Nashi laid on the soft surface of her father's bed. They got home very late last night after celebrating with the guild about Natsu being a father, and Natsu and Nashi decided to spend the night in Natsu's room. Nashi smiled happily, her eyes still lightly closed. She felt so free and weightless, now that she truly had her father in her life now.

Suddenly, a large weight overpowered Nashi and pressed up against her entire body. Feeling the side of the object, Nashi began to freak out. Her father's entire body was lying on top of hers, making it harder to breath. She frantically began swatting the side of his body, her muffled screams ringing through the small room. When she felt her father's chest rumble with laughter, she knew he was awake. He had been doing small things such as this since the discovery, and Nashi loved every second of this treatment

Natsu rolled off his daughter, continuing his boisterous laughter. Nashi hopped up and jumped onto her father.

"Daddy!" she exclaimed, "you're not the only one who can play at that game." Nashi didn't waste another second attacking her father with tickles.

"N-No, No stop!" he yelled, trying to pry her off of him. It really wasn't that extreme, but he wanted her to feel a sense of accomplishment. They laughed so loudly that the blue exceed sleeping beside him. He rubbed his tired eyes in frustration.

"Can you two keep it down you two," he asked woozily. Natsu finally pushed Nashi off of him and pinned the child under his firm grip.

"How can we Haps, we're having too much fun!" Nashi blushed, knowing her father was enjoying spending time with her. Natsu scooped her up and ran into the kitchen, Nashi screaming like a maniac.

"Daddy! Where are you taking me?" she laughed. Natsu threw him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

"The guild silly, where else?" Since confronting Nashi about being his daughter, Natsu's love for her only grew. She brought this side of him he never knew he had. He had experienced the love of a father from Igneel, but never the love of being a father, and he couldn't get enough of it, and he absolutely loved it when she called him "Daddy".

If this is what it felt like to be a father, he wished he had started a family with Lucy sooner.

"But Daddy, we're not dressed yet."

Natsu froze, right as he was about though cross the front door's threshold. He chuckled in embarrassment.

"Oops." He lowered the small girl off of his shoulder and placed her on the ground, "Go get dressed kiddo." Nashi nodded and grabbed her white dress and salmon cover-up. Natsu, Nashi, and eventually Happy got dressed up and headed to their home away from home. Natsu held Nashi's hand firmly in his, determined not to let go. Happy and Nashi noticed the change in Natsu and they were wondering if they should be concerned. Nashi couldn't take it anymore and decided to find out for herself.

"Natsu, are you okay? You've been acting different." Natsu's eyes held a guilty expression in them that made his daughter feel bad.

"I can't help but hate myself," he whispered, "I could have avoided all of this if I just told Lisanna no all those years ago. But I didn't, and now..." Natsu's thoughts wandered to the now captive Celestial Spirit mage and the child whose life he missed. The pink haired mane felt his daughter's grip tighten.

"I don't blame you. Mommy doesn't blame you. You shouldn't either Daddy," said Nashi, staring up at her father." Natsu smiled at the child whose wisdom was far beyond her years.

"You're right. And I'm here now, and I don't intend of losing you again," he said, revealing his trademark grin.

Feeling the need to release the serious tension between them, Nashi started off to the guild in a sprint.

"Try and catch me!" she yelled, glancing at her father's surprised face, only for a smirk to replace it. At unnatural speed, Natsu caught up to Nashi and picked her up. Nashi screamed as her father ran through Magnolia and to Fairy Tail.

From a safe distance, three cloaked figures hid behind an alleyway. Two of them were very large, the other, small and lean. The larger ones began to bigger loudly with each other. When it grew too loud, the smaller figure jabbed one of the brutes with their elbow.

"What was that for Shade-sama," the large man complained, rubbing his injured side. The woman next to him glared angrily at him and his partner.

"Because of you buffoons, Shinzō is furious and his patience is wearing thin," she whispered loudly, "The last thing I need is for you two incompetent idiots screwing up another mission. Now, do you know the plan?"

The large men nodded, their mission as clear as day. They watched as a nasty smirk appeared on the woman's face.

"Then let's rewrite history."

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"Hold it, Hold it! You knew the whole time?" Gajeel yelled at his wife in the middle of the guild. Many other guild members were surrounding Levy and Gale as well, extremely frustrated with the woman. The other day, everyone in the guild had been informed of Nashi's true heritage, and during a conversation involving it, Levy had proudly revealed that she had known the truth the whole time.

"Well, I didn't know that Nashi was Lucy's daughter, but I did know she was pregnant," she said, combing her fingers through her daughters navy hair. Gale was utterly confused by the whole thing and just decided not to get involved.

