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Lucy held her hand out for a minute, until her smile disappeared and instead confusion replaced her features, Bickslow and Laxus had taken flank on either side of her and were staring at the two spirits in front of them with scowls on their faces.
The two spirits that float so languidly in front of her, said nothing, they just stared at her as if she were a ghost; until the woman broke the silence by simply floating toward Lucy and attempted to reach out to touch her, but Laxus growl stopped her and Bickslow pulled Lucy back against him and hovered over her protectively "You're not laying your hands on her!" The lightning mage barked.
The woman stepped back silently, pain written across her features as she looked between Lucy and Laxus in confusion.
Lucy put her hand gently on Bickslow's arm, and then Laxus when Bickslow let her go, "I'm fine, I don't think they'll hurt me." She told him. He looked so tense, his fists curled and his teeth bared, he looked like a dragon to her in that moment and it both scared her and thrilled her.
Bickslow had his arms crossed and he stood straight a frown marring his features, for once he looked utterly serious and that too scared and thrilled her, but she ignored them and turned to face the two spirits in front of her.
"Why did you want to talk to me?" She asked them innocently.
They looked at each other for a moment and Lucy almost thought for certain they couldn't even speak; but she was proven wrong when the women finally opened her mouth and a beautiful melodious voice emerged.
"Lucy?" She asked
"Yes that's me," the blonde confirmed
"I thought I'd never see you again" the woman said.
"What do you mean?" Lucy asked, her stomach dropping, had she met these people before? She wracked her brain, and she felt somewhere deep in her gut that she had, that there was a sense of familiarity; but she couldn't remember them at all.
The man stepped forward and laid a comforting hand on the woman next to him, "My name is Corona Australis, or Austris as my wife calls me."
"And I am Corona Borealis, or Ariadne" The woman introduced herself smiling at Lucy.
"I'm Lucy Heartfilia, and this is Laxus" she pointed at the dragon slayer on her left "And Bickslow" she pointed the Seith mage on her right, "my mates" she smiled warmly at her companions before turning back to the two crowns who looked downright shocked, before composing themselves.
"Lucy..." the woman began, but she seemed unsure of what to say, so her husband stepped in.
"You are not from this earth" he told her bluntly.
The blonde scrunched up her eyebrows and said "what?"
"You were born in the celestial world," Ariadne stepped in quickly, trying to dispel her husband's brusqueness. "You were born from me over two thousand years ago."
"Woah, woah!" Lucy waved her hands at them "back up, what the hell are you talking about?" She almost shouted "I'm Lucy Heartfilia, my parents were Layla and Jude Heartfilia." She informed them, but the woman shook her head.
"I'm going to take a different approach," Austris told Ariadne who looked as if she were about to cry.
The spirit beckoned them to the seats surrounding the fire, he remained standing as they all sat, still hovering above the earth; the group followed his silent command but the woman stayed behind overlooking the world below her, her back turned to the little party.
"Start from the beginning" Lucy motioned to him. Laxus had his head in his fists, his elbows resting on his knees while he intently listened to what the spirit had to say, Bickslow sat back against the log seemingly carefree, but his babies hovered around him agitated.
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2000 years ago.
"She's beautiful." Austris whispered down at his sweet angel, his wife coming up to the crib behind him; she slid her arms around his waist from behind and rested her head on his shoulder. "We made a beautiful baby girl." He continued "I almost can't believe it."
His wife chuckled and he could feel it rumble against his back, "I can, I am amazing after all." She teased.
He scoffed "So I had nothing to do with it?" He teased back, turning to face his wife, he scooped her up in his arms and carried her to the bed laying her down gently, then going back to crib and gently lifting his daughter up into his arms. "Of course, I only needed your help a little bit." Ariadne laughed when he scowled at her, but it was replaced with an affectionate smile, and when he looked down at their child, the northern crowns eyes brimmed with tears, she would never see that look of pure adoration in his eyes other than when he looked at their gorgeous baby girl, and it made her heart swell with pride and love.
She reached her hands out to take her child, when he carried her over to the bed, and he laid down next to his wife and they cooed over their precious baby girl.
Eventually the night slowly turned to day, they couldn't sleep, they felt like they would miss a moment, or they felt like she would need them the minute they closed their eyes and in truth a part of them was a little afraid to even take a breather.
