Well, This is it. The final chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter 10
"Ladies," Cana drunken voice echoed in the small room, while the other girls sat on the living room floor listening, "I can honestly say that I knew this day would come, especially to our little Lucy." The said girl blushed scarlet as the others turned to look at her, giggling. "I mean, she used to always come to be for advice on romance but she always managed to fail that I almost thought she was going to die old a virgin."
"Hey!" Lucy half-heartedly glared at the drunk mage, her face still a shade of pink as the other girls began to burst into fits of laughter. Levy was the only one who thought of covering Wendy's ears for the sake of her young and untainted mind, but still laughed along with the other girls.
"But now look at her. She's no longer a virgin, and not to mention she's—" It was at that point that everyone stopped to look at Cana as she tackled the blonde mage into a bear hug, tears flowing from her eyes. "I can't believe you're already getting married! I could have sworn it wasn't too long ago when we were partners for the S-class exam! And now—now I'm going to be an aunt— I'm too young to be an aunt!" The stellar mage placed a comforting arm around her, patting her back until the sobs eventually faded. Never in her life had Lucy seen the drunk Cana cry so childishly. She was always so strong and always put up a brave front. Sure she cried when she confessed to being Gildart's daughter but now, it was like two sisters were being separated.
Of course, Lucy was going to miss the card mage too. The S-class exam had taken their friendship to another level, making them almost like sisters, and more importantly, they were able to get to know each other better than ever before. The stellar mage was more than happy to have helped her realize it was time for her to tell her father the truth and from then on, Cana was happier. Lucy was going to miss her; her excessive drinking, her bold personality, and most of all, she was going to miss having someone tease her about her terrible bad luck with men.
Cana then pulled away and turned to the younger of the Strauss sisters, "Lisanna, I am so proud of you. Your childhood dream is also going to come true. It was like a..a—" another set of tears and teary eyes when the brunette flung herself to the take-over mage.
At that point, Mirajane stood up as elegant as ever and smiled at the two soon to be brides. It was her idea to have a bachelorette party because she just could not stand the fact that the guys were having their bachelors party, while Lisanna and Lucy wanted to stay home and just go to sleep.
She waited patiently until Cana was under control, "Well, first off, I want to say congratulations to the most beautiful sisters anyone could ever have: Lisanna, and of course, Lucy. It seemed like almost yesterday when I was still deviously planning to hook you up with— to plan you lo–" but she (thankfully) did not finish because she fell on the carpeted floor on her knees and began to cry like a lost little girl, her sobs echoing in the room. The other girls could not help but stare open-mouthed at the barmaid, as she continued to cry out loud.
It was going to be a long night.
Sting and Rogue sat back in amusement at the scene unfolding before them. They were currently at the guild, every female member absent because they were over at Lucy's tiny apartment. He could not help but wonder what in the world they could be doing, and the possibility of her guildmates having male entertainers for her and Lisanna. The thought alone was enough to flare his anger and awaken his jealous side.
Anyways, back at the current situation, a fight was currently commencing between Natsu and Gajeel. He really could not blame the fire mage. After thirty minutes of listening to the iron mage sing, anyone would go insane and eventually want to strangle the guy. Sting was usually blunt about his opinion and normally would have told Gajeel that he should just focus on being a mage than a singer (because let's face it–he sucked), but he had promised Lucy he would behave himself and will not, under any circumstances, get involved in any fights.
Eventually, almost every male joined the fight. It was then that Sting decided this was probably one of the most insane and yet best bachelor's party ever held. He glanced at his partner, and for once could see that there was no regret or remorse that he felt for joining Fairy Tail.
"I never did get to tell you congratulations," Rogue looked over at his exceed who was flying over the members, along with the other male exceeds.
"Thanks," Sting smiled to himself. It was still hard to believe how much things have changed. It was not too long ago when they were still a part of Sabertooth, claiming to be the best dragon slayer duo in all of Fiore and planning to show Fairy Tail which guild was the strongest, but now, things have turned for the better. Falling in love was the last thing on his list until he crossed paths with Fairy Tail's stellar mage. However, he regrets nothing, because he was beyond content. He felt complete and understood.
"No longer partners huh?" There was what seemed like a deafening silence between them until Rogue continued, "Things have only started to change, Sting. You're getting married, you're about to become a father, and you'll have your own family to take care of."
A sad sigh escaped Sting's lips, "You're right and I'm still only learning. But hey, We're nakama right? You need anything, I'm still here to help you out." Rogue nodded, as they shook hands and pulled each other for a brotherly embrace.
