BEYOND THE STARS

Lucy has watched her friends find love while she's stood by alone getting more and more isolated. The dark Guild Nightmare has been stalking the royal family of the island nation of Archipelago and dark things are brewing, Lucys loneliness isn't the only trouble she has ahead of her (Continuation Of Mind, Body and Soul, joint author work of Sassykitten1701 and Desna) (Fairy Tail is owned by Hiro Mashima, the plot and oc's are a combination of Sassykitten1701 and Desna)

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Chapter 1

Lucy felt oddly ill flying away from the islands but she pressed her lips together and forced herself to focus on the luxuries of the cruise ship Arman had gotten her on for her flight back to Fiore.

She used the time to get organized, focusing on all she needed to do when she got home, going over things with Virgo and Loke who were both, decidedly, acting weird.

Virgo kept giving Loke pointed looks and Loke kept squirming like when she caught him perving out on her from time to time. But Loke denied anything was up and Virgo would only look pointedly at Loke when Lucy asked her so she let it drop. They would tell her when they were ready.

"Ok, so bags are packed, you didn't have to clean the apartment Virgo but...thank you, I appreciate it. I have two missions lined up, this one near Oshiban hunting down a mysterious monster and finding some missing villagers sounds like the big time eater so we'll do the one in Clover Town assisting in preparing for a birthday party first since it's time sensitive." Lucy decided standing in her apartment a couple of days later.

Cana eyed her friend. "You sure you don't want company Lu?" She asked again and Lucy shook her head.

"No, No I'm good, I want time alone Cana, all these whirlwind romances all around and everything has me feeling kind of off ya know? I want to do some solo work, train with my spirits and get my head clear."

Cana sighed. "Well, alright, you know I'm here for ya though girl, I haven't flitted off with a Dragon Slayer or, and yes I still hate her for this, married two sexy beasts and gotten all caught up in endless three ways sandwiched between two ...oh my Gods Lu stop me before I hurt myself…" Cana groaned and Lucy laughed.

"You do it to yourself, I try not to think about it, hence going on these jobs, give me time to clear those thoughts out so I can be happy without images of a three way with Bickslow and Gajeel haunting me." She stuck her tongue out when Cana threw a pillow from her own bed at her.

"Aren't you dating the big beastmaster now? Beck?" She asked, tossing the pillow back to Cana who caught it and put it back on the bed.

Cana shrugged. "I have no idea, all I know is I haven't even gotten the mans pants down yet, just one hot and heavy make out and some seriously decent oral from him in the storage closet before he had to leave to help with the whales, I'll admit, the man really curled my toes, never had one go down on me as good as he did." Cana sighed.

Her friend walked with her to the train station and sat with her while she waited for the train.

"I might go get a job myself, still doing good off the last one but always good to build the nest egg ya know?" She said.

Lucy smiled at her, hugging her as her train was called. "I think you should, you've got my number, keep me posted ok?" She called and Cana grinned.

"Back at ya Lu, have a good time, I thought about taking that Birthday gig myself." She admitted.

Lucy read most of the train ride to Clover Town, and was smiling when the frantic mother of the little girl whose birthday they were arranging met her, burying her in lists of things that had to be taken care of and Lucy took it all in stride, summoning Crux to help her organize the womans plans and as soon as she had set her bags down in the room in the large mansion the family lived in where she would be staying for the week while she prepared the birthday party for that weekend, she headed into town to start getting everything lined up the flustered mother seemed unable to handle.

The following day she was sitting across a small table in a cafe chatting with Jenny from Blue Pegasus who was laughing with her going over the lists she had.

"And she waited until a week before the party to get help? No wonder she hired a mage. I can help you with some of these things no problem Lucy, the costumes and everything I can have by the end of the day and I can get Ren and Eve to help us run the party, they'd look great dressed as knights, especially Eve." She chuckled and Lucy grinned.

"Just no Ichiya, I couldn't deal with him in the mood I've been in lately, he can keep his parfumes to himself this time around." She said and Jenny laughed.

"You know, I love the man, but I get it. He's off on a big mission anyway, gone for at least another two or three weeks WITH your Ex by the way so you don't need to worry about Hibiki either." She said with a sly smile and Lucy grinned heaving a relieved sigh.

"Thank the Gods for small favors. Ok, so you get the costumes and line up our knights and I'll go arrange for some white horses, surprisingly, the family has horses but none of them are white." Lucy shrugged and paid for their little lunch while Jenny stood and headed off to handle her tasks. Lucy was glad she'd decided to call in help on this.

