This is a rewrite of the original One-shot I wrote a few years ago.
I believe I fixed everything. If not, let me know!
I do NOT Own Fairy Tail or It's Characters!
Now, on with the show!
"Oh, the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Man, it doesn't show signs of stoppin'
And I brought me some corn for poppin'
The lights are turned way down low
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow."
Christmas Music and children's laughter echoed through the rowdy guildhall of Fairy Tail. The Fairy Tail members were all in the Christmas spirit as they rushed around the guildhall, putting up the decorations for the annual Christmas Party that they host every year.
Master Makarov sat on the second-floor railing looking over the guild watching as Elfman and Taurus carried in a giant tree putting it directly in the middle of the guild hall where their favorite Celestial Mage stood giggling as Elfman and Taurus were bickering back and forth about being manly.
"But you're a cow! How can you be Manly!?" Elfman shouted at Taurus.
"I am a Man whoooo happens to be a Buuuull! Thank yooouuu very Much!" Taurus shouted at Elfman.
Lucy shook her head as she waved a key in the air, making Taurus disappear in a flash of gold light. She sighed putting the keys back on her key ring at her side.
"All right, that's enough out of both of you." Lucy said, glaring at Elfman who let out an 'Eep' and ran in the opposite direction toward a laughing Evergreen.
Mira and Freed were hanging garland and ribbons around the bar and the second-floor banister where Makarov grumbled that he had to move but complied when Mira shot him a glare. Freed held in his own chuckles as he watched the Master scurry away.
Sawyer and Jet raced around the tree, putting on the garland and other decorations while Lucy gave everyone orders. She was going to make sure that this Christmas party would be perfect with no mishaps.
Things were going really well until Team Natsu returned from a mission. When they entered the guild they had swung the doors open with such force they embedded themselves into the walls.
The New Team Natsu consisted of Erza, Jellal, Natsu, Lisanna, Gray, Juvia, and of course, Happy. The group froze once they got so far into the guild. Not because of the beautiful scene in front of them. No. Not because of that. But because they sensed a strong demonic aura coming from the side of the giant tree, which is when they noticed it was in the middle of the guild. Then they saw that it wasn't their resident demon. It happened to be their favorite Celestial Mage, who looked beyond pissed.
Team Natsu gulped as they slowly stepped back to make an escape. But when they turned to run Virgo and Loke blocked their exit. Loke sported a smirk and shook his head at the Team while Virgo remained as stoic as ever.
"You guys should know better than to piss off our princess," Loke said smugly.
"We didn't mean to!" Natsu squeaked.
"Natsu! Gray! Erza!" Lucy growled and shouted each name, making all three shrink back a bit from the aura being admitted.
"Luce." Natsu tried to reason calmly as he shrunk away from her and slowly made his way behind Lisanna who shook her head.
"Fix. My. Doors." Lucy growled each word as her hands were on her hips with one hip cocked out.
Instead of fighting or arguing, the three did as she asked and began trying to fix the doors.
"We're sorry, Lucy." Lisanna giggled.
Lucy sighed. "When will they learn?" Lucy asked as she shook her head but smiled and hugged Lisanna. "How was the mission?" Lucy asked.
"Oh, you know the normal," Lisanna said as she scratched the back of her head.
"That bad, huh?" Lucy asked with a smirk as Lisanna nodded and looked down in shame. "I guess I shouldn't expect anything less from those three." Lucy sighed as she headed back to the tree to inspect the progress.
"You know them too well," Lisanna said as Jellal and Juvia held back their laughter.
Jellal and Juvia watched the three try to pry the doors from the walls. But it wasn't working as they had hoped. Jellal started to panic internally when Erza brought out a giant sword to use as a pry bar.
"ERZA!" Lucy shouted while she was still walking away, not looking back. "Don't even think about it!" Lucy snapped, making Erza's shoulders sag in defeat.
Jellal sighed, internally thanking Lucy for knowing how her friends worked so well. Jellal decided to help the three with the doors that way, it would get done without any more damage. He didn't want to deal with a pissed-off Lucy if they broke anything else.
Once Lucy got to the tree, she walked around it, inspecting all the decorations and fixing a few things as she found them. But mostly, Jet and Sawyer did an excellent job with the decorations. She nodded once she fixed the last thing she found to be, in her eyes, a bit wrong. She was determined to make this party perfect even if it killed her. However, she was in Fairy Tail so it was possible it just might.
Sighing, Lucy turned away from the tree and headed toward the bar to see if they needed help.
