When you're a superhero, you have a responsibility to protect the city and make sacrifices. The city must be protected. However, when no one knows you're a superhero, it can be a little difficult for you to get out of the things you wish you couldn't do.
"Lucy! Are you packed and ready to go?!" Jude called as he came up to her room.
"I can't go, Dad." Lucy moaned as she tried to act like she's sick. "My head is killing me. You and Mom should just go without me."
"I thought it was your stomach." Jude said and that foiled Lucy's excuse. "I'm sure it's nothing and if it gets worse, we can find a doctor."
"But what if moving makes it worse?" Lucy questioned.
"Lucy, I know what's going on. You're not getting out of seeing Aunt Anna." Jude said. "Get up, get dressed, and no excuses." He seems to be laying down the law and is going to make sure Lucy comes along. When he went back down stairs, Lucy sat up with the kwamis coming out.
"What am I going to do, Stella? I tried every excuse I could think of and nothing. Celestria can't leave Paris." Lucy said.
"But you can't neglect your family. It has been a while since you last saw your aunt." Stella said.
"There must be some way out of this." Lucy said as she tried climbing out of her bed, but she ended up slipping and hitting the floor. That gave her an idea. "Ow! My leg! I hurt my leg!" She called to try and make another excuse.
"I'll carry you and we'll find a doctor when we see your aunt!" Jude called with Lucy bummed that didn't work either.
"Never underestimate parents who want to go on vacation." Marissa claimed.
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Zeref
Meanwhile, Zeref was in his lair and was trying to come up with a new plan. He's made villain after villain, but there was one supervillain that came close to defeating Celestria and Salamondra. The problem was that he turned against him and Black Wizard couldn't stop him. That one was none other than Hibiki's robotic friend Main when he was Robobust.
"What's he thinking with that robot?" Uniss asked Anka as Zeref looked over images of Main.
"He etheriouized it once before, but lost control of it." Anka said. "It's the only villain that came close to defeating Celestria and Salamondra. Hopefully, it won't work this time either. The sooner Black Knight is defeated, the sooner we'll be free."
"I wouldn't bet on that, Anka. I have a plan for this emotional robot this time." Zeref claimed. "Anka! Uniss! Unify!" He had both kwamis merged and he became Black Knight again. This time, he took a spiria and filled it with dark power.
"Now, my spiria, my desire for control and bring my creation to life!" Black Knight ordered as he placed it in his sword. This time, he formed a black drive, but there was an actual moving eye on it. "Virus, with your power to hack into any robotic system, you will help me gain control of this robot."
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Trocadero
As for everyone else, they were just enjoying themselves. Gajeel was actually doing some exercising and used Levy like a weight. Loke and Ashely were working on a story together. Hibiki and Main were working on a computer program together. Jellal and Erza were also playing a video game together.
"Main, this program of yours is genius." Hibiki said. "I swear, it's like there's nothing you can't do."
"Thank you, Hibiki. I bet I could even teach Celestria and Salamondra a thing or two" Main said.
"This is what I'm talking about." Erza said as she felt relaxed. "No worries, no supervillains, nothing but peace and enjoyment." She said as she enjoyed it, but that was when she and Levy got the same message.
"Emergency! Come to the train station!" Both of them looked at each other and could tell this was something important.
"Something wrong? You just said there was nothing but peace and enjoyment." Jellal said.
"It's just Lucy. She needs me and Levy for something." Erza said as she and Levy got up.
"We'll be back later. We'll just go see what Lucy needs." Levy claimed as the two of them took off together.
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The Train Station.
"Now boarding. Please stay clear of the platform." Lucy tried every excuse she could, but her parents just wouldn't let her go and were insisted they go together. Everyone was beginning to board and it seemed like there was nothing Lucy could do. Luckily, Erza and Levy showed up just in time and Lucy hurried over to them.
"Lucy, don't run away!" Layla said. "You've been working so hard lately. It's time you just relax and enjoy yourself. Plus, Anna would be so disappointed if you don't show."
"I'll be right there, Mom. I just need to give something to Erza and Levy." Lucy said.
