Celestial Spirit Princess - Leo x Lucy

Chapter 4: Sagittarius, Capricorn, and Aquarius

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. "