Half a year went by since the fairies were transported to Earth. Lucy looked out the window on the fourth floor of the Secret Room, watching the soft white snow fall, the cold atmosphere slowly crisping the glass on the window. Lucy watched Hagrid pull in a tree into the castle, the leaves and branches dragging a path in the snow. Now that she thought about it, it would be Christmas as well back in Earthland.

"Miss Heartfillia, break time's over." A gentle voice politely told her. Lucy continued to stare out the window, sighing. "Hey Capricorn?" Capricorn looked up, curious to what Lucy wanted to ask. "Loke can open gates at will right? Can he go to Fairy Tail and-"

"I'm afraid not Miss Heartfillia." Capricorn cut her off. Lucy looked at him confused. "You seem to forget that we can open the gates on our own from a certain distance away from the keys. Anywhere further than that we cannot open the gates. So opening our gates to a different world is out of the question. I'm sorry Miss Heartfillia." Capricorn bowed.

Lucy could feel her spirits plummet. She looked at the ground, and clenched her fists that were resting on her lap. "It's been six months here… Even our biggest battles lasted for a whole day. And even then the whole guild was with us fighting. I just hope that they're doing alright without us there…."

Capricorn stayed silent for a bit before he spoke. "Miss Heartfillia. Did you forget what the employer had promised? Once you return, it will be like you never left at all. Time stands still for those of Earthland. Or at least, time will be wound back. There is no need for worry. I have faith that they are alright." Capricorn assured her, bowing and smiling.

Lucy nodded, but still did not smile. She stood up straight and walked towards Capricorn. "Any news on Aquarius?" Lucy asked and took out Aquarius's key. For some reason, the other nine keys were working. Only Aquarius's seemed to be blocked. "No unfortunately. I must admit, it is quite an outlandish conundrum. Ever since we came to this world, Aquarius had mysteriously vanished. Even rumours of smokish creatures have been zooming in and out of sight." Lucy stayed silent, staring at the key.

"Loke has searched the whole Spirit World, no sign of her. And he has not seen these shadows of sorts. So there's nothing to worry about in the Spirit World of late." Lucy nodded and put the key away. "Now, let's practise where we left off." Capricorn took his fighting stance.

Meanwhile in the Great Hall, everyone was getting ready to leave for the Christmas Break. Hermione smiled and nodded at the ghosts who passed by singing merry carols. She turned into the hall and scanned the area. There were about seven people, scattered across the hall. Professor Flitwick was using Wingardium Leviosa to decorate the tree, while Natsu was standing on a ladder decorating the old fashioned way, along with Gray near the bottom adjusting the decorations.

"I never thought they'd celebrate Christmas here." Natsu muttered smiling. "Wouldn't it be Christmas right about now back home?" Gray asked looking up at him smiling. "I think it would be. I wonder how everyone's going on back home." Natsu asked, looking at him. "They'd be fine. They have Juvia, Laxus and Gildarts. It's not like the same people left." Gray sighed happily. "Hey, you here to chat or help?" Professor Flitwick asked, turning his head to the side. "Sorry Professor." The boys apologised before going back to their duties.

Hermione looked around a bit more, until she spotted Harry and Ron, concentrating on a game of chess. She sighed and walked up to them, smiling a bit happy they were doing a game based on logic and strategy.

"Hm…." Harry hummed, stroking his chin. "Knight to E5." He commanded out loud. The knight then moved by itself to the assigned spot and stayed there. Hermione looked over his shoulders, wondering what the next move will be. Ron hummed, then smiled. "Queen to E5." Ron's Queen moved forward to Harry's knight. The Queen then stood up from her chair, picked it up, and whacked the knight into pieces with it.

"That's totally barbaric!" Hermione exclaimed, dropping her bag. "What's barbaric?" Gajeel asked, carrying a box and looked over Hermione's shoulder. "Wizard's chess. It's chess but suited for wizards." Ron explained, snarking a bit. "Wizard's chess?" Gray repeated, turning around. "Looks interesting." Gajeel snickered. "Hey, we need more decorations over here!" Natsu waved over, a tick mark on his forehead. "Yeah yeah I'm coming!" Gajeel grumbled back, walking towards them.

