Hello everyone!

Here comes chapter 2 with Lucy's POV.

Honestly, I was wondering if I should post this one, or just skip to Natsu but I guess I have to show this so that I don't have to explain some of the parts.

DISCLAIMER: You know how it goes.

Second Wish:
A Moment of Freedom

"Hime-sama!" Astrea called her. She was a woman with long pink hair and azure eyes. She was wearing a long sleeveless white dress with glitters of stars at the rim.

The one she called was a lady with long golden hair wearing a glittering silver dress who was sitting on top of the column in the celestial hall. She had alluring hazel eyes and smooth skin as pale as the moon. Her lips were small and just the right light shade of red. A transparent white cloak floats from her shoulders to her small arms.

She was the embodiment of beauty.

And this beauty just glared and stuck her tongue out at the pink-haired maiden below.

"Hime-sama. . . that's very unlady-like . . ." she reprimanded. And very childish.

The girl pouted at her and crossed her arms. "Mou Virgo, why do you always scold everything I do? And don't call me Hime-sama! It sounds wrong."

"Princess, I don't always scold you . . . only at times when you're out of the line which you always do. Also, there isn't anything wrong with 'Hime-sama'. I heard that's how they refer to their master in the other world." Astrea, who was also called Virgo, conceded with her master's order.

"I said just 'Lucy' is fine! Why do you keep on calling me with those terms from the human world? Are you showing off at me!? Since you can go there and only I am allowed to go out. You were having fun out there while I'm stuck here listening to your stories."

"It was under the King's orders. Weren't you the one who kept on asking us to tell you stories of our adventures?" she told her. The princess was throwing a tantrum because her request to be summoned was denied again.

" You guys are so unfair! Why don't you let me go too!? You call me princess but I'm more like a prisoner! Why can't you let me visit the human world!?"

"Princess, you're still far too young. You won't be able to stand the darkness in the other realms." For the celestials, this little goddess, despite the appearance of a young maiden, was nothing more than a child.

She was not convinced. "Castor and Pollux got to go." She sulked

"What matter here is you. The king simply deemed that you are not ready yet."

"I can stand on my own! I can stand the darkness! What I can't stand is being unable to see the other worlds! You just don't give me a chance!"

She stood up from the pillar and kicked herself up. "I don't wanna see you!"

Astrea sighed as she watched the white figure of the princess flew off.

. . .

Lucy flew to the starry garden and landed at the court. The black floor was sparkling with thousands of stars. She walked to the huge marble fountain that was at the center, the floor rippled at each of her footsteps. Huge colorful bubbles floats in the air, glowing faintly.

"Hmph! Everyone is just the same" she muttered under her breath. She seated herself at the marble wall with ancient runes engraved on it and watched the water that was gushing out of the huge water globe at the top of the fountain. Orbs of light orbited around it.

This was the place Aquarius always hang out to and get water from. Though right now, she was not here. Most likely, she went to take a bath with the sirens to the other realms.

"Lucky her" she thought.

It wasn't like she doesn't like her world. She just wanted to see the other worlds. The celestial realm was the one that manages the flow of spirits to the other realms. Being the Spirit goddess, she found it her responsibility to check the other worlds too. Also she wanted to see what it was like, not just hear it from others.

The other realms, especially the human world, had interesting things that wasn't in this realm. She heard that humans always needed to eat or else they would die. Death was also very normal. She heard that they made 'money' as a form of currency which they use to 'buy', whatever that is. Most of all, they live on earth, with grass, trees, mountains and such. Sure, Ceres have it too but the human world was abundant of it. Their world was actually made of it.

She sulked. "I want to go out too".

"Oh Lucy, what are you doing here?"

Lucy brightened up at his voice. "Loki!"

The playful and mischievous Loki stood beside her. He was wearing brown pants patterned with gold and silver ornate designs, and a matching vest over a long sleeve white shirt.

He grinned at her. "I heard the old man rejected you again".

Lucy pouted when she remembered that. "I don't get him. Why doesn't he allow me to go? This is really unfair!"

"It's probably because he doesn't want you to be put in any trouble. I heard the other realm was getting dangerous. Anyway, it's not really that interesting. You're getting worked up over nothing" he said. The Spirit King had actually sent him to coax the princess to stop. Being the only one who she was always running off to when she felt troubled, they thought she would listen to him.

Lucy was not convinced.

"If you find it 'nothing' then you wouldn't have always sneaked out! You thought I didn't know?"

He gulped. How did she found that out!?

"Come on Lucy! I only go there sometimes to play with human girls. They are really pretty, you know? Besides that, you'll find it boring there. Goddesses are not really supposed to go out, that's the spirit's job –"

He looked at her and found that she was giving him a hopeful look.

"W-What?" He had a bad feeling about this.

She leaned closer to him, her eyes were shining.

"Loki! You are always sneaking out right?"

Uh oh.

"Help me go there too!"

'Gah! I gave her a very bad idea.'

