Hey! Araiya here! Wow, guys. That was just.. And explosion of reviews, favorites, and follows. Man, that escalated quickly! I posted the story right before I left the house, and I checked my email after I got back (I get notified whenever I get review/fave/follow). I almost fell over I was so overwhelmed with all of you! So thanks! Whenever I see your input on one of my stories, I just get this warm fuzzy feeling. Now.. To answer most of your questions. Since this is only a halloween special, there will only be a total of two chapters in this story. So, yeah, this is the last chapter. (Or will it?) BUT! You can read my ongoing story, Fairy Tail OC, if you really like my writing. Also, for Christmas, I will be putting up a special story for that as well. I have already begun writing, and I will post one chapter everyday starting 12 days before Christmas. Ok, I'll shut up now. Here's the second chapter!
Lucy stood there, facing Natsu as he stood in the doorway. Her face was filled with fear, something she thought she would never show because of Natsu.
"Natsu! What are you doing?" Erza demanded, stepping forward. She lifted her sword, as if she was about to attack.
"Erza, stop!" Lucy cried, grabbing onto Erza's arm. Erza looked over at Lucy. "Don't hurt him.. It's not really him who's doing this!"
"You're right. So how should we stop him?" Erza wondered aloud.
"Well, I don't know about you all, but I fight with Natsu everyday. Just because that's not really him doesn't make a difference to me!" Gray said, charging at Natsu. "Ice make-"
But Gray didn't even get close. Before he could finish, Natsu knocked Gray to the ground with a single fiery fist. He sat there sprawled across the ground.
"Gray!" Erza said, frustrated. "Natsu! Stop this!" Erza turned to him, threating him with her sword.
"Gray-sama!" Juvia said, rushing to Gray's side. She glared daggers at Natsu, not caring what strength he had. Natsu stepped out of the doorway, and entered the guild. He headed towards Lucy.
"I told you not to play there." He said.
"What do you mean?!" Lucy said, backing up away from him.
"Natsu!" Erza lashed out at Natsu with her sword. He stopped it with his leg, and Erza swung again at him. He grabbed it with his hands, and used his free fist to punch her in the jaw. By this point, Lucy could barely stand to watch. Even Erza was getting taken down. How was she going to stop him?
Erza recovered from the punch and swung her sword at him, Natsu dodging the attacks as if she were an ametuer. He rebounded off the walls, and attacked her from overhead.
"Wing Attack of the Fire Dragon!" He yelled, sending out two whip like flames. Erza turned just in time to block the attack with her sword, barely. He landed on a table, and used it as leverage. He jumped off towards Erza, hitting her sword with his fist. "Iron Fist of the Fire Dragon!"
Erza pushed him back, lowering her sword. "Natsu! Snap out of it!" Erza yelled at him. Gray got back up, and launched another attack. "Ice Make: Lance!" He swung at Natsu from behind, the attack melting as soon as it hit him. "What?!" He said confused.
"Roar of the Fire Dragon!" He breathed the long wall of fire at Gray. "Ice Make: Sheild!" The sheild cracked, and shattered after the fire stopped. Erza swung her sword at Natsu, and he came back kicking her from under before she could land the attack on him. She hit the wall, and came down with a thud landing on a table and breaking it. Meanwhile, Lucy stood there watching everything in horror. Thankfully the master wasn't here, or else Natsu might be dead. Lucy shook her head. She couldn't stand this for much longer. Happy was no better.
"Natsu, please! Stop!" She cried in horror, falling to her knees. Levy stood behind her, head down. This caught Natsu's attention. He knocked Gray to the ground once again. Juvia came up to him, and launched a water attack towards him. He jumped over it, and landed in front of Juvia. He punched her, sending her flying into a nearby table. He headed to where Lucy was. She reached for her keys, but Natsu grabbed her wrist before she could summon a spirit. There was only one thing she could do now..
Lucy used her other hand and grabbed her whip. She closed her eyes and lashed it at Natsu, swiping him across the face. He stumbled back from the hit, and then turned his attention back to her.
"I'm sorry, Natsu. But you need to wake up!" She had a plan, but she wasn't sure if it would work. Lucy ran outside the guild, and looked up at the giant windmill on top of the guild. She narrowed her eyes, and began to climb. Natsu came out of the guild, short after. He followed her up the side of the building, fist ignited. She kept looking ahead, not daring to let her eyes drift to what was below her. Erza ran out of the doors, watching Lucy and Natsu.
