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Small Snowflakes & Big Mix-ups

Gray's POV

This mission that I had to take alone required me to ride the train all the way up to the northern town of Seondan, and I felt pretty glad to get off that the town's train station. Seondan Town was quite cold in the wintertime, and I walked past some people who were talking about vicious blizzards raging in the tundra that was south of this place. This was certainly a chilly area, but I found myself smiling with feelings of warmth from being excited about this S-Class mission. If I had to stop an avalanche or take down some outlaws, that would be fun.

I walked into Seondan Town to see that it was lively with the residents and tourists shopping at different stores that mainly seemed to be selling items that were popular in the winter season, and one concession stand was selling boxes of chocolate cookies while it was next to the fashion store. M sense of smell may not have been as great as Natsu's, but I could easily figure out that scent of chocolate chip cookies. Buying a nice box of cookies would be nice, but I wouldn't want the client to think I was trying to offer them the cookies as a gift.

As the cold winds blew and dainty snowflakes fell from the grey sky, I started walking down the street where the stores and concession stands were across from each other. I had no interest in buying anything from them, and I also doubted that the prices of things would be cheap like in Magnolia. My main goal was to meet with the client, and the one good thing about walking through the beautiful white snow to meet with her was that I could hear the Christmas songs playing from the radios that belonged to the people running the concession stands.

My dark blue eyes could see something up ahead as I kept going down the street, and they widened in surprise from seeing two large light blue icicles be on the left and right sides of a path that seemingly led to a regal-looking castle. Even though it was somewhat distant from me as I went in that direction, I could see that the castle had four cylindrical light blue brick towers that were attached to the rectangular dark blue building. The castle looked like it was pretty tall, but was there I had to meet with the client? My footsteps took me closer and closer to it because of how the castle seemed so cool, and I hoped to get inside.

"If that castle is where I have to meet the client, I hope that she's not some stuck-up princess." I said aloud to myself with a slight frown on my face while getting near the icicles.

A female voice responded to me in a somewhat offended manner, before the girl jumped out from the ground to surprise me, "You're already wondering if I'm not a good person? My, my. How uncouth of you."

I exclaimed in a surprised manner while seeing her get the white snow out of her hair and off of her body, "Wow, that's a weird meeting spot! You really startled me, lady!"

She calmly informed me that her name was Suzuna Azure, and she was the princess of Seondan Town. Apparently, she hid down in the snow because of how this time of the year was when bandits would show up and she didn't want to be spotted easily for them to abduct her. The princess had dark blue hair that went down to her shoulders while her pupil-less eyes were light blue, and she simply wore a sapphire blue winter coat that had four white buttons on the bottom of it. Her snow boots were black, and she started looking at me in a curious manner.

That prompted me to just introduce myself to her, and she told me that my blue winter coat looked like something from a boring town like Magnolia. That only made me give her a look of displeasure, and I decided to just ask her about why she even needed me to be here. If this was an S-Class mission, then where was the danger or urgent thing that I needed to handle? She started running towards the castle, which made me run after her, and she clearly wasn't going to disclose that information to me right away. Since she wouldn't tell me anything, I pulled out her list from the left pocket of my coat.

I got out the papers to remind myself of the list of things that she would need me to do while I stayed in the castle with her, but something felt off as I tried to read the list. It talked about Suzuna and Daisuke wanting to defeat an evil villain who wanted to freeze the town, and I started to look confused at these papers. Suzuna mentioned nothing about finding Elemental Stones or being on a quest to find them, and it seemed like a story. After seeing those notes, though, my eyes widened in shock. I actually felt like yelling, but that might cause an avalanche to occur.

This chapter of Lucy's story that she showed the team was now with me, and she had Suzuna's list of things that needed to be on this job. That princess already called me uncouth for thinking she would be stuck-up, and soon she might call me an idiot for getting her important list switched with a chapter that really needed some work done. I didn't want to harshly criticize Lucy's work, but she could've written something more interesting. If I said that to her face, however, then she might tell me to write something better for her to critique it.

"Gray, hurry up! My father is not home, so don't be intimidated to come inside!" Suzuna shouted to me in a nice manner while she was almost at the doorstep.

I asked her in a calm manner while running past the icicles and going on the snowy path towards the castle, "Wait, your father isn't home? Wouldn't he want to be here for the purpose of telling me to guard you while escorting you somewhere?"

Suzuna explained to me after giggling cutely, kindly smiling while snowflakes fell around her, "You're not taking me to any towns, Gray. You're the ice-wielding wizard from Fairy Tail, and my father requested me to send that flyer for you to train me in improving my Ice Magic. I'm an important person, so this is an S-Class mission."

From hearing that, I could only walk towards her while looking pretty baffled. S-Class missions didn't usually require mages to tutor people on how to improve their magic, but Suzuna's father was probably thinking about the possibility of her becoming a mage for the town's legal guild someday. I heard that the guild was known as Kissaki Blizzard, and some of their wizards could use Water Magic like how Juvia could wield it. If I ever had to take Suzuna to that guild in this town, I hope the girls wouldn't crazily fall in love with me like how Juvia obsesses over me.

She pushed open the two sapphire blue doors for me to enter the castle with her, and I really started to wonder how to tell her that she needed to give me a copy of that list. I remember seeing something about serving her gourmet blueberry pie for dessert, but that was all I could remember. Hopefully, she wouldn't yell at me for needing her to tell me everything that had to be done. As I was going towards the castle and feeling glad that we'd both be in a warmer place, I did wonder if Lucy noticed that our notes got switched. If she figured it out, then she'd definitely want them back.