Meanwhile, Laxus was upstairs in an office where he was working on some last-minute paperwork that just came in from Team Natsu's most recent mission. He fought the urge to bang his head against the desk or the wall. He didn't care which one at that moment either one would do.
"You have got to be kidding me! Seriously? How the hell can one team cause so much damage?! Now, I wish I made Lucy stay on the team. The damage costs were always less with her when she was with them." Laxus began grumbling to no one in particular.
Laxus was so lost in his grumbling tirade that he didn't notice two of his friends were at the door watching him. Well, until he heard a female giggle. When he looked up, he saw Evergreen trying to cover her mouth to keep the laughs at bay but failing. And next to her was his friend Bickslow who began cackling like a madman.
"What the hell do you two want?" Laxus asked with a sigh as he rubbed his temples.
"Just to let you know that your favorite team just arrived and broke the doors," Evergreen stated but was startled when Laxus jumped to his feet, slamming his hands on the desk.
"They What?!" Laxus snapped.
Laxus really wanted to strangle the bunch now. They should know better than to do something like that. His wife would kill them.
"Chill Boss. Don't worry, Cosplayer handled it." Bickslow said as he chuckled holding his hands up and waving them up and down in a calming motion.
Laxus let out a sigh of relief. "Good. She's the only one that can wrangle that bunch." Laxus said defeated, sitting back down in his chair.
Laxus was thankful for his wife most of the time, but especially when it came to that group. She was the only one who could handle them and keep them in line. Even Jellal, Juvia, and Lisanna didn't have as much control over their other halves as she did.
"Yeah, to think they are scared of our little Lucy is a sight to behold." Evergreen giggled remembering Elfman running away from like a scared puppy.
"Seriously, Boss. She didn't even have to look back at them when she walked away to know exactly what Erza would do. It was funny to see Erza, of all people, look defeated." Bickslow cackled.
Laxus chuckled. "Yeah, Lu has that effect on people. She's tiny but scary as hell when pissed off." Laxus said as a shiver went up his spine making him shudder at the thought.
Laxus really didn't like when his wife was pissed off. Especially if he was on the receiving end of it. Which wasn't as often anymore. He figured out how to avoid being on that side of her a long time ago. However, there were times when he found himself there.
Back in the main hall, Lucy talked to Mira and Kinana, who just finished decorating the bar with garland and ribbons. It looked beautiful and she was in awe at the sight.
"It looks amazing, you guys." Lucy praised clasping her hands in front of her beaming a smile at them.
"Thank you, Lucy. We've figured you have a lot on your plate, so we decided to finish up the decorating for you." Kinana said with a giggle.
"Thank you! I kind of needed the extra help. Especially with Team Destruction being back." Lucy said with a sigh of exhaustion.
Just the thought of them being back made her exhausted. It seemed they had worsened over the years since she was no longer on the team. She didn't mind leaving the team. After all, Natsu, Erza, and Gray all had partners now, so leaving made sense. Plus she had her own hands full helping run the guild with her husband since Makarov finally retired.
Lucy didn't mind doing paperwork since Makarov and Laxus couldn't stand doing paperwork. After all, the council preferred her doing the paperwork because they could read it, and it actually got done with her in charge of it.
Just as she was about to turn around, she noticed Mira and Kinana tense, which confused her until she heard a crash making her eyes go wide.
Mira quickly grabbed Lucy's shoulders to keep her from looking. "No! Lucy, it's fine. You don't need to look!" Mira pleaded in a panic.
At the sound of the crash, Laxus, along with Bickslow and Evergreen, came rushing out of Laxus' office to see what had happened.
The sight that greeted them when they got to the railing was a disaster. The entire guild was quiet as they all stared at the tree on the ground. Not only was the Christmas tree now lying on the ground, but it was also on fire with ice on some parts of it. He saw Lucy being held in place by Mira, knowing Lucy probably didn't see what happened.
"Oh, this isn't going to end well," Bickslow said as he cringed away from the scene.
"No kidding. As soon as Lu sees, she's going to kill them." Evergreen shook her with disapproval.
"Oh, great." Laxus groaned, his hand smacking into his forehead.
"They didn't," Lucy said through grit teeth as her hands curled into fists by her sides.
"Lucy. It's not that bad." Mira tried to say reassuringly, but the look on her face said that it was really bad.
Lucy quickly turned around before Mira could stop her again. As she looked over the damage, her eyes got wider in shock. Her fists began to turn white as she tightened her fists, her nails biting into her palms. She began to tremble as tears filled her eyes and she gritted her teeth.
