Coming Home

The Anima spat the Fairy Tail mages out, as they all fell back to the ground. Lucy, fortunately, was caught by Natsu before she hit the ground, in his attempt to protect his son and girlfriend. He the looked around. It was raining, and they were in the woods, some very familiar woods.

"We're back!" he declared happily, pumping the fist that wasn't hugging Lucy.

"What about Fairy Tail?" Levy asked. They all ran out the woods, to an overlook where they saw Magnolia

"Everything's back to normal!" Natsu said.

"That's a relief!" Lucy said, as she tried to shelter Haru from the rain. To her surprise, Natsu handed her his scarf. Not inclined to question it, Lucy promptly wrapped Haru in it, shielding him from the rain.

"Don't get relaxed yet," Erza said, "We have to make sure everyone's aright!"

"GAH! Don't waste your time!" Lucky said as he suddenly flew in front of Erza, much to everyone's surprise.

"Mr. Lucky!" Happy said.

"We came here slightly before you," Marl said as she also fluttered up, "We made sure everyone was alright."

"Ms Marl?" Carla asked. Everyone looked up, and saw all the Exceeds soaring over them.

"How did they…." she muttered.

"It doesn't seem like they remember turning into lacrima," Juvia said.

"They all seem alright as well," Gray said.

"We can't let them stay here!" Carla declared, "They need to go back to their world!" All eyes went to her. Shagotte stared at the ground in shame.

"Carla," Happy said softly.

"We're sorry for throwing stones at you," one Exceed said.

"We really don't have anywhere to go," another said.

"That doesn't matter!" Carla yelled, "We were supposed to kill the Dragon Slayers!"

"GAH!" Lucky snapped, "Don't forget the Queen stole our eggs! We can't let that slide!" Shagotte continued to stare at the ground.

"That's actually untrue," one of the Elders explained, "It seems we need to finish the explanation."

"The dragon was correct in that an Exceed could never harm a human, let alone a Dragon Slayer," another said.

"Remember how the Queen could see the future? Well, one day, she saw a great monster flying through the skies. That monster was Särakaotus."

"We knew that there was a chance that Extalia wouldn't have the future, but maybe the Exceeds would, so we established a plan for 100 children to escape the world to Earthland."

"Naturally we had to maintain the story, so we made up the idea that we were sending the children slay the Slayers. We borrowed the Anima, we sent the children here. It was by sheer chance that you came together with the Dragon Slayers."

"But one thing happened that we didn't expect," Shagotte said, before looking to Carla, "You."

"Me?" Carla asked in surprise.

"You share my precognition abilities," Shagotte explained, "When you hatched, you had all these different pieces of the future flashing through your mind. That became your 'mission'."

"So then…," Happy said.

"There was no 'mission' or 'task' that you had to fulfill," Shote finished, "You just imagined it."

"We decided not to tell you the truth either," Nadi said, "We just said all those things to get you on our side."

"Forgive us, meow!" Nichiya said, "It was a true misstep."

"When all the lies finally caught up to me, I truly realized the sorrow and suffering I caused," Shagotte said, "The dragon was probably one of the best things that could've happen to our people, because it exposed the truth. I gave you my sword so that I would be the one punished for my sins, not my kin. I am the evil one here, not the Exceeds!"

"That's not true!" one Exceed said.

"You did everything to protect us!" another chimed in.

"We made it to Earthland, we should be finding those kids!"

"Let's work with humans this time! Let's go to a new beginning!" Carla listened to all of this, before taking a breath.

"Alright, I'll let you go," she relented, "But why do you I have the same power?" She then took noticed of the Queen shifting on her feet, and the Elders looked away nervously.

"Hey Mister Lucky?" Happy asked.

"Yeah, kid?" Lucky answered.

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"Don't the Queen and Carla look a lot like?"

"A little I guess."

"Its kind of in how they talk and move."

"Talk and move?" Marl chuckled slightly.

