Levy was sitting on a sofa reading a book like she normally did in her free time. Her belly size had increased very much due to the growth of the unborn child that resided within her. Her cheeks were rosy and her skin was glowing with aura of mother to be. Juvia smiled at her.

"Oh Levy you look more beautiful than ever."

"Really? Because I feel like the blimp that's used in the grand magic games." Levy chuckled. "I'm so fat that I can't even see my feet. Gajeel will probably never touch me again."

"Don't be silly there's nothing ugly about you especially like this. You're carrying a child. A child that you made with the man you love. What could be more lovely?"

"You should give Gajeel some notes on being complimentary."

"He doesn't compliment you?"

"Only when I ask him to and when I do he can only say things like 'You look good. You look fine. You don't look fat. You definitely don't look fat.' How is that he can come up with lyrics for song but not think of a proper compliment to give the woman he loves?"

"Gajeel just can't say anything good off the top of his head. But he's crazy about you. Why else would he write all those love songs about you?"

"What?"

"You know the love songs that he writes- Oh no he hasn't told you has he?"

"Told me what?"

"Nevermind."

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Tell me!"

"No I can't! He'd kill me! Let's change the subject!" Juvia then brought forth a small gift bag. "Here you want to open the present I brought you?"

"Okay but this isn't over." Levy opened up the gift bag and inside was a yellow hand sewn blanket with leaves and flowers embroidered on the edges.

"It's a baby blanket. I made it."

"You made this?"

"Yes. I made sure that the fabric was a very comfortable material, I measured the length to my best guess, and I sewed it all together. I hope you like the color and the design."

"Juvia this is beautifully made."

"So you like it?"

"I love it. Thank you."

Levy hugged her gratefully then went to put the blanket in the crib that Gajeel had built for the baby. Juvia could already tell that the two of them would be wonderful parents. They would no doubt love that child above all things in this world as all parents should be. Juvia wondered if her own parents were like that. She'd like to hope that they were like that. But she couldn't ignore the possibility that they didn't want her. After all she had been found drifting in a river and from the moment she was born she had driven people away with her powers to make it rain uncontrollably. What if her parents had been like everyone else? What if they just couldn't stand having a child that brought forth never ending rain so they put her in that river to send her away. Or worse to drown her.

She recalled how some very mean local children and later teenagers would taunt her with the terrible idea that her own parents tried to drown her when she was a baby, not knowing that because of her powers she could breathe in water. But they couldn't have done that right? No parent could actually be so heartless as to do that right?

"Hey what's the matter?" Levy had come back into the room and she noticed the change in Juvia's mood.

"Oh sorry. Nothing's wrong I was just thinking."

"What were you thinking about? If you don't mind me asking."

"My parents. Well not exactly my parents because I don't know who they were but I was wondering what they were like. I don't suppose Gajeel ever mentioned to you that I grew up in orphanage?"

"He mentioned it once. Before joining Phantom Lord, you had lived there since infancy right?"

"Right so I don't remember what happened before that. I don't remember my mother or my father or anything that led up to the day they found me. So I'll sometimes wonder about it." She said. "Ridiculous I know."

"No it's not. In fact I know exactly how you feel. I never knew my parents either. Neither did Jet or Droy. Master found all three of us in the aftermath of an earthquake that hit Magnolia. It was most likely that our parents all died in the occurrence but we were about three or four at the time so we couldn't remember them."

"Do you ever wonder about them? Your parents I mean."

"Of course I do. Especially now that I'm about to become a parent myself."

"Since I've joined Fairy Tail there shouldn't be any reason for me to think about them anymore but when I hear about Natsu's brother and Erza's mother, Gildarts and Cana, I just...I don't want to seem ungrateful but-"

"You're not ungrateful for wanting to know what was there before. Anyone who has no recollection or knowledge of their past will naturally want to know what it was. I still try to remember what my parents looked like. Sometimes I can, sometimes I can't. But that doesn't mean I know longer see Fairy Tail as my family or that I don't love and appreciate everyone in the guild who's been therefore me. Same goes for you."

"Thanks Levy. I needed that."

"Can you remember anything before? Any little detail? I can sometimes recollect a few things from before."

"That's probably because you were a little older but when I arrived in Oak Town I was hardly a newborn which meant I was too young to sustain any memories."

"Well I sincerely hope that you're able to find out what happened before."

"I hope so too but even if I never find out it doesn't really matter because I have a family that loves me and speaking of love I do believe I should now go seek out my beloved Gray. Excuse me."

Then the love struck rain woman was off to seek out the man of her dreams. Sometime later Makarov received a distress call from an unfamiliar location. It came in the form of a scoll being carried in by some form of wind magic.

"What's it say Master?" Erza asked as he read it.

"It says Dear Guild Master of Fairy Tail, we have heard tell of your guild's great victory over Acnologia a threat who was thought to be impossible to defeat. If your guild truly is that powerful then perhaps it can help us in our time of need."

"They're asking for our help?" Erza deduced.

"It appears so." Makarov continued reading. "For the last twenty-five years the land where we reside, Stormhold has been under a dictatorship. We have tried to fight back we all we can but the forces who reign over us are just too powerful. We have tried to leave but we're trapped here by the harsh environments brought on by the magic of this tyranny. We don't know what else to do so we have now turned to you. We beg you to send your strongest team to aid us and we're prepared to pay any reward. Please help us, sign Agnar Coinneach Ambassador of Stormhold."

"Well obviously we're going to help them right Master?"

"Of course Erza but I have never heard of this place called Stormhold. Have you?"

"No. Can't say that I have."

"In that case before we plan a rescue mission let's find out more about this place and what to expect from it. Also we don't know where it is so at the moment help can't really come."

"I'll inform the other guild members and we'll start checking the books."