I tried putting humor in… I think I failed… -_- OH! And this isn't edited. So, the grammar probably sucks. Woops. :3

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"Surprise?" I questioned, uncomfortable.

"L-Lucy?" Mira said. Everyone had shocked looked on their faces.

"That's me. Lucy Heartfilia, at your service." I bowed, mockingly.

"LUUUU-CHAAAN!" Levy was the first one out of her trance and the first one to run up and hug me.

"Levy-chan." I whispered. She was definitely the one I missed the most. I one-armed hugged her. My other arm was occupied by the triplets. Who were holding on tightly.

Soon, everyone ran up and we all grouped hugged. Well, they hugged me. I was hugging the triplets, trying to keep them close to me.

"We missed you, Lucy" Gray said, while messing up my hair. I huffed and pushed his hand away.

"Where were you?" Erza demanded.

"Everywhere!" I exclaimed. And it was true; I went all over Fiore, learning about the zodiac keys, how to boost your magic power, and all sorts of fun stuff.

But Erza didn't look happy with that answer.

"Where exactly is 'everywhere'?" she demanded, again. She was trying to scare me. It didn't work; I've seen much scarier things. Things I never want to speak of again… *shudder*

"Around Fiore. Anwaays, I found these, um, wizards travelling around. They're 13 and want to join a guild. Can they join here?"

"Of course, everyone is welcome!" Mira shouted from behind the bar. She took out the stamp and asked: "Okay, where do you want it and what color? Oh, and what are your names?

"I'm Jordyn. I would like it orange and on my side." Lifting up her shirt, which annoyed me as a mother, she pointed to her side, right where her rids end.

"I'm Kylie, I would like it rose pink and on my thigh." This just keeps getting worse and worse. Lifting up her cloak, which annoyed me ever more, she got it right in in middle, between her waists and knee.

"Zayn, dark blue and on my neck." Oh thank god, my normal child got it in a normal place. Where he didn't have to show any body parts, besides his neck.

"Lucy, you okay? You look mad…" Levy said.

"Oh no, Levy-chan. I was just thinking of something… unsightly." I muttered.

"Oh, well, if you say so…?" Ley sounded confused.

Jordyn and Kylie looked over at my and smirked. I gave them oh-you're-going-to-get-it-later look. Both of them paled and looked away.

The ducklings stayed by my side the whole time, and they weren't socializing. This was extremely weird for Kylie.

People were swarming us asking them their last names, where they were from, where they're parents were, and what type of magic they used. Jordyn kept shifting, Kylie was muttering the answers, they were true, but she said them so quietly, no one heard.

Kylie and Jordyn wouldn't let go of my hands, they were scared and I didn't know why. Zayn was just sitting there, thinking. About what? I didn't know.

Jordyn whispered to me: "Zayn wants to leave, like right now."

"Okay guys, I have to leave now. I might be back tomorrow. Bye," I admit it, it sounded a little harsh.

Zayn was starting to look mad, his face got all red and there was a tiny flame on his middle finger tip, barely noticeable.

What was he thinking about?

Then, a look of shock passed through his face. I looked over to where he was staring. There was Natsu with Lisanna, holding hands.

He figured it out.

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~Zayn~

Is Mama really ashamed of us? Why wouldn't she let us tell her guild we're her kids? What is Mama trying to hide?

She told us she took a break from her guild to raise us.

We moved around a lot when she heard that a job was accepted from Fairy Tail wizards in the town we were in.

Until we moved east, where people there didn't send out jobs. "We can handle things on our own. We don't need any fancy wizards from guilds to take on a simple job." An old man once told our Mother. We stayed there since we were 8. Then we came here.

She never told anyone who we were or why they were with her.

Why is Mama acting like this?

I never questioned her about it before, I've never even thought about it before.

Jordyn asked her always asked her, she'll just say: "It's to protect you." Nothing more, nothing less.

I squeezed Jordyn's hand and she look at me. She mouthed "What?"

"Tell Mama I want to leave." I mouthed back. She nodded and whispered in Mama's ear.

"Okay guys, I have to leave now. I might be back tomorrow. Bye." It came out a little harsh, I mean, come on, people are swarming her. Sure, she hasn't talked to them in 13 years, there is a reason she left. And Mama just got back; they hugged her while she hugged us. Maybe she wants to breathe. They could back off just a little bit.

There was a man with pink hair and a scaly scarf sitting in the back. He was watching her the whole time. He was also holding hands with a girl with short, white hair and bright blue eyes. She reminded me a lot of MiraJane.

This got me mad. Him, holding hands, with her. I didn't understand it, but I wanted to punch the guy to a bloody pulp. I felt a little warm on my finger but didn't pay any attention to it, thought it was nothing.

He had the same hair color as Jordyn and Kylie, same eye color as me, and our spikey hair matched.

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No way…

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Sorry that the chapter is so short, I already explained this is a couple people but, yesterday, Christina, Jordyn, Kylie, and I were at our friend, Rebecca's, house with another Christina and a kid named Vincent, and we were playing, yes playing, and Christina got out. While she was walking, she stepped in a ditch and cracked her ankle, turns out it was sprained, but she had to go to the hospital. While she was there, my laptop was sitting in her house for, like, 4 HOURS. And she got back late, and I was tired, so I didn't finish this chapter until 9:20 AM.

I'm usually not up this early, buy my mom decided that it would be a good idea to vacuum at 9 AM. Grrr.

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Author: Kitten (Gill)

Editor: Star (Christina)