~The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb~

Edits on Prologue - Changes on how Lucy became Tenth Guild Master of Fairy Tail.

Bold - Italian unless stated otherwise.

Chapter One : Luciana, Luciana Giglio Nero

It was night time; the sky a pitch black and the only colour and light was the tiny, golden dots that were surrounding a larger silver orb, each called stars and moon respectively. As it was night time, many were peacefully asleep, which would have explained why the room was silent.

The same could be said for the woman laying in the queen-sized bed but minus the 'peaceful' aspect. One could see as moonlight - the only light that managed to enter between the gaps of closed curtains – landed directly on her face, skin glistening with sweat. Right beside her, between two pillows, was a small baby who, unlike the woman, was sleeping without problems.

Without warning, the woman sat up, blue eyes snapped open as heavy breaths escaped pale pink lips. For a few seconds, she stayed still before raising a hand to ruffle her slightly moist; short; dark blue, a few shades from being black; hair. Shifting slightly, she breathed out a sigh of relief as her baby was still peacefully asleep.

Assured, she swings her legs off the bed before walking to the curtains. Slim fingers raised as she slowly pushed the curtains aside to reveal glass doors as she pushed them open. As her feet met with cold marble, her eyes stayed on the empty garden just below, a dense forest just behind said garden with a tall, white wall acting as a fence in between. Then she tilted her head back, a smile graced her lips as she gazed at the night sky, not all disturbed by the 'nightmare', or a precognition like her guardians call it, she just had earlier on. After all, it's not good stressing on something she's not sure is true.

She stands corrected.

Whatever she said about not being stressed, it was all proved wrong.

She's stressed and she doesn't mean a small amount of stress, she meant full-blown, silently screaming in her mind kind of stress. She meant having that one dream(read as 'recognition') cloud her mind, spacing out to think of said dream even though she had said it wasn't good to worry. Dammit, she was worried!

But that wasn't all, her guardians were currently babying her, worried that her spacing out and paler than usual skin was an effect from being the Sky Arcobaleno; they were rumoured to have short lives. Now, she wasn't upset they were worried, actually, she found it rather endearing and was very happy that all her guardians were in the mansion and not fighting. It was great as Viper, had even offered to help with the paperwork for no payment. She made sure to make their favourite strawberry milkshakes with extra strawberries. But, she was not okay with them doing nearly everything for her; she can carry those plates, thank you very much.

Resting her elbow on her desk, she cradled her chin in her palm, allowing a soft sigh to escape her parted lips, catching the attention of a certain teenage hitman who had just entered the room. Pitch black eyes gazed at her. Though he had didn't show any worry, she knew him well enough to spot the slight tug to his eyebrows and how his eyes became sharper, signs that showed that he is worried. It was then, did a light bulb moment happen as her eyes lit up, sitting a bit straighter.

"Luce?" He questions, worried for not only his sky's physical health but also mental, seeing how her emotions changed quite rapidly without warning. Does the sky pacifier have effects that others didn't? Fuck, he hates not knowing the answers.

In response, a bright smile graced his sky's lips as she tilted her head slightly, her chin still resting on her palm. A sense of foreboding washed over him.

"Reborn~ Could you do me a favour?"

Yes, he should have just walked out.

Silence rang in the air as pitch black eyes studied the scene in front of them, a thick forest with nothing but trees. After a few seconds of watching absolutely nothing, the owner of said eyes sighed in exasperation, raising a hand to tug on his fedora, a green chameleon slithered from said hat to reside on his shoulder. Said chameleon flicked out its tongue a couple of times before nudging it's partner's cheek, it was as if it knew of the frustration its partner was currently feeling. It seemed to work as he appeared to be calmer.

The teen that was currently standing in the middle of a forest is Renato Sinclair, most commonly known to the rest of the world as Reborn, World's No.1 Hitman and Sun Arcobaleno. For some reason, as he held the Arcobaleno curse, had turned into a teen instead of an infant, the same could be said for the rest of the Arcobaleno with the exception of Luce, the Sky Arcobaleno, who retained her adult form. He didn't know what had happened but he was not going to complain, at least nobody can use his age to refuse to give him his coffee or call him 'adorable'.

