Rain fell heavily over Magnolia as the storm began. Everyone on the streets ran for cover to escape the falling water, but in the East Forest, one person couldn't get out of the rain.

LAXUS P.O.V

I ran through the trees as fast as my swollen stomach would let me. I desperately needed to get to Fairy Tail. I couldn't let the rogue find me. He had already killed one of my children in his attempt to recapture me. I wasn't going to let him take the life of my other child. She was safe inside my body as long as I kept running...but I knew that soon, she would make her way out. The contractions had started a little while before. I knew that soon my water would break and my baby would be here.

I stopped and rested against a tree as I tried to catch my breath. It wasn't easy because the contractions had gotten stronger. I wasn't sure if I was going to make it to FairyTail. I started to think that I was going to have to have the baby in the forest but at that moment, I heard the voice that sent chills down my spine.

"Well, I see that someone is trying to find a safe place to have our remaining child. Pity that the other was stillborn. Wouldn't you agree?"

"You killed him! And she's not ours. She's mine. That's what she'll always be. You're not going to be in her life. Not now. Not EVER!" I shouted the last word out through gritted teeth. I was furious with the rogue. He killed my son. He wasn't going to kill my daughter. I wasn't going to let him.

I stared at him coldly but all he did was laugh. He walked over to me and placed his hand on my stomach. The touch made my skin crawl and I slapped his hand away. He seemed slightly angered when I slapped his hand and I knew that something bad was going to happen soon. He just had this look in his eyes. I felt a shiver run down my spine and at that moment, even though I had to save my energy for the baby and what I was going to do was probably a big mistake, I quickly used my lightning dragon magic and blew the rogue away with a lightning dragon roar. I knew it was definitely a mistake as I felt a strong contraction hit my stomach. Then I felt the baby move down. It felt like my breath had stopped as I realized that the baby would be here at any moment. I had to get away from the rogue and get to FairyTail, which was still a long ways away.

LUCY P.O.V

Even though it was raining in Magnolia and everyone at the guildhall seemed a little down, it didn't stop Natsu and Gray from having one of their fights. It was stupid. As usual, they got the entire hall to participate in the brawl. I didn't want to be a part of it so, I decided to go for a walk with Happy beside me. Sure the rain was falling, but it felt nice. It reminded me of when I was little and my mom was still alive. She and I would go for walks in the woods that were on the edge of our land. It was so beautiful. Everything was greener in the rain. My mom told me that the trees were greener because they were happy to get the rain that would give them life. I liked that idea.

I walked all the way to the other side of town. Walking under the rain covered branches of the forest made me feel like I was in a completely different world. I was quickly brought back to the real world though as the sound of an explosion erupted in my ears. I looked ahead and saw a smoke cloud billowing into the sky. I ran ahead to see what had caused the smoke and was shocked by what I found. I couldn't believe my eyes as I saw Laxus lying back against a tree. He was breathing heavily and he looked like he was in pain. As I looked closer, I saw something that a man shouldn't have.

Even behind the cloak that he wore, I could see that Laxus's stomach was protruding from underneath. I knew that Laxus wasn't fat because I could easily see that the rest of his body was still thin and muscular. At the same time, Laxus was bleeding from between his legs and there was a lot of blood. I watched as Laxus stood up and look behind him. I saw terror in his eyes as he stumbled away from the tree he was leaning against. Laxus didn't get far as he doubled over in pain with a loud yell. I ran over to him to see if I could help even though I wasn't sure what was wrong.

"LAXUS!"