AN: Hello everyone! :D Have you guys seen the anime Relife? I really like it! You should watch it if you haven't. :)


Chapter 7

Celestial Spirits

The next morning, Natsu woke up anxiously as he searched his room. His newest partner still had yet to return and it worried him. He didn't exactly care for Lucy herself, but she was his only hope of finding Igneel. If something were to happen to her, he would be stuck again.

After eating a decent amount of the bread they stole the prior day, Natsu and Happy sat in their room, utterly bored. Usually they had something to do since they were always travelling. There was always something to talk about. But now that they could only wait for Lucy to return, they found that they had absolutely nothing to do.

"What do you think of Lucy?" Happy finally asked. He wasn't used to sitting in complete silence and needed to say something before he died of boredom.

Natsu shrugged and answered, "I don't know her. As far as I'm concerned, she's just here to help us find Igneel."

Happy frowned. "Well what do you think of her as a person?"

"She's loud and annoying. You heard her yesterday, nagging us about stealing food. She's naïve."

"I think she's nice. It's fun annoying her."

Natsu chuckled and replied, "You're right about that. Still, try not to get attached, buddy."

Happy frowned and asked, "Why not?"

"Because she isn't going to be with us for long. She's only here to grant everyone their happy endings. After that, she's going back to America where she belongs."

"B-But she doesn't have to," Happy suggested, averting his gaze.

Natsu sighed and said, "Yes she does. She probably has a family and friends waiting for her. Why do you want her to stay with us anyways?"

"Like I said, I think she's nice. We haven't had other company in a long time."

"That's because we don't need other company. We have each other."

Happy sighed but nodded. "That's true."

Natsu knew Happy still wasn't fully convinced but smiled at his friend anyways. The two sat in an awkward silence once again until finally Happy spoke.

"I'm still worried about her," he stated.

"Me too," Natsu replied. "You know, the two of us are the ones guiding her."

"Yeah, and?"

"Without us, Lucy won't be able to find her way around. She needs us."

"Are you saying we should leave her?"

"No! What I'm saying, is that even though Lucy told us to stay here, what's stopping us from going anyways?" Natsu asked with a smirk. "She told us to stop stealing but we still do. You and I run the show, Happy. And even if we don't listen to her, she won't be able to do anything anyways because she needs us!"

Happy grinned. "Are you saying we barge into the mansion and fight Everlue like we wanted?"

"Yep! We gave Lucy's plan enough time, it's time to start ours!"

"What are we going to do? Sneak in?"

Natsu scoffed. "There's no need to do that. You and I will barge in like we always do!"

"Aye!"


Lucy groaned as she woke up that morning. Her eyes fluttered open slowly to reveal that she was in a dark room with barely any light seeping in. Then she remembered. Virgo trapped her in the cellar.

"Which means there are dead bodies around me," Lucy thought, shivering at the thought. Tears pricked the girl's eyes as she thought about how many people died where she was. "I was too late to save all of them. What kind of savior am I?" Lucy shook her head. "No, I can't be negative right now. That's not going to help me find a way out."

Lucy stood, her legs wobbling beneath her. Luckily the cellar was just big enough to allow the girl to stand up straight. She stretched and popped her body. The hard floor definitely wasn't a good place to sleep.

A loud grumble sounded in the cellar. She was hungry.

"I didn't eat dinner. That must be how he plans on killing me. Starving me to death."

Not being able to see well in the dark room, Lucy tiptoed carefully, slowly inching forward so as to not step on one of the deceased. When she finally reached the door, she pounded on it with all her might and shouted at the top of her lungs, ordering her captor to release her. As expected, the girl was ignored and the door wasn't going to budge. She was stuck.

"I should've listened to Natsu," Lucy thought, the tears she had been trying to hold in finally slipping out. "I don't know why I didn't. I must've gotten cocky with the whole savior thing. It's not like I can do anything. I can't breathe fire or fly like them, I'm useless! Now I'll never find my parents…"

Lucy slid to the floor and buried her face in her hands. During her life, the girl had done nothing but isolate herself in her apartment, never going on any adventures or making any friends. And now that she was finally doing that, she was going to die.

"Master told me to order you to stop crying," a sudden voice, Virgo's, rang out.

Lucy sniffled and replied, "I can't help it. I'm going to die alone. Deep down I always knew I would. I always knew that I wouldn't find my parents and would waste my life away. I just never knew it would be so soon. Or so dark."

Virgo frowned. "You should not have come here. You should have stayed with your friends. Master is too strong."

"I know that now. I guess I just wanted to be useful for once… I wanted to help people, to save the town. But I guess I really wanted to prove to myself I could do something… Turns out I was wrong. I don't have strength like Natsu. I don't have magic to help me, I'm useless!"

Virgo's frown deepened. She knew what she saw when she first opened the door and found Lucy. She saw a mixture of golden and silver keys latched onto her belt loop. And from what she could sense, Lucy was a celestial spirit mage.

Deeming herself as not disobeying her Master, Virgo hesitantly told Lucy, "You have magic. Rare magic. You just need to find it."

