Celestria thought she was a step ahead of Black Knight by creating magical charms. The charms prevent people from getting etheriouized, but she doesn't know she handed one over to Black Knight himself. Ever since he's got one, he and Invel have been studying and growing his power to bypass the charms.
"Come my etherious, and evillize me!" Zeref called as he tried turning himself into Spriggan, but the charm is preventing the etherious from entering his locket. "Nothing. This charm keeps preventing my etherious from entering any object."
"Keep trying." Invel encouraged over a tablet. "If Celestria created the charms, you should make your abilities stronger. After studying the grimoire, I see it. The only limits are the ones you put on yourself."
"Anka! Unis! Unify!" Zeref transformed and tried filling an etherious with evil power, more evil power than he usually puts in. "Divide!" He changed back and tried to etheriouize himself once again, but the same result happened. "Nothing!"
"Don't give up. Just concentrate. Force the power to come out." Invel encouraged as Zeref gave it another try.
"Anka! Unis! Unify!" He transformed once again and tried putting all the power he could into it. He tried to force the power to come out, tried to make it even stronger. He focused on how much he wanted it and it worked. The etherious looked less like a draco lizard and more like a small black wyvern-like creature. "Divide!" He changed back and tried again. "Come, my mega etherious!" He held out his locket and hoped it would work. The etherious was hitting the barrier the charm created, but the etherious' power was much stronger and broke through. It entered the locket and it transformed him into Spriggan.
"It worked!" Invel said with delight.
"You thought you gained the advantage over me, Celestria? Let's see how you plan to counter this." Spriggan claimed as he welcomed the challenge on what Celestria will do because he believes he will emerge as the victor in the end.
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Heartfilia Bakery
Meanwhile, today is a special day in Paris. It's a holiday known as King's Day and it can be a lot of fun. It's also a day where Jude is working in the bakery with his own father: Edger. They've been on better terms lately and today must be great if Edger is coming out of his home.
"That's it. Gently... Carefully... Do it the way it does." Edger said as he guided his son pulling out a baked pastry. Jude was able to pull it out and it looked great. It was almost like a work of art with it smelling just as sweet.
"It's perfect!" Layla said. "What a perfect galette for King's Day. I'm so glad you two came together to make it."
"Of course. It's traditional!" Edger said.
"While also being modern at the same time. It's the perfect." Jude said with them loving they made it as a family. That sweet aroma also traveled through the apartment with it finding it's way to the nose of a certain little kwami.
"Lucy! What is that delicious smell?!" Stella said as the smell excited her to the point that she woke Lucy up from her sleeping.
"It's a galette, Stella." Lucy said with her feeling sleepy. "It's for King's Day. Every year, someone finds a charm and earn themselves a paper crown for King's Day. Now let me sleep, Stella." She said as she was more focused on that.
"But I need to have a taste of something that delicious." Stella said. "Would it be okay if I go down and try some?" Stella's question got Lucy to wake up.
"No, Stella! You know you can't do that!" Lucy said.
"What's going on?" Chill asked as he and the other kwamis came out.
"Is it breakfast?" Bull asked.
"I'm hungry myself." Roar said. It doesn't look like Lucy is going to get any sleep now.
"Fine. I'll get you all something." Lucy said as she went to get them some food. Lucy got herself dressed and went on down to the bakery. "Morning, everyone."
"There's my lovely granddaughter!" Edger said.
"How'd my girl sleep?" Jude asked.
"Fine. Is it okay if I have some galette?" Lucy questioned. Jude was about to hand her some, but Edger smacked his hand and stopped him from doing anything.
"No! Tradition is that we sell all the galettes to the customers first. After that, we share the last galette as family." Edger said. "That is the point of King's Day. Until then, no free galettes!" Edger's always been stern on tradition and can be rather stubborn.
"Sorry, but have some croissants instead." Jude said as he always tries thinking of his daughter and handed her one.
"Thanks, Dad." Lucy said as she took it and left the bakery for her room.
"Lucy, what about that galette?" Stella questioned.
"Sorry, Stella. You'll just have to wait until later." Lucy said. "In the meantime, just have some of this." She tried offering the croissant, but Stella refused.
