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Leo the Lion – or more commonly known as Loke to his friends – felt as if he was on top of the world. In his opinion, he was having the best – so far – day ever.

It was about a week after the Grand Magic Games, and he had convinced – somehow and much to his luck – for Lucy to go on a date with him. Loke was convinced that it was his Potter luck that had gotten him a date with Lucy, and he prayed to Lady Magic that it didn't fail him now.

Shifting nervously as he stood outside of Lucy's houses' door, Loke tugged slightly on his collar of his jacket. He had decided that going 'human' was the best course of action for the date, his hair was tamer – if he could call that famous Potter curse that was his hair – than when he was a Celestial Spirit. He was in his normal clothes – his orange long-sleeved shirt with the skull on it, baggy pants, long-sleeved heavy green jacket with the 'fur' edges and his nice dress shoes – and was trying to tame his hair a bit more when he heard the door in front of him unlock and Lucy stepped out.

"Hey." Loke greeted her, a grin spreading across his lips as he took in the sight that was Lucy. She was wearing a pair of white caprices that went just below her knees, a short-sleeved blue shirt. Her lovely long blonde hair was done up in a high pony-tail instead of the normal side-one, and she was wearing white sandal-like one-inch heels.

"Hi…" Lucy said in a surprisingly shy tone for her, and brown eyes looked up and met hazel through Loke's blue-tinted glasses. "Let me just lock up and then we can leave."

"Alright." Loke agreed and watched in mild interest as he watched his owner lock up her house. "My lady." He smiled sweetly at her and she turned back around to face him and he offered her his arm. Loke suppressed a chuckle at seeing the flash of surprise flicker across Lucy's face but to his delight she took hooked her arm with his without hesitation.

"Hold on." He told her kindly, but a bit sternly and chuckled softly under his breath at her look of confusion as he teleported her away from the streets of Fiore.

Loke had been planning this for almost a whole month, since the day that the blonde Celestial Mage had disappeared. He remembered Lucy mentioning a café that she had wanted to try their food; it was supposed to be nice, but casual at the same time. That was for later, but for now…

Lucy looked around in surprise when she saw that they – her and Loke – were standing on a beach. It almost seemed like one of those beaches you'd read in a novel, with white sandy beaches and the sun shinning happily overhead while salty waves rolled in lazily.

The cries of the seagulls were heard from a distance and Lucy continued to look around in awe for a few moments before asking, "Where are we?"

"A private beach I bought years ago. It's closed to the public, so we're completely alone here." Loke answered truthfully. He had bought the place a few years after he had become a Celestial Spirit, after visiting the place with one of his old owners whose name escaped his mind now.

He had liked the place right from the start; it was quiet, and calm and peaceful. He had taken to sitting on the rocky cliff overlooking the area; it was one of his favorite places to stay when he was having troubles or any sort.

"You bought it?" Lucy asked in surprise, her brown eyes looking up at the orange-haired man and he nodded.

"Yep." He popped the 'p' and grinned widely at Lucy as he scooted slightly away from her, starting to pull off his coat and shirt. "Shortly after I became a Celestial Spirit." He added, before sitting down and pulling off his shoes as well.

"Shortly after you became a Celestial Spirit..?" Lucy asked in surprise before her cheeks turned red at seeing Loke slowly strip himself, and she turned away, her cheeks burning darkly.

"Mmhm. Gold Key Celestial Spirits weren't always Spirits, you know." Loke said casually, curious if Lucy actually did know as he tossed his shorts to join with his shoes and shirt. After carefully placing his blue-tinted glasses on his coat, he grinned widely and grabbing Lucy's hand – clad only in his boxers – he pulled her gently towards the water.

"Come swimming with me, Princess." He purred flirtatiously, inwardly laughing at seeing her red face go even redder in embarrassment.

"What do mean that you weren't always a Spirit?" Lucy asked, hesitantly following Loke towards the sea, but not before pulling her shoes off and rolling up her caprices leggings further.

"Exactly what I said. I used to be human, but Lady Magic changed me." Hazel eyes met surprised brown as he pulled her close to the water, his fingers interlocking with hers as he gently tugged on her hand.