With her spirits she could potentially have handled it all but it would have been hectic and stressful and she really wanted to release stress not pile more onto herself. She'd pay Jenny and the guys well, the reward for this job was substantial so she could afford to pay help.

She managed to hire four white horses for the party, even found some really pretty ones thanks to help from the Stable manager at the estate she was staying at, who also had no idea why the family didn't just buy some white horses since their 10 year old daughter clearly liked them so much she had requested Princesses and Knights on white horses for her party.

She got together with the estate staff and organized the tables, chairs, decorations, meal plans and even pulled some strings and got Wessermans in Magnolia to bake a massive birthday cake that would arrive the morning of the party.

She sent pretty notes enchanted to show a Princess dancing when opened to all the party guests requesting they dress as a Princess or Prince for the party too, since the mother had forgotten to ask in the official invitations.

By the end of the week Lucy was sitting laughing with Jenny Ren and Eve over dinner the night before the party. They had spent the day working on their horses and practicing their roles. Ren and Eve were even going to joust and had been practicing that all week. The whole show was going to be a lot of fun.

Ren would of course be Jennys knight and Eve was all too happy to be Lucys, she'd been dodging his flirting and requests for a date all week and it had lightened her mood somewhat being so sought after. Made her feel a little less like some lonely loser nobody wanted.

It wasn't that she wanted Eve, no, he was so far into cheesy overboard she'd never even consider the boy but it was just nice to be wanted.

Somehow they made it through the party, it was insane, 70 children under the age of 12, their parents, the mother of the birthday girl was so high strung Lucy wanted to channel her inner Erza and just knock her out like a sick Natsu on a train ride.

The estate staff dug into cleaning up and the stable manager offered to take the horses back to the farm Lucy had hired them from so that left returning the costumes and Jenny, Ren and Eve offered to help her haul them back.

Once they were turned in Jenny and Ren somehow managed to "subtly" slip away leaving her, surprise surprise, alone with Eve who was trying his damndest to get her to agree to dinner with him.

"Nothing fancy, just the italian restaurant, they have a wonderful selection of wines. Please Lucy, it would mean a lot to me to get the chance to have you to myself for an evening." He pleaded and Lucy almost rolled her eyes.

"Eve…" She started and he held up a hand, holding a rose and she had to struggle not to laugh, dear Gods, Hibiki had been bad but this was crazy.

"One dinner Lucy, nothing more...unless you decide you want more…" He said smoothly.

She sighed. "Fine, Eve, JUST dinner, I'm your friend, FRIEND Eve, absolutely nothing more got it?!" She was firm, or tried to be. Not easy with the Trimens, they never took "no" seriously.

Eve grinned. "Then I will pick you up at 7!" He said brightly. Lucy again barely refrained from rolling her eyes, retreating to the estate, grateful it was quiet, the insanity of the day having sent the family to their bedrooms early.

She changed, refusing to dress up or even particularly nice. Jeans, a looser fitting plain blue t-shirt she'd stolen from Gray to assure there was no cleavage on display and a zip up hoodie and trainers. Plain, not a damn bit of it said she gave a single fuck about whether or not she looked nice for Eve.

Smiling she pulled her hair up into a ponytail and called it good, heading outside to meet him before he knocked and bothered the household she sighed, she really should have just stayed at the inn. She went to the end of the drive and sat on one of the stone fence ends.

"Date Princess? Are you sure it's wise to go out with one of the Trimens?" Loke voice surprised her and she looked at him as he came up and sat beside her.

"It's not really a date Loke, it's just dinner, he helped me with this last job, that's it. I'm just having dinner with him as a thank you." She said, sighing because she had really agreed out of loneliness.

She hadn't wanted to spend the evening alone, going out with Eve would help tire her out so she could sleep, tomorrow she would catch the train to Oshiban to start the monster hunt job for the village west of there and she really just needed to get through the evening.

Her dreams had been plaguing her more than ever with visions of an amethyst eyed lover. She knew Eve was no replacement, about as far from it as possible really, but he was jovial companionship that would likely spend the evening fanning her self esteem with cheesy compliments and damn it, she needed that right now.

"You should just turn in, it was such a busy day, or could have called me out. I'd be happy to go to dinner with you Princess." He said firmly, it was a little odd and she gave him a strange look.