"I can't wait, Lucy!" Stella said as she flew in front of her. "I need to have some of that galette now!"
"Okay." Lucy said as she thought it was nothing. "I would like to try what Dad and Grandpa made together." Lucy went on down to make another attempt to get those galettes and went back to the bakery. "I just thought of something. Why don't I hand out some samples to the customers waiting outside. It might help them stay patient."
"Great idea!" Edger said as he agreed to it. Lucy went to grab some while sneaking some pieces into her purse for Stella and the other kwamis. Lucy did what she said and handed out samples of galettes to all the customers that were waiting and helped them stay patient. When she finished handing them all out, she went back up to her room where the other kwamis were waiting for their own samples.
"I'm back, and I grabbed you all some..." Lucy was about to reach for the galettes she saved, but she saw that Stella ended up eating all of them. "Stella? Did you eat all of them yourself? That wasn't nice. Some of it was for the other kwamis." She claimed, but they all gasped in fear.
"Stella ate all of them?" Fangg said.
"Oh no!" Breeze said.
"What? What's with all of you?" Lucy asked.
"Ignore them, Lucy. Let's get more galettes." Stella insisted.
"Lucy, you know Stella loves sweets, don't you?" Fangg said. "Well, you don't know how far her cravings can go. It can reach cosmic distortions. The galette your father and grandfather have made has awakened something bad."
"What? You're exaggerating, Fangg. It's just a galette." Lucy said as she didn't think there was any problems.
"Lucy, I'm afraid you don't know Stella as well as you think." Fangg claimed.
"What? That's crazy. Stella and I have been together for a long time. Of course I know her, and she never does anything bad." Lucy claimed.
"Ignore them, Lucy. Let's just go down and try to get some more." Stella said.
"You're right, Stella. I'll be back with plenty for everyone. Just try not to cause any trouble while I'm gone." Lucy said as she and Stella were on their way back down, but the other kwamis were worried on what Stella might do.
"We'll never get any as long as Stella's cravings are getting the better of her." Flynn said.
"We'll have bigger problems than that." Roar claimed.
"Roar and Chill, this is an emergency. You two go on down and keep and eye on her." Fangg said. Chill and Roar did what he said as they both flew through the floors and went after Stella. If the kwamis are disobeying orders, something must be wrong. Meanwhile, even Mayor Allard was down at the bakery and was trying to get his hands on the last galette, but Edger wasn't letting it go.
"I'll build you a statue if you let me have the last galette!" Aiden offered as he tried getting the last one, but Edger wasn't letting go.
"That's not how it's done! The last galette is for this family!" Edger said as he pulled the box away and kept the mayor from getting it. "Get out! Get out!" He was able to shoo the actual mayor out of the bakery and kept the last galette for them.
"I hope that I'm allowed to have some?" Lucy and her family got a friendly surprise as they saw Lucy's Aunt Anna was paying them a visit.
"Anna!" Layla called as she hurried over and hugged her sister with the family coming to meet her.
"Lucy, what about the galette?" Stella questioned.
"It can wait, Stella." Lucy said as she hurried to see her aunt, but Chill and Roar saw what was going on and knew Stella couldn't wait.
"Edger, this is my sister, Anna. Anna, this is Jude's father." Layla said as the two shook hands. "What brings you here?"
"I thought I come spend King's Day here, and I have a great gift for Lucy." Anna said as she showed Lucy a great gift. It was actually a blue powered scooter.
"I love it!" Lucy said as she was amazed her aunt got her.
"What is this?! Why would she need that?! Scooters are used by pushing with your leg!" Edger said.
"She is not riding that!" Jude said.
"Why not? What is wrong with it? It's perfectly safe." Layla said. "I thought I give her a gift that matches more with her age." While they were talking about this, Lucy looked towards the bakery and saw Chill and Roar trying to warn Lucy about something. Lucy looked and saw Stella tried eating a galette on her own. Lucy hurried inside and snatched it before Stella could take a bite.
"Stella! What are you doing?!" Lucy said.
"I just wanted a sniff." Stella claimed. Then, she saw Lucy's family and quickly hid away. When they all came in, they were wondering what Lucy was doing.
