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After That Day…
Chapter 1-Unexpected.
Life had been great ever since Lucy had opened up to Natsu and told him how she felt about him. Not too late after that she and Natsu had gotten married and were now living as a couple in Lucy's old apartment. Lucy and Natsu had often discussed which place to live in after getting married, and it finally came down to keeping the apartment. Lucy loved her apartment and they had had so many great memories there, she couldn't let it go so easily. They decided to keep Natsu's house for when Lucy decided she was ready to move, which wasn't going to happen any time soon.
Lying in bed one fine morning Lucy found herself trapped under a muscular arm. Lucy giggled softly, knowing full well Natsu was still asleep. Doing her best, the blonde gently untangled herself from him and got up to face the morning. Natsu definitely wasn't a morning person. Lucy smiled as she turned to look at her husband, he was always adorable when he slept. She made her way over to the kitchen and started making their breakfast, hoping to surprise him with his favorite foods when he got up. While preparing breakfast Lucy couldn't help but glance down at her ring adorned hand. It had only been three months since they got married, and it still felt like a dream.
Memories of her wedding day came back to her, and she couldn't help but let out a tiny giggle. Fond memories of Erza eyeing the cake with pure joy, Juvia hanging on to Gray's arm and smiling—having finally lost a "love rival"—while Gray was smiling smugly, Levy and Gajeel both holding hands and enjoying the festivities, and last but not least Mira having finally gotten her way, was happily setting up decorations as their official wedding planner. Lucy was often surprised how her special day didn't result in a full out brawl between the ever fighting guild members. She often expected that they had all been sternly warned by a slightly demonic wedding planner to be on their best behavior.
Suddenly a pair of arms wrapped around her waist, snapping her out of her reverie. Lucy jumped and let out a small squeak as Natsu nuzzled the crook of her neck and planted a kiss to her cheek.
"Good morning, Luce," Natsu said sleepily as he peered over her shoulder at the food she was making. His stomach rumbled loudly, and Lucy smiled.
"It's almost done, will you go set the table for me?" she asked him sweetly, knowing full well he was still halfway asleep. Natsu let out a soft grumble and shuffled over to the table and started placing the dishes out while Lucy finished making the food. After setting the food out Natsu dug in, scarfing as much down as he usually did, which made Lucy happy she decided to make extras. Lucy picked at her food daintily feeling slightly sick. She had been so hungry while making the food, but now it held little interest to her.
"What's wrong Luce?" Natsu asked, having noticed her lack of interest in the food. He thought it was absolutely wonderful. He had eaten every bite, and then some.
"I don't know, probably just lost my appetite," she sighed softly. "Don't worry about it, we've got to get going. Remember we have to go take a job today so we can pay rent next week."
Natsu grumbled softly, "We wouldn't have to if we had chosen to live in my house." Lucy smiled and crawled into his lap, knowing she had already won this argument.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and said in a soft voice, "But I love my apartment. We've made so many memories here. Our first kiss was here, I confessed my feelings to you here, this is where you proposed to me and told me you loved me…" She trailed off giving him the puppy eyes knowing he couldn't resist.
"Ack! Lucy, you know I can't fight you when you're like this!" Natsu said. He kissed her softly on the lips and held her close. "We better get going then, we need a good job." Lucy laughed, knowing she had won, yet again and jumped out of his lap and got ready.
Lucy and Natsu strolled down the streets of Magnolia hand in hand as they made their way toward the guild hall. Lucy was walking a little on the slow side, still feeling queasy after breakfast.
"Luce, are you sure you're okay?" Natsu asked worriedly. He gently touched his forehead to hers to see if she had a fever. "You don't have a fever… Maybe you should go see Wendy when we get to the guild."
Lucy nodded, knowing that he would worry at her until he knew for sure she was okay. "I'll go see her in the infirmary while you pick the job, okay?" He nodded and they continued on their way. When they finally made it to the guild hall, they went their separate ways, Natsu to go pick a job, and probably a fight, and Lucy to go find Wendy.
Lucy found Wendy in the infirmary, as she guessed earlier. The young woman was always lending a hand to anyone who got hurt, and around here, there was always someone hurt.
