Hello, to all you people that know me and people that don't. If you do know me, it's most likely because of my Warriors High! story. Well, I'm back again with yet another story. But this story is not Warriors, or Hunger Games…
This story is of the incredible anime called Fairy Tail.
I fell in love with Fairy Tail not too long ago. Fairy Tail is amazing! I realize things are different from the manga and the anime, but I watch the anime. So bear with me. I'll try to update as often as I can.
Okay, just to get something straight before I start, I am a full supporter of Gruvia (Gray X Juvia). But I happened to fall in love with Gray. Yes, I'm a fan girl (squeal). So, for this fan fiction, Gray X OC will happen. The OC will be my own character, partially based off me, and partially based off my Gray obsessed best friend. So, that is what is happening.
The story takes place right after the Edolas arc. There is no S- Class promotion trial. So, everyone's still in the same age and stuff. Thank you. I repeat, no S- Class promotion trial.
Summary
What if there was no S-Class promotion trial? No confliction with Zeref, or Grimiore Heart? When one mysterious figure shows up in Fairy Tail, carrying a deep secret, Gray, Natsu, Lucy, and Erza and desperate to figure what is troubling this new arrival. Follow along through battle, death, sacrifice, and love?! Set after the Edolas arc.
Nicole's POV
Hitching my backpack back over my shoulder, I stumble forward a few more steps. Finally. I'm in the city of Magnolia. It's like a dream come true. Now, to find Fairy Tail.
I wander up and down some streets. I see some magic shops, food stores, apartments, and a small river leading through town. I cross a small wooden bridge to cross the river. Some men sit in a boat, floating along the river. I have just crossed the bridge when I hear one of the men call out.
"Hey, blondie! Careful you don't fall!"
I'm confused. I'm not blonde. Why would I fall off a bridge? Then I see a young girl, probably my edge, walking along the edge of the street above the river. Oh. That's who they were talking to.
The girl ignores them and continues walking. She's walking towards me. A small, snowman-like creature is following her. It's a cute little guy, pure white with a small nose.
Then I notice the pink Fairy Tail mark on her hand.
I jerk back to reality. I walk quickly down the street and towards the girl. "Excuse me?"
The girl looks up. Her snowman-creature thing stops by her feet and stares up at me expectantly.
I blush. I've not good at talking to people. "Hi, I couldn't noticing you were part of Fairy Tail?…"
The girl nods vigorously. "Yep! My name's Lucy! And this is Plue!" She gestures to the snowman.
She seems very friendly. "I'm Nicole. I wanted to join Fairy Tail, but I don't know where it is. Could you show me how to get there?"
"Yeah! Sure! I'm heading there now! Come on!" She walks on, and I jog to catch up with her.
"So," she starts, her eyes not leaving her feet, "What kind of wizard are you?"
God. I should have known this was coming. I hate this question. "I'm… and Ice wizard."
Her eyes light up. "Cool! One of my friends, Gray, is an Ice- Make wizard. I'm a Celestial wizard!"
"Cool! What spirits do you have?"
Lucy holds up a key ring. "I've got 8 gold keys, and 4 silver keys. This," She holds up a gold key, "Is Aquarius. She's someone who you don't want to mess with. And this is Taurus! He's a perverted bull. This is Cancer, and he's a crab. And this is Sagittarius! He's a horse! This none is Virgo. She's like a pink-haired maid. And this is Aries, she's like a ram, but's she's super sweet! This is Loke- er, Leo, he used to be part of Fairy Tail, well, he technically still is, but he was a Celestial spirit, so he's one of my friends now. This is Scorpio, he's a scorpion, and he's dating Aquarius. And this is Gemini! They are cute, and sweet!
"And these," she continues, "Are my silver keys! This is Plue, obviously, and this is Crux. He's a smart guy. And this is Horologium, he's a clock guy who is actually really helpful. And this last one is Lyra. She has a beautiful singing voice!"
"That's a lot!" I breath.
"I'm sorry," she says. "Am I rambling? Sorry, I-"
I laugh. "It's fine!"
She grins. "I can tell we're going to get along just fine!"
We talk, laugh, and joke as we walk. Lucy is so nice! If Fairy Tail is full of people like her, it'll be a great place. I avoid questions about myself and my magic. She doesn't need to know…
Soon we're there. I gape at the huge building. It's amazing! Lucy beams.
"Yeah, it's nice, isn't it? They rebuilt it after… After…" Her voice lowers. "After Phantom Lord trashed the guild hall."
I can tell the subject troubles her. "Is everything okay?"