"Must be in the blood," she said.

"Its great seeing everything working out in the end!" Nadi said, still pumping his paw.

"Its sure is," Natsu said, now pumping his fist as well. Lucy looked down and noticed Haru seemed to be trying to mimic Natsu.

"I don't want Haru picking up any habits at this age!" she called to her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Nichiya came up to Erza, and beginning sniffing her.

"You certainly have one heck of a Parfume, my dear," he said. He got rather promptly kicked away by Erza, who found him all to similar to another intrusive goblin she knew.

"We're going to settle in this area," Shagotte said, "Figure we'd explore this world as it came."

"That's great!" Wendy said.

"I wouldn't say that," Carla said, with her typical scowl. But then to her surprise, Shagotte embraced her. At first, Carla wanted to push her away, but then stopped, when she felt the warmth from her.

"Come over anytime you want, Happy!" Marl said.

"Aye ma'am!" Happy said.

"GAH! Don't come!"

"I like you two, you know," Happy said. Marl and Lucky both teared up with.

"Well I don't know if I like you!" Lucky snapped.

"Aye sir!" With that, the Exceeds departed, into the sky, as the mages watched.

"Let's head home!" Natsu said, "Let's introduce Haru to the others!"

"Yeah!" Lucy explained happily, "I want them to meet him too!"

"Nobody will have noticed any of this, right?" Juvia asked.

"Probably," Erza said, "But we do have to tell them about what happened with Mystogan." Levy then noticed Gajeel looking around nervously.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"Where's Pantherlily?" Gajeel asked.

"You mean that giant Exceed?" Happy asked.

"Yeah, that one," Gajeel answered, "I don't see him anywhere!"

"I"m here!" Pantherlily's voice announced. Everyone turned to see the warrior and saw…. a cat Happy's size.

"How'd he get so small?" Happy asked.

"Apparently Earthland has some rules for Exceeds," Pantherlily said, "I'm just as regular as the others. But it doesn't matter. I want to join the guild that the Prince was a member of!"

"You bet!" Gajeel said as he suddenly pulled the cat into his arms, snuggling him, "You're my cat after all!" Pantherlily managed to jump out of his arms, and then they noticed he was carrying a rope.

"By the way, I found this suspicious person lurking around," He said as he yanked the rope. A girl suddenly came tumbling over. She had short white hair, and was wearing a light blue dress.

"I'm part of Fairy Tail as well!" she said. Erza, Gray, Natsu, and Happy, all stared at the girl. She was more than a little familiar.

"What's with this cat?" the girl asked, looking at Pantherlily.

"Stop trying to diss my cat!" Gajeel snapped.

"Lisanna?" Natsu asked softly.

"Could that be the Edolas Lisanna?" Carla asked, looking at Happy. However she got no answer as Happy just stared in shock.

"She got sucked into Earthland?" Lucy asked.

"What are we going to do?" The girl then glanced over at Natsu, and she then lunged herself at him, giving him a massive hug, tackling him to the ground, to everyone's surprise.

"I'm so glad to se you again!" the girl said, "I can finally see my Natsu!" 'My' Natsu? Lucy thought. The girl then turned her attention to Happy, and embraced him as well.

"Its so good to see you Happy!" she said, before looking up at Erza and Gray, "You too Erza and Gray!" She then saw Lucy and Wendy.

"Is that a little Wendy?" she asked, "And that's Lucy!" The girl didn't seem to initially notice the baby in Lucy's arm.

"Wait a minute!" Gray said, "You're telling us that you're… Earthland's Lisanna?"

"That's me," the girl said, tears welling in her eyes.

"EHHHH!" everyone cried.

"Lisanna's back!" Happy cried.

"She came back to life!" Natsu said, also esctaic. Despite her best efforts, twinges of jealousy spurred up in Lucy's mind. Here was Natsu's childhood friend, and the who raised Happy with him. Lucy held her and Natsu's son close.

