Chapter 5~Explanation

Everyone was eating dinner quietly when Lucy walked in. She stumbled a bit and put a hand on her head. "Ugh." She groaned as she stood back up.

"Are you alright?" She was asked simultaneously. She nodded. "Oh my" Layla muttered. She got up and walked into the kitchen. When she came out she threw Lucy a bottle.

"Thanks mom." Lucy spoke as if she had just gotten up. She opened in up and popped a pill. "I'm going to go change into something more comfortable." She walked out the door.

"Oh no, are you ill? What happened?" Erza asked, worry obvious in her voice. It was too late, Lucy was already gone.

"Lucy has had some trouble adjusting to her new level of magic. She will become tired and weak when her body is adjusting. The pills are too help speed up the process." Layla spoke as Jude walked through the door.

Erza, Gray, and Natsu stood up getting into a fighting stance. After what he had did, they were worried it would happen again. "Sit down. "Layla said calmly. They didn't flinch "I said sit!" She yelled. They obeyed, still glaring at him.

Lucy walked back in. "Dad, you're back. How did the meet up go?" Lucy was curious as she sat down next to him.

"It went well. He agreed and his family will be visiting within a year. How has your training been going? Are your friends doing alright? Can I scold them now?" The maids began to bring out breakfast.

"That's great. We will have to set up some more guest rooms than. My training has been going well. Yes, they are. As for the scolding, that's up to mom." The maids began to place plates in front of everyone.

They turned their head to Layla. "Not yet. They are still unaware of the situation."

Layla turned her head to everyone else. "As you are aware, Lucy's father was not the nicest to her after I left. This is do to the fact of a illness kind of like homesickness. When he had nothing left of his original home and lost it. He blocked everything out related to Fiore, to stay away from going on a killing spree. To try and occupy himself, he did work." She turned to Jude." Go ahead."

"YOU CHILDREN HURT MY PRINCESS! You have apologized but I will kill you all next time!" He scolded them. He continued to scold them for the next 10 minutes.

"Sorry sir. I do feel you owe us an apology for destroying our guild hall." Erza mentioned, finishing her strawberry pancakes.

"Yes, I am sorry about that. The main reason I wanted to marry her off, is so my illness didn't take over. I was afraid I would harm her. After the talk with Lucy, I realized she didn't need that." Jude said, putting an arm around his wife's waist.

Soon everyone finished eating and went to bed. Unable to sleep, Natsu got up and headed off to the royal garden.

As he got to the garden, he sat down at the fountain. He had forgiven Jude, and Lucy looked ever so happy now. Staring at his feet, his mind raced with questions. What did Igneel mean when he said if we didn't make Lucy happy again, they would do something drastic? What was the drastic thing? How was he supposed to make her happy?

"Natsu?" He looked up to see Lucy.

"Hey…" Was all he could manage to get out.

"You should get to bed. I have a surprise for tomorrow." She sat down beside him.

"You're not tired?" He looked at her big, beautiful, brown eyes.

"I am, but I can't seem to sleep." She gave him a small smile.

"You go to bed and I will go to bed. Deal?" He held out his hand.

"Deal." The pair shook hands.

They quietly sneaked back in and went to bed. Natsu just couldn't stop thinking about how cute Lucy looked in those pajamas.