"Boss, it looks like she's about to explode," Bickslow whispered as he tried to hide behind Evergreen, who looked over her shoulder at him, annoyed.
"No kidding. This is bad." Laxus said as he gulped.
Laxus tried to take slow breaths not let her emotions overwhelm him. He normally can keep control but right now, her emotions were in overload and they were stronger than he's used to.
"How angry is she?" Evergreen wondered out loud.
"Extremely," Laxus said as he gripped the railing.
"That's got to be rough to feel another person's emotions," Evergreen said as she looked back at Lucy, who looked like she was about to explode. "They're so dead," Evergreen added with a sigh shaking her head after looking over the damage.
"Do they not know not to fight in the guild hall by now?" Came Makarov's voice as he walked over and jumped up to stand on the railing to look out over the hall.
The group watched as Makarov shook his head at the scene below. They had to admit it looked bad for everyone involved.
"Apparently not. You'd think after Lucy had Virgo punish them the last time, they would have learned. After all, they didn't act up for almost a month after that." Bickslow said with a slight chuckle at the memory.
"Is it good or bad that her keys are glowing like that?" Evergreen asked, pointing to the glowing pouch attached to Lucy's belt.
Laxus shook his head. "No. That means she's holding them back from coming out on their own. I'm not the only one who can feel her emotions. All of them can too." Laxus said as he looked like he was sweating and breathing heavily.
"Laxus? Are you okay there, buddy?" Bickslow asked as the other two that were there looked at him.
"Maybe I should have Meredy link you to her, and you'd reconsider asking me that," Laxus growled, gripping the railing tighter, making his knuckles turn white.
"That bad, huh?" Makarov asked, raising an eyebrow.
"You have no idea. Considering she hasn't moved or said anything yet should tell you more than anything on how pissed she is. Not to mention her keys glowing like they are look like they could light the entire night sky." Laxus said, his eyes glued to Lucy's still but slightly trembling form and not leaving.
Laxus was afraid to even blink. He didn't want to take his eyes off her just in case. She could be unpredictable when her emotions were this heightened. And that was never good.
"That's never good." Bickslow gulped.
"You would know." Evergreen teased with a smirk as Bickslow shrunk back behind her.
"Don't remind me. I didn't know she would react that way." Bickslow replied.
"Who pissed Bunny off?" Gajeel said as he, Levy, and Lily appeared out of the shadows.
"Who do you think?" Evergreen said with a roll of her eyes.
"Now, what did they do?" Levy asked as she shook her head, walking to the railing. Her jaw dropped as she looked over down to the first floor. "Oh, they are most definitely dead." Levy gasped.
"Well, considering those two are frozen in fear as they're just staring at Bunny, they know they are too," Gajeel said with a chuckle glad it wasn't him caught in her cross-hairs.
Lucy hung her head slightly, her bangs covering her eyes. The guild members close to her backed away as they sensed a dark demonic aura coming from her.
Natsu and Gray were frozen where they stood, looking at what they did in fear. Their heads slowly, very slowly turned to Lucy to gauge her reaction. They saw her bangs covering her eyes as her head lowered slightly. They knew they were in trouble.
"Nice going, Ashbreath," Gray mumbled lowly, hoping Lucy wouldn't hear him.
"Me? What about you, Ice Prick?" Natsu hissed lowly.
They began slowly backing away towards the door, keeping their eyes on their blonde friend. They stopped when they felt three not-so-pleasant auras behind them. Neither one of them wanted to look back.
"Well. It looks like Lucy couldn't hold those three back." Evergreen mused.
"No, but it looks like more than those three want to come out," Bickslow said as he looked over Evergreen's shoulder.
"Oh, trust me, they do," Laxus mumbled through the whirlwind of emotions that were racing through him.
"Natsu. Gray. You have angered our Master." Loke said, his tone laced with venom.
"Yes. She desires you both to be punished." Virgo said with a hint of excitement in her voice.
"We don't approve of you angering Lady Lucy," Capricorn said with a displeased tone.
Natsu gulped. Especially after hearing Virgo and Capricorn. He didn't think that all three of them would appear. Loke and maybe Virgo, but definitely not Capricorn too.
"Princess. How would you like these two punished?" Virgo asked with a slight tilt of her head since her key-holder hadn't moved or said anything yet.
"Whatever you want," Lucy whispered as she turned away and headed for the stairs refusing to let the tears fall.
