Chapter 17: Chapter 17

The Star Among The Darkness Chapter Seventeen

"This is what we found that was left…" Sting reported to Master Makarov and handed over the broken wing.

"You… No... You all have done well, please rest up and stay with Fairy Tail for these few days." Makarov whispered holding the broken wing as tears trailed down his cheeks.

"Look… Look for Laxus, he would be able to host you guys at their home." Makarov continued watching the group leave the office.

"Master Bob…" Makarov murmured softly clutching the wing close to his chest.

Sting nodded at Makarov and closed the door after the rest of his team had left the office. Sting and Rogue could hear the soft cries that were coming from the office and they looked at each other with sadness in their eyes.

"Hello." They turned to see someone that was making his way up the stairs to the second storey, it was Midnight.

"Laxus heard about everything in the office so he went home first, along with Lucy to tidy the guest rooms. Yukino, you would be staying with your mate, I presume?" Macbeth murmured softly, raising an eyebrow making the said female burst into redness and embarrassment.

"Thanks bro. Hey, Midnight. You smell abit funny." Sting laughed and his eyebrows wrinkled smelling a scent on him.

"Oh… I'm actually mated." Midnight replied monotonously as he rubbed the back of his head.

"May we know the identity of the lucky female?" Rufus smiled in confusion and wonder.

"Actually I have two mates. Laxus and Lucy." Midnight replied as he led them to the house and everyone could not believe what their ears had just heard.

"Laxus and Lucy? Huh?" Olga shouted exaggeratingly.

"It's a long story, we'll explain to you later." Macbeth touched the runes that were casting a barrier over the house and the runes disappeared.

Macbeth waited for everyone to enter inside the barrier before making the runes revert to how it had been moments ago. Macbeth opened the door to the home and took off his shoes.

"Honey. I'm home." Macbeth shouted and spreaded his arms and immediately something golden flew into his open arms.

"Welcome back! Laxus and I prepared dinner. Your favourite food, Night." Lucy smiled at him brightly.

"Welcome, Sabertooth." Laxus nodded at the group after walking out from the kitchen.

"Dude… It's so unmanly to wear a pink apron." Olga burst into laughter.

"Shut up dude. Don't forget that I was the one that cooked dinner." Laxus snarled while taking off his apron, ready to get into a fist fight to protect his manliness.

"Laxus…" Lucy turned to face Laxus and immediately, Laxus turned pale and ran back into the kitchen before Lucy turned to face the group again smiling.

"The guest rooms at level one has been prepared for you guys. Sting and Yukino. Rufus and Olga. Rogue you are sharing a room with Frosch and Lector is that okay?" Lucy continued before ushering the guest to the dining area once everyone had no objections to the arrangement.

Lucy sat down with the guest at the round table, in between of her mates as she chatted with Yukino across from her.

"Is your magic still unstable, Yukino?" Lucy asked full of concern as she took a mouthful of the spaghetti.

"Yes, it's still working not how I like it to be." Yukino looked down at her plate, feeling disappointed.

"Yukino, do you want to train with me tomorrow in my secret area." Lucy winked at the said mage and turned to give her mates a smile.

While the conversation was going on, Rogue was barely touching his food. He was shocked, disappointed and overwhelmed with a lot of emotions to hear that the girl of his dreams had been mated and it was not to him. He continued sulking in misery when Sting poked his stomach.

He looked up to see Lucy looking at him, concerned. My angel. She does not belong to me anymore…. Not that I ever had a claim on her.

"Is the food not to your liking, Rogue? I can cook something else for you, if you want." Lucy murmured, frowning at the plate infront of Rogue that was barely touched.

"No. It's okay… It's just that I am already full." Rogue lied and stood up.

"If you guys will excuse me, I'm not feeling so well." He continued while carrying Lector and Frosch with him.

"Is he okay?" Lucy asked the others, full of worry as her mates turned to look at one another.

"He is always like that, Miss Lucy." Rufus murmured, glancing at Rogue's leftovers while raising an eyebrow and turning to look at Sting as if he had the answer to everything that was going on.

Sting shook his head lightly before turning to look at the direction that Rogue left, frowning slightly before draping his arm over Yukino.