Eventually they did pass out and a pink haired maiden came in and gently took the baby from them, Virgo held this precious little bundle while she slept and she smiled down at her, brother would be jealous, since she was now officially the first one to hold their princess of the Zodiac.
Virgo held her as long as possible before she needed to put her down so she could return to the rest of her duties, she lay her regrettably in the bassinet and tiptoed out gently closing the door, glancing at the royals who were cuddled peacefully together.
"How were they?" Leo suddenly popped up next her in a twinkle of light, Capricorn not far behind.
Virgo smiled knowingly "They were fine, I put hime to sleep in her crib," she said nonchalantly
"You got to hold her?!" Leo wailed Capricorn slapped a hand over his mouth; they began to follow Virgo as she went in the nursery the next room over.
"Be careful not to wake them." He scolded the Lion; Leo looked positively stricken, like a puppy who had its favorite bone taken away.
"Why yes, I suppose I did" Virgo chuckled, she was picking up the laundry and the constant burp rags the royals had left scattered all over, they had no idea what they were doing... yet. It was endearing she thought how careful they were, like they were going to break little hime; oh how over bearing they were.
"I; as the leader of the Zodiac's, should have had first rights to hold the princess!" Leo declared indignantly, arms crossed his chest and it puffed like a spoiled bird, earning him a pop on the back of the head by the goat next to him.
"Calm yourself Leo, Virgo is hime's handmaiden." He pointed out, Leo again, looked defeated.
"She is a peaceful sleeper" Virgo pointed out as she gathered up the last of the laundry "the royals are lucky they have an 'all nighter' as they say?" She smirked.
Leo nodded "already our princess is special" he said proudly, grinning like a fool, hands on his hips, standing like an idiot, he should have been the bird constellation.
"Very special indeed;" Virgo whispered.
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A little girl with crystal like blonde hair ran down the lush green hill, squealing in laughter as a pair of arms suddenly encased her and threw her into the air, sparkling silvery eyes that glinted like starlight on occasion shone, blinding everyone when she laughed, and when she laughed, it sounded like a tiny bell.
Austris spun his daughter in the air several times, throwing her up and down and catching her just in time, all while she squealed, giggled, protested through both "Daa-dyyy!" She laughed "StoooooOOP!" She laughed harder when he tickled her.
"Andromeda! Austris! It's time to eat lunch!" A melodious laugh reached them, Virgo was there instantly, Austris quickly returned to his wife and the pink haired maiden took her mistress by the hand and led her over to the blanket that was laid down on the soft grass.
The breeze blow gently, Leo and Capricorn stood on either side of the group casually watching all around them for any signs of danger, despite it being a celestial world, not just celestial beings lived there, occasionally the creatures of the underworld would pop up every now and then. Different beings from different dimensions and other worlds passed through each other, the only species that did not do so were the humans of earth.
Tiny wings that looked like feathery pink crystals unfurled from Andromeda's back and she huffed at them "will they ever get bigger?" She whined "I want to fly!" She laughed and jumped up and down in the air, her wings flapping dramatically, Ariadne laughed and grabbed her daughter around the waist holding her close, "in due time little one." She said against her daughter's hair.
"Hime?" Virgo caught the little girl's attention, holding out a small sandwich, which she snatched a little too quickly and stuffed in her face
"Thank you Virgo!" She said in between mouthfuls, she swung her arms around the pink haired spirit and hugged her tightly "you're my best friend right?" she asked, the spirit knelt down and hugged her back "always." She replied.
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A young woman laughed whole heartedly at the scene before her, a young man had fallen over in a fountain and was soaked from head to toe, and a little girl was bowled over the side laughing so hard her face was streaked with tears.
"I-I'm sooo sorry Perseus, but- but" Andromeda laughed harder, "oh my gosh it was like you were tripping forever! Hahahaha!"
The little girl laughed with her; she had reddish hair and bright purple eyes, she was covered from the neck down in feathers that was part of her skin, but flared out into a baby doll dress and were mixtures of gold's royal violet and specks of silver. She began hopping around reenacting the scene from before, hopping on one foot acting like she was about to fall, arms flailing all around her before she fell over laughing.
Leo and Capricorn were close but not too close continuously watching for any signs of danger, Virgo was busy for the day, the young man climbed out of the water, "yeah, yeah" he pouted, his hair was a deep blue color and his eyes looked aquamarine, the veins that ran up his arms glowed and had a turquoise tinge to them, the bright veins stopped just underneath his jawline; which was strong, everything about him screamed power, from the muscles that his now wet shirt clung to and rippled under the soaked fabric to the aura that radiated around him; he looked like a classic heartthrob, strong nose and cheekbones and a crooked endearing grin.
