A/N: Just a little something to cure my election day anxiety and the thoughts that this election could end with the taking away of basic human rights for womxn and LGBTQ+ folx and anyone who is remotely different. Now I'm panicking again... hope you all enjoy this short and sweet chapter, and go vote if you haven't.

Summary: Fairy Tail had never bothered to vote in the local election. After all, they were pretty much exempt from politics with their mage status. Weren't they? Then Lucy threw a fit.

"What you've never voted?!" The octave Lucy voice got up to was somewhere between dog whistle and hell.

"Well, uh-" Bickslow started his rebuttal but was quickly cut off.

"How is it my boyfriend has never voted?! Don't you know how important it is to vote. It's your right as a citizen of Fiore!" Lucy continued on with her rant as everyone around her slowly backed away. None of them had voted and some of them had even been born in Magnolia.

"Well, babe, I'm technically an Illegal Immigrant," Bickslow's confession put a stop to her rant and the guild was suddenly silent. Bickslow was given immunity from this crime as a member of an esteemed guild that had saved the country more than once, but verbally expressing his status left them all feeling oddly exposed and vulnerable.

"Wait, you, what?" Lucy stuttered as she tried to wrap her mind around the words.

"Yea. I escaped the slave trade as a child and found my way to Fiore in the baggage car of a trans-country train. Master Makarov and Laxus found me half starved and gave me a home. The government and Magic Council never came calling because everyone was scared of my abilities. It's ok. It was a long time ago, Lucy." Seeing Lucy's eyes water he quickly cut off the story of his sad and tragic childhood before his girlfriend became despondent.

"Well," Lucy shook her head and rubbed the tears from her face, "We're just going to have to fix your status. And the rest of you!" Lucy's voice rose again to octaves uncomfortable, "get yourselves registered! This election is very important for us! The mayor is re-running and we like him. His opponent is anti-mage and will try to increase taxes on us and stop us from being able to live here by putting extra sanctions for when we break and demolish shit, even if it's not our fault." This statement was met with mushed whispers and worried looks. Magnolia was their home. Fairy Tail was their family. And family takes care of one another.

The week and a half leading up to the election saw the guild filled with it's members learning as much about the two candidates and trying to figure out the correct forms to fill out. The only candidate who could not legally vote was Bickslow. But Lucy had a plan for that.

Leaning in to whisper in his ear, Lucy directed Bickslow to ditch his team meet her at City Hall that evening at 5pm sharp. Winking, she stealthily exited the guild hall. Leaning into his girlfriend's genius, Bickslow made his excuses at a quarter after 4 and meandered into town, arriving exactly at 5pm. There, sitting on the steps of City Hall, his beautiful girlfriend sat. A cream color dress swirled around her ankles and her hair fell down her back in tumbling waves. Her face was free of makeup sands a bit of blush, mascara and her signature tinted pink lip balm. His brain shorted out.

"Lucy, what are we doing?"

"Making sure you can vote. You've been a resident of Fiore for decades, but because of the way you arrived, the most you could have applied for is a work visa. That still would not have allowed you to vote. We've been together for a year and a half. I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you."

"I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you Lucy. But we don't need to get married just so I can vote. We can wait and I can vote in the next election."

"I know. But this is really important to me. There are five days until the election and I just want to make sure our future here, in Magnolia, is secure. For us and the four babies we're going to have."

"You're not-"

"Not funny, Bix. Now come on! The Magistrate kept his office open until 5:30 just for us." And at 5:28pm, Lucy Heartfilia and Bicklow of Fairytail were wedded.

"YOU DID WHAAAAAT?" Mira's screams echoed throughout Magnolia when Lucy and Bickslow informed everyone after a three-day absence that they had married and gone on their honeymoon.

"And this was all so he could vote?" The incredulity in Natsu's voice was obvious. Lisanna hit him and Natsu repeated the question in a different tone of voice. This one more understanding.

"No," Lucy rolled her eyes, but her pink cheeks revealed her. Bickslow laughed and dragged her out of the guild.

"BICKSLOW WHERE ARE YOU TAKING HER?!" Mira's scream echoed as the newly weds ran off.

"We're Newlyweds Mira, let us bang in private!" he shouted back.

"Bickslow!" Lucy hit his chest lightly, blushing while she pulled him harder to their shared apartment. The two stood proudly in line when the day came alongside every eligible Fairy Tail mage. The mayor was re-elected by a landslide, and nine months later, Aurora Heartfilia was born.