Hey guys violet120 here, to say the least it's been a long time since I last wrote a fic and this time it's a fairy tail NALU fic yay.
'Little Light'
This fic is based a few years after the current manga arc.
Hope you enjoy reading
As usual 'italics equals thoughts'
Lucy just sat there on her bed, staring at the object in her hands which were shaking lightly. The twenty-two year old blonde honestly didn't know what to think. Sure, she has been married to Natsu for around seven months now, and yea the topic has been tossed around in conversation at the guild every now and again, but she had never expected this to happen so suddenly or so soon. But the little stick with a pink plus sign in her hands had confirmed it. She Lucy Dragneel was pregnant.
As time passed by, Lucy quickly realized that she had been sitting on her king size bed staring at the little disbelief for over half an hour.
"Crap, if I don't get to the guild soon, everyone's going to worry and then they might start asking questions, I don't think I can deal with that right now" Lucy shouted to herself as she quickly got up off the bed still gasping the test in her hands. "Argh, what am I going to do with this" the blonde looked around in a small panic before settling her eyes on the small bedside take on her side of the bed turning towards the piece of furniture she hastily shoved the stick into one of the drawers before rushing to get ready so that she could head to the guild before they got suspicious of her absence.
"Morning everyone" Lucy shouted waving her hand enthusiastically in the air as she walked through Fairy Tails doors.
"Ah morning Lucy" Mira greeted before glancing at the clock above the bar "you're a little late today Lucy, is everything alright" Mira continued as the blonde strolled up to the bar.
"Yea umm sorry about that, everything is fine Mira, I umm just got a little bit distracted at home, that's all" Lucy nervously half lied since technically she was distracted by the test, as she sat on the barstool something about the guild hall felt a bit off, having a quick glance around the room her suspicion was confirmed "Hey Mira is it just me or is it rather quiet in the guild today?" causing the barmaid to giggle softly.
"Well since Natsu is out helping Wendy with some dragon slayer training today, Gray has gone with Juvia for a mission and Gajeel has tagged along on team Shadow Gears mission there's no one here to cause any fights today" Mira finished as she placed a strawberry shake in front of the other mage.
"Yeah, I guess that is true" Lucy smiled to herself at the mention of her idiotic husband and his habit of wanting to continuously fight Gray. 'I hope Natsu and Wendy finish their training soon. I want to tell him before anyone else….Crap, I didn't even think about how I'm meant to tell Natsu that I'm pregnant, what if he doesn't want a kid, what if..' Lucy began thinking to herself as she sipped from her milkshake.
"Lucy"
"Lucy"
"LUCY!"
Said women was brought out of her thoughts as she turned to the white haired mage with mild confusion on her face not realising that she had totally zoned out.
"Eh?" was her reply as she still tried to gather her thoughts.
"Lucy sweetie, are you sure you're ok? You do seem very distracted today' Mira explained worried for her friend due her unusual actions as well as her being unnaturally late today.
"oh ahh sorry Mira I hadn't noticed" Lucy nervously laughed but decided to continue at the look her friend was giving her silently telling her that she wasn't convince "actually there is something on my mind but I can't tell you yet, but I definably promise I'll tell you when I can and you know that celestial mages never break their promises and don't worry its nothing bad" She finished.
"ok than if you say so Lucy but if anything does come up just know that I'm always here" Mira said as she gently patted the blondes shoulder before turning her action back to the bar. After an hour had passed with nothing eventful happening except a few conversations with Mira and a couple of other mages, Lucy decided that it may be best to head home and think about ways she could give the news to Natsu.
"Hey Mira, I think I'm going to head out for the day, could you do me a favour and let Natsu know for me that I'll either be on a walk or back home thanks" Lucy waved goodbye to her friend as she walked out of the guild.
"But, Lucy, you only just arrived…..hmm, I wonder what's wrong with her today she seemed quite distant" Mira questioned herself as she placed her index finger onto her chin in wonder watching the girl leave not noticing the green haired women approaching the bar who was being followed by a black haired four year old boy.
"Haha, It's ok Mira nothing's wrong with her, actually in fact I think life at the guild may just got a little more interesting very soon" Bisca exclaimed leaning against the bar.
"Oh morning Bisca and Trent" Mira greeted as she smiled at the young boy who smiled back. "Bisca what exactly do mean by things getting more interesting soon?" the barmaid couldn't help herself but ask.