"Lady Magic changed you?" Lucy asked in awe, letting herself be pulled into the waves, only ankle deep so far.

"Mmhm." Loke nodded, looking at Lucy with surprisingly sad eyes as his smile softened and turned sad. "Each of us – the Gold Key Celestial Spirits – used to be human, near-human, or non-human… Like Aquarius, she used to be a Mermaid, and Scorpio used to be human too, though, he was a pirate." Loke chuckled. "They came from the same world, apparently. And at the same time too, you see, some Celestial Spirits decide to retire after a few years, or many… I've only been around for eight Celestial Years, or Seven-Hundred and Thirty Human years." He explained.

"You look only Twenty-Three." Lucy said in surprise.

"I am Twenty-Three." Loke shrugged and chuckled weakly at seeing Lucy splutter in surprise.

"You turned into a Celestial Spirit at Fifteen?" She asked in shock, her brown eyes wide as she looked at Loke, not noticing that the water reached the middle of her calf now.

"Yes… I didn't have the greatest human life…" Loke admitted quietly. "I was born on a planet called Earth, no Land, just Earth. They had wizards there, wizards and witches. I was born to a very wealthy family." Lucy listened in interest as Loke talked – though she understood that this was very personal for the usually quiet, shut-off Lion Spirit. The other Spirits had told her (Behind Loke's back) that he usually didn't show much interest in his owners, or his friends. –, "I had wonderful parents, from what I had been told, anyways. I was born during a war, and – something I found out not too long after I became a Celestial Spirit – there had been a prophecy made just a few months before my birth, saying that someone born as the Seventh Month dies, would kill the Dark Lord that the Wizarding World of Britain – a continent on Earth – had been fighting against and had been losing against. There were a few other details to it, but it came down to me, and an old friend of mine. I was chosen, the Dark Lord – who called himself Voldemort – came to my family's well hidden house, not twenty-four hours after my parents changed their 'Secret Keeper' to a very old friend they had thought that no one would guess it to be. Anyways, Voldemort killed my dad, before killing my mum right in front of my eyes… He tried to kill me, but because of an old Blood Spell, he couldn't kill me and his soul fled. Dumbledore, who was the Headmaster of the school I went to for Witches and Wizards. Hogwarts, I think. Anyhow, Witches and Wizards from Earth are very different from Mages here. Witches and Wizards rely on wands and learn several different spells as well as different subjects. Like healing and potions, magical history… Dumbledore left me with my Aunt and Uncle, and my Cousin, who was the same age as me, just a few months older…"

"I can't say that my relatives were the best people, but they weren't horrible. They kept me, even though they hated magic. Another thing that is different on Earth. Normal humans, non-magical ones, we called them Muggles. Well, Muggles don't know the existents of Magical Creatures and Witches and Wizards… My relatives were practically forced to let me leave for school when I was eleven. My years at Hogwarts weren't the greatest, I nearly died several times. In my first year I went against the soul of Voldemort, who was possessing someone, one of my teachers. My second year, people were getting petrified and I went against a soul piece of a younger Voldemort, or Tom Riddle. I killed a Baskalis too, as well as meeting giant man-eating spiders and nearly getting eaten. Third year my Godfather escaped the Wizarding Prison, the place where he had been sent after my parent's Secret Keeper framed him for the murder of thirteen Muggles. My Godfather, Sirius. Yes, he's named after the star." Loke laughed lightly before continuing. "Escaped to protect me, but everyone thought he was Voldemort's right hand-man and thought he was after me. I met my unofficial Uncle that year too, he was my teacher and a Werewolf, but perfectly harmless, for the most part anyways…"

They swam for most of the morning, as it had been early in the morning when Loke had taken Lucy to the beach.

Loke continued to tell Lucy stories of his homeworld and of his time there, about his old friends, his Godfather and unofficial Uncle. About his years at Hogwarts and about his classes, his teachers, his pet Hedwig. About House-Elves and Veela, about Aurors and the different jobs there were in the Ministry.

Shortly after the sun began its long descent downwards, Luke and Lucy made their way back up the beach's sand to where Loke's clothes and Lucy's shoes laid.

