The entire guild clamored around the closed door to the infirmary, Grey had carried Juvia in and as soon as Wendy stepped through behind him Porlyusica had slammed the door shouting that they had to leave them alone to work. A few moments later the old woman opened the door slapping Makarov on the head with a roll of papers.
"You foolish man, this all could have been avoided!" she shouted as Makarov looked in to see Juvia still passed out half naked on the bed as Gray was leaning over a bucket losing his lunch while Wendy rubbed circles into his back.
"What do you mean is Juvia going to be alright?" Mira asked anxiously.
"Yes," the old woman said plainly.
"Why did she pass out?" Laxus asked as Lexie cooed nervously, feeling the worry in her father as he held her.
"It's a result of her condition, nothing to worry about but she never should have been competing, it's far too dangerous," Porlyusica spoke as the guild looked at each other in confusion.
"Gray-sama," a soft voice filled the air as Juvia sat up in bed looking over at the ice make mage in worry as he continued to gag.
"Excuse me," the pink haired woman spoke as she turned away from the rest of the guild moving her attention back to her patient. "Did you know?" she asked sternly staring down the water mage who seemed confused at first but after a moment her eyes widen in realization.
"Not entirely, but Juvia suspected," the blue haired mage spoke as she looking down at her hands.
"You foolish girl! I would hit you but you've pushed yourself enough," Porlyusica said as she walked over to the cabinet pulling out three bottles of pills as she slammed them on the table, causing their contents to rattle. "You will take these throughout the duration; they will keep your magic levels stable. I will see you when we get back to Magnolia. In the meantime here is a list of dos and don'ts and if I found out you didn't follow these rules I will lock up, is that understood?" the old woman growled as she shoved a piece of paper at Juvia then walked towards the door looking harshly over her shoulder at the girl in the bed.
"Juvia understands," Juvia nodded in understanding as she glanced down at the list on the sheet of parchment.
"Good!" Porlyusica growled as she stomped away from the infirmary.
"Juvia are you alright," Makarov asked as he stepped in to the infirmary.
"Yes, but Juvia is sorry master. Juvia cannot continue with the games," the water mage spoke as she held her head down in shame.
"Damn right you're not!" Grey growled as he wiped his chin off with the sleeve of his coat, as he stood up right glaring over at the water mage.
"Is Grey upset with Juvia?" Juvia asked a little afraid.
"Damn right I am upset!" The ice make mage growled as he stomped over to the bed.
"Juvia is sorry," the water mage said a she once again looked down.
"Shit Juvia, how long?" Grey asked softly as he sat down on the bed facing Juvia.
"A few weeks maybe," the girl mumbled.
"Why didn't you say anything?" The ice make wizard asked as he lifted Juvia's chin up so that she was looking at him.
"Juvia wanted to wait until Juvia was sure," the water woman said as her eyes began to water.
"Then why wait so long?" Grey asked firmly.
"Juvia didn't mean to honest, but Juvia knew that Grey wanted to train more and by the time Grey and Juvia got back to the guild there were too many people around Juvia couldn't sneak off, and then… Juvia didn't because Juvia didn't want to have Grey upset with Juvia because…" as the rain woman continued to explain the tears began to flow down her face as she became more and more agitated.
"Juvia," Grey began and he pulled her face into his cool hands which instantly dried up her tears, "the only reason I am upset with you, is that you risked our baby," as the ice make mage spoke a loud squeal came from Mirajane as she promptly fainted hitting the ground with a loud thunk while the rest of the guild gapped in shocked silence.
"My dear?" Makarov asked as he looked over at the water mage.
It was no secret amongst the guild that Juvia and Grey relationship had changed in the time the guild had been disbanded. Though the ice mage didn't show much, anyone who knew him well enough knew that Grey looked at the water mage with a fondness that hadn't been there before. And while Juvia's obsessive affection for Gray hadn't ceased in the slightest, the ice make wizard only diverted her affections when they were really out of control.
"It is true, Juvia is carrying Grey's baby," the water mage spoke proudly as she smiled brightly placing a hand on her lower stomach.
"You icy bastard!" Gajeel roared as Grey soon found himself pinned to the opposite wall with one hand gripping on to his throat as the iron slayer growled in his face.
"Gajeel please don't," Juvia plead as she got out of bed placing an arm on to the one that was holding Grey against the wall.
"And why not?" the black haired slayer sneered as he stated down Grey as the ice make wizard clawed at the massive hands that where cutting off his oxygen supply.
"Because Juvia doesn't want to lose Juvia's husband," the water mage spoke as Gajeel dropped Grey unceremoniously on to the floor, the ice make wizard greedily gulped in large breaths of air as most of the guild blinked in shock, the only sound being the distinctive chuckle of Natsu thinking that the whole thing was a joke.
"What?!" the entire guild shouted as Juvia bent down to check on her husband.
"Juvia and I started dating after the guild broke up, and just before Flaimtard and Lucy got back from the Isles we eloped," Gray explained quickly as he continued to catch his breath as he stood and gently nudged Juvia to sit back down on the bed.
"What! You dare to cost me another wedding?" Mira shrieked in agony as she began balling.