"Anyway, I see you've packed." Ron observed, looking at the Hermiones bag. "And you haven't." Hermione shot back, quite cocky like. "Change of plans. Mum and dad have gone to visit Charlie in Romania." He told her before leaning in towards Harry. "He studies dragons." He whispered. "WHAT?!" Natsu gasped sharply turning around, before losing his balance and falling off the ladder. "WOAH!"

THUD! "OW!"

"Natsu, take it easy! You'll destroy the tree if you're this careless!" Gray scolded, a tick mark on the back of his head. But Natsu didn't care, as he scuttled back up and rushed towards Ron. "Your brother studies dragons?!" He exclaimed in shock, both his hands on the table. "Y-Yeah…" Ron replied. "If there are dragons here then…. Has he ever heard of a dragon named Igneel?!" He asked, almost at the point of yelling. Gajeel and Gray looked over at Natsu, eyes filled with caution. "Igneel?" Ron repeated. "Yeah, he's a legendary fire dragon!" Natsu exclaimed. "Can you ask your brother-"

THWACK!

"Guah!" Natsu bit his tongue and crouched down, elbows on the table holding his head. "Owww…." Natsu groaned. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!" Natsu yelled, turning around holding his head. "You're bothering them. Stop it." Gray scolded. "S-Sorry…." Natsu pouted, looking at Ron before going back to the tree with Gray and Gajeel.

"What about you three? Aren't you going to see your families?" Hermione asked, curious.

"Nah, my family has a tendency to destroy things during Christmas. So I'm staying here." Natsu explained, putting on a decoration. He then giggled and looked over to his friends. "You should have seen last year! I was on the roof and I thought a burglar was stealing from us. So I pushed him down the chimney and demanded our stuff back. I then used a fire spell to threaten him so we could have our stuff back resulting in burning the whole place down. But it turned out it was gramps delivering the presents to us. Man was I in trouble!" Natsu laughed.

Ron, Harry, and Hermione suddenly had a worried look on their faces. If that story was true then what could happen as t the school? "Was your grandpa okay after that?" Ron asked leaning to his right. "Oh yeah! It may not sound or look like it, but fire isn't enough to take him down." Natsu smiled with a thumbs up.

"Gray?" Hermione asked.

"My parents are overseas on a business trip. So what's the point going back home if no one's there." Gray told them, picking up a box and taking it over to Natsu. "A business trip on Christmas?" Harry repeated, confused. "I know right?" Gray chuckled before walking off.

"I just want to stay here." Gajeel shrugged, not really bothered to tell a story. "Don't you want to see your family?" Ron asked. "Nah, my family is really stuck up, so I'm taking a break from all that crap." He sighed.

"What do you mean stuck up?" Natsu looked at him sharply, a tick mark in his forehead.

"You do know we're right here?" Gray thought, the same look as Natsu.

"Mister Redfox! No profound language of any kind! Two points off Slytherin!" Professor Flitwick scolded, shaking his finger at him. "Tsk. Whatever…" He mumbled.

As the three went back to work, Hermione looked at Ron. "Anyway, since you're staying here, then I guess you can help Harry search for Nicholas Flamel." She told him. "But we looked everywhere in the library. There's nothing on him." Ron wined. Hermione leaned in, looking behind to make sure no one was listening. "Not in the Restricted Section." She whispered before leaving. As she walked down, Ron shook his head. "I think we put a bad influence on her." He sighed. Natsu eyed Hermione as she strode down the hallway, thinking what she had said.

"A restricted section in the Library?" Levy repeated, holding books, standing in the courtyard hallway facing Natsu. "Yeah. I overheard that the library has one. Maybe we can get some books there to help Mavis on that mystery guy." Natsu explained. "Since when are you interested in books Natsu? This is too weird, even for you." Levy chuckled. "I'm not weird!" Natsu yelled, his fists looking like he was about to uppercut Levy but restrained himself.

