The Forbidden Key

Six

"You don't mind if I tag along for this job?" Gray asked, "Can't find a job that pays enough."

"I was just going to ask you guys to come," Lucy said turning to her friends. Erza looked startled but nodded, "Very well," 

"Sorry for eavesdropping, but can I tag along as well?" A long blue-haired girl asked a white exceed followed her.

"Oh course Wendy," Natsu replied. Lucy towards Aria, who nodded. The girl felt strong and as if she could manage herself. Aria respected that. 

The crew walked away from Fairy tail, Lucy knew she had to tell Natsu the truth about Aria, but... She looked at Aria's emotionless face, did Aria want her to say something. As soon as they were far Aria stopped. 

"I won't lie to you all, I can give you a reward if you desire, but this isn't a normal job like others," Aria said. 

Lucy stopped and looked at Aria. The wind blew revealing silver hair on Aria's brown hair and her eyes glowed."Unlike other jobs, this job was created by Lucy herself with me...it's more a quest. A quest for a key."

"A key?" Gray asked confused. 

"Yes, the key, of the celestial sky guardian," Aria said. 

"A celestial key...isn't there only 12" The blue-haired Mage named, Wendy, asked. 

"Yes but the guardians are the backbone of the celestial world, along with the celestial King, they are equal to his power and became the protectors of the celestial spirits. But when Eclipse reached hit... And disorder broke out, so did the spirits. They couldn't keep up our goals of balance as they had done." Aria explained. She felt the pain in her heart after hearing the news from Leo, a while ago. After he, himself, recovered from Eclipse.

"So...the keys became disrupted." Aria continued, " Only the key of the sky guardian wasn't because....it was sealed away before anything, That spirit was banned." 

"Banned!" Everyone exclaimed.

"If we get the key back...I can restore this spirit" Lucy said. 

"But what about the other guardians?" Erza asked. 

"They were placed as guards of the key... They haven't recovered from Eclipse. Hence, they are ruthless fighters. So..." Aria looked at Lucy "Are you positive you desire to do this" 

Lucy nodded with confidence. Aria smiled at Lucy, her emblem glowed gold. 

"You're the spirit...." Carla, Wendy's exceed partner, said.

Aria looked at the she-cat and smiled "Yea...I'm Aria the guardian of the sky, the banned one. Do you all still wish to join Lucy on this quest?"

"Well duh," Natsu said "We would never abandon Lucy in a quest like this, especially when it's a friend" 

Aria blinked as they all smiled. Aria smiled and necklaces appeared on the others.

"You all have my support, I'll try to keep you all as safe as I can against the other guardians" 

The emblem on her collarbone glowed and a portal appeared behind her, "There's no turning back after this" she stated. 

The group nodded with reassurance. Aria let out a sigh of relief and turned towards the portal.

EDITED 01-04-2020