The Stars

Layla and Bolt walked through the guild. The twins looked up to see Macao and Wakaba walk up to them. Wakaba had his hands stuffed in his pockets. "Well, if it isn't Bolt and little Lucy."

"Huh?" Layla pointed to herself. "But my name is Layla."

Wakaba smiled down at her. "Yeah, but you look just like your mom. A little Lucy."

Layla waved her hand around wildly at her sides. Tears came down her cheeks. "But my name is Layla, Layla, LAYLA!"

Bolt saw how upset his sister had become. He glared at the smoker. He ran up to him and kicked the man as hard as he could in the leg. "Her name is Layla!" The smoker grabbed his leg, bouncing on one leg.

"Hey, it was a joke."

A large shadow casted over them. "Did the lights go out or something?" Macao questioned. He looked back along with Wakaba as the twins pointed behind them. The frightening sight of their master in his giant form stood behind them with raging white eyes. The two men trembled in fear at the sight.

"What do you two think you're doing to my grandchildren?" the master of Fairy Tail questioned.

Both twins waved their arms like mad windmills. "They keep calling her little Lucy, her name is Layla." Bolt and Layla had said and done everything in complete unison with their eyes closed, growing more upset.

"We're sorry," the two men said together. They quickly scattered.

Makarov shrieked back down to his normal size. He walked up to his great grandchildren who were still greatly upset. "There, there." He rested his hands on the blondes' heads. "The bad men have gone away."

The twins stopped. They looked at their grandfather with Layla's eyes starting to dry up.

"So what sort of game do you two want to play today?" Makarov asked them.

"Tag," Layla raised her hand.

"Hide and seek," Bolt shot up his hand.

"Hmm? How about we play both," Makarov suggested.

The twins put their hands down with a confuse look on their faces.

"Huh?" Layla said.

"How?" Bolt questioned.

"We'll play hide and go tag." The old master lifted up one finger. "When the seeker finds a person he or she then tags them and then that person becomes the seeker."

The twins rose their hands in unison. "Yeah!"

Lucy looked on at her twins from her usual table. "Time just seems to fly by doesn't it?" Lucy looked over at her dear friend Erza who just spoke. The red haired woman held her two year old son in her lap. She sat across from the blonde.

Lucy smiled at the other woman. "Yeah, I know. It seems like just yesterday they were newborns now they're already six."

"Feeling old?" Natsu had a snickering grin on his face as he rested his chin on the table.

"You're one to talk," Lucy pointed at the dragon slayer. "You have a kid now too."

Natsu's son, rightly named Natsu Jr. laid on top of the man's head sleeping. The boy was two years old just like Erza's son and looked a great deal like his father. But despite the fact his hairstyle matched his father's, his hair color matched his beautiful mother, Lisanna. The boy mumbled words of food in his sleep. He was no doubt Natsu's son.

"Just be glad you only have one," Gray said. The ice wizard held his five month old daughter in his hand while his two year old son sat on the floor tugging his leg.

"That reminds me how is Juvia's latest pregnancy going?" Lucy asked.

Gray sighed. "As great as the others." Juvia had been known for her crazy mood swings during her last two pregnancies. She had flooded her and Gray's house on more than one occasion with her tears for the slightest things Gray did.

Lucy sweat dropped. "Well hang in there." Three years after Lucy had Bolt and Layla, Gray had given into Juvia's advances. It turned out he really liked her and that like turned into love. They married around the same time his fellow teammates did to their partners which was why they all ended up having kids the same age.

The celestial wizard looked back at her own children who were about to play with their grandfather. "I think tonight might be a good night to go out star sighting."

"Still hoping Layla and Bolt will become celestial wizard, Luce," Natsu teased.

Lucy shot her face directly at the fire wizard. "That's not it. They just really like the stars."

"Sure they do," Gray started to tease her as well. His baby girl started to cry in his arm. He gently rocked her. "It's ok, it's ok. Daddy's here."

Lucy covered her mouth and giggled. It was still so strange to her to see that all of her friends had become parents too. Mirjane had hooked up with Freed, Levy with Gajeel. The guild was truly maturing in ways she couldn't of imaged.

"Wow, they're so pretty, Momma," Layla said as she gazed up at the stars. Lucy sat in a grass clearing while Bolt sat between her legs as Layla stood behind her, holding onto Lucy's shoulder for support.

Sparkles were in the young girl's eyes. "Do all your spirits really come from up there?"

"That's right." Lucy nodded.

"How many constellations are there?" Bolt asked.

"There are a total of 88 constellations," Lucy answered.

"I want to collect them all," Layla said, looking over at her mother.

Lucy looked back at her daughter. "You do, do you? Just don't forget you'll have to treat them all like good friends."

Bolt looked up at Lucy. "Why? You can make them do whatever you want, right?"

"Spirits need to be treated with respect, Bolt."

"But they won't die, right?"

"That's true, but they do have feelings. How would you feel if you could live forever, but you were just used as a slave and a shield? Always feeling pain and got not so much as a thank you in return."

"I wouldn't like it," Bolt answered.

"Exactly," Lucy answered. She smiled brightly down at her son.

Layla patted her mother as hard as she could on her shoulder to get her attention. "Momma, Momma."

Lucy looked back at Layla again. "What is it, sweetheart?"

A flash of lightning came down in front of the small family, gathering all of their attention. The lightning faded away to reveal Laxus down on one knee with his travel bag slung over his shoulder. He stood up and opened his eyes.

"Dad!" Both kids shouted in excitement. They ran over to their father and both hugged one of his legs.

Laxus came down to his children's height and scooped them up into his arms, before he stood up again. "How are you guys doing?"

The twins hugged their father. "We missed you," Layla said. Laxus had been off on a month long mission with his team.

