The school Lucy and her friends attend encourage them to try new things in new activities. That's what they're doing now as Mr. Conell and Principle Conbolt were telling them about a contest that was being held.
"This contest is for young students such as yourselves to test your creative ways." Macao said. "It's being held by none other than the fashion icon: Zeref Dragneel, older brother of our very own Natsu Dragneel."
"You are to make your own designed hat within the span of ten hours." Alzack claimed. "Zeref Dragneel himself will be the judge. The winner shall have his or her hat modeled by Natsu himself in an upcoming photoshoot." Lucy and her friends loved the idea as it could be a chance to get in good with Natsu.
"The type of hat you are to design is...a derby hat." Macao said.
"A derby hat?" Lucy questioned as it might be challenging. Taylor saw her troubled face and was telling Lucy she was going down. When class ended, Lucy looked over her own personal notebook and tried to come up with something that will help her win, but she was not getting anything.
"A derby hat? Who even wears derby hats?" Lucy said.
"I'm sure you have something." Erza said. "Lucy's always been the creative-type." She told Levy. "She writes stories, has great designs for clothing and more, and can really work a sewing machine."
"I'm sure you'll do great." Levy said. "Do you have any designs in that book of yours?"
"Yeah, but nothing on a derby hat." Lucy said.
"Let me see." Levy said as she took a the book. "There must be something in here you can use."
"I hope so." Lucy said.
"Wow." Lucy got a little spooked as Natsu showed himself and was staring at the book. "You got great designs, Levy."
"Actually, Lucy is the one who designed all of this." Erza clarified with Lucy nervously smiling.
"You got some talent, Lucy. These all look great." Natsu said. "You have a real chance of winning in my opinion."
"Thanks. I make design great... I mean people design like... I mean..!" Lucy was stuttering as she always mixes her words around him.
"Well, I'm sure you'll do great." Natsu said as he walked off with Lucy staring at him. However, Taylor overheard them and didn't like it all.
"Did you hear that? Heartfilia a talented fashion designer? I don't think so." Taylor said. "There's only one person winning this and that's going to be me."
"Of course you'll win, Taylor." Samantha said. "You just need to make your hat have a great design."
"You're right, as soon as I get my hands on it." Taylor said as she had her eyes on Lucy's notebook. Lucy was still in a trance from seeing Natsu, but Levy and Erza shook her out of it.
"You need to get your act together, but did you hear that?" Levy said. "Natsu thinks you have a real chance of winning."
"Yeah... I can do this!" Lucy said as he was getting motivated. She set a timer for the competition to keep track of time. "I'll see you guys later. I need a place to think of that design." Lucy hurried out of the school and hoped to get the winning design for this hat.
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Lucy
Lucy went down to Trocadero. She was trying to find the right design for a hat, but she was rejecting all her ideas.
"Boy, this is harder than I thought with some added pressure." Lucy said.
"Lucy, you save the world under pressure." Stella encourage from her bag. "Coming up with a hat should be a piece of cake for you."
"A cake hat?" Lucy said as she thought of the possibility. While she was thinking of other designs, she looked across from where she was sitting. She spotted a lady sitting on a bench. She held out a small bell and gave it a good ring. When she did that, a bunch of cats came out and gathered around.
"Hello, my precious wecious fluffy wuffy kitties." The lady said. "Go on and go play." She let the cats loose on the place and just let them do what they want. She looked at those cats like they were the most precious things in the world, but a certain officer didn't share her view. Officer Lahar came over and wasn't happy with her.
"Miss Millianna, you can't let these cats roam freely around the Trocadero." Lahar said.
"But they're just adorable kitties." Millianna said.
"They're disturbing, messy, and cause havoc." Lahar said. "I've spoken with all the park keepers. You've been banned from every park."
"You can't do that!" Millianna pleaded. "My place isn't big enough for all the poor strays out there. They need fresh air."
"You can't keep them here. Now out!" Lahar ordered. Feeling powerless to do anything, Millianna did what the police asked of her and just left the place with her cats following.