They remained seated until a wooden chair almost, almost crashed into the white dragon slayer's face. Sting turned to the fire dragon slayer who, as if he could actually act like he was not at fault, was suspiciously walking with his hands behind his back while whistling. Sting's hands balled into fists, unable to control his anger and charged at the fire dragon slayer, "Natsu you bastard!"
Rogue shook his head. It was going to be a long night.
To say that Sting was nervous was an understatement. The piercing gazes and locked stares coming from every fairy tail mage sitting before him as he waited for his bride (a warning that dared him to run away, not that he was thinking about it) only had him glancing from one corner of the church to another. He was never this nervous before, but just thinking about finally getting married (before anyone else did) was making his heart beat at a rapid rate.
On another hand, a more positive end to things, he was about to get married to the most beautiful woman any man could want. Lucy Heartfilia had changed him without any effort; from the selfish and careless Saber jerk he was to the man that was thankful for all the blessings he has in life, especially Lucy Heartfilia and their unborn child.
It was strange to think that they first met as rivals, enemies, and the whole point of their relationship was for her to make a certain mage jealous and for him to just mess with Fairy Tail members. And now, he was helplessly in love with her. So much that he would go to the ends of the earth just to make her happy.
Standing at the end of the aisle, waiting for his bride, felt like forever. A part of him was giddy with excitement, but another was afraid that the stellar mage might not show up at all. It was stupid of him to think so, but any man about to be wedded have a part of them feeling doubtful. Even Natsu's constant rambling about how he was happy for both of them was not really helping.
So when he first heard the soft playing of the violin and the melody of the piano, he turned to the big wooden doors, and then, everything else just faded into the background. There was just the soft hum of the music, the faces of the standing crowd disappeared, and all he could see was her, as she walked, in a beautiful, silky white dress.
It hugged her upper body, the sweetheart neckline and the corset embroidered by fine thin strips of detailed lace, perfectly. While the rest of the dress flowed freely onto the floor, leaving a small trail behind her. On her hand was a bouquet of red roses and white carnations. Her hair flowed freely in silky, golden waves. He could see her chocolate brown orbs looking directly at him through the thin fabric of her veil. And that was it, it was their moment (and Natsu's and Lisanna's) and theirs alone.
Everything stopped, time was frozen, his breathing shallow, and his heartbeat was pumping at even faster rate if possible. She was beautiful and was going to be his and only his. Then they would spend their lives together, forever. With their twenty plus kids.
When she neared him, the blush on her cheeks was even more eminent. She smiled up at him, and placed her hand in his, before he led them in front of the altar. Lisanna and Natsu did the same, but they too, were lost in their own little world.
Throughout the ceremony, Sting focused only on her glowing face, and when it came time to say their vows, he could not stop the wide, goofy grin on from forming on his lips, watching her soft pink lips move as she said the two words that would tie them together. The two words that meant acceptance for who he was and who he is, for his past, future, and present, and most of all it was her acceptance for the unconditional love he felt for her. And when he said the same two words, the tears and smile that curled on her lips took his breath away. She was beautiful and solely his.
"I now pronounce you husbands, and wives. You both may now kiss your brides."
The white dragon slayer lifted Lucy's veil and pulled it over her head. Tears were forming in her eyes, her cheeks flushed, as he grabbed her by the waist, slightly tilted her back and pulled her close, "You look so beautiful. I love you, Mrs. Lucy Heartfilia Eucliffe." He gently pressed his lips to hers, her arms moving to wrap around his neck. There was the faint sound of applause in the background, because nothing else mattered but this moment. Their moment right now.
"And you quite dashing. I have, and always will love you, my dearest husband." Lucy replied before pulling him in for another kiss.
"What about...hmm...Flames?"
Sting scrunched his face in disgust, and gave Lucy a disapproving look, "It's not fitting, besides, I don't want anything that's too Natsu like."
Lucy let out a small giggle as she laid on the grass, her head on Sting's lap as he sat against a tree trunk, its branches and leaves shading them from the bright rays of sunlight. His fingers were combing her golden locks while her hands were over her already round and large belly. "You're overreacting, Sting."
She looked over at her stomach, admiring the small rays of sunlight that passed through the leaves and landed against her skin, "Light."
Sting smiled, "That's better, babe," and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.
They remained that way for a few minutes, their hands entangled, and their thoughts drifting back to everything that they have gone through together. "It was all worth it," Lucy looked up at him, brown eyes met with blue eyes, "Everything we've been through, I don't regret anything because it all led me to you." A small smile graced her lips, "I look forward to spending the rest of my life with you, Sting Eucliffe."
