Hey Everyone!

As promised, here is the epilogue delivered just in time for Christmas! I can't believe that my second fan fiction is now done! Once again I'd like to thank everyone who followed, encouraged, and reviewed on this story. Hopefully I'll start another story soon. Have a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year!

- Singed

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.

When everyone was settled and a peace had fallen over the guild members, people started having fun again. The first thing that had to be addressed of course was the reception for the two newest dragon slayer pairs. The duel reception at the Fairy Tail guild hall was a grand event. There was still very little drinking since most of the women were still pregnant, but the atmosphere was jubilant and everyone was smiling ear to ear. It was typical Fairy Tail and Saber Tooth was more than willing to help them destroy their own guildhall. Rogue and Lisanna's vows and admissions were beautiful and everyone ignored Elfman's blubbering.

Of course, this was Fairy Tail, which meant that something had to go wrong. As they were celebrating Jason from Sorcerer's Weekly decided to pop in. He'd heard of the duel reception and decided that he needed to cover the big story. Unfortunately, he hadn't heard who the two couples actually were and he was hoping that he'd finally be able to persuade Mira to go on a date with him.

"Mira!" He called when he saw her standing by some of the other women. She was actually accepting congratulations from some of the other guild members and turned to her old colleague.

"Oh, hello Jason! I haven't seen you in a while." He'd been working nonstop as the head editor and she'd been working on keeping the guild running from the inside, so she hadn't done much modeling in a few years.

"Well, I'm hoping that's all in the past now Mira! How about you come back to work for me and the magazine?" Lucy, Levy and Kinana who had been standing in the circle around Mira stiffened in shock and fear. All eyes within ear shot turned to Laxus. He'd been accepting his own congratulations from some of the men and had his back turned towards his mate. However, he'd heard because now he was dangerously still and the men around him were taking steps back.

Mira, who knew what was going on but was trying to diffuse the situation simply smiled at him and shook her head. "I don't think I'll be modeling again, Jason." Here she pulled her free flowing dress tighter and showed her baby bump. Jason's face fell for a second before he lit up.

"You're pregnant, Mira! That's so cool! They'll be so powerful and have an awesome guild to grow into. But tell me, who's the father?"

"You mean you haven't heard?" Levy asked in shock. Jason being the reporter he was hadn't done his homework.

"No. Should I have? Oh I know, you got back together with Julius right?" Laxus turned around as lightening shot in every direction while the guild became an oven. Natsu wasn't too fond on hearing that name either.

"Ah …" Mira said with a nervous laugh. "No, no it's not him."

"Well then, if he's a deadbeat we should talk. I mean I'm not too crazy about kids, but if it's you…" he didn't get any further as he was punched out by Laxus with a lightning strike. Later, he'd say he didn't remember anything that night but he forever had a fear of thunderstorms and Laxus.

Mira just sighed at her mate and took his hand leading him away. She made sure that she stayed by his side for the rest of the night to keep him calm so no one else got electrocuted. Soon after it was time for Rogue and Lisanna to leave. Everyone was a little teary eyed when they waved good-bye to Lisanna, but they knew she'd visit often and a lacrima call was always a possibility. Mira on the other hand was happy to get home. She was still recovering from her poisoned pregnancy and a night spent wrapped in Laxus's arms was just the medicine she needed. What she wasn't expecting was how attentive Laxus became as soon as they were alone and how much he felt he had to prove that night after the Julius comment. Mira secretly sent Jason a thank-you card the next day.

Natsu ended up true to his word when he'd said he was sticking to Lucy's side. He'd even taken jobs off the board that could be done with a baby. If he still had to go on jobs to support them, then so did Lucy. She honestly didn't put up much of a fuss though. She was ready to get back on the field. Unfortunately this lead her to having a very awkward apology-thankyou with Loke once she'd recovered some. He'd accepted both and did his own apology saying that he'd finally learned his lesson and would be giving the pair the space they needed. He also ended up thanking Lucy because the ordered punishment from Virgo got Ares jealous enough that words were said, things were admitted and Loke could finally say with certainty that he had a girl that could keep his interest. Lucy would believe it when she saw it, but maybe. After all, Ares was a hard one to hurt and Loke did seem very fond of her.

Yes, everything was bliss for a while. Things began to get back to normal. Natsu, Lucy, Levy, and Gajeel came up with a plan. They staggered their missions so that when Lucy and Natsu were on a job, Levy and Gajeel were at home, watching the kids and vice versa. Of course, they could still only take day jobs that guaranteed their return by nightfall. Igneel and Ali had learned to accept a bottle, but they never nursed as well and they always threw a fit if they had to endure it for more than two feedings in a row.

