Rogue sat quietly in the nursery rocking a sleeping Faye-Marie. The baby had screamed all night as her aunt was loaded up into the back of an ambulance and her grandmother was placed in the back of a cop car. Gajeel had handed her over to Rogue as he climbed into the ambulance with Levy, saying something about keeping the child safe for him. As if any one of their group would allow the child to be hurt.

"Rogue," Sting's voice broke the silence of the room. "Levy's awake."

"Okay." Rogue sighed as he lifted the sleeping baby into his arms and headed towards his car. "Let's go put her mind to ease before that crazy gypsy castrates us."

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"Rogue, Sting." Gajeel greeted the boys as they handed over the baby. "She's fine. The bullet barely hit her, but the doctor said the damned thing was coated in a substance that could lead to infection so they wanna keep her for a while. They said she passed out from exhaustion and lack of nutrients caused by depression and distraction as well as the fear that filled her when she was attacked."

"We're gonna have to watch that girl's food intake and sleeping habits." Laxus growled from behind them. The tall blonde looked pissed and sad at the same time. "Can't lose her too."

"Guess this means the wedding is on hold till the bride gets better." Sting sighed.

"Hello? Excuse me, but I'm looking for a Levy McGarden, can you help me find her?" A soft but energetic voice spoke from just behind Gajeel. The group turned to find a young blonde with curves to die for standing there, a stack of books in hand. She wore a light pink peasant top that stopped just below her bra and clung to her in some places, but was baggy in others. The top was paired with a pair of super tight boot cut blue jeans hugged by a white belt. She was barefoot and had an old threadbare brown messenger bag slung across her shoulder. A necklace decorated with a small snowman like creature lay snug against the hollow in her throat while a charm bracelet showing the zodiac constellations dangled from her right wrist. Her blonde hair was styled so that half of it was up in a side ponytail while the rest lay loose against her neck. Her large brown eyes bounced back and forth between the men waiting for an answer.

"Who's asking?" Gajeel snapped.

"Well, Mr. Big and Scary, I happen to be her best friend." The girl smiled at him. "Who are you?"

"Her fiancé." Laxus laughed. "If you're her best friend how come we don't know you?"

"Oh! I forgot." The blonde's smile disappeared. "She thinks I'm dead."

"What?" Rogue stared at the blonde in confusion.

"Long story short, the last time she saw me I fell from the top of this tall building into a river, or so she thought. I was actually caught by a pink haired lunatic that saved my life and now I'm married to him. Speaking of which where did that boy get to."

"Yo! Luce, over here!" A pink haired man stood in front of Levy's hospital door waving. "I found your friend, but not her sister."

"Where's Wendy?" The blonde asked.

"Dead." Sting replied. The four men stared at the baby in Gajeel's arms as sadness once more cling to them. "Died giving birth to this beautiful little girl."

"What?! Oh god! Levy," the blonde took off for Levy's room with tears in her eyes.

The four men watched her silently as she ran to their tiny gypsy. She seemed genuinely worried, but something was bothering them. Levy has only been in the hospital for a few hours to a day, how did the blonde know where to find her?

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Levy lay silently watching the sky outside her window as the boys left to go get Faye-Marie. Deep in thought, she never noticed the pink haired man standing just outside her door yelling to his wife. Her door opened and closed unnoticed as two sets of footsteps made their way to her. Levy was in her own world until a pair of dainty, soft hands covered her eyes.

"Who's there?" The blunette's voice shook in fear.

"Wow, Levs, what happened to you?" A familiar voice filled her ears. One she never thought she'd hear again.

Gajeel and the boys entered the room to a deathly still scene. Levy sat facing the window. Her small frame drowning in the fabric of the hospital gown, it was obvious she was shaking. The blonde stood behind her, hands over the blunette's eyes as tears rolled down her face. Her body visibly shaking as well. Against the wall stood a man around the same age, height, and build as Sting and Rogue. His pink hair stuck up in all sorts of weird angles and his eyes danced with happiness at seeing his wife reconnect with her old friend. The man wore a black tee shirt with red skinny jeans and a pair of converse shoes. A white belt and a white scarf completed the look.

"Lucy?" Levy's broken voice rang out. "But you're dead."

"Nope. Actually I'm a married mom with three brats you need to meet. Natsu, go get the girls from Erza."

"What the hell is going on here?" Gajeel snapped. "First we lose Wendy, Doxel, and Doranbolt, gaining Faye-Marie. Then you find out you have a brother and a sister in law, Jellal and Erza. Doranbolt's mother shoots you, now a dead best friend appears out of no where saying she's a married mother and her kids are with your sister in law while you sit in a hospital bed instead of planning our wedding like we should be? What is this a soap opera?"

"Gajeel, calm down." Laxus cut in. "Just breathe. This hasn't been easy on anyone. But hopefully this is the end of the surprise visitors."

The door opened to reveal Erza and three bubbling, bouncing little girls. One a blonde who looked just like her mother. The next a female version of her father and the third a mixture of the two. She had blonde hair with a pink stripe lining one side of her face. Her eyes were her father's but her face was her mother's. She looked like she inherited her father's personality as well.

"These are my girls. The blonde is Layla, the pinkette is Nashi, and the last is Levetta. Layla takes after me, Nashi is one hundred percent Natsu and Levetta, named after you, is a mix of us. Natsu's personality tends to show more with her, however." Lucy laughed. "Girls say hello to Levy and her friends."

A chorus of small voices echoed back a hello half heartedly.

Levy sighed. Life had gotten so out of control lately. She just wanted it to go back to being peaceful. Singing, dancing, watching kids movies and cooking for her large family. Yes, family. Gajeel, Faye-Marie, Sting, Rogue, Laxus, Mira, Juvia and herself. But life seems to think she needed a bigger family, blessing her with Erza, Jellal, Natsu, Lucy, and the three little girls currently sitting on the foot of the hospital bed. A worn out smile pulled at her cheeks. Hopefully this meant the future would be bright and full of adventure.