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.

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Coming back to Stella had Vander absolutely on edge. The Full moon was soon and the air was full of stardust and he almost wished someone else could have been there. As it was, Zen was reigning in Lucy as much as he could, Hestor was walking along with Cris and both of them snickering and pointing, as if discussing the people they were seeing, or maybe they were talking about something else, he didn't know they were just being too quiet.

The fact that even he was feeling a little magically high was worrying. It was like there was a buzz in the air and he didn't know why. They were being escorted by a group sent by the Xing, the four young men smiling warmly and leading the group along.

When they got to the house, Li smiled warmly and bowed, "welcome! I'm so glad you could get here a little early! I can make sure there's some food you like at the banquet."

Lucy giggled a bit and bowed, "it's no issue, really, Li."

Vander knew it was getting to the others if he could feel it, but he almost felt...something coming from Cris and he knew that he shouldn't feel anything like that. None of their family, and Lucy, were affected by his moon drunkenness because they were kin.

Li blushed as Cris leaned over, lightly kissing her hand, "It is a pleasure to be here." he grinned up at her and purred, vander hearing the tone in his voice and taking a breath.

"Lady Xing," He smiled as he gently tugged his brother back, "I...would suggest we move somewhere isolated...Cristoff…"

Li looked at Vander, giving him a very soft smile, "He is the Lunar Dragon Slayer...and I am sure that the New Year's festival and a Full moon at the same time is very trying on him. Why do we not get you all settled into your suite and then we can discuss the plans for tomorrow night and the next day?"

Vander gave a small nod. The woman was composed, he would give her that, but he could see her eyes dilating a bit. The Shadowquip figured that people in Stella weren't affected by the stardust in the air simply because they were always around it, but it still bothered him, so there was something truly big going on, maybe it was just the Lunar New Year coming?

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The 'Suite' That they were lead to was actually in the Temple itself and Vander, couldn't help but glance at the Temple Priests and Priestesses. They moved around with a grace that even he had to admire...and it also didn't help that he was still swearing up and down that Cris' moon drunkenness was actually affecting him.

What made them all pause though, was the actual statue of Mehturt. It stood there, the arms of the woman folded in front of her as if praying, with fingers gently splayed just above the cleavage off the statue, the hair was flowing, some of it 'floating' which he guessed was damn hard for the sculptor to do. It was the features of what he could tell were a very ancient statue that floored him: It looked remarkably like Lucy. From the small smile, to the nose, to the cheekbones. It tossed his mind a few years into the past, to that night that Farron had taken Lucy to the one ball Kurino had been at.

Really thinking, Vander realized that back then, he had truly started to love her. Not because of how she was dressed, but because of the way she'd radiated and simply looked like she had come out of the night sky. He thought of her as a beacon in the voids now, something to always bring him home and, as he recalled them rescuing Zen, the voids considered that as well. He didn't understand it, just like he didn't understand his magic. There were basics that were known about his magic, things he had learned over the years of growing, pushing it, seeing what he could do with it, but...most Shadowquips didn't live as long as he did, there were...no records of what they could actually do at their peak and he was learning as he went when it came to fine turning it.

He tilted his head as he looked at the statue that was in a curtained alcove and then pursed his lips, he didn't know what made him do it, but he pulled them back with the cord that was there. Two faceless statues were there, but the Symbol of Ra and Set were on the belts that they wore. Each had a hand out, as if they were there to steady Mehturt if she needed it, but not wanting to actually do it until she needed it.

"We normally do not pull those back."

The Voice made Vander jump, shadows rising up at his beck and call, and he stared at Xiao as the man stood there calmly, "...what...is this?"

Xiao smiled faintly, "Stella..has an interesting Pantheon. These three are called The Gods of The Sky. The Sun, The Stars and The Chaotic Void." he motioned to the statues, "This is the Temple of Mehturt so the two are not given a lot of detail, but the stories say she is guarded almost to the point of being coveted by the two." He smiled faintly.

Vander swallowed, "...why does...this statue look like Stardust?"

"Stardust?"

Vander cleared his throat, "Sorry, Lucy, it's an old nickname for her."

