Erza's POV

"I'm back!" Jellal yelled from the next room. I heard a door bang shut behind him.

"Finally!" I exclaimed. I have been pregnant nearly nine months now. I made a plan to quit the Fairy Tail guild as soon as I figured out I was pregnant with Jellal's' baby.I ran away with him when it was dark. Everyone in the guild had been fast asleep, and I had quit Fairy Tail earlier that night. I knew Makarov and the rest of the guild would not approve of me having his child, but I loved him.

Jellal had been in hiding in a house we found in the middle of a forest, far from any city. That's where we are now. This is where we planned on living the rest of our lives together with our child. It just seemed to be taking forever to begin.

I tried getting up to my feet, but found that my legs had gone numb having been crossed under me while I read a book. Jellal came in and rushed to my side, dropping the bags he had to the floor.

"Is everything okay? Did something happen?" He asked worriedly, grabbing my hand and entwining our fingers.

"No, nothing happened. Now give me the cheesecake." I held out my hands, letting go of his hand, and patiently awaited the cheesecake that I had sent him to go buy for me. I started enjoying my strawberry cheesecake when it happened. The baby was kicking and my water broke. "Why couldn't you wait until I can finish my cheesecake?" I asked half jokingly.

After hours of pain I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. I felt light-headed and my vision was black and blurry. I was glad that it was all over. I still felt kicking though. I then thought to myself, "Twins."

I had gone through hell and back. No battle I have gone through was as painful as this. I'm just happy that I have these beautiful twins held in my arms. The second one had been an adorable little girl.

"I will never let any harm come to you." I know I can't keep harm from coming to them, but I will do everything, and anything, in my power to protect them.

"What should we name them?" Jellal questioned, kissing my forehead and looking at the children. I smiled softly

"Kadyn and Kane."

"Mommy! Mommy! Can we practice our magic?" the twins asked in unison.

"In a little bit, Mommy needs to finish her breakfast." I yelled back. They both had inherited my re-quipping magic. Kadyn enjoyed equipping armor and shields while Kane enjoyed swords and weapons. They were seven at this point, and quite strong. I finished my breakfast and joined the twins outside. Kane had his father's eyes and my hair. Kadyn on the other hand had her father's hair and tattoo, but my eyes. They looked like complete opposites, and acted like opposites as well.

"Show me what you both can do." I said while I re-quipped into my Heaven's Wheel Armor. Kane was the first to answer my challenge. He equipped a flaming sword into his hands and swung it at my head. I ducked, but he tripped me in the process. While I was on the ground he pointed his sword at me. "You're doing great Kane. I'm proud of you."

It was now Kadyn's turn. I kept the same armor on, since Kadyn focused on defense, I will be the one attacking her this time. She equipped into a knight's armor and shield.

"Are you ready Kadyn?" I said with my swords raised above me to intimidate her. She nodded nervously. I began attacking her and she blocked every sword I swung at her. She had tons of openings, and if this had been a real fight, she would have died by now. I congratulated her as well, since she would have said it wasn't fair if I hadn't. I'll bring up her mistakes in the next lesson. I understand she is only eight, so I am proud that she blocked a lot of the attacks.

"Let's be done for today and relax. You both did great!" I smiled.

"But Mommy! I wanna practice more!" Kane whined.

"I'll give you both cheesecake!" I bribed. The two stopped whining and ran inside immediately. I smile grew across my face.

"I guess my love for cheesecake runs in the family." I joined the twins so we could feast on the dessert.

We all took hot baths and got ready for the battle planning lesson. It was early afternoon and the sun shined in through the windows and warmed the house. I set up the table with paper and pencils. The kids took seats at the table and got ready for their lesson.

"Jellal!" I called. "The kids are ready for you." Jellal came out of our bedroom and smiled at me.

"Alright! Thanks for setting up honey." I walked towards my room and kissed his cheek as I entered the room. I then flopped onto the bed as he taught the lesson.

Jellal's POV

I had been planning on what I would be teaching the twins today. Erza and I split up our work so we can teach the kids our strong skills. Erza would teach them attacks, while I taught planning. When I heard Erza call my name, I walked out of our room and thanked her for getting the writing materials ready. She kissed my cheek and went into our room. She must have been tired.

After giving birth, she hadn't been practicing or fighting because she thought the kids were more important than fighting. She still had a lot of her skill, but she was becoming rusty. She practices during the night so that she has more to teach Kane and Kadyn, and now she is slowly gaining her skills back.

"Okay kids, let's start our battle planning!" I yelled excitedly.

"I don't need to plan how to beat people! Being strong is good enough to beat anyone!" Kane retorted. He hadn't been that interested in planning. I always told him planning could save his life one day, but he never budged from his ideals.

"Daddy! I'm done with my plan!" Kadyn exclaimed. She was the one that was interested in planning. I looked at her plans and they were very advanced. I tried to think of ways to infiltrate her stronghold, but I didn't find anything.

"Wow! You managed to make a full proof plan! Kane, Kadyn might very well save your life someday. Great job Kadyn!" I smiled and patted her back.

