Twas yet another troubling day at the Fairy Tail guild. Tables were turned, drinks thrown and improper diction was being shouted. Lucy Heartfillia sat on her bench, thinking how much of a mess December 24th was for Fairy Tail. After the party, she knew she would have to help clean up the room Natsu and Gray would have messed up. In truth, it wasn't that she didn't want to clean, but more like she would gladly appreciate that the idiots who wrecked the place would actually help. Next to her, sat Levy MacGarden, short blunette reading yet another book. Lucy wondered how she could manage to ignore the stares Gajeel was giving her from across the room. It truly was a gift.
Mira came to sit by the blonde.
"So… Lu-chan? What did you get Natsu?"
Lucy stared at Mira bewildered.
"What in the world do you mean?"
"Oh come on! You didn't get him a gift?"
The celestial mage pondered over it. Giving Natsu Dragneel a gift was pretty much useless or was pretty much giving him a new obsession. Besides, it wasn't like she had any ideas of what to get him. It would eventually get destroyed, so why bother?
"Oh I know!" Mira suddenly exclaimed.
Lucy backed away, fearing yet another interference from the take over Mage in her love life. The barmaid clapped her hands twice, and when no attention was paid to her, yelled.
"SHUT THE HELL UP EVERYONE!"
Fairy Tail froze.
"Right, so I would like to announce a very special event that I just came up with."
Several groans were heard from the audience.
"Now, everybody has to participate for this part. Listen up:"
She held up a piece of paper. Lucy wondered how she might have had the time to write all of her ideas down, but just let it slip her mind when she recalled Mira's weirdness.
"This year, Fairy Tail will be participating in a Secret Santa event. Five boys and five girls will be nominated to enter, and the event will be recorded. At the end of the year, we will watch our pathetic, dense couples get together and hopefully-"
She was cut off with a glare from Erza.
Lucy was the first to protest. She jumped up, her chair falling back and slammed her fist on the table, unintentionally.
"What?"
"Why, hello there Lu-chan! I see you are quite excited!"
"Yeah no shit!"
Mira sighed.
"It's alright, I did say there would be nominations first, did I not?"
Lucy pulled her chair back up, and sat down, wishing with all her might that she would not get nominated.
Every Mages went up to Mirajane to tell her their nominees, and the barmaid recorded them on a white board, that was of course, not facing the audience.
"Well! I got everyone! Thanks! So let's get on to the first person:"
Lucy closed her eyes.
"Lucy Heartfillia!"
She sank down on the table.
"Natsu Dragneel!"
He looked around, probably wondering what was going on.
"Gray Fullbuster."
He shed his shirt.
"Gajeel Redfox."
He stared daggers at everyone, trying to figure out who the hell nominated him.
"Juvia Loxar!"
She happily chirped about being in an event with her beloved.
"Levy McGarden!"
She didn't stir from her reading position.
"Erza Scarlet!"
She paraded like a proud peacock.
"Evergreen!"
She went on and on about how she was the queen.
"Elfman!"
He declared this competition was a man.
"And…" A look of confusion spread across Mira's soft features. "We're missing someone?"
The guild who was now into the mood for the event, got loud, blaming each other for not voting right. Natsu's voice rose above all others. "How about this. The first person who walks in the Guild within 5 minutes will be the final participant."
Lucy looked up, seeing he somehow managed to say something lucid.
"Excellent idea Natsu!" Mira shouted.
The guild grew silent as the seconds ticked by…
Soon, there wasn't much time left, and Lucy realized Natsu didn't really think his idea through after all.
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VLANG! Fairy Tail's two main doors swung open as a Crime Sorciere mage walked through, followed by two draped figures.
"Hey guys." Jellal Fernandes said.
Yep! That's it for the first part! This story will have exactly eight chapters one for each couple! Hope you like it!