"Ah," Xiao smiled faintly, "we don't know. It was here before the Xing Family came to Stella. The likeness is...purely coincidental, I assure you." the man stared up at the statue, "we became dedicated to Mehturt as a family when we came here, apparently Lady Lucy looks much like her ancestor…" he paused, "and her mother." His brow furrowed, "The Heartfilia women all look very much alike, no matter the generation or other genetics that have entered the body."

"That…" Vander frowned, "That's…"

"Strange? Weird? abnormal? " Xiao shrugged slightly, "we're aware, it makes little or no sense that it happens, generation after generation. It's something that I have always wondered about."

"You better not do anything to her," Vander's voice was hard as he stared at the man, eyes narrowing and glowing just a bit.

Xiao held up his hands, "I won't. We won't." his voice was firm, soft and it made Vander calm a bit, "we owe her family everything. We would...never harm her, never get in her way. To us…" He motioned to the statue, "though she is not Mehturt...she is the living embodiment of a goddess from a line of them that spared our family, over four hundred years ago, Mister Pradesh." he gave a very small smile, "we would all die for her if something were to come after her while she were in Stella."

Vander swallowed thickly, "...for something her ancestor did?"

The other man stood there, looking at the statue, "without her ancestor doing that, we would not be here. We owe our lives to that woman from long ago, a life debt that each and every one of us bears. As many Xing as there are...all six hundred of us would stand between her and Anubis if the God came for her, offering up as many of our lives that it took to keep her from death."

Vander pursed his lips as he stood there, looking at the statue for a long moment before he spoke softly, "...that's...such damn dedication for someone you don't know…"

Xiao looked at Vander, "it's not just dedication...I'm sure you understand love, Mister Pradesh." his lips quirked softly, "we all were raised to unconditionally love each other and to love the Heartfilia line."

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The Celebration started early in the day, cheering, music, everything Vander had decided should go with a New Year's Party. The fact that he woke up with a swimming head and it had taken him a few moments to actually focus past the Libido that he knew he could control a hell of a lot better normally? He was in a bit of a mood.

Lucy and Hestor were sitting in a large, open room that had pillows and a sunken area, looking through a book together and laughing. He could see that they were simply more magic drunk than the first time they'd come. The fact that they were all wearing Stellan clothing should bother him, but at the same time, it was a nice change from their normal clothes.

A young woman was sitting behind the two, slowly brushing Lucy's hair and styling it, a pile of hair pins at her knee. If it weren't for the fact that Vander was edgy, he'd think nothing of it, but overall, he felt like there was something going on. His eyes looked around and he smiled as he finally saw Zen, it had taken a bit of moving around but his brother was settled into the inset of pillows and using Lucy's lap as his head rest. He felt the strange jealousy rising and pushed it down as much as he could. Zen was his brother and he was happy that he'd found some sort of peace with Lucy...even if he was so damn jealous that she was spending more and more time with others in her free time.

Yes, he knew he loved her, loved her more than he could fathom, but he knew he couldn't...lock her away and keep her alone. She needed to be around others and, if he was honest, others needed her. Hestor was one such person; the darkness within the Celestial mage was kept at bay by being around her and it kept the void shades from clamouring for him; Kaleb was always more light hearted around her, Farron always just a bit more open it seemed and Cris? Immaculate Light, she was Cris' whole world some days, especially when things got hard on him. He'd caught them reading romance novels together, or rather Lucy reading to him as he sat. Emi still adored Lucy, but her mate had given her a way to not be always checking on the smaller blonde. He absently wondered about Xally, but it seemed when the two got together, they were just like sisters, so he had no doubts that they were still close, even as they'd gotten older.

He moved to sit on the other side that Hestor wasn't on and gently ran his fingers along her cheek, smiling as she looked up at him, "hey, what are you reading?"

Lucy smiled warmly and leaned over, lightly kissing Vander, "the story of the three gods of this region of Stella."

"Oh?" He tilted his head as he pulled back, eyes soft as he watched her. If he had a real weakness, past his family, she would be it...and he was glad Grandace didn't know.

She nodded and smiled, "The three of them are worshiped both alone and then...together."

"Together?"

