Finally had a moment to write my next chapter on this. Not sure what I want to happen next, so if you have any ideas please feel free to let me know. Thanks for the continued support!

Lucy was sitting in the cave trying her best not to fall asleep and have her mind tormented again, but she also knew something wasn't right. She shouldn't be here anymore and these men couldn't harm her either, but why? What had happened that had caused them to disappear like that? She shivered from the wind gusting into the cave, even though the sun was out it was still a very cool in the damp musky cave. A shadow blocked some of the light that was at the entrance, so Lucy looked up to see a tall black figure there. She didn't have a clue who it was, but the voice that spoke next sent tremors through her body and Lucy covered her ears with her hands to try to block out the creepy hollow voice. "I will find you. You both will be mine." It kept repeating over and over again and Lucy couldn't help the scream that escaped her lips.

Her eyes were open and she could tell that she was now in a room, but her eyes were darting around so much while she continued to scream. A black waterfall of hair cascaded around her face as gentle dark blue eyes gazed into her own, whispering to her soul that she was safe. He brought his forehead to hers and it all seemed to click into place. She was sharing a bed with Cristoff, whom was one of the people that had rescued her from her hellish prison and she had went to save Kelpies with him and his family. She sat up and Cristoff moved so that she could do so.

"Easy paulo stella. Take some deep breaths and know that you are safe." Cristoff held her as he stroked her hair soothingly and let her cry out her fears. "What happened Lucy?" Lucy just shook her head, because she wasn't ready to relive what had happened just yet. Still trying to rationalize it within her own mind.

"It's almost 7am, so why don't we head down for a quiet breakfast before the rest of the household wakes up?" Lucy gave Cristoff a small smile before slipping on some slippers and sweater since the morning was cool. Cristoff, wearing only his boxers, walked with Lucy to the kitchen where Mr. Elan was already preparing breakfast for the household.

"Good morning Cristoff. Who is this lovely lady on your arm?" Mr. Elan inquisitively asked the lunar slayer.

"This is one of Bickslow's friends from Fairy Tail, Lucy. She'll be staying with us for the foreseeable future."

"So is she your . . ."

"Kin. Lucy here is my kin and I have claimed her as so." Cristoff said quickly before their chef could say anything out of line.

"Well as long as you are taking care of this beautiful woman than that's all that matters. You will be joy to have permanently around this place. Too many little boys running around I tell ya." Lucy giggled as Cristoff scowled at the older man. "What can I get you to eat my dear?"

"Who is Cristoff taking care . . . of?" Laxus had rounded the corner and instantly saw red. There tucked into the lunar dragon slayer's bare chest was his mate. His Lucy! She stood there in barely there shorts and an oversized sweater all snuggly with another man. His dragon was roaring, demanding that he challenge for the rights to their mate.

"Laxus . . . are you alright?" Lucy quietly asked the dragon slayer. She was confused as to why he was acting so strangely around her right now.

"Fine," he grunted out before exiting the kitchen area.

"What was that about?" Lucy looked at Cristoff, who was glaring at the spot that the lightning slayer had just left.

"I'm not a hundred percent sure, but I'm going to find out sooner or later I'm sure." Cristoff recognized the look that he had been given by Laxus and knew there was a good chance that he'd have to fight him.

"As I was saying earlier, what can I get you two to eat?" Mr. Elan asked, trying to divert some of the tension that had built up in the room.

"I really would love a strawberry smoothie, if you're able to make it?"

"Able to make it? Of course I am able to make it my dear and it'll be the best smoothie you've ever tasted!"

"I don't know. I've had some pretty good smoothies while in Fairy Tail." Lucy smiled at Cristoff who had a twinkle of mischief in his eyes as well as they teamed up to goad the poor elderly chef.

"Oh just you wait. I will not be outdone!" Mr. Elan set about gathering ingredients to make a strawberry smoothie that would knock the socks off their guest. Lucy giggled into Cristoff's chest as they watched the man frantically run around the kitchen. Within minuted he handed to two of them a large strawberry smoothie each and waited with a smug look for them to taste it. Lucy sucked on the straw and her eyes widened as flavor exploded onto her tongue.

