Seeee! I told you guys I would be back with a rewrite! If you are new, let me introduce you to my re-write of Love In The Shadows! That's right, I said rewrite. I originally deleted the story due to a few messages about my writing but I'm back now, we're all good. To those of you who followed the original story, a few things have changed…such as Laxus being Sting and Lucy's older brother, I know it's going to change the plot but I have to do it….I'm sorry! Anyways, for those of you knew to this story, it is an Au. Without further delay, I present to you, my rewrite of Love In The Shadows! Also, don't expect anything like instant, Lucy and Rogue fall in love, they may be childhood friends but it takes time to build up things like these. Let's just hope I don't fuck this up. Another quick note, most of the beginning chapters, probably even longer, take place when everyone's younger, I really want to develop the story, this includes most of these chapters involving everyone being younger. Sorry if my story sucks.

I don't own Fairy Tail, I only own my Oc's such as Rogue's mother Cassandra, she has always been my Oc, so has Hikari who shall be introduced eventually.

Love In The Shadows: Little Sister

"Weiss, can you tell the others to come in now please," Layla asked softly as she looked towards her husband.

"Sure, I'll be right back," the white haired man muttered as he stood from the chair as he left the hospital room as he made his way towards the waiting room.

He let out a quiet shaky sigh as he ran a hand through his hair, he wasn't going to lie, he was nervous, border line terrified actually. It wasn't the fact that Layla had given birth to their second child, if anything, he was ecstatic that there was now another child in the picture. The reason he was terrified, is because their second child, was a girl. Now, he knew it may sound stupid that he was terrified about the fact his second child was a girl, but he couldn't help it. When Layla had announced she was having a girl after her 20 week ultrasound, he could remember the odd fear that ran through his body as thoughts such as 'what if I'm not a good father,' or 'What if she grows to hate me,' filled his mind. Weisslogia was snapped out of his thoughts as he felt someone pull on the back of his shirt as he found himself standing in front of a large window.

"Weisslogia, everything alright?" Skiadrum questioned as he placed a hand on his best friends shoulder.

"Yeah," Weisslogia responded as he blinked tiredly.

Wiesslogia felt someone tugging on his pant leg as he looked down to find a pair of familiar curious blue eyes staring up at him as a small smile made it's way to his face.

"Hey buddy," Wiesslogia grinned as he picked Sting up as the little 15 month old smiled back at him as he began making multiple random noises.

"So how's Layla doing? Are she and the baby alright?" Cassandra asked as she stood and looked at Weisslogia, her own fifteen month old son Rogue in her arms.

Cassandra was nothing short of beautiful, with her mid-back length silky black hair and her shimmering emerald green eyes, it was easy for Weisslogia to see why his usually stoic best friend fell for the woman.

"They're both fine, Layla says you guys can come in now," Weisslogia explained as Cassandra let out a little excited squeal as she took off down the hall rushing towards Layla's room.

Skiadrum facepalmed as he followed after Cassandra before the woman did anything drastic. When they all entered the room, they found an exhausted Layla quietly singing to her new little arrival who was swaddled in a cute little blanket and had a cute little pink knitted hat at the moment.

"Hey Layla, how're you feeling?" Cassandra asked softly as she looked at her best friend.

"Exhausted, but it was all worth it in the end," Layla stated with a small smile as she looked down at the small bundle in her arms.

"Sting, what do you think of your baby sister?" Layla asked with a small chuckle as Weisslogia moved Sting closer so he could see his little sister.

"No," he whined as he began squirming in Weisslogia's arm before hiding his face in his father's shirt, Cassandra and Layla couldn't help but laugh at Sting's answer.

"Regardless, she's so small and precious, what's her name?" Cassandra asked as she looked at Layla for answers.

"Weiss, why don't you hold her while I hold Sting, and while your at it you can tell her the name," Layla suggested with a small smile as she handed the pink bundle to a reluctant Weisslogia as he handed Sting to her.

"So, what'd you name her?" Cassandra asked excitedly as she was practically bouncing on the balls of her feet.

"Relax she-demon, I was getting there, her name is Lucy Aurora Eucliffe," Weisslogia muttered as he held Lucy carefully, almost as if he were afraid he mess something up.

"That's such a sweet name," Cassandra cooed as she smiled at Layla.

"You're the one who named her aren't you," Skiadrum stated as he looked at Weisslogia blankly.

