AN: Hey everyone! This is a story that I came up with that will follow the main story line of Fairy Tail, but since I added some of my OCs, it'll diverge a bit in order to weave the characters in. I decided to post this after much nagging from my friends, so if you enjoy it, you can thank them. This is the prologue which takes place before Tenroujima but after Edolas. There will be a lot of action, humor, and some pairings in later chapters. Well, I think that's all for now, and I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Fairy Tail, which belongs to Hiro Mashima.

Prologue

-Somewhere Deep in a Forest, Unknown POV-

"I must lose them, I must lose them! At least until I get there. Great, it's starting to rain. Perfect. Please let my destination be close!"

-A Certain Wizard Guild, Normal POV-

It was a normal afternoon at a certain mages guild. And even though the weather had just gone from bright and sunny to somber and rainy, the guild was just as rowdy as ever. With the fire dragon slayer fighting against the ice-maker wizard over something pointless, and the iron dragon slayer butting in every once-in-awhile. A take-over sibling, named Elfman, screaming something along the lines of "that is man" every now and then. Cana Alberona was drinking another barrel of alcohol while Erza Scarlet, otherwise known as Titania, was eating her delicious strawberry cake while being completely oblivious to the current state of the guild. Lucy was sitting at the bar while talking to Levy and Mira, and Juvia was in the shadows watching her beloved "Gray-sama" fight Natsu. The rest of the guild was carrying on normally as well with their master sitting on the counter watching everything with a smile. Nothing could ruin this moment, or so they thought.

The big, wooden doors to the guild burst open to reveal the harsh storm and a small figure in the doorway. Everyone in the guild gasped at the figure that was a small girl who looked about ten years old, and was horribly bloodied and bruised. She had long, wavy, midnight black hair that went to her waist, and she had one violet eye open while the other was closed due to a bleeding scratch above it. Her left arm was hanging limp at her side due to the damaged that it had with the right hand grasping it. The girl's outfit was torn in several places to reveal more bloody injuries. The edges of the boots were frayed, but the lower part seemed intact. The girl gave a weak smile.

"I made it." She said quietly before she collapsed. Erza was the first to recover from the beginning shock. She sprinted to the young girl and held her gently in her arms. Up close, Titania could tell that the injuries were serious which amazed her at how the girl was able to come to the guild in such a state. She didn't waste time on such thoughts, for the girl was in danger of death.

"Wendy! Come to the infirmary, quickly! She needs medical attention, now!" Erza shouted while running to the medical center within the guild. Wendy had recovered from her stupor and dashed off in pursuit of Erza. Everyone eventually recovered from theirs as well, and the Master went up to the infirmary to check on the situation, and for once, the guild was left in complete silence.

Wendy was healing the young girl as efficiently as she possibly could. Her injuries were very serious, but were slowly closing due to her sky magic. Erza stood on the opposite side of the bed while watching the Sky dragon slayer work. The door opened to reveal Master Makarov walk in to make sure everything is okay. After several more minutes of feverish healing on Wendy's part, she eventually sat down on the side of the bed while breathing heavily from the exhaustion.

"How is she?" Erza asked the sky magic user who looked up at the weapon re-quipper with her big brown eyes.

"She's going to be fine, just needs some more rest, but the wounds that still exist are no longer fatal." Relief swept through the two listeners as their shoulders relaxed.

"That's good." Master said in his usual tone. "I'll go tell the rest of the guild, let me know when the young girl wakes up." Erza nodded and the Master small retreating figure left the room. Soon the guild would be rushing in to see for themselves that the news was true after hearing it from Master. Titania pondered why a little girl would be that badly injured and not go to a hospital, but come to a wizard's guild. While contemplating these thoughts, she also noticed that Wendy looked completely exhausted from the expense of using so much of her magic in a short period of time.

