Bfly here with another story! Never thought I'd write more than one, but here I am! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Did Santa get you everything you wanted? Well, this was supposed to be a short, 1 chapter story but it kinda grew and now it has a life of its own. I have no idea how long it's going to be but I hope to finish it by New Year's Day…we'll see…
Ed: Thanks for Proof-reading!
Disclaimer: Santa did not give me ownership of Fairy Tail, it still belongs to its rightful owner, Mashima-san.
It was an early wintery morning on December 31, and Mira was frantically getting everything ready for the New Year Celebration. She was in the kitchen with her two younger siblings, Elfman and Lisanna. Levy, Droy, Fried and Juvia were helping her in the kitchen as well. Lucy and Jet were manning the bar. Erza had the others help her reorganize the interior. Max had shut down the Fairy Store to join Erza's team. Every New Year's Eve, Fairy Tail would have a huge party, just like their Christmas party. Then after counting down to the new year and everyone had finished welcoming it (which could take a minimum of two hours) everyone would go to the roof and wait for the first sunrise of the year.
"Mira, where do you want the ingredients to go?" said a small voice.
Mira looked down and saw a very recent addition to their guild. The little girl had long, dark blue hair and warm, brown eyes. Wendy had a large flask of milk in her hands. Next to her was a white cat with a red and white dress. Charle was opening the door for them. Behind her was a tall, long haired, pierced man. Gajeel was carrying another flask of milk and four bags of flour. Next to him stood a tall, muscular cat with a scar on his left eye. Lily was also carrying a flask of milk in one hand while balancing eggs in the other.
"Ah, thanks everyone. You can place them here. I'll have Elfman move them."
Right on cue, Elfman came up wearing his brand new apron that he got from his younger sister, Lisanna. The apron was enchanted to change the caption that was written on it, and at the moment it read "Good enough to eat". Gajeel raised a pierced brow questioningly, but kept his mouth shut. Gajeel dropped his load and then took the milk in Wendy's hands and placed that on the countertop as well. Lily also dropped his load and promptly turned back to Charle's size.
"Thanks Gajeel. Umm…Mira, do you need anything else?" questioned the shy girl.
Mira smiled at her, "You can help make the cake dough if you'd like." The little girl smiled widely and nodded. "You can help too if you'd like, Charle."
"Of course, Mira."
"Mira, we'll be headed back out to help Erza finish up," said the now small Lily.
"Ok, if you get bored you can always head back in here!" she said cheerfully. Gajeel only grunted a reply as he and his cat walk out to work for Titania.
Out in the main hall of the guild, Erza was making sure everything was in tip-top condition and that no one was slacking off. Cana, Wakaba, Warren, Nab, Visitar and even Macau's son Romeo were cleaning the guild. Lucky, Macau, Max, Natsu, Happy and Gajeel and Lily, coming back from delivering some ingredients to the kitchen team, were repairing some damages to the guild. Alzack, Bisca, Evergreen, Bixlow were moving tables, decorating them, and hanging decorations on the ceiling (none of them were mistletoe thank goodness). Grey was making small ice fairy sculptures on each table and larger ones to decorate the rest of the place. Erza was, of course, supervising with the Master.
"Hmm, this year looks to be especially festive," commented the master to Erza.
"Yes, I'm surprised that even Natsu hasn't complained yet," replied Erza.
"Hey, Old Man, where do you want this stuff?" said a loud voice from the doorway. Luxas had come back to Magnolia to spend the holidays with his grandfather. He had many barrels of beer, wine and all manners of liquor and some non-alcoholic beverages.
"Send them over to the bar and have Lucy and Jet sort them out," answered Erza as she walked to him to give him a hand. Together they picked up as much as they could and went to the bar. Lucy had never manned the bar before, but thankfully Jet had and knew where most of the stuff went.
"Hey, what's going on here?" said a gruff voice from the door.
"Gildarts! You're late! Bring some of the barrels and boxes over to the bar!" yelled Erza from across the room.
"Gildarts, its New Year's Eve, so try not to break anything!" yelled the Master.
Gildarts looked around, now everything started to make sense. Mirajane had mentioned something about this yesterday. He grabbed some barrels and headed to the bar. I need to get my head out of the clouds!
