LYON'S POV
We speed up our pace. And before we know it, we're nearing the forest. And right up ahead of us is Celestia, walking with a little boy

"There she is!"--Loke

"Celestia!" I yell

"Huh?" Celestia turns around

Her eyes widens when she sees us. I run faster than ever before

'Finally!'

I hug Celestia tightly in my arms

"Lyon?! What are you all doing here?" Celestia asks

"Looking for you, what else" I say as I hug her tighter

"So is this your lover?" The little boy asks

Celestia and I separate from our hug

"That's right" Celestia nods at him

"And this is?" I ask

CELESTIA'S POV
"Cor? What are you doing with Celestia?" Cosmica asks

"I'm sorry. I just wanted to help Celestia" Cory grins

"You know him Cosmi?" I ask, a little surprised

"She's the sister I mentioned" Cory whispers to me

"Anyway, we're here to help you" Lucy suddenly says

"Huh?" I look at them

"You didn't have to go do this all by yourself. The two of us are in this together" Lyon says as he takes my hand in his

"LET'S FIND THAT KEY!!" Natsu exclaims

Tears starts forming in my eyes

"This is the second time I ever cried. All of you have moved me to tears" I say, almost in a whisper

"*Clap* *Clap* *Clap* How touching" Cory slow claps and sarcastically speaks

We turn to him as he grins evily and walks in front of us to face us and behind him, appearing out of nowhere, two men

'Wait a minute. The two man behind Cory. That's Orion and Hydrus!'

"What's up princess?" Orion smiles at me

"What's going on Cory?" I ask angrily

"Nice to see you Orion, Hydrus" Cosmica smiles

"Orion and Hydrus?!" Lyon's eyes widens

"Corvus, what are you doing with them?" Hydrus calmly asks

"Corvus? As in the raven constellation?!" Lucy says

"That's right" Corvus says as he transforms back to his real form

"Just as the boss ordered, welcome to the starting line" he says

"So you being a half spirit..." I yell at him

"Is a lie. everything we said and did was to benefit us. Just because you're a princess doesn't mean we'll go easy on you"

"The Celestial Spirit King gave us the duty to guard the key" Hydrus says

"They are sprits and are the ones assigned to guard Comet's key" Cosmica says as she continue to look at the two boys smiling at them in the process

"You're our friend Princess Cosmica. And you're our bro, Leo, so we don't want to hurt you but since you're on their side, you're our enemy for now" Hydrus smirks

"That's fine by us" Leo says confidently

"Bring it" Cosmica smiles with a determined glare

"We'll find that key!" I yell

"Oohhh feisty, I like it" Hydrus says as he looks at me from head to toe

"Pervert" says all the girls excluding Cosmica and Wendy

The guys tried holding in their laughs

"Hey!" Hydrus blushes from embarrassment

'I can't believe this guy. Wait until I tell his sister, Hydra about this'

I hold out my hand

'Force Close!'

My eyes widens as I lower my hand

'I can't close their gates! Is this the forest's doing?'

Lyon stands in front of me, blocking the two's gazes

"You should quit now while you can, no one ever defeated us before" Corvus says coolly as they start disappearing from head to toe

"Why did they help us if they're just gonna get in our way?" Erza asks

"Simple. They were toying with us, they want us to go head to head with them so they could see how determined we are for that key" Cosmica explains

"Who are those guys anyway?" Natsu asks

"The one with the bow and arrow is Orion, the hunter. Before Lyon, he was Celestia's ideal man" Leo answers

"What?!"--Lyon

"Did you seriously have to mention that Cosmi?" I sigh

"Is that true Celestia?" Lyon asks seriously

"Yeah, but it wasn't anything serious. You're the one for me" I tell him

He sighs in reassurance

"The blue scaled one is Hydrus, the water snake. And the one pretending to be a kid earlier is Corvus, the raven. They are very powerful here inside the forest, so watch out for them" Leo finishes

"AHHH. I HATE THEM. THEY THINK THEY'RE ALL TOUGH? WELL I'LL SHOW THEM!" Natsu exclaims angrily as he starts following the three spirits' scents

"Natsu, wait up!" Happy yells as he chase after Natsu

Lyon and I look at each other and smile. We hold hands as we run with the others, catching up with Natsu

After running for a while, Natsu stops, so we did too

"What's wrong Natsu? Why did you stop?" Erza asks

"Their scent stops here" Natsu replies

"Are you sure?" Panther Lily asks

"Salamander is right for once" Gajeel says

"Then where are they?" Juvia asks as she looks around

"You guys really are desperate" we hear Orion laughing at us as he appears up at the branch of a tree with Corvus and Hydrus

"Are you really alright with this Princess? Breaking the rules? Going through the same fate as Princess Comet?" Corvus asks

"I thought other spirits' memories of her have been wiped?" I whisper to Cosmica

"Indeed, but as the guardians, father restored their memories of her" Cosmi answers