"Since when do you care who I go to dinner with? Loke, why all the concern?" She demanded.

"You're not interested in him, it isn't fair to lead him on and any agreement to do anything at all with one of the Trimens is practically like telling them you'll have sex with them Princess, seriously, Hibiki, Eve and Ren are all friends of mine, I know how they work." He insisted and Lucy glared at him now.

"I am NOT leading him on Loke, I told him this doesn't mean a fucking thing, I've told you how many times now I...I'm not feeling great, I've TOLD you about it…" She said unhappily.

Loke nodded, keeping his eyes on the road watching for Eve, he should have told her by now, should tell her right now but his tongue stayed thick in his mouth, almost glued down.

"I can handle Eve." Lucy said firmly then and Loke narrowed his eyes, unsure if that was true in his Princess' current state.

"I know you can, I'm just worried, Lucy, a man like Eve could manipulate you, get you to do things right now because of how you've been feeling that you normally wouldn't...I don't trust him." He said softly and Lucys eyes widened when he used her name, driving home how serious he was.

"Let me come along...please..if it's just a friendly dinner he won't mind at all, I'll pay for my own meal." Loke said and Lucy smiled, hugging him suddenly. It was comforting, a soft bit of ease in the tension she had been struggling with for months.

She had been aching, struggling, watching friends become mated, married all around her while she remained so painfully alone feeling more and more isolated and left behind. It felt good, this moment of real care from Loke.

"Ok...I'd like that." Lucy agreed and Loke smiled, trying not to sigh with relief, thanking the Gods she was accepting him as a chaperone, because whether she knew it or not, she needed it.

Eve walked along happily, a rose in his hand, his suit neat, candy scented cologne on because he knew Lucy favored sweets and he was hoping she'd favor him. Her little protest about this meaning nothing didn't deter him at all, she was just shy, he could fix that.

He would be charming, complimentary, romantic, ply her with some wine and see how far he could get. He'd seen her face fall a few times when a younger couple had been affectionate, the husband wrapping his arms around the wife from behind and kising her cheek while they watched their child play.

He knew the melancholy look she'd gotten, she was pining to be loved and he'd be ever so happy to fill that need for the gorgeous blonde. Hibiki had been an idiot to let her go but Eve had practically cheered and set off fireworks when he'd found out. It meant he had a chance, an opening. Finding out she was still single from Jenny? He'd been beside himself.

So when he came around the bend and saw Lucy at first he was elated, a little disappointed she looked more ready to paint a house than go on a date but he wouldn't complain. Then he saw Loke and his smile almost fell.

"Hi Eve, Loke is coming with us." She said, hopping off the fence Loke grinning at Eve.

"Indeed, when my Princess said you two were going out for a friendly dinner I asked to go along, and she agreed, the more the merrier after all!" He said brightly thoroughly enjoying Eves dark glare at him.

"Yes...well, I only made reservations for two…" He started and Lucy waved her Lacrima com in front of him.

"I called the place and changed them, no worries. Lets get going, I'm starving, that cake and salad from lunch sure didn't hold me for long with all the running around we had to do!" She declared. Loke grinned at her.

"Full on pasta gorge?" He asked and Lucy grinned.

"You know it! I'll fill up tonight so I have steam tomorrow, I gotta make that village before dark so I can get started on my next job." She said.

Eve perked up. "Would you like company on the job?" He asked hopefully.

Lucy shook her head holding up her keys. "I have plenty, thank you, I really want to be alone with my spirits, we have alot of training to do right Loke?"

"Too true Princess, Stardress practice is a big need." He agreed.

Eve watched himself become a sullen third wheel and there was nothing he could do about it. Lucy included him, but the conversation stayed clear of anything he could redirect into anything romantic and when he asked if he could walk her home or have breakfast with her in the morning she shot him down.

"I really just need time alone Eve, it's sweet of you to offer, but no. If I want company I'll just summon one of my spirits. Be sure to thank Jenny and Ren again for me, have a good night." She stood then so suddenly his mouth fell open, tossed enough jewel to cover her meal down and headed for the door. Loke caught Eve before he could rise to try and follow her.

"NO, just fucking no, sit the fuck down, forget about her and leave her the fuck alone. She doesn't want you, doesn't think of you that way and never will so give it the fuck up." He snarled, slamming down jewel to cover his own meal and then some, down. Eve glared at him.

"You're not her keeper Loke." He snapped.

