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Celestial Ties

Chapter 2: Spirit World


Lucy slowly opened her eyes to find that she was lying in a bed; a really comfy bed in fact.

She rolled around for a bit and enjoyed the bed until something alarming popped into her head.

"Where am I?" She spoke her thought aloud.

"You are in the great castle of spirit. I was summoned to take you to your room when you fainted, Princess," a familiar voice rang through the room.

Lucy looked towards the familiar voice to find none other than her spirit/friend Virgo in her usual maid outfit.

"I'm glad to see that you're awake," Virgo continued in her stoic voice, "The king has instructed you to wear this and meet him for dinner in 30 minutes."

Lucy eyed the extravagant dress Virgo was holding wearily. It was a long dress with a tight bodice and she had had enough of those kind of dresses in her life.

"I think I'll pick out something else to wear," she told Virgo, who had no right to force the dress she held on her, apparently, since she made no move to do so.

"You can go now, Virgo," Lucy said politely, hoping that the zodiac spirit would leave her alone for a bit.

"I will come to collect you in 30 minutes princess," Virgo spoke before disappearing into the ground, creating a hole in the floor.

'You could at least exit through the door,' Lucy thought with a sweat drop.

After 15 minutes of siphoning through all the drawers and closets that were in the room, Lucy finally had found something more of her style to wear. It was a black and silver shorter style dress, kind of like the clothes that Virgo always brought to her from the spirit world when she needed some clothes to wear.

With that out of the way, Lucy began to look around the room, finding doors to more and more hidden rooms with different necessities. Such as the bathroom, which was mostly filled with what could have been a swimming pool, the bathing tub was that big. It was like having her own hot spring in the next room.

Somehow, she found a room with two double doors that she could only guess led to a balcony.

"Time to get a good look at this place."

Upon opening the double doors, Lucy's breath was taken in awe.

The sky, which was usually blue on earth, was a dark purple color, but that wasn't the most amazing thing. The sky held stars brighter than the darkest night on earth, but they weren't just randomly placed, the stars formed the 12 zodiac constellations. In the distance, she could see what looked like mansions or miniature castles, none as grand as the one she was in of course, but they all had their style.

'They must form a full circle around this castle,' Lucy concluded, 'and there must be 12 of them, one for each zodiac spirit.'

The last thought she had was from the fact that each zodiac constellation stood over one of the mansions.

Looking closer to the castle now, she saw there was a city in-between the mansions and the castle.

'That must be where all the silver key spirits live.'

"Princess, it is time," Virgo appeared out of nowhere and almost gave Lucy a heart attack.

Once her heart was under control again, Lucy stood up straight and fixed herself with a serious face.

"Alright, Virgo, take me to the King."


AN: Hey everyone, sorry this chapter was so short, but I just wanted you to understand how the spirit world is set up in my story. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Thank you for all your wonderful reviews =D I'll leave the polls open for which pairing to go with for a couple more chapters, so cast your vote soon if you haven't yet.

Hoping to get the next chapter out in a couple days, but we'll see. =P Have a great day!