"Okay, ladies, I asked you here for your help is needed." Levy said. Seeing as how Lucy's previous plans for a certain goal hasn't gone very well, her friends decided to call for the help of Cana, Juvia, and Lisanna. "We got big news to share. Bigger than big."
"You know who Celestria is?!" Cana said.
"Not that big, but it is big." Erza said.
"Wait." Lucy said as she was nervous. "Are you two sure about this?"
"Trust us, Lucy. We're going to need help." Erza said.
"Anyway, here's the big news. Lucy here is head over heels, crushing big time, probably truly in love with a certain somebody." Levy said.
"Yeah. Natsu." Cana said as she and the girls had a chuckle from how they already knew that. Lucy couldn't believe they already knew.
"It is pretty obvious." Juvia said.
"So, do you think Natsu knows?" Lucy asked out of fear of being embarrassed.
"No way. Boys never notice something like that. They're oblivious when they're the ones being crushed on." Lisanna said.
"But we will help out. You're always willing to help us, Lucy. That's why we would be glad to help you with this." Juvia said.
"That's good" Erza said. "Now that we have that settled, let's get down to business. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to help Lucy get a date with Natsu." She said like this was a secret mission. "Here's the plan." Levy pulled out a map of the Trocadero to explain the plan.
"Excuse me, but why do we need a plan? Can't Lucy just go and talk to Natsu?" Lucy asked, but the other girls just had a laugh with Lucy being embarrassed.
"Not without jumbling her words." Levy said.
"Anyway, here's what we have." Lucy said as she set her doubts aside and explained everything. "Everyone will be given a codename based on a flower. Juvia is Iris, Cana is Tiger Lily, and Lisanna is Lotus. Levy will be Tulip, and Erza will be Rose. Natsu, alias being the Bee, has a photoshoot at the Trocadero. that is where we will strike" She explained as she used drawings on sticky notes to help. "The first problem will be his bodyguard, who we'll call Nanny. We need to get him and his carriage out of the way. Iris will take a fake sign and place it next to the carriage when Nanny isn't looking. When she does that, Rose will alert a security officer saying the car is illegally parked."
"Once I alert the security officer, Nanny will have to move his carriage." Erza said. "Tulip will be in charge of surveillance. She will see the Bee heading for the carriage when the shoot is over as well as alerting the rest of us. Once she sees Bee heading for his carriage, Lucy, who we will call Blossom, will act."
"When Bee sees his carriage and Nanny are gone, I will walk up to him." Lucy said. "He'll ask what I'm doing here and I'll be..." "Bleh bleh bleh bleh." Cana mocked as she pulled her cheeks and the girls laughing.
"You're right. That is more likely to happen." Levy said.
"Not this time! I can do it this time!" Lucy said as she tried being confident. "Anyway, Tulip will alert Lotus to send down a rickshaw. Since we both don't have a ride, we can both go on it. The rickshaw driver will take us to the river where he and I will share some ice-cream while Tiger Lily spreads petals everywhere. It will be just like a scene in the movies." All of them could just picture it and it all did seem rather nice.
"It does sound romantic. I can't imagine how Natsu not could not feel something after that." Lisanna said.
"But when the Bee sees the carriage is gone, can't he just call Nanny on his phone?" Cana questioned.
"Impossible. He keeps all personal items in the carriage during photoshoots, including his cellphone." Lucy said and sighed with delight. "He's a professional."
"She really does know everything about Natsu." Cana whispered to Lisanna and was a little freaked. "It's creepy, no?"
"It could be sweet. She just better not mention any of it to Natsu." Lisanna said.
"It's a great plan, but is all of that really necessary?" Juvia asked.
"Juvia, you haven't hung around Lucy enough." Levy said as she saying this is how Lucy makes plans.
"So, are you all in? Are we ready for this?" Lucy asked. All of them confirmed that they were in. With all six of them clear on the plan, they're little operation can now begin.
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Trocadero
The secret mission of love is about to commence. Everything was going according to plan. Natsu was in the middle of the photoshoot while Jacob waited by his car. Lucy and Levy kept themselves hidden as Levy watched through a pair of binoculars.
