The Prologue is literally just a little background that led to this point in the story, but I hope you guys do enjoy the story! ^_^


A full year has passed since that crazy night with Laxus Dreyer. It's been a full year of traveling to keep me and something very precious safe.

There's been a steady uprise in dark guild activity these last few months. Frankly, I'm starting to worry. I know I have to stay calm for her sake, but I'm starting to run low on funds to keep us stable in this town.

We've been staying in a little cottage outside of Pelerno since she was born. My sweet little Aster. Who would have thought a one night stand could have such a beautiful outcome? I certainly didn't. And I remember it being quite the shock when I had found out I was pregnant with her. But every day since then has been an adventure.

~Flashback~

There's a ringing in my head as I slowly wake up. I reach over to touch Horologium's key and whisper my thanks softly to my timely spirit. As I sit up, I notice something is off. I clamp a hand over my mouth and run to my bathroom. Even though I hadn't eaten anything yet that morning I was still able to throw up something.

'Am I getting sick or something?' I ask myself as I stand up and walk to my sink. I grab a cup and turn on the water to get a drink. 'Maybe I should visit Polryusica and see if there's something she can do. I can't get sick now with my rent payment coming up.' I think to myself as I walk back into my room to pick my clothes for the day before walking back into the bathroom to start running water for a bath.

As I wait for the tub to fill, I think of all the possible illnesses that I could have that involves spontaneous vomiting. Then I start thinking about if I have any other symptoms that would affect anything. 'I have been more tired the last couple of weeks... Not to mention that weird fainting spell the other day.' I thought to myself while I mixed in my strawberry scented bubble bath.

As I start to take off my night clothes, I hear the telltale sound of a doorbell and turn just in time to see Loke turning around and trying to hand me a towel. "Princess, what has your mind in so much distress? I can feel the gears turning in your head from here." He says to me with concern when I grab the towel from him to wrap around my body. When I have the towel wrapped securely around me, Loke turns around looks at me seriously. "There's something different about you Lucy." He circles around me trying to figure out what could be different.

"Well I haven't done anything different Loke. But to answer your earlier question, I woke up sick this morning and I'm just trying to figure out what I could have caught." I told my trusty lion as I grabbed my hairbrush to brush out my hair before putting it in a bun on top of my head. "I'm thinking it's probably just the flu, but I'm planning to go check with Porlyusica after I take my bath." I motion towards the steaming tub and give him a pointed look.

"Sorry for disturbing your personal time Princess, we were all just worried about you." Loke sighs loudly and wraps an arm around my shoulders. "I'd be very happy to help you wash your back though!" The lion spirit said while giving me a sly grin.

I roll my eyes and shrug his arm off of my shoulders. "No thanks Loke. Now go before I Lucy kick you out of my bathroom." I giggle as I see the lion spirit flinch and back up slowly. "I'll let you know what Porly tells me later though. Okay? So don't worry too much until then." I give him my biggest smile.

"Thank you Princess! Call me out when you can!" he says as he disappears back into the Spirit world. That goofy lion is always worried about me, but he said 'we', which means I'm worrying all of my spirits. I sigh to myself as I unwrap the towel and set it down before sitting in the tub.

I sink down until all of my body is submerged under the water except for my head. I sigh happily, content with how the hot water feels on my skin. I grab my favorite body wash and start to clean my arms and the rest of my body. When I reach my neck I hesitate for a moment where there was once a very noticeable bite mark. A bite mark that has thankfully disappeared with time. I shake my head trying to forget about that night.

I finish washing the rest of my body and then I get out of the tub. I wrap the towel Loke had handed to me earlier around myself and walk out of the bathroom to go to the kitchen. I walk straight to the fridge to pull out a couple of eggs and two slices of bacon to make breakfast for myself before getting ready for the day. After I turn the stove on, I place the bacon slices on a pan and put it on top of the hot eye.

Everything was going great until I took deep breath to smell the cooking bacon. I ran back to the bathroom and threw up what little I didn't already throw up this morning. When I finally stop and I'm only left with dry heaves, I lay on the bathroom floor to let the cold tiles cool the rest of my body.

When I feel fully relaxed, I stand back up and go back into the kitchen. I turn the stove off and throw away the now burnt bacon and place the eggs back in the fridge. "I'm not going to eat anything if the smell is going to make me nauseous." I walk back to the bathroom to change my clothes and brush my hair and teeth. After brushing my hair I grab Cancer's key and call him out to help me with my hair.

"What can I do for you today baby?" he asks with his normal voice while snipping his scissor like hands in the air.

"Hi Cancer!" I give my crab spirit a large smile before telling him how I wanted my hair to look for the day. He smiled and went straight to work when I finished telling him what I wanted. I feel my hair being parted into thirds and relax myself while Cancer does his work. When he finishes I smile and hug him. "Thank you Cancer! It's simple and lovely, just how I wanted it!"

