Reviews are Nice; The pairings are NOT decided yet. I get people like Vander/Lucy, I like them too, they're adorable when she's sassy and keeps up with him, but...I really don't know if they will get together or if it will be a friendship...or how far this darkness is going to go.

I don't own Fairy Tail. Mashima Does.

I don't own the Pradesh Clan. Desna does (and thank you for them).

I own the Storyline. That's it.

On another note: I am thinking of taking on an Editor/Beta for this story. I've a lot of little things and a lot to delve into, but sometimes things don't work out quite well in my head and I'll sit and stare for a few hours trying to grasp what I want.

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Kurino was fit to be tied, again; another ball and only one dance with Farron! That little Pet was taking his attention, all of his attention. The blonde thing had to be adjusted by now, but whenever she was left alone for more than a few moments, she was shifting uncomfortably and shying away from people.

The moment Farron was at her side though, she was smiling and relaxed. It was driving Kurino crazy. That was Her Farron and he was more concerned with a stupid pet than her! Her mind was going over ways to make sure her Farron was going to be by her side.

She watched them closely most of the night, having told her father she wanted Farron to do her induction two weeks ago, but he'd claimed 'sick' and she didn't buy it. The little Pet wasn't as energetic as it normally was, almost lethargic in it's actions and her eyes narrowed as she saw the thing sniffle.

The Crown Princess had to wonder if the thing had gotten sick. That would be the only reason her Farron wouldn't do something for her. She watched as the thing let out a sneeze and then tugged on Farron's hand gently and her own blood boiled as her Farron put his forehead to the thing's own and frowned. Then the crowd seemed to converge, hiding them from view.

Kurino frowned as she heard her father talking, barely catching the few words of 'I hope she gets better' and inwardly growled. Stupid. Blonde. Pet.

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Arman pursed his lips as he talked to the doctor, nodding a bit. He barely listened, realizing what was going on. They had been pushing her to use more and more magic, but it seemed the growth that her magic wanted was too much for her body.

He gave the doctor a smile, "White Sea has more than enough resources and Grenlow is helping my other children. I will contact him." The Ambassador knew what he was going to contact the Guildmaster of White Sea about, right after he talked to Kalperden. The growth wasn't unexpected, but it was expected to take more than the six months that she'd been there. Perhaps it was all the keys? He wasn't sure, she felt strong for the most part, other than the aches and pains that even his children went through, normally with a spike of their magical power.

He stepped into her room, smiling as Cris was sitting there, playing chess and the girl tilted her head a bit, taking a breath. Brown eyes blinked and she smiled at Arman, "I'm feeling better, Hygge, really."

"Good," Arman smiled as he sat on the bed, putting a hand to her forehead. "we're going to get you some extra training for your magic."

Lucy tilted her head the other way and nodded, "okay." She moved a piece without looking at it, "Checkmate."

Cris groaned and his head fell back, "…she's worse than Farron and Kaleb."

Arman chuckled softly and shook his head, "you'll all learn well together." Though he knew that the girl needed specialized training…and hoped he was going to do the right thing.

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Going to the Academe Celestine for a Visit had the little blonde girl blinking owlishly. The pressure in her head lessened as they walked down the streets and she only half listened to Arman and the Dean talk. Her eyes half lidded at the power she could feel curl around her, it eased the ache in her chest a bit, but she could still feel it.

She wasn't aware that the flush she'd had for weeks now was lessening, but both men knew that it meant she needed to be there. It wasn't hard for her to use her magic, in fact, Columbia was on her shoulder, providing a constant drain now. She had so much to do, her studies were coming along decently well in her eyes and Master Grenlow was nice, though she always giggled when Kaleb was put into his place.

When both looked at her, she blinked owlishly, "Huh?"

The men both laughed and Arman shook his head with a small smile, "would you like to spend a bit of time here to learn?"

"How long?" The girl rocked on her feet.

Kalperden smiled warmly, "well, you'd go home on weekends, but we'll have to see how long you're here, to learn and grow."

Lucy pursed her lips and nodded a bit, "okay." She wasn't stupid, this would be lessons about her magic itself. Her nose curled when she felt the pang in her chest and held out a key letting the gold key drain her magic enough that it didn't hurt as much. "Open, Gate of the twins, Gemini."

