Music is flowing in the air in Paris. One of the hit new singers, Jenny Realight, has risen to the top of the charts. Everyone loves her music, including Lucy. She even tried copying Jenny's moves, but she wasn't as flexible or acrobatic like Jenny was without transforming.
"This Jenny really knows her stuff." Stella said.
"You said it. I don't get how she moves the way she does." Lucy said. She watched the video with Jenny being interviewed by Chapti.
"Jenny, you've quickly risen to the top of the charts with your beauty, singing, and dancing. Do you ever stop?" Chapti asked.
"Not at all." Jenny claim. "It's my life and I love spreading love in my life. In fact, that's why I'm here in Paris. My next music video is about the two heroes that spread love and joy to all: Celestria and Salamondra." Hearing that Jenny is making a music video about her, Lucy practically passed out. "We already have someone someone playing the part of Salamondra, but we are still looking for someone to play Celestria. Background dancers are welcomed as well. If anyone is interested, come down to Grand Palais."
"This is...amazing!" Lucy cheered.
"Celestria is an inspiration to so many." Stella said. That was right when her phone went off and saw it was Levy.
"Lucy! Did you hear about the auditions?!" Levy said as she was with Erza, Juvia, Cana, and Lisanna. "We're all auditioning and you've got to come with us! Don't even try pulling off one of your disappearing acts."
"No way I would miss this. I'll meet you at the Grand Palais." Lucy said as she ended the call and got her stuff together.
"Wait, Lucy. You're not going to audition to be Celestria, will you?" Stella asked out of fear of the secret getting exposed.
"Of course not. We're auditioning for background dancers. I wouldn't do anything to expose myself." Lucy said with Stella feeling relieved.
"Good. I am curious to see who they got to play Salamondra." Stella said.
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Natsu
The one who will be playing Salamondra in the video is the genuine article himself, even though he wouldn't want to.
"I've been designing Jenny's outfits since she started, as well as aided in her music videos." Zeref said with Natsu being given a copy of his Salamondra costume. "I told her you would do it."
"Do I have to?" Natsu said as he really didn't want to.
"Yes." Zeref said like he had no choice. Natsu wasn't going to like this at all.
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The Grand Palais
People were filling in for Jenny's audition. There were many who wanted to be background dancers, but there were fewer with those who wanted to be Celestria. While the auditions were going to start soon, Natsu got himself dressed. It was a perfect replica of his Salamondra appearance.
"Wow! They did a great job!" Igneel said. "If I didn't know any better, I would say that you were Salamondra. We've got to find out how they did this."
"That's the problem. I can't go out there like this." Natsu said as he held the mask. "If people see me like this, they'll figure out I'm Salamondra."
"In that case, you have to look so bad that they actually replace you." Igneel said. Natsu believed that was the only way he could get out of this, but his brother might not be happy about it.
"Mr. Dragneel, are you ready?" A stagehand asked as he knocked on the dressing room door.
"Just a minute." Natsu said. To make sure no one knows he's Salamondra, he took the mask and just hid it away. He can only hope now that things go his way from here.
"Welcome, one and all. This is a dream come true." Jenny said as she was beginning her auditions with everyone getting excited. She spoke into her own microphone and was ready to start. "We'll have two separate auditions. One will be for background dancers while the other will be for Celestria. We'll start with the Celestria auditions. To aid with that, here's our Salamondra: Natsu Dragneel!" She introduced Natsu as he walked out on the stage with all the girls going nuts over him.
"Wow. Natsu looks a lot like Salamondra in that outfit." Erza said, but Lucy wasn't seeing it.
"Yeah right. Natsu is way better than Salamondra." Lucy said. Natsu walked over to Jenny and Invel with him having a tablet with Zeref using video chat.
"It looks great." Zeref said as he scanned Natsu's look. "Where's your mask?"
"I...couldn't find it." Natsu said.
"I'll find it!" A stagehand said as he ran off.