"But still, how did you figure it out? It's not manly for a woman of your height to outsmart a real man such as myself" asked Elfman. His wife grabbed him firmly by the ear and dragged him away in a fit of anger.

Levy shrugged her shoulder, "Well, she does have pink hair, and Natsu is the only person I know with pink hair." Some of the group members sputtered. Gray held up a hand, pointing to each of his fingers.

"Sherry, Chelia, Meredy, Ikaruga! They all have pink hair!"

"I said the only person I know," she replied.

"You know who Chelia and Sherry are! Even Wendy had pink hair at one point!" argued Erza angrily. Other group members joined in agreement.

"She also told me the day we met that her mother was an author." All the mouths shut in sync. Each of them eyed each other in embarrassment.

"That explains why you didn't know sooner. You all should really read more, it could be life changing for you," Levy pouted, disappointed in her family. Honestly, how hard is it for one of them to pick up a book every once in a while. A pink haired dragon slayer bursting through the guild doors interrupted the little squabble, his daughter on his back and his exceed close behind. Everyone smiled at the small family. None of them had quite been expecting Nashi's true history, but now that they saw it, it was clear that it was true. Natsu swung the small child off his shoulder and placed her beside Gale on the bench. Gale pulled away from her mother excitedly and turned to her new friend.

"So you're actually Uncle Salamander's daughter?" she asked hopefully. Nashi blushed in embarrassment, but nodded. Gale shrieked happily, startling everyone in the room. She yanked Nashi into a tight hug and started rocking her back in forth.

"My daddy's a Dragon Slayer, you're daddy's a dragon slayer, that means we're practically cousin's Nashi-Chan!" In the back, Gajeel and Natsu made sputtering noises while Levy giggled.

"In a way, I guess you're right Gale."

Gajeel made a gagging sound, "Like I'd want to be related to Salamander."

"And why would I want to be related to this Metal Muncher." After being insulted, Gajeel attached Natsu. Pretty soon, Gray got involved starting one of the guilds many daily brawls. Levy, Gale, and Nashi just laughed at their families wild antics.

"Wait a second!" Levy exclaimed happily, "If you use fire magic, than the rare magic inside of you must have Natsu's Dragon Slayer magic!"

"You're right," said Cana as she took a seat by the blunette, "If you have his magic, than he can teach you how to use it properly." This caused a wave of relief to wash over the older women. To keep her from being scared, everyone agreed not to tell Nashi about her condition, but if Natsu could teach it to her, than she would be safe from anything fatal.

Suddenly, Titania's booming voice rang through the entire guild.

"Enough! The Master has something to say!"

The boys reluctantly separated from each other and took their respected seats by their families. All eyes fell on the guild master who was standing on top of the bar counter in all his tiny glory. In his hands were a bunch of scrolls.

"Now, as you all have been informed, it would seem that young Nashi is actually the daughter of Natsu and Lucy, only making her even more of a member of our big family." The whole room erupted into applause and cheering, even Lisanna was clapping for the reunited family. Natsu wrapped an arm around a smiling Nashi, who was so glad to have a home such as Fairy Tail. The excitement ceased when Makarov held up a hand to silence his children.

"However, this changes the situation. Meaning that the person we have been trying to locate is none other than our Celestial Spirit mage, Lucy Heartfilia, and so far, we haven't had much progress in tracking her." The master held up the parchment in his hand.

"After a long trip to Era, I was able to find some documents that might be of some use. Nashi," he said, dark eyes falling on the pink haired girl, "you said Lucy told you that "Scarabs" took her?"

Nashi nodded, recalling the last time she saw her mother. Makarov held a grim expression on his face as he unrolled his piece of paper. Everyone was on the edge of their seats, wondering what their master found.

"Nashi, I fear your mother has been taken by a dark guild." Everyone in the room stiffened. Nashi could see her father tense and clench his fist in anger. Makarov continued.

"After countless searching, I have found reports and rumors of a dark guild called "Scarabs Wings"," he said, turning the parchment toward Nashi. On the paper, was a strange drawing of an insect, "Nashi, did you see this mark on any of the men who took Lucy." Nashi's eyes widened as she examined the picture the master was holding.

"Y-Yes, two of them had that mark on their foreheads." Members of the guild started to murmur anxiously, until Freed spoke up, "If this is a dark guild, how come none of us have heard of it?"

"Yeah, or why it's never been reported in the news?" questioned Bixlow. People around them nodded in agreement, finding it strange that none of them had ever heard that name before.

