Celestial Spirit Princess - Leo x Lucy

Chapter 1: An Eternal Adventure Begins

A beautiful blonde princess lay on her bed with arms and legs spread out. She wore a golden dress that covered her wrist to her ankle. Zodiac signs of different colors filled her dress. She always had her long hair in a side ponytail on the right. She also looked about 18 years old, but in the celestial spirit world, people age much more slowly than the mortals. Her brown eyes stared at the ceiling that had a space with constellations wallpaper.

Every day was pretty much the same for her. In the kingdom, every morning, she would get up and eats breakfast made by the best chefs. She has private tutors to teach her academics. Her favorite subject was Literature, and she sometimes wrote her own stories about adventures she wished to have. In the afternoon, she practiced her magic powers with trainers. She had the powers of all the Zodiac spirits. If she used a star dress, her power for that specific Zodiac would increase five times, but she would only be able to use that one power. However, lately, she's been working on her own spell based on what she learned in magic class. Then after dinner, she would attend meetings or other Princess "duties" for the celestial world. Finally, she would go back to sleep, only to repeat the process again the next day

The Princess found no harm on what she was doing regularly. One thing she lacked: friends. Her father, the King, was really strict that she did not leave the kingdom. She could not anyways. She was a princess without her celestial key yet so she needed one made by her father to get through the invisible barrier around the kingdom. The Zodiac spirits were not allowed to meet her for some reason. So she tried to make friends with the servants around her, but none of them could match her adventurous and playful nature. Her father rarely met with her because he was really busy with maintaining the world. But he did say that there would be one day he will decide when she could be free. The princess kept waiting for that special day, still being hopeful every day.

Her eyes began to close. She was about to fall sleep before changing into her night gown. But her daydream about adventuring turned into a night dream.

The princess woke up from one of her maid calling her name. She sat up, realizing she accidently fall sleep. "Good morning," she said groggily.

"The king wishes to speak with you after you finish breakfast," the maid announced, bowing her head.

The blonde opened her eyes widly. Did she hear her right? Her dad finally came back to tell her she was free ?! She quickly dressed up and ate her breakfast. She almost ran to the throne room. Bowing to her father, she greeted, "Hello father."

"Hello my shining star. I miss you so much," he smoked in his huge seat.

Still excited for the potential news, she replied, "I missed you too."

"I noticed your improvements in your magic skills."

"Yes, I've even started making my own spell!"

"I'm impressed. I'll be excited to see it someday. But the reason I called you today is that because you reached a high level of your magic, I believe it is time you get your celestial key."

On the inside, the princess was jumping up and down. On the outside, she was trying to restrain herself but still wearing the biggest smile she ever had. "Thank you father! Words can not describe how happy I am."

"I'm glad you are. You've been so patient. I was actually busy making your key the last time I left." With some magic, a golden key appeared in front of her. On the end where you would hold it, the shape was a star with a flat diamond to fill in the middle. On the other end, it was heart shaped with gemstones around it.

The princess almost sacrificed at how beautiful it was. She tried to hold it in as she touched it delicately. Before she can comment on it to her dad, the king explained the rules for her key, "Your key will be different from all other keys. Also, when they summon you, it will take all the magical powers, either they are strong or not. That is all. "

"I understand. Thank you so much," she held the key close to her heart and bowed.

"One last thing, I have appointed Prince Leo the Lion to have a tour around the celestial world and mortal world. I trust him that he'll help you along your journey."

"Prince Leo?" She muttered.

"Princess Lucy," a guy behind her said. Lucy immediately turned around to see tall man in a tuxedo. He had an orange hair that mirrored a lion's mane. Even two spikes looked like lion ears. His hazel eyes met Lucy's brown ones. Although they have seen each other in books before, their appearance looked a lot more beautiful and handsome in person in their eyes.