Dragneel; Igneel & Layla 18, Sarapina 15, Nash 15, Michelle & Nayla & Jude 10, Ryu 6, Anna 4, Luna (9 months along)

Redfox; Ren 18, Axel 16, Connor & Wyatt 12, Myka 8, Elizabeth 1

Haroworth; Nolan & Lucca & Kellen & Rainer & Aura 13

Drayer; Lexie 19

Justine; Marcus 16, Isabella 8

Alberona; Chance 16

Fullbuster; Storm 19, Ur & Ulter 8

Damian 17, Ivy 7, Iris 1

Fernandez; Maia 15, Simon 5

Fiore; Drake 15, Alya 9

Ecluiff; Reese 17, Verity 15, Kato 13, Kassie 11, Korin 8, Chloe (3 months along)

How Dragons make Families.

**** Sixteen Years After Celestial Mage Wanted******

"Do you know what I've noticed?" Macao asked as he sipped his whiskey.

In his younger years he would be on his third or fourth drink but now his years have caught up to him and now it was one and done if he was lucky.

"What's that?" Wakaba asked as he lit his pipe.

"All of the dragon slayers have big families," the fire mage spoke as his longtime friend looked around the guild the number of children seemed to be increasing as the years went on.

Weather it was the safe haven kids, several of which had chosen to stay on as full fledge Fairy Tail members, or the prodigy of guild members; Fairy Tail had easily tripled in size over the years. Which caused the already chaotic and crowded guild hall to become nothing short of bedlam, and that was a day the Dragneel family chose to stay home. Even if a few years ago they had expanded the guild hall. Giving Wendy a few different rooms to work out of on the main floor making the whole left side of the guild the Infirmary wing, half of the top floor dedicated to Fairy Tail Records and the Redfox brothers, and a much larger bar and main area for the members, there was still precious little space left in the main hall. Tallying it off in his head he gasped in realization, "Wow your right,"

"Hey Wendy, is there a reason that dragon slayers have big families?" Macao asked as his daughter in law walked by.

Through the years the sky dragon slayer had aged well, she would never be an overly developed as many of her guild mates, but the girl had grown confidant and comfortable in her body. Not that her mate had ever complained about it.

"Well yeah it all has to do with dragon and dragon slayer physiology," the sky dragon Slayer said as she sat down removing the glass of whiskey from in front of her father in law and placing it on a passing tray.

"Explain," Wakaba said as he laughed at his friend's misfortune of having a dragon Slayer for a daughter in law. She could literally smell how drunk he was, and would often cut him off long before he wanted to stop.

"Well as you know a dragon slayer's bodies change drastically from what we were born as. Like our brains, our reproductive habits have changed as well," She informed as she slipped in to teaching mood.

Ever since Doctor Greene had become a Professor at Crocus University he had her come in a few times a semester to discuss Mage reproduction and the intricacies of draconic pregnancy. Wendy had even been grated funding to study and produce papers on the growth of magical children in the uterus which earned her an honorary doctorate. Now Doctors from across the continent were begging her for consultations and more training. She even had enough funds to hire four interns to help her with her daily work; within six days of the program starting she had over a thousand applicants from all over the continent.

"How so?" Wakaba asked as Macao groaned not wanting to know about the girl's reproduction, even he had lines he didn't want to cross.

"Well Dragon females are only fertile for about one week a year. So the male dragon's instincts to reproduce are in over drive when they sense that their mate is fertile. But once an egg is laid the female is not fertile again until the hatchling is at least old enough to hunt for themselves, or if it dies. So what you have with dragon slayers is a result that should have been predicted. The boys are just responding to their mate's begin fertile and a dragon will continuously mate during this time until either they pass out or if there is danger nearby.

"That combined with the fact that slayers and mates life expectancy is extended results in a longer breeding age range. For instance most females began metaphase at between forty five and fifty, but because dragons and as a result dragon slayers won't die of old age we estimate that the mate could possibly continue producing children for well into their hundreds but we have no data to back this up," Wendy smiled as she watched both men go white as a sheet.

Looking over they finally noticed how different the slayers and their mates looked than their guild mates who were the same age. Lucy and Natsu looked no different than they did when they were in their early twenties while Gray and Erza both were beginning to wear their age. Erza had little crow's feet around her eyes her hair was thinning and slightly duller than it had been in years past and Grey, well Grey was going gray. And his body wasn't holding that firm tone it used to when he was much younger. Both were still active taking job very regularly but there had been a shift in the kind of jobs they took.

