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To Le Potato: Thank you so much for reading my story it means a lot to me, honest. And as for your baby theory you aren't far off my friend. Thanks again for reading and thank you for complimenting my style of writing, I look it over so many times before posting it because I want it to be perfect, I'm glad you notice.
Enjoy my new chapter guys!
Chapter 7
"Or a sister..." Gray added after a few minutes of silence and two of his wife's kids stared blankly at their mother, their mouths practically hitting the table.
"Jellal?" Aquarius looked up from Levy's hands on her non-existent bump over to her son nervously, wondering if he hadn't liked the news.
Levy stopped rubbing her mom's belly to get up from her kneeling position and look to Jellal and Juvia, "Guys this is awesome! We get to have a baby bro or sis!" She chimed in excitedly, Levy was so caught up in the news she hadn't really been paying attention to her sibling's reactions.
Juvia stood up abruptly, causing all eyes to land on her, Aquarius raised a questioning eyebrow at her daughter but said nothing, Juvia bowed her head before turning away from the table. "That's great Aquarius, congratulations." She said before hurrying up to her room.
Jellal watched his sister run upstairs and wondered if he should follow, but before he could make up his mind a sniffle brought him back from his mind and Jellal turned to see his mother crying.
"I should've waited a little longer!" The woman wailed into her daughters chest, Levy just stood there rubbing her mothers back and tried lulling her.
Without a word Jellal got up, "That's some news mom," he said after washing his plate. Jellal turned to Aquarius, "Don't worry about Juvia, she's just shocked that's all. Give her time and she'll be just as excited as Levy soon, just give her time." He gave his mom a wide reassuring smile that melted away her sadness and gave her a glimpse at hope. The baby and Juvia will find happiness in this family too.
"Thank you baby," Aquarius said through her happy sobs, her sad face now replaced by a small smile, wet cheeks and immense pride in her son. "I'll do my best so Juvia and the baby feel very welcome into my heart."
Gray squeezed Aquarius hand for extra reassurance, "We will all try our best to settle them in, now eat love, you've got a small baby that needs to get big and strong." His free hand wandered to where the baby was developing and brushed his fingers over it, a gentle smile tugging at his lips. "I can't wait."
The next morning Juvia woke up earlier than usual to get ready. Slipping on a black long sleeved crop top, some dark blue skinny jeans and knee high brown boots with her leather jacket to match. Juvia's hair was piled up into a messy bun, minimal mascara and Chapstick, she grabbed her backpack, ran downstairs and went out the door.
The walk to school wasn't long, and the weather was nice so Juvia plugged her headphones up and jammed on her way over there. The music just background noise in her ears as her mind threw different scenarios of what's to come at her non stop. It's not that Juvia wasn't happy for Aquarius, it was that the baby would be a hybrid, a scene where sharkfolk and sirena unite to bring an end to an abomination flashed into her mind, followed by one with a blue haired little boy hiding in the dark and scared for his life, the image melted and blurred into a familiar one of Gajeel in his shocked state moving around like a zombie, desperately trying to find a way to escape his fate.
Juvia wondered why Aquarius would risk having a baby with a shark man, knowing of the tension there is among both species. It couldn't be helped though, all Juvia could do now was pray her new little brother or sister didn't have a price on his head and try her best to protect him.
A large crowd and flashing red and blue lights snapped Juvia out of her thoughts. Something was going on up ahead. Before Juvia got a chance to think her instincts kicked in and she ran over to the commotion, she pushed her way through to the front. What she saw made her cringe and stumble back in shock.
A girl Juvia recognized as sirena was lying on the ground, her tan skin was pale from blood loss and her hair a mess black curls with twigs, leaves and dirt in it.
The girl wasn't from Fairy Tail High, but a cheerleader from Mermaid Heel Institute which is an all girls private school. Juvia had seen her cheering at a game when the Mermaid's soccer team went up against the Faeries, Risley's her name, she was chubby and proud of it, but right now Juvia could tell her body mass had changed immensely, where her body used to be round and lumpy there was now a skinny yet curvaceous new one. But the worst part came when you got a look at her 'whole' body. Risley's new curves stopped at her big wide hips, and then there was nothing. Where her legs should've been, was only dark red tinted concrete.
A sirena's worst nightmare is to lose their tails, it's more than an extremity useful for sirena to movie around in the water, it has a mind of its own. Sirena tails are a part of who the sirena is. A shy sirena will have a tail that likes to curve at the end and makes up for their owner's shyness by having a colorful tail and the grace of a queen. It gives sirena a boost to feel like the beatiful creatures that they are and expresses its own beauty along with them.
Though Juvia never saw Risley's tail she felt it must have been beautiful, there were some traces of Risley's tail that gave it away. Some of her dark navy blue and rich gold colored scales were still imprinted on her hips, the area around her belly button by her temples and forehead. That got Juvia thinking, what was Risley doing in sirena form on land?
Another glimpse at the girls body and Juvia turned back home in a mad run. Tears blurred her vision but she made no move to wipe them away, someone killed a sirena, Juvia couldn't help but think of Risley's friends and family, how would they take the news?
Jellal and Levy were getting into his SUV when Juvia got to the house. She ran into Jellal's arms and sobbed into his chest, tears and snot mixing together and forming giant wet circles on his shirt. Juvia ignored Levy's questioning and Jellal's attempts to push her face up to look at him.
Earlier when he was ready to go, Jellal found that Juvia was nowhere in sight, so he had texted and called but she never picked up. It wasn't until Jellal tracked her phone and saw she was already close to school that he relaxed. Thinking she probably wanted time to herself he told Levy they could go and the two made their way out the house. But then he was getting into the car and Juvia was making her way over to them with tears in her wild looking eyes.
Jellal was confused to why she was back home and crying and tried to pry her away but to no avail. She just cried and cried, her heart hurt so much, it broke for her dead kin and shattered as Juvia's heart was, it went out to Risley's loved ones and wished fiercely that there would be justice. Juvia cried and clung fiercely to Jellal's jacket not wanting to let go. She gave one hard squeeze, her knuckles turning white and a loud scream before she felt weak and loosened get grip. Darkness was clouding over vision slowly, swallowing her into it, and Juvia lost consciousness.
Perhaps the the story will end sooner.
