Key of the Starry Sky arc

The  is an anime-only story arc of the Fairy Tail series.

The Beauty, the Beast and the Ball
Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Heartfilia and Happy decide to go on a mission and pick one from the request board at the Fairy Tail Guild. The client's name is Count Balsamico and Macao comments that they host a Magic Dance Ball; a dance for magicians only. Natsu wants to go, but Lucy tells him that he needs to know how to dance first. Outside, Lucy tries to teach Natsu how to dance, but he steps on her feet. Meanwhile Mirajane explains Romeo what is social dance. Then Gray shows up and tries to dance with Lucy, but gets kicked by her. Erza shows up and states that she was known as the 'Dancing Demon', but she basically spins her partner like a top.

Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Elfman, Wendy, Warren, Happy, and Carla all end up going to the Magic Dance Ball. Once there, they are greeted by the client's daughter, Aceto. Inside, the count tells them that the ball is to pick Aceto's future husband. He tells them that the family heirloom is a ring, and he only brings it out once every seven years at the Magic Dance Ball to choose Aceto's husband. He suspects that Velveno wants to steal the ring, and tells them that Velveno uses Transformation Magic and Magical Drain, which allows him to copy the magic of any opponent.

Wendy, Lucy, and Erza get ready for the ball, and Wendy notes that she should cast Troia on Natsu, since the dancers dance on floating, moving platforms. Gray, Natsu, and Elfman are inside, while Warren, Happy, and Carla are outside, watching the scene from communication lacrima that Warren had previously set up. They are all communicating with Warren's telepathy. A man asks Erza to dance, and Warren thinks he might be suspicious. Natsu and Gray start towards him, but when Erza starts spinning him, everyone realizes she is fine by herself. Next, a man asks Lucy to dance, and he is also suspect. Natsu and Gray, however, are grabbed by two women who want to dance. A woman asks Elfman for a dance, and everyone suspects her because no one in their right mind would ask Elfman for a dance.

Natsu and Gray go after him but are interrupted by two ugly ladies. They get rid of their partners and start towards Elfman, and manage to have Gray switch places with him. He asks what kind of magic she uses, and the two start to have an ice magic fight.

Soon, Aceto comes down, and at midnight, the Balsamico ring is revealed. The count declares that whoever gets that ring is worthy of becoming Aceto's husband.

Later, a young boy asks Wendy for a dance, and then Happy, Carla, and Warren discover that the real boy has been tied up by a man with an afro. Warren immediately warns Wendy that she is actually dancing with Velveno and she gets away from him. He cancels his transformation magic and uses Sky Dragon's Roar to steal the ring. Natsu starts fighting with him, but is ineffective since Velveno already copied his Fire Dragon Slayer magic. Erza tries to use her Purgatory armor, but is also ineffective.

Velveno states that he has copied every member of Fairy Tail's magic but that he isn't there to fight them. He then holds the ring up to Aceto and asks her to marry him. They were friends growing up, but her father forbade him from seeing her anymore, so he started doing crime. While he was in prison, he never stopped thinking about her, so he broke out of prison and tried to get to her seven years ago, as well. Everyone is shocked when Aceto accepts the proposal, including her furious father.

However, she says that he must pay for his crimes first. So, the guards come and take him away, but they promise to see each other again. Lucy wishes that she could be proposed to like that, and then is approached by Natsu. However, he only came to tell her that he ate too much and is going home. She responds by asking him to stay with her for a little while longer, and they begins to dance. The moment is ruined, when Natsu states that Wendy's Troia ran out and Lucy can be heard screaming to be let down from the platform.

