The four things you need to know and read! Honestly if you don't feel like reading everything at least read nr. 2 it's important to the story!

I got my inspiration from a fiction called Love Lust Spell by Nuriiko - it's a good fiction, go and read that one if you want ;) recomended

In this book the Heartfilia family never goes bankrupt!

This has been Beta edited by Yvaine-Star!

This honest to God my first book so be nice to me :D

Other than that have fun!

Chapter 1 - Decisions

Lucy was sure of two things right now, first, the Gods hated her and secondly, she was in some serious trouble. When it came to signs and books she was the first to notice things and had a relatively high IQ. Yet, when it came to her own matters, it seemed that IQ flew out the window. This was one of those cases, the last four months had moved so fast that she didn't even notice the fact that IT hadn't come like it was supposed to.

She sat on her bed thinking about what she was going to do now, an abortion was out of the question, she was too far along, but the father of the child was kind of in a healthy relationship and didn't even remember sleeping with her. If it could even be called that. She frowned while thinking about it, did that count as lovemaking or just casual sex? No, she had been raped.

She groaned. She didn't like the sound of that word, although technically it had been rape; he himself didn't know he was doing it. Hell, she even thought that was just some weird sex dream until recently. Curses really shouldn't be underestimated but that was beside the point, the question was, what was she going to do now? She couldn't exactly just walk up to him and say: 'Hi guess what, I'm pregnant!' And you're the father even though you can't remember and the sex wasn't exactly consensual but I would like it if you took responsibility for it. She banged the back of her head against the wall, wondering why her.

She heard her window being opened and heat enter the room. She knew it was Natsu, so she didn't bother looking.

"Hey Luce, what are you doing?" she glanced at him and saw him sitting in her sofa all comfortable and felt like throwing something at him but decided against it, it wasn't his fault really, just pregnancy hormones.

"Thinking," she answered instead and saw him look curious while tilting his head.

"About?" He pushed her when she didn't answer him. She laid down on her stomach so her face was facing him and they could have conversation even if she didn't want to right now - she was still raised as a lady and manners died hard.

"It's personal Natsu, don't worry," she smiled at him and he smiled back like he always did.

"Is it about the different smell on you?" he asked happily and Lucy groaned. Right, the smell. He had started sniffing her really badly these last two months and she had wondered what his problem was but know she knew, he was smelling the baby.

"Yeah, I figured out what it was and I'm thinking about how I should deal with it," she rolled over to her back and got of the bed to get dressed.

"Then what was it?" he asked curious, wanting to categorize the smell he didn't recognize.

"It's personal Natsu, um, something only girls get. You wouldn't understand," she explained and Natsu seemed to have gotten the hint that she didn't want to talk about it. "Why are you even here?" she turned to look at him expectantly.

"Oh yeah, wanna go on a mission?" He jumped and grabbed a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to her. She took and looked at it 'kill rabid beast pack, reward 200,000 jewels,' she cringed, already imagining all the possible situations in which she might get wouldn't have mattered before, but her body wasn't her own anymore and that would just be selfish.

Sighing, she handed the paper back to Natsu, "Sorry, but I'm not going to go on missions for a while. I'm taking a break" she nodded to herself. Yeah, that was exactly the thing she was going to do.

"Why? This is a good job, the reward is great! I had to fight Gajeel for it, come on Luce," he was practically begging her and she had no other choice than to laugh, which he took as a sign, that she was OK with it.

"Sorry, Natsu, not gonna happen. Take Erza and Gray with you," that way she would get away from Gray and have some alone time until she finds out what she's going to do.

"Fine, but you're going on the next one," he pocketed the mission and started to leave, "Promise?" he stopped before he jumped out and looked at her and she laughed.

"Sure, why the hell not? It better be an easier one," she left to go take a shower after he had jumped out satisfied with an answer.

The shower felt nice against her skin and she stayed there for a while thinking about what she was going to do. She had a few options really and right now she was considering one very special.

She heard a knock on her bathroom door and stopped the water, "Who is it?" she yelled, a little annoyed. She was busy god dammit.

"It's Gray," her eyes widened and she stumbled out of her tub almost tripping. Why was he here? "Natsu said you weren't feeling well and couldn't come to the mission and we got worried."

