Hello Everyone! It is time for another chapter! So I wrote this last week and something seems different in my writing. I dunno it could just be just me lol. I hope you all like it (and hopefully it doesn't seem too different. Every time I reread it I changed it! This had to stop, so I finally just decided to post it. I was driving myself nuts.)
Disclaimer- I don't own Fairy Tail or it's characters, nor will I ever. But Levy's daughter is mine :3
A New Beginning Chapter 7:
Home At Last
It was early in the morning when Levy awoke from her sleep. Gajeel was fast asleep on the couch. She had fallen asleep well before he had made it back the night before. She was relieved that the mission was now officially completed. Today was the day that they would be returning to Magnolia. Well it was a two day train ride, but at least they would be en-route for home. She looked at the clock. It was just about 4 in the morning and train was leaving in approximately two hours. Lily was asleep next to her and she couldn't help but smile at the small exceed. "Lily" She whispered as she leaned down to the small cat-like-creature beside her. "Its time to get up." She softly stroked the exceed's furry back. To her surprise he let out a soft pur like sound before he opened his eyes.
"Good morning Levy." Lily sat up stretching. He looked over at his other partner who was still asleep. "How are you feeling this morning?"
"I hurt a bit, but I will manage." She looked down at her legs. "Might be a little tough to walk though."
"I can fly you anywhere you need to go." The small exceed said with a smile.
"Thanks Lil." She said softly returning the smile. "Should we wake the sleeping dragon?" She asked with a soft chuckle.
"I'm already awake." Gajeel mumbled from the other side of the room. "You two are loud." He growled sitting up.
"Sorry I forgot that you had a heightened hearing ability." He simply shook his head and sat up. "I think we should get ready to leave. I cant wait to get home!" A large smile was plastered on Levy's face. This was the happiest she has been the entire mission.
"Fine." Gajeel got up and started grabbing a few of his things here and there. Levy sat up and slid her feet to the edge of the bed. She went to push herself up, but felt sharp pain in both her arms. Compared to her legs, her arms were barely injured. The fact that a small movement such as pushing her own body weight into a standing position hurt caused her to worry.
"Oye, what the hell are ya doin?" Gajeel was looking at her and appeared to be rather frustrated. "Stay down. I will take care of things. Every time ya do somethin ya hurt yerself."
Levy wanted to make a snappy comeback, but he appeared to be helping her. She decided it would be best if she just kept her mouth shut. She simply sat there as he packed up both of their things. It was shocking that he was being so kind. She was waiting for some smart ass comment from him, but received none. She couldn't help but smile at this, maybe he was starting to warm up to teamwork.
"Lily, you check us out and take her bag." Lily nodded his head and made his way out of the room. "Alright shrimp grab on." He had approached her and turned his back towards her. He was now kneeling in front of her in close proximity to the bed.
"What?" Was he really offering to carry her. Not only that, but in a piggy back ride style. If anything she was expecting to be thrown over his shoulders again.
"I said get on, you cant walk. And I ain't gonna carry you around like a damn princess." Levy smiled lightly and turned herself towards him. She wrapped her arms over his shoulders and lightly around his neck. He grabbed her legs and tucked his arms under her knees and rested his hands close to her bottom. Levy couldn't help but blush slightly at their closeness. Gajeel being so nice was strange in of itself and it kinda scared her. "You good?" He turned his head back to look at her and she simply nodded her head.
The two made their way to the lobby where they met Lily. From there they headed to the station. Levy noticed that the few people that were out at this hour were staring at them as they went. Here was this tall intimidating man carrying this small girl covered in bandages. It felt awkward and a bit uncomfortable, but she was kind of getting used to the feeling. After all people had stared at her when she went to Felipe's club, and stared at them when Gajeel rescued her. This wasn't much different than the times before. The two had remained silent for the entire walk, and Lily didn't say much either. When they arrived at the station and the train was already boarding. Lily got on first and tucked everyone's bags away, and soon Gajeel and Levy made their way on board. They were seated like they were in the initial train ride. Levy on one side and Gajeel across from her. Hopefully this train ride would be more peaceful than the previous one.
