Okay this is a little story for the upcoming Holiday season!
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did writing it.
YES It's a LaLu! ^.^
I was going to hold off and Post it on Christmas Eve but I realized I wouldn't be able to because I would be out and about and what not.
Plus who spends their life on here reading for Christmas? I don't.
So I hope this story puts some of you into the Christmas Spirit!
As always I Do NOT own Fairy Tail or the Characters... Well minus the children...
Now Enjoy!
"Oh, the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Man it doesn't show signs of stoppin'
And I brought me some corn for poppin'
The lights are turned way down low
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow"
Christmas Carols echoed through the rowdy guild of Fairy Tail. The Fairy Tail members were all in the Christmas spirit as they rushed around the guild hall putting up the decorations for the annual Christmas Party that they have every year.
Makarov sat on the 2nd floor banister looking over the guild watching as Elfman and Taurus carried in a giant tree putting it directly in the middle of the guild hall where there stood their favorite Celestial Mage giggling as Elfman and Taurus were bickering back and forth about being manly.
"But you're a cow! How can you be Manly!?" Elfman shouted at Taurus.
"I am a Man whoooo happens toooo be a Buuuull! Thank yooouuu very Muuuuch!" Taurus shouted at Elfman.
Lucy shook her head as she waved a key making Taurus disappear in a flash of gold light. Mira and Freed were hanging garland and ribbons around the bar and the 2nd floor banister which Makarov was grumbling that he had to move but complied when Mira glared at him. Which Freed was holding in his own chuckles.
Sawyer and Jet raced around the tree putting on the garland and other decorations while Lucy was handing out orders to everyone.
Things were going well until Team Natsu returned from a mission which they swung the doors open with such force they embedded themselves into the walls.
The New Team Natsu consisted of Erza, Jellal, Natsu, Lisanna, Gray, Juvia and of course Happy.
All of them froze once they got so far into the guild. Not because of the beautiful way it was decorated. No. Not because of that.
But because they sensed a strong demonic aura coming from by the giant tree. And they saw it wasn't their resident demon, it happened to be their favorite Celestial Mage who looked beyond pissed.
Team Natsu gulped as they slowly stepped back to make an escape. But when they turned to run they were blocked by Virgo and Loke.
Loke sported a smirk and shook his head at the Team. While Virgo reminded unfazed.
"You guys should know better then to piss off our princess..." Loke said smugly.
"We didn't mean to!" Natsu squeaked.
"Natsu! Gray! Erza!" Lucy growled and shouted each name making all 3 shrink down a bit from the aura being admitted.
"Luce..." Natsu tried to reason calmly as she shrunk away from her.
"Fix. My. Doors." Lucy growled each word as her hands were on her hips with one hip cocked out.
Instead of fighting or arguing the 3 did as she asked and began trying to fix the doors.
"We're sorry Lucy..." Lisanna giggled.
Lucy sighed. "When will they learn?" Lucy asked as she shook her head but smiled and gave Lisanna a hug. "How was the mission?" Lucy asked.
"Oh, you know the normal..." Lisanna said as she scratched the back of her head.
"That bad huh?" Lucy asked with a smirk as Lisanna nodded and looked down in shame. "I guess I shouldn't expect anything less from those 3..." Lucy said with a sigh as she headed back to the tree to inspect the progress.
"You know them too well..." Lisanna said as Jellal and Juvia were holding back their laughter.
Jellal and Juvia were watching the 3 try to pry the doors from the walls. But it wasn't working like they hoped. Jellal started to panic internally when Erza brought out a huge sword.
"ERZA!" Lucy shouted while she was still walking away not looking back. "Don't even think about it!" Lucy snapped making Erza's shoulders sag in defeat.
Jellal sighed internally thanking Lucy for knowing how her friends worked so well. Jellal sighed and decided to go help the 3 with the doors that way it would get done without more damage. He didn't want to deal with a pissed off Lucy if they broke anything else.
Once Lucy got to the tree she was slowly walking around it inspecting all the decorations and fixing a few things as she found them. But mostly Jet and Sawyer did a good job with the decorations. She nodded once she fixed the last thing she found to be, in her eyes, a bit wrong. She wanted this party to be perfect.
