A/N: Hope you guys enjoy. Erin worked really hard on this chapter, and I added bits and pieces here and there. Though it was really hard to type this because a boy on my bus named Ryan took the paper it was written on and when I tried to get it back it got torn almost completely in half. Needless to say, I was pissed. Anywho, it's up. It's here, please read and review. We love you all muches.

-Erin-

Time seemed to slow down. The growing green circle and the developing giant in the center didn't matter. In front of me stood an eighteen year old looking spirit. He had long, spiky orange hair that seemed to go in every direction, two strands hung down framing his face. The azure-tinted sunglasses sat on the bridge of his nose and failed to hide his black eyes. He wore a matching black suit with the jacket unbuttoned, and a white shirt under a cherry red tie. His arms were by his side and his right pointer finger had a golden ring surrounding it.

"Sorry I'm late Lucy."

He said, his voice was like soft velvet.

"It's okay Loke."

'Loke?'

I thought. I almost asked her why she called him that, but Pisces tapped my shoulder.

"It's your turn Erin. I can't fight this thing."

She admitted, her calm side showing through again and I nodded. She disappeared with a slight bow. I didn't get a chance to pull her key from my ring. A loud, bellowing roar tore through the air and Lucy, Leo, and I covered our ears.

-Lucy-

Erin snapped out of her daze when the giant monster roared, or tried to. It sounded like a trombone was shoved down its throat. I looked up to see the Mountain Giant standing at the far side of the clearing. It was larger than any tree around us and was supporting itself on two very long arms that touched the ground by its feet. Its dark brown color made the jet black eyes stand out, but also blend in. There was a symbol on its round, bald head, but I couldn't tell what it looked like.

"You've got to be fucking kidding me."

Loke smirked at Erin's remark and I continued to stare open-mouthed at the giant. Jeremiah was laughing.

"Kill them!"

He yelled.

The giant groaned as if to answer and started over to us.

"Loke, think you can take him?"

I yelped.

"Lucy, your lack of confidence in me hurts."

He said smiling. He turned to Erin and she was….

'She's blushing!'

I thought. She saw me look at her in shock and her hair fell over her cheeks, hiding the evidence.

"You may want to cover your eyes."

He told her. He walked a few feet forward and held up his hands.

"Regulus Light!"

He yelled and a blinding light flew from his hands and hit the giant in the left shoulder. The giant cried out in pain.

"Run!"

Erin yelled. Erin and I took off to the forest with Loke on our heels.

-Erza-

I couldn't believe what I'd just witnessed. I knew that Dragon Slayers were strong, I mean having Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy in the guild made it hard not to notice. But seeing Liz take down all those mages by herself with just a roar was just….something else.

"Do you know where Erin and Lucy are?"

Wendy asked Liz as we followed her through the woods. She didn't turn around, but answered her none the less.

"Yes. I can feel Lucy's power. She just summoned a spirit, and Erin just sent one back."

She said and I looked at her in shock.

'How can she tell that from this distance?'

I wondered as we continued to follow her. That's when I noticed how cold she was being towards Gray. She'd talk to me, Wendy, Happy, Carla, or Natsu, but anytime Gray tried asking her something she'd suddenly fall silent. Any time he tried to get close to her she'd glare at him and walk further ahead of the group. I'm not sure what exactly Gray did to piss her off, but I hope I never do it.

-Erin-

We stopped in a thick part of the forest. Lucy sat on a fallen tree, and I leaned against the stump while Leo kept watch.

"We can't stay here."

I said flatly.

"If only the others were here. We would have been on our way home by now."

Lucy said.

'She could help us, but after seeing Leo do what he did, I doubt I need to summon her.'

I thought. I wanted to change the subject.

"Lucy, why do you call Leo Loke?"

I asked, but Lucy wasn't the one to answer.

"It's a long story. Before my real name was figured out I went by Loke. Lucy knew me by that name and just got used to calling me that."

Leo said.

"Yeah.. When I first came to Fairy Tail Loke was Loke and it wasn't long ago I found out he was a Celestial Spirit and we made a contract."

Lucy added.

"Hmm…Loke huh? It has a nice ring to it."

I said. Loke smiled and my face burned again and I saw Lucy smiling at me when she saw.

Our few minutes of peace got cut short. A loud bellow made us cover our ears, but it was different from before.

'It's bigger, which means it's stronger.'

I thought. The ground shook as the giant got closer. Trees in its path were knocked to the ground.

"Loke."

Lucy said worriedly.

"I've got this."

He sounded so confident.

The giant stopped not far from us and it looked directly at Loke. I could have sworn it was smiling. Loke put out his arms as if to shield us. The giant picked up one of its arms and swung it at us. It hit Loke in the side and he grabbed onto the giant's hand. Loke flipped, then ran up its arm until he reached its shoulder. Compared to the giant, Loke looked like a kitten.

