Prologue I

Smiling fondly, Mira glanced around at the rambunctious guild, someone had started a brawl and surprisingly, it was neither Natsu nor Gray that had been the fire starter. They were standing at the guild doors with Erza waiting for Lisanna as she spoke to a certain blonde. Her smile curved wider as she thought fondly while she wiped the glasses.

Her siblings may have not remembered her, though they did only meet once, but Mira clearly did. How could she forgot her own mentor, her saviour, even if they hadn't met each other for so long or that she was only trained for a couple of years.

-Past-

It was the day when she decided to leave her siblings in Fairy Tail, she was 10 at that time, she was walking away from the guild when a blonde girl had approached her with a smile. She had recognized the blonde as the girl she saw sneaking out of the infirmary yesterday, her hand bandaged with blood seeping out. The girl, who she would be known as Lucy later on, had gold hair and warm golden brown eyes, she looked the same age as Mira, though the blonde was slightly taller. She had worn a simple white wrap dress, a blue toga slung over her shoulders. On her head sat was a pair of wings, similar to the ones she saw Mavis Vermilion, the first master of fairy tail, wore. What intrigued Mira, was that her feet was bare, save for the bandages that was tightly wrapped. If it weren't for her brown eyes, she could have sworn that it was Mavis standing in front of her. Unlike Mira, she had brought an umbrella, keeping every part of her, except for her feet, dry.

"Hello, you are MiraJane, aren't you? Why are you outside here in the rain?" the blonde's eyes gazed at her as she tilted her head in curiousity.

"I could ask the same for you, and for why I am here… it's none of your business," she scowled, tightly holding her demonic arm closer to her body before attempting to walk away from the weird blonde.

The blonde's face fell and a frown marred her child-like features as she gazed intensely at the leaving girl.

"So you are just going to abandon your siblings?" her voice was cold, making Mira stop abruptly as she turned to face her, fury painted on her face.

"No, I'm not! I'm leaving to keep them safe-" Mira was interrupted as a hand slapped her, her eyes widened in shock as she stared at the blonde.

"Yes, you are abandoning them. Instead of staying, where you can learn to control your magic and protect your siblings, you decide to just leave them. Have you ever considered how they would feel? Have you considered what will happen if they decide to search for you? What if they go into a fatal incident and you are not here?! You are selfish, you know…" The blonde hissed, her head hung low making her face get covered in shadows, but Mira could see the tears running down her cheeks. If she looked closer, she swore she could see another child, around the age of 13, slinging her arm on the blonde's shoulder to comfort her.

"P-protect my siblings?" Mira mused, she had not thought of it that way. "How can I protect my siblings if I can't even control my magic?"

"Meet me at the east forest, I'll teach you how," the blonde raised her head, her brown eyes glimmered with determination.

"You would do that for me? Even though I'm just a stranger?" The white haired girl whispered in shock.

"Yes, I would, so please don't leave Fairy Tail," she pleaded.

"A-alright… I'll stay," Mira agreed, a small smile graced her lips as the blonde dragged her into a warm embrace, for once in a long time, it was genuine and warm.

She didn't know why she had agreed to a girl she didn't know, but she did know she had liked the warmth growing inside her heart. The warmth had spread through her entire body, so that even while standing in the cold rain, she wasn't affected by the low temperatures. It had made her want to be selfish for once, to do what her heart truly desired and she found that she rather liked this feeling.

So, for the next two years, Lucy helped Mira with her magic as promised. It turns out that Mira was a natural, her magic skyrocketed in just the first week. It would have seemed that Master Makarov had knew of her as well, as he didn't question of her regular visits to the forest, having a knowing glint in his old eyes. By two weeks, Mira had finally managed a full body take-over, her confidence increasing as she started getting into fights with Erza, fighting for the position of strongest female in Fairy Tail. Mira had tried to get Lucy to join Fairy Tail, but she waved it off, explaining to a small extent of her life.

In those two year, the two had grown closer, even going as far as to getting matching tattoos on their back. Mira had started seeing her as an older sister, much to Lucy's chagrin who rather be just a sister, someone she could lean on, so when Lucy had not come to their meeting spot for months, her heart broke, thinking of the worst. She tried secretly searching for Lucy while on missions with her siblings, but it was for naught. It had made her understand the despair Natsu felt when searching for his foster father.

