Arslan P.O.V.
This day started like any other. The training team woke up, ate, changed into their bathing suits, and went to the beach to train. Daryun and Arslan start stretching together before pulling out their swords and parrying. A small flash of light makes Arslan and Daryun turn and get their weapons at the ready, pointing at where the light came from. When it fades, a girl in a maids outfit with pink hair is standing there, Lucy on her head.
"Watch where you pop up, Virgo!" Lucy scolds. Virgo keeps her straight face on.
"Punishment, Princess?" 'Virgo' asks. Lucy sweat drops.
"No, Virgo." She responds. Levy steps closer to Virgo, a curious but worried look on her face.
"Is something wrong, Virgo?" She asks. Virgo's face turns sullen.
"The Celestial World is on the brink of destruction. We could really use Fairy Tail's help right now." She answers. Shock fills the silence.
"We need to go to the Spirit World and the Celestial Spirit King will catch you up about it." Virgo says. The group nods.
"Of course. Anything we can do to help." Lucy says. A miniscule smile graces Virgo's face. She holds her hands out and a golden circle appears beneath the group. A bright beacon like light erupts from the circle, engulfing them. They fall through the hole and Daryun grabs onto Arslan like he is trying to protect him even though he wouldn't be able to do much from falling. Somehow, as though listening to Daryun's thought to keep them safe, they all land on their feet. Everyone is in different clothes than they were on the beach.
Arslan is wearing a princely outfit, a crown lying crookedly on top of his head and his sword in a hilt on his belt. Daryun wore his knight clothes, his spear attached to his back and his helmet sitting comfortably on his head. Lucy and Natsu wore matching outfits, blue with golden accents. Gray and Levy wore somewhat matching as well, green with white accents, although Levy also had some yellow and orange. Juvia wore a white feathery-ish outfit with blue accents. Erza wore a dark blue bikini looking thing that was covered on the sides by a green dress came together at her bellybutton and split apart again an inch or two below it. Wendy wore a pink and purple kimono tied closed with a dark blue cloth. Carla and Happy wore cute little outfits that looked like lord and lady outfits.
"Celestial Spirit King!" Lucy exclaims, bringing Arslan and Daryun's attention to a giant blue man with a mustache in front of them. " Is it true your world is on the brink of destruction?" A beat of silence before he smiles.
"Smile!" He says. Lucy looks confused. "My dear friends, I have requested of your presence so that we may empark of your wonderful reappearance from the prison of time. Now, let us celebrate!" He announces. All of what seem to be Lucy's spirits appear next to the group. Lucy turns to Virgo, confused more now than before.
"I thought you were facing destruction!" She says. Virgo smiles.
"I lied." Virgo says. With that the party starts. People and spirits dance, scarf down food, and mingle with each other. The spirits start to seem unnaturally drawn to Arslan, but no one seems to notice. They are all startled when the Kings booming voice fills the area.
"You know Lucy, there have been many celestial spirit mages, but you are the first I have brought to this world." He says. Gray gets an impressive look on his face and pats Lucy's back.
"Congratulations." He says. Lucy smiles back at him.
"But, two of the people that have been brought here seem to be carrying a strange power." The King speaks again. He scans the group before his gaze lands on Arslan and Daryun. "Those two. They possess a power not of your world, but at the same time it is."
"What does that mean? What do you mean Arslan and Daryun have a strange power? Last we knew they weren't even magic!" Lucy asks. The King smiles.
"Well, the young prince, see how the spirits are drawn to him? Even myself? Well that can mean one of a couple things. One: He is a celestial spirit mage. But that doesn't happen to celestial spirit mages, so that is out. Two: He is my heir. I knew We would see him some day, but I never imagined it would be so soon! So, rejoice my friends! The Celestial Spirit Prince is home!" The King announces.
"What?!" They shout. Arslan turned paler than normal.
"What do you mean he is the Celestial Spirit Prince? How is that possible?" Lucy asks.
