Hello, welcome back! I don't think I have much to say... I just want to talk about a few things, one of which is the length of the chapters. This one is a little longer, but the reason the chapters are shorter is because I don't have much to write since there's no interaction between Natsu and Lucy. I don't just want to write 5000 words of Natsu and Lucy sending letters back and forth over a long span of time. I'm fine with separating one day into multiple chapters, but I don't like when one chapter is taking place between a lot of days, so that's why the chapters are short. And I'm trying to make it realistic where all this stuff doesn't happen in one day. Like I can't have Natsu figure out all the secrets of the Heavens in a span of a few days, you know? It's stretched out over a longer span of time. I'm not entirely sure when and if they'll be a time jump. I'm still figuring things out in my head... I have to find a way to incorporate the rest of the characters, plus we will have Lucy's pov at some point. There's still a lot Natsu needs to find out, but maybe I'll do a time jump and add more details? Idk I'm just thinking out loud. Thank you guys for the comments! They make me super Happy as always. That's it so have fun!

Igneel was pretty thrilled at how excited Natsu was when it came to his mate. He knew it was good for Natsu, especially since Lucy seemed rather mature, so hopefully she'll rub off on him. Natsu was so focused on finding Lucy and how to get to The Heavens that he hasn't caused any mischief around the castle, so he was very happy about the turn of events. Igneel knew Natsu was was extremely impatient and he wanted to meet Lucy this second, but Igneel didn't mind them not meeting right away. After all, Natsu was only 9 and that seemed way to early for him to begin the mating process, though Lucy didn't seem all that interested in that kind of relationship with Natsu. He wondered what it's like in the Heavens and what Lucy has to go through because what he's been told, the Heavens was a wonderful place, just like Heaven is supposed to be, but Lucy seems to have it so hard.

Something has been bothering him though… He makes sure to read the letters Lucy sends Natsu in case he knows something that Natsu doesn't. This wasn't just for Natsu's sake, but for his own as well because he was really curious about Lucy and the Heavens since one of the old dragon kings probably lived there. It was bothering him, he knew he heard those names she had mentioned, but he couldn't quite place where. He went with Natsu to the library today to search for it himself, but all the encyclopedias with people in them had nothing to be found and he couldn't find a trace of who those friends Lucy spoke of are.

"So this is a Galaxy Flower?" Happy asked Natsu as he patted the dirt a bit with his paw. Natsu has been carrying around that plant for the past week, and has been taking very good care of it. He was a surprisingly nurturing parent and even warmed Happy up carefully once he found his egg dropped out of a tree and landed on his head. Igneel knew Natsu would treat Lucy and their future babies right, if Lucy ever gave Natsu the chance.

"Yep! See, look how cool it is, Happy! It's not even green like most plants!" Natsu leaned down so his eyes were on the same level with the golden seedling, and poked one of its leaves very carefully. "Lucy said it'll start as a star, but wanted me to find out what it turns into after!"

Wait a minute… Galaxy flower, star… is he an idiot? Capricorn, Sagittarius, Taurus… they're all constellations!

Igneel pushed his chair back so hard it feel to the ground, and quickly went to a certain part of the library to find a book about the twelve zodiacs and their origins. Why didn't he look at stars sooner? It's obvious the Heartfilia's have a connection to them by all the things Lucy's mentioned, plus there were some stories about it that his father passed down to him. And there's no more powerful stars than the 12 zodiacs.

Once he found a few books that looked promising and some odd paperback journal, he shuffled back on over to his son and his cat, then sat back down on the wooden chair. Natsu immediately was in his business and picked up the smallest book there while Igneel went for a bigger one with bigger words. It was titled "The Celestial Myths" it looked like it could help because of the the word "Mythes" since not many people believed or even knew about The Heavens. He figured this would have more information than one about astronomy.

Igneel opened he book up to the table of contents, and brightened when he found a chapter labeled The Twelve Zodiac. Once he was at the right page, his eyes skimmed over the text and took in all the information he could find.

The Twelve Zodiacs

The twelve zodiacs are supposedly the most influential stars in the plains, Leo being the king of the zodiac. It's said that each spirit has a power that can help their master, but nobody knows how to summon a spirit to gain their companionship, nor what their power is. Most believe that the twelve zodiacs are just stars and only hold powers of fortune telling, palm reading and others such as astrology and ones compatibility with another based on what phase the moon is in or what stars were in the sky while one is born. But others believe the stars hold many secrets to a place that barely anyone knows about. Only one region passes down the tales of the celestial beings and their powers, and that's the Fae. It's said that one Fairy warrior will guard the chosen one who gains help from the stars, but it's a Fae secret that not many people know of.