'Oh, nothing much, it's just, Lucy has that look to her' Bisca replied while attending to her son who was growing bored with the adults conversation.
'That look? What do you mean?' Mira questioned further frowning trying to figure out the hidden meaning the gun mages words.
'Hmm, sorry Mira, but if I'm correct, than it's not my place to tell, I have to go now, Trent's growing restless, so I'm going to take him back to Al and Asuka". Bisca answered as she picked up her son and walk away leaving a baffled, curious, and slightly frustrated Mira behind.
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Lucy POV.
"Ahh Plue what am I going to do, I mean, there are so many different ways that I can tell him" I exclaimed to Plue, as I walked along the river bank towards a small hidden grotto in a park that Natsu and I had frequently visited back when we dating, as a temporary escape from the chaos that is known as Fairy Tail. As I entered the grotto, I leaned against one of the tree trunks before playing out a variety of different scenarios in my head, figuring out the best way to tell Natsu that I was pregnant. After realizing that I was actually beginning to act out some of the scenarios, I quickly decided to send Plue back to the spirit world, in order to refrain from embarrassing myself further. Once satisfied with the fact that I was alone, I continued on with figuring out the best way to tell Natsu about the news.
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NATSU POV.
"Natsu-san, thank you for your help today" Wendy thanked me as we entered the guild together both feeling a slight exhaustion from the training.
'Hmm no problem Wendy' I half heartily replied, scanning the guild for Lucy, I have been rather worried about leaving her alone today, over the last few days she has been bit sick as well as having a lot less energy than usual, in fact, I was actually really reluctant to leave her alone for the day, but she had insisted that she would be fine and that I should go help Wendy with her dragon slayer combat skills, since the S-class exams are coming up in a few months' time. I continued to scan the guild I quickly noticed that Lucy wasn't present which caused me to worry a bit, if Lucy wasn't here than where would she be?
"Oh evening Natsu, Wendy, welcome back, how was the training?" Mira greeted in her usual cheery manner as she wiped a bar glass.
'It went pretty smoothly, Wendy's skills are definably improving…say Mira, have you seen Luce at all today?
'Oh, that's right, Lucy was in here earlier, she asked me to let you know that she'll either be out for a walk or back at your house, I am a bit concerned for her though, that was a few hours ago and she did seem rather absent minded this morning' Mira conveyed the message in a worried tone.
"Ah thanks Mira" I yelled as I ran out of the guild hall before heading for our house in hopes of either finding Lucy there or at least bumping into her on the way.
As I arrived home, I quickly realized that my celestial mage wasn't home. "Dammit Luce where are you" I muttered to myself, wishing that Happy was here, instead of being with Charle and Pantherlilly who were on one of their monthly visits to the exceed village, so that he can help me look for Lucy. I was about to leave the house so that I could search for Lucy, when I noticed that a strange scent was coming from our room, walking to the doorway I saw that Lucy's draw was opened "huh that's weird, Lucy usually keeps all her things closed, it also seems like the smell is coming from there" I thought out loud as curiosity got the better of me I walked towards the draw and opened it immediately noticing the object inside, my eyes widened in shock as I realized what the object was and what the pink sign on it meant.
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LUCY POV
'Crap how did I not noticed how late it has gotten, I must've spent hours trying to think of how I should tell Natsu… and even now I still have no idea about how I am meant to tell him that I'm pregnant with his child, ahh…. this is so frustrating how can I call myself an novelist when I can't even think of a way to tell the man I love that I am pregnant, gahh that's it I'm just gonna come out and say it' I thought to myself as I walked home with a rushed pace.
After a few minutes of walking with determination I finally reached our house in the forest on the outskirts of Magnolia.
"I'm Home" I shouted as I walked towards the bedroom, not expecting anyone else to be home, so I was pretty shocked as I saw Natsu standing in the doorway of our bedroom holding my test.
"Lucy, what is this? What's going on? Natsu asked in a low shocked concerned voice. I took a deep breath as I felt the determined feeling leave, only to be replaced with a nervous and scared one.
"Well umm Natsu" I paused to take another deep calming breath.
"I'M PREGNANT".
Yay so that's the first chapter of 'Little Light' finished
Woo that took a while to type, sorry about the mini cliff hanger but don't worry the second chapter is in progress. Hope you enjoyed reading
Feel free to review. Until next time
Violet120-