A/N: Thank you for being loyal and supportive of A Spirit's Love. This AU of Loke and Lucy, though not my favorite pair but still quite adorable, will probably shift to some other kind of universe. Right now, I'm just winging it as I lost my original plot. I don't know where the story will go from here, the universe conspires to inspire me however it sees fit.

Disclaimer: FT does not belong to me. It belongs to the heartbreaker Hiro Mashima (who killed off Makarov, and yes, I still can't get over that fact… or the other fact Mashima presented about August).


An Audience with The King

Lucy suddenly noticed the warming sensation that accompanied a spirit gate's opening. In a flash of light, Capricorn had appeared, "Lucy-hime, the king requests your presence."

"Huh? What does the Spirit King want?" Lucy tilted her head to the side in confusion.

"It is an urgent matter that the King has deemed worthy of your attention," the goat adjusted his suit and tie as he awaited his mistress.

"Did he say why he needed me?" the mage asked to which she received a shake of his head.

"No. He only instructed me to bring you back to the spirit realm," the spirit extended his hand towards her, "Shall we, Hime?"

"Oh, okay, I hope this won't take long." Lucy bid the others goodbye as she accepted her spirit's proffered hand.

In a blinding flash, they were gone from Earthland and flickered into existence in the spirit realm. When Lucy opened her eyes, she was staring at a huge set of pearlescent double doors in her Capricorn star dress form. "Apologies, Lucy-hime, we were in such a rush that I failed to bring you clothes from the celestial spirit realm. Thus, I just used the star dress form. I believe that you won't stay long for this matter anyway. If you do, the Spirit King himself will see to it that you are well looked after."

"That's okay, thank you, Capricorn," Lucy smiled at her mother's most trusted spirit as he held the door open for her.


"The Celestial Spirit Mage, Lucy of Fairy Tail," Capricorn announced in a booming voice as Lucy stepped forwards.

The first thing Lucy noticed was that it was a huge room, styled as her late father's conference room with high-backed chairs and a darkly polished mahogany table. The next thing she noticed was the table occupants, sitting on the head of the table is Spirit King in all his armored-regalia. To his right sat at ancient being dressed with royal purple and black colored robes, his long silver hair braided loosely and adorned with two horns curving backwards reaching his waist. To the King's left was young-looking female with fiery hair and bright golden eyes beautifully contrasted by her porcelain skin and a toga with the shades of sunset. Next to the horned being sat a ruggedly gorgeous man with hair as black as a raven's plume with silver eyes. Oddly enough, this man wore a navy pinstripe suit which contrasted wildly with the three other occupants of the table. The modernly dressed man fixed her a scowl as fierce as Natsu's when facing an enemy.

"Old friend, welcome once again," the Spirit King beckoned Lucy to come closer and gestured for her to take a seat. The blonde mage obliged and sat opposite of his imposing figure. "Shall we start, then?"

"My King, I think it is best if you introduce us first," the fiery redhead spoke softly yet clearly, her voice like chiming bells.

"Ah, yes, yes indeed! Old friend, these are my council. Spirits in charge of their clusters, much like your Leo over there at the back." It was then that Lucy noticed Loki standing to the back of the room. "Lucy of Fairy Tail, daughter of Layla Heartfilia, descendant of Anna Heartfilia, meet Draco, Lupus, and Phoenix"

"Welcome, Lucy of Fairy Tail," the ancient being spoke loud and clear as if he was a man in his prime.

"It is an honor to meet the descendant of Anna, the greatest Celestial spirit mage who initiated opening the Eclipse Gate, and the daughter of Layla, whom the Eclipse Gate opened 400 years into the ethernano-rich future. Or rather, past now as the present time is you here with us," the fiery redhead addressed her while the other man glared at her and addressed his queries to the rest of the council, "I still do not see the necessity of bringing a mortal into our midst, my King."

"Hush, Lupus, this matter concerns her as a wizard who wields celestial gate keys," Draco placed a hand over the raven-haired man's shoulder.