"Alright alright. I'll look at the section and bring back what could be useful." Levy smiled. "In the meantime, keep an eye on Harry alright? He's not going anywhere this Christmas is he?" Levy asked. "Huh? No, he's staying here and so is Ron." He told her, leaning back. "Alright, keep an eye on both of them alright?" Levy smiled and ruffled his hair before walking down the hall.

"Thanks Levy!" Natsu called out, waving at her.

"I can't believe half a year has passed…." Wendy sighed, towel drying her hair before putting in a turban with two streaks of hair coming down from her face. As she wrapped the towel around her body, she walked to the body mirror, and looked at her steamy mirror created from her hot bath. "I wonder how everyone else is doing…." She muttered, placing her hand on the mirror to wipe the water off.

Her fingers began to move on their own once her hand touched the mirror. Before she knew it, she was drawing. Her finger slid off to the side, and she stepped back. She then noticed that she drew Juvia, Mest, Laxus, The Thunder Legion Tribe, Elfman, Lisanna... She stared at all of them, then took a bow.

"Merry Christmas everyone. I'm sorry we can't make it for Christmas this year, but I promise that we'll be back soon. In the meantime, please don't cause any trouble or Master might have a stroke." Wendy looked up, only to see that the pictures had completely evaporated. She stared at the mirror for a while, before relaxing her face, releasing a bit of a sigh.

Erza sipped her hot chocolate, watching the outside world whiten with frozen rain. She sighed as she sat at the window sill table her palm resting her chin. "Watching the snow Erza?" Erza hummed and looked back in the room, Mira standing there prim and proper smiling. Erza huffed a smile and looked back outside the window, keeping that smile. "Yes I am."

"You thinking of Fairy Tail?" Mira asked. "Yeah. This is our first Christmas without everyone." Erza sighed. "Well at least we have each other, and everyone back home should be alright. After all it's only half of Tenrou this time." Mira smiled. "I suppose that's true…" Erza smiled as she closed her eyes, face tucking into her neck a bit. She then looked at Mira, a cheeky smirk on her face. "But it's not them I'm worried about. Remember what happened last year?"

Mira giggled. "How could I?" She smiled. "Well, let's just hope that nothing of the sort will happen." Erza smiled.

BANG!

THUD!

The room shook violently, Erza and Mira were taken by surprise, trying to gain their balance. "Woah! What's going on?!" Wendy yelled, she too trying to balance, but ultimately slipped over. Plaster fell from the ceiling, and hit Erza square on her skull. Once the tremors stopped, Erza clenched her fist, breaking the cup's handle. She then violently stood up, her chair toppled over. "Why is there never a moment's peace with Christmas and Natsu?!" She muttered slamming the door shut behind her.

Lucy was the first one to the scene. She finally reached the top of the Astronomy Tower panting from the flight of steps she had to climb. "Uh!" Lucy flinched back at what she had saw.

A giant Golden Star was engulfed in a blue fire, wedged in the gears. The telescope was bent in half, the roof forcefully knocked off, now lying in the courtyard three hundred feet below them, and a massive hole in the side of the tower!

"Nice going Flame brain!"

"You managed to destroy a whole tower in one stupid move!"

"Erza's going to kill us!"

"Are there any times you and Christmas ever get along?"

"There's no way I'm helping you out with this!"

"What on earth happened here?!" Lucy yelled in confusion looking around. Everyone turned around a bit jumpy, but sighed when they saw it was Lucy. "Lucy! You won't believe what Natsu did!" Happy cried flying over to her, shaking his hands up and down.

Five Minutes Ago

"There we go." Gray clapped his hands and rubbed them together. Gajeel wiped his sweating brow and smiled. "Hey Lily! Is everything secure up there?!" He yelled up. "Yep! All secured!" Lily called back, flying down. "All the knots are tight. It won't be falling down anytime soon." Charla reported, flying down. "Awesome! Thanks you guys!" Natsu smiled.

