It was almost noon, and Gray was taking a stroll down to the beach outside his castle, alongside his sheepdog Ur. He leaned against the wall and played a different tune from his flute – the tune of the song the girl sang when she rescued him. In the past few days after he was rescued, Gray led a personal quest all over the kingdom to search for the mystery girl. The ocean was the most likely place the mystery girl would show up.

Gray stopped playing his flute and sighed, "That voice. I can't get it out of my head." Ur gave him a sympathetic whimper, and Gray knelt on the sand to pet her. "I've looked everywhere, Ur. It's been a few days. Where could she be?"

Meanwhile, a mile from the castle, Juvia, Natsu, and Lucy had washed up on shore, feeling completely exhausted. Natsu pulled himself up onto a small flat rock poking out of the shallow water, with Lucy floating beside him. Juvia, who was resting against a nearby rock, noticed her knees sticking out of the water. She slowly lifted her lower right leg. When she ran her hands over it, she marveled at how soft and smooth her skin was, and started wiggling her toes.

"Well, look what the catfish dragged in!" cried a voice from overhead. Happy the Exceed swooped down with his wings and landed on Juvia's lower right leg. "That's funny, because I'm a cat and not a fish."

Natsu moaned, holding his head in pain, "Do you mind? I'm trying to get a hold of myself."

Happy apologized, "Sorry about that. I'm just a little surprised to see you all here. What's been going on lately?" He turned to Juvia, who smiled widely at him and continued wiggling her toes. "Oh, hey, Juvia! You look great! There's something different about you, I can feel it in my fur. Wait, don't tell me." He thought for a moment, and said, "Did you do something with your hair? You got a new hairdo? I bet you used the dinglehopper on it!"

Juvia shook her head and crossed one leg over the other. "No? Well, let me think for a second… New seashells?" Happy guessed, before noticing she was wearing the same blue seashells she always wore. "No new seashells." Juvia jiggled her lower leg, trying to make her friend notice her new appearance, but to no avail. "I can't put my foot on it, but if I just stand here long enough—"

"SHE'S GOT LEGS, YOU BIRDBRAIN!" Natsu yelled, irritated by Happy's clueless behavior. "She traded her voice to Kyôka the Sea Witch and got legs." He smacked his forehead in annoyance, "Geez, even a seven-year old kid can see that!"

"I knew that," Happy replied coolly. "So how did she come this way?" Knowing she couldn't answer, Juvia attempted to stand up.

Lucy explained, "To make the long story short, Juvia traded her voice to Kyôka and turned into a human. She's gotta get Prince Gray to fall in love with her, and he's gotta kiss her."

"And she's only got three days!" Natsu added. "Otherwise, she'll end up being one of Kyôka's pet slaves!" Juvia lost her balance and fell back into the water, as Natsu continued, "Just look at her! On legs! ON HUMAN LEGS! This is the disaster of all disasters! What would her father say? I'll tell you what her father'd say... He'd say, 'I'm gonna kill myself a crab!' That's what her father'd say!"

Lucy suggested, "Look, why don't we just try to find Gray and—"

"NO!" Natsu panicked. "I've stuck my nose long enough for her, and look where it's gotten her! Worst of all, ME! King Makarov will make chowder out of me for this! That's it! I'm gonna march myself straight home right now and tell him just like I should've done this minute…"

Juvia, who managed to stand upright, scooped Natsu up into her hands at his next sentence and shook her head frantically. "…and don't you shake your head at me!" Natsu shouted, before he calmed down, "Maybe there's still time. If we could somehow get Kyôka to give you back your voice, you could go back home to the ocean with all the normal fish and just be... just be..."

Natsu stopped when he noticed the face Juvia was giving him. Her naturally large sapphire eyes were massive as she gave him her best puppy-dog eyes, her lower lip trembling slightly. Natsu sighed, unable to stand the puppy-dog eyes, "…just be miserable for the rest of your life. Do you really wanna do this?"

Lucy swam up next to Natsu and placed a comforting fin on his shoulder. She said, "Natsu, I know you're mad over this whole situation, but I really think Juvia needs your help this time. Who else does she have to turn to?"

