And I'm back to pester everyone! Just kidding. Fun fact, my birthday is July 7 and I take great pride in it as a Fairy tail fan. Oh, if I got a few facts wrong, please don't hesitate to tell! Disclaimer:I don't own the fantastic world of Fairy Tail!

She wouldn't say that the reaction she had gotten to her announcement was what she had expected. After all, the zodiac, with all their little quirks and annoyances were as precious to her as her own life, and so was the guild. No matter how long she had been with them, whether it be an year or since her childhood, she knew they were protective of her, preferring as little as harm to come to her as was possible keeping in mind she lived a mage's life, a fact that she was ashamed to admit, she slightly indulged in.

But she knew those days were over now. At least, she hoped they would be. Back to the point. While she had known that they would support her wholeheartedly, she wasn't anticipating the slight gleam in Leo's eyes or Capricorn's slightly knowing look. Nor had she foreseen pleased whispers breaking out amongst her spirits, Sagittarius going as far as to mutter his plans aloud.

She was growing slightly nervous by this point. Her eyes darted from spirit to spirit until they rested on Leo, who adjusted his glasses, "Uh, mind telling me what you're all so excited about? You're kinda making me want to take back what I said with your shared glances."

It wasn't Leo that stepped forward at this, but Cancer, which added to her surmounting curiosity and shock. He let his scissors drop on the ground and began solemnly,

"Ebi, when you said you wanted to get stronger, you never looked like the spitting image of your mother. Before she...before she got ill, she wanted to get stronger to protect you. But she never was able to. By that time, her magic had already started leaving her body. But she knew one day, you would embark on the same journey, so she started collecting little bits and pieces of information on Celestial magic as she could. She didn't find anything that really interested her at first but then, she remembered her ancestor."

At this, he hesitated a bit, like he had almost let loose something that Lucy wasn't supposed to know. She ignored the sudden lull in his story, telling herself that it was just because the memories of her mother were to painful for him to recall. Instead, she smiled comfortingly, hoping to help her spirit in whichever way she could. He nodded to show that he understood and continued,

"You'll be told more about her later, Ebi. But your mother, she began to write about what she knew about her in this."

Virgo followed his lead. In her hands, she was clutching a faded and torn leather-bound book. It looked at least a decade old, barely surviving the test of time. Lucy reached out for it and Virgo complied. She held it carefully, So this was what Mom was upto, huh. She ran her fingers over its spine, noticing the bumps and especially the cursive, Layla Heartfilia, written in gold ink. She was broken out of her reverie by Leo,

"We should probably leave you alone to look through it. Try not to rush it though, Princess. You won't be able to know what she's talking about at first but that's what we're here for. We're going to help you, you can count on that."

He smiled softly, and it startled Lucy because it was so different from his usually charming speeches. Her heart-warmed with appreciation because she knew that they were all doing this because they had seen how she had been like the past month. She let her hand curl up into a fist on her chest, right above her heart, feeling the comforting buzz. A whisper floated through the air,

"Thank you."

And she basked in the warm and loving glow the stars left when they vanished.

She dropped onto her couch, waving away the need to go take a bath, berating herself for even thinking of something like that at a time like this, but old habits die hard. Okay, stop stalling Lucy! It's now or never! She flipped the pages till she reached the oldest entry, taking a deep breath and letting herself dissolve into her mother's handwriting.

January 7st, X777

Today was my first day of searching for extensions of Celestial magic. Jude wouldn't even let me go to the library for fear that I would sneak of with Lucy again. And Lucy, my darling, was the exact opposite. She was teeming with excitement since we seldom allow her to wander their alone. While she was busy searching for fairy tales in the far corner. I got the opputunity to find a book about the Heartfilia line.

Anna Heartfilia. What a peculiar woman she was. The strongest Celestial Mage till date. And the only name that called me to me when I read thousands of them. It is silly to hope that I might one day get to meet her. It was said that during her lifetime, all 88 celestial keys were united under her. I can't believe someone like that existed in my family and I had no idea up until now!

Well, that was the only information I could find about her in that book. I will continue my search tomorrow. Ah, I couldn't find anything about planetal spells as well. Capricorn assures me that he will try to teach me Urano Metria if I so wish it and he might have something to say about Anna Heartfilia as well. It has been so long since I trained to get stronger, it is making memories of Love Lucky resurface. For now, I'll have to go since Lucy is asking questions about her latest discovery. I hope I get to learn more tomorrow!

Layla Heartfilia

Lucy blinked, brought out of an image in which she was tugging on her mother's skirt, while she sat in their family's library, smiled down at her from one of the wooden tables, the smell of old books lingering in the air. She gingerly touched her cheeks, not surprised to find tear tracks trailing there. She shoved her feelings on seeing a piece of her mother she never knew down, and began to make little notes, why, she didn't know.

The entry wasn't addressed to anyone, maybe she hadn't wanted Jude Heartfilia to know? That didn't make sense though. And the date. Exactly half an year before her mother died. Coincidence or not? Okay, by that point, her mother hadn't fallen ill, not even close. iAnna Heartfilia. /iThat name tugged at her too. Was this the ancestor Leo was talking about? Then why had he said 'remembered' and not 'found out'? Her mother had stated she didn't know who she was before this.

Moving on, there were 88 celestial keys?! She'd have to ask the Zodiac, or maybe just read further if her mother had found out if it was true or not. If it was, she already had a goal. Planetal spells. That meant there were more than just Urano Metria! She could work with that too! And her mother had pointed out which specific spirit she had to ask.

She stood up. Her legs protesting from their sudden use and made a mental note to work on her physical training to. She stretched her arms and proceeded to her bedroom. Right now, she was physically and emotianally exhausted, so a little sleep would do her some good. She'd get up early to finish her assignments for Jason and a bit of jogging wouldn't hurt so there was that.

"Alright! Guess, I'm finally starting on the right path! Wait for me Fairy Tail," she faced her tracking-collage and raised her hand up in the sky with her index finger extended, a grin spreading on her face, "I'll definitely make you proud of me!"

A/N: Okay, yes, I know that might've been a little boring for you guys but the show's just started! It's gonna pick up. This chapter basically contained as little description as I could allow since the previous one was meant to be a bot thoughtful. And I mostly there in a lot of head canons of mine, which might or might not be continued, along with the canon parts. The reason why I mainly finished this early is because my internet has been out for a few days T-T. Anyways, thank you to all those that viewed, reviewed, and favourited. It means a lot! Please tell me if you have any suggestions on how I can improve or whatever you think is gonna happen next. Sayonara!