A Very Fairy Wedding

Prologue - Six Months [SAMPLE/TEASER]

Six months.

One half of a year.

One hundred eighty-one days.

Four thousand three hundred twenty hours.

Six months.

That was how long Natsu and Lucy endured planning their wedding.

All in all, the planning process could have been simpler. It would not have been as stressful if there were less to zero arguments. And it would not have been as exhausting if there were not missions that specifically requested the presence and skills of the bride or the groom or both of them.

But when you were a Fairy Tail member, you learn complications pop up everywhere.

Now when the Fire Dragon Slayer proposed to the Celestial Spirit Mage, word did get out and fast. Whether it was from the drunken mouth of Cana or the overexcited Mirajane or the sorrowful Loke seeing his opportunity pass him, it did not matter—everyone in Fiore knew about the wedding that was bound to happen. Even people in bordering countries heard of the Dragon Slayer who destroyed his enemies (and towns in the process) and the Celestial Maiden who was able to tame the dragon (at the price of her burning through her savings in food and allowing him to sleep in her bed), and they were eager for such a wedding to take place.

Natsu proposed to Lucy on the anniversary of the day she ran away with him to Fairy Tail. While it was an unconventional way Lucy could only describe as "so Natsu", she agreed to his proposal, crying into his arms after he kissed her with Natsu chuckling: "You're going to be my weirdo forever, Lucy." The two of them wanted to start preparations to begin right away because Lucy was determined to make her wedding a success, and Natsu was as impatient as he ever was and demanded they be wedded soon.

But they never expected it to take them a whole six months to complete their wedding.

Mirajane helped the affianced couple plan their wedding (after waking up from fainting due to the fact her favorite couple would forever be canon) and calmed them down when heated arguments between them slipped like when Natsu failed to understand the significance of a certain flower arrangement or when Lucy refused the idea of a "fire fountain". Sometimes Gray would accidently let out a snarky comment, and Natsu would immediately leave the planning sessions to deal with him. Other times, a man Lucy could only vaguely recall from somewhere would appear, and Natsu would become riled up. Only a few times were when Juvia chases Lucy for being too close to Gray.

Originally, the venue was supposed to be at the guild. "That's like our second home. That's where we see all our family. Doesn't it make sense to get married there?" Natsu had pointed out. Erza, however, had slapped him in the back of the head for such a suggestion and demanded the two be wedded in Kardia Cathedral because it was "proper".

The venue was then supposed to be the cathedral. However, it was later pointed out by a sheepish Alzack Fairy Tail had been banned from the church after his wedding with Bisca because of how rowdy it was.

Then wedding venue had changed to a chapel at Akane Beach and reception was to be held at the resort. While the owner of Akane Resort was reluctant to allow Fairy Tail back into his fine establishment after they had wrecked it the first time, he agreed eagerly when Lucy entered the mix and pleaded for the owner to allow her reception at his resort. He caved, kissing her hand as his welcome (though Natsu had ripped her away from him and gave her an abrupt kiss as if to warn off the owner).

Finally, after six months of color schemes, flower arrangements, venue, food decisions, dresses for the bride and bridesmaids, tuxedos for the groom and groomsmen, music selections, photographer, and a priest who was not traumatized for looking at Lucy a little too closely for Natsu's liking, the day had finally come.