"I have never tasted anything so wonderful in all my life." Lucy blissfully smiled as she continued to suck the contents of her smoothie back.

"You will report to this kitchen every morning that you are in this house and I will have a this drink waiting for you Lucy." Lucy hugged the man before beaming up at Cristoff, ready to take on the day. Her dream was temporarily forgotten as she started to drag the hulking slayer back to their rooms so that she could get changed. She wanted him to take her to the guild and get some training in, since it had been so long since she had been able to use her magic freely.

"Stop dragging your feet Cris! I want to get to the guild before it's too busy."

"Lucy the guild doesn't start to wake up until 9am, minus the early birds."

"Well we're already up, so lets make the most of the day! Besides Xally and I are going to the cove to check on the Kelpies and maybe, just maybe, I can convince the stallion out for a brief visit. I feel bad that Xally never got to meet his last night, so I'm going to try and help her see him." Lucy was bouncing on the balls of her feet as she quickly went into her room and threw on a pink sports bra and black racer back tank with pink spandex shorts. She quickly brushed her hair, tied it into a high ponytail and braided it so that the tip rested on her lower back. She rushed in Cristoff's room to see him clad in black shorts and was just throwing on a dark blue muscle shirt on. Lucy watched the way his muscles moved as he put on his shirt. Yes he was her kin, but she wasn't blind when it came to how hot his body was - there just wasn't any sexual attraction to the man.

"You ready slow poke?" Lucy asked from the doorway.

"How about a race to the guild? First one there gets to decide on the first activity for training today?"

"Just give me one minute." She pulled out Pyxis' key and used his stardress. She was in a red morph suit that had feathers covering all of her private parts and light blue streak heading up her sides. On her head was a silver hat that doubled as a compass. "Ready."

"Set"

"Go" "Go"

Cristoff smirked to himself knowing that he would be able to beat her there with his moon jumping ability. Something he was extremely grateful for when it came to missions or pulling pranks. Emzadi and Vander were getting really close to beating him with their solar jumping skill and shadow movement, but he still held the title as fastest. He stood outside of the training grounds and heard what sounded like a battle already taking place It must be Kaleb training with one of his teammates. Cristoff pushed open one large door to find that it was indeed Kaleb fighting, but he wasn't expecting Lucy to be his opponent. She was keeping Kaleb at bay with a black whip, but he was too distracted by her current outfit. She was wearing a black and white cowhide printed bikini top, with matching sleeves from her hands to her elbows, gold gloves, left leg was covered in tight black leather while the right leg was a shorts, held together by a belt. Her hair was in two large buns on either side of her head and she looked fierce.

"What took you so long Cris?" Lucy asked as she cracked the whip in Kaleb's direction, a smirk plastered to her lips.

"Ho . . . How the hell did you get here before me?" Cristoff asked beyond belief.

"Looks like someone just lost their title." Kaleb laughed as he managed to grab Lucy's whip and wrench it out of her hand. The platinum haired mage charged at Lucy then with his sword in hand, planning on taking her out. He hadn't been able to see her attacks and that had caught him by surprise, but he was also glad to see that he'd be tested without the use of his mindbending magic. He was swinging down on her head when a light formed and his sword collided with a giant ax. The thing was massive and the small mag shouldn't have been able to wield it with such ease, but here she was doing what he thought was impossible, again.

"Damn Lucy. It takes a lot to surprise Kaleb, but you're doing an amazing job." And that was the truth as he watched two members from Kaleb's team, Thane and Beck, watch the match along with another dozen or so mages. They were all in awe of the sexy blonde that was challenging their Guildmaster, but a common theme among all the men and women was the smell of arousal. Whether it was from Lucy, Kaleb, or both he wasn't sure, but he could easily see why. Based on Lucy's outfit and his shirtless brother you could see all their muscles move and watch Lucy's ass and breasts bounce with their precise movements.

