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Lucy:

As she walked down Canal Street, Lucy couldn't help but wonder what this big announcement at the guild could be. Mira had refused to tell her, saying that it would be better as a surprise. Lucy shrugged and muttered,

"They sure do like to surprise you in this guild, don't they."

"PUN PUN!" Plue yelled.

"You said it, Plue."

She reached her destination and began to bang on the old wooden door as hard as she possibly could. Plue jumped in surprise. When no one answered, she went around to the side and began to bang on the window next to Sophia's bed with all of her strength.

"I'M UP, I'M UP!" came Sophia's desperate attempt to stop the incessant banging. Lucy grinned and yelled back,

"LET ME IN THEN! I'LL EVEN MAKE YOU BREAKFAST!"

The door opened rapidly as she said the word 'breakfast'.

"Well, that's great because I just got this new pancake mix I've been dying to try!"

Lucy smirked and pushed her way inside. Her short, blue mini skirt flew up as she stepped over the air vent and into the kitchen and she quickly pulled it down with a yelp.

"Ha, that's why I never wear skirts."

"You were wearing a mini skirt just like this when we met!"

"Oh yeah...Huh. Interesting choice for me… I do far too much kicking to be wearing a skirt that short. Or a skirt at all for that matter…"

The redhead sat deep in thought at the kitchen table in her oversized, black long sleeve shirt and short pajama shorts printed with a red dragon graphic as Lucy began to prepare the pancake mix. She occasionally glanced back at Sophia and smiled; her bedhead made it look like she had two little red horns sticking up. Lucy thought it was quite fitting, especially after she has seen Sophia dressed up as a demon in Edolas. That had been quite the sight. Sophia and Natsu alone were hilarious, but Lucy had gotten the added bonus of seeing Gajeel and Wendy pretend to be their minions as the two of them had "battled" it out for control of the city.

"Is my hair doing that thing again?" Sophia muttered. "You always make that face when you're trying not to laugh at me."

She folded her arms and made a "Hmph" noise as Lucy let out a small laugh and said

"You caught me."

Natsu:

S-Class, S-Class, S-Class, S-Class, S-Class went through Natsu's head on an endless loop as he and Happy made their way to the guild hall. Almost there, S-Class, S-Class, S-Class.

Happy glanced up at Natsu and smiled. He thought it was almost cute how excited Natsu was. As they turned the next corner, the guild hall came into sight and Natsu jumped up, whooping and hollering as they began to race down the street towards the giant, oak doors. Natsu opened them with a bang and stepped inside. He was greeted with the sounds of brawls and sloshing mugs and several mages waved to him as he passed. He sat down next to Erza and Gray, who were discussing one of the other guild members, Mest.

"I just can't remember anything about him…" Gray mumbled.

"I know he's been here for a long time," Erza added.

Come to think of it, Natsu couldn't remember exactly how long Mest had been there either.

"Didn't he compete last year?" he asked, hoping that might clear up his timeline.

"Yeah I think so," replied Gray. "But it still feels hazy."

The three of them sat in thought, trying to come up with a concrete idea of when he had joined when Lucy and Sophia busted through the doors. They were arguing about something, but even Natsu couldn't hear what they were saying over all the noise going on around him. He could see that Sophia's face was as red as her hair. He strained his neck to listen better, but to no avail. Sophia had already changed the subject as they came and sat down with him and Gray and Erza. Lucy sat next to Gray and Sophia slid in next to Erza. Natsu felt his spirits fall. Why doesn't she want to sit next to me?