((This is the second Fairy Tail fanfic that I've written. I love the series! Anyways, at the time I'm posting this one, I'm still working on the other one. It's cute, you should check it out! Poor Lucy, she given so much responsibility…

This was sort of a random idea I had. A friend of mine suggested this idea and wanted me to write it.

I have a hard time saying no… This is a present to you, my Em-chan!

Anyways, this fanfic doesn't really have any pairings in it. Maybe hints, but no set pairings. Um… I guess it will take place after the Garuna arc.

I hope you enjoy it. I know Em-chan will…

Commence!))

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"Lucy, I need you to come with me right now. It's of utter importance," Erza commanded. She had come into the guild, making a straight beeline right to the stellar mage. Poor Lucy was just minding her business, talking to Mirajane.

"Um… Okay?"

Erza grabbed her by the wrist and dragged her out of the door. Natsu and Happy just watched, feeling a bit curious as to what was happening.

"Hey, slow down! What's going on?" Lucy asked Erza as she was pulled down the street.

"It's Gray," Erza simply answered, not explaining fully.

Lucy remembered that Erza and Gray had left a few days ago on a mission. She felt a sinking feeling in her stomach. "What's wrong? Is he sick? Is he hurt?" she asked, nervous for her friend.

"Just come. Quickly."

Soon, they reached the town's harbor. Lucy looked around nervously, unsure of what to expect.

"This way," Erza said, letting go of Lucy's wrist. Lucy rubbed the sore spot where the armor mage had kept a gorilla grip. They walked down one of the docks, where various boats were tied down. They had to push through lots of busy, working people until they came to the end.

"Over here," Erza shouted through all the noise. Lucy finally came to a clear spot, in front of a boat. Sitting on a roll of boating rope, Gray was nervously looking up at Erza, who had come to stand beside him. The boat's captain also stood beside him, sighing in frustration.

"Um… What's the problem?" Lucy asked, not noticing anything too different. She stopped in front of them.

Erza glared down at Gray. He jumped back a little. Much to Lucy's surprise, tears of fear started forming in his eyes.

"She's so scary," he cried, grabbing onto the boatman's shirt for protection. Lucy watched as he actually started to cry.

"Um… there… there?" the guy hesitantly said, unsure of what to do.

"You see," Erza started to explain, "The job went well. But towards the end, one of the mages we were trying to capture cast some sort of spell on him. Now, for some reason, Gray has been reverted into a 3-year-old state of mind."

"Okay… But why did you bring me here?" Lucy asked, unsure of her point.

"I want you to babysit him. The mage got away from us, and I need to find him so he'll change Gray back into his normal self."

"Why didn't you do it while you were there?!"

"Because HE," Erza said in an acid tone, looking at Gray again, "Got in my way. I can't work with a little child holding me back. I have no patience for such things."

Gray had started to cry again, and blubbered, "Scary… I'm sorry, lady…" He went to wipe away his tears with his fist.

"You can let go of me now," the boatman groaned, shaking Gray's grip off of his shirt.

"Take good care of him," Erza simply said, getting back on the boat.

"W-wait! Erza! I don't know too much about little kids either!" Lucy nervously yelled to her. "Wait, don't leave me alone with him."

The woman ignored her, bidding the boat's captain to take her back to the island. Soon, Lucy found herself watching the boat sail away as she stood there next to an 18-year-old baby. She looked over to him with a bit of sympathy.

Gray looked up at her, nervous of her being another menacing person. He sniffled, looking awfully sad. His boo-boo face instantly worked its magic much like any other small child's would, causing a tugging feeling on Lucy's heartstrings.

"It's okay," she said, kneeling down so she could look up at him as he sat on the rope. "Don't cry. My name is Lucy. What's yours?"

Hesitantly, he answered, "Gray…"

"Nice to meet you Gray," she replied, making sure to show him she was friendly. He didn't seem to remember her. Or anyone. "Don't worry, we will have lots of fun together. Okay?"

He smiled childishly. "Okay!"

Lucy stood up and gently took his hand. She pulled him up, and started heading in the direction of Fairy Tail. She kept a firm grip on his hand as they passed through the crowd. Her plan was to take him to the guild first. Hopefully she could get help from the others, since she had nearly no experience with small children. Maybe Mira would know what to do. She was a very motherly figure…

Lucy felt a tug on the back of her shirt. "Hm?" She turned her head to look at Gray.

"I have to go pee," he said with a nervous expression, red in the face.

Erza, for the sake of all things magical, please hurry back, Lucy groaned in her head as she realized how long the next few days were going to be.