"Wendy, why don't you rest or get something to eat, I'll watch over the girl for now." The little dark blue haired mage didn't complain and left the room. Just as peace and quiet settled back in, the door was kicked down to allow the oncoming guild members in. Yep, it is just as I anticipated. Erza thought to herself while the others all began crowding around the bed where the young girl lay. They all started asking questions a bit too loudly. The questions were all the same: "Who is she?" "Why did she come to the guild instead of a hospital?" and, "What caused her to be so badly injured?" A vein popped on Erza's forehead from her friends' stupidity. The girl was asleep for Mavis's sake, and they're talking loudly in her presence?! Erza re-quipped a sword and pointed it at her friends.

"Would you guys be quiet?! The girl is sleeping!" The scarlet-haired mage yelled even louder than all of her comrades. Everyone shrunk back in fear of the wrath of Erza when they suddenly heard a groan coming from the bed. The girl had sat up while holding her head. Everyone stared in wonder as if the girl had come back to life while Erza looked mortified. Had she just woken up the girl while trying to silence everyone else? She thought to herself as the girl looked around the room.

"Where am I?" Her voice sounded a bit hoarse, but that was to be expected. A guy with pink spikey hair and a girl with shoulder length blonde hair stepped in front of the crowd with smiles adorning their faces.

"You're in Fairy Tail!" The pink-haired male said with much enthusiasm while the girl stood next to him smiling. The young girl looked between the two before a smile came to her face.

"So I really did make it, after all." Erza and Lucy both thought that they saw her violet eyes flash multiple colors when she said this, but decided that it was a trick of the light. Wendy came back in with a bread roll in her hands. It was obvious that she went to get something to eat. Everyone created a path for the healing mage and she walked to the bed.

"I'm glad that you're awake, but you should continue resting in order to fully heal your injuries." Wendy said in her sweet tone. The girl smiled and her eyes seemed to flash with the colors again. This time, Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel also noticed it.

"Thanks for your concern, and for healing me, but the injuries you're speaking of are only mere scratches now, see." The girl held out her left arm for everyone to see faint red lines on her skin to mark where the injuries once were. Wendy's eyes widened in shock; this reaction was caused by the fact that the young sky dragon slayer knew that she hadn't healed the mysterious girl that much. Yet, the serious injuries were now minor scratches on the girl's arms. Meanwhile, Lucy was pondering at how the girl knew that Wendy had healed her, and not someone else.

"Excuse me, but how did you know that Wendy healed you?" The girl's eyes widened for a fraction of a second before reverting back to normal. Team Natsu, plus Wendy and Gajeel, were now very suspicious of the girl.

"W-well, you see, I regained partial consciousness earlier and heard the Lady with red hair and Wendy talking." The girl said while pointing at Erza and the sky dragon slayer. Natsu, Lucy, Erza, Gray, Gajeel, and Wendy were still suspicious, but decided to let the subject drop.

"We don't know your name yet, will you please tell us?" The sweet voice of Mira asked the little girl and she turned her head to look at the long, silver haired female.

"Esrevinu, but you can just call me Esre." Everyone thought that it was Erza at first, but quickly realized that there wasn't a "z" or "a" in the name, and they only hoped that she wasn't like scary Erza. It was then that Master piped up and said that they should all get out of the infirmary, except Team Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel, and, of course, Esre. The guild quickly filed out with a few complaints from Juvia since she didn't want to leave her "Gray-sama", but eventually complied with the Master's request. When the door was closed, the Master sighed and looked directly at Esre who gazed back at him with slightly unfocused eyes.

"Esre, pardon my abruptness, but what caused all of those injuries, and why did you come to a wizard's guild instead of a hospital?" Esre eyes looked a little shocked, but she scrunched into a ball. Lucy sat down next to her and began rubbing comforting circles on her back.

"I'm being pursued by many people, and every once in a while they catch up to me. I barely escape every time, but I never leave unscathed. I should probably start when it began, shouldn't I?" Everyone in the room nodded with wide eyes, and sat down since they suspected that this'll be a long story. Esre took a deep breath before starting again.