"Fine, but hurry." Layla said as she allowed it and Lucy hurried over. Lucy gave them both the rundown on her situation and they agreed that this is a problem.
"You can't leave Paris!" Levy said.
"What are you going to do if a supervillain attacks?" Erza said.
"I can't take the Pegasus miraculous without my family getting suspicious. I wouldn't even be able to slip away. I have no other choice." Lucy said as she moved quickly and removed her earrings. "Take these." She said as she passed them to Erza and Stella moved to her.
"What?!" Erza said as she couldn't believe it.
"If everything goes fine, there should be nothing to worry about. If a villain does attack, I trust you two to handle it." Lucy said as she hurried on the train. "Just call if there's a problem!" She said and boarded the train and left her two friends baffled. They couldn't believe she actually did that, but it seems like there was no other choice.
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The Bus
Levy and Erza couldn't believe the situation they were in now. They have been entrusted with Lucy's miraculous now.
"I don't know about this..." Levy said as she sounded unsure.
"If you won't do it, I will." Erza said as she placed the earrings on and they turned into red star earrings. She was actually excited to try this out. Stella and Steel came out and threw in their thoughts.
"Isn't it enough that you're Titania?" Steel questioned.
"It has to be like this since Lucy couldn't get out of it." Stella said. "It's only for the weekend."
"Yes, but now Lady Erza is going to have to take everything as serious as Lady Lucy does." Steel pointed out.
"It will all be fine. If Lucy trusts Erza with her miraculous, it means that she believes that Erza is up for the task." Stella claimed.
"Are you sure you want to do this, Erza?" Levy questioned.
"No worries. Everything is going to be okay." Erza said as she was fully confident in herself. They soon arrived back at the Trocadero and Erza was taking her new position as temporary Celestria. She walked out and kept her eyes open for any sign of negative emotions.
"Hey. Is everything okay with Lucy?" Jellal asked.
"Huh? Yeah. Everything is fine, everything looks fine, and everything feels fine." Erza said as she was taking everything she's doing serious now. "Speaking of which, has there been any sign of trouble or negative emotion at all?"
"Uh... No. Everyone looks like they're doing okay." Jellal said. "By the way, were you wearing those earrings earlier?"
"What?! Uh... Yes! Thank you for noticing!" Erza said as she kept a low profile about the earrings while trying to act casual, not doing a well job at it.
"Erza, you're already beginning to act like Lucy. I think you're perfect for this." Levy teased.
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Lucy
'Tip 33: Try to throw Salamondra a laugh when he tells a joke, even if it's not funny. He'll be less annoying that way and he likes it.' Lucy thought as she was sending text after text to the girls about how to be an effective hero.
"Lucy, I'm glad you're not trying any excuse to get out of this anymore." Layla said. "By the way, what was it that you needed to give Erza and Levy?"
"Uh... It was just something they needed." Lucy said as she tried to sound innocent.
"Well, I'm just hoping you can finally relax and not worry about anything." Jude said, but that's easier said than done knowing Lucy.
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Invel
"Here, Invel." Black Knight said as he handed Invel Virus. "Virus is a living computer virus. With it, I shall be able to gain control over that robot."
"It shall be done." Invel said as he placed Virus into his computer. "If that robot is connected to the network, Virus should be able to track it and then it will be yours." Virus was uploaded straight to the computer. All that was left was to find Main and fill him with such negative emotions. If Black Knight can actually control him, he might be able to defeat the heroes this time.
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Trocadero
"It's looking good, Hibiki." Main said as he was hooked up to the network. That means that Virus can infect him. "Now, let's take this algorithm and connect it to..." He was about to continue his work until he saw an email with a cat on it. "Aw! What a cute kitty!" He couldn't ignore it as he opened up the email, but it was Virus. Virus ended up corrupting him and Main acted like he was in pain.
"Pain?! What's wrong?!" Hibiki said.
"I'll tell you what's wrong! All of this!" Main said as he sounded angry. "Those two working on a dumb comic! Gajeel trying to get stronger! Jellal playing some dumb game! All of you are wasting your time with nonsense like the pathetic humans you are!"
