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Part of reason Lucy had accepted Wendy's offer to come with her to Crocus was so that she could maybe use Troia on Iggy to help him get through the ride. However, when the train started, much to Lucy's surprise, Wendy was completely incapacitated by motion sickness.

Lucy looked to ask Chelia, only to find that she was fast asleep. It seemed that while Dragon Slayers got motion sickness, transportation put God Slayers to sleep. It made Lucy briefly ponder the possibility of something happen to Gray when he went on a train. So because of that, she had to deal with her

Fortunately, the train ride didn't seem that long. Once they got, Lucy lead the Sky Sisters downtown to her and Natsu's home.

"This place is pretty nice," Wendy said, as she looked around, "Its bigger than your last apartment."

"Well, we had to get a bigger place to raise Iggy in," Lucy said, as she set her son in a small crime that was next to the sofa, "Fortunately, Natsu's not destroying as much property as he did in the guild."

"Well, I guess the military finally installed some discipline in the man," Carla commented as she floated over Iggy's crib, who laughed as he reached up to her.

"I guess that's a way to put it," Lucy said, as she went over to the cupboard, "Would you guys like anything to eat or drink?"

"I'm fine," Wendy said.

"So am I," Chelia answered.

"Again, I'd like to apologize for how I acted earlier at the guild," Carla said, "It was out of line for me act so rudely."

"Oh, its fine," Lucy said softly, "We've all been pretty stressed out lately I think."

"Wendy told me you've been looking to be a writer," Chelia mentioned, "How has it been going?" Lucy would've been somewhat annoyed that Wendy had mentioned that to another, since it was something she generally didn't want to promote. However, she supposed that there wasn't much good in getting mad at this point.

"Well, I honestly haven't had much time to do it lately," Lucy answered, "at least between my work in Sorcerer Weekly, and being a mother."

"Oh, well that's too bad," Chelia answered, "I was looking forward to maybe reading it myself." As they were talking, Wendy had walked up to Iggy's crib, and was now looking over it. As she did, her pigtails slipped down into the crib, giving Iggy something new to grab.

"Ow!" Wendy yelped briefly as Iggy gave her hair a sound tug.

"Iggy!" Lucy scolded as she went over to the bed, frowning at her son, "That's not nice!"

"Its fine," Wendy answered with a slight, if not somewhat pained giggle, as she took a step back. She then looked into the crib, and her smile twitched slightly.

"I still can't believe how much has changed in just one year," she said, "I still can barely believe that you and Natsu are parents now."

"I'll admit, what caught me off guard the most was when I saw what happened to Happy," Carla said after a moment's pause. Lucy chuckled at that slightly.

"Imagine my surprise when I came home late and saw this hulking cat man sitting on our dinner table snacking on a fish," she said.

"You're pictures are nice," Chelia spoke up, as she stood next to the wardrobe. Lucy came over to join her. They were mostly of Natsu, Happy, and herself, such as a picture of Natsu with Happy floating next to him, his hand on Lucy's pregnant stomach. Another picture showed Lucy in a hospital bed, holding a newborn Iggy in her arms. The most recent one, which was also the most formal, showed Natsu in his formal armor (which consisted of ceremonial armor with dragons on it) and his helmet under his arm, standing beside a chair of Lucy with her hair tied back in a bun, in a flowing red dress, and Iggy in her lap, while Happy stood to the side in his battle form, in his own armor.

"Though I don't see any pictures of Fairy Tail here," Chelia then noted. Lucy visibly flinched at that, and she noticed Wendy and Carla looking at her with surprise. Looking at them, they both looked hurt.

"Lucy," Wendy said softly. There was a period of silence, which was broken when Lucy heard Iggy whining.

"Do you mind if I feed him?" Lucy asked. After getting affirmation, Lucy picked Iggy up and started nursing him. The silence then returned, as Lucy kept her attention on her baby.

"After the guild disbanded, Natsu and I made a promise to each other," she finally explained, as she ran her hand through Iggy's hair, "While others may leave and go their separate ways, we would always be together, and that would be enough. For the past year, it honestly seemed like enough; we've been happy with our own little family." Wendy opened and then closed her mouth as she looked at the floor; Chelia looked at her with concern.

"We should go check into our hotel," Carla suddenly intercepted.

"Really?" Lucy asked, "I thought you were going to sleep here?"

"We can read the room," Carla said plainly, frowning at her. She then lead the Sky Sisters out of apartment as Lucy watched them leave, sighing at how quickly things soured, sitting down.

"Well, I guess just you and me now again," she said to her son, who continued nursing, "I hope your dad's home soon."

Note: I originally was planning on having this chapter be longer, but I thought it would be more effective to have this scene be on its own, especially with how the story will progress. At any rate, we needed a real Lucy chapter after all the whole shebang with the last chapter.

Sorry this is so short (I'm really not).

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