Huh. I actually updated. Anybody else surprised? Strangely, there weren't that many food holidays...Anyway, here's the next chapter of Holidays.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail, any recipe for chocolate cake, Pirates of the Caribbean, Monopoly the board game, Katekyo Hitman Reborn, Harry Potter, The Inheritance Cycles, The Dresden Files, the Harry Potter Musical, or any song whose lyrics are mentioned. I do, unfortunately, own all the bad poems. Ugh...
August
"I can't believe it's finally August. You must be in pretty high spirits, right Happy?" Happy looked confusedly at the barmaid he was conversing with.
"Why do you say that?"
"Well, because it's National Catfish Month!"
"Catfish?" Happy's eyes widened before he began shrieking. "That's sick and twisted! I can't believe someone would create a cat and fish hybrid! The delicious fish cannot be eaten because of the cat part! It would make me a cannibal!" Happy continued to wail at the supposed conundrum. He was silenced when Mira handed him a charred fish on a plate. Happy visibly drooled. "What kind of fish is that?"
"Catfish."
National Raspberry Cream Pie Day: August 1
"Give me more pies!"
"We can't! There aren't any ready yet and we're baking as fast as we can!" The dubbed "commander" swore under his breath at this.
"Dammit, Levi! We can't let General Hothead win this war!" Levi gave Gray an incredulous look before mumbling a reply.
"It's just a pie war, you dumb mother fu-"
"Levi, more pies ready for Commander Gray!"
National Ice Cream Sandwich Day: August 2
Evergreen was calmly brushing her minty locks at a table near the bar when Bixlow approached her. He lazily sat next to the woman and was quiet for a few minutes before his stomach growled.
"Hey, Evergreen? Can you go get me an ice cream sandwich?"
"No."
"Why?"
"I'm busy."
"BITCH, GO GET ME A-" Bixlow realized his mistake too late. Moments later, a statue that eerily looked like the doll mage adorned the guild.
National Watermelon Day: August 3
"Grapefruit?"
"No, it's definitely cantaloupes."
"No way! But…you may be right. I think they're some sort of melon."
"Then…watermelons?"
"Yes! Definitely watermelons!"
"What the hell are you two talking about?"
"Today's holiday. What did you think we were talking about?"
Work Like a Dog Day: August 5
Erza watched as Natsu relaxed in a lounge chair with a large beverage (which may or may not have been kerosene) in hand.
"What are you doing, Natsu?"
"I'm working like a dog." Came the reply. Erza raised a scarlet eyebrow.
"How are you doing that, exactly?" Natsu gestured to the white dog/spirit next to him.
"By acting like Plue."
"But he doesn't do anything."
"Exactly." Erza shrugged before grabbing a seat next to him and plopping down. Mira came over with a tall, strawberry lemonade with a cute, little umbrella. The two of them continued to "work like dogs" for the rest of the day and by doing so did no work whatsoever.
Daughter's Day: Seventh Day of the Seventh Lunar Month
Mr. Heartfilia had told the seventh daughter's story many times to his daughter (before he became estranged). Even though he knew Layla found the story romantic, he refused to hope for the same situation to happen to his daughter. In fact, after Lucy told her father that she wanted to find her husband the same way, Mr. Heartfilia began a sword collection.
National Mustard Day: First Sunday
Elfman gazed longingly at the hot dog stand. He really wanted one of the manly sausages but, sadly, he had no money. Wistfully, he walked back to the guild to (mannishly) sulk. He was greeted by his elder sister and a handful of jewels.
"I forgot to pay you back for that time you bought me a smoothie." She explained. Elfman took the money and ran back to the stand to buy the meaty food.
"Ya' want mustard?"
"What?"
"Mustard." Elfman nodded his head, wanting to try the condiment. He took a large bite and promptly choked.
"It's…NOT MANLY!" Elfman gagged and spit out the gross substance. To think a whole day was dedicated to the yellowy condiment was unbelievable.
Wiggle Your Toes Day: August 6
"That's gross, Natsu! Cut it out!" Lucy berated, gesturing to the pink haired boy's feet.
"Cut what out?" Natsu inquired while spreading his toes apart even further.
