A/N: The as-promised special for an apology for my lack of updating. I wrote this a while ago when I was listening to Gray's theme and laughing on the floor (don't ask me why) and was saving this for whatsoever reason.
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Theme Songs...and Alcohol
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"Uwaah, Ava, Ava, look!" Lucy held up a disk, her face lit up as she beamed. Her golden hair was pulled back into a practical braid that Ava had done herself, and Ava admired the fact that her painted pink fingernails had came out quite nicely. They were at the sleepover Lucy had planned-she was too enthusiastic about actually having (just) girls over at her apartment and for once invited. "Theme songs!"
Who cares about being mature?" Ava snorted, drinking some unidentified substance Cana had slipped into her hand. "I got all of you to do that for me."
"One day you'll understand…"
"Suuuure." Her attention was caught by something in bold about halfway through the page. "AHAHAHA! My fans at least picked something for me!"
"...did Cana give you some alcohol or something?" Lucy asked as she sweatdropped, her teammate laug"Where'd you get those?"
"I think the Sorcerer's Magazine did them, but really I have no idea…" Lucy stared at it thoughtfully for a moment before shrugging and amounting it to the usual Fairy Tail weirdness. "Why don't we listen? Erza, stop eating your cake. Cana, stop drinking. And where's Wendy?"
"I-I'm right here, Lucy-san." Wendy held up her hand shyly, and Lucy turned around to see the small girl slightly cowering in the corner.
"Come on, come on!" Lucy smiled, handing the tracklist to Ava as the golden eyed girl read through it silently.
Official Themes
TRACK 1: Natsu no Theme (Natsu Dragneel)
TRACK 2: Titania no Yoroi (Erza Scarlet)
TRACK 3: Gray no Theme (Gray Fullbuster)
Ava skipped through the rest of the 'official themes', noting that the most powerful mages only had one and pouted when she found that she didn't have an 'official theme' yet. "I'll work harder, and they'll have to acknowledge me! I'll gain a powerful title, something cool like 'Golden Mage' or 'Amber Assassin'!"
"You're not even an assassin, Ava-san." Wendy pointed out, but the girl was on a full-out Fairy Tail rant as she sparkled.
"And then I'll grow stronger than Natsu and beat him up. MWAHAHAHAHA!" Ava giggled, her eyes alit with flames as fire surrounded her before being quickly extinguished by Erza.
"You still have a long way to go." The redhead took a bite of strawberry shortcake, savoring the sweet and sour flavor for a moment before putting down her fork, making sure that the utensil didn't ruin the perfectly positioned white cream on the top of the pastry. "And you still need to grow a lot more mature! And Cana! Stop letting minors drink!"
"Why act mature when I have you all to do it for me? I can stay a kid forever!" Ava exclaimed, laughing maniacally as Cana let out a protest about how she never let minors drink with her (which no one really believed, but still). "Foreveeer…."
"Ava, you're drunk right now. Calm down a little," Lucy said gently, albeit a little cautiously as she watched her teammate.
"Whaaaat? I'm not drunk at all!" Ava cheered, drinking something from a shot glass as Erza and Lucy shot a glare at Cana, the Card Mistress shrugging guiltily. "I am perfectly normal~hehehe..."
"AHAHA! I have a theme song~" Lucy felt the urge to facepalm as she restrained her younger friend, peering over her friend's shoulder to look at the track list Ava was holding.
Fan-Picked in the Sorcerer's Magazine's "What are YOUR favorite Fairy Tail mage's theme songs?"
TRACK 15: Yume to Hazakura (Ava Lucioni)
"Heh! I got an idea! Let's talk with Gray!" Ava stood up for a moment, nearly toppling over as she reached for the Communication Lacrima she had bought, it glowing to life before she giggled. "Hi, Gray~"
"...Ava? What are you doing at this time of the night?"
"Ya' know, we missss yoouuu~" Ava slurred, Lucy clamping a hand over her mouth as she sighed and explained.
"Cana just got Ava a little drunk. We're having a sleepover right now, so sorry for waking you guys up."
"Ah, I see. Then I suppose I'll go: Flame Brain's complaining in the other room right now."
"Waaaaaiiit, I wanna talk with him more…"
"Ava, you're drunk-" Before Lucy could do anything, Ava shoved some of her alcohol into the blonde's mouth and a haze started to appear before Lucy's brown eyes as a slow blush began to spread across the Celestial Mage's cheeks. She had always been a lightweight.
"Don't tell me…" Erza backed up. She had to be the responsible one here. She had to be the responsible one here. She had to-
With the combined effort of Lucy and Ava, alcohol was quickly shoved into the redhead's mouth as the liquid slowly went down her throat. Near her, Wendy gulped-being the only sober one rather than Cana, but that wasn't too promising-and laughed nervously. "Everyone, let's please not get out of hand."
"Graaaay, I miss Naatsuuu...waah~ where is he? I wanna talk to Natsu!" Lucy demanded, and she could faintly hear an 'oh, shit' across the line as Gray realized what was happening. Luckily enough Juvia had followed him on the mission so Gray wouldn't have to worry about the Water Mage, but if Erza was drunk-
"Sake! Get me some damn sake!" Erza demanded, slamming her fist against the table as the once peaceful sleepover had turned into a whole new situation as the disk with the themes was left on Lucy's desk, forgotten.
"Erza-san, please-" Wendy was cut off abruptly as Cana handed her a bottle.
"Just deal with it, it's better if you get drunk now so you can forget about anything that happened tonight." Cana snorted, taking a deep gulp of alcohol as she smirked amusedly. "Yo, Gray, we're just going to blame you for anything that happens tonight. Lucy will murder you if her apartment gets wrecked."
