People tend to believe what they saw rather than question what's right in front of them. Zeref has proven to be conniving, controlling, and mischievous. He wants to protect his brother however he can, but he is taking things too far. Invel does whatever he can to help, but the costs of using a damaged miraculous will soon take it's toll on him. Even so, none of them are giving in. They won't stop until they get what they desire.

"Are you sure about this, sir?" Invel asked as he was driving Zeref around.

"I am." Zeref claimed. Zeref trusts Invel and Invel will surely do everything he can for Zeref, but what Invel can do is limited. That is why he has an alliance with someone that's just as cunning as he is. The car pulled up to the park where Teresa was and acted like secret agents meeting.

"Thank you for coming to see me." Teresa said.

"This better be good. Remember that your job is to help keep an eye on my brother." Zeref said.

"Of course. You want me to keep him away from all bad influences, and my plan is about to fall into action." Teresa said. "You know that girl, Lucy Heartfilia, don't you?"

"Yes. Natsu thinks highly of her." Zeref said. "You think she's a bad influence on my son."

"Well, I certainly don't like the idea of her being around." Teresa said. "She's always meddling in other people's business. I think she's hiding something herself. Besides, I have my own little score to settle with her. If I do this, you'll keep your end of the bargain, right?"

"Of course. That's only assuming you pull this off." Zeref said.

"I shall." Teresa said as she was looking forward to this. Once their meeting was done, she got up and left with Zeref driving away.

"Are you sure Teresa is someone you can even trust?" Invel asked.

"Trust, no. Use, yes." Zeref claim. "She is just a mere pawn. I'm the one with all the power. I might have failed with Miss Heartfilia before, but I'll be ready this time. I'm interested to see what kind of villain I can make with her." Zeref has got something tricky planned and plans to use Lucy. If Lucy actually falls under his power, it could be great trouble for everyone.

...

The Next Day

"Of course, Loke. I know the best publisher there is. I could talk to him to see if I can get Ashely's work published." Teresa said as she continued on with her lies as class was starting. Teresa is quite the liar. Other than Natsu and Lucy, everyone believes everything she tells her. She chooses her words carefully and even puts action into her words.

"That rotten little liar. She never learns." Lucy said from overhearing Teresa.

"Lucy, you got to get over this thing you have with Teresa. She's not really all that bad." Levy said.

"That's just what she wants you to think, Levy." Lucy claimed as she tried to convince her friend that Teresa is really just a liar.

"Good morning, class." Alzack said, but he seemed rather serious about something. "I have graded your tests and many of you have done well. Perhaps a little too well. However, I lost the answer sheet. While I was looking for it, I got an anonymous tip that said someone stole the answers and used it on the tests."

"Lucy, could you please step forward with your bag?" Mirajane said. That didn't sound good at all. All the eyes were on Lucy as she came forward with her bag and handed it over. Alzack opened it up and he pulled out the answer sheets. This was a shock to everyone, especially Lucy.

"Care to explain, Lucy?" Alzack questioned.

"I... I can't! I don't know how those got in there!" Lucy claimed. In reality, Teresa took the answer sheet when Alzack wasn't looking and stuffed it in Lucy's bag. "I swear I didn't cheat!"

"But you're the only one who got a perfect score on the test." Alzack claimed.

"I did?!" Lucy said as that sounded great, but remembered that she's in trouble. "That's because I studied!"

"Sir, Levy and I can vouge for her!" Erza defended her. "The three of us studied together, quizzed each other. Lucy was always a great student to begin with."

"This isn't like you, Lucy." Teresa said as she tried to act innocent, but Lucy wasn't buying any of it.

"You! You had stole the answers and stuffed them in my bag!" Lucy accused. Not really a smart move.

"I'm defending you but you're accusing me?" Teresa said with her acting hurt.

"You can't accuse someone without proof, Lucy." Mirajane said.

"On top of that, Teresa didn't do as well as you did. If she's the one who stole the answers, she would have gotten a perfect score herself." Alzack claimed as he believed anyone would have done that, but Teresa cared more about making Lucy's life miserable.

"But I swear I didn't do anything! Someone is setting me up!" Lucy said.

