"Beautiful... Magnificent..." Lucy said. You think she was talking about a majestic animal, but she was actually talking about Natsu in a fashion magazine.

"I swear, you watch that boy like a predator watches its prey." Levy said. The two of them sat by the stairs of the school with Lucy in a trance. Meanwhile, Natsu was on one side of the school with Gajeel. Gajeel asked Natsu for some help with something.

"So you're working on a project for science class on animals?" Natsu asked.

"Yeah. I have to pick an animal and study it, but I have no idea what animal to pick." Gajeel said. "You got any ideas?"

"Well, I did hear that a new panther is at the zoo. Why not try that?" Natsu said.

"A panther? Sounds fierce." Gajeel said. The two of them were walking and talking about the project. When they walked passed the girls, Natsu heard something that caught his ear.

"Lucy, focus. We need to pick an animal for our project." Levy said. Hearing that the girls were going to work on the same project as Gajeel gave him an idea.

"Hey. It sounds like Levy and Lucy are working on the same project as you." Natsu said. "Maybe they can help out. Both of them are pretty nice and smart."

"Me at the zoo with two girls? Sounds like it could be interesting." Gajeel said as he liked the idea. When school ended, the girls were on their way out. Levy was still trying to get Lucy to focus on the animal project, but Lucy was in a trance by Natsu in the magazine. She wasn't really watching where she was going and accidentally bumped into Gajeel.

"Hey! Watch it." Gajeel said.

"Sorry, Gajeel." Lucy said.

"Hey, girls." Natsu said as he showed himself from behind Gajeel. Seeing him made Lucy drop the magazine in a panic and her brain felt like it was malfunctioning. Natsu spotted the magazine. Natsu tried reaching for it with Lucy trying to get it before she got embarrassed. When they both reached for it, they bumped heads.

"Sorry." They both said.

"So, what's up?" Levy asked.

"Well, Gajeel and I were thinking about hitting the zoo. You want to come too?" Natsu asked.

"Sounds like fun. Lucy loves animals. Right, Lucy?" Levy said.

"Y-Yeah. I love zoonimals. I mean...Anizoo. I mean..." Lucy tried to sound like sense, but Levy covered her mouth to stop her from saying anything too humiliating.

"Great. See you there." Natsu said as he and Gajeel walked out of there. Lucy was still in a daze, but Levy snapped her out of it.

"Lucy, do you know what just happened?! Natsu asked you out!" Levy said. Natsu was clearly vague on the details. "This could be your big chance to tell him you like him!"

"Yeah... Wait. What?! No! Not like this! I don't have my lucky socks! I need to wash my hair! I'm nowhere near ready!" Lucy said as she cling to Levy. "You need to help me, Levy! I won't survive without you!"

"Calm down. I'll help." Levy said as she patted Lucy's head. This was going to be a wreck because the girls thought this was a date, but the boys were thinking differently. Speaking of which, the boys were talking about what they were going to do at the zoo.

"Nice moves, Dragneel. You really know your way with the girls. They looked excited." Gajeel said.

"No worries. Who knows, you might even get a girlfriend out of this." Natsu teased, but Gajeel brushed it off. "I'm being serious. Levy and Lucy are both great girls. Why not?"

"Easy for you to say. Girls would love to go out with you, Mr. Model." Gajeel said. "Besides, I wouldn't know what to say."

"No worries, Gajeel. I can help you with that." Natsu said, but this looks like it could be quite troubling.

...

The Zoo

"Testing. Testing. Can you hear me?" Levy said. She was talking to Lucy with an earpiece. Lucy stood near the zoo entrance as she waited for the boys to show up. As for Levy, she hid in the bushes and was feeding Lucy on what to say. "Remember the plan. Natsu and Gajeel might show up together, but act like it's a group thing. The moment you're alone with Natsu, go for it!"

"You sure this is going to work?" Lucy asked.

"I'm sure of it." Levy said. "You just need to confident and motivated."

"Remember the last time I was confident?" Lucy questioned. It ended up with her walking in the boy's bathroom.

"Fine. Just be confident and watch where you're going." Levy said.

"Right." Lucy said as she was trying to do just that. "There here!" She got a little ahead of herself. She thought she saw them, but it just ended up being Lisanna with her siblings with them spotting her.

"Hey, Lucy." Lisanna said.

"False alarm. It's just Lisanna with her siblings." Lucy said.

"Hi, Lucy." Mirajane said as all three of them came over.

"I don't think you ever met my big brother: Elfman." Lisanna said as she showed a guy that was bigger than both girls.

"Nice to meet you, little lady." Elfman said as the two of them shook hands.