Lucy's eyes widened as she brought her face from her hands. "I-I have magic?"

"Yes."

"W-Well what is it? Fire? Ice? Tell me!"

"I'm afraid I cannot," Virgo stated. "I already told you too much. You are just lucky Master didn't notice it yesterday. Find your magic and use it to get out of here."

Lucy heard the sound of clicking heels, signaling Virgo's exit.

Before the maid could leave, Lucy replied, "I forgive you, Virgo. I know that you are just following your orders. I know that you didn't want to do this to me. So I forgive you, even if I don't make it out of here alive."

Lucy swore she heard a faint sniffle before Virgo finally left, leaving her alone once again. The blonde sat still, pondering the maid's words. She had magic. She just had to find it and figure out how to use it to get out of there.

"Maybe I breathe fire like Natsu," Lucy mused aloud. She opened her mouth and let out a puff of air, but sadly no fire came out. "Alright, that was a bust. Maybe I can fly like Happy!" Flexing her back and focusing on the spot, she realized that couldn't be it either since no wings showed up. Then she focused on her hands, willing anything to materialize whether it be fire, ice, or even water.

"This is useless!" Lucy cried. "I can't use magic. Virgo must have been wrong. If I did, I'm sure I would have figured it out already! I would be able to feel something!"

Just when she was losing the last of her hope, the girl heard maids screaming as a loud explosion erupted. Even Lucy let out a squeal of her own as the floor vibrated beneath her. What was happening outside of the cellar?

The blonde's eyes widened in realization. "Could it be Natsu and Happy? Are they here to save me?"

Hope sprouted in the girl's stomach as a grin stretched over her lips. Her eyes shone with determination as she stood once again, focusing on her body.

"I can't give up," she thought, closing her eyes to concentrate. "Not when Natsu and Happy are here to rescue me. I can't just sit here for them to save me, I have to save myself!"

Lucy continued to concentrate, willing for anything to happen. She didn't care what kind of magic she had. It could be the lamest, most un-cool magic in the world as long as it helped her friends. She refused to be useless any longer. She was going to fight and restore everyone's happy endings.

Suddenly, a bright light appeared in the room as Lucy felt something warm against her hip.

"What, do I have magical kicking powers?" she wondered as she glanced down. To her upmost surprise, the keys that she had since she was a baby, the only thing she had of her parents besides her blanket, were glowing. "My keys? Are they magical or something?"

Lucy frantically removed the keyring from her belt loop and stared curiously at them. They were still glowing, almost as if asking to be touched. Hesitantly, the girl unhooked one of the keys. It was hot in her hand but didn't hurt, like Natsu's fire. It was golden and had the symbol of the zodiac sign, Taurus.

Suddenly, Lucy's mouth moved on its own and she found herself mumbling something akin to an enchantment of some sort. It was like her body knew what to do even if her brain didn't. Her stomach did a flip and she felt herself being drained of energy. It reminded her of the day she first appeared in Earthland, when she somehow opened a portal.

"Open," Lucy began, not knowing why, "Gate of the bull, Taurus!"


Natsu and Happy snickered at the sight of maids running around frantically, screaming in fear of them. All they did was burn a hole through the wall, it wasn't like they were murderers or anything. Not like the man they were working for.

"Do you see Lucy?" Natsu asked, searching for a golden head among the maids.

Happy shook his head and answered, "No, maybe she's not in this part of the mansion."

"That is correct," an unfamiliar voice said.

Natsu and Happy turned to find a stubby man with a terrible haircut and an even worse mustache, if it could even be called that since it was made from his nose hairs. The two immediately burst into a fit of laughter, hunching over and clenching their stomachs as they cackled, tears filling their eyes.

"W-What is so funny!?" the man questioned, glaring at the two.

"Y-Your mustache," Happy began, unable to finish his sentence as he laughed again.

"It's made of your nose hairs!" Natsu finished, his laughter growing even louder.

The man grew red in the face as he glowered at the two cackling in front of him. He grew tired of them quickly and pulled out a golden key with the zodiac symbol, Virgo. With a simple swish of his hand, Virgo appeared, looming over the two threateningly.

"Take care of these two for me," he ordered. "Don't throw them in the cellar with the girl. They deserve an even more painful death!" Everlue then stalked away, apparently not deeming Natsu and Happy a threat.

"Yes, Master," Virgo replied solemnly.

Natsu and Happy finally sobered up at the thought of a fight and now knowing where Lucy was.

"Looks like her plan didn't work," Natsu said, lighting his fists with flames.

"Aye," Happy replied worriedly as he studied Virgo. She was definitely much bigger than the two of them and he could sense magic rolling off of her.

"I can handle her," the dragon slayer stated. "You go find Lucy. I have a feeling that mustache bastard went to go pay her a visit."

"Aye! Be careful!"

"Careful is my middle name!"


