I tried to edit this and try to end with one chapter but it's too long, so I divided it...
Enjoy! (:
"Wahh! Two more days before the post-birthday celebration of Prince Jellal." Juvia excitedly said while wiping the dining table
"They will also announce the changes in Fiore too" Lisanna added
"Oh, and the existence of Prince Mystogan and the country Sabertooth" Laki also added
"Not to mention" Mirajane giggled and everyone looked at Erza who just entered the room with confused face to what they were talking about
"What is it?"
"On the post birthday celebration, Jellal will announce your engagement, right?" Mirajane cuddled to Erza whose face became so red and flustered
"Please don't tease me" Erza said as she tried to escape from their teasing smiles "Plus, engagement you say. He just want to express his feelings as the prince of Fiore"
"Then how can you explain that ring in your left hand in your fourth finger when you return home that night?" Juvia teasingly asked Erza "Juvia and the others really want to know what happened"
"We want to know, but perhaps Jellal already told Erza not to say anything" Laki sighed
"By the way, you don't wear it right now, the ring?" Lucy asked that made everyone surprised
"LUCY!"
"Did I surprise you? I enter without saying anything. Then, where is that ring, Erza?" Lucy explained but immediately return the topic to Erza
"I didn't wear it today. We're going to decorate the house with Christmas decorations, right?" Erza said as she grabbed the broom in Mirajane's hand "It doesn't suit me when I'm wearing this kind of clothes. Also, it's special because that's his early Christmas gift for me"
"But make sure you wear it when you are going to meet with Jellal" Lisanna reminded her
"By the way, did you meet with him after your dinner date?" Lucy asked while helping Juvia cleaning the dining table
"No, that was the last time I saw him. Well, same goes to you. It's been a while since I saw you" Erza answered and at the same time Elfman entered holding a box full of Christmas decorations "Oh, here it comes"
"I am really curious to what happened to Erza and Jellal" everyone except for Erza and Elfman formed a circle and whispered to each other.
"Guys, let's start decorating." Erza enthusiastically said while the other felt defeat
In the palace
"J-Jellal-sama? M-Mystogan-sama?" Siegrain and the others were watching the two prince as they were so mesmerized to their own word doing their prince paper works.
"They really wanted to finish everything before the coronation, they said" Carla sighed feeling tired just watching the two "But why Mystogan-sama too? He's from Sabertooth, right?"
"Apparently, at least he wanted to be useful at least once in his own country" Wendy explained
"Then how about you, you don't have anything to do?"
"I do. But Mystogan-niisan said he wanted to be useful so he got my job"
"That's not all" Gray, along with Natsu and Happy entered the Prince's office holding can juice
"What do you mean?" Carla asked confusedly
"They just wanted to have free time before coronation." Happy answered
"To see their princesses" Gray added that made the two princes twitched their face and stopped their movement for a while "Bulls eye"
"Though they can see them anytime" Siegrain sighed
"They are just stubborn" Carla stated
"They really are brothers" added by Happy
"They are both stupid" everyone said in chorused that made the two Prince stopped and both shouted
"Shut up and can you leave us alone! We can't focus"
"They are synched!"
They all laughed and just left the two princes continue with their work. The sound of the pen and rustling of paper could be hear inside the room. The two were really serious with their work, but the silence broke when Jellal asked Mystogan
"How's the things between you and Kagura?" he asked but still they continue writing
"Good"
"That's all? You met her four days ago, right?"
"Yeah, she went to see me"
"Oh, and then?"
"She said she'll be living with Yukino in Sabertooth"
Jellal stopped and looked at Mystogan. He noticed the shaded of red that formed in Mystogan's face. "I see, isn't that nice?"
"Y-Yeah, thanks anyway. Actually-" Mystogan paused at first but told Jellal what happened when he heard Kagura said that she liked him
"That made things so easy on your side, huh?" Jellal chuckled and continue writing again
"I wanted to ask about you and Erza, but it seemed everything went well too" Mystogan pointed the ring on Jellal's hand and chuckled "You proposed to her?"
"Well, I don't know if that is a proposal, but, yeah, everything went well"
Jellal smiled to himself as he continue writing, but his mind went to somewhere else
~the night Jellal and Erza went to dinner
"I, I want to tell my feelings to you not as the ordinary Jellal, but as the Prince and the future King of this country." Jellal put out his sword and lay it down in front of him. Erza's eyes widened as Jellal knelt down on one knee in front of Erza.
"J-Jellal?"