Natsu then jolted his head up, and took a pondering position. "Natsu? What's wrong?" Happy asked, flying up to his head. "I just had an awesome idea!" He smiled. "What is it? Better not be doing something stupid." Gray muttered, hands in his pockets. Natsu giggled as he took out his wand. Everyone looked at him with a confused hum and tilt of the head.

He waved his wand, and with a flick of a wrist pointed at the giant Golden Star. "Ta-da!" Natsu sang, as blue flames came out, consuming the star. "Natsu! What in the hell are you doing?!" Gray yelled, panicking from the flames. "I'm making it pretty, what else!" Natsu yelled back smiling. "But those are flames! You're going to burn the-" Charla screamed, but it was too late.

SNAP!

"Ah…." Natsu watched with a somewhat deadpanned look. The star slowly fell, everyone watching in horror of what was going to happen. The star crashed through the floor, and began to crash through the tower.

"WE'RE SO DEAD!" Everyone screamed, eyes popping out of their heads, jaws almost hitting the floor. "CRAP!" Natsu screamed, diving after the burning star. "What are you doing Flame Brain?!" Gajeel called after him. Happy flew in sharply after Natsu, his wings expanding. Natsu grabbed the rope, just as Happy grabbed his back and lifted him up.

"Guah!" Happy strained, as he couldn't carry both Natsu and the Star. "Happy, I'm going to swing it up! Be ready! One! Two! Three!" With all his might, Natsu swang the Star up, his back facing the oncoming floor.

Everyone watching through the hole gave an eek, and ran all directions. As the Star crashed up through the floor, everyone leapt forward and ducked forward. The star crashed up into the roof, causing the whole thing to fly up, then down onto the ground below. "Oh crap! The ceiling!" Gray panicked. "The Star!" Charla pointed up, the Star falling back down. "Run!" Gray screamed, everyone moving to different spots. The blue flamed Star then crashed into the clock like gears, causing the ground to shake madly. "Woah!" Everyone tried to regain their balance, but ultimately fell flat on their butts.

"Natsu! The force is too great! I can't fly back up!" Happy cringed, his tiny body not capable of regaining balance like it used to. "Hold on Happy! I'll help you!" Natsu yelled over his shoulder. He then shot fire out of his hands, intending to go up, but for some reason, it only came out of his left hand, causing both Happy and Natsu to crash from the wall.

Natsu and Happy continued to fly out of control, until they crash landed on the Astronomy Tower Floor, after accidently breaking the telescope in half. "Ow…" Natsu groaned, Happy dizzily walking away before shaking his head out of it. As Natsu looked up, he saw all the angry faces, as if hell was going to break loose.

"Natsu…..!" Everyone growled.

And that's where Lucy walked in.

"You did WHAT?! How come only YOU destroy everything Christmas related?!" Lucy shouted, using the side of her hand to whack Natsu on the head. "I'm sorry!" Natsu cried, holding his thumping head. "Well then. How are we going to fix this?" Charla asked, looking around the room, hands on her hips.

"NATSU! DID YOU DESTROY SOMETHING?!" A fierce call echoed from the bottom of the tower. Everyone froze, as that tone and yell was extremely familiar. "Erza!" Everyone screamed. "What do we do, what do we do, what do we do?!" Happy flailed, running around.

"Reparo!"

Everything slowly began to repair itself slowly. Everyone looked in awe, of what was happening before them. The Star slowly flew back to it's hanging position, the floor, wall, and roof clamping themselves back in place. "Woah!" Natsu cooed. "Gray, how did you do that?" Lucy gasped, amazed. "I learnt it from that ghost in the Prefect Bathroom. We accidently destroyed the bathroom, and she taught me how to repair it. At least I think it was a she…." Gray explained, scratching his head with his wand.

"Natsu! Don't just gawk, eat the flames! The Star's still on fire!" Lucy whacked Natsu lightly over the head. "Oh, right!" Natsu sharply stood up and took a deep breath in. The flames flowed into his mouth, into his stomach.