"Everything is in placed. Are all the flowers planted?" Levy asked as they each had an earpiece to talk to each other.
"Iris planted." Juvia said.
"Rose planted." Erza said.
"Lotus planted." Lisanna said.
"Excellent. Maintain positions until further notice." Lucy said acting as the leader of this secret mission. They kept their eyes on Natsu as he was in the middle of his photoshoot. While the photoshoot was going on, a mother with her sweet baby was walking by. When the baby looked towards Natsu, Natsu gave the kid a smile and a wave. When the kid did look towards Natsu, he spotted a stand that was selling candy.
"Lollipop!" The baby called as he wanted to have one.
"No, Austin. Lollipop's are for big kids." His mother said. The kid just cried as he wanted to have a lollipop, but Mommy says no.
"Iris, how are things with Nanny?" Lucy asked. Juvia looked and saw Jacob moved away from his car.
"He's away from the carriage. I'm going in." Juvia said as she took a cart to place the fake sign. Suddenly, she came to a stop and saw a wheel was caught. "I have a bit of a problem. The cart is stuck."
"Forget the cart. Just place the sign before Nanny sees you." Lucy said. Juvia ditched the cart and tried to carry the sign, but it was heavy and she couldn't keep it balanced. Erza could see there was trouble. She hurried over and helped Juvia out as they both carried the sign.
"What's this fake sign made out of?" Juvia asked as they both tried to carry it.
"Metal, like a sign. Why?" Lucy asked.
"Couldn't you just use plastic or something lighter? It just needs to look real." Juvia complained.
"Never mind that. Rose, what about the officer?" Levy asked. Both of them looked and saw Officer Lahar, but it looked like he was leaving.
"Go get the officer. I got the sign." Erza said as she tried to keep the sign up. Juvia hurried off to Lahar. When she reached him, she tapped his shoulder and got his attention.
"Yes?" Lahar asked.
"Hello, officer. There's an illegally parked car." Juvia said. She pointed to the sign and Erza tried to look like she was hanging around.
"Thank you." Lahar said as he went over to do his job. All according to plan so far. "Excuse me, sir!" He called out to Jacob.
"Yeah?" Jacob asked.
"As you can see, you can't park here." Lahar said as he pointed to the sign.
"What? That wasn't there before." Jacob said.
"Well, you need to move this car at once." Lahar said as he wrote down a ticket and gave it to Jacob. Jacob groaned with annoyance, but he did what the law told him to do. He got in the car and drove off.
"Yes." Lucy said as they saw it drive off. All was going just as she planned. However, she heard Austin crying for that lollipop and saw the mother struggling up some stairs. "That lady could use a hand."
"You can't go now. Bee will see you." Levy said. Lucy tried her best to stay put. Meanwhile, Jacob was trying to find another place to park the car, but he wasn't coming up with anything. Just when he did find a parking spot, someone else took it. Jacob's anger is building, and that's dangerous with a certain someone out there. Lucy kept looking to see the mother struggling, and she just couldn't take it anymore.
"I'll be back." Lucy said as she hurried off.
"No. Don't go." Levy said.
"Did you say Lotus go? Okay." Lisanna said. She signaled the rickshaw to go and he headed for the spot.
"No, Lotus! I was talking to to Blossom!" Levy said. Seeing she messed up, Lisanna hurried after the rickshaw. Meanwhile, the lady was still struggling to get the stroller up the stairs. Lucy hurried over and got to the bottom.
"Let me help you with that." Lucy said as she grabbed the other end of the stroller and helped her out.
"Thank you, young lady." The mother said as they head up the stairs. This is where things started going south. The rickshaw was about to pull in the entrance, but Jacob cut him off as he took the parking spot.
"Hey!" The rickshaw complained, but Jacob just ignored him and got out of the car. Lisanna was able to catch the rickshaw and took the seat.
"U-turn, please. False alarm." Lisanna said. The rickshaw followed through and peddled back. However, Jacob was in the way now and the photoshoot was just about over.
"Red alert! The photoshoot is over and Nanny is back! Get him out of there!" Levy said. The girls had to move fast. Erza got the sign back up as Juvia went back to get Lahar. When she did, she pointed to the car and Lahar was getting frustrated now.