"Is something wrong, Sting?" Yukino asked softly while Lucy and her mates went to the kitchen to wash up the dishes after everyone was done with their meal.

"I don't know, Yukino." Sting lied before smiling at her and telling her not to worry.

Only Sting knew of Rogue's feelings towards the blond celestial mage and he had promised to keep it a secret, even against his own mate.

I hope that you are alright, Rogue, Sting smiled at Yukino before shouting a thank you to Lucy, Midnight and Laxus for the delicious meal.

Meanwhile in Rogue's room

"Rogue. Why are you unhappy?" Frosch whispered, concerned.

"It's nothing much. Don't worry about it okay?" Rogue whispered from under the covers

"Rogue…" Frosch whined as she tried pulling the covers.

A hand shot out from under the covers and Frosch was grabbed under. Rogue hugged Frosch close to his chest as he sighed.

"It's nothing to worry about. Let's just go to sleep." Rogue whispered after patting her on the head.

"Okay." Frosch replied, falling asleep quickly.

"Lucy… I should have known that it was impossible between us." Rogue whispered, giving a small smile that was heart wrenching to look at.

Meanwhile in the living room

"Neh. Neh. Lucy, how did you get two guys as your mates?" Sting asked as he flung his arms around Yukino who blushed.

"Well our charms were too unstoppable and she fell for us both." Laxus answered in a deadpan voice and expression.

Everyone turned to stare at him confused at his answer when Lucy hit his head. "It is not nice to lie to people, Laxus."

'Yah! Woman!" Laxus held onto her wrist.

"Yah Dragon!" Lucy retorted, eyes flashing.

"Let me explain. It is a complicated thing. I fell for Lucy a while back then a lot of shit happened when Minerva tried to destroy the guild. Laxus fell for her ever since Fantasia happened. And you know how I was sentenced at first, Lucy was the one to negotiate for my team's release." Macbeth started out, glancing at Lucy to see her flushed cheeks.

"I told them to keep it a secret…" Lucy pouted softly before getting patted on her head by Laxus.

"Cobra and I were on our way to Fairy Tail when we found Lucy unconscious and she had lost her memories. Over the time we took care for her, I confessed and Lucy became mine. Afterwards we found out what happened, Lucy was attacked and captured by Minerva before she escaped. Lucy is a bloodline descendant of Anna Heartfilla who is a powerful mage and an angelus, a term that we are still not fully sure about. And the enemy wants that power hence this mess that everyone is going through now." Macbeth smiled at his mate as he thought back to those precious days where Lucy thought that she was still a child.

"Anna Heartfilla had appeared infront of us and she was the one that gave us our rings. Then we returned to the guild to find out about Laxus's feelings and here he is, as one of our mates." Macbeth murmured seeing how shock was forming on the Sabertooth team's faces.

"Lucy still has another mate, to be honest but we are not sure of who it is. Our names only appear on the rings after we wore it. "Laxus murmured, touching his own ring.

"The rings are a representation of us. As you can see mine." He continued, showing the ring on his hand to the others.

"Gold for lighting," Laxus grinned.

"Midnight blue for me," Macbeth smiled

"White for me!" Lucy shouted while smiling.

"And the last one is black." Lucy continued.

Sting's eyebrows rose hearing what Lucy and her mates had said and a thought suddenly appeared in his mind. The colours of their rings represent their magic and black should represent either its wearer as a Dark Mage or Shadow Mage. Rogue could be her last mate if my assumption is correct because he is indeed a Shadow Dragon Slayer.

Sting frowned as he thought about the slim chances and sighed. Oh Rogue, I wish for your happiness but if Lucy does not have the same feelings for you back, you will only get hurt in the end.

"We are going to the beach tomorrow guys, would you feel interested to join us? There is a festival happening tomorrow and we would like it if you guys came along for the Festival of Lights where we mourn for the lost souls and pray for our loved ones by setting floating lanterns and lighting up caves." Lucy laughed, breaking Sting's thoughts.

"We would love to, Lucy." Yukino smiled as she elbowed her mate who was deeply in thought.

The trio went to their rooms while the others went back to theirs. The night soon went by following snores and happy dreams.