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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Farron blinked as he walked out for his morning run, seeing the redhead sitting on the stairs leading off the porch with her head tilted towards the sun. her eyes were closed and she seemed serene. He watched her for a moment, just taking in how the light played over her and realized that he really was getting too invested too fast. Could someone fall in love in a month? He sighed inwardly. Yes, they could. They could fall in love in a day, that had happened with his father and mother. He closed his eyes to try and gather himself

He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't hear the shift of the woman's hair as she turned, "Ambassador, good morning."

He opened his eyes and smiled, "Farron is fine, Liljana. I'm not the only ambassador in the house."

She slowly blinked at him and nodded, "alright, Farron, feel free to call me Lily. I feel we are...close enough that you may do so." she blushed a bit as she stood, rolling to her feet.

"Are you always up this early?" Farron smiled, watching her as he stood there, "would you like to join me on a run?"

The woman smiled, "close, depends on the time of the year." She chuckled, "I rise with the sun and enjoy warm blankets when it goes down." the redhead tilted her head, "Ah, well, it has been awhile, but I should be able to keep up...perhaps, I don't trust this sand."

The two laughed and turned, farron starting to jog. The pace was slower than normal, at least until Lily found the proper way to run in the sand, then she smirked, slapped him on the ass and took off. Farron stumbled half a step and let out a growl as his eyes darkened a bit.

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Coming back from the jog and seeing everyone that had stayed the night either swimming or sparring, save Lucy and Risley, who looked completely content to be curled up in blankets and dozing in the lounges should not have caught Farron off guard. It was natural in the house...even Lucy sleeping during these early morning sessions.

Lily tilted her head as she watched, "oh, is everyone up in the mornings?"

Farron shook his head, "Typically…"

She let out a soft laugh, "It seems the other girls are not good at waking up."

Zen looked over, arm going out and snapped his wings out, avoiding an attack, "there you two are, had Dad all sorts of worried."

Farron rolled his eyes, "she joined me for an early morning jog, nothing more, nothing else."

Behind him Lily pouted and then smiled, "Indeed, it was a good work out." the woman nodded towards the lounges "are they alright?"

Vander grinned, "yeah, we kept her up a bit late last night." He put his hands behind his head and stretched, "Plus you guys drank a lot...they'll need a bit of time to recover."

Lily tilted her head, "oh, that's too bad. The alcohol had burned out of my system after I took a shower last night."

Vander chuckled, "yeah...Lucy got a magic boost from the Holy Light..not so much any other part, like a bit of poison resistance."

Zen snorted, "That would have helped her." he looked towards the deck and chuckled as he saw Lucy curl a bit more into the blanket and her hand was out, flipping them all off, "ah, there's our sunshine!"

Vander let out a laugh as Zen moved over to the deck, tugging on the blanket a bit, there was a low growling and some hissing, but eventually, he managed to wrangle Lucy out of it. She wriggled and tried to grab the blanket for a few more moments before slumping in his hold and groaning.

"She is not a morning person?" Lily watched the interaction, blinking slowly.

Farron smiled, a fond and gentle smile, "No...she's very much a night person. It's like she belongs in the stars."

Vander grinned, "well, the spirits do call her the Star Maiden for a reason…"

Lily smiled warmly, "I have a question...we kept getting side tracked last night...what is 'mating'?"

Vander chuckled, "In this case? Our souls are magically connected, we're part of each other for all eternity." He grinned as Lucy shifted and then was suddenly curled around Zen, head under his chin. The archangel looked less than amused as he walked over, "...she's not letting go."

"So...is that...like dating?" Lily watched the three of them, as Vander managed to coax the blonde off the archangel.

Farron shook his head, "no, it's deeper than marriage...or rather...it's a marriage on a magical and soul level. Typically two halves of the same whole."

Lily blushed a bit, "That's...amazing….I couldn't...imagine a connection that deep..." her features looked wistful, "or how wonderful it might feel."

"It is," Farron watched the two and then looked at Lily, "...Lucy always has to have this thing with going big or going home...so she's got two."