She nods. "Yeah. Just… Lost in thought."
We silently enter the building. It's so loud! People are chatting loudly and some are even arguing. It's… huge. And amazing. And crazy. Chaotic is a better word.
Lucy waves to everyone. "Hey, guys! I got a new recruit!" Most of the crowd turns to me. I blush.
"I'm Nicole Emereon," I announce. "I want to join Fairy Tail."
"Great! Someone new!" I see a pink-haired boy stand up from his table. "Someone new to fight!"
I blink. Another guy stands up. "Come on, flame brain, is all you can think about fighting?"
This guy is different. He has spiky black- or is it navy blue?- hair, and is… wearing no shirt. He has pants, thank God, but his body is toned and muscular. I find myself blushing again. What? Why?
"Gray-sama! Your clothes!" A blue-haired girl, who is sitting at the same table as the boys, calls. She has long, blue, curly hair. She seems nice.
"Gah!" The shirtless boy- Gray?- Pulls on a purple t-shirt, but leaves it unbuttoned.
The pink-haired boy rolls his eyes. "Yeah, stripper. Don't scare the newcomers."
"Says you, Natsu," Gray growls, lunging at Natsu. "You want a fight, you've got one!"
Natsu cheers. "Yeah! That's what I'm talking about!"
"Um," I stutter, "Guys, there's no need-"
"Watch out!"
Natsu has been thrown over Gray's shoulder and is currently flying at me, screaming. Lucy dives to the side. To my one side is a wall. To my other side is Lucy. So I jump.
I jump up, and Natsu flies out the open guild doors. I land on my feet again, bewildered.
I look behind me. "Are you okay, Natsu?"
He grins. "Of course I am! Are you a ninja or something?"
I laugh and blush at the same time. "No, not exactly."
He slams his fist into his other hand. "I'm going to enjoy fighting you!"
"Uh, I don't know," I protest. "My magic's not very good-"
"Then I'll just fist-fight you!" He laughs and charges at me.
Man, this guy can be annoying. "I said not right now!" I leap backwards and he hurtles towards Gray, far past me.
Gray puts his hands together and yells, "Ice-Make Wall!" And Natsu rams face-first into an ice wall. I giggle. Lucy laughs beside me.
"I didn't know you could move like that!" She calls.
"I studied karate for a while," I tell her. "And I've had a lot of experience with stuff like this."
The room has erupted into chaos. People are fighting one another, with and without magic.
"Is this normal?" I yell over the noise to Lucy.
"Yeah," she yells back. "Happens all the time!"
"ENOUGH!"
The room falls into silence. A red-head with an armoured top and blue skirt stands in the middle of the room, holding a sword. Her hair sweeps down her back. She's wearing boots and seems very intimidating.
"Hi, Erza," Lucy squeaks. Are they all this scared of her? "This is our new arrival!"
I smile at Erza, who gives me a long, hard glare. "I'm Nicole. Nice to meet you!"
I hear whispers around the guild hall. "She's not intimidated by Erza?"
"She's tougher than she looks."
"I thought she'd be running in fear!"
"What's Erza going to do?"
Should I have been scared? I have no reason to. I've never met her before. But from the way people are talking about her, she's a scary person.
To my surprise, she smiles. "Welcome to Fairy Tail. I'm Erza. Erza Scarlet. What magic do you study?"
"Actually," I reply, "I'm trying to learn Ice magic. I know a bit, but I'm not the best. I'm actually a lot better at hand to hand combat. I thought joining a guild would help me learn better."
Erza nods, and I know I've said the right thing. "Right you are. You will learn a lot from Fairy Tail, like how to open up, be loud and noisy, and chaotic." She glares at Natsu and Gray. "And you may also learn how to improve your magic."
"Great!" Well, maybe not great about the 'opening up' thing. I am not good at sharing my past.
"If you're going to learn," Erza continues, "You could learn from Gray. He's an Ice wizard. And you might need some experience with battling a wizard."
"Alright!" Natsu stands up. "I'll battle with her!"
"Natsu, you-" Erza starts towards Natsu, making him coward back in fear.
"No, it's fine!" I interrupt. "I can try to fight Natsu. No guarantees though." I offer a sheepish grin. Natsu smiles evilly.
"Great! This is going to be awesome!" He trots up to me and grabs my wrist. "I can tell we're going to get along so well!"
"Um, I-" But Natsu is already dragging me outside. I look behind me helplessly and I see most of the guild following us. Great! The last thing I need is an audience to see me fail!
But I'm dragged onto the field anyway.