He tried to regain his composure. "I can't make you go there. The king will kill me!" Okay, failed attempt.

She pouted. "Hmph! Fine! I'll just go there alone!" She turned away from him.

That sounds even more dangerous.

"Wait! You can't be serious!"

She ignored him and started to walk away.

"Oi! Lucy! Arrgh . . . Fine! I get it already, I'll help you. . ." he conceded.

Upon hearing that, she had quickly run to him. "Really!? Yes!" She cheered.

"Yes, but under one condition. You got to do everything I say." he warned.

She nodded. "Okay! I trust you, Loki!"

Way to hit him in his conscience. She was so innocent and naive.

He sighed.

"Then let's get you ready". He took out a stone from his pockets. "Hold onto this and kiss it. This will store and conceal most of your power to the point that you'll only seem like a minor spirit of earth. It'll be problematic if someone found out that you're a goddess."

She nodded. "Okay! But I can still use my powers, right?"

"Don't even think about it. It'll be better if they thought you're human. Most of them can't differentiate a human-looking spirit from them. You won't be able to use your powers like you do here. But there's enough mana to help you escape and look for me when you find yourself in trouble." He explained.

"Mmm hmmm." She nodded. She held the stone and concentrated her powers in it. The stone reacted and glowed. She kissed it. From the spot her lips touched, the stone started to dissolve.

"Ah!" she called out, worried.

"That's alright. That's how it goes. The stone will take a form accordingly to your power. See?"

The stone had taken the form of a clear crystal, giving off a white-bluish glow.

'As expected' he thought. 'Her power was too great to be concealed even with this stone'. He can already feel the pressure of power even with the high level concealing magic in it. 'I have to add more seal on this'.

Lucy felt weak. "I feel sleepy" she mumbled.

"That's natural. You got most of your powers taken from you. He took out another one. "This one too. You still have enough to attract unwanted attention".

She nodded and transferred her powers again. "Is this . . . good . . . enough?" she was breathing heavily.

"Yes" he took both stones from her hands. He fished out a golden necklace engraved with runes from his pockets.

The first stone was pocketed. He'll leave it here. A celestial has to leave the majority of their powers before they go out. It could cause a disturbance, not only to their own realm but also to all the other realms. Besides, they would know that she was gone if they couldn't feel her power. He put the second stone on the necklace, making a pendant. He uttered a chant on it and the ancient letters glowed and took life as they started encircling the gems.

"Seal!"

The golden letters engraved itself on the side of the crystals as if holding it in place. The glow on the jewel vanished along with the power. No, it was hidden.

'Now,' Loki thought. 'To the most important part . . .'

"You're feeling tired, right? Drink the water from the fountain."

She did as she was told. She cupped her hand, scooped some water and drank it fully.

Her body glowed. She felt invigorated. There was a strange tingling from her throat, spreading to her back and then to her whole body. That was when she realized that her body was shrinking.

"Wha-? What's happening?"

She had turned into a child.

"Good. That'll keep the bugs off" he told her. It was better this way, being a child would attract less attention. A beauty like her would be surrounded by pests.

'Bugs? Do bugs in the human world only aim at adults?' she thought. She had never heard that tale before.

"Now that the important points are done. . ." he paused, and then looked closely at the cute celestial in front of him. "Here." He used his two fingers and pointed it at her chest and a magic circle appeared. Her eyes glowed with golden light. The magic circle sunk to her skin and vanished. The glowing stopped. Her ethereal light was gone. Now she looked like a normal human girl.

"What did you just do?"

"That will conceal you better" he told her. Even with all the power absorption, her aura was still strong. He mixed both restriction and illusion magic to make her look human even in the eyes of the spirits. With this, they'll have no problems. He hoped.

If the other celestials found out that he let their princess out, he won't be able to escape with just a scratch. They surely won't agree on letting her be exposed to danger. That was his plan though: Bring her to Earth, make a stage performance to scare her, and poof! The princess would hate going out. Not only that. With this, she may learn and also gain experience to let her grow.

He just have to keep a close eye on her and there will be no problem . . . right?

. . . * . . .

End of Chapter.

My comment: Oh Loki(Loke), you don't know the trouble you dig yourself into. And you're right. The most important thing is to keep the *bugs* off.

A little explanation: It was necessary for the celestials to leave their powers behind because their powers would be too great that it may change the world. It was a universal law upon the Spirit World as they were the one who manages the flow of spirits (aka magic). The celestials leave their realm with just a small percentage of power that could run out, which made it possible for them to be defeated in some cases. However, in their own realm, their powers were unlimited since the whole space was made of spirit energy. This also applies for the zodiacs who holds the gates.

I got this idea since when the zodiacs were seriously injured, they just have to return to their realm to heal then they can be summoned again a few weeks (or days) later. So that wasn't even a day in the celestial realm. That, and I refuse to have the celestial spirits seem so weak compared to the other magic on the Earthland.

Hope you enjoy!