I walked into the guild to see everything dark. That's strange, I thought. I got more into the guild and put my balled up fist to my flat hand to make ice-make magic.
"Ice make," I whisper. I hear shuffling on all sides of the room.
"Surpri..." I hear people shouting which startles me so I finish my command.
"Ice Wall!" I shout. I put my hands on the ground and in front of me freezes, trapping all of those intruders. I stand up straight but then I am tackled on my right side.
"Ice make.." That's all I get out as a hand clamps over my mouth and another hand clamps around both of my hands. I writh, trying to get free from this person. I scream but it only comes out muffled.
"Shh." the person soothes me. I stop for a minute, thinking that I recognize that voice but then I start writhing.
"Grab her!" The voice tells me. Another person grabbed me while the other went to the light switch but this one was hot. I broke out of his grasp and decided I was going to run. I was turning and started to run when the lights turned on. I stop dead in my tracks. My shoulders pick up because I know I've done something wrong
"You can come out now. It's safe, she's calmed down." Who was he calling to? I turned around slowly to see Natsu, Erza, Mira, Happy, Loke, and Gray all looking terrified of me.
"Oops." I say, I break out a nervous smile. They all fell down to the floor laughing, clutching their stomachs.
"You all know I hate surprises." I said, defensively.
"We know, that's why we were on the sides so you don't escape, Acadia. You know today is your birthday." Erza said.
I looked down, ashamed. Natsu came up and clamped me on the back. "It's okay, we can celebrate. But you might need to unfreeze them first." Loke said. I looked up at Loke and smiled. He was grinning madly at me and our eyes locked.
Gray cleared his throat. In that hint, I could tell that he was jealous of the way Loke looked at me but Loke looks at every girl that way. Why would Gray even feel like that? We are only teammates.
"So shall we unfreeze them?"
I smiled at him and balled my fist. "Let's do it."
"Ice make...Crescent Blades!" we both shouted together. We aimed the magic at the ice wall and suddenly our blades broke the wall, freeing everybody. Once we stopped, everybody started moving and looking around.
"Sorry everybody. I knew we shouldn't have surprised her but no one listens to me." Gray said.
"Of course no one listens to you, you are a striper." Natsu says.
A stifled laugh comes out of me. I try not to let it go but I'm not that good. Still, I didn't let it escape. Gray looks over and his eyes flash, like he is challenging me.
He turned back to Natsu. "At least I'm not a blockhead who destroys to whole town." They were bumping heads and I could tell Erza was on the edge of her seat. Even though Erza scares them, I am stronger and scarier than Erza will ever be and everybody in the guild doesn't want to make me mad.
Mirajane came up to me and spoke, "Happy birthday, Acaidia. This is going to be the best birthday party you ever had." I gave her a weak smile, remembering last year's disaster.
"Come on, Acaidia! You have to celebrate your birthday!" Mirajane pleaded. I rolled my eyes and gave her a look that said I didn't want to even talk about it. I hated all of that attention that I would get for turning 17. The year was X767, the date is January 18th. I'm about the same age as Gray Fullbuster but he is just a couple months older than me and he rubs it in my face. When we were young, we had made a team since both of us were members of Fairy Tail and pupils of Ur.
Natsu and Happy were coming into the guild, looking pretty happy. "Oi, Acaidia, Mirajane. What are you doing?"
"I'm trying to talk her into having a birthday party." Mira calls out. I smile curves on my lips. They always try some mind games.
Natsu leaned in and whispered to Mira, "Maybe if we get Gray in here. I mean, he has calmed her down before and let her be casual."
"Yeah," Mira started, nodding her head and pointing her finger, "But where is Gray."
"You two do know that I can hear everything you say, right?" I said, my eyebrows raised. I had a smug smile on my face. They both had that, 'Oh shit', look on their faces.
"Gray can never calm me, you both know that. Sometimes I get too intense in battles and that's why I need somebody, anybody, to put a hand on my shoulder and then I'll step out of my trance.
The had their lips jutted out and sad puppy dog faces. Happy was hugging my leg. I heaved a heavy sigh, "Fine, you can throw a party for me." I shook my head. They were jumping up and down, exited. Natsu grabbed my arm and he ran me to the bar, I cracked a small smile at my guild mates. They were so wild.
Later that night, we had this huge party but it was secret because it was only supposed to be members of our guild. Members of different guilds just make me nervous especially when some are hunting me.
Now, they threw me a surprise party and it got off to a bad start but that was okay. This was already beginning to be fun. I wanted to join in but I had to think of the task at hand.
"Ice-make...Ice Impact." I put my right fist in my left palm and the hammer makes a huge impact on the ground. Everybody stops in their place and fighting position. They all look at me. I look around, studying each face. I raised my hand with my thumb and pointer finger sticking out, palm facing me. It took a second but then everybody started cheering and did the same as me.
I laughed and said, "Now let's party!" We all cheered and partied the rest of the night.
Man, I love being in this guild!