Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or it's characters, that right belongs to Hiro Mashima.
Lucy looked down at her daughter. It had only been a few months since her son's birthday and the fiasco that had happened. Thanking the heavens for Lahar's family, mostly his mother, backing them up for their daughter's little outburst and putting a Viscount's son into the wall. Though the boy had no right to be groping her daughters dierrier. It had pissed her off something fierce, even if she had just calmly talked about it with her husband. Still, Lahar's mother had laid into the parents about the boy sexually assaulting a young woman.
Now, now she wanted to laugh as her daughter crossed her arms under her already impressive chest. Amethyst eyes sparking like her fathers as she glared back at Lucy. It was hilarious just how much of a perfect blend her two kids were between them. Sighing softly, Lucy shook her head and met that looked head on and not flinching.
"I refuse, mama," Amanda said. Not bothering to hide her displeasure.
Lifting an eyebrow at this, proud her daughter was standing for what she believed in, then replying herself. "I understand why and agree. But you are apart of the Ziegler family line. A part of the High Society, and related to the crown of Fiore, Amanda Layla Zeigler. So, you will be a good girl, play your 'role'. I never said you had to like it."
She watched as her daughter wilted just slightly. She hated having to act like this to her daughter. But every day, everybody had to play a messed up role. This was why she had run away from home. Her father shoving her into a role to be a mindless, picture perfect doll. Now though her father was getting much older and ailing. Lucy herself had taken over running a bit of the business for him. He had already stated he wanted either Amanda or Castor to run it after he was gone.
"I don't want to mother. Besides didn't you run away from this life when you were younger?" her daughter said.
Mentally Lucy wanted to strangle Gray for even telling her how she had come to Fairy Tail. Because now it was literally biting her in the ass.
"I was older than you were. My mother had been dead for years. And my relationship with your grappy Jude was horrible. We are not trying to sell you into a loveless marriage to further ourselves, Amanda. So, if that was the angel you were thinking of working then drop it," she said tersely.
The way her daughter immediately hung her head, Lucy knew she got her point across even if it hurt her own feelings to snap at her daughter like that.
"Look, I just want you to behave yourself at this party. If a guy gets handsy with you again, remove it politely, speaking loudly enough that others can hear. Make that the warning so others know. Do not just kick the self deserving jerk into the wall again. And then, if you want, we have something arranged at a later date to pay the idiot or idiots," she said, letting a small smile curl her lips upwards.
When her daughter kept her head hung for a few more minutes before lifting it up. Lucy wanted to dance like a crazy person at the understanding in her thirteen-year-old daughter's eyes. So when Amanda smiled, Lucy reached out and hugged her.
"I guess I will just have to act like I am a pretty picture, perfect girl. Allow them to think about what they want and know differently. Mom, I do think we need to change how High Society thinks of us women," Amanda said. "Besides, if I got desperate enough I could go to Uncle Gray. You do know he is currently the Beau of Hisui right?"
At this Lucy burst out laughing. It had shocked all of Fiore when Hisui had marched up to Gray a few years ago after the Grand Magic Games, at the ball, asked him to dance. It had stunned her friend and teammate as he just nodded his head. While they danced, everyone watching, Hisui asked if he'd like to go on a date. Of course, Gray still being stunned just nodded his head yes. And ever since they'd been a very open couple. While other nobles had a shitty outlook about the relationship, no one dared to speak up for fear of the wrath they'd receive. Not just from Hisui, her father who approved. But all Guild Mages in the land.
It had been an unspoken thing that all 'light' guild mages would refuse to do request for the nobility. Shocking them into staying quieter.
"That is perfectly evil my little clone, but no. Not at this point. Let's do small things at first. Besides, you have three of your own spirits now. And while they are all Silver Keys you know for a fact that they'd help you. And then there is your brother," Lucy said.
"Fine mama, I will do my best to stay in the role. This will be a game for me tonight," Amanda exclaimed.
Letting her daughter pull from the hug, Lucy watched her move about her room to get ready for the pomp and circumstance party they had to attend. It was time for her to tell her husband that a major disaster had been mostly circumvented.