Books, Scrips, journals, or manuscripts didn' have the amount of knowledge that the Celestial Realm Library had. Recorded history, every event that happened, every magic that was born, every spell that was ever spoken and Lucy was lost. She Spent hours of her day here in the library, reading as much as she could when she was not training with her spirits. Her day was already a tight schedule, curtsy to Capricorn but she always had time to read, even if it meant sneaking out and sitting down in a quiet corner.
It usually ended with one of her spirits coming and dragging her away from her books, much to the amusement of every other spirit.
Right now, she was huddled up in a blanket and reading a book on the history of Celestial magic. Biting her lips, as she read more about her ancestors, Lucy almost jumped out of her skin when someone cleared their throat next to her. Peaking up innocently from behind her book, she saw Capricorn look at her unimpressed and with arms folded.
"Five minutes!" She quickly yelled hugging the book close to her but the Goat Spirit shook his head and put his hand out, making her pout. Giving him the book, Lucy stood up and walked in front of him, hugging the blanket close to her, her shoulders slouched and glared at Loke who was laughing at her, standing in the corridor.
Hmpf'ing she tipped her chin up and walked away from him, ignoring as he called after her.
It has been three months since Lucy was here in the Spirit realm and she had been worried that when she would go back, it would be passed two years, but Stash-face had assured her it would only be a week as Lucy will be training in a realm that was between Earthland and Celestial Realm, where time went by fast. For her, one month was three days on Earthland, that way she can train for a year and when she went back, it would be only over a month.
So far, for the last three months, she had been working so hard on her fighting skills, learning everything Loke and Capricorn taught her. Hand to hand combat, helping her increase her durability during a fight, muscle training and speed.
For the first month, Lucy had almost died of sore muscles and cramps on every part of her body. But she still woke up every day with determination and smiled thinking how it had been so fruitful. Her body lost whatever bit of fat she had and she could see her muscles firm up and her bust lost a lot of unwanted fat and firmed up, not bouncing every time she moved. Her tone stomach had firmed up to and she saw the faint line of her abs show which made her really happy.
Loke taught her how to use swords and even Taurus managed to not be so perverted and teach her how to handle an axe. Capricorn said that next month Saggitarius and Scorpio were going to teach her how to use daggers and bow and arrow.
Sitting on her bed, in the room given to her by Stash-face, Lucy smiled slightly thinking about what happened right after she met Aquarius.
The spirit had told her that was the last time she was going to meet her until she found her key and Lucy should thank the King for allowing her to meet her. She had walked in the throne room with Loke and had bowed down in front of the king and gave her the brightest smile she could muster before thanking him.
"Thank you for allowing me to meet her one last time. Thank you for letting me in your Realm. You are the best Stash-face." She giggled watching every other spirit in the room sweatdrop and finally, Lucy felt so relieved, it felt like she could breathe again.
Her smile grew when the King smiled back at her, much to the astonishment of many spirits present in the room.
"Old friend. I am glad to see you happy again. You worried us when your star lost its light." His deep voice echoed around the room and Lucy looked at her feet, not liking how she made them worry.
" I didn't mean to make anyone of you worry. I am sorry." The pink glow on her cheeks would have made any mortal swoon and Loke chuckled at her slight embarrassment. He could see many spirits look at her with amazement and he couldn't help but look smug.
Ever since her fight with Angel, Lucy had drawn in the attention of many spirits, who wanted to work with her because of her kindness.
"Don't apologise, dear Lucy. It was inevitable. No one would want 'Siderum Custos' to lose her light now would they?" Lucy looked at him once and then blinked. She opened her mouth to say anything but nothing really came out of her mouth.
"You- You are making me the Siderum Custos ?" She pointed fingers at herself and looked at him like he has lost his mind. She heard Loke chuckle but didn't turn to look at him.
"Of course. You are kind-hearted and loyal, your love for your spirits and your Namaka and everyone in this room does agree with me." Stash-face was grinning at her but Lucy, for the first time lost her ability to think. Why would they make her the Guardian of the stars when she had broken a key? and how was she supposed to protect the spirits when she couldn't even protect herself?
"Princess, Please don't overthink." Her head snapped up and she blinked again, not recognising the spirit in front of her. He had dark skin, almost chocolate brown but icy blue hair. He was almost as tall as Bickslow and looked down at her with kind grey eyes. Smiling at her, Lucy for a second thought he was a dragon slayer, looking at his sharp canines but his magic didn't feel like one. In fact, his magic had a cooling sensation to it and added the fact that his body had blue swirls of tattoo from his shoulder to his Lucy frowned.
"I didn't know there was an Element Spirit in the Celestial realm." Her statement surprised the man in front of her and she heard almost all her spirits chuckle. Looking up at him innocently once more, She noticed the small symbol right below his neck and gasped.
" You are Alpheus! Spirit of the ancient sea! The lost Palladium key!" Lucy couldn't keep the shock and wonder out of her voice, oblivious that every one of the spirits looked at her, stunned by her knowledge.