"Okay, calm down. Lucy and Teresa, go to the principal's office until we can resort this whole thing." Alzack said. Both of the girls did what he said with both of them leaving the room. Everyone was shocked and in disbelief that someone like Lucy would do something like that. Some believed she wouldn't, especially Natsu since he knows what Teresa is really like. He just hopes that this is the worst of it.

"I warned you I make your life miserable." Teresa taunted on way to the office. "You never should have gone against me in the first place."

"You don't scare me, Teresa. I might not be able to prove anything, but I'm not going to play your little games." Lucy claimed.

"We'll see..." Teresa said as she had other rotten tricks in mind. Just as they reached the office, Teresa changed courses and went down the stairs.

"What are you doing?" Lucy questioned.

"Let's see you talk your way out of this." Teresa said as she placed herself against the floor. "Ow! Aw! It hurts!" She called like she was in pain. That was when Macao came running out of his office.

"What happened?!" Macao questioned.

"Lucy pushed me down the stairs!" Teresa claimed. Just like everyone else, Macao believed her.

"In my office! Now!" Macao demanded from Lucy. Teresa's putting on quite the performance. Macao called in Lucy's parents and they all heard what they have to say, but there's no way for either of them to prove who is really telling the truth. "Miss Heartfilia, these are some serious issues. Cheating on a test and pushing a fellow student down the stairs..."

"Sir, none of it's true! I would never!" Lucy claimed.

"If my daughter said she didn't do it, she didn't do it!" Jude claimed as her parents were standing by her side.

"Why should we believe these accusations? What proof does this girl have that our daughter is guilty of anything?" Layla questioned.

"Actually, I do have proof. I didn't say anything because I didn't want to cause any more unnecessary trouble." Teresa said as she sounded like she had some shame. "I saw Lucy take a necklace my grandmother gave me."

"You mean stolen?!" Macao said as he was shocked that Lucy would do such a thing.

"I didn't!" Lucy claimed.

"Can you show us, Miss Vechi?" Macao asked. Teresa says she could. This could be bad for Lucy. Nervous on what Teresa has done, all of them headed down to the lockers with everyone watching. They went straight for Lucy's locker where the "stolen" necklace is suppose to be. "Open it." Lucy opened up her locker and the necklace ended up falling out. The same necklace that made Teresa Corva. Almost everyone was shocked.

"This has to be a mistake!" Levy claimed.

"Lucy would never do any of this!" Erza claimed, but everyone believed what they saw.

"I swear, none of this is true!" Lucy pleaded, but they don't seem to believe her anymore. Natsu wasn't going to let this happen.

"Sir, Lucy would never..." Natsu tried to speak with the principal, but he stopped him from saying anymore.

"I've seen enough! Lucy Heartfilia, you are expelled!" Macao claimed with Lucy greatly shocked, everyone staring at her with distain and resentment for what she's done. It looks like Teresa got what she wanted.

...

Black Wizard

"I can feel such distrust, but I can feel the young girl humiliated, heartbroken, and completely powerless." Black Wizard said. "I knew Teresa would be useful to me. Sir Gallos, are you ready?"

"I am." Sir Gallos said as he stepped forward. Black Wizard went first as he took an etherious and filled it with dark power.

"Fly, my evil etherious! We can't miss this time!" Black Wizard claimed as he released the etherious and planned to make Lucy a villain this time.

...

Lucy

Everyone stared at Lucy with disappointment as she was on her way out. She couldn't believe this was happening to her, but there was nothing she could have done. Just as she reached the door, the etherious came flying in. Everyone was surprised to see one, and managed to get in Lucy's bag.

"Hello, young miss." Black Wizard said as he tried to take control of her, but Lucy was trying to resist him. She used all her might as she dropped to her knees.

"Lucy!" Erza called as she and Levy rushed to her side.

"Lucy, block him out!" Levy said as they tried to reason with her.

"Go away!" Lucy said as she tried her best to resist.

"You don't want my help? You've been wrongly accused, humiliated, and everyone now believes a rotten girl who wants to destroy your life. Your telling me you don't want the power to show them all who she really is?" Black Wizard said as his strong on her was growing.

"Lucy!" Natsu called as he hurried to her and grabbed her hand, much to Teresa's disdain. "Lucy, don't listen to him. He's just trying to manipulate you." Lucy almost gave in, but she was able to push it all aside.