Lucy continued up the stairs past the group at the top of the stairs until she was out of sight and inside an office.
"That's not good," Bickslow mumbled as he watched the angry blonde walk away.
"No, it most definitely isn't," Laxus said with a sigh as the emotions just stopped swirling inside him. He looked over at the three spirits and the two culprits. "Leave their punishment to me, you three." He said over to the three spirits. "I just need one thing from the spirit realm, if that's all right," Laxus asked.
"What would that be, Sir Laxus?" Capricorn asked with a bow.
"Magic canceling cuffs," Laxus stated.
Virgo nodded and disappeared before reappearing next to Laxus with two pairs of cuffs. "As you requested, Sir," Virgo said as she bowed.
Laxus nodded ignoring the formality. "Thanks. You three go back for now. If you're needed, I'll let you know." He said as he headed down the stairs after taking the cuffs from Virgo.
"You sure?" Loke asked his hands in his pockets.
"Yeah. Let me handle them for now. I don't want her upset even more than she already is." Laxus said with a nod of his head.
Loke let out a sigh. "All right, just call, and we'll return," Loke said as the three of them disappeared in a flash of light.
Laxus walked over to Natsu, and Gray snapped the cuffs onto their wrists faster than anyone could blink. Natsu and Gray looked at their wrists as they felt something off and noticed the cuffs. They looked between them and Laxus, trying to figure out when that happened.
"Now." Laxus sighed. "Both of you are going to fix everything you just destroyed. While I go try and comfort the one you angered." Laxus said, or more like demanded. Both Natsu and Gray nodded their heads rapidly. "Jellal, Lisanna, Juvia. Make sure they do everything they need to. WITHOUT fighting." Laxus snapped as he walked back to the stairs.
"We'll do everything we can, Master Laxus," Jellal said with a sigh as he glared at the two troublemakers.
"Daddy? Why did Uncle Natsu and Uncle Gray make Aunt Lucy mad?" A little boy with red hair and dark green eyes asked, pulling on Jellal's cape.
Jellal sighed but smiled. "It's just something both of them have a habit of doing. Aunt Lucy will be fine after Master Laxus talks to her." Jellal answered.
"Oh. Okay, can I go and play with the others? I wanna see LJ, Rai, Ava, Layla, and Ultear." The little boy asked with excitement in his eyes.
Jellal chuckled. "Will you behave, Simon?" He asked with a slight smirk.
"Of course, Daddy!" Simon answered with a serious nod.
Jellal chuckled. "All right, go on then. Keep an eye on your sister." Jellal said, making the little boy groan.
"Do I have to? She's so little!" Simon whined.
"Yes, you're her older brother. Of course, you do!" Jellal lightly scolded.
"Fine," Simon grumbled. "Milly! Come on!" Simon called over to a little girl with blue, slightly wavy hair and brown eyes who came running over and grabbed Simon's hand.
Jellal chuckled as the two kids walked away toward a circle of other kids sitting by the stage. He shook his head as he watched the kids bickering over something.
Natsu and Gray both looked at the mess that they had made. The tree was on the ground and burnt beyond recognition. Both mages felt ashamed and guilty for their actions.
"How are we going to fix this?" Natsu asked in a tone a bit whiny.
"How would I know? It's not like we can make one." Gray said as he scratched the back of his head.
"Really, Dad? Why are you always making Aunt Lu mad? You knew how important this was to her." A boy about seven years old with spiky white hair and black eyes said as he walked up with his arms crossed.
"I know! Geez. Didn't I get enough shit about it from Laxus?" Natsu grumbled. "Why are you over here? Aren't you supposed to be with your brother and sister?" Natsu said as he glared at the boy.
"LJ and Layla are watching them. You still didn't answer my question." The boy asked, annoyed.
"I don't try to make her mad on purpose," Natsu said with a sigh.
"You are constantly fighting with Uncle Gray all the time. It's only going to keep making her mad. Maybe you should stop and act your age for once." The boy said, glaring back at his father.
Natsu looked taken aback by the boy's attitude. "You have your mother's attitude, that's for sure," Natsu mumbled. "Go over to the other kids before I tell your mother that you left your brother and sister over there by themselves," Natsu said, raising an eyebrow at the kid, who didn't look like the threat even bothered him.
"Go ahead. Mom knows I'm over here, I talked to her before I came over here." The boy quipped back with a smirk.
"Unless you're going to help fix this, go back to the other kids, Asher." Natsu groaned with an annoyed growl.