She ripped the door open and he looked shocked while taking a step back. "Sorry, I didn't mean to worry you guys," she smiled at him and he scratched his head.

"So are you going to be okay?" He asked her, not exactly sure what the problem was. She looked healthy?

"I will be," she said quietly and looked away, the father of her child was standing in front of her, but the problem was that he was in a relationship with another woman."Um, Gray listen," he looked at her curious and gave her all the attention he had. "Do you remember the mission we had a few months ago? Four to be more precise?" she asked while mustering up the courage to tell him.

"Oh yeah, the cult that sacrificed children, they were horrible people. Why?" he shuddered from remembering the mangled bodies of innocent children and he saw Lucy do the same.

"Do you remember that you touched a ring?" She asked, her confidence escaping with every passing second.

"Yeah, we were collecting the objects in their lair, some were cursed apparently, not that anything happened. Why was there something special about that ring?" He asked trying to remember the event. Lucy sighed, so he didn't remember.

"The ring had a curse Gray," you just don't remember it.

"Shit? What does it do? Cause recently I feel that the temperature is really warm and sometimes-" he continued to babble and Lucy giggled which eventually turned into a laugh the more he continued to talk.

"Calm down, the effects of the curse already passed. I just asked about it because I wanted to research it," she explained while she decided at the same time not to tell him. She couldn't do that.

"Is that so? Sorry, I don't have it. The council took it," he looked embarrassed and Lucy smiled.

"It's fine, I wanted to ask just in case," she sat down on her couch.

"Alright, anyway I have to go. I promised Juvia I would take her out to dinner before we go on this mission, we're leaving tonight. Are you sure you can't come?" He asked her unsure how she was sick, and why she couldn't come with them.

Lucy smiled sadly, "I'm fine really, but I can't come with you guys. I would only be in the way right now."

She saw him leave and then she was alone in her apartment. It only took a few seconds until she felt the tingle that she always did when she used her magic. "What do you want Loke?" she asked and without turning around walked to the kitchen to get something to eat.

"Are you not going to tell him?" he asked and followed her, he sat down by the kitchen table.

Lucy looked at him and shrugged, he already knew the answer, why did he have to ask?

"He has a right to know," she saw his knuckles turn white and raised an eyebrow at his behavior. Nevertheless, she ignored him and his comment while she cooked breakfast. Lately, she'd been craving different kind of foods and been unusually picky, now it made sense why.

It wasn't until she sat down and put both her and Loke's plate down that she decided to continue the conversation. "Perhaps, if it had been a normal situation," she took a bite from her eggs and noticed that she forgot to salt them.

"It doesn't matter what sort of situation it was, he still has the right to know!" he was almost screaming at her and she almost felt guilty knowing he was right to a certain degree.

"Loke, he's in a happy relationship and they are in love. Besides that, he doesn't even remember sleeping with me, who knows? What if he thinks I'm lying? What if he thinks I'm trying to use him because the real father won't take responsibility. I also would've been suspicious if someone came one day and told me that I was going to become a parent with no memory of it. There are endless possibilities of how it could turn out and I'd rather we still be friends like now than enemies," Lucy explained calmly and took a bacon bite this time, she saw Loke with his mouth open trying to say something but eventually just sat down.

"It doesn't have to end up that way, he might believe you and want to be in his child's life," Loke somewhat mumbled but it was still loud enough for her to hear, she smiled, if only that was true.

"Loke, until a few hours ago, I myself didn't even know I had sex with him. To be honest, I still think it was a strange and crazy dream but I have proof and that's the only reason why I believe it happened, he doesn't," she brought her coffee to her lips and then stopped, she looked at it and sighed, coffee wasn't good for her anymore. Loke didn't say anything more and they ate the rest of the breakfast in silence.

"What are you going to do then? Children cost a lot of money to raise and you can't exactly do missions while you're in this condition," he asked after he finished his food, honestly, she hadn't thought about it, she just found out she was pregnant, she didn't have any plans as of now, she had considered some options but nothing was set in stone.

"I don't know yet, but I promise when I do, you'll be the first to know," she answered honestly and Loke nodded and left to go to his own realm.