"Main, what are you talking about?" Hibiki said as none of them liked the looks of this.
"Main, something is wrong." Erza said as she tried to act on her responsibilities. "You must have gotten infected with some sort of virus."
"And it helped me see just how pathetic, inferior, and useless you humans really are!" Main said and just flew off.
"Main! Come back!" Hibiki called. Levy and Erza knew this was going to lead to him being etheriouized and tried to go after him.
"Erza? Levy? Where are you two going?" Jellal asked, but Erza pointed to her hairclip.
"Uh... Main hurt our feelings so much that we need ice cream for comfort. You all stay here and we'll bring you back some!" Erza said. Since she told Jellal about her being Titania, he understood it meant that Celestria might need her help. So, he let her go and the two of them hurried after Main before it was too late.
"Not bad. You already got the lying part down." Stella said.
"Comes with the job." Erza said. With Main under Virus' influence, he was causing all kinds of trouble. He hacked right into the traffic lights and caused into all kinds of traffic jams, spreading chaos everywhere.
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Black Knight
"I can feel that my plan is working. That robot's hate for humans courses through its circuits." Black Knight said as he took an etherious and filled it with dark power. "Fly, my evil etherious. This time, that robot shall obey us!"
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Main
Main caused havoc everywhere, but the etherious was able to reach him and entered his CPU. Once that happened, Main was connected to Black Knight once again.
"Robobust, I am Black Knight. You are feeling all these negative emotions because of Virus, an embodimonster that I created."
"You did this to me! I hate you, Black Knight!" Main claimed.
"As you should, and it's also to ensure that you don't betray me like you did before." Black Knight said. "I'm also the only one who can erase this by erasing Virus. I'll only do that under one condition."
"You want me to bring you the miraculous of Celestria and Salamondra? Fine." Main agreed.
"And I'll give you a different set of powers this time. Humans will be under your control this time." Black Knight claimed as Main accepted his power and became Robobust once again, this time under Black Knight's control.
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Trocadero
With not much they can do, Erza's friends just remained at the Trocadero. However, something was about to happen. Ashely was the first to fall victim by simply getting a phone call.
"From Main? This better be an apology." Ashely said as she answered, but it ended up being Robobust.
"Human! I am Robobust! Surrender what is most valuable to you!" Robobust was sending out some sort of signal that was hypnotizing Ashely and turned her into a zombie.
"Ashely? What's wrong?" Loke asked, but Ashely acted like a zombie as she pressed her phone against their story and it looked like it was downloaded. Ashely wasn't the only one who was falling under Robobust's
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The Streets
"Main! Main!" Hibiki called as he tried to find him, but there was soon a problem as Hibiki's phone went off. Erza and Levy followed after him, but Erza started getting a call herself.
"A call from Main?" Erza questioned. She was about to answer, but Levy stopped her.
"Erza! Look!" Levy said as she pointed to Hibiki. They saw Hibiki acted like he was in a trance as he was now under Robobust's power.
"I am Robobust! Surrender your most precious item!"
"Main's back-up system." Hibiki said in his trance and placed his drive against the phone and it was downloaded. It was happening to everyone as they fell under Robobust's power and was surrendering their most precious items.
"Main must have been etheriouize once again!" Erza said as it was time for her to actually go to work.
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Lucy
'Tip 675: If you can, remember to give a magical charm after fixing everything with the Miraculous Starlight. That should be everything' Lucy thought as she sent the last text.
"Lucy, enough with the phone. I'm sure everything is fine. You need to stop worrying." Layla said.
"If only it was that easy." Lucy said. That was right when the train came to a sudden stop and all the power was off. Everyone's phone started to go off and it was all because of Robobust. "Hold on. Something is wrong." She said, but it was too late as her parents already fell under Robobust's power.
"This is Robobust! Surrender what you hold most valuable!"
"Lucy, you are what's most valuable to us." Both of her parents said in the trance as they tried to take her away, but Lucy knew to move fast and had to hide. Her only hope is that her friends can pull through.
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Erza and Levy
"Robobust must be controlling people through their phones." Erza said as she and Levy ducked inside an alleyway for cover.