"Get out of my head!" Lucy screamed as she was able to resist the etherious and ejected it out of her bag. It was hard as she had to take deep breaths, but she was able to hang in there.

...

Black Wizard

"Argh! Her will is stronger than I thought!" Black Wizard claimed as that didn't go the way he wanted. He was going to try again, but he heard Sir Gallos coughing and dropped to the ground with him looking weak and exhausted. "No! Invel!" Black Wizard rushed to his aid. Black Wizard might be determined to get those miraculous, but it looks like he does have some limits.

...

Lucy

"If you would have been etheriouized, nothing could have stopped you from giving your miraculous to Black Wizard!" Stella said. Since Lucy was expelled, she had to go home, but she was more concerned on what almost happened to her.

"I know. That was too close, but I can't let Teresa getaway with this." Lucy said. "There's got to be a way to prove my innocence."

"What about Erza and Levy? They stood up for you. They obviously believed you." Stella suggested. "Maybe there's something they can do."

"Good idea." Lucy said as she gave her friends a quick call. They obviously did believe her and were now working on ways to prove that she's innocent.

"Let's review. You're accused of cheating on the test since the answer sheet was found in your bag, pushing Teresa down the stairs despite no one seeing you do so, and stealing her necklace since it did fell out of your locker." Levy said. "The evidence is stacked against you pretty good." That only made Lucy feel worse.

"Lucy, we believe you didn't do it, but we need to get proof." Erza said. "Whoever did this had to have left behind some form of evidence."

"Yeah, and it will lead you to Teresa!" Lucy said.

"No! It will lead to the guilty party!" Levy claimed. "You can't keep accusing her without proof. Whatever your deal is with Teresa, you've got to get over it." They still don't believe Lucy when she says that Teresa is a liar, but hopefully they'll come around.

"Lucy! Can you come down here?!" Layla called. Lucy ended her call and went to see what her parents she needed down in the bakery.

"What's going on?" Lucy asked.

"Until we can figure out what to do about you and school, we think it's best that you remain here and work at the bakery." Jude said.

"What? I can't stay here. How am I going to prove my innocence?" Lucy said, but her parents had no response. "You guys seriously don't think I'm really guilty, do you?" Again they didn't respond. This just isn't looking good for Lucy at all. Meanwhile, Erza and Levy got to work at the school. They tried looking for fingerprints, talking to Teresa, and looked around for anything that could help. Ended up with nothing.

...

Zeref

Zeref had to get Invel treated. He called over a doctor to take a look at him to make sure everything was still okay.

"He'll be fine." The doctor said. "He just needs some rest." Zeref understood as she showed her way out. He'll make sure that Invel gets it. He walked over and saw Invel tired, but he was still persistent.

"I'm fine. We can try again." Invel claimed.

"No. It's not worth it." Zeref said as he was putting a stop to this. "Using a damaged miraculous is dangerous. The more you use it, the weaker you'll get. I'm not going to allow something like that to happen again." He claimed as he saw for himself what would become of that. "I thank you for all your help, but I'm revoking you of the unicorn miraculous. It's just simply too dangerous."

"Don't be foolish. I can handle it." Invel said as he tried to stand, but Zeref stopped him.

"I've made up my mind." Zeref said as he took the miraculous from Invel and didn't argue about it. It's a price Zeref isn't going to pay for. So far, that seems to be the only thing that can stop him. However, Invel wasn't going to let this stop him. Just a few hours later, Invel was able to move again and he took the miraculous back from Zeref.

...

Invel

Since Zeref's plan failed, Invel was going to put his own plan into action. Taking a page from people believing what they see, he had a cunning plan. Invel went down to the park and paid for a small flag that had Celestria's face on it. Once he got that, he went down to the sewers for some privacy. He placed his miraculous back on and released Uniss.

"What's going on?" Uniss questioned.

"A change of plans. Uniss, Gallop!" Invel transformed into Sir Gallos and was going to take the risk that came with it. Once he transformed, he had a spiria came out of his weapon and placed it in his hand with him filling his power into it. Once he did that, he placed the tiny horse into the flag he brought. "Take my ambition, my dedication to Zeref's cause, and give it form!" Using his own emotions of dedication, he formed his own embodimonster with it turning into an exact copy of Celestria. "Celestria, I am Sir Gallos. Together, we will fulfill Black Wizard's desire and obtain the miraculous of your namesake and Salamondra."

