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. Apparently I have also adopted "Good Hestor".

I also own All Things "Bellum" in this Story. it's my original creation, including the characters within the country.

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The three figures stood there, features still unable to be really seen as they waited. The smaller of the three looking like she simply wanted to collapse. It was the hands of the larger two supporting her that were obviously grounding her and keeping her standing. Despite the fury that she radiated, the sadness was almost overwhelming.

When Cassiopeia slowly came forward through a set of doors, she looked around. There was first a curious look in her eyes, then fury as she looked towards Hestor, seeing how Kaleb was holding onto him and lastly, utter horror when she took in the bodies. Her hands went to her mouth and she shook her head.

The small figure stepped forward, "Cassiopeia, Sister of Orion, helper in the creation of Archangel Magic fit to be wielded by Humans." She seemed to stare at the spirit who was now shaking, "you are charged with gathering rare Celestial Mages that were led to slaughter by a greedy human, as well as interfering with The One Magic."

"no...I didn't mean for this-" Cassiopeia waved a hand, voice panicked, "I would never! I wanted what was best for the Archangels! You should know this by now!"

"You interfered with The One Magic's Plan for the Archangels and for Human hearts, Cassiopeia, not once, but twice, causing them to go extinct after the Holy war...and nearly again this time, now that the DNA has found compatible Celestial mages to bring the power out." The female continued to speak, pain and sorrow lacing the voice, "we can no longer allow this to go unpunished. We know what you did with the generation before, young star, placing a curse upon one of the cherished lines to not have offspring unless it was with one blooded of archangels. You are Lucky that she had interaction with one of the Blooded, or my displeasure would have been shown much earlier."

The redeyed male spoke, "That was a forbidden act."

"I…" The Spirit looked between the three, "Great Mother, Great Fathers…"

"Enough," The warm voiced male spoke, "the creation and separation of the realms and the pact we made…has kept our interaction very limited." He motioned towards the shrouded bodies, "of these Eleven, Eight were of the lost houses. The last of their Genetic line, Cassiopeia. We cannot recover those bloodlines now."

The spirit seemed to shrink under the perceived stare and looked down, murmuring, "I didn't...mean...it...I just...wanted...what was best-"

The icy voice cut the air, "What you thought was best. The One Magic was instilled for a reason, child!" he didn't seem to back down as the spirit curled in on herself a bit more, "what you have done was crossed the very laws of the Cosmos." He 'glanced' towards the Brothers and Sisters, all of whom looked among themselves and there was a faint sigh as Kek-t came forward.

"You nearly killed the one Mage in three generations that has enough power to summon The Hall of Two Truths, Cassiopeia. Until now, it has had to be a tribunal that is constantly refreshed when one Mage goes into Darkness. The Great Mother, The Great Fathers and the Hall of Two Truths demands recompense."

"Your key shall be destroyed," The Robed woman spoke again, "your status and named Stripped. You shall serve the void palace of Set until your crimes are made up for."

"My name...but-!"

"Your Name," The Ice cold voice spoke as the red eyed male looked down at the spirit, "You have no more use for it. A New Cassiopeia will be inducted. It is past due anyway."

Cassiopeia let out a yell, before a black orb surrounded her and then...with a sound that was..nothing and yet everything, she was gone.

"Now the Mortal."

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Dean Kalperdan was dealing with a small crisis as the stars of the Constellation Cassiopeia seemed to dim to almost nothing, as if a void had taken over the area. The entire Academe was pouring through old texts, the Star readers in a flurry as everyone wanted to simply know what was going on.

The man stood as he held a book in his hands, reading the text over and over.

'It is said, that there are times when the spirits behind the stars are relieved of their duties. During this time, their stars in the sky dim, to next to nothing. Fear not, for this means one of two things: The Spirit stepped down, or they did something that Equates to High Treason in the Celestial Realms. This phenomenon is natural, for even Spirits, in their infinite lives, are not without fallacy.'

The man looked back at the sky, fingers on the text of the ancient book. The Author's first name long faced past the first letter. However, H. Filia was one, supposedly, one of the first Celestial Mages. He truly trusted the recounting, but at the same time dreaded what was happening.

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Hisui slowly groaned as she woke and looked around, green eyes widening as she took in the scene around her, "what…"

Genbu spoke, "Hisui E Fiore, you are hereby charged with crimes of High Treason against the Celestial Realms."