But that wasn't the reason why he was standing in of the wilderness. No, Luce, his Sky, had asked him to check this specific location for something. A frown tugged on his eyebrows as he thought of the response Luce had given him when he asked for a reason; a sweet smile graced her lips as she replied with one of her usual replies about 'precognitive dreams', she didn't even tell just what he was supposed to look for. He had been dubious, just what could happen in a neutral land? But, he still accepted her request.

Taking one last glance around the forest, he decides that there was nothing special and turns around to walk back to his car. Seems like the precognitive ability of the Sky Arcobaleno wasn't always correct, or maybe she just mistook the dream for another reason. That was his thought until his eye caught an object that had not been there when he checked multiple times.

Narrowing his eyes, he became more cautious as he walked over to said object, eyes widening slightly at what his eyes laid on. In a light brown basket, lined with soft fabric, laid a small, pale baby with tufts of golden blonde hair.

Frowning, he glanced around but there was no clue if the person who left the baby had just left, meaning the baby had been here for a long time. Now, he may be cold, sadistic and may or may not dislike kids but there was one thing he couldn't stand; abandoning children. If one didn't want children, the least they could do was send them to an orphanage where they have a better chance of living than leaving them in the wilderness like what was done to this baby. He didn't know what happen, but if what his thoughts were true, this baby's parents would better sleep with one eye open.

Crouching to see the baby better, he was surprised her, or so he thought by the colour of the blanket wrapping the baby, eyes immediately zoomed into him. Her eyes were beautiful, he would admit that. It was as if someone had placed the entire galaxy into her eyes; pitch black eyes with faint swirls of purple and a sprinkle of gold . But what surprised him was the amount of focus in those eyes that an infant like her should not have. If he didn't know better, he would have said that she had been studying him. Continuing, she had all the features of a porcelain doll; button nose, plump pink lips and rosy cheeks against soft, pale skin.

"Fuck, she was right," With a sigh, he reached out to grab the baby, knowing that Luce would kill him if he did otherwise. But he froze when her eyes flashed a familiar orange, something he had seen in only five people and that was Timoteo and his sons in Hyper Dying Will. Narrowing his eyes at hers, he wondered if that was why Luce chose him. Brushing that thought aside as he picked the baby up, said baby had been strangely silent from the moment he saw her, and probably a long time before he did, the medical side of his ringing alarm bells and making him slightly worried, not that he would willingly admit that.

It was only then, did his eyes land on a piece of paper, folded accordion style. Cautiously picking it up, he unfolded it, taking it only a few seconds what little was written before an angry growl erupted from his throat. The baby just blinked at the sound the hitman made.

"Chaos, Luce,"

"Welcome back, Reborn! Did you manage to find it?" Was what the dark blue haired woman said when the 15-year-old hitman entered her office, cradling what seemed like a bundle of thick blankets. The teen scoffed at her question.

"Of course I did, what do you take me for? I found that something, or rather someone," He moved nearer to allow the woman to see what was hidden in the bundle of blankets; a baby.

She blinked in surprise, never had she thought that the 'something' was a baby. To be honest, the precognitive dream she received had been quite blurry, only showing areas of the forest and urging her to check the area out.

Stretching her arms out, she took the baby into her arms, the baby's wide eyes immediately latched onto her, to be more specific, she was staring at her bright glowing orange pacifier. Again, she blinked in surprise at the amount of focus in the baby's black eyes. It was then, did Reborn begin to answer the silent question lingering in the air.

"I found her alone in the middle of the forest," Luce gasped at that. If this sweet-looking baby was abandoned, whoever who left her there defenceless will pay. Reborn continued as if his Sky had not just exuded killing intent, "But I managed to find this," With that, he slid a piece of paper across the table.