"Whatever." Kane grumbled. Kadyn and I laughed at him.

"Daddy, can I read to you?" Kadyn asked, standing up on her chair.

"Sure Kad, let's go." I replied, sweeping her into my arms and carrying her to her and Kane's room. I told Erza that Kadyn and I would be reading. Kane had wanted to train more with his mother, so after some grumbling from Erza they could be found training outside.

Kadyn was reading a book about guilds, towns, famous people, and school. She focused on the picture of the school, not reading the page.

"What's wrong Kadyn?" I questioned, wrapping my arm around her in a comforting way.

"Daddy, why don't Kane and I go to school?" She quietly asked. I had tried avoiding this question as much as I can. Both of the children were becoming more curious of the outside world.

"Do you not like being homeschooled by me and Mommy?" I tried changing the subject.

"I do, but I want to see more people, join a guild, see the world, have...friends." She became quieter with the last part and looked down sadly. It hurt me seeing her so sad.

"Someday you'll visit every part of the world Kad, I promise." I assured her. I knew one day, the twins would visit the closest city if anything happened to Erza and I. That is why we are teaching them to defend themselves and fight. We try and make their lives enjoyable. We want them to have fond memories of us...together...as a family.

Kadyn's POV

Daddy left my room to get dinner started. I hadn't noticed it was getting late. I looked outside. Mommy and Kane were playing together. Mommy was pretending to be a monster while Kane rode on her back. I ran outside to join them.

"Mommy, can you help me practice more?" I asked.

"How about this, you and Kane will practice together and I'll help your dad cook." She replied. She then looked at Kane, "Pretend Kadyn is me. Make sure you don't hurt her." Kane nodded. Mommy then went inside and to help Daddy, leaving me with my brother.

"Are you ready?" Kane questioned with an intimidating look in his eyes. He equipped his fire sword and got in a fighting stance. I smiled and equipped into fire armor, a cross shaped shield engulfed in flames, and a hammer.

"I'm ready."

Kane's POV

Kadyn and I were about to practice. She looked strong. I was a bit scared, but I didn't let it show. Kadyn never pulled out weapons, so I decided to put on my fire armor and shield.

I made the first move. I ran up and swung at her head. She ducked. "Gotcha." I thought to myself. I swung my leg to knock her off balance, but she blocked my leg with her shield. I lost my balance and fell. My leg was in pain. She raised her hammer, getting ready to swing, but I got to my feet and jumped out of the way.

"Hey! I thought we weren't gonna hit each other!" I yelled.

"You have to practice using your shield! Defend my attacks!" She snickered.

"I can defend your attacks with my sword!" I growled. I threw the shield aside. A second later she threw her hammer aside right. "What is she doing?" I ignored it and ran towards her. This time, I swung my sword at her feet. She jumped over it and hit me with her shield. I felt dizzy.

"A good defense is a great offense!" She laughed. I knew something she wasn't good at blocking. I equipped a new armor. This time, I will attack her with my version of Mom's Heaven's Wheel Armor.

Kadyn's POV

I stood in my place, staring at Kane in awe. He looked like a soldier with wings. He wore a suit of armor, and his face was covered with the helmet. He had seven swords floating above his head and held one sword in both of his hands. Mommy only has five swords floating above her and held two swords.I already struggle with Mommy's attacks and I know I have openings, so I don't think I could block his attack.

I equipped another shield, thinking ahead of how I can block each sword and hopefully, knock them away. He flung his swords at me. I put both shields in front of me. I heard him running, so I looked between the shields. "He's going to attack my sides." I thought to myself. I stood up and put one of my shields on my right side. KLING! I successfully blocked his first attack. I put the other shield on my left side, but he didn't swing on that side. He went for my head.

I felt a stinging pain in my neck. A liquid leaked from the side of my neck, streaming down it. He threw his sword down and ran inside. He was screaming.

"Mommy! Hurry outside! Kadyn's hurt!" He was crying. I could tell he was scared. My eyelids were getting heavy. I closed them and in an instant I was asleep.

Erza's POV

Kane ran inside apologizing.

"What happened?" I asked. "Why are you sorry?"

"You told me to not hurt Kadyn, but I did! She's hurt! Mommy! Hurry outside! Kadyn's hurt!" Kane cried. I ran outside as fast as I could. Kadyn was laying on the grass. I saw blood leaking out of a cut on her neck. I took a seat next to her, and felt for a pulse.

Th-thump.

Th-thump.

Th-thump.

"She's still alive Kane. Don't worry. Hurry inside and get the first-aid kit. He ran inside. I looked at the cut. It wasn't deep. I breathed a sigh of relief. It was close to what seemed like a paper cut. Kane ran back holding the first-aid kit. He was still crying, his eyes red and puffy.

"I'm sure she fell asleep because she was tired." I assured him. I told him the cut wasn't major and that she would be fine. He looked at me, sniffling and rubbing snot away.

"Aren't you going to punish me?" he asked quietly. I watched him carefully, reaching up and brushed a hair out of his eyes.

