Best Short Fairy Tail Fanfics
Fairy Tail novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 25 Short Fairy Tail Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Fairy Tail fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
Hide and Seek
by madartiste
Natsu finds playing a game with Lucy to be a lot more challenging than he expected. (Nalu with just a splash of Gruvia at the end)
The Last Cake
by Smoochynose
AKA: Freed and Juvia’s Support Group For The Hopelessly In Love.The one where Mirajane tries to play matchmaker, Freed and Juvia become Love Allies, and there are misunderstandings galore.
Hoarded
by LetoaSai
When Master Makarov brought Nastu back to the guild everyone thought it was just one more child to add to their ranks. They were unprepared for the half dragon child whose culture was vastly different from their own. He was a sea of conflicting emotions and no one understood why it was Gray in parti
Everybody Knows Natsu Loves Lucy
by Bri_121
The whole Guild knew that Natsu loved Lucy. That there was nothing Natsu wouldn't do for her. Well everyone except Lucy of course.
the pieces of my heart are missing you
by orphan_account
In exchange for the lives of her friends, Lucy makes a deal with Zeref: to spare their lives so he can have the happy family he wanted. The price? Their memories of her are wiped away and it's like she never existed. For one year, she's trapped in the old Heartfilia mansion with nothing but the pain
Who's Lucy?
by madartiste
Natsu and Lucy were inseparable as kids, but he left to pursue his dream of music while she stayed to join her father’s company. Now a rock star, Natsu learns that a life of fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be when a slip of the tongue ignites a tabloid frenzy -- and reunites him with the girl who
Sextember
by maebethistime
Time to sex up September! A series of short drabbles based on the smexy lives of various pairings from Fairy Tail. Bring on the angst, the humour, the character development, and especially the sexy times.
The Rift
by Jeanne_Odyssey
One misstep is all it took. One small mistake. He didn’t mean to fall into the Neo-Eclipse. Hell, he was pretty sure he should have died back in the Guild Hall. Now he was stuck with the memories of a world that had yet to be introduced to him, almost 15 years in the past. What was he supposed to do
A different path
by Bulls99
Instead of wasting 3 months away in the spirit world, Lucy and the others spend that time getting as strong as possible before the Grand Magic Games. See how this impacts their journey, and the relationships built along the way.
Dreams of Dragons
by therealnarnia
Papalogia AU. Acnologia joins Fairy Tail and ends up raising five young dragon slayers (and helping with two more). Acnologia x Anna Heartfilia. Eventual Nalu, Gale, Gruvia, Jerza, StiRoYu, Kinabra, etc. Cover image by acnologias-ass on tumblr.
Fairy Tail Smut One-Shots
by gaysquared (orphan_account)
Lots of pairings, lots of smut.••••••••••••••••••••Requests currently closed.
More Than A Married Couple But Not Even Dating
by akhmorn
In which Nastu, after months of thinking he's been wed to Lucy due to Dragon Slayer customs, finds out that may not be true and his entire relationship may as well be a lie. What's a guy to do, other than ask the love of his life out all over again?
Paper Moon
by LackingDelirium
"Do you think he knows?""Not a chance, the boy is oblivious."In where Mira and Makarov have decided Laxus cannot be alone anymore. Naturally, they play matchmaker with little to no caution. And they have the perfect girl for the job. What could go wrong?
Laxus' love tips
by JemmaHazelnut
Laxus helps - against his will, and not without difficulty - several members of the guild for love affairs. In reality, it’s he who needs help. [Multi-pairing: Fraxus, Chendy, Elfever, Nalu, Bicksloke, Canajane, Stingue, Jerza]
Strength Thy Name Is Power
by MaraudersInn_HoneydukesHowler
Lucy is wrecked after Tartaros. Utterly and truly wrecked. She's drowning with no one to save her. Especially since Fairy Tail no longer remembers how the war truly ended. No one knows what she sacrificed. Question is: Will they ever? Who will help her? Can she crawl out of the pit she's in? *Post T
Neo Fairies
by ArbitraryCategories
In an awful stroke of cruel fate, Natsu Dragneel—and part of his team—are flung back through time. Trapped in the past, they do as Fairy Tail wizards always do: look to the future! In typical Team Natsu fashion, however, the plan is... more of a vague outline. All they can do is strive to take out t
When you bite me
by RedBray
OmegaVerse! Natsu, a young alpha who just wants to live adventures and have a good time, begins to realize that his second gender is perhaps much more important than he thinks. Especially when his best friend and rival turns out to be an omega, and he feels the need to protect him from everything an
From Rivals to Lovers
by WordsByMarro
Every year, Natsu dreads the springtime because, although he was blessed with Dragon abilities, he also had to deal with the backlash of them. Primarily, Dragon heat. To combat its effects, the Fire Dragon Slayer always avoided all of his friends during it, but on this day, it would end differently.
The Fire in the Hearth and the Ice on the Windowsill
by luna_eeloo
No summary provided.
Gray x Natsu ~ Soulmates
by crustycheckered
The following new years after a person turns 18, they will begin to receive a clue everyday about their soulmate. This means that during January, everyone who just became an adult is seeking out their true love. Two specific members from the guild, Fairy Tail, so happen to have turned 18 and are now
Frazil Ice
by MoxieMonster15
Prequel to Frostbitten Wizard.
A heat that cooled down (Gratsu)
by W_ndy
Natsu knows that his heat comes every now and then. But he learned to calculate when the next one is. Only this time, it's early.His long-term rival was assigned to bring him back to Magnolia, Polyussica having meds that suppress the heat. The train trip takes a heated turn, confusing both men.Their
Our love beyond their tales
by Fada sem rabo (aliviado)
𝑪𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒏ã𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆. 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒅𝒐. 𝑭𝒐𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒂. 𝑴𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒂. 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒐𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒏ó𝒍𝒊𝒂: 𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒅𝒂. 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒐𝒔 𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒐𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒚: 𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒂. É 𝒐 𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒂 𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒎 𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔�
Doom Spirals
by dragongodryss
[Updates on Sundays] Minerva, the former lead singer of the rock band Sabertooth, intends to lead them back into the limelight as their manager. When their past (predictably) comes back to bite them, she needs to ensure she doesn't make the same mistakes as before. Will that be enough, or will she n
Flames of Vengeance
by dragongodryss
Rogue made the horrific mistake of taking a job protecting a merchant ship, which will change his life forever.
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This list of 25short Fairy Tail fanfics spans 549,725 total words. Kudos range from 5 on the newest entries to 3,526 on the most established. 52% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (11 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Romance · BAMF Lucy Heartfilia · Time Travel · Angst.
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