Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail. If I did, Mira and Freed would be a couple.

Chapter 7: The way back.

Lucy woke in the sunlight knocking on the window of the hotel room and felt the heavy arm around the waist and the broad chest that fit perfectly on her back. She snuggled even more into the warm embrace of the man she discovered she loved, memories of last night filled the blonde's mind and she smiled unconsciously.

Laxus had reserved a table on the porch of the most sought-after restaurant on the island where they were staying, he ordered wine, a delicious dinner, and treated her like a princess all night. Lucy never imagined that one day she would be lying in Laxus Drayer's arms in a heavenly place, but she was glad she had let him kiss her under the mistletoe that Christmas night.

Laxus held the girl tight in his arms and smiled when he smelled the sweet scent of her golden hair. He thought this trip was the best idea he had in a long time, seeing Lucy so happy and full of hope made the heart heat up in a strange way, but he would never say it out loud.

"Good morning, beautiful." He said in a hoarse voice and the face still dipped in the sea of blond hair.

"Good morning to you." Lucy smiled and she turned to face him. "Let's dive today, I'm hoping Aquarius's key is here."

Laxus felt a smile pull at the lips, before he could contain it. "Anything for you."

After getting ready and having coffee quickly, the couple went to a boat that waited for them near the beach and headed towards the middle of the ocean where they heard that a strange light was coming from the bottom of the sea.

Lucy's smile faded after a few hours of lost searching for the key without any success. Laxus emerged from the water wearing a black shorts with yellow lightning patterns, following a daunting Lucy to the beach. They sat side by side on the sand.

Watching her from the corner of the eye he could see how disappointed she was, Laxus put a hand over hers trying to convey some comfort. "Don't worry, blonde. Let's find her, no matter where she is."

Lucy nodded with a small smile that did not even show the teeth making Laxus sigh, hating to see her so sad.

A bright light that preceded the arrival of a celestial spirit, appeared warning the couple that they would have company. Loke came up with a smile on his face and knelt in front of Lucy. "Princess, I have discovered a new track, but your journey will be long this time."

Laxus narrowed the eyes at the spirit that had the irritating habit of flirting with his girl, watching his every move, just in case, not that Laxus Dreyar was jealous, it was just precaution. "We're not in a hurry, Loke." He said in a hard voice that sounded more like a grunt, making the mocking smile of Leo's spirit increase even more.

Loke liked to press the buttons of the mighty thunder mage, so he smiled at Laxus making Lucy think where the hell they would have to go this time.

One year later...

The guild doors opened and two blonde figures entered, one releasing a small amount of static energy into the air, causing all the commotion in the room to subside instantly and a few glances turned to see where the familiar magic came from.

"Luceeeee." Natsu screamed and got up from where she was sitting, jumping on the table and running toward her.

Laxus acted quickly holding Natsu by the collar of his waistcoat, preventing the eminent collision. "Control yourself, pyromaniac."

"Oy, I have not seen Lucy for over one year, I deserve a hug." Natsu said angrily as he fought to escape Laxus' death grip.

Laxus released him but remained close. Natsu walked over to her with a gigantic smile on the face and pulled Lucy into a tight hug. After a long minute he released her and looked into the brown eyes that he missed so much. "Luce, you're fatter than I remembered."

Lucy's smile disappeared completely and Natsu was sent flying to a wall after a Lucy kicked him in the face. "I'm not fat, you idiot. I'm pregnant!"

In an instant all the noise of the hall disappeared and the glances turned to the blond pair who were still standing near the guild doors.

"You should get married before." Erza's stern rebuke echoed on the silence.

Laxus snorted angrily and approached Lucy by putting his arm around her waist, helping her to sit at the usual table of the Thunder Tribe. "Who said we were not married."

Levy ran to the table and sat next to Lucy taking her left hand where a beautiful gold ring adorned the ring finger. "Oh my God!" She gasped and smiled at her friend taking Lucy in a tight hug. "When was it? How was it? How many months have you been?"

Lucy laughed. "Easy, Levy-chan. We'll have a girls night and I'll tell you everything."

"No way, you're going to sleep outside." Laxus's voice made the two girls turn to him and Lucy narrowed the eyes in a way that said he was in trouble.

He cleared his throat. "I mean ... Er ... You have a terrible habit of being kidnapped, attacked, engulfed in apocalypses... I just want to protect you and our son." He reached for her hand on the table and smiled knowing he had won if that loving look on her face betrayed something.

"Oooownt." The chorus of guild girls voice echoed made them break eye contact and notice that everyone was looking at them.

"That was so virile." Elfman shouted from somewhere.

"She knocked you out, boss." Bickslow approached the table followed by Freed and Evergreen.

"Shut up, idiot." Laxus snapped angrily.

"He knocked me out." Lucy interrupted, making everyone laugh.

"Where's the Aquarius key?" Gray asked with genuine curiosity.

Lucy pulled a necklace around the neck showing the golden key. "I'll never let her go again."

Suddenly a dark aura took over the place making eyes turn to face a very irritated Mirajane. "How could you have married without your family around?" She said in a voice that was completely indignant.

Lucy took a deep breath, she knew something like this would happen when they arrived. "We were on an island on the other side of the continent and Laxus asked me, that was six months ago. We saved the natives from a threat and they found out that we were engaged so they did a ceremony without us knowing."

"We could not refuse, and I didn't want to!" Laxus said no trace of guilt in his voice.

"And we got married..." Lucy continued. "But we left the island as quickly as possible so that we could have a party with our family. Since we were too far away it would take two months to arrive here..."

"Halfway we found out that Lucy was pregnant, and unfortunately we were attacked by some stupid wizards who still follow Zeref, even after he was killed." Laxus said with hatred in his voice as he remembered how hurt Lucy was. "Lucy almost lost our son, we had to postpone the trip back."

"Are you okay?" Erza asked with genuine concern sitting on the other side of Lucy and placing a hand on her swollen belly.

Lucy smiled easily and nodded. "That's why it took us so long. Now I'm five months and is a boy."

Master Makarov jumped on the table and hugged Laxus with tears in his eyes. "At last you're going to give me a grandson before I die." Then he let go of Laxus and slapped him on the head. "You took too long your ungrateful brat. As soon as the child is born you will assume this guild, I am old and tired..."

"The name is Yuri Dreyar." Lucy's voice interrupted the angry old man's speech.

Makarov completely forgot his former anger by turning to the blonde who was sitting surrounded by her friends and the tears returned to his face. "You're so beautiful carrying a baby Dreyar."

"We need to organize a wedding party for you." Mira said with such enthusiasm.

"We'd like that, will not we, honey." Lucy took his hand again.

Laxus nodded and smiled at the beaming woman in front of him and he thought he was the luckiest guy ever to step on Earth.

Mira clapped the hands in excitement. "Let's prepare the most beautiful wedding party Magnolia has ever seen." She got lost in thought.

"We have to call the other guilds." Natsu shouted.

"You just want an excuse to fighter." Gray said mockingly.

"What did you say, popsicle?" Natsu screamed angrily.

"Natsu." Meredy scolded, making the boy calm down and mutter excuses.

"We can do everything this weekend!" Lisanna said excitedly.

"I'll take care of the decor." Evergreen stated with a smile as she fanned the fan.

"Since we have until the weekend we can play some games tonight." Mira smiled widely.

"Noooo." A collective cry echoed through the guild.

Mira pouted and lowered her head in dismay.

Freed smiled and dragged his girlfriend away muttering how some things never change.

END

Note: I had no idea where to go with this story. I decided to make some final rather than leave it unfinished. I'm sorry for taking so long and not having such a satisfactory ending.