The Weekly Gossip

It was a beautiful day in Magnolia. No clouds were in the oh-so blue sky and the sun was shining brightly- matching the smiles on the faces of Magnolia's residents.

As for Fairy Tail's celestial mage, she was walking to the infamous Fairy Tail alongside its resident bookworm, talking about the latest chapter of the blonde's novel.

"But Lu-chan," Levy whined, "Iris is in danger. Shouldn't Felix find out?" Lucy clicked her tongue and shook her head.

"If Iris tells him about the curse, she'll lose her memories forever, so it would be useless."

Levy pouted. "Still, you left quite a cliff-hanger in the end. I'm going to die of curiosity before you finish the next chapter."

Lucy shrugged, holding back a mischievous smile. "You know what they say. Curiosity killed the bookworm." And they both laughed, knowing it was pretty true. The last time Lucy had a cliff-hanger like this in her story, Levy spent many sleepless nights re-reading the chapter, trying to figure out what was going to happen next. It was pointless though; the aftermath was nowhere near Levy's suspicions.

"Hey, Levy-chan," the blonde whispered, "why are those girls glaring at us?" She pointed to a group of young girls from a nearby café, who looked like the world was crashing around their shoulders. Strange enough, a magazine was placed in the middle of the table, opened at a page the two mages couldn't see.

"Who knows?" She frowned. "They don't look like they are from some rival guild either. I would have seen their stamps, but they're not anywhere." The girls were still glaring at them, now more viciously than earlier. Lucy and Levy shuddered.

"Let's go. I'd prefer not to die before your next chapter." Lucy snorted and followed Levy's lead- looking away from the girls and continuing on their walk. Once they turned the corner, they let out a sigh in relief.

"What was up with them? We didn't do anything to them, did we?"

Levy shook her head. "I don't think so. Oh well, let's not let that ruin our day, okay?" She smiled, and Lucy returned it.

"Got it." With yet another conversation starting about a well-known novel, they walked with linked arms towards the Fairy Tail guild house.

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"I can't believe it! What in the world is-" Once the two opened the guild doors, their conversation was cut short at the sight.Most of the females from the guild were glaring at them. Well, not the people from Tenrou Island, or the people from seven years ago but... still a large fraction of the guild looked ready to murder the two bookworms. It's just like the girls from the café, Levy thought. She exchanged a look with Lucy and they both hurried over to the bar where Mira had already prepared their regulars.

"Good morning, Lucy, Levy!" She greeted them with a smile. They groaned in unison and sunk into their chairs. "Did something happen?"

"We don't know!" Levy began, exasperated, taking a large sip of her non-alcoholic apple cocktail. "All the way from Lorelai's Café to here, we received only glares and dirty looks from girls. Even here, we get the same! And we don't know why!" She slapped her temples with her small hands. Lucy sighed.

"We even saw some girls from Nemesis' Wing, that guild from Orchid Town, trying to follow us here, although they lost track of us when we went to Magnolia's main library. But for some reason I don't understand, we have the same problem here." She gestured to the females from the guild, some sulking, and some looking like Juvia when any female approached Gray.

"Maybe they're like this because of the weekly edition of Sorcerer Magazine that came out today." Mira suggested. This drew their attention.

"What do you know?" Lucy narrowed her eyes at the white-haired beauty, while she smiled innocently. Too innocently.