It was over. The war was finally over. The guild members had given up many things to succeed in stopping the war. But, not all the members knew of the sacrifices made. Especially of those made by their favourite Celestial Spirit mage. Whilst all, bar one, of the fighting Fairy Tail mages had been stuck in the gooey Algeria, none are aware of the specific sacrifice and torture made by Lucy to release them and summon the Celestial Spirit King. Yet with the Dragonslayers losing their parents and Erza own tortures along with the problems felt by the rest of the guilds members, nobody seemed to notice.

Almost a week after the events of Tartaros, the guild is Dragonslayers are still grieving and the members are still torn. Lucy still hadn't returned to the guild and Natsu hadn't even realised that her presence was missing. The Celestial Mage herself was still at her apartment on Strawberry Street trying to come to terms with the sacrifice of her oldest friend, and also try and gain control of the lent magic that hadn't seemed to have faded. Leo and Virgo were frequently out, comforting and guiding Lucy with her loss and new abilities.

Unknown to Fairy Tail, there was a new war that they would be joining, so soon after their previous one.

At the guild, or what remained of it at least, Master Makarov was sitting in his 'office' reading and re-reading the letter in his hand. The brats had just been in war and he didn't really want to send them straight into another one. Many of them were still grieving and still had injuries that were healing. His own Grandson and his team had come to so close to death that had left him shaken up. Not to mention Natsu and the other Dragonslayers being reunited with their parents to lose them what seems like a minute later. Grey fought Deliora who looked just like his father, and something made him and Juvia closer. Erza was tortured and it pains him to look at some of the bandages that can be found on his child's body. Elfman was still beating himself up about wrecking the Guild hall even though everyone had forgiven him; knowing he had to protect his little sister. Mira and he had lost Lisanna once and he couldn't let it happen again. And Lucy. There was something troubling Lucy. She had yet to return to the guild, and after her fight with Jackal there had been something different about her. Like she had lost something just like Natsu and Wendy and Gajeel and Sting and Rouge.

Yet…

He owed it to his old friend. And with what he was planning, knew that this would be needed for his brats. It would give them a chance to spend more time with each other. So, it was decided. He would send them. Now who? And how could he tell them what was planned?
"I just hope they forgive me," Master whispered to himself, before writing a reply to the letter.

"Hmmm, this group should be great for the job." Master Makarov spoke out loud before carrying on in his head. 'I wasn't told how long the job will last so I'll just tell the brats to pack for a long period of time. Now, I think I'll call it a night.' He thought to himself before tiding up the papers and returning home to go to sleep.

"You can do it Princess! Breathe and then gather your magic power before shouting out the command." Leo commanded.
"Clear your mind and think only of what you want to happen. Punishment time Princess?" Virgo added.
Lucy closed her eyes and appeared to do exactly as her spirits told her to. She breathed in deep, gathered her magic power and then, she opened her eyes and shouted out her command.
" Star Dress, Leo!" At first nothing happened, before Lucy started to glow. The glow grew stronger and stronger before dying down again. The two spirits both uncovered their eyes from where the intense glow had forced them to protect their eyes. Both of their mouths dropped as they stared at Lucy's new outfit.
Lucy's outfit changed from the woolly jumper and shorts Aries had given her to a beautiful long black dress. The dress was strapless and had a gold frill at the top, with more gold detail on the chest connecting to a gold sash on the waist, there was an uneven skirt going from the top of Lucy's left hip to her right foot. A black choker made from the same material as her dress appeared round her neck with detached sleeves appearing on her arms. Black heels were on her feet. Lastly Lucy's long hair has been tied up in an elegant bun with a block rose accessory, with to strand of hair accompanying her fringe to frame her face.
"It worked." Leo said breathlessly, silently admiring his star form and noting his star sign on Lucy's right breast. Also noting that her injuries hadn't disappeared with the new form, just like with the others. Lucy's legs and arms still covered in bandages hiding the wounds from Jackals torture.

Over the past few days, Lucy had been practising with her newly gifted magic from both Aquarius and the Celestial Spirit King. Aquarius had gifted her with the ability to wield her water magic when her key was sacrificed and luckily due to her wide knowledge of it, she has been able to get it under control quite quickly. This left her with more time to focus on mastering her second new magic, the one gifted to her from the Celestial Spirit King himself. Star dress form magic. This magic left her with the ability to take on the 'form' of one of her contracted spirits and wield their powers. Leo's was the last Star dress she needed to try before completing them all. With each different Star dress she would need extra training to be able to wield the power of the spirit but over the past few days she'd been able to use one or two of Aries spells; Wool bomb and Wool cushion.

With the achievement of being able to use all of her Star dress forms and controlling her new water magic. Lucy now thought it safe to return to the guild. Due to the magic being new to her, especially the water magic, before she learnt to control it she would sometimes unconsciously form water shields around her of form water slicers like Juvia. The water shields would form more frequently though, especially at night during her nightmares. Luckily Leo was able to enter the shield due to her subconsciously recognising him, so that he was able to wake her up and calm her down. So tomorrow she would return to the guild. Or at least what was left of it.

Disclaimer- I do not own Fairy Tail, all rights belong to Hiro Mashima
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