"I AM her protector Eve, and she wanted me along because she didn't want you thinking anything even remotely romantic was possible with her, so back the fuck off, let her go and NEVER try this shit again, clear?" His growl was harsh and Eves magic started to build as he glared defiantly back at the Lion but Loke shoved him back down in his chair and vanished, reappearing at Lucys side smiling calmly.

"Everything ok Loke?" She asked him.

Loke nodded. "Of course, just asked Eve to say hey to Hibiki for me." He shrugged, walking along with her in comfortable quiet and watching over her until she was safely asleep in her bed.

Once she was deep asleep, he ran his hands roughly over his face before going back to the celestial realm in a burst of gold.

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"But you just got back!" Armans voice roaring from his chambers could be heard echoing down the hallway, and his children with their mates, who were gathered just outside of his cracked open door, winced at the volume and and eyed the dust falling from the ceiling with mild fascination. Arman may have a family full of dragon slayers now, but he himself was not one. If you didn't know that fact, you would think he was though, with the amount of power behind his roar just then.

"I know that Dad, and I'll be back again, but I have to go! I need to find her! That's why I need Draco's key! I need to make a contract with him so I can get going sooner!" Zen's own powerful voice roared back, causing more of his family outside the door to wince again.

"And I told you, I can't let you contract him yet! There are reasons Zen, and I can't break the promises I made!"

"You know I'm strong enough to do it!"

"I'm not questioning your strength Zen, far from it! I am literally tied by a promise that was made by my ancestors that I cannot break!"

"What the hell kind of promise is that?!"

"I can't tell you!" A slam, followed by the sound of something shattering told the gathered family that Arman had just thrown something. A surge in was power quick to follow, along with a familiar voice.

"Dear gods you are both being loud enough that we can hear you in the damn celestial realm!" The voice snapped.

"Dammit Draco, I want to contract you, but Dad won't give me your key!" Zen snarled.

"There was a reason I told you to contract the others first Zen, you should've listened!" Draco snarled back at him.

"You also told me only tuning with your draconic magic would allow me the abilities I would need to find my mate as fast as possible! She's out there! I can damn well feel her and she needs me! Her soul is all but screaming for me while BOTH of my fathers try to keep me under their boots!" Zen roared back.

Outside the room the Pradesh siblings exchanged wide eyed looks. None of them had ever raged against their father and Draco both, they had all learned deep respect and some healthy fear of boths anger.

"I'm not trying to hold you back Zen, I've gone through your life apart from you, me and your whole family, I didn't get to see your first steps, didn't put your first sword in your hands, we got nothing but glimpses of you growing up and have been praying for this day since the moment you had to leave!" Arman shouted and then sagged, sitting on the edge of his desk looking at his son.

So tall, strong, taller than Farron, more muscled from a lifetime of hard training, he rivaled Kaleb and Cristoff with his powerful build.

"Your mate doesn't know you yet, there has been no contact of any kind, they can last a while longer while you spend time with the family you were taken from. Dracos key is my only certain connection to you. If you leave so soon, right now that key is my link to you, I know through Draco I can always find you, and as you go out into Earthland to look for your mate I WANT that connection, I need it, I feel like I'm losing you all over again and I will keep my connection to you." He said quietly but firmly.

That deflated Zen, whose fury faded, his eyes darkening back down to their usual amethyst color. "Dad…" He pushed his hand through his hair and closed his eyes. He could feel her, the moment his eyes closed she was there, her soul was hurting, her heart was lonely and inside his dragon churned and paced anxiously, infuriated by the distance.

In her current state another male could lure her, could pull her to his bed with simple promises, basic kinds of love and pleasure would be enough to ease her pain and she might seek them in her confusion. His biggest fear was he would find a married woman with children and he would be forced to either break a home or doom them both to pine for each other and die young if he made the mistake of touching her. If he stayed away, only he would fade. She would just live her life never truly, fully happy. He felt like that wasn't the case, like she wasn't with anyone, how could she be as lonely as she was, but in his own state of anxious need, he wasn't exactly thinking or feeling anything clearly where his mate was concerned.

Still, his father was right, he'd been gone for so long. He narrowed his eyes. No, no, he wouldn't let his mate suffer.

"Dad, the sooner I go and get her, the sooner I bring her home and our family can be fully whole, as long as she's out there, miserable, calling me, I'm empty...Gods there's this gaping hole in me where I know she fits." He said quietly.