"How'd you kn-,"

"It's easy to figure out, you looked proud when you said it," Skiadrum pointed out with a small smirk.

"Alright Rogue, what do you think of her?" Cassandra asked in a quiet bubbly voice as she held the fifteen month old up so he could see Lucy.

The fifteen month old looked genuinely intrigued with the newborn as he reached out an arm to poke her, the scene became a thousand times cuter when Lucy looked at Rogue with her big curious brown eyes as she babbled contently, although no one really knew if it was a babble of content or one of 'who are you,', it was also at that moment that Cassandra and Layla decided to squeal at the sheer level of cuteness on display. This was the moment, two lady's, Fate and Destiny, or in this case named Layla and Cassandra, had decided they'd found their new favorite couple, despite how young they were. And this my friends, is where our story officially begins.

(About a week later)

"You know you could've just put her in her car-seat right?" Weisslogia questioned as he carefully helped Layla out of the car.

"I know but I don't want to put her down," Layla admitted as she adjusted Lucy in her arms.

Today was the day Lucy and Layla had been released from hospital. Weisslogia opened the door of the house as he and Layla walked in to find it dark, only two seconds after, the lights were switched on revealing everyone was there.

"Surprise! Welcome home Layla!" They yelled as Layla stared in awe and surprise.

"How'd you guys get in here?" Layla questioned as she stared at everyone.

"Wiesslogia handed your house keys to me without you noticing when as visited you," Cassandra chirped as she grinned at her best friend.

"Congratulations Layla," Hikari smiled as she walked over to the blonde while holding her own two month old son Natsu in her arms.

Hikari was a stunning woman, with her odd yet beautiful white hair twisted into a bun and her stunning green eyes, it was really a mystery how Igneel had been able to keep her.

"Thank you Hikari," Layla smiled as she walked over to the couch as she sat down.

"She's so small," Igneel pointed out as both Skiadrum and Weisslogia facepalmed.

"She's a newborn you idiot," the two deadpanned in unison as the red haired man turned to glare at them.

"Cass, I almost forgot to thank you for watching Sting while I was in the hospital, you're such a big help," Layla thanked as Cassandra humbly shrugged it off.

"It isn't a big deal, besides, Rogue and Sting are best friends so I just thought of it as a play date," Cassandra chirped as she looked at Rogue who was currently tailing behind his father.

"Weiss, can you please hold Lucy so I can hold Sting," Layla asked quietly as Wiesslogia simply nodded as Layla handed Lucy off to him.

Wiesslogia looked down at the small bundle in his arms as he found Lucy staring up at him with big brown eyes. Every time he held her, he couldn't shake off the feelings of nervousness he always got, his biggest fear, was that Lucy would grow to hate him, he tried to dismiss those thoughts as he sat in the couch.

"Hey look, I think Natsu likes Lucy," Igneel grinned as they realized Natsu looked as if he were trying to reach for Lucy.

"Keep your son away from my daughter dammit," Weisslogia growled as his over protective father instincts kicked in as he turned away from Igneel.

"I don't think it's Natsu you have to worry about," Igneel smirked as Weisslogia was confused until Skiadrum pointed towards Rogue who was holding onto the chair as he stretched to see Lucy.

"Keep your carbon copy away from Lucy too," Wiesslogia hissed as he glared at Skiadrum who picked up Rogue.

"Relax, it's not like they're going to fall in love or anything," Skiadrum deadpanned as he simply shrugged it off, if only he knew the tables would turn a few years down the line.

"Whatever, just keep h-," Weisslogia was cut off by a small cry as Lucy began whining and crying as she fussed around in the white haired mans arms.

Weisslogia sat there panicking as he tried to figure out what was wrong with Lucy, she couldn't be hungry since Layla had fed her before they left the hospital, and she wasn't showing any signs of being tired, that really only left on option.

"Umm Layla….Lucy needs a new diaper," Weisslogia as the smell finally hit his nose.

"Then go change her," Layla deadpanned as she looked at her husband.

"Wait, why me?!" He yelled as adjusted Lucy in his arms.

"Weisslogia, are you…afraid?" Layla asked as she fought to hold back her snickers.

"N-Nope," Weisslogia huffed as he looked away.

"Then go change her, you change Sting all the time, what's the big problem?" Layla questioned as she raised an eyebrow at her husband.

"Sting's a boy, Lucy's a girl, that's the big problem," Wiesslogia hissed as everyone began snickering at his logic and embarrassment.

