So this is going to be a loosely connected group of one shots about the children of our favorite mages :) The ships will be GaLe, NaLu, GrUvia, JeRza, ElfGreen, and FreMi. I still don't own Fairy Tail. Here we go!

~Lonely~

Xena sat in a dark corner of the guild, holding a large book in her tiny lap, but paying more attention to her surroundings than what she was reading. The little black haired girl had read this tale of love between a Princess and Dragon so many times she had no need to focus on it. Around her Fairy Tail was alive with laughter and joy as the twins celebrated their seventh birthday, but Xena was alone. Her parents had gone on a job with Lily leaving Xena in the care of the Dragneels. They were a lot of fun, especially Xena's best friend, Kyana, but Kyana's sister and two brothers were a lot to handle, especially with their dad, Natsu joining in the chaos. Xena giggled at the memory of her father's face when they dropped her off at the Dragneels' home. He had frowned and mumbled about leaving her with that stupid flame brained Salamander, but Xena's mother had reminded him that Lucy, Kyana's mom, was very responsible. Her dad had just grunted, ruffled Xena's hair affectionately, then walked to the end of the sidewalk to wait with Lily.

Now Xena sat and watched the festivities. The twins were happily eating cake while the babies Rose and Daniel played with their presents. Both took after their mothers, Rose with her bright red hair, and Daniel with his blonde. They laughed together while their moms stood side by side and smiled.

Xena wished her mom was here.

Lydia caught Xena's eye from across the room and gave her a small smile. Xena smiled back at the beautiful daughter of Mirajane and Freed. She had her mother's long white hair and figure, but she had her father's stunning teal eyes. Lydia had taken her magic from her father's side, learning to use Solid Scrpit, just like Xena's mother.

Xena wished her mom was here.

Xena watched curiously as Lydia walked over to Simon, Erza and Jellal's older child. She whispered something in his ear and his eyes got huge. He responded quietly, then turned away, a light blush dusting his cheeks. Xena shrugged to herself and returned to her book. It had been her mother's favorite for years, she always told Xena that is made her feel close to home, even when she was far away. Mom has once whispered in her ear that she took the book everywhere before she married dad, because it made her think of him when they were apart. Then she gave the book to Xena and told her, whenever they were away, to read it, and it would be like they were all together again.

A soft cough woke Xena from her thoughts.

Xena looked up, her dark hair falling over her brown eyes.

"Hey there Xena." Simon said, a nervous note in his voice.

Xena blinked, "hello. What brings you to my corner, Simon?"

Simon shuffled his feet and looked away, "Lydia said I should come talk to you, because you look lonely... I'll leave now if you want."

Xena jumped up, "NO!"

She blushed and looked away, "that is- I AM lonely... it'd be nice to talk to someone."

Simon smiled, "you want to go to the game room?"

Xena nodded excitedly, "sure!"

Lydia watched from across the room with a devilish smirk. Her plan had worked! After Simon got over his initial embarrassment, the gentlemanly way his parents had raised him kicked in, and he had gone to investigate. After that, nature took it's course, and there they went, probably to Fairy Tail's game room for some fun. Lydia hoped Simon would take Xena's mind off her currently absent parents.

Lydia turned her attention back to the party. Gale and Storm were having a ball, the cake Lydia's mom had made was excellent. Erza seemed to particularly enjoy it... Lydia smiled at her friends, she loved to see them happy and smiling. That's why it was Lydia's goal to make sure her friends always had someone to lean on.

"Lydia!"

Lydia turned around to see Kyana scrambling through the doors.

"Oh, hey Kyana."

"Have you seen Xena?"

"She just went downstairs with Simon."

"Oh," Kyana sighed with relief, "I was afraid she'd be sitting her all alone while I finished my chores!"

Lydia smiled, "she probably would have been if I hadn't pushed him in the right direction."

Kyana giggled, "those two are so oblivious."

Lydia smiled and nodded, "it seems like they all are."

Then she motioned to Nashi and Gale, who were fighting each other, and yelling insults just like their dads.

Kyana laughed, "that one will never happen Lydia."

Lydia smirked, "oh never underestimate me my dear Kyana."

Kyana took a couple steps away and smiled nervously, "o-okay Lydia."

At that point Lydia fell into a daydream about Gale and Nashi in the future, and what their kids would look like.

The party went on for hours until the twins fell asleep on the table with the cake. Then Lucy, Erza, Juvia, and Mirajane ushered their kids home. Lydia sat in her room scheming until her mother came in for their daily talk.

"Hello baby."

"Hi mom," Lydia smiled, "how was your day?"

"Just fine! What about you, Lydia?"

Lydia smirked, "I made some progress with SimNa."

"Oh, sounds promising," Mira smirked, "I just can't wait for that one to work out! What about NaLe?"

Lydia shook her head disappointedly, "nodda."

Mira sighed, "ah well, it took me years to get their parents together."

Lydia smiled, "don't worry mama, I won't ever give up!"

Mira smiled, "that's my girl."

So here it is, the first chapter of Our Future, what do you think? I hope you liked it, I plan on working on this until I have nothing left for these characters! :) Who knows, there could be tons and tones of chapters in Our Future. I'm terrible, XD, well, enjoy!

~Sora~