Natsu and Lucy, after only going out for 6 months, are about to have the adventure of a lifetime. This adventure will be harder than any mission they've ever had and any villain they've ever faced. What is this adventure you ask? Well, this mage couple is entering the wonderful world of parenting!

Chapter 1: In It Together

It was a bright sunny morning on the day of reckoning. Lucy Heartfilia was pacing through her bedroom mumbling, groaning and every now and then, retching and holding her stomach in pain.

"Pun pun?" Plue called out to her from her bed. Lucy walked up to her bed and collapsed on her back.

"What do I do Plue? How do I tell him?

"Pun, pun pun?"

"yeah, I'm certain. The doctor said so." Lucy sighed

"Gosh, he's never gonna accept it! He's too much of a free spirit to settle like that! What am I supposed to do? I can't go through this alone! And gosh he's coming over tonight so I have to tell him! Why me?" Lucy sobbed while crunching herself into the fetal position.

Plue stood up on the bed and patted Lucy's head."Pun pun pun!" He said happily while doing a weird dance.

Lucy giggled at his actions."Thanks Plue! You're the best! You can go back now."

And with that, he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"Ahh. I guess I'll relax and take a nap until he gets here. Gosh I hope I can do this." Lucy said before drifting off to her dreamland.

"Lucy, I'm still young. I can't throw my life away like this. I haven't even reached my full magical potential. I can't have something like this holding me back. You'll just have to deal with this on your own. Sorry. Look, I gotta go. I'll see you around the guild I guess." Natsu said before turning around and walking away.

"Natsu wait! Don't leave me! I can't do this alone! Natsu! Natsu!"

"Lucy! Lucy, wake up! Wake up!"

Lucy quickly jolted up and out of her nightmare. She was shaking and she could feel her tears sliding down her cheeks.

"Luce it's ok. It was just a dream" Lucy turned around to see Natsu kneeling next to her bed, holding her left hand with both of his.

"Natsu!" she screamed while launching herself onto his lap and swinging her arms around his neck.

"Promise right now not to leave me"

"Luce I-"

"promise me."

"I will never leave you Lucy Heartfilia, no matter what! I promise you that much."

"Thank you"

"No problem. Now what's got you acting so weird? Well, weirder than usual."

Lucy let out a sigh and took a few deep breaths before saying anything.

"Natsu... I'm pregnant"

Lucy could feel his body tense at her words. The room went silent for what felt like forever to Lucy.

"Natsu?" Lucy said nervously.

All of a sudden, Natsu's arms went around Lucy in a huge hug. "Luce this is awsome! We're gonna have a kid!"

Now it was Lucy's turn to freeze in place.

"This is great Lucy! Is this what you were worried about? I would never just leave you over that Luce! Even if I didn't want a kid, this is still my problem."

" I thought you would think that it would hold you back from getting stronger..." Lucy said without making eye contact.

"Are you kidding me? Training this kid to be a dragon slayer like me will probably make me stronger than ever!"

"Hey, who said they won't be a celestial Mage?" Lucy joked.

"Well, whatever path they choose, helping him or her will be awesome! Think about it! We're making the next generation of Fairy Tail! And I promise Luce, it will be me and you every step of the way!"

Lucy was absolutely beaming at his words. "Thank you so much Natsu! I love you!"

"I love you too, and our baby!"

For the rest of the night, Natsu bombarded Lucy with questions like "how far along are you?" and "when can we know if it's a boy or a girl?" all was going well until his last question, which brought her back to her terrified state.

"Lucy, when are we gonna tell everyone at the guild?"

Lucy dropped her head in shame.

"What's wrong? Don't you wanna tell them?"

"I do but, I feel like I did something wrong. It's kind of embarrassing. I mean, we're only 18 Natsu. Granted there was the whole 7 year time skip but still. We're not even married! I just kind of feel a little ashamed of myself is all."

"Well, it's kinda too late for that Luce."Natsu said with an awkward laugh. When Lucy didn't respond, he continued slowly and cautiously.

"Listen. I've been in Fairy Tail for a long time and if I know one thing about them, I know that they're not the type to judge. And if anyone has a problem with it, they'll probably just blame me."He heard Lucy giggle a little and deemed it safe to continue.

"So don't worry about a thing, okay?"

Lucy sighed. "Okay, as long as we're in this together"

"Exactly, we're in this together!"

Thank you for reading! Pretty please review and look out for the next chapter! Ja Ne!