Nobody's pov

"Lucy!" A loud, adult male voice called out. The man was in his early 50s, raising a 17 year old girl by himself. The mother of the teenage had died on July 7th when the daughter was very young.

The young girl walked up to her father. Wearing a nice, beautiful pink dress. It would catch the light to where it would sparkle like the night time stars. It was merely two inches off the ground and almost impossible to breath while wearing it. The female had been struggling to get the needed oxygen ever since it was put on her.

"Yes father?" She asked with a soft voice, not having the air she needed to speak loudly to him.

"I know you are coming to the age of 18. And I am glad to see that you are growing up. I will not be around forever and will need someone to look after Heartfilia Konzern for me when I pass." He started.

The man was dressed in a brown tux, staring out the window the whole time he spoke, not turning around to face his daughter who was struggling to keep standing. His shadow cast down over his desk while he stood in the center of the window.

"What are you saying?" She asked with a small gasp to regain what little air she could hold in.

"You must marry at the age of 18 and take over Heartfilia Konzern." He said and turned his head to face her. "I have already picked out a suitable man for you. He is independent, and knows what must be done." He said with a stern voice.

"What?" She said. She has to marry a guy at 18? A guy she's never even met! And her birthday is in 3 months from now! She can't talk to a guy for 3 months and marry him!

While she was thinking to herself, the doors behind her opened and another human began to walk in. She could hear the footsteps come closer to her. The sound of a light hiss came to her ears.

"Glad you could join us Cobra." The father said and fully turned around to greet the man that entered. "Lucy, this is the mad I have assigned for you to marry." he said.

"It's my pleasure, Jude Heartfilia." He smiled towards Lucy's father.

Lucy turned her head to face the man she was forced to marry. He wore a white cloak with a black shirt beneath it, a small purple snake wrapped around his neck. His hair maroon and sticking up with a small tuft of it dripping down between his eyes. Wearing pants the matched the color of blood with black straps across his thighs that connect to his belt. Black cuffs were on the elbows of his cloak. Sharp canines were visible in his smile. He had a few scars, showing that he had fought a lot

"Him?" Lucy asked with disbelief. 'He looks like he picks more fights than he leads on' Lucy thought with a frown. She didn't like this man. His smile gave her a bad feeling, along with the purple serpent he had.

"I can assure you, I only fight when it's needed." He said and looked at her with his purple eyes. Lucy's eyes snapped open from the sudden response. 'How did he know what I was thinking?' She asked herself. Cobra chuckled from her reaction. "I use sound magic. I am able to hear what you are thinking." He explained.

"Enough about magic. You two will be wed on her birthday. now go, I have important notes to tend to." Jude said and sat down, tending to his work.

The two teenagers exited the room.

"So, what kind of magic do you use?" Cobra asked her, looking over at her. His snake looking as well.

"I uhh, I use celestial magic. I summon spirits." She said. He hummed and gave a small nod.

"What spirits do you have?" He asked. Lucy gave a small smile. She had never met anyone who was interested in his spirits before.

"I have a few. I have six of. Some were handed down to me by my mom. But others I had bought or were given to me." Lucy explained.

"Which ones?" He asked

"I have Aquarius, Taurus, Cancer, Crux, Horologium, and Lyra." She said. She only had three golden gate keys, and was hoping to collect all of them someday.

"Very impressive to have three golden keys." He said. Lucy nodded.

"I got Aquarius from my mother before she died. I got Cancer and Taurus from my time away from home. And the others were gifts from my previous birthdays." She said to him.

"Lucky you." He said. He turned his head to his snake and smiled to it, muttering thing to himself. Lucy sighed and rolled her eyes. Even though he asked questions, he didn't really seem to care. Probably just trying to get to know more about her since they would end up getting married.

She quickly walked off to her room to get away from the man. She wanted to get out of this darn dress as soon as possible. She felt she could pass out at any minute.

She quickly made it to her room. She stripped from the dress and got into some comfortable clothing. She sighed and sat down on her bed, looking out the window with a saddened expression.

All she ever wanted was to get away from home and join a guild. Her father has never cared for her, and now he's forcing her to marry some guy that's more interested in his snake than her. She wanted to be like her mom. Join a guild, make friends. She had friends at home with the servants, but real friends, that she could talk and relate to. She counted her spirits as friends as well, but she wanted human friends as well.

