Chapter 1

It was a normal day for us, Natsu and Gray were fighting, Erza was eating some pudding and me and Levy-chan were discussing a girls sleep over party in which we hoped to include Erza, Wendy, Carla, and Juvia. Then the double doors to our guild slowly yet loudly opened. Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned there attention to the door. At first I was only able to see a small figure but as she kept walking I was able to get a better look.

She had pink hair that resembled Natsu's resting on her back and large brown eyes. She looked to be about seven and was so adorable. I just wanted to squeeze her as if she was a stuffed doll, but I knew better, after all I dont want to scare her. As she stood in the middle of the room the all the girls awed, but she didnt notice, or maybe she just didnt care. She was too busy looking around the room for someone and when her eyes came upon me she stopped.

I didn't know what to do so i smiled, a little bit awkwardly. The little girl then jumped into my arms and yelled "Mommy!". What did she say...? Mommy...? Wait, I dont remember having a kid!

It was completely quiet. No one knew what to do, or what to say. Of course that was when Natsu broke the silence. His laugh echoing through-out the room. "What is this Lucy? Since when did you have a kid?" I could see tears startimg to form in the corner of his eye from laughing so hard.

The litte girl slowly let go of me and walked to Natsu, she studided him quietly then said "You look younger daddy" as she tilted her head. Natsu then stopped laughing and stared back at her "Huh...?!". Gray broke into laughter and teased Natsu saying "Since when have YOU had a kid?" The whole guild started laughing at this point. But i could see the master was still sitting on the bar top watching everything with a stern look. He slowly stood up and walked over to the little girl. We all went silent to see what would happen next. In a strangely kind voice he then asked her to come with him. She happily took his hand and followed him. "Natsu, Lucy, Erza, Gray and Wendy! ...come here" Before the master walked in a room he called for us, motioning us to follow.

As I entered the room she and the master were laughing, it seems they were in the middle of a story. But as she laughed i couldnt help but smile, it really hit my heart for some reason, i'm not exactly sure why. Seeing the master giggle like that feels werid but i didnt want to stop them. He smiled and said to her "We'll finish this later okay?". She smiled and agreed.

The master then began asking her quesions like who she was, where she lives and who were her parents.

"My name is Kara, and I live with Auntie Levy and Uncle Gajeel whenever daddy is out." Gray put his hands in his pocket, his shirt somehow gone again, and asked "Who exactly is daddy?" Kara pointed to Natsu .

"You said he goes out, where does he go Kara?" Erza kneeled down until she was Kara's height and patted her head.

"Daddy leaves to go fight the people who killed mommy, he comes back the last weekend of a month."

"But that's only three days..." Wendy looked sad as she said that.

"Yeah, daddy really works hard..." For a second it looked like Kara was only saying that to keep herself up more then just to reasure Wendy.

"Way to go Natsu, i knew you would be such a bad dad." Gray teased Natsu, and when we all thought that Natsu was just going to say something back to Gray he instead kneeled next to her and hugged Kara.

"Daddy is sorry Kara..." Is Natsu going along with this like its a game, to get back at Gray? I looked into his eyes and right away i could tell he was serious. He knew how it felt to be abandoned and alone and he didnt want that for Kara.

"But Kara...you said mommy was killed..." My voice trailed off not sure what to say next. I kmew how it felt to lose a mom...it's painful and lonely and as i look at Kara's face, well i just couldnt bear the thought of her alone.

Kara looked down. "Yes...mommy was killed from a dark guild."