Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail… WAH! I wish I did…

AN: So to start off, I'd like to thank all you people's who have stayed with me thought this adventure. And… Yeah. That's it, I think… Enjoy! Mira has Hesper do another job request… But this time, someone wants her to get people from other guilds together! Who could it be…? And of course, the Raijinshuu have to join her! (Or at least, Mira makes them do so…)

~LolGizzmo55

Chapter One- Christmas Eve and Everyone's Drunk

Ah, winter. The coldest month of the year. Hesper loved it, all of it. The fact that it snowed and the holidays and everything fun seemed to happen in the winter was amazing. She'd never understand why of course, but this was the time of the year when everyone was happier, merrier, and, to be completely honest, more drunk than the rest of the year.

She had now been in the guild for over a year now, just coming before Christmas of last year. But, she couldn't stay due to a job that she either had to take, or she'd be homeless. So she had never seen how the guild acted around the holidays. And Hesper had never seen anyone act crazier than her guild of Fairy Tail.

She had walked in on Christmas Eve, all bundled up in a huge gray coat that brushed her knees, her outfit of a yellow tank and a blue miniskirt being replaced by a yellow sweater and deep blue leggings underneath the large warm coat. But her boots stayed the same at least, and gray gloves were added with a gray hat to keep everything nice and orderly in her head.

Her mouth gaped open at the sight of the guild. It was decorated with green and red streamers, holly and (of course) mistletoe hung around the great ceiling. Two trees decked out with shiny ornaments the size of her fist had been put up on either side of the bar.

The Christmas lights were just as spectacular around the trees too. The bar which had almost every inch of the sides (not the counter, because people didn't want the decorations to get in their drinks) had bows ranging from deep red to light gold.

"Wow. How'd you do this in one night?" The girl with the hot pink hair said, mouth still agape, to the barmaid behind said bar.

"With magic, of course. Some people stay behind to help me. I thought you saw this last year?" Mirajane smiled at the amazed girl, and handed her a hot cocoa, which was always free on the holidays.

"No, I was out on a job, remember? Took me weeks… How are you and Laxus doing, by the way?" Hesper grinned as she slipped off her gloves and grabbed the drink eagerly, wanting to get the cold off of her as soon as possible. (Ok, so maybe the cold wasn't her favorite thing about winter…)

"Oh right. Well, we're doing pretty well. Hey, how bout you and Freed?" She wiggled her eyebrows at the shy mage, and said shy mage blushed slightly.

"Well… Not much to say there. We're just friends still. He says he's still experimenting." Hesper shrugged and took a sip of her drink as Mira giggled.

"Experimenting, eh? What has he experimented with so far?" The Demon Take-Over Soul giggled again, while the pinknette spit out her drink all over the floor.

"W-What?! N-Nothing more than k-kissing! I s-swear! We haven't even kissed since that one time last year when you made us!" Hesper said as she grabbed a napkin and wiped her face to rid it of the hot drink, her face beet red. Mira only laughed as others from the guild began to come up to the bar and she got busy filling in their orders.

So Hesper decided that now would be a good time to see how all of her couples were holding up. Of course, she knew how the Raijinshuu was doing, since they've been around her constantly training and other sh*t. She didn't mind though, it was only when they started auguring was when she got upset.

She decided to check on the first two couples she had gotten together first; Gajeel and Levy, and Natsu and Lucy.

"Hey Levy-chan! Hello Lucy-chan! How are you guys doing?" She asked the two friends, who were also sitting together, nursing their drinks with their cold hands while their designated guys fought over who-knows-what.

"Hmm? Oh, hey Hesper-chan! Well, I'm doing alright, I don't know about Levy though…" Lucy said as Hesper got close enough to see that Levy had puffy eyes and a tear streak face.

"Oh Levy! What's wrong?" The Matchmaker said as she sat down next to the petite girl and rubbed her back as a sign of comfort.

"I just don't get why he's so stupid! I mean, who doesn't see their girlfriend on their anniversary?" Levy choked on a sob as she buried her face in her hands.

"She's been crying for days, never answered PantherLily when he went to her place, so I had to get Lucy to drag her out here! I don't know why she's over reacting, but… What do I know?" A gruff voice said behind the trio.

"Gajeel, can I ask you why she is saying you didn't see her on your anniversary?" Hesper asked the man, whose ears had turned slightly pink at the question.

"Because I couldn't reach her! I was out on a job. And I was going to get PantherLily to go and apologize, but the lazy ass never bothered to." He grumbled, slumping next to the pinknette.

"Well, why'd you go on a job then?" Lucy piped up, and hushed immediately as Levy moved her face out of her hands to glare at her boyfriend.

"Yeah, why did you, you great idiot?! I was going to give you something special, but you never bothered to show, now did you?!" She turned pink while Hesper and Lucy stifled a giggle.

"Well, cuz I was going to give you something special too, but I needed the jewels. And since I was out on the job, not knowing when I'd get back, and afterwards you never came to the guild, and I couldn't get you to open your window, so I just had to wait till you got here." He crossed his arms, glaring at the other two girls to leave, so Hesper got up to leave, grabbing Lucy's arm in the process and they walked away while the two got covered up by the crowd, but Hesper saw between people that they had clearly made up.

"… I honestly have no idea why they 'argue' if they are just going to end up making out in the end." Lucy said, which made Hesper turn pink.