"Here," Loke said softly, offering Lucy a gentle smile as he wrapped his jacket around his owner's shoulders – he had seen her shiver a moment before – and chuckled silently at seeing her cheeks flush.

"Thanks Loke." She smiled back up at him, trying – and failing – to force down her blush and Loke offered her another gentle smile.

"Anything for you, Princess." He said sweetly, "I'll be back in a moment." Loke promised and Lucy's brow furrowed.

"Whe- Loke!" Lucy yelped in surprise when her Celestial Spirit disappeared suddenly, leaving her alone on a beach that she didn't know where it was.

A moment later Loke popped back, a grin on his lips and a picnic basket tucked under his arm. Brown eyes widened slightly in surprise as Lucy looked at the basket Loke had.

"I thought that we'd have a nice picnic, it is a nice day." Loke said cheerfully, tilting his head to the side slightly and offering Lucy one of his sweetest smiles – which caused her to blush darkly again – and he moved towards her.

It didn't take Loke that long to set up the blanket, and to Lucy's surprise he handed her a towel, "For your hair, if you want." And slipped back on the rest of his clothes before moving to sit on the blanket he had spread out.

Lucy sat across from him as he pulled out two glasses and a bottle, which made Lucy narrow her eyes.

"It's just Sparkling Apple Cider." Loke quickly reassured her, noticing Lucy's eyes narrowing.

They spent the next half-hour just talking; Loke of course flirted lightly with Lucy, causing her to blush and pout or glare at him at times, though, that only made him laugh lightly at her embarrassment.

Lucy watched a little bit later as Loke laughed freely, a grin on his face as he didn't bother to hide his amusement at Lucy's latest snap at him for a comment he made. He had apologized to her for talking mostly about his 'last life' as he called it. And she had told him that she didn't mind – which she actually didn't – and that she liked learning new things about him. Which of course, turned into him teasing her and her snapping at him.

She hadn't been lying when she had told Loke that she liked learning about him, about his past. Aries had told her – during the party in the Celestial World right before the Grand Magic Games – that Loke hardly ever opened up to anyone, and that he had mostly ignored the other spirits for a long time, until Virgo opened him up a bit, which had led to the other Spirits dragging him along with them to do different things.

Aries had been smiling as she told Lucy that ever since Loke had met her, and returned to the Celestial World, that he had been different, he had been… Free. He smiled a lot more, and laughed more often too, as well as actually wanting to do different things with the other Golden Keys, like shopping with Virgo and Aries, or listening to one of Scorpio's odd stories. She told Lucy that Loke – despite his natural reaction to flirt with women – that he had only ever been serious when flirting with Lucy.

The Ram Spirit had told Lucy that he truly cared for her, that he had changed thanks to her, and in a good way. And she had made Lucy promise that Lucy would always take good care of Loke, no matter what happened to him. Lucy of course had promised, but before she could ask Aries why the Ram had made her promise something like that, and the Celestial Mage hadn't had a chance since to ask.

"Loke? Do you think you can do any of your old magic here?" Lucy asked curiously after their picnic, Loke's coat still wrapped around her shoulders as brown eyes looked up into hazel curiously, the Lion Spirit was sitting next to her and had been in the middle of taking a sip of his drink.

"I don't know…" Loke admitted, his eyebrows furrowing in thought as he slowly sat his glass of Sparkling Apple Cider down. "Truthfully, I've never tried doing it before…" He pursed his lips in thought for a moment before he looked over at Lucy, a slight grin on his lips. "Want to see if I can?"

Lucy nodded eagerly, brown eyes regarding her Celestial Spirit curiously as Loke scratched his chin in thought, digging through his memories to see if he could find a simple spell that wasn't Lumos (which had been the first spell to pop into his mind).

"I know." Loke grinned a moment later, as he looked pointedly at a decent (but not too large) sized seashell that sat not too far from where they were sitting on the blanket. "I've never done wandless magic before, but might as well give it a shot, right?" He flashed a charming grin at Lucy before looking at the seashell again and dug into his magical core, seeking the bit of magic that had been his before he had became the Lion Spirit, and latching onto it, he spoke clearly. "Accio."

