The next morning, Lucy never felt more excited to get out of bed. She remembered to put on the blue bow and worn her small bag with the Zodiac keys of course. As she ate breakfast, the memories from yesterday went through her head. She made four friends who were very unique in their own weird way. During training, she did not use her keys because knowing that there was another one in the mortal world, she did not want to summon one while they were needed just in case. She got out of the kingdom and walked towards the gate. Leo was already waiting for her there but Lucy arrived just on time.

"Good morning, Princess," the prince greeted. There was not a sun or moon in the celestial world but somewhere would be more lit than others to indicate a day and night. The spirits had a 24 hour time schedule just like Earth (unlike in the Fairy Tail world where a day in the spirit world is three month on Earth).

"Good morning, Leo," Lucy replied. "I'm ready to go." They traveled to their fire destination - The Star of Sagittarius. But they had an interesting conversation before they reached it.

"So first stop is Sagittarius, right?" Lucy asked.

"Yep, the star shines its brightest on your birthday, December 1st," Leo remembered. "I would never forget it. The day when you were born was important to the whole celestial world. "

"I heard," Lucy recalled the time she learned about it in History. Ophiuchus, the 13th Zodiac known as the serpent bearer, was the leader of the black key spirits. Their goal is to become free from their keys and take over both worlds. At the other side of the world, her star shines brightest from November 29 to December 18 which is within the time when Sagittarius' star glows brightest. A long time ago, the dark spirits attacked on Nov. 29th at Sagittarius star first. All of the Zodiacs teamed up to protect the star. The battle lasted for about three days, and on the final day Ophiuchus' soldiers were about to win. The Zodiacs were being pushed back. But before Ophiuchus had completely destroyed the star and defeated the Zodiacs, Princess Lucy was just born. The Spirit King that trusted Zodiacs will end the fight, so he made sure that Lucy was brought to the world safely. A shining light appeared in the distance which was a sign that the Princess was born. Somehow, her light wave each of the good celestial spirits more energy and hope. Then miraculously the Zodiacs defeated Ophiuchus.

"We owe our lives to you," Leo said to her. "So the least we could do for now is to give you our keys."

"I'm glad that I could help right when I was born," she laughed. "But if she ever comes back again, I'll definitely fight with you guys." She punched her other palm and smiled.

The lion smiled back and tilted his head a little up. "Say, I wonder how compatible is a Leo and Sagittarius is."

Lucy blushed. She would make short romance stories of a couple who have compatible signs. She learned that a Leo and Sagittarius are both fire signs and both adventurous. They have one of the best compatibilities.

They never answered the question as they walked towards the Sagittarius' star. Since the battle happened so long ago, the place did not seem like anything bad happened. There were a lot of trees and arrows lying around the forest that they walked into. Sagittarius lived in a solitary life but a nomadic one. But Leo knew the last place he settled in. There was a large green tent with a Sagittarius symbol on it in an open field. Lucy was surprised that Leo knew exactly where he lived in the vast forest.

"How did you know he lives here?" Lucy asked curiously.

As they walked closer, he replied, "As the leader of the Zodiacs, it's one of my duties to know where each Zodiac lives in case of emergencies. Sagittarius is the hardest to remember but he has a pattern of where he goes. "

They stand in front of the tent and Leo called for him, "Sagittarius? It's me, Leo. Princess Lucy came to visit. "

"Miss Lucy ?!" A low male voice with a slight accent was heard from the inside. "Please come in!"

They went inside and saw a cozy home-like setting. In one part of the tent was dedicated to a collection of arrows and bows. Sagittarius was in the middle of refining his arrows. He stood up immediately and saluted her. He was a tall, black-haired man wearing a horse costume. Over the horse costume, he wore a green shirt with yellow trims followed by a red and yellow pair of striped pants and purple frills. A large bow was fastened to his back by a red strap along with an equally large quiver.

Knowing what he was going to look like from books, Lucy was not too surprised by his appearance. "Hey Sagittarius, how's it going?"

"I'm doing splendid, Miss Lucy. Thank you for asking. "He was still saluting for some reason.

