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"So what's today's itinerary?" Lucy asked as she peeked on Sting's face while they were walking to the train station.

"Acalypha Town." He said with a grin.

Sting and Rogue wasn't scared of taking the train for they took anti-motion sickness pills before boarding as they want the whole day to be perfect.

As they arrived at the train station, Minerva volunteered on buying the train tickets. Once the train arrived, they immediately boarded and got comfortable at their seats.

"What's with Acalypha Town?" A green haired mage inquired as he tried to read a book but gave up for only a mere seconds before throwing it back at Rufus.

"Yeah, Sting. Why are we heading for Acalypha Town?" Lucy added.

"My Lady here came across that town for a job a year ago, it just so happens that it was the Lantern Festival, so she suggested we go there." Their guild master stated as he devoured another helping that the attendant gave them.

"Yes, also I know someone there that could accommodate us for the whole duration of our trip. We wouldn't be spending any jewel for a room." Minerva beamed as she smack Sting's back. The latter choking on his food.

Lucy sweatdropped, giving Sting a glass of water to help him. Though he prioritized glaring at Orga who didn't bother hiding his laugh.

"Oi Orga! Show some respect, I am your guild master!" Sting screeched, flailing his arms around.

The mentioned mage could only shrug as he snicker.

"You sure don't act like one." He said, which made the blond throw more tantrums.

"Sting, you know that well enough." Rogue added as he bit to his sandwich.

"Yah! Shut up, Rogue!"

"Sting acting like a guild master? I seriously don't recall any memory of such."

"Face it, Sting. You just don't seem like one." Lucy said as she lightly patted Sting's arm as a form of comfort.

Sting, being Sting, just quieted down with his arms crossed in front of his chest, seeming as if a dark cloud is over his head.

They just rolled their eyes, seeing as how childish their guild master is.

The moment the train stopped, they immediately boarded off. Sting leading the group as he bolted out to the station.

"The house is this way." Minerva said as she began towards the place.

They walked across the town, getting into the festive atmosphere. The group passed a lot of shops and cafes that decorated their stores with lanterns. A lantern shop was buzzing with people buying lanterns for the night's activities. Some people are arranging the venue wherein the people are expected to light their lanterns at.

A few minutes later, they arrived at the house Minerva was telling them about. It wasn't big, but it certainly isn't small, the house was enough to shelter the group of six mages and two exceeds overnight.

"Minerva!" A woman in her late thirties called out when she spotted the black haired girl and immediately approached her and the group, dropping the basket she held in the process.

The woman hugged Minerva and released her as she introduced herself.

"Hello, I assume you're the mages Minerva here told me about?" A series of nods answered her.

"I'm Elise. Well, come inside! You guys must be exhausted from the trip." Elise quickly ushered the group inside the house and showed them the room they would be using.

Sting and Rogue shared a room. Minerva and Lucy occupied another room. Lastly, Rufus and Orga shared the last room. Another room opposite of the side Lucy and the others occupied is where Elise sleeps.

"Thank you!" The group answered in chorus as they dig in to the food Elise prepared for them.

"This is really good!" Sting exclaimed, stuffing another piece of muffin at his mouth.

"You're such a pig." Rogue insulted him yet again.

"Blah blah." The blond mocked, rolling his eyes which earned an equal roll of eyes from Rogue.

"After this can we explore the town?" Lucy asked eagerly.

The place truly is beautiful to waste. Thus, after eating and informing Elise that they would be going out, Lucy and the others explored the town.


"Sting-sama!" A mob of teenage girls started running after them. The group on the other hand, not wanting to get caught up in the stampede, immediately ran away from those horrifying creatures (fangirls).

"STING WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO?!"

"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, I SWEAR!"

"Why must I always experience this kind of stuff?" Lucy sighed, running faster to catch up with the group's pace.

"Why are they even following us?!" Orga shouted, the poor Lightning God Slayer completely scared.

"It's because Sting is the best!"

"Rogue-kun!" The girls shrieked with hearts in their eyes.

"Fro thinks Rogue is too!" Frosch stated as he raised a hand.

"Rufus!"

"Orga!"

"Fuck. Let's hurry if we want to make it out alive!" Lucy cursed, she finally used her whip and swang with the help of the nearest tree to farther her distance from the mob of girls.

Orga used his lightning, Rufus followed suit. As Rogue turned into a shadow, Minerva teleported away leaving Sting with the girls hot on his trail.

"H-Hey! You guys are dead after this!" Waving a fist in the air.

He have no choice but to activate his Dragon Force which enhanced his speed.

"We finally lost them." Panting, Lucy crouched as she catch her breath.

"Man, they are wild!" Orga exclaimed letting out a breathe.

"Look!" The cute green exceed dressed in a pink frog costume exclaimed, pointing his paw towards a huge white lantern model at the middle of the field, designed with huge adorable eyes and a cute little smile.

"Oh my gosh! It's so so so cute!" Lucy giggled.

