Happy poked his head to the window of his and Natsu's house; a worried expression dawned on his face as he stares at the dragonslayer desperately counting stars in the almost starless night sky determindedly.

He shook his head in disbelief. Twelve years had passed since the Strauss siblings had left Magnolia and since then, Natsu Dragneel has devoted himslf to nine stars.

Happy sighed disappointedly when Natsu mumbled something under his breath. It's probably his wish, The exceed thought as he sat down on the living room's couch, worry evident on his glum face.

Yukino Aguria had explained to him that the practice of nine stars is only for celestial mages. She had also explained that if a celestial mage's wish isn't granted by the celestials after he or she had completed the process, it must mean that the request would cause him or her harm in the near future.

He had tried to convince the pink haired dragonslayer by asking Yukino to help him, but sadly for them, the fire breathing mage is stubborn enough to listen to their plea. Oh, how he wishes that his partner would stop his idiocy already!

"Happy, gramps is holding a buffet in the guild; we should go already before the food's gone!" Natsu invited, poking his head from the opened window of their house.

The said exceed chuckled, exiting the house using his tiny wings through the window. "Aye! I'm going to eat lots and lots of fish!" He declared.

"Alright! Let's have a race, Happy! The winner will get a big scoop of ice cream!" The pinkette shouted as he ran his way to Fairy Tail with a wide stunning grin.

"Hey, no fair, Nat-zu!" Happy barked, tailing the dragonslayer using his tiny wings sprouted at his back.

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'Please reunite me with Lisanna once again.'

"Loke –" A woman with long blonde hair trailed off with her words as a voice, clearly not froma s celestial mage rang to her ears vividly.

Loke or Leo, a tall, orange haired man, wearing a formal tuxedo appeared in a blinding, flash of celestial light. "Did you callme, princess Lucy-sama?"

"Loke, this voice..." She looked at him with a pair of curious, chocolate orbs. "The voice...it's not from a stellar mage..."

The spirit sighed exasperatedly as he gazed at a very larg lacrima where the celestial mages who performs the nine stars, plus Natsu Dragneel can be seen, doing their daily activities.

"Yes, prncess; the voice definitely did not came from a stellar," he shook his head in disbelief, sympathy crossing his shaded eyes as he pouinted at the spot where Natsu and his exceed, Happy can be seen, eating their hearts out with thefood served right on their spot while laughing contently. "Thevoice came from a dragonslayer from the guild called Fairy Tail; he's been doing the practice for straight twelve years determinedly."

The princes gasped in surprise, mixed with emotions evident on her deep, chocolate brown eyes. "B-But, doesn't he know that nine stars is only for celestial mages?"

The lion-spirit shrugged , pity washing all over his senses. "According to Yukino, the stellar mage who owns my key, the boy dreams to reunite with his foster father, Igneel up until now; butprobably because he's in-love with this girl named Lisanna he's been wishing to reunite with, h's willing to look like an idiot to everyone's eyes by resorting nine stars just so he could meet her again."

Lucy Heartfilia, the celestial princess frowned. "This boy..." She touched the spot where a man in his 17's spars with a guy only wore red boxers is being showed. When she removed her grasp, the lacrima cleared and suddenly, the pinkette is howed full-screen in the large, magic circle. "He must be experiencing a lot of pain... Being left by his father and the girl he is in-love with..."

The stellar key did not reply, he only bowed his head down as a sign of farewell. The princess needs an alone time for herself, he thought as he disappeared through the blinding celestial light.

Lucy Heartfilia smiled lovingly at the lacrima, the emotion of fondness staring to build up at her bright, chocolate eyes.

"Natsu Dragneel, your wish had been heard...loud an clear by the stellar princess, Lucy Heartfilia," she mumbled knowingly, smiling determinedly. "You had done enough..."

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