A few days later...
Lucy's POV

Loke has been helping me with training.

Ever since my magical overdose, I've been extremely cautious of my magic, assuring no worry from my guild mates.

On another note, I've really improved.

I feel as if I have a steady control over my magic now.

"I've gotten pretty good at this!" I say, clashing arms with Loke.

"Yeah, with the basics for sure."

I stop.

"Basics? I've been doing all of what normal dragon slayers do and I have control!"

"That's true, but that's just the surface of magic for a celestial dragon slayer."

Just the surface?!

"Well... what else can I do?"

Loke pulls his hand away, trying to get a stronger hit on my arm.

"Well for one, this magic allows you to have more power for calling out spirits."

"I can already call spirits just fine."

"Again, that's true, but you can call out a lot more for longer periods of time."

"I guess that is pretty useful. What else can I do? What's not so basic?"

Loke sighs.

"You're not getting the big picture, Lucy."

"What am I not understanding? I'm ready for whatever you throw at me!"

Loke stops, sitting down.

"You don't understand. There's a whole other world of spirit magic."

A whole other world?!

"What do you mean?"

"All I'm saying is not every inch of the sky contains a star. Eventually, you will fall into the darkness."

I could...

"You don't mean..."

Loke nods.

"Not all celestial magic is for good. You have access to some dangerous magic, Lucy. It should never have been created, let alone used."

"What kind of magic are we talking about here?"

He stands up, preparing to leave.

"The killer kind."

With a wave of his hand, Loke vanishes, leaving me to process all of this on my own.

I'd never truly realized what terror might be within me.

I could kill someone with this magic.

I look at the palm of my hand, coarse from my training over the past few days.

I needed to be careful.

There should only be certain conditions for me to use something as powerful... something as terrible as this.

I squeeze my hand shut, a determined look on my face.

My certain conditions...

I vow to only ever use my power in training, or a time of need for Fairy Tail.

I vow to protect my guild mates... my family with this power.