I don't own Fairy Tail. This is my first Fairy Tail story. This story is kinda based on the stories "A River Amongst Stars" by kanna37 and "Because I'm Lucy's" by codongo. "A River Amongst Stars" can be found on both FFN and Ao3 whereas "Because I'm Lucy's" can only be found on Ao3.

Lucy's Secret

Unknown POV

Today's the day. Today, I'm going to ask him to bed me before...well just before. It started so innocently so long ago… I was just turning 15 and met a man on my travels. He was kind and I recognized his magic signature right away...Guess even He needed some downtime. Eventually, he started visiting so frequently that I fell for him...though I guess it's only been a few days for him. But they've been the best I've ever had... I'm happiest when I'm with him, not who I'm arranged to...even if my betrothed is a dear friend… I much prefer Him to my betrothed... Oh here he comes now I'm so glad father thinks nothing of my coming to the town where the family summer home is by myself... I'm also glad this town doesn't know me as myself but as a nom de plume...

"Hello old friend, how are you?" He asked in his gruff cheery voice as he entered the bar of the inn. "I'm well and you?" He chuckled and said he was the same as ever. That was a nice pun... too bad I have to pretend I don't know just exactly who he is... We talked about trivial things for a while. Then I asked him to come with me. He hesitated for only a moment then nodded. He followed me up the stairs to a room I had rented. Once there I used the silencing spell the inn leaves in the rooms. "Did you know, dear Ryu, that in a week I'm to be wed?" He nodded with a sad longing in his eyes. "I for one am not going to get married without first making love to the man I love. I've rented this room until the day before the wedding. So what are you going to do about it?" He laughed. Grabbed me around the waist and took me to bed…

"Those were the best five days and six nights of my life. Then I had to marry my dear friend, Jude Heartfilia. Well, they were the best nights until I realized I was pregnant. That night then became my favorite night. The pregnancy wasn't hard nor was it overly long.

"Thank god or I'd have had some 'splainin' to do. Anyway, the only ones who knew Jude wasn't the father were Aquarius and Crux. They knew Seirei-oo was the father. The two of them helped me hide the baby's origins. When it came time to meet the baby, the two of them took me outside before anyone knew what was happening. It was under the constellation Leo that my babbling baby girl, Lucy Heartfilia, was born.

"Four months went by without any mishaps but then a pair of Dark Celestial mages came. They tried to steal Lucy. Luckily I had summoned Aquarius to watch over her for a bit. Later that night, Crux and Aquarius came to me with a way to seal Lucy's spirit half. They said that by sealing it away it'd give her time to learn how to get control of it and keep her hidden. I performed the spell the next day.

"Unfortunately, the spell had an unforeseen side effect. It gave me Magical Deficiency Disease. I didn't know it at the time but it is why seven years later I'm writing and making a copy of this letter. One for each of the men I've mentioned. Don't worry about having to tell Lucy any of this. She's known since she could understand it.

"I apologize for never telling either of you this in person but I was and am scared of how you'll each react. Please don't be angry with Lucy for keeping it from you either. She's been told she has to hide her true heritage if she wishes to remain safe.

"With much love,

Yours,

Layla."

Now that that's done on to sealing them and giving them to Crux to figure out how to give them to Seirei-oo and Jude. At least my will is written and Lucy's trust fund is taken care of...I hope Jude doesn't mind, that I left Crux in charge of her trust fund...oh well too late now...although I should probably write Jude a letter to remind him that Crux, Capricorn, and Aquarius's keys are to remain with Lucy at all times...

"Mom! Mom! Mom! Watch! I Can summon both Papaw Crux and Momma Aqua at the same time now! And it doesn't even tire me out at all! Even if I have to pretend it does later; I'm really excited about it!"

I laughed telling my dear sweet six-year-old girl that she should be excited and proud. Eventually, she'll be able to summon all of her keys at once. She is right though she'll have to hide a lot until her twenty-fourth year...

Six months later...

Layla POV

My time is coming soon... at least I was able to make sure Crux and Aquarius stay with Lucy …...I wish someone hadn't stolen Capricorn's key last month...but then I was given Cancer's key… haven't had the energy to summon him personally…...oh well at least she's in good hands especially with Crux and Aquarius... it was nice of Crux to give her a portable wardrobe for all her Star-dress based clothes to try to distract her...

Lucy entering the room brought me from my thoughts. "My Darling Little Spirit come here and let me hold you." She came over and hugged me tight. "Now, Little River I need you to do something for me. When the time comes, I want you to join a guild rather than going to a wizard finishing school." She gave me a puzzled look. I explained that in a guild she'd be able to hide better and have people to help if something happens. "If you were to go to a school, they'd test your magic and you'd lose all safety." She nodded her understanding. I then told her stories of Fairy Tail. She slowly fell asleep.

I'm so glad I knew Makarov before I was whisked away by my mother's family into a life of luxury. Because I was able to send him a message explaining everything last week, so when the time comes; if Lucy wants to join Fairy Tail then she can with few problems.

