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Hello everyone, welcome back to TMBC! So I made a decision last night to make another quick chappy for you guys since I kind zonked out yesterday and dropped out on my own promise by a few hours. Hopefully, this will make up for it lol.

Hope you guys enjoy the introduction of new and old characters! Have fun reading!

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Lucy woke with a tired groan, her body ached probably from standing so much yesterday… something she'd yet to come accustomed to for insanely long periods of time. Sitting up, she stretched her arms above her head, her blanket dropping down to her waist to reveal her messy bed head.

Her front door opened startling her slightly, but her movements were sluggish due to just waking. Her head turned to the door slowly, she released the breath that she didn't realize she was holding when she saw it was merely her manager and coworkers. She looked at them with a raised brow as Mary waved at her with a beaming grin, "Morning Star!" Mary said who is also known as Diamond giggled at Lucy's morning hairstyle.

The manager Kylie smiled, "Morning sweetie, get a good night's sleep?" she asked as she walked over to the bed Lucy was sitting on and sat at the end. Lucy nodded confusedly as to what all this was about… Was it customary for these kinds of meetings in the human world? "Come on up and at'em buttercup, we're taking you shopping!" Kylie told her flicking a few strands of long curly hair over her shoulder.

The other girl in the room huffed still angry about how Lucy had so quickly taken the number one spot from her, but even she had to admit… Star had some skill, after all, she'd brought nearly an entire house of men and even some women to their knees last night. She'd never seen so many people stop watching their private personal dance in front of them just to watch what was going on over on the stage before.

Lucy blinked, "Shopping?" she asked in confusion. She knew a bit about this world, but what in the world was shopping?

Mary's sister Nina rolled her eyes grabbing Lucy by the back of the shirt she'd been wearing yesterday, pulling her outta bed, "Geez, you couldn't even change clothes last night?" she huffed putting Lucy back down on her feet.

Lucy shrugged grabbing at the shirt she was wearing, "I didn't leave home with anything." Lucy told them.

Kylie's eyes widened at that, "You ran away from home?" she asked. The manager put on the breaks, 'wait a minute…' she thought sweat began to gather and drip down her face nervously, "Lucy honey, how old are you?" Kylie questioned realizing that when the girl came to her for a job last night that she'd been so tipsy from drinking and being taken by the girl that she'd yet to ask her…

Lucy stared, "Twenty." She replied watching as her manager sighed in relief making her even more confused. What did her age have to do with anything? She couldn't ask anyone though for fear of looking strange and her secret about not being one of them getting out.

"Oh honey, if this is all you have that is more reason to get your ass outta bed and come shopping with us." Nina otherwise known as sapphire told her looking her up and down for a moment, before grabbing her by the back of her shirt again dragging her towards the small bathroom. "Hop in the shower. You smell of sweat." She informed Lucy as she tossed her into the room and closed the door leaving her to her own devices while the three sat in the room and chattered about how they were going to help her.

"I get the feeling Lucy has no idea what she's doing," Mary whispered Nina and Kylie nodded in agreement. The three were worried, Lucy maybe twenty but if she'd just left home for the first time that meant she was still too innocent and naive to understand the complexities of striking out on your own.

Kylie looked between the girls, "We'll have to help her learn." She said. The other two nodded in agreement.

~oooOOOooo~

Natsu was a mess… Gray and Gajeel dragged his passed-out form back to the beach house his parents had left him. Her name not so discreetly slipping between his lips again. Mirajane and Erza looked concerned, "I guess he never really did get over that Lucy girl." Erza told Mira who nodded.

Mira turned to Erza, "Do you know her?" she questioned curiously.

Erza shook her head with a sad smile, "I wish I did so I could drag her here to talk to this idiot maybe she could help him out of this funk." She told Mira as she sat at the table with Gajeel's girlfriend Levy.

Levy looked a little drunk her eyes floating, but her expression serious, "I haven't heard him bring up that Lucy girl in a while." She told them. Her eyes held a sadness about them, "He seems to miss her whoever she is." Levy muttered wishing she could help Natsu.

