"Bright Eyes." Cobra whispered staring at her intensely. Determination lit his face as he stalked towards her, he ate up any space that could be between two people. One arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her flush against him, the other softly cupped her cheek. "You have no fucking idea how much that question alone means to me. Fuck. In all my time all I've ever wanted was someone who wanted to be with just me. Just Cobra. To stand by my side against whatever comes our way. If you will have me it would make me the happiest mother fucker alive." He whispered to her.

Lucy could feel her heart about to burst from her chest. Oh the irony. How two completely and totally different people come together just wanting the same thing. To be accepted to be loved, to be able to be themselves and never worry about that person leaving them. Tears started to cloud her vision as she stared up into his gem green eye. She saw happiness, desperation, and determination. Clutching herself to his chest and holding on for dear life all Lucy could do was close the gap between their mouths.

She wanted to drowned in Carmel coffee. She could live her life completely and totally consumed by the man in front of her. No more fear, no more worry. Her imperfectness would balance his. He craved to be with her as much as she craved to be with him. She knows he is a wandering spirit and more than likely will join her on her quest. She could see it in his face, even as his breath left him in puffs and the softness crinkled at the edge of his eye and lips yet no smile completely took over his face. Never before had Lucy felt to completely and totally free. Lucy wished with all she was that never would they be separated or lost, for they had found each other.

A soft golden light started to encompass the pair, warm and soothing it brushed against their skin. Tickling and gently caressing them, embraced them like they were embracing one another. All their darkness all their dispair started to wash from them like water. Lucy and Cobra kept their foreheads touching and staring into each others eyes, deep breaths. The light filled them, no fixing but tying together their broken pieces, creating stronger bonds. Their once silent singular beings felt one another. Their souls shine and sung together, meshing in one blinding light between the two before splitting and rushing back. Light shined on both of their left collar bones.

A practically silent gasp leaving Cobras mouth as the light died down to reveal a two inch long maroon snake with two bright green eyes along Lucy collar bone. Cobra couldn't help but reach up to run his fingers lightly across the mark, amazed as it shifted just the smallest amount.

Lucy own gasp was much louder, she couldn't tear her eyes away from the golden key about two inches long across Cobra collar bone. It was thin and somewhat in the shape of a cursive 'L'. The bottom of the 'L' was closest to the center of his chest and had an additional line right above the end of the letter for what made it look more like a key having that second prong. On the top of the 'L' was a little golden crown. The color was beautiful contrast against his delicious skin.

A pop sounded letting the duo know of an arriving spirit. Leaning back from one another Lucy was surprised to see Capricorn standing a few feet away.

"Miss Lucy." He greeted with a slight bow.

"Yes Capricorn?" She asked, still slightly bewildered that he just popped up.

"By now you would think I'd be over seeing you do the impossible." He responded with a small barely noticeable twitch at the side of his mouth.

"Okay...?" She said back.

"Fuck Bright eyes..." She heard Cobra mumble.

"I've come to inform you that you have just successfully, without any prior knowledge, performed a celestial bond. One that none of Earthland has done in hundreds of years."

Lucy could feel her jaw drop and eyes widen.

"You can't be serious? Momma talked about it as a bedtime story. About how if you... if you uhm..." She trailed off looking at Cobra wearily.

"Yes.. if you love someone enough you can tie your souls together in an everlasting bond.." Capricorn said without softening the blow any.

Lucy winced as he said it so casually and feared looking up at Cobra, yes they had just discussed giving each other to one another but they hadn't talked about... love. A firm but gentle finger under her chin lifted her face towards his. The glimmering in his eye and ghost of a smile on his face washed all of her black thoughts away. He was okay with it. Letting out a sigh Lucy returned her gaze to her spirit.

"Of course this bond does not have to be romantic it can just be like a homing beacon for those you care about. Just be careful, the soul can only split so many times before it's no longer your own." He said with a pointed look at Lucy. She couldn't help but giggle nervously.

"May the stars guide you in this new adventure." He finished before bowing and proofing away.