"Lucy, what are you doing?!" She yelled.
"Just trust me!" She yelled back. Lucy reached the roof of the guild, and began running across to the windmill. Then, she felt something sting on her back. She turned, and saw Natsu right being her. His hand covered in the blood of her back. She stumbled, and fell to her knees.
"Lucy!" Erza called from down below. 'I have to keep going..' Lucy thought to herself. She got back up, and started running again to the windmill. Then, she jumped off the roof. She grabbed onto one of the wooden planks that were attacked to the windmill, and pulled herself up to sit on it. While it was still moving. Natsu did the same, and got onto a wooden plank that was attatched to the mill. Just as Lucy planned, his motion sickness kicked in.
Erza then realized what Lucy was trying to do. She had about one minute, until the windmill turned and Natsu would be dumped off.
"Reedus!" Erza called. The tiny man who was once large came running to Erza's side, ready to help. "I need you to create a carrige. Quickly!" She demanded.
"Yes!" Reedus replied. He drew the carrige, and Erza positioned it under the windmill.
"Alright, Lucy! It's all up to you!" Erza called up to Lucy, who was sitting on the windmill.
'It's now or never..' Lucy thought, determined to save Natsu. Right as the windmill's plank that Lucy was sitting on was about to dump her out, she jumped onto the one next to her. Natsu didn't react quickly enough, and he was dumped into the carrige. As soon as he hit the floor, Reedus signaled the horses to run. They began to trott in a circle, to which Natsu's motion sickness reacted to.
Lucy breathed a sigh of relief, and slid off the roof back to the ground.
"So what should we do now?" She asked Erza.
"Simple. We make him snap out of it."
"But how?" Lucy asked. But before Erza could answer, she remembered. "Oh! I know! Crux was about to tell me what was wrong with him, but before he could tell me, Natsu attacked him. I'll resummon him!" (I think I just made up a new word.. Resummon!) Erza nodded approvingly, and Lucy pulled out the key and summoned the old cross.
"Crux! What was it that you were going to say before you disapperead?" Lucy asked hurridly.
"Oh, yes! The boy, Natsu, I believe that he is possesed by something." Crux said thoughtfully.
"That would make sense." Erza relied. Lucy peered over to the carrige, where Natsu was sprawled out in.
"Wait a second.." Lucy muttered. She walked over to the carrige, and looked inside at Natsu, who looked like his normal self.
"Natsu?" She asked, surprised.
"Luce.. Make it.. Stop.." He gasped.
"NATSU!" Lucy yelled. She pulled him out of the carrige, and sqeezed him tight. (Just like this picture.. Here's the link! uploads/1/18983/499243-vlcsnap_2011_12_18_ )
"Lucy.. Your hurting me.." His muffled voice said, from out of her tight hug.
"Oh.. Sorry." She said. Lucy blushed a bit and let him go. "What happened?"
"I don't know.. Last thing I remember was I was in the woods, and I heard this laugh. I went over to it, and now I'm here." Natsu said, looking around in a daze.
"And if he hadn't been such an idiot, maybe he wouldn't have been tricked!" Came a tiny voice, that sounded like it was in the carrige.
"Who's there?" Erza questioned. Then, a tiny little girl flew out of the carrige, and sat on the top of it.
"What the?!" Gray said, stepping back in awe.
"Are you.. A fairy?!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Do cats have tails? Of course I'm a fairy! What was your first clue?" She said smugly.
"Were you the cause of Natsu acting up?" Erza demanded.
'You call that acting up?' Everyone thought.
"You bet! He trespassed in my forest, stomping through like a herd of elephants! So I taught him a lesson. Then this blondie over here came and did the same exact thing! So obviously I had to teach them a lesson." The fairy replied angrily, as if it was obvious.
"But Natsu, why were you in the forest to begin with?" Lucy asked him.
"Well, actually, I was told that a fairy lived there." Natsu said, trying to recall what happened.
"And why were you looking for a fairy?"
"Because you wanted to know if they had tails or not. Right?" Natsu answered bluntly. Lucy blushed.
