Characters: Happy, Virgo

Summary: Set after the Everlue arc. Virgo visits Happy and requests that her key be given to Lucy.


Happy and the Maiden Virgo!


For an all too brief moment, Happy wondered if he was dreaming. Yeah, that seemed right—he must've hit his sleepy head one too many times against the uncomfortable wooden tables of the guildhall after gorging out on some absolutely mouthwatering fish and now he was stuck in a dream with Everlue's scary gorilla maid.

Such was the price of good fish, after all.

Alas, his hope was quickly shattered into pieces when the pink-haired menace took a menacing step forward. And so, a decidedly not-scared Happy took a step backward, too concerned with his impending demise to remember the perfectly good set of wings he had.

"Hey," the blue cat stammered in a miserable attempt to sound intimidating. When his only response was gleaming blood red eyes (which was weird because Virgo had blue eyes—how'd she get them to turn red?), his paws shot up in front of him in a defensive gesture as he craned his neck to view the scenery behind him, gulping when he saw what his chances of escaping were. None, that's what they were, because he was stuck between a looming tree and a murderous celestial spirit who'd appeared from a hole in the ground. "We beat you once, you know! We can beat you again!"

Except he was the the only one here. Happy closed his eyes, fully willing to admit that in that moment that he was a cowering mess. And since he was the only one here, there was no way he could take her on. He was going to die.

But...he couldn't die yet! He hadn't eaten all the tasty fish Fiore had to offer. And what about Natsu? He couldn't just leave him. And Lucy too, he supposed. Just the thought of it was prepo—preposomething. He was sure the Master had used the word once.

Feeling braver than he had mere minutes before, his eyes flew open as he straightened up, clenching his tiny paws into tight fists.

"You know what? I'm not afraid of you. Come at me, you gorilla!" he said confidently, emulating the strange child-like excitement Natsu always had when the pink-haired teen was fighting. Which would've been all well and good, had Happy not devolved into a cowering mess the moment it looked like Virgo was glowering at him. "Ahh, please don't kill me! You can have my fish! I'm too young to die!"

"Kill you?" a decidedly feminine voice spoke, confusion shining clearly through her words. "Why would I do that?"

Happy's paws, that had somehow gotten on top of his already closed eyes, flew off their resting place on his face. In front of him was not the gorilla maid, but someone much smaller, thinner, and definitely less scary (maybe a bit creepy, what with those chains hanging off of handcuffs). It was a no-brainer who it was though. The maid outfit gave it away.

It took a few moments for the sight to register in Happy's brain. "What?" he stuttered, stumbling over his words as if he was Lucy of all people. "But—you—you were. Gorilla!"

The smaller Virgo tilted her head in confusion until her blue eyes lit up with understanding. She bowed down to him, the barest hints of an apologetic expression on her blank face as she explained, "It seems I forgot to change back before I sought you out. My apologies. Please punish me."

Deciding to ignore her weird last words, Happy exclaimed, "Wait, but I thought you were a gorilla!"

"No, no. That was just the form I took for my former master," she told him, and was there, dare Happy say it, amusement in her words?

"Oh," he said dumbly, resting a paw on his head as it tilted. "So you're not a gorilla and you don't want to kill me?"

"That's correct." Virgo nodded.

"Oh," he repeated, relieved he wasn't going to die. All that yummy fish was still waiting for him. Natsu and Lucy too. And then, the topic at hand caught up to him. He folded his arms over his chest. "Wait, then why are you here?"

The Maiden produced a golden key similar to the one he'd seen Lucy use. "The blonde girl, Lucy—she's a celestial spirit mage, correct?"

Happy nodded. "Yeah," he proclaimed excitedly. "She has three golden ones, and one's a crab! Oh but he says '-ebi' at the end of his sentences though."

"Cancer," Virgo concurred.

"Mhmm," the blue cat hummed as he looked at the spirit. "Yeah, do you know him, Virgo?"

"Yes, we bump into each other sometimes in the celestial realm," she answered. "Not too often though. Perhaps we will spend more time together in the future."

"Oh, okay! So do you want me to give your key to Lucy?"

The celestial spirit looked surprised for a moment before her face returned to its previous blank canvas. She held out her key to him. "Yes, please. I have heard wonderful things about her from Taurus and Cancer. It would be an honor to be her spirit."

"Not Aquarius?" Happy questioned, scratching his head as he snatched the key from Virgo's hand with little hesitance.

He was sure Lucy had mentioned the mermaid lady being her first celestial spirit. But given how the mermaid lady was, he was pretty sure she had nothing nice to say.

Virgo seemed to agree with that internal assessment of his. "Aquarius is...difficult."

"I figured," the blue cat agreed easily. A beat, and then— "So, is that all you needed?"

Bowing once more, she nodded as she began to fade into a gold shimmer. "Yes, that was it. Thank you. I shall return now."

"Okay, bye!" Happy waved, Virgo's key swinging as he did so. He was sure he saw the Maiden nod at him.

Taking off his trusty bag, he crouched down and carefully placed the golden key inside. The next time he saw Lucy, whenever it happened, he'd give it to her. Still, this whole thing left a pretty big question.

"Why'd she have to pick me to give it to Lucy?" Happy wailed unhappily.


So, I've just started Fairy Tail, and I'm on the Lullaby arc right now. I'm hoping to get to the Loke arc soon because it was the very first arc I watched (out of order, I know) and I absolutely adore that guy. But anyway, that scene where Happy reveals he has Virgo's key always seemed so strange. I was like, how? Why? What sense does it make? And then, I was like, wait, how would it happen? And so this little thing was born. Hope you enjoyed it! I know I enjoyed writing it...except for when my progress was lost because I forgot to save it. But it happens.