"That's okay. We'll worry about the mask later." Jenny said as she helped him on stage. "You do appear to make a great Salamondra, but we need to find the right Celestria. Let's see we can find her." That was when it began. A bunch of different women, and even a couple men, used fake whips and wore Celestria masks in the auditions. They tried using dance moves and tried making themselves look great with Natsu, but there weren't really any winners. They all auditioned, but not one stood out until there was none left. Jenny saw no one was left to audition for Celestria and she still hasn't found the right person. She needed someone who could actually be Celestria. That was when she got an idea that could help. "You all must be hungry from waiting for so long." She grabbed a plate of snacks and made her way over.
"She's actually coming this way!" Lucy said with glee. However, Jenny planned it where she tripped on her own feet and fell to the ground. When she hit the floor, Lucy stepped out of line and helped her up. "Are you okay?"
"Yes, thank you." Jenny said as she hugged Lucy. "Here's a hug because you are Celestria."
"What?!" Lucy said as she got nervous.
"What's your name?" Jenny said as they stood up.
"Lucy."
"Well, Lucy, you did just what Celestria would do." Jenny said as she danced around with Celestria. "You're true, kind, and helpful. You're just who I need to play Celestria. What do you say?" She asked as she dropped down to one knee and proposed the idea to Lucy. Her friends encouraged Lucy to do it. That meant she could stand with Natsu right in the video. It would be a dream come true.
"Thank you, but I can't." Lucy said as she followed her head. "I came here to audition with my friends to be background dancers. I wouldn't feel right ditching them like that." Jenny was sad to hear that, but respected it.
"That's sad, but I understand. That's very Celestria of you." Jenny said as she stood up. "Just wait over there and I'll send your friends over, but I hope you reconsider." Just like that, Lucy and her friends were in. Lucy stepped off to the side and had a seat with her feeling good about herself.
"I'm proud of you, Lucy. You didn't give in to the temptation." Stella said from her purse. Lucy's friends were amazed with her as they all hugged her when they could.
"You are amazing!" Levy said.
"I can't believe you turned down being in a video with Natsu for us!" Erza said as all five of them were impressed with what she did. Lucy might not be Celestria in the video, but someone else is going to make sure they will be.
"Well, we still have to figure out what we're going to do. We still need someone to play Celestria." Jenny said as she tried to find a solution. Suddenly, she heard someone whistle and they all Taylor walked in with her dressed as Celestria and with her father and butler.
"Thank you all for coming, but make way for the one and only Celestria!" Taylor announced as she acted like she got the part.
"Who invited the brat?" Erza joked.
"You don't need wait anymore. I'm here." Taylor said as she stepped right on the stage. "I am really the only choice."
"Taylor, you have to audition like everyone else. You can't just take the part." Natsu said.
"Right. That little formality. No problem." Taylor said.
"This should be good." Levy said as they were all expecting a disaster, but it was the opposite. Taylor auditioned and her dance moves were rather good. In fact, they all looked spectacular. "Okay... She's better than I thought." Taylor actually could dance and impressed everyone with her moves.
"Years of dance lessons from the best dancers around." Taylor said. With moves like what she displayed, she's sure to get the part. "Just imagine, Natsu. You and me together in a video." Lucy couldn't believe this was happening as she was getting angry.
"No way. If I was Celestria, I wouldn't want a brat like Taylor playing me." Lucy said with her friends seeing where this might be going. Taylor might have done a good job, but Jenny wasn't sure on her decision.
"What do you think, Zeref?" Jenny asked.
"Artistically, Miss Heartfilia would be the better choice, but we're pressed for time. We'll have to make do with Miss Allard." Zeref said.
"Okay. I trust you." Jenny said. Taylor was loving this as it means she gets to be with Natsu in the video.
"Wait!" Lucy called as she stepped forward. "I change my mind! I'll do it!"
"Wonderful!" Jenny said as she was glad that Lucy was playing. "Thanks for audition, but you can still be an extra, Miss Allard."
"Extra?!" Taylor shouted as she was mad. "You wish!" She just stormed out of there as she was not going to play any background character. She marched all the way to the car with the butler opening for the limo for her. Once she marched inside, her butler handed her teddy. "Stop treating me like a baby!" That's what she said, but still took it and cuddled with it like a child. She was being sour about the whole thing until she came up with an idea. As for Lucy, she was moved into a dressing room and was dressed just like how she transformed.
