Natsu and Lucy

Tears of joy dripped down his face, as Natsu stared at his beloved Lucy. He then remembered the soldiers that were surrounding Lucy when one of them grabbed her wrist.

"Again, surrender!" the soldier snapped. Suddenly, Natsu's chest lit up like a torch.

"Don't you dare touch her!" he roared, as he started running in that direction. However, as he did, Lucy picked out one of her keys.

"Open, Gate of the Scorpion: Scorpio!" she said. With a large flash, the Scorpion Spirit came into existence.

"Lucy can use magic too!" Wendy said.

"That's one of the spirits?" the Edolas Lucy (who for now will be called "Ashley", as Earthland Lucy will be called "Heartfilia") said.

"I've been looking forward to being summoned! Wicked!" he said.

"What the hell?!" one soldier said.

"Its some kind of demon!"

"Do your thing, Scorpio!" Heartfilia instructed.

"You got it!" Scorpio said, "Sand Buster!" Out of his "tail" burst a massive stream of sand, that blew several of the guards away in one blast.

"Whoa," Ashley muttered in surprise, unable to find any other words.

"Sorry to suddenly bail on you like this, but I've got a date with Aquarius," Scorpio said.

"Don't worry," Heartfilia answered with a smile, "Thanks for the help." With that, Scorpio disappeared.

"LUCY!" Heartfilia turned, and saw Natsu running up towards her.

"Natsu!" she cried happily, as she held out her ams. She would've run to him, but her pregnancy prevented her. Natsu threw his arms around his girlfriend, picked her up, and spun her around.

"You're okay!" Natsu said, as he looked up at her.

"So are you!" Heartfilia said, hugging back. Natsu then put her on the ground, and pressed his lips to hers.

"What?!" Ashley said in surprise.

"What are you so surprised about?" Carla asked, "Wasn't it made clear already that those two were an item?"

"But I never thought…" She didn't finish, as Ashley looked down. Natsu was now on his knees, his forehead pressed to Heartfilia's enlarged belly.

"Hey!" he said, smiling big, "Don't worry, now that your dad's here, nothing bad is going to happen!"

"Dad?!" Ashley cried, "You mean that bulge is Natsu's kid?!" Now it made sense why Natsu was so aggressively set on finding her.

"That's me!" Heartfilia said, pointing at Ashley. She disconnected from Natsu, and approached her counterpart.

"I knew that it would be weird, but this is just….," Ashley couldn't find the proper words for this situation.

"Over there!" Another group of soldiers charged the group.

"Introductions will have to be put on hold!" Carla said, "We need to get out of here!"

"Leave it to me!" Heartfilia said stepping forward, pulling out one of her keys, "Let me show you what I can do! Now Open, Gate of the Ram: Aries!" The pink sheep girl flashed into existence.

"Its the fluffy one!" Happy said excitedly.

"Um… hello everyone," Aries stuttered.

"That girl came out of thin air!" one soldier said.

"What kind of demon is this?" another asked.

"Take it away, Aries!" Heartfilia instructed.

"Um… well… I'll certainly try!" Aries said, as she closed her eyes, and held up her arms, "Wool Bomb!" Massive amounts of pink fluff erupted out of her hands, striking at the soldiers. Though they didn't seem all that unhappy about it. Much to the contrary, they clung onto the wool like it was the greatest thing in existence. Ashley couldn't believe her eyes at the sight of that.

"You did it Aries!" Heartfilia said.

"I did?" Aries asked, fidgeting, "Well, I'm really sorry!"

"There's nothing to apologize about," Heartfilia said, with a sweat drop.

"There's not me to keep on chatting!" Carla said, we need tog et out of here. And get out of there they did.

(somewhere else in town)

"I wonder what that commotion was?" Levy asked, looking off in the direction of all the noise.

"Who cares?" Gajeel asked, "It doesn't help us. Now help me find someone who'll help us!" The two then continue walking down the road.

"Yo!" The two were alerted to angry voice, and when they turned, they saw three men who were clearly wannabe gangsters.

"You got a problem?" Gajeel asked.

"Gajeel," Levy said sternly, "We can't be causing trouble."

"Yeah, we've got a problem," one of the men said, "And its the two of you!" They then walked right up to the two Fairy Tail mages.

"You think you can walk around here like hot shit, like nothing has ever happened, then you've got something entirely different coming!"

"We're not looking for any trouble," Levy said, as she took an instinctual step back.

