Epilogue: One year Later...

"What are the odds that they would both go into labor the day of our three's first birthday?" Gray asked as he sat at a table with Juvia, Natsu, Lucy, Laxus, and Mirajane. The guild hall was particularly busy today. Everyone had come as soon as they heard the news.

"Right?" Lucy asked. "Crazy, isn't it."

"And this is also the day our adoption of Farrah was finalized," Mirajane added. "So going forward we will have one gotcha-day and five birthdays all on the same day."

"Well, it'll make keeping up with dates easier," Gray said as he lifted his mug to his lips, only to stop midsip and do a quick turn and bend that only a parent could do.

"Ah, ah, ah! Storm, don't put that in your mouth!"

"AH!" Storm yelled in protest as he tried to crawl away from his father, who promptly caught him by the wasit and lifted him into his lap.

"Give me that. How'd you even get a hold of a salt shaker?"

"No!" Storm shouted as he tried to grab the shaker from his father.

"You've got a whole blanket of toys right there," Gray pointed to the blue, black, and white blanket with several blocks, stuffed animals, and chew rings on it. "Go chew on one of those."

He set his son down, only to have Storm tug at his pants and whine.

"AH!" he pointed to where Gray had put the salt shaker.

"All those toys, and you want-you know what, fine, lick it."

Gray held the shaker down. Storm put his mouth on it then recoiled and grimaced, plopping onto his bottom as he lost balance.

"See? Yucky," Gray said as he set the shaker aside. "I'll wash that in a minute Mira," he turned back to his son. "Go chew on your toys."

Storm grimaced again and shook his head. "Bleck!" he shouted.

"Uh-huh. 'Bleck!' But you wouldn't listen, so there you go," Gray shook his head as the other parents laughed at him. "He won't listen if you just tell him 'no.' Gotta let him get a mouthful of salt before he'll listen."

"Bleck!" Storm cried again.

"Mm-hmm," Gray mumbled.

Storm began crying. Gray turned.

"What is it now?"

Storm pointed towards the blanket. Nashi was seated upon it, holding one of the blocks in her hands.

"No!" Storm pouted.

"Well, you weren't playing with them, don't get mad if she does," Gray said as Nashi set one of the blocks on top of the other. Or tried to. She couldn't quite center it up right, and the small tower fell over.

"Uh-oh!" she cried, her tiny, pink pigtails bouncing as she shook her head.

"Uh-oh?" Natsu turned at the sound of his daughter's voice.

Nashi picked the block up and held it out to Natsu. "Eh?" she inquired.

Natsu stood, walked over next to the blanket and sat down next to her.

"Can you stack it?" he asked, pointing to one of the blocks on the ground. Nashi reched to set the block in her hand in place. Natsu gently held her wrist, guiding her hand in place.

"There you go!" he cheered when the tower stayed up. Nashi beamed and clapped her hands.

"Yay!" Natsu cheered also clapping his hands before picking up another block. "Here, do this one next."

Lucy smiled as she watched the two play, Natus gently guiding her hand the whole time.

"No!" Storm crawled, infuriated towards the two. He pulled himself up on Natsu's vest and began beating his tiny fist against his shoulder.

"Storm, don't hit!" Juvia scolded.

Natsu turned to the little boy. "What up, Storm?"

"Ah!"

"Here, you wanna make one?" He picked up a handful of blocks and set them at Storm's feet. The little boy plopped onto his bottom and reached to grab one. Nashi let out a sound of protest.

"You've got plenty," Natsu pointed to the pile in front of her. Nashi stood up and toddled towards her father, stumbling clumsily into is chest.

"Da-da," she called, tugging at his vest.

"What do you want?" he asked.

"Da-da, eh?" she pointed back to her tower of blocks.

"Yeah, I see it. Good job!"

Storm began straining to place his block on top of another. Just as he had done with Nashi, Natsu helped Storm place his to where it wouldn't fall.

"No! Ma Da-da!" Nashi tugged at Natsu's vest.

"You already made one, I'm helping Storm now," he said, scooping her into one of his arms as he kept helping Storm with the other.

"Eh!" Nashi shook her head in protest.

"Oh, you jealous little stinker," Natsu poked her in the belly causing her to giggle. Lucy's smiled brightened.

"Farrah, be careful with him!" Mira's voice rang out. Natsu turned to see Farrah holding Cato by each of his hands as he shakily set on foot in front of the other. Nashi turned towards him and pointed.

"Ah!"

"You wanna go play with Cato?" Natsu asked.

"Ah!"

"Go on," he set her down on her feet so she could toddle towards the two Dreyar children. "Go show him how it's done."

