The group consisting of Layla, Lucy, Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel, Erza and Gray plus the 3 exceeds all arrived at the arena, with the intent to see Ophiuchus' true form.

Yukino as well as Arcadios were waiting at the top of the stairs to greet the group as they arrived.


"Hello Fairy Tail, I'd like to personally thank you for all your efforts over the last few days" Arcadios said before he frowned and stared at Natsu "Natsu... If you touch the King again I will have you thrown into a very dark hole"

"Arcadios was nice enough to change some of the guard rosters for the arena at short notice, so we should be uninterrupted for a few hours" Yukino stated to the group

"Yes, I heard that you were personally interested in Yukino's 13th Celestial key, as it was you Citrine, this piqued my interest" Arcadios responded.

"This better not be your cheesy way to try to hit on my Mom..." Lucy said trying to read into Arcadios' motives

Arcadios didn't know what to say to this but couldn't help blush at the idea. Layla giggled before saying "Well I guess I'm a little too old for him"

The rest of the group just looked at Layla, some of them couldn't help but question that response as Layla was quite beautiful.

"I want to see this Dragon!" Natsu shouted completely changing the mood of the group

"Dragon?" Yukino and Arcadios responded in confusion.

"Yes, Yukino, Ophiuchus is a Celestial Spirit that I created, its true complete form is actually that of a Dragon or more specifically a Serpent Guard" Layla responded

"It's gonna be awesome!" Natsu exclaimed unable to contain his excitement

"That Snake thing is going to become a Dragon!" Gray said as he started to question why he came along.

Yukino took out her Ophiuchus Key. As she held it she could feel the immense pull it had trying to gravitate towards Layla.

"You say you created Ophiuchus? how can that be?!" Yukino asked rather surprised

"I requested the aid of the Celestial Spirit King long ago, and in repayment for his generosity, I used my Magic to create a Spirit Guard to protect the Celestial Realm in case of any... repercussions... for his aid" Layla responded smiling to assure them that there was no danger.

"The key to Ophiuchus, right now I can feel it trying to gravitate towards you, this has never happened before... does that mean that he isn't mine?" Yukino asked with Concern.

"The reaction of the key does not mean what you think, I feel that Ophiuchus may simply wish to communicate with me and that is why it is seemingly trying to seek my audience." Layla responded alleviating Yukino's doubts.

"Shall we go inside the arena, as you know he can be quite a large Celestial if he wants, so we will need an open area to summon him" Layla said gesturing Yukino towards the open field.

"This should be a spectacle worth seeing" Erza said with a nod

"I'm a little scared honestly" Lucy said shivering "Momma said that this thing can get more powerful"

"I'm with Lucy, I can't imagine what that snake is going to be like with more power" Gray added

"I'm sure it will be fine, Layla has been very kind to us" Wendy said reassuring the group

"Yes, no point doubting her now" Gajeel added.

"Yep, your mom's the best, Lucy!" Natsu said proudly.

"Hmm, we seem to have missed a lot" Carla said in confusion
"Hmm this woman is quite the Enigma" Pantherlily said as he pondered the situation.
"Aye, but if Natsu trusts her" Happy added backing up Natsu.

"Citrine has done a lot for this city in a short time, and if she wished us harm she has no reason to conceal it" Arcadios said knowing full well that Citrine was not to be taken lightly.

The group all took a front row seat to watch the summoning from the arena grandstand, while Yukino and Layla stood in the middle of the Arena floor.

"Now Yukino, when you summon Ophiuchus you got his Snake form is that correct?" Layla asked Yukino, at the same time her eyes changed to Blue to analyse her magical capacity.

"Yes Ophiuchus has only ever shown himself as a giant powerful snake to me" Yukino responded

"Ok the reason he can't fully materialize his true form is because it takes a considerable amount of magical power to do so, it would be similiar to opening 4 regular Zodiac keys at once, at this time I would guess you can manage 2 is that correct?" Layla asked.

"Yes, currently I have been unable to have more than 2 Zodiac spirits at a time, I can't even open silver doors while Libra and Pisces are out." Yukino said explaining her limitation.