"Uh, you do not have to keep saluting me, or even be that formal to me."

Leo explained to her, "It's just his personality to be formal."

Sagittarius put down his arm and happily said, "I'm so glad you came to visit. You too Leo. I could not wait to finally meet you in person, Miss Lucy. You saved my Star and I can not thank you enough. "

"Oh, no problem," the princess awkwardly laughed. "I am a Sagittarius now too."

"And I feel so special for you to be. Come, Miss Lucy, I want to show you my collection, "he walked towards his set and the two followed. They took about 20 minutes going through his collection. Lucy was surprised to find her interested in archery. Meanwhile, Leo had already heard his lecture and ended it again.

Once Sagittarius was done, he requested one last thing. "Miss Lucy, before you go, may I demonstrate my archery skills to you?"

"Of course!" She exclaimed.

"However, I want to impress you immensely. In order for you to receive my key, I'll shoot an apple on top of your head, "he said, grabbing an apple from a bowl.

"Wait! I've loved to have your key, but not for the cost of my life! "

Leo tried to calm her down, "If it was any other archer, I would say no. But you can trust Sagittarius here. His aim is always accurate. "

"Even you are crazy!" She could feel herself starting to sweat. "I do trust you, Sagittarius. But please do not make me do this, "she begged.

"I understand, Miss Lucy. Then instead, prove your archery abilities to me and I'll judge by your performance, "he suggested while grabbing a bow for her.

"That's much better. Oh, you do not have to get a bow for me. I have one of my own when I use the Star Dress. "Lucy transformed into her Sagittarius star dress in front of them. Her outfit was a light green and yellow twin tailed coat and sleeves that left the shoulders and upper back bare. She had a pair of dark thigh-high boots with light trim at the top. Her hair was in still in a ponytail but in the back instead of the side. In addition, Sagittarius's zodiac sign was printed on the left shoulder. She held her golden bow on her side.

"Like a true archer, Miss Lucy," Sagittarius complimented.

"Beautiful as always," Leo noted too. "Can not wait to see how you look in a Leo star dress," he winked.

"Someday," she rolled her eyes. "But let's go!" They walked out the tent and Sagittarius led them to a place where targets were already set up. Arrows magically appeared whenever she drew her bow. There were five goals in front of her and for each draw she carefully aimed at them. She lived up to her Zodiac sign by getting bulls eyes on all of them.

"Not bad, Miss Lucy," Sagittarius complimented. "Expected from a Sagittarius."

"I need to be careful around you when you have a bow and arrow," Leo nudged.

"You better be!" She exclaimed while flexing her arm.

"As promised, here's my key." He handed her the key that even looked like an arrow on one end. She added it to her collection in her pocket.

"Thanks! We have to go now. It was nice meeting you, "Lucy said.

"We shall meet again someday. To-de-lo! "He saluted.

The prince and princess made their way to the next destination: the Star of Capricorn. Sagittarius saw their shadows right before he turned away. But it was not sunny. He turned around to confirm what he saw, but they were already gone.

Those shadows left their host and flew away. They quickly traveled deep underground until they reached the Black Spirit World. The place was mostly dark and had one but huge star where all the dark spirits stayed. Inside of shining light, it shined darkness in the underworld. The two shadows traveled to a kingdom where a Queen sat at her throne. They transformed to shadow beings where they could stand up before her.

One of them said, "My Queen, the Princess has been set free from the palace. Our time has finally come. "

The Queen responded, "Perfect. We will ss-send the Eclips-s-se Gate to the mortal world and our plan will begin in controlling the Celes-s-stial World. "

Meanwhile, the prince and princess arrived at Capricorn's Star. It was similar to Virgo's Star where many of its residents worked at other stars. But the Zodiac lived in a more luxurious place than others. Leo knocked on the door and Capricorn answered.

