Angel: Introducing the fourth story in Fairy Tail's Fairy Tale
Kats: Right the first one I didn't do all by myself...of course, credits to the original tale, "The Princess and the Frog."
"Today, class, is the story of The Princess and The Ice Cube.."
Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Freeze, there lived a princess named Juiva. She was a kind princess, but she had this 'bad habit' (As her parents called it) of being overly obsessed with Prince Gray Fullbuster of the kingdom Icina ever since she first laid eyes on him. Unfortunately for her, she was forced in to an arranged marriage with Gray's older brother, Prince Lyon Fullbuster. Its been five weeks planning for the dreaded date; now there is only one week left.
Juvia sighed desolately. "Gray-sama," Juvia murmured sadly, staring out the window at him. She had the perfect view of Gray's temporary guest room at Juvia's parents' castle. At that very time, she could see Gray absently carving ice statues. "Oh, my sweet Juvia!" someone called through her door, snapping her out of her trance. "What is it?" Juvia snapped, irritable at any voice but Gray's.
"You need to try on your wedding gown, my sweet! The maids say they have been calling you for the last hour!" Lyon called, advancing into the room, his face stamped with obvious, over-the-top affection. Taking in Juvia's current state, Lyon asked, "My sweet, is something wrong?" "Out now!" Juvia demanded angrily. "But Juvia, my sweet..." Lyon replied, looking shocked. "OUT!" Juvia screamed "Tell the maids I'll be down in an hour," Juvia finished calmer, then slammed the door in Lyon's face.
"Juvia!" could be heard through her door, but she ignored it. Juvia locked the door and went back to her window to see if Gray was still there, but found he wasn't. Dam you, Lyon, went through her mind. (The kind of dam that blocks a river). Juvia can't believe Juiva has to marry Lyon! Juvia's got the wrong brother.
Juvia sighed even more. Juvia wants to marry Gray-sama...Overcome with depression, she slunk out of her room to hide in a tree to spy on Gray, where, outside, it had begun to rain.
Meanwhile, in the main hall, Juvia's personal maid, Virgo, was busy cleaning when she found a square ice cube on the floor. "An ice cube?" mumbled Virgo, picking it up an examining it. "That's odd. It's not melting. Maybe it's one of Princess Juvia's toys. She's been obsessed with ice lately. I'll just return it to her room." Virgo went upstairs and tossed the ice cube into the room, slamming the door shut as she left.
Juvia sighed. "Why did they have to take so long with fitting Juvia for the nightmare?" Juvia said with disappointment as she climbed the stairs to her room. She reached the door and swung it open, then looked down, surprised, at a square ice cube on the floor.
"An ice cube?" observed Juvia, squatting down to examine it. "That's odd. It hasn't melted." She poked it tentatively.
"Hey, watch it!" rang a voice. A familiar voice. "G-gray-sama?!" stammered Juvia, scouring the room wit her gaze to find him. Gray was not in sight. "Was that Juvia's imagination?" wondered Juvia, puzzled. "Nope!" piped the voice of Gray. "I'm here! Right here! Yep, here!"
Juvia looked at the ice cube. Unless she had really lost it, the voice seemed to be coming from the ice cube. "Gray-sama?" whispered Juvia, shocked.
"Yeah! I'm trapped in this ice cube," explained Gray, obviously ready to start a long story about what had happened. "I'll start from the begin-"
Juvia kissed the ice cube.
She didn't move for ten whole seconds, cherishing the moment, joy flooding her entire body. "Gray-sama," murmured Juvia in bliss. All too soon, the kiss ended, and in a puff of steam, Gray sat on the floor, rubbing his mouth, looking flustered.
"Y-you're supposed to wait until I explain what happened before you kiss me!" exclaimed Gray, his face flushed and red. "Juvia doesn't care!" sighed Juvia, her head in the clouds. "Don't you even wanna know what happened?" demanded Gray, still blushing furiously.
"I'll listen to anything you say, Gray-sama!" oozed Juvia, eyes sparkling. Gray eyed her warily, the red finally draining from his face. Regaining a calmer demeanor, Gray sat up, moving his hands like he was brushing off dirt from his shirt, even though this shirt was not currently present.
"Okay," said Gray. "So this is what happened...
~A few hours ago, in Gray's room~
"Aha!" exclaimed Gray. "I've just completed my new ice sculpture, Fancy Hammer!" He held up his glittering ice statue into the light. "Magnificent," said Gray proudly, admiring his work smugly. Then, the door swung open with a loud bang.
Gray jumped; in his shock, he dropped the statue. Surprised and irritated, Gray caught the statue right before it hit the floor. Gray placed the sculpture on his desk, then swung around, eyes blazing with anger, to see who had slammed open the door. "Hey, watch it, punk!" Gray fumed. "You made me drop my sculpture!"
Gray reeled back in surprise as he saw Lyon standing in the doorway, eyes blazing with the passion of someone madly in love, and anger, too. "Gray!" exclaimed Lyon furiously. "Don't play innocent! I know what you've been doing!"
"Huh?" spluttered Gray, baffled. "You've been," proclaimed Lyon dramatically, "you've been wooing Juvia, MY engaged, behind my back!"
"Whaaaa?!" gasped Gray, his head spinning. "I've been WHAT?!" "Don't think I haven't seen the way she looks at you!" snarled Lyon. "Mooning over you and ignoring me! It's obvious you've been flirting with her!"
"I haven't spoken a word to her in my life!" exclaimed Gray, thoroughly flustered for some reason. "I have NO IDEA what you're talking about!" The conviction in his voice must have convinced Lyon, because absolute shock and disbelief exploded across his face.
"You mean..." spluttered Lyon, voice weak, "she likes you over me, without even knowing you?"
"Seems like it," said Gray with a nonchalant shrug, not even caring.
"B-but I'm the eldest!" exclaimed Lyon, regaining his fire. "I will NOT loose to you!" "When did this become a contest?" grumbled Gray.
"As my love rival, it is my job to remove you!" continued Lyon, pulling out a dusty, old book from his cape and holding it up like treasure.
"Love rival?" echoed Gray. "Wait-remove me? What do you mean?!"
"This is a book filled with forbidden ice magic spells that the creepy old lady on the side of the haunted road gave me!" explained Lyon proudly. "With this, I'll remove you as a threat FOREVER!"
"Whaaaaaa?!" gasped Gray. "Leave me alone, you creep!"
"I'll trap you in an ice cube!" ranted Lyon. "And leave you somewhere to melt! With you out of the way, Juvia will have no choice but to marry ME!"
"Stop, you idiot!" exclaimed Gray, face paling. "I'm not your love rival! Stop-I'm warning you! You wanna get beat up!?" But Lyon had already opened the book and was chanting the incantation,
Love, love, love...turn my passion into strength, my conviction into power, my hate into power! ICED CUBE!
A blinding flash of light filled the room, and it was over.
~Current~
"And that's what happened," explained Gray. "That dirty Lyon," snarled Juvia, bloodlust dwelling in her eyes. Gray noticed it and warily shuffled away. Juvia looked up, and as soon as her gaze met Gray's, love swept all the hate into a corner and Juvia leapt forward, locking Gray in a chocking embrace.
"Gray-sama, I'm so glad you're okay!" breathed Juvia, relief evident in her voice.
"C-can I go now?" choked Gray, struggling to draw breath. "No! You stole Juvia's first kiss, so you have to marry Juvia!" Juvia exclaimed.
Gray paled. "I...uh...have to go somewhere!" he shot off, sweating.
Kats: I give Angel-chan points for the idea of this one.
Angel: Yah :D
-Kats and Angel Out
