Natsu: Ha! Popsicle got beaten by logic!

Katie: Something you know nothing about, Mr. I-Destroy-Entire-Towns.

Lucy: She has you pegged.

Erza: That is quite comical.

Natsu: Shut up! I have plenty of logic.

Lucy: Yeah, you just never bother to use any of it.

Happy: Katie doesn't own Fairy Tail in any way, shape or form.

It was a beautiful morning in Crocus. The sun was shining, birds were chirping, and the spring flowers were already out. The early euphoria, however, was shattered by the yell of a nine-year-old girl.

"MAMA!" she howled. "Iggy took my lucky clover!

"I did no such thing! Ember's just a brat!"

"You're the brat! And I'm your older sister!"

"By five minutes!"

"Igneel Heartfilia!" Lucy scolded her son. "Give her back her clover."

"Fine." The pink-haired boy handed a four-leaf clover back to his sister.

"Thank you. I need it."

"For what? It's just some dumb play."

"Some dumb play? Playing Cosette is a dream come true! And Les Misérables is a musical, not a play!"

"Ember…" their mother said in a warning tone.

"Mama, are you coming to see it? Madame Vastra said we're going on tour next week, and we don't have room for you to come along."

"I'm going to miss you both so much!" she sobbed, hugging both of her children. "Now, Iggy, Ember, I want you to behave for Rose and Madame Vastra and Donna and all the other people in the Gallifrey company, okay?"

"Okay, Mama!" Iggy promised. "We'll miss you, too! Who knows? Maybe we'll even run into our dad!" Lucy's face turned white.

"Do you know who it is?"

"No, but Ember does."

"Ember…"

"You really shouldn't have Uncle Loke babysit when you go out to dinner. He gripes about Salamander all the time, how he basically abandoned you, how you ran away so he couldn't hurt you again…"

"Ember, it's not like that. And Salamander's not your papa!"

"He is our papa! And I will find him!"

Upon their departure, Lucy wished them luck.

"Break a leg, you two!" she told them.

"See you when we come back!" Amy Pond called, her husband Rory pulling her back onto the train. Their first stop: Magnolia.

Ten years since Lucy left. Ten years to the day. Natsu just wanted to stay home and drown his sorrows in a milkshake bigger than his head. He had lost her for the guild. And then there were all the unanswered questions. The biggest one was the news she had been about to give him. Unfortunately, he had plans, or, at least, Erza did. She was just making him go see a dumb musical called Les Misérables.

"I really don't wanna be here," he groaned.

"You are going to watch this musical whether you like it or not," Erza snapped. "So you might as well stop griping." Gray gave an evil smirk.

"Besides, Lucy would have really enjoyed this," the ice mage told his rival.

"You're right! Les Misérables is her favorite musical!" Levy pointed out. That did not help Natsu's mood.

"In that case, I wanna be here even less!"

"Come on, you coward," Gajeel said. The group made their way to their seats.

When young Cosette came onstage, Natsu stared at the actress. She looked like a miniature Lucy. It made his heart ache even more for the girl he had lost. A boy later on looked exactly like Natsu, which scared Gray a bit. It was just a coincidence, right?

After the final scene, the playgoers were allowed to have a meet n greet with the actors. Natsu, surprisingly to his guildmates, was eager to go back. He wanted to talk to the little girl who looked like Lucy. As they walked in, they heard arguing.

"It's my clover, Iggy! I need it!"

"So what, sis? It's not like you need the luck!"

"It relaxes me to have it on my person!"

"You make no sense." It was the boy who looked like Natsu and the girl who looked like Lucy.

"Your face makes no sense!" hissed the Lucy-look-alike.

"Oh, hi!" Natsu said. "What are your names?"

"They're in the program, you baka," the one called Iggy groaned.

"Oh, my gosh! Are you Salamander?" the girl asked excitedly.

"Yeah. Why?"

"Mama said we couldn't meet you until we were older, but now's okay! Now she can come to Fairy Tail and we can all be on the same team! We're going to go back with you, okay?"

"Er, I don't know," Levy mumbled.

"Don't worry! I'll talk to Madame Vastra and Jenny! I'm their favorite, so they'll let us go!" She disappeared behind a door and came out two minutes later. "They said we could go! Come on!"

Natsu couldn't believe these two strange children had wanted to come with them. They barely knew them, and they didn't even have a clue as to what the girl's name was! Nevertheless, at the guild hall, Mira went crazy over them, calling them precious and sweet.

"So, why'd you wanna come here?" Gray asked.

"To find out more about our papa," the girl answered. "Our mama won't tell us anything, so I took matters into my own hands."

"Who's your mama, sweetie?" Mira asked, though she had a suspicion.

"Oh, you know her by another name, I think. Mama's name is Lucy Heartfilia." Natsu's jaw dropped, but his expression was one of pure anger and hatred.

"I'll kill whoever got her pregnant and left her!" he yelled.

"Then you'll have to kill yourself!" the girl giggled. Natsu's face was completely blank.

"Oh, Mavis! You're a genius, Flamebrain!" Gray laughed. "You're their dad!"

"M-me?!" There was a tone of worry and fear in his voice.

"My name is Ember! This is my brother, Igneel, but we call him Iggy."

"Lucy was…pregnant when she left?" The fear and worry was still there. The twins soon found out why.

"HOW-DARE-YOU!?" Mira screamed, slamming Natsu's head against the counter with each word.

"I'm-ow-sorry!"

"Sorry doesn't fix anything!" Erza snapped.

"Don't be mad at him! Mama was going to tell him, at least according to Uncle Loke, but Papa apparently dumped her before she could tell him."

"Then it is his fault!" Erza grabbed Natsu and threw him into the wall.

"I have a plan. I told Madame Vastra and Jenny that our father wanted us to stay with him for a little while," Ember said. "They'll arrive home, tell Mama the news, and she'll come for us here! It's a plan that will bring her home to Fairy Tail!"

"There's no way this kid is Natsu's; she's a genius!" Gray pointed out.

"You want a DNA test, Ice Princess?" she asked.

"Okay, maybe she is."

"I'm a Dragon Slayer by the way. Iggy is a Celestial mage, just like mama."

"That's great!" Mira squealed, hugging both of them. "You even look like your parents!"

"So, what else has Loke told you about me?" Natsu asked, rubbing his head.

"He says he hates you for leaving Mama the way you did, and how much he wants to kill you for it."

"Let's hope your mom doesn't bring Loke with her."

They knew now that Lucy would return to them soon.

Katie: Natsu got his butt kicked… again.

Natsu: I hate you.

Gray: I hate her, too.

Katie: How about both of you get knocked out in the next chapter?

Gray and Natsu: We'll behave!

Happy: Read and review!