"Ah, Miss Lucy," he greeted with a surprised face. "Fancy seeing you here is all of a sudden. I longed to see you one day. "He gave a slight bow with his right hand on his heart. Capricorn was literally a white goat but in a tuxedo and with black shades. He welcomed them in where they could all sit with some tea. Leo and Capricorn are close friends as well. They would sometimes train with each other for agility and stealth. As they relaxed, Lucy explained why she finally could travel outside the palace, and Capricorn described the lifestyle in this Star, some stories he wanted to share, and the poems he wrote.

"There is one thing I request before I give you my key, Miss Lucy."

"What is it?" She hoped it was not as bad as Sagittarius' first wish.

"Please, let me read you one of my favorite poems that I dedicated to you," he already started pulling it out from his collection on a shelf.

She silently sighed in relief. "Of course! I would love to hear it. "

"Splendid! Here it is. "He stood up the whole time reading it in a poetic voice. The poem was like a narrative about when the Black Spirits invaded the upper world and how she saved them the power and hope. Then afterwards, all of the Zodiacs wished to see her all grown up in the future. Everyone wanted to see her even when she was a child, but the King strictly forbid anyone to go in or out the palace, unless he got the spirit the ability to. It was a longer poem than Lucy expected. Literature was her passion, but not so much in poetry. She and even Leo tried to not look tired or bored from it, even though it was well written. Once he was finished, he handed his key to her.

"Thank you so much. We do have to go to our next Zodiac star. "

"I'll always be by your side when you request for it. Farewell and till we meet again. "He bowed again as they left.

During their walk, Lucy commented, "That was not so bad. Capricorn looks so nice. "

"Yep, he is very polite. But I'm not into poems that much. "

"Me either. But I would suspect you would. Could not you make romantic poems since you're the flirty type, "she pointed out.

Leo raised his eyebrow, "You're expecting me to write you one."

"I did not mean that!" Her face was starting to turn red.

He stopped their walking and grabbed her hand. "I could write one for you if you want," he winked as he kissed her hand.

She was definitely blushing at this point, but she dropped her hand away. "Do not waste your time on it. Let's just go. "They continued walking but he was thinking and smiling in the meanime.

As they approached the Star of Aquarius, Leo quickly warned Lucy about the Zodiac. "So I probably should tell you just in case you did not know, Aquarius may be more" moody "than other Zodiacs. But she's a good person in heart. "

"I read papers on celestial wizards who had her key. Each time she's summoned, she attacks them for any reason. So I have a general sense of how she is. If I get her key, hopefully she will not do the same thing to me, "she replied nervously.

The Star was mostly made of water (not surprising). Aquarius' home was a blue mansion with a lot of underwater decorations like seashells, pearls, etc. The two were granted entrance by the maids since they were the prince and princess. The mansion was very open and contained one room larger than the others. Lucy assumed she lived there. They went up and knocked.

"Aquarius? It's Lucy, Princess Lucy. "There was a slight pause before the door swung open. She was literally a mermaid that floated a little bit above the ground. She had a long, blue fish-tail and light blue hair that reaches up to her waist, and blue eyes to match it all. She wore a dark blue bikini top and on each arm, she has a golden armlet and bracelet. Aquarius also has a headband, three piercings on her tail, and a golden belt at her waist and light blue crystal earrings. A dark blue Aquarius zodiac symbol tattoo rests right under her collarbone. She would normally hold a water vessel but not for now.

She had a surprised expression at first but she quickly crossed her arms and looked annoyed. "You finally showed up after all this time."

"Hey! It was not my fault, "Lucy knew she was mean but did not expect to get this welcome.

"Whatever. You think you can just show up out of nowhere like it's nothing? "She turned around and walked back in her room. She did not close the door so they assumed they could go in.

Leo then said, "Oh Aquarius. The King finally allowed her to explore so can you show some happiness that you could finally see her. "

The mermaid slowly turned around and showed a more of a neutral face. "Even though you saved all of us on your birthday, you were only a baby. I do not know how you are now. "

"But now is the perfect opportunity!" Leo exclaimed. "This is the purpose of Lucy's tour: to meet all the Zodiacs and let them meet her."