To his – and Lucy's – surprise, the seashell flew from its half-buried spot in the sand and into his hand. Loke let out a triumphant laugh and grinned widely at hearing Lucy's cheerful cheer.

A moment later though, the world seemed to spin around him and he nearly collapsed. "Loke?!" Lucy called out in surprise, moving forward slightly from her spot on the blanket to gently grab him and steady the suddenly tired Leo.

"Wandless magic takes a lot out of a person…" Loke muttered, struggling to keep his eyes open he shifted slightly and rested his head against Lucy's shoulder, ignoring the sudden stiffness in the young woman's posture. "Let me rest here, for a moment, please?" He asked softly, tired hazel eyes gazing up to look at Lucy's face, and his lips twitched slightly at seeing the blush on his owner's face.

"Just a moment." Lucy agreed, looking down at Loke in worry as he smiled weakly and closed his eyes. Moments later she could hear his breathing even out, meaning that the Lion had fallen asleep.

Shifting slightly, but not enough to move Loke too much from his comfortable spot, Lucy wrapped her arms around him and let her head rest against Loke's surprisingly soft hair, her own eyelids starting to feel heavy as she blinked tiredly before too, falling asleep.

When Loke awoke a while later, the first thing he noticed was the sun starting to set on the horizon and the cooler breezes that were being blown in from the sea. The second thing he noticed was that his head was no longer resting against Lucy's shoulders, and that rather, her head was resting against his chest and his arms were wrapped tightly, yet comfortingly, around her waist.

Hazel eyes widened in surprise as he looked down at the sleeping girl, who mumbled something uninteligable in her sleep, and Loke fought to keep his blush down as she snuggled closer to him.

He honestly hadn't meant to fall asleep, and he assumed that it was the same for Lucy. Loke smiled softly as he watched Lucy sleep for a few more minutes before he moved slightly, which woke her.

"Hey there sleepy-head." Loke teased lightly, his lips twitching upwards into a smile as Lucy's cheeks suddenly flushed as she realized the position they were in and quickly pushed herself away from Loke – though she would later admit and only to herself, that he was rather comfortable –. "We've been asleep for quite a while." Loke grinned sheepishly as Lucy rubbed an eye with the back of her hand, looking around.

"Yeah, I guess so…" She murmured sleepily as the Lion Spirit stretched. Lucy noticed that his coat was still draped around her shoulders and silently she held it out for him. It took a while, but she finally convinced him that she was fine without it, and even threatened to make it an order for him to take it before he finally gave in and slipped on his coat again.

Loke offered Lucy a bright grin as he offered her his arm again. "I have one more surprise for today. I think you'll like this one." He promised, and smiled innocently at seeing her confused gaze. Though Lucy did take his arm and he teleported them away again.

Lucy's breath caught in her throat as she took in the sight of the café in Magnolia that she had wanted to eat at for years now – literally! – And her startled gaze met Loke's gentle one.

"I remember you saying that you wanted to try eating here." Was his only explanation and her cheeks flushed again and she smiled brightly up at him, touched that he had remembered such a little thing she had said years ago.

Dinner was a simple affair, well; as simple as it could be with Loke. Lucy had to bite her tongue a few times to keep from yelling at Loke at his occasional less innocent words. In the end the dinner was nice, after a few kicks aimed at his leg Loke stopped with the less innocent flirting and just… He relaxed, talked about meaningless and pointless things, flirted lightly and enjoyed himself for the first time in a long time.

"I think nights like these are my favorite." Lucy said a little while later, her arm linked with Loke's as they made their way down the streets towards Lucy's home, already having passed Fairy Tail's Guild Hall.

"Oh?" Loke raised an eyebrow slightly and looked down at the slightly smaller girl, a smile on his face. "Why?" He asked curiously.

