‘Fairy Tail’s protagonist and the lost shipped character with Natsu, Lucy Heartfilia is the holder of Celestial power. She uses Celestial Keys to open gates of the other universe and borrow power from the Celestial beings, who are known as The Zodiac. Though compared to the powerhouse characters like Natsu, Erza, and Gray, Lucy is considered to be weak in their group.
Though this is just an illusion. Everyone is mostly portrayed using magic to defend or fight, but Celestial Wizards like Lucy are rare in the series. She in her own category is plenty powerful, and the fact was further established after she called upon the mightiest of the Celestial being. Though it’s said that a celestial wizard is usually only capable to summon one zodiac, Lucy far exceeds the limit as she can use three spirits at once.
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Why Did One Of Lucy’s Celestial Keys Break?
Lucy Hearfilia is very much loved by the Celestial Spirits. Instead of thinking of them as tools, she always treated them like her friends. In every fight, she not only summoned her spirits but also fought alongside them. Her character made her lovable in the spirit world. This also came in help when Lucy was out of magic power.
Even without magic power, the Celestial Spirits would come to her rescue if she’s ever in a life-threatening situation. This fact was confirmed time and again throughout the series. Though things took a different turn at the Tartaros Arc. During this Arc, even the most powerful Fairy Tail wizards were captured by Mard Geer, including Natsu. Only Lucy was the one who survived the attack.
Even Silver tells how lucky she is to survive the attack which most people do not. Standing as the only Fairy Tail member, now it was up to her to defeat and unleash the magic from all of them. As she was attacked by two Tartaros members, she summoned both Leo and Virgo. Unable to defend herself, she had to summon Aquarius too.
Day 21 : something you wished didn't happen –> Lucy breaks Aquarius key pic.twitter.com/jN9qdVtBc6
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Even though her magic power got completely depleted after summoning the three of the most powerful gate spirits, she had yet to make the toughest choice. Even with the three spirits, they were unable to render the enemy completely unconscious. At this time, Aquarius asks her to summon the Celestial King who is the ruler of all. To summon the King one has to have the ability to call upon three spirits at once, which Lucy succeeded in.
Although the key of the Celestial King was tricky and heartbreaking to find. To summon him, Lucy had to sacrifice any one of the Golden Gate Keys, plus they have to have a deeper bond with Lucy to succeed in summoning. Lucy was forced to sacrifice Aquarius’s gate key upon the latter suggestion. This made the curse disappear, as the King was able to render Mard Geer’s actions even for a few minutes. She saved everyone by sacrificing one of her close friends.
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Does Lucy Ever Get Aquarius’s Key Back?
When a Celestial Spirit dies, it is called into the Celestial World. They have no choice but to keep waiting until someone finds their key. The same rule applies to Aquarius. After her key got destroyed she was pulled into her world. Her key will eventually once again be born in Earth Land, waiting for a different owner.
This also implies that if Lucy finds her key before someone else does, she’ll get Aquarius again. This was in fact told by the very spirit herself during the last arc of Fairy Tail. When one of Zeref’s subordinates tried to kill Lucy, Aquarius emerged from the water to protect her.
She further told that her key has now been placed somewhere in the world, and asks Lucy to find it. Whether or not she finds it was not revealed, though it did give us an idea that they’ll eventually find each other.
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