Author's Note: I do not own Fairy Tail or make a profit off of this.

Hopefully you've checked out Stubborn Fairies chapter one! That story is going to hopefully be lighthearted. This one...not so much. My preview somewhat gave it away, though I will go ahead and tell you that she isn't having a miscarriage...

Anyways. I wrote this all today, right after finishing up chapter one of Stubborn Fairies. I'm on a roll since I only had 1 hour of class this morning and I don't work today! Woohoo!

So before we go any further, if pregnancy loss or anything similar to that is triggering to you, don't read. I can give you a brief summary if you like, just send me a PM and I'll write something out for you that isn't triggering. That goes for anything. If you're worried that one of your triggers will show up in one of my stories, send me a PM. I will warn you ahead of time and offer a summary. Stay safe. This is going to get dark.

I'm starting to use 'mission' and 'job' interchangeably. Its probably because I'm more used to writing Naruto fan fictions & role-plays. Especially role-plays. I've done at least seven NaruHina role-plays. But enough about that!

Chapter One: Loss

It was exactly a week from their engagement that Levy started to notice something wasn't right. She pushed the thoughts away, they had to be pregnancy symptoms, right? Still, she wished she had someone to talk to. She didn't want to needlessly worry Gajeel. He was protective enough of her as it was. Lucy had gone on a mission with Team Shadow Gear, since Gajeel insisted that Levy avoid any missions that she couldn't do at home, which meant only translating jobs for her. Juvia had gone with a large group of people on another mission. Levy cringed just thinking about the group. Elfman, Evergreen, Lisanna, Natsu (and Happy of course), Gray, and Juvia were on the job. Most of them would but heads, except for Lisanna. Juvia would probably just be backing Gray up in the meantime, so she was exempt from that either. Erza, Wendy, and Carla were on a job as well.

The short blue haired woman looked up from her book. She was sitting in the main hall of the guild, simply reading up on pregnancy. Most of the guild knew about their engagement, but not about her pregnancy. For that reason, she had a book cover over this particular one. While she and Gajeel knew that they wanted to be married before the baby came, they hadn't set a date yet. Strangely enough, it was Master Makarov who was putting the most pressure on them to set a date.

As she momentarily set down her book, Levy decided to scan the members who were in the hall, looking for someone to talk to. She didn't want to discuss her worries with any of the males, so only the female members qualified. Cana looked like she'd had more alcohol than usual, and she had an issue with volume control when she was like that. Really that only left Mirajane, who didn't even know yet that she was pregnant. Neither did Cana actually. Levy sighed, she didn't want the news to spread even more than it had to.

Another slight pain in her side made Levy wince. It was definitely time to go home. She didn't want to be in pain at the guid. Levy packed up her belongings and set out to Fairy Hills.

The solid script mage laid in bed. She was wearing her most comfortable nightgown and was trying her best to be comfortable. She'd discovered some spotting, but she had read that it was normal for most women during their first trimester. So she decided not to worry about that. The slowly increasing pain on her left side was what worried her.

There was a soft knocking at her window, and Levy turned to see around the headboard. It was Gajeel, back from the short mission he'd taken on. Levy forced herself to get up and out of bed to let him in. As soon as he had his feet on the floor, his lips were pressing against Levy's. The petite woman's eyes were wide, surprised. Yet after only a moment her body relaxed and she returned the kiss. He picked her up and took her back to the bed, tucking her in.

"Sorry if I woke you up."

Levy shook her head. "I'm not tired. Just having some pregnancy symptoms I guess." she answered. Gajeel smiled.

"That's to be expected. Do you need me to get anything?" he asked, wanting to keep his promise to himself. Just like Lucy had suggested, he was going to redeem himself. He was going to be someone worthy of Levy's love. And now worthy of being her husband and the father of her child.

Levy shook her head. "I'm fine. I'm just cramping a little bit. It'll pass."

Gajeel kissed her forehead before getting off the bed. "Well, okay. I'm going to go take a shower. I'll be back soon."

