Laxus P.O.V.

I waited in the bath after Natsu left shortly after Lucy. Lucy needs to talk to her father. Just like I do, and I'm hoping having Lucy around will keep us both in check. We were like a family then, Layla was the mother, and Dad was, well, the father, Lucy as my wife and me as Lucy's husband.

Lucy opened the front door. "Laxus?"

"In the bathroom!" I called.

"Can I come in?" She asked.

"What!? No! Of course not! I'm in the bath! Are you crazy, woman!?" I shouted and blushed.

"Hurry up then. I'll set out some clothes for you." I heard her walk into the walk-in closet. "You even want a shirt?"

I sighed, "No, I'll just sleep without it anyway."

"Tell me, Laxus, what happened to you for you to get a scar like that?" She was now on the other side of the door. "Does it have to do with my mom?"

"No, no. Don't be foolish. It's something to do with Dad. He put a lacrima in me. A Dragon Lacrima. It amplified my magic."

"So our second Unison Raid, the Thunder Dragon's Wrath, that's because of the lacrima."

"Yeah, I think so." I sighed as she hugged herself. I almost felt bad for her. She was so close to Dad.

"Can we go see him? Please?" She looked at me. Her eyes sparkled with the light coming through the window.

"Yeah, go pack." I have to do this for both her and myself.

Master Ivan P.O.V.

"I wonder where they are, Layla. They'll make it difficult for us to live in power." I sighed.

"Oh, come on, Ivan. They'll be fine, Lucy and Laxus will join eventually. They can take care of themselves until then, okay?" She sighed as well. "I want to see my daughter, again, too. She has developed a very strong connection to her spirits. She's gotten so strong. She already has Leo."

"Soon, Layla. They'll come home soon."

"I hope so, Ivan."

I stood up from where I was sitting, I hugged her and took off. I walked outside and looked at the rocky landscape surrounding the guild hall. Layla knew of the risks involving the children with the plan to take down Fairy Tail. Layla knew Fairy Tail would tear them apart. They would never bring the powerful children the world needs with the Fairies around. I know it's difficult for her to lie about her death. I looked down the path leading to the guild hall and say two figures walking this way.

Could it be them?

I watched them approach. They're figures were made clearer.

"Old man!" He shouted at me.

"Laxus," I mumbled. "You're here."

'What's happening?" Layla said, stepping out of the guild hall.

I pointed at my son and her daughter.

Layla ran towards her daughter, engulfing the poor child in her mother's hug. "Oh, Lucy. I've missed you so much, how have you been? You've grown so much! Oh, you too Laxus, you've become rather, big, haven't you?" She giggled.

"M-mom?" Lucy stuttered. Her face has pale with shock. "You're alive?"

"I am, sweetie, I'm alive and well."

"Old man," Laxus said, he glared at me.

"Inside, all of you." I shuffled them all inside. I closed the guild halls doors and sighed while facing the group. Layla refused to let Lucy go, as Lucy did the same. Laxus, however, kept glaring at me. I forced myself to smile. "Layla, please."

She pouted and let go, still standing close to her daughter.

"Old man," Laxus said for the third time. "Explain to Lucy why her mother is alive."

I know. I know. Cliffhangers are not very appreciated but I couldn't help it. C: -SFL