alberona and Erza Scarlett both sat lower in their seats as they tried to avoid eye contact with the two new guests.

Yet as they stayed hidden, a group of men at the bar started chuckling into their hands.

"Oh boy." Macao laughed. "Ol' Gildarts actually showed up for this thing. And I guess he brought that Jellal kid with him." He took a large gulp from his own drink and looked over to his company.

Wakaba tried holding in his laughter to get another drag off his pipe. "Yea, and it looks like Erza and Cana are prayin' ta God they both find new plans for Christmas Eve. Can't those two just suck it up for the holidays?"

"Beats me..." Macao went to turn to their third guest, who was actually a crossed town local, and friend to the guild Nigel Thomas. However, as the former guild master tried to end the joke then and there, he looked over and noticed Nigel the businessman was trying to lengthen the humor.

"Here gang have a seat over here!" Nigel took a leap over to the table Erza and Cana were sitting at, and sat down with the two girls to try and invite Jellal and Gildarts over to chat. However, the moment he joined the new table, both girls looked angrier than ever.

Gildarts started first the moment he took his seat. "Gee thanks Nigel…Awe Cana! Your wittle sweater is so adorwable this year!" The loving father then wrapped his intoxicated daughter in a tight hug as she sighed with anger.

"Yea, well the moment you let go of me I'm running to the bathroom and throwing it in the trash…" Cana tried acting festive for the guild's sake by wearing an ugly Christmas sweater, but the comment from her loving father made her rethink her decision from earlier that morning.

Meanwhile, Erza and Jellal sat awkwardly next to each other without saying a single word, and as each table fully settled down, Master Makarov stood atop the bar and finally began addressing his peers.

"Greetings, and welcome Fairy Tail Wizards! If this guild learned anything over the last year it is that we will always be a family no matter the circumstances. Even if this world tries to pull us apart, the strength and conviction from our bonds and friendships will hold us together and unite us in pride!"

The whole guild erupted with a loud cheer as he continued.

"To honor the end of a miraculous year we will be holding a very festive and very exciting gift exchange on the night of Christmas Eve!"

The guild hall once again cheered with passion, and as they quelled Elfman Strauss stood up and yelled with gusto. "Oh man! This Christmas is gonna be super manly!"

Gray sat beside his large, white haired friend and gave him a pat on the back. "Hey big guy, save the excitement for the party!"

Juvia Lockster, who sat on the other side of the Ice-Make wizard then leaned in closer to address her knew idea. "Oh Gray! Wouldn't it be splendid if you and I received each other for this year's Secret Santa!?"

Gray waved her question down as he replied. "Well I mean, it would take all the fun out of the surprise."

Lucy then laughed from across the table. "Yea, besides the whole guild is a family! So in a way we should all be excited no matter…"

Juvia snapped up and glared back at Lucy. "Grr, I will NOT let you steal Gray from me this holiday season, you floozy!"

Lucy sunk down with confusion. "We didn't even celebrate Christmas last season…?"

Natsu then spoke up with a smile. "Ah, ignore her Lucy! I think you're right! We're all family, so who cares who gets who!"

Lucy rolled her eyes and laughed. "Easy for you to say, Natsu!" She then kept her next thought to herself.

"God, can you imagine if I got stuck getting a gift for Natsu!? I wouldn't have a clue what to get him! I'm not even sure he knows what he wants half the time."

Lucy's thought would have to wait, however. After she ceased her day dreaming Master Makarov continued to lecture the crowd.

"BEHOLD!" He yelled as Master Mavis held up a big glass bowl to his left. "From here you will all be given a name of a guild member. After you've chosen, you will have 12 days to buy, make or search for your gifts in time for the party on December the 24th."

The crowd fell silent as Droy stopped eating to shout out the obvious. "Hold on, how can Mavis be holding the bowl?"

Jet punched him right in the arm. "Shut up, Man! Don't hurt her feelings."

Mavis ignored their conversation as she continued on with her explanation. "Okay, now we will leave this bowl right on the counter all day long. It currently contains the names of everyone in this room. If you wish to pull your name out of the exchange, let me know and I will see to it that your entry will be destroyed.

The guild kept silent as she continued. "Oh goody! Now, everyone is only allowed to draw ONE name, and if you happen to draw your name you must put it back!"

Before the crowd could protest, little Asuka Connell ran up to the counter and jumped onto the bar stool that sat in front of the bowl.

"YAY! I wanna play!" Asuka went to reach her hand in before her parents shouted out to her.

"Wait, honey! I think we're gonna pull our names from the pot, first." Alzack smiled as he grabbed his daughter and lifted her up.

Bisca then looked at Mavis. "Yea, I think we'll just leave Asuka's name in there and we can all go shopping as a family."