It wasn't long before she became S-Class, at the age of 15, along with Erza to her chagrin, she was sad that she couldn't show the fruit of her training to her own mentor but had acted happy as she celebrated in the guild. When she came back home, she had quickly ran to her bedroom, wanting to put down her act but she was happily surprised to see her mentor sitting on her window sill. All thoughts was thrown out of her head as she quickly closed her door and threw herself into the arms of the awaiting blonde.

"Where have you been Lucy-nee?" she whispered in the blonde's ear as tears streamed down her cheeks and onto the blonde's white dress.

She was wearing the exact same thing as she had when they first met, her feet was still bare. Even her left hand was still bandaged, though no blood was seeping out of the red bandages this time. Though her wing accessories was missing, making her look slightly odd. She was still taller, though the difference had increased, even though Mira had on heeled boots and Lucy was bare foot.

"I'm sorry, I had to leave… my mother… she-she… died" Lucy hiccuped as Mira hugged her tighter. "My prediction was right. I'm sorry it took so long to come back,"

That was all it took for whatever ill feelings she had held against Lucy to evaporate away. She had knew a small part of her problem and decided to forgive her.

"It's fine, all that matters is that you are here. But look! I've finally became an S-Class mage!" Mira exclaimed before showing her the s-class mark that was stamped below her fairy tail mark, trying to improve the mood.

"Congrats! I'm so proud of you," Lucy grinned proudly, warmth spread from Mira's heart as she felt all her troubles evaporate.

Oh, how she had missed this feeling that raced through her when she was near Lucy. Her eyes brighten as she reminded herself of where she was.

"Lucy, I would like you to meet my siblings!" she tugged the blonde's hands eagerly as she led her out her room.

Lucy had smiled sadly before laughing, her laughter sounding like bells tinkling, as she let herself be dragged out to the living room where two other white haired teens stood.

"Nee-san, who is this?" The boy, who will be known as Elfman asked curiously.

"Guys, this is Lucy, the girl that has been training me. Lucy, this are my siblings, ElfMan and Lisanna, they use take over magic as well," Mira's lips curved into a proud smile at her sibling's accomplishments.

Her siblings had stared at their older sister in shock. The usual devious smirk was replaced with a warm and loving smile, making her look slightly angelic. Her blue eyes that would almost always shone with defiance was now warm with admiration, pride and love. Finding that they liked this part of her, excited grins was immediately plastered on their faces as they stared at the girl that made the she-demon react that way.

"Nice to meet you," Lucy stiffly greeted, her smile, though, was warm and inviting to the siblings.

Her eyes widened as the two jumped to give her a warm embrace, hearing Mira giggle beside her. Blinking, her eyes softened as she returned the hug, smiling as she felt warm once again.

For a whole day, they had played games, getting to know each other and such. But Mira was careful to not touch the topic of Lucy's family, something her siblings understood wholeheartedly.

Time went quicker than Mira liked, soon she was walking Lucy out of her house, Lucy had refused Mira's offers to stay for the night. As they stood out her house, she was surprised when Lucy had grasped her hands, tears collecting in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, but this might be the last time you'll be seeing me," she whispered through her tears, her head hung low.

"B-but you just came back!" Mira hissed, feeling her heart crack, her eyes widening in fear as tears blurred her vision.

"My father doesn't know I'm here, I'm using thought projection so they will think that I'm still in my room… so please… protect Fairy Tail for me," Lucy pleaded as she shoved a ring into Mira's hands, "I promise I'll try my best to come back, so please don't forget me and stay safe,"

As tears streamed down their faces, Mira threw her arms around the blonde, hugging her tightly as her fingers curled around the gift tightly.

"Of course I will, how could I ever forget you, nee-san?" Mira sniffled as she tried to control her tears. "Get some shoes would you?" she tried to crack a joke.

"You know I hate shoes," Lucy chuckled nervously, glancing down at her bare feet, save for the slightly dirty bandages.

"You know that's weird right?" Mira smiled tearfully.

"Not as weird as Gray's stripping habit," Lucy smirked when Mira snickered in agreement.

Glancing up at the sky, her face turned grim.

"I really need to go now, so goodbye-" she was interrupted by a glare.

"No, you should say 'see you soon'. I know we will see each other soon and I'll force you to join Fairy Tail if I have to," Mira stubbornly ordered, pouting as she stomped her feet childishly.

"Of course... see you soon!" Lucy smiled fondly before summoning her angel-like wings, flying away.

Smiling sadly, Mira watched as her fly further away, becoming smaller as she went. Fiddling with the ring, she raised to her eye-level to smile fondly. It was a gold band with intricate design, the center held a blood red crystal in the shape of a small pair of demon wings. Shaking her head, she slipped the ring on her right hand, twisting it slightly as she entered her house again.

