Year X891
I opened my eyes to a clear sky and bright sunshine. I squinted. It was too bright, but it woke me up early enough. I opened the window slightly. The sounds of the flower blooming city of Crocus flooded my ears. It really was a beautiful place to live. Much nicer than the orphanage that I had grown up in. I quickly got dressed into a white shirt and blue skirt. I loosely tied a dark blue ribbon around the colour of my shirt. I had no time to look in the mirror. But if I did, I would have seen a girl with blonde hair that fell just below her shoulders. She would also have a pair of chocolate brown eyes. Her white shirt would have the top button undone and was slightly untucked at the left hand side.
I quickly slipped on a pair of brown boots and ran out of my apartment door, almost forgetting my bag. In my bag was a belt that I hardly ever wore. There was also a whip. The whip was apparently some sort of family heir loom. It had been passed down from my mother when she had been killed. I had no idea how to use it though. There was also a mini communications lacrima - though I didn't really need it since I didn't know anyone accept at work. Also there was a notepad and pen. Most importantly, in my bag was a key chain. On it were 6 celestial keys. 3 were silver keys. The other 3 were zodiac keys. They had all been passed down to me from my mother - I never went anywhere without them! Finally, in my bag was a book. It was my favorite book of all time, despite it being almost 100 years old. It was 'Iris's adventure' by my ancestor: Lucy Heartfilia. I looked up to her, it was because of her that I wanted to be both a wizard and an author!
The streets of Crocus were busy this morning. Great. I was already late for work. I began to push through the crowd. They were all heading towards Domus Flau. Today was the 6th of July, the final day of the Grand Magic games. I've always wanted to be in a guild and compete in the games, but the opportunity never came up. I wasn't allowed to go to the grand magic games. They always sent experienced reporters there. I was only just promoted from editor in training, so I wasn't able to do any of the good stuff yet. Today would just be some more filing and editing. I didn't want to be a reporter forever, the job was just convenient since I was skilled at writing. It also payed fairly well for rent money. I soon arrived at the main office building. Before I opened the door I braced myself. The manager was always too loud. e would shout at me for being late... Again...
Slowly, I slid open the door. Just as I had expected, I was greeted by the manager of Sorcerer Weekly. "CELICA HEARTFILIA!" he yelled. I flinched. He was a tall, large man with dark brown hair and a mustache. "YOU'RE LATE AGAIN!" He looked me up and down, tutting. "YOU ALWAYS COME TO WORK LOOKING ALL SCRUFFY! YOU LOOK LIKE A CHILD WHO DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO DRESS THEMSELVES! NOT A PRODIGY FROM SORCERER WEEKLY!" Oh... I forgot that he saw me as 'the prodigy' or 'sorcerer weekly's rising star.' "SOMETIMES I FORGET THAT YOUR THE YOUNGEST IN THE COMPANY BECAUSE OF YOUR WRITING TALENTS! BUT YOUR AGE IS NO EXCUSE FOR BEING LATE YOUNG LADY! IS THAT CLEAR!?"
"Yes sir," I spoke clearly - bowing my head.
"GOOD! NOW GET TO WORK!"
"Right away sir!" With that, I scrambled upstairs.
The day went by quickly, despite how boring work was. All I had to do was edit an article to make it more exiting. I had finished earlier than expected. So for the rest of the day I caught on with some reading from Iris's adventure. I was up to the part where Iris and her team had joined forces with other guilds to defeat a dark guild. I had read the story many times before, it was so good and never ceased to amaze me. Soon, the day was done and I began to walk back to my apartment. I wished that I didn't have to work today, maybe I could have watched the grand magic games...
I decided to take a short cut back home since the streets were always bustling after the games. It was down a dark passage way, through the houses. I was sure there were a few dark guilds lurking in this area of town, so I always had to keep my guard up. Today was no exception. I passed a small group of people. Their faces were masked by black cloth. As I passed them, I heard what they were saying.
