"Who are you?" Layla asked as she slowly but carefully made her way to the three before her. She had heard them mention her daughter Lucy, and at that instant thought that they could be apart of Pekopania. She reached for the item nearest to her, which was a bright green umbrella. Clutching it in her hands she held it out as if it were a sword of immense power.

Natsu blinked as he looked at the blonde woman.

"Wow. You look just like Luce." the fire mage said.

Paige face palmed at the dragon slayers comment.

"How do you know my Lucy?" Laya said with the umbrella raised as if ready to strike

Paige put her hands up defensively "Miss please calm down. We are not here to hurt you or Lucy. Its just we-"

"We're from the year x792." Gajeel said matter of factly.

Layla lowered the umbrella and raised her eyebrow.

"Yeah. We're from the Fairy Tail Guild!" Natsu said enthusiastically, turning to the side so his guild mark was showing on his right shoulder as Gajeel did the same with his left shoulder.

"Well I'm from a different Guild " Paige said, pointing to the mark on her left shoulder blade.

"What does this have to do with my daughter?" Layla asked.

Natsu reached into his pocket to take out a wallet and opening it he took out a picture of himself with Lucy, Happy, Gray, and Erza together in front of a giant cherry blossom tree. He held it out in front of him for Layla to see.

As she took the picture into her hands, Layla gasped at the sight of her grown up daughter. Her fingers trailed over Lucys face in the picture and she felt her heart skip a beat.

"So my daughter is a mage in the future. . ." Layla said smiling as she had now believed Natsu. She looked up at the pink haired mage "What kind of mage is she?"

"A celestial wizard. Just like you" Gajeel said

"Yeah, she even has ten zodiac keys" Natsu said smiling

"Ten Zodiac Keys!?" Layla gasped

Paige nodded "It was also noted in Sorcerer Weekly that she is one of the most powerful mages in Fiore."

Layla then pulled herself out of her moment of joy and looked to the three "But that dosen't explain why you are here."

Gajeel nodded at this comment and looked at Layla.

"Someone is after Lucy and I in the future. They kidnapped her but some friends managed to get her back and she is fine for the time being. These people have been after you call themselves -"

"Pekopania" Layla finished, closing her eyes.

"Uh, yeah. Thats right. And its led by some whack job named Fujimoto" Gajeel replied.

Layla opened her eyes which had now turned cold and distant. She strode past Paige and Natsu and looked out the window down to the courtyard where she could see Fujimoto setting the table for the fesivities.

"It makes sense now. He didn't show up to work for us until after the accident I had with Metalicana. When we were both ambushed and attacked by that damned cult." Layla said.

"How did you know Metalicana? He was my foster father. . .he vanished on July 7 . .three years from now." Gajeel said in almost a whisper.

Layla turned to the iron dragon slayer and smiled.

"He is a very kind dragon. Not what you would initially expect from a-"

"Layla darling? Where are you?" Judes voice suddenly boomed from the stairs leading down to the third floor hallway

"Drat." Layla whispered "Coming dear!" she said aloud as she grabbed the small doll from the dresser.

She looked at the three. "I think you should stay for the party. We need to talk about this. . About pekopania."

Paige looked at her watch. They had two hours and forty five minutes left until the rift in time would close. She looked to the young Heartfillia woman and nodded. "Alright. But I need to do something first with these two. You go on ahead and we'll meet you in the courtyard."

Nodding Layla walked out the door and down the steps.

Gajeel looked at Paige "Alright lady, what do you mean you need to do something with us?"

Paige reached into her pocket and took out what looked to be a pen with a small dial on it. She turned the dial counter clockwise and tapped the pen on her head, to which her hair changed color from brown to a dark blue.

"We need to make sure the Fujimoto of this time period dosen't see our forms." she said as she turned the dial again and tapped her torso where a yellow sun dress sprouted from thin air, replacing her original clothes.

"Why is that?" Natsu asked

"Well from what I read about him in the files the magic counsel has on him, he has an Idetic memory." Paige said while walking over to the flame dragon slayer, turning the dial and tapping his head and changing his hair from his salmon pink to a dirty blond. "Meaning that he can remember everything he sees, reads, and hears. Meaning if he sees us in this time period our faces will stick with him and that means-"

"That the future Fujimoto will know we went back in time to find out how to stop him." Gajeel finished

"Exactly." Paige said as she turned the dial again and tapping Natsus torso which a white dress shirt sprouts from thin air and black slacks cover his legs.

"Wait. . How did you read the files from the Magic cousnel?" Natsu said curiously

"My cousin works there" she replied.

