Angel suddenly gasped. "He's thawing!"

Lyon raised his head. Gray wobbled for a moment, then fell back against him, no longer made of ice. His hair had returned to its original color as well.

"Gray? Why did you do it?" asked Lyon, holding his brother up.

Gray smiled weakly. "I love you too much to let you die, idiot."

"I see," said Angel. "Only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart."

"Love... can thaw?" Lyon blinked at her.

Angel frowned. "Why are you staring at me?"

Lyon pulled Gray to his feet and hurried over to one of the frozen ships. "Come on, get on board!" he called to the girls.

Juvia was still sniffling, but she and Angel climbed onto the deck of the ship. Rudy bounded up to join them.

Then Lyon grinned and lifted his arms. The ice and snow all around them began to disappear. The ship beneath them started rocking as the bay unfroze, and soon all the other ships were free as well, though the one that had nearly fallen on Angel and Rudy sank. Before long, Hargeon had been returned to summer.

"Juvia is ashamed of the way she has acted," said the Princess, kneeling in front of Gray and Lyon. "Juvia humbly apologizes and begs your forgiveness."

Lyon exchanged a look with Gray, then smiled at Juvia. "We forgive you."

"But I'm still breaking off the engagement," added Gray.

Juvia sighed in disappointment. "Juvia understands. She will return to Bosco."

"You could stay a while longer, if you want," said Lyon.

Gray grinned. "Yeah, you don't have to go right away. You'd miss the celebration."

"Celebration?" Lyon repeated in a puzzled tone.

"You've learned how to control your powers. Isn't that something to celebrate?"

"Well..." Lyon looked at his brother for a moment. "Oh, all right. I suppose we can have another party."

The king stood in the middle of his courtyard, which was filled with joyful townspeople. "Are you all ready?" he called.

Cheers greeted this question, and Lyon stomped his foot, freezing the ground to form an ice rink. While the villagers started skating around on it and enjoying themselves, the king froze the fountains. This time the frozen water looked magnificent.

Gray came slipping across the ice and almost crashed into Lyon. Lyon snickered and grabbed Gray's sleeve to keep him from falling.

"I like having the gates open," said Gray, hanging on to Lyon as his feet tried to slide out from under him.

"We are never closing them again," Lyon replied, and formed a pair of frozen ice skates around Gray's feet.

"Lyon, you know I can't skate," Gray complained.

Lyon laughed. "Come on, it's not as bad as dancing, is it?" He started gently pulling Gray across the rink.

Gray wobbled, his face stiff with concentration. "No, it's worse." But he decided to humor Lyon and let his brother try to teach him.

"Juvia has it..." There was a thud. "Oof... Juvia doesn't have it."

Gray looked over and saw Angel helping Juvia skate.

"Try again, I know you can do it," said Angel encouragingly. She glanced over at Gray, who had somehow managed to lose his shirt again. "Even the stripping prince is making an attempt, see?"

That settled it for Gray. He was going to learn to skate even if it killed him. Lyon saw the determined look in his eyes and snickered again.

It was almost nightfall, but there was still one thing left to do. Gray ran through the streets of Hargeon, dragging a blindfolded Angel behind him.

"Slow down a bit!" panted Angel.

Gray laughed. "What, you think I'm gonna let you run into something?"

"I can't help but wonder..."

"Well, you can stop worrying. We're here." Gray stopped and pushed her to stand in just the right spot, then took the blindfold off her. "This... is for you."

Angel opened her eyes to see the sleekest, most fabulous sled in all of Fiore, painted with angel wings. "I... I can't accept this!"

"You have to," said Gray, smirking. "Lyon's orders. He's named you the official Ice Master."

"That's not an actual thing!" Angel snorted, but her eyes never left the sled.

"Sure it is. Look, we even made medallions for you." As Rudy stepped up beside the sled, proudly showing off his shiny new necklace, Gray hung a matching one around Angel's neck. It was engraved with the words Ice Master of Fiore. "Well? Do you like the sled?"

Angel gave Gray an astonished look. "No, stupid. Of course I don't like it. I love it! I could just kiss you!"

"Heh..." Gray blushed. "Let's not get too hasty..."

Angel chuckled and backhanded him lightly. "I was kidding. Put your clothes back on and I'll give you a ride in my new sled."

~The End.~

AN: Lyon can't ice skate any more than he can dance, but he has no problem walking on the ice without slipping. At least, not now that he's grown up.