Natsu slurped the last flame, then slouched over, as if he were sick. "Uhh….." "Natsu, are you alright?" Happy asked, his paws on his leg. "Hic! Oh yeah. I'm reaaaaaally grand!" Natsu slurred, the blue flames showing as he hiced. "So the blue flames make him sick?!" Lucy thought, her mouth forming a worried look. Gajeel jolted up, and turned over to his friends. "Hey! What about-"

"WHAT IS GOING ON UP HERE?!" Erza marched up, hair flailing and eyes glowing yellow. "N-Nothing!" The three students and Happy snapped in a sharp attention stance quickly blocking Natsu from Erza's vision, sweating. Erza jerked up and looked around. "Th-There's nothing damaged…." Erza gasped, surprised. "W-Why would there be Miss Scarlet?" Gray asked, resulting in everyone that knew what happened in a boisterous chuckle.

"B-But the shaking…. A-and the plaster in our room…" Erza stuttered. "Probably just an earthquake." Lucy lied, giving an awkward chuckle afterwards. "Hic!" Everyone froze in place as Natsu hiced, an illuminating blue glowing behind their backs. "What was that?" Erza asked, sounding a bit more tensed and angry. "Uh…." Everyone panned, sweating more than ever now.

"Hic!" Everyone squeaked a panicked grit, the blue flames flying above their heads. Erza looked above their heads, watching the blue flames curl, then vanish into a speck. Erza slowly walked forward at the group. Gray, Lucy, Gajeel and Happy leant back, trying to block Erza's view of Natsu, Charla and Lily just standing on the side, clearly not wanting any part in this. Erza towered over the pre-teens, who were arching their backs over Natsu's slouching body. Erza looked down, silent. "..." Everyone stood still, holding their breath.

"Let it go Miss Scarlet. After all, nothing is damaged." Erza swiftly turned around, a questioning hum coming from her throat. "Professor Dumbledore." She greeted, nodding at all the other teachers that followed him.

"Thank you for putting up the Star. You may go." Dumbledore smiled. "Uh, actually we're not done yet Professor. We just need to clean up a bit and check that the Star is secure." Lucy smiled. "Ah of course. Well I'll leave you to it." Dumbledore smiled warmly, turning around to the stairwell. The other teachers went ahead, Dumbledore the last one leaving. "Oh, and I suggest only eating orange flames. Flames from another world can have terrible side effects." And with that, Dumbledore left down the stairwell. Everyone blinked a couple of times, digesting what Dumbledore had said. "Wh-when did he…?" Gray asked, pointing at the stairs. "Did we tell him? I don't think we did…" Lucy muttered.

"Oh, and Reparo is quite an advance spell." Everyone snapped back to the stairwell, jumping a bit from fright. "I am impressed, Mister Fullbuster. But in future, please be careful on how you go with such high casting spells." Dumbledore smirked, before disappearing again down the stairs.

Everyone held their breath, and sighed relief. "Hic! Uhhh…." Natsu groaned and slurred, swaying from side to side in a hypnotic like state. "Now what are we going to do with you?" Lucy sighed, hands on her waist leaning over him.

"He ate the Bluebell Flames?" Wendy repeated staring at Natsu, who was being supported by Gray and Gajeel. "Yeah. He ate the flames to avoid a fire but now….."

"Hic! Ah…"

"He's slurring all over the place and hiccuping and burping blue fire…" Lucy sighed. "Put him in that bed. I'll grab some medicines. Gray, Gajeel, Happy, Charla, Lily. Can you come help me please? Lucy, stay here in case Natsu does something stupid." Wendy ordered, before leaving the infirmary. "Alright." Lucy agreed.

As soon as the others left, Lucy took a seat besides Natsu and looked around the infirmary. It was only her and Natsu. There were a few medicines lying around, but other than that, empty. "Hey Lucy, did anyone tell you you're really fat? Especially around your chest area?" Natsu laughed, and pointed at Lucy. "WATCH WHAT YOU SAY MORAN!" Lucy yelled, punching him in the face.

