About a week after Natsu and Happy left, Lucy made a discovery, one that would change her life forever. She was pregnant. She smiled to herself as she walked to the guild. She figured that the rest of Fairy Tail would be anxious to rebuilt the guild hall, and she was anxious to share her news with them. What she found when she got there was something quite different. The master was threatening to disband Fairy Tail.
"This is the end, brats," Makarov said sadly, "You're on your own now. Fairy Tail is no more."
"NO!" Lucy shouted, "You can't just do that! We're a family, and we need eachother, we need the guilt, to carry on. You can't disband Fairy Tail. I won't let you!"
"Lucy, there's nothing for it, Fairy Tail's time is over, you need to accept it."
"No master, Lucy's right," Mira countered, "after everything we've been through together, we can't just go our separate ways. Fairy Tail is a family, and family sticks together."
"Mira," Makarov warned.
"I WON'T LET YOU!' Lucy cried, again, "I won't let you take away the only home I've ever known, I won't let you take away Natsu's home, when he isn't here to defend it himself! We've lost too much already, how can you take this away from us? I REFUSE TO RAISE MY CHILD IN A WORLD WITHOUT FAIRY TAIL!"
The rest of the guild was shocked into silence. Lucy was pregnant? Who was the father? When did this happen?
"Lucy," Mira began, "what's going on?"
"I refuse to let the child that Natsu and I made live in a world where a guild like Fairy Tail doesn't exist."
"Well, then," Makarov said, "let's start rebuilding. This time, I think we should have a nursery, don't you?"
A cheer went up that could be heard throughout Magnolia.
In the year that followed, Lucy had to take less dangerous jobs, due to her condition. She began freelance writing for Sorcerer's Weekly, and getting ready for the arrival of her baby. She made sure to take as many pictures as she could, documenting every important moment for when Natsu came back to her. And, eventually he did.
Just short of a year after he left, Natsu returned to Magnolia. He had gotten much stronger and defeated Acnologia, and he was ready to rest. As he and Happy closed in on their home town, the pair looked at each other and smiled. They were home.