"Well, you see, a long time ago I wasn't happy with being the only person to help rule over the spirits, so I sent out the strongest piece of my soul, with the help of some other spirits, to find a new host to be the Celestial Spirit Prince and help me rule over the spirits. Your friend Arslan seems to have been the one to receive it." The Celestial Spirit King explains. "Arslan is the only one who can summon me at no cost because of his ability as my heir' .Arslan nods.
"It makes sense now." He says, drawing everyone's attention to himself. "I knew something was wrong. I look nothing my my Lady Mother or Lord Father. I do not even act like them. I grew up with a nursemaid until I had five years of age, and then I was brought into the castle. It was like they did not know I existed." He says. Daryun nods, sullenly.
"It is true, His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen look nothing like His Highness." He says. The Celestial Spirit King nods.
"That is because he took the manifestation of what I would have looked like if I was human mixed with the mother I chose." He explains. They nod in understanding.
"I can't do much for you, Arslan, but I can give you your first spirits." The Celestial Spirit King says. He holds out one of his hands and forms a fist like he's holding something and a key ring appears in his hand with several keys on it. The Team watched in amazement as the Celestial Spirit King let go of the key ring and it slowly dove into Arslan's hands.
"Arslan this is so exciting!" Lucy exclaims. "These keys are some I've never seen before!"
"It's so light." Arslan says, pulling it up and down with his hand as if he was weighing it. With fourteen keys on it, Arslan was expecting it to be heavier. All thirteen of the keys were a jade color.
"The jade ones are the Chinese Zodiac. The jade key Zodiac are like the golden key Zodiac." The Celestial Spirit King explains, noting Arslan curious look at they keys. Arslan looks up at him and smiles.
"Thank you, Spirit King." He says. The Celestial Spirit King smiles at him before turning his attention towards Daryun.
"You, knight, also have strange powers. You have an advanced sword magic, the ability to any sword, dagger, knife, spear, bow and arrows, or anything like that at will. You can summon multiple at once. I am sure you guys will be able to get the help and training you would need from your guild mates." The Celestial Spirit King says. "I have the ability to unlock your powers, and it would be immediate, but it would hurt. I do not wish that on you, but the other way is more painful." Arslan and Daryun nod.
"Alright. When do we start?" Arslan asks. The Celestial Spirit King reaches down and touches Arslan and Daryun's foreheads. A bright light erupts from them and when it dies down, Arslan and Daryun are standing there with pained looks on their faces, but they slowly go away as they get used to the pain. The guild members become aware of a sudden intense power radiating off of their new members.
"Well, now that you and Daryun are all powered up, we should get back to the beach and start training again!" Natsu exclaims after a few seconds. Virgo shuffles a bit.
"I probably should have told you this before we got here, but time in our world and your world flows a little bit different." She says.
"What? Does it go faster? I bet a year in your world is like a day in ours!" Natsu exclaims.
"If that's the case, we should do all our training here." Gray agreed.
"Not… quite. It goes slower." Virgo says. "A day in our world is the equivalent of three months in your world." As soon as she finished talking, the group was transported back onto the beach. The group stood there on the beach, the waves crashing being the only sound along with the seagulls. They were still wearing their spirit world clothes, but they didn't notice. Jet and Droy came running up to them.
"Hey, where were you guys? Well, it doesn't matter. I hope that wherever you were you got training done."
"It's all over." Natsu, Gray, and Erza said at the same time before collapsing onto their stomachs in the sand. Wendy started crying and Lucy turned her face to the sky.
"No way! Give us back our time, Mustache Face!" She yells as the group sulks. Erza suddenly stood up, a red fire surrounding her.
"It's not too late! We still have five days left to train!" She starts to plan it all out with Natsu. A pigeon came flying when no one was paying attention. Arslan noticed it, his eyes used to picking up flying creature because of Azrael. Arslan held his arm out and the pigeon landed on it. Daryun noticed and turned to face the pigeon, noticing a letter tied to it. He took it off the pigeons leg and unrolled it as Arslan pet the pigeon.
"Hey guys!" Arslan calls. The group look at him and Daryun, noticing the letter Daryun is holding in his hands. They surround the two newly discovered mages and read the letter.