Friends, Foes. Life, Death. Light, Dark. Good, Evil.
So many opposites in this confusing world.
So many.
Why?
Why must one always be defined by something? Why are we always Good or Evil? Can't we be Neutral?
I hate it why somebody is defined by something. It's so Cliché.
And it leaves no room for somebody to be their own person.
But I'm no author. And as sure as heck, I'm no hero. I'm just a pathetic little girl, wandering aimlessly in a cold, uncaring world.
Y'know what? That changed for me one day.
I found Friends.
I found Family.
Did it last?
Hell no.
The town was ever so busy. It was simply bustling, filled to the brim with people. Pushing, Shoving, Yelling, Shouting.
To be honest, it was a perfectly ordinary town on market day. And towns always have crowds, that's normal. In fact most people were enjoying themselves, as they enjoy crowds.
Not one little Girl.
She had short hair, mousey brown in colour. Her eyes were a bright purple. She wore a sky-blue kimono with a white frock over it. There was a matching sky-blue bow in her short hair. She wore simple little sandals. She hated crowds, she abhorred them. She was the kind of girl to take comfort and friendship with small animals, like the one she held in her arms now.
The animal in question was a small white dog/fox. It was quite cute. It had large soft purple eyes, and a bit of long fur hanging over one of it's eyes. It had a large bushy tail.
"Alice" The dog/fox murmured in a female voice. "Are you quite alright?"
"I'm fine" The girl named Alice replied. "I... Just don't like crowds Tsuki."
The dog/fox, Tsuki, nodded in sympathy. "There was no need for us to go through this village, we could of just as easily gone around it"
"But it would of taken us far longer, this is quicker" Alice pointed out. "Plus we can buy food."
"We don't need to buy food" Tsuki replied. As if on cue, Tsuki's stomach let out a loud rumble. "That's just my digestion system complaining a little, nothing to worry about" Tsuki muttered, a blush creeping up her face.
Alice giggled, but said nothing. She hugged Tsuki closer to her s she walked through the crowd, looking for somewhere to buy food.
A short while later Alice found a tavern. Apparently it was a place for wizards to eat. Alice wondered if that meant one had to be in a guild, she hoped not. Alice noticed a HUGE wagon full of luggage, and a weird decorated fang sitting next to the door.
Weird Alice thought as she walked inside
She hadn't taken one step through the door when a man in a white coat and black hair bunch in a ponytail walked out, pushing Alice to the side. Tsuki let out a snarl in complaint, but the man didn't seem to notice. He kept walking on, looking as if he had urgent business to attend to.
Alice rubbed the back of her head, as she had banged it against the door, and walked into the tavern.
Behind the bar there was a man and a woman. "I told you those men were no good, look what that delinquent just did to this girl!" The woman nearly shouted. Alice quietly climbed onto a stool and waited patiently.
The man shrugged. "Well how were we supposed to know?" He replied before turning to look at tiny Alice. "Are you alright miss? That man seemed quite rough when he shoved you to the side."
Alice nodded. "Just fine" she replied, placing Tsuki on the counter.
The man smiled. "Anyway may we help you?" he asked kindly.
"May we have some food and water please?" Alice requested.
"Sorry, we're fresh out of food" The man replied. Alice's face fell. Tsuki's stomach rumbled again.
"But we can give you some water, on the house" The man decided. Alice nodded and the man walked off to get Alice some water.
"If you like, I have some food in my luggage that I can share with you" A mature voice came from next to Alice. Alice glanced at the owner of the voice in surprise. The owner of the voice was a pretty woman with long, pretty, scarlet hair. She was wearing armour, but wore a blue skirt under it. She had pretty muted purple eyes. All-in-all she was beautiful.
Tsuki regarded the woman with total mistrust, but Alice nodded gratefully.
"Wait this is yours!?" Alice exclaimed. They were outside again, and Alice had just discovered that the HUGE wagon full of luggage belonged to the armoured lady.
"Yes it is" The armoured lady replied. She pulled a small crate out of the luggage and opened it, inside wear some travelling rations. "I'm sorry, but this is all I have"
"Oh no it's really fine!" Alice exclaimed. Tsuki sniffed a ration carefully before relenting and taking a huge bite out of it.
The armoured lady smiled. "Well I'm glad your friend enjoyed it. I'm Erza Scarlet by the way" The armoured lady introduced, holding out a friendly hand.
Alice hesitated for a moment before shaking Erza's had. Alice's hand was ever so tiny. "I-I'm Alice Hookdame" Alice replied.
"And I'm Tsuki, I keep an eye on Alice and protect her" Tsuki added around a mouthful of ration.
Erza chuckled, it was not an unkind sound. "Well I'm glad for that, it's not safe for a small girl to be travelling alone" Tsuki seemed pleased with this. "By the way" Erza continued. "Why are you travelling anyway?"