"Well, it's warm out, and the sky is clear out, so you can see the stars…" Lucy's lips twitched upwards slightly, "When I was a kid, back before my mom died… We used to sit outside at night and look at the stars together, she'd point out constellations to me, and used to tell me different stories behind each one, and about rumors and stuff she heard about their Keys…" Lucy's twitching lips turned upwards into a full smile. "Even after she died, I still like looking up at the stars, Mom always told me that seeing the stars would always remind me that I'm not alone, that I have my Celestial Spirits too, especially if they're my friends…"

Loke listened in silence as Lucy talked, a soft smile on his lips. "How about our next date we go someplace where there's no lights, so we can only see the stars, and you can tell me the stories your Mom used to tell you, and I can tell you more. If you want to, of course, Princess."

"Who said there's going to be a next time?" Lucy raised an eyebrow as she looked up at the Lion Spirit, her tone teasing.

Catching onto her teasing, Loke pouted cutely down at her. "You mean there's not going to be one?" His lower lip trembled and Lucy rolled her eyes, though a quiet giggle escaped her lips at seeing just how childish Loke could act at times.

"There might be another one." Lucy said, smiling when Loke's pout turned into a full-blown grin and they continued their walk in the comfortable silence.

"This is me."

The couple had reached Lucy's house and currently stood just outside her doorway. Loke's hands were stuffed into his pockets as he looked at the Celestial Mage, his hazel eyes shinning brightly behind his blue-tinted glasses.

"Me too." He joked faintly and hid a grin when Lucy rolled her eyes.

"I had a really good time today, Loke." Lucy looked up at him with her soft brown eyes and Loke's met hers and his cheeks flushed lightly as he looked down at his owner, nothing but adoration and love in his eyes.

"I'm glad you did, my Princess." He murmured lowly, savoring the image of Lucy's adorable blush as it spread across her cheeks, his stomach tightening and doing flip-flops as it did.

A moment later it felt as if something was tugging at him, trying to get a grasp but quite couldn't…

Loke's lips turned downwards into a frown at the feeling. Why would he be feeling this? The feeling, it almost reminded him of a Portkey…

Hazel eyes snapped wide open at the realization hit him. Something or someone was trying to summon him, but who and why?!

"Loke? Are you alright?" Lucy asked in concern at seeing the sudden stiffness in the Celestial Spirit's figure.

"Lucy…" The Lion Spirit murmured, panic racing through his body as he looked down at his owner, his eyes a bit wider than normal and his breath speeding up as he spoke. "I can't explain things right now, I don't really even know what's going on, but what I can do is promise that I'll find a way back to you." Loke said seriously, cupping Lucy's cheeks as he tilted her head upwards, his lips twitching upwards slightly at seeing how cute she looked when she was confused.

"Loke?" Lucy's eyebrows furrowed slightly in confusion and as she was just ask something, warm lips pressed against hers and her brown eyes widened in shock as the kiss stayed soft and chaste, though his emotions were clear in the kiss.

Slowly her eyes slid shut and she tried to follow his lips with hers when he pulled away. Lucy's cheeks flushed darkly at hearing Loke's low chuckle and brown eyes opened again and widened in shock at seeing the pained look on Loke's face.

"Loke?"

"I love you Lucy." Loke murmured, swiftly kissing the blonde again, "I'll find my way back, I promise." And with that, the Lion Spirit disappeared in a flash of bright light that made Lucy have to cover her eyes.

When the light faded away brown eyes looked around in panic and the Celestial Mage gasped out in panic.

"Loke?!"

The rushing of wind slowly died in his ears as the world slowly stopped spinning and Loke opened his eyes, his hands curling into fists as he took in the sight of the well known Headmaster's office of Howart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Hazel eyes surveyed the room for a second before he noticed that he wasn't the only person in the room, that the person who had summoned him was there too, and Loke could feel his blood boiling under his skin and he did the first logical – or rather, not so logical – thing that came to mind.

He punched the summoner squarely in the nose, an angered snarl ripping out of his throat as his more animalistic side took over for a few seconds as his eyes flashed angrily and Loke bared his teeth as he snarled again, glaring darkly down at the stunned old man – who was gripping his now broken nose – while curling and uncurling his fists while trying not to hit the man again as he snarled once again, not bothering to hide the anger in his tone as he spoke.

"You just couldn't leave well enough alone, could you? Dumbledore."

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