Mavis blushed and giggled with excitement. "How adorable! I'll take your names out before anyone picks them and then we can…"

"YAY I GOT GILDAWTS!" Asuka had apparently leaned out of her dad's arms in order to snag the first name, only now everyone knew who she had.

Everyone laughed and Master Makarov spoke first. "Oh, Asuka you we supposed to keep it a secret…"

"Nah, let her keep it. I can't wait to see what she gets me!"

Everyone turned to find Gildarts smiling as he walked over to the bowl. "Let me just grab my name out of the bowl here…" The large Crash Mage then reached in a picked out a second slip of paper.

"Oh, this'll be good…" He smiled with a cheeky grin and turned around to leave.

As he did he then looked over to Jellal. "Hey, grab yours and let's head out."

Jellal froze as he stood up. "Er, uh…right."

The Heavenly body mage stood up with all eyes on him as he reached in and pulled out the third name. He instantly blushed, but luckily no one saw it because of his disguise.

As the two men left for the door Natsu ran up and quickly grabbed a piece of paper out of the bowl. He then turned and ran for the door.

"HOLD ON I'M GOING WITH YOU GUYS!"

"AYE! WAIT FOR ME!" Happy then flew out of his seat and grabbed the fifth paper and followed his pink haired friend.

Sadly, the doors slammed shut as Natsu and Happy both ran face first into the wooden planks.

Lucy giggled and shook her head. "Maybe I should have stopped them."

She then stopped her thought as Cana wobbled past her table with a laugh in her voice.

"AH, calm down Lucy. Those fools are just clumsy is all…" Ironically, Cana couldn't even walk straight as she went up to the counter and reached into the bowl. When she pulled out her choice, she instantly laughed.

"HA! This will be so easy! I've already won this game!" The drunken Card Mage boasted with her new pick as she shoved the slip of paper into her bra.

She stumbled back to her seat as Nigel passed her to get his pick, but as he did, he began questioning his choice in alcoholic beverage.

"Ahehe...why would I not question the floating bowl? Maybe I've had too much too drink. "Nigel knew Mavis was there, but without any guild emblem to allow her to become visible, he had to trust his friends from the guild that the first master was actually there and present. He then pulled out his slip of paper, and smiled with faint delight.

"Oh! This is…!" He went to continue but noticed the entire room got quiet as all eyes fell on him.

Natsu and Happy had finally made it back to the table, and the Fire Dragon Slayer rubbed his head and looked over with a puzzled view. "I don't get it, why did everyone shut up?"

Gray rolled his eyes and took a sip of his drink. "Nigel's rich, you moron…They're all probably wondering if their name is on his paper."

Immediately every member of Fairy Tail jumped on his case and quickly defended themselves without sounding greedy.

As the guild erupted Mavis giggled, but Nigel walked by and took up his original glass and downed it in one go.

He then laughed as he left for the door. "Eh, we'll see what I can do..."

The morning quickly passed, and one by one each Fairy Tail wizard went up to select their picks from the bowl.

That is everyone except for Lucy, who sat by Natsu and Happy and nursed their sore heads from before.

"Gee, why did you two have to be so reckless?"

"UUGGHH!"

Both children then moaned simultaneously as Lucy shook her head, and before she could answer her own question, Wendy yelled over to her. "Hey Lucy! Aren't you going to pick a name?"

Lucy shot up and smiled with surprise. "Oh yea! Thanks, Wendy!"

She then walked over to the bowl to find only three names were left inside. She also noticed Mavis and Makarov had decided to wait for everyone else to finish before they chose their own picks.

Mavis giggled and gave Lucy a wink as she extended the bowl for her to reach. "Remember, choose wisely!"

Lucy smiled and reached in to grab one of the three remaining names. The blonde then pulled out the single piece of paper and went to read it, but she didn't even have time to decipher the name before she heard a loud yell screaming from across the guild.

"WHO HAS HIM!? TELL ME WHO HAS GRAY!"

Lucy turned to find Juvia holding the large but passive Nab Lasaro pinned against the request wall, and apparently the crazed Water Mage was going around to every guild member looking for Gray's slip of paper.

Lucy would have laughed out loud, but that was before she read the name on her piece of paper.

"GRAY FULLBUSTER"

The blonde Celestial Spirit Mage quickly gulped as Juvia looked over in her direction and began scowling with raw anger.

"Love Rival…"

Sh*t, Juvia's pissed...we'll see what Lucy's fate is tomorrow!

FYI, I will be uploading one chapter a day from now until December 24th (so there will be no release to keep you from your families on the actual 25th of December.)

Also, not all the chapters will be this long, so don't worry, and I have everything 100% completed over on Microsoft Word, so don't worry about me flaking and not updating!

Please come back tomorrow for a more official opening note, and I hope you enjoyed it!