"I think I rather have that than Lucy's messages." Levy said as she looked over her phone of all the messages Lucy left. "She can't be serious with all of this." Erza knew the stars were needed for this, so she removed her hairclip. "Need backup?" She said as she was ready to transform.
"Sylph needs to stay hidden. There are too many eyes." Erza said. "Let's do this, Stella. Stella, Twinkle!" Erza transformed with the star miraculous for the first time. She transformed with her hair being tied back behind her head by a tube-like piece with the star-shaped mask. She was given a blue top with a golden glittering star. She was given a white skirt with a flowing white sash around her waist. She was also given a pair of silver armbands that reached her elbows. She also wore a pair of black boots with fishnet leggings that covered all of her legs.
"Erza? Wow!" Levy said.
"I'm not Erza anymore. I am now the mighty, the powerful, and the fierce Starfighter!" She claimed with her new name. "I'll keep Steel safe." She said as she placed her miraculous in the whip. "You just don't answer your phone and be careful." Starfighter was rather excited about this. Using her whip, she jumped up to the buildings. Levy can only hope that this all turns out well. "Get ready, Robobust!" She said as she jumped to the rooftops. "You'll be the first to fall at the hands of..." "Someone who is not Celestria."
"Salamondra?" Starfighter said as she turned to face him, but he didn't look happy. "Great timing."
"It is because you're clearly not Celestria, which can only mean you're the one behind this or an embodimonster!" Salamondra accused as he extended his staff and tried attacking her, but she jumped back.
"Wait! I'm not the enemy!" Starfighter claimed.
"Liar! Where's the real Celestria?!" Salamondra said as he kept attacking her, swinging his staff at her, but she kept moving around to avoid getting hit.
"I'm not lying! She gave me her miraculous because she had something else to take care of!" Celestria said.
"She never would have done that without telling me! Dragon Fire!" Salamondra used his power in rage and tried to strike her with it, but she was able to dodge it. Then, she grabbed him by the arm and threw him against a chimney so the Dragon Fire would be used on that and it crumbled to pieces. Once that happened, she grabbed him by the arm and held him down.
"If I was really your enemy, I could take your miraculous right now." Starfighter claimed as she put her fingers on it. "But I won't." She released him and proved that she was a friend. "I'm Starfighter. Now can we be friends?" She said as she held out her hand for him, but he got up on his own.
"Why would Celestria give her miraculous to you?" Salamondra questioned.
"She knows me, and it's like I said. She had something to take care of, but couldn't leave Paris unprotected." Starfighter said. "Better recharge your kwami." Salamondra wasn't trusting her, but he listened as he hid behind a wall.
"Fire Out." He turned into Natsu and gave Igneel some meat.
"Do you know what's going on?" Starfighter asked.
"Yeah. Celestria sends some replacement without saying anything." Natsu complained.
"Don't worry. She'll come back and you can talk to her then." Starfighter said.
"So, Salamondra is the last to know again? Typical." Natsu complained.
"Well, Robobust is back. Only he's able to control people this time." Starfighter said. "He's brainwashing people so that they will hand over their most prized possessions. As long as we don't answer any calls from him, he can't get us and we won't surrender our miraculous."
"Just because you already have the situation figured out doesn't mean you're Celestria." Natsu said. "She's got a weird idea of partnership with this. After this is over, she and I need to talk. Igneel, Fire Up!" He transformed again and took off with Starfighter going after him. He's clearly upset with Celestria, but hopefully he can keep it together long enough to beat Robobust.
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Lucy
"Lucy..." Jude said as he was still in the trance and kept trying to find his daughter. What he didn't see was that he walked passed her as she was hiding in the bathroom. When she saw him gone, she tried to leave but she ended up walking right into her possessed Layla and she ended up captured as well. Lucy herself was downloaded.
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Robobust
Every object that was sent to Robobust was being held in a digital space with images of everything being sent to him surrounding him in a sphere. That included Lucy.
"It would seem that Celestria and Salamondra didn't answer your call." Black Knight said.