"Understood." The copy claimed.

...

Lucy

Lucy was forced to remain in the bakery when she wanted to be out there to prove her innocence. As her father was trying to show her a few things, her phone went off. She tried to get a hold of it, but her father grabbed it first.

"Dad, please. It could be important." Lucy pleaded. However, her father just hung up her phone for her.

"I'm sorry, Lucy, but it will all have to wait. Work first." Jude insisted much to Lucy's disapproval.

...

The High School

"Not answering." Levy said since she was the one calling.

"Nothing." Erza said with disappointment as she and Levy couldn't find anything to prove Lucy was innocent. "Whoever did this was thorough. They made sure they didn't leave anything behind." Both of them were upset that they let Lucy down. The only one who does know the truth of the situation is Natsu as he glared right at Teresa.

"You know that girl is the one responsible, making it look like Lucy is guilty." Igneel said. "She really doesn't like it when people go against her. You really just going to let it happen?"

"Nope." Natsu said as he walked over to confront her, but he didn't get the chance when his phone alerted him. He took a look to see the news was on.

"Bisca Connell here! I'm reporting you live from the Arc de Triomphe where Celestria seems to be fighting a new villain." The footage showed what looked like Celestria fighting against Sir Gallos.

"I am Sir Gallos, and Celestria's miraculous are about to be mine!" Sir Gallos claimed to sell the act. Helping Lucy will have to wait. Celestria is going to need Salamondra's help now.

...

Lucy

Lucy continued work in the bakery. All she could really do is put up with it until she hears more about what's going on.

"Oh man. Celestria seems to be struggling against that unicorn guy." One customer said as he and his friends looked over the news. When she heard Celestria was fighting, she instantly knew something was wrong and had to get out there. Of course, her parents won't let her leave so easily. She needs some sort of cover. When she grabbed a bag of flour, she got an idea as she just dropped it.

"Ow! My foot! My foot!" Lucy cried as she clutched her foot and got her parents attention. "I dropped a sack of flour right on my foot. I'm sorry, but it looks like I have to stop working." She said as she made it look like she was struggling to walk. "I'll just be upstairs." She kept going like that until she was out of sight so she could speak with Stella in private. "Celestria fighting right now? Against Sir Gallos? That can't be. It has to be some sort of trap."

"But Salamondra might think it really is you." Stella said. "We need to get there fast. This could also be our chance to get the unicorn miraculous back." Exactly what Lucy was thinking.

"Stella, Twinkle!"

...

Arc de Triomph

Sir Gallos continued to put on a show with the embodimonster in an attempt to lure Salamondra and Celestria out. Unfortunately for Celestria, Salamondra got there first.

"Here comes, Salamondra." Sir Gallos said as he held his creation close. "Pretend to be hurt." Just as Salamondra showed up, Sir Gallos made it look like he struck her down.

"No!" Salamondra shouted with the copy dropping to the ground with Sir Gallos running off. "Celestria!" Salamondra called as got a hold of her. "Hang in there. I'll get in there."

"No..." The copy said as she grabbed a hold of him, Sir Gallos speaking through her, using the small flag to control her, in a way to deceive him. "I don't...feel so good. I...I need to use this time...to tell you something."

"I don't get it. How can you be hurt? We're suppose to be invulnerable." Salamondra said as he didn't like where this was going.

"Listen, Salamondra. I want to tell you my real feelings for you." Celestria said.

"But... You told me you were in love someone else." Salamondra said.

"I realized I was wrong. The truth is... I... I..." The copy tried to make it look like he was confessing to him, but she was carefully trying to slide his ring off to steal it. Just as she was about to, the real Celestria showed up and pushed the two of them apart.

"Are you nuts, Salamondra?! You're really believing all of that?!" Celestria said.

"What? Two of you?" Salamondra questioned.

"It's a trick. We... We have to fight..." The copy said as she still tried to make it look like an act.

"But you're hurt, my little star." Salamondra claimed as he didn't want to see her in anymore pain.