"Okay, I'm going to feed you a considerable amount of energy to help with opening his doorway, think of it like a unison raid. In order to do this I'm going to shield you as my magic power can be a little... Explosive... With out it. But don't be alarmed you aren't in any danger." Dispite what Layla had said Yukino was still a little freaked out at that explanation.

"OK" Layla said loud enough for everyone to hear getting their attention "I'm going to be releasing a few of my magical seals here, you will feel a drastic rise in magical pressure but please don't be alarmed, just stay calm and don't move from your seats"

"Ok everyone up here is ready" Lucy shouted back looking at everyone who was bracing themselves.

"Ok Yukino, I'm about to remove some seals" as she said this she created a green cocoon like shield over Yukino "This shield I have created will protect you from my magical pressure as well as act as a conduit for my power, when I tell you, open the door to Ophiuchus, okay?" Layla asked having explained the situation.

Yukino Nodded before confidently replying "Ready"

Layla closed her eyes as she mentally prepared her mind 'Seal release 10%'. After a few seconds she was enveloped in Green fire, and before long white lightning began to crack in the flames which released a wall of magical pressure into the on looking wizards who all had their mouths open as they held on to the chairs they were in, Arcadios however who wasn't a wizard passed out."

The flames soon cleared revealing Layla with her Golden wings extended, white lightning arching in a constant current between the 2 tips above her head. She raised both her hands placing her palms to the outside surface of the shield.

"Ok Yukino start the summons" Layla calmly said to Yukino who answered with a nod.

"Open the Gate of the Serpent, OPHIUCHUS!" Yukino said with a twist of her Golden Key.

However... Nothing seemed to happen...

Yukino puzzled by this looked at Layla who just smiled, before calmly saying "Be glad your inside the shield, he is coming..."

The Wizards who were looking on at the 2 down on the arena floor were getting confused...

"Hey what gives?" Lucy said in confusion.
"Did the spell misfire?" Gray asked
"No, that's not it" Erza said with a slight look of worry

However the 3 Dragon Slayers all looked at each other...

"You guys can't feel that?" Natsu said to the others who all looked at him confused.
"So much power..." Gajeel exclaimed
"He's Coming" Wendy said as she took cover behind another level of the arena seating.

"Huh?" the 3 exceeds said looking at each other.


Without warning, a gigantic yellow magical circle twice the diameter of the arena itself appeared in the sky with a Thunderous crack that shook the entire city.

13 Separate arcs of Lightening equally spaced around the circumference of the circle shot down all converging to a single point about 20 meters in front of Yukino's position. When the lightning made contact all the wizards except Wendy who took cover were blown out of the seats and flew several rows up the arena before landing.

"WHAT IS WITH THIS POWER" Erza yelled as all the wizards had now copied Wendy's example and taken cover behind various seating.

The Magical circle descended from the sky following the path of the lightning and as it descended it grew smaller in diameter eventually reaching the convergence point on the ground. As it touched down on the ground a Giant pillar of Yellow Light shot up from the single converging point the lightning had formed.

Then in a flash the beam radiated outwards horizontally sending a shockwave again through the arena, the wave was so powerful that it pulverized the earth around its position, creating a crater about 25 meters in diameter.

The light and all other secondary effects vanished revealing Ophiuchus in his completed form.

At the centre of the crater was a Serpent Dragon with a length of about 30 meters in total, it had bright golden scales similar to Citrine on its back or upper body however for its underbelly it had what looked like chrome steel.

It had 4 short legs leading to very powerful looking claws all steel in nature. Its head was slightly aquatic looking, the majority of its facial features were gold except for 2 rather large horns that were chrome and his lower jaw.

The wizards in the stadium all came out of hiding now that the calamity of power had subsided all of them amazed at Ophiuchus new form. The main thing they were surprised about was his colour, considering his snake body was black and very evil-looking but this new form seemed almost tranquil.


Ophiuchus twisted his body into an S shape propping himself up on his hind legs and bowed to Yukino and Layla in the middle of the arena.