Shoot to two years later, after the S-Class mission, an incident that had made her finally crack. She stood in front of the grave alone as she stared into the air blankly, tears streaming down her cheeks mixed with the rain that hit her harshly. Not able to take it anymore, she had ran to the place where she usually trained with Lucy, now her solace.

"I failed, nee-san, I failed…" she weeped as she leaned her back on a tree, sliding down into a sitting position as she hugged her knees. "Even with my powers, I couldn't protect my own sister… I don't deserve it…" she hissed as she fiddled with the ring that now hung on a bracelet, unknowingly locking up her satan souls.

On that day, Mira's fighting spirit had 'died' along with her younger sister. The guild was surprised, when the next day, Mira had arrived in a long dress with her hair down in waves and her bangs tied up, a sweet smile plastered on her face. They were shocked, but went with the flow, not wanting to upset the white-haired mage, carefully watching her as she worked behind the bar. Once in awhile, they had caught her glancing at the guild doors as she fiddled with her ring, joking that she was waiting for her boyfriend.

They didn't know how right they were, though it was not a boyfriend she was waiting for. Days dragged by so slowly for her, her hope slowly diminished, so when Natsu had brought in a familiar looking blonde, the hope in her ignited again. She had been right, for she had hugged her right there on the spot.

"Mira!" The blonde exclaimed before embracing her in a warm hug.

"Nee-san!" Mira gasped when she recognized the blonde hair, the wing accessory sat on her hair once again, and strawberry scent.

"Mira, you know I hate it when you call me nee-san, we are the same age!" The blonde huffed as she rested her chin on Mira's head.

To say she was happy was an understatement, as tears of joy rolled on her cheeks, a bright grin gracing her lips. The guild had stopped to watch the duo in shock and happiness. Shock that Mira had called the blonde her older sister and happy to see Mira genuinely happy again.

"Are you back for real now?" Mira had asked, ignoring the huff, she dared to hope and it was fulfilled as the blonde nodded eagerly.

"I'm here to stay, I'm even joining Fairy Tail!" the blonde grinned eagerly.

Now that they were apart, she could see that Lucy had grew into a beautiful woman, having curves in all the right places. Her white dress was swapped with a creme wool vest over a white button-up, that was tucked in messily into a black checkered skirt reached a couple centimeters above her knees. A black leather belt slung across her waist, a ring of keys and a gold katana was attached to it. Lucy had somehow grown taller again. She's going to be as tall as Laxus if she keeps growing, Mira thought amusedly as Lucy was unfortunate enough to receive her father's genes in the height department. Her wavy golden hair was put up in a high ponytail, but it still her mid-back, her bangs was left to frame her small face.

"Nee-san, who is this and why are you calling her your nee-san?" Elfman had walked to stand next to his sister, staring at the blonde warily.

"You don't remember her?" Mira asked, frowning when Elfman shook his head.

"Don't worry Mira, it's been a long time, I'm Lucy. I don't know why she calls me nee-san," she introduced herself, smiling innocently.

"Well, you are older than me. Come, I'll guide you to the Master's office to join," Mira giggled devilish as Lucy sent her her a death glare, dragging

"We are the same age, dammit," she hissed but she allowed herself to be dragged, yelling a bye to a pink haired boy and blue cat.

"I missed you so much," Mira whispered as Lucy managed to catch up, hooking their arms together.

"Me too… I'm sorry… again, I heard what happen. I'm sorry for not coming back earlier… " she hung her in shame, "If you hate-"

"Lucy! I would never hate you! It wasn't your fault, so don't blame yourself," Mira gritted her teeth.

"If I can't blame myself, then you can't either," Mira shot her eyes to the blonde in shock, "We may not have seen each other in a while, but I still know you too well, Mira."

A tender smile graced the blonde's lips as she took away her hand to intertwine her fingers with Mira's. Nodding hesitantly, they reached finally Master's office, Mira knocked gently, a rough 'come in' voiced from the office. Glancing at Mira, Lucy twitched nervously, Mira squeezing her hand in encouragement. Opening the door, a small man was barely seen over the pile of paperwork, Lucy's eyes widening as she glanced at the mountain of paper.

"Ah, Mira, how can I…" The elf like man tilted his head in confusion at the blonde, her hair accessory intrigued him as it looked similar to Mavis's. Actually, she looked like Mavis, except older, taller… exceptionally taller, and with caramel eyes. He had to crane his neck just to see her face, making him resent his own height slightly.

