Okay, so only one person told me who Maemi goes to the wedding with. XD Get more participative, geez. So this is the chapter where Maemi gets asked out to the wedding and the chapter where Ignus and Nadia join. ^^ If I didn't get any feedback on who she went with, Maemi would've gone by herself, but NOPE! :D

Disclaimers: I do not own Fairy Tail or Hiro Mashima.

Claimers: I own Maemi, Ignus, Red, and Nadia.

"Maemi, you need to stop almost killing yourself when you go out…" Lisanna sighed, patting the girl's head. "Erza was dead worried about you, and then Gray came back and said that you and Levy went shopping. Most of the guild hurried over, and I'm sure you could tell." Maemi looked up at Lisanna briefly, and then continued to cover her stomach, not wanting to reveal the mark. She saw Lucy walk near her.

"Maemi, want me to get you some clothes so you can change?" Lucy offered her. Maemi shook her head no. "I have loads of clothes that won't even look cute on me, or even fit me anymore! Plus, considering you and Levy just bought dresses at the moment, you don't have many clothes that would fit you." Maemi paused for a moment to think, and then nodded. "Alright! I'll be right back with some!" Lucy ran out of the guild, towards her house. Maemi froze up when she realized the two celestial spirits were still there, and looked at the ground.

"Virgo, you can go back now…" Loki said, looking at the pink-haired maid. She nodded respectfully, and began to vanish.

"Very well, big brother," She said, fully disappearing. Loki approached Maemi, curious as if why she was hiding her stomach.

"You look… familiar."

"Heh, Celestial Spirits know what everyone looks like, that's why…" Maemi laughed quietly.

"No, we only remember the faces of our friends, and occasionally, others…" He replied, putting more emphasis on others. Maemi looked coldly at the spirit.

"I swear… If you tell him I'm here, I will get you Leo…" She growled lowly, enough so only Loki could hear her. "And you better not, I just got back from the biggest damned mission in the world."

"…I'll keep quiet for a while, just for the sake of you having more time with your friends and family. You deserve it anyways…" He sighed, flying to the back of his memories.

~FLASHBACK~

Loki stared at Master Bob, wide eyed. I… I killed her?! Loki spent months, upon months that year mourning about her. After his disappearance, he had remembered someone who had helped him get through something difficult. He remembered when she was young… Around 9 if he was correct. Loki had accidentally gotten himself in major trouble with the Spirit King. Naturally, he was about to be banished until.

"Hey! Spirit King!" The little girl ran out from her hiding spot, where she had to watch quietly.

"What are you doing Mae-?"

"Listen up! It's not Leo's fault! It's mine! I gave him the idea! Don't blame him! Don't banish him! Blame me! Banish me!" She yelled up at the large king. "Leo's like a big brother to me! He's a big brother to all of us! He may be a big flirt, and sometimes a jerk, but he'd never do anything bad!" The spirits stared at the small girl, wide-eyed. Leo felt tears begin to form in the corners of his eyes.

"You speak bravely, young dragon… I am afraid I still have to banish Leo, even though this is your fault… You are more important, and I cannot banish you, as I have to watch over you until you are ready." The girl froze as the Spirit King rose a large sword up. "LEO THE LION, FROM THIS MOMENT ON… YOU… ARE…" He began to quickly thrust the sword down towards him. The small girl ran and pushed Leo out of the way right as the king said: "BANISHED!" The sword hit her, and made her disappear out of thin air.

"MAELYTH!" Leo screamed out. Tears ran down his face, while some of the other Spirits began to cry as well. The Spirit King was shocked, and disappeared himself. Virgo found herself on her knees, digging her hands into the ground. She had always called Maelyth: Princess. It made her feel more maid-like, and cared for the girl deeply as if she was one.

"No…" Virgo whispered. "PRINCESS!" She yelled out. The Zodiacs were the closest to Maelyth, or also known as Maemi. Only Sagittarius called her Maemi, as he felt like it would be better to call her that than her other name. In the end, they found out she had fallen down, in front of Fairy Tail, injured. They quietly watched as Master Maravok, accompanied by Gray, Natsu, and Erza found her and carried the girl inside the guild. From that moment on, they knew she was in safe hands.