"Oh! Thats right!" Levy said suddenly and abruptly, Gajeel and Lily both looking at her in surprise. "Solid script kiwi!" The words formed before her and Lily's eyes lit up. "I promised you I would make you Kiwi back in the cave. Sorry I had forgotten until now." Lily started to happily chow down, and that's when Levy heard something unexpected. Gajeel's stomach let out a growl. Levy looked at him and started to laugh.
"What the hell is so funny shrimp!?" He was not happy, he almost seemed embarrassed.
"You know if you want some iron you could just ask me to make some." She said with a smile through her laughing.
"I ain't gonna beg for food." He retorted.
"I didn't say beg. Just ask. Oh and it has to be polite~."
"Tsk." He said crossing his arms and looking out the window. His stomach made another growl.
"Well... I suppose you have been nice lately... and I guess I could make you some just this once. Solid script iron." She had calmed down from her laughter as she wrote out the word. She let the rather large piece of iron fall into her hands, which was heavier than she thought. "Thank you for saving me yesterday." She said holding out the metal words. Gajeel simply looked at her from the corner of his eyes, grabbed the iorn and started to chow down without saying a word.
Levy grabbed a book from her bag and started to read it. The day slowly ticked away and before they knew it, it went from morning to afternoon into night.
Levy yawned and closed her completed book. She looked out the window "Wow its so late already?" She looked at Gajeel who was sitting with his eyes closed.
"Yeah..." He mumbled back. She had thought for sure that he had fallen asleep. Until now the two had not said a word.
"So are you excited about joining Fairy Tail?" He opened one of his eyes and looked at her.
"The master has not decided yet. I might not." Levy made a relaxed smile and shook her head.
"I know you will make it in. Lily too. The master is not cruel, he will welcome you with open arms." Levy said as kicked her feet absent minded. "Besides I am reporting to the master...and I can't give you a bad review after you have saved me twice. Can I?" She leaned back in her seat and made a tired yawn. "After all I don't want to owe you anything."
"You did most of the work, ya don't owe me anything." Gajeel added closing his eyes once again.
"Well I couldn't have done the work if you were not there to save me. In fairy Tail team work is very important. It's our strength and it's what gets us by. We are always there for each other, and we will do anything for one another.
Gajeel sighed. "Sounds like a lot of sappy crap if you ask me."
Levy just chuckled. "Well I guess you are gonna have to learn to love sappy. If you don't want friends and teammates, why join Fairy Tail?"
"I heard that you guys are strong. I don't want to be part of a weak guild. The stronger the guild the better the jobs."
"Fairy Tail is strong, there are missions for every skill level. You just need to work on your people skills, which will be easy when you meet everyone at the guild."
Another sigh escaped from his mouth. "Whatever shrimp."
"Its Levy."
"Shrimp."
She growled in frustration. "Why wont you call me by my name? Its not that hard!"
"Cuz I prefer shrimp." Levy just shook her head and rolled her eyes.
"Whatever you dummy. I'm going to sleep... See you tomorrow." She leaned back in her chair and made a comfortable sigh.
"Whatever." Was his only response. With that Levy allowed herself to relax muscle by muscle and fall into the marvelous world of dreamland.