"I didn't know you were here, Lisanna." Lucy said.

"Lisanna loves animals a lot." Elfman said.

"You want to come? We're on our way to see the new panther?" Lisanna asked.

"No thanks. I'm waiting for someone." Lucy said.

"Okay. We'll see you later." Mirajane said as the three Strauss siblings kept on going.

"You sure you're ready for this?" Stella asked from Lucy's purse.

"You think I'm not?" Lucy questioned.

"What do you think?" Stella said.

"You know what, I am going to do it." Lucy said. "I'm going to talk to him, tell him I like him, and we'll have the best day ever."

"That's my girl. Way to motivate yourself." Levy said with Lucy acting like that's what she was doing. "Look sharp. Here they come." Lucy readied herself, but all she saw was Gajeel. There was no sign of Natsu.

"It's just Gajeel. Where's Natsu?" Lucy questioned.

"I don't know." Levy said.

"Hey, Lucy." Gajeel said.

"Hey..." Lucy said as she looked around for Natsu. "Where's Natsu? I thought you and he would be coming together." In truth, Natsu was doing what Levy was doing. He kept himself hidden and talked to Gajeel through an earpiece.

"Tell her that something came up and I can't make it." Natsu said. "You would be better off without me anyway."

"Something came up and he can't make it. We be better off without him." Gajeel repeated.

"What's he talking about?" Levy questioned.

"What are you talking about?" Lucy said. "This was his idea, wasn't it?"

"Yeah, but we don't really need him here. Speaking of which, where's Levy? I thought she would be here too." Gajeel said with Lucy not really sure what to tell him now.

"She couldn't make it either..." Lucy said as she was unsure on what else to say.

"Oh well. Let's go in." Gajeel said. He acted like everything was fine, but Lucy was disappointed that Natsu wasn't going to show up.

"No Levy? No problem. Lucy is a great girl. Gajeel would be lucky to have her." Natsu said. Igneel took a look himself on what was going on. He did spot Levy hiding herself and saw her talking to Lucy on an earpiece.

"Ooh... This might be more interesting than I thought." Igneel said as all he was going to do was sit back and watch.

...

Lisanna

Lisanna and her siblings were having a great time at the zoo. She even bought a little souvenir. She bought a string bracelet with fake animal teeth on it. She put it on instantly and loved it.

"Look, Lisanna. There it is." Mirajane said as they arrived at the panther exhibit. They saw the majestic creature and she instantly loved it on first sight. She loved the panther, but there are some jerks that didn't seem to love it.

"Boring!"

"Do something!" Some punks were in the zoo and were teasing the animals as they threw scraps of food at them.

"Hey, don't do that." Lisanna said as she tried to stop them.

"She's right. That's not nice." Elfman said.

"So what? Who cares?"

"Many do." Lisanna said. "Animals have feelings too. They don't like you teasing them and taunting them like that."

"We're hurting the big bad pussy cat's feelings?"

"What's the point of having all these animals here if they won't do anything. They're completely useless." Those bullies continued to mock a poor animal. Lisanna loves animals and hates seeing these jerks make fun of them.

"Animals can be amazing creatures with amazing features." Lisanna said. "In fact, I believe we have our own inner animal in our souls. We're more alike in more ways than people think."

"What a weirdo."

"Yeah. Let's loose the hippy." The bullies walked away as they just ridiculed Lisanna's claims and it made her mad.

"Lisanna, don't let them get to you." Mirajane said, but Lisanna loves animals and it filled her with much rage on what those jerks said. Animals can be amazing, but so many people in the world don't see that or care. It made her so mad like an actual wild animal.

...

Black Wizard

"An animal inside each of us... Wanting others to see what animals are really made of... I like the way she thinks. Let's unleash the animals." Black Wizard said as he could feel Lisanna's rage. He held out his hand for an etherious and filled it with dark power. "Fly, my little etherious, and evillize her!"

...

Lisanna

Lisanna's anger drew the etherious. Mirajane and Elfman were worried about her since it's not like her to get all mad. Their worries got even worse as they saw an etherious fly into the bracelet Lisanna bought for herself.

"Animal Soul, I'm Black Wizard."

"Lisanna, no! Don't listen to him!" Mirajane said.

"Lisanna, don't get etheriouized!" Elfman said, but their pleads meant nothing now.

"You want people to show what the animal kingdom is really made of? You'll become part of it. They just need someone to take charge." Black Wizard. "In exchange, you must bring me the miraculous of Celestria and Salamondra."

"I can hear the call of the wild." Lisanna said as she gave into him. Dark power flowed through her as she transformed. Not only was she wearing her bracelet with the teeth purple, but she was now wearing a blue and black stripped one piece with a tail and was given cat-like features such as claws, ears, and whiskers.