"I see. Well the first thing you should learn is that you can not just see or summon me whenever you want! "She grabbed her vessel and swung it towards us which caused a huge wave of water to splash on them. Leo was behind Lucy so the wave pushed her back in front of him and out the door. Aquarius' room was on the second floor so the two rode the wave over the balcony and down the ground. Lucy fell on top of Leo who was happy to have her pillow but felt some pain from the ground that hard. The princess immediately got up and tried help him up. He slowly got up and rubbed his back. They were both soaked.

Aquarius looked down the balcony at them. "Or else that would happen to you but even worse if you interrupt me from doing something more important!"

"But Aquarius, isn't your job to help your celestial wizards?" The blonde asked confusedly.

"You think we're just your slaves ?! We have our own lives too you know! "The mermaid prepared another wave to send them out the door.

As the water rushed down toward them, Leo reached out to her and yelled, "Lucy!"

But a bright golden light shined when the wave was supposedly to crash on them. Leo turned around to block his eyes from it while Aquarius did not know what was happening. When he could see again, he was surprised to see Lucy in her Aquarius star dress. But he did know she was training in her star dress for these past years. She didn't need the celestial zodiac keys to transform. She wore a green bikini top that sports a yellow zigzag design; frilled, dark sleeves that are secured around their upper arm by a ribbon; and a frilled, dark miniskirt; around said miniskirt is a ribbon that is tied in bow to keep it secure. Her hair was tied up in pigtails and she wore sandals. Aquarius' zodiac sign was on her collarbone too. She blocked the wave by holding one of her hand out to create a force field. Her head was still turned towards Leo because she did not know if she would be quick enough. She then opened her eyes and faced forward. Once the wave was cleared out the door, Aquarius was surprised that she blocked it. But then the mermaid realized it was the princess she was facing after all.

Lucy said, "I plan to treat my spirits as friends, as comrades. I would never think of you guys as slaves. Although we're immortal, we are everything else like the mortals. I value your lives and will fight along during battles. "

Aquarius stared at her when she spoke. Her hands were crossed and her look was kept straight. She then turned around and started going back to her room. "Tsh, I'm busy right now." She threw her key behind her and it landed on Lucy's hand. "We can know more about each other at another time."

Lucy smiled. She knew that Aquarius was trying to keep her character. Before the mermaid was about to close her door, she said to her, "If I had met you earlier, I bet we would have been great friends." Aquarius closed the door and made a slight smile.

The two walked out the mansion after meeting her. Lucy changed back to her regular outfit and spoke, "Well, that was something." She put her key in her pocket. Six Zodiac keys plus her own were in her possession.

"Yeah, you took it well though. I can dry you if you want. "Her clothes were discharged from changing back but her hair and skin was not.

Lucy was curious at how he could, so Leo created a bright golden light and his hair and suit was discharged up. "Whoa! That's cool, "Lucy exclaimed. Leo lent both his hands out and she put hers on top of them. He transferred his light and the aura was on her. She also felt something else in the aura. It felt like it came from his heart instead of his Regulas power.

"Thanks," she was waiting for him to let go of his hands but he kept the moment going.

"That thing you said to Aquarius after you defected her attack ... that was sweet of you." His hazel eyes stared at hers.

She blushed and replied, "Well, aren't celestial wizards supposed to treat them like that?"

"Not all of them do. But we do something about when we have to. "

"I will too. Spirits should be treated like friends. "

Leo was starting to get closer to her face. Lucy noticed and moved back. She folded back her hands and repeated, "Friends."

"It would be a predicament for an immortal and mortal to be together. But we would not be part of that problem, "he winked.

She rolled her eyes. "Let's just go." They walked back to the entrance of her kingdom.

"Well farewell, Princess." She kissed her hand. "We'll meet again tomorrow and meet three more Zodiacs."

She nodded, "Yep, see you tomorrow. Thanks! "

Leo walked away while Lucy stared at his back. She was thinking about that aura. It felt so warm, genuine, and loving. It made her feel that she was not alone anymore, unlike when she was in her palace. She historically walked back to her room and waited for lunch.