Home (Book 3)

Chapter Two

Celestia's POV

I sprouted out my wings and flew as fast as I could. Within minutes, I have reached the place Lucy disappeared. I slowly walked over to the ground. I spotted a sparkle, and I reached down to get it. It was Lucy's keys. She has 10 golden keys and they are Aquarius, Aries, Scorpio, Capricorn, Virgo, Taurus, Sagittarius, Cancer, Gemini, and Leo. She has 5 silver keys and they are Horologium, Pyxis, Lyra, Crux, and a Nikora. She have all the ruby keys, dragon keys, except for one, Mozou's key. I'm sure Canissa would be overjoyed to have the keys. Suddenly, the golden keys began shining, and all of her spirits appeared.

"Can you please tell us where Lucy went?" Leo asked.

"Wouldn't your contract be broken by now?" I asked.

"Well, no." Leo answered. "Unless Lucy's dead."

Upon that word, I literally choked. I swallowed a huge lump in my throat. I don't know how to tell them that Lucy is dead. If only this never happened. I sighed. How can I tell them this?

"Where is hime?" Virgo asked.

"Would you mind if I gave your keys to Lucy's sister?" I asked.

"Why? Where is Lucy-sama?" Capricorn asked.

"She... used the forbidden spell... so..." I mumbled. Every Immortal knows about the forbidden spell.

"What?! That's impossible!" Sagittarius exclaimed.

"She did it to purify Zeref." I explained.

"Well, what's her sister like?" Aquarius asked.

"Aquarius! We can't just give our keys away!" Leo exclaimed.

"To hime's sister, we can." Virgo said.

"No we cannot!" Leo argued.

"Do it for Lucy-sama ebi." Cancer joined in.

Soon, all of Lucy's golden celestial spirits were going against Leo, saying that it's Lucy's last wish. Leo looked very trapped. Oh dear, I feel bad for him. I walked over to him and put a hand on his shoulder. He looked up at me and I smiled slightly. I could feel his feelings. They were grief, sadness, anger, and all the other negative feelings.

"How are you not sad or angry or anything?" He asked.

"I am." I answered. "But that's fate isn't it?"

"I guess so." He muttered.

"We're sad too, Leo." Aquarius said. "She was the best master."

"But remember, if it's this hard for you, imagine how hard it is for her sister." Capricorn stated wisely.

Leo sighed. "Fine, we're gonna ask the Celestial Spirit King. In the meantime, give the keys to Lucy's sister for safekeeping. She may not, under any condition, use them until the Celestial Spirit King allows."

I nodded. "I understand."

The spirits nodded and disappeared. I was beyond overjoyed. Now that Canissa has some sort of memory of her sister, she might feel a little bit better. What I was confused about is that since Lucy died, wouldn't her spirits be released from her contract, yet, why are they still her spirits? Unless, Lucy's still alive? No, that's absurd, we all saw her disappear. I'd better ask Brookanna about it later. Meanwhile, I would like to give Canissa the keys.

Canissa's POV

I sighed in content. The warm water felt great against my cold, bloody, and scratched skin. I looked at the my hands. They were indeed bloody from punching concrete. I slowly washed my whole body until it was as clean as it can get at the moment. My hair was also messy so I washed that as well. After I was finished, I took a towel and wrapped it around me. I took another towel and wrapped it around my hair.