The redhead pursed her lips, "That seems like too many halves."

Farron chuckled softly and smiled at the redhead, "yeah, but..it works for them."

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Hestor stared at the jewelry store, "we shouldn't have to take long. We're going in, we're looking for jewelry…"

Lucy scoffed as she looked at Hestor, "...it's a jewelry store. C'mon. Pfft."

Vander drawled as he crossed his arms "girls like shiny things, man...and Kaleb, because seriously…have you seen the shit he wears." He grinned. There was great pride when Kaleb pulled out all the stops and wore all the jewelry, but that didn't mean he didn't enjoy giving his brother just a little bit of shit, "looks more like an elf than any other time."

Kaleb scowled at Vander, "is there any reason you're being more aggravating than normal today?"

Zen rolled his eyes as he looked at Lily, "...welcome to life around here."

The woman let out a soft giggle, "it's not bad...but...why is he being that way?"

"That's what brothers do to one another," Zen looked amused as he watched Lucy push the doors open and then turn, dragging Hestor inside.

"C'mon!" Lucy whined, "we need to pick out wedding bands for you two! You need something amazing to show you belong to Kaleb!"

A head slowly leaned around a corner, "...Kaleb, wedding?"

Kaleb looked at the two Celestial Mages as they started towards one of the displays, "yes, Sersha, wedding."

"Who?" The woman looked at the assembled group for a moment, eyeing each person not directly related to the Guildmaster Critically. It didn't take half a second for everyone to Point at Hestor as he looked at jewelry with Lucy, the two talking quietly and seemingly not paying that much attention.

It was times like this that Kaleb half wondered if Celestial Mages over fixated on things to simply avoid dealing with what was going on around them. He watched as both of them paused and slowly looked over their shoulders.

Hestor stared at the grinning woman for a long moment before letting out a startled sound as he was grabbed into a hug, "cracking ribs. She's cracking ribs!"

"AH! Married! Someone finally made this pain in the ass settle down! It's amazing and so are you." The woman grinned broadly as she grabbed Hestor's face and kissed him.

Hestor's hands looked like they didn't know what to do before they were put on the woman's shoulders and he carefully pushed her away, "yes. Right."

Lucy grinned, "we would have been in earlier...buuuuuut…" She elbowed hestor in the side, causing the man to groan.

Kaleb had to be honest, he had been wondering why this trip had been put off as long as it had, but as his mate pulled a bag out of requip space, he saw both Celestial mages' eyes dilate a bit before crystals were settled on the counter. Hestor took a moment, "these are…"

"Stellarium…" The woman's eyes were wide as she picked one up, "pure and uncut…" her eyes danced, "how did you get ahold of these?"

Lucy grinned broadly and then hmpfed as Hestor shot her a look, "fiiiiiiiine."

"It doesn't matter right now...the question is can you make a set of wedding bands with them."

The woman stood there and almost looked offended for half a second, "yes." her voice was firm as she stared at the crystals, "these are beautiful...five different shades of blue…" her eyes went wide, "does this one have gold threaded through silver?"

Lucy nodded "mmhmm, and I'm going to need a set for myself, Vander and Zen…"

"Vince is going to be so excited for all the news," The woman breathed as she continued to look over the shining stones. She then moved to pull out a tablet, "Alright, so...price. Let's look at what we want these set in. Kaleb looks best in gold or silver…"

Lucy grinned, "I'd like a mixed set, where mine are something dark red and gold together."

The woman let out a low sound, "Doable, but pricey…"

Vander grinned as he walked behind Lucy, "That's fine, what are we looking at?"

"Well, I mean...I've got enough Stellarium here for one set...getting more, if that's what you want…."

Lucy looked at Hestor and he narrowed his eyes, "it's fine…" Her lips curled into a grin, "Hestor owns a Stellarium mine...I'm sure we can all go and pick out the stones."

As Hestor was yet again set upon by the overly happy jewelry-make mage, Lucy's eyes danced, the little Chibi of herself in her head cackling in dark delight. Hestor looked uncomfortable with all the touching, but he was too busy with his own little innerself going after a small Lucy. Kaleb actually chuckled as he stood there, eyes dancing.