Now that she was alone she regretted it, she wanted some company. She decided to go see Levy, she always had a positive attitude that rubbed off on people and right now she needed someone like that. Unfortunately, when she arrived to the guild she found out that Levy and her team had already left for a mission and she literally felt like crying, stupid pregnancy hormones.

Although Levy was one of her best friends, she wasn't the only one, she had other people to talk to, so she settled on sitting down at the bar to talk to Mira.

Mira was a love fanatic, but she was still someone you could talk to when needed. However, this was not the place to talk about pregnancies, especially not this one so she decided to just order something sweet instead, a milkshake, and talked a little about everything with Mira and everything felt fine until they reached a topic that made her blood run cold; Gray.

"I just love how happy they are together. I can't wait until they have babies, can you imagine how cute they'll be?" Mira asked and squealed. Lucy felt sick to her stomach wondering if she should say that a child of Grays will be born soon, but decided against it and smiled instead agreeing. "While we're on the subject on children and relationships... When are you and Natsu going to start going out?" Mira asked Lucy in the middle of a sip so she swallowed wrongly and started a coughing fit surprised by the question.

"Me and Natsu? How about never? I'm fairly certain your sister is in love with him, not me, so focus your attention on that instead!" Lucy almost screamed but remembered to lower her voice, Lisanna wouldn't probably be that happy if she found out that Lucy had screamed out who her crush was in the whole guild.

It did cause Mira to widen her eyes and bring her hands up to her mouth in disbelief and Lucy grinned and nodded confirming whatever question she might have had. She started squealed even louder than before and gave Lucy a free milkshake as thanks for the revelation before she disappeared, probably to go and find her sister. Lucy laughed a little at her, she was so occupied with other people's love life that she didn't pay any attention to her own.

It took another twenty minutes before she came back all giddy and happy and by then the milkshake was long gone and Lucy was reading from a book that she found laying around. No doubt it was Levy's. She put it down though, and raised both her eyebrows at Mira as if to ask a question without words. Mira nodded and hugged Lucy from the counter happy that she told her because now she could help her little sister pursue the love that she had. Lucy distantly wondered if it might have been a bad idea to tell her.

"Oh, Lucy, I'm so sorry. You were right! Lisanna is head over heals in love with Natsu apparently! I can't believe I missed that, it somewhat hurts my pride as a matchmaker," she explained before she handed Lucy a strawberry cheesecake on the house, again. Apparently this piece of news was good enough so that Lucy could eat there for free for the rest of the day and she laughed.

"But what are we going to do with you?" Mira looked troubled and Lucy didn't understand about what.

"What about me?" Lucy asked in between bites, she was really craving sweet food today.

"Who are you going to end up with? I always thought it would be Natsu but now.." Lucy understood what she meant, and she felt like crying but instead she laughed with the irony of it all, she was pregnant, she already skipped the parts where she had to find a man.

"What's so funny?" Mira asked while picking up a glass starting to clean it. "You, you're so focused on everybody else's love life that you haven't even considered your own." Lucy lied smoothly and she saw the blush on Mira's face which confused her before she smiled.

"Oh, so you do have someone in mind, who is it? Laxus? Freed? Or maybe it's someone unexpected, like Bickslow?" Lucy laughed when Mira blushed harder when each name was said until two hands were on her mouth shushing her up, she raised an eyebrow at the strange behavior, was she right in one of her guesses?

"Not so loud!" Mira whispered, Lucy nodded and the hand were removed from her mouth so she giggled a little.

"You don't have to tell me, but was I right in one of my guesses?" Lucy asked and drummed her fingers on the counter.

"Maybe, no, I mean yes. Just shut up," Mira said and walked into the kitchen gesturing for Lucy to follow, which she happily did.

"Promise not to tell anyone," Mira asked as she moved to the kitchen counter taking out ingredients for baking.

"OK, I won't." Lucy promised and sat down across from her watching her move around.

"It's Freed." She whispered slowly and Lucy almost missed it.

"Thought so, and? Are you planning on doing anything?" Lucy asked while watching her bake, Mira blushed harder and shook her head.

"It's a one sided love, besides I wouldn't know what to do." Mira answered and Lucy almost laughed out loud but regained her composure, barely. The Matchmaking Queen didn't know how to fix her own own love life? That was rich and had so much irony in it that it could burst.