"No problem Baby! Take care of yourself Lucy." I watched as my spirit disappeared back to the spirit world. I whisper my thanks one last time before I grab my key ring and whip, then fasten them to my belt before I walk out my front door, turning to lock it before leaving my apartment building.

As I make my way through town I smile at everyone and say hello to anyone who greets me. I pass by this one older couple who are selling flowers together and I smile brighter. They come to town every day from their home in the country to sell all these beautiful flowers. I would normally stop to talk with them, but I need to get to Porly's and figure out what's wrong with me.

I wave at them as I walk by with a big smile on my face. They stare at me as they say their greetings and wave back. I can feel them still staring at me as I continue walking towards the edge of town. I walk into the forest along the path heading towards Porlyusica's place, I wasn't expecting to bump into anyone, but as I turned the corner I walked right into a pair of strong arms.

And as I'm about to hit the ground, I feel the arms wrap around me and pull me back to my feet right as I'm about to say something, I look up to find Laxus Dreyer standing in front of me. I stare at him blankly, trying to figure out why I would run into him on the path leading to Porly's. We stand there for a few minutes staring at each other quietly until he breaks the silence. "What are you doing here Blondie? You shouldn't be walking in the woods alone."

'Well that's different; he almost seemed concerned about me.' I blush at the thought. 'He probably doesn't even remember that night we shared together a month ago' I thought to myself. "You're blonde to y'know" I say quietly while looking into his eyes. "But I'm on my way to Porly's, I woke up not feeling well." I find myself telling him truthfully.

While looking into his eyes, I see conflict, concern and confusion. Right as I'm about to tell him I don't think it's anything serious, he grabs my arm and turns to go towards Porly's place. "L-Laxus! What are you doing? I can walk to Porlyusica's on my own!" I shout at him as he continues to pull me closer to the older woman's tree house.

I hear him huff before he turns and looks down at me seriously. "Blondie if you're sick, I'm the one who's going to hear about it later with that crazy team of yours. Besides," he pauses and shivers slightly "I don't even want to think about what the Demon and Titana would do to me if they found out I knew you were sick and walking in the woods by yourself." I stare at him incredulously, the Laxus Dreyer scared of two of Fairy Tail's most powerful female wizards? Well it makes sense when you think of it like that. "Don't give me that look Blondie. We both know they would skin me alive." He sighed and ran his free hand though his hair.

"I wasn't going to say anything, but that is true!" I giggle and continue to walk forward. "Let's get to Porlyusica's then. I want to figure out what crazy sickness I caught so I can stop worrying my spirits." I smile at him as he jogs to catch up to me. "By the way Laxus," I look over at him while we walk "What were you doing on the path to Porlyusica's?"

It was an innocent enough question, but I watched as Laxus had flinched just the slightest bit. I'm sure if I hadn't of been looking at him, I would have missed the movement. He mumbled something and I tried to listen closely to hear what he was saying, but that was in vain. "Speak up Laxus, I'm not a dragon slayer with amazing hearing abilities." I scold him and place my hands on my hips to show how serious I am.

He looks over at me and- is he pouting? My eyes widen a fraction and he sighs. "I said I woke up with a killer hangover, but it wasn't like my normal hangovers since I threw up right when I woke up." He scowled. Why did that sound so familiar? "It was just really weird so I went to the old hags place to see if she could help at all." That's why it seemed so familiar, his problem is similar to mine. I just didn't do any drinking last night at the guild party for Natsu's birthday. Which is weird since I normally would have had at least a few drinks considering it was Natsu's birthday.

I look ahead of us and notice we're almost to Porlyusica's tree house. "Did she happen to give you anything to help with that?" I asked hopefully as I stopped and looked up into his eyes. I didn't want to admit to him that that was why I was going to Porly's. I blushed as we looked into each other's eyes, and my breathing stopped for a moment when he took a step towards me and placed his hands on my shoulders. My stomach does a flip when I feel his skin on my bare shoulders and I shiver while still staring into his eyes. He takes another step closer to me so now I can feel our breaths intermingle.

Right as I'm about to close my eyes, I feel another wave of nausea his and I sprinted into the forest and brace myself against a tree as I vomit for the third time that morning. "When is this going to end?" I groan between deep breaths, not realizing Laxus had followed me further into the forest. I flinch when I feel a hand touch my shoulder gently, but I don't move away. I lean back into Laxus' touch and avoid eye contact for as long as possible. When I finally feel like my heart rate has calmed down, I look at Laxus with an embarrassed look and a blush on my face. "Can you help me get to Porly's now? I'm tired of vomiting now, and I'm pretty sure there's nothing left to throw up." I try to joke out.