Lucy turned away from the tree and headed to the bar to see if they needed any help there.
Meanwhile upstairs in an office was Laxus who was working on some last minute paperwork that just came in from Team Natsu's most recent mission. He wanted to bang his head against the desk or the wall he didn't care which at the moment.
"You have got to be kidding me! Seriously? How the hell can one team cause so much damage! Now I wish I made Lucy stay on that team the damage costs were always less..." Laxus began grumbling to no one in particular.
He was so lost in his grumbling tirade he didn't notice 2 of his friends were at the door watching him. Well, until he heard a female giggle. When he looked up he saw Evergreen trying to cover her mouth to keep the giggles at bay but was failing. And next to her was his friend Bickslow who began cackling like a mad man.
"What the hell do you 2 want?" Laxus asked with a sigh as he rubbed his temples.
"Just to let you know that your favorite team just arrived and broke the doors..." Evergreen stated but was startled when Laxus jumped to his feet slamming his hands on the desk.
"They What?!" Laxus snapped.
"Chill Boss... Cosplayer handled it..." Bickslow said as he chuckled.
Laxus let out a sigh of relief. "Good... She's the only one that handle that bunch..." Laxus said sitting back down in his chair.
"Yeah, to think that they are scared of our little Lucy is a sight to behold..." Evergreen giggled.
"Seriously Boss... She didn't even have to look back at them when she was walking away to know exactly what Erza was going to do... It was funny to see Erza of all people look defeated..." Bickslow cackled.
Laxus chuckled. "Yeah, Lu can have that effect of people... She's tiny but scary as hell when pissed off..." Laxus said as a shiver went up his spine making him shudder at the thought.
Back in the main hall Lucy was talking to Mira and Kinana who were just finishing up decorating the the bar with garland and ribbons.
"It looks amazing you guys..." Lucy praised.
"Thank you, Lucy... We've figured you have a lot on your plate so we decided to finish up the decorating for you..." Kinana said with a giggle.
"Thanks! I kinda need the extra help... Specially with Team Destruction being back..." Lucy said with sigh on exhaustion.
Just the thought of them being back made her exhausted. It seems that they have gotten worst over the years since she's been no longer on the team. She didn't mind leaving the team after all Natsu, Erza and Gray all had partners now so leaving made sense.
She didn't mind doing paperwork since the Makarov and Laxus couldn't stand doing paperwork. After all the council preferred her doing the paperwork because they could actually read it and it actually got done with her in charge of it.
Just as she was about to turn around she noticed Mira and Kinana go tense which confused her, that was until she heard a crash making her eyes go wide.
Mira quickly grabbed Lucy shoulders to keep her from looking. "No! Lucy its fine... You don't need to look!" Mira pleaded.
At the sound of the crash Laxus along with Bickslow and Evergreen came rushing out of Laxus' office to see what happened.
What greeted them when they got to the banister was a disaster. The entire guild was quiet as they all stared at the tree on the ground. But not only was the Christmas now laying on the ground but it was also on fire with ice on some parts of it. He saw Lucy being held in place by Mira knowing Lucy probably didn't see what happened.
"Oh this isn't going to go well..." Bickslow said as he cringed away from the scene.
"No kidding... As soon as Lu sees she's going to kill them..." Evergreen said is a disapproving tone.
"Oh great..." Laxus groaned hanging his head.
"They didn't..." Lucy said through grit teeth as her hands curled into fists by her sides.
"Lucy... It's not that bad..." Mira tried to say reassuringly but look on her face said 'It's really bad'.
Lucy quickly turned around before Mira could stop her again. As she looked over the damage her eyes got wider in shock, her fists began to turn white as she squeezed her hands into her fists harder. She began to tremble as tears filled her eyes and ground her teeth.
"Boss... It looks like she's about to explode..." Bickslow whispered as he tried to hide behind Evergreen who looked over her shoulder annoyed.
"No kidding... This is bad..." Laxus said as he gulped.
"How angry is she?" Evergreen wondered out loud.
"Extremely..." Laxus said as he gripped the banister.
"That's got to be rough to feel another persons emotions..." Evergreen said as she looked back at Lucy who did look like she was about to explode. "They're dead..." Evergreen added after looking over the damage.