"Hello there!" A man in his late 20s approached the group.

"Are you here to celebrate the Lantern Festival?" He questioned.

"Yes!" The mages said in chorus.

"That's great! I'm Scott and I'm the organizer of the event. I assume you guys don't have lanterns yet?"

"Yup. Where can we buy the lanterns?"

"Follow me." Scott said with a smile as he lead the group to a nearby lantern store.

The place was filled with lanterns of different sizes, colors and design. They started looking through hundreds of lanterns. After an hour or so, they paid for their lanterns and set off to find a good spot. Before they knew it, the sun began to set and the sky started to darken. People of all ages soon began to fill the entire field carrying their lanterns. Some wore yukatas and others wore their casual clothes.


"It's so pretty!" Lucy squealed hugging Frosch and Lector in her arms. The group nodding their heads in agreement as fireworks were displayed before the lanterns were released to the sky.

Sting exclaimed that he would be getting food first which the others followed him, feeling hungry as well. Leaving Rogue who was leaning against a tree with his eyes closed and Minerva who sat down at the grass. They remained in silence for only a minute before Minerva decided to break it.

"Four days." Minerva simply stated looking at the fireworks.

"Hn."

"You scared?"

At first, the black haired mage didn't respond which caused Minerva to look his way.

"No." Rogue said after a moment of staying in silence.

"Heh. I don't think so." She said with a hint of amusement evident in her tone.

"What's there to be scared of?" He wasn't asking a question, Rogue made it seem more of a statement. Because really, what is Minerva talking about?

"You're hopeless."

Rogue didn't said anything after that. Soon, the others came back with foods in their arms just in time for the releasing of lanterns.

"These are for the two of you. I hoped you liked those foods, Sting almost ate everything." Lucy handed them the foods she managed to 'saved'. A sheepish smile adorned her face.

"Thanks."

"It's alright! Knowing that blond idiot I know something like that is bound to happen." She replied giving a mocking smile towards the said dragon slayer.

A loud screeching noise echoed throughout the field accompanied by a cough.

"Sorry about that. Good evening everyone! I hope you're all having a blast?" Scott, the organizer, also the host of tonight's event shouted to the crowd which erupted in cheers and claps.

"Great! And now, it's time for what everyone's waiting for! Get year ur lanterns and assemble it. In a minute we'll be counting down!"

As he said this, more screams filled the place. The people immediately got their lanterns and began setting them up.

"I'm so excited!"

"Everyone's okay?" Once recieving approvals and cheers, Scott continued.

"Countdown with me! On a count of ten, release the lanterns to the sky!" He shouted, pointing up.

"Ten."

"Nine."

"Eight." Eager faces was seen throughout the whole place.

"Seven." Sting dropped the lacryma. Sting being Sting, didn't assemble his lantern before the countdown.

"Six." Like a buffalo, he rolled across the field trying to catch the lacryma.

"Five seconds!"

"FOUR!" He managed to caught it and scrambled back to get his lantern.

"THREE!" Attaching the lacryma, he secured its place.

"TWO!"

"ONE!" Simultaneously, everyone started to let go of their lanterns releasing them to the sky.

"This is something I should memorize every moment of." Rufus said looking to the night sky adorned by beautiful lanterns.

"It's so pretty! It's like they became stars." Lucy admired the lanterns in awe. Her eyes shining and her smile as radiant as ever.

Unbeknownst to her, a certain black head was looking at her. Seemingly wanting to say something yet preventing himself to do so.


The night ended with laughter, food, pictures and lots of memories to treasure.

"Goodnight guys! Minerva I'll be going ahead, 'kay?" A certain blonde mage said as she trodden towards their room. The aforementioned woman nodded.

The others were already at their rooms sleeping. It was, afterall, already past midnight. Two certain black heads were left at the living room.

Sipping the last bit of her milk, Minerva made a move to stand up.

"Well, I'm going ahead. You should go already, too. It's been a long day." Minerva said, turning towards their room.

"I don't know." Rogue started, making Minerva stop on her tracks.

"Being left, I guess." He continued.

The woman smiled knowingly. Not bothering to answer him, she went inside her room.

"I know." She whispered to herself after closing the door.

"I know, Rogue."


Fun Fact: When I first started writing this story, I'm only at around the start of GMG arc of the anime (I forgot which part I left off at the manga because I unexpectedly uninstalled the manga app) then now as I continue watching the anime, I realized that episode 223-224 is about the guild exchange program. So if any of you are wondering, no; I didn't use those chapters as reference, it's a coincidence that I had the same story idea to the canon material.

A/N: I don't know if a Lantern Festival do exist at Fairy Tail's Earth Land (As far as I know there is no such thing in both the anime and manga) or if Acalypha Town holds those types of festivals. But meh. If you know anything about Acalypha Town and Lantern Festivals in Fairy Tail, let me know. Though I researched and I couldn't find anything.

If any of you wants a GrayLu oneshot I published one with the title Snowball.