"Lisanna, please don't do this!" Mirajane said.

"Time to let the cat out of the cage." Animal Soul said. She had this ability to have the animals follow her orders. Paris is about to become a jungle.

...

Lucy and Gajeel

Even though Lucy wanted Natsu to be there, she was having a decent time Gajeel at the zoo. They saw some animals and thought they were incredible.

"They're amazing." Lucy said. "Did you know that giraffes have a series of bones that run through their neck, and that they're the main source of attraction for females? They actually use those necks to fight each other."

"Seriously? Talk about proving who is the better man." Gajeel said. Natsu told Gajeel something, but he wasn't sure about it. "I'm not saying that."

"Say what?" Lucy asked. Gajeel felt a little awkward, but he tried.

"I bet if you were an animal, you would be a beautiful swan flying gracefully through the air." Gajeel forced himself to say. Lucy didn't really know what to think of the compliment.

"Thank you." Lucy said as she was actually flattered. Just like that, things got awkward again. Natsu and Levy continued to see how it was going and they both had different opinions.

"I think it's going well. Lucy might be getting interested." Natsu said.

"I wouldn't be too sure." Igneel said.

"Levy, what do I do?" Lucy said as she doesn't seem to like where this was going.

"You better make it clear that you're not interested in Gajeel before he gets the wrong idea." Levy said. Lucy didn't like to break someone's heart, but she knew Levy was right.

"Gajeel, listen. About this date..." Lucy said as she tried to think it over.

"Date? What date?" Gajeel questioned. That puzzled Lucy, but there was no time. People started running scared as animals were released from their cages and out in the open. Animal Soul stood above them all as she made her way up.

"Paris now becomes part of the animal kingdom!" Animal Soul claimed.

"Lisanna?!" Lucy said.

"I think we might want to run now!" Gajeel said as a stampede was coming their way. Lucy and Gajeel took off and went in different directions with Levy and Natsu doing the same. Lucy kept running until she found a spot to transform.

"Time to transform." Lucy said as she let Stella out.

"Lucy, I don't think you were really on a date." Stella said.

"We'll talk to Gajeel about that after we're done, but I feel like an idiot for thinking that." Lucy said. She was going to beat herself up about this later. Right now, she needs to focus on catching that wild kitty. "Stella, Twinkle!" Stella was pulled into her earrings and she became Celestria. Natsu soon found a place for him to transform as well.

"So much for Gajeel's big break or big project." Natsu said.

"It turned out more interesting than you might think, but I guess there's no time for that." Igneel said as he kept his focus.

"Igneel, Fire Up!" Natsu had Igneel pulled inside the ring and became Salamondra. Now that they transformed, they began hunting Animal Soul. Animal Soul stood at the top of a cage and enjoyed seeing her animal brethren roam free. She was pulled out of her enjoyment when Celestria's whip wrapped around her and pulled her off the cage and fell to the ground.

"What a lovely kitty I got." Celestria said as she held her down.

"Caught the bad guy already?" Salamondra said as he joined her. Celestria looked and spotted the bracelet Animal Soul was wearing.

"The etherious must be in the bracelet she's wearing." Celestria said.

"I'll get it." Salamondra said as he moved closer to her, but they can't catch this animal so easily. Animal Soul whistled and called some other animals for help. Salamondra and Celestria looked ahead to see other animals coming their way. "I don't suppose they're coming to play and cuddle."

"More like rough make you their new chew toys." Animal Soul said. The animals came at both of them and knew they had to get out of there. Celestria made sure to tie her whip down so Animal Soul can't escape. When she was secured, she and Salamondra ran for it.

"What do we do now?!" Salamondra said.

"We've got to get them back in their cages and make sure the people don't get hurt." Celestria said. "Split up!" The two of them went in different directions. Celestria kept running from the animals until she spotted Levy and Gajeel running for their lives. Celestria ran as fast as she could and got a hold of both of them. Once she got them, she put them both in empty cages for their own safety.

"You should be safe in here for the time being." Celestria said as she closed the cage and left the two of them in there.

"Wait. Levy? I thought you weren't here." Gajeel said with Lucy not sure what to say. "Uh... What's up?"

...

Celestria

Celestria tried her best to deal with the animals, but they were tough and uncooperative. Some of the animals actually tried to attack her. Seeing she was outmatched, she made her up the cages and kept out of their reach. Salamondra moved fast and regrouped with her.

"You okay?" Celestria asked.

"Aside from nearly being a panther's lunch, I'm good." Salamondra said.