"Do they not know not to fight in the guild hall by now?" Came Makarov's voice as he walked over and jumped up to stand on the banister to look out over the hall.
"Apparently not... You'd think after Lucy having Virgo punish them the last time they would have learned... After all they did act up for almost mouth after that..." Bickslow said with a small chuckle at the memory.
"Is it good or bad that her keys are glowing that bright?" Evergreen asked.
"No... Means she's hold them back from coming out on their own... I'm not the only one who can feel her emotions... All of them can too..." Laxus said as he looked like he was sweating.
"Laxus? What's wrong with you?" Bickslow asked as the other 2 that were there looked at him.
"Maybe I should have Meredy link you to her and you'd know..." Laxus growled.
"That bad huh?" Makarov asked raising an eyebrow.
"You have no idea... Considering she hasn't moved or said anything yet should tell you more then anything how pissed she is... Not to mention her keys glowing like they are..." Laxus said, his eyes glued to Lucy not leaving.
"That's never good..." Bickslow gulped.
"You would know..." Evergreen teased with a smirk as Bickslow shrunk back behind her.
"Don't remind me... I didn't know she would react that way..." Bickslow replied.
"Who pissed Bunny off?" Gajeel said as he, Levy and Lily all appeared out of the shadows.
"Who do you think?" Evergreen said with a roll of her eyes.
"Now what they do?" Levy asked as she shook her head walking to the banister. Her jaw dropped as she looked over down to the 1st floor. "Oh they are most definitely dead..." Levy gasped out.
"Well, considering those 2 are frozen in fear as they're just staring at Bunny they know they are too..." Gajeel said with a chuckle.
Lucy hung her head slightly her bangs covering her eyes. The guild members close to her backed away from as they sensed a dark satanic aura coming from her.
Natsu and Gray were frozen where they stood looking at what they did in fear. Their head slowly, very slowly turned to Lucy to gauge her reaction. They saw her bangs covering her eyes as she had her head slightly lowered. They knew they were in trouble.
"Nice going ash breath..." Gray mumbled lowly, hoping Lucy wouldn't hear him.
"Me? What about you, Ice Prick?" Natsu hissed lowly.
They began slowly backing away towards the door keeping their eyes on their blonde friend. They stopped when they felt 3 not so pleasant aura's behind them. Neither one of the wanted to look back.
"Well... Looks like Lucy couldn't hold those 3 back..." Evergreen mused.
"No, but it looks like more then those 3 want to come out..." Bickslow said as he looked over Evergreen's shoulder.
"Oh, they do..." Laxus mumbled.
"Natsu... Gray... You have angered our Master..." Loke said his tone laced with venom.
"Yes... She desires you both to be punished..." Virgo said with a hint of excitement in her voice.
"We don't approve of you angering our Master..." Capricorn said with a displease tone.
Natsu gulped. Specially after hearing Virgo and Capricorn. He didn't think that all 3 of them would appear. Loke and maybe Virgo but definitely not Capricorn too.
"Princess... What would you like done to punish these 2?" Virgo asked with a slight tilt of her head since her key-holder wasn't moving yet.
"What ever you want..." Lucy whispered as she turned away and headed for the stairs refusing to let the tears fall. She continued up the stairs until she was out of sight and inside an office.
"That's not good..." Bickslow mumbled as he watched the angry blonde walk away.
"No, it's most definitely isn't..." Laxus said with a sigh. He looked over at the 3 spirits and the 2 culprits. "Leave their punishment to me you 3..." He said over to the 3 spirits. "I just need 1 thing from the spirit realm, if it's alright..." Laxus asked.
"What would that be, Sir Laxus?" Capricorn asked.
"Magic canceling cuffs..." Laxus stated.
Virgo disappeared and reappeared next to Laxus with 2 pairs of cuffs. "Here you go..." Virgo said as she bowed.
"Thanks... You 3 go back for now... If you're needed I'll let you know..." Laxus said as he headed down the stairs after taking the cuffs from Virgo.
"You sure?" Loke asked.
"Yeah... Let me handle them for now... I don't want her upset even more then she already is..." Laxus said with nod of his head.