"Wow. They did a great job. They got every detail down perfectly." Stella said.
"I can't believe I'm doing this." Lucy complained as she regret her decision. "With this mask, people will see I am Celestria. I can't let that happen." In hopes of protecting her secret identity, Lucy took the mask and just hid it away. Knowing she can't get out of this now, she came out and walked out on the stage with her friends impressed with how she looks.
"Perfect!" Jenny said as she loved how the two of them looked. "You two look like the perfect Celestria and Salamondra." That's what they were trying to avoid. "You two are missing the masks, but we can worry about that later. Now, let's begin." Now that Jenny has her Celestria and Salamondra, they got started with the moves. However, Taylor wasn't going to let this video happen since she can't be Celestria. Planning to use her father's power, she pushed him to do something.
"Taylor, we can't do anything about the video now." Aidan said, but Taylor knows how to get what she wants.
"I'm calling Mom and telling her my dreams are shattered." Taylor said as she was being dramatic and played with her father's fears. It appeared to be working. As for the video, Jenny had Natsu and Lucy practice the moves with it seemed like it was going well.
"You're both doing great, but I need you to look like you're in love." Jenny said, but neither of them knew what to do. "Just hold your hands like lovers." She took their hands and had them hold them together. Both of them were flustered from this.
"Lucy is going to freak when she sees these photos." Levy said as she took photos of the two together.
"They both look great, like the real Celestria and Salamondra." Lisanna claimed.
"It's all looking good, but we are going to need the masks." Jenny said. Knowing they can't have that, they both tried saying excuses as to why they can't.
"I found them!" A stagehand called. Their fears are about to be realized as they were both given their masks.
"Excellent! Put them on and let's get started!" Jenny said. Lucy and Natsu were both scared now. As soon as they put on their masks, everyone and each other will know their secrets. However, their didn't appear to be a way out of this. Not seeing any other option, the two of slowly moved their masks closer to their faces and braced themselves for what might happen.
"I just realized that you never wrote out a request form for the request form for you to film here or in Paris." Aidan said as he walked in with stacks of paper and Taylor taking delight in making Jenny pay. "Without such form or the proper paperwork, you can't film here." He claimed as he dropped all the paperwork in Jenny's hands.
"I don't understand." Jenny said.
"It means no more singing, no more dancing, and you can just flyaway." Taylor said as she took Jenny's microphone and threw it to the ground.
"No. It needs to be Paris, the city of love and home of Celestria and Salamondra." Jenny said as she grabbed her microphone. Without Paris, her video is worthless and she would have love to sing and dance for her fans. "I'm so sorry." Being told she can't perform or do her video broke her heart for she had it set for it to be in Paris. She ran off in tears and hid herself in a dressing room with her in tears.
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Black Wizard
"A singer who loves to sing and dance is being told she can't do what she loves." Black Wizard said as he could feel her misery. "I say you don't need permission. I got what you really need." He took an etherious and filled it with dark power as he unleashed it. "Flyaway, my evil etherious, and evillize this wonder!"
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Jenny
As Jenny cried in her dressing room, the etherious made its way to her. It went inside her microphone and connected her to Black Wizard.
"Fearlight, I'm Black Wizard. I'm giving you the power to make all sing, dance, or rhyme. They'll be forced to do your video or else. In exchange, you must bring me the miraculous of Celestria and Salamondra."
"Thank you for giving me this chance. This will be the heroes' final dance!" Jenny said as she accepted the power and began to transform.
"Thank you for coming. Time to go now." Taylor said as she tried ushering everyone out.
"This is nuts. You're only doing this because if you can't be Celestria, no one can." Lucy said as she and the others could see the truth.
"For once, you're right. As if you could really be Celestria. I'm the most believable." Taylor said as she was being smug, but it all stopped when she and her father were hit by something and started glowing pink.
"Sing, dance, or rhyme; or you'll be frozen in no time!" They all looked to see Jenny has transformed into Fearlight. She was now wearing purple glittery spandex with a pink star in the center and wore platform shoes. Her skin was turned a pale blue with pink wings around her eyes and her hair has been tied back with pink streaks running through it. Her microphone has also been turned into an extendable whip like what Celestria uses.
