SUMMERHEAT LOCKDOWN

Chapter 1

Murphy law states:
"IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SEVERAL THINGS GOING WRONG, THE ONE THAT WILL CAUSE THE MOST DAMAGE WILL BE THE ONE TO GO WRONG. COROLLARY: IF THERE IS A WORSE TIME FOR SOMETHING TO GO WRONG, IT WILL HAPPEN THEN"

It was hot in Magnolia. And when I say hot, I mean really hot. Actually, it was so hot that even the bandits took a little break to cool off at the beach. And as a result, the job board at out favorite guild was empty and our lovely mages were all dripping out of the guild, to join the bandits on their little vacation.

But of course there are always some exceptions. Like a crazy fire mage, who for some 'strange' reason didn't seem to have any problem with the heat.
And of course a certain celestial mage who was so obsessed with her rent, that she didn't have any money to spare for a little weekend getaway.

And exactly because of that, they found their selves in a little problem right now.

"But Mira?! Why do we have to do that?"

"You're joking right? I was going to go fishing with Happy this afternoon!"

"I'm very sorry guys, but since you're the only ones left in the guild, I'm afraid you'll have to do this." Mira replied to the two sad mages.

"You're still here, right Mira? Why can't you clean the guild before closing it for the holidays?" Lucy asked.

"You wouldn't let sweet Mira do all the work, now would you? After all I've done for you?" Mira said with tears in het eyes, "Oke, I get it. You hate me don't you Lucy?" Mira said with tears in her eyes. Lucy sweat dropped and though it over, "Well… I guess we could clean up a little bit…"

"Oh! Thank you Lucy! That's so kind of you! You love me after all."
But Natsu didn't exactly agree with Lucy, "Well, I'm not going to clean anything. Happy let's go." Mira's happy smile suddenly turned into a demonic glare. "What did you say Natsu?" she said between grinding teeth.

"Natsu turned back around on his heels and said, "What I mend to say was, let's go Happy, we have we have some cleaning to do! Heheh."

"That's she spirit!"

"Yeah you idiot, you better not let me clean the guild alone!" Lucy said after whacking him on the head.

"Lucy you're scary…" Natsu and Mira said in sync. "Yeah Mira, like you're one to talk," she mumbled back.

"Did you say anything Lucy? I'm afraid I didn't quite catch it."

"Oh no no, don't worry just me rambling to myself," phieuw, that was a close one! She thought.

Suddenly a blue flash flew overhead, aiming straight for the door. "Bye bye Natsu! Have fun cleaning! Haha!" Happy screamed back.

"Happy you traitor! Come back here!" but Happy ignored him, and was already gone before Natsu could run after him.

"Natsu, Lucy," Mira said "You until six tonight to clean the guild. Make to be done, and out of the guild by then, because I will lock the doors and put a barrier in place. I won't be back for another five days after that, so take good care of yourselves. And just one last thing, when I come back tonight, there better not be a single on this guild, or I will personally come and hunt you down to tear you apart limb from limb until you have learned your lesson. Not. A single. Scratch. Do you understand?"

"Y-y-yes Mira…" they managed to bring out between clattering teeth, while they were holding each other out of fear for Mira's wrath.

"Alright then! I have to go pack my bags now. Good luck you two!"

While Mira left the guild, Natsu let out a slow breath. "Man I thought I was going to die…"
"Yes that was close! So shall we get started then? We have a loooooot of cleaning to do."

So after two long hours of toppled over buckets, exploding vacuums and tripping over brooms, the guild was almost ready, and just in time for Mira as well, who should be arriving soon.

Natsu was on top of a ladder cleaning the last lamps, and ridding them of dust, well Lucy was washing the last few glasses. "If I had Happy here, this would be so much easier. He would just fly me up to the roof and I could burn the dust away."

"No! Natsu no fire! Do you remember what Mira said? If anything goes wrong – and knowing you it most likely will – she will kill us!" Lucy said in a high pitched voice.

"Yea yea, I get it. No magic. But why don't you just call out your spirits? We would've been done hours ago." Natsu asked.

"I gave them all the day of this morning to go to the beach. But if I knew that Mira was going to make us clean the guild… And it's not like I had a choice anyway. Aquarius was in a bad mood again, and the kept screaming at me about not having a boyfriend."

"Haha! Sounded like fun if you ask me. Well we're almost done anyway. Mira will be here any minute now, and I'm….. done! There. Now nothing can go wrong anymoooaaaAAHH!" Natsu started to scream, startling Lucy. "Natsu, what's wraAH!" she looked up only to see Natsu falling of the ladder and flying straight for her.

She didn't have enough time to react, and so Natsu landed right on top of her, making them crash behind the bar, knocking them both out cold.

But just at that moment, Mira was walking towards the guild. She opened the door, but all the saw was a clean guildhall. "Natsu! Lucy! Are you there?" she screamed.
But there was no response, because they were both still knocked out cold behind the bar. "Well, I guess they must've gone home already. Great! Seeing that the guild is still in one piece, means I don't have to lecture Natsu now, so I can leave early! I'll have even more time at the beach!"

And so Mira left, locking the guild doors behind her, and putting the barrier in place.

These were going to be five very long days for the two young mages…