Author's Note: Hello! No special note, today. Here's #7!

Also, I do not own Fairy Tail

Chapter Seven - On the Seventh Day

It was now December the 19th in the frigid town of Magnolia. Most of Fiore now looked like a winter wonderland, and the season of Christmas was truly on the rise. As we return to our Fairy Tail shoppers, we come across a group who now…

"Oh we'll get to them in a minute! First let's jump back to the guild for a quick recap!"

…Well…Apparently First Master Mavis Vermilion wishes to debrief our audience…

"Teehee, absolutely! Now here's where we've left off…"

Mavis continues talking with total holiday cheer. "Right now, over half the guild has collected their gifts for our Christmas Eve Secret Santa party that will take place in exactly FIVE DAYS! Everyone has put a lot of effort into what their buying and making, and I'm sure it will all be amazing!"

"Natsu, Gray and Happy were the first ones out the door and quickly made their way to the Flower blooming capital of Crocus! Levy, Jet and Droy weren't far behind, but they kept a lower profile on their first few days out. Also, Erza and Juvia decided to go a more creative route and made their way all the way to Mount Hakobe! HOW UTTERLY TERRIFYING!"

"Soon after, Lucy, Wendy and Carla also ventured out to Crocus in search for their gifts, and right away Lucy ran into some trouble with her wallet…Meanwhile, Gajeel and Lily decided to pull a prank on Levy and fool her into thinking Gajeel's buying a gift for her! HILARIOUS!"

"Finally, we've recently gotten back from checking in with Nigel and Cana just on the other side of town. Nigel's hard at work as he tries to prove everyone wrong by not buying a gift, and Cana doesn't seem to be doing anything at all! I HOPE she knows what she's doing!"

"Now, it's just me and the guild's third Master, Makarov Dreyar sitting here in Fairy Tail as we wait for everyone to slowly return with gifts and stories!"

"Ahem, excuse me First Master, but I'm afraid you're wrong on my title."

Ah…It appears that Master Makarov also brought his "two cents" into our intro…

"I hate to say it, but I'm actually the ninth Master, now."

Mavis smiled and giggled with humor. "Oh silly, I was only joking. You're actually the sixth guild master, remember?"

Makarov scratches his chin. "Hmm, I guess you're right…for some reason I feel so much younger now! Hey, Kinana pour me a tall-boy from the tap! I'm going all out this afternoon!"

Right...Well while the folks back in Magnolia enjoy themselves let's get back to the story.

As Mavis and Makarov enjoy the tiny crowd back in Magnolia, we now find the three new Fairies wondering the streets of Crocus to catch up on their own shopping. Because of their agreement, Mirajane had decided to let Kinana go shopping in the first half of the week, while she decided to wait until the second half to take her trip out.

Now, her two siblings join her as they all wonder around the capital in search for their ideal gifts.

"Ah man, this city sure brings me back!" Elfman boasted with excitement as he began to remember the exciting days of the Games. "You guy's remember watching us climb around that weird floating obstacle course for the Grand Magic Games?"

Mirajane giggled. "Actually Elfman, I was in the obstacle course too, remember?"

Lisanna rubbed the back of her head as she began to frown. "Yea, all's I remember is that horrifying thing involving Wendy and Carla. Happy and I searched all night to find her during that whole preliminary round."

Elfman shook his head as he remembered. "Oh yea, that's right. I only got to compete because Wendy went missing."

Lisanna then turned her frown upside down and smiled for her brother. "Ah, don't be like that, Elf. Wendy was really proud that you stood up for her! We all were!"

Mirajane giggled. "Yea, I was so happy when I found out you made it on the A-team. I was sort of hoping to get the chance at a re-match after you pulled that dirty trick during the S-Class Trials."

"Ah…yea that was funny." Elfman awkwardly chuckled as he remembered the white lie used by Evergreen to get them out of fighting his sister. "I gotta be honest when I say the whole thing was Ever's idea."

Lisanna giggled back as her brother finished. "Awe, it's so cute that you have a pet name for her, now."

Elfman looked away with an awkward expression. "Uh, well…I mean all the guys in the Thunder Legion call her that, so I just thought I'd do it, too."

Mira joined in with Lisanna. "Oh, you two are just the cutest! I'm actually surprised you chose to go shopping with us? I just assumed you'd use these few days off to spend more time with Evergreen!"

Elfman waved that thought away and kept walking. "Nah, a real man never leaves his sisters behind."

Lisanna looked at Mirajane and smiled as she took her sister's arm. "He's so adorable, isn't he?"

Mira smiled back as she accepted. "I know! Just like when he was younger!"

Then, the three siblings made their way to the dense shopping district of downtown Crocus. From here, it appears that they all decided to get Mira's gift first, because she had the perfect idea for her secret recipient.

"Oh, this will be so perfect!" She giggled with joy as they all walked into a rather large toy store on the edge of the plaza.

Elfman followed her in the building while he scratched his head. "I don't get it, who do you have to shop for, Mira?"

Lisanna smiled and answered for her older sister. "Mira's shopping for Max! Ever since the Grand Magic Games, Max sold the rights to some of the guild merchandise to several shops and businesses in Crocus. Now they've made a lot of new items, including new action figures for the entire guild!"

"Yea, and look!" Mira then continued as they made it back to the Fairy Tail merchandise. "They have Max dolls this time!"