Levy woke up the next morning fully rested. It was around 8 A.M and the sun was shinning brightly into the windows of the train. She stretched her arms up into the air and yawned, nothing felt as good as stretching stiff muscles in the morning. Despite her good feeling this morning something felt off. It didn't take her long to realize what was up. The entire night she had slept was dreamless. Well that might not be true, she simply did not remember any of them. Typically she dreamed of Him, and if not Him their daughter or the guild members. But this morning there was nothing. No a trace of a dream. This worried her a bit, the last dream that she could remember was of Gajeel. Levy's face turned red remembering it, but she shook it off as soon as she realized it was there. Did this mean that she was forgetting Him? Her body ran cold, there was no way. She was reminded of Him everyday just by looking at their daughter. Maybe it was because she was away from home for too long. That HAD to be it. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Everything would be better when they got back to Magnolia. Just one more day on a train and her life would return to normal. Once she felt calm she opened her eyes, what was before her made her smile. There sat a sleeping dragon. She chuckled softly, he didn't look so tough anymore. On his lap was his loyal partner Lily, also fast asleep. Gajeel was resting against the back of the seat, his mouth partially open, his arms resting to the side. Lily was curled into a tight little ball of fur. In a way they were cute. Levy quietly got up and made her way to the dinning cart. She stumbled a bit due to her injuries, but was able to manage on her own. It was probably best to let the fierce dragon sleep.
Before long Levy had returned to her seat, both the dragon slayer and his cat were awake. "Good morning you two." Levy said with a smile taking her seat. Lily had responded with a "Good morning" and Gajeel merely grunted. In her hands she had a napkin folded over some food. "I brought you guys these." She said unwrapping the napkin in her hand. There was a small set of silverware for Gajeel along with some breakfast pastries. "Sorry I didn't see any kiwis and I don't really know what else you guys like."
"Levy you should have waited for us. You shouldn't be on your feet with such injuries." Lily said looking at the small mage. "Gajeel or myself could have gotten us food." Another grunt was heard from the dragon slayer along with some mumbles. Apparently he had a different opinion than the exceed.
"Its fine. Really!" A smile appeared on her face. "Besides if I sit still for to long my legs will cramp up. I need to move around. So relax and eat up." The small exceed thanked her and grabbed a muffin out of her hand. Levy turned to Gajeel holding out the food towards the grumpy man. "Well you gonna take some?" She tilted her head, maybe he was not a breakfast eater. Gajeel mumbled something again and grabbed the silverware. "Your welcome~" She said leaning back in her seat with a victorious smile. She tore a small piece of danish from the pile of food and munched on it happily.
The trio ate in silence, which was not all that surprising. It seemed like the only thing they, Gajeel and Levy, were able to do was sit in silence or banter back in forth. Only once in a while could they have an actual conversation. Eventually Gajeel stood up and walked away on his own without saying a world.
"I wonder where he is going?" Levy thought out loud.
"He probably gonna get some fresh air. I didn't tell you this, but Gajeel has slight motion sickness. He is great at hiding it, but its the worse right after he eats." Lily nodded his head in a 'matter of fact' manner.
"Really? That's odd... He hides it well. Must be a dragon slayer thing. I know Natsu gets sick on trains as well."
"Is that so?" Lily added curiously.
Levy nodded her head. "Yep, but he is a lot worse than Gajeel. He can not hide it at all." The two continued to converse about the Fairy Tail dragon slayers and their exceeds. Apparently Lily hadn't seen another exceed since he joined the team with Gajeel. During their conversation Gajeel had returned. He sat down without saying a word, crossed his arms, and looked out the window. Not wanting to leave Gajeel out of the conversation, not that he probably cared, Levy turned and asked him a question. "So what is your plan once we get to Magnolia?"
Gajeel raised an eyebrow. "I thought we're goin to the guild to report to master."
Levy cocked her head. "Its gonna be late when we arrive. We should hold off on the report until tomorrow. Besides I think we could all use some rest in our own comfy beds." The poor guy slept on a couch and train seats the entire mission, Gajeel was long over due for a bed.
"Like I care." He grunted. "As soon as we get back I want to take a mission with Lily."
"But you can't take any missions until you officially become a member... I know all the members are gonna want to meet you, and probably throw a welcoming party. More people will be their in the morning than late at night." She fidgeted her hands nervously. "Beside I was planning on going home... so I was going to make your report to the master tomorrow."
A growl could be heard escaping his throat. "I don't care about any of that. Just make your report quick and be done with it."