"Wow. I feel bad for her." Lucy said. She felt sympathy for Millianna, but she focused back on the contest when she saw a cat scare a pigeon away and a feather landed near her. "A feather... That's it!" Lucy believe she has an idea. Meanwhile, Taylor and Samantha were doing a little spying. She motioned for Samantha to go. Samantha moved carefully to not let Lucy see her until she could get a clear shot with her phone. "Got it!" She held out her finished hat design with Samantha getting a photo of it and heading back to Taylor.
"We are awesome!" Samantha said.
"We?" Taylor said with disapproval.
"I mean you." Samantha said as she gave her the picture. "So when are you going to make it?"
"And ruin my manicure? Daddy will just pay someone to do it." Taylor said as she now thinks she can win with Lucy's stolen idea. As for poor Millianna, she felt miserable and powerless for not being able to help her precious cats.
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Black Wizard
Black Wizard could feel the misery. It allowed him to find the right target for his next villain.
"Trying your best to take care of what you love the most, but feel powerless to do anything about it. The perfect prey from etherious." Black Wizard claimed. He had an etherious land in his hand and filled it with his dark power. "Flyaway, my evil etherious, and evillize her!" He released it into Paris for a new villain for be formed.
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Millianna
The etherious found its way to Millianna and went into her bell. She was linked to Black Wizard as she could feel the dark power flowing through her.
"Kitty Cat, I'm Black Wizard. They try to ban you and your cats. You'll show them that your cats can be as dangerous as they're adorable."
"Sounds purrfect." Millianna said as she was becoming Kitty Kat. Her body changed into one with cat-like features such as her nose and tail. She was given a black one piece suit with a red paw in the center and had black heels with leggings. Her bell also became red and wore it around her neck. "Paris will be ours to take, my precious kitties." She rang the bell and the cats began to fall under her control. Black Wizard couldn't wait until Celestria and Salamondra showed themselves.
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Lucy
Lucy was at work in her room. She was trying to work on her hat. It seemed like it was coming along really well. She was about ready to add the finishing touch to it until she noticed she was missing something.
"Where is it?" Lucy said as she couldn't find anything.
"What are you looking for?" Stella asked.
"A feather! I forgot to grab one!" Lucy said. "It needs to have a feather!" Getting the key piece that was needed, Lucy ran all the way back to Trocadero. Luckily, she was able to find another feather. "Got it!" Lucy hurried as fast as she could to get that feather back to her house, but she nearly bumped into Officer Lahar. "Sorry!" She moved around him and he just let her go.
"Meow."
"Huh?" Lahar looked around and saw some of the cats were starting to surround him. He was getting rather nervous and he had every right to be as they all pounced on him like wildcats. As for Lucy, she took the bus to try and make it home, but it appeared to have been stuck in traffic and she was getting rather impatient.
"What's going on?" Lucy questioned as she tried to take it look.
"Sorry, folks. Looks like I'll have to let you off here." The driver said as there didn't appear to be a way around it. Lucy got off the bus and noticed all the cats that were around.
"What's with all the cats?" Lucy questioned as this all sounded rather strange. She saw cats everywhere and soon got her answer when she and others saw the news.
"Bisca Cornell here. I'm reporting that a new supervillain has been spotted and seems to have control over all the cats in Paris." They showed a recording of Kitty Cat near the Eiffel Tower.
"I am Kitty Cat! Paris will soon be known as the City of Cats!" She claimed. Knowing what's going on now, Lucy hurried off into a subway station and was alone.
"Paris needs us." Lucy said as she let out Stella. "Stella, Twinkle!" Stella was pulled into her earrings and she became Celestria. As soon as she transformed, Celestria went to the rooftops and tried looking for Kitty Cat.
"Looks like we have a cat-astrophe on our hands, my little star." Celestria looked to the side and saw Salamondra.
"Is now really the time for puns?" Celestria said.
"I like getting a little catty, but we have other problems. All the park keepers are missing." Salamondra said.
"Really?" Celestria said as she was getting an idea. "I think I know how to lure Kitty Cat out."
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The Park
The two of them headed for the park. She placed a security hat on Salamondra and he was acting like a fellow guard. He just stood around until he got a little restless and started dancing around.
"Act natural or this won't work." Celestria said.