"You mean you went through all that.. For me?" She blushed even more.
"Yeah! I'd do anything for you, Luce! We're partners after all!" Natsu said, giving his famous toothy grin.
"Well." Erza said, breaking their moment. "Why don't we head back to the Halloween festival? We've got a lot to clean up before midnight." Erza glared daggers at Natsu, emitting an evil aura.
"Yes ma'am!" He said, scrambling inside the guild.
"Wait!" Lucy called. "Before we go, I want to know, Miss Fairy.. Do you guys have tai-" But the Fairy was no longer there. In the distance though, you could her the soft tinkle of childs laughter. Lucy smiled, and headed back into the guild.
"Guess we'll never know for sure.."
After Erza forcefully had Natsu clean the entire guild by himself, and explained what exactly had happened, everyone finally had time to celebrate. The guild, lively as ever, was ready to party. They all headed down to the Halloween Festival, which Fairy Tail was hosting in the middle of town.
"Let's get this party STARTED!" Natsu yelled, jumping up on a table, breathing fire into the sky.
"YEAH!" The rest of the guild cheered, raising there mugs to salute to him. The musicians burst into song, and the guild got into the full swing of the party. Natsu and Gray were yelling at eachother, Lucy and Levy sitting at a table discussing the day's events, Happy trying to give Charla a fish, Cana, doing what she does best, Evergreen, yelling at Elfman for saying 'man' to much, and Mira and Kinana passing out orders, and finally Erza standing over them all, eating her favorite strawberry cake.
"So, Natsu, what was the fairy thing all about? You gotta think for Lucy?" Gray prodded.
"What do you mean do I have a 'thing' for Lucy? I didn't buy her anything!" Natsu replied angrily, and slightly confused.
"What I mean is, you like Lucy!" Gray smirked. "Yeah, you liiiiiiiike her!" Happy added. Natsu blinked, not really understanding what they ment. Only that they were teasing him.
"Of course I like Lucy! She's my partner!" He said defensively. Gray and Happy gave up, knowing that there was know way they could break through Natu's inpenitrable skull.
On the other side of the guild..
"So, Lucy, what do you think of Natsu going through all that trouble to find out if a Fariy has a tail?" Levy asked slyly.
"What's there to think of it?" Lucy replied suspiciously.
"Oh, I don't know.. Maybe that it's his way of saying he likes you!" Levy said. Lucy blushed, then came up with a GREAT comeback.
"Oh, you mean the way you like Gajeel?" She smirked. Now Levy blushed.
"Wh-what?! I do NOT like Gajeel!" Levy yelled back, catching a certain black haired dragon slayer's attention.
"What about me, bookworm?" He said, turning his eyes to the two girls.
"Oh, nothing really.. Except that Levy-" Levy covered Lucy's mouth with her hand before she could say anything. "Except that I really wanted this new book that I heard of." She said in place of Lucy. Overhearing Natsu's conversation with Gray, and Lucy's with Levy, Mira got an idea. She set down the plates she was carrying, and walked over to the master, whispering something in his ear.
"Yes, I have also noticed. Alright. Carry on." He said, returning to his drink. Mira smiled, then walked up to the town's stage.
"Attention, everyone! I have an announcement!" Mira yelled, gathering the guild's attention. "The master and I have decided that we will host a costume contest." Natsu's ears pricked up at the word 'contest'.
"You mean like a battle!?" He said, jumping up from his seat.
"No, sorry Natsu. One male, and one female are to win, and they will be crowned King and Queen of the Halloween Festival!" Mira smiled, and listened to the crowd cheer.
"Well what's the prize?" Natsu asked bored. Mira thought for a moment.
"The King and the Queen will get one of every food item here tonight in the festival. For free! And, and all you can eat buffet!" She answered.
'This is bound to get him to win..' Mira thought to herself.
"Alright! I'm gettin' all fired up!" Natsu said, pumping his fists. The crowd behind him cheered with excitement.
"You know, Natsu, I wasn't planning on entering this.. But I'm going to now just to beat you!" Gray said, standing up.
"Oh yeah? You wanna go?" Natsu challenged.
"Be my guest, flame brain!" Gray retorted. They glared at eachother angrily, before receiving an angry stare from Mira.