Loke let out a sigh. "Alright just call and we'll return..." Loke said as the 3 of them disappeared in a flash of light.
Laxus walked over to Natsu and Gray snapped the cuffs onto their wrists faster then anyone could blink. Natsu and Gray both looked at their wrists as they felt something off about it and noticed the cuffs. They looked between them and Laxus trying to figure out when did that happen.
"Now... Both of you are going to fix everything you just destroyed... While I go try and comfort the one you angered..." Laxus said or more like demanded.
Both Natsu and Gray nodded their head rapidly.
"Jellal, Lisanna, Juvia... Make sure they do everything they need to... WITHOUT fighting..." Laxus snapped as he walked back to stairs.
"We'll do everything we can, Master Laxus..." Jellal said with a sigh as he glared at the 2 trouble makers.
"Daddy? Why did Uncle Natsu and Uncle Gray make Aunt Lucy mad?" A little boy with red hair Dark green eyes asked pulling on Jellal's cape.
Jellal sighed but smiled. "It's just something that both of them have a habit of doing... Aunt Lucy will be fine after Master Laxus takes care of her..." Jellal answered.
"Oh... Okay can I go play with the others? I wanna see LJ, Rai, Ava, Layla and Ultear..." The little boy asked.
"Will you behave, Simon?" Jellal asked with a slight smirk.
"Of course Daddy!" Simon answered.
Jellal chuckled. "Alright go on then... Keep and eye on your sister..." Jellal said making the little boy groan.
"Do I have to? She's so little!" Simon whined.
"Yes, you do you're her older brother of course you do!" Jellal lightly scolded.
"Fine..." Simon grumbled. "Milly! Come on!" Simon called over to a little girl with blue slightly wavy hair and Brown eyes who came running over and grabbing Simon's hand.
Jellal chuckled as the 2 kids walked away towards a circle of other kids that were sitting by the stage. He shock his head as he watched the kids bickering over something.
Natsu and Gray both looked at the mess that they made. The tree was on the ground and was burnt beyond recognition. Both mages felt ashamed and guilty for their actions.
"How are we going to fix this?" Natsu said in tone a bit whiny.
"How would I know? It's not like we can make one..." Gray said as he scratched the back of his head.
"Really dad? Why you always making aunt Lu mad? You knew how important this was to her..." A boy about 7 years old with white spiky hair and black eyes said as he walked up with his arms crossed.
"I know! Geez... Didn't I get enough shit about it from Laxus?" Natsu grumbled. "Why are you over here aren't you supposed to be with your brother and sister?" Natsu said as he glared at the boy.
"LJ and Layla are watching them... You still didn't answer my question..." The boy asked annoyed.
"I don't try to make her mad on purpose..." Natsu said with a sigh.
"You fighting with Uncle Gray all the time is only going to keep making her mad... Maybe you should stop and act your age..." The boy said glaring back at his father.
Natsu looked taken back by the boys attitude. "You have your mothers attitude that's for sure..." Natsu mumbled. "Go over to the other kids before I tell your mother that you left your brother and sister over there by themselves..." Natsu said raising an eyebrow at the kid who didn't look like the threat even bothered him.
"Go head... Mom knows I'm over here, I talked to her before I came over here..." The boy quipped back.
"Unless you're going to help fix this go back to the other kids, Asher..." Natsu groaned.
Asher sighed. "Fine... But you have about 5 minutes before the other guilds get here for the party..." Asher said with a smirk on his face as he walked away. He began to snicker when he heard his father start to panic.
"You know that was mean Ashy..." A little girl with light blue wavy hair and dark blue eyes said as Asher sat down back in their circle next to her.
"No it wasn't Ultear... My dad acts like he's a kid and doesn't take his actions into account when it comes to fighting... You should hear all the damage he causes on missions because of it..." Asher said as he waved his hand dismissively at the girl.
"How come we get along but our fathers don't?" Ultear asked.
Asher shrugged. "Don't ask me... I guess I take more after my mother then my father... Which in my opinion is a good thing..." Asher said with a sigh.
"Ashy..." A timid little girls voice called gaining the boys attention. "Um... Would you... That is, is it okay... I mean..." A girl with bright blonde hair and gray eyes asked.