"That! That's gross and creepy!" Natsu looked at his feet. His toes were all stretched apart using nothing but muscle. None of his toes touched at all and the freaky wiggling was making the blonde queasy.
"This? This is nothing!" Natsu then began to move his big toe individually while keeping his other toes completely still.
"Ew! Natsu!" Upon hearing the shriek, Erza approached the pair and threatened the fire mage.
"Move them again and I'll cut them off!"
Friendship Day: First Sunday
Lucy sighed as she once again came home to find her teammates already at her house. Erza was sleeping in an armchair with Happy snoozing on the back of it. The two snored softly and Lucy cracked a smile. Natsu was sprawled on the couch and she decided to stay away from him (lest she get punched again). Gray was half naked and propped upside-down on the wall. Natsu had probably thrown him there and he had seemingly dozed off (fell unconscious) like that. Lucy smiled warmly and found a spot on the floor and fell asleep near her friends.
International Forgiveness Day: First Sunday
Lucy's happiness was short-lived however. Gray had woken up and attacked Natsu whose roar of rage awoke Erza and Happy and his whining about being hungry caused Lucy to wake up and begin yelling at her friends to "shut the hell up and get out of her apartment."
"But, Lucy, we were going to go on a mission! You need rent money, right?" Lucy thought about it for a few moments before sighing and agreeing to their request. In Fairy Tail, forgiveness came just as fast as conflict.
Sisters Day: First Sunday
Elfman was overjoyed to be spending Sisters Day with both of his sisters this year. He wanted to do something special and so he got the idea to bake them a cake. He enlisted the help of the female guild members, minus his sisters. Levi had found a recipe for chocolate cake and read the instructions out loud while the other women and Elfman did as she dictated.
"Okay, so first it says to preheat the oven to 350 degrees!" Erza went over and began messing with the dials.
"350 degrees Celsius. Okay, Levi, what's next?"
"Hmm…alright, now you need to grease and flour a 9 by 13 inch pan." Laki grabbed a big bowl of chicken grease, which had yet to be thrown away, and poured it into the pan. Bisca ran outside and took some flowers and laid them in the chicken grease.
"Now what?"
"In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the center." Elfman grabbed a large bowl and placed some of the leftover flowers into the bowl. Lucy began looking for sugar but could only find the salt.
"We're out of sugar." Lucy's eyes then fell on Cana and a metaphorical light bulb went off above her head. "But we can use rum! It's fermented sugar!" Lucy grabbed all the rum in the guild and poured all of it into the bowl. Cana looked from the alcohol to the spot it had recently vacated and sighed.
"So that's why the rum's always gone." Wendy approached the bowl with some chocolate candy bars.
"These will work, right?" Everyone shrugged and in the chocolate went.
"Juvia doesn't think we need baking powder and baking soda. Once or the other should be enough." The others agreed and they added the powder since it was the first one they found. Lucy grabbed the salt she found earlier and added at least half of the container. Evergreen stirred the concoction and began to sculpt a well in the batter. She even gave the well a little roof and sign that said, "Fairy Tail Wishing Foundation."
"Now we add eggs, coffee, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla." Erza dropped a dozen eggs into the mixture (without separating them) and began adding leftover coffee grounds. Juvia added milk and Bisca threw in four sticks of butter.
"What kind of oil does it say, Levi?"
"Mmm…doesn't say. I guess any kind is fine." Cana ran out of the guild and returned moments later with a gallon of gasoline. She splashed in the oil, drunkenly missing the bowl a few times. Laki put some vanilla beans into the substance and looked to Levi for further instruction. "Now we beat it on medium for two minutes. Batter will be thin. Then pour into prepared pan."
"I, being the man, shall do the beating!" Elfman began to punch the batter. The substance flew out of the bowl and splattered the surrounding members. After two minutes (some batter was miraculously still in the bowl) the mixture was poured into the greased pan.
"Okay, and now we bake it! Put it in the oven for 30 to 40 minutes and we have to insert a tooth pick and pull it out clean. Then we cool it for ten minutes and put the frosting on!" Bisca placed the "cake" in the oven and looked at the rest of the bakers.
