A few days passed within the guild with little to no excitement. Vivi and Natsu spent most of their time out training. It was as if Laxus had really riled them up. Lucy had tried waiting patiently for them to return to the guildhall to take a job with Natsu and Happy, but she was really hurting for money. Especially with rent coming up, so here she was at the request board looking for something she could take on solo. It'd be her first solo job, so she wasn't looking for anything too adventurous. Just enough to pay her rent and other living expenses. As she was looking, a job flyer caught her attention.
" 'Celestial Wizards wanted.' " She murmured as she read the words in bold print before moving on. " 'Looking for Celestial Wizard to join me in my next adventure as I search for' ..."
Lucy trailed off as she kept reading the words over and over. This couldn't be real. It just couldn't be!
" 'For the primordial zodiac' ?!" Lucy asked loudly getting many eyes on her as she snatched the request off the board. "This can't be real!"
"Ah, Lucy, are you okay?" Wakaba asked.
"Yeah, what's with that request that has you so riled up?" Macao added.
Lucy whirled around to face the guild while clutching the request to her chest.
"This request is to help find the Primordial Zodiac!" Lucy said. "They are legendary amongst Celestial Wizards! They're supposed to be the first twelve spirits in existence ever—Besides the Celestial King, of course. Their keys are said to be made of stellanium."
"You mean that mineral that absorbs starlight?" Levy asked.
Lucy nodded her head as she continued to smile broadly. She couldn't believe she was holding a job request like this in her hand. It was like a dream come true.
"They are the strongest keys in existence, and are said to have changed the tides of war and influenced a lot in the human world." Lucy said. "People used to pay a lot for one Celestial Wizard if they had one of these keys. And no one has ever possessed more than three of these keys at a time."
"If they're so legendary, why haven't we heard of them?" Jet asked curiously.
"Yeah, you'd think more people would know about them." Droy added.
"It's because no one has seen or heard of these keys being anywhere in over four hundred years." Makarov piped up from the bar. "They drifted into legend. No one really believes in them anymore. I'm honestly surprised anyone is bringing them up now. Who is the job request from, Lucy?"
Lucy blinked before looking down at the paper. She had been so excited about going after the primordial zodiac that she didn't even think to see who the client's name was. She read it over before gasping again.
"It's from Indy-Anna Jones herself!" Lucy squealed. "The famous adventure historian, author, and publisher of Magica Historia!"
Indy-Anna Jones was a young wizard like Lucy, but she also had high ranking degrees in many forms of knowledge. She works at a university for higher learning. However, on the side she goes on wild adventures to discover magical items. Her goal is to uncover the secrets and history of the magic wizards used today and have used for centuries. She writes about her adventures in her novels then she publishes most of her findings in her magazine Magica Historia-A History of Magic. Lucy has read everything she's ever written.
"Wow, really?" Levy asked. "That's big, girl. Just think if you accept the job, you could appear in her next novel!"
Lucy blushed at the very thought as her heart raced in excitement. She then nodded in determination as she made her decision.
"Master, I'm going to take this job!" Lucy said taking it over to him for him to see the details.
Makarov took the flyer to look at while humming to himself as he read the details.
"Lucy, I don't think this would be a good first solo mission, my dear." Makarov said looking up at Lucy. "You see, here it says this job will take you out of Fiore."
Lucy blinked before looking to where Makarov pointed. As she looked closely, she saw that at the bottom that Makarov was right. This job asked for the wizard to accompany Professor Jones to the Island Nation of Kea. If Lucy remembers right, Kea was a small nation with barely any wizards. Though the magic practiced there was mostly Celestial Magic. Though not the kind like Lucy's. Their Celestial Magic was mostly Heavenly Body magic so to use in war.
"Oh, " Lucy said deflating slightly.
She bit her lip wondering who to ask. Natsu was out training with Vivi and Happy, and based on how serious they were taking their training, she didn't want to interrupt them. But she wasn't sure who else to take. Erza was gone on her own job, which she took yesterday. Gray? No, he left early this morning. Was there anyone she could ask? Lucy then looked towards the door as it opened with Vivi walking in.
"Hello, Vivi, taking a break from training?" Mirajane asked.
"Yeah, I really need a job." Vivi said. "Rent's coming up, and I promised the girls I'd make dinner for Laki's birthday, so I need money for that too."
Lucy's face lit up because she could totally split her reward with Vivi. Looks like she has someone to go with after all.
"Hey, Vivi!" Lucy called getting her attention. "Want to go on a job with me?"
Lucy hoped she said yes because she wasn't sure who else to ask. When Vivi grinned, Lucy let out a sigh of relief.
"Sure!" Vivi said nodding.
Lucy's smile grew as she took the flyer back from Makarov.
"So, Master, are we good to go?" Lucy asked.
Makarov chuckled as he scratched the side of his cheek.
"I suppose so." Makarov said. "Vivi, be sure to take care of things. I'm counting on you to take care of Lucy.
"Sure thing, Gramps!" Vivi said giving a salute.
Lucy let out a laugh as she ran off towards the door where Vivi waited. Looks like it was time for another adventure to start.