"I... Umm..." Alice mumbled, not sure how to reply. "Don't... Quite have anywhere to go..."
Much to Alice's surprise, Erza smiled. "Do you use Magic then Alice?" Erza asked kindly,
Alice was slightly taken aback by this, but she nodded. "Y-Yeah I use Magic. Animal Magic"
Confusion crossed Erza's face for a moment, but it disappeared swiftly. "Then would you like to join a Wizard Guild then?" She asked, the kind smile back on her face.
Alice's eyes widened. Join a Wizard Guild? Her? "I don't know if they'll let me in..." Alice mumbled, lowering her eyes. "I mean, I really young and I don't think guilds recruit kids so..."
"That's no problem!" Erza replied. Alice's head snapped up in shock. "A lot of the current members of Fairy Tail joined when they were your age" Erza continued. "You'll be able to join"
Alice however found another issue. "F-Fairy Tail?!" she stuttered. "B-But that's like the most powerful guild! And I'm not powerful at all..."
"We don't care about power, only Family" Erza explained. "Fairy Tail is like a family. We stick together through thick and thin. We laugh together, smile together, cry together. As long as you understand that, you may join"
Alice slowly raised her large purple eyes to met Erza's. "Will you help me join?" She asked, almost shyly.
"But of course" Erza replied.
We travelled for a few days after that. Erza was kind, ever so kind. As we travelled, she told me about Fairy Tail. To be honest it sounded like a lovely, but crazy, guild. Of course it turned out to be more crazy then I imagined, but my Tail hasn't reached that point yet.
A few days later
"Is something wrong Erza?" Erza's head snapped up in surprise before looking down at the tiny Alice, who was looking at Erza in concern.
Erza smiled at Alice. It's nothing, I just realized something" Erza's face became serious. "We must make to the guild with all haste."
Alice's head tilted to the side curiously. At this point Alice had become comfortable around Erza. "Why?" Alice asked.
Erza crossed her arms as she walked. She looked up at the sky, her eyes narrowed. "Remember the tavern I met you in? Well I just recalled something. There were a bunch of men gathered around a table, I was able to overhear what they said." Erza began.
"They mentioned something about Lullaby, and a man named Erigor. I didn't recognise his name at the time, but I remember it now. Erigor is the leader of a Dark Guild named Eisenwald" Erza continued. Alice froze at the mention of a Dark Guild.
"Eisenwald was kicked out of the wizard's league six years ago due to the fact that they kept doing illegal Assassination requests. Their leader, Erigor, is called the Reaper as he only does assassination requests."
Alice's face registered understanding. "So basically something bad might happen"
Erza nodded. "Which is why we must hurry"
"I'm just saying here and now" Tsuki broke in. "You'd better not get Alice hurt!"
"Tsuki, I'm more then capable of handling myself!" Alice protested.
Despite the gravity of the situation, Erza couldn't stop the chuckle that bubbled up in her throat.
To be honest, my life turned from weird to crazy on that day. I was about to get wrapped up in things I thought I had left behind.
But I did it anyway. I did it for my new friends.
Boy was I an idiot.
-Alice
Okay okay, I know what you guys are gonna say. Yes I'm still working on A Tail of Three Fairies, but the idea for this popped up in my head and I had to do it!
A Tail of Three Fairies is still my top priority. This is gonna become a side project. Unless of course this becomes more popular for some odd reason, then this might become my main project...
*Ahem* Anyway.
Just shedding a bit of back-story on Alice (The OC in general, not the character in this story) Alice was the main character of the first story I ever wrote (which wasn't a fanfic) Basically the plot was utter crap, but I spent a lot of effort building the world. Anyways Alice kinda stuck with me, if I ever needed a character or OC for something, Alice was always the first on my mind. She's a flexible OC, meaning I can alter her easily to fit in any universe. While her appearance generally stays the same, her personality, age and abilities can vary. So basically I wanted to bring Alice back in my life when started writing this fic.
Anyways onto matters that probably interests you guys more then my history lesson.
So as the summary claims, I am indeed accepting OCs for this story. Why? Because I'm hitting a wall for what OCs to use, plus I want to get my readers more involved with my stories. I kinda noticed that in A Tail of Three Fairies, I have EVERYTHING planned out, meaning I don't have much room to stuff in other peoples OCs or even ask their opinions (I'm gonna change that though, I don't like that)
So basically I'm accepting OCs, and everybody may submit as many as they wish. You may even specify which arc your OC appears in, as well as their relationship with Alice. Heck, if they have an interesting enough history they may even get their own OC arc! (So put in as much detail as you can, and make it interesting!) The OC sheet is on my profile
To be honest I don't know why I'm getting so excited for this now lol XD
Anyways I'll leave this uber-long Author note at this. Next I'm going to work on the next chapter of A Tail of Three Fairies, so cya guys later :p