"Just relax and go change her," Layla chuckled as Wiesslogia let out a huff on frustration as he took the fussing baby upstairs.

Once upstairs he walked into Lucy's nursery as he placed her onto the bedding of the changing table.

'Alright….don't….panic,' Wiesslogia thought as he took a deep breath as he undid the diaper.

He immediately regretted it as he cringed, how could something that small make a mess that big. About five minutes of cringing and eyes tearing up from the horrid scent later, Weisslogia let out a quiet sigh as he re-buttoned Lucy's pink onesie after he finished making sure her diaper was secured, he also swaddled Lucy in her blanket once more like Layla had shown him. Weisslogia picked Lucy up and held her in his arms carefully as he began walking towards the door but paused as the newborn let out an extremely cute little yawn.

"You're tired aren't you," Weisslogia muttered as he looked down at the newborn in his arms.

Instead of going downstairs with Lucy as he had originally planned, he walked back into the nursery as he quietly closed the door behind him. Weisslogia walked over to the white arm chair they had in Lucy's nursery as he decided to put the newborn to sleep.

(About Ten Minutes Later)

"I'm really starting to worry now, it shouldn't of taken Wiesslogia that long to change Lucy," Layla mumbled as she let Sting run around and play with his cars.

"Maybe the idiot passed out," Igneel muttered as he began snickering as Hikari hit him in the back of his head as she narrowed her eyes at him.

"That's it, I'm going upstairs, Cass, please keep an eye on Sting," Layla stated as she quickly stood from the couch as she practically ran towards the stairs.

"Alrighty!" Cassandra chirped, the minute Layla ran upstairs, she turned to glare at him as she began criticizing him for worrying the blonde.

Layla quickly, and carefully, hurried up the stairs as she rushed into Lucy's nursery, only to find Weisslogia sitting in the white armchair with the newborn fast asleep in his arms.

"You put her to sleep?" Layla asked quietly as she walked towards her husband and leaned on the armchair.

"She was tired after I changed her so I decided to just let her take a nap," Wiesslogia explained as he walked over to the white crib as he carefully placed the sleeping newborn down in the crib as Layla looked at him.

"There's something on your mind….do you wanna talk about it?" Layla asked sincerely as she looked at Weisslogia.

"What if I end up being a horrible father….or she grows up hating me," Weisslogia huffed as he finally voiced his thoughts.

"Weiss, why the hell would you think that?" Layla questioned as she raised an eyebrow at him.

"I don't know honestly, I heard people sayi-,"

"Since when do you care about what people say Weiss, what happened to the bad ass I love and married," Layla chuckled as she looked up at him.

"Still here, just hidden under a whole pile of new responsibilities," he deadpanned as he sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"Weiss, please don't doubt your abilities as a father, you won't end up being a horrible father, you handle Sting well so Lucy should be no different, both Lucy and Sting will grow up to love you, promise you'll stop with the stupid "I'm not good enough thoughts"," Layla asked as a small smile graced her features.

"Promise," Weisslogia huffed as Layla's smile only brightened.

"Great, now let's go downstairs so Lucy can nap in peace," Layla suggested as she began walking towards the door but stopped as she realized Weisslogia was just standing there.

"I think I'll stay here just a bit longer, I need to come up with a way to keep her away from flame breaths kid and Skiadrum's carbon copy," he stated as Layla began chuckling as she left the room.

It was clear that the next many years would be filled with memories, laughs…..and lots of crying.

(4 Years Later)

Layla began humming a small song as she quickly washed her hands as well as rinsed her knife and other ingredients, as the blonde got to work preparing everything, she could hear Lucy's bubbly voice as well as her light footsteps traveling down the stairs followed by what the woman could only assume was Weisslogia's much heavier footsteps. When the father daughter duo walked into the kitchen, Layla had a hard time holding back her laughter as she glanced at her husband.

"What happened to you?" Layla managed to ask through her fit of laughter as Weisslogia narrowed his eyes at her.

Needless to say, her husband looked ridiculous in his current get up, somehow, a certain someone had managed to pull different locks of the mans short messy white hair into little pony tails, they had even been decorated with cute little bows (much to Weisslogia's chagrin), the most notable thing at the moment was his face, "someone" had decorated his face with many different make up products such as eye liner, lipstick and many others, the makeup job alone was enough to make a disastrous circus clown cringe, it was obvious this was all the work of a certain little someone.