"…I think I know one main reason she did that…" Aquarius muttered. The other Zodiacs looked at her. "She didn't want to be the next dragon… She wants to be human…" The Spirit King appeared once again, summoning the 12 Zodiacs to the area again.

"ATTENTION. IF YOU, WHILE DOWN ON EARTH, FIND MAELYTH, RETURN HER IMMEDIATELY. LEO, BE GRATEFUL FOR NOW…" He announced quickly before disappearing. They all looked at each other, and shook their heads. They agreed they will not return her while she isn't ready. Possibly, when she is though…

~END OF FLASHBACK~

"Ah… That's right. I sacrificed my life for you when you were about to get banished," Maemi sang out quietly.

"I got banished later, anyways…"

"What?!"

"Yeah… Anyways, I'm going to go tell the other Zodiacs that I found you… I'll tell them not just yet though…"

"Thank you Leo."

"You're welcome… Maelyth." Loki then disappeared from her sight in an instant. Maemi sighed deeply, hoping it wouldn't be too soon. Lucy quickly returned with a rather large bag of clothes. It wasn't too large, but it was indeed large. Lucy helped her up, and brought her somewhere where she could change.

"Do you want me to help you change Mae-?"

"No, I'm sure I can change myself… Thanks for the offer Lucy. Just, stand guard alright? I don't want any pervs to sneak a peak while I change." Lucy nodded, facing the opposite direction of where she was changing. She quickly stripped off her torn shirt and replaced it with a yellow blouse and her shorts with a black, lacey skirt. She put on some black dress shoes, and tied her hair into a lazy ponytail. She put the clothes she used to be wearing, and put it in the bag. "I'm done…" Lucy turned around, and gasped with delight.

"You look adorable!" Lucy squealed. Maemi blushed, feeling like she is regretting choosing the outfit. "Let's show everyone!" Lucy grabbed her hand quickly before Maemi could reply.

"Wait-!" She was dragged to the front hall, where everyone could see her.

"Maemi's feeling better, everyone!" Lucy called out, grabbing everyone's attention immediately. Lucy saw a few boys blush the moment they saw her outfit. On the inside, Lucy smiled evilly. She froze, however, when she saw Natsu was one of the boys who were blushing. She froze as if she was then made out of ice.

"Eh, Lucy? Lucy, Lucy, Lucy?" Maemi poked her. "I think someone broke Lucy!" She laughed. Most of the guild laughed heartily. The few boys continued to blush, and laughed nervously and quietly.

"Heh… Who knew Maemi was this cute…?" Ignus muttered to himself.

"Eh, the crush feeling is back again…" Natsu told himself.

"Now will be the time I ask her I guess…" Gray looked at the ground. When he looked up, he saw Natsu rushing over to Maemi. "Eh!?"

"Hey! Mae! MAE!" Natsu yelled out. Maemi turned to see the rosy-pink haired boy.

"Yes Natsu?" She asked. Natsu froze, realizing they were then the center of attention.

"Uh…"

"Maemi!" Red sang out. "Happy got rejected by Carla!"

"How is that good, Red…?" Maemi looked down at her exceed.

"He asked me to go with him after he got rejected!"

"Ah, now that makes more sense! But poor Happy…" She picked Red up, and cuddled her. Red batted Maemi's loose ponytail. An idea popped into Natsu's head.

"Now I remember! Let's race exceeds! The friend of the exceed needs to ride along as well, which means you and Red, and Happy and me!" Natsu laughed out.

"You're on, Dragneel!" Maemi replied in a challenging tone. She looked down at Red.

"I have to race Happy…?"

"Well, think it like this. Natsu and I are racing, and you two are helping us race. Got that?" The exceed nodded.

"Got it!"

"W-wait, Maemi!" Maemi heard Nadia's voice.

