The next few days were very tiring for Lucy and her spirits, after getting Lakis agreement to help the next morning Lucy had called the owner and bought the property. Canceling her lease with the old lady that was way too happy to have her gone. Following the exact details and plans of the blueprint Virgo had come up with the house was just about finished the fifth day right around noon.
Lucys nerves were shot not only for stressing on getting the house done in order to have enough time to pack but also because Laki now gets Virgo for a night plus Lucy now has to actually punish Virgo herself! Which she has never done in the years of their contract. That on top of the steadily low levels of magic due to calling her friends out for this or that the last few days Lucy was desperately in need of a break.
She had already sent out letters to every person she could think that may have some sort of inkling on a celestial key and yet to hear back from anyone. She wasn't worried, it had even been a full week yet. Lucy was just happy to have it done.
After their lunch break Laki had left after she received a million thanks from Lucy and a set time for Virgo to go to her place. As Lucy sat out in the grass for what only had felt like a few minutes she was shaken awake by Virgo only to be told she had napped for about an hour in a half. Leaving enough time for Virgo and Aires to pack up her whole apartment and transport it here.
Slowly crawling to her feet to stretch out her muscles Lucy looked at the sky to guess it was around 2pm. Waving her hand over Horologium key to confirm. She took a settling breath and turned around to face her new home.
It was cute little place, one story home with a little porch. The outside painted a dark navy blue that contrasted nicely with the rich green foliage near by due to the trees and plants. Going through the bright golden door the inside was contrasted beautifully with dark woods and cream colored furniture. A simple couch and love seat pair with a coffee table and a Lacrima player. The open concept let you be able to look into the kitchen and see the dining room table. The kitchen is based off of greys and navy, again with dark woods and pretty marble counter tops and black appliances. The dining room table was dark wood that seats six people. Just off of there was a hallway that had a bathroom and a staircase that leads both upstairs and downstairs. The unpstairs Lucy is told is a secret she will find out another time, but down stairs leads to a master bedroom and bathroom suite, with another living area, a study, and a guest room. All together it was way more than Lucy ever expected.
It was so nice to have a place to call her own where she could go to get away from the crazies, enough space to entertain a few guests, a study that has enough room for all of her book collection, and a yard large enough to train. Tears gathered in her eyes as a smile broke across her face. Quickly running to hug Virgo and she was her only spirit that had stuck around long enough to do so.
"Virgo thank you so much, I don't know what I could ever do without you." Lucy said.
"We wouldn't know what we would do without you either princess. That's why we do all we can to make you happy." Virgo says back softly.
"Okay well please go back and rest, we can talk about your punishment another time. I have a couple more things to do."
With a poof Virgo is gone. Quickly grabbing her com Lucy pulls up a three way call between Lev and Freed. Freed of course answers first.
"Hello Freed" She greets.
"Hello Lucy-San" he responds.
"Just waiting on Levy-Chan Freed and then we can start."
"Hi Lu-Chan! Ready to meet up now.?" Levy immediately asks.
"Yeah Lev, that'd be great you as well Freed if you are free?" Lucy asks.
Both nod.
"Okay great, how about you come to 1616 E Milkyway Lane in about an hour."
"Is that by the park Lu?" Levy asks.
"Yeah you can't miss it, it literally at the end of the street almost connected to the park." Lucy states.
With a smile from them both the com turns dark. Quickly showering and changing into some more clean clothes Lucy come up stairs with about fifteen minutes to spare. So she makes some finger sandwiches and brews some earl grey tea.
Right on time her door bell rings, hurrying to open it she quickly ushers them both inside. Grinning at them Lucy spreads her arms and twirls while saying.
"Welcome to my new home!"
Levys looks awestruck and Freed looks mildly impressed. Clapping her hands together Lucy ushers them to the living room to eat and discus why they are there.
After finishing a small piece of sandwich and sipping her tea Lucy clears her throat.
"So, I know you both are wondering how the hell this happened and well it was kind spur of the moment and put together in about 5 days. With the help of my spirits and Laki. I have asked you both her for multiple reasons. One Freed I would like to ask you to put up a perimeter defense upon my land so no one can come in without permission, along with another magicless runes around my house besides my own, and a marking a certain area for a sparing place to wayward magic doesn't strike anything its not supposed to and in turn for doing so, I will let you barrow any books you can carry from my personal library and tell you a little bit about my magic you won't learn anywhere else. Now Lev, you're here because I owe you a chapter, and explanation and I could really use you help for some research which of course you can help out too Freed if you so choose."
Taking a deep breath and checking to make sure they're both with her Lucy continues telling both mages about some rare and important keys she has heard by rumors have been lost and scattered across Earthland and how she plans on leaving the guild in order to locate them. Of course Lev almost has a fit but Lucy calmly reminds her of Levys own adventures with the magic counsel. The girls talk about possible leads while waiting for Freed to construct the runes. It doesn't take him long, and then they gathered they made their way downstairs to Lucy's study.