Meanwhile, in Magnolia... (Lucy's POV)

After I had arrived home from the guild, my first priority was shutting the door behind me to not let the coldness from outside make the apartment become chilly. My sheets of paper were on the brown desk while I currently sat down on my bed's pink comforter, and my mind just couldn't focus primarily on getting the chapter finished. It wasn't due to me feeling somewhat stuck about how to make the chapter be revised to where it would be really well-received by other people, but I felt worried about how Gray was doing on his mission.

Gray was certainly one of the best wizards in the Fairy Tail guild, as he could fight evenly with Natsu while he also tried to look at situations with logic, but the fact that he went on a mission that could be dangerous really made me hope that he would be okay. Before the S-Class exam that occurred on Tenrou Island, Gray actually once told me that he really aspired to be an S-Class wizard. The fact that the exam got cancelled due to Grimoire Heart showing up and also dealing with the seven-year timeskip really made Gray feel as if he lost that chance to be an elite member of the guild.

When he got that exciting news earlier today about the job, I genuinely felt happy for him. Even though Gray wasn't an S-Class mage yet, seeing him so pleased to handle that task made me happy. I just didn't want to tell him about the possibility of getting injured on that job or being severely mangled by an enemy, though. I didn't want Gray to feel nervous about the job, since I could see how he was extremely upset after losing the Hidden event in the Grand Magic Games. I experienced my own failure on that same day, but I had to be supportive of him and not put doubts in his head.

As I got off of my bed for a moment, my thoughts were focused on how I felt about Gray. Just like how Suzuna and Daisuke were only friends in the novel that I was writing, Gray was someone who I only saw as a friend. However, friends could always show that they cared for each other. The main characters in my story didn't exactly have any nice moments between them to show much support for each other, since I wasn't trying to make them be a couple, but maybe they could interact with a new character who was somewhat like Gray. Those thoughts inspired me into walking towards the desk, and I'd definitely finish the chapter.

"Wow, I made this tenth page have some eloquent writing. Hopefully, I can keep that up and have Suzuna continue to make her ice spells be strong to where they don't break easily like glass. That's really funny, and-" I calmly said to myself as I smiled cutely and giggled at how my writing style was very different than how I usually wrote, only to comically look shocked at the paper.

I took out that paper and the ones above it to hold them in my left hand, seeing that the handwriting was far too elegant to even be mine, and these papers actually turned out to be a detailed list of the things that someone wanted. The first page informed me that the writer of this list was named Suzuna Azure, and I recalled hearing that name somewhere before. Perhaps I had seen her in one issue of Sorcerer Magazine, and she was apparently a wizard who obtained fame because of her father being on Sabertooth's winning team in five years of the Grand Magic Games before eventually leaving the guild to make his hometown thrive.

Her father was probably just a reserve member on the team, since he was most likely there before Yukino had gotten to be on the team, but that wasn't majorly important right now. Gray must've accidentally taken the chapter for my novel instead of Suzuna's list that he needed, and one thought entered my mind. What if he accidentally showed her my chapter that was incomplete and not even seeming totally great? She might end up having the audacity to laugh at my hard work, and I wouldn't want her to tell the paparazzi about it.

I really didn't think that Gray was clumsy enough to take my papers, but he must have been so excited for that job to where he quickly wanted to go meet up with her. Well, I would have to see him in that town to get my notes back. I wouldn't want Suzuna laughing at me, but the fact that my female main character had the same name as her could cause bad assumptions to occur. I'd definitely not want Suzuna to think I was writing about her getting frozen in ice, as that might seem like I was mocking her, and it was purely coincidental.

Feeling some frustration at the situation, I bit down on my lower lip while not liking the thought of going out into the sheer cold again. However, I also thought about the possibility of Gray losing my papers or trying to write that story on his own. Not having any idea of what he would write caused my body to slightly tremble with some nervousness, but I managed to get up from the desk chair. I put the papers back in the order that they were organized, and I narrowed my cocoa brown eyes as I picked them up. I proceeded to run to my front door and go outside, only to nearly bump into Natsu.

"Hey, Luce! I was just wondering if you'd give me some lunch to eat." Natsu told me with the typical grin of goofiness on his face, rubbing the back of his head with his right arm.

I replied to him in a somewhat impatient manner, running off towards Magnolia's train station, "Sorry, Natsu! I have to go get something from Gray, and it's really urgent! Princess Suzuna might read it, and she might laugh!"

Natsu asked me with a smile on his face as he proceeded to run beside me, snickering about the situation, "Lucy, do you not want her to read your love letter to him or something? Isn't she that rich girl in Seondan?"

I responded to him with a confident smile on my face, before giving him an irritated glare, "Thank you for that information, Natsu! Now I know where to go! Also, I did not write him a love letter!"

Before Natsu could say anymore about the situation, he ended up sliding towards some trash cans after slipping on a banana peel that was left on the street. He would definitely be sure to put it in the garbage can, and I would be sure to keep Gray from doing anything crazy with my story. Plus, I needed to give him this list for him to not get in trouble. Some princesses could be pretty harsh when their servants or tutors made blunders like this, and I would be glad to explain the situation to her. Hopefully, she wouldn't deny Gray his reward money.

Gray may have just been having to work for her, but I hoped that I wouldn't walk in on him battling one of her enemies. After all, he took an S-Class job where anything could happen. If I walked in on Gray helping her defeat a powerful criminal, then it would definitely be the wrong time to confront him about getting our notes switched up. This situation wasn't exactly fun for me, but I did wonder if Gray was having some fun with Suzuna in that town. They were probably enjoying the wealthiness of her lifestyle, and I would enjoy seeing Gray give me back my papers for me to continue my novel.

How was Chapter 2? After some requests, I decided to extend the story. Feel free to tell me your thoughts on this chapter. :)