Dragon Slayers, Trains and Jiggly Butts
After accepting a request to transport some cargo for a client, Lucy Heartfilia, Natsu Dragneel, Happy, Wendy Marvell and Carla travel on a six hour train ride to guard the precious load. During the course of the trip, Natsu begins to get motion sick, and Wendy offers to cast Troia on him to help him feel more comfortable. However, after a few failed castings, the group concludes that Natsu has built up an immunity to Troia, as Wendy has cast it on him too many times. When Natsu steps out of the carriage to be sick, he is met by a group of three large buttocked people who have, unbeknownst to them, knocked out the conductor and are planning to steal the gold the group is transporting. The group of thieves quickly look into the freight cart and realize that a group of Mages has been hired to protect it. Using Natsu as an excuse to get into the cart, the thieves -who declare themselves to be the Jiggle Butt Gang- quickly grab Wendy, threatening to harm her unless Lucy and Natsu jump off the train and hand over all of the gold. When Lucy refuses to jump, the group use Gas Butt Triple Ecstasy to smell out the carriage, causing Lucy, Happy and Carla to fly out.

A little while later, Wendy awakes to find that only herself, the Jiggle Butt Gang, Plue and a still sick -and therefore useless- Natsu are left in the carriage. When the Jiggle Butt Gang awaken, they blow up the connector between the carriages, allowing the train to continue on the tracks, and leaving the freight cart behind. The Jiggle Butt Gang then spot and fawn over the ridiculously cute Plue, while Wendy realizes that the protection of the cargo has come down to her, and tries to formulate a plan to get rid of the thieves. However, after conversing with the gang for a while, Wendy realizes that the gang have not thought through their heist at all, and have no way of getting the gold off the stopped cart. She decides she is going to have to stall the gang as long as possible, so she reasons that if the gang does not steal the gold, she will ask the client to give them some. The Jiggle Butt Gang immediately see through her plan, but decide to fool her, stating that they agree and would like her to help them move the carriage along the tracks. Wendy, deciding to go along with the plan until the others show up, agrees, and uses Sky Dragon's Roar to move the cart. When the Jiggle Butt Gang realize that Wendy is a Dragon Slayer, they decide to try and recruit her into their corps to use her abilities for their own benefit. Wendy does not want to join their group, but decides that she should at least fool them into thinking she has joined so that she can make them believe she is on their side. She dons the Jiggle Butt Gangs suit and prepares to use her Magic once again to move the cart.

However, she is interrupted by Lucy, Happy and Carla, who have finally recovered and have flown to catch up with the cart. They are startled to see Wendy wearing the Jiggle Butt Gang uniform, but decide to leave questions until later, planning to take out the Jiggle Butt Gang first. Before they have a chance though, Natsu awakens due to the cart having stopped, and upon hearing that Wendy is in trouble, jumps straight up to the roof of the cart and heads towards the gang. Though Wendy tries to stop Natsu from attacking and asks the Gang to turn over a new leaf and learn to be Mages, Natsu angrily uses his Fire Dragon's Iron Fist and sends the gang flying from the train-top.

With the gang finally taken care of, the group continues their journey and eventually reaches the station where their client waits. However, as they arrived far later than the agreed time, the client states he will only pay them half the amount he originally agreed. Annoyed at the Jiggle Butt Gang for losing them money, Lucy asks Wendy to try and warm the client over, with Wendy getting embarrassed by the suggestion. Meanwhile, back on the tracks, the Jiggle Butt Gang pumps a hand-operated rail cart and vows that they will return to cause more mischief.

Peek-a-boo! Lucy, Where are You?
After Natsu and Happy appear in her house and disrupt her telling a story about an invisible man, Lucy loses her concentration and decides to take a bath; however before going she finds a Magic ointment and takes it with her. In the bath, she adds her ointment and the bathwater turns pink. Lucy then fantasizes about being an invisible person herself. As Lucy leaves the bath, she looks in the mirror and sees that she's invisible. Lucy realizes that her Magic ointment was made 7 years ago and that the effects may have changed since then. Panicked, she quickly decides to go to Fairy Tail and get help.

As Lucy goes through the streets, she thinks about and imagines what would happen if her Magic ointment wears off, and realizes that she would be naked. As she walks through the streets she begins to cause a bit of mayhem, knocking over things and causing people to glance in her direction, puzzled as they cannot see her. When she arrives at Fairy Tail, Natsu is talking about Lucy kicking them out; Carla agrees with Lucy's decision, even pointing out that Natsu and Happy used Lucy's bath without asking and saying that it's a flagrant breach of manners. Happy says that Lucy should be nicer to them since with behavior such as that, she'll never get a boyfriend. The rest of Fairy Tail laughs at the idea.