"Erza, as the prince of Fiore and soon to be the ruler of this country, I have a big responsibility to serve and protect the people here. However, I cannot do it alone. I do have my friends and family with me, but the person that I really want to be my side forever, is you Erza Scarlet. It is undeniable that you are the main person who gave me the strength to fight back and stand straight to face not just my problems but the problem in Fiore. Therefore, I want you to always stay by my side. Just being my said, I have the courage to face all the problems. Erza Scarlet, will you take my hand?" Jellal's voice was so serious but when he looked at Erza, he smiled and offer his hand to her
Tears overflow in Erza's face, as she hear the confession from Jellal who spoke up his true feelings as prince. Erza wiped her tears and knelt down. She took Jellal's hand and smiled sweetly,
"Yes, Prince Jellal"
Jellal's eyes widened as he heard the answer from Erza. His face turned into shaded of red, even though embarrassed to what just happened, he responded to Erza with a smile
"Thank you, Erza" and then kissed her sweetly.
After their lips parted, Jellal brought out the rings from his pocket and put it on Erza's fourth finger on her left hand "this is my early gift for you for Christmas."
Jellal couldn't help but smile by himself without knowing that Mystogan was watching him. The two just continued doing their own work, and didn't notice the time that it was nearly night
"Jellal-sama, Mystogan-sama" Siegrain suddenly knock-in that made the two stopped doing what they are doing.
"What is it?" Jellal asked as he and Mystogan stretched their arms
"You two were summoned by the king and queen"
Jellal and Mystogan looked at each other and just sighed in defeat
The two went to the Throne Hall and there saw the king and queen with Layla. When the two entered, the three looked at them and sighed, that made the two princes felt annoyed
"What's the deal?" Jellal was the first one who spoke when the two princes arrived in front of them
"You called the two of us, then sighed once you saw us." Mystogan added that made the Zeref, Mavis, and Layla laughed
"We heard that the two of you were mesmerized about your paper works as princes." Mavis asked
"If the two of you really want to do your duties as Prince of Fiore, then we have a great job for the two of you" Layla chuckled that Mavis and Zeref chuckled too
"They pissed me off" Jellal whispered to Mystogan that also agreed on what he said
"Siegrain" Zeref called Siegrain. He entered with bunch of letters with him "Well, my job for the two of you, put each of the letters inside the envelope, and then write all the names."
"Letters?" the two asked in chorused and then read one of the letter
"These are the invitations for the post party, right?" Jellal asked
"But didn't the noble families already received? Also the noble families from other countries?" Mystogan added
"The noble families from other countries did received, but the noble families here, not yet. Also this time, we want to invite also everyone in Fiore" Mavis smiled that made the two Princes chuckled
"So we need to put the invitations, right?" the two princes were about to go when they were stopped by Zeref
"Yep, and you will do it here" Zeref told them "Here, in front of us" the three wickedly smiled. The two princes felt pressured but the followed what their father said and started doing what they were told.
Two hours had past and the two princes finished their work. They were seemed exhausted but they had fun
"Good job!" Mavis and Layla clapped at them
"Then we'll go back-" the two was about to stand up when they were again stopped by Zeref "What now? There's more?"
"Yes, you two will personally deliver this to everyone. Oh, Siegrain will come with you, too. Actually, that's the main reason why we called the two of you here"
"Don't worry about the Hearfilia Family, I got one already" Layla reminded them
Jellal, Mystogan, and even Siegrain's jaw dropped down when the king told them their true job.
"These three!" They thought while Zeref, Mavis and Layla laughed
"We'll go too!" Gray, Natsu, Happy, Wendy, and Carla entered the throne hall shouting and they were so energetic to what they heard
"Well then, off you go"
They all left the throne hall and they started to go to each noble families and around Capitol.
In Scarlet Household
"Wah, the only left is the outside." Erza excitedly said as they all admire the Christmas tree in the living room.
"Are we going to decorate today too?" Laki asked while putting the unused decorations back to the box
"Well, it's still 4 in the afternoon. Why don't we have a little break?" Erza suggested and they all agreed.
Laki with the help of Juvia and Lisanna prepared snacks for them. After an hour they went out and continued decorating the front yard. However, Laki and Lisanna prepared their dinner.
Back to Jellal and the others
They went first to Kotobuki Family. There they saw Jenny and Hibiki sitting in the front yard talking.
"Eh, Wendy-chan?" Eve just came out of the yard holding bunch of flowers "And everyone else. What brought you here?" he approached Wendy and gave three red roses to her "Here, for Wendy-chan"
Mystogan went between Wendy and Eve, and he was the one who accepted the roses "Thanks" he said while emitting dark aura behind him
"Oh, it's great that you accepted it" Eve responded as the two glared to each other
"Mystogan-ouji is doing his brother duty too, huh?" Hibiki chuckled as he and Jenny approached them
"Seems like it" Jellal chuckled "Is Ichiya-sama here?"