"I was playing dress-up with daddy, see, I'm the ninja princess and daddy's the princess, I rescued him," Lucy chirped as she grinned proudly, well, Layla could only assume the blonde was grinning underneath the black "ninja" mask that covered the lower half of the little girls face, the little blonde was wearing her little black and red ninja costume, she even had a little tiara on top as well as a black "ninja" headband tied around her head, it really completed the entire "ninja princess" outfit, the little girl really takes dress-up seriously.

"That sounded like it was a lot of fun Lucy," Layla grinned as Lucy's smile only widened.

"It was, I wanna go play with Sting now!" Lucy announced as she ran off towards the door leading to the backyard in search of her older brother who was in the backyard with his own friends.

"Well don't you look pretty," Layla jokingly complimented as she began laughing at her husband once more.

"Very funny Layla, now if you don't mind, I'm going to go wash ten pounds of makeup off my face," Weisslogia deadpanned as he turned around as he began to walk out of the kitchen.

"Wait!" Layla yelled as Weisslogia stopped as he immediately turned to look at her.

"What?"

"Eye liner is really hard to get off so make sure you scrub extra hard," Layla informed as she began laughing again as Weisslogia turned to glare at her (the makeup really downgraded the effects of his glare) before leaving the kitchen and heading upstairs.

(Outside)

"Sting! Sting!" Lucy yelled as she ran towards her brother who had been playing soccer with his friends.

"What do you want Lucy?" Sting asked coldly as he glared at his little sister.

"I wanna play soccer with you guys too," Lucy chirped as she lowered her ninja mask.

"No, now go away!" Sting hissed as he continued to glare at Lucy.

"B-But I wanna play too," Lucy whimpered as she looked at Sting who seemed annoyed by her presence

"I don't care loser, now go play with your stupid dolls or something," Sting growled as Lucy backed away shyly.

"Just let her play Sting," Rogue stated as he decided to stand up for Lucy, she was his friend after all.

"You're supposed to be on my side!" Sting yelled as he turned to glare at Rogue.

"I just want to pl-,"

"I don't care! Now go away!" Sting growled as he shoved Lucy to the ground as tears brimmed in the little girls eyes before they started streaming down her face.

"Mama!" Lucy wailed as stood from the ground as she ran inside with the tears streaming down her face.

"You didn't have to push her you know," Rogue deadpanned as he ignored his best friends glare.

"Whatever," Sting huffed as he crossed his arms, it really was no shock that Sting didn't get along with Lucy.

(Upstairs)

Weisslogia let out a quiet huff as he finished getting rid of all the makeup Lucy had caked onto face.

"Well this shirt is ruined," he huffed as he pulled the white shirt which was now covered in makeup over his head.

He stared in the mirror as his blue eyes inspected the tattoos decorating his body. All the tattoos on his body represented something to him, such as the jagged tally marks which look like they had been clawed into his skin, that represented the day he and Layla had gotten married. Then there were three other tattoos he was extremely proud of, a crown, a small dragon, and a star, in order, they represented Layla, Sting and Lucy. Not only did he have those tattoos but beside the small dragon and star were the same jagged tally marks, those represented Lucy's and Sting's birthdays, July 1st and March 21st respectively. His eyes shifted to the right side of his body as he stared at the black tribal markings, those tattoos, were something entirely different, something he wasn't proud of in anyway shape or form. Weisslogia quickly dismissed his thoughts as he quickly headed into his room as he slipped a new shirt over his head. When the white haired man went downstairs, he found Lucy bawling her eyes out as she laid in the couch.

"Lucy, what's wrong?" Weisslogia asked quietly as he knelt down next to the couch and looked at Lucy.

"S-Sting won't l-let m-me play soccer with h-him a-and he p-pushed me!" The little girl sobbed as she continued to rub her eyes.

"Alright, how about I take you to the park and we can play soccer together?" Weisslogia suggested as Lucy began to quiet down as she stopped crying.

"R-Really?" Lucy asked quietly as she wiped away all her tears.

"Yes, now why don't you go upstairs and get your soccer ball," Weisslogia suggested as he grinned as Lucy ran upstairs with a big smile on her face.

"Weiss, I hope you know you're spoiling her rotten," Layla chuckled as she remained in the kitchen.

"Hey, my princess deserves to be spoiled, besides, don't you get Sting whatever he wants," Weisslogia shot back as Layla stuck her tongue out at him childishly before she went back to chopping vegetables.