"Who's that?" Gajeel asked

"Doranbolt." Paige said matter of factly

Gajeel and Natsu stared at Paige, thier mouths hung agap. She raised her eye brow at the two

"What?" she asked

"Uhh. . We know Mes- I mean Doranbolt from when we were on Tenoru Island. He was looking to bring Fairy Tail down but it changed when Grimoire heart came." Natsu said

"Not a bad guy from what I remember." Gajeel said with his arms folded. "Although I do remember that Lily was slightly pissed that the guy used Mystogan as an excuse to team up with Wendy."

Paige nodded "Yeah he told me about what happened there and that only made me want to meet you more."

Gajeel grunted "Geez we're making a reputation for ourselves wherever we go!"

Natsu walked over to the mirror and looked at his new appearance. He smiled his goofy smile.

"That is really nifty! Where did you get that thing Paige?" he asked.

"Well I remodified a Picto pen and with some tinkering with one of those fashion mirrors. . the rest came easy to me" She replied as she finished with Gajeel who now had red hair while wearing a dark blue dress shirt similar to Natsu's and tight white pants.

"Now all we need to do is hide your piercings, which is a shame cuz I like guys with piercings" Paige chuckled as she turned the dial on the pen once again and tapped it on the iron dragon slayers face, to which he twitched a bit as his piercings vanished.

"Now this is temporary so dont worry." Paige said as she pocketed her pen. "Now, lets get going"

The courtyard boomed with the laughs of children as the trio walked out the door of the mansion and onto the grassy lawn. Layla spotted them and smiling, she waved them over to where she and Jude were standing with small Lucy standing by them, holding her mothers hand.

"Jude these are my cousins on my mothers side. This is Paige, Gajeel, and Natsu." Layla said as she gestured to the three as they walked over.

Jude smiled at them "Well it's nice to meet you all" he said.

Paige bowed in a lady like manner "Thank you for letting us join you for this special occasion Mr Heartfillia."

"Oh please! Call me Jude" he said as he kept smiling.

Natsu raised his eyebrow and leaned in to whisper to Gajeel.

"Is it just me. .or does Luce's dad seem a bit eccentric?" the fire dragon slayer asked

"I think it was after Layla's death that he went into whacko mode." Gajeel replied in a whisper

"Yeah, he was never like this from what Luce told us" Natsu whispered back

"It's weir-"

"Hi!" a small voice said

Natsu and Gajeel looked down to see two big brown eyes staring up at them. Lucy smiled and held up a small flower to Gajeel.

"I picked this for you mister!" she said in a happy tone.

The iron dragon slayer blinked and gently took the flower from the small blonde.

"Thank you. It's very pretty, just like you" he said as he smiled at her.

The small girl blushed then smiled at him. "Okay! Bye!" she said as she skipped off towards the table where the presents were sitting.

Gajeel smiled to himself and was about to go ask Layla something when he suddenly stopped and sniffed the air. Natsu looked at him.

"What's wrong" he asked.

"I know that scent" Gajeel said to himself "Sulfur and Coal. . ."

He paused for a moment then his eyes widened.

"It's the man who kidnapped Lucy when we were in Crocus! He's here!" Gajeel whispered to Natsu as Paige and Layla came over.

"What's wrong?" Layla asked to the iron dragon slayer "And don't try to lie to me. It won't do much good."

Gajeel sighed. "Someone that is working with Fujimoto in the future. . I caught whiff of his scent before and I'm smelling it right now." He looked to Natsu "I think it was that guy who Wendy was fighting when we we're fighting with Sting and Rogue."

"Yeah. She said his name was Akamaru" Natsu replied.

Paige tapped her chin for a moment in thought. "I remember reading a file that was in correspondance to Fujimotos file. The name of it was of an Akamaru Sasaki."

Layla gasped and the three looked at her.

"What is it?" Natsu asked.

"Akamaru Sasaki. . .Is my nephew." Layla said with her hand over her heart.

DUN! DUN! DUN! Haha. I wanted to end this chapter on somewhat of an odd cliffhanger. Anyway sorry for not posting as soon as I wanted to. I was kinda preoccupied with somethings but fear not for I will keep this story going strong! I wanna thank those of you that are supporting this story, especially my friends Hina and Kristy, plus my man Jeremy 3. I would love it if reviews could be left. And Also. . I plan on writing and posting almost every day I can so I can post the 21st chapter on July 9, which is my 21st birthday. :3 so yeah. . .See ya on the next chapter!