"You see, a couple of months ago, my guardian, who has been taking care of me since I was four, disappeared mysteriously. I needed to move on, but people started coming after a young girl with a special ability. I know that you've all seen the way that my eyes sometimes change color, correct? That's the indicator, and that's what my pursuers saw, so now they're after me. However, I lost them in the neighboring woods, and I debated to either go to the hospital or here. I had heard really good things about this place, so I came here. That's my story, and don't worry! I'll be leaving as soon as my energy is fully charged, so you won't have to worry about the pursuers—," Esre was cut off by a huge hug. All of the females in the room had run up and hugged her so that she wouldn't say anymore. Normally, they would've slapped the person, but seeing as it was a troubled little girl, they couldn't bring themselves to slap her.

"It's kind of you to think of us, but do not worry." Lucy said with a smile and a few tears in the corners of her eyes. Erza nodded her head in agreement before continuing what the celestial mage was saying in a very sweet tone.

"That's right, Esre. You're safe here, so you can stay as long as you like, right Master?" Erza sent the Master a light glare to make sure that he said yes, even though he was going to say the same thing anyways.

"Yes, we welcome you into Fairy Tail as a nakama." [Nakama means "friend"] All of the people were giving such warming smiles that it brought tears to Esre's eyes. It was in the moment of shedding tears that her eyes completely changed to multi-colors and her waist-length, wavy hair also changed from black to a darker shading of multi-colors. Everyone's eyes widened in shock at Esre's change, and it was then that she realized what happened.

"Please keep this a secret." Esrevinu begged them while her eyes went back to being violet and her hair turned back to dark black. Everyone in the room nodded, and bid Esre goodbye as Wendy was ushering them out to finish healing the little girl.

-The Next Day, Esrevinu's POV-

I groaned as I woke to the bright rays of sunshine peering through the widows. I glanced around the room after I yawned while I stretched. I was in Fairy Tail's infirmary and Tit- err, Erza-san, was sleeping in the bed next to me. It was when I glanced at her that I remembered last night's conversation that went on while I was supposed to be sleeping…

-Flashback-

"Erza, would you mind watching over Esre? Her story seems to contain many holes as if she is hiding something, and I don't want to be one to pry into a young girl's secrets. I will try to make sure to send people to take shifts, but the young girl seems to have taken a liking to you and Lucy the most. Will you fulfill my favor?" The master said in a hushed tone that, if it wasn't for my expert hearing, I wouldn't have heard. Erza-san must've agreed since I heard the Master say "good" before the door to the infirmary opened and the Titania walked in. I closed my eyes and steadied my breathing to make it seem like I was asleep the whole time.

-Flashback End-

I don't blame them for wanting to keep watch over me, in fact, I probably do the same if I was the master of Fairy Tail. Should I wake Erza-san up? However, she seems really tired, but if I'm not here when she wakes up then she'll probably get worried. I looked around and noticed a napkin on the side table next to my bed with a pen next to it. Perfect! I quickly grabbed it and started writing a message to Erza-san.

Dear Erza-san,

Please don't be alarmed that I am not in bed for I am simply downstairs getting something to eat. Thank you for watching over me while I was sleeping this previous night.

Sincerely,

Esrevinu

I gently and carefully placed the note in her hand so that she'll see it when she first wakes up before slipping out of the bed. I noticed that I wasn't wearing the clothes that I came in, and instead wearing a lavender sundress with dark violet stars and a violet ribbon around my waist. I nodded in approval at the outfit and found my old, tattered boots by the end of the bed. I quietly slipped them on before exiting the room in complete silence.