"Hello Yukino, we finally meet" Ophiuchus calmly said greeting Yukino who was quite surprised

"Hello... My friend" Yukino responded with a tear of happiness

Ophiuchus looked towards Layla who stood there with her golden wings extended.

"Hello... Mother" Ophiuchus said to Layla

The words seemed to shock the wizards in attendance, despite the fact they knew Layla had created the celestial, just hearing it call her mother seemed to strike a chord.

"YOUR BROTHER IS AMAZING LUCY!" Natsu screamed from the stand.

"WHAT!" Lucy yelled "IS HE REALLY MOMMA!?" Lucy screamed towards the arena

"I have to admit that is kinda awesome lucy" Wendy replied

"He is a fine Dragon" Gajeel responded as Ophiuchus reminded him of metalicana due to the metal look he had about him, the combination of chrome steel and gold metal looking scales.

Layla couldn't help but laugh but chose not to tease her daughter "It's okay Lucy he wouldn't be considered a Blood relative, however I have no problem with the idea of him being part of the family" Layla shouted back.

"How strong is he?" Erza bluntly asked Gray just opened his mouth in disbelief of Erza's bluntness.

"Well to get him into his true form that he is in now he is equal to opening 4 Zodiac gates at once... So normally he wouldn't have this power at least in Earthland, but I'm sure we can organise a... demonstration" Layla said this with a grin as she lent in to whisper into Yukino's ear.

"Are you sure, that sounds kind of dangerous..." Yukino said with a frightened look on her face back to Layla.

Layla nodded before saying "But just give me a second to warn them first before you do it, okay"

"Warn us about what?" Natsu said having heard that part of Layla's conversation with Yukino.

"I'm going to have Ophiuchus perform a breath attack on me"

"That sounds pretty dangerous even though its you" Gajeel said

"Are you sure about this?" Wendy said in worry

"Sounds like a fine demonstration" Erza responded prompting the glare of the rest.

"You're going to be ok right Momma?" Lucy said terrified by the plan

"It's quite alright... at least against me... Against anything else including a Soldier or Captain Class Dragon like the ones you faced 3 days ago... that's another story."

"An attack that can defeat those Dragons?" Gray freaked out

"Yukino give me a few seconds to make some distance." Layla said as she rocketed into the sky above the arena with her wings.

"Ophiuchus, your mother asked me to tell you to use your 'Supernova' on her" Yukino said explain to Ophiuchus that it was her decision.

"If that is your wish" Ophiuchus responded as he opened his mouth aiming up towards Layla's position in the sky.


A large yellow ball of energy formed at the opening of Ophiuchus mouth as rays of light seemed to be getting sucked into it as it grew in size, before long the ball of energy grew to be about 5 meters in diameter, before it was released.

When Ophiuchus released it, he was visibly pushed downwards, his legs all dug into the ground cracking the earth within the crater even more as the ball of energy now looked like an extremely long-tailed comet rocketing towards Layla who hovered about 2KM in the sky above the arena.

The comet pierced the low cloud cover above the arena and impacted Layla's position. The explosion was ear shattering and no doubt drew the attention of the entire city.

A gigantic fiery yellow oval appeared which extended outwards at least 1KM either side of the impact site; and a shockwave pushed every cloud in the sky completely out over the horizon.

The shockwave in a lesser extent also reached the wizards in the arena, who were pushed down on their chairs as everything blew around violently with the sudden displacement of air. The sky seemed to burn for about 10 seconds before slowly clearing.

When it cleared at the epicentre of the explosion was a familiar green flame that quickly dissipated. After 10 seconds of now silence, Layla came back down to the ground quickly landing like a bullet hitting the earth throwing up a wall of dust.


"Nice job, Ophiuchus" Layla's voice said as the dust cleared revealing her seemingly unscathed.

"Thank you Mother" he responded with a small bow.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" Lucy screamed in terror from the stadium

"AMAZING!" Wendy exclaimed

"Magnificent" Pantherlily proclaimed.

