It was a peaceful afternoon in the town where the Heartfillia mansion resided. Everything was quiet and the only sounds you could hear were the birds singing and pleasant small talk being made amongst the town-folk. That peace did not last much longer. "ENGAGED?!" Gray, Natsu, Happy, and even Erza shouted in unison from one of the rooms they purchased in an inn there for the week. The receiver of the shout, besides the whole town, was the one and only Lucy Heartfillia. Her eyes were glued shut and her hands were gripping the sides of the armchair she was seated in as the friends who had just pierced her ears had now enclosed her, staring at her with shocked faces and hounding her with questions at what she had said a few seconds earlier. "This might take a while..."

Yes, I know it is a more than extremely short chapter. But I like to think of it less as a chapter and more as a teasing introduction. There is more to come, I assure you. I already had this idea a long time ago, and the story is complete in my brain. So really, it's just a matter of me tapping it up. I say 'tapping' since I'm still just using my iTouch...