~oooOOOooo~

Lucy waved goodbye to the three women after they left her hotel room. Her room now decorated with dozens of different colored shopping bags mostly filled with normal clothes, 'work uniforms', and shoe boxes. Lucy fumbled around grabbing the only bag she'd taken from home, it had nothing in it but a few trinkets. For example, the keys passed down to her from her late mother. They were the objects used to seal the upcoming queens' powers until her body was ready to handle the burden it would place on her body.

Lucy looked down at the golden keys seriously… she had to start practicing with these soon. She'd seen her mother use her powers often beside her father in times of crisis. The powers of the queen of the stars could match or even surpass her fathers who held ultimate control of the seas.

Releasing a breath, she stared at one key in particular… this keys spirit was always problematic for her to control. It would be even worse now that she was in the human world if Aquarius would refuse to listen to her. The damage could be catastrophic not just to the human world but her newfound identity as well.

One of the golden keys rattled and admitted a bright light which zoomed in front of her taking the shape of an attractive human young man with long spiky orange hair, he grinned with mischievous hazel eyes staring back at her through blue tinted glasses, his bows bounced, "Hello my beautiful princess!" he says grabbing her hand placing a kiss on the back of it.

Lucy sighed, "Loke, we talked about this… you can't just force the gate open." she told him rubbing at her forehead with her free hand.

Loke shrugged sheepishly, "I can't help it! I missed my beloved princess!" he gushed suddenly pulling her into a hug. Lucy mumbled 'I wish you guys wouldn't call me that' under her breath. Getting serious, "I'm glad you left." He told her finally releasing her from his hold. She looked a lot better now. She didn't seem depressed like a bird locked in a cage… and then there were those stupid 'pairings' Lucy's father would try to set her on. It always pissed him off to no end the past couple of times, Lucy had barely managed to suppress his anger and stop him from forcing his way out into the world to beat the hell out of everyone.

She smiled at this and nodded, "I am too." She admitted. At first, she'd been very worried about this, but now with the girls support she felt a little better about things. Just today in itself she managed to learn so much about this world and its inner workings. Something that on her own might have taken her weeks if not months took her less then a few hours to understand.

Lucy sat down on the bed, her knees pulled up to her chest a frown married her face, "Something wrong princess?" Loke asked her. Because of their magical connection he could feel her and every emotion that wreaked havoc on her. This wasn't the first time he'd felt this feeling emitting from his master, Loke smiled slightly, "You wanna see him, right?" he questioned. Lucy blushed a little but nodded, "Why don't you?" he continued not sure why she just didn't go to see him when she would do so every day before.

"Kylie said it wasn't very safe for a young woman to wander the streets alone at night," Lucy explained what one of her new friends taught her just today.

Loke tilted his head in confusion, pocketing one of his hands into his black suit pants pocket, "You don't look very alone right now." He told her. Loke watched as the corners of her lips twitched up into a smile at his words, "Let's go see him." Loke coaxed holding out his free hand for her to take.

~oooOOOooo~

Natsu laid across his bed lazily fast asleep drool dripping from his lips onto the floor due to his horizontal resting position. The open window provided a light breeze throughout the room as Loke helped his mistress through the window. The bright moon's light seeping into the room giving Lucy more than enough light to maneuver around the room without too much difficulty. Loke watched from the window his arms crossed over themselves as he rested his chin on his arms. Leo the lion spirit smiled slightly as his princess knelt close to the bed just staring at the young man that'd been plaguing her for so long sleep peacefully.

This is what Loke had been waiting to see… what he'd been wanting to feel… his master's happiness. He watched as Lucy's hand came up to cradle the sleeping young man's face and as if acknowledging she was there, he nuzzled his nose into her palm taking in a deep inhale of her scent. When Lucy's name slipped from the young man's lips Loke snickered at his master's flustered face, "Looks like someone was waiting for you too." He chuckled softly.

After a few more minutes of drowning in her selfish desires to b close to Natsu, Lucy decided it was time for her to head back to her hotel room. Kylie had said she also needed a good amount of sleep because they would need her in early in the morning so they could work on her routine with her for tomorrow.