Sorry it came out so late, but here is my Halloween Special! (like a week after Halloween (T^T))
The guilds were milling around, waiting for the next fanfic to be read. Conversations overlapped each other, as well as fights.
In other words, it seemed like a normal day at Fairy Tail. Guilds were visiting from all over Fiore and were at Fairy Tail to listen to fanfiction. Yup that sounds normal.
Suddenly Mirajane shouted from the bar. "Minna! The next one is in!"
Dear Fairy Tail and as I've heard Visiting Guilds,
I thought someone but Mira or Lissanna should read this. Ahem.
Love, Pine-chan
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Glances were sent to Mira and Lissanna as they knew exactly who would be read about next. Some people ran to Erza and begged for her armor and others hid under tables.
No one was sure what 'demon' Mirajane would do when hearing this.
"Well, since no one is stepping up to read it, I'll read it." Markov stepped up but everyone quickly shut him down. No one wanted him to ruin it by, ahem, comments.
"Fine, I will read it." Yukino walked up and everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
At this point in time, it was obvious that the boys were not allowed to read anything, because they would either make stupid comments or just stop reading.
At least this was what Lucy and Levy thought.
"Unknown and Free" By: Menototherpeople
Halloween, none other than the world's greatest holiday. People could dress up as whatever they wanted and get free candy.
This was what young 7 year old Evergreen thought as she woke up on October 31st.
She hopped out of bed and went to admire her costume she had bought. (In actuality her mom bought it but no one needs to know that).
"Not sure if am repulsed or interested in the thought of a young Ever," none other than Bickslow said.
"Not sure if you one day want to have kids or not," Evergreen shot back.
The guilds laughed at this as Bickslow turned bright red.
"Humph, just keep reading will you?"
The greens sparkled brightly with the pink, creating a beautiful blend of colors and glitter. The fabric rippled long her hands as it flowed on her fingertips.
Hung next to the dress, a pair of gorgeous wings were displayed, shinning in all the glory. They were the epitome of pretty.
This was racing through the seven year old's brain, maybe not in such refined words. More like 'AHHHHH THIS DRESS IS SO CUTE, I'M CUTE, I WILL BE THE CUTEST THING EVER!'
There was the annual school ball today, where all the kids came in their costumes for a party.
She sat down at the mirror in her room and looked at her reflection. "I will the cutest girl ever!" she squealed. "I will totally win the costume contest!"
Mirajane was starting to get worried remembering the S-Class trials and which 'couple' passed through. She also wasn't allowed to read the story so this just made her more worried.
And so preparations began to become the cutest fairy ever. Her mom came home and curled her hair in pretty ringlets and put some glitter on her face.
Next Evergreen put on her dress and finally, her wings.
When she finally looked at herself in the mirror, she could hardly believe it was herself.
She felt confident, and she felt like a fairy.
As soon as she reached school, she burst from the car waving a quick bye to her mom before running inside the gym.
Decorations were put up around the gym, with pumpkins, witches, ghosts, and more.
Kids were milling around, anything from zombies to princesses.
She walked proudly in and her mom came in after, finished parking the car.
"Mooooooooom, why are you here?" she whined.
"You did want to be signed up for the costume contest right?" her mom smiled warmly at her.
"Well duh," she replied.
With that she ran off into the crowd, eager to find her friends.
Her friends consisted of two other girls. They were the so-called 'popular girls.' And Evergreen was part of this group! Well she had only met them two weeks before Halloween but they were super nice!
The most popular of them, Karen Lilica, spoke first. "Ever, what are you wearing!" she shouted upon seeing Evergreen.
Evergreen was confused until she looked at Karen's costume. Oops, they were both fairies!
"Hey now we can be twin fairies!" Ever shouted with glee.
"Yeah right, we were all supposed to be different things!" Jenny Realight shouted. (A/N Not trying to pick on Blue Pegasus!)
She of course, was a princess, what else could she be?
"Well, I didn't know you were going to be a fairy Karen," Evergreen meekly replied.
Karen looked at Evergreen's costume, her dress of course was average compared to Karen's imported dress. But the wings. They were different, even prettier than her own. How?!
"It's okay Ever," Karen giggled, "but where did you get those pretty wings?"
"These? Oh they were made by my grandmother before she went somewhere special! That's what mommy told me!"
Everyone winced at this. They all knew what that 'special' place was.
Blue Pegasus also look a little annoyed.
"Are you guys trying to pick a fight with us Fairy Tail?" "We didn't write these!"
Evergreen calmed down at this point, her friends wouldn't be mean!
"Costume contest time!" one of the teachers shouted. "Contestants go back stage!"