Narrowing her eyes, she carefully balanced the baby in her left arm before raising the paper nearer. Before reading, she studied the paper, noticing how it wasn't the cheap, flimsy kind but was the expensive kind, even having a soft, floral scent. The pitch black ink used wasn't of the cheap kind either, throwing the guess that the person who abandoned her due to money problems. The writing was neat and cursive, meaning that the person had not been in a hurry.

Finished with her inspection, she continued on to read the words, her ire increasing at every word she read :

Dear stranger,

Congratulations, this baby is now yours to keep!

Well, here's a few things you should know :

The baby's gender is female and is a newborn!

She loves strawberries.

She has a very weak immune system.

That's all~

Good Luck~

Yes, that was all that was written, four sentences, of which three sentences were about the baby, nothing about why the baby was abandoned.

Taking a deep breath, she attempted to reign in her anger so as to scare the sweet-looking baby but failed miserably as she covered her right hand with her sky flames, burning the paper into ashes. She may be the Sky and the calmest, besides Fon, among the arcobaleno but that didn't mean she couldn't angry.

"What are you going to do now?" Reborn questioned, taking a small step behind as he stared at the pile of ashes warily. He may be the strongest Arcobaleno but that didn't mean he was safe from his sky's wrath; though he knows she would never willingly cast any harm and that's exactly why all the arcobaleno was so protective of her.

The question catches her off-guard as she stayed silent, contemplating her options. She had many to think about; Aria, her 1-year-old daughter; and the fact she was in the Mafia, a boss to be exact, where there were dangers at every corner. But then, if she did adopt this child, Aria wouldn't be too lonely and two children weren't that hard to take care of.

Raising her hand, she gently caressed the child's soft cheek, her heart thrummed faster when the baby finally made a sound, her giggles sounding like the chiming of bells. Suddenly, the baby moved, her tiny fingers grasping her hand, moving the blanket to show her chest where a dark blue tattoo laid.

Seeing his Sky get entranced by the baby, he sighed, asking himself as to why he bothered to ask; he should have seen this coming. Luce was too soft, too kind to just leave the baby, even if said baby would be taken care of properly in an orphanage. But then, he would have convinced her to take the baby, in subtle ways, of course; there was no way was he going to let the baby go, not after what he had seen, golden-orange eyes flashed in his mind. No, he wasn't in any way concerned for the child, he was just curious as to why her eyes had flashed gold and he did not like not knowing the answer; he will kill anyone who says otherwise.

"There's no way of convincing you otherwise, is there?" His question sounded more like a statement, Luce glanced at him before going back to staring at the baby, nodding slowly as a smile tugged at her lips.

"It would be good for Aria to have someone her age," That statement answered his question; yes, she was going to adopt her.

"What are you going to name her?" He questioned again, Luce paused to think again as she studied the baby. Out of all her features, her eyes was the most beautiful, shining brightly as if it was a pair of torches despite the fact they were pitch black, albeit having a little gold dusting. It was due to her bright eyes did she come to the next conclusion.

"Luciana," She answered slowly before raising her eyes to meet with Reborn's, "Her name will be Luciana Giglio Nero,"

Author's Note

Hey! Yup, I'm back with another chapter. This is chapter is half the size as the last was supposed to be two but I decided, at the last minute, to combine it. I'll be aiming to write this much for all my chapters. This way, I could write more often. Also, I have finally finished about 3/4 of the plans. Yes, for once, I made plans. But I do still have quite a few blanks so if there is anything you would like written, do share it with me, thank you ^-^

Kuro-tan : Thank you for commenting! Lucy is in pre-Vongola/pre-KHR manga/anime. I'm glad you like Lucy's character ^-^

Summary

1) The Arcobalenos are teens(15), Luce is an adult(25), Aria(0) is an infant just like Luciana(0).

2) Reborn was the one who found Lucy, now Luciana.

~ Warnings To New Readers : I don't have a set schedule when updating but I try to achieve at least once a month.

~ Unless I have stated on my bio or have written an A.N., this story will not be dropped. ~

~ I tend to edit and change stuff a lot ~

~ Please leave a review before leaving, it'll help keep my motivation up, thank you ^-^ ~

Completed (22/09/16)

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Word Count : 2383