"I am both honored and humbled to make the acquaintance of powerful beings as yourself. However, I don't understand why I'm here. What is this matter that you guys speak of?" Lucy made eye contact with each member of the council before settling her curious gaze towards the Spirit King.


"My child, permit me a query before we delve into the topic at hand," Draco addressed her, "what do you know of mortal and spirit relations?" here she noticed her silent sentinel Loke stiffen.

"You mean the contract between the spirit and key wielder?"

"No, my dear, we mean the relationship between mage and spirit," Phoenix smiled encouragingly at Lucy.

"Well, that depends on the agreed upon contract, right? I know that sometimes mage and spirit become friends but also that there are other mages who enslave their spirits instead of considering them as partners."

"Ah yes, but that is not our point in this question. Let me put it this way, my dear Lucy," the redhead commanded her attention, "If a celestial spirit who is under contract with a celestial spirit mage asks to be released from their status as spirit, how would you interpret that?"

"Do you mean, they want to choose mortality over their own infinite existence?"

"Yes"

"Well, I guess, it depends on the nature of the request. What was the reasoning behind it? How would it affect mage and spirit contract? I get that it would be voided of course but, will there be a timeline? Will they suddenly cease to become spirit with the contract voided, or will it be through a process?" Lucy rambled on until she was cut off by Lupus.

"This is taking too much time, why not just tell her the true reason why she is here," Lupus sneered, "it'll make our lives a hell of a lot easier."

"Now, now, Lupus dear, this is a delicate matter. We do not want any rushed and unbecoming decisions," Phoenix clucked her tongue and tutted at the wolf as Draco and the Spirit King sighed.


Lucy looked around the table at the ancient and majestic spirits and finally, set her gaze on her powerful lion. The mage sent an inquisitive look towards the Leader of the Twelve Zodiacs which caused him to stiffen. Loke heaved a sigh and addressed the council, "If I may, your majesty, will you permit me to converse with Lucy? I believe it is more fitting if I gave her an explanation of the circumstance that brought her here."

The council members appraised the lion spirit as the Spirit King acquiesced, "My boy, if you had sought her out first before coming to me, then this might have been sorted out faster than the confounding meeting we have conducted. I will send both of you back to Earthland for now, as time goes slower in our realm, 2 days have passed in Earthland. Come see me once you have discussed this among yourselves." The Spirit King waved him forward to collect Lucy and dismissed the council. Three ancient spirits bowed in deference and blinked out of existence, the King bade Lucy farewell as Loke collected her. The blonde mage sat dumbfounded and more confused over the short session but followed the lion spirit nonetheless. They entered his gate and reappeared in her home a moment later.


"So, are you going to tell me what that was all about?" Lucy rounded on the lion spirit once they landed in her room.

"Hmm, don't you want to eat first, Princess?"

"Don't even try to change the subject, Loke. What was that about? Why did they call me?" the blonde mage poked his chest but flushed red to the tips of her ears when her stomach grumbled loudly.

"Well, you know, you've been out of Earthland for 2 days. It would do you a lot of good if you eat first then we can discuss it." Loke smiled softly at his master and ushered her to the kitchen where he prepared a quick and simple meal for her.

A full belly and a satisfied smile later, Lucy asked Loke again what the summons was about. Loke huffed as he finished drying the dishes and turned towards her. Fidgeting, he began his explanation.


A/N: So, I'm cutting it there for now. I'm struggling in piecing this story together. As I said earlier, I lost my original plot. Motivation seems to lacking nowadays for me. But I am trying. Anyway… Yes, I know, we haven't seen Capricorn's star dress yet but this fits the story, okay? Just imagine that Lucy has been training for a long time, she even managed to get an Aquarius star dress, why can't she have the rest of her keys' star dress form? Anyway, I hope you like this short chapter. Sorry I've got a writer's block on this story so I don't know when the next chapter would be written. BTW, anybody reading Boku no Hero Academia? Isn't it awesome?! Damn, I started it last week and I've already caught up to the latest chapter (130). It was a great distraction from the updates of FT (526 shocked me). So, yeah, uhm… hope you enjoyed this short update!