She hated it here! She was alone and had no one to talk to. She didn't want to marry this Cobra guy. She wanted to marry a man she loves, not some stranger. A man that would care for her, do anything to protect her, make her happy.

Lucy sighed. "I may never get that." She said sadly. A tear slipped from her eye and landed on her blue skirt. "I wish you were here mom." She said softly.

The next day came around. Lucy didn't feel like getting out of bed, she just wanted to lay under the blankets and stay there. But unfortunately, she had to get up. She told her servants not to worry about a dress. She didn't care what her father would say, she wasn't going to go through what happened yesterday again.

She decided that she wanted to go shopping, maybe she could find another gate key. She honestly just wanted to get away from her father, it's not like he would notice if she was gone. She probably could be gone a whole week and not see something was wrong.

She gathered her things together. Keys, money, bag, and whip. She told her servants she would be out for a while for some 'me' time. She hadn't seen Cobra at all though. He might have returned to his home.

She rented a ride to the nearest town. She didn't know places very well because she was hardly able to leave her house. It upset her too, she loved being away from home. The people she met were so nice when they sold her things. It made her happy to see that there were people out there she could be friends with if she was ever able to permanently leave her home.

After the long ride, she came up to the town Magnolia. One of the biggest cities there was. It was also quite beautiful. The shops were decorated with odds and ends that made them stick out, the building were painted beautifully. And there were people left and right everywhere. It was very well populated.

"Wow." Lucy said out loud at the site. She smiled and walked around the city, looking for an antique shop. That's where her keys were mostly found. Anyone who didn't know a celestial mage, or didn't know what gate keys were, would take them to antique shops because they seemed old.

Once she found the shop she had been looking for, she walked up to it. It was a little old looking. A few lights hung from the windows. They displayed an old looking book encrusted with a few gems. Lucy hummed and walked inside. The smell of old books filled her nose. A few shelves stood in the room, packed with books. Tables scattered the place, showing boxes that might old expensive items, or some kind of magic stuff.

"Welcome young lady." A woman said. Lucy turned her head to her and offered a small smile. "What brings you here?" She asked her.

"I'm looking for some gate keys. It doesn't matter what kind." She said with a kind voice.

"A celestial mage! I don't get that many of those here." She said. "I think I may have one. No one seems to be interested in it." She said. "I'll be right back." She said and went in the back of the room to look for the key. Lucy waited patiently for the lady to return. She wondered what key it was. If was a gold key, it would definitely cost a lot. But if it was a silver key, it would make her wonder which spirit it was. There are just so many keys!

The lady returned a little while later with a small wooden box. The size of a gate key would be. Lucy smiled and walked up closer to the desk.

"I have never heard of this key, but it's a golden key." She said and opened the box. Lucy's smile fell when she saw it. She knew all the symbols for the golden keys, and this wan't one. "It's the gate of the Salamander." She said.

"Gate of the Salamander?" She questioned. She had never heard of that gate before. It was probably just some fake key someone made to sell and get money.

Lucy sighed sadly. She was hoping to get a new gate key, but it looks like that wouldn't be happening any time soon. "No thank you." She said.

"Are you sure?" The woman asked her.

"Yes ma'am. I don't know and zodiacs called Salamander. I think someone sold you a phony key to get money." Lucy said. The woman hummed.

"Well, take it anyways. If it is a fake key, I would much rather give it to someone than throw it out or keep in it my shop. Free charge." She said with a smile.

"I don't know about that." She said.

"Just take it. Who knows, maybe you could be wrong and it's could be a real key." She shrugged and handed her the key. Lucy sighed and took the golden key.

"Thank you." She said and then exited the shop.

She looked over the golden key she had gotten. It felt just as heavy as a normal golden key. The design looked complex like one as well. But there weren't any zodiacs that were Salamanders. Lucy sighed, she could probably hang it on her wall as another reminder of how nice people can be.

She rented a cart again to take her home, holding the key in her hand. She decided that once she got home, she would try to summon the spirit, if there was one. She had nothing to lose. There wasn't a spirit, oh well, there was a spirit, oh yeah.


Hey my flyers. I hopped you liked the first chapter of The Spirit And The Wizard. I thought the picture was cute and wanted to make it a story. Lucy doesn't have a key with that kind of tip, so I thought it was an UA picture where Natsu is a spirit and I thought of this *shrug*