Levy McGarden wasn't used to having problems.

Wait. Scratch that.

Levy McGarden wasn't used to having problems, when the source of the problem wasn't named Gajeel Redfox. And right now, she was completely helpless. Erm. Helpless considering she had placed herself in that situation. She fidgeted, casting one more glance to the slip of paper she was holding. Elfman. Out of all people. Elfman.

To put it simply, she was in a fucking hell of a mess.

The petite woman readjusted her headband, her palm sweating with the stress. What the heck were you supposed to get someone who described everything as being manly and who sure as hell did NOT care if you told him otherwise? That was the kind of mess Levy was in. So far, she hadn't found an idea. She'd even looked up fifteen books about Elfman's personality so that it might help her. It had been useless.

Until she thought about asking Mira.

And realized something was very wrong.

Very, very wrong.

Most of the participants and guild members had left the main room, and Mira, Bisca and Alzack were putting up strange…frilly…pink decorations. Erza was lost in her thoughts, out of reach. Levy tip toed to the barmaid when the Titania suddenly stood up and walked out of the guild.

"Thought she'd never leave…" Mira softly spoke, the icy tone obvious.

Levy ignored it, concentrating on the Take-Over-Mage.

"Say Mira-nee." She started.

Mirajane did a double take.

Black furry and a hint of surprise shone in her eyes.

"WHAT? CAN'T YOU ALL FUCKING LEAVE US ALONE?" She screamed.

Levy covered her ears in time.

Alzack wasn't so lucky.

"I need help." Levy said in her sweetest voice.

Thankfully, her plan worked and Mira returned to normal. She was still pissed about something though.

"Oh, it's only you Levy-chan." Mira breathed softly.

Bisca giggled.

"Relax Mira. Everything will be ready when the dense-ones come back."

The white haired beauty glared at her.

"What's the matter Levy?" Mirajane turned her attention back to the blunnette.

Levy was prepared for this. She could do it. She was strong enough.

"What kind of present does Elfman like?"

A wave of anger showed on Mira's face and went away as quickly as she returned to her calm state of mind.

"So you got my brother."

Levy nodded.

Mira breathed in and out.

"And not somebody else."

Levy shook her head.

"Can you help me?"

Mira looked around, her event was definitely NOT going the way she planned. She saw the unfinished decorations and decided that out of the ten people participating, at least SOME of them would end up together. She hoped. But still! Why didn't Levy get Gajeel?

"Oh, just get him one of those silly romance novels." She said, going back to putting up the pink crystal light.

Levy thanked her and rushed out of the guild.


A new problem appeared when she reached her room, at Fairy Hills.

There was a whole bookshelf of romance books. How would she know which one to give Elfman? Levy moaned. Oh this whole event was a mess! She started looking at the titles, one by one.

She thought about giving him The Rose's whisper. Then decided against it. It was her book that she read when she felt down. It was the book she read whenever Gajeel caused her to have an emotional breakdown. It wasn't often, but she was really glad she had it when it happened. But she was being completely irrelevant… again. Oh boy.

The next book that caught her eye was entitled My undying love and she held that one dear. Lucy had given it to her for her birthday after telling her that she would cry multiple times. But Levy decided it was too cheesy for Elfman. She was about to give up, to just make something up, an excuse for not getting Elfman anything. It saddened her, but truly, she wasn't the best for gifts.

That was when Evergreen stepped in her room.

"Oh my god! This place is so dusty and dark! Can someone actually live in here?" She said, her bitchy voice resonating in the silence.

"Hi, Ever." Levy said grimly.

She really didn't like it when the Fairy would pop up in her room and comment every imperfections that could possibly be seen.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm going straight to the point. Have any books on sewing?" She asked, looking around and grimacing in disgust.

"I'll see what I have." Levy replied, pulling her ladder to another bookshelf. She quickly removed three books from their original spots and set them down on her table. Evergreen bent over her shoulder to stare at the title.

"So. Which one?" She asked, sounding really stupid to Levy.

"All of them, of course." The blunette replied, a smile creeping up on her face.

Ever gasped. Or tried to. She took the books, weighted them, opened them, looked at the number of pages and the very small writing.

"I can't read all of that." She simply stated.

Levy giggled.

"Sure you can!" She handed the brunette her glasses, which Ever just stared at.

"What do you want?" She asked, unsure and eying the glasses.

"It's for reading." Levy sighed.

Ever made a disgusted face and turned around.

"Never mind. I'll see something else."

She left Levy's room, shutting the door. Levy breathed out in relief. She picked the books up, and climbed the ladder to replace them. The last one wouldn't fit. She pushed it up many times, nothing would work. It was half-hanging in the open. She couldn't leave it like that. It would fall as soon as she would remove her hand. Levy climbed up one more step, reaching the full height of her ladder and felt against the back of the bookshelf. There was a paper there.

She pulled it out.

Climbing back down, she walked to her lamp, unfolding the crumbled piece of paper. There were numbers on there, and Levy recognized them immediately.

801.72

She didn't even need to look at the DDS. It was as easy as pie. She carried her ladder to the Philosophy and theory section, climbed to the very top, and looked for the numbers on her paper. Ha! She knew this would have been helpful! She didn't recall making that note, but she was sure she had made it. Maybe one day in the past, she thought it would be helpful to her in the future. She sure was glad she had made that note, although she did not quite understand how it had gotten in the Arts section. She shrugged the thoughts off, as she dusted off the cover of the book: The woman inside of me: A theory. Levy dropped to the floor and rushed to her desk, frantically looking for wrapping paper. Oh god, where was it! The last time she used it was for Juvia's birthday…

She triumphantly ducked under the desk and grabbed a big white plastic bag. Inside, there was all kinds of wrapping paper, bows, strings, cards, and the necessary for a gift. Levy did not enjoy going to the store every time she had a gift to give. Especially since the 15 years old sales clerk thought he had a chance with her and started flirting as soon as she even stepped in the shop.

The wrapping process was rather easy. Experienced, Levy got the job done in less time she thought she would take. Knowing Elfman's manliness, she decided to be a tease and used a wrapping paper with little pink hearts and she made sure to place lots of bows and to make flowers with them.

She stepped back to look at her masterpiece.

A certain gift, ms McGarden? Manly, thank you very much.


Hi everyone! I'm back! Right now I have a major headache, and it does not seem to want to leave me yet. Well, I hope you liked Levy's chapter. Side note: DDS stands for Dewey's Decimal System. No confusion there, I hope. Aside from that, can you believe there's only three chapters left? How sad is that! I grew quite attached to this story, I don't know about you. Fortunately, I have something else planned for later, and I think you guys will enjoy very much…

Now to answer some of my reviewers:

To little101: Nope, Levy didn't get Lucy because we still have Elfman and Evergreen to go and the circle to complete!

To OhtaSuzuke: Mira does have a plan B…it will be revealed in the last chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own any rights over Fairy Tail and it's characters. All rights go to Hiro Mashima.

~Review, please!