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Chapter 38: Its A Beautifully Cruel World, Ne?

Makarov's POV

Oak Town, Fiore

April 21st X794

He ushered his three brats off of the train when it arrived in Oak Town, where the Sabertooth guild hall was located, Makarov wasn't sure how the two boys would take the news of Lucy being in Sabertooth, from their understanding the guild was bad news, of course Erza knew and the tiny man was grateful she was here to keep the two under control.

He prayed that they wouldn't cause a mess or make Lucy relapse into depression, oh he would kill them if they did, if Sting didn't do it first, along with the rest of the Sabertooth members.

'Lucy's in Oak Town' he heard Gray ask, Makarov turned to look at the dark haired boy and nodded his head, he watched as the boys eyes widened a fraction.

'What the hell she was only two hours away from us' Natsu screamed in what Makarov assumed to be surprised, but it ended up sounding more like a scream of horror.

'Yes mah boy, she's been here the entire time. Now pay attention, you will not cause a fuss when we get there, got it? If you do the punishment will be severe, do you understand' Makarov asked the two boys, eyeing them with a stern glare, frightening the pink hair and dark haired males, they rapidly nodded and said, 'aye sir' before they all continued onwards.

Twenty minutes from the train station, stood the Sabertooth guild hall, the building was massive, made of white marble and had a purple and white sabertooth flag waving proudly in the front, wheelchair ramp ran up to the door, right beside the stairs,and the doors themselves were a black sort of iron.

'She's in Sabertooth' Natsu asked angrily, Gray carried the same expression of anger on his face, Erza hit both of them on the head and glared.

'You boys need to calm down,you can't see Lucy if your angry, who cares if she's in Sabertooth, she's happy here and that's all that matters' Erza responded calmly as she stepped up to walk beside me, the tiny master watched as the two boys calmed down and then took a step forward, Makarov knew they'd do just about anything to see Lucy, and if that meant not getting angry they would try their best.

He pushed the large iron doors open, only to come face to face with a very pregnant Lucy and a smiling Sting.

'Hello' everyone said in unison.

Erza's POV

She felt awkward standing in the doorway, she wanted to hug the blonde girl in front of her, but she knew not to, she needed to take things slowly with this, she looked from Lucy's face down to her stomach and smiled slightly, she was happy for her blonde haired friend, she wanted to murder Sting for taking away her innocence,but she was happy all the same, and to see her walking again...It was amazing, the last time Erza had seen Lucy she wasn't even able to wiggle a toe, and now...Well Lucy must have been working very hard.

'Lucy... I-I am extremely sorry' the scarlet haired woman said as she got down on both knees and bowed her head towards her old friend, she wanted Lucy to know how sorry she was, Erza wanted her sister back,she knew things would never be the same between them as before, but if anything Erza wanted to remain Lucy's acquaintance at all costs.

'Uhm...let's go inside and talk...' she heard Lucy breathe the requip mage stood up abruptly and nodded her head, shorting a glare at the two boys who were glaring at Sting, the two stopped immediately and walked inside, Erza noticed there were only a few people in the large guild hall, she found herself wondering where everyone else was at.

The six mages gathered around a circular table, Lucy of course sitting next to her soon to be husband as he wrapped and arm around her shoulders a.d kissed her temple lightly, Makarov sat next to Lucy, then Natsu and Gray and then Erza sat on the other side of Sting.

'Well it's good to see you guys' Lucy said silently as she fiddled with her hands, Erza noticed that the blonde male had started rubbing soothing circles on her arm.

'I missed ya Luce, I'm also really, really sorry, I wanted you to know that...' Natsu trailed off, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly as he looked away from the blonde couple.

'Yeah, I'm with flame brain here, I'm sorry to Lucy, we didn't mean any of the stuff we did to you, I know we can't change the past but I hope we can be friends again in the future' Erza watched Lucy's reactions as the two boys apologized, she was very proud of them for acting mature over this matter and not getting in a fight almost immediately, although she was aware of a certain pink haired dragon slayer getting a tick mark as soon as the word 'flame brain' was uttered.

'I am sorry to, my actions were unacceptable, even if I was under a curse it doesn't excuse my behavior, Lucy I want to become your sister again, your friend once more, I hope we can be like that again someday' she told the blonde woman before her, Lucy currently had her head bowed so no one could possibly see her face, Sting had leaned over and was whispering something the scarlet haired mage couldn't understand, but whatever it was it made Lucy lift her head.

Tears poured from her eyes and a smile graced her lips.

'I forgive you..'

Natsu's POV

'I forgive you..'

He heard those three words and went into shock, he knew Lucy had always been forgiving, but he had also expected this to be harder, but then again this was Lucy, she'd always been forgiving and kind, that's what he liked about her.

He was still upset that she had ended up at Sabertooth, and carrying the child of Sting Eucliffe of all people, but when he saw the two together he could understand it, they completed one another, in a way he'd never really understand.

He was thankful for Sting in all reality, the blonde haired dragon slayer had saved Lucy when he couldn't, Natsu felt sick when he thought about what his family had pushed Lucy to try, but it seemed as if she'd gotten better, of course he couldn't picture her being unhappy, it was in Lucy's nature to be all smiley, but of course he'd heard about her depression.

A depression so bad she'd tried to commit suicide multiple times, he'd never be able to picture her like that, no matter how hard he tried. It was stupid of him to not be able to, he deserved to know how much pain he'd caused her, but she was his -or used to be- his best friend and he just couldn't picture her like that, Natsu had known Lucy for a while, yeah she cried a few times, but she'd never been so depressed that she'd tried something so stupid.

He'd locked himself away for awhile after hearing about her accident, all the torture she'd endured from his hands, from her families hands, her sorrow was all on them, and if she had succeeded in killing herself her death would've been placed on them as well.

It had been to much for him to handle and he'd screamed and cried in frustration -he'd also burnt down half a forest, but he wouldn't tell anyone that - for a week, he felt so guilty, so much sadness had lodged itself into his heart and his mind was always painfully aware of this horrendous event.

As Natsu looked at the blonde celestial mage now, he couldn't help but grin widely at her, she'd forgiven them, she'd forgiven him and now she was smiling widely as she received tentative hugs from Erza and Gray he had to laugh when he'd heard a growl from the dragon slayer across for him after Gray had touched Lucy's stomach, he had to admit he wanted to touch it to, it was interesting.

He looked at his guild master to see him smiling fondly at everyone, the old man surely knew that this was the beginning of change, Lucy had gotten over the hardest stretch for herself, all they'd needed to do was apologize, sure they weren't on the same terms they'd been on before, but it was a start and you had to start somewhere, right?

Laughter echoed throughout the overly large guild hall of Sabertooth that day, and soon it was joined with other people's laughter as more members of the guild walked in and told jokes and stories. Natsu was happy for the first time in a long while, ever since this stupid damned thing started, he was so glad that he was able to be beside his best friend again.

But as she grabbed his hand to feel her stomach he really couldn't help the small pang of jealousy he felt, knowing that Lucy would never be his, knowing that she would never be coming home.