Fay Elizabeth Mikaelson

Fundraiser Day

Fay's pov_______________

Alaric called a morning assembly. I sat next to Nathan. 

"I know a lot of things changed around here lately, but in my opinion that is a sign of growth, and despite our growing pains I think our new student body has never been more... United. Uh, sense of community I give you Elizabeth Saltzman" Alaric left the stand and Lizzie stood up.  

"I know I am not the only one who misses they way things used to be around here. That doesn't mean our way of life needs to change. The simple math is fewer students equals less tuition. Which is why... The smoothie bar has been shut down, along with the pool closed, and all of our dances and tripes have been canceled" Lizzie announced.

Dang...

"But, I have a way to turn all of that around, with your help" Lizzie looked at Wade and we walked up with a clipboard.  

"Our first and hopefully last Salvatore School Fundraiser Month" Lizzie said and Alaric claps. Lizzie looked at him and shook his head and he stopped. 

'Um.. These assembles are usually boring anyways' I think to Nathan. 

'I believe you' I hear Nathan say. 

"In the next four weeks, we will be doing a crash wash, a bake sale. Any recommendation for other events?" Lizzie asked the group.  

No one spoke. 

A new girl raised her hand "That's the spirit, Cleo" 

"Hope and I could do art and host an auction" she suggested getting up. 

"Um, mm, I retract that offer" Hope stood up. 

"Too late. Art auction approved" Lizzie said and Wade wrote it down. 

Then a guy came over and handed a letter to Alaric. 

"It's a property tax lien" Alaric opened the letter. 

"That we have seven days to pay or the bank gets the school" Alaric says to everyone. Hope and I look at each other in shock. Nathan grabbed onto my hand, probably sensing my stress. 

"Over my dead body" Lizzie said then turned to us "Screw fundraiser month more like fundraiser day. Were going to do it all at once, right now" Lizzie said.

Nathan and I were in the school's kitchen baking. 

"Ok, ready to go in the oven" Nathan puts the pan of cookies in for me while I started a new batch. 

"I know the school doesn't seem like a good one, but it was better before" I said.

"I see how much you care, that's good enough" Nathan spoke. 

"It's just.. The Salvatore School is my home... I don't know what I would do if I lost it" I sad.

"I will do everything to help you save it" Nathan said to me. I felt my cheeks turn red. 

"Aw love birds, cute, but focus" Lizzie walked in "How are we doing with baking?" 

"Good. Just put a new batch in" I told her.

"We might need to speed the process up" Lizzie put down her notebook

"I wouldn't do that if I were you" Nathan warned her. 

"Look. You're new here and I don't really have an opinion about you yet. Even if you are mated to my best friend" Lizzie said to him and raised her hand and did a spell. 

"Lizzie no!" I tired to stop her but the oven exploded and dough got everywhere.

"Oh, perfect. Just perfect!" Lizzie said fixing her outfit. 

"We did try to warn you" I mention. 

Lizzie glared at us before storming off. 

Nathan and I laugh seeing each other covered in dough. 

Nathan took a strand of my hair and put it behind my ear "Even  covered in dough you still look beautiful" Nathan whispered to me. 

"We got to clean this up now" I groan "Should just drag Lizzie's ass back here to clean up the mess" I said looking around at the mess.

A few hours go by and we finally got everything out in the front yard. Kaleb came over to us. 

"How'd you guys do?" Kaleb asked grabbing a cookie. 

"Ay, you touch, you buy" I slapped his arm. 

"This is a disaster" Lizzie said to Kaleb and I. 

"I know. He's going to leave streaks all over my car" Kaleb said pointing to Jed, doing car wash. 

"I'm talking about fundraiser day. No one is here!" Lizzie yelled. 

"Uh.. What do you want me to do about it, Lizzie?" Kaleb asked her. 

"Yeah" I said agreeing with Kaleb "Two hours isn't much time to get a whole marketing campaign dialed in" I said.

"Ok. This isn't working. Time to bring out the big guns" Lizzie said to herself but I heard her. 

"Wait. What's the plan?" I asked following her and Nathan came along. 

"Sorry mate. Girls only" Lizzie said to Nathan. 

"I'm not leaving Fay on her own" Nathan sad. 

"Nathan. Stay with Kaleb. Keep things running smooth and we will be right back" I said to him and Lizzie and I went off to her room and grabbed her book.

Lizzie's phone went off "Fay. You won't believe what Nathan and Kaleb found" she said to me.

 "What?" I asked confused. 

"Come on" she led me to the basement where the cages are and I see a leprechaun.

"Is that a-"

"Leprechaun, yeah" Kaleb said.

"Apparently the pot of gold in most leprechaun myths isn't literal, so it isn't our lucky day" Lizzie said flipping through the pages in her book. 

"Yeah, well, his, either --soon as Hope finds out about this, she's gonna want to cut off his lucky charm" Kaleb said.

Then the leprechaun magicked Kaleb's gold buttons and ate them and burped. 

"Ew. Nasty" Kaleb said "Guess we know what he eats" 

"It makes sense, It says here that leprechaun's power include attracted to wealth and attracting wealth" Lizzie read out. 

Leprechaun laughs.   

"Their presents will entice humans into spending indiscriminately, which early supernatural-run casinos used to great effects! Blah Blah history Blah" Lizzie said.

"Are you thinking what I am thinking?" she asked the three of us. 

"No" Nathan said "Not really I said " "No idea what your saying" Kaleb said. We all said at once.

"That you forgot what your dad said. We can't use supernatural powers?" Kaleb said.

"We can't.. but he can" Lizzie pointed to the locked up leprechaun "Classic loophole" 

"How does that work out for us Lizzie?" I asked her. 

"It's different this time, we have the luck of the Irish. Plus it's a win-win for us all" Lizzie said "You can prove my dad wrong about not using powers while following his stupid rules" Lizzie said to Kaleb. 

"And we can save the school in the process" Lizzie smirked. 

'This might be the dumbest idea I have ever heard. And I've heard lots" I hear Nathan say. I giggle.