I KNOW, I KNOW! I SUCK! To be honest, my writing spirit came to a brutal halt!

Ah well, I hope this makes up for it~!

As always,

Enjoy~

~Kyvena

Recap: As they passed over Magnolia Wendy and Gajeel could hear shouting from below, "BOW YOUR HEAD AND PRAY FOR THE SKY DRAGON GODDESS AND THE IRON DRAGON GOD!" The entire city bowed their head's in respect for the two mystical creatures. Upon landing at Fairy Tail, Wendy handed Natsu to Gajeel because she couldn't carry him as a human. Both transforming back into their human forms, Gajeel carried Natsu, whom had passed out from utter exhaustion. His magic had been depleted to a dangerously low amount... Wendy quickly ran to Natsu and began healing him instantly, if she didn't help, Natsu would die...

Chapter 11: Twelve Months...

For everyone in Dragon Tail, the arrival of their guild master returning was a major shock. Gajeel ran in holding the beloved guild master without even acknowledging his children was an even bigger shock. Acana instantly catching the scent of her father caused the child of Natsu and Wendy instantly ran towards her unconscious father, "Daddy, daddy!" The child yelled frantically before interrupted by her mother, "ACANA NOT NOW!" Confused and shocked, Acana walked towards an empty table and stared out the window as if her father never even came home... hell, she was used to it by now.

Sweat ran down Wendy's face extremely nervously as she ran beside the love of her life, "Please... I can't lose you..." The words of Gajeel rang out next as Sting and Rogue began to follow with worry plastered over their faces, "Common Salamander, does the fire in your belly no longer exist?" The words of Sting and Rogue were soon to follow, "WAKE UP NATSU!" Followed by, "Where is your fire now!?" Fear of the guild master's life now hung over the entire guild hall as people began to nervously bite their lip or fidget their legs. All hoped and prayed for Natsu's safety...

-5 months later-

"WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF THE MASTER NEVER AWAKENS?!" The guild mates now argued immensely between one another, "YOU TELL ME!" Walking out of Natsu's room, Wendy looked absolutely exhausted. Acana slowly ran up to her mother, "Mamma...?" Not expecting an answer, Acana went on anyway, "Mamma... When is daddy going to wake up...?" Wendy slowly turned her head to look at the child Natsu and herself created to give a short reply, "I don't know honey..." Looking down was all that Acana did these days; along with training her dragon slayer magic.

Hours later after rigorous training, the child was bound to grow hungry after putting one's body under so much strain. As usual, she didn't even expect an answer, "Mamma...? I'm hungry..." All though Acana tried to keep a brave face, you could still catch her with a miserable expression. Suddenly, the child got an answer. Just... not from the person she had expected to answer, "Acana! I made lots of dinner for you!" The former She-Devil replied with a smile on her face as she dried a beer mug she had used to serve earlier in the day.

It seemed as of late... it was worse to think about the master's a comatose state rather than thinking he had straight up abandoned them. Talk between the guild mate's became lessened by great amounts and people stopped showing up to the guild at all. Wendy had it the worst, the love of her life was alive, but couldn't walk, talk, or show his love and compassion to any of the other guild mates. Suddenly, Wendy heard a familiar voice, "Is it so bad you can't even crack a smile child...?" Turning her head, the white exceed known as 'Carla' stood before the dragon slayer, "I will say this one more time so listen close! Is it so bad that you neglect to even care for your own child, child!?"

That's when the Sky Maiden remembered... Acana... 'She must be hurting as much, if not more than even myself...' The thought ran through her mind and instantly turned around. Seeing Acana wasn't enough... Wendy instantly stood before running to the child Natsu and herself had created, only to tightly wrap her arms around her daughter, "Acana... Please, please, I beg of you... Please forgive my actions!" Acana, rather shocked by this outburst slowly rose her arms to wrap around her mother, "I forgive you mamma..."

-10 months later-

It had been rough... but somehow, people began to move on. They even began to begin showing up back at the guild as well. Chatter between guild mates began to pick up as well, which was a good thing... as long as one didn't hold the pain within their own hearts and palms. It was almost as if they had forgotten their own guild master... However, no one held as much pain as Wendy and Acana... That's when Wendy heard it... "So, do you think... ya know... we should be looking for a new guild master...?" - "Nah, no way! Master Natsu will be all fired up soon enough! You just wait!" - "No, no, no. In my opinion, I don't think he will ever wake up!" - "Would Wendy, Gajeel, Sting, or Rogue be the next master then because of, you know, the name?" - "I think Wendy would be the cutest master ever!" Suddenly a fist slammed down onto the table and the crowd turned to see Gajeel, "Don't you morons know when to ever shut the hell up..."

-12 months later...-

It was almost an entire year since the events that had thrown the entire guild into one big house of anxiety. She would never forget this Christmas day either... Sitting in Natsu's room at midnight as always, was Wendy. In all of the time she spent in this room, Wendy had barely said a word. On this day, she would break the silent streak as she leaned forward to place her hand upon her husband's face, "Natsu... My wish for this year... Is for you to wake up... A-Acana has gotten so g-good with her d-dragon slayer magic... I-I just wish you could see her... I wish I could hear your laugh again as well as seeing your smile. You know, you brighten up an entire room with just your smile alone... I can't do this without you Natsu!" Wendy folded over onto Natsu as she sobbed on his abdomen.

Realizing she had to wake up extremely early to place the Christmas presents under the tree for Acana, Wendy stood, "Merry Christmas... Natsu..." With that, Wendy turned and exited Dragon Tail for the day. As if it had meant to be this way, Natsu's fingers began to twitch before his eyes fluttered open slowly. Easing his body up, Natsu looked around, "Where... Where am I...?" The fire dragon slayer had been awoken... yet his mind... was still asleep...