Asher sighed. "Fine. But you have about five minutes before the other guilds arrive for the party." He said with a smirk as he walked away.
Asher began to snicker when he heard his father start to panic.
"You know that was mean Ashy." A little girl with light blue wavy hair and dark blue eyes said as he sat back in the circle next to her.
"No, it wasn't Ultear. My dad acts like he's a kid and doesn't take his actions into account when it comes to fighting. You should hear all the damage he causes on missions because of it." Asher said as he waved his hand dismissively at the girl.
"How come we get along, but our fathers don't?" Ultear asked with a tilt of her head.
Asher shrugged. "Don't ask me. I guess I take after my mother more than my father. Which, in my opinion, is a good thing." He said with a sigh.
"Ashy." A timid little girl's voice called, gaining the boy's attention. "Um. Would you- That is, is it okay- I mean-" A girl with bright blonde hair and gray eyes asked.
Asher sighed but smiled. "Come on, sit down, Ava." He said, already knowing what the girl was asking as he moved over to give her some space.
Ava's cheeks tinted pink as she smiled and hurriedly sat beside him. Asher held back a chuckle when the girl snuggled into his side as he wrapped his arm over her shoulders. He ignored the low growls from the other side of the room where a boy about six years old with light blonde spiky hair and brown eyes stood holding another child who looked to be about a year old with vibrant red straight hair that framed her face and had dark green eyes.
A girl about six years old with golden blonde hair one brown eye and a gray eye stood behind Asher with her arms crossed as she was tapping her foot in annoyance.
"Asher!" The girl growled, startling the boy, who slowly looked over his shoulder.
"Layla!" Asher squeaked dropping his arm from Ava's shoulders.
"You forgot to grab Iggy from his car seat before you sat down! Ava! How could you walk away from him!? I told you I was going to go get a drink and for you to sit with him! I'm going to tell Mommy what you did! You never leave a friend behind!" Layla snapped as she glared at the two.
"I'm sorry! Please don't tell Mommy! She's already upset!" Ava said, jumping to her feet. "I'll get him!" She said as she ran to the other side where the boy with the light blonde spiky hair stood rocking a car seat with the tip of his boot.
The two blondes looked alike, but one was younger than the other. The boy was about six, whereas the girl was about four. The two looked to be arguing, but the older blonde sighed and shooed the younger one away after she picked up the boy from the car seat.
"I got him!" Ava said as she walked over carrying a little boy who looked to be about a few months old with light pink hair and bright blue eyes.
Asher held his arms out as Ava handed the boy to him. "Thanks, Ava. Sorry about that, Layla. I had to yell at my dad for making your mom mad again." He said with a small smile.
"Great." Layla groaned with a roll of her eyes as she walked over to the boy with the spiky blonde hair. "LJ, Uncle Natsu made mommy mad again," Layla whined.
Layla hated it when her mom was mad or sad. Their mother was scary when she was mad.
LJ sighed. "Dad's with her, don't worry. I saw him follow Mom upstairs after sending Uncle Loke, Aunt Virgo, and Uncle Capricorn home." The boy stated as he shifted the little girl with vibrant red hair and dark green eyes in his arms. "Can you take her to Simon? I need to help Dad and Mom because the other guilds are here." LJ said, handing the little girl to his sister.
"Fine," Layla said, taking the little girl as he walked over to the newly arrived visitors.
"It wasn't my fault!" Natsu whined as Sting began to tease him.
"How was that not your fault?" Sting laughed as he pointed to the burnt tree on the ground.
"It wasn't! It was the Ice Princess over there! He started it!" Natsu whined.
"Why don't I actually believe that?" Rogue asked mainly to himself.
"Because they are always at each other's throats. It doesn't matter that they're adults and parents at that. They will still act like immature children." Minerva said with a shake of her head as she bounced a little girl with black pigtails and red eyes on her hip.
"It's very healthy to have a rivalry, but this is not exactly healthy. How did Lady Lucy handle this?" Rufus asked with a light chuckle.
Natsu held up his wrists, showing the silver cuffs on them. "Laxus put these on us and told us to clean up the mess and to fix it. But we have no idea how to fix it. She's really pissed off." Natsu said, hanging his head in shame.
"I don't blame her for being mad. I mean, look at this mess. How are you going to fix the tree?" Hibiki asked with a slight tilt of his head.
"We don't know." Both Natsu and Gray said in unison.