"No... I have some things I want to do at home first." She crossed her arms. "Its gonna be late, and why bother if we are going to be at the guild in the morning?"
"Cuz I don't wanna wait Shrimp." He was now glaring at the small girl.
"Well too bad your gonna have to." She crossed her arms and glared right back. "You sound like a child. Grow up."
"Oye, yer the one bein lazy. The sooner you report the sooner i'll be gone."
"Your just upset because I'm the one reporting back to the master. Weather you join or not is up to master, but it's highly influenced from my opinion."
"You said it yerself last night. I will make it in. I'm not worried." A smirk appeared on his face, she didn't hold as much power over him as she thought she did.
"Well we will see TOMORROW I guess." His eye twitched, this shrimp was sure getting on his nerves today. She had a victorious smile on her face. Poor Lily sweat dropped and looked back and forth between the two. They had gotten along so well the night before, what had happened? An awkward silence came over the trio. Lily wanted to say something, but didn't want to upset either of his teammates. Thus he remained silent in order to keep piece. The rest of the trip remained this way.
The train had finally arrived at Magnolia station. Levy had spent most of the day reading a book and not paying attention to Gajeel. Gajeel on the other hand battled in secret with waves of motion sickness, and passing out/sleeping. Levy couldn't help but be all smiles. She was finally home! Life would return to normal.
"Levy, would you like me to take you home?" Levy looked at Lily and smiled. "You should still take it easy on your legs for a while."
"Why thank you Lily, that would be great! Thank you so much." The exceed looked back at his partner, who was glaring at him.
"Whatever..." Gajeel said standing up. He made his way towards the exit. "Better be at the guild early shrimp." With that he disappeared from the train and into Magnolia.
"Well shall we get going Lily?" Levy asked giving the small exceed a warm smile.
"Of course." He smiled back at the young mage and the two exited the train. Lily held onto Levy and slowly floated down the streets of Magnolia. Levy was giving him directions, and the two made some small talk.
"So how did you meet up with Gajeel anyway? You two are so different... I just seems so odd."
Lily chuckled. "Its not all that interesting. We ran into each other when he was a member of his last guild. We spared some, and we were a good match. We just stuck together after that."
"Gajeel was part of another guild? Which one?" Master had not mentioned that to her.
Lily looked down. "That's not for me to say. He doesn't like to talk about his past." Levy thought that this was a bit strange, but better not to pry.
"I understand, the past can be painful sometimes. Sorry I asked." Lily raised an eyebrow and was about to ask about her statement when she spoke up. "This is it. Thank you Lily." The pair stopped in front of a small, but rather normal looking house.
"Not a problem. Would you like me to come get you in the morning?" He set the young mage down on her front steps.
"I will be fine, I can make it to the guild. And tell Gajeel not to worry, I will be at the guild bright and early. He better not be late." Lily nodded his head, and the two exchanged good nights, and Lily left for Gajeel's place.
Levy turned towards her door and pulled out her key. She opened her door and made a relaxed sigh it was good to be home.
"Mommy!" A small high pitched voice cried out happily from the other side of the room.
"I'm home~" Levy said happily as her daughter popped up from behind the couch, ran to her mother and jumped into her open arms.
"Mommy I missed you so much!" She hugged Levy tightly and nuzzled into her mother.
"Welcome home Levy-chan." Lucy was sitting on the couch with a smile on her face. "I hope you don't mind us being here, but she was so excited when she heard you were coming home today. She wanted to welcome you herself."
"Hi Lu-chan! Thank you so much for everything. I hope she was not to much of a handful."
"I was a good girl mommy!"
"I bet you were." She kissed her daughters cheek and made her way to the couch and sat next to Lucy.
"Geeze, what happened to you?! Your all bandaged up!" Lucy couldn't believe her eyes.
"It was a long mission... I'm going to ask Wendy to use some of her healing magic tomorrow at the guild. I'm just glad to be home." She leaned back into the soft couch and closed her eyes.