"He is, wait me here, I'll call him" Jenny was about to go inside when Gray and Natsu stopped her
"Jellal, just give them the invitation. If that guy comes out, it will take time!" the two whispered to Jellal that made him thought
"You are right. Also, honestly speaking, somehow I don't like that guy" Jellal agreed
"You guys are so rude" Carla scolded them
"Well, Hibiki, I'll just give this invitation to you. It's for the celebration two days from now" Jellal got the invitation from Siegrain and handed it to Hibiki
"Thanks, but why are you giving it now? I mean, we all know the celebration will be two days from now." Hibiki confusedly asked as he received the invitation from Jellal
"Also, you guys don't need to give the invitation personally" Eve added
"Actually, Jellal-niisama and Mystogan-niisama were both mesmerized with their paper works" Wendy answered but Mystogan was holding her and she couldn't approached Eve
"It's their punishment for not going out of the room for days" Carla added
"Anyway, we need to go now" Jellal sighed "Well then, see you guys in two days. Send our regards to Ichiya-sama and the others"
They all left and then went next to Blendy family.
"Ah, Prince and the others" they all turned around and saw Chelia with Sherry who just arrived
"Chelia!" Wendy ran to her and they hugged each other
"What are you doing here?" Sherry asked and led them inside
"We're here to give the invitation for the celebration two days from now" Mystogan explained
Same with Hibiki and the others, they asked the same questions on why they need to give invitation and why they need to give personally. And also, they gave the same answer
"Well then, we're going to Dreyar family now" They all bowed down and went to the third family
In Dreyar Family, Obra was the one who opened the door and he led them to where Makarov and the others were. Everyone was present except for Bickslow
"Oh, everyone is here."
"Makarov-sama!" Siegrain and the others greeted them, but Jellal and Laxus started their staring challeng. Natsu on the other hand jump to Laxus asking for a duel, but in one punch he was defeated.
"We're here to deliver the invitation for the celebration. We deliver it personally as a punishment because we were so mesmerized with our paper works that we didn't left our room" Mystogan explained that made the others laughed
"You don't need to say those stuffs, you know" Freed told him
"Ah, no. it's just that, I thought that you might ask the same questions" Mystogan answered even though he was embarrassed "Anyway, are these two always like these?" he pointed Jellal and Laxus who were still glaring each other while emitting dark aura behind them
"Ah, don't mind them" Happy answered
"They are always like that. But they are in good terms" Gray explained further
"How about Natsu?" Mystogan then pointed out Natsu who was just got up after receiving a knockout punch from Laxus
"Oh, for Natsu, he just want to challenge him." Happy helped Natsu to stand up
"Well then, we're going now to Dragneel Family, then Fullbuster, then Kotobuki right?" Wendy clarified
"Ah, for Dragneel and Fullbuster, we don't need to go" Siegrain corrected
"Eh, why?"
"Since Igneel-sama and Ur-sama went there earlier, they received the invitation already" Siegrain explained
"Oh, then we're going to Kotobuki family now?" Jellal finally ended their glaring contest and then gave Mystogan a teasing smile "Isn't it nice, Ouji?"
"Oh you are done with your glaring contest?" this time Mystogan and Jellal formed an electricity "Oh yeah, the last place we're going now is the Scarlet family, right?" Mystogan then teased Jellal and the dark aura behind the two became more intense
"Stop it you two!" Carla tried to stop them but the two still glared at each other
"You two, you still don't get why your parents told you to deliver the invitation personally?" Siegrain asked that made them so curious
"Eh? The two of you really are idiot" Laxus stood up and get the invitation from Makarov "Hearing the reason why they ask you to deliver these invitations, the answer is very obvious" Laxus sighed then looked at the two "Delivering the invitation is just an excuse in saying, go and visit your friends, and especially your girlfriends"
Silence filled the room and they all looked at Mystogan and Jellal who became statue hearing Laxus explanation
"Haha, what are you saying Laxus?" Jellal chuckled
"It's impossible" Mystogan added and the two of them laughed but the others gave them unbelievable look and they all though
"What a thickheaded, stupid princes. Is Fiore and Sabertooth will be alright?"
"Why don't you go out here and go to your girlfriends, stupid princes!" Laxus said and it was obvious that he was annoyed by how thickheaded the two princes were
They all went out and proceeded to Kotobuki family. They felt the tension on Mystogan. They knew he was nervous to see Kagura
"Eh, Ouji" Yukino and Rogue just came out of the house and were surprised to see them "What bring you guys here? Oh before that, why don't you come in?"