"You may sign up at the front of the stage, girls on the left, boys on the right." There were not nearly as many men as women, because most of the normal people feared Natsu and Gray's wrath. They weren't about to get into the middle of that. Soon enough, the competition started. Natsu grabbed Lucy, and dragged her into town to go create his costume.
"We'll be right back!" He called, leaving everyone in the dust. Before anyone could follow him, Mira stopped them.
"Alright everyone.. Here's the thing. I want you all to let Natsu and Lucy win."
"What?!" The crowd replied, taken aback.
"Yes.. Me and Master Makarov are trying to set them up. So I want you all to have fun, but please let Lucy and Natsu win." Mira pleaded.
The crowd muttered for a bit, but reluctantly agreed to Mira's plan. It took Gray extra convincing, because he hated losing to Natsu more than anything.
After about an hour of the contestants creating their costumes, Lucy and Natsu returned, looking stunning thanks to Lucy's fashion knowledge. Natsu, was of course a dragon. His legs were covered in fake red scales, with claws where his toes should have been. His arms were also covered in the fake scales, claws replacing his fingers. He had little red ears sticking out of his hair, and a long spikey red tail coming out of his poofy blue pants. He had a black nose, and whiskers to complete it.
Lucy was a witch. A very cute one.. Not like the ones with warts. She had on a black ribbon in the shape of a witch hat to tie up a few strands of her hair, and an orange dress with the sleeves spiked that go to her elbows. Her dress was short and also spikey, and stopped in the middle of her thighs. She had black and orange striped stockings that went to her knees, and black flats with little bows on the ends. She also carried a broom stick at her side that was attatched to her belt.
Erza nodded approvingly, who was dressed as frankenstein, and Gray turned his gaze elsewhere. He was dressed as a vampire, who in fact was only wearing boxers and a cape. Mira cleared her throat, and called all the contestants up to the stage. They males lined up on the right, and girls on the left.
"We will now begin the votes! Please right down on a peice of paper the name of the female you want to win, and the male you want to win." As she said this, she looked at Natsu and Lucy, making sure the crowd new who to vote for. No one dared go against the wrath of Mira.. So they did as she said. "Please put your votes in the boxes at the front of the stage. We will tally them up after everyone has voted."
It took about five minutes for everyone to vote, and about twenty for them to tally the votes. (It would have taken longer but they new who was going to win..)
"And now, the winners of the Halloween Festival Costume Contest!" Mira called out, smiling. Natsu looked straight forward, eyes on the prize. "And the male winner.." All the males on the stage glanced at Natsu, who of course was oblivious to them.
"Natsu Dragneel!" Mira yelled.
"YES!" Natsu jumped for joy, breathing fire everywhere. Lucy giggled at the sight of him. He ran up to his place at the podium, standing next to Mira who smiled at him. All the other male contestants sighed and walked back down to their places in the stands. Gray gave Natsu a disgusted look, but he was to busy to notice.
"And now, for the female winner!" She said, turning to the group of girls. They all in return glanced at Lucy, who had her eyes shut in anticapation.
"Lucy Heartfilia!" Mira yelled once again. Lucy's eyes burst open in surprise, and she turned to Mira gasping. Mira motioned for her to come up and join Natsu who was about to explode in anticapation. She smiled at Natsu, knowing that he wouldn't be bothering her for food for a while. All the other girls walked back down to their place in the stands, and everyone cheered for the King and Queen of the Halloween Festival.
"You know, Natsu.." Lucy started.
"What?"
"I never really thanked you for what you did earlier. So thanks!" Lucy smiled.
"No problem, Luce! Happy Halloween!" Natsu said. And then.. An explosion went off.
The entire guild of Fairy Tail.. Disappered. All that was heard after that, was the sound of a Fairy laughing.
What was that all about, you ask? Why would I leave a two chapter story like this you ask? Maybe because I'll add a special epilogue chapter.. Just for you! Yeah, I like going out with a bang. So expect the next chapter to be up sometime this week. And yes, that will be the FINAL CHAPTER. If you like this story, please read my ongoing story.. Fairy Tail OC. Also, look forward for my next holiday story.. A Fairy Tail Christmas! It will be up on December 14th, 2012. Thanks for reading, and I'll see you next chapter!