The two 'dolls' appeared floating around the girl's head and she smiled warmly, "hey you two.." She hugged them "what do you think? Want to lear…" She blinked at the cheers and watched the two dart off. The girl hung her head and mumbled, "I think that's a yes."

The two men laughed, Arman well used to the quirkiness of the spirits that the girl called, "let's get you tested, hmm?"

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Lucy had dealt with the way that the entire family had taken her having to be at the Academe fairly well, Cris sulked and she'd had to assure them she'd be home every weekend. She needed this though, the ache in her chest eased here.

She walked towards her first set of lessons, humming to herself. She didn't want to be alone, so she had Virgo and Taurus out with her. It provided comfort and some one to talk to; because she wasn't sure she wanted to make friends just yet. She knew she was getting looks, but she'd deal with it later. This also had the added bonus of a drain on her magic container, keeping it from getting to that painful point.

Her first thing had been learning to requip her keys, and that had taken a month. She felt Safer now though, knowing that her keys were safer. She'd gotten a lot of people that wanted to be 'friends' with her, only to ask her to call out her zodiac keys and then ignore her, so she'd taken to keeping to herself. She let out a sigh as she made her way to the library and then let out a squeak as she turned a corner and ran smack into a large body. She prepared for hitting the floor and then opened an eye as she felt being caught. It wasn't her spirits, who she didn't let come into the library with her.

The girl blinked owlishly into the pale eyes and then blurted out, "you've got pretty hair." Her face turned red and she brought her hands to her face as she turned red. She knew it wouldn't be bad, but that being the first thing out of her mouth instead of an apology embarrassed her.

The young man chuckled a bit and helped set her right, "well, should I take that as the reason you ran into me?"

Lucy snorted a bit, realizing the young man was grinning as she peeked out from between her fingers, "yeah, totally…" she could feel the trepidation from being around someone not family and male, but his grin was warm and she righted herself, "…I'm Lucy."

"Hestor, Share pleasure?" He watched her and frowned a bit at her cringe, "I…said something..?"

Lucy shifted and shrugged, "haven't…gone through my induction…" She looked at the floor, "…not ready…" she smiled faintly, "waiting for my magic to be ready, I guess?"

Hestor nodded and then motioned with his head, "want to get some food?"

Lucy rubbed the back of her neck, "I came here for a book.."

Hestor chuckled, "book then food?" he knew of the girl, but there was quite a bit that the rumors hadn't covered, including the shyness that came from not being born Boscan.

Lucy nodded and then darted around him and Hestor watched with a bit of curiosity before he lazily followed after her. She had quite a bit of energy, and if this girl really had zodiac keys, it might be interesting to get close to her...and perhaps find a way to get her keys off of her. his lips curled into a smirk as she bounced ahead of him, yes, it might be fun; friends close, enemies closer, especially when you can get some keys out of the whole process.

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Five long grueling months had been hard on Lucy, even coming home on weekends where she'd curl up and snuggle hadn't been quite enough to take that edge off. Being out of the Academe, she felt the ache, though it was no where as close. She would listen to Farron as he'd tell her about everything that went on, relaxing before falling asleep midday. The blonde had become a bit of a 'night dweller' with her time at the Academe. There were all day classes, but it was hard to sleep with the power that curled around her at night.

She was still shy, but the fact that she hadn't gone through her induction had gone around, so there was no worry about that. She had made quite a few friends that were girls, but she had a threshold of being able to deal with them. More often than not, she was found having snarky conversations with Hestor, the two seeming to be at each other's throats verbally, along with some random punches, but it never went further.

Unless, like now, when the two were sparring. Both panted as their magic levels were dropping low, but neither wanted to give in. Lucy snorted as she crouched, wiping dirt off her cheek.

"would you just tap out!" Hestor growled, the slightly older mage glaring across the sparring ring.

Lucy stuck out her tongue as she slowly shifted her weight, "NOPE! Caelum!" She let out a laugh as she sprung forward, the thin sword in her hand turning into a barbed whip that sprung out, "Taurus!"

