Lucy's POV

We entered the Ballroom, unannounced in order to not draw too much attention, my name being announced would have nipped the entire thing in the bud. I sighed and gave a small nod to Freed and the different people as we passed, Freed kept his face emotionless and was scanning the crowd as we passed, he was using his magic to seemingly catalogue the guests. His eyes glowed with the use of his runes, which had been drawn around the room the night before, it gave his eyes a quite pretty glow. He stepped close enough that I would be able to hear him, but only me.

"The target is in the room, near the back, I shall alert Laxus and then we are just waiting on you." I sighed and nodded.

Imakalos POV

All these damn rich people, do they ever do anything but flaunt? It was fine soon I could just drop this whole charade, after tonight I would have plenty of money, although just a few of those damn crystals from the chandelier were worth a hefty amount,even though it missed the intended target. I was pulled out of my musing as a young girl with blonde hair fell to the ground at my feet, I knelt down and helped her up. She was very busty and very hot, shame that she would no doubt be a bitch.

"Are you alright Miss?" She turned her head up at me and my eyes were immediately drawn to her throat, more importantly the large Diamond and Ruby choker she wore.

"Yes, thank so much." She pulled away from me and turned to look at the long window, and then she screamed. I spun her out of the way as the window shattered and the commotion furthered. A large man was now standing among the glass, an almost bored expression on his face as lightning crackled around him. I assessed the man, large build with a lightning shaped scar over his left eye. He vaulted over me and grabbed the blonde girl, pulling her to him before sending a bolt of lightning towards the crowd, making them back off.

Lucy's POV

So far, Laxus had done his job, although he was holding me far too tight for my comfort.

"The man who you just jumped over is our target. He is a Fire Weapons Mage. Now let me go." Laxus laughed and Imakalos pulled a katana out, "Flame Blade; Activate!" At that the sword changed entirely into dark blue flames. That was all we needed, Laxus let me go and I pulled at my skirt, causing the floor length ballgown to shorten to a more manageable mini. Laxus backed away as Freed drew his rapier and positioned himself behind Imakalos and I detached my whip from it's holster on my thigh.

"Give it up Imakalos, we know that you were the one who cut the chandelier!" The crowd had been moved away from the oncoming fight by the other guards who were watching the scene cautiously. Imakalos sneered and shot a look over his shoulder to see Freed, before he went for me. I jumped back and snapped my whip against his face.

"Bitch!" I widened my stance as Freed activated his runes which would keep Imakalos in the room, should he run. I snatched two keys off my thigh, I automatically knew which they were.

"Open gate of the Goat! Capricorn! Open gate of the Twins! Gemini!" The twins hovered by my head as Capricorn assessed the situation himself.

"Gemini transform!" Suddenly there was a second Imakalos standing next to me. Gemini smirked and drew the exact same katana and then activated it. I flicked my wrist and caught Imakalos' ankle, he brought his sword down and severed the whip, which was just what I needed. Gemini shot forward and the blades clashed and then Capricorn was behind Imakalos and kicked the back of his head knocking him out. I thanked Gemini and sent them back as Capricorn tied up Imakalos before disappearing. I sighed, he turned out to be not much of a fight.

"Damn Blondie, didn't leave anything for Freed, huh?" My eyes went wide and I blushed, I had forgotten that Freed was there, he was so quiet.

"Laxus-sama, please. This was Lucy's mission, if she was able to accomplish it alone, then good for her." I looked at Freed and gave a sheepish smile,

"Yea, but-"

"Lucy. It's fine." I blushed and nodded, Lord Winchester walked through the crowd with two Rune Knights following him, the knights collected Imakalos and promptly left.

"How about we take this somewhere else, to conclude?" We all left the Ballroom and were chastised for breaking his window, to which Laxus laughed at while me and Freed winced. He handed us the reward and I immediately inspected the key.

"Aha! Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown!" I was beaming, and out of the corner of my eye I saw a hand reach toward it and I pulled it against my chest and stared at Freed like he was crazy. He chuckled and shook his head as we started back to our rooms to pack our stuff. Corona Borealis, an incredibly rare key due to the power that it held, most people missed it in the sky as it sat between two larger constellations, but it was made up of some pretty bright stars. From what i know Corona Borealis used a lost type of magic called Royal Magic, although I didn't really know what that was. I was lost in my thoughts as we made our way back to Magnolia, Laxus having left much earlier. I drifted off to sleep and didn't notice that Freed was watching me closely.