A New Master

"Come here, Lucy." Laxus pulled his wife into his lap as he sat back on their bed. He wrapped his arms around Lucy's waist. He had his signature smug smile with a certain look in his eyes. Lucy had her arms draped over Laxus' shoulders with love in her eyes and a smile on her face.

Snap.

Flash.

The two looked over to see their seven year old daughter standing in the middle of their room with a camera in hand. She lowered the camera down to her waist and smiled up to her parents. "What are you doing?"

Both Lucy and Laxus' faces turned a bright red at their daughter seeing them like that. "Layla, wh-what are you doing home? Aren't you supposed to be at the guild with grandpa Makarov?"

"I got bored so Natsu brought me home," Layla answered.

"He brought you home without you making any noise?" Laxus questioned.

Layla smiled widely. "He showed me how to break in just like he used to do at Momma's."

Both Laxus and Lucy became pissed off at that remark. Lucy sighed. She got off of her husband's lap and took her daughter's hand, guiding her out of the room. "Come on, sweetheart. Let's go play in your room while your father takes care of his little painful area."

"Daddy's in pain?" Layla questioned. "Shouldn't we help him?"

"You can't help with this sort of pain, Layla," Lucy answered.

"Momma, why are you dressed up like Virgo?" Layla asked.

Lucy's face turned red again. "I'm just pretending to be a maid princess."

"Can I be a maid princess too?" Layla asked. The two left the room, closing the door behind them.

Laxus sat on the edge of the bed and sighed. "Damn, Natsu."

The next day, Laxus slammed his hand down on the table. "Damn it, Natsu I thought told you to keep Layla and Bolt here."

Natsu looked up at the older dragon slayer. He blinked. "Huh? Layla said she felt like going home."

Laxus got up in Natsu's face and grind his teeth. "And I told you to keep her here and distract her for two hours. You're a clown it should of been easy."

"Hey!" Natsu leaped out of his seat. "Who are you calling a clown?" The two dragon slayers were ready to face off. Laxus would gladly pound the fire dragon slayer into the ground for being so stupid. He had ruined his time with Lucy and basically lost his chance to relief some tension.

"Laxus."

"Huh?" Laxus looked back in confusion to see his grandfather, standing behind him. He turned around to face him. "Oh, it's you, gramps. What's up?"

"I need you to come with me." The older man started to walk through the guild toward the cellar.

Laxus was confused, but nevertheless followed.

"Where are we going, old man?" Laxus questioned. The lightning wizard had his arms folded across his chest, following his grandfather down the circle of stairs. The two Dreyar headed down to the basement of the guild where no other member were allow to go. "What's this all about?"

Makarov hadn't answer a single question since they had entered the area. They had finally finished making it down to the double doors that were at the very bottom of the guild. Laxus looked up at the doors in confusion. He raised an eye brow. "What is that?"

His grandfather pushed open the doors. A light rushed out of the slowly opening doors with a burst of wind that rustled the two men's clothing and hair. Laxus looked inside, his eyes widen at what he saw inside.

Makarov stepped inside. "Laxus..." The old master stepped in front of the lacrima that encased the first master's body. He folded his arms under his coat and faced his grandson. "This is Lumen Histoire. The very thing your father was after years ago."

Laxus pupils shook at the sight of it. "Why...? Why are you showing me this? I thought only the masters of Fairy Tail were suppose to..."

Makarov nodded. "That's why, from this day forward you will be..."

"Everyone, I need your attention." Makarov walked up to the balcony on the second floor with Laxus behind him. All the members that were at the guild at the time, which was just about everyone minus people like Gildarts. Everyone had looked up at the sight.

Only members of the guild were there that day. Makarov had told his brats to leave their brats at home for the day since he would have an important announcement for guild members only. Makarov managed to pull himself onto the wooden railing to look down at his children.

"It has been wonderful to see this guild grow so much since I first started out as its master," Makarov stated. "To see each of you grow in not only in your magic, but to become parents as well has been the greatest joy of my life." He shut his eyes. "However, I'm not getting any younger and I can no longer keep up with the demands of the guild."

Everyone looked at Makarov with concern.

"Therefore with a heavy heart I will be stepping down as the guild master," Makarov spoke.

"What!?"

"No!"

"Quiet down, I may be stepping down, but I leave you in good hands." He gestured over to Laxus. "From this day forward the Master of Fairy Tail will be my grandson, Laxus Dreyar."

Everything was silent for a moment. Laxus swallowed hard, looking nervously down at the guild, waiting for any kind of reaction.

Lucy was the first to react. She lifted up the back of her hand, holding up one finger and her thumb out that was known as Fairy Tail's hand sign. "Congratulations, Laxus!"

The entire guild followed Lucy's lead. "To our new master. Congratulations, Master Laxus!"

"Let us celebrate my grandson's new role as Master by throwing him the best party we can," Makarov said.

"YEAH!"

In no time at all beers were being pass out. Cheers echoed throughout the hall. Congratulations were given to Laxus from various members with the Thunder Legion being the most excited. Fights broke out. Tearful goodbyes were given to Makarov.

The party continued throughout the night until the members of Fairy Tail finally got home to relief their babysitters.

Bolt peeked into his parent's bedroom. He held his hand on the door frame. Lucy stood in front of Laxus who sat on the edge of the bed. "Would you just drop it, Lucy?" Laxus said.

Lucy placed her hands on her hips. "Come on, Laxus let me and the kids do something special for you. It's a big deal to become Fairy Tail's new master."

Bolt's eyes opened wide. Dad's the new guild master, but what about grandpa Makarov? the young boy thought.

"I don't feel like celebrating," Laxus stated. "Besides didn't we do enough of that at the guild yesterday?"

Bolt and his sister hadn't been allowed to come to the guild yesterday along with the other kids, because of some strict only official guild members business. He had really wondered what it was about and now he knew. He smiled widely. His dad had become the master of Fairy Tail.

Bolt rushed into the room, interrupting his parents' conversation with a great big yell of excitement. "Dad!" He waved his arms up in the air. "You're the new guild master!" He ran over to his father and hugged his leg.

Laxus blinked a few times in confusion then got a smug grin on his face. He picked up his son and put him in his lap. "That's right, you're old man is Fairy Tail's newest master and we're going to have a big party here to celebrate just the four of us."

Both males smiled up at a shock Lucy who then smiled gently back at them.

The next day while Laxus was at the guild, getting use to his new role as the leader of the guild his kids and wife worked on fixing up the house for the party. They made food and created signs. They cleaned up every room, including their own bedrooms which was a big change for Bolt.

It was a lot of hard work and Lucy felt it more meaningful for the three of them to do it by themselves and with no help from other members of the guild or her spirits. Bolt finished the last of his duties and walked into the living room.

He yawned, feeling super tire from all the hard work. He rubbed one of his eyes before he saw his mother and sister lying on the floor asleep. He knew he should wake them up, but he was sure a nice little nap for all of them wasn't a bad deal. He walked over to the other side of his mother and lied down beside her, instantly falling asleep.

The three end up sleeping through the night. They woke up to find a blanket over them and learned that Laxus had walked in on them sleeping. He decided to let them rest and try to make them as comfortable as possible without moving them. He thanked them all for the wonderful party.

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