So she ran with Karen and Jenny to the back of the 'stage' which was actually just curtains hung of the volleyball nets.
Once behind and away from parent eyes, Karen whipped around to face Evergreen.
"Hey Ever, give me your wings."
"Huh? You have your own wings…?" she responded.
"Yeah but I like your more, give them to me for the contest!" Karen said.
"No," Evergreen firmly replied.
A circle had formed around the girls of all the other contestants.
"Fine then I'll just take them." Karen lunged at Evergreen and tried to yank the wings off of her.
"No, stop it Karen! You're not being a very nice friend!"
"Hah! I wouldn't be your friend if someone made me! You are so annoying and ugly and poor! The only reason I was playing your friend is because it's nice to have someone do things for me!"
Evergreen stood still in shock at this, and Karen managed to grab the wings.
The other kids weren't even helping her? In fact they were cheering Karen on?! What? Did everyone hate her that much?
Karen put on Evergreen's wings with a triumphant smile. "See? They look better on pretty people."
Evergreen collapsed as everyone fawned over Karen. She watched with wide eyes, as her wings were stolen.
She got up with a frown and ran to Karen. "Give me my wings back! They aren't yours!"
"Hah, they are now! Finders keepers, losers weepers!"
"You didn't find those, you stole those!" Evergreen shouted.
Parents rushed back stage when they heard that. They scolded Karen and forced her to give the wings back.
Evergreen smiled as the wings were placed in her hands, but when she looked up, everyone was glaring at her.
She heard whispers around her, "Wow, what a tattletale!" "Karen's right, the wings look so much prettier on her!" "Evergreen is so mean!"
As soon as the parents left Karen ran up to her and tore her wings. "Take that! I can't believe you wouldn't let me borrow your wings!" Karen ran off crying, stealing the victim spotlight.
Making Evergreen look like the evil one. And now she held her grandmother's gift, broken and torn.
She burst into tears and ran out of the gym, running all the way home.
The guilds were all sniffling, feeling sorry for the young Ever.
Seven year olds were vicious!
Evergreen huffed in contempt, "Don't cry over such a pathetic thing. I would never be that naïve as this fictional Evergreen."
"Yeah, but not everyone is as MAN as you Ever!" "Two things, don't call me Ever, and I'm not a freaking MAN!"
"Evergreen, I'm sorry I thought you were creepy!" Natsu wailed. "I promise I won't be mean anymore!"
"Natsu you idiot. I think your IQ is the lowest one in existence. These stories are FICTION!"
"YOU THOUGHT I WAS CREEPY?!"
"Yukino please keep reading," Levy whispered.
3 years later…
Evergreen was finally forced to go to the Halloween party, she had avoided it since that event.
Within these three years, Evergreen had no friends, and she never wore anything she thought was pretty. All her confidence was gone, and she was the favorite to bully.
Now ten years old, it came the time of the party. She no longer wanted to dress as a fairy, she wanted something with a mask and something scary so people wouldn't talk to her.
So she dressed up as Medusa. The famous gorgon, who turned people to stone with one look in the eyes.
When she arrived at school, she took the most amount of time she could to get out of the car.
Her dress was simple, much like a toga, except ripped a little and frayed at the bottom. It was a dark green with silver running in veins throughout.
Her mask was gruesome with a scary face. She had fake snakes extending out of her hair, all baring their fangs.
She walked into the gym, and as planned it seemed like no one recognized her.
She found a place to sit and observed the dancing and games. That is until someone sat down next to her.
"Hey! Your costume is MAN!" a high voice asked.
Mirajane abruptly got up to leave, but found Markov's hand blocking her. "Ohoho Mira. You can't leave! Not when you always make everyone else stay!"
She glared full force at him before plopping back into her seat before beginning to bawl. As Lissanna comforted the crying take-over mage, Yukino continued to read.
She turned to face this annoying person and came face to face with a giant monster. There was simply no other way to describe the costume. It had red, green, and white fur, and the legs looked like bird legs. It also had two horns protruding from the shoulders.
"Uh thanks? Just curious, what the heck is your costume?"
"It's Beast Soul, I don't know I like animals and monsters cuz' they are MAN. So mysterious girl, what's your name?"
"Why don't we leave it at Medusa." She couldn't risk him finding out. This was the first person to talk normally to her in years.
"Well, fine, secrets are MAN." Even if he was an idiot.
So they chatted for the rest of the party before saying bye.
Evergreen left feeling happier than she had in a while.
"Well I guess I'll never see you again?" she questioned.
"Don't worry, I'll find you. Every year I'll find you."
1 year later…
She wore the same costume, it worked last year, and maybe, just maybe, he would talk to her again.
Once again she arrived at the party, no one recognized her.