"Does Lucy have a spirit that can fix it?" Yukino asked in thought.
"I don't know. She doesn't go on missions or jobs anymore. Last we knew, she only had fifteen keys. She pretty much stopped after she got Aquarius back." Natsu said, shrugging his shoulders.
"I wonder why? She loves going on jobs and collecting keys." Yukino said.
"We know. But after she got Aquarius, she said her mission was done. And then she just started working here at the guild, then she and Laxus ended up together. We didn't even know till one day Luce came in, and she smelled like him and slightly different too." Natsu said as he thought back. "Lis was about six months pregnant with Asher at the time," Natsu added.
"Yeah, she was pregnant with LJ and Layla at that time. And she didn't know until you told her she smelled weird." Gray said with a shake of his head.
"Well, She did!" Natsu said defensively.
A female giggle was heard from the side. "He said the same thing to me, and Lucy ended up kicking him across the guild for being rude at the time," Lisanna said as she joined the group.
"How was I supposed to know?" Natsu grumbled as he crossed his arms across his chest and pouted.
LJ stood there listening to the bickering and sighed before he shot a lightning bolt hitting the spot next to Natsu, making him squeak out an 'eep' and jump. Natsu glared, looking around for Laxus but only found an annoyed-looking LJ.
"If you're done bickering, I may have an idea on how you can fix this mess of yours, Uncle Natsu, Uncle Gray," LJ said in an annoyed but bored tone.
"How?" Both Gray and Natsu asked at the same time.
LJ sighed. "Okay, but promise me you won't mess this up this time," LJ said as he rubbed his temples. Both Natsu and Gray nodded. "Say it." The boy growled.
"We Promise!" Natsu and Gray said simultaneously with what sounded like fear in their tones.
LJ sighed again. "All right, here's what you're going to do." He started.
Meanwhile, in Laxus' office, Lucy sat on the sofa with her knees pulled up to her chest and her head buried in her folded arms. Laxus opened the office door and looked around the corner, knowing exactly where she went when she was upset. She spent many nights hiding in his office because of her old teammates.
"Lu," Laxus called to her softly, causing her to lift her head a bit, showing her red, watery eyes. Laxus wanted to cringe. He always hated seeing her cry. "It'll be all right. It was just a tree. A tree doesn't make Christmas." He said soothingly as he sat down next to her, wrapping his arm around her shoulders and pulling her into his side.
Lucy snuggled into his side, burying her face in his chest. "Why couldn't they just behave for once?" She asked.
Laxus chuckled. "Honestly, did you expect them to be? This is Natsu and Gray we are talking about." He said, trying to make a joke out of it to get her to smile.
"But this was a special occasion. The other guilds were coming to celebrate with us this year." Lucy said, her voice still muffled.
"You know half of the other guilds would have made even more of a mess of things if they were here if Natsu didn't screw everything up?" Laxus asked with a raised eyebrow as he rubbed soothing circles on her back.
This earned him a watery snort with a giggle. "Yeah, but they would have seen everything first," Lucy said, sitting up and wiping her tears away. "But now, how am I going to fix everything before the others get here?" Lucy asked in almost a whiny tone.
Laxus chuckled. "Your one spirit could reverse the state of the tree. I know he requires more magic than most of your spirits, but it could work." Laxus said after a moment of thought.
"I won't ask him to do that. I know he would do it, but I don't want to ask him something like that during the holidays." Lucy said, looking down at her lap.
"You know, for you, any of your spirits would do anything for you whether it's a holiday or not. Even Aquarius." Laxus chuckled and dodged the ball of water that came flying at him from his glass on the desk.
Lucy giggled. "You know how much she hates you saying nice things about her." She said, getting up to get some towels.
"Stupid overgrown fish," Laxus grumbled lowly as he glared at the now-empty glass.
"But on a serious note, how can we fix everything before the others get here?" Lucy asked as she returned from the closest in the corner of the room with a stack of towels.
"I don't know. The maker mages could make a tree, but it wouldn't be exactly the same." Laxus said, knowing that the other guilds were already there.
Laxus didn't want to tell her that, though. He knew she would kill him later but needed to stall since he heard his oldest son's plan. Which he had to admit was a good one.
"I just wanted this year to be special," Lucy said, sitting back down after cleaning up the water.
"Like I said. You could always ask him. It's not like you hadn't used your magic before when you were pregnant. Even though the old hag told you not to because you wouldn't be able to control the output of it." Laxus said with a cheeky smile.