Soon, everyone was having their babies. Juvia was first. She had a bouncing baby boy. They called him Storm Fullbuster and Juvia was happy to see that he inherited his father's looks. Erza was next with a little girl. She had Erza's hair and Jellal's eyes so she was going to be a looker when she grew up. Erza's labor seemed to set off a chain reaction though. After her another woman in the guild went into labor every day, sometimes two to three on the same day. Evergreen followed Erza and had triplets, two girls and a boy. Elfman cried and then fainted. Mira had a girl with her brilliant blue eyes and Laxus' yellow hair. They named her Alexajane, Lex for short. Kinana and Cana gave birth two hours from each other. Kinana had a little boy with pointed ears, but other than that he was the spitting image of his mother. Cana's little girl thankfully took after her mother in looks which had everyone in the guild happy, but then Guildarts had to ruin it. Guildarts claimed it was his enthusiasm that caused him to push Bacchus out the window. It was this incident that made Cana decided to move sooner rather than later. They got a picture of Yukino's little girls about a month after they heard of their birth. It showed an ecstatic Sting and a glowing Yukino each holding a twin. They looked a lot like their mother, though one of them already had a mischievous twinkle in her eyes much like her father.

After the two month span of births, Lucy found herself often helping Mira in the store room. In the past, Mira hadn't really needed any help, but now with Lex hanging from her mother's back it made the simplest jobs harder. The two women spoke of their shared challenges as mothers, wizards, and dragon slayer mates. Mira had just finished her latest 'Laxus going overboard on a past admirer' story when something Mira picked up caused her face to pale.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Mira said, pulling a few small bottles from the shelves and staring at them. "I just thought I got rid of these."

"What are they?"

"That potion Reina gave us. I better get rid of this now." Lucy nodded, but then offered to throw it out for her. Mira thanked her and went back to organizing. Lucy however, held onto the three bottles and went to see Levy. Lucy already knew that she was going to have a difficult time convincing Natsu to let her have another anytime soon. She didn't want one yet, but she knew the desire would come as Igneel grew.

After much deliberation, Levy took a bottle, Lucy took a bottle and Juvia, who had expressed a desire of have a large family was given the third. Lucy smuggled it home and placed it in the back of the medicine cabinet. It was forgotten soon enough, but Lucy knew that when the day came she'd remember it.

It wasn't long after Igneel turned one that Lucy found herself with the desire for more children, but as predicted she came against strong opposition. "No," Natsu said when Lucy brought it up one bath time.

They hadn't stopped this tradition and Lucy pouted back at him. "But Natsu! Don't you want Igneel to have siblings?"

"Well yeah, but look at the guild! He'll have plenty."

"But Natsu," Lucy complained, turning to wash his back. "You love being a father!"

"Yes! I do. Look Lucy, we'll have more. Just not right now. I mean, Igneel just turned one and I want to be able to go on more jobs with you."

"But Natsu, if I have our kids close together then when we're done, we'll have a large span of time to go on plenty more jobs." Natsu grumbled at this, knowing it was a good argument.

"Fine. I have a proposition for you." Lucy smiled. Natsu had been trying to use bigger words since Igneel had started trying to speak. He wanted to sound smart for his son.

"Okay, I'm listening."

"You're still wearing the charm right?" Lucy nodded. Natsu had bought them a matching charm set that kept them from getting pregnant again. Even though Reina and Jegan had gone into hiding, Natsu had hunted down the couple to ask for special birth control charms of dragon slayer strength. They agreed only if Natsu never bothered to find them again. He'd agreed in turn. If they both wore it, it was foolproof. However, if only Lucy or Natsu wore it, it was only 70% effective.

"Okay, well how about I stop wearing my charm. If fate decides to give us another sooner rather than later, I'll just have to accept it." Lucy smiled and hugged Natsu from behind. He smiled down at her and pecked her on the head.

After bath time, Lucy went into the kitchen smiling. But it was a rather coy, mischievous smile. She knew Natsu too well it seemed, because she knew he'd try to find a compromise that would make her and him happy. This had been the most likely plan he'd come up with. Lucy's smile grew as she took the bottle from the back of the cabinet. Most of the women who'd gotten pregnant had been wearing similar charms or spells, so for this to work so well even then meant Lucy's chances were very good. She'd just do one drop a day and see what happened.

Quickly adding it to her water, she drank it and sauntered off to bed. Natsu smiled to see his mate so happy. After all, he knew his wife. She wanted another and he did too, he just wanted it to be natural like Igneel. It was better that way. So when he smelled the potion come into his house months ago, but knew she wasn't taking it Natsu had special ordered the charms from Reina. The conflicting magic should council each other out since they were made from the same person. So yeah, in the end it was pointless for her to be wearing that charm or taking the potion. Basically, she wasn't infertile now, nor was she super fertile either. She was normal.

Now, Natsu thought as he closed his eyes to sleep. The fates really were in control. And hey, they'd done a pretty good job of putting his life on the best possible track, with a loving mate, a dragon slayer son, and an awesome guild. He was happy to continue giving them the reins.