"No!" Erza protests violently when she sees the keys. She steps forward. "I will not allow Lucy's killer to wield her keys!"

"They aren't her keys anymore," Master Makarov says sharply. He holds out the key ring to me. "Most of her keys have vanished from the ring in search of a new summoner. I have a hunch that these Stellar Spirits stayed for this purpose, to become yours, Aki."

I take the key ring and look at which spirits they are. Leo and Aquarius are the gold keys. Nikora and Crux are the silver keys. I can't help but start sobbing, though not from sadness. "With these, I think I could really bring their memories back," i tell Master Makarov. "But are you sure? Again, how can you trust me? I thought you brought me here to kill me."

He shakes his head. "Aki, you wouldn't understand this, but our guild, at the core, is about chances. We've given many people second chances, because we saw the good in them. Sure, you might have done terrible things, but it was not of your own will. You deserve a second chance, moreso than anyone I've ever brought into my home. Anyone who would deny that can speak with me privately. now, what are you going to do now that you have those keys?"

I look down at them and want so badly to summon one of the gold keys. I hold up Crux's gate key. "I don't have the stamina to summon Aquarius or Leo now, but I can see what Crux can tell me. He's supposed to know everything about Celestial Magic."

When I summon the old cross he and I build a contract before he'll tell me anything I want to know. He'll only see me twice a month. "Crux, what can you tell me about Andromeda and Draco?" I ask him.

He looks at me intently for a moment before he starts snoring. I stare at him in disbelief. "He fell asleep!" I exclaim, looking around.

A blue haired girl giggles, she's the girl Gray and Erza were with when I saw them before. "He's searching. Lucy said that's his way of doing things."

"Oh." I blush, feeling stupid for not knowing that.

I wait for Crux to finally tell me something when his eyes pop open and he starts yelling. I jump in surprise, off of the chair I'm sitting on and Mirajane, who hasn't left my side, helps me back up.

"Information about Andromeda, the spirit of the princess, and Draco, spirit of the dragon, is limited. They were once human. The Spirit King has blocked any further information on them."

I scowl and think about a new question. "What are the chances I'll get an audience with the Celestial Spirit King?"

He starts snoring again and I sigh, despising all of this waiting. When he yells again, I don't jump. "There is no chance. The Celestial Spirit King does not see humans."

Crux starts snoring again and I tilt my head to the side, expecting him to give me another answer. He doesn't wake up this time and I sigh, sending him back to his world.

"I refuse to believe that," I grumble when he's gone. "I will see him. It is not nice to steal people's memories." I hold up Aquarius's key, getting pissed off. "is there a body of water anywhere around here?"

"There's the canal. I'll take you," Mirajane offers.

"I'll go too! By the way, I'm Levy. You were fast earlier! You even outran Jet!" a blue haired girl greets me. She walks beside Mirajane and I as Mirajane leads me outside into the town of Magnolia. "And I thought you didn't have the energy for a Zodiac spirit?" Levy asks me curiously.

"I don't care. I'm getting fired up about this and it's going to just bother me if I don't do this now."

"I have an idea," Mirajane stops and turns to face me. "Let's go take a bath."

"Great idea!" Levy cheers. She laughs at my irritated expression. "The bath house in this town has a rejuvinating quality. It can restore your magic stamina and so much more. It feels amazing!"

I think about it and agree to go. Mirajane takes my arm and Levy takes the other. I count my blessings, I found two girls who truly seem willing to forgive me for taking their friends away from them.