"Don't worry about me." The copy said.

"Come on, Salamondra. I'm the real Celestria. You know I'm in love with someone else. You can't honestly tell me you're believing any of this." Celestria said. He actually was as Sir Gallos played with his feelings pretty well himself.

"You're nothing but a fake!" Salamondra said as he was willing to fight her.

"I can't believe you fell for that!" Celestria said. "Fine! You think I'm the fake. Prove it by trying to take out my earrings." She dared.

"What? Why would she...?" Sir Gallos questioned as to why she would want that.

"You asked for it! Dragon..." "No!" Sir Gallos called. Salamondra was going to try and destroy Celestria's miraculous, but the copy blew her cover as she used her whip and pulled Salamondra away from Salamondra before he did anything. That was when Salamondra realized the truth as the copy stood with Sir Gallos.

"Clever, Celestria. Another minute before you showed up and his miraculous would have been mine." Sir Gallos claimed.

"You mean... You mean she really is a fake?" Salamondra said.

"Of course." Celestria said. "You were just believing what you saw, what you wanted to believe. There's been a lot of that going on today, but seeing isn't believing. Our opponent must be an embodimonster, and the flag that Sir Gallos is holding must be the object that contains the spiria."

"But she's not like the others we've faced up until now." Salamondra said as he could see something was different.

"You're right. She's just as powerful as you, Celestria. You've literally met your match." Sir Gallos said.

"There's only one me, and you can't beat the original." Celestria claimed, but the copy was going to prove her wrong.

"Open the Celestial Gate!" Both of them used the same powers, but ended up getting different objects. The copy ended up getting a bazooka with the Sagittarius sign on it. All Celestria got was a magnify glass with the Leon sign on it.

"She gets a bazooka while you get a magnify glass? That's certainly fair." Salamondra said. The copy aimed right at them and fired away. Both of them jumped out of the way, but the copy kept attacking. As Celestria was trying to avoid everything shot at her, Celestria spotted Sir Gallos taking cover and didn't look so well.

"Something seems wrong with Sir Gallos. This could be our chance to get the unicorn miraculous back!" Celestria said.

"Any idea as to how?" Salamondra questioned. Celestria tried to figure that out. With only a magnify glass to help, she looked around and saw Sir Gallos standing near a skylight.

"Just got one." Celestria said as she moved quickly. She soon jumped in the air and was right over the skylight. When she aimed the glass right at it, the sunlight was reflected off of it and hit Sir Gallos right in the eyes and blinded him for a moment. When that happened, Celestria landed down and used her whip to took a hold of the flag from Sir Gallos. She was about to smash it, but she then noticed that her copy just stopped attacking. She wasn't doing anything really.

"What are you waiting for? Smash it." Salamondra said.

"But she's not trying to stop me." Celestria pointed out. "I think... I think whoever hold the object that holds the spiria can control whatever is created from it." Seeing as how that was the case, she knew what to do. She walked over to the embodimonster and handed it over to her. "Embodimonsters are alive like us, so she deserves her own freewill."

"Thank you." The copy said as she was just like the real Celestria more than even Sir Gallos thought.

"Two Celestrias? Awesome!" Salamondra said as he loved the idea. It was now three against one as the three of them had Sir Gallos backed into a corner.

"You overlooked one thing. I created her, so I can easily erase her." Sir Gallos said. All he did was snap his fingers. When he did, the copy suddenly just vanished right before them with the flag dropping to the ground and the spiria flying out. Even though she was a copy, she was alive and real.

"How could you?!" Salamondra said with rage as he was going to attack him, but that was when helped showed up and knocked Salamondra back. This time, they were faced with Black Wizard himself.

"Getting sentimental over something that wasn't even real?" Black Wizard taunted.

"She was more human than you, Black Wizard!" Celestria said. Both of them tried attacking him, but Black Wizard used his sword to keep them both back. Sir Gallos tried moving away, but Celestria wasn't going to let that happen. She moved quickly and got a hold of Sir Gallos with her whip.

"Got you!" Celestria said.

"And look who I got!" Black Wizard said as he had a hold of Salamondra. "Now for my prize." He reached for his ring.

"Dragon Fire!" Salamondra activated his powers and prevented Black Wizard from grabbing it.

