*UPDATED VERSION 8/3/2018*

Natsu POV

As I regain consciousness, I notice it's dark, which is new since my dragon senses give me near perfect vision, even in the dark. I try and use my other senses and learn nothing from hearing and smell but can feel something cold wrapped tight around me...metal? I try and think back to what happened before this.

Lucy yelling at me.

Lucy sobbing.

Playboy holding her.

That caused me to internally growl. Wait what! Why would I care so much? Well she is my partner. Whatever back to earlier events.

Lucy being taken back by playboy, aka Loke.

Mira and Erza threatening me.

Erza hitting me in the back of the head with a sword.

Oh. Erza must have then tied me up in chains. But why? I didn't destroy anything this time!

Suddenly I felt something small being shoved into my mouth. On instinct I swallowed thinking it was food. I mean why else would someone put something in your mouth?

Seconds later I regained my senses. It came slowly so it did not cause a sudden burst of sounds, smells, and other feeling that would cause me to get a massive headache and make me just want to curl up into a ball for a while and block out everything around me. I could hear shuffling in the background. I slowly opened my eyes to find myself in a gray room made of brick… a cell? I suddenly saw red. Red? Oh no.

I see the one and only Erza. I fully open my eyes to see Erza looking at me. I notice she is in her Heaven's Wheel Armor. Oh crap. I am done for. I wonder what will be on my grave. Here lies Natsu Dragneel -

"Do you have all your senses back Natsu?" I hear and turn to find Mira. She is still in her dress she wears at the guild but that still doesn't reassure me. Mira is a demon - figuratively as well as literally.

"Yeah, I have them all back," I say.

"Good! Now, what did you do," she said in a very menacing voice that made me even more fearful for my life.

"I-I don't know…"

"Well, what were you saying when Lucy got mad?" Erza said coming back into the picture. I had forgotten about her. Crap. Both in the same room interrogating me. I'm done. Not coming out of this alive.

I feel a sharp pain on my head and hear "Natsu! Answer the question!"

"I was saying to Happy how cool it would be to have a dragon as a spirit and that I would want to fight it so that I could train," I said as fast as I could. If I could just answer all their questions and fast then I might come out of this alive…

"That's all?" Mira questioned me.

"Yeah I swear! Me and Happy were-"

"Happy and I," Mira interjected.

"Yeah yeah, so we were talking about what type of spirits we would want and then Lucy came over and started yelling at us,"

Erza went back to her usual set of armor and Mira put her happy face back on.

"That's weird. Nothing he said seemed overly offensive or stupid like usual," Erza said to Mira contemplatively.

"Hey!" I said trying to regain a little bit of pride, but the females were too deep into their conversation to hear and I was ignored.

"She was saying something over and over, but it seemed like it started out specifically at Natsu and then seemed to be more generalized," Mira said.

"Yes, I agree. Did you hear what she was saying?" Erza asked.

"No, I was to far away to hear,"

What did she say to me? Oh! "She was saying how spirits are people too and they feel pain and emotions and stuff," I said.

Both females looked over at me, realizing I was still here, tied to a chair by metal chains.

"Hmm. She has always seemed a little touchy on how people think of spirits. When she talks of them, she talks with such love and passion it is clear to see how much she loves her spirits. I have met a few Celestial Spirit mages and none speak of their spirits. When they do it is not with love and compassion like Lucy. Most speak as if they are just animated objects,"

"Yes. On missions, Lucy is always very thoughtful with her spirits and very caring. She deeply cares about them,"

They started walking away to a door while comparing notes on Lucy and her interactions with her spirits. I would have followed them except for the fact I was tied down to a chair with metal chains. By the time I realized this and was going to yell at them to untie me, they were out of sight and deep in conversation.

How am I going to get out? Wait metal can melt! I start to increase my body temperature to a temperature just before bursting into flames, melting the chains off of me. I guess they didn't buy magic proof chains. Well, works for me!

Now being free, I bounded up the stairs into… the guild storage room?!

Mira POV

I am really worried about Lucy. Just after her dad trying to take her, hurting her, and now this. Something must be up. She doesn't just lose her cool like this. I'm going to keep a close eye on her from now on.

Lucy POV

I wake up to find myself in my apartment on my bed. How did I get here?

RUMBLE, RUMBLE, RUMBLE

I suddenly straighten up and whip my body to to the source of the sound, finding my most faithful spirit asleep on one of my chairs. My face softens to a small smile. Ah, Loke must have brought me back from the guild after… after what? Hmmm. I try and think back to what happened at the guild today.

I summoned Loke.

He talked to the Guild and explained he was a celestial spirit.

He took me away to make sure I was okay with my decision as the Celestial Slayer.

I yelled at Natsu.

Wait. What! Why did I yell at Natsu?