Once again, she sat down at a table.
And once again, an animal came up to her.
This year he wore a leopard type costume. She knew it was him as soon as he came up proclaiming that wearing the same costume is MAN!
They talked again, learning a little more about each other, everything except their names.
6 years later…
She was seventeen this year. Her second to last Halloween party. Same costume though.
But every year she and the boy had done the same ritual, he would find her at their table and they would talk and maybe even dance.
They had both changed over the years, he had grown larger and was very muscular. Evergreen had turned curvy and slender.
But that didn't mean she had friends. Everyone but the boy hated her. It was okay though, she always eagerly awaited Halloween. The one time someone would talk to her.
The one time she felt like she wasn't annoying, ugly, or mean.
The one time she felt kinda like a fairy, hidden in a mask.
She walked calmly into the party and went to her usual seat.
"Same costume, huh?" a deep voice rumbled. "Of course."
"Well that's man!" "Isn't everything?" "No, not telling our names before we leave this party isn't MAN."
Huh, he wasn't ever supposed to find out. This was a one year thing. He would hate her if he found out.
"What's wrong with doing what we do every year and not tell each other?"
"Well I've always wanted to know your name, then we could talk outside one night a year. And this is almost our final year. So even if we end up not liking each other as friends, then we would only have to deal with it for two years."
"But…" she protested feebly. As much as she didn't want to admit it, she wanted to figure out whom he was, and see if he would talk to her more.
"Here I'll go first." He held his hand out. "Hi, my name is Elfman, what's yours?"
She reached her hand out and shook his. "Evergreen. My name is Evergreen."
She waited silently for any bad reaction, but none came. "Evergreen huh? That's a very MAN name."
She giggled and responded", "Yeah, well Elfman is pretty man too. But, call me man one more time and I just may punch you. I'm a wo-man!"
"Yeah, that's more like Evergreen. I don't understand how she could last being called a man for so long," Laxus commented.
"There is nothing wrong with being called a MAN!" Elfman shouted back.
"YES THERE IS. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE NOT A MAN!" Evergreen roared back. And soon the hole created by Sting and Happy just got a whole lot bigger.
"SOMEONE GET HIM BACK. HE IS IN THIS STORY, HE MUST HEAR THE CUTENESS!" Yukino surprisingly shouted.
Little did they know, their conversation was being overheard.
"So, you really did turn out quite ugly. I'm surprised you wore a mask at all. I'm sure your face would have been sufficient."
Evergreen's blood ran cold at that voice. It was one that had tormented her all her school life.
"Hello, Karen."
"Hello Ever. How have you been all these years? How's your grandmother? You know, the one in the special place."
"That was a low blow, Blue Pegasus! Apologize to her!" Natsu screamed. "Lucy, aren't you going to correct him?" "I can only correct him so many times before I give up."
Evergreen growled in response.
"Oh, hi Elfman! How's football? Oh wait, I see you all the time. I am after all the head cheerleader." Karen giggled.
"Why are you talking to her?" Jenny questioned. "What's wrong with her?" Elfman asked.
"She's rude and mean and she stole my stuff when we were younger." Karen accused.
"No! You took my wings of my costume!" Evergreen shouted. "Elfman, you know me! I'm telling the truth!" Karen said.
"I think, I can choose whom I talk to. Sorry Ever." Elfman said. Karen smirked and started laughing.
Evergreen began to tear up, how could he? She thought that maybe he was a good, nice person.
"That you had to go through such a terrible experience. Don't worry, we are friends now, and you can meet all my friends. We're in the club Fairy Tail!"
Karen's mouth dropped open and she stomped away, angrier than that time she didn't get Evergreen's wings.
As for Evergreen herself, she was shocked. He actually sided with her. She was so happy she could kiss him! And she kinda did.
"THAT WAS MAN!"
"NO WAY IN HELL WOULD I KISS HIM!" Evergreen screamed. "Everrrr you're blushing!" Bicklow laughed. "Blushing, blushing!" his babies chanted.
Of course the man in question was tomato red and sputtering something about men and kissing partners.
1 year later…
Evergreen walked into the gym, confident and happy, busy talking to Freed. She waved goodbye to him and took her seat at the same table.
"Hey, I'm looking for a gorgon. Seen her?" "Why yes, I have. Somewhere by the punch bowl. Gonna go talk to her?" "Nah, I think I'll talk to the fairy sitting right next to me. After all, it's more man to talk to your girlfriend, than who she used to be."
"It was cute, I'll give it that," Mirajane admitted, "But if I hear anything about marriage right now, you won't see the light of day Elfman!"
"Like I would ever marry him." "Are you saying my brother isn't good enough?!" "Uh, nooooo…"
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