Lucy, visibly annoyed by her being the butt of everyone's jokes, douses Macao with a mug of beer, with Macao insisting that Wakaba did it. Lucy then proceeds with pulling Jet's ear, which in turn makes Jet attack Droy, who hits him back back. After a series of accidents caused by their fighting, pandemonium occurs, and everyone gets dragged into the fight. During the chaos, Natsu gets knocked back to a wall, crashing into Lucy causing her to yelp. Natsu recognizing Lucy's voice and scent, reaches out to try to find her. He grabs her breast, which earns him a slap from Lucy. Realizing that Lucy was in the room, everyone calms down and tries to find her, only to realize that she is invisible.

The guild gives Lucy some clothes and listens while she tells them her story, with everyone bewildered. Lucy gets embarrassed, while the rest say it's getting creepy. When Mirajane and Wendy ask whether there's any way for her to change back to normal, everyone replies that they might be able help. After a failed attempt by Natsu and Romeo, Reedus gets an idea to paint Lucy's face; it goes well, however it isn't Lucy's exact face. Happy, Natsu and Gray then proceed to try with disastrous results; Max, Erza, Macao, Wakaba, Nab then try with the same result, as each of them has their own opinion on how Lucy should look. Lucy then proceeds to kick everyone for thinking her face is a toy. Gray then uses his Magic to make an Ice-Head Lucy, however it melts causing everyone to be creeped out again. In the end, Mirajane puts a picture of Lucy on her face.

Wendy then arrives and brings Lucy's magic ointment and her keys. Lucy then thinks about asking her Celestial Spirits to help, however she wonders which one she could use. Happy suggests Gemini and Lucy summons Gemini, to no avail. Levy and Freed continue analyzing what's in the Magic ointment. Freed then tries to uses his runes to dispel the Magic, but fails. As they continue to think, a pink mist appears and Lucy's clothes and anything on her starts to disappear. Levy says that it's not just her body that's just disappearing but her existence as well. As Freed talks about Lucy's non-existence, the Magic ointment bottle disappears as well. Carla then says that if Lucy is gone, then all her belongings will follow. With this, Lucy's room then starts to disappear as well. Lucy pleads, stating that she doesn't want this to happen, but she suddenly disappears altogether. The rest of Fairy Tail then start wondering what they were doing or saying, signifying that they have also forgotten about Lucy's existence as a whole.

Lucy tries to talk to everyone and tell them she's there, however it fails, as all of them have forgotten about her. Natsu then shouts out that they have to get to work and mentions Lucy. From this, everyone starts to remember Lucy, causing her to reappear and the Magic to be dispelled. Wendy concludes that the Magic was dispelled because Natsu remembered Lucy. Lucy thanks Natsu, and Natsu responds that they are a team and will never be whole without her. Lucy tells them that she's going to get rid of the Magic ointment, however Happy slams into her, flinging the ointment bottle all over everyone, causing everyone to go invisible except Lucy. Lucy then says that maybe at least Fairy Tail can be a little level headed.

My Younger, Older, Distant Relative
An old man wakes up from a dream of a masked teddy bear engulfed in flames. A girl is later on a train with a case. Subsequently, at the Magic Council Headquarters, Lahar talks to Guran Doma about several cases of churches being destroyed. Guran tells Lahar to find and arrest the culprit, otherwise the Enforcement Corps' name will be tarnished.