Sometime around noon, Levy and Wendy came out and offered sandwiches to the working mages. Natsu was extremely grateful when Macau set his on fire with his magic.
"Wow, you guys did an amazing job out here," said Lisanna as she and the other kitchen members joined the others for lunch.
"Gray-sama has done a wonderful job with his ice sculptures. Juvia never knew Gray-sama had such an eye for art!"
Gray blushed as he thanked Juvia for her comment.
"Bah, it's just some crappy ice done by a perv," said Natsu.
"You wanna have a go, pinky?" said Gray as he stood up, revealing that he was only wearing his boxers.
"After you put on some clothes, snowflake!"
Gray looked down and realized that yet again, he had stripped without even remembering it. "Dammit!"
But before they could destroy what they had worked on all morning, the master hit them both on the head. "If either of you as so much as scratch the place, I will subject you to that, am I clear?"
The boys shook in fear as they both responded, "Yes, we understand, sorry!"
"Seriously, can't you two go an entire day without picking a fight?" asked Lucy.
"Aye!" agreed Happy.
After lunch and a few other tweaks, everyone headed home to rest up and get ready for the party. Mira had stayed to make sure that the turkeys, hams and pork wouldn't burn down the guild. Her siblings had fought to stay with her, but with gentle persuasion her kid brother and sister went home. She sat down on the stool for the first time that day. She opened up a book that Levy had recommended, and waited for the food to finish cooking. She had read a couple of pages when she heard the kitchen door open.
"Fried? What are you doing here?"
"I came to keep you company," answered Fried, holding two cups of tea. "Besides, you'll need some help when the food is ready."
"You should go home and rest up Fried, you'll be too tired to enjoy the party afterwards," replied Mira as he placed the tea cup on the table in front of her and took a seat.
"Don't worry about me, Mira. Besides, I wanted to spend some time with you," he admitted shyly as he sipped his tea.
Mira blushed as she smiled at his reply. She closed her book and said, "Alright. I also wanted to spend some time with you today."
Fried's heart did a strange sort of leap (and nearly choked on his tea) when he heard what the white haired, blue-eyed girl had said. She also had wanted to spend time with him! He silently thanked whatever gods existed as he fought to maintain his composure in front of Mirajane.
"So," she said as she pushed her book away, took the tea cup in her hands and leaned on the table, "what are your New Year Resolutions?" she looked at him through her lashes and saw him turn a bright shade of red.
He had to look away, because if he looked down at her with her current pose, he would see her exposed bosom from his higher vantage point. "Well, you know, get closer to the other guild members." He was glad he could say that without stuttering.
"Does that include the other girls in the guild?" she asked sweetly.
"Uh…N-no, I mean yes, I mean," he took a deep breath, "What I mean is I want to get to know them as nakama, and nothing else."
"What if you meet someone that interests you?" she said and stared deeply into his eyes.
His heart was pounding as he realized that Mira was flirting with him. He had no illusions of grandeur, but he was no idiot. The blood rushed to his face as he thought that maybe, just maybe, Mira liked him the way he liked her. So he decided to take a gamble. "I already met someone who interests me."
"Eh? Really? Tell me who she is!"
"Well, she's been in the guild for a while now. She's kind, caring, loving, strong, and can be quite scary if she needs to be."
"You've described almost every female mage in the guild, Fried," laughed Mirajane.
"Well, to be a bit more specific," he gulped; there was no turning back now! "She's about your height, has white hair and pretty blue eyes. She has a lovely voice, and I admire her not only for her beauty, but of her strength as a mage and as a person." He felt two teardrops fall on his hand and looked at Mira. "Mira? Are you ok? Was it something I said?" he said as panic went through him.
"No, it's just that's the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me." She dried her eyes, "Did you really mean all of that?"
He leaned in a bit closer and whispered, "Every word."
"Even the part where you say I'm scary?" she placed her forehead on his.
"Even the part where I say you're scary," he said as he brushed a lock of her hair and placed it behind her ear. Tea forgotten, Fried closed the gap between them and kissed the girl that had stolen his heart.
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