"We have you now, Black Wizard." Celestria said.

"On the contrary, all I have to do is wait until both of your miraculous run out of power." Black Wizard said. "Keep in mind that Sir Gallos and I don't have that sort of limitation. Once you two change back, you will be at my mercy."

"There is an alternative." Celestria pointed out as Black Wizard was thinking the same thing as her. That was when they both threw Salamondra and Sir Gallos away and they both went after their respective partners rather than attacking the other. Celestria jumped off the arc and caught Salamondra with her using her whip to slower their descent. Right when they landed down, Black Wizard grabbed Sir Gallos and they both escaped.

"You could have taken Sir Gallos miraculous." Salamondra said.

"Yeah, but I couldn't risk losing you. There's only one Salamondra." Celestria said as she'll choose her partner every time. "Miraculous Starlight!" She took the magnify glass and unleashed the magic stars with all of the damage being repaired. However, there was only one thing missing.

"I guess your powers can't bring back an embodimonster." Salamondra said.

"I didn't realize how cruel the unicorn's power can be." Celestria said. "Taking away freewill and a creature's very existence..." Celestria can't imagine how awful that must be when that power is used in the wrong hands.

...

Dragneel Mansion

"That was a big risk you took, Invel." Zeref said as he helped Invel to a seat.

"All I wanted was to be of assistance to you." Invel said. For that, Zeref truly is grateful.

"Thank you, Invel. However, it's not worth it like this. I can't allow something like that to happen again." Zeref said with much regret. "I was powerless to do anything at the time, but I won't let it happen for a second time."

"I understand, but it might not matter once we get the miraculous to change everything." Invel said. That is why Zeref likes having Invel's help. Invel is loyal and dedicated to the end.

...

Natsu

Since it was all over, Natsu went back to his regular and normal day. Invel was dropping him off at his next photoshoot.

"Natsu! There you are!" The photographer said. "Your brother's newest model has just arrived herself."

"New model?" Natsu questioned. He took a look and saw that it was Teresa. This actually does provide him with an opportunity.

"Hi, Natsu! I'm so excited to be here, and I'm sure I can learn a lot from you!" Teresa said as Natsu came over.

"Could you give us a moment?" Natsu asked as he sat down. Everyone did what he said and just left the two of them alone. "I know what you really did, Teresa. I know you just set Lucy up."

"What? Natsu, I wouldn't!" Teresa claimed.

"You can't fool me like everyone else." Natsu said. "I might not be able to prove that you lied, but it's time you did some good with that. You're going to create another lie, but one that will get Lucy back in school." Seeing as how Teresa can't fool him as easily as everyone else, she dropped the act.

"Give me one good reason." Teresa said.

"If we're friends, it shouldn't be a problem." Natsu said as he's still trying to gamble on whatever humanity Teresa does have. She secretly looked towards Invel's direction for confirmation and Invel told her to do it.

...

The School

"And I suppose I really just tripped down the stairs and just assumed Lucy pushed me. In truth, I didn't really see her do anything." Teresa claimed as she did what Natsu said. She told the principal, Lucy, and her parents another lie to convince Macao to let Lucy remain in school. "I'm really sorry, Lucy."

"Thank you for coming clean, Teresa. Lucy, you are no longer expelled." Macao said as it seemed that it worked. Everyone was clearing out, but Lucy wasn't buying what Teresa did.

"I don't know why you did that, but I'm sure it just benefits you somehow. Not everything is what it seems." Lucy said as she was being careful of whatever Teresa might be planning.

"You're right. Not everything is what it seems." Teresa said. Things between the two of them isn't over.

...

Lucy's Apartment

"I knew all along you were innocent!" Jude claimed.

"Yeah... Right..." Lucy said as she didn't believe that.

"Lucy, look at this." Layla said. "It looks like two of your classmates are quite a hot topic today." Lucy took a look at the television. She was astonished, appalled that she saw Natsu and Teresa together as Zeref's models. "That girl is really something else." She meant that as a good thing, but she doesn't know how true that is. Teresa nearly got her way this time, but Lucy will make sure she doesn't the next time. Seeing isn't always believing, but anyone can clearly see that things between Teresa and Lucy are just beginning.