'He can't do this by himself now.'

I thought.

"Lucy, get back."

I told her. She looked at me confused.

"Why?"

She asked.

"I'm gonna help Loke."

I wasn't used to calling Leo by his nickname, but I was getting there.

"How?"

She asked as I picked the only key no one had ever seen me use-not even Liz-off my key ring.

FLASHBACK

A little girl ran through the house, her scarlet hair flying behind her and a big smile on her face.

"Erin! You've gotten mud all over my clean floor!"

Her mother yelled. She looked almost exactly like Erin, except she was older and had many wrinkles from yelling and worrying like any mother would.

"I'm sorry mamma. I didn't mean to."

Erin looked so innocent and today of all days her mom had to yell at her. Her father walked into the room.

"Chloe, she was only playing. Erin, you do know better than to track mud in the house."

He said looking down at Erin and she smiled.

"Well she shouldn't have been playin in that filth anyway. If we are taking you to a party then you must look presentable."

Chloe looked from Erin's father to Erin. Erin went to the bathroom to wash up. She put on the green dress her mother laid out for her, and had one of the maids pull her hair back with a bow.

'I hate this.'

She thought.

'Today I get grandma's key and mom does this. I thought she would be happy.'

Erin thought, but of course that was a long shot. Her parents were never happy with the fact she was a Celestial Mage. Her father was lenient, but still didn't like the idea of her being like her great-great-great grandmother. Erin didn't know why, but her cousin Shane, convinced her parents to throw her an early birthday party. Erin would be seven years old and her main present would be her first key. The key of the gate and keymaker, Draco.

Chloe and Erin's father, Mason Caine, arrived at Shane's house with Erin and the 'party' started. A few hours later, Erin's family was gathered around a large table covered with gifts in all different shapes and sizes. Erin opened so many dresses, bows, heels, and glittery shirts she started to feel like she always did. She felt unknown. She hated all of the things she opened, but she put on a smile anyway. Then Shane gave her a small, rectangular box.

"You're gonna like this one."

He said, his voice barely above a whisper.

Erin ripped into the blue paper. Her cousin was the only one in her family that wasn't constantly trying to maker her a frilly, little girly girl. Inside the box was a key. The key was jet black and at the top it was decorated with intricate tribal flames etched in the key itself. Erin picked up the key and a warm surge of power pulsed through her body.

'Draco.'

She knew the name of the spirit, yet she hadn't asked. She just knew.

END FLASHBACK

The familiar warm surge of power flowed through me and Lucy was staring at my key.

"I'm gonna summon an old friend."

I said with a smile. Lucy nodded and ran to the fallen tree she'd been sitting on earlier. The giant was growling at Loke, who was throwing more of the blinding light at its head. I raised her key to the sky and the wind began to pick up.

-Lucy-

Erin raised the key to the sky.

"Open, gate of the Key Maker. Draco!"

She started out in an even voice, but yelled the last part.

'Draco?'

I thought. The wind was blowing in a circular motion and a red circle appeared at Erin's side. A low rumble made the ground tremble. It got louder and louder until it drowned out most of the noise coming from the giant. It was so loud that it could put thunder to shame. Inside the red circle, fire sprouted up like an upside-down twister. I've never heard a dragon's roar, but this was loud and I'm sure came pretty close. I pictured Natsu and Gajeel hiding under their beds in the fetal position despite having been raised by dragons themselves.

When the fire stopped spinning and disappeared, in its place I expected to see a dragon like no other, but instead I saw a girl. Her hair was jet black and went to her waist. She was almost the same height as Erin, only a little taller. Her black leather boots matched her thigh length black skirt. On her right wrist she wore a silver, metal bracelet and her right ear had multiple studs. She wore a blood red tank top that complimented her paleish skin. She turned to face Erin.

"Hello. Long time no see."

She said. Her voice was powerful, and yet, laid back in a way. Erin smiled and nodded.

"So…Mountain Giant? You always were one to get into something big."

Draco smirked. She seemed to zone out for a split second before blinking and looking around.

"There's another Celestial Mage around here?"

She asked and Erin turned my way. I walked over and Draco turned to look at me. I saw her eyes were the same color as the embers in a fire and her pupils were slit. When she smirked, I saw her fangs.

"H-Hi. Umm, I would love to…umm..chat, but Loke needs some help."

I couldn't speak right and I saw Erin smile along with the spirit who could send the Spirit King home crying to his mother. Draco looked up to Loke who was still fighting the giant.

"Leo the Lion."

She said. There was something about the way she said it.

"Lucy, come on."

Erin said as she grabbed my arm.