Both Happy and Carla were scared out of their minds.

"AWESOME!, Quick me next!" Natsu screamed as he started to run down the stairs to the arena, before Erza cracked him over the head.

"That attack was on the same level as the breath attack Acnologia used on Tenrou Island" Erza exclaimed.

"Yes, I created Ophiuchus with the potential power to stop an incursion into the Celestial Plain by Acnologia, so he would be considered evenly matched." Layla announced.

"Also what you didn't see, and the other reason why I created that much distance in the sky was that I released all of my seals on my power momentarily, returning to 100% of my dragon form to withstand the blast." Layla said revealing how she survived an attack of that magnitude before adding "Any other being would have been wiped from existence."

"Isn't that a bit reckless to allow Celestial Wizards the ability to control a being with power of this magnitude?!" Gray asked worried that the destructive power seen could fall into the wrong hands.

"No, Ophiuchus can only be controlled by those with light in their hearts. He has the intelligence to choose whether to obey, he won't answer to anyone harbouring darkness and will forcibly close his door." Layla responded reassuring those in attendance before adding "Kind of like Aquarius but a little less violent" with a small laugh.

"You said the 13th gate was more powerful than the rest yourself Lucy" Wendy said

"Yeah but if people knew he was capable of this, I'm sure more than just Celestial Wizards would've been looking." Lucy responded.

"For added safety Ophiuchus has an unbreakable contract with both Myself and the Celestial King. The Celestial King is watching everything Ophiuchus does and will step in himself if the moment ever required it." Layla announced to alleviate all fear.

"Good Moustache is on the Case" Lucy proclaimed from the stands.

At that moment all time stopped in the arena, all the wizards except for Layla and Lucy were freaking out... but after a few seconds the Celestial King appeared as if proving the point.

"MOUSTACHE!" Lucy happily exclaimed.

"The Spirit King came here himself!" Yukino said in shock

"Hello, Old friend" The Celestial King Exclaimed looking at Lucy

"Hello, New friend" He said smiling at Yukino, who couldn't help but let a tear run down her cheek.

"Citrine... Heh" The King said smiling at Layla.

"Hello... Atlas" Layla replied with a wave.

"Everything Citrine has said here is true..." The Celestial King Announced to the group of wizards.

"Ophiuchus represents the combined power of the Celestial Realm and the Dragons of Light and as such he rarely leaves my side" The Celestial King proclaimed with a serious face.

"However... Those with exceptional hearts may play with my friend in times of need" The Celestial king grinned as he said this staring at Yukino.

"Although he cannot fully be manifest in Earthland under normal circumstances, He will always do his best to protect you"

Yukino started to cry, touched by his words, Layla placed her hand on Yukino's shoulder before saying "You are the only other wizard to own that key in 14 years, he chose you, treasure him, your friends will always look out for you"

The Celestial King Smiled and soon he vanished as time resumed around the arena.

"I must go now Yukino, my scales shall always reflect the purity with in your heart." Ophiuchus said this as he returned to the celestial plain.

"Thank you... My friend" Yukino Sobbed.

"Before I reseal my power I best fix the arena, I'm sure Arcadios would be upset seeing it like this." Layla said raising her hand, a white aura enveloped her arm and all the bricks and holes in the arena refiled back to pristine condition.

Once everything was in its place she reapplied her seals concealing her wings and returning to her usual human form, the shield over Yukino vanishing as well.

"Please be good to my... Son" Layla quietly said into Yukino's ear with a smile.

"I will always treasure him, Layla" Yukino responded with a beaming smile as she closed her tear filled eyes.

Just then Arcadios regained conciousness in the stand.

"What happened? is everyone ok?" Arcadios said with confusion as he stood up.

"You missed everything" Gajeel said

"Yeah the Dragon was pretty cool" Natsu added.

"You may get a few reports from terrified citizens though" Lucy said a little embarrassed.

"What do you mean 'terrified citizens'?! What did you do!" Arcadios demanded

"Oh just a little show of strength, a few people may report a fire in the sky, but nothing was broken and there were no injuries" Layla shouted from arena.

