I thought a chapter update was perfect for today - seeing as I've been rushed off my feet at work and currently posting this whilst at work! (don't tell anyone!)
It's shorter than the others, but there's a reason ;)
The Christmas dance was a spectacular moment in Fairy Tail Academy, it wasn't just another date for their students to be drunk, but it was one of the main events where the girls wore ball gowns which shone and sparkled seven different shades of the rainbow.
It was the only time where students looked presentable; and Lucy was almost too excited for it. Especially as the girls were being met by the boys downstairs in half hour and Lucy was no where near ready.
"Help. Me." She called from her bathroom; Erza and Levy had both finished the last details. Both of them looked stunning with Levy having her hair up in a loose bun and wearing a silver dress with the smallest amount of detail in the bust, in fact Lucy had made the comment that it complimented her eyes and the fact Gajeel would be wearing black and it would look beautiful against him.
Erza on the other hand was wearing a deep red; of course what would the woman with scarlet hair wear to the ball? More red.
And Lucy? Lucy had a dark navy dress on, that touched the floor and made her look more elegant than ever, the dress hugged her figure and her hair had been curled in to light curls, there was no point putting too much effort in to the hair when the dress did all the work for her.
Are you girls even ready yet? It's freezing out here!
"Hey Luce, The boys are getting impatient!" Levy called as she read Gajeel's text, laughing.
Once outside the boys looked at them; they could hardly believe how well they had dressed up, and even a glow of beauty was radiating from them, of course Loke had mentioned how the stars had no comparison to their beauty this evening.
"Terrible Loke, just terrible." Lucy laughed, linking the arm Loke held out for her as they began to walk towards the bar.
"I feel like Mira has outdone herself here." Erza comments as they entered the building filled with blue, whites and paper snowflakes dangling from the ceiling.
"It's just beautiful," Lucy smiled as she saw Mira smiling at the bar at them. Loke smirked as he leant down towards Lucy's ears and whispered "Not as beautiful as you."
Lucy blushed, that lion of hers knew how to complement her and make her feel embarrassed at the same time.
The Christmas ball had been amazing, every student looked amazing and dressed up to perfection; Lucy had even noticed how well the boys had managed to look in their suites and ties. Especially how Loke wore a black suite with a white shirt and maroon tie, Lucy could have sworn he saw her blush at the sight of him; needless to say Loke dressed up was one of her favourite things to see.
Of course a Fairy Tail party would not be complete if there had not been any Natsu and Gray argument; Lucy watched as both boys had some how managed to argue over who was buying the first round of drinks for the group and their dates, which then caused an outburst between the whole Academy and everyone being dragged in to it.
"I just can't believe we can not go one day with out those two fighting," Lucy sighed as the girls watched the boys fight one another.
"You would think they would have grown out of this by now," commented Levy as Gajeel swung a chair towards Natsu who managed to duck quick enough to avoid it as Gray was hit by it instead.
"Don't worry ladies, I'm here to protect you," Loke smiled handing the round of drinks he just bought down on the table, before he too was dragged in to the fight thanks to Natsu flying in to him.
"At least he got us some drinks," Lucy mumbled, taking the liquid down in one - it was going to be a long night indeed.
"Juvia thinks Gray looks so handsome fighting, although Gajeel will pay for the harm he has caused my beloved." The girls looked at one another as Juvia had begun her daze of Gray; it was an on going performance by both Juvia's daydreams and the boys fight before Erza stepped in.
Or more to the fact that she had been hit twice by objects from the boys that it was her turn to join the fighting.
"Enough!" Erza bellowed, the whole room stood silent, minus Natsu who held Gray in a head lock and punched him quickly before Erza saw.
"Man, I forgot how scary Erza can be sometimes," Lucy whispered to the girls, as they all nodded in agreement.
"If you're going to fight, at least make it a drinking contest!" Cana hiccuped at the bar, amused over the whole thing, the boys scowled,
"No, because you would win!" Natsu screamed before Gray threw a chair at him to shut him up.
"I would like my hearing to stay in contact if you're okay with that dumbass!"
"Oh, how about I take your face then and smash my foot under it, although I wouldn't want to get these shoes dirty!"
The girls sweat dropped as the fight had begun again.
"Five minutes. Has to be a new recored right?" Lucy commented.
The boys sat at the bar that afternoon, a few bandages were wound over their limbs; no one had given any sympathy towards them, minus Gray who had Juvia giving him her full attention and scowling at anyone who came near him.
"I would have thought someone would have asked how we were by now?" Nasty questioned, as he was slumped over a table, his back aching from being thrown across the room several times thanks to Loke and Gray tag teaming up on him. And then Gajeel had swung him in to a table.
"Considering this is your fault, I highly doubt anyone will be asking how you are." Gajeel commented, annoyed that Levy had not spoken to him so far that day - and thus putting all his annoyance on to Natsu.
"Gajeel is right. If you hadn't of started this we would all be fine, and at least we wouldn't have to be sulking here…" Loke replied, rubbing his right hand in his left, a few grazes from punching a few guys who had made comments about Lucy were the cause of his injuries, and maybe a few towards Natsu for being Natsu.
"IT'S NOT ALL MY FAULT!"
"It definitely is." Cana replied.
"Do you think the boys have had enough punishment time?" Levy asked as the girls sat in Lucy's room, relaxing and enjoying the peace and quiet of no boys interrupting them.
Erza and Lucy shrugged, although it hurt Erza more than Lucy to do such action, as she was suffering from the onslaught of tables and chairs being thrown out of the 'fighting area' whilst Lucy dealt with bruised head from being knocked out in the end by a flying shoe.
Both girls had ended up throwing a rage down on the boys and unleashed their anger towards them; and had truly let their feelings be known as they spat how they had ruined such a good night and had to now deal with the consequences of their actions.
Of course Natsu had to ask the question of 'what did they mean?' Which caused Erza to flare in to a rage at him and resulted in her throwing a well aimed tray of food towards the pink haired boy.
"Maybe. Maybe not." They both said in unison. Levy sighed, these two were too alike in the stubbornness.
"Mira, help us." Natsu begged as the platinum haired woman looked at him,
"What's the matter Natsu?"
"The girls are pissed at us,"
Mira giggled, she already knew this information; Levy had spoke to her about it and had said how Erza and Lucy had terrified the boys in to submission - and in that were choosing to ignore the boys completely.
"I already knew about that."
Loke, Gajeel and Gray looked up from the table they were all each sulking after hearing Mira's words.
"Did they say anything?"
"Is Levy okay? She's not really mad at me is she?"
"Is Lucy okay?"
Mira laughed once more, the emotions the boys were going through right now over the girls was an amusing sight to the match maker - that and she knew what the girls were doing.
"They're fine, although Erza and Lucy are still in their 'wrath' mode according to Levy,"
The boys gulped.
"They are going to kill us aren't they?" Gray asked, praying that they wouldn't go to such a length. But then again he had seen the anger in their eyes, the happiness they once showed was gone from them and only anger was left.
"If Erza is involved then I would say goodbye to your loved ones,"
The boys looked up and saw a man with blue hair walk towards them, a tattoo was on his face and he held a smirk towards them,
"And who are you?"
"You're ticket of saviour."