Lucy watched her daughter toddle off with a wide smile. She'd grown and changed so much in the past year! A lot had changed.

Gajeel and Levy got married a month after Nashi had been born.

A week after that Elfman and Evergreen announced their engagement.

Two months after that Erza found out she was pregnant.

Three days after that Levy was shocked to find out that she too was expecting.

Three months following that Romeo finally got up the courage to ask Wendy out.

Sting and Yukino got married the month after that.

Lisanna and Bickslow begun dating the month after that.

Now here they were, Nashi, Storm, and Cato's first birthday and both Erza and Levy had gone into labor. Their Fairy Tail family just seemed to keep growing, and they were all happy for it.

"I'm heeerreee!" a warm voice called from the doors. Lucy turned and smiled as Jude walked towards their table, a white box in his hands.

"Hey, Pops!" several voices rang out. Jude smiled and waved to all of them. After the old Heartfelia Manor had been renovated into a recovery center, Jude took over as the head manager. It amazed her how much her father had changed. He'd gone from being a cold-hearted, tight-fisted business mongrel in her childhood, to a warm-hearted, grandfatherly figure who spent his days organizing events and home-cooked meals for the injured and down-trodden. He made sure to make frequent trips to Magnolia, though, to visit her, Natsu, and Nashi. Today was one of his visits, special for Nashi's brithday.

"Cake?" Farrah asked, excited at the box in Jude's hand.

"Of course!" Jude said as he sat down next to Lucy. "What's a gotcha day or birthday without cake."

"Make sure you let him sit down before you let go," Mirajane instructed.

Farrah gently lowered Cato to the ground and skipped towards Jude. Mira stood up to collect her son into her arms and carry him back to the table. Natsu stood, setting Storm on one hip before chasing down a toddling Nashi and scooping her up as well.

"C'mere, speedy," he said as he picked her up.

Lucy chuckled. Nashi had proven to be an early bloomer: teething, crawling, walking, and talking much earlier than Storm or Cato.

Natsu passed Storm to Juvia before sitting down next to Lucy, Nashi in his lap.

"Let's see what we've got," Jude said as he began opening the box, Farrah bouncing excitedly over his shoulder.

"Cupcakes!" she jumped higher and with more excitement.

"Yes. And we've got a yellow one for Farrah," Jude held it out to the little girl. "Don't eat it yet, we've gotta do candles."

"Okay," Farrah said as she took it in her hand and then sat down in Laxus' lap.

"And we've got a pink one for Nashi," he set the cupcake infront of the little girl, who began reaching for it, but Natsu stopped her.

"No, not yet."

"A blue one for Storm. And a purple one for Cato."

He pulled out four candles, setting one in each cupcake. Natsu lit them and they all began to sing.

"Happy birth-gotchaday to you! Happy birth-gotchaday to you! Happy birth-gothca-day to you Farrah, Nashi, Storm, and Cato! Happy birth-gotchaday to you!"

Farrah blew her candle out, though the three babies needed help with theirs. Farrah immediately began stuffing her face, the icing dying her face as yellow as the mark on her left, lower thigh. Cato, however, seemed more interested in painting the table with the icing than eating it.

"Cato, yummy, eat it," Mirajane placed some on her finger and put it on her son's lip. He licked it up with enjoyment, but still kept finger painting.

"Cato," Mirajane repeated the process. Cato licked it up again. Only now he began smacking his lips at Mira's fingers for more.

"That's the same stuff you're painting with, silly!" she giggled.

Storm seemed confused by his, just staring at it, and cocking his head from one side to the other.

"Eat it, buddy," Gray encouraged.

"Eat it, like this," Juvia gently poked at the icing with her finger. Storm followed suit, but his eyes grew wide when he got the icing all over his hand. He shook it, but the icing didn't come off. He shuddered, whined, and cried as he held his hand out to his parents.

"Oh, he doesn't like being messy," Juvia crooned.

"I don't blame you buddy, here, eat it," Gray placed the boy's hand against his mouth. Storm smacked, enjoying the taste, but still whining at the mess on his hand.

Nashi kept trying to grab at her cupcake throughout the whole song. When Natsu finally let her grab it she took two huge handfuls of icing and stuffed them in her face, getting more on her cheeks than in her mouth.

"You like that?" Natsu asked as she smacked her lips. She grinned brightly and the slammed her whole face into the cupcake, smashing it as she chewed at it. Everyone burst into laughter.

"My girl!" Natsu cheered as Nashi looked up, face and hair covered in cake.

"We're never going to get you clean," Lucy laughed as she tried to pick cake pieces out of Nashi's hair. Nashi giggled taking more handfuls of cake and stuffing them into her mouth.