"Yes, Nadia?"

"Ignus and I joined!" Nadia quickly told her cousin as Red's tail curled around Maemi's waist. Happy had already gotten hold of Natsu.

"Ready, set, GO!" Natsu quickly called out, Happy zooming ahead.

"Hey! We weren't ready!" Maemi complained. Red then began to zoom after Happy. They began to fly quick, catching up to the spiky haired boy and blue cat. "Hey there, boys!" Maemi teasingly said as they passed them. Happy frantically flew faster, keeping up with the duo. Suddenly, all four of them stopped.

"Huh…?" Natsu and Maemi said in unison.

"Our transformation…" Red began.

"IS UP!" Happy finished as they all began to fall.

"AHH!" They screamed. Happy landed head-first onto a rock, Natsu fell straight onto the ground, backside up, Maemi fell on top of Natsu, also backside-up, and Red hung upside down in a tree, hanging only by her tail.

"Ow…" They all groaned in pain. Natsu tried to get up, but with Maemi on his back, he had a hard time.

"You're heavy, y'know that…?" Natsu complained.

"I'm not as heavy as you, Natsu…" Maemi whined.

"You're both heavy!" Happy chipped in.

"Maemi's light!" Red chimed.

"Well, gee thanks Red!" Natsu whined sarcastically.

"I've never carried you before, Natsu. I can't just think you're heavy!" Red looked over at Happy, who had the hunter's eyes.

"I… Smell… FISH!" He jumped up off of the rock, grabbed Red's paw, dragged her off the tree, and ran towards a river, leaving a Natsu and a Maemi behind. They both sighed and sat up.

"You look like you want to say something, Natsu," Maemi stated, noticing the boy got a little fidgety after a while.

"Well… I was wondering…"

"Yes Pinky?"

"Don't call me Pinky!" Maemi laughed crazily. "I'm being serious right now…"

"Oh… okay…" Maemi stopped laughing, and had a stern face on. Clearly, it was making Natsu laugh.

"That face… is… SO… FUNNY!" Natsu began to laugh, and then harder when she made an even funnier face. "OH GOSH… I CAN'T FEEL MY SIDES!" He laughed out. Maemi began to laugh as well, rolling on the ground.

"Is that all you wanted to say?" Maemi asked eventually after a while of laughing. Natsu shook his head.

"Nah, I was going to ask if you wanted to go with me to the wedding," He continued to laugh for an extra moment. He then froze, realizing he had said that. He blushed and looked at the ground… "Will you…?" Maemi began to blush, a little harder than Natsu.

"U-Uh…"

"I don't care if you say no…."

"Yeah… I'll go with you…"

"Okay… I'm sure someone else will- WAIT WHAT?!" He looked up and stared her, as if he had heard incorrectly.

"I said, I'll go with you," Maemi repeated, blushing lightly.

"YES!" He jumped up and fist pumped the air. Maemi giggled.

"It's in… a week, right?"

"Yep!"

"Well, see you then Pinky!" She chimed playfully. She stood up, and walked over where Red and Happy disappeared to look for fish. She smiled. Natsu blushed widely, and smiled widely as well, overjoyed that Maemi said yes. Now, he needs more relationship stuff from Gray, 'cause he doesn't know how to be farther than best friends.

THIS. DOES. NOT. MEAN. NATSU. AND. MAEMI. ARE. STAYING. TOGETHER. It's simply where he asked her out for this one thing, and they'll continue to be best friends. I wonder how Lucy will react when she hears about this…~. So I kind of got feedback from two people actually on that NatsuXMaemi is okay. C: Of course, you haven't seen Laxus, Loki, Sting, and Rogue's sides yet! This is kind of Loki's, but otherwise it's a bit of a filler. C: This chapter shall be… Funny Faces. XD Otherwise, Ignus Sumney and Nadia Moore have joined Fairy Tail! Whoop!

QUESTION.

1. Did you cry when you were reading the flashback? I did.

END OF QUESTION.

R&R

~Strawberrycheezecake~