Hi guys! Sorry that I haven't been online for a while! I was a bit busier than I expected to be, but I made this chapter as long as I possibly could to in hopes that it would make it up to you!
On a Side Note:
I, Mavis Reed, do not own any of the members or story of Fairy Tail! All rights are reserved for Hiro Mashima-sama! The plot of the story does belong to me though!
So here is your next dose of Mavis Reed's Let's Play Mommy and Daddy
Previously on Let's Play Mommy and Daddy
"We should start making it back to the Guild now," said Lector, "That stunt you two pulled off might have caused some attention."
"He's right" said Levy, "we've got to reach Sabertooth now. We don't know how much the potion affected Sting and Rogue."
Once all of their belongings were packed up, the gang set off once again for Sabertooth.
"We're home!" announced Lector and Frosch as they entered the Guild.
Yukino Agria was the first to greet them, "Welcome home Lector-sama, Froch-sama," she looked behind them, "where are Sting-sama and Rogue-sama."
Rufus Lore turned to her, "Yukino I thought we were all clear that you do not need to add the formalities to our names. We want everyone to feel equal here at Sabertooth don't we?"
"Yes that's right! I'm sorry Rufus-sama!" Yukino bowed.
Rufus sighed, "Yukino is right though where are Sting and Rogue?"
"Well that's the issue, they're-" Lector tried to explain but the sounds of children crying filled the room.
Lucy and Levy entered the Guild with the two crying children. "Sorry Lector we had to stop and grab bottles for them." Levy said as she fed baby Rogue with the bottle.
"When you say we you meant Salamander and me." grumbled Gajeel.
Natsu laughed and made faces at little Sting which made Sting laugh as Lucy tried feed him. "Natsu," Lucy scolded him, "Don't make him laugh while I feed him, he's making a mess." Happy and Lily were flying next to the women, trying to help them wipe away the spilling milk on the two children.
The whole Guild of Sabertooth stared at the display before voicing their concern, "YOU GUYS HAD BABIES?!"
The entire Guild surrounded the two women and bombarded them with questions. "What are their names?" "How old are they?" "We saw you at the Grand Magic Games and you didn't seem pregnant!" "Can we hold them?"
A few seconds later the first wave of mages were thrown across the room, "Back off!" yelled Natsu!
"You're getting too close." growled Gajeel.
The whole Guild grew silent once again, and then erupted into a screaming frenzy, "The dads are so protective!" "I knew these guys would end up together!"
The women's faces turned scarlet as the men scoffed at their comments. Soon a loud and commanding voice echoed through the room.
"That's enough" said Minerva as she walked across the room. Everyone stepped aside she made her way towards the two women. She stopped in front of them and addressed Lucy, "Lucy was it?"
Lucy tensed and Natsu stood next to her, "Y-yes"
Minerva's demeanor suddenly changed as she held Lucy's hand, "I didn't know you were pregnant! You should have told me! I would have been gentle during the Grand Magic Games if I knew you were with child!"
Everyone nearly fell over as they saw a new side of their lady, "He looks a lot like you and the pink hair man!" she continued, "This little one got his father's spikey hair and your beautiful blond hair!"
She went over to Levy next and continued to ramble, "And this one has his mother's short hair while his father's black hair color! I can't believe they look a lot like their parents!"
"Minerva-san" said Yukino as she held her shoulder, "you're making them flustered."
Minerva suddenly noticed her own behavior and blushed as she cleared her throat. "Ah yes sorry about that I tend to change a lot in the presence of the younger generation." She held her head high and gestured for them to have a seat in the Guild Hall.
"What brings you to Sabertooth?" she asked as she sat across from them, "If you told us sooner Sting and Rogue would have come home earlier to greet you along with your children."
Yukino, Rufus, and Ogra sat next to Minerva as the entire Guild surrounded them.
"Aah well about that," said Lucy, "we actually bumped into them on our way back to our Guild."
"Oh then do you know where they are?" asked Yukino, "They sent a message a few days ago that they would be arriving home soon."
Levy shifted, "Yes we actually walked them back to their Guild."
"Ooh," Minerva said, "where are they then?"
Lucy and Levy picked up the two children and showed their Guild marks to the Saber members.
Their jaws dropped as the two women retold how Sting and Rogue turned into children.
"And that's why we came here," finished Lucy, "we were hoping Rufus might know something about this given the nature of his Magic."
"It's true my Magic requires extensive reading," said Rufus, "but I have no memories of reading about a potion that turns people into infants."
"But I may have," spoke Ogra. The Lucy and the others were surprised by Ogra and so were the members of Sabertooth.
"Where did you hear about something like this Orga?" asked Minerva.
"While I was singing at the library down the street, the bookshelves rocked so hard and several books fell over. One book opened to a page with a picture of a bottle with some glittering blue liquid. I managed to pick up the book and look at the title before the librarian kicked me out" Ogra chuckled at himself while the rest of Sabertooth's sweat dropped.
"Ogra-sama you really shouldn't sing at the library," said Yukino, "but anyway, what was the name of the book you saw the potion in?"
Ogra held his chin, "The Legend of the Drop of Time was it?"
Rufus rose from his seat, "This settles this then, Yukino, Ogra, and I will accompany the Fairies to the library. My Lady should watch over the Guild until we solve the Master's, predicament".
No one objected and Rufus lead the way to the library.