But instead of yelling in pain, Natsu grabbed her wrist and pulled her in. "Huh?!" Lucy gasped, shocked by his hug. "Na….tsu…..?" She asked, confused at what he was doing. "You're really precious to me." Lucy felt a pang in her chest as she heard those words. "If anything ever happened to you, I could never forgive myself…" He continued. Lucy gasped in and out, listening to his words. She could feel herself blush a bit.

"I love you Lucy."

"Huh?!" Lucy gasped before she began to fluster. "W-Wait a minute, i-if this is because I said I was your fiancee, it's only because we needed a cover-up, I only think of you as a friend and I-"

"I love the others too." Natsu pushed away from Lucy, then started patting her on the head. But to Lucy it was more of a whack. "I mean, you're all a part of my family! You're like the sister I never had! Nothing more, nothing less! I feel the same about each and everyone about you!" Lucy's shocked face then became an angry, ticked off look. She clenched her fist, face dark, and teeth gritted.

"YOU HEARTLESS JERK!"

BANG!

PUNCH!

SLAP!

"KYAAAAA!"

"Huh? Why is Natsu injured? He wasn't like this when we left…" Gray muttered, carrying in boxes of ingredients. "And where did bunny girl go?" Gajeel noted, looking around. "Hey, what's this?" Wendy asked, picking up a piece of paper lying on Natsu's bedside table.

"Something came up. Make sure he gets better soon. Lucy."

"This is Lucy's angry writing….. She only writes like this when she's upset. Did Natsu say or do something to make her mad?" Wendy looked over to Natsu, still stone cold out. "Nah, he wouldn't…. But then again…" Wendy sighed as she rolled up her sleeves, putting the note in her pocket. "Alright, let's get you patched up."

"Really! The nerve of that guy! He gives me a speech that makes me flustered, then says I'm like his sister…." Lucy growled as she marched into the Secret Room. "Hm?" Lucy looked at the center of the table, noticing a few things that shouldn't be there. A small Christmas Tree in the center of the table. Then under the tree, there were presents, separated into three groups. Lucy leaned in and picked up a card in front of one section.

"For the students. So then is the other group for the teachers and the exceeds?" Lucy wondered.

"Oh Lucy! Dumbledore came in this morning, said they were for you." Mavis explained, smiling. "There's a card under the tree." Mavis pointed. Lucy reached over the table and grabbed the white card.

"To help you with your mission."

Lucy looked at the wrapped gifts, and picked up the blue wrapped gift from the student pile. She tossed it up and down. It was very soft. Like a fabric of some kind. "Want to open it?" Mavis asked, curious to see what was inside. "Hmmm…..I should wait for the others…." Lucy muttered, playing with the gift. "But it is Christmas…..Alright."

Lucy tore the wrapping open, and flicked open the contents of the gift. It was a pure white cloak with golden edges, and on the tip of the hood was a sapphire gem. "A cloak?" Lucy tilted her head, examining it from all sides. "Put it on! See what happens! Maybe it's a Cloak of Invisibility!" Mavis awed, her hands clasped together, eyes twinkling. "I don't think so." Lucy muttered, sweat dropping.

"Alright, I'll try it on." Lucy sighed, flicking the cloak on. As she buttoned the top and flicked up the hood, she felt something changing in her body. Mavis watched in awe, at what was going on. "L-Lucy…. You're…!" She pointed.

"What?" Lucy asked, before looking down at her body. As she looked down, she was shocked at what had happened to her. She ran to the mirror, making sure her eyes weren't tricking her. She screamed, patting herself down, and grabbed the sides of her cloak.

"Wha-What is this?! What happened to me?!" She yelled to Mavis, panicking about what had happened. "Take off the cloak!" Mavis told her, which Lucy immediately did. Once Mavis saw what happened, she threw her hand out to Lucy. "Get everyone in here. Now!" Mavis ordered.

"Yes! Right away!"