"So, you got room in this house for a dragon?" Cobra asked to break the silence.

A smile broke across Lucy face. "Of course I have room for you." Laughing and twirling away from Cobra, she gave him a cheeky smile before farting down to her room. With a growl the dragon gave chase, laughter filled the hall ways.

The rest of the afternoon the duo talked about plans and what to do. Cobra admitted he needed to speak with his team, invite them over in the next few days in order to discuss his leave. He liked being a part of Crime Sorcere but in reality, he made a promise to be in this together with Lucy and that's what he will do. Lucy admitted that she wanted to quit Fairy Tail too, but she needed income and had no rep as a solo mage so until she could get that there wouldn't be many jobs for them. Even with these restrictions they talked about travel, where they wished to go and what they wanted to achieve.

Cobra listened intently as she described her hunt for her lost key Aquarius, he thought the verbiage the spirits used was also leading to somewhere with water. It seemed like they would be hitting up beaches here for a while, not that he could complain. Cobra has seen the sliver of shadowing in Lucys eyes when she talked about tracking down her lost key, he knew how important her keys are to her and he didn't need to be a mind reader to recognize truth bending. He left it alone though, he didn't see any harm in it as of right now.

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Elsewhere two figures stood at the edge of the cave, the desert sands strongly whipping around outside. Their long cloaks and multiple layers protecting them.

"Did you hear? She's on the hunt for the key." One said.

"Yes, I heard." The other replied calmly.

"Do you know how much power we would have if we can get her on our side?" The first asked.

"Yes, I do." The second replied.

"Boss says it'll be an easy opportation, we just need to get her out of the country and into ours. Do you think she will fall for the fake?" The first asked.

"Yes, I know so." The second responded.

"Did you..." The first started.

"Did you know if you don't shut your goddamn trap I'll sue it closed for ya?" The second snapped. The wind outside turning harsher as the magic pressure intensified.

"How the hell did I end up with a bloody idiot like you?" The second groaned, grabbing the ankle of the passed out person and dragging it further into the cave.

"Just work with em, they said. They're good at what they do, they said. Their braun and skill make up for their lack of intelligence, they said. Do I look like a friggin babysitter?" The one grumbled.

"Blimey what the hell do they feed this thing?"

"This princess of the stars better be fucking worth it, think I pulled a muscle in my back dragging this stupid lot." The person sneered.

"Going through a lotta trouble to have my wish granted. If this doesn't work... I'm not sure what we will do."

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Across the continent.

Cris could feel the magic pulses through the water, it is somewhere here... if Xally was here she would find it in no time. But of course, he had to be the one to be pushed into the sea. Cristoff was honestly surprised he would feel it at all, and yet the magic was similar to his own. It was getting to be late and even with his dragon blood plumping through his veins the chill was starting to cut into his skin.

Winters aren't necessaryily cold in Bosco but those winds could really go right through you, it didn't help he is waist deep in sea water. Luckily the house was literally only yards behind him. But he just couldn't get the humming out of his head, that is what had dragged him from his warm bed and into the chilly waters. It was like a siren song that didn't quite form words, soothing yet dangerous and lonesome in its tune. He wanted to find the object and cradle it to his chest, causing it to stop its wailing.

The darkness however wasn't helping and neither was the area of the sea it pulled him to. It was deep, very very deep into the sea. Somewhere there maybe in the underground carvern, not that he had ventured there since he was a child. After about an hour of getting nowhere Cris decided to call it a night, he would remember to look again tomorrow.

Welcome Pradesh fam, thank you DESNA. I guess I can't help it, one of these days I will write a Fairy Tail story with normal characters. Also just so you all know, this will probably be the last of sappy Co, I totally believe with all my heart this is how he would be in real life. So if you have a problem with it (insert shrugging emoji here.) He's still sexy even as a sweet heart. Also btws this is my first attempt at a real story arch, so please be kind and give me pointers if you want! Follow, fav and review. Lots of love! Write on!