In the Fairy Tail guild hall, Lucy reads the news about the church bombings and notices Lahar. Suddenly, Natsu picks up a scent and Romeo enters and says that Lucy has a visitor and points out Lucy to the girl who was on the train. Lucy asks who the girl is, and she tearfully introduces herself as Michelle Lobster, pointing out that she's Lucy's sister, with all of Fairy Tail completely surprised by this. Happy thinks that Michelle is Jude's illegitimate daughter, however Michelle says that the Heartfilia family and the Lobster family are distantly related. When Lucy inquires as to what is in the case she's got, Michelle says that the case contains a memento of Lucy's father. Michelle had known Lucy's father and was there for his passing, and she tells Lucy that he asked her to pass the case on to her. Lucy wonders what is in the case, with Michelle stating that she doesn't know, as she was just told to give it to Lucy. Lucy opens the case and finds a strange object wrapped in bandages, which she unwraps to reveal a mechanical gear of some description. Natsu says that the gear has a Magic feel to it, as it was the scent he caught earlier, however Carla is terrified upon seeing the bandaged stick.

Lucy and Michelle later walk to Lucy's Apartment, and as they do they talk about Fairy Tail. Michelle says that Uncle Jude would have been proud of Lucy, with Lucy smiling in thanks. In Lucy's house, Michelle looks around as Lucy makes some tea, whilst she talks to Michelle about her parents and Michelle being her relative. Michelle talks about Lucy having a dream for the future and how she is happy as a Mage, saying that she has no dream. Lucy then asks Michelle whether she wants to live with her for a little while, and Michelle accepts as she cries. Lucy later writes about Michelle working at Fairy Tail as well as living with her to her mother in a letter. Later, Asuka as well as Alzack, Bisca and Makarov arrive at Fairy Tail, talking to Lucy about Natsu asking her to help in catching some bandits. Michelle asks whether she can partake in this job. Lucy warns her that it's dangerous but Michelle insists as she wants to see what it's like being a Mage. After some encouragement from the other, Lucy tells Michelle that she can come along.

Gray later reads the job details, with Lucy visibly scared. Erza arrives with a "borrowed" wagon and starts to explain the plan she has come up with to capture the bandits. When Natsu rejects the plan due to him having to travel in a cart, Michelle saves Erza from ripping Natsu apart by saying that she will take Natsu's position and act as a decoy in the plan. Though the others are a little hesitant, they eventually agree.

They soon put Erza's plan go into action, with Michelle taking the reins of the wagon and leading the cart into the bandits territory. After a failed attempt by Lucy to seduce the bandits with her sex appeal, Team Natsu attack, with the bandits quickly being destroyed. Michelle becomes completely dazzled about Team Natsu being so strong. Meanwhile, back at Fairy Tail, Wakaba talks to Macao about the memento. Laki arrives and reads the report about Michelle's family to Macao, Carla and Wakaba. Lahar investigates another of the churches being destroyed, with a mysterious figure seeing him and laughing.

Michelle talks to Lucy about possibly putting in a guild request to solve the mystery behind the memento, with Lucy saying it's a great idea and asking Macao whether it's ok. Whilst Natsu and Lucy discuss the job and Carla still appears distraught by the memento, Michelle accidentally drops the gear. Before anyone can pick it up, the memento starts levitating and runes begin to appear on it, however as Levy and Freed are not present, no-one is able to read them. When they ask Makarov if he will, Makarov asks Lucy to not get involved, however Lucy states that she wants to solve the riddle which her father has left her.

Raging Waves Lead to a New Threat
While Michelle and Lucy are looking through some ancient rune books to decipher what is written on the metal rod, Erza and Gray arrive at the guild to inform Lucy that they will be going off for a job to capture some gold-stealing bandits. Lucy states that she'll pass this time since they are busy and she doesn't feel like it. Realizing that Natsu has gone off somewhere, Erza tells Gray that just the two of them will go complete the job, something which makes Juvia incredibly jealous and angry.

In the forest, a Gorian confronts Laxus and tells him that he has a bone to pick with the members of Fairy Tail. The Gorian states that he will flatten Laxus like a pancake and prepares to attack. Angered by this, Laxus attacks the Gorian with his lightning. Natsu, Gajeel and the Thunder God Tribe notice Laxus' lightning and run to where he is. Natsu states that if it is Laxus, he will have a showdown with him, which reminds Gajeel that Natsu can't defeat Laxus alone. Natsu says that he didn't need Gajeel's help at all the last time and states that he will win alone this time.

Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe arrive before the two. Natsu then asks if Laxus lives around the forest but Laxus answers that the place he moved in is just near the forest. Gajeel then tells Laxus to come back to the guild but Laxus answers that Gajeel should just mind his own business. Natsu then challenges Laxus to a showdown to settle once and for all who's the strongest. The Thunder God Tribe tells Natsu and Gajeel that Laxus doesn't have to fight and that they are their opponent, but Laxus states that he will defeat Gajeel and Natsu with his own fists. Laxus says that he will start with Natsu. The two then prepare to fight each other but Wendy arrives and stops them. Wendy says that a showdown should be carried out with a plan and tells them that the battle will be tomorrow instead. Natsu then agrees and tells Laxus that their battle will be at the Sola Tree in South Gate Park, and Gajeel tells Laxus that he will fight him after that.

Meanwhile, at the guild, Macao, Wakaba, Mirajane, Elfman, Lisanna, Romeo and Kinana are discussing Laxus and his duel with Natsu. Elfman suddenly suggested that they should hold a festival in honor of the showdown and they all agree on it. At the festival, Jason appears to officially commentate on the battle, and Gajeel performs on stage in place of Mirajane, who states she has a sore throat. The crowd is displeased. Lucy meets up with Levy and asks her to help decipher the writing on the iron rod.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the mountains, Gray and Erza have located the bandit's hideout. Unknown to Gray and Erza, Juvia had followed them. They try to get some sleep, with Erza asking Gray why he isn't stripping. Juvia panics over the scene, while Gray, flustered, replies that he isn't in the mood. As the bandits return, Gray and Erza try to stop them, but the bandits have hired the Vanish Brothers to defend them. Gray then requests that he should defeat them alone, since Natsu had been able to defeat them unaided some while ago. For awhile it seems that Gray is about to be defeated, but by using Ice-Make: Ice Bringer he manages to defeat them. He and Erza then take back their clients gold and head home.

Meanwhile, at the festival, the Thunder God Tribe has arrived, while in the forest Wendy and Carla are looking for Makarov to tell him that Natsu and Gajeel are going to fight Laxus. At the festival, things get heated up, as Natsu and Laxus release their Magic to full potential, neither of them moving. Natsu then tries to hit Laxus, but is defeated with one move. Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna are shocked, while Macao and Wakaba are laughing on the sidelines. Laxus turns to fight Gajeel, but finds out that he has run for it, due to a fear of getting beaten up. A search party, including Pantherlily (who says he has lost respect for Gajeel), heads out to find him.

Wendy, Carla, and Makarov arrive at the scene. Freed then pleads Makarov to release Laxus from his expulsion but both Makarov and Laxus stayed silent, until Laxus walks away. At Lucy's house; Michelle, Lucy and Levy are deciphering the writing. Levy says that the writing is ancient Potamelian and the writing says "Time is etched and then chaos descends". Lucy suddenly remembers the line, saying she had read it somewhere. She then retrieves a book from her shelf, and the three read a story of a clock that had been passed on for centuries. They then find out that the rod is actually a hand of a large pendulum clock.

Meanwhile, at the park, Natsu wonders where Gajeel has disappeared to. Back at the guild, three mysterious people suddenly appear.

Which One is Lucy Again?
Pantherlily, Happy and Carla are shocked at the appearance of three Mages that look like Sugarboy, Coco and Hughes outside the Fairy Tail guild. Pantherlily instantly recognizes Coco, and asks her how she has managed to get to Earth Land. Coco replies that the group have never met before, and Happy instantly assumes that the people of Edolas have forgotten about them. The group is then interrupted by the return of the Fairy Tail members, who have grown tired of trying to locate Gajeel after his disappearance from the fight against Laxus and are returning to the guild. Upon spotting the mysterious trio, Natsu, Lucy and Wendy are shocked, wondering how the three have managed to appear in front of them. However, they also note that though the three seem to be the same people they met in Edolas, they are slightly different, particularly the person who resembles Hughes, who is female. Before the conversation can continue though, the female Hughes states that the trio have come to take Lucy Heartfilia, and demand that the guild hand her over.

