It started out as any normal mission, well as normal as it can be when she had to work alone as most of the team members now had kids. And Wendy was really alone with this one as Carla had stuck behind with Chelia and everyone else was spending time with their families which was surprisingly scarce these days. Wendy didn't mind though, she found herself on many occasions being alone on missions, besides she was stronger now than she was all those years ago when she joined the guild, she could handle these missions by herself.
The mission was simple enough, find some bandits and capture them, so Wendy did exactly that. They were easily defeated as they didn't expect the 25 year old girl who still looked 13 that asked them for directions to hold so much power so they let their guard down which is the exact time she striked.
By the time she got the bandits back to the town that they were camping near it was already night and Wendy desperately wished Carla had joined her. "That would have made this easier" Wendy thought out loud with a huff as she made her way to the only inn in the small town to sleep for the night.
As soon as she made it to her room she collapsed onto the bed and slept for 14 hours as if she was a cat. As soon as she woke up the next morning she quickly left the town so the inn owner didn't think she was weird.
As she walked to the train station she considered just walking home but before she could make her mind up she was sitting in the train and it was heading back home to Magnolia. "Maybe" Wendy thought to herself as she rested her head in her hands as the motion sickness started to kick in "Maybe it is for the best that I took the train, Chelia would probably be upset if I showed up at 5 pm from a mission that only took 30 minutes". Wendy was correct but for different reasons.
As soon as the train stopped Wendy grabbed her bag and ran out of the train. People looked at her as she lost her balance and fell onto the hot concrete of the train station though she didn't mind. She laid there until a worker told her to get up, which she quickly did.
Wendy skipped down the streets that covered Magnolia on her way home to the cottage that they bought after they got married which was soon to be 6 years ago somehow. Wendy thought about how time flies. She remembered the day that Levy had told her she was pregnant and now the twins were 11. It felt strange to her. It felt like forever since the team went on the 100 year quest yet it also feels like it all happened yesterday. She was starting to feel old and maybe it was because she was or maybe that Nasha was 8 this year, maybe it was because Shutora and Yajeh were 11, or maybe it was because Asuka was already 17. All of that was put behind her as suddenly her body stopped right in its tracks as she heard soft cries coming from an alleyway next to her. She couldn't stand hearing the poor cries so she decided to figure out what the source of the crying was.
Behind a bunch of trash lay a woven basket which held a small baby. Wendy froze. "Who would…?" The only words she could get out but she wondered who would leave a child in an alleyway instead of literally any other place.
There was a note in the basket that told anyone who had found the baby to take her as her mother was unable to take care of her. Wendy knew from the moment she saw her that she had to take her home.
When she got home she banged on the door using her foot, hoping that Chelia was home for once.
"I'm coming" the voice of a slightly agitated Chelia rang throughout the home. As she opened the door her face went from anger to happy to confusion
"Babe? Why were you kicking the door in?" Wendy had managed to hush the baby and Chelia hadn't looked down at Wendy's arms yet to notice the baby in the basket.
Instead of responding Wendy glanced down at the basket and back up at her wife since she didn't have a good way to explain it
Chelia was still oblivious to it all. They stared at each other for what felt like an excruciating amount of time to Wendy. The one who made the presence of the baby known was herself as she began to whine again.
Chelia jumped back, grabbing a hold of the door frame so she didn't fall onto her back. "Where did you get that?"
"Seriously? That is how you are going to react?"
Chelia shook her head and grabbed the baby out of the basket and brought her inside. The baby was small, alarmingly small. She was the size of a premature baby yet she was very skinny, who knows how long she was in the alley.
"Carla!" Chelia yelled, placing the baby down on the counter top in the kitchen "can you help us out real quick?!"
"What do you need…" the exceed who was currently in her human form asked, slightly aggravated. She quickly stopped in her path as she walked into the kitchen noticed the two girl leaning over the counter
"Can you get us some baby formula or something please?" Wendy tucked a strand of her now short hair behind her ear as she looked up at Carla. "And maybe some other things, I don't know can you just help us out here"
"Uh… sure" Carla looked around a little stunned before walking towards the door and putting her shoes on.
"Here take this" Wendy pulled out around 10000 jewels from her bag and handed it to Carla.
"Do you usually carry around this much-"
"It is part of my pay from my job" Wendy said as she cut Carla off. Carla just simply shrugged as she turned to leave for the store.
10 minutes later a familiar blond and redhead barged into the house
"Is what Carla said true?" Erza said as she walked into the kitchen
"Hey, there is a thing called knocking" Wendy remarked
"Ouch," Erza pretended to clutch her heart at Wendy's comment "where did my sweet like girl go?"
"She's still here" Chelia smiled as she looked up at their guests
Lucy walked up behind Wendy, gasping as she rested her hands on Wendy's shoulders "oh they are so small, where did you find them?"
"I found her in an ally, near your old apartment actually, and guess her mom was the one who had left a note saying that she couldn't take care of her" Wendy softly answered
"Why would someone leave a newborn baby in an alleyway" Lucy's motherly instincts talked for her as she looked at the poor baby
"Well, I'm glad you found her" Erza smiled at Wendy "are you going to keep her?"
Wendy and Chelia looked up at eachother, neither of them hadn't thought about what they were going to do with her.
"Oh we don't know yet" Chelia brushed of my question with a wave and Wendy smiled.
Lucy smiled at the two girls and let out a small laugh.
"What is it?" Wendy looked over at the blonde woman who had been like a mother to her for years, her and Erza both
"Oh nothing, I'm just am realizing your not a kid yourself still" she smiled
"You didn't realize that when I got married?!" Wendy turned at looked at Lucy
"Wendy, no one thought of you as an adult when we got married" Chelia smiled, resting her head in one of her hands while the baby held her finger on the other.
Wendy slumped over and the comment "oh okay" she pouted. The three women laughed at Wendy which caused her to crack a smile.
Soon Carla returned with the things Wendy and Chelia had asked for along with some things Lucy and Erza had requested before they headed to see Wendy and Chelia for questioning.
"Crap, Lucy, how do you do this?" Chelia asked as she tried to fix the baby formula
"It says it on the box" Lucy laughed at her
"Yeah but… can you just help me" she looked at Lucy with puppy eyes and Lucy agreed, not like she was going to tell her no
"Aw poor baby" Erza spoke in her motherly voice as they took the baby out of the sink, where they were bathing her, and wrapped a towel around her small body
Wendy smiled at Erza's funny tone as she dried the baby off before laying her back on the counter to put a diaper on her
"I DID IT!" Chelia yelled, throwing her arms up in the air. Lucy quickly took the bottle away from her before she spilled it all and handed it to Wendy.
"I'm proud of you, honey" Wendy smiled. She placed the bottle on the counter and then picked her up from the counter, holding her gently in her arms. She then picked up the bottle once again and began feeding her. Wendy smiled as the baby happily drank from the bottle instead of pushing it away. Chelia walked up behind Wendy and placed her hands on her bare shoulders.
Erza and Lucy smiled at the scene in front of them. "Yeah," Lucy whispered to Erza "I think they will do fine" Erza simply nodded
'Our little girl isn't so little anymore I guess' they both thought to themselves