"Dad!"

Igneel turned his head to this side so it was facing his son, but his eyes were on the book as he continued to absorb all this new information. He knew there was at least one other region who knew about the Heavens and passed their stories down, but he also knew the person who wrote the book was holding back on details. They said the Fae are the only ones to pass down the tales of the celestial beings while the Dragon Lands is more about keeping the mythes of the Heavens alive. He can't help but wonder what the Fae knew, and he would have to maybe take a visit there with Natsu to ask for some much needed answers.

"Dad! Look! This says Heartfilia! Right here!"

That caught his attention as he focused his attention to Natsu and his book, and leaned over to look at what he was pointing at. Seems Natsu skipped to the middle of the book— well, he can't really complain since he did the same thing as well.

"What's it say?"

"I stopped at this page because it said dragon. See… read right here."

Igneel hunched over a little more and squinted his eyes to read the hand written journal. He always had a problem reading cursive and his vision was getting worse with his old age. He'll have do get Grandine to heal his eyes for him.

Draco the dragon was once an immortal dragon who fought in the war with Agnologia. He grew a strange attachment to me and came along with us to the Heavens. I always felt a celestial power coming from him, I knew he was the lost constellation who fell from the sky my old ancestors talked about after the war between Heaven and Hell. He is a very kind, humble soul, and I knew he belonged in the celestial plains with his friends. Us Heartfilia's were thrilled to have a new friend and The Celestial King was also very happy. He's rather shy around us and doesn't like to turn into a true dragon unless the occasion calls for it, since he is the only dragon, besides Acnologia, and many of the people in the Heavens are a little frightened of his true form. He was truly breathtaking though. I hope he's happy after Agnologia and I are long gone.

Igneel was so confused... Draco..? He remembers hearing a old mystery from Metalicana, he always liked that kind of stuff. Apparently Draco disappeared around the same time as Anna Heartfilia and Acnologia left. It would make sense that's why he went missing, but he also had so many questions. Like how did this book get into Dragon hands? Its obviously written after they left, so he didn't understand how the book got back here again. And the other thing that bothered him was who this person writing the journal was. "Me, I, us..." it's almost as if—

Igneel quickly turned to the first page of the journal and searched for a certain name. Anna Heartfilia was signed in the corner… This was her diary, journal, something she wrote down things about The Heavens in. This was a huge find. He had so many new things to think about and question, but he wanted to keep reading more and find out everything he can. He never would have known such a book existed if Natsu didn't wind write. Wow, this was such an amazing feeling… like destiny or something. He could tell something was going to happen, and he was excited to figure it all out.

"Natsu, this journal was written by Anna Heartfilia. You can probably find all sorts of information in it and learn about Lucy's magic."

"Really?!" Natsu grinned so big, then looked at Happy with the same exact expression. "Did you hear that, Happy? We can learn about Lucy!"

"Aye!"

Natsu picked the journal up along with his plant, then ran out of the library with Happy following after him. He ignored his father yelling at him to came back and made his way through the corridors and to his bedroom. He wanted to lay in bed and read the book some more… maybe he can find some stuff about how to get to the Heavens!

Once he got to his room, he slammed his door shut after Happy flew in, and set his plant on the desk in the sunlight. After he gave the dirt a small pat, they both got comfy in bed with Happy sitting in his lap so he could see the words as well.

"What are you reading next?"

"Hmm…" Natsu scratched his temple in thought, before he slammed the thin leather bound book shut, then opened it to a random page. "Let's see… this page is about what The Heavens Actually look like…"

"Find something else. That's too boring." Happy groaned.

"Fine, fine…" He skipped a few pages and stopped at a new one. "Government…"

"No! Couldn't they say more cool stuff like what kind of fish they have there?!"

"I think you're the only one who wants to read about that, Happy." Happy frumped down in his lap as Natsu skimmed through the next few pages until they find something they both want to read. "This ones about the Heartfilia's and how they came into power."

"Boring,"

"Okay, then… How about celestial powers! That's probably about what Lucy can do!"

"Aye!"