"What do we do for 30 minutes?" Five minutes later the bakers found themselves playing a game of Monopoly. Two hours of seemingly endless frustration later the cake was remembered and removed from the oven. Levi tried to insert the toothpick but found she couldn't. The "cake" was rock hard-no, scratch that-diamond hard. Levi broke twelve toothpicks before she deemed it done. Elfman took the cake after the group had frosted it and presented it to his sisters.
"Happy Sisters Day!" Since it was so hard, Elfman brought one of Erza's swords to cut the damn thing. Lisanna and Mira eyed the cake skeptically. "The other girls helped me make it." Elfman began rattling off the process which caused Mira and Lisanna to blanch. "And I made it especially for you two!" The sisters fought a mental battle: they could eat the cake and die a horribly cruel and lame death or they could refuse and live with the guilt of refusing their brother's hard work. Being the kind (and masochistic) women they were, the sisters chose death by (maybe) chocolate.
"It's really good, Elfman." Lisanna shakily complimented. Mira nodded in cautious agreement. The two continued to miserably eat their…uh…well, it certainly wasn't cake.
National Lighthouse Day: August 7
"What are you doing, Idiot?"
"You don't need to know, Droopy Eyes."
"Shut up, Squinty Eyes!" Gray growled at the dragon slayer. Gray, Natsu, Erza and Lucy had gone on a mission to a harbor town. Apparently, the mission was imperative and it requested that the best mages be sent. The mayor, whom had requested the aid, had a tendency to over exaggerate things and the mission turned out to be replacing the giant bulb in the local lighthouse. The job took all of five minutes and Natsu was currently messing with the angle of the light. He aimed the beam at a large cliff and began arranging his hands in front of the light.
"Look, it's a dog!"
"Shadow puppets? What the hell, Natsu?"
Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day: August 8
"Where the hell did all this zucchini come from?" Everyone in Magnolia had woken up with crates of zucchini on their porches. The citizens were furious and so were the local mages (except Lucy who saw the opportunity as less money on food, more money on rent) whom also received the green fruit [I always thought it was a vegetable]. The only person who wasn't upset was Mira. She wore a knowing smile as people ranted about their large quantity of the fruit. At the end of the day, Mira went home to tend to her garden in which she had several zucchini plants.
Book Lover's Day: August 9
Levi and Lucy were, once more, conversing about some of their favorite books.
"Did you read the last book of the Larry Dotter series?"
"Of course! I think The Morose Trinkets was the best one yet! Are you excited for the last book of the Birthright Roundabout chronicles to come out? I heard it's going to be called Birthright."
"Really? I can't wait! Hey, have you read The Prespen Archives yet?"
"No, is it any good?" And that's how their whole day went. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be celebrating as well.
Lazy Day: August 10
Everyone was sweltering in the Magnolia heat. Many had long since fallen asleep due to the lazy atmosphere. All was calm since many of the more rambunctious members were fast asleep. Soft snoring and whispered chats could be heard throughout the guild and it would likely remain that way. Well…maybe not considering that Natsu was unaffected and was drawing obscure images on Gray's half naked body. When the ice mage woke up there would undoubtedly be hell. But for now, the lazy atmosphere would lull the member into a sense of calm. You know, before the storm hits.
National S'mores Day: August 10
Makarov looked around the pantry where he swore he put a crate of chocolate for s'mores earlier.
"Laki, have you seen-" Laki looked questioningly at the master with brown smudges on her face. "Never mind."
Son and Daughter Day: August 11
On this holiday, Macao decided to spend the whole day with Romeo. The pair agreed to go to the zoo to spend some much needed time together. About ten minutes into being there, Macao realized that he made a mistake. Apparently, it was free zoo day and it seemed as though everyone and their grandmother was there.
"Well, sh-" A strange look from Romeo caused his father to alter his sentence. "shrimp. Let's go see the fish exhibit and look at the shrimp!" The mage and his son pushed their way through throngs of people in order to get to the aquarium. Romeo gazed awestruck at all the different colors and shapes.
"There's so many different fish!"