The guild instantly asks to know why the trio want Lucy, saying that even if they get a proper answer, they will not hand her over. Kinana then notes that the group may be responsible for the church attacks that have been happening across Fiore. Hearing Kinana's words, the trio become annoyed, and decide that they will use force to take Lucy. The Sugarboy look-alike produces a long wooden stick from his clothes, holding it as a microphone and unleashing a loud song from it. As the song plays, globules of thick green mucus-like substance begin to pour from his body and surround the Fairy Tail Mages. As Fairy Tail tries to counter-attack, the phlegm consumes and immobilizes them, and they warn those who have not yet been touched by the substance to stand clear. Concurrently, Macao is attacked by the Coco look-alike, who dodges both his, Wakaba and Romeo's attacks with speed and finesse. The trio then halt their attacks, laughing at the guild for being so weak, and Carla and Pantherlily finally realize that the trio are not the people they met in Edolas, but their Earth Land counterparts.

The Earth Land counterparts state that they will attack again if Lucy is not handed over, but upon hearing these words, Natsu stands and attacks the group, telling Lucy to run. However, Earth Land's Hughes releases her Magic, and Natsu finds himself unwillingly attacking his own comrades. When the others try to attack, they also find themselves incapable of attacking their opponent. However, they also notice that they are becoming quickly exhausted, and believe that the green gloop they were attacked by is sapping them of their energy. When the trio declare that they will attack at full power again unless Lucy is handed over, Lucy prepares to reveal herself. However, before she can, Michelle steps forward instead, stating that she is Lucy, and telling the trio that they can take her if they promise to stop attacking the guild.

Lucy won't accept Michelle being taken in her stance, and declares that she is the real Lucy. However, Michelle puts on a performance, stating that Lucy is Michelle trying to protect her. The two them begin to get into an argument, with both claiming to be Lucy. Just as the trio prepare to take Michelle away for being Lucy -they determine that it must be her as she is older- the rest of the guild join in, calling Levy, Laki, Wendy, Mirajane, Lisanna and even Elfman Lucy too, confusing their Earth Land enemies. The trio eventually decide to just round up the entire guild, and Fairy Tail attacks, telling Lucy and Michelle to escape and find master Makarov. Lucy and Michelle run for it, with Coco pursuing them.

When Lucy and Michelle eventually stop to rest, Lucy scolds Michelle for putting herself in danger and trying to take her place, but also thanks her for caring enough to do so. As they begin to discuss whether the mysterious trio are in fact the ones responsible for the church attacks, they are found by Coco, who demands that Lucy come with her. The two girls then reverse their tactic, pointing to each other as the real Lucy and confusing Coco further. When Virgo then appears and helps with the farce as well, Coco is distracted enough for the three to run.

Meanwhile, at the guild, Earth Land's Sugarboy and Hughes resume their attack, but have decided that the real Lucy must either be Michelle or Lucy, as they were the ones told to run. Using Natsu to make a distraction, the two escape, with Jet and Droy arriving just in time to see them leave, and the destruction they have left behind. As everyone moves to treat those injured, Natsu, Happy, Pantherlily, Carla and Wendy head out to search for Michelle and Lucy. Whilst looking, the two cats and young girl are attacked by Coco, and Natsu and Happy run into Earth Land Sugarboy, who asks to engage them in battle. Before they can fight though, a giant octopus interrupts their fight, the man riding it telling Earth Land Sugarboy not to lose sight of their actual objective. Earth Land Sugarboy soon reveals through conversation that the man atop the octopus is Earth Land's Byro, who appears much younger than his Edolas counterpart.

Subsequently, Lucy and Michelle are found by Earth Land Hughes, who controls Michelle with her Magic and prepares to make Michelle throw herself over a nearby cliff. Lucy grabs Michelle to try and stop her, but Hughes' Magic forces Michelle over the edge, with Lucy and the metal rod falling with her.