"Wake up mommy! You have to play with me!" Levy opened one eye and peeked at her daughter. She had a pout on her face that was just adorable and Levy couldn't help but chuckle.
"You, my dear, should be in bed already." She planted a soft kiss on her daughters forehead. Her daughter whined and shook her head defiantly.
"No! I don't wanna!" The young girl said as she pouted.
"Hey Lev, because it's so late can I stay the night? We can head to the guild together tomorrow." Lucy laid back on the couch and closed her eyes as well. "Your kid has a lot of energy. Especially with the toys you sent home."
Levy turned her head confused. "I didn't send any toys home."
Lucy raised an eye brow. "Huh? You sent a bunch of stuff home, your client must have paid you big time. Master told me some things would be coming, but I wasn't expecting that much. I put some boxes in your room too. I must say there were some interesting things inside~"
"Hmm...?" Levy thought for a moment. "I bet it was Louise... She told Gajeel that she sent our bonuses back home. He mentioned that she had contacted the master. He must have given her our addresses I guess mine was toys? I did mention I had a child... but I wasn't specific with gender or age. But then again she did talk to master... He probably filled her in. She was such a strange client...I wouldn't put it past her."
"Oh don't worry, you got more than children toys~" Lucy had a grin on her face. "You will have to check out the boxes I put in your room later. Don't think too hard tonight Lev, just relax and go to bed."
"I love my presents mommy! Thank you!" Levy smiled, if her daughter was happy she would be too.
"I'm glad sweetie. Now why don't we get ready for bed, and let auntie Lucy get some sleep." She stood up picking up her young daughter and headed for the bathroom to wash up.
"Can I sleep in your room mommy?"
"Of course baby." Levy stopped and looked over her shoulder at Lucy. "Make yourself comfortable Lu-chan. My house is your house."
"Thanks Lev. Goodnight."
With that Levy washed up her daughter and dressed her into her Pjs. Levy did the same to herself and the two crawled into Levy's bed together.
"I missed you so much mommy." The young girl said snuggling close to her mom.
"I missed you to baby. I'm glad you were a good girl for Auntie Lucy."
The young girl held onto her mother. "Can we play together tomorrow?"
"Of course, after you get back from school that is. Mommy has to go to the guild tomorrow and you need to go to school."
"Aww! Do I haveta?"
"Yes, your education is very important." Levy kissed her daughter's forehead. "Therefore we need to sleep. Right?"
The young girl pouted once more, but knew she wouldn't win. She was starting to get sleepy anyway, it was late after all and her mom's bed was comfortable. "Alright mommy. Goodnight."
Levy smiled and pulled her daughter into a warm embrace. "Goodnight Lacy, I love you."
With that the two fell asleep, and everything seemed to return back to normal... for now anyway.
So that was the chapter! Like it? Love it? Hate it? I would like to know. As always, not that I have had any problems, constructive criticism is welcome, rudeness is not. Like the name Lacy? lol too many four lettered L names that end with a Y. Lily, Lucy, Levy, and now Lacy. I will be explaining her name later one in the story. It wasn't just a random name pick :)
OMG I have so many people to thank this week. It makes me so happy that the amount of people enjoying this story grows every week!
First off this chapter is dedicated to the one and only amazing LumiSusi (You are always so sweet! Thank you so much! Maybe later in this story as Gajeel and Levy grow into a couple the "unusual" noises will be brought up again ;)) You are the most super awesome amazing fantastic person out there! I love you and Thank you so much! You are the best!
I would like to give and awesome amazing thank you to: TheGirlWithNoIQ (lol it's gonna be a bit before Gajeel meets little Lacy. But when I finally get there so much awesomeness is going to happen~ I hope you will Love Gajeel's reaction as much as I do), nellikins (Why thank you :D I hope you love this one too~), and sngsngsnyrslp (Sadly it will be a bit longer until Gajeel meets Lacy, but it will be awesome when it does happen lol. Its all planned out, just gotta type it) for the reviews and follows! You guys are awesome!
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