"Is that her?" The first one spoke in a low deep rough voice.
"Of course it is! Look at her! That blonde hair is a dead give away!"
"Yeah, along with those brown eyes. She's a Heartfilia alright." As soon as I heard my name I stopped and turned. Bad idea. I should have started to run. The three figures all rushed towards me. "They'll pay a big price for a Heartfilia!" My hand instinctively dove straight down to my bag and I pulled out the first key I laid my fingers upon. "Open, gate of the maiden! Virgo!" There was a beam of light and suddenly Virgo had appeared. She turned around and stared at me with her blue eyes. "Is it time for punishment Princess?" For some reason Virgo always asked for punishment - not to mention she always called me 'Princess.' I had no idea why that was. "They need punishment!" I pointed to the three figures. Virgo began to attack.
Easily enough, the three figures were defeated. Sadly though, it seemed we were now both surrounded by hundreds of figures. "I won't be able to fend them off alone Princess, you'll need to fight as well."
"How?" I asked her. I'd never fought anyone before.
"Use the Fleuve d'étoiles!" she replied, kicking someone away from us. I knew what that meant. She was referring to the extendable whip. Quickly, I took it out of my bag. I was unsure of how to use it - but I wasn't going to ask Virgo how to when she was busy fighting. I lashed out at the nearest enemy - what had originally looked like a plain whip had now transformed into a whip made of eerily blue celestial matter with orange-white light twisting around it. It was beautiful. The rest came easily to me. I could use it to lash out at my opponents and dodge attacks. It was easy once I got the hang of it. Unfortunately, the enemy kept on swarming in and getting back up again. How did so many people end up here? "We're the dark guild known as Blood hunter - we're all bounty hunters." It was as if he'd read my mind.
"The reward for capturing a member of the Heartfilia family is extremely high - we could all use a few extra jewel..."
"What do you want with the Heartfilia family?" I asked, lashing out once more.
"We don't know what they want you all for, but they want you. And they're paying good money to get you!" There was no point in reasoning with them...
Just then I saw a jet of flames run through the crowd, knocking the members of the dark guild away from us. I looked towards Virgo, she looked even more surprised than I felt - though it seemed as if she had seen something like this before. "Fire dragon iron fist!" I heard someone call knocking a group of wizards to the ground. The voice way female. I could see who it belonged to now. A girl with messy pink hair. What struck me the most was here eyes. They were chocolate in colour - identical to my own...
The girl easily defeated the rest of the wizards. After she had done so, she looked up towards the two of us. "I'd better get going Princess," Virgo said, "But I suggest that you go with this girl. Go to Magnolia with her. The apartments are cheaper than in Crocus." Virgo smiled and I then closed her gate.
"You're a celestial wizard?" the girl asked. I nodded, "I should introduce myself," she grinned, "I'm Flame Dragneel!"
"I'm Celica Heartfilia," I replied. Flame smiled.
"You should come with me Celica," she held out her hand. She paused for a second. "You spell kind of like someone I know. It's probably because you're a celestial wizard but still..." I didn't know what she was talking about - but I was anxious to find out...
The next day I had packed everything in my apartment ready to move away to Magnolia with Flame - just like Virgo had said... I had turned up early for work. The manager had started to praise me before I shouted 'I QUIT' and stormed out. Flame had promised that I would have enough money if I quit my job - she wouldn't tell me why though... Or what was going to happen in Magnolia... I couldn't help but wonder what was in store for me in that town... I hoped it would be an adventure - just like the ones Iris used to go on!
Author's note:
I'm sorry if the story doesn't seem like much at the moment, but I promise there'll be a lot more revelations in the next chapter. I'm still also working on the plot for the story as well. I should also mention that I won't be publishing too often because I'm currently writing another fanfiction: Fairy Tail - Generation Zero. This will properly get started when I'm finished with that. This story is also upon Quotev if you'd prefer to read it there. Anyway, thank you for reading the first chapter and I hope you carry on supporting the story!