Dragons, Fairies and The Celestial Empress

Chapter 23

*Lucy's Fourth Month of Pregnancy*

With the fourth month of Lucy's pregnancy came a rise in Lucy's already temperamental temper as well as weight gain. Weight gain that the three dragon slayers should have learned not to point out, especially with Lucy's raging hormones.

Alas, they did not learn.

Lucy walked into the guild, smiling happily as she ate her tuna, cabbage and marmalade sandwich. She absentmindedly stroked her stomach and once again walked into a separated guild, males and females glaring at each other.

Lucy sighed as she made her way to the bar. It seems that the only person who hadn't got into the whole 'Boy or Girl' debate was Kinana. Lucy sat down and smiled at the waitress as she wiped the bar counter.

Lucy took a look around, noticing the thick tension in the guild; she noticed that even her own mates had been roped into the argument, all of them believing that their child was a boy. She turned to Kinana and shook her head at the amused waitress

"You know, I feel as if everyone in the guild believes that the gender of my child depends on what they want it to be" Lucy replied and Kinana smiled at her while Mira turned to Lucy

"Well, I know that Makarov believes it's a boy because so far in the Dreyar line, all children have been males. From Makarov's father all the way to Laxus and Makarov's father was alive over 400 years ago, so it's safe to assume that there hasn't been a female Dreyar since before X400" Mira replied and Lucy shrugged

"But it could also be Sting or Natsu's child. Plus, the baby is also a Heartfilia and so it could very well be a girl" Lucy replied and Kinana nodded, smiling as Mira handed Lucy her strawberry milkshake

"Well, I believe it's a girl because I can feel it. I am a Godmother after all and therefore my instincts will be right" Mira said, extremely sure of her prediction. Lucy sighed and shot Kinana a look, causing Kinana to giggle

"Whatever you say Mira, I just hope the males won't be disappointed with a girl and the females won't be disappointed with a boy" Lucy replied and Mira shot her a sympathetic look

"Oh Lucy, we'll be happy with a male or a female because it will be your child, we just hope it's a girl so we can spoil her and the males hope it's a boy so that they can teach them about girls and drinking and rough housing" Mira replied and Lucy sweat dropped before grabbing her smoothie and moving towards her mates

Lucy waddled over to the table causing the rather dense Fire Dragon Slayer and cocky White Dragon Slayer to giggle at the sight. Laxus, fearing Lucy's wrath kept quiet, even though he was trying very hard not to laugh. Everyone had noticed that Lucy was rather big for four months old, causing Makarov and Laxus great joy as they assumed the child was a Dreyar.

Cana had even started taking bets as to what gender the child would be as well as which dragon slayer's child it would be. Lucy sighed as she noticed that all the males had picked boy and the females had bet on girl. However, as to who was the father, the bets were rather sporadic.

"Hey Lucy, you've gotten really fat" Natsu said as he grinned at her

"Yeah Lucy, you've even begun waddling like a penguin" Sting continued and the entire guild sucked in a breath at the words, waiting for Lucy to snap, especially when Laxus started snickering.