I was tagged by Dark Shining Light for this challenge on Tumblr. The challenge is to list 10 characters and then write 10 drabbles based on that list and 10 prompts. Well, actually 9 prompts. One of them is just a question about your opinion on a couple of ships, so I'll probably just include that one on one of the other prompts. I'm going to post each drabble as a separate chapter of this, so that people can review and comment, if they wish, on the individual prompts. These are drabbles so, of course, they are very short and that's quite a departure for me. It was a fun challenge, though, because of that and I really appreciate Dark Shining Light tagging me. Since I don't usually write drabbles like this, any comments or criticism would be greatly appreciated.
Write down 10 of your favorite characters in no particular order:
1. Lucy
2. Natsu
3. Gajeel
4. Levy
5. Gray
6. Erza
7. Happy
8. Wendy
9. Mirajane
10. Laxus
Prompt 1: #3 forgot to do his/her homework, and 8 is the only one around. How do they persuade them to let them copy their homework? (Gajeel and Wendy)
Gajeel walked into the classroom a few minutes before the class was scheduled to start, grumbling under his breath. He'd signed up for the Latin class in an attempt to impress Levy and he was sincerely regretting it. He was struggling with learning just one language while the blue-haired mage knew dozens. His own difficulty with learning just made her knowledge all the more impressive to him.
He was early because Lily had helpfully reminded him, just a few minutes ago, that he still had a vocabulary worksheet to complete before the class started and Gajeel was hoping to try and copy off of someone. Fortunately for him, or unfortunately, depending on your point of view, Wendy was also early. She had decided to take the class because Porlyusica had told her that knowing Latin would be helpful if she decided to train as a healer, to supplement her healing magic.
Grinning, Gajeel approached Wendy, who was already seated at her desk, reading through their textbook. "Oi, kid, I…"
"No", Wendy interrupted him, hunching her shoulders slightly and raising the textbook so that he couldn't see her face.
Gajeel scowled at her. "What do you mean, 'no'? I ain't even asked you for anything yet."
Wendy lowered the book enough to glare at him. "Mr. Gajeel, you have asked me to let you copy our homework for the last three classes. This is only the fifth class. You aren't going to pass the class unless you actually learn the vocabulary, so, no, I'm not going to let you copy again." She raised the book to hide her face again before he could respond.
Annoyed, Gajeel huffed at her, crossed his arms over his chest and glared at the wall across the room. He knew that Wendy could be every bit as stubborn as any of the other dragon slayers, so he thought hard for a moment, trying to figure out a way to get her to agree. "Look, I promise to do all my own work for the rest of the class if you'll let me copy this one last time."
Wendy lowered the book again and gave him an assessing look. "Get Panther Lily to remind you to study and do your homework and get Ms. Levy to tutor you and we have a deal."
Gajeel winced at her counter offer. There was no way he'd get out of doing the work with those two on his case. "Yeah, fine. Alright, kid. You got yourself a deal." Wendy beamed at him and promptly handed her completed worksheet to him. He sighed as he went back to his desk to copy her work. It looked like he was going to be learning Latin, whether he really wanted to or not.
Okay, that's the first prompt done. I'll post the next one tomorrow. All of the prompts are already written, so there shouldn't be any delay in posting. Review please! I'd love to know what people think.