"Anyway what are you baking?" Lucy asked, trying to change the subject and she noticed that Mira appreciated it.

"Gray ordered a chocolate cake for his and Juvia's anniversary, isn't he the cutest?" Mira was too preoccupied to notice the sad look on Lucy's face. They were back to a topic she was trying to avoid.

"I think he's going to propose! I can't wait for the wedding! Oh, I can already picture the theme, ice and water! Imagine their children! They'll inherit strong powers as well, on top of being beautiful!" Mira was babbling and it was at that split moment when Lucy heard the plans of the future that she realized, she couldn't stay here. She had to leave, they had a future, Gray and Juvia. She didn't have any part of that future, hell she wasn't even in the equation.

She stood up abruptly, startling Mira. Lucy had made up her mind. She had to leave, before he came back, if she saw him again she might crack and change her mind because at the end of the day she loved him, she loved him so much it hurt. Mira wasn't the only one with an unrequited love, but unlike Lucy's love, Freed was still single. Mira still had a chance.

"Thank you Mira, I know what to do now," she ran out of the kitchen in a hurry to find the master. Mira looked at her retreating form and tilted her head confused, "You're welcome?" she answered knowing that Lucy was already long gone, she shrugged and continued to bake. She would find out eventually.

Lucy noticed right away that Master Makarov wasn't in the guild so she went to his office and knocked, she could hear sounds and knew she was in there but she waited patiently. After a while the door opened and she saw the master sitting on his desk looking over some papers with a beer in his hands and she sweat dropped; that was so like him.

When Master Makarov looked up he couldn't have been happier, he was bored in there and he needed a change of pace. He watched Lucy enter and gestured to the chair in front of him. "What can I do for you Lucy?" He asked and sipped from his beer. He saw how she became uncomfortable and wondered what for.

"I want to leave Fairy Tail," Lucy answered determined, and the beer dripped from his mouth because he forgot to close it out of shock. Out of all the things he could have expected that was not one of them.

"Why? Is something wrong? Did anything happen?" Makarov asked hurriedly, trying to come to grips with what was going on.

"Nothing happened," Lucy blatantly lied and hoped that the master wouldn't notice, he didn't but he did become suspicious.

"Then why?" He asked and Lucy squirmed under his gaze wondering how she was going to get herself out of this situation.

"It's simply time. I've always wanted to become a magician since I was a child, just like my mother before me. It was never supposed to be my life, I have obligations at home and I need to fulfill them as the heiress of the Heartfilia Konzern, that was always the plan. All I wanted was a few years of freedom and I've gotten them, I've gained a second family here, but I'm a Lady and we always come true to our words." Lucy started speaking slowly and before she knew it she was rambling, talking about things she never told anyone, it was true that she had only planned on being a magician a few years but she had also meant to break the promise to herself of returning to the mansion because she loved it here.

Makarov listened calmly and his heart almost broke the more she spoke. It was true that when she first arrived she wasn't sure of how long she was going to stay but he thought she had changed her mind and would stay forever just like the rest of his children. "Don't you think you should wait until after your team returns before you make such a huge decision?" He asked trying to change her mind, if only a little bit. Maybe her teammates could change her mind.

"It's exactly because they aren't here that I want to do this, I know myself Master, if I meet them I'll change my mind," Lucy smiled sadly explaining exactly the thing he was hoping for, she knew it.

Makarov gave up and sighed, trouble brooding in his heart, he reluctantly gave up. "Alright, but remember that this will always be your family and if you ever need help you can always come back to us," he hopped off his desk and searched for something that he hated to use, the tattoo remover, it broke his heart so see her hand spotless without a Fairy Tail mark on it and he could see that she felt the same way. "We'll hold the ceremony leave tomorrow, and have a last party for you" Makarov smiled sadly, it was unusual to send of his own children, they were usually the ones that never came back which was probably worse. Lucy nodded and left after a quick bow.

She ran home while she still had the courage to do so, and she called for Loke while she ran, asking him if he could come when she got home. She wanted to keep her promise, although the one who had first heard her plans was Master Makarov. On her way to her apartment she felt the familiar tingle and when she entered her house Loke was already there looking madder than hell.

"I can't believe you could be this reckless! At least have the decency to say goodbye to them!" Loke was practically screaming at her and she felt the tears gather in her eyes, but she also felt anger and the need to defend herself.