Lucy nodded and smiled warmly, "Yes, they're...like...a Trinity of the Sky." her eyes were soft, "Ra, the great sun, Mehturt, the stars and Set the darkness between it all. It's amazing, Van."

"Oh? What makes it so amazing, Stardust?" He looked at her in amusement and smiled warmly.

The woman grinned, almost impishly as she sat there, "it's like the three of us." she gently motioned between herself, Vander and Zen.

Vander let out a low hum "I see." He couldn't help but smile at her, despite how...cryptic that sounded. The fact that Zen was lounging and relaxing without a care. He could see that his brother was just relaxed.

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As the moon rose, more people came into the temple, a large gathering and Cris' moon drunkenness had turned into something more and even Vander was fighting something that he had heard of, but never actually felt before. It tore through him as the Ceremony continued and it was obvious that Cris was falling into his normal Full Moon Amorous state.

Hestor had been drawn off and was talking to a few women who were rather touchy, the man's eyes half lidding as he spoke, though it was obvious that the flush on his features wouldn't leave him talking much longer at all.

Cris had been 'escorted' to a room off the main temple by a few dozen of the priestesses and the moans that were filling the air were not helping Vander's head. Of course, It didn't help that Lucy was curled between Zen and himself and he couldn't really stop his hands. Hell, Zen, who was more reserved around the blonde than most people he knew was letting his hands skim along the lightly tanned flesh.

The moans that fell from Lucy's lips was not helping, nor the mewls of need and that was fueling...whatever was coming over them. It was nothing for them to share, he'd shared quite a bit with all of his brothers, Zen included more than just that one time with Lucy, but there was a very small part of him that didn't want to share at the moment. He was, however, afraid of what would happen if he did try to push Zen away.

So lost in the haze, Vander didn't know when their clothing was stripped away, or who did the stripping, all he knew was that the more flesh he could touch, the better everything was. Lucy's gasps of pleasure were filling the air and that sound was taking over his mind, letting the strange effects of what was being reverberated through the air, doubled or tripled and simply backwashing from Cris' state.

The sexual haze simply made everything going on 'right', even as he and Zen both moved to pleasure the mewling blonde and looking at her with the full moonlight shining against her skin, he couldn't help but fully let himself sink into what was going on. Even as a Shadow started to curl over the moon and the Eclipse that none of them knew about started.

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Li and Xiao sat near the trio of statues, watching and leaning against one another. Their bodies hot, but they watched the three move together in a dance of sensuality that they knew was probably best shown off by Boscans. The two Boscan men, despite working for their own pleasure, were bringing the blonde to new heights and the magic that the Lunar slayer brought to the air was only making it more palpable.

The stardust motes were dancing in the light of the moon and then they suddenly started to grow brighter. The two looked up from the writhing trio and both couldn't help but moan as they saw the eclipse start. The golden part of their eyes lighting up as the planets that were in alignment came into view, creating a heavenly scene that had both of them basking and the moans from the side room with the slayer in it growing to new heights.

The world seemed to hush other than sounds from the three that were in the one spot of the temple that was made to fully take in the star and moon light and as it first grew dark, the light shimmer of gold filled the air, being joined by silver and tendrils of darkness that had their eyes going wide in awe and lust.

The magic continued to build, spreading a blanket that multiplied what the Lunar Slayer was putting off, but adding an underlying warmth as Lucy's body arched in pleasure. The twins sat there, enraptured as the two men were pulled over the edge and the world seemed to still for a moment. They knew it was only a fraction of a second, but it seemed to stretch indefinitely until an almost concussive wave of celestial power was pushed out. They watched each of three, noting what was going on to write it down as the eclipse ended and magic washed over the area, the moonlight shining down over the three like an ethereal gause to see through

Zen's wings were flared wide and a glow came from within him, eyes rolling back in his head as he gasped out his end. Vander's eyes were glowing as shadows whipped around them, meeting Zen's wings and creating a protective cocoon about the Trio. Lucy was glowing from within, her soul seeming to reach out to both, curling into them as the marks on her arms glowed. The shadows whipped and changed, curling into a set of batlike, yet not exactly demonic looking wings that seemed to have the stars themselves in them to solidify the cocoon more, protecting the light bathed woman within.

