The final week of Juvia's time of being human was coming to a close and Gray had blatantly ignored her. He wouldn't talk to her, he barely looked at her, and over all acted as if she didn't exist.

Often she was found moping around the castle bursting into tears every time someone mentioned or she saw Gray.

One day as she moped around the castle she accidentally wandered into what was Veronica's room. She was startled as she accidentally ran into her while she was brushing her hair in the mirror.

"Oh my so you must be Juvia, Gray has told me so much about you. He told me how you two used to have a thing."

Juvia blushed and was about to cry until she looked into the mirror and saw something rather odd. Veronica's reflection wasn't the same as what she looked like. She was older, hands like claws, and her dress looked like scales and like it was a part of her body almost like a, mermaid tail!

"What is it your looking at dear?"

She turned and saw Juvia's eyes grow wide in her mirror.

"Ooohhh I see, I should have known I wouldn't have been able to keep up this front with you around. Well it is in fact me the one and only Kyôka. Do you like the look and voice, I got it all from you."

Juvia then started to look angry absolutely livid over the witch's actions.

"Oh I can see your rather upset over all of this the fact I came in here and stole your prince or should I say enchanted your prince away."

Juvia looked absolutely furious and rightly so, her identity, her voice, her soul, her Prince, absolutely everything was taken from her.

"I'm sure you're thinking I broke our contract and so you don't owe me your soul, but you see none of this does. It says nowhere that I can't interfere, medel, or tweak anything that I want so I'm afraid your hands are tied. So why don't you run along now and enjoy your legs while you still have them. After sunset tomorrow it's back to life under the sea but instead of as princess as my slave."

Juvia rushed for the witch ready to strangle her, but was quickly forced to the wall behind her. She was surrounded by a golden glow as Kyôka came closer to her.

"So you thought a little violence was going to solve your problem, well my dear you will soon pay for that but for now you can just wallow in your sorrow."

It was then Juvia dropped to the ground as Kyôka walked away.

"Goodbye dear, hope to see you at the wedding!" Kyôka laughed evilly.

As she walked off Juvia hit the ground frustrated by her weakness and inability to fight back.

The next day

It was midday and Juvia watched in tears as her Prince sailed off without her to be married to someone else he didn't love. As the ship got further and further away Juvia collapses and drew her knees to her chest sobbing her eyes out.

She felt so useless so helpless like everything was stacked against her. Was this punishment for leaving her family and kingdom, karma for her wrongs, or just rotten luck. Juvia then came to accept her fate knowing she made her bed now she must lie in it.

She then took one last look at her prince's boat in her mind saying goodbye to the man she loved. Just as she was about to sit down and cry when an idea popped into her head.

After the sunset what was going to happen to her Prince. The witch would have no use for him, which if the stories she heard about Kyôka were true then then that would me she would, Kill him!

Juvia looked frantically around for a way to reach her Prince knowing she couldn't swim. As she looked at the water a thought came to her, she hadn't used her powers in a while thinking she couldn't as a human but maybe she could.

She closed her eyes, focused and then extended her foot off the pier only to have it caught by water. Juvia opened her eyes and much to her joy a stream of water held her foot up on the air.

With renewed confidence Juvia summoned a great wave using it to bring her to her Prince' ship.