Natsu grinned before he cleared his throat, then carefully read over the cursive writing. It was a bit hard to read.

Celestial magic is passed down from daughter to daughter in the Heartfilia family. Every Heartfilia has had one child who is female. She will always have blonde hair, but depending on her strength, the indentations on his skin will very, along with the pigment of her skin and hair. I was a relatively strong Heartfilia with golden hair and freckles like stars on my cheeks. I have no pigment on my skin or hair, but one doesn't usually grow it until their past puberty. I will most likely never have pigment.

The magic Heartfilia's can call upon is Celestial Magic. There are many keys (or celestial spirits) who she can call for help and each key has their own personality and set of abilities. The daughter who is on the weaker side can summon spirits, but a stronger one can use Stardress. She opens a gate key into her chest and her clothes will change depending on which spirit she uses (Stardress is only for the 12 zodiac keys). Her magic grows stronger as she grows stronger, and she can do many things with her magic in this form. Before, the spirits would be the ones to use the magic, but in stardress form, she can use water magic, earth magic… she can shoot a bow and arrow, or throw a body over her head. She becomes one with her spirits magic. It's a wonderful feeling to have. There's also other magic she can perform like Urano Metria, but I still haven't mastered that yet.

Oh, so they have a hierarchy like the dragons do. Like he can't turn into a a full dragon yet, but he has his hybrid state. Natsu couldn't help but wonder how strong Lucy was. But he remembers she said her father says shes just playing dress up, so Natsu has a feeling she can do stardress! So... that must mean she has freckles! The thought made him smile because he bets she's super cute.

"Her magic seems really cool." Happy admired as he pulled a fish out of his napsack and started to chew on it. "Wonder what her spirits look like. You think she has a fish?!"

"I don't know." Natsu shrugged a little and flipped through the journal to try and find something else to read. "Maybe she can control fire!"

"Then she can cook fish for me, if I'm ever in the mood for it!"

"Hey, that's my job, little buddy! I wanna cook fish for you!" Happy looked up at him like he was an idiot, causing Natsu to sigh. "Maybe Lucy shouldn't control fire…" it'd make him jealous if she could do cool things hes couldn't, plus he wanted to amaze her with all his fire tricks!

"Yeah, you're probably right."

"Hey Happy? It said Heartfilia's only have one daughter though and she has celestial magic. Does that mean we won't have any dragon babies?"

Happy turned around to look at him as he mumbled into his fish. "Why are you thinking about babies already?"

"B-because I wanna have a lot of kids, okay?! It's fine if some of them have Lucy's magic but I want at least three to be dragons!"

"Natsu…" Happy shook his head with a paw resting on his forehead. "Don't ever tell Lucy your dream of having her babies, alright? You'll scare her away! You should be focused on getting to the Heavens, and making Lucy fall in love with you!"

"Well why should I have to do all that, huh?! She's my mate! She should love me no matter what!"

"No," happy shook his head again with a much deeper sigh. "You may love her like that, but you're a dragon, Natsu. Lucy isn't so you have to make her fall for you!"

"B-but we're supposed to be together! She should just come here and marry me then we can have 33 babies!"

"It doesn't work like that, Natsu!" He stood up on Natsu's lap and placed both paws on his hips with his fish held up. "Listen here, child. You need to grow up and quit daydreaming Natsu! Become a man and kidnap her by force!"

Natsu stared at Happy for a long moment, before a vein ticked on his forehead and he slammed his hands on the mattress. "What the hell are you saying, Happy?! I can't do that! I have no idea where she lives!"

"Then you stalk her! That's all there is to it, stupid!"

"But I have no one to stalk!"

Happy sighed once again and shook his head at how stupid he was being. "If you're not smart enough to figure it out then you're not gonna be smart enough to make a girl like you."

"You just said to kidnap her!"

"Exactly! But you're to stupid to figure out how to do it! I mean, you're a dragon Natsu! It wouldn't be very hard! But I'm not gonna tell you because you obviously aren't mature enough to meet someone like Lucy yet!"

What is happy even saying? He's too confused to keep up anymore. Is he just messing with him? There's no way can stalk Lucy when he hasn't even met her. It just doesn't make sense at all…

Sooo... can anyone guess what Happy's talking about? Have any ideas how he can stalk Lucy? *wink wink* Happy is a little shit lol. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed reading, and please comment! They build my self esteem up and it would mean a lot. Thanks for reading!