A/N: Personal: My line is pretty thin with some of these reviewers I have so the next time someone wants to say some slick shit I'll gladly tell you to fuck off. I ignore flames and I take criticism well as long as it's giving me a legit point. But other than that, fuck your feelings. Don't read this then. I'm not asking you to. :)

lol anyways. This chapter is a filler. It nudges on the edge of the past and introduces characters' parents (some OC's) and such, and next chapter will be the first time skip. I'm pretty sure I've done my math right with the ages but please let me know if I'm still off lol I wouldn't be surprised tbh because I'm terrible with math. For this time period, Inigo, Igneel, and Atlas are all 32, and Surya is 31. Lyra is 30. All the babies except Natsu and Zeref are 1. Ultear and Lyon's age are in here. The time skips will just keep adding them up. XD

thanks to people who I LOVE to hear from, your comments always make me smile :)

P.S: to my lovely Anon, you are right, things will definitely change but I'll make sure to keep some of the abuse in (I feel so bad as I type this lol) mostly because Inigo does become unstable and will lash out. I'm happy that you're still here with me following this story, it means a lot to me T.T thank you :')

The weather was warm and the sun lit the world in a soft halo. The sky was a gentle oceanic blue and littered with fluffs of cotton white clouds. But in the Magnolia Cemetery, the mood was quite opposite and the air was thick in a dark cloud of sorrow. The cemetery resided in a beautiful park with large, healthy oak trees, lime green grass, and a ground full of tombstones which almost all were decorated with some type of bouquet of flowers. Despite the warm scenery and the bright weather, huddled at the edge of the fence line of the cemetery, most of the Magnolia town residence stood above an open grave with heavy hearts, the grave which was for Surya Crimson Dragneel. Her funeral had been held at the Magnolia Chapel just an hour before, the same one she and Inigo had promised their vows to one another years ago.

Inigo, clad in a black suit, stood near the front where priest Yajima Kimura was talking in his natural low voice. Inigo wasn't alone where he stood. He was in the middle of buff ginger haired twins who also wore suits. The one on Inigo's right side is Igneel Flame, Magnolia's Chief at the Magnolia Police Enforcement. The twin on his left is Atlas Flame who is also a Chief but of one in Veronica (Veronica Law Department), a country north of Fiore which is where Magnolia resided in. The three men share Magnolia as their hometown and have known each other since the grade school and had been inseparable through their school years. Surya had been part of the group as well and the four of them had been well known by the town due to their antics and havoc they provided. When they graduated from Fairy Tail High, their paths divided although they left on good terms. Both Igneel and Atlas pursued law but Atlas decided to go abroad and study while his twin remained in Magnolia. Inigo and Surya also stayed but Inigo went to school for business and Surya went for music. And like they had graduated together when they were eighteen, they all graduated together at the age of twenty-two. During the growing years, Surya's music career scored her one self titled album which she released on her own with a help from her best friend Lyra, Inigo still owns his expanding business of car rentals, and both Igneel and Atlas have a full staff under them at their respective station. Surya had decided against pursuing music and instead settled down for running her own non-profit day care but stopped that as well after she found out she was pregnant. She'd made the decision she'd be a stay at home mother until her child, in this case children, were ready for day care.

And while these four were a solid pack of their own, they still had outside friends. Lyra Silver, Surya's best friend, stood a little ways back with tears flowing down her face quietly. Her chestnut colored hair was pulled up in a bun and her petite body was covered head to toe in a baby blue simple dress accompanied with a white shawl draped over her shoulders. She was only a year younger than Surya but the two of them had been extremely close. Their love for music was strong and Surya even helped Lyra open her music store. Lyra's sad brown eyes watered up as a memory flickered into her mind. It was the end of her first day with the shop and the business had been wonderful. Surya had stayed with her through it all and when closing time came, instead of going home like normal business owners, Lyra and Surya jammed out to their own music session with Lyra on the harp and Surya on the piano. They sang, laughed, and celebrated the successful completion of Lyra's first day working her own business.

Horologium Silver, Lyra's father, stood beside his daughter with his head bowed in respect. To him, Surya was a beacon of light and always wore a smile on her face. She was a selfless being and he thought of her as his own daughter despite that not being the case. From what he can remember, Surya's parents were strict folks and hard to please. At fifteen, Surya was either kicked out or left her home at a young age and moved in with Inigo and his now late father Alvarez Dragneel. If it was the latter, Horologium doesn't recall her parents fighting her to come back home to them.

Mavis Vermillion and Macarov Dreyar were also among the crowd, their hearts broken over their favorite student. Mavis is one of the founders of Magnolia's prestigious school Fairy Tail and Macarov is the principal for the elementary, middle, and high school. Surya was a pride pupil and an honor student with remarkble grades. Honestly, the girl could've done anything in life and excelled at it she was so intelligent and artistic. It was sad, absolutely shattering to see her life cut so short. But... while Mavis rubbed her eyes with a balled up tissue, Macarov steered his eyes over to the front and landed on the two gifts Surya's life left behind.

Standing on the other side of Lyra were two of her cousins, twins Gemi and Mini King. Both had soft blue hair, Mini's was waist long, and round hazel colored eyes. Gemi clad in black slacks and a black dress up shirt with a high collar and Mini wore a blue and white pencil skirt with a flowery white blouse tucked in and a brown leather belt wrapped around her waist. In her arms she held a sleeping Natsu and in her brother's arms held Zeref who was awake and making soft cooing noises.

Macarov's eyes softened as he glimpsed the two baby boys. He will miss their mother dearly but he is looking forward in watching them grow as he did with both of their parents.