"True, but I have something else in mind." Robobust claimed as he was changing his orders around. "Humans, bring me Celestria and Salamondra! I want their miraculous!"
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Starfighter and Salamondra
The two of them continued to search around for Robobust and tried to find him to stop this. With this being Starfighter's first mission, she didn't want to let Celestria down.
"Celestria! Salamondra! Save me! Save me!"
"Did you hear that?" Starfighter said. "It's coming from down the street."
"The real Celestria would think twice about just jumping in. She would think it's some sort of trap." Salamondra claimed.
"And I thought you were the fun and daring one." Starfighter teased before she went on ahead to help the person calling for help. However, when she hit the street, she saw there were tons of people around and each one were under Robobust's. "Okay, it was a trap."
"You think?" Salamondra said as he jumped in to help her. Starfighter acted fast as she took her whip and used it like a lasso around all of them. She gave it a strong pull and caused all of them to fall down. Some tried capturing Salamondra, but kept jumping around to avoid being captured.
"There's too many of them!" Starfighter said as she thought they would be overwhelmed. "Let's get out of here!"
"Good idea!" Salamondra said as the two of them tried to run for it. The two of them tried to find a place for cover while the brainwashed people chased after them. "In there!" Both of them took cover inside the famous wax museum. They ran right through the front door and quickly barricaded it so the brainwashed people wouldn't get inside.
"That should hold them, but let's keep our guard up." Starfighter said. Both of them moved deeper into the wax museum with all the waxed figures and had to be ready for anything.
"So... Why did Celestria entrust her miraculous to you?" Salamondra asked.
"Uh... She believed I could handle it." Starfighter claimed.
"But if she gave her miraculous to you... Do you know her secret identity?!" Salamondra questioned, but Starfighter had to get him off the track.
"Listen, I know you're upset and confused, but I can't really talk about it." Starfighter said. "You're just going to have to talk to Celestria herself, and I promise you that she will come back."
"Welcome to my trap!" They could hear Robobust and saw a screen of him appearing in the middle of the air. "I have you now Salamondra and... Wait! You're not Celestria!"
"I'm Starfighter!"
"That's not, Celestria! She's a novice! That should make things that much easier to take her miraculous!" Black Knight told Robobust as he thought this would make his victory certain.
"Some trap. We're still roaming free." Salamondra said. That was when Starfighter noticed movement and saw they weren't really alone.
"Salamondra!" Starfighter called as she pulled him away from being captured. "They're not statues! It's an ambush!" She said as they were surrounded.
"Seize Salamondra and this lousy novice known as Starfighter!" Robobust ordered.
"Hey!" Starfighter complained as the brainwashed people attacked. Salamondra used his staff and twirled it around and knocked them all away. Starfighter used some martial art movements to fight them back, but she knew there was only one way out of this. "Time to try this out. Open the Celestial Gate!" She used the powers for the first time and ended up getting a bat with the Taurus sign on it. She looked around to try and figure out how she can use it, but she was coming up with nothing. "I can't find anything. I don't know how Celestria does it all the time."
"But you're not Celestria. You're Starfighter." Salamondra said as he fought some back. "Don't think like Celestria, think like yourself. Celestria thinks you were right for the job, so if she trusts you, I think you can do it! Besides, you got me to help you out." She appreciated that. She's not in this alone and that's when she got an idea as she could see Robobust's collection and saw Lucy was in there. That's what gave her the idea.
"Okay, Robobust. I don't see a way out of this, we don't know where you are, and we're surrounded by enemies." Starfighter said.
"All correct. I register my victory percentage to be at 99.5%" Robobust claimed.
"But that could all drop to zero if Salamondra uses his Dragon Fire on my earrings. That way, Black Knight will never get his hands on the miraculous and you can't win because you can't get both." Starfighter claimed with Black Knight surprised she came to that conclusion.
"Yeah... Dragon Fire!" Salamondra activated his powers and had it pointed right at her earrings to destroy them.
"Careful, Robobust. It would seem she's better than we thought." Black Knight warned.
"Are you suggesting a negotiation?" Robobust questioned.