"Who are you to talk?! You were also planning on leaving and dying all by yourself without anybody ever being able to know what happened to you! I was the one who saved you Loke, if it weren't for me you wouldn't even be standing here giving me lip for doing the same thing you tried to do years ago!" Lucy screamed back the hormones kicking in and she saw how Loke's lips drew into a line and he looked away knowing she was right. So he decided to calm down and take a few breaths and try to brush out his uneven hair.

"It's because I made that decision that I know, I wanted to be saved, why do you think I came to you? You want the same thing except unlike me you're stronger, you won't reach out to someone like I did..."

He finished the sentence and by then Lucy was crying rivers, she didn't know if it was for him or for her but she went and gave him a hug and they stood like that for a while relishing in the comfort of each other's embrace trying to seek comfort, at least from her side. "Loke, I know. However your situation was more severe, you were dying. I'm simply pregnant," she laughed through the tears and she heard him chuckle. She knew she going to be alright as long as she had him, except…

"Listen Loke..." she stopped trying to catch his attention, he looked at her giving his full attention to her. "You're a combat spirit, are you sure you want to follow me? I'm sure that I could find someone that would want to take you over and you could have the life you deserv-" A hand clamped her mouth and she saw the anger in his face.

"I can't even believe you would think so low of me to believe that I would abandon my owners so easily, spirits makes contracts for life!" He was growling at the end and Lucy could see the lion inside of him trying to come out. She nodded and smiled underneath his palm, happy that she wouldn't lose him.

"Thank you, Loke," she kissed his cheek when she was released and smiled, she truly loved him like the most dearest family member. He was family. "Go home for now, I'll call you again tomorrow." Lucy said already planning to spend the rest of the evening packing the necessities.

He reluctantly nodded and left with a poof, Lucy didn't waste any time and summoned Virgo. "Time for punishment?" Was the first words that came through and Lucy smiled at her.

"No, I need your help. Do you think you could help me pack and then maybe take my belongings with you to the Celestial Realm until I arrive at the mansion?" Lucy asked, unsure if it was possible. She saw Virgo's eyes soften before she bowed, in all reality it wasn't allowed without permission from the Spirit King but just this time she would bend the rules for her friend.

"Understood." was the answer Lucy got before Virgo started working at such a high speed that Lucy finally understood why she always wore the maid uniform. It didn't do her justice, she was far better than any maids Lucy had had at the mansion.

With Virgo working Lucy didn't have much to do, so she settled on taking care of her most important things, her letters to her mother that served like a diary, her novel and anything else that had an sentimental value.

This was hard, she didn't want to change her life, she wanted to be here with everyone else laughing, crying and grow stronger but she knew if she saw him happy she would break into a thousand pieces, and they would question who the father is and she wouldn't have the heart to tell and they would think the worst of her. The tears were flowing by now, this was so unfair. Why did she have to give up her whole life because of one stupid curse? Couldn't it have been another kind, like a transform the body or maybe even removing her senses?

No, this was better, although unfair, nobody was hurt, except perhaps her feelings, but they had taken a beaten ever since she was a child.

By the time she looked up, Virgo was finished and her apartment was empty, even the boxes were gone that she had seen being filled with her stuff no doubt in the Celestial Realm waiting for her. All that was left was her suitcase with her most important stuff and a change of clothes.

"Was that everything, Princess?" Virgo asked and when Lucy nodded she disappeared with a poof and she was alone once again. She decided that instead of wallowing in self pity she would go to sleep and wait for tomorrow.

Although she had a million worries in her life, she still fell asleep like a log when her head hit the pillow, it was an emotional day yesterday and her body was not her own anymore so perhaps that was the reason she was out like a light.

The next day she woke up early and didn't have anything to do so she went about fixing things, giving up her apartment, buying a train ticket, and then simply walking around Magnolia reminiscing about her time there waiting for the party to start.

Twenty minutes until the party she started walking home so that she could get her suitcase and then head to the guild, she was planning on leaving directly after. The guild looked exactly the same from the outside but she knew from the noise that they were all creating havoc inside, she left her suitcase outside the double doors knowing no one would take it, they were the strongest guild around, she pitied the poor soul who would try. When she entered it was rowdy just as expected, she ignored them all and sat down by the bar waiting for Mira to come around, she saw that most of the people here were drunk including Master Makarov and she smiled, she was going to miss this.

