With Lucy caught by Everlue, he orders her to tell him the secret of the book "DAYBREAK" and threatens to break her arms if she doesn't tell. However, Happy arrives and saves Lucy. They continue their fight until Everlue summons Virgo, who surprisingly appears with Natsu. Lucy, together with Natsu finish up the fight and come out victorious.
Unfortunately, all the holes that Everlue dug cause the mansion to give way and it collapses. Natsu, Lucy, and Happy make it outside and Natsu says that Lucy should be proud for destroying the mansion and keeping with the Fairy Tail tradition of causing mayhem.
They bring the book to Kaby Melon and Lucy says that she understands why he would want to destroy it - it is to protect his father's honor. Kaby admits the truth of Kemu Zaleon being his father and that he was angry at him for being gone for three years and never contacted his family. When his father came home, he swore to never write again and cut his writing hand off. He died soon after and Kaby's anger turned to remorse. This made him want to destroy the book to save his father's honor as a great writer.
He lights a match, but suddenly the wind blows it out, the book glows and the letters on the cover rearrange from "DAYBREAK" to read "DEAR KABY". Then all the other words start to change and Lucy reveals that the book was actually written for Kaby. Natsu tells Kaby that he doesn't owe them anything since their job was to destroy the book and they did not do it. Lucy protests, but Natsu tells her that it would damage Fairy Tail's good name if they took the money.
Besides, Kaby didn't have the money to begin with. He was just using the house to try and fool them. He is really an average man who just wanted to keep his father's honor intact. On the way back, Lucy continues to grimace, accidentally revealing that the papers Natsu found in her apartment are for a novel she's writing.
Aika came out of the bathroom and spinned in front of Grey happily. Grey smiled and nodded his head, he placed a crown on her head. Aika was in a black ballgown.
"Your hair color gives it away though" Grey said rubbing his head as Aika looked at him annoyed and crossed her arms.
Aika put on a Jacket and put the hood up to cover her hair. Grey nodded and the king led them to thr princess's room where Aika swapped places with the princess who went with her mother and father into a different room. Grey stood at the door pretending to be a guard to watch the "princess".
Aika sighed and watched Grey. The plan was for them to catch the thieves by Aika pretending to be the princess. Aika layed on the bed and pretended to fall asleep while Grey turned off the lights and hid in the shadows. After a couple hours they heard the window slowly open.
Aika kept her eyes closed, when she felt them grab her arm she quickly kicked them into the wall with her fire magic. One created a water line and Grey froze it. Aika created a wall of fire infront of the window to block them from leaving. Royal guards came in and took the crooks into custody.
The king and queen payed them before they went into town. With Aika's half of the money she bought new clothes. Grey approved of it before she bought it.
"Doesn't flame brain ever take you shopping?" Grey asked
"No, he usually buys food" Aika answered tying the bow in the back of her dress
"If you ever need to get away from him you know you can always come to me ok" Grey said placing his hand on her head
Aika smiled and nodded, Grey was always really kind to Aika. Natsu barely ever takes her on a job with him so she usually goes with Grey or Erza. Erza usually takes her on simple missions for training purposes. Natsu hated the idea of Aika becoming a wizard and fighting. Grey and Erza think she has a lot of potential so they decided to go against Natsu's word and take her with them. They fight a lot because of that reason but Natsu can never yell at Aika.
Grey and Aika return to the guild to learn that Erza is returning. Aika happily goes and plays with Romeo while Grey decided to go find Natsu.
Natsu, Happy, and Lucy (who's inside Horologium to ride in as they go through the swamp) are taking a shortcut to return to Fairy Tail when Natsu spots someone in the bushes. Natsu attacks it, but Gray comes out giving excuses as to why he was hiding. The two of them get into a fight and when things calm down, Gray tells them that Erza Scarlet is returning to Fairy Tail and they need to hurry up and return.
"Where's Aika, she's always with you" Natsu asked grabbing his collar
"Relax she's at the guild playing with Romeo" Grey said pushing him off
Natsu, Gray and Happy tell Lucy about Erza, how she is the strongest Mage in Fairy Tail and how she can split a mountain in half with one kick; which makes Lucy imagine Erza as a giant. On the way back, they are ambushed by a group of Mages who want to eat Happy, but Natsu and Gray quickly defeat them.
They tie them up to a tree and Natsu and Gray continue to argue. One of the captured Mages mentions something about "Lullaby", but a giant hand shadow pulls the tree underground along with the Mages who were tied to it.
Elsewhere, the citizens of Magnolia look on in amazement as a young woman in armor walks through town carrying a large horn.