"Singing and dancing? You can't be serious. We're done with that." Taylor said, but her refusal caused her to end up as a pink statue. Seeing that caused everyone to get scared.
"You've got to follow the groove. Keep it going if you want to move." Fearlight warned.
"You mean I have to rhyme? I don't mind doing it all the time." Aidan said out of fear.
"Bravo. You got the temp. Now, let's go!" Fearlight said as she spread terror through the whole place with everyone running in fear and she tried putting them all under her spell. Seeing that this was a serious problem, Lucy and Natsu ducked inside separate changing rooms for them to transform.
"Stella, Twinkle!" Lucy transformed, but she looked in a mirror and really saw little difference. "Wow. They really did do a great job getting the look down."
"Igneel, Fire Up!" Natsu transformed himself and noticed it himself. "Igneel was right. I can barely tell the difference."
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Outside
Fearlight took her terror outside. Refusing to dance and rhyme caused others to be frozen. If this keeps up, Paris would turn into a city of music or one where everyone is frozen. She was enjoying her new work until she saw something come at her. She moved to the side and saw it was Celestria.
"Celestria! There you are! Time to become a fallen star!" Fearlight claimed.
"Stop this, Jenny! If you're really a fan of me and Salamondra, you know this isn't right!" Celestria said as she tried reasoning with her. The two of them took their whips and clashed against each other. "I can help you if you give me your etherious!"
"I like the new me, I'm here to stay. That's really all I have to say." Fearlight said.
"You asked for it!" Celestria said as she tried attacking her directly. She charged at her, but Fearlight jumped back and landed on the streets. She readied herself for Celestria, but she ended up tripping form Salamondra swinging his staff against her feet.
"You really shouldn't fight in heels." Salamondra said with Celestria jumping down.
"You're both here. Now I'll give you something to fear." Fearlight claimed. "My new powers will make you watch your backs. The power to defeat me is what you lack!"
"Salamondra, get her weapon!" Celestria called as the two of them charged at her, but she jumped up and went right over their heads. She jumped over cars to the other side of the street and landed at the top of a building.
"She's quick with those shoes." Salamondra said.
"She might have some nice moves, but we make a nice team. You go right, I'll go left." Celestria said. Salamondra followed her lead as they both ran straight towards the building. Once they reached it, they both ran straight up the wall and reached the roof. Fearlight readied herself with both of them as they got their weapons. They stretched out their weapons towards her, but she jumped up and their weapons got tangled together. When that happened, Fearlight wrapped her whip around Salamondra's staff and pulled him over to have him crash into Celestria.
"You should have rehearsed, now you'll face my curse!" Fearlight warned. She swung her whip around hit both of them. With them both glowing pink, they were both under her curse. "Sing, dance, or rhyme; or you'll be frozen in no time." Celestria saw the problem, but Salamondra did it. Luckily, she stopped him from doing anything.
"Wait. We have to rhyme or dance." Celestria said, but she was beginning to. "Because...we need a chance." When she rhymed, the freezing stopped and retracted.
"I get it." Salamondra said as he and Celestria tried to follow a beat. "We've got to keep up the rhyme...and do it all the time."
"You seem to have caught on, but I've already won." Fearlight claimed as she used her whip and still tried to fight them off. Celestria and Salamondra tried their best to dance and dodge, but Fearlight knew how to keep them on their toes.
"We can't fight like this. What do we do so we don't miss?" Salamondra questioned.
"Salamondra, you are right. Use dance moves to help us fight." Celestria said.
"Dancing moves? I think I'm getting the groove." Salamondra said as he knew what to do. He tried to fight back with his creative dancing moves. With a turn and twist, he was able to land a good kick.
"Don't back down, Fearlight. You can win this fight. They're confused while they dance. Use your head and attack, now's your chance!" Black Wizard told her. "Now she has me doing it."
"Salamondra, the dope is you. I bet you don't even know what's two plus two." Fearlight taunted.
"You say I'm the dope. You're at the end of the rope. Two plus two, you say? That's clearly..." "Two plus two means the fool is you!" Celestria interrupted and foiled Fearlight's little trick.