"Hey Lucy, what can I get you?" Mira asked as she walked around her handing out drinks and occasionally food.

"How about a glass of water?" Lucy asked and Mira nodded handing it to her right away from the pre-filled glasses that she had waiting.

"So do you know what's going on? Master just told us we were having a party but never explained why, I saw you come out of his office after you ran out of the kitchen," Mira questioned and leaned closer to Lucy to hear her better, Lucy gripped the glass a little bit harder and smiled sadly, oh she knew.

"Yeah, it has to do with me actually," Lucy answered and Mira tilted her head unsure what she mean but she was too busy to push the subject, she would find out eventually she always did.

Lucy sat alone the rest of the night occasionally greeting someone, she enjoyed this, savoring the image of her second family. She watched all the happiness and before she knew tears were flowing without her consent, and she was crying again. To heck with it, she didn't have to sit here and feel sorry for herself, she was going to enjoy the last time she had with her family for at least a while.

For the rest of the night she was running around having fun with everybody, she played cards with Cana, laughed with Alzec, heck she even arm wrestled with Laxus, but in his defense, Cana had gotten him so drunk he probably didn't even know what his name was, she even approached Freed, but to be honest she was maybe trying to get some information out of him and as it turned out, Mira didn't have a one sided love, it was mutual.

All in all, she was having fun and prayed the night would never end but like in every fairy tale everything has to come to an end. Right around this time everybody was so drunk that they were passed out on all sides of the guild floor and she decided it was time to leave, she left quietly hoping to not disturb anyone, and she succeeded. By the time she closed the doors behind her she was crying rivers, but she took her bag and started walking towards the train station but before she stopped in front of the guild wanting one last look so that she could engrave it in her mind. She dried her tears and smiled before turning away to leave.

When her back was turned she saw how everything lit up in front of her but the light wasn't coming from the front, it was coming from behind her. A loud voice boomed through the night and she immediately brought her hands to her face whimpering.

"WHENEVER A MAGE WISHES TO LEAVE FAIRY TAIL, THEY ARE FREE TO DO SO, HOWEVER THEY ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THESE THREE RULES!" Lucy dropped to her knees her legs shaking so badly that they weren't able to hold her up anymore.

"FIRST! YOU MUST NEVER REVEAL SENSITIVE INFORMATION ABOUT FAIRY TAIL TO OTHERS FOR AS LONG AS YOU LIVE!" There was a pause and Lucy started crying again, despite the fact that she had been crying for nonstop these last days.

"SECONDLY! YOU MUST NEVER USE FORMER CONTACTS MET THROUGH YOUR BEING IN THE GUILD FOR PERSONAL GAIN!" Everybody was there, the whole guild that had previously been sprawled out on the floor smiling at her.

"LASTLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY! THOUGH OUR PATHS MAY HAVE DIVERGED, YOU MUST CONTINUE TO LIVE OUT YOUR LIFE WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT, YOU MUST NEVER CONSIDER YOUR OWN LIFE TO BE SOMETHING INSIGNIFICANT, AND YOU MUST NEVER FORGET ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS FOR AS LONG AS YOU LIVE!"

The last part rocked a part of her deep inside, all of Magnolia probably heard the boom of those words right now but for Lucy they left a mark in her heart and a promise. She saw Master Makaraov lift his hand and give her the Fairy Tail mark and everybody else immediately followed and if she didn't know better she felt herself cry even harder, if that was even possible, the tears mixed with laughter and she didn't know if she was happy or sad, perhaps both?

She stood up shakily and bowed deeply before giving the exact same mark back and then continued to walk away as the light of the guild faded and the tears in her eyes never stopped. She made it to the last train and sat there crying already missing everybody else, and even more she missed her friends that weren't even there to tell her goodbye.

Unknown to Lucy, after the light died down, the tears of several other guild members started flowing much like hers, Master Makarov included. Nobody really understood why she left but they would ask tomorrow, some of them didn't even know if this was real or if they were so drunk that they are dreaming, but drunk or not they would honor their guild mate.