Gajeel returned through the unlocked window around an hour later. Levy didn't even notice him coming back in.

The cramping was much worse than Levy expected. She winced in pain, cursing her body for making her feel this way. It wasn't good at all. And to be honest, it made the small woman worry. She'd never heard about pregnant woman cramping in this way, like she would during her period except worse. The books she read said that some was normal. But this was more than just 'some'.

"Hey shrimp. You okay?" her fiancé asked. Levy shook her head, telling him 'no'.

"I hurt and I don't think this is normal." she answered.

Suddenly the pain intensified, causing her to cry out. Her hands went to her left side, where the pain was coming from.

"Gajeel. Gajeel it hurts." she cried out.

The dragon slayer was clearly very worried. In his mind, he was the cause of all of this. He was the one who'd gotten her pregnant after all!

He scooped Levy up and left the same way he'd come in, through the window. Wendy was gone and Porlyuscia was too far away for an emergency like this. He had to go to the hospital.

Gajeel had never moved faster in his life. His lungs and his legs begged him to slow down or stop, but he wouldn't. The faster he got Levy there, the safer she would be. He could hear her crying and screaming in his arms, trying to deal with the pain of whatever the hell was going on.

He skid into the emergency room. "Somebody help!" he screamed, begging for assistance. Three nurses hurried over and put Levy on some sort of bed with wheels. Her face was contorted in pain and red from the screaming and crying. The sight tore at his heart. He'd hoped to never ever see her like that.

"I need to ask you a few questions." a nurse said as they wheeled Levy back into her own room. Gajeel could already guess what kinds of things they would request.

"Her name is Levy McGarden. She's 18 years old. She's my fiancé and she's around 8 weeks pregnant. I'm pretty sure this pain just started today." Gajeel managed to say before returning to catching his breath. He almost felt like he was going to faint because of the physical exertion. Just as the nurse was going to ask another question, Wendy came running into the emergency room, still a little dirty from the job she was returning from.

"I saw you moving really fast with Levy-san! Is everything okay?" Wendy asked. Gajeel shook his head.

"I don't know what's happening. She was in pain. A lot of it."

Wendy's face let him know exactly how worried she was about the information. Wendy faced towards where Levy was, composing herself as best as she could so that the medical staff would listen to her.

"Let me look. I can use healing magic." she said before forcing her way past the nurses, who didn't really object that much. They'd all hear of there, the sky dragon slayer of Fairy Tail. But none of them really expected the girl's face to become so paled when she saw the condition her friend was in. Her hands hovered over Levy's body as she closed her eyes and began searching for the problem.

"Oh no. Oh no, oh no." she whispered. Gajeel forced his way past the nurses as well after hearing that.

"What is it kid?" he demanded.

"Internal bleeding. I think..." Wendy turned to the hospital staff who were gathered. Wendy could heal, but she couldn't do surgery and that was what Levy needed then.

"I think she had an ectopic pregnancy and her tube ruptured." she announced. With that the nurses began going in all different directions, calling up the doctors best suited for the situation and prepping Levy for surgery.

Gajeel stood there. He had no idea what Wendy meant by whatever she just said. But it didn't sound good. He and Wendy were sent away, into the waiting room. His hands landed on the small dragon slayer's shoulders.

"Wendy, what does that mean? What's going on with Levy? Is she going to be alright?" he asked hurriedly. Wendy looked up and saw that Gajeel had started crying, though he was trying to hold it back.

"T-the baby, didn't make it to the uterus. It was in her fallopian tube..." Wendy realized that Gajeel probably had no idea what she was saying. "It wasn't where it was supposed to be. So it ruptured and there's some internal bleeding. But she should be okay though the pregnancy is over now."

Gajeel let go and allowed himself to sit in one of the chairs. He buried his face in his hands.

"So, Levy will be okay. Right?"

Wendy nodded. "I think so. They just have to fix her up and then she'll be okay."