"Daddy! I got the ball!" Lucy yelled as she held her pink and white soccer ball up in the air proudly.

"Alright, let's go put on your shoes and then we can go," Weisslogia grinned as he followed the little blonde towards the front door.

Layla could only smile softly at how Weisslogia, the self proclaimed badass, would do just about anything for his kids.

"Alright Lucy, let's go," Weisslogia grinned as he and Lucy left as they began walking.

"Wait, daddy, I want a piggy back ride!" Lucy grinned as she held onto the soccer ball as she threw her arms up in the air.

"Alright Princess, up we go," Weisslogia grinned as he hoisted Lucy up onto his shoulders as he held onto her legs to make sure she wouldn't fall back as they walked.

"Daddy, can I ask you something," Lucy mumbled as he kept her arms wrapped around the soccer ball.

"Ask away princess,"

"You love mama, right?" Lucy asked quietly as she looked down at her father.

"Of course I do, I wouldn't marry her if I didn't love her," Weisslogia explained as he tried to figure out why Lucy would ask him that.

"Wait, so does that mean you marry whoever you love?" She asked cutely as she began thinking.

"That's right princess,"

"So when I grow up I can marry you right?" She asked excitedly as she grinned.

"Sadly, no you can't," Weisslogia chuckled as Lucy let out a dissapointed whine.

"But why not? I love you," Lucy chirped, Weisslogia couldn't blame the little girl, she was too young to understand.

"Because I'm your dad, you can't marry anyone in your family, you'll understand when you get older," Weisslogia explained as he looked up at Lucy.

"So if I can't marry you…..does that mean I can marry Rogue?!" Lucy asked with a big grin as Weisslogia stopped walking.

"Under no circumstances will you marry him!" Weisslogia yelled as he became over protective again.

"Why not, I love him," Lucy explained, she was too young to grasp the concept of what love was.

"That's it, there's no way you're getting married when you grow up," Weisslogia declared as Lucy groaned in frustration.

"Meanie! You just told me I could marry who I love!" Lucy yelled as she frowned in frustration.

"Too bad, now you love no one," Weisslogia declared as Lucy continued whining.

(Timeskip –Later On-)

Layla wiped her hands off into her skirt as she left the kitchen as she walked out into the living room where she found Sting watching tv. The blonde woman narrowed her eyes in confusion as she found Lucy and Weisslogia in the backyard, Weisslogia was soaking wet and currently spraying down the little blonde who was trying to run away.

"What are you two doing?" Layla asked as she walked out onto the backyard porch as she raised an eyebrow at the father daughter duo.

"We're washing off all the mud s-,"

"Lucy, she was supposed to know," Weisslogia hissed as he interrupted Lucy.

"I wasn't supposed to know huh?" Layla asked as she crossed her arms as narrowed her eyes at Wiesslogia.

"Uhh….whoops?" Weisslogia chuckled as he met Layla's cold stare.

"Weisslogia, take Lucy upstairs and give her a bath, after that, you take a shower as well and if you don't, your banned from the kitchen, understood?" Layla asked firmly as Weisslogia groaned as Lucy's grin didn't falter.

"Understood," he groaned as he picked Lucy up and tossed her over his shoulder as he trudged inside.

"Yay! Bubble bath!" Lucy cheered as she threw her arms up in celebration.

(Timeskip –After Dinner-)

Lucy was currently in her room as she sat on the floor surrounded by her teddy bears and toys as she continued to exercise her imagination.

"Alright Lucy, time for bed," Layla stated as she walked into Lucy's room, the little girl let out a whine of frustration as she flopped back onto her mass of stuffed animals.

"But I don't want to," Lucy whined as she began rolling around in the pile of stuffed animals.

"Lucy, you can play with your toys tomorrow," Layla huffed as Lucy began mumbling as she stood up and walked over to her bed as she flopped down onto it as she pulled the blanket over herself.

"Fine…..good night mama," Lucy mumbled as she hugged a chibi star plushie her father had gotten her to her chest.

"Good night Lucy," Layla whispered as she turned off the lights and turned to leave.

I'll end this chapter off here. I felt really nervous about doing the rewrite but thanks to a little encouragement from someone, I finally did it! I really hoped you enjoyed reading this, I am by no means a good writer…Im pretty shitty actually but all I'm asking for is a chance.

Thanks for reading!

RebelPanda