Natsu and Lucy walked down the cave looking for the legendary Capricorn.

"I wonder what this capricorn thing looks like." Natsu said.

"My mother once told me a story about the capricorn. She said that it was a large goat like creature with a fish tail." Lucy said.

"Okay so it's basically a hint goat fish?"

"I think it's more detailed than that."

"Wonder why it chose to live in this place."

"I don't know but according to my mother they're supposed to be very serious and not very emotional."

"I don't care what it's personality is as long as we can get it's horn."

"Won't taking it's horn hurt it?"

"I'm sure the horn will grow back."

They walked for quite some time until at last they reached the center of the cave where there sat a very large, white, and serious looking goat creature with fish features. It was the capricorn.

"Who goes there?" He called.

"Let me handle this." Natsu told Lucy. He then stepped forward to the capricorn. "Hello uh...Mr. Capricorn, I'm Captain Natsu."

"Humans are not welcome in my cave. Be gone before I call upon a time to wash you away."

"Hey I don't want any trouble."

"What do you want?"

"I'll be out of your hair as soon as you give me one of your horns."

"Why should I give you one of my sacred horns? You're just a filthy human pirate."

"Hey I'm not filthy!"

"Nevertheless I cannot give you my horn for you are not worthy of receiving such a treasure."

"If you won't cough it up I'll just take it."

"Lay one finger on me and I'll see to it that you drown."

"Can't we just come to an agreement?" Lucy asked walking forward.

The capricorn looked at Lucy in a rather strange way. He became silent and his eyes scanned her entire face and body. At long last he brought broke the silence and spoke.

"Human woman, what is your name?"

"Lucy." The blonde answered. "Lucy Heartfilia."

"Heartfilia? Do you have any relation to Layla Heartfilia?"

"She's my mother. How do you know her?"

"She once did me a great service. Long ago I used to live in a different cave until collapsed and trapped me under the rocks. She found me and helped me escape, I promised to one day return the favor but she died before I could. I shall reward her by helping you, what is it you wish?"

"If you please, give me one of your horns."

"Very well." The capricorn then tore off his right horn and handed it to her.

"Thank you." She said.

"Hey goat fish you wouldn't happen to know how to get out of here would you?" Natsu asked.

"Go back the way you came, when the Roc sees the horn I have given you he'll realize you two are allies of mine so it will spare you."

"Thanks."

Natsu quickly hurried back to where they started. Lucy would have followed immediately but before leaving she wanted to know if this creature knew anything else about her mother.

"Excuse me." Lucy said. "I don't mean to bother you anymore than I have but is there anything else you can tell me about my mother?"

"She was a very special woman. She had a strong affinity for the sea and it's creatures. Before she married your father she was an explorer, she sailed across the seas visiting new places and learning about my kind. That's how she was able to tell you so many stories about us."

"I didn't know that."

"Your mother was one of the very few humans who treated my kind with compassion and respect. So much so that nearly all live in the sea would do anything for her or her child."

"Nearly?"

"There are some creatures who still saw her as the enemy. The roc, the sirens, the kraken, even the merfolk. She was almost killed by one of them once."

"When was that?"

"It was nineteen years ago, your parents were newly weds on their honeymoon. The shiped had docked at Mermaid Heel. She stumbled on to their secret moon pool where all merfolk were born. She didn't know where she was and she meant no harm but one especially violent mermaid attempted to drag her down and drown her, as she tried to pull her in she scratched Layla's arm so hard that it was enough to draw a little blood."

"My goodness."

"She escaped and that scratch was the worst of it but that was the last time she ever came in contact with my kind however that last encounter left an amazing impact."

"What do you mean?"

"Do you know where merfolk come from?"

"I was told that when a siren's blood falls into that moon pool a mermaid is formed."

"What if I told you that your mother accidentally created a mermaid?"

"What? How...How did she do that?"

"When Layla was attacked some of her blood dripped into the pool. Her human blood mixing with moon lit water caused a new kind of mermaid to be born. One a thousand times more beautiful than all the others but because she was born from a human's blood she wouldn't be as powerful as them nor would she have a second, more monsterous form. However she would not harbor hatred toward humanity but instead she would feel compassion and an understanding of them."

"Funny that sounds like Juvia."

"That's because it is her."

"Wait...My mother created Juvia?"

"In a sense."

"So is she human?"

"Not quite. She does not posses an immortal soul so she can't be a real a human."

"But she came from human's blood."

"Yes and from that she has a human's feelings and desires but she also came from the sea therefore she cannot have a soul."

"That's not fair."

"Life is not always fair Lucy." He told her. "I sense that you share your mother's love of the sea and her kindness towards it's inhabitants. She's done a lot of good for creatures like me and I have a feeling that you will do a lot of good for us as well."

"Lucy where are you?!" Natsu called. "Come on we gotta go!"

"I'm coming!" She called back. "I have to leave, goodbye Capricorn and thank you for the horn and for telling me about my mother."

"You're welcome. Good luck Miss Lucy."

She then went to join Natsu. Just as Capricorn had said, once the roc saw the horn it did them no harm. Using the rope he had brought, Natsu tied the other end the a very strong and firm part of the ledge and started to climb down the rope while Lucy clung to his back.

"Have you done this before?" Lucy asked him.

"Plenty of times. You wouldn't happen to be afraid of heights would you?"

"No but that doesn't mean this isn't scary."

Just don't look down."

"Okay...Can you talk to me? Talking makes me feel less nervous.'

"Sure so what you were doing back there?"

"I wanted to know if he knew anything else about my mother. Apparently she had this amazing life of exploring before she married my father."

"Really?"

"Uh-huh."

"Interesting, never took high class women as the exploration type."

"There's more. You know how Juvia is so different from other mermaids?"

"Yes."

"Well that's because she wasn't born the same way they were."

"What does that mean?"

"Merfolk come from siren's blood mixing with water from a moon pool at Mermaid Heel. Juvia was born from the moon pool's water but not from the blood of a siren. She came from the blood of a human."

"That actually explains so much. No wonder she doesn't like to kill humans, in a way she's kind of related to them."

"No kidding and to make things even stranger it was my mother's blood that created her."

"Wait a minute are you saying your mother made Juvia?"

"According to the capricorn she found the pool by mistake and the mermaids tried to drown her, she escaped but some of her blood got into the pool and that's how Juvia was born."

"Weird. Just what kind of water is in that pool?"

"I don't know."