A/N: This is happening just after the seven-year gap, because that's the only time I can get the ages to work out. Anyway, in this story like probably every other story I will ever write I have an O.C. In this one her name is Rosalinda (Rose/Rosy/Rosa/Rosebud as nicknames) and she is Lucy's long-lost sister (supposed to be 7-ish years younger, but as I said, this is after the gap). I'll try to keep to the anime as best I can, but don't hate me if I don't. Also, I have an original guild called Winged Sky, which kind of acts as a messenger guild. For wizards. Who are too lazy/paranoid to use magic to send their own mail. This is Rose's guild and it's (currently) outside of Fiore. I'll answer questions as they come in, but please try to keep an open mind. ^.^
"FIVE HUNDRED DELIVERIES! In three hours? I don't know how you do it Rosa, but once again you single-handedly keep us all out of work." I smile at Core shyly, scuffing my feet on the ground.
"I think I might have found them. You know, my family? There's this man down in Fiore who has two daughters, one was kidnapped soon after being born. I never would have found him except that his other daughter, Lucy, went missing almost seven years ago and there was an article on the guild she was in. Apparently, they're not doing too well on the money side of things, so I thought I'd go and see what I could do to help by giving them some money, even if she's not my family. But if she is-!"
"Whoa there, Rosy. We know the story. You're gonna be very happy and you'll all be one big, happy family again right?" Dredessa, the guild master- or mistress I guess you could say- smiles down at me merrily from her place on the balcony.
"Right!" The guild chuckles and I beam. I like making people laugh, laughter is so much better than tears or snarls in my opinion.
"Oh, little rosebud. You've changed so much from the scared little girl you were seven years ago. We're so lucky we found you under the shed where that dark guild hid you." Core grins fondly, probably remembering all the times he had to save me from getting re-captured by other various dark guilds. "It's been a real treasure." I feel my face fall. Why was he talking about it as if I'll never come back? Then I thought about it. My family would probably want me to live in Fiore with them and there was no way that I could commute back and forth to get jobs, even with the wings that everyone in Winged Sky got upon becoming a member.
"I guess I'll have to quit the guild, huh." I speak it as a statement, because I don't really want to know the answer.
"Actually," Dredessa leaps off the balcony and lands lithely in front of me despite her fragile, aged appearance. "this might be a blessing in disguise. Recently, I got a message from the magic council in Fiore. They want us to move our guild there and they're offering an impressive price for us to do so." She begins calmly pacing as she always does while she waits for us to get the point of what she's saying. "I need to negotiate some finer points, but they're ones that should be spoken of in person and I'm not as young as I once was." We all chuckle when she winks, since we all know she could probably beat any one of those council members into submission in six seconds flat.
"I get it," I tap my chin, pretending to be deep in thought. "You want me to go and conduct the negotiations in your stead."
"If you could find a good place to set up the guild as well it would be a large help. Pave the road, so to speak. Could you do that?" With a swift movement I wink at her, giving her an enthusiastic thumbs up.
"You bet your left shoe I could!" We all laugh. Members of Winged Sky don't wear shoes.