"I was really starting to like the idea of being a father, even though this wasn't planned at all. But as long as Levy's okay, I don't care." he said so that only Wendy could hear him. She placed a hand on his back.

"This isn't the end of having kids for you two. She can have another baby. And this time you two can plan for it and everything."

Wendy hoped that what she was saying helped. She didn't really know what else to tell him. "Okay." was his simple response.

The two dragon slayers waited quietly. Both of their exceeds joined them after awhile.

It was an hour later when a doctor finally came to talk with Gajeel.

"You're the fiancé of Levy McGarden?" he asked.

"Yes."

"Good. First things first, she's going to be just fine." the doctor said. Gajeel let out a sigh of relief as the worries left him. She was going to be okay. That was all he could really ask for.

"She had an ectopic pregnancy that ruptured. We cleaned her up, but we had to cut into her tube to remove the pregnancy. So there'll be a small scar from the surgery. It'll be around 2 to 3 weeks for recovery. After that everything should be back to normal for her." he continued. Gajeel tried his best to remember everything he'd been told.

"Can I see her?" he asked. The doctor nodded.

"Yes. She's still asleep and won't be awake for awhile. But you can come in to see her."

Gajeel was about to follow when he realized that Wendy and the two exceeds were in the waiting room still.

"Let me update them really quick." he said before rushing over.

"Levy's fine. The surgery went well. I'm going to go visit her. You guys can go home." he said quickly before turning to leave. He stopped and turned to look at Wendy.

"Thank you kid. I owe you one." he said before going back with the doctor to see Levy.

She was pale. That was the first thing Gajeel noticed. He noticed it more than the needles supplying painkillers and fluids to her. Or the sanitized smell of the hospital room, somehow overwhelming her own lovely scent. Her hair was messy, covering a large part of the pillow. He leaned down to press a kiss on her forehead.

"I love you shorty. You're going to be okay. I promise." he whispered softly.

He sat down in the chair after placing it as close to the bed as possible. The hand without any needles was next to him, and he placed his head on it. Luckily her hand was warm, and it comforted him. He stayed that way until she woke up.

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Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.

I was thinking that it was way too early for her to be pregnant. And I had always wanted to include this in a fanfiction. A little bit of side information.

An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that occurs outside the womb (uterus). It is life-threatening to the mother. In Levy's case the embryo was attached to her fallopian tube. This is the most common, though it can happen other places. The surgery Levy had is called a salpingostomy, they cut into her tube to remove the embryo. Webmd says that up to 1 in every 50 pregnancies are ectopic.

I included this because one of my dear friends nearly died from an ectopic pregnancy almost exactly a year ago. So if nothing else, know that it exists.

Next:

Chapter Two: Denial

Lucy knocked on the door to Gajeel's house. Draped over her shoulder was a very very drunk Levy. Lucy was a little tipsy as well, but she still knew that Levy needed to get home, or to her fiancé's place.

"Bunny girl? Levy!" he exclaimed before helping the two of them inside.

Lucy giggled, watching the blue haired girl collapse on the couch. Levy erupted in giggles as well.

"Lu-chan! Lu-chan do you still have the paper?" Levy sang out.

Another side note on my own beliefs and how they sometimes will be touched upon in this story and sometimes won't. You don't need to read this, or agree with me. I'm not really here to talk about this stuff but I figured that I might as well address it.

Technically, Levy just had an abortion. There are very few people who would object to it in her circumstances. After all, there was no chance of the embryo growing to full term. Levy would've died before that could've happened. That being said, I am very pro-choice. I did at first consider having Levy get an abortion. But that didn't exactly fit. There was no motivation for that course of action. She was in a good situation and while it was unplanned, it wasn't going to 'ruin' her life. She had the support of her 'family', the guild, and the father, Gajeel. So, that's why I decided to not have that scene in this fanfiction.

Because Levy and Gajeel had planned to go through with the pregnancy, there'll be a grieving process very different than someone who had an abortion(that they wanted, not being forced to have one). And that's all I'm going to say right now. See you soon!