Christmas Escapade [Fairy Tail Fanficton]

Christmas Escapade

Christmas Escapade

By: Clovergiel

"Open! Gate to the Canis Minor, NIKORA!" Lucy yelled as she did her usual stance when summoning her spirits, holding the key of the Canis Minor.

After chanting the spell, a soft light enveloped the key as a figure of a white dog appeared in front of her.

As soon as she saw the cute fellow, she ran and hugged him tight, and she heard a soft 'pu-puun!' as a response from him.

"Plue! It's been a long time since I have last summoned you! I really missed you!" She said as she hugged the dog tighter.

"Pu-puun?" Plue muttered curiously at the acts of his master.

Lucy sensed her spirit's confusion so she gave him a blissful smile. "It's almost Christmas time and you know what that means, right? I'm going shopping, of course! I wanted to buy gifts for my guild mates and you're coming with me."

"PUUN!" Lucy hinted Plue's delight not only by his response but also because it could be clearly seen in his face.

She held Plue in her arms as she locked the door to her apartment. As she turned around to leave, she was stunned to see the land lady in front of her.

"Ah...l-landlady-san, y-you need the p-payment for the rent, r-right?" Lucy said as she forced a smile.

"Yes, Lucy. Can I have it now?" The landlady said as she held out her hand in front of Lucy.

Lucy can barely force her smile now as she looked at the extended hands in front of her. She has the money to pay her rent, but if she gives it now, she won't have enough money left to buy gifts for her guild mates. But she can't delay her payment for the month, because she has done that a lot of times already, and she's afraid she might be thrown out of her apartment, especially it's Christmas season.

But in the end, she just decided to pay her rent. She took the money from her wallet and hesitantly handed it to the landlady. She was thinking of fighting for it, but it's already too late, for the landlady had taken the money from her hand in a blink of an eye, as it joyfully hummed her way away from Lucy.

Lucy sighed and just looked at her dog spirit, who was currently giving Lucy a worried and concerned look. "Pu-puun."

"Don't worry, Plue. I'll make sure that I'll have the money to buy gifts for them. Maybe instead of shopping for today, we'll just have to look for a job to do to earn money. I guess I'll head to the guild first to look for a job suited for me, ne?" she said as she made an encouraging smile.

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"Lucy, you've been standing in front of the request board for about two hours already. Is something wrong?" Mirajane asked Lucy worriedly. Lucy walked towards the counter and sat on an empty seat in front of Mirajane.

"Mira-san, what job do you think would best suit me? I've been reading through the missions there but nothing seems right. I can't figure it out though," Lucy told Mirajane as she banged her head on the counter.

"Why didn't you just go on a mission with Natsu-san and the others?"

Lucy thought of it already and it sounded harsh that she'll get them involved. After all, she'll be using using the money to buy gifts for them. She wanted to exert the effort herself and earn the money without anyone's help. And for sure, the mission with them will be certainly consisting of fighting with someone, and she didn't want to battle with anyone at the moment.

"Uhh..they'll certainly do a mission involving battles and I certainly doesn't want to get involve with that kind of stuffs for now, so I bet I'll just do something on my own," she said, excluding the reason for her desperate need for a job. She doesn't want anyone to know about this.