"But clearly these clowns are," Gajeel said.

"That stinking nerve!" The guy tried to punch Gajeel. The process nearly broke his fingers. Levy sighed.

"I tried to warn you," she said. Not missing a beat, Gajeel then slammed his fist into the punk's nose.

"Take this you bastard!" another guy said as he and his friend charged Gajeel as well, only for their fists to clang against dragon iron. Gajeel smirked as the two stumbled back, before grabbing the first guy's collar.

"Alright, now you're going to give me some answers," he said, "We're looking for a giant lacrima!"

"I don't know what you're talking about!"

"Really? Yeah, I don't believe you. Let's see if you still don't know with a nose made of powder." He then held his head back.

"I really don't know!" the guy cried.

"Gajeel," Levy said, "He's probably telling the truth." The Dragon Slayer glanced down at her, before snorting, and tossing the guy away.

"Damn, what's a guy got to do to get some decent info?" he asked.

"What's with you, Gajeel?" the guy asked, "How'd you suddenly get so tough?"

"And why are you going around with him, Levy?" another asked the blue haired girl, "I know Fairy Tail's no friend of the kingdom, but you guys never struck me being able to work together." Gajeel and Levy exchanged looks at that.

"Must be talking about our Edolas counterparts," Levy whispered. Gajeel nodded in agreement, before turning back.

"I know I look like him, but I'm not," he said, "But what's this Gajeel guy like?"

"Oh, well he's one of those investigative journalists," one of the thugs explained, "He's regularly criticizing the government, so he's not very popular. He also likes to poke his nose into other people's business, and he's always asking about this 'Subject S' stuff." So my guy's some snoop? Gajeel thought.

"What about Levy?" Levy asked.

"Well she's a member of Fairy Tail, the last mage guild there is. Never met her myself though." Well, at least my counterpart's not that different, Ley thought.

"Thanks for your help," she said, before she and Gajeel left.

(somewhere else in town)

"Um, will you please stop, that's getting a little weird," Heartfilia said. Ashely couldn't take her eyes off of Heartfilia's pregnant stomach. The group was hiding somewhere else in town at the timee.

"Its just so weird," Ashley said, "Seeing myself pregnant."

"It is pretty cool," Natsu said, as he rubbed his face against said stomach. Ashley looked at Natsu, somewhat surprised. After meeting her Earthland counterpart, it was as if he had completely changed.

"Two minutes with our Lucy and its like the weight of the world was lifted off his shoulders," Wendy, who was sitting next to Ashley, commented. Ashley continued to stare at Heartfilia, not able to find the proper words.

"Hey, Lucy!" Wendy said.

"Yes?" Both blondes answered, but Ashley retracted, figuring that Wendy was probably asking for Heartfilia.

"I'm really glad we found you, Natsu was close to setting the entire land on fire," Wendy said, "But how exactly did you get to Edolas?"

"Well, before everyone disappeared, Horologium apparently sensed a disturbance in space-time and managed to save me," Heartfilia explained, "The first thing that I thought about was where Natsu was. That was when Mystogan showed up. He threw some red ball into my mouth, before sending me flying into the air. Next thing I knew, I was hanging in a tree here in Edolas. I wandered around looking for the others. Eventually I bumped into you guys, and here we are."

"Well then I owe Mystogan a bunch," Natsu said, "I wish I knew who he really is."

"Carla got some of those red balls from Mystogan too," Wendy said, "I guess that is what let's us use magic here."

"That Mystogan guy is really weird," Happy said, "I wonder why he knows so much about Edolas."

"I think our higher priorities should be finding the rest of our guild mates," Carla said, "We still have no leads."

"Well, I was actually asking around town," Heartfilia said, "Not a lot of people wanted to help me, though."

"Its not like I've got good reputation in town," Ashley said, "Sorry 'bout that."

"Eventually I came across some black market dealer who told me that some giant lacrima had appeared, around the same place that I showed up," Heartfilia continued, "And that the army had came around and promptly gathered it up. So I put two and two together and…" The notion fell over everyone.

"The entire guild was turned into a lacrima?" Wendy asked, covering her mouth.

"It would seem like it," Carla said, as she frowned, "This makes things more complicated. All the more reason to head towards the capital."

"Alright, do you…" Heartfilia was silenced when Natsu threw his arms around her body.

"Natsu, what are you doing?" she asked. Natsu just smiled.

"I'm just really glad that you're okay," he said, "You and our little egg."