"I...thought that since Aunt Anna was here, we could all share a galette. It is the last one." Lucy offered and they all liked the sound of that. All of them moved up to the apartment with Lucy getting them plates and servings of the galette, but they were all discussing on what was best for Lucy.
"I have accepted that Lucy is not a child anymore. I don't want to make the same mistakes I made on her birthday." Anna said.
"She is an adult when she turns twenty-one! Until then, she is a child that needs to be disciplined and she needs to understand that!"
"Discipline?! Father that's crazy! I know what's best for my daughter, and I don't think it's a good idea for her to ride that scooter!" Jude said.
"Don't be overprotective, Jude. She's a young lady and can make her choices. Let her have some freedom." Anna said. While they were arguing over what was best for Lucy, Chill and Roar were trying to warn Lucy again about Stella. She spotted Stella about to eat the galette again, but she moved quickly and tried to keep Stella away from the galette for there's a chance she might be exposed.
"Lucy, what are you doing?" Layla asked with them all thinking she's acting strange.
"Uh... Just getting the galette ready." Lucy said as she brought some of it to each one of her family. Lucy kept looking around for Stella, but Stella kept moving around and seemed ready to devour that galette. Lucy was starting to get concerned for Stella's behavior now.
"All I'm saying is that you both don't need to be so overprotective of Lucy." Anna said as she resumed what they were talking about.
"Parents are suppose to protect children!" Edger said.
"I do not overprotect my daughter!" Jude said.
"You do, Jude. Lucy can take care of herself, but why not just ask what she wants?" Layla said. As they all argued over what was best for Lucy, Lucy snuck away and hurried off to her room and spoke to the other kwamis.
"Something is wrong with Stella! I've never seen her act like this!" Lucy said. "She's going to risk being exposed!"
"We tried to warn you." Fangg claimed.
"When Stella gets like this, she's out of control!" Moon said.
"There's still one thing I can do. Stella, Twinkle!" Lucy was left with no choice accept to transform. Stella was forced to be pulled away from the galette and ended up getting pulled inside the earrings with Lucy becoming Celestria.
"Hopefully, she'll now calm..." Celestria suddenly felt a great sensation of hunger come over her. "I feel... I feel hungry!" She said as she greatly desired food and the kwamis getting nervous again. The problems just kept getting worse and worse. With Celestria having the worst case of the munchies, the rest of the family kept arguing about Lucy.
"She should have her freedom!" Anna said.
"She needs rules, discipline, and understand how things are meant to work!" Edger said.
"What my daughter needs is me protecting her from terrible influences like you!" Jude said.
"Only Lucy can say what Lucy needs!" Layla said. All of them kept arguing and debating, and it doesn't appear to be getting better.
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Black Knight
"A family that's being torn apart because they can't agree what's best for someone they love. How tragic." Black Knight said, but good for him as he gets to try his new power. He took a regular etherious in his hands and transformed into a mega etherious. "Fly, my mega etherious! Have this family plunge to darkness together!" He said as he unleashed a mega etherious for the first time.
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The Heartfilia Apartment
As all four of them kept arguing over what was best for Lucy, they didn't notice the mega etherious and it went into the hidden charm hidden in the galette. That caused all four of them to be connected to Black Knight.
"Family Heart, I'm Black Knight. Fear not for your powers can return, and no charm can protect you." He was right as the charm that Layla had was destroyed. "Each of you think you know what's best for Lucy. Well, the stronger one is sure to be right, and you can prove who the strongest is by bringing me Celestria and Salamondra's miraculous." All of them liked how that sound and all four of them became villains. "Guard Dad, Sweet Witch, Bake-King, and Shooting Star... Let's see who the strongest is."
"I'm coming to set you free, Lucy!" Sweet Witch claimed.
"Nonsense! I'll give her the discipline she needs!" Bake-King claimed.
"She needs protection!" Guard Dad claimed.
"She doesn't need any of you controlling her life!" Shooting Star. All four of them tried to reach Lucy in her room while also preventing the others from interfering. Celestria and the kwamis heard them coming and had to move fast. All of the kwamis hid while Celestria snuck out through a window just before Guard Dad burst through.
"Where's my baby?!" Guard Dad said.
"She's gone? You all scared her away!" Sweet Witch claimed.
"Us? We're not the ones acting like a witch!" Shooting Star claimed with all of them arguing who is to blame, but soon went searching for Lucy in their own twisted sense of love.
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Celestria
Celestria tried to put some distance between her and her villainous family, but the hunger was getting the better of her. She could barely keep her balance and ended up stumbling against the roof.
"I can't help it. I'm so hungry. I need food!" Celestria said as Stella's cravings are getting the better of her. She looked around and saw a couple boxes of galette someone else had, but needed them for herself. She used her whip to take one of the boxes and started eating it for herself. "Did I just steal these?" She said as she kept eating. "I did, but why? What's happening to me?"
"You clearly need discipline like my granddaughter, Celestria!" Bake-King said as he was the first to find her. He took his elixir and used it to make his breaded muscles bigger. He tried attacking her by smashing his fists against her, but she took the galettes and jumped right over him. "Give me miraculous!"
"Take this instead!" Salamondra showed up at the right moment as he flew in and kicked Bake-King right in the head and knocked him down.
"Thanks, Salamondra." Celestria said as she kept eating.
"Those look good. Can I have a piece?" Salamondra said as he reached for one, but Celestria just smacked his hand away.
"No! Mine!" Celestria said, but she could see that something was seriously wrong. "I have an emergency to take care of. Can you take care of Bake-King?"
"No worries. He's toast." Salamondra said as he let Celestria escape with Salamondra and Bake-King fighting against each other. Celestria hurried off until she found a safe spot to change back to normal.
"Lights Out!" Celestria became Lucy again and dropped the galettes she stole, but Stella was still acting strange with her still eating.
"Stella, what's going on with you? Was... Was Fangg right? Do I know you as well as I thought I did?" Lucy questioned as she has never seen Stella like this.
"Sorry, Lucy. I just can't help it. It's too good!" Stella claimed and just flew off on her her own.
"Stella! Come back!" Lucy called, but that was right when Sweet Witch jumped down in front of her.
"There you are, Lucy! Good work, my angels." Sweet Witch said as she had two people under her power. "Let's go, my lovely." She said as she grabbed a hold of Lucy and took her with her.
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Salamondra
Salamondra kept fighting off Bake-King as Bake-King kept swinging his large arms at him, but Salamondra kept moving from side to side. It seemed like he had this handled, but then Guard Dad pounced. He tackeld Salamondra and had him pinned down.
"No fair! Two against one!" Salamondra said as he struggled to get free.
"Hold it! I was about to take his miraculous!" Bake-King claimed.
"Didn't look that way to me!" Guard Dad argued.
"Celestria!" Salamondra called like she came back. Both of them looked to where she was, but Salamondra used it as a distraction and allowed him to escape as he pole vaulted. "I didn't think anyone would fall for that old..." He didn't finish that as a stream of light tackled him out of the air, twirled him around, and threw him back to the ground. He looked and saw all three of them had him surrounded. However, it didn't mean that Salamondra was trapped. "Dragon Fire!" Salamondra used his power on the ground and created an explosion. When they all tried to see through the smoke, he saw he was gone through an opening in the ground.
"Where'd he go?!" Guard Dad questioned.
"Salamondra has used his miraculous, but he'll transform back soon. Find him before he has the chance to change back." Shadow Knight ordered. All of them were about to do just that, but something stopped.
"I'm the winner!" Sweet Witch called as she showed she had Lucy with her flying over. "I found Lucy first!"
"Give me my baby!" Guard Dog ordered.
"That girl needs discipline!" Bake-King said.
"She doesn't need any of you trying to control her!" Shooting Star said as they discarded Black Knight's orders and chased after Sweet Witch and Lucy instead. Shooting Star used her powers and flew after them as she crashed into Sweet Witch and forced her to land on a roof. "You can't just take her away!"
"You have too many bad habits!" Bake-King said as the four villains gathered together again. "That girl clearly had too much freedom!"
"I'm the one one that knows how to raise her!" Guard Dad claimed. All four of the villains started arguing again, but it gave Lucy the chance she needed to escape. She looked around and found a fire escape and made her way down it so she could get out of there.
"I've got to find Stella." Lucy said as she hurried out of there to get Stella back. She can't save her family without her.
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Salamondra
Salamondra was down in the sewers and looked around to make sure he was alone. Thankfully, no one was around or followed after him.
"Fire Out!" Salamondra said as he turned back to Natsu. When Igneel came out, he handed him a piece of meat for him to eat.
"Hurry, Igneel. We're not out of this just yet." Natsu said as he knows this family drama isn't going to end any time soon.
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Lucy
Lucy searched around for Stella, but saw no sign of her. She kept looking until she soon found a series of empty galette boxes that were eaten. That meant that Stella had to be near. She followed the boxes and soon found Stella eating all the galettes she could.
"Stella! You can't stay here! Someone could see you!" Lucy said. "Everyone in my family has been etheriouized again! I need you to save them!"
"Sorry, but I can't help it, Lucy." Stella said as she kept eating until she realized there was only one left. "Oh no... Only one galette left! It's not enough! I need more... I must have more! I can make more!" Stella has lost it. Blue energy started to surround her as she was actually going to use her powers.
"Stella, no! A kwami using its powers without a holder will lead to disaster!" Lucy said.
"But I'm the kwami of creation! I can create anything!" Stella claimed. "Open the Celestial Gate!" Stella actually used her powers and a beam of blue light and power erupted right around her. She ended up getting a galette like she wanted, but the galette was massive with the Virgo sign on it. It was large enough to block out the sun. It appeared to be larger than the planet.
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Natsu
Seeing a giant galette block the sky was a hard thing to miss. Everyone noticed it and was terrified at what they were seeing. The gravitational force of the descending galette was actually starting to crush bridges and buildings.
"Oh boy. It looks like Twinkles used her powers." Igneel said as he and Natsu watched from the sewers.
"Twinkles?" Natsu questioned.
"Stella, Celestria's kwami." Igneel said. "It looks like she has the bad case of the munchies again. Last time this happened was when you humans invented chocolate. It rained chocolate bars for weeks, and that's not enjoyable as it sounds."
"Isn't there something we can do?" Natsu said.
"Why do you think I'm the kwami of destruction?" Igneel said with Natsu understanding what to do.
"Igneel, Fire Up! Power Up!" Natsu transformed into Salamondra again, but this time he was in an outfit designed for space. A dragon-designed helmet was placed over his head with his outfit looking more like armor designed to withstand the harshness of space and was given a set of wings. He flew straight up and was heading straight for the giant galette. He was able to break through the stratosphere and headed straight for the pastry without any problems. "Dragon Fire!" Salamondra reached for the galette and completely destroyed the entire thing in one touch.
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Lucy
"My galette!" Stella shouted as she was the only one unhappy to see it destroyed. "I'll just create another one!" She said as she was getting ready to do it again.
"Stella, I've never seen you like this." Lucy said as she was really upset with Stella and with herself. "Fangg was right. I don't know you as well as I thought. What I don't understand is why you never told me yourself. How come you never said anything?" That seemed to have gotten Stella to settle down as she did seemed ashamed of how she acted.
"I was afraid to tell you." Stella said. "The truth is that I do get embarrassed by it, but I can't seem to help myself. I was too embarrassed to say anything."
"Oh, Stella..." Lucy said as she felt so bad for her. "Everyone has some form of weakness. It's okay. You're always helping me overcome my weaknesses, but now let me help you with yours. Just focus on me and not the galette." She said as she held out her hand. "I know you can resist. You're stronger than this craving." Stella was tempted to have more galettes as temptation was a powerful force, but Stella was able to resist thanks to Lucy's encouragement and took her hand. "See? You can resist. Now, Twinkle!" She transformed once again and was back in action.
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Family Heart
All four of the villains kept arguing about their problem, apparently unaware of what just happened.
"Lucy! Where's my baby?!" Guard Dad said as they all noticed she was gone. When that happened, all four of them took to the streets and called out for Lucy. As for Salamondra, he returned to normal and kept himself hidden until Celestria showed up.
"Sorry about that Salamondra, but thanks for covering for me." Celestria said.