"No one else knows, you know. I've been able to keep it concealed this time around. Which with you damn Dragon Slayers around, it's harder than normal." Lucy said with a sigh.
"Let's see. Natsu found out first the first time with LJ and Layla. Then Gajeel ratted you out with Ava and Rai. Let's see who rats you out this time around." Laxus said with a chuckle at her annoyed groan.
"Yeah, since we'll have all seven of you in one room," Lucy grumbled as she sat back, crossing her arms.
"You forgot the kids. We have three ourselves. Luckily enough, Ava doesn't show signs of the dragon slayer traits." Laxus chuckled, watching Lucy sag in defeat.
"Yeah, I know! How the hell did that happen anyway?! Why did I end up with three Dragon Slayer kids and no one else did?!" Lucy whined.
"Asher, from what I have seen, has his father's magic but, thankfully, his mother's attitude and brains. Luca has his fathers." Laxus said while he was thinking over all the kids of the slayers.
"Yeah, but I ended up with three, and each of them ended up with one each! How the hell does that work?!" Lucy whined some more.
Laxus shrugged. "You're not called Lucky Lucy for nothing." Laxus chuckled when Lucy smacked his shoulder.
"Asshole," Lucy grumbled.
"Come on. Let's go downstairs and see what we can do about the mess." Laxus suggested standing up and holding his hand out to her.
Lucy sighed but took his hand as he helped her off the couch. "You know you don't have to start treating me like I'm made of glass until closer to seven months, right." She grumbled.
"Have you noticed you become whiny when you're pregnant?" Laxus asked loudly but snapped his mouth shut when she glared at him.
Laxus had to bite back his chuckle so he wouldn't get smacked again.
"Remember, you have to go to sleep sometime tonight, right?" Lucy said in warning.
Laxus held his hands up in surrender. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean it!" Laxus pleaded.
"Then why'd you say it?" Lucy asked, crossing her arms as she cocked her hip out.
"A slip of the tongue," Laxus said, making it sound like a question, not a statement.
Lucy raised an eyebrow. "You don't sound so sure about that. You sure that's your final answer?" Lucy asked, her tone saying, 'Go ahead, test me. I dare you'.
"Yup, I'm sure!" Laxus said nodding his head.
"Uh-huh. Sure. Let's go before the other guilds get here to see the disaster downstairs." Lucy said with a sigh at the end.
"Let's go," Laxus said, linking his arm with hers as he hid his smirk.
Laxus led Lucy out of the office to the top of the stairs when Laxus stopped making her look at him in question. But with the incline of his head toward the main hall of the guild made her turn her head in its direction. The sight that greeted her was breathtaking, to say the least. It was beautiful.
In the middle of the room was a giant tree made of Ice that stood almost all the way to the ceiling. There was just enough room at the top to put on the tree topper. The Tree was decorated with green garland, silver tinsel, and ornaments of different colors and shapes were scattered all over the tree too. A light covering of snow lay on top of the garland around the guild hall. Everywhere you looked it sparkled and shined.
"H-H-How-" Lucy stuttered but couldn't finish the question.
"I had Virgo remove Gray's cuffs, and he and Lyon both made the tree. And well, everyone else helped out too." Laxus said, leading her down the stairs.
Lucy couldn't hold back the tears of joy that flooded her eyes. She let them flow as she stepped up to the tree and began walking around it to take in all the details. Everyone around the guild, including the visiting guilds, all had smiles on their faces as they watched her face light up with joy.
"Th-Th-This is incredible. But-" Lucy said but stopped as she looked at the top of the tree. "Where is the star for the top?" Lucy asked.
"Well... We were waiting for you to put it on. We wanted you to do the honors of putting it on." Natsu said as he stepped up behind her with a sad smile.
Lucy looked at him and smiled. "Thank you, Natsu," Lucy said as she hugged him.
"You're welcome, Luce," Natsu said as he wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug ignoring the low growls of all the Dreyar males.
When they pulled apart, something then dawned on Lucy. "How am I getting all the way up there? There is no latter that tall." Lucy asked.
Mira giggled. "Me or Lisanna can carry you up or even Freed. We all have wings, after all." Mira said with a smile.
"Not Freed," Laxus said quickly.
"Oh, stop being all possessive already. She's already yours." Evergreen snapped as she hit Laxus in the back of the head with her fan.
"Seriously, woman. Where the hell do you pull that out from?" Bickslow asked.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Evergreen said as she gave a sickeningly sweet smile that made a shiver go up his spine.