The green eyes narrowed as she looked at the Spirit, "I do not know what you speak of."

The Spirit just slowly arched an eyebrow, "You are responsible for the deaths of Eleven Celestial Mages, abuse of Magical Artefacts that have caused at least five thousand deaths of Humans within the City of Crocus, The Killing of an Archangel's Mate." the male spirit would not sugar coat it, "The last reduced to attempted murder as the actions of the Blessed Human Vander Pradesh brought him back from Charon's fingers."

Hestor let out a small sound, eyes closing at the words and he curled into Kaleb a bit more, almost reflexively as he felt the pain from the mindbender. After a few pregnant moments of silence he murmured, "I'm here. I'm alive, Kaleb, you saved me, hero."

Kaleb snorted softly, "not a hero, just a man that would do anything for the one he loves."

"While, typically, you would be judged by the Hall of Two Truths, many saw these acts in progress, our hands tied due to Celestial law because, other than kidnapping, until this day, you did not harm them." Genbu stood there, "The Great Mother has called upon Ancient law, demanding Recompense."

"...what will that be?" Hisui drew herself up regally, refusing to look as terrified as she felt.

The cloaked woman spoke, "your physical Death, your soul tortured for all of eternity in the heart of a dying star. You cannot deny what you did, child, your soul belongs to me now, let your agony start." there was no sympathy in her voice even as a scream of terror and pain ripped out of Hisui's throat before a tarnished orb floated from her body and to the three. The woman didn't reach out, but the golden eyed male did, taking the orb and she nodded, "Judgement is concluded. Return them to the mortal realm."

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When they could breathe again, the group of five was back on the roof of Mercurius, Lucy was shaking as she looked at the now still body of the once crown princess, "Stars…"

"Who...were they?" Kaleb said, tone even, but he refused to let Hestor move too much, almost afraid that the three would appear again.

Hestor let out a small huff as he pushed a bit to get breathing room, "The Great mother and the great Fathers."

At the confused sound, it was vander that spoke, "Mehturt, Ra and Set. The three gods of the Heavens."

Lucy let out a shuddering breath, "...is it...all over?"

Zen nodded as he sat there, "yes, just...rebuilding...and I suppose Dad will have some work to do here, especially with the crown princess dead...the country will need to...restructure."

Lucy curled up a bit more between Zen and Vander and just tried to stop the shaking of her body. She hadn't been able to move due to the power and emotions coming off the three beings and it scared her. She had felt serenity, but also anger, vengeance, so many emotions that she didn't ever wish to meet them again.

"Can we go to the consulate…? I need chocolate," Lucy whimpered after a few moments, getting soft chuckles.

Hestor smiled, "I second that...this is a chocolate moment."

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While they had all wanted to go back to Bosco, Cris being holed up and apparently mated had set things back a bit. They had to wait for an airship to be cleared by national security...unless they wished to take the trains. That was a very big 'no' from all off them. Vander could have taken them easily, but he didn't feel quite settled into his skin again after the meeting of the three beings in the Celestial realm.

He'd spent hours meditating, trying to figure out the change and shift in his magic, but it was always just out of grasp and it made him feel...strange. He didn't want to risk void jumping with someone only for it to go bad.

It had been a week and Kaleb was out in the back area of the consulate with Zen, working on his flying. Hestor and Lucy were curled up, the two truly having been through an ordeal. If he was a jealous man, he'd assume they were closer than he knew. However, the constant snaps at Kaleb and his brother being edgy had shot that down within the first two days. The two mages needed each other. It had taken five days for them to say why and it was Lucy helping Hestor with his magic. The change in him had his magic in a very uncontrollable state and he was worried.

Lucy explained that on top of what Hisui had done, his third origin had finally opened, so they had to deal with that as well. It was going to be a slow process, but Vander knew that it would work out.

"C'mon, do the chicken dance," Hestor called out, voice teasing as he leaned back into a pile of pillows set out for himself and Lucy.

Lucy snickered as she lay across Hestor, head nestled under his chin, "do it!"

Kaleb scowled as he looked over his shoulder at the two, "really you two? Really?"

they started humming the dreaded song, lips curling in shit eating grins as their arms came up and they half assedly did the motions.

