Here is Day 7 of CoLu Week 2016!
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Day 7: Energy
Erik raced through the guild doors, heading straight for the infirmary.
He was going to kill his soon to be wife.
He'd gotten the call from a grim looking Laxus. Apparently, Lucy had taken a job specifically requesting a Celestial Mage. Going on jobs had been a bone of contention between them. They didn't need the money, but Lucy loved being a guild mage and that involved taking requests. He'd warned her that when her magic starting going haywire, she was to stop.
Did she listen to him?
Hell no, of course not. Apparently, her energy had been running low faster than normal for a good week now. Her excuse for this mission had been on the grounds of there would be no fighting involved. Loke and Virgo would summon themselves if she was in danger, so Master had let her go.
So what happened?
The job had been simple, and completed within a couple hours. It was the way home that she'd run into problems. She'd taken a shortcut to the train station, and that had led to her being attacked by a bunch of idiotic dark mages. She'd tried summoning a third spirit to help out Loke and Virgo only to have her magic disappear for no apparent reason.
Her spirits had taken care of the idiots, but couldn't wake Lucy up. They'd rushed her back to Magnolia using the maid, so that Wendy could make sure nothing was wrong. Laxus had immediately called him, and now here he was, desperate to make sure his family was okay.
Opening the infirmary door, Lucy looked at him with a guilty expression.
Wendy was quick to speak as he sat next to Lucy on the bed. "Everything's fine. She just ran out of energy while trying to summon. We expected this to happen eventually, so now that it has, Master will put her on leave."
He growled, "She should have been put on leave a week ago, no, as soon as she found out she was pregnant."
Laxus, who had been standing by a wall, nodded in agreement. Since the GMG, he'd nominated himself to be Lucy's older brother. It wasn't as surprise considering she was clearly one of Master's favorites. Erik was glad he had the other dragon slayer's support on this. He may not be a part of Crime Sorcière anymore, but he still helped when Jellal asked. It gave him some comfort that the other dragon slayers looked out for her while he was away. Now, he knew he could count on Laxus to keep her here as well.
Despite the glares she was getting from both men, Lucy said, "I was fine until now Erik. We knew this would happen at some point. I just didn't expect it to come in the form of a fight."
He was quick to jump on that. "That's exactly my point. You didn't expect a fight when you should have. You never know what can happen on a job request. Why were you even trying to summon a spirit? I thought the whole point of the lion and the maid coming on their own was so you wouldn't have to use any magic."
Laxus replied for her. "She was trying to summon Horologium."
Lucy was pouting now. He would have laughed if thoughts of what could have happened to her hadn't been plaguing his mind for a good hour. "You couldn't even summon a silver spirit? Did your magical container just decide it wasn't going to work?"
She flopped back down on the bed. "I was warned this might happen. Celestial Mage pregnancies are different than normal mage pregnancies. Just connecting to the Celestial Spirit World takes a lot of magic. Once you get far enough along, summoning becomes impossible."
Wendy frowned, "We were prepared for this, just not this early. Loke said it was most likely that the baby is going to be a Celestial Mage."
Erik was confused. "What does that have to do with anything?"
Wendy looked at him like he should know, but then she blushed. "Oh that's right. I forget you and Laxus were not raised by dragons. No wonder he was confused earlier during Loke's explanation." She explained, "Dragon Slayer babies develop differently than normal mage children in the womb. They need the element they are going to take after during pregnancy. We were trying to figure out how that would work with you being the Poison Dragon Slayer, but it seems we don't need to worry about it. Lucy's energy has been low all along, we just didn't know it."
Everything made sense now. "Our daughter's going to be a Celestial Mage, so she's using Lucy's magical energy to get what she needs, magic wise."
Wendy nodded, beaming like a proud teacher. "Yes, that's exactly it. Lucy would still be able to use magic for at least a few more months if the baby took after you."
Laxus said, "When did you find out you were having a girl?"
Lucy rolled her eyes. "We don't know that for sure. Erik just thinks so, because of the baby's scent."
Laxus and Wendy both took deep breaths, and then nodded. Laxus said, "Raspberries is a girly scent. I think he's right on this one, Blondie."
She frowned at the familiar nickname. "You're blonde too."
Before they could get into a nickname war that eventually happened whenever Laxus called her Blondie, Wendy ushered Laxus out. Once they were alone, Erik pulled Lucy into his arms. Taking in the two scents, he finally found himself calming down.
"You'll never scare me like that again," he mumbled.
She snuggled into his arms. "I'm officially off the job roster, I promise."
It wasn't long before she fell asleep. Now that he was taking stock, he noticed the dark circles under her eyes. She must have been more drained than she let on. The magic thing concerned him, but if Wendy was sure everything was alright, then he would just have to trust her.
He'd be here now though, just in case. There was no reason why Jellal would need him now that Lucy was almost at the halfway point. If any of them objected, he'd just have Erza talk to them. They were all scared of her, and Lucy was like her sister.
Running his hand over Lucy's stomach, Erik finally allowed himself to fully relax. He quickly fell asleep, the adrenaline that had been pumping through him since Laxus' call wearing off.
Heavily asleep, neither of them woke up when Virgo came through her gate. She tucked a blanket around them, and left the package she'd brought on the table. Leaving just as silently, Virgo left them to their sleep.
AN: Not really sure about this ending. I'll be uploading the Bonus Day soon, and then this will be complete.
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