"Yes. We'll surrender ourselves if you release everything else you captured. It's all useless to you." Starfighter said.
"I will if you surrender first." Robobust claimed.
"No, you free them all first." Starfighter said. "Another idea, I'll turn myself in and then you release what you have. Salamondra will surrender himself after you do that."
"How do I know this isn't some sort of trap?" Robobust questioned.
"Watch. I'll hand over the celestial item as a showing of good faith." Starfighter said as she pressed the bat against a phone and it was downloaded into his hard drive.
"Very well. We have a deal." Robobust said as he calculated there was no trick in this. Starfighter kept her end of the bargain and touched one of the phones and was downloaded in.
"Now it's your turn!" Salamondra said.
"Very well." Robobust said as he was releasing everything else he had. That included Lucy and the celestial item. Once Lucy was released, she saw she was in some sort of warehouse and analyzed the situation. She spotted Starfighter trapped, a bucket, and the bat. She already knew what to do. "Now, it's your turn Salamondra."
"I hope you're right about this, Starfighter." Salamondra said as he really had to trust her now as he surrendered himself as well.
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Robobust
"It is done!" Robobust as he now had both of them. "I have done it and..." That was when he was hit behind the back by Lucy using the bat and Black Knight wondering what happened. When she saw the etherious flying out, Lucy used a bucket to hold the etherious down. As he turned back into Main, Starfighter and Salamondra were free with them crashing into stuff.
"Who turned out the lights?" Salamondra questioned as he his head got stuck. Starfighter spotted Lucy and knew she had it all handled as Lucy released the etherious.
"No more evildoing for you, little etherious." Starfighter claimed as she did what Celestria did. "Time to de-evillize!" She threw the whip and caught it. "Gotcha! Bye-Bye, little guy." She said as she did everything Celestria did. "I always wanted to do that!" With that done, Lucy handed her the bat for the last touch. "Miraculous Starlight!" She tossed the bat into the air and everything that was taken was brought back to where it belonged, Lucy included, and everyone was free from Robobust's power. With all of that restored, Main was repaired and was acting like himself again.
"You're not Celestria." Main said.
"She's not, but Starfighter is just as good." Salamondra said as he seems to have accepted her now.
"Pound it!"
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Black Knight
"You had beginner's luck, Starfighter! You won't be so fortunate if we ever cross paths again." Black Knight claimed as he erased Virus and waits for the next chance to attack, no matter who it is he has to fight.
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A Couple Days Later
After that, everything was normal in Paris once again. Lucy and her family were able to have a great trip. She was actually glad she went and was able to escape from it all for a while.
"I hate to admit it, but I really had a nice time." Lucy said as she, Levy, and Erza talked about the trip as her family left the station.
"That's because you've been working too hard. You need to give yourself a chance to relax." Jude said as they all had a nice time, but Erza needed to let Lucy know about something.
"You need to talk to Salamondra. It's important" Erza whispered to Lucy. There was still one thing for Celestria to do.
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Salamondra
Salamondra stood at the top of a rooftop and waited for Celestria to show. Erza told her about what happened and Celestria knew she had to try and make things right. She landed down, but his back was turned to her and she was worried about how he was feeling.
"I'm back." Celestria said to break the ice, but he said nothing. "I bet you were surprised to see Starfighter." She claimed, but still nothing and it made her feel guilty. "I'm really sorry, Salamondra. I know I should have told you about her. It was a last minute decision I had to make, a last resort. There was something going on that I just couldn't get out of and there was no time to warn you. I'm so sorry."
"I get why you did it." Salamondra responded. "Starfighter handled things pretty well. I understand why you did what you did, especially if you really couldn't help it. The part that really bothers me is that...if you were to ever give up your miraculous, and I don't know who you really are, I would never see you again. I just don't think I can take that." He said as he admitted the part that really bothered him was never seeing Celestria again. Suddenly, he was surprised as he felt her wrap his arms around him from behind.
"I promise I will never just vanish on you." Celestria promised. No matter who holds the miraculous, Paris will always have a hero; but for Salamondra, he just wants to have Celestria. Hopefully, they'll be together for a long time.