"Then why didn't you change your name?" Lucy asked stepping through the crowd; it was no secret that Juvia would often sign her name Juvia Fullbuster rather than Juvia Lockser. They had heard many a conversation where Master would have to sit the rain woman down and as gently as possible tell her she had to re-fill out forms again because of the mistake.
"Grey wanted it to remain a secret for a little while but now that the guild knows Juvia can now be Juvia Fullbuster just like Juvia always knew Juvia would be!" Juvia shouted gleefully as she pulled out the already filled out forms excited to finally be filing them, she had hand them filled out for years but thankfully hadn't told her husband that.
"Mira?" Wendy asked worriedly as she looked over at the barmaid, her back turned towards the room as she leaned her head against the wall sobbing.
"First Alzack and Bisca, then Lucy and Natsu, and now Grey and Juvia, will I ever see a Fairy Tail wedding?" Mira pouted as she mumbled into the wall, soon though she whipped around and staring down Levy and Gajeel as she shouted. "You two, are not allowed to leave for those isle without tying the knot first," the she devil growled as she caged the dragon slayer and his mate in to a corner making them agree before she would let them out.
"Hey ya green haired elf get over here and control yur woman!" Gajeel shouted at Freed as the whole of Fairy Tail began celebrating the new news.
"Well Lexie it looks like you're going to have a playmate after all," Makarov said he looked down smiling at his great granddaughter.
"Master?" a terrified female voice called through the darkened room.
After the first day of the games, Dragon's Keep was in second place only being five points behind the lead. But the moment that they had returned back to their hotel for the night their master had gone on a rampage and sent several of their members to the infirmary, thankfully none were a part of the team that was competing in the games.
"Berkwood," the master nodded her head, her hood down revealing her face.
She was in her early sixties, her once bright blonde hair was now dulled with streaks of grey running through it as it was pulled into a tight bun that sat on the back of her head. Soft wrinkles sat around her brown eyes and forehead as she stared out at the night sky.
"You missed dinner Master," the girl said nervously, as one of the members of the team she knew that their master wouldn't beat her too bad if she stepped wrong, but that still didn't make her fear full.
The woman had been their Master for over forty years and it was no secret that she ruled with an iron fist. At the age of fifteen she took over after her mother had mysteriously died, many in the guild suspected that their former master had been murdered by her own daughter but no one dared to accuse the girl of such a thing.
"I was speaking to our father," the woman spoke solemnly as she kept her gaze on the night sky.
"What about master?" Berkwood asked cautiously as she looked around the room that was only illuminated by the moonlight, several portraits lay around on the floor most of a powerful dark purple dragon that the young girl had heard numerous tales about but one sat in the corner next to the vanity with a white sheet over the frame obscuring her view of the painting that lay beneath.
"That girl," the Master hissed in disgust as she finally turned away from the night sky, closing the curtains as she moved to light the first candle.
"Which one?" the young girl asked as she took the lit candle and began lighting the other's in the room.
"The one from Fairy Tail, Lucy Dragneel," the Master spat as she hung her cloak up on the rack near her bed.
"But we already checked her out, she was cleared," Berkwood spoke reassuringly as she lit the last candle her hand shaking as she did.
A few years ago they had done an in depth search of all the celestial mages in Firoe and hadn't found what they were looking for. They had only just began searching the in the surrounding kingdoms but the other governments were making progress too slow.
"Are you a fool or do you not remember?" the woman hissed as she pulled the sheet off of the covered frame.
The portrait that lay beneath was almost fourty years old. Two women stood near the guild master's throne in their guild hall both looking highly similar to each other one was their master and the girl next to her on her right was her sister, and on her hips were a ring of gate keys. Both had long blonde hair, and dark eyes that seemed to stare right into your soul. Berkwood hadn't seen this painting in such a long time she had nearly forgotten what the kind woman looked like. But as she continued to gaze in the nearly forgotten woman's face one thing became perfectly clear.
"Master, that is impossible and you know that," the young woman cried in panic, it's not possible, it's not possible!
"If it is the will of the Father nothing is impossible," the Master spoke slight irritation in her tone as she looked up at the night sky once again through the covered window.
"But you preformed the curse yourself; it was blood magic of the highest order," Berkwood spoke as she memorized the picture of the woman in the portrait determined to get a better look at the Blonde wizard of Fairy Tail the next day and prove that it wasn't true.
"And yet she exists, I never thought I would be haunted by that face again," the Master growled as she turned to face the picture once again to look at the image of her sister, turning away once again to look at the night sky.
"If it is true then…" the young girl spoke as she dug through the information she had on the Celestial mage remembering something important. "Master she is already mated with a dragon slayer, the son of Igneel," Berkwood spoke in haste.
"Yes I know the implications; fate has already been set into motion," the glee in her Mater's voice terrified the girl as she knew that the woman was about to get what she wanted more than anything in the world.
"What shall we do Master?" Berkwood asked unsure of what would happen next for centuries her family had waited and waited for this to happen and now that it has it would send not only their guild but the whole world into chaos.
"I need to speak with Marshal," Master spoke firmly as she turned back towards the painting.
"I will summon him right away," Berkwood said bowing deeply as she ran out of her Master's chamber as quickly as she could.
The Master stared at the painting for several moments before she began speaking to the image of her sister. "So you thought you could hide her from me. My dear sweet naive baby sister, but I will have her, and her child. All your hard work will be for not Layla,"