Chapter Seven: Good Morning!


Author's Note: Konichiwa! I finally finished this chapter. I had to work on plenty of my other school stuff and chores. Phew, I'm glad they're done. Anyway, please tell me how I did with this chapter in a review! I love you guys so much!


"Nashi. Get up." Amaya shook her friend awake.

The dragon slayer groaned. "What is it, Amaya?"

"Daddy says it's time for breakfast. Then we have to bring you home." The ice wizard climbed over Nashi and stood in the dimmed bedroom wearing her pajamas, which contained of a teal blue tank-top and white pants. Amaya was practically jumping up and down from the smell of her mother's pancakes. Again, she shook Nashi, but more violently this time. "Get up already! Mama's making pancakes!"

At the mention of pancakes, the dragon slayer was fully awake and halfway down the staircase before Amaya even realized she'd left. The two rushed into the kitchen in sync and wore the biggest grins on their faces, making Juvia and Gray chuckle at the girls' expressions. Avalon sat at the island, stuffing his face with however many pancakes he could fit. His dark blue pajama shirt was covered in sticky syrup and his blue pants were even more full of it.

Nashi breathed in the smell of her aunt's pancakes and sighed before she sat down at the counter beside Avalon, satisfied with the sweet fragrance. Amaya climbed up onto the bar stool beside her. Juvia looked up from the stove and smiled at the two girls. "Good morning, Amaya. How'd you sleep, Nashi?"

The dragon slayer's head rested on the table. "Fine," She yawned. "Thank you."

"And how 'bout you, Amaya?" Gray asked, pouring blueberry syrup on his stack of pancakes.

"Oh it was wonderful! I'd dreamed that I was in Candy Land with the mountains made of Ice Cream, and the river made out of root beer! And my house was made out of gingerbread!" The thought of candy made Nashi's brown eyes twinkle. "And the best part was that Daddy, Mama, Avalon, and Nashi were all with me!"

The water wizard giggled. "Sounds like somebody had too much sugar before they went to bed."

Her daughter smirked innocently and avoided her mother's gaze. "Heh heh, yeah."

The bluenette rolled her eyes and took all eight pancakes off the pan and put them onto a white platter. She poured more batter into the pan and turned the stove down. Nashi stared at the pancakes, attempting to contain her hunger and wait until she got permission from her aunt to eat. "Oh! Take what you like." The water mage exclaimed at her niece's pleading look.

"Thank you." The dragon slayer said, grabbing a plate and stacking two pancakes on it. Amaya imitated her and also put two pancakes on her plate. The two reached for the blueberry syrup at the same time and brought their hands back onto their laps.

"You can have it!" They said in unison. Amaya and Nashi giggled before the dragon slayer poured on the blueberry syrup and the ice wizard poured on the maple syrup.

The whole time the two did their funny little skit, Gray had watched carefully and was now studying their smiling faces. "Nashi? Would you like to stay a bit longer? I need to go see Lucy... if Juvia wouldn't mind watching you three." Juvia nodded her head, signaling Gray that he was free to leave.

Nashi jumped up from her chair and practically flew into her uncle's arms. "Oh thank you Uncle Gray!"

He looked uncomfortably down at her and accidentally let a grin slip from his lips. "Just behave, got it?"

The two girls nodded their heads rapidly and shooed Gray out the door. Juvia giggled as she took the last three pancakes off the pan and turned off the burner. "I heard that Magnolia's Street Fair is opening today, wanna spend the day there?"

Amaya and Avalon's blue eyes widened with excitement and Nashi was bouncing in her chair. "Yeah!" The three shouted in unison.

"We'll go on one condition: you three have to help me clean up." Grins spread across their faces and they quickly, but firmly, agreed to Juvia's request. "Alright then, finish eating, get dressed, brush your teeth, and come back downstairs to help."

Avalon finished his breakfast first -which nobody was surprised by, he had shoved all the pancakes into his mouth. Nashi and Amaya finished soon after he had and rushed up to the bedroom.

The two girls stood in front of Amaya's dresser and searched through all her clothing. "Aha! You can wear this." She unfolded a rosy-pink shirt and handed it to her friend along with a dark pair of jeans. The ice wizard quickly decided what she would wear: A white blouse, black jeans, and a white headband with a blue flower glued onto the left side of it.

The two entered the bathroom as soon as Avalon had scurried downstairs to help his mother. The younger girl picked up her teal blue toothbrush as Nashi stood innocently in the doorway. "Oh!" The ice wizard stood on her tiptoes and searched through the cupboard. She sighed, "I really wish you would've at least packed an overnight bag before you came here. I can't find any toothbrushes."

"It's okay, I'll just use my finger. Do you have any toothpaste I could use?" The ice wizard squirted some onto her toothbrush before handing it to Nashi. "Thank you."


Juvia, Amaya, Avalon, and Nashi stood at the crowded ticket booth in front of South Gate Park, waiting in line for their tickets to the fair.

"Ugh. This is taking forever." Amaya whined.

"I'm so bored." Nashi agreed.

Suddenly, the young ice wizard gasped and pointed at a street vendor selling cotton candy. "Mama! Can we get some?"

The water woman sighed and handed the children Jewel. "I guess so. But you have to pay me back with your allowance Jewel, got it?" Her daughter was already at the vendor's cart and purchasing who knows how many bags of cotton candy.

A tap on her shoulder startled Juvia as she turned around to see who had taken her attention away from the twins and Nashi. Her husband grinned brightly as he stood next to Lucy, Ryu holding her finger tight as he stood on the cobblestone street beside his mother. The celestial wizard sighed, "Sorry for all the trouble Nashi has caused you. I guess she just really misses Natsu right now."

"Oh it's alright. Juvia would much rather see a smile on her face than tears." The water wizard replied.

"I guess you're right. It would be nice to see her happy..." The blonde agreed.


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