"Aye!" Romeo turned to see a drooling blue cat. "So many different flavors, which to choose first?" Macao sighed before steering his son away from the soon-to-be arrested cat. The two walked along and went to the tanks for the larger fish. Among the fish were some familiar scuba divers. Warren and Max were in the tank feeding the larger fish. Upon seeing Macao, Max enthusiastically waved at him. The motion startled the larger and more aggressive fish which caused them to begin attacking the scuba diving mages. Their silent screams went unheard as they were mauled by the carnivorous species. Macao covered his son's eyes and left the exhibit.
"Let's go see the zebras!" Macao almost screamed when he saw another familiar face by the zebras. "What the he-" Macao coughed awkwardly. "hedgehog. They don't have any hedgehogs here." Macao glared at the back of a certain mage who was painting the zebras. "So, Romeo, where do you want to go next?"
"Um…can we go by the pony rides?" Macao laughed at his son before nodding. Of course a kid would want to ride the horses.
"300 jewels per ride." The blond attendant smiled at Macao as he gaped.
"Lucy? Why are you here?" Macao couldn't believe it. It was his day off and he kept running into his fellow guild members everywhere.
"A lot of the zoo staff is sick so some of us are doing their jobs." Lucy paused and frowned. "However, some people came here just to be obnoxious." Lucy growled. Macao sighed and handed her the money. Lucy let Romeo on the pony for a few minutes before his time was up and the father-son duo were wondering where to go next.
"Goats?"
"Sure." When they arrived at the goats, though, they changed their minds. Capricorn was running around the pen, causing the goats to faint in horror at his hybrid form. "I changed my mind. Let's go to the aviary." Macao nodded to his son and the two headed over to the bird exhibit. When they went inside the building, they were met with some zookeepers (thankfully not Fairy Tail members) yelling at Wakaba to stop smoking. Macao smacked his forehead with his palm and pretended not to know the smoker. They avoided the scene and continued on to the area with the actual birds. Romeo watched the ones on the ground and laughed at their waddling. Macao smiled and looked above. His smile was wiped off his face when he saw two silhouettes that definitely weren't birds flying above. Charle and Panther Lily were "observing" the birds' flight patterns since both had lost their dragon slayers (Wendy was at the playground and Gazille was eating pieces of the cages) a while ago. Macao made a hasty retreat out of the aviary and to the wolves' exhibit. Macao growled under his breath at the new sight. Erza was in the wolf cage and, from the looks of it the wolves were making her their alpha.
"Hey, Dad? I'm kind of hungry. Can we get something to eat?" Macao nodded and the two went over to a nearby snow cone stand.
"One, please." Macao said, not even looking at the man as he shifted through his wallet.
"100 jewels." Macao blanched at the voice. His head shot up and his pupils met the droopy eyes of a certain ice mage.
"Gray? You're selling snow cones?"
"Yes." Gray plainly stated before grabbing the money and scooping the ice into a paper cup. "Cherry or blue raspberry?"
"Cherry!" Romeo happily took the snow cone and waved goodbye to Gray. A roar from the nearby lion cage caught the boy and his father's attention. The two glanced at the cage before audibly sighing at the sight. Loki was in a "heated argument" with some of the lions in the cage. "Dad?"
"Just ignore it, Romeo." Macao and Romeo decided to go see the monkeys before they left the zoo. Upon their arrival at the primates the father and son were met with boisterous cries from the gorilla habitat. Natsu and Elfman were challenging the apes to some sort of fight and causing a huge ruckus. The mage and his son bolted out of the zoo, not stopping until they were far enough away. When the zoo was in the distance, Romeo began to keel over and laugh.
"Today was fun, Dad."
"Yeah but tomorrow I'm going to murder those morons."
Middle Child's Day: August 12
Let's just say that Mira and Lisanna got their revenge on their brother for the cake incident.
National Creamsicle Day: August 14
Somehow, Gray got roped into manning a popsicle stand in the middle of a crowded playground on a sultry day. Juvia smiled in complete bliss since she had went along to help her love. The blistering heat had caused Gray to strip (and Juvia to faint) many times and be scolded by a baking Erza. The swordswomen was "entertaining" (scaring) some children at a birthday party while Gray and Juvia boiled in the calescent sun.
"Can I have a red one?" A little, chubby boy asked the ice mage. Gray nodded and handed the boy a red creamsicle. The young boy looked at it skeptically. "Is it sugar free?"