"You think this is amusing?" Hestor arched an eyebrow.

Kaleb smirked, "you're going to get as much jewelry as I am."

"The barnacle threw me under the bus for a discount on jewelry," Hestor pursed his lips as he finally managed to get away from the woman, seeing a shine in her eyes that didn't bode well for him. He was a smart man and when Lucy's eyes were like that, it normally meant he was getting roped into something he didn't want to do. Sersha looked almost over the moon as Hestor retreated next to Kaleb and while no one would admit it, it looked like the mage was almost ready to hide behind the other man.

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Hestor groaned, finding himself falling face first into Kaleb's bed. His apartment had been moved, because truly, there was no reason to not have his things there. He did mourn the window seat he loved so much, but that was about it.

Kaleb watched the other man and chuckled as he sat on the bed, "it wasn't that bad."

Hestor opened one eye as he lay there,"I have never seen a woman so excited over a mine." the man lay there and mumbled, "...and we need to change some things."

Kaleb let out a breath, they had a bit of an argument the other day when Hestor had started putting things of his own out almost like he was marking the space - not that Kaleb was going to tell him that - his lips drew in a thin line, "like…?"

Hestor rolled onto his side, "your color scheme."

Yes, this was what he was dreading to have. The other man liked darker, richer colors. Most of his clothes deep imperial jades, reds and blues. "There is nothing wrong…"

"I don't like sleeping on ivory sheets."

Well, at least he got the color right and didn't call it white. Kaleb scowled, "I don't see what is wrong with them."

"They catch too much light," Hestor pursed his lips, "I can't relax enough to sleep."

Kaleb arched an eyebrow as he leaned over the Celestial mage and nipped his lower lip, "I think i've sufficiently tired you out that it hasn't mattered."

Hestor let out a low moan and his eyes closed before he smacked Kaleb in the stomach, "being tired from pleasure doesn't count."

Kaleb's lips drew into a thin line, "we're going to be co-masters of white sea…" he trailed off, "white is kind of…"

Hestor got a flat look on his face, "we're changing them or there will be no sex."

"Hes…" Kaleb groaned at how quickly this escalated, "it's just bedding…"

"I promise you…." The Celestial Mage's eyes flashed in warning.

Kaleb did what he could to keep the man from finishing that statement, kissed him, hard. The Mindbender knew it was a not the best choice to keep the argument from going further and went he was slapped in the stomach again, he groaned and leaned back, "...noted...but I don't like deep colors."

Hestor's nostrils flared as he stared at Kaleb, "bedding. What you have. Show me." he paused "...and I want one of the guest rooms then…" he gave the other a firm look, "I no longer have my window to read in. I demand a sanctuary from all this white ."

It was a bit of an affair as the celestial mage looked through his bedding and Kaleb took it in as much stride as he could, even as he flinched when the man found a set of deep golden bedding at the very bottom and back of the linen cupboard. The two stared at each other and Hestor slowly raised his eyebrow, "this will be...sufficient."

Kaleb pursed his lips as he looked at the bedding strewn around and then back to the other man. "Sufficient?"

"The rest of the bedding goes elsewhere . This color can go on our bed."

There was that stubbornness there and Kaleb ground his teeth just slightly. They were arguing over bedding for Light's sake! Bedding! He was not going to get rid of every other set. "The rest of it will be cycled onto the bed, just like it is now."

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Even with the announcement of Kaleb and Hestor getting married, there were still moments, like the current one, where everyone was trying to not laugh. To say the two men normally dressed on opposite sides off the saturation scale was an , however, it showed that they'd truly gotten into it.

The Guildmaster of White Sea's outfit was not the normally pristine white, but a beautiful pink that bordered on Red. Hestor's normally dark clothes were now a very beautiful light pastel green and his pants, normally black, were a dove gray.

"Wow…" Vander was trying to not laugh...too loudly, "what the hell happened…"

Hestor walked to sit at the bar, head held high, "do not ask."

