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First Published: July 3, 2014

Most Recent Revision: October 9th, 2015

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When Lucy woke up that morning, she most definitely hadn't been expecting Gray and Natsu in her apartment.

"Ohayō, Lucy. We're sorry to disturb you in your apartment but we need to know if you've seen Natsu. We stopped by his house and didn't see him." asked Erza as she looked around the apartment.

"Hai, Erza. He's on my bed." Lucy got up and pulled the comforter of the sleeping Natsu. As the last inch of the comforter was pulled back, her team could see Natsu sleeping peacefully on her bed.

"So that's where the pyromaniac was!" exclaimed Gray not giving a care in the world for the sleeping human. "We were almost tempted to burn down Natsu's house to find him. Good thing that didn't happen yet… Heh.."

Lucy was skeptical whether or not Gray burnt his house down, but that was a problem that could be addressed another time.

"Ne Erza, if I can ask, what do you need Natsu for and should Happy come along also?" asked Lucy as she carefully stood up from the bed. She returned to the couch and sat comfortably.

"Master thought now would be a good time to hold the S-Class Exams since we didn't get to because of Acnologia. He needs all members to come to Fairy Tail at about…" Erza glanced at the clock that ticked and tocked on Lucy's apartment wall. "4 p.m. So in about five hours. Do whatever you want until that time. We'll see you later Lucy. Happy can stay if you let him." After explaining Erza grabbed Natsu and threw him over her shoulder. She then commanded Gray to follow.

"Bye Lucy!" said Gray before he exited out the door.

"Five hours should be enough to greet 26 spirits right? I guess I should get started now if I want to make it in time." said Lucy to herself. "Alright, let's get this day started."

Lucy got off her bed and grabbed a change of clothes. Once done, she entered the bathroom, brushed her teeth and stepped into the shower.

Little bits of steam escaped the shower as Lucy drew back the curtain and stepped out.

"Ahh, a good shower is what starts the day. Now to get changed and eat some breakfast." Finally putting on her clothes, Lucy left the bathroom and headed to the kitchen.

"Hmm, hmm, hmm." hummed Lucy as she grabbed some eggs from the fridge and cracked it into the pan, making a sunny-side up. After the egg bubbled to show it was done, she grabbed her toast and placed it on a plate alongside the egg.

"Yum, itadakimasu!" Lucy said before she dug in. After chewing for a couple minutes, Lucy finished. Once she put the plate in the kitchen, Lucy exited the kitchen and retrieved her keys.

She took a glance at the clock and read, '11:30'. "Alright, five and a half hours to visit some spirits."

Before leaving her apartment, Lucy made her way towards her bed where a sleeping exceed slept. Gently and quietly, Lucy poked Happy's cheek. After about 10 attempts, Happy didn't wake up at all.

Lucy sighed in defeat. 'Oh, well. It's not really necessary to take him anyways. She walked away from the bed and headed to the kitchen one last time. Opening her freezer, Lucy grabbed a raw fish that she always had for Happy and put it onto a plate attaching a sticky note that said:

Happy, here's food. Go to the guild once you're done okay? -Lucy

After her thirty minutes of preparation, Lucy left the house and headed towards Mark's Hill once more. Lucy trudged on and on until she reached the top of the hill.

"Mieru!" Lucy's circle of keys appeared and took her time and deciding which one to meet first. Her eyes drew imaginary circles as she scanned which key. At long last, her eyes stopped on a particular key; one that was platinum and flashed the colors of the rainbow as sunlight hit the key.

"I'm pretty sure I didn't have this one when I received the keys from the Spirit King… Hmm, might as well summon it and see what it is." Lucy looked at the top of the key in order to figure out it's meaning. Unfortunately, there wasn't a symbol or any indication on what the key was. "Oh well, I guess I'll use the generic term."

"Gate of the Platinum Key, I open thee! The Mysterious Key!" Instead of the regular magic circle, a void like entrance opened up in front of her and swallowed her in.

"Ahhhh!" screamed Lucy as her body was swallowed into the distortion. As she went through, she travelled through a tunnel that looked like it was almost suspended in space itself. Stars and beings passed by her in a flash as she realized she was traveling at the speed of light. Maybe even faster! As Lucy came to what she thought was the exit, a bright light enveloped her and her sight diminished.