"Excuse me, sir!" Lahar called and got Jacob's attention again with Jacob getting annoyed. "I made it clear that you can't park here! That's another ticket." He wrote down another ticket and placed it on the car. "Do I need to write another for you to get the point."
"Bullocks. I'll be going after I get the kid I'm suppose to be guarding!" Jacob complained. He walked out in frustration as he was running low on patience. "All I have to do is watch Natsu. It be a lot easier without all these nuisances. Those blasted fans and another annoyances..." This job comes with a lot of frustration that he almost can't take it.
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Black Wizard
"A man who takes his job very seriously, but has to deal with one problem after another." Black Wizard said as he could sense the frustration. "Must come with the job, but I can help eliminate those problems." He took the etherious and gave it some power. "Fly, my evil etherious. Give this man what he wants." He unleashed the etherious, but even his plans don't go the way he wants.
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Trocadero
Lucy was able to help the mother and got Austin up the stairs, but he was still being fussy about wanting a lollipop.
"Thank you again." The mother said as she was on her way.
"Duck! Bee is coming!" Levy told Lucy. Lucy acted fast and hid just as Natsu came up the stairs himself. Natsu made his way through and spotted Jacob. However, Natsu and Lucy looked up and saw an etherious flying over and it was heading for Jacob. Fearing what would happened, they prepared for what might happened.
"Jacob!" Natsu called and got his attention.
"There you are." Jacob said as he sighed in relief and began to calm down seeing his main priority was still a success. Without those negative feelings, the etherious flew right over him.
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Black Wizard
"What happened?!" Black Wizard questioned as he sensed the emotions were gone and his etherious didn't make it in time. "Where did all his negative emotions go?"
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Trocadero
The etherious might have missed Jacob, but there it was drawn to another source of negative emotions. Baby Austin was still acting all fussy for wanting a lollipop. The etherious flew over to Austin and entered a plastic bracelet that he wore on his wrist. Even little Austin was now connected to Black Wizard. Not exactly what Black Wizard wanted.
"This isn't what I had in mind, but I suppose you have to work with what you got." Black Wizard claimed as he just went with it. "Titan Toddler, I'm Black Wizard."
"Blok Weezar?" Austin tried saying.
"No! Black Wizard. Anyway, you will be...big and strong. You'll be able to do...whatever you want." He was making this up as he goes. What else do you give a baby? "However, you must give me the miraculous that Celestria and Salamondra have."
"Lollipop?" Austin said.
"No! Not a lollipop! The miraculous! Oh, just transform already." Black Wizard said. Regardless of the negotiations, Austin was given powers and became a giant that towered over everything and everyone with him wearing a purple onesie and wore a green mask over his eyes. Being a baby, he didn't know how to be careful. That resulted in him nearly crushing his own mother if Lucy hadn't moved fast and pushed her out of the way. With a giant baby that's completely reckless moving about, people were running scared.
"They grow so fast, don't they?" Lucy joked. "You better take cover. I'm sure Celestria and Salamondra will be around soon to save your baby." The mother had no choice but to trust that. She hurried off and take cover. Now Lucy just needed to transform.
"Natsu, stay behind me." Jacob said as he tried to protect him.
"It's just a baby." Natsu said, but he just jinxed it. Titan Toddler reached down and grabbed a hold of Jacob and brought him closer to the mouth.
"No, no, no." Jacob said as he feared what might happen. Titan Toddler sucked on Jacob, but he was disgusted by how Jacob tasted. he just threw him off into a tree and covered in baby spit. Seeing this could be a problem, Natsu found a place to duck down and let Igneel out of hiding.
"Igneel, Fire Up!" Igneel was pulled into the ring and transformed into Salamondra. Let's just hope he's great with kids. Meanwhile, the girls ran off and eventually regrouped as they were all glad each of them was safe.
"Hold on. Where's Blossom?" Lisanna asked, but none them seem to know who she was talking about. "Lucy!" Lucy was able to give her friends the slip as she kept an eye on Titan Toddler. He just roamed around with the curiosity all children held. He did look down and spotted the lollipops. Excited, he reached down for them, but his monster strength made him accidentally crush it and he was in tears now.