"FUCK!" Hestor dove out of the way, he did not want to be hurt by either weapon, "Sisters of Ammit! Defend!"

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Arman blinked as he stood, watching the spar, "She…has come far."

Dean Kalperden grinned, "Hestor has been an invaluable training partner for her. He's a bit older, has a bit of an Ego and it's pushed her. The two are at each other's throats some days and others they'll sit and go over magic theory."

Arman sensed something dark within Hestor, festering beneath the boy's outer layers; however, he knew that Kalperden knew what was best, he hoped at least, for his god-daughter. He gave a small nod as he watched the two spar, the spirits going at it even as the mages closed quarters on one another, snarling and fighting, "It's a bit abnormal for Celestial Spirit mages to do this, isn't it?"

Kalperden nodded, "typically, yes, they're holder mages, so many of them are not physically as strong. However, we do promote it here at the Academe, if for nothing else than to learn a deeper bond with…" The man trailed off as Hestor flew back after getting a kick planted in his stomach, "their spirits…these two…just seem to want to take it in close. I assume it has something to do with the strange…rivalry friendship they have."

Arman nodded, watching as the two summoned more spirits, "they're…fine correct?"

"Yes, the excess Magic here allows them to push a bit further…" He watched as the two continued and then everything but the two holding the same spirits was left. "Ah, It looks like they're winding down, they both have their Caelum and Scutum out…"

"I take it this happens often?" Arman was a bit worried as the two went after one another. It was obvious the older boy had an advantage of training, but seeing Lucy twist and bend out of the way of attacks was promising.

Kalperden nodded, "they push each other…" he winced as Lucy went tumbling and landed, Hestor's sword landing between her legs, "she doesn't have a good win record if it gets this far."

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Lucy let out a whine as she lay there, gasping and panting. She knew Hestor wasn't in much better shape, but she let out a frustrated sound. "FUCK!"

Hestor grinned and then his head fell back as he laughed, "you have to have your induction first."

Lucy scowled at the laughing male and brought a leg up, smacking the older youth in the head and grumbling as she rolled over and worked to heft herself to her feet, "I'm not ready yet."

Hestor stood, using the back of Lucy's shirt to pick her up and held her slightly off the ground. "we know. We know." He grinned "you'll have plenty lined up when you finally do."

Lucy rolled her eyes, flailing a bit before she was put down due to getting a foot in the larger male's stomach, "blah. Giants. All the damn giants in earthland are around me." She huffed as she started walking, rolling her eyes as the older young man slung an arm over her shoulder. "ooooooooooooff!"

"Nope," Hestor chuckled a bit as they walked, "loser buys lunch, remember?"

Lucy let out a whine as her head fell back, "ugh, I swear." The two were both smiling as they walked though.

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Arman nodded as he stood there, "so she's coming well, how long until she'll be well enough to come home?"

Kalperden looked at the Ambassador for a moment "I'd like to keep her for a few years…" He smiled at the disappointed look in the jade eyes, "But…the current classes end in two months. We'll reevaluate her then, but…between finding a friendly Rival and being here, she's come far. I'd almost wager she'd be better off learning how to use the weapons she uses Caelum to turn into."

Arman nodded, "combat can be done easily. That's part of what she will be able to pick up at White Sea."

The Dean nodded, "then I'd say that's her next step. She needs to refine the skills that she's choosing to use and learn." He smiled "and we don't promote weapon skills, we work on the magic side of learning."

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Lucy was nervous as she walked with Kaleb through White Sea, she gave half aware responses and then trailed off as she saw the training area. Her brown eyes lit up as she ran over.

"lucy…we don't …and you're not paying attention."

She looked over her shoulder at Kaleb and grinned, "look! Look at them!" her eyes were dancing as she leaned forward over the railing. "swords and whips and shields and, and…and.."

Kaleb looked amused and shook his head a bit before he patted her on the head, "well, you've been inducted into White Sea, so if you want to go see if some one can spa-" he watched as she just jumped over the railing, "Sure, go ahead, run off. The tour can wait, not like the guildmaster didn't say to give you one…" He snorted though as he leaned against the railing watching as she leaned from side to side near a few mages, looking at the weapons they were holding.

