The bright sun shined on Natsus' face as he looked out the hotel window. He, along with Erza, Gray, Happy and Juvia were staying at a hotel. They were there so they could rest while Erza and Juvia tried to locate where Lucy was on a map.

"This is stupid! Why can't we just go search for her?" Natsu screamed as he shoved food into his mouth. Gray glared at him.

"Oi! Flame brain! Don't talk with your mouth full! It's disturbing!" Gray snapped. Natsu glared at Gray.

"Oh yeah?! What you gonna do 'bout it Snow Man?!" Natsu asked with his mouth still full. Food went flying all over Grays' shirt and face.

"Oi! This is my favorite shirt! You're gonna pay for that!" Gray yelled as he stood up. Natsu stood up as well.

"Oh yeah? What are you going do 'bout it?!" Natsu yelled as he raised his fist about to punch Gray.

"Ice-Make Lance!" Gray yelled. Spear type ice appeared around Gray then flew at Natsu. Natsu dogged then puffed out his cheeks.

"Fire Dragon's roar!" Natsu screamed as he put his hands to his mouth. Fire came out blazing going directly at Gray. Gray put his right fist into his left palm.

"Ice-Make Shield!" Gray yelled. An ice shield appeared in front of Gray as the fire came closer. The fire hit the shield. The ice started melting and the fire started to go out.

"What are you two doing?" A very scary voice asked. Both boys stopped moving. They slowly turned their heads over to look at who spoke. Erza.

"Nothing! Right Natsu?" Gray asked as both boys put their arms around each other like best friends.

"A-Aye Sir!" Natsu shuttered out. Happy laughed at them. "Good. Juvia and I have narrowed it down to 6 places. First one to go to is in the woods. We're leaving in 5 minutes." Erza said.

Gray striped off his shirt without knowing it. Oh boy. But Juvia sure did. "Oh! Gray-sama!" Juvia called out as she latched on to his arm. Gray looked down at the water mage screaming, "Oi!".

Natsu full on laughed at the two. Erza was walking out of the room when she stopped and turned around. All movement stopped from Natsu, Happy, Gray and Juvia. "Remember. Five. Minutes." She said. A dark aura surrounding her. They all nodded as she left the room.

"Lok-"

"No."

"Virg-"

"She will not."

"Ja-"

"He will not."

"Gem-"

"They will not."

"YOU WON"T EVEN LET ME GET A WORD IN!"

"You just got nine words in."

"You-!"

"And there's another."

Lucy glared at Loke as he flipped the page of a newspaper. She had been trying to get Natsu and the team here with her to help save her kingdom and since Loke won't let her go she was going to have one of the spirits go for her. But that was not going so well either.

"Loke. Just let me go or let somebody go!" Lucy said tired of arguing. Loke looked up from the newspaper and sighed. He didn't want her getting hurt and he knew if she really wanted to she could have forced him back into the spirit world and summoned Virgo or Gemini.

"Fine." He gave in. "Fine. But! I will go. I'll be back in a while my princess." Loke said. He pushed up his shades then left in a smoke cloud.

Lucy sighed as she set back on her huge bed. She really wanted to see Natsu and the others. Even if it has only been a day. Gemini came into the room along with Arias. "Lucy?" Gemini asked as they changed into her body.

"Are you okay? I'm sorry." Arias asked while looking... well, sheepish. Lucy smiled up at her spirits.

"I'm fine. I just miss the others." Lucy said looking up at the sealing. Gemini Lucy (Who I will just call Gemini) smiled at Lucy.

"Really? Or do you miss a pink haired dragon slayer more?" Gemini asked slyly. Lucy blushed bright red but still smiled.

"Yeah... " Lucy trailed off. Arias smiled down at her owner. She and the others were truly happy that Lucy was the one they served. Even though the said master acted more like their friend. Gemini and Arias set down on both sides of Lucy.

