"Daddy, where's mummy gone?"

Laxus Dreyar gazed down to his daughter, gently brushing one of her many dollies hair with such precision you would easily think she was thirteen, not three. That was one of the many complexities the lightning mage had faced since he was given the news of his impending fatherhood.

Mirajane Strauss sat behind the Fairy Tail bar, thinking. Now this wasn't unusual for an intelligent beauty such as herself, but her light laughter and sunny smiles had been replaced with chewed lips and cold fingers tugging at snow white locks. She had just found out something, something which she wasn't sure how to feel. Of course inside she was delighted, singing from the rooftops and grinning from ear to ear, yet she feared that perhaps she would be the only one to feel all this. It was then the man himself walked into the guild, bag over shoulder as many a member congratulated him on his successful mission. It wasn't a huge secret that Laxus had taken an S class mission worth just short of 50 million jewel and completed without so much as a sneeze. Everyone had speculated just how long it would take him, what he would spend the money on, and Lisanna couldn't help but put her two cent in.

"Ne nee-san, I think this might be the day!"

The demon snapped out of her trance and glanced over the bar to her younger sister, smirking behind the red straw in her mouth. Mira blinked. "What do you mean?"

"How could you not know?" The teen sounded surprised, dropping her drink down onto the oak. "Ever told me, she says Laxus took that job so he could get the money and buy you a ring!"

The elder Strauss let out an inaudible squeak, before plastering on her fullest gleam and shaking her hands wildly. "N-no way Lisanna, that's not Laxus' style, he just took it so he can opt out of jobs for a while, to spend time at the guild."

Lisanna stared at her sibling for a while, like she had just swallowed the strongest dose of naivety pill. "Nee-san, please be serious. I heard it from the top, Laxus wants to marry you!"

Mirajane turned and watched as the Thunder tribe welcomed their leader back, but she could tell Laxus just wanted to get straight to her, his eyes strayed often showing a less than happy attitude. Mira couldn't help but smile. They had been together nearly a year, but the guild had been in the dark for a good 7 months, something Laxus was not a fan of.

"Why should we have to hide our relationship?" He told her one day as they were resting inside her apartment, watching some crappy movie as the rain lashed down on the windows. "I want everyone to know you're mine, and mine only."

He had said it so nonchalantly, that Mira couldn't help but giggle. "If the guild found out, it would be chaos, especially if the master knew."

She saw his Adams apple bob as he took down a large gulp. Although he loved his grandfather Makarov dearly, he feared the uprising of his wrath when he knew his grandson was dating the guilds pin up girl. He imagined it not to be just an ordinary walk in the park.

Of course they were right, Laxus got such an ear bashing from the master, but after he saw how happy they were he let it go, only mumbling every so often about the how demonic their children were to be. Mira had blushed the first time, but know how she wished she had taken that piece of advice.

"Hey." The low rumble of the handsome blonde's voice brought her back to reality as he dropped his duffle bag onto the floor, sitting upon the barstool in front of her. With that Lisanna gave her sister a wink, slinking out of her own chair and casually walking over to a table with Cana, Wendy and Romeo; the two youngest staring in awe as the card mage downed her barrel of booze without so much as a breath in between.

"Hey yourself." Mirajane smiled softly, handing him his favourite tipple. "How did the mission go?"

"Nothing major." He shrugged, taking a gulp of the liquid. "Kinda boring actually."

The white haired woman laughed gently. He made one of the hardest jobs in Fiore sound like taking a bubble bath. Laxus watched her laugh, the twinkle of her eyes and the softness of her hands as he grabbed them and stroked the back of one with his thumb. He watched her blush, gazing around in case anyone saw and couldn't help but chuckle. God, how he loved this woman. "So, what you been up to since I've been gone? Hope you ain't been too lonely without me."

Mira raised a coy eyebrow, leaning forward against the bar as their eyes clashed together. "I managed somehow."

Laxus smiled and nodded, placing his drink down. "I heard those dumbasses back there have been whispering in your ear, some dumb rumours right?"

The takeover mage glanced over his broad shoulder to Evergreen and Lisanna sitting together, subtly smiling and waggling their fingers towards her. Mira frowned.

"Ah, just ignore em." Laxus spoke playing with the charms on her bracelet. "We do things when we say, right? Anyways, marriage can wait; we got plenty more freedom before that arrives. With that money I made on the job, we can just about do whatever we want. I say you go shop yourself stupid, I think you deserve it being with this bunch of idiots all day, a nice dress or something, maybe a-"

"Laxus, I'm pregnant." The words just tumbled out of her mouth before she could even register them, watching his gaze turn from chilled and relaxed to something Mirajane rarely saw upon the face of Laxus Dreyar; genuine shock. They stayed that way for a few minutes, the background noise of the rowdy guild their only source of certainty. The woman bit the inside of her lip so hard it began to bleed. Gulping down the taste of blood she blinked as Laxus shifted in his chair, hands still clasped around hers.

"Well then." He coughed, glancing back to her. "I guess I should marry you then, huh?"

"Seems that money will come in handier than we thought." She replied, trying to hold back the joy as she saw his golden eyes alight, both sharing a secret in their own little world as they held each other's hands and squeezed.

Indeed it was a shock to the system; yet a happy one. Everyone else was just as excited for them after they got back from their first scan, picture clutched in Mira's hand as she giggled around the other girls who cooed at the black and white sight. Laxus chose to sit back and watch; beer in hand as the men joked at how his life was officially over. Even Makarov nodded along, but he had to be the most thrilled of them all. Seemingly becoming a great grandfather had reignited his enthusiasm for guild parties, which were known for their extravagances. It was after the many months of morning sickness, mood swings, strange cravings (kicking him out of bed to go get some shoe polish), that he heard the tiny little set of lungs scream out into the world, letting everyone know they had arrived. Bets had been made on the sex of the baby, most leaning towards a boy. Laxus couldn't say he was angry over this, he could see himself with a son; fishing on the river and teaching him to kick the shit out of Natsu. Yeh, a son would be awesome.

"Congratulations." The nurse smiled as he entered the room. "You have a baby girl."

Laxus blinked. He was no good with feelings and girly stuff, he had warned Mira of this just a few weeks earlier. With a slight nervousness he approached the crib beside his exhausted partner, smiling weakly as she watched him gaze into the small bed.

It was then Laxus Dreyar knew that from now on he was to be the biggest fool on earth, with a tiny baby girl wrapping him round her finger with so much as a bat of her big blue eyes.

To this day Laxus had lived into his own prophecy. Now as he watched the three year old sit her doll down into that stupid red car Gray and Juvia had bought her on her last birthday. The damn thing made all sorts of car noises and seemingly chose to have a mind of its own at three in the morning. How close he had come to blowing it into a thousand pieces. When their child was born the ice boy in for a torture.

"She went into the city with your aunt." Came his reply to her original question, watching her try and climb onto his lap. Her blonde pigtails whipped around her head as she did so, frilly socks falling down around her pink shoes. Yes her father's equal in many ways, personality, intelligence and especially stubbornness. However those large cerulean eyes came into their own when she was angry. Her mother all the way, the demons very own mini me.

"Why?" Came her favourite question, resting her head into the fur of his coat. Laxus sighed inwardly, watching her tiny little face fill with curiosity.

Ada Dreyar was a cute kid, but with parents like hers, it was no wonder.