Legion of Doom!
Somewhere in a canyon, Byro and Sugarboy are facing Natsu and Happy. Natsu attacks Sugarboy, but his attack is absorbed by Sugarboy's Slime Magic. Meanwhile, Lucy and Michelle are falling off a cliff due to Mary Hughes' Command Magic, so Lucy summons Aries to create wool cushion for them to land on. When Mary Hughes pursues them, Lucy summons Taurus to attack her, but Taurus is amused by Hughes' breasts, and refuses to attack. Lucy then summons Scorpio in Taurus' place.

Meanwhile, Wendy, Carla and Pantherlily are facing off against Coco, when Lily then shifts into his battle form, declaring that even though she appears similar to the Coco he knew in Edolas, she is his enemy and he will strike her. At the same time, Byro and Kanaloa leave Sugarboy and Natsu to fight and instead find Gildarts, who instigates a battle between the two. Jason then shows up from the bushes, and Gildarts asks if he's still following him. In her battle against Mary Hughes, Lucy begins to believe that she has the upper hand, as Mary Hughes' Magic prevents her from controlling those who are not human, meaning that Lucy's Spirits can fight her on equal ground. However, Mary Hughes takes control of Lucy's body instead, and continues to put her in range of Scorpio's attacks, so that the Celestial Spirit is forced to avoid hitting her. However, whilst he attempts to not hit Lucy, Scorpio accidentally strikes Michelle instead, knocking her unconscious.

Concurrently, Natsu and Happy are still fighting Sugarboy, and the Dark Mage tells them that his slime doesn't just absorb the Magic of others, but it can also turn into the properties of what it absorbs. He demonstrates this by turning the slime hand under his control into fire, and repeatedly hits Natsu with it. In his fight against Byro, Gildarts seems to be experiencing some trouble, as Byro has the ability to negate all Magic attacks he is faced with, and repeatedly dodges Gildarts' attacks by doing so. When Gildarts asks the man why they require Lucy, Byro states that it is not the girl they need, but the item in her possession. He also mentions that he is one of six members of an organisation called the Legion Corps.

On the other side of the forest, Sugarboy obtains the upper hand in his fight against Natsu. When Natsu can see no way to destroy Sugarboy's slime, he tells Happy to pick him up and drop him into it, hoping he will be able to destroy it somehow from inside. Happy does as he asks, and the slime blows up over Natsu, absorbing him. Back with Gildarts and Byro, Jason tells Gildarts about the Legion Corps, but Gildarts simply tells Jason to run away, as he believes his fight is about to get seriously dangerous. Meanwhile Natsu succeeds on destroying Sugarboy's slime hand by overloading it with Magic power, but in the process, he and Sugarboy are stuck together by their hands, as the slime hardens and sticks like glue. Sugarboy angrily punches and kicks Natsu repeatedly to try and break free, until Gray appears and breaks the slime with his Magic. Back with Gildarts and Byro, Erza comes in from the sky and attacks with her Giant's Armor, joining Gildarts in his attempt to take Byro and his octopus down.

Meanwhile, Mary Hughes obtains the clock hand and uses a signal to tell the others that she got it.

Heartfillia Konzern Chaos
At Fairy Tail, Gildarts talks to the Fairy Tail members about who the people who attacked them, saying that were the Legion Corps. With Lucy feeling low due to her losing the memento, the others plan to help her get it back no matter what. Makarov recalls the events that took place: the Zentopia raid, the mystery clock hand and now a crusade. Gray asks about the people who went in pursuit of the thieves, but Erza says that Warren lost track of them. Erza then mentions that the crusade must be something big, in which the mystery clock hand is necessary, and everyone wonders what it could possibly be needed for.

Somewhere far away an old man sees the mystery clock hand and says "Time is etched and then chaos descends". Carla has a premonition of this and feels a weird vibe, however she ignores it. Lucy and Cana discuss the crusade, with Natsu being completely out of the loop. The rest of Fairy Tail starts debating rules and on how the Church "robbing" them isn't an act of holiness. The Fairy Tail members eventually decide to do an investigation into the matter.