I assume that that room was sound proof because the guild below was just as rowdy as before I entered. I glanced at a nearby clock and saw that it was ten o'clock. That's the latest I've slept in for ages! I normally have to get up at five in the morning in order to stay ahead of my pursuers, the mere thought of them made me shiver as I slowly descended down the steps. It would seem that my shivering didn't go unnoticed as the blonde celestial spirit mage, Lucy-san I think it was, came towards me with a worried look in her brown eyes. I gave her a smile to let her know I was okay and she answered with one of her own.

"Good morning Lucy-san!" I exclaimed in a cheery tone, and at the sound of my voice, the entire guild stopped what they were doing to stare at me. My cheeks flared with warmth at the attention I was getting, but Lucy-san's smile helped ease the embarrassment a little.

"Good morning Esre-chan. How are you doing?" She answered as the Salamander, err, Natsu-san, came bounding up behind her with a big, toothy grin adorning his facial features.

"I'm doing well; the majority of my wounds are healed as well as most of my energy has returned." Everyone sighed in relief when they heard my condition and all of their smiles returned. Once again, I find myself thinking that it was the right decision to come here instead of a hospital.

"Well that's good to hear, you must be famished, would you like something to eat?" Lucy-san said in a pleasant voice and I nodded. As we made our way over to the bar counter, I heard a low rumbling from the area of my stomach, and in response, my face flared with heat from my blush. The entire guild started bursting out laughing while Natsu-san got down to my level to look me in the eyes.

"Seems like you've got an appetite there!" I smiled at his comment and as I made it to the counter, people started going back to whatever they were doing before I came down. The nice bar-tender with long, silver hair (wasn't her name Mira-san?) came over to us with a pleasant smile.

"My, my, now what would the hungry girl want this morning?" I pondered this for a minute before answering.

"May I have scrambled eggs with chocolate chip pancakes and blackberries, please? If that's not too much trouble." I quickly added the last part and Mira-san smiled brightly while Natsu-san and Lucy-san took the seats beside me.

"It's no trouble, but would you like anything to drink?" Mira-san asked in a polite tone which made me smile even more.

"May I have some milk, please?" I asked and Mira-san and I heard a squeal come from my left. I turned to look at Lucy-san, since she was the one who squealed, before getting squished into a hug. Mira-san started giggling before walking off into the kitchen to prepare my breakfast.

"You're so CUTE, Esre-chan!" I felt my cheeks flare from embarrassment at Lucy-san's comment, while hearing a boisterous laugh coming from Natsu-san. It was then that two girls with blue hair came over to our little group. One was short and had on an orange dress with glasses (her name was Levy-san, I think), while the other had shoulder length, curly, blue hair and dark blue eyes (Juvia-san, I think it was, and wasn't she just obsessing over Gray-san?).

"Lu-chan, I don't think the girl can breathe!" When Lucy-san noticed what Levy-san had stated was true, she immediately released me and started apologizing. The laughing coming from Natsu-san got louder as I tried to tell Lucy-san that it was alright. In the meantime, I noticed Juvia-san staring off towards a raven haired man who seemed to be stripping. Lucy-san, Natsu-san, and Levy-san noticed my line of vision as well as my uncomfortable look before they all began glaring at Gray-san.

"Gray! Put on some clothes there's a little girl in the guild!" The three shouted in unison, and just as Gray was getting all flustered, Erza-san and Mira-san entered the main room. The two ladies seemed to notice the current situation of me being uncomfortable with a guy who was partially stripped down to his boxers and three people glaring at him. Both of them got evil and angry looks in their eyes.