"There's no way we can capture all of them. We're outmatched and outnumbered." Celestria said. "The only way we're going to get out of this is if we capture the etherious and use my Miraculous Starlight."

"Too bad. I'm a bit of a cat person." Salamondra said.

"Figures. They're trouble like you." Celestria said as she went to get the etherious with Salamondra a bit offended. They both hurried back to where they left Animal Soul tied up, but she was already gone. Celestria grabbed her whip and isn't sure what happened. "I don't understand. It's unbreakable."

"It doesn't look like she broke it." Salamondra said.

"But how did she do it?" Celestria questioned.

"She couldn't have gotten too far. We better hurry before Paris becomes a city-wide zoo." Salamondra said. Celestria agreed to that. They both made their way out of the zoo and began to track Animal Soul down. Animals were running free and loose in Paris. The only way to get them contained at this point is to stop Animals Soul, but where could she be?

"She's got to be around here somewhere." Celestria said as they looked around for them.

"Down there!" Salamondra said as he spotted her down by a bridge. Animal Soul strolled through the streets of Paris as she took in what she was envisioning the new Paris.

"Let's see if anyone will ridicule all the poor animals after this." Animal Soul said as she felt like she's won. She snapped out of her thoughts when she felt Celestria's whip coiled around her and pulled her down.

"This time you're not getting away." Celestria said as she tried pulling her closer. "Salamondra, get her bracelet!"

"I got it!" Salamondra said as he charged right at Animal Soul. They thought they had her, but she pulled a surprise on them. She changed into an eagle and was able to fly out of there. "What?!" They saw her fly around and came back down with her talons out. She tried clawing at Salamondra, but he was able to push her away.

"That would explain how she got away before." Celestria said. Animal Soul came at them again as she turned into a panther and pounced at them, but they both moved out of the way. Salamondra positioned himself as he got ready for his next move.

"Come on, big kitty. Come get a piece of dragon meat." Salamondra dared. Animal Soul readied herself as she pounced at him, but Salamondra took his staff and placed it between her teeth. He spun himself around and caused her to go over the bridge and fall into the water. Celestria and Salamondra looked down at the water and kept an eye open for her.

"Not bad." Celestria said as she patted him on the head. Salamondra actually enjoyed that. "However, that's just going to slow her down until she can get out. We need something to trap her in."

"Like what?" Salamondra questioned. Celestria looked around and spotted a large bus down the street that can help.

"Follow me." Celestria said as she led the way with Salamondra following. As for Animal Soul, once she pulled herself together, she transformed herself into a flying fish. She paddled against the water and pushed off with her gliding in the air. Once she was over the bridge, she transformed back and landed down like a cat.

"Where'd they go?" Animal Soul questioned as she looked around for them.

"Track them down, Animal Soul!" Black Wizard told her in her head. "I want those miraculous! Bring them to me or I will revoke your powers!"

"I'll get them. They can't get far." Animal Soul said. She sniffed the air and began to track them down like any animal. Celestria and Salamondra hid on the rooftops as they got ready to trap her. Celestria stayed down and watched, but she felt something blow against her. She looked and spotted Salamondra spraying her with something.

"Air freshener?" Celestria questioned.

"If she can't smell us, we'll have the element of surprise on our side." Salamondra claimed.

"Aw! Good idea." Celestria said. She did think it was good, but Salamondra ruined it by smelling her. Animal Soul continued to try and track them down, but she soon lost the scent thanks to Salamondra's idea.

"Where'd the scent go?" Animal Soul questioned as she was confused. Celestria took the chance as she swung in and grabbed a hold of Animal Soul. She threw Animal Soul in the bus. When she was in there, she and Salamondra moved inside. Salamondra grabbed a hold of the doors and forced them shut.

"Nowhere to run now, Animal Soul." Celestria said.

"All you did was lock yourselves in the lion's den." Animal Soul said as she changed herself into an actual lioness she tried pouncing at them, but Salamondra used his staff and knocked her back. Animal Soul changed into a bear and pushed him down. She tried taking a bite out of her, but Celestria used her whip and kept the mouth shut. Salamondra used his legs and pushed her back. Animal Soul tried being a gorilla and using great strength to fight them back, but her transformation didn't last long as she changed back and took deep breaths.

"Look! All these transformations must be tiring her out!" Celestria said.

"I guess that means it's our time to go." Salamondra said. Celestria looked up and saw an emergency exit on the top.

"You're not going anywhere!" Animal Soul said. She tried using her claws at them, but Celestria grabbed her arms. She twisted them around her back and pushed her to the floor.