"But not all the slayers have big families especially ones like Natsu, Gajeel, and Sting," Macao spoke up as Wendy giggled.

"Well that can have to do with the mate. Lucy, Levy, and Yukino seemed to have normal ovulation cycles, but take Kinana for insistence. During one of our battles she took a hard blow to the stomach and the results were one of her ovaries stopped working. Hisui has difficulty as well, so really it's a mixture of both the slayers and the mate that will determine how many children they will have. Then again Yukino and Levy seemed to have an easier time with birth control that Lucy does," the bluenette smiled.

"Why Lucy's one of the smartest girls in the guild?" Wakabe asked finishing his drink.

"Well that has to do with Lucy's magic. Because celestial magic is Draconic in origin it highly affects the person's body much like slayer magic. We've tried every type of contraceptives available but none of them work, even when taken properly. I mean I even developed new ones in the process. Even spells are only half as effective as they should be, I have one that will halt ovulation for six months in any other mage and it only works on her for two months maximum. It's a phenomenon I really don't understand. But with Aura, Verity and Saraphina I am hoping to figure it out. Then again we don't know if it will affect Michelle and Nayla since they aren't celestial mages specifically, and don't even get me started on Jude. The number of male celestial mages in the Haroworth family are so tiny and were so long ago that I don't even have statistics to go with," Wendy hummed as she thought over the problem.

"What about condoms?" Wakabe asked as Macao groaned in annoyance his friend had the oddest fascinations.

"Natsu keeps melting them, and we tested the internal ones as well before trying them and got the same result, his normal body temperature is too much for them and even if they charm them once he gets going and his blood boils, well…. The only thing that could guarantee it is abstinence and possibly a tubal ligation but Lucy doesn't want to go to that extreme yet," Wendy informed as she watched one of her interns help bandage a scrap of the kids had.

"But why is Yukino not affected by this, she's a celestial mage," Wakabe questioned.

"She's not a born Celestial mage. The magic running through her blood is just slightly different than the others. Those minute differences are what I am focusing on since it's probably there that the answer lies," Wendy smiled. It wasn't often anyone in the guild really wanted to talk about her research so she always loved it when anyone asked.

"What about you?" Macao asked as the idea of having twelve grandkids in the next few years made him pale.

"Well Grandeeney wasn't really sure. Her book said that there was a chance that my ovaries could be affected by my magic," Wendy said wistfully.

"So you could have a smaller family," the flame mage asked as the sky dragon slayer nodded her head.

"Yeah but that's okay I don't know if I would be able to deal with that," she said motioning to the Dragneels.

"Natsu where is Anna," Lucy asked as she rubbed a hand on her now showing stomach.

"She was just here," the fire dragon Slayer growled as he looked around for a little head of strawberry blonde hair.

"Dad look I can make Anna fly!" Ryu shouted as he held his baby sister in his hands.

"Ryu you drop your sister and you won't get the firecracker candy you got for you birthday for a month!" Lucy shouted as Igneel and Saraphina raced towards their siblings.

Saraphina taking Anna and Igneel grabbing Ryu by the ankle and dangling him over the railing.

"How do you like it brat?" The eldest Dragneel kid asked as Ryu giggled in delight.

"Bet I can land on my feet if you drop me," the Natsu clone bragged as he grinned up at his elder brother.

"Don't tempt me," Igneel hissed.

"Yeah that's a little too much," Macao said with a shake of his head as he turned away from the common commotion that was the Dragneel family.

"Oh and Macao, Romeo needs you at the house at noon tomorrow," Wendy said as she stood to go find her mate, he was due in the guild soon and she wanted to go out to lunch then running a few errands.

"Why?" the fourth guild master asked as he watched her get up.

"He needs help painting the Hatchlings room," Wendy said smiling and Mira squealed and Wendy was rushed by every mother in the guild asking questions.

"Hatchling?" Macao asked as he paled just as Romeo walked in the door.

"There he is," Gajeel joked as he got the man in head lock ruffling his hair. "didn't know ya had in in ya!"

"Congratulations Grandpa!" Wakaba laughed as he smacked his friend on the back after all it was about time Wend and Romeo finally have a child of their own.