"That is correct, old friend." She looked at the king, who, if possible, had a soft expression on his face. "There are many four other keys, along with his, scattered around the earth, waiting for Siderum Custos to come to find them. But for that, you need more training and need to master your magic." Lucy looked at him, excited and determined and nodded her head, understanding what he meant.
"Your spirits will train you and introduce you to your magic properly. Until then you will be staying here."
Bosco had a tropical feeling to it. The whole country was filled with vibrant colours and greenery, with people enjoying themselves, laughing and dancing, flirting with each other, Laxus couldn't help but compare everything to Fiore. It has been two weeks since their plane landed in Bosco, A week since he joined the White sea and he did really like it here.
It made him happy how at home Bix was, not worrying about wearing his visor or people will fear him, But it was Freed who made him raise his eyebrow. Not a week and he walked past Freed, who was pushed against the wall by Farron and were kissing each other with such raw passion, it gave him such a hard on he had happily accepted being invited to the privet curtains.
But apart from all the sex and mini-vacation they were all enjoying, Laxus still worried about Lucy a lot. He had yet to receive a word from her or any of her spirits which didn't ease his dragon at all. The only assurance he had that she was safe was that her kin mark was still on his upper arm. Biting his lip he looked at the table, eyes on the guild menu and a sad smile tipped on his lips looking at the Strawberry smoothie option. A tingling feeling went down his back and he suppressed the chuckle, knowing Kaleb was trying to dig into his mind. He turned around, smirking as he watched him narrow his eyes at him.
He stopped thinking about Lucy at all and fixed his attention to the music playing on his headphones. Kaleb, he knew, didn't know what the three of them were hiding and he had only let the matter slide because Bickslow had asked him to and Arman assured him that they have been through a tough time and to let them be.
Taking a sip from his beer mug, Laxus stopped when a scent entered his nose and turned around to watch the door, surprised at who it was. He was on his feet in seconds and walking towards her.
"Ever?" Laxus looked at her concerned, checking to see if she was alright and was genuinely taken aback when she ran towards him and hugged him. Her short frame was shaking slightly as Laxus held her close and he smelt the tears which made him frown but at the same time growl. Laxus saw Bickslow and Freed run towards them, both confused and shocked by the new arrival and he was aware that everyone was watching them.
"Come on Ever. Let's go somewhere we can talk, alright?" He let her down and looked at Kaleb who nodded his head before guiding her towards his office. Bickslow had his arm around the fairy mage and Laxus had to take a few breaths to calm his dragon. Why was it that every one of his Kins was hurting. Directing her towards the sofa, he sat next to her rubbing her back and waiting for her to stop crying.
It didn't bother him to comfort Evergreen. She was special to him and being the only girl in the group, she was like his little sister too. Once the brunette had calmed down, she took the glass of water Freed gave her and took a sip.
"What happened?" Bix kneeled down in front of her and she tried not to cry again.
"He broke up with me."Ever felt her voice quiver and she saw how they were looking at her, Concerned and angry but she didn't know where to go when Elfman said it was not working anymore between them. She would have gone to Lucy but she couldn't find her anywhere.
"Why?" Laxus growled and Ever hugged herself feeling slightly insecure.
"He said that he couldn't do this anymore and that our relationship was toxic. Mira tried to talk him out of it but... but he just looked at Lissana and she nodded at him. I thought... that you know, he was agreeing with Mira but Elfman gave me my suitcase and all he said was 'I'm sorry.' " wiping here face Evergreen looked at her lap and whispered.
"I tried to find Lucy. I asked Cana, Wendy, Gajeel almost everyone where she was but no one knew and no one could reach her so i thought she might be with you, that's why i came here." Laxus felt the tingling in his neck again and he cursed.
Apparently Freed did too because he quickly put his fingers on Evergreens forehead and muttered the spell under his breath.
The fairy mage looked at them confused and Laxus shushed her for a minute, listening carefully. When he heard no one or no scent entered his nose he whispered.
"Blonde is safe. She is not here and right now i can't tell you where she is but she is safe." He hugged her sideways before standing up and helped her up. " You are staying with us. No way in hell am i letting you go to Fiore." Laxus huffed making her grin and she nodded her head.
"Yeah, and you will forget all about him here in Bosco." Bickslow looked at her teasingly and she slapped his arm but smiled at him neither less.
{1 month later}
Laxus looked up, annoyed when Evergreen slammed a magazine in front of him. He saw the excitement in her eyes and looked down to see what she was showing him and his eyes widened in surprise. he bolted from his room, ignoring Ever's giggle and looked around for Bickslow, who happened to be sitting with Kaleb and Arman.
"Bix." His voice was rather light, which immediately caught the attention of everyone in the room and he watched Bicklsow walk towards him and gave him the magazine.
"We need to go back to Fiore." He breathes out, grinning when the Seith mage looked up with a huge smile.
It seems like the missing Light has finally returned! Lucy Heartfilia of Fairytail has finally been seen after a month of her guild being dissolved in the capital Crocus. The young mage was last seen entering the Royal Palace. Where had she been and what could be her business with the Royal family?"