Author's Note: Hell! Great day today! If you are a regular one my page, or have read some of my past stories you may or may not be familiar with my constant b*tching and mentioning of my horrible college semester this past fall.

Well like I said at the beginning of the story, my college semester is officially over, and I am happy to announce that not only did my grades come back, but I managed to make my college's Dean's List this semester! IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE! A very VERY horrible advanced cartography class was keeping me from thinking positive the entire fall, and I was literally preparing myself for the F (FYI that's my major so that would have been very bad to get an F in that class...) However, by some stroke of luck, or by the hand of God, or Santa, or Mavis or whoever not only did I pass the class, I managed to get a F*CKING A- in it too!? If Cana and Makarov were real people I would share a drink in the guild hall with them I'm so excited!

*Cough* *Cough*...Apologies for the annoying bits from my personal life, but I was too excited to conceal it...now, back to FT Christmas!

Also, I do not own Fairy Tail.

Chapter Five - On the Fifth Day

As Lucy sat in embarrassment from seeing her fellow guild members just moments ago, her tiny Celestial friend, Plue attempted to drag her to her feet and on to their next destination.

"Puun-Puun!" Plue cried out as he tugged on the collar of Lucy's winter coat, but Lucy failed to move even an inch upward as the little dog fell to the ground in exhaustion.

"Puun…" Plue looked sad and pathetic as he almost managed to drop his lollipop on the ground in his struggle to help his master.

Lucy looked up and over to her tired friend. "Thanks, Plue…but I think I'm just gonna sit here for a little while longer."

"But Princess, you're blocking the line."

Lucy snapped as she heard a very familiar voice talking from behind. As she turned around the Celestial Wizard then noticed Virgo the Maiden was standing in front of a long line of angry customers waiting to buy their gifts.

Lucy looked on with horror. "Oh great! Now I've made the whole store mad!"

Virgo's expression never changed as she bent over and picked Lucy up off the ground, and cradled the blonde in her arms as they both left for the door.

"Don't worry, I relieved Nicola of his duties, Princess." Virgo explained as Lucy then noticed Plue was now gone, and before she could call his name, Virgo replied. "Tell me, what is the matter?"

Lucy looked away as she answered. "Oh, it's nothing. I have one job for this stupid gift exchange and I can even do that right. Now half the guild is gonna know whose name I have, and the other half will know I mooched off Nigel's credit tab at the magic store just to buy my gift!"

She moaned with an annoyed voice and began complaining even further. "OH WHY DID I GET STUCK WITH SHOPPING FOR HIM!?"

Virgo quickly caught on, and let out a tiny smile. "Ah I see. So you do have feelings for Sir Natsu."

"HOLD ON I NEVER EVEN SAID A NAME!?" Lucy jumped out of Virgo's arms with pure shock and embarrassment as she hit the hard cobble ground below.

"OUCH!"

The blonde wizard then stood up and gave Virgo a dirty look as she crossed her arms and tried hiding the faint blush of red on her cheeks. "And for your information, I don't...I just need to buy him a Christmas Gift for the Guild Gift Exchange."

"Ah, well apologies Princess." Virgo continued as she looked up towards the night's sky. "It appears to be getting late. Perhaps tomorrow I can be of some assistance…?"

As Lucy and Virgo continued their conversation they eventually found Wendy and Carla. Soon after the group of girls quickly made way for a nearby inn and rested for the night.

The next morning, we find a whole new set of Fairies touring the capital city.

"Agh…why did Salamander have to go and give me that stupid motion sickness crap?" Gajeel Redfox poured out of a new train car as he complained about the bumpy ride into town.

Behind him, his black exceed Panther Lily followed as he shook his head. "Well, I'm not really sure you can blame that one on Natsu. If anything you should have been smarter and taken this trip with Wendy and her Troia Magic."

Gajeel regained the strength in his stomach as he bent down and scolded his partner. "Look, I don't need the lip, Little Man...and since I'm buying your gift this year, I'd pipe down if I were you!"

Lily looked blankly back at his Dragon Slaying companion. "...You do know you weren't supposed to tell me that, right?"

Gajeel stood tall and waved his hand as he walked away. "Ah, why do I care? You know my gift will be unbeatable, anyway."

He then paused and smiled as Lily followed. "So which moron did you get stuck shopping for?"

Lily tried staying quiet as a cheeky smile crept across his feline face. "Well, it isn't you, that's for sure…but don't worry, you'll find this person to be just as important…"

Gajeel stopped and thought about it before he looked back. "Whoa there, Lily. Let's not get all smart with that mouth of yours. If you're talking about who I think it is, then we may have a…"

"HEY! It's Gajeel and Lily!"

The two warriors both turned and looked down the street to find a cheery Levy McGarden running their way while waving her hand. Behind her followed a very quick Jet, and a very slow Droy.

Levy spoke up as soon as she caught up to the two partners. "So, when did you guys get in town?"

Lily smiled. "Actually we just made it. Yourselves?"

Jet smiled with pride. "We've been here for a few days, now! Thanks to my quick timing on getting good train tickets, we managed to get here before most of the big crowds."

Droy rolled his eyes and enjoyed his carry-out meal. "Yea, well my knowledge of Crocus found us a good hotel to stay at…"

Levy smiled and waved them down. "Ah, guys you're both important! So Gajeel, you find a gift yet…?"

Gajeel went to answer, but stopped before he smiled down at Lily. "Actually, I think that's private information. So I'm just gonna have to pass on answerin' that for ya."