~2 minutes and 12 seconds later~
The training field is huge! Green grass stretches so far along. Natsu is standing at the other end of the field, about 20 feet away. The crowd has gather at the side.
Lucy pops her head out of the crowd. "Wait, are they actually going though with this?"
Erza sighs. "If they are both fine with it, then I don't see why not."
"But Nicole just got here!" Lucy cries. "I don't want her killed on her first day here!" I twitch. Glad to see she has faith in me.
Erza gives Lucy a small smile. "Don't worry about it, Lucy. I'm sure Nicole will be fine."
"I'm rooting for you, Natsu!" I look over and see a small blue cat. It can talk! I must be able to fly to. Don't ask how I know this.
Natsu grins. "Thanks, Happy!"
Happy? Okay…
"Is Wendy here?" Erza calls. A petite blue haired girl pops her head out of the crowd.
"I'm here!"
"Great. We'll need you, just in case." Wendy nods, and turns her eyes back to us.
I try to think of a way to make me less nervous and more determined. Think of this like a test. A test for what? If you do well, you can join Fairy Tail. If you don't…
My blood runs cold. I will win this. At least, I'll try. I don't know what type of magic Natsu uses, but I know he's reckless.
"Okay!" Natsu cheers. "Let's get this started!" He lets out a yell a charges at me, right fist pulled back to punch. He's not using magic yet. He's… toying with me.
The audience has come to the same realization. "He's not using magic!"
"He's just going easy on her!"
Anger flares inside of me. As Natsu reaches me and starts to punch, I duck to the right and sink my fist right into his stomach.
Natsu sucks in a mouthful of air and stumbles forward as I dance back. The audience is shocked. I can hear no one cheering, talking, or anything anymore. Then I hear Lucy.
"Great job, Nicole!"
I wave at her, smiling. I hear Natsu get up and I stare at him.
"Wow!" He cries. "That's one heck of a punch! Maybe I don't have to go easy on you now!" He fist explodes into flames. My eyes widen. I take a step back.
"Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" He yells before leaping at me.
Wait. Fire Dragon?
At the last minute I snap out of my shock and leap to the side. I narrowly avoided the punch, but he swung his leg around and kicked me back. I skidded backward and came to a halt.
I smirk. "Not bad for a guy with pink hair."
"Pink hair?!" Natsu roars. The crowd laughs. "I'll show you!"
He inhales sharply. "FIRE DRAGON ROAR!"
A huge gust of flame erupts and hurtles towards me. I duck to the ground, but not fast enough. The flames swallow my arm. I scream loudly.
"Nicole!" Lucy cries. She tries to get past Erza, but the red head holds her back.
"Wait," she says. Natsu is grinning triumphantly at the other end of the field. I hear the crowd's murmurs.
"Yeah, that didn't take long."
"What did you expect?"
I exhale. I place my other hand on my burning wrist and concentrate. A cooling sensation spreads over my arm. Looking down, my entire wrist has turned to ice.
I sit up happily. "Well, that's much better!" I face Natsu, who looks as equally shocked as the crowd. I find Gray's face in the crowd and see he is smirking.
After another moments concentration, I whisper two words I swore nobody would ever hear out loud. Then I scream, "KNIFE!"
A knife made of pure ice appears in my hand. I turn the knife in my hand. "Well, then." I spin and hurl the knife at Natsu.
Natsu ducks, just in time. I grin. "Is that better!"
Natsu smiles back. "Yeah! This is awesome!"
I smile. If I want to get better, I need to practice. I close my eyes and picture a spike of ice.
I whisper the same two words, then I yell, "SPIKE!" and puns my frozen wrist on the ground. An enormous spike pulls itself out of the ground under Natsu's feet. I smile happily. I did it! I actually did it!
Then I realize how tired I am. I drained too much of my magic power. And my wrist still tingles. I sink down to my knees. Natsu is jumping up and down, screaming "Cold! Cold!"
Wendy runs over to me. "Are you hurt? Can I help you?"
"Thank you," I gasp. Wendy holds two hands out in front of her and I sigh in relief. It's like the pain is leaking out of me. I open my eyes again and see 4 people standing over top of me.
Gray, Lucy, Natsu, and Erza. I smile up at them "How'd I do?"
Erza nods. "Lots of potential."
Lucy agrees with her. "You did great!"
Natsu speaks up next. "That was awesome! I can't wait to fight you again!"
Last is Gray. "That was cool. It's nice to finally meet another Ice wizard." I smile wider.
"Thanks, guys." I sit up, feeling as good as new. Lucy offers me a hand.
"Let's go register you in Fairy Tail!"
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