"GRAY!" The said man turned to look at the two angry women before gulping loudly in fear. Mira-san put down my breakfast before stepping between me and Gray-san while Erza-san slowly, and epically, descended from the upper floor while never removing her harsh glare from the Ice Make Mage. Just as I began to hear the sounds of a raging battle, I turned to start eating my food. It's been too long since I ate something so good! Lucy-san and I sighed at the same time but for two different reasons. I was sighing from contentment of the delicious breakfast while Lucy-san sighed from the fight raging behind me. We both looked at each other and started laughing. Natsu-san and Levy-san looked at us skeptically, but began laughing as well. It was the first time since my guardian disappeared that I've been so relaxed and able to have fun, but I should've known that this bliss wouldn't last forever…

Two days have passed since I first arrived here, and even though my wounds have long healed and my energy has been fully charged for a while, I just couldn't seem to leave the guild. Within the past two days, I've been able to stay at Lucy-san's and Erza-san's houses since they felt that I'd be lonely by staying in the infirmary. When I was at Lucy-san's house, Natsu-san seemed to enter naturally through the window and I asked Lucy-san in private if she and Natsu-san liked each other. She turned into a cherry while waving me off saying that there was nothing more than friendship between them, and even though I didn't believe it, I let it drop. I had fun at her house, and Erza-san showed me her collection of armor. It was so incredible! We chatted and laughed together and we visited the other girls within Fairy Hills.

During the day, I went to the guild and spent time with everyone there. All the girls seemed to want to cuddle with me since I was "so cute" even though I am ten years old, and even though they were worried that I'd get hurt with the guys, I managed to have fun with them. I beat some of the guys at fighting due to some of my previous training, but as soon as magic started to come out, I quickly left the fray. However, as time went on, I started to get more and more anxious. Why was there no sign of my pursuers? Hadn't they realized where I was by now? When will it be time for me to leave? These questions are constantly on my mind, and I can't get rid of them even though I'm having fun.

Then, while I was resting in the infirmary during the day in order to get a little shut-eye, a vision struck me awake.

-Vision-

My pursuers were closing in on the town of Magnolia and they were all headed towards one destination…Fairy Tail. They had finally decided to make their move, and soon it would be too late. The scene changed to two different futures: One had me staying and Fairy Tail getting dragged into my problems and some of the guild members became injured, but I couldn't tell if there were any casualties. The second one had me leaving with wiping the guilds' memory of me and the pursuers leaving the entire guild alone. The vision faded…

-Vision End-

I woke with tears streaking down my cheeks and cold sweat on my forehead. I knew it, I had stayed here too long and now my pursuers were after me. The two futures reappeared in my mind, and I shuddered. I don't want them to hurt my friends, so I'll leave for their safety. I quickly got out of bed and put on my worn traveling boots. Luckily, I was wearing something easy to travel in and my backpack of necessities was with me due to my anxiousness. I wiped my tears as I quickly and quietly slipped into the Master's office in order to inform him of the news.

When I arrived, he seemed to have sensed my mood and looked at me in a sad way. He waved his hand signaling that I should go up to the desk, which I did. While I was explaining the situation, the Master's frown got worse and worse and my voice started cracking, and when I finished my tale, he was stroking his chin and let out a mournful sigh.

"You knew this day would come and you've prepared yourself?" I nodded since I no longer trusted my voice to speak. I saw pure sadness in his eyes, like he was losing a grandchild, and it reminded me of my parents. "This shall be a great loss, and we shall all be saddened by it, even if we don't remember you. Just know that this shall always be your home and your family if you ever need us." The tears I had been fighting finally spilled and I hugged Master. After a few minutes, I wiped my tear streaked face and looked Master in the eyes.

"I will return, this is my new home, and I shall never forget what you've done for me. When I erase your memories, you shall all slowly regain it when you see me again, but until then I shall miss all of you." I gave the Master one more, quick hug before reciting the spell that will erase all of their memories. Once the spell was complete, I exited the guild via the window in Master's office and ran into the forest once again. Tears began to fall as my hair and eye color changed back into their original colors. Goodbye, Fairy Tail…

AN: And...CUT! That's it for the prologue. After this, time will skip to after the Magic Games/Dragon Festival where the main story will actually start. I'd like to know what people think about the story so far, and constructive criticism is valued as well as any and all reviews. I will try to answer any questions unless I feel like the answer will give too much of the story away. Anyways, thank you for reading and enjoy your day! ;)