Fairy Tail made me sob again... Like I keep saying, stop making Natsu cry, goddammit!
You know, bringing out the dragons only to kill them off makes sense, as sad as it might be for their kids (and the fans who wanted to know more about them). The Dragon Slayers needed proper closure where their dragon parents were concerned, but the dragons couldn't stay around (since they probably would have, had they been able to), because that would have been way too easy a problem solver from now on (the dragons would have dealt with the troubles ahead way too easily). I guess Mashima went with the easiest route.
Also, the first time I read the chapter (went through it 3 times), I didn't see that single panel with Lucy about halfway through so I was beginning to think that maybe something happened, like idk, maybe she was kidnapped or something and noone noticed, since I'd have thought she'd be with Happy, trying to console Natsu or something, yet I didn't see her anywhere.