"Nah, i really wanna know...because...you got kaleb in Pink."

Kaleb sat on the other side of Vander, "I wouldn't be in pink if someone hadn't put one of his new deep red shirts in the wash with my clothes."

"Well, I would have checked closer, had my clothing not miraculously gotten a bleaching agent put in them."

Kaleb scowled, "well if you hadn't emptied the linen closet…"

"Well if you had some decent colors other than white, or Ivory, it wouldn't be an issue."

"There is nothing wrong with having those."

Hestor leaned forward, eyes narrowing on kaleb, "There is when that's all you have."

Kaleb narrowed his eyes right back, "it's better than looking like some sort of gothic novel."

Vander sat there, slowly drinking from his cup and arching an eyebrow at the mage behind the counter. Both of them were trying to not laugh over how a rather easy to fix argument had dissolved into...what they and the guild, were seeing.

"At least my things had variety," Hestor scowled as he looked at Kaleb, not backing down as they sat there. They both were aware they were mated and they both knew they had issues to work through. He snorted slightly and smiled faintly before shaking his head, "...we're acting like children over bedding…"

Kaleb stared at Hestor and then ran a hand down his face, "this is where I point out that you started it."

Hestor slowly arched an eyebrow and Kaleb let out a breath, "continue. Please."

"...we'll...go look for some bedding we can agree on, during Lunch, how does that sound?" Kaleb didn't want to plead, he truly didn't, but this little fight over the color of sheets and a bedspread had just set them both off on a spiral.

Hestor looked annoyed for a moment, then sighed, rolling his eyes, "Fine...but really…"

Vander chuckled softly, "you two done...because that was like...really funny."

"And I'll have one of the rooms converted…" Kaleb spoke softly, "so you can have your dark space...and we'll see about...something like a window seat put in." Kaleb had known that Hestor had been testy and had missed the bay window. He'd seen the man stare at it more than a few times, but had been, like himself, completely committed to working on them as a couple now more than ever. They'd jumped the gun a bit thanks to the Celestial mage nearly dying...and had more than enough to still sort through and make right, but they'd find their way.

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Farron watched as Emi and Lily stared at each other. The man was worried but the fact that Raven had looked at the redhead and squealed while holding out his hands had taken the edge off.

The redhead held the boy, letting him tug on her hair even as she and Emi never looked away from one another's features. She smiled faintly and slowly arched an eyebrow. It was obvious that whatever challenge his sister was silently issuing was not being backed down from.

"Oh, I like her," Emzadi grinned broadly and pat the woman on the shoulder, watching as she took it without even a stumble, both women however started when sparks and embers came from the contact.

Lily's eyes went wide as she seemed to panic, trying to put the boy down, though he was clinging to her, "nono, I can hurt you, little one, let go…"

"Relax," Emzadi smiled softly, "I'm the Solar Dragon Slayer...he's used to a bit of heat."

Darker orange eyes searched bright orange for a moment and the more slender of the two blushed a bit, "oh...I…"

"You're...not used to people touching are you?" Emzadi tilted her head and smiled, her hands over her stomach.

Lily shook her head and bit her lip, "no...as the Arbiter of the Throne and the Holy Fire Maiden of Thaulos…"

"Show me your fire," Emzadi's eyes danced as she made the woman stand up straight, knowing her son was not going to let go of the other woman.

Lily held out the hand that wasn't supporting the child and slowly the fire curled from her palm, swirling first white then red and finally almost rainbowing from a blue at her skin to the rich fire red through the swirls of magic.

Emzadi watched as she stood there, "...amazing.." Her eyes were locked on the flames, "this...isn't just...fire." She stared at it, "This is...Holy Magic…" The dragon slayer purred and hugged the redhead, "Mine! My kin!"

"Kin?! What is kin?!" Lily looked panicked as she was bear hugged by the tall blonde.

Lucy chuckled softly as she stood there, "in this case? A sister that will always be there for you…" she quirked her lips into a grin, "welcome to the family."