"You got this?"

Erin asked Draco and she nodded.

-Leo/Loke-

I looked down to see Lucy and Erin run into a portion of the forest that had somehow remained untouched, leaving a girl standing alone.

'It can't be.'

I thought. The giant tried to swipe at me again, but this time I jumped off its shoulder and landed on the ground in front of it. When I looked up I saw the one responsible for the making of all the gates and keys.

"Draco."

I said wide-eyed.

"The one and only."

She bowed.

"I was told you needed help."

She said as she straightened back up. I looked back and the giant was looking at us.

"If you don't mind."

I said and she smiled before holding up one of her hands and in that instant I knew I was no longer needed.

"Zodiac Flame."

Her voice seemed to echo. Fire encased her hand and her eyes seemed to dance like flames. The fire circulated and shot form her hand, then burned the whole left side of the giant's face. The giant wailed in pain and thrashed its now badly burned head about.

"Keepin' score Leo?"

She asked.

"Like old times Draco."

I laughed. Before the gates were created we spirit roamed more freely in the Spirit World and often got in fights with one another. Draco, Scorpio, Aquarius, Taurus, and I were kinda a team. Draco would always say she could take more than I could and it eventually turned into a game between the two of us.

"Regulus Blast."

I sent a bomb of light at the giant.

"Leo…"

Draco said looking at me. I nodded, I knew what she wanted to do.

"Regulus…."

I started, my left hand raised parallel to the ground.

"Zodiac….."

Draco started, her right hand in the same position as my left.

"Combination Blast."

We said in unison. A fire and light ball went flying into the giant's chest. It went straight through his chest and he faded away into nothingness. I turned to smile at Draco and she smiled back.

-Erin-

Lucy and I waited at the edge of the forest, thankful that all the rogue mages had been taken care of earlier aside from Jeremiah, but Loke and Draco were taking care of him and his Mountain Giant as we speak. We came to the end of the woods and stopped. I started to go back out into the clearing when Loke and Draco came over laughing.

"Reunited and it feels so good."

I sang and Draco stuck her tongue out at me. She may be hardcore, but I know her softer side. Loke just laughed.

"You two know each other?"

Lucy asked and I shook my head at her.

'Really Lucy. ALL spirits know one another.'

"Yup. Leo and I go way back. You haven't changed at all Leo."

Draco told Lucy, then turned and looked at Loke.

"Same to you."

He said. When he smirked I thought my face would melt and to make matters worse, Draco saw.

'Oh no.'

I thought when she smiled.

"Saw that. It's been a long time since I've seen you do that."

She said to me.

"Do what?"

Loke asked.

"She-"

Lucy started, but I cut her off.

"Nothing."

I said quickly. Draco narrowed her ember colored eyes at me. She didn't like hiding things and when she got the chance, she brought things up she knew would start something. It wasn't a bad thing, but it got annoying sometimes.

Loke looked confused. Draco laughed and turned to Lucy.

"You saw it too?"

She asked and Lucy nodded, smiling.

"Well, I had fun Erin. I swear, you look just like Jessica."

She said with a laugh and shook her head. Then a column of fire took her place. When it disappeared, she was gone. Lucy looked at where Draco stood.

"How…."

Lucy started and I turned to look at her.

"Just how do you have her key?"

She asked.

"I'll have to tell you the whole story sometime."

I said and she nodded.

"Lucy, tell the guild I'll stop by sometime. I miss all of you."

He said to Lucy, then turned to me.

"It was nice to meet you Erin."

When he said my name it sounded like he was testing it. He winked at me, smirked, then disappeared in a rain of golden light.

'It was just a wink.'

I told myself. I looked up to see Lucy staring at me.

"You think he's hot, don't you?"

She asked. Before I could answer her she cut me off.

"I saw you blush. I've never seen you do that before."

"Neither have I."

A familiar voice came from behind me. Lucy's smile was so big as she ran past me.

"Guys!"

She shouted and I turned to see Natsu, Gray, Erza, Wendy, Happy, Carla, and a smirking Liz. They all looked like they'd been through a big fight as well.

"Erin blushing, I wish I could have seen it."

Liz said.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

I said.

"Right."

She said laughing.

"Hey, we collected the reward!"

Natsu shouted, holding up a large brown sac.

"Awesome. Now let's go home."

Lucy said and everyone nodded. We walked back to the station and boarded a tram. Much to the chagrin of a certain rose haired, fire breathing, Dragon Slayer.

'Well, that was interesting.'

I thought as the tram pulled out of the station. It was then that I noticed Liz wasn't in the same car as us. I looked around, but didn't see her anywhere. I looked at Gray and saw he was staring at the door.

'What did he do?'

I wondered as I got up to find my best friend.