It dawned on Arman then that neither Cristoff nor Emzadi had been like this, neither had felt compelled to go find their mates, they both refused relationships, both wanted them, but neither were drawn anywhere, pulled, neither had said they felt their mates calling for them.

He looked at Draco. "Is this normal? Him feeling her like he does without ever having even been near her, hell, knowing his mate is even a woman? Neither of your siblings went through what you are Zen…" He said.

Draco shifted his weight and frowned "No. It's sparked by nearness, even dragons get close to their mate before they know, see them. I...Zens pull to his mate goes beyond the Dragon Slayer part of him, I believe it's tied into the Archangel magic. The Spirit King learned Archangels had soul mates along the same sort of bond Bickslow has with his mates. We are still searching through information, it's patchy, the Archangel mages weren't exactly chatty and none of them recorded things for posterity or wrote memoirs etc." Draco sighed.

"We believe, based on how his magic flows, and that he could start pulling images of her into the celestial realms watching mirrors that when Zen mates...he'll put a part of his own soul into her, similar to how I put a part of mine in him. Not the weaving Bickslows magic does mind you, an actual part of his soul and his mate has space for it, was born ready to have it, so she will feel the lack of it, yearn for it, and he feels her need." Draco said.

Out in the sitting room, Zens siblings and their spouses all waited, listening through the door the King had forgotten to close and seal when he had stormed into his office with Zen hot on his heels.

Bickslow sat with his mates, Levy on his lap, Gajeel beside him and his eyes had flown wide in shock.

"Bix?" Levy prodded.

Bickslow shook his head. "You can't...I mean, it's not possible to shred a human soul, our souls can be small, weak without those that make them whole and strong, like mine was without you two, but putting a piece of your soul into another person…." He shook his head again.

"Seiths, we weave our soul with our soulmates, and only can do it with our true soul mates, Dragon Slayers, they put a piece of their magic into their mates and it does something similar, binding the souls, it looks like a seed. Like when I looked at Vander before he and Rogue mated.." He nodded toward his younger brother who sat against the arm of one of the couches, Rogue laying against his chest, Vanders arms around him, one hand buried in the Dragon Slayers glossy black hair idly playing with it while the other was inside the mans shirt.

"When I looked at him I saw his soul, which is this fucking blinding ass near white silver, and it had what looked like a seed of deep green, Rogues soul, inside of it. Not the soul itself mind you, Dragon Slayers have this distinct look to their magic, to their bonds, I knew it was Dragon Slayer magic, the root of the bond between their souls. I think...Dragon Slayer mates are born with that inside their souls, and it doesn't start forming, growing, until they meet their Slayer, lays dormant, buried deep where even I can't see it." He explained.

"But actually pulling away a piece of a human soul...that, our souls are alive, ripping them apart damages them, we dont have souls made for that...or...well...normal people don't, plus, the soul is our immortal essence, carries all the roots of who we are, including our magic….Zens magic is so...strong...putting a piece of his soul into someone...They would have to be really strong to take it in, I imagine the shock to the system would be immense…" He shook his head again, turning his eyes back toward the open door.

"I'll arrange a Visa so you can travel between countries...I...I can't keep you from her and she's part of this family as much as you are, but Dracos key remains here so I can reach you through him." Arman was saying.

Zen smiled thinly. "Ok...I can accept that...I'll bind the others then. I have Laelaps and Venatici, Aquilla, Vulpecula too, I'll have them help me find her." He said, holding out his hand three silver keys and one diamond appeared.

Draco smiled, sharing a glance with Arman whose own eyes had widened a little. His son was the Celestial Dragon Slayer, could bind keys he collected like a Celestial mage with some differences brought by his slayer magic. Arman hadn't seen a Celestial mage contract a key, his own wife had never gotten new ones, content with what she had, and his grandfather had already had his contracted when Arman came along including Draco.

Zen flipped one key and closed his hand around it and there was a flash of silver magic before a dog nearly the size of a horse stood before him. Tall elegant, long legged with a long narrow head and rosebud ears the black beast turned soft brown eyes on Zen.

"Laelaps, spirit of Sirius, you know me from our time in the celestial realms, will you contract with me here in Earthland?" He asked.

The dogs tail wagged and it laid at his feet pressing its large head into his thigh, mouth falling open and tongue lolling out as it looked up at him adoringly. He smiled, rubbing it's head.