Kaleb was coming in with a killing blow of his elbow to her stomach that would surely knock her on her ass and end their spar, but she disappeared into the ground. What the hell? He began looking around for the petite blonde when the felt the earth beneath his feet rumble and then explode around him. He was able to move out of the way just in time, but had come really close to being sucked into a thirty foot hole. Lucy stood in a maid uniform now and a growing smirk on her face. She reached a hand down to Kaleb as her outfit changed back into the normal clothes she had planned on leaving the estate in.

"How about we reschedule this spar for later? Cristoff did promise that the winner could pick the first activity today and now that I'm warmed up I'm ready for a little hand-to-hand combat."

"Yo Tink." Cobra yelled from across the field. "How about you take your mental shields down. I had one hell of a time finding you this morning. Scared the ever lovin piss outta me until I talked to Mr. Elan. Besides, you still owe all of us an explanation about yesterday and everyone is waiting in Goldie Locks' office." Kaleb glared at the poison slayer but Cristoff and Lucy just laughed at him.

"Raincheck paulo stella?"

"Sure thing. Lets not keep everyone waiting on us." Lucy waited for the two men to lead the way as she followed them to Master Kaleb's office. Everyone from last night's Kelpie trip was there, and in addition there was Freed and Bickslow.

"Hey Cosplayer." Bickslow said with his tongue hanging to one side.

"Bixy! Babies" "Cosplayer" "Lucy" "Luce"

Lucy dived into the extremely tall seith mages arms and hugged the man to death. She had missed her cuddles with Bickslow while they had been separated, but she also missed her cuddles with the babies, especially little Pipi. She smiled at Freed who smiled back at her. Both of the Thunder Legion men were extremely happy to see Lucy happy and healthy.

"Where's Laxus at?" Lucy asked looking around the room for the large blonde slayer.

"I'm here." Laxus came through the door and went to stand at the back of the room. Cristoff looked at Kaleb asking him if he was able to confirm his suspisions, Kaleb just smiled in return and that was all the confirmation he needed. He had been right in thinking that Laxus and Lucy were mates and he was threatened by Cristoff's presence around her. If he thinks I'm bad, just wait until Van get here. Laxus will be in a whole world of emotions in he catches on to what's going on. Kaleb snorted at Cristoff's line of thinking and knew that the lightning slayer was going to have to fess up sooner to Lucy if Vander was around, or maybe he would try to out stubborn his youngest brother. Either way there would be a tonne of entertainment for all parties involved, and hopefully little heart break.

"Lucy it's officially nice to meet you. I am Master Kaleb of the White Sea Guild." He kissed her and and held it to his forehead in greeting and she blushed slightly. Are all of the Pradesh men this ridiculously handsome? Lucy had just fought the mindbender mage shirtless, so she knew exactly what was underneath everything and those tight white leather pants didn't mask much either. Kaleb laughed. "I like you Stellina."

"Well it's nice to meet you as well Master." Lucy smiled brightly at the mage.

"So I believe you have some more explaining to do, especially around this whole stardress thing. I have never heard about it in my life or from my training at Acadame Celestine." Kaleb stated and looked around at everyone.

"Stardress is a newer acquired magic that I was gifted with. Power manifests itself in the form of a wardrobe change, in any case in the form of a dress centered around my chosen Spirit's own wardrobe. By adopting the powers and appearance of a Spirit I also adopt a portion of their powers, being able to make use of their magic like it's my own." Lucy explained to everyone whom was in the room.

"So today you used Taurus and Virgo while battling Kaleb, but who did you use to find the guild and beat me here?" Cristoff asked the blonde woman.

"I called upon Pyxis. He's my compass spirit and handles directions quite well."

"And beating Cris to the guild?" Bickslow asked the woman who had begun to fidget, obviously not wanting to share this bit.

"Well you see . . . I might have learned how to open gates to space jump while I was out training." Lucy looked around the room at the slack jaws of everyone and blushed at their stares. "It's really not that big of a deal."

