Disclaimer: I do not own any of Hiro Mashima work, although I may have become obsessed with it a little bit to0 much, hehe!
Prologue: Fate
Lucy walked into the home she had been walking into for four years now and was greeted by a familiar hug around her legs.
"Mommy!" shrieked a little pink hair girl. Lucy chuckled and picked up her daughter, wrapping the childs legs around her waist and the child hugging around Lucy's neck, burying her face into the crock of her neck.
"Hey sweetheart! What are you doing up so late? Did daddy give into your cuteness again?" Lucy smiled as Natsu walked up, scratching the back of his head, giving an innocent smile.
"She said she really missed you and wanted to wait for you to come home from your mission." He leaned over to kissing Lucy on her cheek. "How was the mission anyway?" Lucy started walking to the little girls' room, Natsu following only slightly behind.
"It could of um…" she looked over at Natsu, "let's just say I wish you were there. At least I would have had a little bit of excitement. It was a little too easy". Natsu laughed, placing his hand on the small of Lucy's back.
"Next time, next time hopefully someone can watch the little squirt!" he smiled his signature grin.
"I wanna come wit'!" said the overly excited toddler, lifting her head from the crock of Lucy's shoulder. She showed the same smile Natsu was using.
"Oh? Want to see your AWESOME dad in action eh?" Natsu flexed his left bicep, smirking as Lucy rolled her eyes.
"Hey, hey! Maybe she wants to see her mommy's spirits in action!" Lucy defended as she kneel to lay the little girl down in her small bed that Reedus had made the little girl before she was even born.
"um….yes!" she looked at both of her parents with her chocolate brown eyes. They chuckled and Lucy leaned over to kiss the girls forehead, standing up and backing away slightly to let Natsu do the same.
"Alright, maybe Nashi, if-" she pointed her right index finger at Nashi "-you go to bed on time for a whole week."
"A…wole weak?" Nashi said, testing the words forming out of her mouth.
"Annnd, Listens to daddy," Natsu walked over to kneel down after Lucy moved to her kiss her forehead as well, "or at least not tell mommy what we have been doing." He whispered into her ear. He pulled away and Nashi giggled. Natsu, seeming proud, stood up and looked over at Lucy, hoping she didn't hear.
She did though. She had her hands on her hips, glaring at him. He sheepishly smiled, cringing for a punch, but it didn't come.
"Yes, a whole week. So, no more late nights with Daddy and Happy." Lucy and Natsu walked over to the light switch and turned off the light. Nashi's night light, that Loke and Virgo helped the celestial king make, turned on and shimmered on her ceiling, showing constellations, Aquarius shining right above her bed. "Good night sweetheart."
"Nigh Mommy. Nigh Daddy." Nashi yawned and slowly closed her eyes. Natsu and Lucy walked over to the couch where happy laid peacefully, drool coming out from the corner of his smiling mouth.
"How was she today anyway?" Lucy asked quietly, not wanting to wake the cat from his peaceful slumber and just leaned against the wall adjutant to the couch.
"She was good. Only two tantrums and she was able to take a two hour nap. Oh! And she made her old man proud by actually summoning one of your spirits you gave her." Natsu said gently, leaning against the couch's arm rest. Showing his pride in his little girl.
"Aw, I'm sure Plue loved her."
"Though, I'm pretty sure Loke helped a little," Natsu expressed, stacking his hands behind his head. "For a two year old though, she did pretty good. I can't wait to show her my magic though." He smirked.
"Of course he did. He has a soft spot for her, can you blame him?" She smiled, "are you sure she can handle two different types of magical ability?"
"Sure! As long as she has her heart set on it, I'm sure she can! I believe in her, because she is smart like her mom and tough like her dad!" Natsu said pushing away from the couch and walking over to Lucy, placing his hands on her hips and kissing her on the cheek. She blushed and gave him a kiss back.
"Alright, if you say s-", Lucy was interrupted by a knocking at their door. She looked over at Natsu, who whipped around to face the door, popping his knuckles. Lucy pushed away from the wall and reached for her leather pouch containing her keys. Natsu sniffed the air. "I'm assuming we're not supposed to be expecting anyone?"
"No, and I don't recognize this scent either. It smells new…" Natsu started walking towards the door, followed by Lucy. She reached for the door knob, opening it and letting Natsu go out first.
But no one was there. He walked out more, searching around the porch. He looked down and noticed a wicker basket. He sniffed again, kneeling down to sniff the basket and peered inside.
"What's wrong Natsu?" Lucy asked as she walked out, looking around.