"Little egg?"

"We're having a little dragon, so its an egg," Natsu explained, as he nuzzled Heartfilia's stomach. She giggled, as she tussled her hair.

"I wouldn't let any of our guild mates see this side of the Salamander," she said. Ashely watched in silence at the sight of the two. She couldn't help but be slightly jealous.

(sometime later)

In the bathroom of an inn, the Lucys were taking a bath. Ashley sat across from Heartfilia in the large tub, still staring at her stomach.

"Alright, I don't think I can deal with all that staring," Heartfilia said, with a nervous grin.

"I can't get over it," Ashely said, "Its just… me and Natsu." Heartfilia cocked her head.

"What's your Natsu like?" she asked.

"You… don't want to know," Ashley said, "Let's just say he's nothing like your Natsu." Heartfilia smiled, as she rubbed her belly.

"Natsu's sweet," she said, "No matter the situation, I can count on him, as can everyone." Ashley looked down at her knees.

"You like your Natsu don't you?" Heartfilia said, with a smile. Ashley flushed red.

"N… no!" she said quickly, "How could I like a wimp like him!"

"I'm sure," Heartfilia said as she rose to her feet, being careful with her swollen stomach, to get a towel. As her back was to Ashley, something was noticed.

"Okay, so we're here," Carla said, pointing to the map they had acquired, "And the Royal City is here, on the other side of the sea." She and the others, minus the two Lucys, were sitting sitting in the living room, trying to think of a plan.

"That's so far!" Happy said.

"Even if we manage to get transportation, it'll be weeks before we get to there," Wendy said, "What do we do?"

"Well, I guess we just start walking," Natsu said.

"Hey, we really are exactly alike," Lucy's voice said. The group looked up, and saw Ashley, only wearing a towel.

"We even have that same freckle on our rear," she said.

"Don't just go walking out!" Heartfilia snapped as she came up, "And I don't have any freckles anywhere!" She was also only wearing a towel, and that attracted Natsu's attention.

"What're you doing, Scary Lucy?" Wendy asked, "Natsu's in the room!"

"I can see him fine," Ashley said, "But what does it matter? Natsu and the other Lucy already banged. So its not like its anything he hasn't seen before."

"Yeah," Natsu said with a shrug, "And you actually do have freckles on your butt, I remember when…."

"There is a child in this room!" Carla scolded.

"Will you both have some damn decency!" Heartfilia snapped. Natsu cocked his head at the Lucys.

"You know without your clothes, you really do look exactly alike," he said, "You even smell the same."

"Yeah," Wendy said, "If not for our Lucy being pregnant, we probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference."

"You can say we have some 'Dup-lucy-ty!" Happy piped up with a giggle.

"Tomcat I politely request that you jump in a lake." After the Lucys put on some more decent clothes, they looked at the map.

"The Royal City is really far," Ashley said, "No doubt its going to be a long journey."

"Well then we start walking," Natsu said, with a shrug.

"You probably won't get there in time," Ashley said, "If there really is a giant lacrima, they will start harvesting it as soon as they can. Which will certainly be more than a few weeks."

"I notice they keep on mentioning lacrima," Happy said.

"From what I assembled," Carla said, "To Edolas, magic is what happens when you take an empowered lacrima, and put it together with a tool."

"That's it in a nutshell," Ashley said.

"Getting back to traveling," Heartfilia said, "Even if we were to do that, we'd have to double our time."

"Why?"

"Guess," Heartfilia said, pointing at her stomach, "This little one is going to be wearing me down. So there's no way we can walk." Ashley paused to think, before a lightbulb lit up.

"I got an idea!" she said, "Just hang tight while I go make a call!" She then ran out of the room, as the others watched.

"Wow, Scary Lucy sure is smarter than Regular Lucy," Happy said.

"Shut it, cat!" Heartfilia snapped, grabbing Happy's ear.

"But my Lucy's so much nicer!" Natsu said, as he cuddle his girlfriend again.

"Natsu, not that I don't appreciate the affection, but can you maybe show some restraint?" she asked.

Note: Some might be asking why Lucy can fight and use magic considering her pregnancy. Well, in all honesty, there's nothing to indicate in canon that pregnancy causes a mother's magic power to diminish; that concept is purely fan invented.

So Natsu and Lucy have been reunited, and I hope that was satisfactory. Keep in mind that when both Edolas and Earthland Lucy are in the scene, they will be referred to by their last names. It makes thing easier.

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