Asher sighed but smiled. "Come on sit down Ava..." Asher said already knowing what girl was asking as he moved over to give her some space.
Ava's cheeks tinted pink as she smiled and hurriedly sat down next to him. Asher had to hold back a chuckle when the girl snuggled into his side as he wrapped his arm over her shoulders. He ignored the low growl from the other side of the room where a boy about 6 years old with Light blonde spiky hair and brown eyes stood holding another child who looked to be about 2 years old with pink straight hair that framed her face and had bright blue eyes.
A girl about 6 years old with light blonde hair and gray eyes stood behind Asher with her arms crossed as she was tapping her foot in annoyance.
"Asher!" The girl growled startling the boy who slowly looked over his shoulder.
"Layla!" Asher squeaked.
"You forgot to grab Iggy before you sat down! Ava! How could you walk away from him!? I told you I was going to get a drink and to sit with him! I'm going to tell mommy what you did! You never leave a friend behind!" Layla snapped as she glared at the 2.
"I'm sorry! Please don't tell mommy! She's already upset!" Ava said jumping to her feet. "I'll get him!" She said as she ran to the other side where the boy with Blonde spiky hair stood.
Both blondes looked alike but the one was younger then the other. The boy was about 6 to where the girl was about 4. The 2 looked to be arguing but the older blonde sighed and shooed the younger one away.
"I got him!" Ava said as she walked over with a little boy that looked to be about a year with light pink hair and bright blue eyes.
Asher held his arms out as Ava handed the boy to him. "Thanks Ava... Sorry about that Layla, I had to yell at my dad for making your mom mad again..." Asher said with a small smile.
"Great..." Layla groaned as she walked over to the boy with the blonde spiky hair. "LJ, Uncle Natsu made mommy mad again..." Layla whined. She hated when her mom was mad or sad.
LJ sighed. "Dad's with her don't worry I saw him follow Mommy upstairs after sending Uncle Loke, Aunt Virgo and Uncle Capricorn home..." LJ stated as he shifted the little girl in his arms. "Can you take her Asher... I need to Dad and Mom because the other guilds are almost here..." LJ said handing the little girl to his sister.
"Fine..." Layla said taking the little girl as he walked over to the newly arrived visitors.
"It wasn't my fault!" Natsu whined as Sting began to tease him.
"How was that not your fault?" Sting said as he laughed and pointed to the burnt tree on the ground.
"It wasn't! It was the Ice Princess over there! He started it!" Natsu whined.
"Why do I actually believe that?" Rogue asked mainly to himself.
"Because they are always at each others throats... It doesn't matter that they're adults and parents at that they will still act like immature children..." Minerva said with a shake of her head.
"It's very healthy to have a rivalry but this is not exactly healthy... How did Lady Lucy handle this?" Rufus said with a light chuckle.
Natsu held up his wrists showing the silver cuffs on them. "Laxus put these on us and told us to clean up the mess and to fix it... But we have no idea how fix it... She's very pissed off..." Natsu said hanging his head in shame.
"I don't blame her for being mad... I mean look at this mess... How are you going to fix the tree?" Hibiki asked with a slight tilt of his head.
"We don't know..." Both Natsu and Gray said in unison.
"Does Lucy have a spirit that can fix it?" Yukino asked in thought.
"I don't know... She doesn't go on missions or jobs anymore... Last we knew she only had 15 keys... She pretty much stopped after she got Aquarius back..." Natsu said shrugging his shoulders.
"I wonder why? She loves going on jobs and collecting more keys..." Yukino said.
"We know... But after she got Aquarius she said her mission was done... And then she just started working here at the guild then her and Laxus ended up together... We didn't even know till one day Luce came in and she smelled like him and slightly different too..." Natsu said as he thought back. "Lis was about 6 months pregnant with Asher at the time..." Natsu added after a moment.
"Yeah, she was pregnant with LJ and Layla at that time... And she didn't know until you told her she smelled weird..." Gray said with a shake of his head.
"Well, She did!" Natsu said annoyed.
A female giggle was heard right now. "He said the same thing to me and Lucy ended up kicking him across the guild for being rude to his girlfriend at the time..." Lisanna said as she joined the group.