"Lucy, my dear." Arman interjected. "That is a very impressive ability, that no other celestial mage has ever been able do and is no small feat. If you are planning on joining the guild I would highly suggest you undergo the S Class or SS Class exams. Such untapped potential and strong celestial mage would do the White Sea guild proud. Not to mention it would keep you in Pelerno and closer to me figlia della stelle." Lucy blushed at Arman's compliment and was internally swooning at being labeled one of his daughters.

"So the fish lady last night was Aquarius then, right?" Evergreen asked Lucy, remembering her helping with Xally. "And you were using her stardress in the water as well?" Lucy smiled at Evergreen and nodded her head yes, while locking away the fact that it was actually Gemini.

"Damn Lucy, you really are the Cosplay Queen now," cackled Bickslow. "With all those keys you'll be able to have many costumes to parade around in and I bet they are all sexy as hell!"

"I don't know about all of them, but the two she had on while fighting me will fulfill many of our spectators wet dreams. If she joins the guild then everyone will want a piece of her." Kaleb smirked at Cristoff, who smiled at their plan to try and bring Laxus out of his shell. The lightning slayer just stood there with his arms crossed and a permafrown on his face. "First we'll give you some time to explore the city and guild to give you time to decide, but I really do hope you take our offer seriously. Same goes for your Cobra. I'd love to have a fourth dragon slayer in our guild."

"Lucy I would like you to join me tomorrow to go over some of the Bosco's culture, traditions, and the like." Farron suggested, knowing that Lucy had the basics covered with the way she was brought up.

"That would be amazing Farron. Thank you!"

"If we are done chit chatting Lucy and I have a date with some Kelpies!" Xally grabbed Lucy's hand and made their way out of the room. "Thane do you have a quick minute to take us to the cove?" Xally yelled as she entered the guild's second in command's office. His kind eyes smiled up at the youngest Pradesh daughter and her blonde friend. "Kaleb will catch you up on everything Lucy. Please Thane?" The mage's laugh was very melodic as he nodded his head to the squealing mage.

"Hang on tight ladies." Thane pulled the girls in tight and teleported them to the cove. "Do you need me to pick you ladies up later?"

"No thanks Thane. I'm going to show Lucy around town before we head back to the estate." Thane bowed his head briefly before leaving.

"He reminds me of Freed in a sense."

"Thane is part of Kaleb's elite team and runs the guild when he's away. He's married with their first child on the way, I believe. He's a total sweetheart!" gushed Xally as the two made their way down the rocks. There at the bottom of the cove were all of the Kelpies from the day before. The foals were roaring around in the water as their mothers looked on from closer to shore. Lucy stardressed into her Aquarius form and walked into the water and called for the stallion, hoping that he'd make an appearance. The magnificent beast rose to the surface of the water and Lucy beckoned him closer to the shore. Xally was in awe. He was beautiful and everything that she hoped and more. Lucy waved her over and Xally dropped her dress and walked into the cool water of the cove.

"Xally I would like to introduce you to the Kelpie alpha and stallion. This is Xally and she has been watching over you for the past seven years and making sure no harm has come to your family." The stallions eyes bore into Xally's aquamarine ones and he bowed his head low to the mage and them swam closer to her. "Put your hand out. He wants to imprint with you, so he'll recognize you going forward. Oh and I'm supposed to tell you that you're welcome to the cove anytime that you wish."

"Thank you for the privilege." Xally smiled at the stallion, her heart was so full from this experience. The stallion bowed to Lucy and went back to patrolling the waters. "Lucy that was amazing! Thank so much."

"Anytime Xally. So what's on the agenda next?"

"We're going shopping in Pelerno where we're going to meet up with Emzadi. She called this morning to let me know she was back and after chatting with dad she's super excited to meet you, sorella stellare."

Italian Words

Stellina - little star

Figlia della stelle - daughter of the stars

Sorella stellare - star sister