"And I, you, Mrs. Eucliffe," Sting lifted their entwined hands and kissed the back of her hand, their wedding rings glinting under the small rays of sunlight that escaped the shade of the leaves. "I can't even begin to describe how happy I am, Lucy. You're everything to me and more. I want to be the best husband and the best father for this family we will have. I love you, Lucy. Don't ever leave me?"
Lucy's free hand moved up to trace his jawline, "I will never leave you Sting. I love you too much. And I couldn't bear to lose you."
The two mages smiled a each other, a comfortable silence between them before the sound of footsteps crunching on fallen tree leaves had them sitting up and looking at a surprised water mage and an ice mage, holding hands.
Lucy raised an eyebrow, her eyes following their hands, until a sly smirk curled on her lips, "I always knew you two would end up together."
Nobody in the guild was surprised when Juvia came home a few months ago, two weeks before the wedding, with a guilty look in her face only to announce that her relationship with Lamia Scale's ice Mage did not work out. She cried for a few seconds until Gray walked into the guild and she literally jumped him for "comfort." Their growing relationship became even more obvious when Gray did not bother to push Juvia away or hide from her like he always used to. She also had a feeling that Mirajane might have found her new victims.
"Uh," Gray blushed, as did Juvia, and they stood there awkwardly, "It's been a few weeks since you took your leave, Luce. How are you?" His attempt to change the subject worked.
"I've been well," the stellar Mage leaned into Sting's shoulder, his arm wrapped around her, and his other hand over hers, which was placed over her round belly.
The other two mages proceeded to take seats on the grass across from them, hesitantly untangling their hands. "It's still hard getting used to you not being there. You and Lisanna. Sometimes even Natsu is too busy taking care of his wife to go on jobs with us. Erza is having a hard time adjusting, too," Gray looked up at the sky. "Heck, even Gajeel has been acting strange ever since your wedding day."
Lucy smiled and understood why. When it came time to throw the bouquets in the air, at the wedding, Levy had been the one who caught Lucy's, while Juvia had caught Lisanna's. In a way it had been the push that Gray and Gajeel needed to take their relationships to the next level;. Gajeel debating on proposing to his girlfriend, and Gray finally asking Juvia to be his girlfriend.
"Everything's changing," Gray looked at Juvia and smiled, "A little too fast for my liking." And then he looked at Lucy. The girl that frequently had him blushing whenever her skimpy outfits and skirts would ride up to reveal her scandalous underwear. And the girl, that at some point he had developed feelings for, "We're no longer Team Natsu. Everyone's moving on with their lives and I'm going to miss all of it."
Gray was taken by surprise when Lucy suddenly launched herself onto him, his bare shoulder (Spirits only knew what the heck happened to his clothes) getting wet from the salty tears coming from her eyes, "Gray I'm going to miss all of you too!" She was. After all, her team, as well as the whole guild, had become her second family. They have been through so much together, good, bad, embarrassing, and of course the best moments.
Sting had to be the one to pull his wife away, a little uncomfortable that she was holding a little too tightly onto the ice mage, but of course he did not openly express his jealousy, compared to the water mage who was both in tears from probably memories and angry that Lucy still had the guts to hold her Gray-sama.
Another set of footsteps had the group looking behind the water and ice mages. Natsu and Lisanna stepped out of the crowd of trees, surprise written on their faces, clearly not expecting anyone else to be there. "Hey guys!" Natsu gave everyone a wide, toothy grin, before guiding Lisanna to take a seat on the grass areas with the rest of the group.
Lisanna smiled at Lucy, "You're already over eight months, how are you feeling Lucy?"
"Nervous. But a little more than excited. What about you? Have you driven Natsu crazy yet with your cravings and mood swings?" The two girls laughed, glad to finally get a long and not argue over a guy. Lisanna was three months pregnant and ever since Natsu found out, he has been running around crazy, and unsure about what to do as a soon to be father.
While the girls laughed and talked about what girls tend to talk about, the men just sat there, looking at each other.
Natsu was the first to break the silence between them, "Oi, you better take care of Lucy. Got that?"
Sting smirked, "I don't need to be told what I already know and plan on doing." His eyes traveled to his wife, his smirk turning into a small smile, then back at the fire dragon slayer. Natsu held out his hand, which Sting took, a silent agreement between the two of them. The white dragon slayer then shook Gray's hand, "Don't worry. I'll take good care of her."
He knew just how much Lucy meant to both of them, and all of Fairy Tail. They trusted him enough to take their celestial princess and take care of her, because he knew if anything were to happen, every Fairy Tail mage would be after his head. Of course, he was thankful that before he met Lucy, Natsu and Gray were always around to protect her.