Below in the cellar, Lucy fell to her knees, suddenly feeling completely exhausted after finishing her chant, whatever it was. The girl forced her eyes open to see what kind of magic she used to find a toned set of white abs in front of her. With newfound energy, the blonde squealed and pushed whoever it was with her away.

"Mooo! I like them feisty!" the man exclaimed.

Lucy opened her eyes to study the man in front of her and completely blanched. Standing in front of her was none other than a cow with abs. What kind of cow had abs? Not to mention the fact that he could talk. Or that he was wearing a speedo and a choker with a bell on it.

"W-Who are you?" Lucy questioned warily.

The bull grinned and answered, "I'm Taurus! You summoned me!"

The blonde's eyes widened. "Summoned? What do you mean?"

"That key in your hand. You used it to summon me from the Celestial Spirit World. I've been waiting years for you to summon me!"

"W-What? You mean you've always existed?"

"Mooost certainly!"

"But you come from the Celestial Spirit World? Wait, does that make you a celestial spirit?"

Taurus' grin grew wider as he nodded. "Yep!" To his surprise, Lucy's bottom lip began to quiver as tears welled in her brown eyes. "W-What is the matter!? I am weak against a woman's tears!"

"I-I'm sorry," Lucy replied. "I'm just like Everlue then! I don't want to use other people as weapons or tools!"

"But that is what we are," Taurus informed her. "We are spirits that form contracts with humans to protect them and fight for them. That is how we work!"

The blonde shook her head. "No! I refuse to have people fight for me! I would rather they fight with me!"

Taurus' eyes widened. He certainly got lucky he was paired with a nice master once again. He knew a few spirits that weren't so lucky.

"That sounds wonderful!" the spirit exclaimed. "I will fight with you then, Lucy!"

"How do you know my name?" the said girl questioned.

"I have been watching over you all this time. We all have."

Lucy glanced at her keys. "You mean they are all spirits?"

"Yes. We will talk moooore about this and make a contract later. For now, let's get out of this cellar!"

Lucy watched in amazement as Taurus retrieved an ax from the strap on his back and held it with ease. The blonde could tell just by its sheer size that the weapon had to be heavy, there was no way she would be able to wield it. The bull walked over to the door, respectfully avoiding any bodies, and gave a battle cry while swinging the ax on the door, causing it to break into pieces.

Lucy gasped at the sight of life, a smile gracing her face. She smiled at her newest friend while he helped her out of the cellar.

"Thank you, Taurus!" she exclaimed. "I thought I was going to die in there!"

The bull smiled and then hearts grew in his eyes. "You can thank me by letting me touch that absolutely moooving body of yours!"

And with that, half of Lucy's respect for the spirit vanished as she glared at the perverted cow.

"Touch me and I will turn you into beef stew," the blonde threatened.

Taurus was about to tease her until his face grew serious and he turned to face Everlue, who watched them with a gaping mouth and wide eyes. Lucy immediately readied her fists for combat. She knew she wasn't strong but there was no way she was going to let Taurus fight alone for her.

"You…" Everlue began, "You are a celestial spirit wizard."

"Apparently I am," Lucy replied, her glare never wavering.

"A celestial spirit mage holding the key of Taurus," Everlue continued, still looking as though he'd seen a ghost, "and golden hair… You…"

The blonde scoffed. "Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm the savior."

The man shook his head. "No, not that. You're her. The lost-"

"Lucy!" a sudden voice called out as a blue object reeled itself into Everlue's side, knocking him to the floor.

"Happy!" Lucy cried out, overjoyed to see her companion. "You guys really did come to save me!"

The cat grinned. "Of course! Natsu is fighting someone right now! I think her name is Virgo! You should run and get out of here-! Lucy, who is that?"

Lucy followed his pointing paw and found he was asking about Taurus. "His name is Taurus. Apparently I have magic. He's my friend, he's here to help!"

Happy cocked his head to the side in confusion but shrugged. "Let's hurry back to Natsu!"

Lucy nodded and the three ran as fast as they could, only to be stopped by Everlue popping out of the floor like a daisy. He glared at the three of them.

"Did you think you could stop me that easily?" he asked.

"How did he do that?" Lucy asked Taurus.

"It seems he uses earth magic," the bull answered.

"Indeed I do," Everlue said. "And I'm going to use it to kill all of you. Or at least the girl and the cat. I will be taking those keys of yours for myself. After all, what good are they to somebody that didn't even know what they were?"

"At least I would treat them a hell of a lot better than you!" Lucy shouted. "You just boss Virgo around and make her do horrible things she doesn't want to!"

"They are spirits, that's what they are for. They're nothing but our weapons."

"You're wrong! Celestial spirits have feelings, they're not just tools and I refuse to hand my keys over to the likes of you!"

A wicked grin appeared on Everlue's face.

"Oh dear. You don't have a choice."


AN: Looks like Lucy finally discovered her magic! And she was so close to figuring out the truth before Happy came. :') Hope you enjoyed! :D

Thank you to these wonderful and amazing reviewers: Alexa60765, Soul Eater Maka, Nalulove, IndianaCombs, Lunahartz. :'D