"What was that! Honestly, why do I keep getting choked with light and brought somewhere random!" yelled Lucy out in frustration. " Not to mention… Where am I?"

Distant laughter was heard as Lucy came to her senses. To get a clearer view, Lucy rubbed her eyes to be greeted by a young and handsome… kid?

"You looked hilarious, Lucy-chan! I need a picture! Where's a camera when you need one?" said the kid. 'I came to a new place and this is the welcoming I get… Wait, how'd he know my name?' thought Lucy.

A middle-aged woman smacked the kid on the head, amusing Lucy at the same time. "Baka!" said the woman. "That's not how you greet our owner! Gomen Lucy, excuse Aisu. He's just being an idiot."

"No, no." replied Lucy. "It's fine...?

"Lavet, Lavet the Magma Wielder."

"You're the goddess I read about! Well, Lavet, if you don't mind me asking, do you know where I am?" asked Lucy.

"Oh, yeah. You're in Kanad. It's where the gods live. Ya know? The god keys that you have with you; they live here." replied Lavet as she glanced at her watch. "Speaking about your god keys, they're all in the meeting room to meet you. Let's get going!"

Lavet grabbed Lucy's arms and sped towards the meeting room. "Come on Aisu! Hurry your behind up!" shouted Lavet as she glanced behind herself.

"Ah! Wait for meeee~!" cried Aisu as he ran to catch up with Lavet.

Meanwhile, poor Lucy was being dragged by her arm and towards the meeting room. In her mind she fought with herself to try and process all this new information she was getting.

'Okay, let me sort this out… I'm in Kanad and I'm about to meet 25 gods. Not to mention the S-class Exams are coming up!' thought Lucy.

"Yosh! We're here!" shouted Aisu as he pumped his fist in the air in celebration.

"Baka! You've been here millions of times and you're still this happy… Why do I have to be related to you?" Lavet facepalmed at Aisu's stupidity and began cursing his existence.

"Mou, Lavet's so mean! Come on Lucy-chan! Let's leave her here!" Aisu quickly grabbed Lucy and threw her onto his back. Surprisingly, his skin, his clothes, everything about his was freezing cold to the touch.

"Ne Aisu, why are you so cold?" asked Lucy, curious. "Wait, that sounded mean. I meant why are you cold to the touch?"

"It's normal for me. I am the Ice God. Funny how I'm related to Lavet though since her element is fire and lava."

"Ah, okay." said Lucy. "Are those gigantic doors the meeting room?"

"Yup, is it really that obvious?"

"Well, oho, there's a giant door there that probably leads to something important. I wonder what it is. Ahahah." said Lucy sarcastically.

"Yea, that makes sense Lucy-chan," said Aisu. He then pushed open the large doors and said, "Every one! Lucy-chan's here! Isn't she cute?"

Each god had a sweatdrop that slowly dripped down their faces.

"Come Lucy-chan! Sit with me and not with Lavet!" said Aisu pointing to Lavet, who just entered the room.

"Hai, hai." said Lucy.

Once Lucy was seated, a voice was heard from the very front of the table. (1)

"If I may call your attention, we shall begin the introductions," said the person with authority.

'He sounds powerful.' thought Lucy. 'I'll have to be more formal and careful with my words around him. The energy emitting of just gives me the shivers…" The powerful god then continued his statement.

"But first, let me state why Lucy is here in the first place. You see Lucy, it has been made an unannounced rule that whoever owns us, the God keys, will be able to go into Kanad and greet us gods. The platinum key that you used to get here will forever be in your possession. It will be something you'll be able to use even after you pass away."

"Ah, thank you for telling me." said Lucy. "Ne Kami-sama, what kind of introductions are you talking about?"

"Each god will take you to their domain and show you their prowess. By showing you their power, you'll be able to fight along side us easier."

"Hai, I understand Kami-sama. May I ask whom I will be going along with first?"

"Yes, you'll be coming with me and Izanami to our castle. The rest of you are dismissed. The order of which God greets Lucy is the order that we were created. She'll see you all later." The man then gestured towards a door that seemed invisible minutes before but appeared just now.