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Hestor looked up from where he was recovering from a round of intimacy as the felt the force, eyes going wide. He knew the power he was feeling and he stood, ignoring the priestess around him before he stumbled to the doorway of the room and looked out.

He saw Cristoff in the corner of his eye, he could see the stunned look in the features of the other man before he looked back to the cocoon of magic and gaped at what he saw. This wasn't anything he was expecting, but he could feel the power just radiating and knew that getting close was not an option. He could feel the aftershocks of the magical...whatever the hell this was and it was all he could do to keep on his feet.

He saw Cristoff's eyes roll back a bit and looked towards the other man, seeing hands rolling along his sides and he was going to say something as another aftershock rolled over them and hands curled up his back. It was back again, the moon drunken sexuality, only it seemed to blow his mind completely away this time as he was drug back into the room.

Cristoff tried to fight, taking a few steps before the magic that rolled in waves off the three overwhelmed him and the hands sliding across his skin beckoned him further back into the room. His own state overrun as he purred and turned, rational mind losing to instincts.

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Kaleb shot up in bed, eyes wide as he tried to figure out what was wrong then let out a cry as he brought a hand to his head. Power pulsed through it, slamming into him and his eyes flew wide as he realized it was coming from the light links he had with Zen, Cris and Lucy. The man rolled to his feet, groaning softly as he felt lust, much like he'd heard other's exposed to Cris at the full moon, describe slam into him.

The man groaned as he stumbled out of his room and down the hallways, unsure what was going on. "Andros!" the call was both mental and outloud to get the archive mage's attention. He needed to know what was going on while attempting to keep his mind clear. It wasn't working and as he stumbled down the hallway, he groaned as he felt an arm curl around him.

He looked up and while he didn't want to lead Beck on, he couldn't help but plant the question within the beastmaster's head and drag him into a kiss. He would deal with the Archive mage later, right now? Right now, the man was dealing with whatever feedback was overwhelming him from his siblings in Stella.

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Emi purred as she curled against Gajeel, grinning as she rolled her hips slowly, eyes rolling back as pleasure and then something else spun over her.

The Iron Dragon Slayer felt it and concern before it overwhelmed him and he let out a snarl, growling as he surged up, the two grappling for dominance that was rarely truly fought over anymore.

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Xally paused in what she was writing, letting out a low sound as she waved a hand at her face. She knew the signs of what was going on and while she rarely denied them, it was a sudden onset. She slowly walked to the window, frowning as she saw the eclipse and murmuring, "...I wonder…"

She could leave her room and go out and find a companion for the evening, but she walked back to the desk, pulling out a book and starting to write quickly, even as she felt her mind slowly becoming overwhelmed. If she got it down and then moved out to find someone, that was fine, getting this down was the most important thing there was.

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Arman rolled in his sleep, having just enjoyed a relaxing night of pleasure. His dreams drifted off to younger years and as his aid moved to make sure everything was calm for the night, a single name fell from the man's lips "Ganier…"

His mind half woke when he heard movement, but the dreams of his former wife drug him back down into the depths where the passion and love they felt ran through his mind, igniting the boscan blood within him.

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Farron looked up and towards Stella, frowning a bit and then closing off the link to a bare minimum as he felt...something come through. His nostrils flaring a bit as he sat there and he licked his lips slowly. The blue eyed man slowly ran his hand over his mouth, wondering what it was that was looped back through his link with Kaleb and the rest of his family, but it had him worried.

He turned to his files, grabbing a few up as he frowned deeper and started looking into what he requested from the Academe Celestine...if only to know if there was something that may be going on with the stars. It had only just arrived and as he read the first few pages, he realized that the group going there was a very, very bad thing. The pulse of magic just made him realize that calling any alarms would be too late. He didn't know what it was, but he knew the feeling in his soul, something that was calling, urging him, but he shook it away, he couldn't, wouldn't give into it.

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Out in the Ocean, as the faint pulse of magic curled over the world from Stella...there was a thrum. A single point beneath the waters seemed to resonate with it...creating ripples...then seeming to settle, as if answering the magical call.

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Thus..one pairing confirmed.