As always Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima

Chapter 9

Surprise

"Well... Are you going to tell me the real reason you broke up with Natsu or not?" Erza asked Lucy, drawing her attention away from the rose.

"Right." Lucy took a deep breath. "Everything started the day you told the Guild you were pregnant with Rose, about three months after I started dating Natsu...

~Flashback April year X793 ~

Lucy was sitting at the bar, clapping along with everyone else. Erza had just announced that she was two months pregnant with her first child. The entire Guild was happy, it would be the fourth child born since the Tenrou team had gotten back. Elfman and Evergreen already had a beautiful seven month old daughter, Freed and Mirajane were expecting their first any day now, and Gray and Juvia were expect their's in a few months.

Lucy's stomach flipped and her hands went to it, she had been feeling sick for a few weeks now. She tried to keep her drink down but couldn't, and she ran to the woman's locker room. As she was coming out she noticed someone leaning against the wall.

"Laxus!" Lucy called out to him. "When did you get back?" The blond Dragon Slayer turned and she saw a small smile on his lips.

"Just a few minutes ago. I caught the end of the announcement. I just hope Erza is over her morning sickness." Laxus ran a hand through his hair. "Evergreen's lasted for weeks, we had her either keep a bucket next to her or gave her the bed closest to the bathroom."

Morning sickness... No, not possible. She put the thought out of her mind.

"It was good to see you again, Laxus, but I have a train in a few hours and I have to go pack."

"Where are you going?" He called after her.

"Lily Town, it's southeast of Shirotsume. Natsu picked out another Dark Guild job, he also begged me to let Lisanna come." Lucy frowned, Natsu still hasn't gotten over his feeling for Lisanna. "It's okay though. More people means it might get done quicker."

"Well, be careful Blondie." Laxus called after her as she left the Guild, waving to everyone as she left.

~ Time skip 1 hour 1 pm ~

She left the clinic, her arms wrapped around her abdomen. I'll tell him after the job, no need for him to be distracted. This job should be easy and it should be over by tonight. She made her way to the train station, her arms still wrapped around her abdomen.

~ Time skip 7 hours ~

It was dark, and Lucy was surrounded by dark mages in a clearing outside of Lily Town. Lisanna had been knocked unconscious and Natsu had run after the leader of the mages who had done it. Lucy had Leo out and he was fighting along side her as she fought with her fleuve d'etoiles. So much for being easy. Lucy wrapped her whip around a mage and sent him flying into a group of them.

"I need to end this. Leo go back. I've got this." Lucy closed her eyes and concentrated on her magic, and when she opened them gold circles flashed in them.

Survey the Heaven, Open the Heaven...

All the Stars, far and wide...

Show me thy Appearance

With such shine

O Tetrabiblos

I am the ruler of the Stars

Aspect became Complete

Open thy malevolent gate

O 88 Stars of the Heaven

Shine

Urano Metria!

As the light died she fell to her knees from the loss of magic. Lucy glanced around and saw Natsu running towards Lisanna.

"Take Lisanna away from here, Natsu." Lucy yelled over to him. "She's fine, she should wake up in a few hours. I'll stay here to tie everyone up and contact the Rune Knights." Lucy gestured towards the unconscious mages around her. Natsu nodded, picked up Lisanna, and made his way back to town.

Lucy had just finished tying up the mages with magic canceling rope, and was contacting the Rune Knights when she heard a branch snap. She dropped the lacrima she was holding, and as she turned she was hit by surprise in the abdomen. It was in that moment she knew she was in trouble, she didn't have enough magic left to summon even Plue. The next thing she knew she was flying backwards into a tree, and let out a cry of pain as she landed on the rocks at the base of the tree.

"Well, well... What do we have here?" Lucy heard a deep voice and looked up to see two cloaked figures walking towards her. She struggled to sit up against the tree she had hit.

"A little mage, perhaps? Tell me, little mage, what are you? Lamia, Mermaid, Pegasus, Tiger... or could you possibly be a Fairy?" The two figures walked closer, and Lucy struggled to find her keys. If I could just find them Leo could come out on his own.

"Stay away from me, I'm warning you." Lucy could hear her voice tremble.

"Oooh... She's warning us." It was a woman who spoke this time. "Let's get a look at the little mage who's 'warning' us." The woman's hand filled up with fire, lighting up the area around them. They must have seen her guild mark because the woman started laughing.

"Such a bad time to be an injured fairy. We were just being chased by two other fairies, but we lost them." The woman cackled, as the man kicked Lucy's side, sending her flying with the help of his magic. This time she landed at someone's feet and heard a growl.

"It's also such a bad time to be hurting fairies around me. Thunder Dragon's Roar!" She heard the couple scream and then silence.

"Oh god, it's Blondie! Hey, are you alright?" Lucy opened her eyes and saw Laxus there, his blue eyes full of concern. "Can you sit up?" She nodded and he helped her sit up. She looked around and saw Bickslow there tying up the couple, his babies hovering around him.

"Who are they?" She managed to croak

"The target of my latest job. A pair of bandits that have been targeting traveling merchants. We managed to injure them earlier, but the man sent us flying with his magic and they escaped into the woods. We managed to track them here and the rest you already know." Laxus explained as Bickslow returned and announced that they wouldn't be going anywhere.

"Why are you hear alone, Cheerleader?" Cheerleader, Cheerleader his babies cooed.

"Lisanna got knocked out and Natsu ran after the guy who did it, leaving me to deal with all the other mages. Once I was finished he came back so I told him to take Lisanna away while I tie them up. I was talking to the Rune Knights when those two attacked me." Just as she finished she saw a group of knights walking towards them.

"That saves us some time." Laxus said with a laugh, helping Lucy to her feet as they got closer.

"Miss Heartfilia. We're glad that you're okay. The lacrima cut off while we were talking. What happened?" The man glanced at Laxus and Bickslow, then at the couple tied up off to the side.

"It's okay.. Uh.."

"Captain Macer." He said with a bow.

"Captain Macer. It's okay, as I said. I was just caught off guard with low magic by those two bandits over there. My Guildmates, Laxus and Bickslow here, were tracking them and ca-" Lucy stopped and winced as she felt a stabbing pain in her abdomen."

"Blondie?" It was Laxus. "Are you alright?"

"Yes. I'm fine." She felt it again, thins time a little stronger.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm su-" Lucy doubled over this time, black spots dancing in front of her eyes. She felt herself being caught and heard someone mumble a string of curses before everything went black.