"Master, this is Lucy-nee, she would like to join Fairy Tail! Lucy, this is Master Makarov, Master of Fairy Tail," Mira smiled warmly, a mischievous glint entered her eyes, Master looking even more confused.

"Lucy… -nee?" He blinked, he was pretty sure that there was only three Strauss siblings, Mira being the oldest.

"Ahaha, I am Lucy, Lucy Vermilion. Before you ask, I am a celestial mage," She nervously smiled as Mira shot her a confused look, slightly shaking her head.

"Ah, nice to meet you, Lucy. Sorry, but are you somehow related to Mavis Vermilion?" His curiosity broke.

"Um… yes, I am her… uh… granddaughter," She giggled nervously as Makarov grinned widely.

"No wonder you look so similar to Mavis! Except you are exceptionally… taller," He exclaimed before grabbing a stamp from a drawer. "Where would you like the stamp and in what colour?"

"Right shoulder, in black please," she rolled up her sleeves, allowing Master to press the stamp on her right shoulder, he was surprised when a gold 'S-Class' mark appeared in the middle, but probably had a vague idea of who she was.

Grinning, she studied the Fairy Tail's emblem that now sat proudly on her right shoulder before being ushered out the room by the Master, now standing at the balcony. With a loud clap, Master Makarov easily garnered all the brawling guild's attention, making Lucy squirm while Mira giggled at the way her 'older' sister acted.

"Brats, today we have earned a new member, Lucy Vermilion, treat her well and… LET'S PARTY!" He roared out the last part in excitement, grabbing a mug of beer as the guild started partying wildly.

Swiftly, Mira dragged Lucy down to the first floor, seating her on one of the seats near the bar but safe from the brawl, going to make her a special strawberry milkshake.

"Hey, Luce, you never told us you were Mira's older sister!" A voice huffed, followed by a high pitched 'Aye!'.

Turning to her side, she saw Natsu pouting as he stared questioningly at her.

"You never asked," She smirked as a table was thrown at Natsu and he too joined the brawl, screaming about a stupid 'ice princess'.

Hearing a sigh, she turned to see a brunette hugging a beer barrel. Doing a once over, she saw that the brunette had worn only a blue bra top pair of knee length brown pants, though it did suit her very well, showing off her Fairy Tail emblem.

"I never get to drink in peace," She sighed again before realizing that she was being stared at, "Hey, you're the newbie right?"

"Yes, I am. I am Lucy Vermilion, nice to meet you," She smiled nervously.

"Don't be so nervous, I don't bite. I'm Cana, Cana Alberona. Hey, what do you do to grow so tall?" Lucy choked on her spit at how direct the girl was.

"It's my genes," She mumbled grudgingly before, yet another table flew, this time hitting the brunette.

She watched in amusement as the girl shoved the barrel away as if it was nothing as her hand flew to the fluffy blue purse that hung across her shoulders. Pulling out some cards, a green magic circle had appeared in front of her. Ah, a card mage, Lucy thought wistfully as she watched the brunette shout incoherently before flicking her wrist, her cards flying in elegant arc before activating,

"Thanks Mira! You still remember my favourite drink!" Lucy exclaimed as stars shone in her eyes when Mira slid a strawberry milkshake in front of her.

"So you are still addicted to strawberries, funny since I know of somebody that has the same addiction," Mira grinned as the blonde took a big gulp, snickering when her clutched her head as she had drank too fast.

"Really? Who?" She placed the half-empty glass back down as she stared at Mira in curiousity.

"Erza, Erza Scarlet. You two are almost identical, though you are not as awkward or serious as she is." She explained before asking about what happened the last four years.

It had turned out that Lucy had ran away three years ago, for a reason she wouldn't tell Mira. She had been doing jobs for the council, such as taking down dark guild, to simple ones, like training the rune knights. When she knew nobody was looking, she had taken out a white card with a large 'S' in the middle in gold. It was from the council, stating that she could take any S-Class mission in any guild, not caring whether or not if she was part of the guild.

Her stories was interrupted as a pink haired boy ran towards her again, knocking her glass of milkshake down to the floor, the blonde just stared at the fallen glass with wide eyes.

"Luce, I just remembered what I wanted to ask you… uh… luce?" Natsu exclaimed but stopped when the blonde slowly turned her gaze from her hand to him, her glare made him shiver, reminding him of Erza.