When the man pushed open the door, Lucy saw a grand, modern but old castle. Windows lined the walls of each floor. As they grew closer to the castle entrance, Lucy saw the stone bricks that made the castle's exterior. Although they had bits and pieces of mold attached to them, they were laid in an intricate pattern that all in all, made the castle emit brilliance.

"Your castle looks very pretty." complimented Lucy.

"Ah, thank you." replied not the man but the woman.

After Lucy's compliment, the three walked in silence towards the castle door. Finally, after an eternity of silence, the man started to introduce himself and the woman the moment he pushed the castle door.

"I'm Izanagi, the god of creation and life. This is my wife Izanami. She is the goddess of creation and death."

As they made way towards the living room, or at least what Lucy thought was a living room, Lucy took in their appearances. Izanagi and Izanami both had almost matching kimonos but their only difference that Lucy could really make out other than obvious ones, was that their hair was styled differently. Izanami had a bun that was as large as a donut and was decorated with stylish cherry blossom clips. Contrary to her, Izanagi just had his hair down that was tied neatly at the bottom.

Each of them took a seat in a chair and began their power demonstration. Izanagi put out a hand and created a small orb of light. A couple seconds later the light faded and in Izanagi's hand was a small mouse. In his hand was a small gray mouse. Its little pink nose sniffed the air as it moved around in the limited space that Izanagi's hand gave. Then, Izanami created an orb of light in her palm. Only this time instead of a white colored ball, it was rather dark. It glowed a dark shade of purple and black. Izanami hovered the sphere over the little mouse and the mouse slowly started to disintegrate. (2)

'At least there's no blood.' thought Lucy.

As their last magic trick, they both asked Lucy what her favorite item.

Taken off guard by the sudden question, Lucy stuttered a bit before letting out an answer.

"Uh… A book?" said Lucy, unsurely.

To her request, two books written by her favorite author appeared in her lap.

"Whoa, you guys can make non-moving items too? Not just alive ones?" Lucy asked astonished.

"Hai Lucy. Since we 'create' things, it should be relatively possible." replied Izanami.

"Well, that's great to know!" exclaimed Lucy.

"Now that we're done showing you our powers, I'm going to go get the next god. Excuse me." said Izanagi.

Soon after, Izanami excused. Lucy sat silently alone in her seat while she waited for the next god. As a couple minutes passed, a cold breeze wafted in from who knows where.

"It's so cold!" chattered Lucy as she rubbed her arms for warmth. "Who's making it so cold?"

"Ah, sorry Lucy-chan!" said a voice. Lucy immediately knew who it was.

"Hi Aisu. Are you my next God companion?" asked Lucy.

"Yup!" replied Aisu. "Come on, come on! Before we get there though, I just wanna tell you that I live with two other gods. Us three are cousins. Lavet doesn't live here though. She'll melt our ice castle with just a single touch."

Lucy was unable to reply as Aisu was dragging her again! As she was dragged, Lucy looked at the features that Aisu had that she didn't see earlier.

Aisu wore dark blue jeans and a pure white button up shirt. He also had light blue converse and silver-blue hair. His hair was naturally slicked back creating a wave like appearance on his head.

"We're here! Oi! Yuki! Selena! I brought Lucy-chan!" Aisu came to a quick halt and stood in front of two older women.

"Lucy-chan, this one is Yuki the Snow Maiden," Aisu pointed to the lady dressed in a white dress. Her hair was white as well and seemed to go along greatly with her dress and blue sash tied into the waistline of the dress. "And this is Selena the Water Manipulator." Selena had blue hair and was dressed in armor. She had a royal blue cape trailing behind her. As the final touch, a small purple ribbon was located on the side of her bangs. He then pointed to himself. "Lastly, I'm Aisu the Ice God. We all hope to work with you in the future."

Yuki give a small nod while Selena smiled brightly.

"Me too." replied Lucy. "If you don't mind, can I ask who's gonna go first?"

Selena's hand shot up first followed by Aisu. Yuki was quickly decided last and they all guided Lucy to their icy backyard. Selena then started proceed and showed what she could do.