"No Thanks," Bickslow said, shaking his head.
"Come on, Lucy, I'll take you up," Lisanna said, walking next to her.
"You sure?" Lucy asked.
Lisanna nodded as she turned into a giant bird-like human. She bent down for Lucy to get on her back and as soon as Lucy was on her back she took off into the air to the top of the tree.
"You know they all feel bad for making you upset," Lisanna said as she reached the top.
"I know. I just wish they would try and behave like adults." Lucy replied as she stretched and put the Giant Star made of Ice on top of the giant ice tree. "It really is beautiful." She muttered.
"Luckily, we had two Ice make mages in the guild. It took both of them to make it." Lisanna said as she flew toward the ground.
"Gray couldn't do it himself?" Lucy asked in surprise.
"Oh no, he could, but he couldn't do all the tiny details as Lyon can. So, Lyon gave him a hand to make it look as realistic as possible." Lisanna explained.
"I'll have to thank them then," Lucy said with a smile as Lisanna landed. Laxus helped her off Lisanna's back and put her on her feet. "Thank you, everyone." She said once she faced everyone, including the visitors.
Lucy got various 'You're Welcome's and 'It was no trouble at all's. And one 'Helping is Manly' which made her roll her eyes but let out a giggle when said Manly man got smacked in the back of the head by his own wife, Evergreen.
Laxus walked over to his oldest boy and patted his head. "Good job with wrangling everyone together," Laxus said in a whisper, knowing his son could hear him.
"Yeah, yeah. I just didn't like seeing mom sad." LJ said, looking away as his cheeks tinted red.
"It's not a bad thing to care. Your mother taught me that one." Laxus said as they looked back at Lucy, who had a bright smile that lit up her face. "I mean, I would do anything just to see that look on her face right there." He said with adoration in his voice.
"Don't get all mushy on me now, Dad," LJ said with a cheeky smile as he elbowed his dad lightly.
"Shut up and get over there!" Laxus said with a chuckle as he pushed him towards the group of kids with their respected parents who had gathered around the tree.
Laxus went to walk over himself when he was stopped by a tug on his pants leg. He looked down to see Ava holding her hands up to him. He chuckled and lifted her and carried her over to her mother and siblings.
"Daddy," Ava asked in a whisper. When Laxus looked at her with a raised eyebrow, she got closer to his ear. "Is mommy going to have another set of twins?" She whispered lowly in his ear.
Laxus chuckled. "Don't know yet. We'll find out soon enough." Laxus said as he stood next to Lucy and the other three kids.
"Daddy," Ava asked again but in her normal voice.
"Hm? What is it?" Laxus asked.
"Do Christmas miracles exist?" Ava asked seriously.
Laxus chuckled. "What do you think this is?" He asked as he nodded to the tree and decorations.
"Uncle Gray and Uncle Natsu kissing up to mommy, so she doesn't kill them?" Ava asked in all seriousness with a tilt of her head.
"Well, yeah, that too. But more than that, this is what is called a Christmas Miracle when everyone comes together to help others when things go wrong." Laxus explained as he sat the little girl on his shoulder.
"Hey! Me too, Daddy!" Layla said as she held her arms up for him to pick her up.
Laxus rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah," Laxus said as he picked up his oldest daughter and put her on his other shoulder.
Laxus put an arm around Lucy's shoulders as she leaned into him. Their two sons stood one on each side of her. She had a hand on each of their shoulders. Everyone gathered as Laxus was about to open his mouth to make an announcement when Wendy's, who was standing next to Lucy, nose twitched.,
Wendy's eyes lit up. "LUCY'S PREGNANT!" Wendy squealed in delight.
The guild erupted into cheers as Makarov cried tears of joy.
"Not Again!" Lucy groaned. All Laxus could do was laugh because he was about to tell them, but apparently, Wendy beat him to the punch. "WHY?! Why are all the Slayers so Nosy!" She whined.
"I wonder if Luce realizes she gets whiny when she's pregnant?" Natsu asked no one in particular.
"I heard that Natsu." Lucy growled as she glared at him making him 'Eep' as he stepped slightly away.
"Careful. After all, Lucy's powers are supercharged when she's pregnant." Mira said with a giggle and an even harder giggle when Lucy turned her glare on her.
"WHY IS EVERYONE PICKING ON ME?!" Lucy whined loudly, causing everyone to erupt into laughter.
All right, so that's the edited version.
I hope it sounds better than before. It took a while to edit this thing.