"Salamondra, the emergency exit!" Celestria said. Salamondra saw it and used his staff to open it. Once it was open, both of the moved fast and made their way out. Celestria sealed it just before Animal Soul could get out. When they jumped off the bus, they saw Animal Soul trying to get her way out. She kept trying different forms, but each change made her tired until she was too exhausted to keep it up. She was too tired from all the changes that she fell to the floor. "We've got her now. All the changes has tired her out."

"Trapped like an animal." Salamondra said. They thought they had her, but she had one last trick up her sleeve. Animal Soul put all the strength she had left in one last transformation. It was a big one, too big for the bus to hold. She transformed and burst through the bus with her becoming a tyrannosaurus. "No fair! She can change into dinosaurs too?!"

"Well, a t-rex is an animal." Celestria stated. Now that she was a big and mighty animal, Animal Soul chased after them again and tried taking a bite out of them. They kept running until they jumped and Animal Soul took a bite out of a car and tore it apart.

"We're going to be like that car if we don't do something." Salamondra said.

"We do have something that can tame any animal. Open the Celestrial Gate!" Celestria used her power and it ended up being carjack. "A Taurus carjack?"

"Figure it out later!" Salamondra said as he pushed her out of the way of Animal Soul. Celestria tired to think of what to do. She took notice of the dinosaur's figure.

"I think she doesn't have it in her to transform again." Celestria said. "That means..." She moved fast as she used her whip and tied as much around Animal Soul's legs. Once she pulled as tight as she could and caused the dinosaur to fall over and isn't able to get back up. "Weird that we didn't use my celestial item. What do you think it means?"

"Maybe we're just that good." Salamondra said as he walked over to the bracelet, but Celestria soon put it together. She acted fast as she pulled him back by the tail before Animal Soul got her teeth around him.

"I've got this!" Celestria said as she charged.

"Celestria!" Salamondra called.

"Enjoy your meal!" Celestria said as she willing jumped into the dinosaur's mouth.

"No!" Salamondra called as he assumed the worst. "You're so going to pay for that!" He was ready to attack her, but he noticed Celestria using the carjack to pry the rex's mouth wide open. Once she jumped out, she grabbed a hold of the bracelet and broke it apart with the etherious flying out with her getting her whip back.

"No more evildoing for you, little etherious." Celestria said as she activated her whip. "Time to de-evillize!" She tossed the whip and was able to grab the etherious. "Gotcha! Bye-Bye, little guy." She released it and grabbed the jack. "Miraculous Starlight!" She tossed it in the air and the stars brought all the animals back to where they belong. Animal Soul also reverted back to Celestria.

"Pound it?" Celestria said, but Salamondra hugged her instead.

"That was a wild ride." Salamondra said with Celestria touched.

...

Black Wizard

"You might think you're at the top of the food chain, but you're not." Black Wizard claimed. "I'm the predator and you are the prey, Celestria. Someday, I'll have you and Salamondra right where I want you."

...

Lucy

Celestria snuck into her room and changed back to normal.

"Salamondra was right. That was a wild ride." Lucy said.

"Aren't you forgetting something? You left Levy in a cage with Gajeel." Stella reminded.

"Oh my gosh! You're right!" Lucy said as she made her way downstairs and outside. She pulled out her phone and gave her a call. "Levy, I'm so sorry I deserted you back at the zoo. It was just crazy back there with Gajeel and the animals. I hope you're okay." When she made it outside, she spotted Levy just outside the bakery.

"Better than okay." Levy said as the two of them hugged each other. That was when Gajeel came out with some cookies and handed Levy one. "Thanks, Gajeel."

"Hey, Lucy." Gajeel said.

"Hey. Gajeel, listen. About what happened at the zoo..." Lucy said.

"It's okay." Gajeel intervened. "Levy explained everything, and there was a big misunderstanding. I guess Dragneel should have been a little more clear. It wasn't a date. We heard how you two were working on the same animal project as me and thought maybe we could help each other." Lucy was a little surprised to hear about that.

"But it turns out Natsu was feeding Gajeel lines on what to say to try impress girls." Levy said.

"You mean Natsu was there?!" Lucy said with complete shock.

"He tried to help, but Celestria locked me and Levy up together and we realized we actually have a lot in common." Gajeel said.

"Really?" Lucy said as she found that interesting with Levy blushing.

"Levy also tells me you're crushing big time on someone." Gajeel said with Lucy gasping.

"He doesn't know who! Promise!" Levy said as she didn't want to betray her trust.

"But if you want, I can help out." Gajeel said. "I could give him a word or something." Levy drove her elbow against him for that. "If I knew who he was!"

"Gajeel!" Levy complained. It might have been a rough day at the zoo, but it looks like something good did come out of it for two people.