"Clashing Wave!" shouted Selena. An enormous wave appeared from the water reservoir that sat in the corner of their backyard. In addition to the wave, Aisu put his hand out and touched the wave. In an instant, the wave froze. Selena had an angry tick mark as she yelled at Aisu.

After they finished bickering, Aisu started to explain.

"As an Ice god, any form of water turns into ice. I can also create an animal and animate it." He demonstrated this by creating a dragon made of ice. The dragon had a mind of it's own as it flew into the air. It then exploded and made it rain little bits of ice. "For Sel-"

"Oi! Aisu! I can explain myself!" Selena butted Aisu away from Lucy and began to explain her own prowess. "As my title goes, I can manipulate water and turn it into any shape or form. Also, I can control animals in any body of water as well as heal with a move of mine. Now, with that said and done, excuse me and Aisu for a second."

"Wait, what?!" exclaimed Aisu. "Noo, I didn't finish showing off to Lucy-chan yet!"

Lucy giggled and turned to face Yuki. Yuki understood what she had to do and raised her hands up into the air. She started to mumble softly as little bits of snow fell to the ground.

"Snow Blizzard." said Yuki quietly. A tornado of snow formed in mid air and made air currents so strong that Lucy had to hold onto a nearby rock.

Quickly, Yuki said, "I can make snow and also have control over snow." Once she finished her sentence, she slowly pulled Lucy to the entrance of the ice castle and told Lucy to wait there.

Lucy sat in silence on the front steps of the castle. She didn't mind the cold as the thought sadly how she couldn't explore the castle that was behind her.

As if to brighten up her thoughts, a small but beautiful firework exploded in front of her. It wasn't large enough to injure Lucy, but caught her attention nonetheless.

Immediately, Lucy knew who this was.

"Hanabi!" Lucy called out. "Are you here?"

"Yes, Lucy. I wonder how you knew it was me?" Hanabi appeared from behind the corner and walked towards Lucy. "Shall we go to my home?"

"Sure! What does it look like?" asked Lucy.

"It's just a home. Nothing like Aisu's ice castle. Just a small, simple house." Hanabi described.

"Ah, okay." They both walked onto a dirt path that seemingly appeared out of nowhere. As they neared a clearing, despite Hanabi saying it was a simple house, the lake surrounding it made it much more than that. The lake glistened as the sun of Kanad hit the surface. The house and its surroundings gave off a homey feel, something that anyone could appreciate.

Finally, they reached the door and in they stepped. The first thing Lucy saw was a small couch in the middle of the room, accompanied by a rug. To the left of the living room, was the kitchen. It was only filled with the necessities, leaving no room for lavish countertops or steel refrigerators.

"Come Lucy. Let's sit on the couch and talk." Lucy complied and sat down.

Hanabi then began to start talking. "Okay, Lucy. You already know what I can do right?"

"Yup!" Lucy thought back to her birthday party and the countless number of fun events that they had.

"I am more of an entertainment type of god than offense. However, if you use your brain, I could be used also as a distraction. Since I have to show you my power before you proceed to the next god, are you up for a show?"

"Hai!" Hanabi opened the sliding glass window and told her to sit on the steps of the deck. Lucy faced the lake as she waited for Hanabi. It was a clear and perfect day for fireworks even though it was still in the afternoon.

'Does Kanad even have nighttime?' thought Lucy.

Her thoughts were interrupted when a bright light burst into the sky and exploded. Shards of purple, blue, white and every color possible were seen. The shards then faded into the day sky. Another burst flew and exploded. A couple more lights followed soon after. They each erupted into a glow of colors. They disappeared and the show ended.

Hanabi came out of her hiding spot along with a god Lucy didn't recognize. Concluding that it was the next god she had to meet, Lucy prepared herself for the introductions. Lucy stood up from her spot and thanked Hanabi for the show. In return, Hanabi introduced Lucy to the god. He was dressed in the most casual way with sweats and a jacket but the item that stood out the most was the large pocket watch dangling from his waist.

"Lucy, here's your new god to meet. Have fun." Hanabi left them to chat and entered her house.

"Etto… Hi?" said Lucy. Right from the start, she knew that this was going to be awkward.