"I am acting natural." Salamondra said as he kept dancing. While they were waiting for Kitty Cat to show, one cat already found them.
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Kitty Cat
Kitty Cat had her cats all around and they were acting like her eyes and ears. The cat that spotted Celestria and Salamondra made its way back to her and she could tell what it was saying.
"Celestria and Salamondra are in the park, you say. Well, I have to keep my end of the deal." Kitty Cat said.
"That's right, Cat. Get me their miraculous and your cats shall be free to do whatever they please." Black Wizard said. Wanting that to happen, she let her cats out on some heroes.
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The Park
"Where is she?" Celestria said as she would have thought Kitty Cat would have shown. They kept waiting until some of the cats showed and tackled Salamondra. By working together, they carried him off. "There's something you don't see everyday." She chased after the cats to help Salamondra out. They carried him all the way to the Allard Hotel's roof and placed him in the center.
"Weird." Salamondra said with Celestria catching up to him.
"Careful. I don't like this." Celestria said as they found themselves surrounded by kittens.
"Looking for me-ow-me?" They looked across the roof and saw Kitty Cat standing on the rail. "You better give me your miraculous or my cats are going to use you as their scratching posts." She jingled her bell and had the cats attacked. Both of them acted fast and jumped out of the way.
"Hurry!" Celestria said as she and Salamondra ran for the door knowing they couldn't take on all those cats. The cats chased after them, but they were able to get to the door and slammed it shut before the cats could get in.
"I'm not done with you yet." Kitty Cat said as she jumped off the hotel. This sneaky cat has plenty of tricks up her claws. As for Celestria and Salamondra, they made their way down the stairs.
"Any ideas as to how we're going to deal with all those cats?" Salamondra asked.
"Not quite, but we need to get to her directly." Celestria said. They kept running down the stairs until she noticed something. "Weird. She's not coming after us. Let's go have a better look outside." The two of them hurried and made their way to the dinning room and had a look out the window.
"Good idea. We should be able to see everything from here." Salamondra said.
"Odd. Look at that." Celestria said as they spotted some cats moving through the streets. "All the cats are heading in the same direction."
"I say we follow them. I sure hope you're a cat person." Salamondra said.
"I'm not so sure after today." Celestria said as they both got moving.
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Grand Palais
Celestria and Salamondra followed the cats to the Grand Palais. When they got there, they kept themselves hidden as they looked inside and saw all the park keepers caged.
"At least now we know where all the park keepers are." Celestria said.
"I'll burn the cages and free them." Salamondra said.
"Wait. It's too easy." Celestria said as she found this strange. "Let's try a different way in." She hurried to a different entrance with Salamondra following. They thought they would catch Kitty Cat by surprise, but a cat already spotted her and made its way to Kitty Cat inside.
"They're here... Purr-fect." Kitty Cat said. Celestria and Salamondra went up to the roof and planned on entering through the skylight.
"The etherious has to be that bell around her neck." Celestria said. "We just need to get our hands on it."
"What's the plan?" Salamondra asked.
"We have the element of surprise." Celestria said as they spotted Kitty Cat through the skylight. "I'll grab her with my whip and you can use your Dragon Fire to destroy it." Salamondra agreed with the plan. He lifted the skylight open and were going to do just that. They thought they had her, but one of the cats hissed and alerted Kitty Cat. She turned around and spotted them, ruining the plan. "So much for the element of surprise."
"You can't catch this cat." Kitty Cat said as she jumped down to the main floor. Celestria and Salamondra dived inside and went after her. They landed down and faced off against her and her cats. "You shouldn't corner kitties. We've got claws." She had cats gather around and form a large ball. She tossed it at them and it smashed against them with both of them being knocked against the cage.
"Get us out of here, Celestria!" Lahar said.
"It's just about over. Give me your miraculous or else!" Kitty Cat said.
"Not yet. We have a few tricks ourselves." Celestria said. "Open the Celestrial Gate!" She used her powers with a bag of snacks forming. "Pisces snacks?"
"I don't think there's enough for everyone." Salamondra said. Celestria looked around to see how she can use it until she spotted the fish flavor label.