"Get the peroxide from the first-aid kit and a bandage. Clean up her wound and make sure the bandage is on tight." I told him. He did as he was told. Once we were done Jellal carried her to her room and laid her on her bed. I looked at Kane again, I could tell he was still awaiting his punishment.

"Look, what you did to your sister wasn't right, but I'm proud of you for looking for help right away." I told him. "Your punishment will be to do her chores for a week and to apologize to her when she wakes up."

Kane's POV

The day after I hurt my sister, I kept apologizing for it.. She always said, "It's okay." and "I'm fine." I still felt terrible for what I did to her. I did as mom told me and did her chores for a week. I was happy she was okay.

I stopped practicing using my sword, afraid I would hurt her or my mom. Kadyn continued practicing and got better everyday. Mom was summoning more swords with her Heaven's Wheel Armor and Kadyn was blocking every single one. I watched to see if she had any openings, but I never saw a single one. Kadyn was also practicing using weapons, but the way she was swinging wouldn't cause as much damage as she would if she swung correctly. I saw her look at me through the window that I had been watching her train from. I hid from her and continued doing work with dad.

He had taught me a few more things on battle planning and I have gotten better. I was still not able to make a full proof plan like Kad, but I was improving. One day dad caught me watching Kadyn and mom practicing.

"Go train with them." he nudged my shoulder. I pretended I didn't hear him and I wasn't watching and continued on my battle plan. After I finished with my plan, he looked at it and smiled.

"You created a full proof plan. Great job." He told me. Kadyn walked through the door and grabbed my hand.

"You need to train!" She yelled. She started dragging me, but I was resisting. She looked at me and punched me in the gut. It was enough to knock the wind out of me. I looked up at her in awe. "You need to forget about what happened last week! It wasn't that deep of a cut and it's almost healed. She took off the bandage on her neck and showed me. She was right. It was a very thin scab and would most likely not become a scar. Then mom walked in.

"You need the practice Kane." Kadyn started crying. " I don't want to be the reason you quit fighting." she said quietly. Suddenly she launched herself at me, her arms wrapping around me in a hug. "Please come outside and practice." I hugged her back, patting her back lightly.

"Okay." I whispered.

Jellal's POV

Kane finally started training outside with Erza and Kadyn. I watched them train and I could tell he was holding back a lot more than he needed to. At least he made a first step for training with them. He'll soon warm up and train like he use to.

Tomorrow will be a very special day for them. Tomorrow is their birthday, the day their wishes will come true. Tomorrow, they will go visit any city they want and enroll in any guild they want.

Erza and I had planned this the day Kadyn asked about the outside world. Erza had made them their own cheesecake for their birthday and had two cloaks for each of them. One that would fit them now, and the other would fit them when they got older.

I called them inside for dinner after a while of training. We ate and all went to bed right after.

"Are you ready for tomorrow?" I asked Erza.

"Not really, we just have to make sure to hide our identities and we'll be just fine." she replied."Once they join a guild, we'll leave them there and have them live their lives in the real world. We'll keep an eye on them, but we both know we can't hide forever." she said looking towards the window in our room. I grabbed her chin and turned her head to me, looking into her eyes. I then wrapped her tightly in my arms.

"You can turn me in and return to Fairy Tail. The kids can join you and you can live a happy life without having to hide." I whispered to her. I felt tears starting to run down her face.

"I won't do that! I'm already living a happy life with you! I'll stay by your side no matter what! No one will change that! If you get caught, I'll go with you." She ordered. She hugged me even harder. I kissed her forehead and tried to comfort her.

"Okay honey. We'll try and keep an eye on them as long as we can." I told her as I stroked her head. Tears still ran down her face. We fell asleep that night, holding each other closely.

Erza's POV

I woke up in Jellal's arms the next day. I could feel his muscular arms holding me closely to him. I could feel his abs on my stomach. I felt at peace in his arms. He looked so cute when he was asleep. I laid there until he woke up.

"Good morning." I whispered.

"Good morning." he replied. We kissed each other for what seemed like forever, but was really just a few seconds.

After our moment we went into the kitchen and made the kids breakfast. They were still fast asleep. We figured out a way to make strawberry cheesecake pancakes, and got them prepared. I told Jellal to wake the kids up. He smiled and ran to there room. All I heard was, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"

After a second Jellal came out with both of the twins held in his arms. The kids enjoyed the breakfast, and of course I did as well.

"So would you like to open your presents?" I asked, after breakfast

"Yes!" the twins screamed. I quickly grabbed the wrapped gifts and set them down in front of them. They both had three boxes. Two containing the cloaks, and the other containing the cheesecake. In each of the cloaks that should fit them now, contained a note that would affect them in the future and present. They would jump with joy once they read them. This would be the greatest part of their lives.

They opened the cheesecake boxes first. They jumped with excitement at the sight of the cakes, thanking Jellal and I.

"Open your other presents." Jellal smiled. The twins nodded and did as he said. They opened all four of the boxes at the same time and discovered the cloaks inside. They saw the letters first and opened them.

"Dear…" they began reading together. Darkness invaded our house. Jellal and I ran outside to see what was happening. The trees around the house were on fire, and it looked as though there was no way to escape.

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