"Scarab's Wings is classified by the magic council as a "Ghost Guild". Meaning, information about the guild in general has been kept on the down low due to no actual encounters with a guild member. With no solid evidence that this guild is real, the council has kept it a secret to the public."

Natsu slammed his fist on the table, causing Nashi to flinch, "That's ridiculous! If there is some crazy guild out there, even if it's just a legend, the people should know about it!" The others yelled in agreement.

"I agree," said Makarov dejectedly, "but I have no say in the matter. The council is just trying to stop country wide panic." Nobody could argue with him. They still didn't agree, but there was little to nothing they could do. Mira interrupted the silence.

"Does it say how we can find them?" the guilds atmosphere grew worse when Makarov shook his head.

"No, the Scarabs are very elusive. The chances in finding them are very remote. If we had a scent to work with, the Slayers might be able to track them to their hide out."

Gajeel scoffed, "But what are the chances of that? You said so yourself, members aren't just going to come out of the blue."

Nobody had the chance to respond when the guild doors suddenly exploded. People screamed and tried to take cover from the flying debris. Natsu protected Nashi as the two of them were flung from their seats. Dust filled the room, making it hard to breath. When it was clear enough, all eyes fell on the two individuals at the broken door. The tops of their hoods fell off, revealing their hideous smirks.

They appeared to be twins, however, one had a lip piercing and his right arm had bandages wrapped around him. Nashi's heart stopped when her eyes fell on the insect like tattoo on their foreheads. The one without the piercing spotted the girl and pointed to her.

"There she is! Grab her!" Not wasting another second, the twins pulled out two large Magic guns and started firing at guild members. One of them made a beeline for Nashi. The girl clutched her father's shirt tightly.

"That's them, they're the ones that took Mommy!" once the words left Nashi's mouth, she felt Natsu's body heat increase. The male's eyes fell on the men who were making their way through the mass of mages and to Nashi.

They attacked the guild.

They kidnapped LUCY.

And now, they want to take away his daughter.

"Gray," Natsu spoke darkly, his eyes burning with anger, "Take Nashi."

Gray looked at Natsu in confusion, but when he saw the fury inside his onyx irises, he knew this was important. Gray took Nashi from Natsu and ran to the back of the guild, Nashi screaming for her father. Natsu ignored her cries as the twins came closer to him. One of them smirked, aiming his gun at Natsu's head. Before he could take the shot, the fire bursting from Natsu's body threw the two men back.

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"Let me go Uncle Gray! I want to help Daddy!"

"No way kiddo, he doesn't want you in there."

Gray was carrying Nashi through the back halls of the guild on his way to the back door. If these men wanted his niece, he would have to get her as far away from the building as possible. Natsu trusted him to protect her, and he was not going to let her go too easily.

"But I can help!"

"No Nashi, if you accidently use too much magic, you could-" Gray stopped himself from revealing too much information. The pink haired girl stared at him quizzically, wondering what he was going to say. Gray reached the back door and readjusted Nashi. Turning the knob, Gray sprinted into the guilds backyard.

"I wouldn't go any farther if I were you."

Gray froze in place, clutching Nashi closer to him. In front of them stood a cloaked figure, her back facing the bay and cliff behind the guildhall. Gray could tell she was female from her thin legs sticking out of the cloak. Gray set Nashi on the ground, the child also getting a bad vibe from the woman. The mystery woman held out a hand covered by a red glove.

"Why don't you hand that girl over and I'll be on my way."

Gray scowled at her, "I take it those are your lackeys in there trashing our home."

The cloaked woman chuckled, undoing her cloak, "Don't even think about putting me on the same level as those idiots. It's because of them I'm here now."

The dark cloak flew off her shoulders effortlessly. The woman wore a black jumpsuit, aside from her red gloves and a red scarf around her neck. Her hair was a dark brown, almost black. Her eyes were an unnatural silver color.

"If you wont give her to me willingly, then I'll just have to take her, and I do not intend on returning home empty handed." Nashi took a step back, noticing Gray's smirked.

"Sounds good to me, Ice Make Impact!" Gray wasted no time smashing his hands together to summon his magic. Nashi ran behind a nearby tree, not wanting to be caught in this battle. She watched as Gray's magic weapon came crashing down above the woman, however, before it could touch her, the woman smashed her hands together, a dark energy emanating from her hands.

"Shadow Make Scythe!" A large shadow scythe formed itself in her hands. She swung at Gray's attack, slicing it clean in half. Gray and Nashi stared at her in shock as the scythe vanished just as fast as it appeared.