Natsu half heartedly glared at him, "You better. I expect you two to eventually come back here. Of course, I still want to be a godfather for your kid."
Responding with the same expression Sting nodded, "I really don't have much of a choice now do I?" He felt his wife lightly elbow him below his ribs, a small laugh escaping his lips. "I'm kidding babe."
Sting could never deny Lucy what made her happy. Their relationship was based on compromises and it surprised him when she had agreed to move out of Magnolia for a few years and settle down in the privacy of their own home, but of course, he could never take her away from her family and had promised her that they would return and rejoin Fairy Tail. He did not mind because he knew it made her happy, and he just could not forget about his own friends and the ones he had recently made in the guild. And they had agreed that if anything should happen to them, their children will always have a place to return to and a family to welcome them home. Until then, they were both going to properly raise their future kids as learning parents, and further develop their relationship.
The sudden gasps coming from Lisanna and Juvia had the males turning their direction. Sting watched, confused, as Lucy pressed a finger to her lips and shushed the other girls. He raised an eyebrow and gave his wife a questioning look, "Did I miss something?"
"Nothing!" Was Lucy's immediate reply, which, of course, peaked his curiosity even more. She was always like this, especially when Wendy was around, and he had a feeling that she was hiding something about their baby. He did not dwell too much about it until now. She always somehow managed to distract him from the subject.
He slightly pulled away from her, aware that the other were watching, "Alright, spill it. What are you hiding?"
"Nothing babe," was all she replied before she tried (with a helpless sigh) to stand up, and almost immediately Sting was hovering over her, his arms reaching out to help her up.
He was far too distracted to notice the wink that the stellar mage gave the two girls,while Natsu and Gray could only watch, confused. They could not ask her, afraid to face Lucy's wrath after she barely managed to distract her husband.
"Are you okay?" Sting's tone of voice grew worried.
"I'm fine, Sting. I ju—shit!" The sudden shift in her tone immediately had the rest of the group standing and concerned. "Fuck Sting! I think–it's time!"
Over twenty four hours have passed and all the white dragon slayer could do was wait in the guild while listening to the pained moans coming from the clinic where they had called Polyushka to help his wife give birth. Her moans eventually turned into screaming with more than enough cursing and the sound of his name being constantly repeated followed by an "I'm going to fucking kill him!"
He knew better than to let that small thing bother him because on their way to the guild, while he carried her, she had grabbed his hair and painfully pulled at it, followed by a string of curse words and threats to his life. The temptation to argue with her only receded each time he looked down at her pained expression and heavy breathing, his worry taking over all other emotions.
Now, he was pacing back and forth in front of the door, everyone else sitting on the floor of the hallway or waiting patiently on the first floor. They were all clearly worried, but also waiting in anticipation for the birth of their newest family member. Nobody left unless it was to eat, and nobody spoke to Sting who seemed like he was ready to throw himself into the room any moment.
He, along with the other dragon slayers were the first to react at the sudden silence in the room, followed by the sound of a baby crying. Unable to wait any longer he slowly, but also hurriedly opened the door and allowed himself inside, and when he turned to his family, he could not deny the shock that seemed to paralyze him on the spot.
"Surprise," Lucy weakly smiled at him, Polyushka standing beside her, as she laid on the small bed. All Sting could do was slowly walk towards them, small tears beginning form at the corner of his her arms were two beautiful babies, a boy, wrapped in a light blue blanket. and a girl, wrapped in her own pink blanket., with the same strikingly familiar blonde hair. Their eyes were still closed, but it did not matter because they were both beautiful.
The scene before him was more than what he ever dreamed of. He, himself, was having a hard time believing that this family, this woman carrying his two children were his. They were his own family, and he knew that if his dragon father was still around, he would be more than proud of his son.
Slowly, but carefully, Sting gently transferred the baby girl from Lucy's hold to his, "She's very beautiful–"
"Layla," Sting nodded in approval at her given name. He knew all about Lucy's parents, particularly her close relationship with her deceased mother. He looked at his wife's shining eyes, "And this, is our son, Light."
Another wide grin flashed on his face at his son's name. It was fitting, and he already knew who would become the next white dragon slayer, as small white dragon scales appeared and disappeared on Light's skin. It was at this moment that could not be more proud, holding the small bundle in his strong arms, as both a father and a husband.
A small cough resounded behind him, and he turned to be greeted by all of Lucy's celestial spirits. Some had tears in their eyes, while others smiled and admired the family before them and their two newborn children. It was not too long before the door opened followed by what seemed to be all of Fairy Tail's guild members crying and smiling as they welcomed the two babies.