He whipped the water from his hands "can't you just dry yourself off?" Andromeda asked him, referring to his useful - I can quickly dissipate water with my mind power - he grinned mischievously at her before stalking toward her.
"What's the fun in that though?" He asked her.
The blonde backed up laughing her hands in front of her in mock defeat "don't you dare" she warned backing up as he continued to stalk her, the little girl wistfully watched them from the fountain leaning against the stone, her hand casually swirling around the water making ripples.
Perseus chased the blonde around the garden before catching her off guard and pulling her against him, shaking his head so droplets landed on her skin and she squealed trying to push away from him while he attempted to soak her from head to toe. He picked her up, his arms around her waist and carried her to the fountain, the blonde wiggled harder, "don't you do it!" she yelled at him "I swear Percy, if you drop me in that water I will send you shooting into the stars!" She warned, and laughed as he dropped her on the ground instead and tickled her into oblivion.
He stopped and gave her a chance to calm her breathing down, Andromeda stared up at him as he hovered over her, a soft smile on his face; he gently wiped a water soaked strand of hair from her cheek, leaning down lower and lower until a gasp of delight caught them off guard. They looked up to see Aria with her hands clenched to her heart and hearts swimming in her eyes "sooo cuuuuuuuttee" she fainted "I can't handle it." She sighed and the two laughed before Perseus helped his companion up and they continued with their day as if he hadn't been about to kiss her.
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"The humans are weak, uncivilized creatures!" A woman hissed at the royals, her silver hair swinging wildly, tied into a braid that reached her knees; her violet eyes flashing dangerously. A younger version of the woman stood beside her with her arms folded staring at the young princessin front of her with utter disdain.
Cassiopeia the king's sister, her husband Cepheus and their daughter coma Bernices or Bernice for short, had come to "visit'… more like complain yet again about the way Cassiopeia's brother ruled.
"I don't understand why you keep visiting the disgusting creatures, let alone offer them any assistance." Cepheus came up next to his wife and placed a hand on her shoulder, squeezing it tightly, he also had silvery hair but unlike his two companions he had royal blue eyes, they were all three dressed lavishly, and in sharp contrast to the casual wear of the royals in front of them.
Bernice flicked her eyes down to stare at Andromeda's bare feet and back up at the princess with one brow raised, the blonde grinned sheepishly.
"This is why we should have ruled in your stead, you obviously have no respect for customs according to our people; we shouldn't be stooping so low as to mingle with such things." the woman said flipping her braid back over her shoulder, grasping her husband's arm with her own.
"Well you do not rule, sister" Austris replied harshly "I do, and I think it's better this way, seeing as how low you think of other beings you consider beneath us, the humans are learning magic, at any rate they will become more and more powerful, some of them even have the capabilities of opening other planes of existence, soon they will be able to interact with us freely, it's best we greet them with friendly intentions, who knows how strong they'll get, and besides, we've established good relationships with a few of them."
He looked affectionately at his daughter who had been responsible herself for befriending the humans of Earthland, she had a way with people, she was like a beacon of light for others and he was proud of her, she smiled back at him and the girl across the room from her scoffed.
"I really wouldn't bother myself with those things." she snapped, looking just like her mother next to her. "They'll never advance far enough to be in the same category as us" she shouted, "you should stop this nonsense, if anything we should be ruling the pathetic creatures, not acting like they're our equals, what a disgrace you are to our kingdom."
"I WILL NOT HAVE YOU QUESTIONING MY RULING!" Austris bellowed, making everyone jump and step back from him, the sun in his hair blared out and struck the ground at the feet of the offenders in front of him, causing them to yelp and jump further back "if you'll excuse me we have a meeting with Earhtlands king and queen to discuss our peaceful treaty." He seethed, tired of his sister's nonsense "Get. Out." He barked, Leo and Capricorn stepped forward to escort them out, but Cassiopeia snapped at them.
'Don't touch me!" She hissed, grabbing her daughter's hand she marched out of the throne room her husband following close behind.
A light touch on his arm, signaled his daughter attempting to comfort him, he pulled her into a hug resting his chin on her head he looked at his wife worriedly.
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I hope I got all my I's dotted and T's crossed, but here we go :)