"How was I supposed to know..." Natsu grumbled as he crossed his arm and pouted.
LJ stood there listening to the bickering and sighed before he shot a lightning bolt hitting the spot next to Natsu making him squeak out an 'eep' and jump. Natsu glared looking around for Laxus but only found an annoyed looking LJ.
"If you're done bickering I have an idea on how you can fix this mess of yours Uncle Natsu, Uncle Gray..." LJ said in an annoyed but bored tone.
"How?" Both Gray and Natsu asked at the same time.
LJ sighed. "Okay, but promise me you won't mess this up this time..." LJ said as he rubbed his temples. Both Natsu and Gray nodded. "Say it..." LJ growled.
"We Promise!" Natsu and Gray said at the same time with what sounded like fear in their tones.
LJ sighed again. "Alright, here's the plan..." LJ began.
Meanwhile up in Laxus' office Lucy sat on the sofa with her knees pulled up to her chest and her head buried in her folded arms. Laxus opened the office door and looked around the corner knowing exactly where she went where she was upset. She spent many nights hiding in his office because of her old team mates.
"Lu..." Laxus called to her softly causing her to lift her head a bit showing her red watery eyes. Laxus wanted to cringe, he always hated seeing her cry. "It'll be alright, it was just a tree... A tree doesn't make Christmas..." Laxus said soothingly as he sat down next to her wrapping his arm around her shoulders pulling her into his side.
Lucy snuggled into his side burying her face in his chest. "Why couldn't they just behave for once?" Lucy asked, her voice muffled by Laxus' shirt.
Laxus chuckled. "Honestly did you expect them to be? This is Natsu we are talking about..." Laxus said trying to make a joke about it to get her to smile.
"But this was a special occasion... The other guild were coming to celebrate with us this year..." Lucy said, her voice to muffled.
"You do know half of the other guilds would have made even more of a mess of things if they were here if Natsu didn't screw everything up?" Laxus asked with a raised eyebrow as he rubbed soothing circles on her back.
This earn him a watery snort with a giggle. "Yeah but they would have seen everything first..." Lucy said sitting up wiping her tears away. "But now how am I going to fix everything before the others get here?" Lucy asked in almost a whiny tone.
Laxus chuckled. "Your one spirit could reverse the state of the tree... I know he requires more magic then most of your spirits but it could work..." Laxus said after a moment of thought.
"I won't ask him to do that... I know he would do it but I don't want to ask him something like that during the holiday..." Lucy said looking down at her lap.
"You know, for you any of your spirits would do anything for you whether it's a holiday or not... Even Aquarius..." Laxus chuckled and dodged the ball of water that came flying at him from his glass on the desk.
Lucy giggled. "You know how much she hates you saying nice things about her..." Lucy said got up to get some towels.
"Stupid over grown fish..." Laxus grumbled lowly.
"But on a serious note, how can we fix everything before the others get here?" Lucy asked as she returned from the closest in the corner of the room with a stack of towels.
"I don't know... The maker mages could make a tree but it wouldn't be exactly the same..." Laxus said knowing that the other guilds were already there.
He didn't want to tell her that though. He knew she's going to kill him later but he needed to stall since he heard his oldest son's plan. Which he had to admit was a good one.
"I just wanted this year to be special..." Lucy said sitting back down after cleaning up the water.
"Like I said... You could always ask him... Not like you haven't used your magic before when you were pregnant... Even though The old hag told you not to because you wouldn't be able to control the output of it..." Laxus said with a cheeky smile.
"No one else knows you know... I've been able to keep it concealed this time around... Which with you damn Dragon Slayers around its harder then normal..." Lucy said with a sigh.
"Let's see... Natsu found out first the first time with LJ and Layla... Then Gajeel ratted you out with Ava and Rai... Let's see who rats you this time around..." Laxus said with a chuckle at her annoyed groan.
"Yeah since we'll have all 7 of you in one room..." Lucy grumbled as she sat back crossing her arms.
"You forgot the kids... We have 3 our selves... Luckily enough Ava doesn't show sighs of the dragon slayer traits..." Laxus chuckled watching Lucy sag in defeat.
"Yeah I know! How the hell did that happen anyway?! Why did I end up with 3 Dragon slayer kids and no one else did?!" Lucy whined.
