Dear Mama,

I'm sorry that I have not written recently. I have been extremely busy. So many things have happened. Most of those I wish you would have been here so I could ask your opinion on them.

I've previously wrote to you about my future self, and how I learned my feelings for Natsu. Well, he let me know he felt the same way. Dragon Slayers are tricky mages and our relationship is hard to put down on paper. Things I just don't feel like I can even tell you, Mama. I feel bad saying that but I wanted you to know that we are engaged and I couldn't be happier.

I wish you and Papa could be here for the wedding. I will have my spirits and I am sure they will guide me through the day.

I'm thinking of having Capricorn give me away. But I have yet to run this thought by him. If he doesn't perhaps Master Makarov will both give me away and perform the ceremony.

I know I want to have the wedding soon. There is so much to plan though. I don't plan on it being a big ceremony but still...

I have the opportunity to write you now after a couple weeks of chaos because I am in bed sick.

Being out and about in the rain for hours upon hours traveling is never a good idea. My body is paying for my mind's stupidity. But, even if we hadn't traveled in the rain for a few hours to get to the train then the conversation we had with Hemlock, he's a chaos dragon slayer, probably would have made me sick alone. The conversation probably lasted at least a half an hour in the rain.

The fever broke a week ago but Natsu still won't let me out of bed. I made him supper the day after my fever broke. Somehow after I had eaten a few bites of my own meal I had fallen asleep at the table.

I've never felt this lethargic and until I get over it Natsu won't let me leave. He left a bit ago to send Levy to see me. I convinced him that I don't have a fever so I should not be contagious.

As always I miss you terribly, Mama.

Your Loving Daughter,

Lucy

Lucy looked around the bedroom at the clutter of boxes. Natsu had managed to get the rest of her stuff from her apartment but unpacking was a different thing altogether. She had tried to get up to do it when the fever was still hanging on. But Natsu scolded her severely telling her she needed to get better before she took on the task.

Now, she didn't really feel sick but because of the constant lethargic state she was in she had no desire to unpack. Normally the clutter would annoy the crap out of her. She honestly couldn't even gather the energy to care about it now though. She was more into succumbing to the laziness then concerning herself with anything else.

The only thing that outranked her laziness was the fact she was feeling kind of lonely. Hopefully Levy would get here soon. Maybe she would have some reading material with her.

Just as she thought that she heard the large door from the other room slam shut. "Hey Lu?"

"In here, Levy,"

Levy came into the room her arms full of books. "Yay, reading material! You are a life saver, Levy."

"Actually, some of it is reading material but a lot of it is research."

"And what are you researching?"

"Dragon slayer mates," Levy said avoiding Lucy's gaze.

"Any reason you are wanting to know?" Lucy of course knew her friend's feelings but she liked to tease her about it. Especially, after all the teasing Lucy periodically got about Natsu before the recent events that had led her here.

"Lu, I've learned some things that I think you should know."

"Hmm?" Lucy felt the sleepiness overtaking her a bit again.

"Let me find the stanza again so I don't get the wording wrong." Levy seemed to be stalling but Lucy didn't really mind. It gave her more time to relax.

Meanwhile, at the guild, Natsu was trying his best to talk to the iron dragon slayer but it wasn't really going so well. He wasn't as good as Lucy with the talking thing. He would rather just bust some skulls and be done with it. But he promised Luce that he would try to talk this through.

"Gajeel, seriously Hemlock stated that if the dragon slayers don't find their mate the dragon side will take over. You know that Levy is your mate you just aren't doing anything about it."

"Tch, what makes you think so, Salamander?"

"Give it up, Gajeel, if you don't fess up about your feelings towards Levy. I will," Lily stated from where he sat beside Gajeel.

"I shouldn't be the only dragon slayer you are harping on, Salamander. What about Laxus?"

Natsu was taken back by the comment. He had never seen much from Laxus other then indifference. He didn't really seem to be interested in any female in the guild that Natsu could tell. Not that he really knew what he was looking for. "Maybe second generation dragon slayers are different then first?" He scratched the back of his head.

"Tch, I guess that is a possibility."

"So maybe Laxus and Cobra don't have to worry about it."

Kinana was wiping down a table nearby. "Cobra? Do you mean, Erik?"

"I think I heard a conversation once where he said that was his name. Oh wait, that was a conversation he was having with you, Kinana. How do you know him?"

"I don't know how I know him. I try to visit him once a month, I'm sure you have noticed that I take off for about a week. During that week I go to Era to plead with the Magic Council and to see him. I don't know why but being in his presence calms me." Kinana smiled and walked off continuing her job.

"I think Cobra found his mate," Gajeel stated.

"It is going to be hard to claim her when he is in prison."

"We should let Master Makarov know all this actually. Maybe he can get word to the council faster that Cobra needs set free."

"He's not the only dragon slayer that needs to find a mate soon though."

"No, tch, maybe resident match maker might have an idea or two on how to resolve that," Gajeel grinned.

"You still aren't off the hook yourself, Gajeel."

"No worries, Salamander, I'll work on something."

After several minutes of Levy pretending to look through the book she turned to Lucy. Her cheeks tinted pink. "So, I am not trying to pry, Lu, but when Natsu claimed you, uh, did he say anything about your scent?"

Lucy blushed at the memory. She chewed her lower lip. This was her best friend, well her best female friend, but she had a hard time sharing such personal information. She sighed, "He said that I smelled better then ever the first night. He said it was," she blushed, "my arousal but stronger."

Levy sighed, "Lu, the reason you smelled so good is because you were ovulating. You were fertile that time. Did he say that you smelled the same any other time."

Lucy shook her head. "He stated I still smelled good but not as good as the first time. I didn't really question it. I just thought the first time maybe his senses were excessively strong. Wait that means...you're saying..."

"Lu, I think the lethargy isn't from your sickness. I think you might be pregnant."

Lucy jumped from her bed. To hell with sleeping she had to find her calendar. It had to be among these stupid boxes. "Lu, what are you doing?"

"I'm searching for my calendar. I need to confirm the last time I wrote MMV on it. I need to confirm the possibility of this being true."

"MMV? I know what it refers to but what does that acronym stand for?"

"My monthly visitor, I read it in a book somewhere and it stuck." Lucy shrugged noncommittally.

"Lu, I think you know what you are going to find. I think the search for the calendar is fruitless."

"But we just started our life together. I wanted a baby in the future but not now..."

Levy sighed. There was a bit more to being pregnant with a dragon slayer's baby that would scare Lucy but how should she broach the subject. "Lu, I hate to say this. I know you are already scared about having a baby. But there is a bit more to it then that."