Lily grinned as soon as he caught on. "Yes, it would be unwise to spill the secret right now…"

Levy slowly followed up as she began showing a tiny bit of red on her cheeks. "Oh…w-well it's cool. I totally understand. Um, Jet, Droy. I think it may be a good time to move on…"

Jet followed her with confusion. "Why? He never told us who he got?"

Levy snapped back and grabbed the Running Mage's hand. "NOT RIGHT NOW JET!...Can't you see it's clearly classified…"

Droy looked confused as well, until he noticed the smiles on Gajeel and Lily's faces.

"Oh…you guys are awful."

Droy shook his head and followed his two Shadow Gear teammates as they quickly turned the corner.

Lily turned to Gajeel and smiled. "So, now we have to act like you're shopping for Levy?"

Gajeel patted Lily on the head and kept walking. "Heh. See, I told ya this trip would be fun..."

As Gajeel and Lily kept marching the other way, we return to Team Shadow Gear, who find themselves standing inside a very large and elaborate book store.

Levy stood in line with Jet as she held a very large and luxurious atlas in her hands. Meanwhile Droy waited by the door to read some of the sample books on display.

Jet looked over at an unusually quiet Levy and smiled. "So, the person you're shopping for would like an atlas for Christmas?"

Levy smiled back and patted the front cover of the large book of maps. "Yea, I guess he'll like it. I sorta got stumped when trying to shop for him."

Jet laughed and looked around as he continued. "I getcha. And you guys are cool with following me all the way down to Hargeon for my gift search?"

Levy smiled and gave him a supportive answer. "Well of course! That is if they don't have what you're looking for in Crocus…"

Jet waved her question away before he fell into a trap. "Ah, let's just say it'll be easier that way…so about that whole thing with Gajeel and Lily?"

Levy instantly froze and quickly turned away. "Yea, haha. That was pretty awkward…"

Jet shook his head. "Wow, Levy you do know Gajeel basically confirmed he was buying your gift, right?"

Levy tried to hide her blushing cheeks before she went to reply. "Yea, well who cares? Either way I'm sure whatever he gets will be fine…even if it's not for me."

~Back to Gajeel and Pantherlily.

"AH, see that Lily!? Look at the size of that thing!"

The two warriors stood inside a large sporting goods store as they tested the large weight lifting equipment set up on display.

"Yes, I agree. These are quite impressive." Lily morphed into his combat form in order to test the machines out himself.

Gajeel smiled and waved his hands at Lily to turn around. "Okay you numskull turn away while I pick yours out!"

Lily snapped back with confusion. "SERIOUSLY, GAJEEL!? How do you expect to carry that thing back to Magnolia?"

Gajeel turned around with a nonchalant look on his face. "What? These guys do shipping and handling, right? They can take care of it."

Lily face palmed and continued. "More importantly why did you want me to go shopping with you, even if I was the person you were shopping for?"

Gajeel grabbed the price tag and walked towards the registers. "Well duh? Cause you have no other friends in the guild!"

Lily nearly walked out after handling too much stupid from Gajeel. "Sometimes I wonder how he makes friends of his own…"

As those two were enjoying their afternoon, the sun slowly faded into the horizon, and nighttime came again.

Levy, Jet and Droy were walking back from a quick dinner before they made their way for their last night in the hotel.

As they walked along a busy street, Jet looked forward and saw some more familiar faces. "Hold on, I think I see Max and Laki!"

Droy smiled as he finished the observation. "Yea, they're with Warren and Kinana too!"

Levy smiled and walked forward with her two teammates. "Oh this will be fun! Let's see what they have!"

As they two groups quickly met up, Levy hid her large bookstore bag behind her as she addressed her other friends. "Hey gang, it's good to see ya!"

Max spoke up with a smile. "Hey, first we find Lucy at the magic store, then Gajeel and Lily down the street, and now we run into Team Shadow Gear!"

Laki also smiled as she joined in. "Yea, I guess the whole guild went shopping in Crocus from the looks of things."

Droy looked puzzled as he asked Kinana a question. "Hey Kinana, how did you find time to leave the bar?"

Kinana gave him a friendly smile. "Oh, Mira and I are taking turns for shopping days. I got the first few days, and she'll get the last. We figured that'd be the best way to do it."

Warren smiled and looked at all their shopping bags. "So, looks like you guys got a big haul. Find anything good?"

Levy grinned with excitement. "Sorry, all we can say is that Christmas will be a blast!"

Max joined in again. "That's good to hear! Glad to see you guys actually have bags. Gajeel and Lily weren't even carrying anything when we saw them before."

Jet and Droy bit their tongues, but Levy forced herself to ask Max a question. "Oh, well I wonder where they went shopping…?"

Max continued. "Eh, I dunno. Gajeel did say his gift was too big to carry back to the guild; so I guess he paid extra to have them deliver it."

Levy froze in place and nearly turned beet red. "W-well, you don't say?"

Laki then looked concerned. "Yea…hey Levy you're not looking so good. Is the cold weather too much for ya?"

Levy sighed and pulled up the hood to her dark orange winter coat. "Haha, uh yea…let's just go with the weather."

Levy's so adorable...and Gajeel is so ridiculous.

FYI to save any confusion Gajeel is shopping for Lily, and Lily is shopping for Levy, but Levy thinks Gajeel is the one shopping for her...I imagine you all got that but it doesn't hurt for me to lay it out.

Chapter 6 tomorrow!