He was a bit proud that she'd come a long way in eight months. This Hestor person had helped her with her loneliness while at the Academe and apparently had helped her open up that last bit so she wasn't constantly flinching around men. He'd thank the man later, right now, he was suppressing laughter as the little blonde girl was poking at weapons and, by the confused looks on faces, chattering faster than most could process.

Kaleb smirked as a larger male with bi-colored eyes walked up behind her and plucked her up, holding her aloft under her arms. He enjoyed the calm presence of the Beastmaster and to see Lucy wriggling like a pup or kit in the man's hands? It was hilarious to him.

Lucy let out a sound as she was picked up and then let her head fall back. She blinked at the bi-colored eyes for a long, long moment before going limp. "Your eyes are pretty." Then her body seemed to relax more before she shifted her body, a foot coming back so she could push off his stomach and flip up.

She silently thanked Vander and Bickslow for keeping her into Gymnastics and acrobatics as she spun in the air and then squeaked as her leg was caught. Alright, that wasn't part of the plan. She crossed her arms over her chest as she hung, plotting and debating.

Beck chuckled slightly, he'd been doubtful when he'd heard Kaleb describe her like a feral cat, but now? She was very much as he described: curious, wriggly and wily. He lowered her and arched an eyebrow as she finally put her hands out to the ground. The male waited and internally counted off seconds before she turned.

Lucy looked up with wide eyes and a pout that made quite a few breaths catch, "…sorry?"

"Somehow," Beck cleared his throat, "I'm doubtful."

Lucy let out a low whine as she crossed her arms under her chest this time, "…damn." She looked around, "I want to learn to use a weapon better…or a few different ones." She pouted a bit more.

Beck just nodded and internally rolled his eyes. Yes, this was the type of girl that was trouble, however, hopefully he prayed, she'd be able to be tempered. He didn't know what sort of magic she used, but given how she had an obsession with weapons, he assumed it had something to do with that. Kaleb hadn't really said what type of magic his god-sister had, saying that they'd have to learn.

When the wind shifted a bit, that's when Beck barely caught it. A light smell, like the dust on a clear, cloudless, full moon night; it had become known as the smell of 'stardust' and associated with Celestial Spirit Mages and now Beck had a clear idea what the girl used. He blinked a bit as he looked down at her, "why? You have your summons.."

That, he learned was the wrong thing to say. The little girl launched herself at him suddenly and he had exactly what Kaleb described grabbing his hair and shaking him after she'd half scaled his body and wrapped her legs around his chest, "YOU DON'T USE SPIRITS AS A SHIELD!" she paused, "well…maybe Scutum…but Scutum is a shield so that's different!"

The beastmaster's head was rattling as he finally grabbed the girl and held her away from him, contorting his body a bit to avoid the kicks she had. Yup, feral cat was the only way to describe the girl when riled. "Calm down."

Her eyes narrowed as she let out a low hiss and then after a few more times of attempting to wriggle away, she went limp. "…don't wanna."

Beck chuckled a bit, "it's good that you want to learn though." Instead of putting her down, he wrapped one arm around her waist and started carrying her from the training field. The beastmaster smirked as he heard Kaleb laughing and looked up, giving the mindbender a nod.

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I was asked about Ages, and I had to truly sit and plot this all out. I had to go over essentially everything and base it off Lucy's age. I fudged around a bit trying to figure out age differences. They're probably not 100% accurate with Desna's original Source. There are some events that...Just won't be included, for obvious reasons. Before anyone asks: Yes, all of the zodiac will show up. no, not telling anyone how/when.

And Regarding those that keep requesting ships: I'm not telling, but it could be something you all expect, or...well off the wall, like Hestor/Lucy, or Beck/Lucy...and the last is very tempting, just saying.

Lucy is currently 9

Kaleb is 14 (going on 15 and his induction into the Knights, so...prepare for Jokes about how he looks incoming lol)

Farron is 15, so studies and getting ready to be an ambassador.

Bickslow is going on 13. which means the ban on seith magic is about to come into play.

Emi is 10 1/2 (just a little older than vander)

Xally is 9 1/2

Vander is 10 1/2

Zen (even though he's not in this yet) is currently 12.

Hestor is 13