A/N: This is going to be a multi chapter fic, so sorry for the crazy updates, I will try to put out one chapter a week, but I'm terrible at that kind of commitment. Well here goes nothing

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.

Prologue:

No-one's PoV

"Sweetheart, would you come over here for a minute?" The young blonde girl ran over to her mother's bed and carefully pulled herself up. Her mother was very sick and the young girl was trying not to jostle the bed too much, making sure her mother stayed comfortable.
"What is it, mommy?" The girl scooted closer to her mom. Her mom leaned over to grab something from the bedside table, something golden.
"These are golden celestial keys," The older woman handed them to her daughter, passing the keys down to her daughter, already she could sense some magic power in the 10 year old. "I was once a celestial mage, and one day you will be to. The keys you have are Aquarius, Cancer and Capricorn." Lucy, the young girl looked at the keys, hoping they would be good friends one day.
"You were a mage? Why didn't you say something?" Lucy asked, studying the golden keys.
"Because I wanted to wait till I was sure you were going to be a mage as well, besides your mom has done things she's not proud of." Her younger daughter embraced the older blonde woman, staying like that for a moment. Layla, the older mage was passing on her knowledge and keys to her daughter, giving Lucy the ability to protect herself.
"Can I see meet one today?" Lucy jumped up and down a little, the keys jangling in her hand.
"I don't really know but maybe, why don't I tell you how to summon them." Layla tried to push herself up but after a few attempts gave up and relaxed into the bed.
"So first you want to choose the spirit you want to summon. Maybe summon Cancer first, he is nicer than the others" Layla showed Lucy which key was which, and finished explaining how to summon each spirit.
"Open, gate of the giant crab, Cancer." Lucy chanted, just as her mother told her. The key glowed but flickered out before the gate could fully open. Lucy looked heartbroken but tried again anyway, looking more determined and it seemed to work as Cancer appeared in all his red glory.
"Well hi there sweet thing." Cancer crouched down to the young mage, happy to be in her service.
"Hi, I'm Lucy and you must be Cancer. Nice to meet you." Lucy held out her hand to Cancer, making sure to use her manners. Cancer chuckled as he shook Lucy's hand.
"Why haven't you raised a cute one?" Cancer glanced over at Layla, knowing she would be in bad condition. "Okay, I have to go now, but we will figure everything else out later sweetie." Cancer dissolved in a flash of golden light. Lucy shrieked and jumped up and down a few timed before climbing back onto her mother's bed.
"Mommy! Mommy I did it! I summoned Cancer!" Layla laughed and pulled her daughter in for a hug.
"Good job Luce, you are very young to summon a golden key and I hope you stay strong and train. Then you will be able to protect yourself and what you hold dear."
"Mommy, you sound sad, are you okay?" Lucy curled up in her mother's arms, tired from summoning Cancer.
"I'm just tired sweetheart." Layla closed her eyes, and her daughter copied, falling asleep when the sun was still high in the sky. One of the house cleaners opened the door to check on them and found them soundly asleep in each other's arms, quietly closing the door behind him.

The next morning Lucy woke up and saw Layla still sleeping so she quietly removed herself from Layla's grip and made her way out of the mansion into a secluded area of the gardens. In the area she was in, there was a nice fountain in the middle of the garden. Lucy grabbed Aquarius's key and place the end of the key in the fountain.
"Open, gate of the water bearer, Aquarius." Lucy chanted as the golden key glowed brilliantly.
"Hey brat, you interrupted my date." Aquarius sneered at the blonde mage. The sneer would become very familiar to Lucy over the years.
"Hi, you must be Aquarius." Lucy held out her hand to Aquarius, but she merely scoffed at Lucy.
"Kid, rule one of me being your spirit, never interrupt my dates."
"Yes, ma'am, sorry." Lucy quickly apologized, annoyed that she had made a bad first impression.
"I'm going back to Scorpio; don't call me for a week." Aquarius dissolved into golden sparkles with a final sneer. Lucy sat down with a sigh, relaxing in the garden for hours. Even though she was quite young, she could just sit and do nothing for hours on end. When Cancer suddenly appeared though she got worried, her mom had said that they almost never forced their own gates open and when they did, it was for good reason.
"Hi Cancer, is something wrong?" Lucy quickly stood up at the sad look on Cancer's face.
"Hi Luce, you need to go back to house now. It's important." After delivering the message Cancer disappeared and she starting running back to the house, worried about what could have happened. On the way back she collided with one of the kitchen staff, a red eyed George.
"George, what's wrong? What happened?" Lucy asked, while hugging George.
"It's your mother." George said simply, and that was enough for Lucy. She sprinted into the house heading straight for her mother's room, but seeing everyone crying and sad she guessed what happened. She burst through the doors and straight into Jude, who was leaving the room with tears streaming down his face. Lucy grabbed him into a hug only to have him push her off and continue walking, tears falling down her face she glanced over at the bed. Her mother was still and lifeless, someone was covering up her face but Lucy was sinking into the ground. At some point, someone pulled her up and led her into her room but Lucy didn't know who, didn't care. She no longer had a mother and that was all that mattered.

A/N: So I haven't gone over this chapter properly yet, but I will either tomorrow or the day after. Any suggestions and criticism would be greatly appreciated so don't hold back.