Laxus looks at me with worried eyes before he scoops me into his arms. "Let's get you to the old hag." He states calmly as he walks us to the woman's tree house. When we reach her front door, Laxus sets me back on my feet then knocks on her door. When the door finally opens, we hear Porlyusica grumbling about how annoying humans are.

"What do you want!?" she snaps the minute she sees us. I hear Laxus growl at her and I place a hand on his arm, slightly shocked that he stopped growling and gave a hum of approval. I look up at his face one last time before I look over at Porlyusica, only to find her staring intently at us.

"I'm sorry to disturb you Porlyusica, but you know I wouldn't be here if I didn't think something serious was going on." I told her calmly, but still with a smile on my face. I turn to look back at Laxus, removing my hand from his arm in the process, to say my thanks. "Thank you Laxus for helping me get here, but I can handle things from here." I smile at him. "And before you say anything, I'll call one of my spirits out to help me back to my place later. I promise." I tell him as I move to walk into the older woman's home.

"Ok. Just be careful on your way back Blondie! I'll let your team know where you are when I get back to the guild." He says as he turns to walk back down the path leading out of the forest. I smile and yell my thanks to him before Porlyusica and I walk into her home.

"Take a seat child and tell me what's wrong." She motions to a seat near the window and I sit down when she takes the seat across from me. I tell her about the party last night and how I didn't drink at all. Then proceeded to tell her about how my whole morning had gone, by the time I finished telling her everything it was lunch time and she was staring at me as if she was trying to piece together a puzzle. "You people are always causing trouble for me somehow and always annoy me too. But you are more bearable than the rest of them." She sighs before continuing. "I'll give you a full check up to see what the problem could be, but I have a hunch I already know what's going on. Move to the bed and lay down." I do as she tells me and I lay on the bed patiently while she gathers her supplies.

I want to ask the older woman what she thinks the problem is with me, but I know better than to break her concentration. "I'm going to check your vitals first. So temperature, eyes, ears, heart rate and blood pressure." She tells me calming. "After this we'll check for any abnormalities on your body." She places a thermometer in my mouth for my temperature, and then puts this small weird device around my index finger. Porly must have seen me eyeing the device because she interrupts my thoughts "It's a Finger Pulse Oximeter. Measures your heart rate and the oxygen level in your blood."

I only nod as she continues with the check-up. She looks at me when she finishes and sighs. "Well everything seems fine, with the exception of your heart rate being a bit high. But child, when was your last menstrual cycle?" I stare at her dumbfounded. That's a question that only ever gets asked if you have a urinary problem or if- "I have a theory you dumb child, now answer the damn question!" The older woman demands as she sits back in front of me.

I think back to when my last period was and I realize it's been almost two months. "I-it's been almost two months" I whisper as I cover my mouth with my hands and I try to hold the tears back. I'm so busy contemplating what this could mean, I don't see Porlyusica get up and grab something from a cabinet. When she returns to her seat she hands me a plastic wrapped stick and tells me to go to the bathroom. I stand and follow her to the restroom and her words are barely registering in my mind. I walk into the bathroom and pull the stick out of the wrapper and use the bathroom. When I finish, I place the stick on the counter and sit down. This was probably the longest 5 minutes of my life, but when the two pink lines popped up I fell to the floor and burst into tears. "This can't be happening right now. Who could be-" I stopped mid-sentence as I realized, I haven't had sex since that night with Laxus. "Oh my Mavis. He would probably kill me!" I cry out and Porlyusica enters the bathroom not even bothering to knock.

"Judging by your reaction, it came back positive and you know who the father is." I nod my head solemnly and continue to cry. I hear the distinct sound of a doorbell and feel a pair of arms wrap around me. I smell Lokes cologne and instantly relax, but I don't stop crying. "She apparently knows who the father is, but I can't get her to stop her damn crying." The arms scoop me up and I wrap my arms around his neck as I cry into his chest.

He carries me out of the bathroom and set me back on the bed before he kneels in front of me. "Lucy I need you to tell me who the father is. We need to tell him and then formulate a plan of action on what you want to do." All I can do is shake my head, we can't tell him. I could never do that to him, he would feel like he's being tied down and I know for a fact that he would hate that. "Lucy, princess, look at me." I look up at him with tears still falling from eyes before her continues, "If you don't want to tell him that's fine, but we need to know what you want to do."

I look down at my hands and sigh. "I want to go home and sleep on it." I whisper quietly before I look up and continue. "I still can't believe this is real. And I feel like I'm going to wake up from a dream." I look over at Porlyusica and see her staring at me intently. "What would you recommend Porlyusica?" I ask when her eyes land on mine.