"Twins?!" Natsu's loud voice was prominent in the crowd as he pushed passed everyone else to the new parents. He stopped just a foot from the bed, before a wide, toothy grin flashed on his face, "I think he looks like me, Luce!"
"Don't push it, Natsu-san," Sting glared at him.
"They're so tiny Lu-chan! You never told us you were having twins!" Levy was the second one to arrive after squeezing herself in the tight group of people.
Lucy blushed as her husband gave him a yeah-why-didn't-you-tell-me look, "I wanted it to be a surprise." But she turned her gaze to the script mage to retaliate, "You never told us you were finally engaged, Levy-chan!"
At that, everyone turned to look at the now furiously blushing blue-haired mage, followed by questions, and constant nagging to explain how the iron dragon slayer had proposed to her.
"Way to distract them, babe," Sting took a seat beside Lucy on the bed, placing their daughter in her arms to take his new son in his. Sting could not help the tear that fell on his cheek at the sight of his two children. He leaned over to kiss Lucy on her forehead, "Thank you, Lucy. I love you."
"You have to promise you will visit, and that someday you will come back to stay here permanently!" Erza embraced the stellar mage as tears fell from her eyes. She then pulled away and look at Lucy with a serious expression on her face, "If you don't I will hunt you down and drag you back here!"
Lucy could not help but smile as her family each said their own goodbyes to her and her newborn children as well as Sting. There were plenty of tears, but enough reassurance that they would eventually come home to Magnolia. She turned to her husband, who was currently arguing with her best friend.
"You look like an idiot holding two babies like that!" Natsu laughed, pointing a finger, while his other hand was holding onto his stomach.
Sting narrowed his eyes in annoyance, until a devious smirk curled on his lips, "laugh all you want Natsu-san, but I heard from my dragon father that the fire element tends to have triple...no make that quintuplets."
Natsu's complexion turned a sickly purple color, "Wha—? Lisanna we're going to see Polyushka right now!" He gave Lucy a quick goodbye hug before running off to where his wife was, his skin glistening from the nervous sweat at the news.
Lucy gave Sting a glare, taking their daughter from him, "You're such a jerk you know that?" She entwined their free hands together and boarded the train. Their luggage was already at a compartment, along with Lector, who was soundly asleep on top of one of Sting's suitcases.
"It was just to get him off my back," Sting smirked, "How long do you think he'll figure out that it was a joke?" He let out a small laugh as they took their seats, Lucy waving goodbye to all of her friends. "I still can't believe you're making me ride this train."
"Knowing Natsu, until someone points it out to him," Lucy giggled. "Oh, stop being a baby, Wendy already gave you her temporary cure. It should last long enough until we get there." She stood back up to place their children on each of their baby seats, personally given to them by Erza as gifts, allowing them to be able to travel on any vehicle.
"Nervous?" Sting placed an arm around her as the train began to move, the faces of all her friends turning disappearing as it sped up.
"A little. But, I know mom and dad would be more than happy that we, especially their grandchildren, will finally give some life to our old home." She gave him a soft kiss on the lips. This was worth everything they went through, apart or together. "Sting, I can no longer imagine a life without you. I love you so much."
The white dragon slayer smiled as they locked hands once more, their eyes turning to their children, who were soundly asleep, and Lector, who was also asleep, "I love you too, Lucy. I'm looking forward to making our own guild together."
Lucy playfully punched his arm, but pulled him in for another kiss.
Dear Mom,
How are you? I hope you're happy wherever you may be, but to reassure you, I'm more than content with my life right now. With Sting, and your grandchildren. I hope you and dad are happy too. I know this was exactly how you felt for each other back then. I know that now.
A life with Sting, is my own definition of perfect.
I miss you mom. You and Dad. I wish you were here with us to watch Layla and Light grow up. For now, please continue to watch over us from heaven.
Love you,
Lucy E.
First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who have supported me throughout the whole way, while writing this story! If it were not for you guys, I might have just given up on writing it xc. Thanks to everyone who reviewed/followed/faved, I appreciate all of your support!
Second, I did not really want to bother much with the dates and stuff on this wedding. So, I apologize for that, I was really really lazy xc
Third, yes, of course there will be an epilogue ;O surprise! haha I just don't know when I will get that done.
Fourth, will they really have 20 plus kids? who knows. That, I leave up to you guys and your active imaginations lol.
and Lastly, Review Review Review! I might just write another fanfic with this pairing.;) ( I mean, I already am, but yeah. Another one won't hurt right? :P)
Thanks Everyone! Love You!:)