"You didn't ask for sugar free."
"My mom doesn't let me have sugar." Gray sighed before giving the boy the correct frozen treat. "Is it artificially flavored?"
"What?" Gray practically snarled. Juvia nodded her head yes.
"I'm only allowed to eat ones made with real fruit." Gray narrowed his eyes.
"Fine." Gray handed the boy a cherry creamsicle.
"Is it gluten free?"
"What the hell is gluten?" The boy covered his ears at the swear. Juvia sighed and handed the boy a new popsicle.
"How cold is it? I just got my cavities filled and I don't want my teeth to hurt." Gray silently seethed as Juvia checked the temperature. "That's too cold. I don't want one after all." The boy gave Juvia back the popsicle and Gray exploded.
"You little shit!" Gray tackled the boy and began force feeding him the creamsicle. Well, until he was pried off the kid and brutally murdered by Erza.
Relaxation Day: August 15
"Why is everyone fighting?"
"Because it's Relaxation Day."
"What about fighting is relaxing?"
"The adrenalin that flows through your veins when you relieve built up stress via a punch in the face!"
National Tell a Joke Day: August 16
Cana decided that today would be the day she told Gildartz about her being his daughter. She was extremely nervous and sober and desperately wanted her booze so as to ease her mind. She steeled herself against the burning desire and approached the S class mage.
"Um…Gildartz?" The older mage turned to face the brown haired girl with a brow raised.
"Yes?" The whole guild was watching the odd display with questioning looks. The only one who had the vaguest idea about what was going on was Lucy. Cana took a deep breath, not wanting to beat around the bust.
"I'm…your daughter." There was a long pause that was finally broken when Gildartz started laughing. The rest of the guild soon followed with their own bellows.
"That's a good one Cana!"
"I never knew Cana had a sense of humor!"
"She's probably just really drunk!"
"I'm not drunk! I'm completely sober!" Louder laughter erupted from the members.
"Cana, sober? That's a laugh!"
"As if!" She gave up and went to the bar and asked Mira for some much need booze. Cana drank it until she was laughing with the guild and the daughter incident was far from her mind.
National Thrift Shop Day: August 17
Juvia loved the junk gold mines. There was so much stuff at thrift stores (not necessarily at optimum quality) and Juvia loved to see what she could find. She had been in the store for ten minutes and she already had a gray bowling ball (even though she doesn't bowl), a gray lampshade, and a new pair of silver earrings. She was about to check out but stopped when her eyes fell upon a head of pink hair. Natsu-san must like thrift shops too! Juvia happily thought and her eyes fell on his cart. She nearly dropped all of her items. Natsu seemed to have at least half of the store in his cart! The cart was spilling over with random, useless crap that he probably didn't even want. Juvia never knew Natsu-san was a hoarder!
Bad Poetry Day: August 18
"Thou art offending to the eye,
When children see thee, they cry!"
Many loud groans sounded throughout the guild. Natsu and Gray were having a verbal insult battle and somewhere along the line they began to insult each other in poetry.
"I may make children cry, but they scream for you!
Thou art so stupid, thou cannot count to two!"
"Gray is annoying
And a complete pervert
He should be put away."
"I dislike Natsu
He is a huge piece of shit
I wish he would die."
"Gray is weak
Not even chic
He hardly wears clothes, not even ties
And others agree he has droopy eyes!"
"Natsu is incredibly stupid
And his smell is simply putrid!
I can't wait until he dies
So I never have to look at his squinty eyes!"
"You're-" Erza cut off the comeback.
"Say one more rhyme
And I'll hit you into another time!"
National Radio Day: August 20
"Ice, ice baby," Natsu (and some other guild members) grumbled at Gray's music taste. The guild had bought a new radio which turned out to be a heinous idea; all the guild members were fighting over which station to play. Natsu shoved the ice mage away from the contraption and browsed through stations until he found a good one. "Burn, baby, burn!" Natsu began to smirk but was pushed aside by Lucy who switched the channel to an oldies station. "Lucy in the sky with diamonds-"
"That's a stupid song."
"Shut up, Natsu!" While the two argued, Happy changed the station to something classical. Charle's ears perked at the sound of a familiar song.