She sighs before turning to grab something from another cabinet then walks over to me and Loke. "Take these every morning if you plan to keep it." At my confused look she continues. "These are prenatal vitamins; it'll help the thing get what you might not be providing for it when you eat. Now if that's all" she paused for a moment to see if I would speak up, but I stayed silent. "Get out of my house now!" The older woman screeched at us.

Loke gathered me into his arms and I took the vitamins from the other woman's hands. "Thank you Porlyusica! Thank you so so much!" I smile at her one last time before Loke walks out of her front door with me still in his arms.

~End Flashback~

I go to grab a bottle and some breast milk from the fridge when I hear Aster crying. Thinking back on it now, I think that was the nicest I've ever seen Porlyusica. But that's in the past. I warm up the breast milk, running the container under hot water then pour it into the bottle to take to Aster.

Today marks her being 3 months old. 'It's scary how fast time passes.' I think to myself as I pick Aster up from her crib and sit down in the rocking chair to feed her. I stare down into her eyes and smile softly. She has her fathers eyes and our hair color, the cutest little button nose and small hands that are currently gripping my finger as she drinks her milk.

I'm humming lullaby when I hear the sound of a doorbell and I look up in time to see my lion spirit leaning over and cooing at Aster. "Good morning Princess." He smiles down at Aster then looks up at me. "And good morning to you too my Queen." He gives me his Cheshire grin and I smile back. "How are my two favorite girls this morning?"

"I think Aries would find offense in that." I giggle when he gasps and puts a hand on his chest. "But we are doing good this morning. She only woke up two times last night. So hopefully soon she'll be sleeping through the night." I smile down at Aster again. "She's my perfect little angel." I sigh before continuing "She looks so much like her father though Loke." I look up at him and smile again. "So what brings you here?" I ask curiously.

"Not much just wanted to check on you and Aster. Make sure you guys aren't having any problems." Loke explains as he takes a seat on the floor in front of me. "And I just wanted to see the little Princess again." He chuckles softly.

"Well at some point I'm going to have to find a way to earn more money. I'm starting to run out of my savings." I sigh and look back down at Aster. "I'm scared of making the wrong choices to make her life perfect." I whisper softly.

"You could always go back to the guild you know." I give my faithful spirit a pointed look and he holds his hands up in defense. "Just a suggestion. Otherwise I would recommend getting a job in town or possibly joining another guild for jobs. I can't do much else since we have to stay on the down low for now." He says softly while looking at the floor before looking back up into my eyes. "We'll figure out a solution Lucy. I can promise you that."

I nod slowly and smile. "Thank you Loke. You're the best." I look back down at Aster and my smile fades. "One problem with getting a job in town though Loke." I look back down at him before continuing. "Who would watch Aster for me?" I ask softly.

"Lucy, you have us spirits to help you. If you're scared to call attention by calling us out, just touch one of our keys and think about why you need us, then we'll come out on our own to help you." Loke explains before standing back up, and holds out his arms when Aster starts crying. "I'll even take first watch so you can go job hunting. Unless you want to make a group outing of it? Or if you want to join another guild Lucy. I know White Sea here in Pelerno is safe and popular."

Smiling, I hand Aster over to Loke before standing up. "I think that sounds like a great plan, lets make this a group outing. I want to see if I can find any normal jobs before looking back into actual guild work." I walk out of the nursery to go to my room and change. "I'll be right back Loke, I'm gonna go change and get Aster's diaper bag ready!" I yell over my shoulder.

When I reach my room I head straight to my closet to pick out my clothes. I decide on a pair of jeans and a flowy shirt. My clothing style has definitely changed since I had Aster. I wear more jeans and normal shirts than anything. No more showing off my cleavage. I chuckle to myself as I get dressed and pull on a pair of flats. I walk to my bathroom next and brush then fix my hair into a pony tail before going to get Aster's diaper bag ready for our trip into town.

I'm putting everything I need into the diaper bag when Loke walks into the room with Aster. I smile as I watch them interact with each other then a pang of sadness hits. I can't help thinking about how things would have turned out if I stayed. Stayed with Fairy Tail, stayed in Magnolia, stayed with Laxus. I sigh as I put the container of wipes in the bag then zip it up. No use in thinking about the past now, I think to myself as I pick up the diaper bag and grab my keys.

"Let's go Loke! We need to get to town to start the search!" I look over at him and smile brightly. I pull out the stroller and set it up before gesturing for Loke to lay Aster in it. We make sure she's all settled and tucked under a blanket before walking out the front door of my little cabin in the woods and into town.


Soooo that makes chapter one! What do you guys think? I'm pretty happy with it and can't wait to go into more details later on for you ^_^ I plan to post weekly updates so next chapter should be up next Wednesday for you guys!