"Hey, I missed you too." He looked in his daughter's direction.

Lucy giggled at the sight that caught Laxus' attention. He raised an eyebrow. Lucy opened her eyes and looked at her happy blond family. "How did you find us so quickly?"

Laxus smirked. "Like I don't know my own family. Beside you know I'll always be able to follow your scent, Blondie."

Layla looked up at her father. "Why do you call Momma that?"

Bolt then looked up at his father. "Yeah, you have blonde hair too." The young boy pointed to it, before he took a few locks in his small hand and pulled on them.

Laxus shut one eye in pain and clenched his teeth.

"Yeah." Layla grabbed a few more locks on her side and pulled too.

"Hey, what's with you two suddenly pulling my hair?" Laxus questioned.

"Momma, said we should if you called her Blondie again," Bolt said.

Laxus looked down at his wife. "Seriously?"

Lucy giggled with a devious grin. "Maybe. Kids, you can let go of your father now."

The Dreyar twins let go of their father's hair. Laxus walked over to his wife and sat down with their kids in his arms. "So star gazing again, huh? Don't you guys ever get bored with this?"

"No, it's fun," Layla said. "I'm going to learn all the constellations."

"Oh, are you now?" Laxus questioned.

Layla nodded her head. "Uh, huh."

"Well, I'll learn them faster," Bolt declared.

Layla stuck out her tongue at him. Laxus and Lucy laughed at their kids antics.

Lucy and Laxus entered their house with their sleeping kids in their arms. The two had tired themselves out, running around and trying to memorize all the constellations. Lucy looked down at the sleeping boy in her arms. "They really know how to have fun don't they?"

Laxus simply smiled. "Well, they do have the coolest dad in the world, Blondie."

Lucy sighed. "Laxus." Her eyes sprung open a second later. Her pupils trembled. She felt Laxus' lips on top of her forehead. She looked up as the man stepped back. She saw the love in her husband's eyes.

"You'll always been my Blondie, Lucy."

Lucy shook her head. "Seriously, Laxus. We better get these two to bed."

Laxus let out a breath. "Yeah."

"I'll take care of that." Loke stepped forward from beside them.

"Loke?" Lucy said.

"What are you doing here?" It was easy to say that Laxus got annoyed by the perverted lion anytime he showed up unannounced mostly because he would always flirt with Lucy despite her being married to him.

"I'll put them to bed, why don't the two of you catch up," Loke offered. "I know it's been awhile since Laxus has been so busy with missions lately."

"Thanks, Loke." Lucy placed Bolt in the lion's arm. After a moment, Laxus did the same with Layla. The spirit then headed up the steps with the twins.

"I'll give him one thing, he can be useful when he wants to be," Laxus said. The two watched as Loke ascended the steps with their children.

"Yeah."

Laxus looked over at his lovely wife. "Hey, there was something I wanted to show you."

"What is it?"

Laxus' wrapped his large arm around her shoulders and guided his lady toward the kitchen. "It's in here."

Lucy's eyes widen at the sight. Inside the kitchen it was fully decorated with roses and candles. The woman's favorite foods were spread across the table on a pure white table cloth. Hanging just above the table was a lightning lacrima in the shape of a star.

"Did you really do all this?"

"Well, I had some help." Laxus basically had the job of keeping Lucy away from the house long enough so his team could get everything ready. Still the look on Lucy's face was well worth it. Laxus then felt a pull on his shoulder. He was lowered down to Lucy's level as she locked her lips with his.

Laxus smiled inwardly. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her up to him, deepening their kiss. After a moment he broke it. "You don't want your food to get cold do you, Blondie?"

Lucy rested her hand on his cheek. "I love you, Laxus." She kissed him again.

The next day, Bolt held up a painting of the zodiac constellations. "Look, Momma I can do all the constellations of the Zodiac. Isn't it neat?" Bolt smiled widely.

Lucy took the painting from her son. "That's amazing, Bolt! You really got them all down."

Laxus leaned over to take a look. He and Lucy sat on the couch as their children were painting pictures on the coffee table in the living room. "Really?"

"Yep." Lucy nodded. "Bolt would probably make a great celestial wizard."

Laxus raised an eyebrow. "He was copying me just last year. I think he make a better lightning wizard. He's already got the look down."

"Momma, momma." Layla ran up to her parents to get their attention. "I made the conserations too. See look." She held up the painting for them to see. The painting was completely different from her brother's. She had at least a dozen of the stars out of place, making them look more like they were placed at random.

Bolt looked over at his sister's painting. He pointed at it. "Those are wrong."

Layla lowered her paper and looked at it. "No, they're not."

Bolt pointed at the picture. "That isn't Aries, that's too small for Leo and were is Gemini?"

"Um?" Layla scratched her head.

"Oh, it's ok, Layla. The important thing is that you're trying," Lucy assured her.

Bolt folded his arms across his chest with a proud look on his face. "I told you I learn them first. I'm the best."

Layla looked down disappointed.

"Well, since you're so smart, Bolt why don't you help your sister out," Laxus said. "That's what you should do as her big brother."

Bolt looked up at his father confuse. "But then she'll be as smart as me."

Lucy leaned closer to Bolt. "What's wrong with that?"

Bolt dropped his arms down, lowering his shoulders. He blinked a few times. At first he couldn't think of a good answer to respond with and then said, "I want to be smarter."

"But don't you want your sister to be smart too? You don't want her to be sad do you?"

Bolt looked over at Layla. He saw how she look as if she were going to cry. Her body trembled and she shut her eyes. Tears started to form. He placed his hands on her shoulder to get her attention. "I'll teach you the stars, Layla."

"You will?" She smiled. She gave him a big hug.

Bolt laughed. "First lesson they're called constellations not conserations."

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