Mount Altana, the stunning view was covered by the mist tonight. There was a star falling nearby where Lucy watched the shooting stars. Unexpectedly, Lucy found out that the star was a boy. There were many questions in her mind. "Where is he come from? Why was he fall from the sky? Is he a human? Is he an enemy?". "Princess, we need to hurry to the castle," the guard felt anxious about the boy and worried about Lucy. "But we need to help him" said Lucy. "Princess please don't be ridiculous," said the guard and felt weird with Lucy behaviour. "We need to save him," Lucy kept with her decision. "Why do we need to save him?!" the guard raised his voice but know that he didn't supposed to. "The look of him... Like- like the moon," finally Lucy said it. The guard was a little shocked, he remembered the answer that he gave to Lucy before. Then, he bravely went nearby to the boy and looked properly at the boy's face. "Pa- papa..." suddenly the boy said while his eyes still close. "Papa" said the boy for a second time with tears in his little eyes. The boy was crying while unconscious. "The tears are not a lie," thought the guard and felt pity to him. Then, he started to remember the oath that he made before became an Imperial guard. "In the name of the king, Jude Heartfilia. We, the Imperial Guard, will honor the safety of the Heartfilia family, obey the orders, take all the risk and responsibility to help or save others for the peaceful of the kingdom". Without felt anxious, he carried out the boy on his back and said "thanks my Princess, you remind me about my promises with the Highness and sorry for raising my voice earlier". Lucy nodded with a little smile on her face, she still worried about the boy.
They walked to the carriage, Lucy aware that Virgo was disappeared in her sight, maybe she had returned to the Celestial Spirit World. Sigh, Lucy hope Virgo and Aquarius had any clue about the boy. Royal carriage, the horses were still eating the grass. After the guard put the boy in the carriage, then he requested, "Princess, please take care of him at the back. I will try my best to bring him as fast as i can to the Porlyusica's treehouse". It was located in the East Forest outside Magnolia Town. The guard started to ride the horses. With his skill, they gonna arrive there in no time.
It was silent, his head was at Lucy's lap. Lucy tried to pat his spiky pink-colored hair. "It soft," thought Lucy. Sleeveless black waistcoat was left opened and expose his bare chest. The scale-patterned scarf cover his most part of body, "it seem very comfortable but isn't this scarf is a little to big for him," but Lucy didn't gave a heed about it. Then, Lucy tried to move his head a bit to the right to ensure his comfortable. Suddenly, Lucy noticed a scar on the right side of his neck, hidden by his scarf. Pain, Lucy held his hand, tight.
"Princess, we had arrived", the guard attempted to wake up Lucy. "Where are we?" asked Lucy while yawning. "We are at your home, the Castle," suddenly Lucy realised that the boy was not in the carriage. Before lucy wanted to ask, the guard answered her, "I took him to Porlyusica while you were cute sleeping in the back," he tried to calm Lucy then remembered when he wanted to carry out the boy from the carriage, Lucy was holding his hand tightly, she truely worried about the boy. Lucy just went silent, tired actually. "Hurry we need to inform the Queen about this incident before she get worried," said the guard after noticed that it was late in the night. They went into the castle and told the whole story of the incident, then the Queen hugged Lucy and with a little tears she said, "you know how much I worried about you". The guard just watched the affection of mother towards her daughter from a far. After she wiped her tears, the Queen gave an honor and thanks to the guard due to his action of responsibility. Then, they dispersed.
Tired, Lucy went to her room. She leaned on her bed and started to think about the boy. Then, she glanced at the window and saw the moon. "Hope the moon is brighter tomorrow", said Lucy and sleep silently.
Igneel! Natsu shouted loudly and gasped heavily. After a moment, he started to snivel while holding his scarf.
"Fa- father..."
[To be continue]