"What about Constella? Do they remember her?" Gray asks

"No" Cosmica answers simply

"Can you please leave us alone?" Wendy says

"No can do little girl. We won't just let Princess Celestia break the rules" Hydrus says seriously

"It's for love!" Lucy yells

"You can't tell us what to do" Lyon and I say

"Enough chit chats" Corvus says angrily as feathers starts appearing from behind him and the feathers took the shape of him. Clones as we call it. Now there's 11 of them including the original

"Go ahead and try to defeat us" the clones laughs

The other two spirits quickly runs away

"Tsk. They should be fired" I say angrily

LYON'S POV
The clones starts charging at us

I step in front of Celestia and ready to attack when---

"Leave them to me. You guys go on ahead" Erza says, already equipped into one of her armours

"But Erza"--Gray

"GO!" Erza yells

We nod and run away. I hold Celestia's hand tighter as we run and she does the same

'We appreciate your sacrifice Erza'

ERZA'S POV
"Do you really think you can defeat us alone?" the clones smirks at me

"I don't think, I KNOW I can defeat you!" I say

CELESTIA'S POV
We stop by a waterfall

"Woah cool"--Gray

"We shouldn't really worry too much because they are only silver keys and we have Leo, the leader of the Zodiacs and Cosmica and I, Celestial Spirit Princesses" I say

"Yes, but remember, in this forest, they're powers are tripled" Cosmica says

"But we can take them down" Leo says as he and Cosmi smile at eachother

"Hi there~~" says a female voice coming from the water

"Who's there?" Levy asks

"Come out now!" Gajeel demands

Mermaids springs up from the water

"Mermaids?" Lucy, Juvia, and Wendy stares at them in awe

"And they're pretty too" Lyon comments

My eyebrow twitches at his comment

The guys agrees

"Gray sama!" Juvia cries

I glare at Lyon

"But Celestia is way prettier💧" Lyon says in a panic

"Awe. Don't be jealous Cel"--Levy

"Why hello ladies" Leo says flirtatiously as he walks towards the mermaids

"Loke!/Leo!" Cosmica, Lucy, and I yell

The mermaids gathers around and stares up at Leo with hearts in their eyes

"Man. That guy sure is an expert when it comes to wooing girls" Gray comments

"We could learn a thing or two from him" Gajeel whispers to us

"He's so hot"--Mermaid #1

"You're so my type"--Mermaid #2

"You girls are all so lovely" Leo winks at them

'Is this really the Leo I used to know?!'

He even holds their cheeks and such. We can't help but stare at Leo then at Cosmica

Excluding a fuming Cosmica

"Did you girls fell from the sky? 'Cause you girls look like angels" Leo says sweetly

"What a lame pick up line" Lucy says

"Being stuck on earth for so long really changed him" I comment

"KYYAAAAHHH!!! WHAT A GENTLEMAN! HE'S SO REFINED AND PERFECT!!!" the mermaids squeals with even bigger hearts in their eyes

Leo continues flirting with them. Excluding Cosmi, the rest of us have our jaws dropped

We feel a dark aura coming from Cosmica, making us shiver

"You guys go on ahead. We'll catch up with you guys later. You'll find the key at the cliff. Just go straight ahead" Cosmica smiles at us with the dark aura still surrounding her

"LET'S GO!" We all yell, sweat dropping as we run away from them as fast as we could

'Good luck Leo'

LOKE'S POV
I continue to chat with the mermaids

"Leo~~" Cosmica calls

I turn around and see a dark aura surrounding her with a smile on her face and her eyebrows twitching

"Ahh. Oh-h-h-hi babe" I sweat drop

I know I'm in big trouble

NATSU'S POV
'These guys think they're strong? I'll show them!'

"Who's their leader anyway? " I ask

"I think it's the guy with the bow and arrow" Happy answers

"Yeah, he's got this some sort of leader vibe you know" Carla comments

"That's because he is. Orion is a hunter, and we're in the forest being hunted by him. Very fitting isn't it?" Celestia says seriously

"We better get to the cliff soon" Lyon says

"Let's hope we don't run into them again" Juvia says

"Doubt it"--Levy

"I personally want to face them" Gajeel smirks

As we run, Orion comes to view. I run faster to charge at him

"Natsu you idiot!" Gray yells

"Don't Natsu!"--Lucy

"Damn. I thought you guys gave up cause you were taking forever. Hydrus even left us cause he got bored waiting" Orion laughs

"How dare you bad mouth us" Lyon says in annoyance

"I see that you guys are missing a few members in your team" Orion comments

"That's it! I've had enough of you" I yell

"You guys go on. I'm gonna be the one to bring this jerk down. Ready Happy?" I say seriously

"Aye!"--Happy

"Good luck Natsu"--Lucy

"Be careful"--Wendy

"We owe you"--Lyon

"Don't you dare loose, loser"--Gray

We watch as the leave

"Hmph. Do you really think you can beat me? Well whatever I'll get this over with

We charge at each other again and again