I'm back! Not much to say here, so I'm going to reply to a review: nico2883, I'm not really sure what you were trying to say, but if you were asking if there would be a love triangle involving NaLu, no. No love triangles as of right now. But there will be NaLu. Thank you all for reviewing, following and favoriting! Means a lot (:

Lucy awoke the next day as excited as she had woken up the last day. Today was the day everyone was going onto a train to crocus, and they would have the preliminaries. She quickly slipped on a wrap surplice floral dress with sandals and a gold choker. She left her hair in a plain side ponytail and ran out the door. This time, she didn't have to wake any of the other girls up, as they were already downstairs. But before she could even talk to anyone, Luna ran up to her.

"Luna! Is something wrong?" Lucy asked.

"Nothing's wrong, but you're a celestial spirit mage, right?" Luna said.

"Yes, why?"

"Here. You should have this, I have no idea what it is but it looks like a key. I've never heard of a blue celestial spirit key, but maybe it's special?" Luna handed Lucy a light blue key, with white decal on it.

"You know, I've never heard of a blue key either, that's strange. Where's this from?"

"It was from a dragon I took over. He didn't talk to me about the key, so I don't know anything about it either."

Lucy's eyes widened. "A dragon!? But I thought-"

Luna laughed. "Lucy, I'm older than you, back before the dragons disappeared I would battle them if they started causing trouble and then I would take them over."

"Oh." Lucy looked down, thinking about Natsu. "You don't know anything about Igneel, right?"

"Igneel? The Fire Dragon King? Oh god, no. Nobody knew about his whereabouts." Luna shook her head.

"Right. Thanks for the key, Luna! See you later!" Lucy waved and walked away, over to Serenity.

"Serenity, look at this key Luna just gave me. It's blue! I don't know what it is, so I can't summon it." Lucy held out the key.

"Whoa. I've never seen that before!" Serenity exclaimed.

"I know, neither have I! But I'm going to summon Crux now, if he can help."

"Oooh, I've never seen you summon a spirit before. It must be so cool!"

"Open! Gate of the Southern Cross, Crux!" Lucy yelled, as a bright light flashed and Crux appeared.

"Crux! Do you know anything about this key?" Lucy held out the blue key.

"...Lucy, I know many things, but that I do not know. I'm sorry." Crux said.

"Oh, ok." Lucy sighed, and closed Crux's gate. "That was a disappointment." Lucy said.

"Oh, well. Maybe when the time is right, you'll know." Serenity suggested.

"Yes, I hope. Anyway, let's go get the Trial Participants." Lucy ran off to gather them, as Serenity went the other way.

The train had finally arrived in Crocus. Everyone stepped off.

"Ok, guys, we've arrived in Crocus, now just follow me to the inn. We're going to drop our stuff off there and then go to the GMG stadium." Lucy shouted to the other mages. The 11 participants stepped off the train, including a few guild members that were just watching the trials. The large group walked down the beautiful streets of Crocus. Many of them were tempted to stop and buy something at the multiple vendors lined up on the streets. Finally, they walked into the inn.

"Put your stuff down in your room, and then meet downstairs! After that, we head to the stadium. It's about five minutes away." Lucy walked downstairs while everyone put their luggage down. After a minute, everyone was back downstairs as the group set out to walk again.

"Lucy, I'm tired, why do we have to do this late at night?" Serenity whined.

Lucy smiled. "Don't worry, it's a really short test! We'll be back at the hotel soon."

"Fine." Serenity pouted.

They arrived at the stadium just on time. They walked into the center, where a strange glowing device stood.

"This is the MPF. Stands for Magic Power Finder. It will determine how strong your magic power is, by displaying a number. This is the preliminary stage of the exams. To proceed in these exams, your score must be over 1,000. Depending on how many people are left, we may switch up teams, or some may have to go solo. So, please line up in this order: Axel, Haley, Luna, Mercia, Lilith, Piper, Aurora, Liana, Serenity, Ruby."

Axel stepped up to the MPF first. "Fire Make: Inferno Dragon!" Axel yelled, as a dragon made out fire sprouted from his hands and sprinted toward the MPF. After the dragon disappeared, the MPF showed a score of 3065.

"Axel will be moving on to the next round. Haley, you're next." Lucy announced.

Haley made the same stance as Axel and yelled "Lightning Make: Double Lightning Blade!" as two swords of lightning slashed at the MPF. It showed a score of 1500.

"Haley will be moving on as well." Lucy made a mental note to not mess with Haley and Axel. "Luna, you're up."

Luna smiled knowingly as she stepped up. "Takeover! Dragon Soul: Bijou!" Luna transformed, sprouting crystal wings and a ruby red tail. Scale made of gems covered her whole body, and her eyes turned purple. Without saying anything, she caused a huge black obelisk to stab the MPF. It displayed a score of 6541. Luna reverted back.

"Oh, wow. Luna passes. Mercia is next."

Mercia walked over, very calm. "Eternal Garden!" Mercia's roses spiked up from the ground and hit the MPF square-on. It displayed 1065.

"Mercia passes as well. Lilith, it's your turn."

Lilith eagerly walked up. "Corruption." Lilith said silently, as a small dark orb expanded inside the MPF, damaging it from the inside out. It displayed a score of 1100.

"Lilith passes, Piper is next."

Piper jogged up. "Light Laser!" Piper stuck her palm towards the MPF as a bright beam shot out of her hand towards the MPF, displaying a score of 1010.

"Piper passes, Aurora is up."

Aurora nervously walked up. "Fire Devil Slayer Secret Art: Wildfire!" Aurora yelled as a dense group of flames sprouted to life beneathe the MPF, displaying a score of 500. Aurora sulked away, as Liana ruffled her hair, comforting her.

"Unfortunately, Aurora will be unable to advance. There's always next exam, though. Liana's turn."

"Well, my magic isn't the best for this, but I'll try... Magic Enchant: Strength Maximum!" Liana's arms glowed purple as she raced toward the MPF at full speed and punched it. It displayed 734.

"Aww. Well, that's ok."

"Unfortunately Liana has failed too. Serenity is next."

"Yes! Finally my turn!" Serenity cheered. Lucy smiled, already knowing what was going to happen.

"Survey the Heavens, Open the Heavens. All the stars, far and wide. Show me thy appearance. With such shine, Oh Tetrabiblos. I am the ruler of the stars, aspect become complete. Open thy malevolent gate. Oh 88 stars of heaven... Shine!" Serenity chanted.

"Urano Metria!" She yelled, as stars surrounded the MPF, attacking it as it displayed a score of 2045. Serenity started panting soon afterwards, exhausted.

"Serenity passes! Last but not least, Ruby!"

Ruby walked up hesitantly. "Open thee gates of hell! I command thee to attack! Osiris's spirits to my command!" Ruby yelled. Lucy was stunned as she watched hundreds of spirits rise from the ground, attacking the MPF. It displayed 2030 as the spirits faded away.

"And Ruby passes too. Now, only two people have been eliminated, Aurora and Liana. They were both on the same team, therefore no change is necessary to teams. We shall now head to the inn to rest." Lucy said, leading everyone back to the inn. They finally arrived, and everyone was exhausted. Most of them settled quickly into bed, but Lucy stayed awake, pondering the key Luna had given her. Hopefully, she would find its use soon enough.

Phew! Prelims are done! Hope nobody has any complaints. This chapter was very fun to write, as I loved writing all the awesome magic, especially Ruby's and Serenity's. Mercia's was cool too. See you next time (: