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It has been a few days since Harry awoke in the hospital. He realized he slept for a few days before that, but Fairy Tail's healer told him it was because of his magic running a little low. During the few days he was awake, he meditated. He continued his search for his inner animal, and he got so close he could have touched it. He's been really looking for the face, since it was a huge animal, so he could find out what he will become. All he needs to do now is find the face of the creature, talk with it – or tame – and then become one with it.

Since Harry made so much progress in finding his animagus form, Fawkes agreed to start teaching him telepathy. Within the three days he was stuck in the hospital he was able to use the ability, but only slightly. Fawkes said that Harry sounded like how he himself does when he's been reborn. He sounded like a radio that has little reception. Harry's just glad that he learned even a little bit of telepathy; this way if he needed his familiar he wouldn't have to worry about if Fawkes was listening in or not.

What made Harry really joyful was that he was finally let out of the hospital. His leg is still broken, and that he needed a crutch, but he doesn't care. He was finally free from his prison that everyone calls a bed!

He goes to where the guild is being rebuilt, and while there he learned that he got really lucky for dodging the Magic Council. It would seem that while he was out cold for those few days, everyone was interrogated by the council shortly after their fight with Phantom Lord. They showed up like not even five minutes after Harry was dragged to his prison…um he meant hospital…

Since he showed up at the guild today, though, he also missed Laxus. Apparently, Laxus was mocking his guildmates again, and Harry wasn't here to cool the fire. Harry rubbed at his temple to get rid of the tension that formed there after hearing about the lightning mage.

Harry sits down next to Lucy at the bar counter, while Mira told everyone that they could go on jobs again. Lucy said that she should pick one as well, but wait till everyone clears out first.

"Yeah, that's a smart idea," Harry said. "You might get trampled." He took a sip of his tea that Mira gave him.

"How's your leg, Harry?" Lucy asked, making Mira intrigued at the answer.

"It should be healed in the next week. The doctor told me to try and keep off of it till then." He looked down at his leg. "Meaning I can't go on any jobs."

Fawkes, who was eating some seeds from his bowl on the counter, nodded his head in agreement to the doctor. {You still could use that spell you now fully remember to help around here,} he suggested.

Harry knows that Fawkes was talking about Wingardium Leviosa. He remembered the wand movement and the feel of it while meditating. The other memory that came with it was of a boy with red hair using the spell to levitate a club and dropping it on some ugly creature's head. It was just a flash, so that was all he could remember.

Lucy excused herself from the bar to go find a job to do. It would seem that Natsu beat her to it though, and he and the rest of Team Zeal went with Lucy on some acting job. Harry was happy that his leg was broken, because he did not want to go on such a job. He turns back to Mira.

"So I remembered a new spell. I could use it to hand food over to everyone," he told her.

Mira smiled. "That would be helpful, thank you." She handed him a plate and pointed out who had ordered it. Harry levitated it over to the man who made the order, somewhat surprising him when he saw his food floating towards him.

Mira giggled at the sight, reminding Harry about something they needed to talk about. He blushed, not really sure how to go about the conversation or to even start it. He decided to blunt.

"So about the kiss," he started, "I was wondering if I may have… well…" He didn't know what to say. He mind was drawing on blanks right now.

Mira smiled, seeming to know what it was he was trying to say. "I enjoyed it, Harry. You didn't offend me," she replied.

Harry blew out the breath he didn't know he was holding with a huge wave of relief. "Oh, that's good, because I was wondering if you would…like to…gooutwithme!" He said the last bit too found for even Jet to follow if he was paying attention.

"Harry, can repeat that a little slower?" Mira said amused.

Harry's face was as red as an apple now. "I wanted to know if you would like to… go out with me…?" he said meekly and not looking into her eyes. 'Stupid, like she would say ye…"

"Yes, I would like to go out with you, Harry."

'yes…Wait…WHAT?!' Harry turned to face her in his shock. "You would?" he asked hopefully.

"Of course I would. I do like you, Harry. I would like to give it a try." Harry smiled, and mentally whooped.

"Where and when would you like to go?" he asked.

It has been a couple of days since Team Fairy Zeal left on some jobs, and Harry has been sitting at the bar passing food to everyone that ordered it with the levitating charm. He's delighted he could do something, because he hated the feeling of being helpless. Castor was playing with Romeo behind the guild by the water while Harry worked, but he made sure that they could still be seen from where he sat.

"Hey Harry, Mira!" Harry looked over to see who it was that called. It was a random guild member – Harry can't remember his name – that called. He was waving to get their attention. "Pass some grub over here, please!" the man said.

"It'll be right there!" Mira said.

"What do you want?" Harry asked. The man gave his order, and Mira went to go cook it. Once it was done, Harry drew his wand out.

"Wingardium Leviosa," he cast on the plate of food, levitating it over to the man that made the order. While it was floating to the random guild member, Harry had to make the plate go higher, because otherwise it would have hit Loki on the head. Once the plate was given to the man, Harry called out, "Hey Loki, what's got you so deep in thought over there?"

Loki looked up when he heard his name being called. He starts to make his way over to Harry, and takes a seat next to him.

"I'll have some booze, please," Loki requested of Mira before turning to Harry. "I'm fine, I've just been thinking of someone I lost quite a while ago," he answered Harry's question.

"Oh…I guess it's close to the time then?" Harry asked.

Loki shrugged. "Not really… I have just been feeling like she's haunting me lately." He paused when he got his beer and took a sip. "I've been seeing her out of the corner of my eye."

Harry could see a look of deep regret in Loki's eyes. 'Does he blame himself for his friend's death?' Before Harry could ask something along his thought process, Loki finished his drink.

{That was fast,} Fawkes said impressed.

"I need to get going. I've been looking for Lucy as well. Do you know where I could find her?" Loki asked.

"You're looking for Lucy? Since when were you okay being near her? You normally avoid her like she's something to fear," Harry question in surprise.

"The woman I told you about, she was a celestial mage. So it was hard being near another since their kind is rare," Loki said. "I just needed to tell Lucy something."

Harry gets a feeling there is a lot more to it than that. "You might want to ask Mira, she might know where to find her." Loki nodded in thanks.

"By the way, good job getting Mira to go on a date with you," he said with that playboy smirk on his face.

Harry rolled his eyes. "Yeah, thanks," he said with a grateful smile.

After Loki got the information from Mira, he left. Harry and Fawkes watched him go. Once he was out of sight, Fawkes said, {His life force feels weak.}

{What…mean…?} Harry asked, or at least tried to.

{I'm glad you're using this time to practice, because you suck still.} Harry glared at his familiar for the insult. {Anyway, what I mean is that he feels like he's dying.}

Harry's eyes widen in horror. 'What, but how? He's still so young!' he thought to himself, but Fawkes still heard him.

{What does he feel like to you, Harry?}

{…don't know. What…mean…?}

{Does he feel human, or something else?}

Harry wasn't expecting that question. He looked down in thought and tried to remember the feel he got from Loki. After a bit of thinking, he replied, {…feels…Lucy's…spirits… can't be right… There…no mages helping…stay out…}

{There have been spirits that have come out without the help of their mage. I know it's hard to believe, but it can happen. When it does, it can drain them of their life force,} Fawkes explained. {You're getting better, by the way.}

Harry was rubbing his head to help get rid of the ache. It took a lot of concentration to make more completed sentences. {But…he…spirit?}

{I don't know…} Fawkes said thoughtfully. {I have never seen a spirit not go back to their world if they're dying.}

{Maybe…feels…spirit, because he…close…death…} Harry said brokenly, but not fully in the upset meaning.

{He feels like a spirit, because he is close to death, huh? That could be it…} Fawkes said. {I would say he has until tonight or sometime tomorrow.}

Harry doesn't like the sound of that.

Evening the next day, Harry saw Loki still wandering around. He felt relieved, because it meant he had more time to think of a way to save him. That wasn't the only thing that happened today though; Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Gray, and Erza returned from their jobs.

Harry noticed the look on Lucy's face. She seems to be musing about something that is worrying her.

'I guess Loki found her,' he thought.

"Hey Harry, how have you been?" Natsu's voice snapped Harry out of his thoughts. Harry looked up and saw the dragon slayer now in front of him, along with the rest of Team Fairy Zeal.

"Does your leg feel any better?" Gray asked.

Harry smiled cheerfully at them. "Yeah, I'm doing great, but I'm worried about Loki," he answered Natsu's question first before Gray's. "As for my leg, it has been doing better. By next week, it should be healed completely."

"What's wrong with Loki?" Erza asked in concern.

"Fawkes said something about his life force being weak. I've been trying to find out what is wrong, but I'm running out of time," Harry replied.

"Did you tell anyone?" Lucy asked, looking more worried than before.

"Umm…" Harry shifted in his stool and not looking at anyone in the eyes. "I didn't want to worry anyone else; Besides, I can't really leave this spot unless I'm going home," he answered.

"Where is he now?" Gray and Natsu demanded.

"He should be around…" Harry looked around to lay eyes on Loki, only to not see him anywhere, "here… Where did he go?"

"You lost him?" Gray asked angrily, but he got hit on the back of his head for it.

"Go easy on Harry, Gray. He's been busy giving out food orders. He could not keep his eyes on Loki 24/7," Erza said.

"He was just here though," Harry said, looking more vexed.

"Let's start searching for him then," Natsu declared. "I should be able to find him by sniffing him out." He took off after saying this.

"While he's looking for a scent, I'm going to start searching this way," Gray said, going the opposite direction from Natsu.

Happy went with Natsu, and Lucy said that she'll start to look too. Erza placed a hand on Harry's shoulder. "I'll start searching as well. You go tell everyone else that Loki is missing," she ordered. Harry nodded his head in understanding. Once Erza was out of sight, Harry called Mira over.

He told her what was going on with Loki and that he was missing. Mira got everyone's attention and told everyone in the guild what Harry said. Makarov, after hearing the story, ordered everyone to start searching for their friend.

Harry couldn't sit around and do nothing while everyone else searched for a friend of theirs', who could be dying right now, for all they knew.

Before Harry left to start looking, he told Castor to go back to the apartment, and that he will find Loki. Fawkes brought the kid home and teleported back to Harry when he was done. Harry uses Fawkes' ability to feel out life forces to help them find Loki.

They were at a standstill because Fawkes had a hard time feeling Loki's life, but he finally managed to find it. It was very weak, but still there. They follow it within the dark night. Harry was glad it was late, because there are fewer people wandering around. If there had been more, Fawkes would have had a harder time tracking Loki.

They were getting closer, but before they were maybe a mile still away from him, a bright light created by a cluster of stars formed above where they sensed not only Loki, but Lucy as well. Harry's eyes widened when he sees a giant being with a crazy mustache and in armor appear from the stars. The being looks like a king of shorts. Harry pushed that thought to the back of his mind and started moving again to reach where the giant, Lucy, and Loki are.

Harry turned the last corner that landed him at some kind of bridge that ends with a gravestone surrounded by a huge waterfall. Next to the grave are Lucy and Loki, who noticed him after they realized that the giant being was no longer looking at them but at Harry.

"Harry? What are you doing here?" Lucy and Loki asked at the same time in surprised.

Harry moved closer to them when he saw that the being wasn't attacking them. Once in front of them, he said, "I saw this guy and worried that he was an enemy, because I knew that you guys were here. I feared he would have attacked you."

Loki opened his mouth to say something, but the giant being beat him to it. "Are you Harry Potter?" he asked.

Harry's head snapped up to face the giant when he said his name. "Yeah, how do you know my name?" he asked.

"An old friend of mine told me. Death has been interested in you since before you were born."

Harry's eyes widened. "Why would he be interested in me? Does he… Was I not supposed to live or something?"

"Tom Riddle is the one that shouldn't be alive. Death has chosen you before fate could," the being said. "I am known as the Celestial Spirit King, and Death wished me to tell you this: When the bringer of destruction comes to collect, the master shall meet his eternal teacher."

"What does that mean?" Harry asked in utter confusion.

"That is for you to find out on your own." He returned his attention to Lucy and Loki. "Leo, you may come back to the Celestial Spirit World, but you will become Lucy's Spirit." Loki nodded his head in thanks.

"Thank you, old friend. I promise to protect Lucy till my star falls."

The Celestial Spirit King nods his head in acceptance. "Lucy, I have something else I would like for you to have." A glowing star floats away from the king and toward Lucy. She holds up her hands where it lands to reveal a red key. Her eyes widened in shock. They were so wide that Harry and Leo thought that her eyeballs were going to fall out of her head.

"This is a red myth key!" Lucy exclaimed. "I've read about them, but I didn't know that existed."

"What are they?" Harry asked.

Lucy turned to him. "They make up the Chinese Zodiac." She looks back down at the key in her hands. "But I don't know which one this is." There was a symbol of a lily on the key, which is what threw Lucy into confusion.

"That is the gate key to the rabbit. The lily is one of her lucky flowers," the king said. "The name of the sky rabbit is Lupus. I know that you will treat these spirits well."

Lucy held the key to her heart. "Thank you, Celestial Spirit King. I'll take good care of her."

The king nodded his head in acknowledgement. "Once you have mastered this spirit, I shall give you another; however, if something were to happen to you or one of the spirits, the keys will return to me. It is very rare that a Celestial mage is gifted with the trust of these spirits. Many have used their unique powers for evil. Some do have a darker nature, but their powers were not made for it. These spirits are a peaceful and protective race."

"What kind of powers do they have?" Lucy asked.

The king paused for a moment before smirking. "Smile," was all he said.

Loki – or rather Leo – sweat dropped. "That means you're going to have to find out on your own," he said.

"My friends, I wish you the best of luck. Harry," Harry perked up at the sound of his name "remember the message that Death has entrusted me to give to you."

"I will," he said solemnly. With that all said and done, the Celestial Spirit King vanished from their plane of existence. Leo shortly followed after thanking Lucy for saving him.

Harry turns to Lucy after the two of them stared at the star covered sky. "We should go and tell the others we found him, and go home. I don't know about you, but I'm tired," he said before using his crutch to move back the way he came.

Lucy followed after him. "Do you have any idea what the king meant about the bringer of destruction and master meeting teacher thing?"

Harry moved his green eyes to look into Lucy's brown ones. "Nope," he said with a pop, "I haven't gotten the foggiest." He looks at his silent familiar. "Do you have any ideas, Fawkes?" Fawkes shook his head in the negative. Harry sighed in defeat. "Well, there you have it. No one has a clue."

"I'm sure will find out what it means when the time comes," Lucy said.

"Yeah, but it doesn't sound all that good. I mean 'when the bringer of destruction comes to collect'? I'm not looking forward to that," Harry said. "Let's just go. That way we can all go to bed."

"Right."

TBC

Finally Harry and Mira are going out! Not only that, but Lucy got two new spirits. Since her dragon slayer magic is going to be next to not ever showing, she is getting more keys. I know, I should have picked one or the other, but I didn't think I would ever use the idea again in any other fanfic, since Lucy is not one of my favorite characters.

Natsu: Why not? D:

Enj/Dark: I really don't know. It might be that in every Fairy Tail fanfic that I have read, she is the main character when I want it to be you, Natsu. You and Zeref."

Harry: Why Zeref?

Enj/Dark: I'm not telling, but this is a hint for anyone who would like to write more on brotherly love! :3

Voldy: What…?

Enj/Dark: Again, I'm not telling. Harry?

Harry: Oh fine, don't tell us. Please review!