Both mages were in awe of the shear number of books Lucy has on her bookshelves. Both comment on how her is close to in size of their own collections. Lucy admits.
"A lot of these books were at the Heartfilia estate, which hadn't been cleared out, one day I ended up sneaking back in there with the help of Gemini in order to take everything I could. I couldn't believe Junell bought out my father, his company and the house only to let it rot and never touch it." Lucy finishes with a huff.
"But this is good because a lot of these books are very rare on celestial spirit arts and most of it is forgotten knowledge. So it's better to be in my hands than anyone else's. You both may explore here soon, but first I would like to get an outline started and get some of your ideas listed on what you guys think." She says.
The trio spent most of the rest of the evening going over a lot of details, ideas and processes that could make finding the keys easier. They made a list containing the ideas, but it was getting late so Lucy gave Freed a chance to scour the library while she grabbed Lev the new chapter and ushered them out with a good night.
Lucy's bedroom still contained dark wood furnishing, and had the night sky themed comforter but her walls were also now painted like the galaxy with all the different contilations you could think of. Gently with a small warm smile on her face Lucy traced the different groups of stars before changing and getting into bed. As she shut off the light the stars started to dimly glow on her walls. The warmth of the love her spirits have for her spread through every limb, making her fall into a happy dreamed sleep within minutes.
The next morning Lucy roused herself up right at the crack of dawn, changing into some simple athletic wear of a black sports bra and leggings before eating a quick breakfast. Going outside to the area she had designated Freed to draw runes for training she calls out Capricorn.
She sat oh the ground crisscross with a straight back and relaxed arms as he walked her through the steps of getting into her meditative state.
"Good Miss Lucy." He praised. "I would like, if you are willing to instruct you to do something new today."
With a nod from her he continued.
"You have a great grasp of pushing your magic outside of your body to manifest in look, now I want you to try and manifest it into an object. Think simple like maybe a ball, or a baton like shape, perhaps even a dagger if you are feeling adventurous."
Lucy's brow furrows as she attempts to mold her magic.
"Do not force your magic Miss Lucy, wish it. You command the heavens, wish on your magic like people wish upon the stars." He corrects.
Taking a steadying breath she tries to do as she is told, wishing with her magic for a small dagger of four inches in length to appear in her open right palm. She feel the tell tale tingles of her magic coursing through her arm like it does when she calls upon her friends by pushing it into the key. This time instead of a key she feels a very slight weight enter her palm.
Slowing opening her eyes while keeping concentration upon the feeling in her hand she spots a golden glowing dagger there. Simple in design and almost looking holographic.
"Capricorn," She starts slowly. "It manifested, but will this really do any damage? I mean it looks to hardly be there." She tries to grab it with fingers is laying in and they go through the blade is ease.
"Try grasping the handle" He states.
Doing as ask she tries and is surprised to take hold of the object. It's warm just like any other time she uses her magic.
"Good job Miss Lucy, now this takes a little less than holding out Plue. And this way if you ever need a weapon like if you lose your key or whip you can call upon your own magic. Now your own magic won't harm you but it will harm those you intend to hurt with it. To dispel it simply stop wishing for it." He advises.
"Capricorn this... this is.. I can't even comprehend. Why isn't this something we are taught? Why am I just learning something like this about my magic. Why.."
"Now Miss Lucy, sorry to interrupt but this is something that is lost about celestial magic. A summoner is what you are called, and you can summon more than just celestial spirits. In order to do so you must have a strong will, connection with your magic, and a large origin. On top of that the King is very fond of you, and wishes for the best. He has approved of this teaching method just remember time flows differently up there. Sometimes it takes too long to come to a decision on matters." He finishes with a stern look.
"Sorry Capricorn, it just would have been really helpful back then to know my magic could do this. Besides this which I will now be practicing on top of my meditation do you think you could help me with defending myself physically?"
"Yes Miss Lucy, I have been thinking about it. Based off of you prior upbringing and how you deal with situations I believe a little bit of kickboxing based off of the strength of your kicks now and maybe some acrobatics. You spoke of taking dancing and gymnastics while at the estate yes? You usually are very graceful when it's needed. I believe this would be a very large advantage for you as soon as wel can pull out that muscle memory of what you
learned when you were younger."
"Great! I'm ready! You have me all day today!"
With that the pair did their best to pull out Lucy's muscle memory and started on some simple moves for kickboxing. By the end of it she was very tired but feeling more than determined to better herself. Not only for herself, but her spirits and her guild. Finally that mega watt smile spread across her face that night as she fell asleep.
Wow! What do you think? Reasonable for her magic yeah? I thought it was something different that I haven't read anyone else write before! Anyways Friday is a busy day for me! So hopefully I can push out another one later tonhght! Lots of love! Let me know what you think or feel! Write on!