"That's certainly one way to do it," Laxus chuckled. "Glad it's your kid and not my-Oh, no. Cato!"

Cato, who had been watching Nashi decided to follow her initiative and also shoved his face into his cupcake.

Storm just watched the two with wide eyes, and shook his head.

"Bleck!"

"Yeah, they're crazy aren't they, buddy?" Gray asked as he ruffled his son's hair.

"Pops, can I have some more?" Farrah asked. How Jude had started being known as "Pops" to everyone in the guild besides Lucy and Makarov, Lucy would never know, but Jude didn't seem to mind.

"Afraid I don't have anymore, but I do have this," he reached into the bag at his side and pulled out a yellow wrapped box. Farrah gasped as she ran and snatched it up, tearing it open.

"A pony!" she cried as she held up the stuffed toy.

"What do you say, Farrah?" Laxus asked.

"Thank you!" Farrah threw her arms around Jude's neck.

"You're welcome. And, uh, I'll give those three theirs after they've had a bath."

Everyone chuckled in agreement. Lucy shook her head as she looked down at her still messy Nashi. Nashi suddenly looked straight up, seemingly at nothing, and laughed and clapped. She did this often. Lucy followed her daughter's stream of vision but saw nothing. She wondered if Nashi was seeing one of the titans when she did this.

So far none of her powers had surfaced. Not that it was surprising. She was just now one. The only signs she was different from any other child was how quickly she reached milestones (which wasn't all that unusual in the grand scheme of things) and these times that she began staring at things that no one else could see.

A revving noise came from overhead. Lucy looked up through the skylight of the guild hall. A Rune Knight Airship flew over head. She frowned as it passed over. They'd started doing this atleast once every two weeks since Ivan's defeat and Nashi's birth. Though Jura continually assured them that Hezim had nothing to act upon against them, it still made her wonder what would happen once Nashi's powers did surface. Granted, as long as Nashi didn't hurt anything or anyone she should be fine, but given Fairy Tail's track record of damage that was likely not going to fly. Still, it wasn't like Fairy Tail hadn't explained their ways out of situations before. She was sure in the end they'd be fine.

The hall grew quiet. Everyone turned to see Polyusica walking down the hall, bag in hand. She stopped at where Makarov was sitting atop the bar and whispered in his ear. Lisanna, who had been tending to drinks leaned in to listen. Makarov beamed, then burst into laguhter.

"You're kidding!"

"Why would I joke about that," Polyusica grumbled as she stomped out. Everyone turned to Makarov, eager to hear the news. The old man stood, chuckling as he raised his hand for the announcement.

"Our Fairy Tail Family has grown once again," he chuckled again before annoucing. "By three."

"THREE?!" everyone shouted.

"Wait, did I miss something? I though just Levy and Erza were giving birth," Natsu said.

"Obviously one of them had twins," Gray rolled his eyes.

"Please help me in welcoming our newest family members: Persephone Sterling Redfox AND Koree Mercury Redfox…"

"Twin girls!?" Mirajane exclaimed as Natsu and Gray began snickering.

"Oh, my gosh! Mr. Metalhead has two baby girls!? BAHAHAHA! Imagine the glitter and nail polish he'll have to endure!" Natsu chortled.

"I'm so glad I had a boy," Gray guffawed.

"...and Roman Robert Fernandez!"

"Oh, a boy!" Juvia cheered. "I'm so happy for them! Boys are so much fun."

"I bet Jellal's beside himself," Lucy beamed.

"I'll bet they all are," Jude agreed.

"Oh, I can't wait to meet them!" Juvia cheered.

Nashi clapped her hands as everyone cheered, though she was still looking at something in front of her.

Lucy watched intently.

"What do you see, baby girl?"

Nashi babbled clapping her hands. She then held one out in a grabbing motion. Lucy's brow furrowed as she watched. Then she gasped as a tiny, pink flame appeared in Nashi's outstretched palm.

AN: Welp, that's all this story. Don't worry, I'm already planning a sequel, but I'm still rather early in the outlinging stages so if you've got suggestions or requests leave them in the comments and I'll look at them. Can't make promises that I can get to all of them but I'll try.

Thank you all so much for the amazing feedback! I'm fairly new to this fandom (I was late hopping aboard the band wagon) so I was really nervous in posting this, but you have all been fantastic and so supportive so thank you, so, so, so much.

Also, let me know if you want to see a one-shot series following the kiddos and their misadventures. They wouldn't be in any particular order, just random scenes of their lives.

That's all I got, as always don't be afraid to leave a review, negative feedback is still feedback, just no trolling. I will delete your comment if you troll me.

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