'I would want a dragon as a spirit to fight with and train!'

Oh yeah. That.

I fall back on my bed with a groan.

Loke suddenly shot up from his seat. "Princess! You're awake!"

"Yeah. Ugh. Why did I yell at Natsu. I mean I know he didn't mean it in a bad way but still, I took offense to it! Am I crazy?"

"No Lucy. It probably was your internal instinct to protect us from any form of harm in any way you could,"

"Oh. But why did I go unconscious?"

"Most likely your brain needed a break from all emotional turmoil you had churning in you, so it forced you into unconcsciousness. And also releasing a lot of magical energy at once,"

"Wait. What?"

"Yeah, you started to release energy during your rant at Natsu,"

"Oh. That must be why I feel so exhausted,"

"Yeah Lucy. You released a lot and your reserves are trying to fill your tanks back to 100%"

"How much energy did I release?"

"About 3 Zodiac summonings,"

"Wow!" I didn't know I had that power in me. Well, it is nowhere NEAR the magical output from team Natsu…

"So for the training, you will need to be wearing something from the spirit realm. Anything you want in particular?" Loke asked me pulling me out of my thoughts.

"Um. I was thinking of just changing my wardrobe to spirit clothing,"

"Okay, you should summon Virgo then. She is really good at fashion,"

"Okay! I will in a little bit then!"

"If I am no longer needed, then I will take my leave and give Virgo a heads up,"

"Oh! Yes! I'm so sorry for keeping you out this long!"

"No worry's Princess. I left for a minute when I brought you here and came back out with my own energy, so that I wouldn't further drain your energy, allowing your magic stores to continue to replenish,"

"Still, I am sorry to keep you out for so long. You still need to replenish YOUR magical energy. Wait, how can you come out with your own power?"

"I am the strongest Zodiac Celestial Spirit for a reason," he said with a smug grin, "Virgo also has enough energy to come out on her own if she wanted to,"

"That is really cool! Can you tell her then to set up a few ideas for clothing and come out when she is ready?"

"Of course Princess. Till next time," and with that he disappeared in a flash of sparkles and stars.

Well that was interesting. I really should head to the guild and apologize to everyone, especially Natsu. I feel really bad. But I feel so blah. Ugh…. I think I am just going to that a bath and then go to the guild tomorrow. And I headed to get my bath started.

After my bath I felt so much better. As I walked out of the bathroom in a towel, I found my room filled with clothing and Virgo coming out from behind a rack with a sketchbook in her hand, filled with ideas.

"Hey Virgo! It looks like you have a few ideas,"

"Are there to many? Do you not like them? Is it time for punishment-hime?"

I sweatdropped at Virgo's antics "No Virgo, thank you so much for doing this for me. They all look fantastic!"

"Oh course Princess. Would you like to try on a few? Or just an outfit to change into for tonight?"

"I would love to try on some? Can you help me too?"

As Virgo was helping me try on an outfit, I had a question pop into my mind.

"Hey Virgo?"

"Yes hime?"

"Why do you always ask for punishment every time I summon you?"

Virgo POV

"Why do you always ask for punishment every time I summon you?"

I was startled by the questioned and stopped for a minute.

"I'm sorry! That was rude of me to ask such a personal question. You don't have to answer it Virgo," Lucy-hime said.

"No Princess. It is fine. I was just startled by your question. Most don't care about us spirits to ask questions like that," I said and continued on my current task of finding an outfit. Maybe this one? Or this one? What will Princess like? Maybe I should make this looser?

"I am sorry," she said with genuine sorrow that I could feel through the bond.

"Do not be Princess. You have been the best master that we have had," I replied, "to answer your question, a past master punished me and I developed a complex from the experience,"

"I am so sorry Virgo!" she said turning around to look at me with sorrow and anger, "I hate those types of people," she said vehemently before turning back around.

I am so happy to have a Master such as Lucy. She actually cares about us!

"Well, if you ever want to talk or need a friend, I will always be available," she said in such a caring voice it was all I could do not cry. I schooled my features back to the usual look of emotionless with ease.

"Thank you Princess," I said with an even voice and finished the altercation to the dress she was currently wearing. Finished! I hope she likes this style.

"Oh Virgo! This is so beautiful! Thank you so much!" and she turned around and gave me a huge hug. I didn't know how to respond at first. It was the first time in Virgo's memory that this has happened, so I just let my natural instincts to take over. I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her back.

She will always be the Princess of the Spirit Realm.

The rest of the afternoon and evening was spent with Princess, and we had such an amazing. She modelled all of my clothes and even helped come up with more designs. It was the most fun I had in a very long time. I left after tucking Lucy into bed, feeling content with my life as the Virgo for the first time as I went back to the Spirit Realm.

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