"Of course!" Celestria said as she opened the bag. "Snack time, kitties!" She threw out every piece out and around Kitty Cat. The cats were drawn to the fish scent and went into a frenzy around her.
"What are you doing?! Stop!" Kitty Cat ordered. The cats just kept helping themselves. She soon found herself buried in cats with her bell being knocked off her neck.
"Her bell!" Celestria called as she and Salamondra tried to get it first. Kitty Cat tried to dig her way out of the cats. All three of them jumped for the bell. Kitty Cat grabbed it just a second before, but Celestria grabbed Salamondra's hand and smashed it on Kitty Cat's and caused the bell to break.
"Hey!" Salamondra said as he shook his hand around. The etherious flew out with Celestria grabbing her whip.
"No more evildoing for you, little etherious." Celestria said as she traced the edge and began to twirl it around with the rope extending out from the handle. "Time to de-evillize!" She tossed her whip and it grabbed a hold of the etherious and trapped it. "Gotcha! Bye-Bye, little guy." She said as she released it after purifying it. "Miraculous Starlight!" She tossed the snack bag in the air and the streams of stars repaired all the damage and set free all the park keepers with Kitty Kat becoming Millianna again.
"What am I doing here?" Millianna questioned.
"Pound it!" Celestria and Salamondra bumped fists in their victory.
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Black Wizard
"Curse you, Celestria! Curse those cats!" Black Wizard shouted in frustration. "You don't have nine lives, Celestria. You'll eventually make a mistake, and your luck will soon run out!"
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Lucy
"I've got to hurry!" Lucy said as she ran all the way back to her room. The contest was about to begin and Lucy still needed to add the feather to her hat. She worked as fast as she could until she got it done. A feather-designed derby hat with gold lacing around it and the actual feather added to the side. "Perfect!"
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The Highschool
The contest was being held at the school. Many students made various hats with Erza and Levy waiting for Lucy.
"Mr. Conbolt, I'm Invel Yura, Mr. Dragneel's assistant." He said as he introduced himself to the principle.
"Nice to meet you. Where's Mr. Dragneel himself?" Macao asked.
"I'm here." Zeref said as Invel was showing him on a tablet. "Natsu, take Invel around so I can see the designs." Zeref began seeing the different designs. Lucy made it just in time as she ran towards Erza and Levy.
"Did you finish it?!" Levy said.
"Right here." Lucy said as she placed the hat on a stand. Erza and Levy were excited until they saw it as a familiar piece.
"But it's the same as Taylor's." Erza said. Lucy looked towards Taylor and Samantha and saw her hat was exactly the same as Lucy's.
"That spoiled little thief!" Lucy said.
"Want me to take care of her?" Erza said as she popped her knuckles.
"I've got this." Lucy said as she had something planned. Zeref had a look at Taylor's hat, but when he had a look at Lucy's, he suspected that something wasn't right.
"Invel, let me see Miss Allard's again." Zeref said. Invel showed him the hat again and saw they were the same. "What is the meaning of this?" All of them looked to see they were the same hat.
"No fair! Lucy copied my design! How scandal! How could you?!" Taylor said as she added some dramatics with some fake crying.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Dragneel, but I can prove that I'm the original designer." Lucy said. All eyes turned to her. "You see, my hat was all made by myself. Taylor probably had someone sew hers, but what she probably doesn't know is that there's a secret design I added in." She turned the hat upside-down and showed it. "I signed mine." Her name was in the gold lining. They turned over Taylor's hat and saw Lucy's name was on it as well. Taylor knew she was busted and ran off in shame with Samantha following.
"Original, creative, and ingenious. Very nicely done, Miss..." Zeref said with him not knowing her name.
"Lucy, Lucy Heartfilia." Natsu said.
"Congratulations, Miss Heartfilia. You're the winner." Zeref said with her and her friends all happy for her. "As promised, Natsu will wear your hat in an upcoming fashion show." Natsu grabbed Lucy's hat with their hands touching.
"Nice work, Lucy." Natsu said with Lucy having butterflies in her stomach. Natsu took the hat and put it on with him walking out of there. She saves the day, made the deadline, and won the contest. The true makings of someone who is...miraculous.