"Look." Natsu pulled out a baby bundled up in thin, delicate blanket that was white and seemed old but didn't look like it even had been used at the same time. The baby's head had a lot of orange hair and seemed to be sleeping. He cradled the baby in his arms gently, his muscle remembering when Nashi was this size. "I guess someone was in a hurry. They left a baby and didn't even say why."
"it barely looks a month old." Lucy came closer to see the baby's face, caressing the baby's' head. She looked back out into the darkness in front of their house then at the wicker basket, walking towards it to pick it up.
"Can we keep it?" Natsu questioned.
"I don't know Natsu. I really want to but…Maybe we shou-"
"I'm gonna checks it gender." Natsu said as he went into the house and sat down the couch, laying the baby down and starting to undress it.
"Natsu! It's a human being! You can't just treat it like a baby animal!" Lucy hissed.
"What? Do you really want to keep calling the baby "it" or give it a name?"
"Well I mea-wait!" Natsu was starting to undo the diaper. She rushed over to a linen closet and pulled down a box that has newborn written on it. Opening the box, she tossed a diaper to Natsu and he caught without looking. Teamwork till the end, Lucy thought smiling as she came back over.
"A girl," Natsu turned to show the naked baby to Lucy, smiling, "Aw, come on Luce! Nashi would love her! You know how much she's been wanting to be a big sister." Natsu gave Lucy his puppy eyes look with his deep Onyx colored pupils. Must…Resist, Lucy thought but then broke out a smile.
"Alright, Alright." She grinned, Natsu put on his famous smile. "But-!" She held up her right hand, using her index finger. "I get to name her, seeing as you named Nashi."
Natsu shrugged. "Alright, only seems fair."
"Hey, what's the big idea?" Happy groggily said, sitting up and rubbing his eyes with both of his paws.
"We found a baby on our doorstep." Natsu said, dressing the baby up, putting the new diaper back even though it wasn't necessary.
Happy gasped. "Natsu! How could you do this to Lucy! I thought you loved her?!" Happy exclaimed loudly, flying up to see the baby's face.
"Hey! She's not mine! Doesn't even look like me!" Natsu barked quietly back.
"I'm just teasing Natsu, geez. Take a joke would ya?" Happy giggled.
"Could you tease a little quieter?" Lucy hissed, nodding her head in the direction of Nashi's room. Happy covered his mouth.
"Oops. Sorry Lucy."
"Let me hold her." Lucy said, holding out her arms. Natsu picked her up, holding her head gently and placing her softly into the crock of Lucy's elbow. Lucy stared at her, a smile forming without her realizing it. "She looks so peaceful."
"Yeah, she does." Natsu said, placing his around Lucy's shoulders.
"Serenity"
"What?"
"Serenity, that's what I want to name her." Serenity opened her eyes slightly, blinking at the new found light entering in.
"Woah! Look at her eyes," Natsu noted.
"They're beautiful." Lucy cooed.
"Beautiful, and awesome!"
"I want to see!" Happy flew closer. "Woah, Blue and green! That's so cool!" Natsu looked at Lucy and kissed her on the forehead.
"Look at that, didn't even have to try and we got another baby." Natsu joked. Lucy elbowed him in the ribs. "Ow, I was just kidding."
"Sure you were." Lucy rolled her eyes.
"Luce?"
"Yeah?"
"I think Serenity is a perfect name for her."
"Serenity Dragneel." Lucy said quietly, testing out the name.
"Has a nice ring to it." Natsu chuckled, leaning his head on Lucy's shoulder, admiring his new daughter.
"It does." She mumbled, looking at Serenity with awe.
Hey guys! Thanks for reading my story! What I am trying to do is create a different perspective in the fairy tale world because I am a die hard NaLu fan but I wanted to create a new character(s) within the world, if that made any sense. Anyway, sorry if screwed up in some spots. I made up a draft first, typed it, reread it about three times before I became satisfied. I also want to give a huge shout out to some writers on the website who really inspired me to create a fanfic: Imakecakse, Mooifyou'recows, Rivendell101, and SpadesToStars! You guys all make great fanfics and I love reading them! Great job! I would also love to shout out (though he doesn't own an account to this website) to my husband! He gave me the idea of creating new characters in this world so I would have to really think about how cool Fairy tail really is! And also to my 3 year old son! You are the best toddler a mother could have and I'm glad that you are around so I know how a 2 year old would talk and act lol! I will be trying to update at least once a week but I am full time Pharmacy Technician (and the pharmacy I work at is entering in flu season. Yikes!). So yeah, anyways. Please please please leave a review! Tell me what you think because I am already writing down Chapter one and I don't want to publish it if this prolouge sucks in the first place. Thank you again!