Sorry about Rob's death, but after piecing together what I could of the original story and how magic works, there's no way he would have survived. :(

Also slight spoilers for Dragon Cry. The movie is on YouTube, (like actually on YouTube, it's 1 hr 18 min) but it starts off with really bad quality. You should watch it anyway.

Also, I switched out the poll again. You'll learn what gender the baby is when it's born.

Some Ellaxus and Jerza for ya.

Chapter Sixty Seven - Business (as in 'Stay Out' and 'Royal')

It was a bit odd, how big the guild was getting. Especially since all the new kids were still trying to find their niche, which also lead to Lucy and Brandish staying at the guild for a longer period of time to help.

Erza was joining Kagura with sword training lessons, and Cana had started teaching her the basics of requip – something that Ultear ended up joining in on, now that she was spending more time with her Arc of Time. While she could, of course, manipulate things around her, it's also handy for her to have some things on hand.

Now that I was awake, though, I was able to give them my book from my requip space.

Simon was learning about using his darkness magic from Corvus, Sho was spending a lot of time with Cana for his card magic, and Wally was spending a lot of time with Gildarts, Juvia, Brandish, and Freed, in order to get ahold of his odd block-like magic.

Millianna was spending some time with Macao, oddly enough, and was having some difficulty learning her magic, but it was still coming along.

Now that Jellal was awake and had time to mediate properly, he was jumping by leaps and bounds. Corvus told me that he was using what he had on the Astral Plane to give him a boost.

Jet was also improving his magic, because Maggie kicked Rex out of the house, and Rex was training Jet in speed magic to help with his nerves.

Speaking of Maggie, she had gotten huge – and by Porlyusica's estimates, she'll give birth by the end of the year.

Isn't that a bit of an odd thought?

Finally, now that everything was settled, (and I could walk on my own again) I had some things I had to do.

First, I had to visit Hisui.

"We need to talk."

Jellal stopped walking and turned to the speaker. "Alright. What's up?"

Laxus shook his head and made his way to the door. Jellal looked around the training room suspiciously before shaking off his concerns and following Laxus outside.

"What do you want?" Laxus asked when Jellal came to a stop.

Jellal looked at him, confusion crossing his brow. "What?"

"What do you want?" Laxus asked.

"Uh…"

"With Elle!" Laxus clarified. "You're always following her!"

He blushed. Jeez, was it that obvious? "No, I'm not."

"You're blushing!" Laxus said angrily. "So what the hell? Do you like her?"

"No!" Jellal said.

"I don't believe you!" Laxus replied.

"I don't like her!"

"Liar!"

"I like Erza, not Elle!" Jellal yelled back, before freezing and spinning around, and sighing in relief when he realized that Erza wasn't there.

"Erza?" Laxus asked, breathing a sigh of relief.

"Yeah. Why?" Jellal looked back at him. "Do you like Elle?"

Laxus started sputtering, and looked away. "What? I – no!"

"You're blushing," Jellal said.

"Shut up," Laxus muttered, before finally looking back to Jellal. "Why do you follow Elle around then?"

Jellal looked down. "I…I'm grateful to her. When I was unconscious, I saw a glimpse of a different possibility – of the future that would have happened if she hadn't interfered. I owe her everything."

Laxus nodded slowly. "But you don't like her?"

"I see her as more of a sister than anything else," Jellal said.

Laxus relaxed. "Good."

Jellal stared at him. "You totally like her."

"I do not!"

"Jeez, you are a tsundere."

Since it wasn't an emergency, I walked into the castle like a normal person, during which the Royal Receptionist let me in, immediately contacting Ame, who met me in the hall.

"Elle!" she cried, rushing to embrace me. I froze a bit as she hugged me.

"I was so worried," she whispered, pulling me in closer, and I finally relaxed and returned the hug.

First Layla and now Ame.

I took a step back and looked at the ceiling, as if I could see past it and watch the sky.

Is this your doing? Are you…giving me a mother?

"I'm fine," I said aloud, shaking it off to smile at Ame. "I was on bed rest for a while, so I wasn't able to visit. How's Hisui?"