"Oh, shit...Flame Brain! Hurry up, we need to get back to their apartment now!"
Faintly, they could hear Natsu's protests and reluctance to go, but in the end the pinkette gave in.
"We'll be there in an hour. Just don't kill the place too much until then."
"We'll try~" They chorused as Wendy whimpered in the corner.
As soon as Gray turned off the Communication Lacrima, he turned to Natsu, his (temporary if he had any say to it!) mission partner. Juvia was also with them (for some reason Gray really didn't want to know…), and she was watching Gray curiously as he spoke. "We're screwed."
"No kidding, Luce's going to kill me if her apartment gets ransacked while she's drunk. Let's go!" The Fire Dragon Slayer pumped his fist in the air, and Gray noted a little annoyedly that Ava often did the same thing. Maybe that's where her habit came from, although it could be easily switched around.
"We need to get there ASAP." Gray shuddered as he remembered the last time his teammates had gotten drunk...they had destroyed more than actually completing the mission and Master was absolutely furious with them afterwards when he had to reply to yet another complaint sheet from the Council.
When they had arrived, panting and utterly exhausted, in front of Lucy's apartment, they climbed up the walls using the windowsills of the below apartments as footrests, an action they had gotten used to after scaling the wall so many times to enter her apartment through her window. They had just forced the window open when the Ice Mage was tackled by Ava, the duo falling over and onto the wooden floor as the black haired girl giggled.
"Hi Graaaay…" she slurred, his name coming out more like a garble as a very distressed Juvia immediately pulled the girl off of Gray as she barely refrained from murdering her friend. The Water-Mage and Ava had gotten pretty close, with Ava supporting the girl's crush on Gray, general acceptance, and even giving advice on the things he liked (despite his annoyance and constant telling her to stop telling her). If it had been anyone else, really...Gray shivered at the thought. Juvia might have gone completely insane.
"Where did you go?" The girl looked adorably confused for a moment before her face scrunched up into a frown as her eyes began to water. Gray sweatdropped, putting up his hands innocently as if it wasn't his fault that the girl was beginning to cry as he started to console her, although her alcohol-clouded eyes saw nothing but blurry images. Gray twitched, Natsu laughing hysterically behind him as he shot a glare to shut his teammate up. He didn't know what to do with a crying Ava. An infuriated Ava? He could deal with that. But sad? Not happening.
"H-here!" Gray searched around the room before grabbing a few snacks the girls had probably prepared for their sleepover as he handed it to Ava. "Candy! Just...please stop crying? Please?"
She quieted down for a moment, taking the candy and giving him a bright beam before popping it into her mouth and chewing the candy slowly.
Just like a kid, Gray couldn't help but think as he ruffled her hair fondly. He...could deal with this.
"H-h-heeeey, let's plaaay something!" Cana cheered, grabbing the disk from the table and inserting it in a music player, the machine whining for a moment before starting up. "Natsu no Theme: Track 1." The music started playing, a combination of violins and other string instruments and instruments like bagpipes.
"Why does Natsu get a cool theme and I don't?" Ava whined pathetically. Behind her, a drunk Lucy giggled as she sat on top of her pink haired teammate, of which the Fire Dragon Slayer was trying his hardest not to wince as he switched moods and laughed maniacally, saying something about having an awesome theme compared to the rest of his teammates.
"Titania no Yoroi: Track 2."
Erza, who had been until that moment just complaining about the lack of alcohol, perked up as she listened to her theme before nodding in approval, crossing her arms across her chest. "It fits." Only the slight red tint on her face indicated that she was even drunk at that moment before she felt Gray's stare on her and her eyes narrowed, Scary Erza returning once again.
"Gray no Theme: Track 3."
As soon as the music started playing, Ava (who seemed to have sobered up just a bit) and Natsu began rolling on the floor, laughing as the percussions in the background were soon joined by an electric guitar. The increase in volume (thanks to Juvia, who wanted to hear 'Gray-sama's theme') got them laughing even more, and Gray's eyebrow twitched.
"I knew you were lame, Ice Princess, but I didn't expect your theme to be this lame!" Natsu laughed, rolling on the floor and barely avoiding crashing into Ava as Lucy, who had been on him the entire time, pouted and receded to sit on her bed.
"Hello? My theme's way more badass than yours, Flame Brain!" He insulted his teammate.
"No way!"
"Gray, that just didn't fit you…" Ava laughed, turning around and rolling around the floor alongside Natsu as they bumped into each other briefly, apologized, and continued their laughing fit. Gray's cheeks flushed as he glared at his teammate, betrayed.
"Oi!"
"Juvia thinks it fits you, Gray-sama!" Juvia piped up, hearts in her eyes as she clung to his left arm, and although the statement was supposed to be comforting he didn't feel any pleasure at knowing that someone enjoyed his theme. After all, it was Juvia. The girl had been tolerable, and perhaps even likable the first time they met as enemies, but from there everything went downhill and she acted strangely infatuated with him. But there were times when the Water Mage turned serious, and that was why he respected her.
"...thanks…" he mumbled half-heartedly as Wendy, a little tired from the rush of events, patted him on the back sympathetically. They continued to listen to songs the rest of the night, and the next day the landlady of the apartment complex couldn't help but wonder what kind of girl Lucy was as various teens, both boys and girls, exited her apartment with a complete hangover the next day. It was needless to say the next mission Natsu picked the day after for the team ended in complete destruction and utter disaster.
A/N: Soooo...this was all crack. Lol. On the bright side, we reached 50 reviews~ Hooray! I feel like writing all of these lighter stuff is bringing back my inspiration so hopefully more plot coming up.
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