"Stop you two!" Erza said, grabbing Happy by the tail, and Natsu by the collar, "Didn't you die two years ago?" Lisanna averted her eyes.

"I actually didn't die," she said, "During that job I took with Mira and Elfman, and I was hurt, I got sucked into one of those anima that was over Earthland. When I woke up, I went looking for the guild. I eventually found it, but I was quick to notice that it wasn't the one I grew up in. However, everyone one recognized me as the Edolas Lisanna, who had apparently actually died. Everyone was so happy to see me, including the Edolas Mira and Elfman. I couldn't find it in me to tell them the truth, so I joined up with them. For two years, it all seemed to work out, until my Natsu and Happy came around."

"Wait!" Natsu yelled, "So you knew?! Why didn't you say anything?!" Lisanna stared at the ground.

"When I heard Natsu's story, I wasn't sure what to do at first," she explained, "But I decided that I couldn't betray the people who I made so happy. So I decided to stay in Edolas. But when the magic got sucked out…"

(Flashback)

As the magic energy was being drained away from the world around them, Lisanna's body began to glow, much to the surprise of Edolas Fairy Tail.

"Hey, Lisanna, why's your body glowing?" Warren asked.

"Are you…," Max began.

"N… no!" Lisanna declared, "Its not what you think!" She then began to ascend into the sky slowly. Mirajane and Elfman looked up at her.

"Mira! Elfman!" Lisanna cried, "Its…"

"We already knew," Mirajane said softly.

"What… what?" Lisanna asked.

"We were so happy, that we couldn't bring ourselves to say anything about it," Elfman explained, smiling gently. With that, Lisanna began to float further away from them.

"We love you, and we don't want to lose you," Mirajane said, "But you're real brother and sister need you more. Go to them."

"Mira! Elfman!" Lisanna cried. Her adopted siblings just smiled up at her as she vanished through the Anima.

(End Flashback)

"And that's it," Lisanna said, "That's how I got here." Everyone listened in silence.

That's quite a story," Lucy said, smiling at her. Lisanna then looked at Lucy. There was a silence that exchanged between the two for a time.

"You're Earthland's Lucy!" Lisanna said, as she ran up to Lucy, and grabbed the hand that wasn't holding Haru, "You're Natsu's girlfriend!" Lucy wasn't sure what to what to say to that.

"Uh, yeah, I am," she said. Lisanna then looked at Haru, and whisked him into her arms.

"Hey!" Lucy protested.

"Your baby is so cute!" Lisanna said, as she cuddled the baby, before smiling at Lucy, "Be sure to take care of both him and Natsu!" Lucy wasn't sure what to do at first, but then smiled gently.

"You know it," she said.

(in Magnolia)

At the Cathedral cemetery, Mirajane and Elfman stood by the grave of Lisanna. Mirajane set a bouquet of flowers at the grave's base.

"We should really head back now," Elfman said. Mirajane took a breath.

"Okay," she said softly, "Can't leave Natsu waiting a time like this." They then began to walk away, but then they heard a very familiar voice calling.

"Mira! Elfman!" They all turned, to see none other than Lisanna sprinting towards them. Behind them was Team Natsu, along with Gajeel, Levy, and Juvia. Mirajane and Elfman just stared, as they watched their lost sister sprung at them, hugging Mirajane.

"I'm home!" Lisanna declared happily, snuggling close to her brother and sister. With tears streaming down her eyes, Mirajane gently wrapped her arms around Lisanna, as Elfman embraced both of them.

"Welcome home," Mirajane said in pure joy. Haru laughed happily.

Note: Let me take this time to say, I actually like Lisanna, and I'm not a fan of the stories where Lisanna is a malicious bitch trying to sabotage Natsu and Lucy's relationship. In my opinion, Lisanna is a major NaLu supporter.

Next chapter will be a oneshot, about the guild adjusting to Haru.

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