Natsu looked back at Juvia and sighed heavily, unable to believe what he was about to say, "All right, all right... If that's what you want. I'll try to help you win over that prince." Juvia's face lit up and she kissed the salmon crab on the cheek, before placing him back on the rock he was sitting on before. He mumbled to himself, "Boy, what a soft shell I'm turning out to be."

"Okay, Juvia, here's the plan. If you want to be a human, the first thing you gotta do is to dress like one," Happy told Juvia, and grabbed some rope and an old sail from the beach. "Now, let me see…"

Down on the other side of the beach, Gray was strolling along with Ur. He was feeling sorry for himself at not being able to find the girl he had fallen in love with. At that moment, Ur noticed something and sniffed. Something about the air smelt familiar. Realizing that the scent lingering in the air was from Gray's mystery girl, she began bouncing around, barking excitedly.

"Ur? What is it? Huh?" Gray asked confusedly. Ur noticed that her master didn't understand what she was trying to tell him, so she charged off in the direction the mystery girl's scent was coming from. "Ur! Wait up!" Gray called, running after his dog.

Happy remarked at Juvia, "Wow! You look sensational!" The Exceed had done his best to cloth Juvia by wrapping the sail around her body and tying the rope to keep the sail in place. Lucy was amazed at Juvia's new look, but Natsu wasn't. They were interrupted by the sound of barking. Lucy gasped and swam below the surface, while Natsu ducked for cover in a small sail. Ur appeared from behind some tall rocks not too far away, panting happily. Barking excitedly, she charged towards Juvia, who climbed on top of a large rock sticking out of the sand. She stood up on her paws and licked Juvia's cheek.

"Ur?" a voice called from nearby. Juvia looked up just in time to see none other than Prince Gray – the man of her dreams – appear on the beach. Ur ran to her master, barking happily. "Wait up!" She continued bouncing all over the place, trying to get Gray to notice the girl just meters away.

"What's gotten into you, girl?" Gray asked, before noticing Juvia watching them. Ur ran over to her, and Gray realized what she was barking about. "Oh, now I get it."

Juvia quickly fixed her hair as Gray approached her. "Are you okay, miss?" He asked, ruffling his dog's fur. "I'm sorry if this birdbrain scared you. She's harmless, really. She's just a bit... uh..." He then paused and finally got a good look at Juvia. Her blue hair rested roughly on her hips, and she had the most beautiful sapphire eyes he had ever seen. Now that he thought about it, all in all she looked extremely familiar.

"You look... very familiar to me," Gray stated. "Have we met?" Juvia nodded eagerly and Ur barked cheerfully.

"We have met?" Gray clarified, gently pushing Ur aside, before receiving another small nod from Juvia. His eyes lit up and he smiled widely, taking her hands in his. "I knew it! It's you! You're the one! The one I've been looking for! What's your name?"

Juvia opened her mouth and tried to tell him her name, but remembered she could no longer talk when no sound passed through her lips. "What's wrong?" Gray asked. Juvia tapped her throat in response. "You can't speak?" She shook her head sadly. "Oh… then you can't be who I thought," Gray said sadly.

Both Ur and Juvia sighed in annoyance, before Juvia got an idea. She started making various hand gestures, even going so far as to imitate Kyôka taking her voice, giving Gray a confused look. He asked, "What is it? You're hurt? You're hungry? You need help?" Juvia tried making her gestures larger and more erratic, but ended up losing her balance and fell from the rock.

"Whoa, careful!" Gray cried, catching the ex-mermaid in his arms. She tried to stand upright, but kept wobbling as she tried to gain her balance, holding onto Gray's trenchcoat to steady herself. "Careful. Easy, easy."

Juvia looked sadly at Gray, then turned away as her face blushed with embarrassment. How was she supposed to get her beloved prince to fall in love with her if she can't speak? Seeing the sad look on her face, Gray realized that this girl needs help, and he couldn't help but feel a kaleidoscope of butterflies fluttering in his stomach every time he sees her.

Gray pointed out, "Looks like you've been through a whole lot lately. Don't worry. I'll help you." He wrapped an arm around her shoulders and began leading her to his castle. "Come on, you'll be okay." Juvia quickly glanced back towards the water, where Lucy and Happy were giving her the thumbs up. Ur barked merrily and trotted beside her master.

The time has now come to commence the three days of love.