"Are you about to go out?" Mystogan asked them and they nodded
"We're about to go to see Lucy and the others" Yukino smiled "But since you came here, we'll go there"
They entered the Kotobuki house and Yukino led them to where Kagura and the others. When they entered the room, Kagura was on her table writing, and the others were sitting and drinking tea
"Yukino? I thought you are going to see Lucy?" Beth put down her tea then widened her eyes when she noticed the others behind her "Eh, Jellal-ouji also? And Mystogan-ouji?" she said then they all look at Kagura who seemed so captivated also to her paper works
"Sorry for suddenly coming without consent. As our punishment, we're here to deliver personally the invitation for the celebration that will happen two days from now." Jellal explained then they noticed Mystogan approached Kagura and silently looking at what she was writing
"She still didn't notice him" Arania chuckled
"You sure are so busy, huh?" Mystogan spoke that startled Kagura
"M-Mystogan?! What are you doing here?"
"Just leave those two talk for now" Jellal chuckled then turned to Yukino and Rogue "If you are going to Erza now, can you not tell them that we're going there later?"
"Sure, but why?"
"He wanted to surprise her"
"He wanted to act cool"
"But he really wanted to see her badly"
"Why don't we go there after here?"
Happy, Gray, Natsu, and Carla said respectively
"You guys!"
"Oh don't worry, if you are eager to visit her, they why don't we split up in distributing the invitations in the Capitol. Then lastly, let's all go to their house?" Wendy suggested that agreed by the others
"Kagura, why don't you go help them too?" Angel asked Kagura. At first, Kagura didn't want to, but Mystogan insisted and she said yes
"Then we'll help too" Yukino told them and they all agreed.
They went out and they all distributed the invitations separately. However, that was Jellal and Mystogan thought. Mystogan and Kagura went to different way, while Siegrain accompanied Jellal. The rest went to the same way.
In Scarlet household,
It was 7 in the evening and Erza was putting the final decoration in their front yard.
"Erza, it's already dark. Let's continue tomorrow!" shouted by Lucy who was with MiraJane. The others went inside to put the other decorations that they didn't need anymore. Laki and Lisanna were still preparing their dinner. Erza was putting a Christmas ornament wreath on top of the window.
"Besides, it's dangerous there. It's too high, let Elfman-nii do it." Mirajane worriedly said
"It's fine, it's fine. At least let me put this one. This is the ornament father made." She said and finally put it "Finish" she happily said but her eyes and sweat dropped when she lost her balance. Her right foot slipped and she couldn't control her balance
"ERZA!" the two shouted and about to save her when they stopped and blushed to what happened next
"I wonder why there is a beautiful angel that came down from heaven. I am sure lucky today" the young stated said as she held the scarlet hair lady in his hand. Erza felt embarrassed but her hearts raced and her face became so red
"That is so lame Jellal-sama. Can't you just normally say that you catch her from falling" Siegrain sighed and felt annoyed to what Jellal said
"True! True! That is so lame for a pick-up line, Jellal" Gray came out of the bush with Natsu, Happy, Wendy and Carla. On the gate, Rogue and Yukino came in followed by Mystogan and Kagura
"Everyone, what are you guys doing here?" Lucy asked confusedly
"As a punishment for Mystogan and Jellal, they need to deliver the invitations personally" Natsu explained
"By the way, Jellal, you don't have plan on putting her down?" Mystogan asked and they looked at the two "Even though it's dark, it's easy to see her face"
They all chuckled as Jellal and Erza felt shy.
"Oh, everyone?" Juvia came out and her prince sensor activated "GRAY-SAMA!"
"Urgh" Gray was about to run but he was caught by Juvia
"Why don't we all go inside? Erza we're going inside first" Mirajane suggested and the all went inside leaving Erza and Jellal behind
"It's been a while. You look so busy" Jellal got the ladder and fold it. "Where do I put this?"
"It's okay just to leave it there." Erza answered then put the left ornaments to the box "We're just decorating and cleaning the house"
"You guys really love cleaning."
"We do. But there are lots of things we need to do. I mean, resetting everything" she laughed "How about you? What is that punishment?"
"Ah, you see Mystogan and I were so captivated with our work so everyone got pissed and they made us delivery boys" Jellal bitterly smile
"Then where is our invitation?" Erza put out her hand waiting for the invitation but Jellal just grabbed her hand and smiled
"Siegrain has it. Besides, you don't need invitation. You are a special guest."
"It's winter but the ambiance here is so hot" Erza and Jellal looked and saw Lector, Sting and Frosch
"We heard that Ouji is here. But we didn't expect to see you two having heat ambiance" Lector teasingly said that made the two blushed again
"Frosch thinks so too"
"They are all inside, Natsu is also there." Erza told them and the three hurriedly go inside "Let's go inside too"
But before Erza moved, Jellal stole a kiss from her and like a child, Jellal smiled sweetly, hold her hand and chuckled "A reward from being punished. Let's go now"
The duty of the princes ended with a party inside the Scarlet household, and with everyone else.
Everyone in Fiore was so busy preparing for the celebration and they were so excited and looking forward to the post birthday celebration.
And finally, the day of the celebration comes…