"Hey Wendy!" Lucy greeted the young dragon slayer cheerfully. Wendy had always felt like a little sister to her, and she loved her dearly. "Can I ask you for your help? I'm feeling sort of sick and Natsu and I need to go on a job to get rent money. Can you fix me up real quick, pretty please?'"
Wendy giggled and patted a cot for Lucy to sit on. "Yeah sure, I'd be more than happy to!" Wendy started her assessment of Lucy, a small smile on her face. The longer the check up went the more the smile on her face went away as her eyebrows knitted in confusion. "I'm sorry this is taking so long, Lucy, it'll be just a little longer." Lucy nodded warily; Wendy was usually very quick, especially when treating a regular stomach ache. A few more minutes went on and as Wendy's hand's moved back to her stomach she let out a squeal of delight and her smile returned.
Lucy looked a little shocked and asked, "Is everything okay?"
Wendy looked at her with a big smile on her face. "Well I'm sorry to say that I can't help you out. It looks like this is a special sickness that lasts for a while."
Lucy paled slightly, not liking the idea. "How long?" She asked.
Wendy was still smiling. "About nine months." It took a few moments for the message to sink in to Lucy's brain. She looked at Wendy to and saw a few tears of happiness sliding down her face as she nodded. Lucy let out a happy cry and embraced the young woman in front of her.
"Oh thank you Wendy! I can't wait to tell Natsu!" Lucy cried happily. She would have to wait to tell him until the job was done, or else he would freak out and not let her go.
"I'm so happy for you Lucy! I promise I'll keep it a secret!" Wendy smiled and watched her beloved friend hustle out of the room. An even bigger smile crept on to her face as she kept a bigger secret to herself. Twins. Lucy was pregnant with twins.
Lucy made her way back to the main hall of the guild, her eyes searching for Natsu. She caught sight of him standing by the door in the middle of a yelling match with Gray. Natsu had a piece of paper in his hand, which meant he had already picked the job. Lucy made her way over to him, and carefully interrupted the two.
"I'm sorry I kept you waiting so long," she said to Natsu as she grabbed his hand and squeezed it gently.
"It's okay, Luce. The underwear princess kept me well entertained." He scoffed. "What did Wendy say, are you feeling better?" He turned back to her after glaring at Gray.
"Anybody in your presence for that long would be sick!" Gray retorted and glared back at Natsu and then turned to Lucy. "Are you okay, though? You do look pale."
Lucy smiled and nodded, "I'm perfectly fine. Thanks Gray." After breaking the two up after that Natsu and Lucy set out on their job request. It was to get rid of some minor bandits in the next town over. Not a difficult or dangerous job, Lucy thought, rubbing her stomach gently. As they made their way over to the next town over via carriage Natsu lay in Lucy's lap groaning.
"Just another thirty minutes," she said to him, as she ran her fingers through his hair. He groaned in reply and shut his eyes. The carriage hit an unexpected jolt just then which made Lucy jump and sent Natsu flying to the floor. "Natsu! Oh I'm so sorry!" She cried out reaching for him.
Her touch never reached him. In the minute that the carriage jolted and Natsu fell to the floor the bomb that the bandits had set up on the road had gone off. The carriage blew into pieces sending Natsu and Lucy flying away from the burning rubble.
When Natsu finally awoke, having been slammed into a huge tree, he scrambled around trying to find his love. "LUCY!" He cried out for her, but could not find her. He tried to find her by her sent, but the fire had scorched it away. The only thing he found were Lucy's belt with a few of her keys scattered on the ground. The explosion had torn them from her body and scattered her keys. Loke and Plue's keys were missing. Natsu spent several days searching the forest where they had been. He even went back to the guild hall and all of his friends came out to help him look. Lucy and her keys were never found.
"Miss! Miss! Are you okay? Are you alive!?" A voice called to the unconscious blonde. In her hands she held two keys one gold and one silver. The old lady who was fretting over the young woman noticed all of the burn marks on her and how bad of a shape she was in. The old lady had no idea how she had made it this far in the state she was in.
The young woman groaned softly and opened her eyes. "Where am I?"
The old lady let out a gasp of relief and touched the young girl's forehead. "A few miles south of the town called Magnolia. I found you lying in front of my house, young lady! How did you get so hurt? What is your name?"
The young woman blinked a few times and winced. Her head hurt. "I don't know," she whispered. "I don't know how I got here or who I am…"
