Hello Fan-Fiction Readers! It's me! Keri-Jen, the author of this story. I decided to go for something a little more interesting, after all, I get bored of the same things- I bet you guys do to! So, here it is. Fairy-Tail! I've been reading the manga and dare I say it, I love it! I was a Sonic the Hedgehog fan, but I believe they ruined that for me with the new Sonic Boom tv series. (Not my cup of tea, if you ask me) So I decided to switch to Fairy-Tail and I think it's brilliant. Loving Natsu Dragneel and the amazing power he contains. GO TEAM NATSU! (Thumbs up + Winky face).

This is just the prologue of the story. I wasn't sure whether you guys would like it, so I'll put it up as a taster for now. I'll love to hear your thoughts on this. So don't be afraid to press that lovely little review button down there. As long as there's no flames of course. You don't want to see a girl cry...do you? Ok, I guess I should let you read the chapter now. ENJOY!

-I, Keri-Jen do not own any of the Fairy-Tail characters mentioned, they all belong to the amazing Hiro Mashima-

Prologue

The Fairy-Tail guild have a lot to learn about parenthood.

Natsu+Lucy

A shallow cry echoed throughout the home, followed by the sound of the wind slamming against the glass window and a pitter-patter of the rain drumming on the roof. Groaning under his breath, the male wizard rolled onto his stomach, brushing his hand through his scruffy pink hair while reading the digital clock. It was 2am. And at this time, every night for the past 2 months, there was always an empty space beside him where his partner had disappeared for the rest of the night to perform her motherly duties. Slowly, he sat up, rubbing his eyes and gazing around his bedroom.

It was no longer cluttered and stashed with unwanted things like it used to. However since his girlfriend had moved in, she had made sure everything was put away, clean and tidy. Their room which used to belong to him, was now re-arranged with a new wardrobe and matching nightstands either end of the bed, even the curtains were hung up in their proper place to shadow the dark night sky.

He stretched his arms out, letting out a tired yawn before snapping his neck to the door. It slowly opened, revealing a woman dressed in her night robe. She clutched herself tightly as she gradually made her way back to the bed, ignoring the fact that her partner was now fully awake. She lifted the padded duvet and slid into the comfortable bed, placing her head sluggishly on the pillow. It didn't take long for the mother to drift back to sleep, snuggling beneath the sheets. Once she was settled, she rumbled over to her partner, lightly pressing her delicate hand on his chest only for reassurance. It was something she did often, in hope that he hadn't abandoned her alone in her desperate need.

Feeling her hand on him made him relax. With a sigh of relief he shuffled back down into his sleeping position and clenched his eyes shut, re-calling his memories before slowly drifting into his slumber.

"Natsu…" tears fell down her puffy cheeks, her hazel eyes more prone to him than ever before. He had seconds to realise that she was knelt behind him, clutching his sleeve with her finger and thumb. She had barely said a word after that, just continued to sob in distress.

"Luce, what's up?" he attempted to console the blonde, kneeling down and holding a tight grasp to her shoulders. But this made her cry more, hot tears running down her face, loud but dramatic weeps coming from her mouth as she couldn't contain herself any longer. "Lucy, just tell me"

Without warning, she sniffles allowing a few words to escape her wet lips. "You will hate me" and right on cue, more tears made their way from her blood-shot eyes. The dragon slayer couldn't exactly understand why she was acting this way, but he ignored the wondering stares from ramblers passing them by and carefully lifted the girl up into his arms. With this she bawled into his chest, clutching his body for solace.

"I could never hate you Luce" he tells her warmly. "I'm just concerned for you now, please tell me what's wrong. I'll do my best to help, ok?" she doesn't respond after this, tenderly snuggling into him as he walks on through the village, to her apartment. He opened the door and carefully placed her on the bed, while brushing her blonde hair from her face. "You can be so dramatic Loopy" he smirks, watching as she peeks from her pillow, her fingers hiding her mouth. She wanted to smile at a time like this, but there was simply nothing to smile about. Her heart was racing as the man she loves was knelt beside her, gently soothing her. His eyes were comforting and supportive yet his lips were stern and to a point. He was waiting for an answer, one that would explain why she was acting this way. Why she was crying her heart out outside of the Fairy-Tail guild building, why she was so sure that Natsu would hate her, why she was so terrified to tell him what was really wrong?

"Natsu…" she whispers weakly.

"Yeah Luce?"

"I'm…" her fingers dance to her stomach, hovering her whole hand softly onto her tummy. She tries to smile at him, but he just stares at her baffled.

"You're hungry?" the fire mage enquires, frowning. "You were crying because you're hungry? Luce, there's a fridge just over there" he points wildly to the white tall compartment in the kitchen section and sniggers. "You can be so clueless at times" this causes Lucy to only slap her forehead with frustration. Not only was it hard enough to tell him the truth, but he was so daft and unpredictable. Any other person would quickly understand or but the clues together by now. But not Natsu.

"No Natsu…" she growls, wiping her tears. "I'm not hungry"

"Then what's wrong? Is it a stomach ache?" he looks at her bewildered as she reaches out to him. Her hand cups his and with it she pulls it back to rest on her stomach before slowly mumbling under her breath.

"Natsu, I'm pregnant"

"You're what?"

"We're going to have a baby" she had to make it as simple as possible, but even Natsu couldn't control himself. He stuttered, falling back which in result caused him to slam his head against the table leg. He panicked, biting his lip hard and looking back at the tearful Lucy. She had seen his reaction and couldn't bare it any longer. "I told you" she whimpers. "You hate me, don't you?"

"Huh, what? No" he retorts. "I can't hate you, this is as much me as it is you" he tried to reason with her, wriggling back to the bed post, clutching her hands in his. "I think…it's a nice change" he gulps, holding down the fear that was bedded inside of him. "So I'm gonna be a dad right? Well then, I'll be a fired up one!"

Lucy frowns at him. He was taking it surprisingly well. Though that was just a cover. Natsu was really deep down screaming just as much as she was. They both had a lot to learn about parenthood, and in such short notice too.

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