Lahar and a team of Rune Knights are by church, monitoring it in case it is attacked, but dismiss the idea as they have the church surrounded. However, a teddy bear appears inside the church and blows it up, shocking the group. The teddy bear appears before Lahar and introduces himself as Jackpot, taunting the Rune Knights and then attacking them. After knocking out almost all of the Knights, Jackpot disappears, with Lahar commenting that he is truly a tricky and unpredictable foe. Concurrently, in an unknown location, the old man talks to his people about his dream again and how he doesn't want to sleep. He tells them that the anniversary event is coming near, and requests that they summon the cardinals just in case, as he says that making hard choices is a duty of the Archbishop of Zentopia.

Team Natsu, as well as Carla and Wendy, later arrive at the Heartfilia Konzern mansion, planning on searching it for some clues on the memento and the events surrounding it. Team Natsu starts investigating the mansion; Lucy and Michelle make their way up to the attic, whilst the others search the bottom story rooms. In the attic, Lucy finds a picture of her mother and father and talks about it, promising that she'll buy back the mansion and to restore it, with Michelle saying it's a lovely idea. Michelle and Lucy later go to Lucy's fathers study, and look around the until Michelle finds a strange book titled "To My Daughter".

The book appears to be completely blank, however Crux is with them, and tells them that the book has no Magic or invisible ink which could potentially be hiding some text. He does however tell them that maybe the title itself will solve the riddle. Natsu and Happy later walk into the study to find Michelle, Lucy, Erza, Gray, Wendy and Carla trying to decipher the anagram, however Natsu disrupts them with a sneeze, causing Erza to attack him. Carla however sees the word "myth" within the letters, and they later find the words "duo" and "great". Lucy figures out that it's connected to a book called "The Two Great Myths", which leads her to a book called "Life of the Clockwork". Lucy says that she has that book and continues to say that the other myth is another book called "The Key to the Starry Heavens". Whilst watching Lucy with the book, Carla hallucinates and sees the book cover saying "No". Lucy says that the there might be a message in the books, and as she starts to look, the door handle to the study starts to expand and breaks the door. An Exceed appears, wanting the book and saying that he's the head of the Legion Corps, by the name of Samuel. Erza, Gray and Natsu try to attack Samuel, but he is protected by a guy in iron-clad armor, with the mansion taking damage from their attacks. The guy in the iron-clad armor introduces himself as Dan Straight, and claims that he has a Magic shield which can reflect any attack. When the others continue to try and attack and fail, Lucy tries to make a run with the book, but Dan spots her, seemingly falls instantly in love with her, and stops her. Dan starts ranting about how beautiful Lucy is, with Team Natsu awestruck at what's happening. Dan continues to fawn over Lucy's figure until Erza interrupts, telling Michelle and Lucy to run. Natsu and Gray attack Dan as Lucy and Michelle flee, again destroying parts of the mansion.

Erza attacks Dan, however his Magic ability to shrink and enlarge things helps him to quickly overcome her. Lucy makes her way out to the hall, however Samuel blocks her path, stating that he has predicted all of their moves. Natsu tries to attack Samuel, however the cat dodges his attacks until Dan appears and strikes Natsu out the window. Gray and Wendy then attack but nearly get crushed by the roof collapsing above them, and Samuel states that it has all gone according to plan. Happy, Lucy and Michelle find Natsu outside, but as Natsu was hit by Dan's spear, he has shrunk to the size of a doll. When Dan and Samuel follow, Lucy throws the book to Happy and tells him to run with it, however Samuel finds the real book under Michelle's dress. After using some Gale-Force Reading Glasses, Samuel tells Lucy that he's read the books contents and doesn't need it anymore. Erza, Wendy and Gray then try to attack, but their attacks are deflected by Dan and nearly attack Lucy. Samuel and Dan then leave, with Dan stating that he and Lucy will meet again and go on a date. Standing in the rubble of her old house, Lucy wonders what her father is trying to tell her.