"This is from the musical Cats, right?"
"Aye!" Cana, in a drunken stupor, crashed into the cat that then crashed into the station button and caused it to change.
"Blame it on the goose, gotcha' feelin' loose-" Mira changed the station in order to remove the "vulgar" song from her ears. "You're the devil in disguise, oh-" And then the radio was smashed to pieces by the barmaid whose fake smile seemed only to reinforce the lyrics.
Senior Citizens Day: August 21
"Happy Senior Citizens Day, Gild- AH SHIT!"
Be an Angel Day: August 22
Erza glared at the two mages in front of her. Natsu and Gray were fighting just seconds ago and now they had their arms slung across each other's shoulders. Their broad and obviously fake grins tried to fool the swordswoman into thinking she had imagined the bickering.
"We w-weren't fighting, Erza."
"Aye!" Erza continued to scrutinize the males. Her eyes lifted from their forms to behind them and fell on the scorch marks and leftover ice that littered the guild.
"Your halos are crooked."
National Tooth Fairy Day: August 22
Romeo stared at the 100 jewels in his hand. He had received the money the night before after he put his baby tooth under his pillow. The young boy looked at his father with an inquiring gaze.
"So…in a way…everyone in Fairy Tail is a 'fairy,' right?" Macao looked at his son with confused eyes.
"I suppose."
"So…who's the tooth fairy?"
"…."
"…."
"Um…Natsu."
"Natsu?" Romeo tried to picture the fire mage with a tooth scepter, a tiara, a tutu, and fairy wings. The poor boy shuddered. "Oh." Somewhere off in the distance, Natsu sneezed.
Ride the Wind Day: August 23
"Pew pew pew, die you son of a bitch- ah! Damn, a wing wound! Mayday! Mayday! This is BLUE FISH ONE! I'm hit, I'm hit! Mayday, I'm going down! Send hel-"
"Happy! Shut your goddamn mouth and fly like a normal cat!"
"Aye…."
Kiss and Make Up Day: August 25
Bisca glared at the man across from her. She had never been so angry in her whole life!
"Why the hell did you let Max fill my gun's barrel with marshmallows? Are you aware how that could potentially wreck my gun?"
"Of course I'm aware!" Alzack vehemently replied as he narrowed his eyes into thin slits. "I have a gun too, you know!"
"You obviously don't know how to use it."
"What was that?" At this point, the couple was nose to nose and leering right into the other's eyes.
"For Mashima's sake, just kiss and make up already!"
National Dog Day: August 26
"Woof!" A blue dog barked at Lucy. The blonde glared at the animal before spitting out, "Happy, I know it's you."
Woman's Equality Day: August 26
"Gray…you're not a woman."
"Of course I am! I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body!"
"We can see that, Gray. Go put on some pants."
Global Forgiveness Day: August 27
Bisca sighed and looked sincerely at Max.
"Okay, Max. I forgive you for stuffing marshmallows into my gun's barrel." Max smiled at the gunslinger.
"Am I forgiven for the peanut butter in your pistol, too?"
"…."
"…."
"DIE, BITCH!"
Just Because Day: August 27
Happy was thrilled when Charle gave him a fish "just because."
More Herbs, Less Salt Day: August 29
Elfman looked at his recipe for sea salt ice cream (he began to enjoy being in the kitchen) and again at the calendar.
"Well, being festive is manly!" So instead of getting sea salt ice cream, his sisters got basil oregano soup.
Toasted Marshmallow Day: August 30
"Gray! You killed the marshmallows!"
"So? Marshmallows taste like shit anyway."
"Die, you ice bastard!" Natsu defended the marshmallows' hypothetical honor and kicked Gray's ass. Strangely enough (or maybe not) Natsu wasn't the only one lighting the puffy treats on fire.
National Trail Mix Day: August 31
"Natsu, are you sure this is the right way?" Lucy asked her friend, exasperated. They had been walking the path for hours and had yet to reach a town.
"Of course! I've been following the map all day! And yeah, it's taking forever since we have to keep taking different routes since it's National Trail Mix Day." Lucy stopped dead, incredulous. She then turned around while mumbling to herself.
"That's not what it meant, you dumb, mother fu-"
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