"Ahh, so you must be the Great Gray Fullbuster. For such a famous S Class wizard, you aren't very impressive. You don't stand a change against Slade, the Shadow Mistress," she said, placing a hand over her chest.

"Y-You're a Maker mage?" Gray stuttered, surprised to run into another one of his kind.

"It doesn't matter what I am, what matters is that I'm not leaving without the child and the keys." Nashi shrunk in her spot, knowing exactly what keys she was referring to. Gray growled in the back of his throat.

"If you want my niece, then you'll have to go through me. Ice Make Lance!" he yelled, smashing his hands together. Hundreds of spear like ice pieces hurled themselves toward Slade. She clapped her own hands together then held them in a shielding manner.

"Shadow Make Barricade!" A large shadow wall sprouted from the ground and protected her from the oncoming ice shards. Shade ran away from her creation and to Gray, swinging Kicks at the man. Nashi watched helplessly as her uncle fought back. Shade eventually gained the upper hand, kicking Gray in the jaw, sending him flying back a few feet. As he tried to stand, Shade smirked, clapping her hands together again.

"Shadow Make Consume!"

Nashi and Gray stared wide-eyed as the shadows of the surrounding area dashed to Gray's location and started engulfing him in darkness. Gray struggled to move as they covered his body. Darkness completely overwhelmed him and encased his body. The air began to diminish and Gray struggled breathing. Nashi watched as Gray's form started slowing down until it completely stopped moving.

Once Gray was unconscious, the shadows started to vanish.

"Uncle Gray!" Nashi screamed, making a mad dash toward the raven-haired man. She was stopped when a cold hand gipped her arm firmly.

"Let go of me!" she yelled, trying to fight back. Shade laughed sadistically.

Nashi screamed louder when she saw the shadows slowly consuming her own body, inching up her legs.

"You're mine now, girlie."

The darkness pulled Slade and Nashi deeper into its depths, Nashi thrashing around as much as she could. Her head was finally pulled through, her and Slade completely one with the shadows.

Having completely vanished.

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Natsu bashed his flaming fist into one of the twins for the hundredth time. It didn't take him very long to defeat them, in fact he did it all on his own. The man groaned loudly, his face all black and misshapen. Natsu firmly gripped the man's shirt collar and lifted him of the ground. Natsu was seething.

"Why are you here?" he demanded. The man smiled wickedly, despite how much his face hurt. His brother on the floor laughed.

"Master needs the Spirit keys, and he said to bring the child that had them." Natsu pulled him closer to his face, his rage evident in his now jade eyes.

"Why does he need the keys? Why does he need Lucy?" The man just laughed. Natsu had enough of him and threw him violently on the floor. Nobody tried to stop him, they were either too injured or understood his pain.

"You won't take her," Natsu growled. The other twin smirked horridly, chuckling darkly.

"Don't you see Salamander," he mocked, using Natsu's other name, "We already have."

All eyes in the room widened when darkness began to leak through the floorboards. They slowly surrounded the twins lying motionless on the floor. They slowly began sinking into the shadows. Mages tried reaching for them, hoping to stop their escape, however they were too late. Once they were enveloped in the shadows, the dark substance completely vanished.

Everyone stared at it unbelieving., all of them thinking the same thing.

Did that just happen?

"That didn't seem to hard," Happy commented when the silence was to intense. Nobody spoke, but felt the exact same way.

"They barely put up a fight," said Evergreen, rubbing the top of her head.

"They said they were after Nashi, but why did they put forth so little effort?" questioned Romeo. Everyone thought about it, finding the issue inded puzzling. They were startled when Carla gasped, her small body shaking.

"Because they were decoys."

Natsu's onyx eyes widened, realizing the truth of her statement. He didn't notice he was sprinting outside until he heard Mira calling out his name. He simply ignored her.

Natsu burst through the back door, not caring about the damage he caused. He prayed that his daughter was out there with Gray, safe from harms way.

His heartbeat stopped when his eyes fell on the Ice mage collapsed on the grassy floor. Natsu rushed to his side. He knelt down beside him and held the back of his friend's head.

"GRAY! Gray answer me!" he called desperately. The raven-haired man's eyelids flinched. A couple seconds later, they fluttered open. Gray looked up at Natsu, guilt evident in his dark blue eyes.

"Natsu… I'm sorry." Gray closed his eyes again, letting sleep over take him. Natsu let staggered breaths fly from his mouth.

He couldn't believe it. It was to terrible for him to conceived. Crystal tears fell onto Gray's chest from above him.

Nashi was gone.