"Asher from what I seen has his fathers magic but thankfully his mothers attitude and brains... Luca has his fathers..." Laxus said while he was thinking over all the kids of the slayers.
"Yeah but I ended up with 3 each of them ended up with 1 each! How the hell does that work?!" Lucy whined some more.
Laxus shrugged. "You're not called Lucky Lucy for nothing..." Laxus chuckle when Lucy smack his shoulder.
"Asshole..." Lucy grumbled.
"Come on... Let's go down stairs and see what we can do about the mess..." Laxus suggested standing up and holding his hand out to her.
Lucy sighed but took his hand anyway as he helped her up off the couch.
"You know you don't have to start treating me like glass until closer to 7 months right..." Lucy grumbled.
"Have you noticed you become whiny when you're pregnant..." Laxus asked out loud but snapped his mouth shut when she glared at him. He had to bite back his chuckle so he wouldn't get smacked again.
"Remember you have to go to sleep sometime tonight..." Lucy said in warning.
Laxus held his hands up in surrender. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean it!" Laxus pleaded.
"Then why'd you say it?" Lucy asked crossing her arms as she cocked her hip out.
"Slip of the tongue..." Laxus said making it sound like a question not a statement.
Lucy raised an eyebrow. "You don't sound so sure on that... You sure that's your final answer?" Lucy asked her tone saying 'Go head test me I dare you'.
"Yup I'm sure!" Laxus said as he nodded his head.
"Uh huh... Sure... Let's go before the other guilds get here to see the disaster downstairs..." Lucy said with a sigh at the end.
"Let's go..." Laxus said linking his arm with hers as he hid his smirk.
Laxus led Lucy out of the office to the top of the stairs when Laxus stopped making her look at him in question. But the incline of his head towards the guild made her turn her head towards the main hall.
The sight that greeted her was breathtaking to say the least. It was beautiful. There in the middle of the room was a giant tree made of Ice that stood almost all the way to the ceiling. There was just enough room at the top to put the tree topper. The Tree was decorated with green garland, silver tinsel, and balls of different colors. Other shaped decorations were scattered all over the tree too. There was a light covering a snow that laid on top of the garland around the guild hall. Everything sparkled and shined.
"H-H-How..." Lucy stuttered but couldn't finished the question.
"I had Virgo remove Gray's cuffs and he and Lyon both made the tree... And well everyone else helped out too..." Laxus said leading her down the stairs.
Lucy couldn't hold back the tears of joy that flooded her eyes. She let them flow as she stepped up to the tree. She began walking around it to take it all in. All the while everyone around the guild, including the visiting guilds all had smiles on their faces as they watched her face light up with joy.
"Th-Th-This is incredible... But..." Lucy said but stopped as she looked at the top of the tree. "Where is the star for the top?" Lucy asked.
"Well... We were waiting for you to put it on... We wanted you to do the honors of putting it on..." Natsu said as he stepped up behind her with sad smile on his face.
Lucy looked at him and smiled. "Thank you Natsu..." Lucy said as she hugged him.
"Your welcome, Luce..." Natsu said as he wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug as he ignored the low growls of all the Dreyar males.
When they pulled a part something then dawned onto Lucy. "How am I getting all the way up there? There is no latter that tall..." Lucy asked.
Mira giggled. "Me or Lisanna can carry you up or even Freed... We all have wings after all..." Mira said with a smile.
"Not Freed..." Laxus said quickly.
"Oh stop being all possessive she's already yours..." Evergreen snapped as she hit Laxus in the back of the head with her fan.
"Seriously, woman... Where the hell do you pull that out from?" Bickslow asked.
"Wouldn't you like to know..." Evergreen said as she gave sickeningly sweet smile that made a shiver go up his spine.
"No Thanks..." Bickslow said shaking his head.
"Come on Lucy, I'll take you up..." Lisanna said walking next to her.
"You sure?" Lucy asked.
Lisanna nodded as she turned into giant bird like human. Lisanna bent down for Lucy to get on her back. As soon as Lucy was on Lisanna's back Lisanna took off into the air to the top of the tree.
"You know they were really upset that they made you mad..." Lisanna said as she reached the top.