"Igneel told me about your kwami. Is everything okay now?" Salamondra asked.
"Yeah. Everything is under control now." Celestria said.
"The rest I understand, but didn't you give Mrs. Heartfilia a magical charm?" Salamondra said. "How did she get etheriouized with the rest of her family?"
"I did give her one. He must have found a way to override their power, but we can just save them again." Celestria said as this isn't going to stop her. Both of them dived down to the streets and faced all four villains. With the villains taking notice of them, they attacked as the men faced Salamondra and the women faced Celestria. Both Guard Dad and Bake-King jumped at Salamondra and tried to strike him, but he jumped out of the way. Shooting Star and Sweet Witch tried blasting Celestria, but she kept twirling her whip around and used it as a shield.
"Which object of theirs do you think holds the etherious?" Salamondra questioned as he kept trying to avoid being hit by both villains.
"It can't be personal object. It has to be something that applies to all four." Celestria said as she threw her whip around Sweet Witch and tossed her against Shooting Star. "Open the Celestial Gate!" She used her powers and ended up getting a paper crown with the Leo sign on it. "A crown? That's it!" She said as she figured it out. "It must be in the charm that was hidden in their galette! Keep them from following me!"
"Me?! Alone?!" Salamondra questioned, but Celestria was already leaving. He felt like he was in trouble here.
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The Heartfilia Apartment
Celestria made it back to her apartment and found the charm inside the galette. She was about to break it herself, but she heard Salamondra run through the door and slammed it shut, trying to keep it shut.
"Sorry, but it was four against one." Salamondra said as the villains bashed against the door to get themselves in. Celestria hurried over and helped him keep it shut.
"Here." Celestria said as she handed the chip to Salamondra.
"Dragon Fire!" He used his powers and ended up destroying the ship. When the mega etherious came out, they were surprised by it's new look. "What the...?!"
"So that's how Black Knight did it! A more powerful etherious!" Celestria said as she now sees the truth, but she could still catch it as she activated her whip. "No more evildoing for you, you mega etherious. Time to de-evillize!" She tossed her whip and caught it just like all the other times. "Gotcha! Bye-Bye, little guy." She said as she could still purify and release it. Once it was done, the Heartfilia family returned to normal.
"Since I have the charm, I'm king. Does that mean you'll be my queen, Celestria?" Salamondra joked.
"Just this once." Celestria said as she humored him. "Miraculous Starlight!" She tossed the paper crown in the air and unleashed the magic stars that fixed everything.
"Pound it!" Both heroes celebrated with the family reentering their home. This time, Celestria created four charms each colorfully designed after their alter egos.
"I can't promise that these charms will protect you anymore, but they might remind you that a family shouldn't argue so much." Celestria said as she did what she could to help her family as she handed each one of them one and hopes they'll act more like a family.
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Black Knight
"Four villains might not be enough, but I'll just send more and more. It will be a royal treatment, Celestria, and I shall be the one that rules as king! No matter what I have to do, I shall bring my parents back to me." Black Knight claimed as his fight isn't over and he's fighting for his own family.
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Lucy
"Here you all go! I managed to get another piece for all of you to try." Lucy said as she handed a piece of galette for all the kwamis to try, but they were a little nervous to try it in front of Stella. "Don't worry about Stella. She's learning to control herself." She said as Stella was really behaving. That allowed the kwamis to each try some of the galette.
"I'm really sorry, Lucy. I didn't think I would go through something like that again." Stella claimed. "Although, I thought about what to do for next time. I just need to try new sweets more often." She claimed, but she and Lucy just laughed. That just left one thing left for Lucy to do as she stepped outside with the rest of her family.
"Lucy, we all owe you an apology." Edger said.
"We all thought we knew what was best for you." Jude said.
"But we should thought about asking what you wanted." Anna said as they all felt rather bad for not considering that.
"It's all okay. I honestly love this scooter." Lucy said as she did love the gift she got. "Although, I probably could use helmet to go with it." She claimed with all of them thinking that's pretty responsible of her. It seems Lucy really can take care of herself just fine, but still has a family that loves her so much. Now they just need to prevent themselves from having a heart attack while she's on it.