Levy, Lucy, Yukino, and Rufus scanned through several shelves in search of The Legend of the Drop of Time book, but were coming up empty. This left Natsu, Gajeel, and Ogra in charge of the children. The men sat still as the two young Dragon Slayers nibbled on their clothing, pulled their hair, and drooled on their skin. Just as they were able to loose their patience Levy squealed in triumph, "I found it!"
She lifted the book up in the air. The brown book was decorated with golden swirls with shimmering blue letters that spelled, The Legend of the Drop of Time. Everyone gathered around Levy as she flipped through the pages of the book and landed on the picture of the potion.
"That's the one!" said Lucy, "it's the potion we found!"
"Looks like the potion is called The Drop of Time and it has a pretty sad backstory to it" said Levy as she read the story of the potion.
"Long ago in a faraway Kingdom there lived a King and Queen with their beloved son. They ruled the kingdom with kindness and won the respect of their subjects. For years, they lived in peace until the day before the prince's 18st birthday.
The kingdom was full of activities as once the prince turns 18 he would be crowned as king. As the kingdom prepared for the prince's coming of age celebration a stranger appeared in the castle demanding to see the prince. The King and Queen arrived to greet the stranger who paid them no attention.
The prince was summoned and the stranger demanded that he gave up the throne once he turned 18 and name the stranger as the new King. The prince shocked as the stranger's demands refused and called for the guards.
Angered by the prince's decision the stranger placed a powerful spell on the prince. 'You will never live to be king! Within the next 24 hours you will die the moment your body turns 18' with that the stranger disappeared in a puff of black smoke and a menacing laughed filled the castle.
The prince was marked with a slashed cross in the middle of his forehead, a symbol of the curse, and of death. The King and Queen frantically searched for a way to break the curse, but could find none. Until the royal wizard remembered about an enormous ancient flower his parents kept locked in his home that could turn back the hands of time. The royal wizard remembered that the curse would only work for the next 24 hours and if the prince becomes 18 he will die. But if they turned the prince into a younger version of himself his body's properties would not be that of an 18 year old despite his actual age, which in return will nullify the curse.
The King and Queen were ecstatic and sent the wizard along with several guards to find the flower. They managed to find the flower and it was large enough for the wizard to create two potions. Upon taking one of potions the prince turned into a young child and lived throughout the next 24 hours.
Joy once again filled the kingdom and the royal family celebrated the second change the prince was given. The remaining potion was named 'The Drop of Time' and the royal wizard kept it safe for emergencies.
Word got around that the prince had become younger and an old ruthless king in the neighboring kingdom wished to be young as well. He invaded the young prince's kingdom killing the prince's parents as he took over the kingdom. The royal wizard managed to escape with the potion and the young prince and the two fled the country.
When the wizard decided it was safe he discarded the potion claiming it caused so much trouble. He waited for the invading king's health to give out before returning back to the kingdom. Thankfully the citizens remained loyal to the previous royal family and welcomed the wizard and the prince back to the kingdom.
Soon years past and the young prince had not aged at all. This left the kingdom without a ruler. The kingdom was thrown into a state of madness and the royal sorcerer knew in order for things to return back to way the things were, they would need a king.
The royal sorcerer searched his old home once again and found his most prized possession. 'The Mirror of Truth' his family legend stated that the mirror was crafted by the blacksmith Hephaestus in ancient times and could revert those who look into it back to their true selves.
The wizard showed the young prince the mirror in hope that the prince's true self would be seen, and sure enough the prince aged into a young man old enough to be king. With the prince now the king the royal wizard retired and took all of his belongings back to the country he fled to with the prince years ago."
Levy closed the book and everyone was silent. Amazingly, it was Frosch who broke the silence, "So Rogue is going to be a baby forever?" he cried.
Yukino picked him up, "No he won't. We just need to find the Mirror of Truth."
"Yukino is right," said Rufus, "if the potion was found here, Fiore must be the country the royal wizard and the prince fled to in the story. So the mirror has got to be somewhere in Fiore."
"But how will we find the potion?" wondered Lucy, "Fiore is huge, it could take forever to search for it."
Little Sting and Rogue began to cry once again in Natsu's and Gajeel arms. "Maybe you can worry about that later," said Gajeel, "we don't know how to shut these two up!"
"Yeah seriously Luce," said Natsu, "you should take him!"
Natsu and Gajeel handed the two boys to Lucy and Levy as the exited the library before the librarian would kick them out.
"Don't worry about the mirror," said Rufus, "leave that to us. For now can we ask you to watch over these two?"
The group frowned a bit, the two were already proving to be a handful but Happy answered for them. "Sure! I caused this mess so the least we can do is help out!"
The Fairies sighed as they realized that no longer could back out and agreed to take little Sting and Rogue back to Fairy Tail while the members of Sabertooth searched for the mirror.
"Have fun playing mommy and daddy!" cheered Yukino as she followed Rufus and Ogra back to their Guild.
Lucy, Natsu, Levy, Gajeel, and Lily glared at Happy. "What," his sweat dropped, "did you not want to watch over them?"
They all sighed as they made their way back to their own Guild. The other members of Fairy Tail will sure be in for a surprise when they get back.
Hooraay long chapter! Hope this satisfied your needs for this story!
Hope you all like it!
P.S. with over 2,000 words, this chapter by far is the longest chapter I have ever written for any of my stories so I hope you all will like it :D
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