"I know... I just wish they would try and behave like adults..." Lucy replied as she stretched and put the Giant Star made of Ice on top of the giant Tree made of Ice. "It really is beautiful..." Lucy muttered.
"Luckily we had 2 Ice make mages in the guild it took both of them to make it..." Lisanna said as she flew down once the star was on top of the tree.
"Gray couldn't do it himself?" Lucy asked in surprise.
"Oh no he could, but he can't do all the little tiny details like Lyon can... So, Lyon gave him a hand to make it look as realistic as possible..." Lisanna explained.
"I'll have to thank them then..." Lucy said with a smile as Lisanna landed. Laxus helped her down off of Lisanna's back and put her on her feet. "Thank you everyone..." Lucy said once she faced everyone including the visitors.
Lucy got various 'You're Welcome's and 'It was no trouble at all's. And one 'Helping is Manly' which made her roll her eyes but let out a giggle when said Manly man got smacked in the back of the head by his own wife, Evergreen.
Laxus walked over to his oldest boy and patted his head. "Good job with wrangling everybody together..." Laxus said in whisper knowing his son could hear him.
"Yeah, yeah... I just didn't like seeing mom sad..." LJ said looking away as his cheek tinted red.
"It's not a bad thing to care... Your mother taught me that one..." Laxus said as looked back at Lucy who had a bright smile that lit up her face. "I mean I would do anything just to see that face right there..." Laxus said with adoration in his voice.
"Don't get all mushy on me now, Dad..." LJ said with a cheeky smile as he elbowed his dad lightly.
"Shut up and get over there!" Laxus said with a chuckle as he pushed him towards the group of kids with their respected parents that gathered around the tree.
Laxus went to walk over himself when he was stopped by a tug on his pants leg. He looked down to see Ava holding her hands up to her. He chuckled and lifted her up to carry her over to her mother and siblings.
"Daddy..." Ava asked in a whisper. When Laxus looked at her with a raised eyebrow she got closer to his ear. "Is mommy going to have another set of twins?" Ava whispered lowly in his ear.
Laxus chuckled. "Don't know yet... We'll find out soon enough..." Laxus said as he stood next to Lucy and the other 3 kids.
"Daddy..." Ava asked again but in her normal voice.
"Hm? What is it?" Laxus asked.
"Do Christmas miracles exist?" Ava asked seriously.
Laxus chuckled. "What do you think this is?" Laxus asked as he nodded to the tree and decorations.
"Uncle Gray and Uncle Natsu kissing up to mommy so she don't kill them?" Ava asked in all seriousness.
"Well yeah that too... But more than that this is what is called a Christmas Miracle when everyone comes together to help others when things go wrong..." Laxus explained as he sat the little girl on his shoulder.
"Hey! Me too Daddy!" Layla said as she hold up her arm for him to pick her up.
Laxus rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah..." Laxus said as he picked up his oldest daughter and put her on his other shoulder.
Laxus put an arm around Lucy's shoulders as she leaned into him as their 2 sons stood one on each side of Lucy. Lucy had a hand on each of their shoulders.
Everyone gathered as Laxus was about to open his mouth to make an announcement Wendy who was stand next to Lucy, nose twitched.
Wendy's eyes lit up. "LUCY'S PREGNANT!" Wendy squealed in delight.
The guild erupted into cheers as Makarov cried tears of joy.
"Not Again!" Lucy groaned.
All Laxus could do was laugh because he was about to tell them himself but apparently Wendy beat him to the punch.
"WHY?! Why are all the Slayers so Nosy!" Lucy whined.
"I wonder if Luce realizes she gets whiny when she's pregnant?" Natsu asked no one in particular.
"I heard that Natsu..." Lucy growled as she glared at him making him 'Eep' as he stepped slightly away.
"Careful... After all Lucy's powers are like super charged when she's pregnant..." Mira said with a giggle and an even hard giggle when Lucy turned her glare on her.
"WHY IS EVERYONE PICKING ON ME?!" Lucy whined loudly causing everyone to erupted into laughter.
I hope you all enjoyed this little One Shot.
I enjoyed writing it that's for sure.
I wish everyone a Merry Christmas!
Be Safe Everyone!