"Natsu you flame brain! How dare you make me drop my precious strawberry milkshake!" she roared before leaping off her seat as she unsheathed her katana to hit him with the blunt end, sending him to the other side of the guild.

Natsu's eyes widened in fear, not only did the blonde's glare remind him of a certain red head, her personality was similar as well.

"It's okay Nee-san, I made another," A soft voice giggled as Mira slid another glass of strawberry milkshake, making the blonde calm down before grabbing the glass and gulping it down.

"You really are similar to Erza," She giggled, Natsu agreeing silently as he punched a raven haired boy for laughing.

"What did you say ice princess?!" He hissed, butting heads with the other boy that was now only in his boxers.

"I called you lame, you overgrown flame lizard!" He hissed back, the air around him dropped in temperature drastically.

"You want to go at it?!" Natsu drew back his fist as it bursts into flames.

"Don't cry when you lose!" He slammed his fist into his open palm, water vapor crystallized to form ice as it awaited his command.

But before they could start a brawl, they were forced apart, again reminding the both of a certain red haired demon, the only one able to stop them from fighting. Glancing upwards, the raven haired teen's eyes widened as he stared at the blonde in shock. The guild had stopped what they were doing to stare at the blonde, everyone palen as they wondered if another Erza had joined.

"What was it that you wanted to tell me, Natsu? Oh and you are naked" The blonde turned her eyes to the pink haired teen before taking a brief glance at the naked raven haired teen.

"GAH!" He had exclaimed before running off to retrieve his clothes.

"Ah, right! Happy and I wanted to ask if you would like to form a team with me, now that you have joined Fairy Tail," "Aye!" He grinned, Mira blinked in shock before her eyes turned into hearts.

"No-" She was interrupted by a black haired boy shouting at the Master.

Lucy frowned as she heard the conversation between the 6 year-old and the Master of Fairy Tail. Glancing down at Natsu's eyes they made a silent agreement before walking out of the guild together, absent mindedly noticing Mira's grin widening as she watched Lucy leave, Happy flying behind them.

"Mira, I'll be staying with you for a while," She paused to shout behind her shoulder to Mira who eagerly nodded.

It didn't take long before Lucy was seen carrying a beaten up Macao, Romeo, the black haired boy from earlier, had ran up to her, thanking and calling her 'Lucy-nee', something Mira teased her about. When Mira had asked Lucy about Natsu, the blonde had palen before running off, gasping about forgetting him. It was safe to say Natsu was pissed when the three had returned, Lucy smiling nervously.

"If you want, you can choose the first Job," She offered the fuming dragon slayer, who quickly brighten up before running to the request board with Happy.

"Natsu, I found a good Job! And look at this!" Happy exclaimed, holding a piece of paper.

"Oooh, good choice! Luce! We choose this!" Natsu exclaimed before showing the blonde the paper.

"Okay, meet me at the train station in an hour, don't be late." Lucy nodded her approval before walking out of the guild.

"Mira, we'll be taking this Job," Natsu grinned as Mira read the request warily.

His grin faltered as the white haired mage narrowed her eyes at him, a demonic glint from her rebellious days shone in her eyes. He gulped, feeling cold sweat roll down his neck and he felt himself shrink under the furious blue eyes.

"You better not be thinking of getting Nee-san to pretend to be a maid or wear a maid costume. She may be fine about it, but I'm not," She hissed protectively as she pointed to the fine print, her hair was slightly floating.

"O-of course not, Mira-san. I'm not that stupid," He chuckled nervously with Happy, though it was exactly what he wanted to do.

"Good, have fun!" Mira grinned happily, before stamping the paper, leaving Natsu to sweatdrop at her sudden change of mood.

Just like the rescue of Macao, they had 'completed' the mission quickly, though Natsu said it was a fail as they hadn't accomplished the given task. Lucy was still happy as she managed to fix the bond between father and son with an plus of a new gold key. That night, Lucy had slept over at Mira's house, sharing stories, laughing when she told of the ridiculous things she had did. During her chat Lucy had asked a lot about Erza, saying that Natsu and Gray had talked a lot about her being a 'monster'. In the end, they had fell asleep together at midnight.

-_-_-_- Author's Note -_-_-_-

Hey! So this is my first chapter/story I've posted on this website, hope it is good enough. I'm not a regular update(lazy person here) but I try to post long chapters to make up for it. If you could, do leave a review, a couple of pointers on how to improve would be nice as well :) Well, until next time!