Eileen Belserion held her sleeping daughter closer to her chest and gently nosed the soft vanilla scent skin of her daughter's face. Tears silently streaming down her cheeks left a pasty trail which she didn't bother of wiping off. Dear friend may you rest in paradise the scarlet haired goddess thought, an image of Surya's smiling face projecting like a theater sized movie screen in her mind.

Ur and Silver Fullbuster stood beside Eileen with their own children Ultear, six, Lyon, three, and Gray who was just a year old, the same age as Eileen's daughter Erza. Silver had Gray in his arms while his wife had Lyon on her hip and Ultear in front of her, her only daughter pressing her small body against her. Ur wiped her eyes and sank into her husband after he dropped an arm over her shoulder. Rest well Surya.

A mournful sob echoed the quiet air and all eyes turned on Inigo who had crumpled on the ground, his hands gripping the back of his head painfully. Both Igneel and Atlas lowered themselves beside their long time best friend and wrapped him in a comforting embrace. Priest Yajima closed his book and stared with sad eyes at the broken man before him. "You may lower the casket." the elderly man said softly and stepped away so the four men who would be putting the coffin in the vacant ground could move. However, before any of them could make a move, Inigo ripped himself free from the Chief twins and launched himself onto his dead wife's sealed coffin, hugging the sleek wood, shoulders shaking.

Narisma Eucliffe, a beautiful blonde woman with deep sapphire eyes, hugged her son, Sting, who was whipping his head back and forth trying to pin point the sound of distress. Narisma bit her bottom lip, warding off the third batch of tears threatening to pour over. She had always wanted Inigo for herself and childishly proclaimed Surya as her rival. Of course that was back in high school when she was young and stupid, and terribly blind to see just how much the man she loved cared something fierce for another. She never liked Surya, the girl who had everything (at least in Narisma's teenage eyes) but she never truly hated the girl. And as they grew into women, Narisma shed any lingering animosity towards Surya and came to see her in a new light she had failed to see in high school. Yes, she still carried feelings for Inigo but never in a million years would she feel happy now that Surya is permanently out of the picture.

Igneel managed to peel a very distraught Inigo off the coffin and crushed him into a bruising hug. Natsu began to stirr awake in Mini's arms and Zeref was already twisting his small body around within Gemi's arms to find the noise. Atlas could see his brother whispering to Inigo and whatever it was Igneel was saying was slowly but surely calming the man down. Rubbing his face, Atlas slowly walked over to the King twins and immediately took custody of both babies.

"Thank you." the Chief from Veronica murmured and received sad smiles.

Gemi nodded and shoved a hand in his slacks pockets. "Of course." the blue haired man looked over when he felt slender arms lace over his. Knowing it was his sister, he focused back on Atlas. "It's good to see you again even though, well, ya know..." a lazily waved his free arm weakly around their surroundings and dropped his arm back down at his side.

Atlas chuckled dryly. "Yeah, I know. It's good to see you both too. Last time I saw you two you were still in high school and now you're on your way graduating from college." the Chief smiled. "I'm proud of you both."

"Thanks Chief." Mini replied in her sweet, soft voice. She let her brother go and gave Atlas a hug as best as she could without disturbing the two little ones. Although it wouldn't have mattered much because both twins were awake now and Natsu was gazing at her in confusion. He closed his eyes when she poked his nose gently. "Bye handsome. It was nice to meet you," Mini cooed at him and gave Zeref similar treatment.

"Tell your father I said hello." Atlas nodded to Gemi who gave him a thumbs up. Saying goodbye once more, Atlas turned and made his way over to his brother and a stabilized Inigo who were both sitting down on the white plastic chairs. On the way over he kept his eyes down on the babies, his god-children, in his arms. Yes, Surya had made both him and Igneel god-fathers to Natsu and Zeref and he was excited and sad at the same time. Sighing, the man cleared his depressing thoughts away before they could attack and finally sat himself in place beside his brother. Just as he did, people began walking up to Inigo their condolences.

Narisma didn't hesitate to reach out and loop her arm around Inigo's lowered head. "She will always be with you." she whispered into his dark hair before she pulled herself back. Sting remained clutched to her like a baby chimp, his doe blue eyes staring at the dark man's slump figure who seemed to not have heard the woman, but Narisma was not offended. "Chief." Narisma politely nodded to Igneel who mirrored her. She turned to Atlas with a sad smile. "Chief." he also nodded to her.

"Great to see you Narisma." he told her kindly before looking over at her son. "Sting is much brighter in person than in the photos I see you post on Facebook. He's quite adorable."

Narisma laughed softly and slowly gravitated out of the line that had formed to speak to Inigo. "Thank you. Although it's under sad circumstances, it's really good to see you together again." the blonde smiled and waved. "Safe travels." were her departing words.

It was an hour later when Igneel and Atlas got Inigo out of his suit and into comfortable house clothes before getting him in bed. Now they stared at their un-moving friend, Atlas with concern and Igneel with slight aggravation. "I'm not telling you to get over this like I did with all of your failed dates before you had Surya but you have two little boys you need to be a father to. They'll stay with me for tonight but tomorrow you start daddy duties."

Igneel received no response just as he predicted and walked out of the bedroom without another word. Atlas shook his head at his twin. Igneel was the brash, outspoken one while he was less ill-tempered and thought before he talked. Sighing, Atlas headed towards the door and flicked the light off. "You already know he means well. Just... just don't go thinking you're alone in this because you're not. You know we'll help you out through thick and thin."