"So are you going to tell him?" Gemini asked. Arias nodded.

"You must tell him." Arias said finally able to say something without 'I'm sorry' at the end. Lucys' eyebrows knitted together.

"I- I'm not sure. I think I will. Just not yet." Lucy said. Arias perked up as she remember something.

"Oh! Loke told me that if you act shy and brush your hair out of the way and look at them that guy love that!" Arias put in. Gemini started laughing and Lucys jaw dropped. Arias took in their reaction.

"I'm sorry!" She added. Lucy smiled and shook her head. "Don't be." Lucy said as she slung her arm around Arias.

"Loke..." Lucy mumbled. She had a dark look to her as she said his name.

"Keep up."

"Aye!"

"Faster."

"M'am yes m'am!"

"Why are you walking slow?"

"Wh-wha? I mean, Sorry!"

"Fly faster."

"Aye Sir!"

Erza was walking ahead of the group as they walked through the forest. Juvia was a little behind Erza and Gray and Natsu were behind her and Happy was flying over Natsus head. Natsu smelt a weird smoke coming from his right. Soon bushes moved. This caused all of them to stop. Erza re-equipped a sword and pointed it at the bush. "Come out." Erza said. The bush moved again before non other then Leo the Lion walked out.

Loke let out sigh as he saw them. Then he took note of the sword pointed at him. He pushed the sword away with his hand. "Watch where you point that thing. It can poke someone's eye out." He stated.

"Loke!" Erza, Gray and Natsu gasped.

"Loke! If your here then Lucy must be here! Where's Lucy?!" Natsu asked. Loke just sighed. He was doing a lot of sighing lately.

"Lucy is safe. I will need you all to came with me." Loke said. Natsu felt his chest twisted. 'What the hell? Why does my chest hurt?' Natsu thought.

"Okay. Where are we going?" Erza asked. She trusted the lion spirit. He had and still is part of the Fairy Tail guild along with being Lucys spirit. She knew Loke would never hurt Lucy on purpose. With that said she was ready to go with him. Natsu and the others felt the same way.

"Where we are going is a kingdom. I will tell you more once we get there. Everybody put your hands on my shoulder." Loke said. Happy flew over and landed on Lokes head. "Aye Sir!" Happy said. Erza put her hand on his shoulder. "Lets go." She said after every body was touching Loke. They all disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

Smoke surrounded the Fairy Tail mages as they felt dizzy. Then, the smoke disappeared and they all stood in a huge white ball room. Natsu felt like he just rode on a hour long train ride. His face was slightly green. The others ,although not Loke, felt dizzy and tried to stand straight.

"Well here we are! I'll be right back." Loke said as he left in a huff of smoke. Gray shook his head to clear it. There were too many Happy's right now.

"What's with that guy and smoke." Gray mumbled as his head cleared up. Erza who already recovered was looking around the room trying to find out where they were. Juvia had hearts in her eyes as she say 3 Grays in front of her. "Gray-Sama!" She shouted. Happy had his eyes closed while thinking about fish.

Suddenly the door opened and in walked... Virgo?

"Virgo?" Erza asked. She was confused. What was happening here?

"I'm here to take you to the Princess." Virgo said while bowing. Erza nodded.

"Gray! Natsu! Happy! Juvia! Lets go!" She said while following Virgo out the huge doors. Natsu and the others came running after Erza and Virgo hoping they wouldn't have to face an angry Erza.

Virgo lead them down many halls and walkways. "The Princess will be happy to see you all." Virgo said. Erza want to make sure she was talking about Lucy and not someone else. "You do mean Lucy right?" Erza asked. Virgo nodded.

"Yes! The Princess." Virgo said.

"Loke! Are they here?!"

"Yes."

"Where?"

"In the ballroom. I sent Virgo to get them."

"Oh... Wait. There's a ball room?!"

"Of course."