"Darling have you seen…..never mind." Jude started when he came in the room dragging me from my thoughts. I noticed he looked worried. Wondering what was wrong I asked him. He responded he didn't know if he would be able to take care of Lucy as well by himself than with both of us. "Don't worry dear you won't be alone. You'll have Crux and Aquarius to help as well as any other keys she collects." I assured him. He just shook his head in fond exasperation. He never did understand how spirits work… their laws prevent them from hurting us…..the same can not be said about us hurting them….maybe my little river will be able to change that in the future…I drifted off to sleep with Jude beside me on the bed and Lucy between us in my arms.

The next morning Lucy and Jude would find themselves next to a peaceful corpse.

6 years later

Lucy POV

I had just finished summoning Momma Aqua when I felt this horrid pain flare up in my heart. I didn't know what to do. Momma Aqua was worried as she sensed my pain. She went to go back, but I hugged her to me and refused to let her go."Hush my little Guppy hush." She sighed. Figuring we wouldn't find out what was going on yet she asked if I thought I could call Papaw Crux. I did. Papaw Crux appeared with a grave look on his face. "Leo has been cast from the spirit world. As a consequence, the heavenly river has a void where there wasn't before. I'm sorry Lucy. The immediate pain should end soon." Then he hugged me as well. I couldn't think for the pain after that. When it had finally subsided to a dull ache in my chest, I asked Papaw Crux why Leo had been cast out. "He was protecting Aries from their contractor for a spirit world day and in the process, their contractor took on a job that ended in her death. Seirei-oo blamed Leo and said he broke the contract."

"WHAT? Why would that be Leo's fault? It was the stupid human's fault for taking something on they knew they couldn't handle. Besides which Leo was protecting a friend! He was in the right! When I get out from under my "father's" roof I'm finding Leo and giving Seirei-oo a piece of my mind!" Both Papaw Crux and Momma Aqua looked bemused at my outburst. Then I heard Jude coming down the hall and had to send Papaw Crux back. Momma Aqua had been summoned to chaperone me while Jude went on some business meeting. When he returned a month later, I realized my troubles with him were about to get ten hundred times worse…

Three years later

Finally, I'm legally old enough to go to a wizard finishing school which means I'm old enough to "run away" as Jude would say….. So let's see what do I need before I leave?...got a suitcase; the portable wardrobe; a few bags of jewels; my books and letters to mom; my keys…...hmmmmmmmmmmm…. What else?... Oh yeah, better leave a note… Nah he'll just ignore it…...whelp I'm packed and have everything I need to get to Fairy Tail in a month or so after I get a few more keys…...it sucks that to most everyone else in the guild I'll have to seem like I'm really weak…..or at least weaker than most of them…. especially if I lose my keys even though I'm not…Even sealed as I am…. Sigh…..

With a quick trip to the kitchen to get a few more provisions; I was off to start my journey….

Just after the destruction of the port of Hargeon...

After getting rid of that fake; Natsu and Happy asked if I wanted to go back with them and become a member of Fairy Tail. I enthusiastically agreed. Upon arriving in Magnolia I was stunned speechless. Standing there in front of the guild hall, surrounded by a gaggle of giggling girls, Leo! I'd seen pictures of him in magazines before and knew he'd taken the name Loke. I never suspected Loke was Leo. Standing near him now I felt his magic. Not only that but I felt myself begin to ease as I hadn't since Leo's banishment. Looks like mom isn't the only one who has to pretend she doesn't know things… Sigh… Suppose I'll just wait 'til I can get him alone in a place fit to summon the Spirit King…

Loke POV

Wonder who that blonde chick with Natsu is?... Well, one way to find out would be to go inside... "Ladies, ladies, please let's go inside. Besides there is more than enough of me to go around." Encouraging the flock of females around me. Depressingly, only 3 could go into the guild with me. Seems the others had work and other things to do. Once inside, the three women kissed me on the cheek as they went to talk with some of their friends in the guild. Now, where did that delectable blonde go? Oh, there she is…. Her awed face is adorable… Now, wait just a minute! Someone ought to warn her about being so close to Nasu. Especially when he's near Gray. If either of those two idiots hurt MY Blondie I'll…..Wait….. MY…...she's not mine….what the heck?!...ugh whatever I'll deal with it later. For now, I have a damsel to rescue…

After the battle with Phantom Lord

Lucy POV

How dare he!? HOW DARE HE USE ANOTHER GUILD TO HUNT ME DOWN AND HURT ANYONE IN THE WAY! IF THAT'S THE WAY HE WANTS IT I'VE GOT NEWS FOR THAT OLD MAN! Ok deep breaths…. Deep breaths gotta go about this calmly… Not to say I no longer love him…. Or care about him….He did raise me but he's grown to be toxic for me now….. Wonder if Papaw Crux will let me give him the letter from Mom now and hold on to the one for Seirei-oo… mmmmmmmmmm…. Probably not but it's better to ask….. Worst that happens is Papaw Crux says no…

"That seems reasonable. So long as after he's read the letter it's kept well hidden and he promises that should there be a danger of someone else reading it before 8 months before the seal breaks then he'll destroy it." Papaw replied after I summoned him. I was on a train to the mansion. Natsu and the rest aren't very subtle. Oh well just means I have act like I'm a ditz and didn't notice them... again….as usual…. I wish I was 24 already… not because I'm ready to Adult but because I'm ready to have this seal broken…... As I walked down the path to my childhood home; I saw a flash of light out of the corner of my eye.

"You're a long way from Magnolia. Why do you have a letter? Are you on a job? Do you need help? Please let me help! I really don't want to go back to the guild and deal with Canna bossing everyone around." I laughed at Loke's rapid-fire questions. I told him to slow down. He took a breath then stopped and stared at something in the distance. I looked to see what he was staring at and found my childhood home. "Ah. I need to speak with my 'Dad' for a bit. It'd be better if you weren't there but if you want you're welcome to stay out here to lend support." I then whispered to him, so the others wouldn't hear, that he should stay and make sure they don't cause too much damage.

Jude POV

Sitting at my desk, I contemplated my "daughter." She's a carbon copy of her mother. There isn't a hint of me, or my side of the family in her at all, aside from some of her learned mannerisms but that doesn't count. Except I know Layla had never been with anyone but me. So Lucy has to be mine. Right? Right. Ah speak of the devil, and they shall appear…

Lucy brought me from my thoughts as she stalked into my study. I do mean stalked. Just like her mother when she thought I'd done something wrong… Is that a letter in her hand?

"DAD! WE HAVE BUSINESS TO DISCUSS!" She bellowed as she finally stopped in front of my desk. Subsequently, she flung the letter down. "Before you open that we need to talk about how not okay the entire Phantom Lord issue was. Also, I'm legally an adult and no longer live under your roof..." She started. I tuned her out in favor of examining the envelope she threw on my desk. It was written in Layla's handwriting. Where in Earthland, as her mother would say, did she get that? Lucy must have realized I'd tuned her out. Instead of flying off the handle like before; she just huffed and informed me to, "Just read the dang thing already. Then if you want to keep it, you have to promise that no one will uncover it before I turn 24." A bit of an odd request but I nodded and opened the letter. After reading it, I understood why it needed to be kept hidden.

Lucy must have seen something in my eyes or posture because she sighed. She moved to my side of the large desk and gave me a hug. "I love you Dad. How could I not, you're the man who raised me; but I need some room to grow on my own. I don't want to never see you ever again; it just seems like for now, we shouldn't see each other. This way I can finish growing up and you can get used to that idea." I just hugged her back. Then I agreed to her terms but made her promise to stay in contact and let me know when she was ready to see me again after this. Too soon, she was gone.

Lucy POV

I came out of the house to the sound of my friends' cheers. Well, Loke cheered that I was staying with Fairy Tail. Then he sighed in defeat about having to go back. I laughed at his antics…...WAIT-A-MINUTE….HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE HE WAS BANISHED?! Stars!…..it's been nearly THREE years….Double Stars! How is it that he's still alive…..wait... the void…...it's possible that the reason the void exists is to keep Leo alive long enough for me to save him…..and since meeting him the ache from the void has lessened…..which means that if it does exist to keep him here is an accurate guess then Loke doesn't have much time…..does he?... I need to ask Momma and Papaw…...and everyone thinks I'm just a ditzy blonde….

I was brought out of my thoughts by someone inquiring me if everything was ok. Looking up it was Mira who asked. Apparently, I was left alone with my thoughts long enough that we were already at the guild. "Yeah, just a lot on my mind," I replied. She nodded and told me she had a few jobs for Team Natsu. I agreed immediately. Strange where's Loke….. I need to speak with him…..well, for now, I guess I'll just do the jobs...

Near the waterfalls with Karen's grave after the pillow fight

"LOKE! WHERE ARE YOU?! Stupid lion…..with his stupid sense of nobility…. I oughtta..." I grumbled to myself. Finally, I found my idiot lion. Now I have to pretend I know nothing of what's going on… I wish I didn't have to give up a key to call Father…..wait... mom once said Father HATED being called out so maybe just maybe if I play my cards right I won't have to give anyone up… I just have to put my whole emotions about the situation into opening the gate of Leo… as well as all my power which, even sealed as I am, is not a small amount. Well here goes nothing…

I know I should be finishing my other stories but the muses wouldn't leave me alone about this one. There's one other story after this and then it will be on to my first stories.

Update 2/15/2019: I just got a review and they have pm disabled so I can't really respond. Here's a general statement in regards to it:

This story is meant in places to be silly its meant to be enjoyed by all ages and mostly it was written because I love "A River Amongst Stars" and "Because I'm Lucy's" so much and needed to write something out for me, that I did. I posted this story to share it with others and hopefully inspire others to read the other two stories and maybe write their own stories. This is also just for fun. That being said; please if you don't like it find something to actually give me a critique on like grammar or phrasing. Thanks! Roselin.