"I hope that you and Natsu aren't having any problems that I have to fix?" Hesper hesitated to ask, but asked anyway.

"Nope. Except when he occasionally says something completely idiotic. But, I've learned to deal with it. What about you and Freed?" The blond grinned, while the Wings mage just turned redder.

"Nothing really. Just companions." She shrugged.

"Really? Just companions? Not even friends?" Lucy questioned when she got shoved into the nearby wall by her own guy friend.

"Hi! I was wondering whether you'd like to dance Luce!" Natsu screamed, obviously drunk. "Mira started up the music lacrima!" Natsu grinned stupidly as he grabbed said girl's hand, and they whisked out onto the dance floor, while Lucy waved goodbye to Hesper.

Hesper watched as one by one, the couples that she had gotten together eventually made it to the dance floor as well, and her grin started to fade ever so slightly with every couple.

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A little later into the night, and everyone was really drunk, or at least partially, except for Hesper, who only had about one or two drinks total the whole night. She liked to keep her guard up. Just in case.

"Kyahaha! Come on Hesper! Come and drink with us!" Bickslow said as she walked by their table, he slammed a mug into her chest, spilling the contents everywhere.

"Yeah Hesper-chan! Mira just made a new batch of hot cocoa! But I think it has something else in it…" Lisanna giggled as she peered down at her drink, shrugging and then taking a sip.

"Uh… No thanks. When does the place close up?" Hesper asked the drunk couple, who laughed at her question.

"What do you mean? It doesn't close on New Year… Oh wait, I mean Christmas! Heh heh… Hey by the way…" Bickslow said, leaning very close to her. "Freed was looking for you. Said he wanted to give you his present." He chuckled, and the Requip Wings mage gulped.

"A-A present? For me? What is it?" She asked, when Lisanna giggled.

"You'll have to wait and see! Oh don't tell Hesper, but he got her a…" Lisanna began to say, but she fell asleep into Bickslows lap, when he chuckled and rubbed his hands together.

"Oh no you don't!" Hesper said, and grabbed the white haired girl's sleeping body away from the pervert, when he growled. She showed him her dragon wings, and he shut right up.

"Alright, Lisanna-chan, time to get you home…" Hesper slid her arm underneath the unconscious girl's own, when she woke up.

"Ack! Hesper? Why is the room spinning? And where's Bickslow?" Lisanna asked the shocked girl, in fact, she was so shocked that she dropped her.

"I'm right here. I swear *hic* missy, find your own person to *hic* love on!" The tall man growled, and scooped up Lisanna as they walked away.

"Hehehe… Wow. That sucks for you… But she's Bickslows girl anyway." Laxus said as he slung his large arm around the pink faced girl.

"Laxus, whatever you're thinking, it's not true." She scowled; mad for the fact that when her teammates got drunk, they were completely insane. Except Freed, but he never got drunk anyway… At least, when she was around…

"Yeah right. When Mira hears about this, she'll try to get you and Lisanna together! Haha!" He chuckled in the girl's ear, which made her shiver; because his breath reeked of beer and other things she didn't want to know.

"Yeah. Ha. Ha. If you'll excuse me, Master…" She rolled her eyes at the title he demanded her to call him, no matter his state.

"Yeah! That's right! I'm the master! Not you!" He yelled in her direction as she walked away, meeting more and more of her friends and saw what they were like drunk. She kinda hated it. But then again… She'd be the only one to remember this night anyway…

"Hey! Hesper! Over here!" A voice whisper shouted to her, and she was dragged into a booth by none other than her most 'favorite' companion, Freed.

"Ugh, Freed. What? I eep!" She squeaked as he pulled her close, and she realized that everyone sounded a little muffled. The area was probably enchanted with something the green haired man came up with.

"Shhh! Mira told me you wanted to tell me something?"

"W-What?! No! I have nothing to say… Except please can you scoot over a tiny bit?"

"Oh. Right, sorry. Hehe…" He said as he grinned slightly, and she blushed under his stare.

"Ah sh*t! Not you too…" She groaned as he got closer to her and pulled her into a hug, and then tried to kiss her cheek. "Ack! Freed, no… NO! Bad Freed! Bad!" She smacked him on the head, and he recoiled.

"Ow! Hesper! That hurt!"

"Well good. You have no right to touch me like that."

"Don't I?" His grin got wider.

"No. You don't." She deadpanned, crossing her arms and turning around as he pulled her into another hug.

"Oh come on, Hesper-chan… Where's your fun side?" He said in a very familiar voice, and she turned around to be face to face with her best friend in the whole guild.

"Ack! MIRAJANE!" She screamed as she hit the barrier to the force field around them. "What the hell?! How'd you do that?!"

"Dontcha know about my magic, Hesper? I can change into anyone here. Even you!" The devil said as she turned into a spitting image of Hesper, only in Freed's clothes.

"Oh. Heh heh… Uh, Just a question though, Mira-chan…" Hesper asked her with a sweat drop.

"What?" She asked, turning back to herself, but still in Freed's clothes, which made Hesper turn pink with jealousy.

"Where is he?" She asked, as the doors to the guild opened, where a very flustered and shivering Freed stood, and not in his usual clothes…

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AN: Hehe! So… I like cliff hangers… I think I've said that already… This story I'm not expecting to be very good, but you can read it anyway if ya like. I won't mind!

~LolGizzmo55 goes to write more!