The Town of Anemone was surrounded by dying embers as Mages retreated from the destruction. A young boy cried as he moved from his hiding place. The hole under the large tree was large enough to fit an entire family, but only the boy and the child clutched in his arms had made it there unseen.
"Mama! Papa!" the boy yelled as he searched through the smoke. He stopped and covered his eyes as a great burst of wind swept the ash and smoke away. When he opened his eyes, he was met by the ruins of his home. He was surrounded by the corpses of his family and friends. Moving through the derby and rubble that was once his home he let the tears fall. He could name everybody he saw. His cousins, his friends and teachers, the baker from three streets away, the police man who always gave him into trouble for running between the market stalls. The small bundle in his arms squirmed and the face of the baby girl was exposed to the world outside of her blankets. The boy took no notice and continued his search for his parents. He passed a clearing of ashes that had once been a park that he had visited every Wednesday with his friends from school. All around there where corpses. The boy moved the blankets to coving the smaller child's eyes again, not wanting her to see such horrific destruction.
"Mama, Papa. Please. We need you!" he cried, hoping that they would hear him. He stopped in front of a crumbled house. Under one of the support beams was a man and a woman both burned and bloodied.
"No. No this can't be," he whispered looking wide eyed at the two corpses. "MAMA! PAPA!" he cried kneeling over them in horror. "No, you can't be dead. We need you. Please don't go…Mama…Papa…" The small child in his arms started to cry. He sat there for hours crying as it rained.
When the rain stopped he stood up and started to walk.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you. I swear," he mumbled to the girl in his arms. The boy walked, and walked, until he found another town. His clothes were tattered and the cloth around the small child had dried patches of blood on it. None of which belonged to the children. People started at him as he passed and others ushered their own children away from the boy. Some wondered what had happened to him. Others wondered where his parents where, but one person wondered if he was alright.
He was approached by a lady who could be no older than 20 herself. She smiled at the boy and led him to a small cottage on the edge of the town. She gave him new cloths and a warm bath. She also cleaned and repaired the baby girl's clothes, and bathed and fed them both.
"Thank you," the boy mumbled nibbling on the bread he was given. The lady smiled at him before her expression saddened and she looked out of her window.
"You can't stay" she sated before handing them a small satchel of food and led them to the edge of a forest.
"You must head further way from here. If possible go to magnolia. There is a guild there. A very nice guild known as Fairy tail, tell the master there what happened to you, tell him you wish to speak to Enno. You must tell her that Paisley sent you. She will keep you safe. Now you must leave," she said before she ran back to the village leaving them alone once again.
The boy did as he was told. He headed further away from his home. His life. And with his he carried his small satchel and the small baby girl. When nightfall arrived, he took refuge in a large cave for the night. He ate a small piece of bread and pulled out a small bottle of milk for the baby. She drank it willingly before falling asleep.
The boy kept watch that night and made sure the girl was safe. "I promise to protect you" he mumbled whenever the small child cried as he rocked her back to sleep.
Two years past and the boy and girl had managed to settle down in a small town in central Fiori, close to the Capital, but still a good days walk. The boy often took on jobs for people around the village to earn money to sustain himself and the little girl. The girl was very smart for her age and loved to read, she would read her books over, and over again. She only had 3 books but she didn't mind.
In the two years that had passed they had met many people, from the young lady in the first town to mages from guilds. They never did get to see magnolia, and the boy soon forgot about fairy tail as well. The girl wondered where her mama and papa were but she never asked.
They were happy. Even if they didn't have a mama or papa, they still had each other. But their happiness could not last.
On January 1st, X766, the small village was attacked by a dark scaled dragon.
"We need to go" the boy yelled to the girl he had come to know as his little sister. She was crying.
"But this is home" the girl replied as they ran. She was scared for her brother and herself. The kept running and made it out of the village in time to see it go up in flames. The girl cried silently in shock. The boy was down hearted, it was happening again. They were losing everything again.
The dragon spotted them and attacked. The boy grabbed the girl and ran. All he wanted to do was protect her. She was all he had left in the world and he wouldn't let a dragon of all things steal that away from him. They hid in a cave. The boy was shaking but the girl was curious. She wanted answers and she wanted them from the dragon.
Before the boy could stop her, she ran out of the cave to find it.
"Why?!" she exclaimed drawing the dragon's eyes to her after she had found it. "Why do that," she cried, letting the tears role down her cheeks. The dragon growled at the girl, and leaned down to bit her in half, but she did something that shocked the mighty dragon.
"People are bad I know but..." she couldn't bring herself to finish her sentence because of her tears. She fell to the ground on her hands and knees before begging the dragon.
"I don't care what happens to me but don't hurt my Onii-san" she cried. She kept pleading the dragon on her hands and knees. She was injured but not severely. "He's all I got left," She mumbled. Her tears fell harder when she remembered all he had done for her. In her eyes, he was a saint.
"Name," the dragon growled at the girl. She shot up in shock. Before she bit her lip.
"Well I... don't know it," she mumbled. The dragon looked her over before grabbing her with its tale and taking off into the sky.
"Rekai shall be your name," the dragon stated as they got further and further away from the cave the boy was resting in. "And your brother will be fine on his own." and with that they left the area all together. They soon came across a mountainous region where the dragon landed and set down Rekai.
"I will train you to become strong so you may be able protect your dear people," the dragon stated looking at the girl with a softer expression than before. 'She is different from other humans she is still pure hearted' the dragon thought.
"What's your name?" Rekai asked as she adjusted herself so she sat on her knees in front of the majestic beast in front of her.
"I am Amari, a shadow dragon and from this day forward I shall be what you humans call Mother," the dragon stated leading Rekai to a cave. The little girl nodded and smiled at the large reptile before her.
"Ok then Mama!" she chirped before latching onto one of her Dragon mothers legs in a hug. She had never had a mother before.