"Salamondra, the sum doesn't rhyme. You've got to be more careful next time." Celestria said with Salamondra seeing he nearly messed up. Seeing as how she can't outsmart them, Fearlight kept trying to attack them. She swung her whip at them, but they both jumped off the building. Fearlight tried chasing after them, but she already lost sight of them. She jumped down and searched around for them. While she looked for them, Celestria and Salamondra hid behind a bus and tried to think of some way out of this.
"We've got to do something, what do you say? Otherwise, we'll be at this all day." Salamondra said.
"We'll just have to leave it up to fate. Watch as I Open the Celestial Gate!" Celestria found a way to use her powers. Once she called on them, it ended up becoming handcuffs with the Gemini symbol.
"Your powers hold much confusion, but what is the solution?" Salamondra questioned. Celestria tried to think of what to do. She saw the handcuffs with Salamondra's arms. With the power their under, it gave Celestria an idea.
"They're not for her, they're for us. Use your power to help me end this fuss." Celestria said. Salamondra was about to do that, but he couldn't figure it out with this curse over him.
"I can't think of a rhyme. Help me out one more time?" Salamondra said.
"Salamondra, you're optimism is so strong that others feel it. It can help raise spirits..." Celestria started.
"Even higher! Dragon Fire!" Salamondra was now able to use his power. However, calling on their powers allowed Fearlight to find them. He attached her whip around the bus and used incredible strength to pull it out of the way. What she didn't expect to see was Celestria and Salamondra handcuffed together.
"Surprised? Salamondra and I are in sync, with no hunch." Celestria said as they walked together and acted in sync.
"The battles we won number in a bunch." Salamondra said.
"Here's a punch!" They both said as they hit Fearlight together and knocked her back. The two of them worked together and acted like they were one. They fought together perfectly as they were having Fearlight moved back. With one good kick together, they knocked Fearlight back into the Grand Palais.
"This cannot be. The winner should be me." Fearlight said. "This is where I'm suppose to be the star. How could you have made it this far?"
"Salamondra and I are an unbeatable team. For villains, not everything as it seems." Celestria said.
"We act like we're one and this is where you're done!" Salamondra said. The two of them were able to push Fearlight back as they continued to fight together in perfect unison. They were like the perfect pair of dancers that Fearlight couldn't beat. Fearlight tried attacking them with her whip, but they both grabbed on. They pulled as hard as they could and yanked it out of her hands. Salamondra caught it with his powers burning through the her weapon and the etherious flew out.
"Miraculous Starlight!" Celestria threw the cuffs in the air and restored everything to normal so she would have to stop rhyming. "No more evildoing for you, little etherious. Time to de-evillize!" She activated her whip and tossed it at the etherious. "Gotcha! Bye-Bye, little guy." The etherious was purified with Jenny turning back to normal.
"Pound it!"
"Celestria?! Salamondra?! What happened?" Jenny asked.
"You were etheriouized by Black Wizard, but you should be fine now." Salamondra said.
"I was saved by the two of you?! Epic!" Jenny said with excitement.
"And I think I have an idea where you can finish your video." Celestria said.
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Black Wizard
"You can sing, dance, or do whatever you like. Your final scene will come eventually!" Black Wizard declared.
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The School
When the music video was finished and broadcast, Lucy and her classmates gathered in the library to watch the video. It ended being amazing as people from all around Paris were in it and danced together as they all had masks of Celestria and Salamondra. Everyone got to be in it and it looked incredible.
"Best video ever!" Levy said as everyone in the class felt the same she did.
"Everyone got to be in it! Although, I do wish we got to see the original. It was weird how much Natsu and Lucy looked like the real Salamondra and Celestria." Erza said.
"What?! No!" Natsu and Lucy said as they tried to be innocent.
"Natsu as Salamondra? Yeah right." Lucy said. "Natsu is perfect compared to Salamondra. I mean... Not that I think so highly of you, Natsu. I mean that I do think you're great, but..." She stuttered around again, but Natsu didn't care.
"Lucy might be a nice girl, but I'm not sure about her being Celestria myself." Natsu said. All of them couldn't stop laughing from that. Either way, the heroes identities are safe, they all got to be in music video, and another villain beat. Just another day for Celestria and Salamondra.