Lucy sighed as she fell back on her queen size bed. She couldn't wait in till she saw her team. Loke and all of the other zodiac keys were sitting in chairs around the bed. Plue and was sleeping on Lucy's bed. Lucy hid her face in her pillow as she smiled. She was happy and sad and well... a lot of other things. She knew she was going to help her kingdom. That much she knew. But... But she wasn't so sure about ruling the kingdom. But for now she would worry about saving it first.

The door to the room opened. Virgo popped her head in. "Princess? I have your friends with me." She said as she looked at Lucy. Lucy shot up and had a huge smile on her face.

"Come in! Come in!" Lucy said as she jumped off the bed.

Virgo nodded and opened the door. Happy came flying in followed by Natsu. "LUUCCYY!" Happy cried as he flew to Lucy's chest. Lucy smiled down at the blue cat. Natsu ran up and hugged Lucy.

"You're okay!" He shouted. Lucy hugged them both. She blushed as Natsu hugged her.

Natsu's dragon took over. His eyes fluttered shut as he sniffed Lucys hair. He became sort of like a drunk as he breathed in her sent. Everything in him was screaming that he should bite her neck. He was starting to do it but stopped. His dragon was begging, pleading, that he should do it. But he wanted to wait, So.

He pulled out of the hug and said, "Lucy! We were so worried! What happened?" Natsu asked as he resisted the urge to hug her again. He knew what Gajeel said was true. Lucy Heartfilia is his mate.

Natsu's inner fight did not go unnoted. Everyone other then Happy and Lucy had watched the different feeling on his face. Lucy smiled at Natsu then went on and told him what happened.

After hearing what happened Erza stepped forward. "Tell me, how do you plain on stopping Zeref?" Erza asked. Lucy sighed. "I'm not sure. I don't know when he plains to fight or where. I feel very uneasy about all this." Lucy said."I feel the sa-" Erza was cut off by the door opening.

"I'm sorry, but Princess you have a visitor. Her name is Yukino Aguria." Lyra said. Lucy nodded. "Okay. Come in." Lucy said. She mouthed 'sorry' to Erza. Erza nodded. While Lucy was telling them the what happened they had all found chairs and set down. Happy was sleeping on a pillow with Plue and Natsu was laying on the bed with Lucy on the other side in front of Erza.

The door opened and a young woman walked in. She had short blue hair and was wearing a blue and white feathered cloak and under it she had on a white and blue shirt a long with shots to match and white socks with blue trimming that stopped mid-thighs. She bowed.

"I am Yukino Aguria. I am here to give the Princess a gift." She said. Lucy smiled and walked over to her.

"Hello. I'm Lucy. It is nice to meet you." Lucy said. Yukino smiled at her.

"Hello Princess. My sister has told me many things about you. Please. Take this gift as my welcome back. I am one of your Nights." Yukino said. Her eyes were shining with happiness. She handed Lucy a small box.

"Thank you, Yukino." Lucy said. Lucy went to go open the gift but Yukino stopped her. "Please wait until I leave." She requested. Lucy nodded. "Okay." Lucy said confused. Yukino smiled at her.

" Well I must get back to my post. It was an wonderful to be able to meet you Princess." Yukino said while bowing. She then backed out of the room and shut the door.

"Good bye my friends." Yukino whispered as a few tears slid down her face. "You are with the one who will save this kingdom. Pisces, Libra and Ophiuchus I will miss you all."

Lucy opened the box and found 3 gold keys. She gently picked them up with wide disbelieving eyes. "H-Huh?" She looked over at Loke.

"Loke. I don't understand. Are there 14 gold keys?" Lucy asked. Loke looked confused. "I heard rumor that another one was made but I am not sure. Why?" Loke asked as he stood up.

"I-I... She gave me 3 gold keys." Lucy said. Everyone fell silent. What was going on!

Suddenly the door opened and in walked Jack.

"Princess! Supper is ready!" He said. Natsu shot up and opened his mouth.

"You-!"