"Hello! Up here, big guy!" Salamondra called out and got his attention. "Aren't you a cute giant."
"Pretty!" Titan Toddler said as his young mind liked what he saw. He tried reaching out for him, but Salamondra kept out of his reach.
"Come and get me. No squishing." Salamondra said as he played with the kid and had him move carefully.
"He's luring him away so no one gets stomped on. Brilliant, Salamondra." Lucy complimented.
"He could use a hand." Stella said as she implied that Lucy needed to transform.
"Stella, Twinkle!" Lucy had Stella pull into the earrings and allowed her to become Celestria. As for Salamondra, he continued to lead Titan Toddler away from the people. When he saw no one else was around, he jumped right on Titan Toddler's wrist and tried going for the massive bracelet. However, he couldn't stay still and swung his arm around sent Salamondra flying through the air.
"Not my idea of having fun!" Salamondra cried. Luckily, he was saved when Celestria tossed her whip to wrap around him. He was pulled down with Celestria catching him.
"I see you're great with kids." Celestria said as she help him set up straight.
"Hey, I'm great with kids." Salamondra said. "If we're going to have kids one day, I want to be a fun dad."
"A little too far." Celestria said with annoyance. That was when Titan Toddler tried reaching for them, but they stayed out of his reach. Celestria spotted his bracelet and knew that had to be where the etherious was. She hurried over and jumped on his wrist.
"Titan Toddler, careful of the naughty Celestria." Black Wizard warned him. Titan Toddler waved his hand around and sent Celestria flying as well. Salamondra acted fast and caught her with them landing on on the streets.
"I see you're great with kids yourself." Salamondra mocked.
"For the record, I only babysat normal size children." Celestria said as she was placed down.
"What's the plan? How are we going to get that bracelet of his?" Salamondra asked.
"What you do with any rowdy kid. You put them in their playpen." Celestria said.
"Where are we going to find a playpen big enough for that?" Salamondra said.
"There." Celestria said as she pointed to the Eiffel Tower. "We can lure him down there. I'll use my whip to keep him inside. We'll sing him lullabies, making cooing sounds, anything to help him fall asleep. Once he is, we use your Dragon Fire to destroy his bracelet."
"It's still just a baby. Don't you have anything simpler?" Salamondra said as he thought some of that was unnecessary.
"If this is too complicated for you, just do what I do." Celestria said. She put her plan in action as she and Salamondra called for him to come to them. It was working as Titan Toddler was moving towards them. It was working for a while, but Titan Toddler got distracted by the cars as he thought they were toys and started playing with them.
"I know cars are fun, but I don't think this is the time." Salamondra complained. Titan Toddler played with one of the cars, but he was still on track for the tower. Celestria's plan was still working with Black Wizard upset. This is why they say you never work with children. With Titan Toddler under the tower, she used the extendibility of her whip and formed a cage around the legs and kept him inside.
"That should hold him. Better get your Dragon Fire ready." Celestria said.
"Dragon Fire!" Salamondra called on his power. They were ready to put him to sleep, but something else happened. Titan Toddler got a hold of the whip and was pulling on it. With his massive strength and the whip unable to break, it was tearing right through the metal. He kept pulling until the legs of the tower broke. That certainly wasn't part of the plan. With the giant baby free again, he swung his arm and hit Salamondra with him being blown away.
"This kid really is fussy." Celestria complained.
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Cana
"Hello? What's going on? Did the rickshaw go yet?" Cana said as she waited near an ice-cream stand for the others, but she was out of the loop on what was going on. That was until she saw Salamondra crash into the ice-cream.
"Sweet. Ice-cream." Salamondra grabbed some, but it was with his hand that had his power and he ended up burning the sweet treat into nothing. "Now that's something to cry about."
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Celestria
Celestria tried dealing with the big baby all on her own, but she was running low on ideas. She kept trying to stay out of reach, but her luck ran out when Titan Toddler was able to grab a hold of her.
"No! Wait." Celestria called as she had a bad feeling on where this might be going. Luckily, she was saved when they heard a bell ringing and saw her friends driving the rickshaw and using the fake sign to get his attention.
"Look! Giant lollipop!" Levy called.