Mira smiled with joy as she picked up a fully poseable Max Alors action figure with a build in sand-making lacrima. "They even updated him to look older! You know since he never got stuck with us on Tenrou Island."

Elfman still looked confused. "Yea I get that, but why would he want a toy? Toy's aren't manly?"

Lisanna giggled. "No, they're not; but Max always sold them back at Fairy Tail, and he never got to see one made for himself. They always sold Nastu and Gray and all those other guys."

Mira then began to blush. "Actually it was more like Erza and Lucy…look."

Mira pointed out the area on the shelves that held the female action figures, but they all appeared to be completely picked over, including the two Strauss Sister's shelves.

Lisanna smiled but cringed. "Haha…well that's a little creepy."

"These creeps shouldn't be selling these things! THAT'S THE WORST KIND OF MANLY THERE IS!" Elfman got angry and ran for the front desk.

As the large brute stormed off in a fit of rage, his two sisters shook their heads, and Mira spoke first.

"Oh dear...maybe we should split up for a few hours. Ya know, give him time to cool off."

After a small argument with the clerks, Elfman stormed back to the Fairy Tail section of the store.

"Okay guys, good news! I gotcha a discount…" Elfman started bragging before he realized his sisters were no longer there.

"Where did they go…?" Elfman worried about his two sisters, until he stopped and realized he still needed to look for a gift of his own.

"Oh wait, this may be a good time to do my own shopping...Eh, I suppose I can just meet them back at the train station, or something later on!"

The large Takeover Mage smiled as he left the toy store and hunted down a new idea for a Christmas gift.

"Hmm, now what do I get for Secret Santa?" Elfman took a stroll on his own as he began to ponder on the thought of shopping for his secret partner.

"It's gotta be special, that's for sure! After all she's pretty important." He smiled to himself as he began to look in all the windows. "I wonder if any of these places have…"

"STOP HIM, PLEASE!"

Elfman snapped his head as he noticed a rather old man was yelling at anyone who would listen.

"THAT THIEF HAS SOME REALLY BAD LACRIMA! HE NEEDS TO BE STOPPED!"

Elfman shifted his vision to find a figure in all black swiftly dodging pedestrians as he weaved through traffic carrying a small brown sack under his arm.

The old man panicked as Elfman ran over. "Hey, what's that kid have, anyway?"

The old man grabbed Elfman by the arms. "He has expired lacrima fireworks. Some stupid kid or something. I don't care that he stole them, but I pulled them from the shelves because they're really dangerous!"

Elfman shook his head with anger. "Well why'd ya go and let him do that if you pulled them from the store?!"

The man looked worried. "I think the storage door was unlocked. The town's banned fireworks ever since that weird event after the Grand Magic Games, so now they've become all the rage with the younger crowd…except those ones were sitting in the pile to be destroyed! HE CAN'T RUN OFF WITH THEM!"

Elfman looked away and focused his eyes on the run away thief.

"Well, this sounds like a job for a real man."

The old man looked confused. "I don't care if you're a man, woman, or what! Just help, please…!"

He went to continue, but the elderly shopkeeper was quickly silenced as a large crowd of dust flew into his face, and as he collected his balance Elfman was gone.

At the same time, Elfman had just transformed into his Beast Soul Weretiger to increase his speed as he ran down the hooded perpetrator.

"YOU…GET…BACK HERE!"

Elfman yelled with rage as he just managed to reach the flaring back of the young runner's jacket. He then yanked on it to drag the thief don to the ground and rolled him over.

"No no no! I just wanted to see what they'd do!" The young boy pleaded with mercy as Elfman looked down.

"Ah great…it is just a kid." The large brute then changed back into his regular human form as he sighed and picked the kid up. "Come on, you gotta save it for the old guy…"

~Eventually...

"PETER!? Oh damn it, boy why'd it have to be you!?"

The store owner shouted with confusion. Meanwhile Elfman stood idly by as he had no idea what was going on, but it now appeared that the old man knew this young robber and didn't like the truth behind the theft.

"Sorry grandpa…I stole you keys this morning. I just wanted to see what firework lacrima did. I haven't ever seen them, and all my friends keep bragging to me about there's."

Elfman finally caught on as he smiled and knelt down. "Hey, if all your friends said they wanted to fight a dragon, who you step in to join them?"

"No…I guess…"The kid went to frown but the noticed the black guild emblem on Elfman's neck. "Hey, you're from Fairy Tail!"

Elfman shot back and reached up to his neck. "Oh, this? Yea I'm a Fairy Tail wizard."

The kid lit up. "You guys are my favorite!" The child then ignored his scolding grandfather's glare as he grabbed Elfman's arm.

"He had to be with Fairy Tail when they saved the town from those weird Dragon thingies! Grandpa you have to give him a gift!"

Elfman waved his hands until he noticed a nice looking blank photo album sitting on the shelf.

The tall Fairy then smiled. "Actually…I am lookin' to buy a gift for an important person."

Well, Elfman's giftee sounds sentimental, since he appears to be looking at that photo album...I wonder who it could be?

I hope you didn't mind Mavis and Makarov stealing my spot light in the intro, silly Fairies. Chapter 8 will be out tomorrow!

(I'm also finally gonna see Star Wars tonight! I'll post my overall opinion in tomorrow's notes! NO SPOILERS THOUGH, I PROMISE!)