"Hi." His voice was deep and gruff. His features showed that he definitely didn't want to be here.

Seeing his negativity, Lucy started the conversation herself. "I'm Lucy. Who're you?"

"I'm Shunkan, General of Time. Follow me to my home." Lucy followed Shunkan silently towards who knows where. Shunkan led Lucy to a not surprisingly large clock tower. As Lucy glanced at the face of the clock she could see it was about one.

'Three hours might not be enough for.. What? 16 more Gods?' Lucy looked at the base of the tower. Conveniently, she saw Lavet there as well. 'Make that 15.'

Lucy ran towards Lavet while waving at the same time. "Hiii Lavet!"

"Hiya Lucy! I see you met Shunkan already."

"Yea, so what 'cha doing here?" asked Lucy

"Can a god not wander around in Kanad?" said Lavet jokingly. "I'm kidding. I'm here to help Shunkan demonstrate his powers while at the same time, showing mine. Are you ready?"

"Sure."

"Alright. Shunkan! I'mma destroy the tower now okay?"

Shunkan nodded while Lucy looked horrified.

"Wait!" said Lucy. "What's happening?"

"Calm down, Lucy. Just watch." Skeptically, Lucy watched.

"Okay, Lucy. I can control fire and create it also. My fire's so powerful not only does it burns, but melts too. It rivals Igneel's powers!"

'Imagine Natsu hearing that.' Lucy laughed out loud. She came back to her senses just in time to hear Lavet shout,

"Stream! Lava Flow!" A stream of lava flew towards the tower and started to swallow the building. In only a couple minutes, the tower was just a lump of ash, metal, and hardened lava.

Lucy looked at the pile in horror but was ignorant to Shunkan who started to pull out his pocket watch.

While glancing at his watch, he muttered, "Reversal of Time. Restore!"

Instead of horror on Lucy's face, it was replaced with awe and surprise as the tower rebuilt itself piece by piece. Shunkan trotted towards the doors but turned to address Lucy.

"I can restore damaged things. An offensive type that I have is that I can freeze time allowing for my owner to appear in front of her opponent. Lavet will show you your new god. Have a good day." Shunkan somewhat slammed the door and left the two girl to converse with one another.

"Ne Lavet, is he always like that?" asked Lucy.

"Pretty much." Lavet answered back. "Now, let's go see Hymn and Ivy. We have to hurry though. They hate me since I always burn their plants by accident."

Lavet's bright, red hair whipped her face as she ran. Her long red ribbon that was tied to her wrist flew behind her as she went. Her red and white dress fluttered in the breeze.

"Wait Lavet!" called Lucy as she ran to catch up with her. "Doesn't she know I'm wearing heels today?"

About five minutes in, the landscape changed greatly. Green trees and vines surrounded her as she ran down the path.

Lavet came to an abrupt stop as she stood facing an abnormally green lady. She had vines as bracelets and a dress made of leaves. Everything about her seemed natural.

Seeing how Lavet stopped, Lucy allowed herself to walk the last few paces. She saw their lips moving and assumed they were in a conversation. Only until she reached Lavet that she heard what they were talking about.

"-eah. So here's Lucy and I'll leave you three at that. Bye!" Lavet ran, with the same speed she had earlier, out of there.

Lucy gave a small wave as she greeted the woman. "Hello. I'm Lucy. You are?"

"I'm Hymn. Or as most people would say, Mother Nature. Give me a seconds to get my daughter." Hymn turned her head towards a tree. Lucy glanced at her in confusion. Her confusion was resolved when she glanced up and saw an enormous maze of tree houses and bridges.

"Ivy! Come down here!" A light green-haired girl came tumbling down. A long flowing skirt flew behind her "Meet Lucy."

"Hi Lucy-san. Nice to meet you." Lucy smiled at the girl but looked up towards Hymn.

"So Hymn-sama, where should we do the power introductory?" asked Lucy. She wanted to get this done as soon as possible as it was nearing four.

"Over by the waterfall Lucy. I take it you are in a hurry?" Hymn pointed to a small pathway leading to the waterfall.