"Laelaps, and Venatici will both communicate telepathically with Zen, they don't speak…" Draco told Arman who nodded, smiling, watching his son summon a huge brindle colored dog next with the same results.

Dracos eyes remained narrowed, critically watching as Zen opened the gates for Vulpecula and Aquilla. Vulpecula was the fox spirit, and she was absolutely stunning. Slender curvy body, long red hair tipped in black then white and a long fluffy tail even in her human form. Laughing green eyes locked on Zen and she slid her hands up the young mages chest.

"Mmm, not gonna like helping you find another woman, I've always liked having you for myself.." She grinned. Zen simply rolled his eyes.

"Will you make a contract with me Vulpes?" He repeated and the Fox smirked.

"Do I get a kiss?"

"Vulpes…" Dracos growl made the Fox spirit wince and she turned and smiled at him.

"Draco...darling...looking tall, dark and sexy as always I see...Oh! And who is this?" She grinned walking past Zen to his father, she reached out and slid a hand over Armans shoulder eyes locked with his.

"My father Vulpes...contract or should I send you back and let your key collect some dust?" Zen said archly, not liking his spirit coming on to his father at all. He'd worked with Vulpes a great deal in the celestial realm, had always had a good relationship with her, she was a brilliant strategist and fighter. She'd always been flirty, but she was especially so here for some reason. She had never been so...aggressive.

Vulpes pouted, not taking her gaze off Arman who kept his own expression calm if faintly amused. "Dust would make my hair frizzy, very well, I shall contract with you Master Zen. For you I am available every day but Saturday. You, however…" she lowered her voice purring at Arman. "I am available any time."

Armans eyes widened a bit as she leaned toward him and Zen snapped his wrist, the spirit vanishing as he forced her gate closed. He ran his hand over his face then and looked at Draco who was busy giving Arman a sheepish look.

"Yeah...Vulpes...she's a great fighter Arman, has worked alongside Zen for the last 8 years in the celestial realm...she ah...well...I'll talk to her…" Draco said scratching the back of his head nervously.

Arman eyed Draco. "Interesting choices in spirits you've helped my son with Draco…" he said.

Draco turned to Zen. "Aquilla is a steady fighter...very reliable…" He said firmly and Zen gripped the silver key.

A slender man with golden brown hair and sharp dark eyes appeared wearing nothing but buckskin pants and boots. "Aquilla, you know me from the spirit realm, I have returned to Earthland and ask you to make a contract with me here." Zen said.

The man bowed. "I would be honored my Prince to call you my master. I am available to you always and ask only you do not call me more than three times in a single day." The spirit said and Zen bowed.

Once Aquilla departed he looked at his father. "I've others, a few Diamond keys, a couple of the Kingdom keys, but these I've contracted, short of Draco, are the best for helping me search." He said. Arman nodded.

"I'm not happy about this…" Arman said.

Zen nodded. "I wouldn't expect you to be Dad. I have to do this...she needs me...I can't be happy, can't even think straight feeling her suffering...calling for me…" he shook his head with a snarl at the sudden wave of it, almost a wail of need travelling through him.

"Part of what you feel is Dragon Lust Zen...in the celestial realm you don't feel that, so it's new to you, be careful...you could hurt her.." Draco began and Zen snarled, eyes flaring gold again, silver scales forming over the backs of his hands that Dracos eyes went to as quickly as Armans.

"I would never hurt her! I'm no beast, lust won't sway me." He growled and Draco narrowed his eyes.

"You've never FELT some of the things you're going to feel strongly now that you're on Earthland Zen, you must be aware of that, give yourself time.."

"NO! Enough! I've given you years! My whole life up to now has been giving things time! I can control myself, and I am giving nothing but finding my mate any more of my time!" He roared and before Draco or Arman could so much as move, Zen let out a pulse of his magic and the window beside him shattered outward, before he stepped right through it and dropped from sight.

Arman gasped, lunging forward, they were fifteen stories up. He reached the window, heart in his throat until he saw long black wings carrying his son away and let out the breath that had seized in his chest.

Draco stood close beside him watching the young mage rapidly disappear in the darkening sky of the early evening.

"Well...that went well…"

The Kings look had even the Dragon spirit ducking his head.

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A/N: And there we go folks, there's Chapter 1 of Beyond the Stars, where the adventure from Mind, Body, and Soul is continued. Please remember to leave a review, it helps keep us going!

~Sassykitten1701 and Desna