"Lollipop!" Titan Toddler said with joy and just tossed Celestria away. She was about to hit the ground until Salamondra made it back in time and was able to catch her.
"Any other bright ideas?" Salamondra asked as he placed her down.
"I don't know. This is one big and fussy baby." Celestria said.
"You know, sometimes it's best to go simple. Why don't you try something like that?" Salamondra said. Celestria thought about it and figured it was worth a shot. It all depends on what she gets.
"Open the Celestial Gate!" Celestria called on her powers and it formed a lollipop with the Aquarius symbol on it.
"Another lollipop? Isn't that how we got in this mess?" Salamondra said.
"Something simple?" Celestria said as she thought about it and had an idea that was sure to work. As for the girls, Erza was peddling as fast as she could with Titan Toddler chasing them.
"Girls, I can't go on." Erza said as she was tired from all the peddling. "Run!" She shouted as they all jumped out of the way with Titan Toddler grabbing the sign. Thinking it was a lollipop, he gave it a good taste until he realized it wasn't a lollipop and threw it away with him crying about.
"Who wants a delicious lollipop?!" Celestria called as she waved it around. Seeing it was the real thing this time, Titan Toddler went towards them. Using the sweet to draw him closer, Celestria waited until he reached out to them. When he did that, she jumped for the bracelet and hit the button on it to get it to come off. "Now!"
"This be cooler with a sword." Salamondra said as he raised his staff and smashed it against the bracelet with a piece of it breaking off. That caused the etherious to fly out.
"No more evildoing for you, little etherious." Celestria activated her whip and twirled it around. "Time to de-evillize!" She tossed her whip and was able to catch the etherious. "Gotcha! Bye-Bye. little guy." She purified it and released it. "Miraculous Starlight!" By throwing the piece of candy in the air and unleashed the magic stars that fixed the tower and anything else that was smashed by Titan Toddler. The large baby ended up becoming the small baby again with Salamondra catching him. Little Austin seemed happy to see him. "I guess you are great with kids."
"Austin!" They saw his mother show up and happy to see her little baby again. Everything was back to normal again.
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Black Wizard
"A child might have been no match for you, Celestria, but I will find the right villain who will be." Black Wizard claimed. "No matter how big or small, simple or complicated, I will find someone who can defeat you."
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Trocadero
Once all the mayhem was done, Celestria turned back to Lucy. When she changed back, Lucy spotted her friends and hurried to them. All of them hugged as they were glad to see they were all safe.
"Hey. Look." Levy said as they spotted Natsu walking by. "We still might be able to get that ice-cream date."
"What about the plan?" Juvia asked.
"No more complicated plans. Sometimes it's best to just go simple." Lucy said as she walked over to Natsu. All of them watch closely to see if she would do it. Just as he was about to get in his car, Lucy made it to Natsu. "Hey, Natsu."
"Hey, Lucy. What are you doing here?" Natsu asked.
"I was just passing by. I was wondering if you would like to get some ice-cream." Lucy said. She actually managed to ask him. Will he say yes?
"Sorry, I can't. I got to be somewhere else. With all that just happened, I'm running late." Natsu said. So much for that. "Do you at least want a ride? We can drop you off at home or somewhere." He was offering her a ride. Will she be confident enough to say yes?
"No, I'll take the coleslaw." Lucy said. Her friends didn't even know how to react to that.
"Okay..." Natsu said as he wasn't sure what to think of that. He just got in his car and it drove off. When he was gone, Lucy practically slapped herself.
"Why did I say no?!" Lucy said.
"At least you were able to talk to him." Erza said.
"You'll get there. It's just going to take baby steps." Lisanna said. She may not have a date, but at least she has supportive friends. She still got a nice moment. Especially when petals came around them and they all saw it was from Cana.
"What the heck did I miss? What happened to the romantic date?" Cana asked.
"We'll tell you on the way." Levy said as she pulled up the rickshaw. "Let's take the coleslaw."
"Please tell me I didn't say that." Lucy said. Complicated plans might not work all the time. Sometimes it's best to just go simple. For Lucy, she felt lucky to have great friends that would have helped her out so much. Real friends are those who will really help when you need it. It's as simple as that.