Ame looked confused. "Hisui is fine."

I frowned. "Are you sure? She wasn't hit by an odd light in October?"

Ame's eyes widened. "She did, but…we checked it over with healers, and they all said it was fine. How do you know? Is it something from the future?"

I shook my head. "No, it's not. But as far as I know, everyone from the newest generation of the Stellar bloodlines got hit. Lucy and I were unconscious for about three weeks. And then I was recovering from getting shot."

"YOU WERE SHOT!" Ame screamed, grabbing me and hugging me, before pushing me away, gripping me shoulders and her eyes searching me frantically. "DID I HURT YOU? ARE YOU OKAY?"

"Ame, I'm fine!" I said reassuringly. "I'm healed, alright! Bedrest is over, it's just a scar now!"

"You were still shot!" she yelled, shaking me, before she realized what she was doing and stopped. "Did I hurt you?"

"Ame? What's taking so long?" Toma peeked his head in, with Hisui in his arms, who lit up at the sight of me.

"Ellie-nee!" she shouted, squirming in Toma's arms until he let her down. She ran over to me, and I scooped her up, causing Ame to gasp.

"Hisui! Get off of her this instant!" Ame shrieked.

"Ame?" Toma asked. "What's wrong?"

"She's just upset I got shot," I said.

Okay, so I probably should have put that a bit better.

"You got shot!" he yelled.

"What 'fot' mean?" Hisui asked.

I looked at her. "I got hurt really badly last month, which is why it took me so long to visit. I wasn't allowed to leave." I looked back at her parents. "But I'M FINE NOW, so there's no need to worry."

Hisui nodded, and snuggled into my arms.

Toma and Ame exchanged a look.

I sighed. "Let's sit down. We have some things we need to discuss."

Toma led me over to a sitting room, and the four of us sat down; Toma and Ame next to each other, and Hisui on my lap as I sat across from them.

"So…you were shot…" Toma said. "Does this have anything to do with the Tower of Heaven incident?"

I blinked at him. "I didn't know so many people knew."

He snorted. "I'm sure the entire country knows. I blame that Jacob fellow. No, the fact that Fairy Tail stopped a cult from trying to revive Zeref and caught the people who had been kidnapping children and murdering parents left and right is well known."

"Jeez," I muttered, before nodding. "Yeah, that's when I got shot. But another thing happened as we were finishing up; me, Lucy, and another kid named Jellal were all struck by some odd of beam from the sky. I'm mainly checking up to see if Hisui is alright. Another girl of the five Stellar bloodlines was still at the guild, but got hit anyway."

Toma nodded, a dark look on his face. "And you don't know what it is?"

I shook my head. "No, I don't. After getting hit by it, Jellal, Lucy and I were all unconscious. We stayed unconscious for a certain amount of time, which we think was based on how long we've been using magic. Jellal was only out for a few days, and Lucy only woke up a few hours before me, though the two of us were out for around three weeks."

Both Toma and Ame looked at Hisui. "How are you feeling, Hisui?" Ame asked.

"I fine!" she said, smiling.

"I'm," I corrected. "I'm fine."

"I'm fine," Hisui repeated.

I smiled and played with her hair, before looking back up at her parents. "Don't worry, we've been keeping watch. We'll find out what happened."

They nodded.

"There's also another reason I'm here," I continued. "You see…when I was unconscious, I actually met with the person who gave me a second chance – the reason I know the future. And…well, I have some more information now."

Toma nodded. "What is it?"

I took a deep breath. "Do you know of a man named Zash Caine?"

He hummed thoughtfully. "Yes, I believe he's considered a bit of a rising star among the generals. He joined suddenly a few years ago, and I thought it was odd that he didn't start until his late thirties. Other than that, however, I'm not sure I know much."

I nodded. "Do not promote him too high, and don't give him sensitive information. He eventually tries to overthrow you and becomes an enemy of the State. He tries to destroy Fiore, actually."

Toma's eyes widened. "Are you sure?"

"He steals the Dragon Cry," I said.

At that, Toma froze up.

"Speaking of which," I continued. "I'm gonna have to borrow that."