Leo's words seem to activate something and an opaque golden bubble appears around the pair and a couple of golden chairs appear. Leo sits and motions for Laxus to as well. "Where are we?" The bruise that had been forming has disappeared on Leo's face.

"A privacy room. Nothing in or out, including sounds, objects, transmissions, communications, or anything else. Now, regarding Miss Lucy's procedure..."

"She is going to live, correct?"

"Oh, that is not what is private. I was truthful, she is going to survive and likely will for a long time."

"What is the problem then? Why a special meeting?"

"Due to the nature of Miss Lucy's injuries and the extensiveness of the surgery, Miss Lucy lost a lot of blood."

"Alright, you said that she will live though, so what's happened? Why this formal stuff?"

"'This formal stuff' is standard for humans receiving our care. What happened is that Miss Lucy had to be given a blood transfusion while the surgery was happening. We were going to use one of her own spirits for this as we had no other humans on hand and the spirits were all willing to help Miss Lucy in her time of need."

"But..."

"However, through some quick tests, it turned out that we would not have been able to use their blood for the surgery."

"She has a lot of spirits and none of them worked." Laxus says, simplifying it for himself as Freed might have. "Okay, what then?"

"There was only one spirit that tested for a green light for the procedure, and so he donated his blood."

"Only one?"

"Yes."

"It didn't make her immortal and make her become another spirit, right?"

"What?"

"And it didn't bind them in blood unnaturally like mates, right?"

"No! Both of those ideas are ridiculous!"

"Good, now Freed won't be sad. So what did it do?"

"It has been making Miss Lucy heal rather quickly, for one."

"Okay, next?"

"We don't know the full extent of it, but she will take some of the...properties of the spirit. We had thought the blood would just pass through and not really touch her, but it seems to be changing her a bit." Laxus motions him to keep going. "I just got out of a meeting with the Spirit King and it has been decided that this spirit, since it is not contracted, will be furthermore contracted with Miss Lucy."

"So he's now her spirit?"

"That is so. However, he didn't have a key before this, so his is the first of his kind, and most likely will not be joined by any others. It is also likely that his key would be gone whenever Miss Lucy shall pass, or it would be passed through her bloodline."

"Ultra rare spirit, one of a kind key, probably never again outside of family. That sum it up?"

"Simply, yes. Give this key to Miss Lucy when she is back." He pulls a pristine white key with a red symbol of something on the end from his inside jacket pocket. "He is already contracted to whatever times he is needed." He hands Laxus the key.

"What properties did she get from his blood?"

"You may know better than us at this point. The key in your hand is for Draco the Dragon, the first dragon in existence and ancestor to all dragons everywhere: a celestial dragon."

It is silent for two long minutes. "Are you saying that Blondie may have dragon slaying abilities when she is recovered?"

"I'm also saying that she will be able to summon a dragon, Laxus. With no more power than it would take to open the lowest Zodiac Gate. It is an extremely powerful key, and she won't even have to use much magic to use it, thanks to his own eagerness at being to Earth and the king's generous thought of a gift. It is between silver and gold."

"I don't know much about it, but it sounds like Blondie's going to wake up a badass."

"You have to make sure she trains well with Draco as her dragon kin. She will need to learn all what is necessary."

"I sure as hell will. It's a dragon. Of course I'm going to be there."

"Keep her safe. We've removed any traces of whatever took her hostage, so she should not be vulnerable to Selena again. All of us here treasure her, so keep our treasure safe, dragon."

"I will."

They stand up from the chairs. "One last thing before we dismiss the room."

"What?"

"Do not tell anyone, even your team, about this conversation until you talk to Miss Lucy about this meeting in private and you get her permission to say anything. Patient confidentiality."

"I won't. I'll just tell them she's safe." He sticks the key in his coat pocket.

"Okay."

"Another thing-"

"Now what?"

"It's been about a day, almost a day and a half since we left."

"Bastard. Let's go." The golden surroundings drop.