"It was quite the spectacle" Erza added.

Arcadios gritted his teeth but as long as no one was hurt and nothing was destroyed he could deal with the situation.

"Damn it I wanted to fight the Dragon" Natsu said in a huff.

"Isn't that all you ever want to do?" Gray said angrily

"Well that was terrifying" Carla said still shaken from the display of power.

"Aye!" Happy exclaimed.

"I Guess we should all head back" Lucy said to the group.

"Thank you for letting me see him Yukino, you're a wonderful Celestial Wizard." Layla said with a smile as she turned to regroup with the others at the entrance to the arena.

"Thank you for today, Layla" Yukino said with a bow of respect.


Layla walked out of the arena regrouping with the other Fairy Tail wizards at the arena gates.

"So that was the Celestial who watched over us" Wendy said with a smile as she had never felt safer in her life.

"Yes, I told you he was friendly" Layla responded with a smile.

"So... do you have any other family I should know about Momma?" Lucy said jokingly but at the same time couldn't help but wonder about Ophiuchus' true origin due to Layla's and the Spirit King's greetings...

"No Lucy, you are my single greatest creation" Layla responded with pride but at the same time a hint of loneliness.

"So if I had Ophiuchus' Key, I could eventually summon him like that" Lucy said with mischievous eyes.

"I am surprised that you aren't stronger Lucy" Erza bluntly announced.

Natsu and Happy snickered and immediately received a kick to the head by Lucy.

"Hmm, you may be right Erza" Layla said thinking it over

"What! don't agree with her Mom!" Lucy exclaimed

"I guess you're old enough for me to remove a seal" Layla said smiling at Lucy.

"Eh?" the rest of the group all said in confusion.

"Oh, I guess I never did mention it. but I had to seal your power when you were a child" Layla responded while looking at Lucy.

"Wait seals of her power? like what you have for your Dragon?" Gajeel asked

"Yes the very same" Layla responded.

"Wait, you said I was human!" Lucy exclaimed looking at her mother shocked but annoyed

"Does that mean Lucy is a Dragon!" Natsu proclaimed once again checking for physical evidence before Erza hit him over the head.

"You are human, but the power you had as a child developed faster than your body could handle, If I didn't seal your power you would've died." Layla said explaining her actions

(That's just like Ultear...) Gray thought to himself

"Just how much power is sealed in Lucy now than" Gray asked looking at Lucy.

"I placed 3 seals so that when the time was right I could release them slowly, allowing her body to adjust before the next seal was released..." Layla casually said as they walked down the arena stairs.

"However... as far as quantity is concerned right now each seal is holding back 25% of her total power, so accumulated 75% is sealed" Layla clarified.

"Amazing Lucy" Wendy exclaimed.

"So right now I'm at 25%... and I can support 2 Zodiac Spirits at once..." Lucy said thinking about it in her head

"So if a seal was removed it would be like when you used Gemini to cast Urano Metoria at the Grand Magic Games" Erza said thinking it over.

"You're body is more than capable of having a seal removed if you like" Layla said as she stopped on the road looking at Lucy.

"What now? Here?" Lucy said surprised as she hadn't processed everything yet.

"You're probably right, we best wait until you get home, the process would put you to sleep." Layla said as she considered the situation.

"Why would you even suggest it if it knocks me out?!" Lucy angrily asked.

"Well I figured Natsu could carry you" As Layla said this she flashed a mischievous smile at Lucy ensuring she saw it.

Lucy Blushed at the thought of Natsu carrying her.

"Wow your turning red" Happy exclaimed before Lucy flailed at the air trying to swat him like a fly.

Erza smiled at the idea of being carried bridal style, and couldn't help but think about her own fantasy of Jellal.

"Oh yes Erza" Layla said getting her attention.

"Hmm, yes what is it?" Erza responded snapping to attention.

"I'd like to talk to you about your Magic when we get back to the Inn." Layla said deliberately giving Erza time to think about her magic and all aspects of it...