"Not at all Hymn-sama." Lucy shifted her eyes around nervously and decided to change the subject. "Is Ivy coming as well?"

"Yes, she is. Hurry along now." Hymn start to walk towards the waterfall with Lucy and Ivy trailing behind her.

"Now, Lucy, I can control any element of nature, but my specialty are plants. Natural disasters are things that I leave Scar to do." Hymn lifted an arm and vines came out of the ground and spiraled up towards the sun. "These can not only be used as a capturing device, but also as defense." The vines then crowded together and formed a tightly packed wall. "Alright Ivy-chan. Show Lucy what you can do while I go get some things."

"I can melt things. Poison things as well. My poisons don't have any antidote unless Mina or I undo it. So acid and poison are my forte."

"Okay Ivy. Thanks for telling me," said Lucy. "Do you mind showing me?"

"Sure." came Ivy's reply.

Ivy walked towards a small fern and grabbed a piece of dead leaf. "Spread and melt." said Ivy.

Once said, a purple splotch appeared on the edge of the leaf. Slowly, the purple acid ate up the rest of the decaying leaf.

Lucy was amazed how a little girl could possess something that awesome and patted her on the head.

"Thanks Ivy! Now, do you know who my next god friend is?"

Ivy nodded and grabbed ahold of Lucy's hand. She pulled Lucy gently towards a small cave. Ivy pointed towards the entrance and said,

"In there is a purple portal. Enter it and you should see the Sky Domain. Have fun." Ivy left Lucy to enter the portal.

Lucy looked at the eerily glowing portal reluctantly.

'I wonder if entering two suspicious looking portals is good for the health." pondered Lucy. Anyway, she stepped through and closed her eyes in instinct.

As she opened her eyes, Lucy could saw that clouds surrounded her feet. Surprisingly, the clouds were warm as Lucy splashed about in them. As she stomped, she saw a large castle and presumed it was the Sky Domain.

Up here, she could see the sun clearly and did she dare peek over the edge? She did and was petrified. Below her was nothing. As in a deep, dark abyss. It was that kind that if you fell in, you'll be lost for eternity.

Lucy backed up towards middle of the floating cloud and vowed to never look again. Focusing on her real goal, she walked to the castle gates and opened it. Following the metal gate was another pair of large wooden doors. Scared that she'll anger the god or gods inside, she knocked feebly on the door and said a small "Hello?"

Lucy waited a couple minutes, but there was no answer. She tried again but with a little more strength but had no answer. As a final attempt, Lucy peeked through the window to see if there was anyone, but not a single soul was sighted.

"Etto, where is everybody?" muttered Lucy as she backed away from the window. "What am I supposed to do now?"

Sighing in defeat, Lucy plopped herself down on the cloudy cushion that was called the ground and waited.

A loud boom erupted from the castle as the door opened ever so slowly. A blonde mop of hair peeked out and smiled at Lucy.

"Hello. Sorry to keep you waiting! I take it that you're Lucy?"

"Yes. May I be allowed inside now?" asked Lucy.

"Of course, of course. Ama and Tsuku were having a fight a couple minutes ago and we couldn't hear you. I hope you'll forgive us." The blonde haired male smiled apologetically at Lucy and opened the door a little wider to let Lucy in.

"It's fine," said Lucy as she stepped in.

"Thanks for understanding. I'm Eze, the Golden Flash. Or Lighning God if you don't like the first title."

"Nice to meet you, Eze." said Lucy politely. Her skills that she learned from the Heartfillia Manor came back to her as if she had learned them yesterday.

Eze led Lucy towards a dining hall where she saw four gods. Or at least Lucy thought they were Gods. In the hall were a woman and man. A small girl and a little boy accompanied them. The older woman had on a sparkling yellow sundress and a golden crown. To match with her, the little girl was wearing a dark blue dress with little gold diamonds. To Lucy, they looked like little stars.

The males' attire were different in color and style. The older man had a dark blue suit along with a pale, blue tie. The child had a hoodie that was similar in color to the girl's dress but seemed to have no design.

'I wonder who these people are.' thought Lucy.

I think this chapter was rather boring. Not to mention I need to get the rest of the intros in the next chapter. :p

-Angel