Kaleb groaned as he let his head fall back when he saw Vander behind them actually doing the dance fully. He couldn't help but mumble, "...i regret some life choices...mostly giving them things to tease me about."

Zen smirked as he crossed his arms on his chest, "you get used to it, it balances out their souls, which will help you."

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Arman pulled out folders and looked at them for a moment, smiling faintly. Kaleb had requested them and he knew that his son was not one to jump into things. It had taken a few hours of them explaining exactly what happened and then he realized that his son had probably been fighting the feelings for longer than he realized.

They'd all met Hestor a long time ago, the darkness to the man making him wary, but Arman had seen how the young man would claw out of that darkness when around his children, and Lucy. There was such a connection between the two Celestial Mages that he was almost in awe of it. Lucy was the Light, The Northern Star, Hestor was the dark blade hanging, ready to strike for justice if needed.

The ambassador sat there, realizing how dark of a life the man could have gone down, had he not found Lucy and become friends. Much was revealed during their friendship, things that were obviously well kept secrets by the man's mother that she had never intended to tell him. The folder in Arman's hand was proof enough for that. The contacts that he'd gone through...and then through other channels when he'd first seen Kaleb show interest had gotten back to him about the time that his son was trying to scramble to recover the emotional connection that he'd never severed.

While Kaleb had many resources, what Hestor's family, the Xings, had done when he'd contacted them about the two getting married had floored Arman. The man was given the deed to a parcel of land, just inside Stella about forty miles north of where Hestor had grown up, it had a small cottage...and a mine on it that contained both Stellarium and Lacrama. He could only wonder about the value as he worked on the paperwork for the wedding of the two. Such things were rarely given a value until they were gone into and the mine hadn't been touched in over three decades.

After a moment's pause, he mumbled, "...I should be afraid...Kaleb now has a source of Lacrama that he doesn't have to buy…"

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The Family that was in Crocus was all gathered around the table, relaxing and Lucy pursed her lips, "...hey...has anyone seen Bixy since the big fight a few weeks ago?"

Kaleb frowned a bit shaking his head, "no, I haven't felt anything painful from him...pleasure only. I assume he's just trying to work off the edge that nearly dying created."

"Huh," Lucy hummed as she sat there, "he still normally checks in… maybe I should see if Virgo can track him down…"

Hestor snorted, "behave, let the man unwind."

"Boo!" Lucy pouted a bit as she put a bit of food in her mouth and mumbled, "we should be able to hear the girly shriek within a ten mile radius…"

Cris rolled his eyes and shook his head, looking at Risley, "welcome to the Family...Lucy's…"

Risley chuckled a bit, "I like her. She knows what she wants."

The blonde leaned forward a bit to look at the only other woman there, "oh, Stars do I know what I want...we should talk shop sometime." she paused, "You, Hes, me…"

Hestor chuckled softly, "we'll have to get some wine…"

Lucy nodded, leaning back, "how about in two days? Gives us plenty of time to decide on a wine." she cast a look at Zen and Vander, "girls only...well Girls and Hestor." Lucy grinned, "and there are some things that we really have to talk about…" Her brows moved up and down suggestively.

Hestor choked on a bite of food, scowling, "we're at the table. That can wait."

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Bickslow groaned as he slowly woke up. He was barely aware of where he was, but he let out a breath. He was sore, but in a good way and he slowly looked around before he saw a raised dragon on his arm and slowly blinked. When his fingers moved to gently trace it, his eyes went wide at the growling purr from next to him.

His head moved to the side and he stared at the man that was laying there, a grin on his lips, "ready for another round, huh?"

Bickslow saw the fangs first and his eyes went a bit wide, "dragon...slayer?"

"Mmhmm, you're my mate," The man grinned wider and his eye danced as he reached out, grabbing the boscan and yanking him down, "now...since you're ready for another round…"

Bickslow groaned into the kiss in pleasure. He knew the man, hadn't gotten close, ,but heard Laxus talk about the one known as Cobra quite a few times. He couldn't complain...past really not knowing one another, but hell, they could work on that...magic chose them to be together after all.

Notes:

so...we now know where bixy's been...LOL

and yes, welcome to kaleb's new life.

A lot of information, including showing how the real world was affected by what happened, Via the Dean and Academe.