Hi, ppls!
This is my first Fairy Tail fanfic :'D So be ready for cringe.
This is set right after the Edolas Arc...it seemed like the best place to start.
This will have NatsuXOC in it, fair warning for you Nalu and Nali shippers. (I myself am a Nalu shipper, but I wanted to try this out.) Gruvia will be slightly present in this, and Jerza will not be present, sorry.
Alrighty, then, enjoy Chapter One!


The glassy surface of the river glittered in the midday sun, a slight breeze sending the spray of water into the air. The water sloshed against the concrete walls that contained it; the water dangerously high after a week of rain. The whole of Fiore was surprised it hadn't flooded yet.

This was the first day it hadn't rained. The sun hit the water only through gaps in the clouds that blotted most of the sky. The air was moist and uncomfortable, and Hailey sensed more on the way.

The unusually tall, teenaged girl sat on the edge of a cobblestone bridge, legs dangling over the edge. Every now-and-then a boat would pass by, and a sailor or two would yell at her to get off the edge. She would ignore them each time.

Hailey looked to the sky, screwing up her eyes against the sun. Damn, it was bright. She wasn't used to it after all the rain.

She pulled her black, unzipped jacket off her shoulders and down to the crevice of her elbow. A breeze cooled down her nearly-bare back, for she wore just a green sports bra. Her black leggings soaked up the sun as much as her jacket did, but taking her jacket halfway off helped a bit.

"Oi, don't you think that's not very smart?"

The skinny brunette started from her slight daze, nearly knocking of her green, cat-eared beanine by looking sharply to her left where she'd located the voice. There was a pink-haired boy with onyx eyes looking at her, a scale-patterned white scarf wrapped around his neck. Next to him was a tall girl with long, maroon-colored hair washing down her back and armor clad to her body. Her brown eyes were cold and suspicious, making Hailey rather uneasy.
Behind the two was a busty-chested blonde with large brown eyes and keys at her side. A Celestial Wizard? To her right was a raven-haired guy with no shirt...making Hailey even more uneasy. A petite blunette trailed behind them, a white cat with wings hovering close to her head. Hailey blinked, suddenly noticing the blue-furred, winged tomcat standing next to pink-haired boy. 'I've seen everything now,' she thought, a bit amused.

"I'm perfectly fine up here, thanks."

He shrugged in return. "Whatever you say."

Then Hailey noticed something that they all shared in common. They each had a specially-shaped mark on some place on their body; the blonde had a pink one on her hand, shirtless guy had one on the left side of his chest, pink-head had one on his shoulder, blunette had one that was just below her shoulder, and scary redhead had one on her chestplate.

With a pang, Hailey realized what the marks stood for.

The Fairy Tail guild.

This perticular guild was the main reason Hailey had traveled to Fiore; she wanted to check it out and maybe even join the guild. Hailey bit the inside of her cheek. This may be the easiest way to get into the guild.

The team of Fairy Tail members had already been walking away, so Hailey stood from her perch on the side and walked a little ways down before jumping off the bridge.

"Um, hey! Could I ask you guys a question?"

The team stopped and turned. Shirtless guy rammed into pink-head, who whirled around and flipped him off. Hailey saw this, and smiled softly.

"Don't keep us waiting very long. What's the question?"

It took Hailey a minute to realize that scary redhead was talking to her, so she made her expression blank and answered quickly.

"You're from Fairy Tail, aren't you?"

Redhead looked a bit surprised by the question. "Well, yes, we are. Why do you ask?"

Hailey bit her lip. "I was wondering...if you could take me to your guild."

Silence met the brunette, whose sweat-dropped in antisipation.

"Then why don't you come with us?"

Hailey was shocked by her answer. She thought they would laugh, turn her down, and then leave. She simply nodded with a small smile. "Thank you."

Then the group of 7, 8 including Hailey, began their short trek to the Fairy Tail guild. The blonde fell into step beside Hailey, her brown eyes bright and a smile on her face. "Hi. I'm Lucy. Who are you?"

"I'm Hailey. Nice to meet you."

Lucy smiled in return. "Nice name! So, do you live in Fiore or in the Magnolia area?" Hailey shook her head. "No, I don't really have a home anywhere. I just pass through places, so I'm more-or-less a nomad."
Lucy's eyes were wide. "That's so cool! I've always wanted to travel." Hailey smiled lightly. "It is cool."

They soon fell into silence as the guild's building came into view. Hailey's eyes widened. It was huge! And beautiful, in a sense. A small chuckle escaped her as pink-head burst through the doors without even opening them, yelling, "We're baaack!" Flames spout from his mouth. 'A Fire Wizard,' Hailey mused.

Redhead walked more calmly from behind him, her maroon hair fluttering as she walked. Shirtless guy walkes in next, hands shoved into his pockets. Lucy and blunette walk ahead of Hailey, who jerked back to reality and stepped into the guild hall.

"Oh, you're back."
"We heard you destroyed a whole town again!"
"Master's gonna be mad!"
"Maybe you should take a break from jobs for awhile..."

Only three friendly-faces were seen among the mass of people; two white-haired girls and another blunette walked up to the group. The girl with long white hair smiled warmly. "Welcome back, Fairy Tail's strongest team!" Hailey's eyes widened. She'd been traveling with their strongest team?
Next to the long, white-haired girl was most-likely her sister, a girl with short white hair. She beemed at pink-head. "I'm glad you're back safely, Natsu!" The boy who was apparently Natsu smiled back. Hailey felt a pang in her stomach when she saw his pointy canines. Just like hers...

"Lu-chan! Welcome back!"

The short blunette wrapped Lucy into a tight hug. Lucy smiled and hugged her back. "Thanks, Levy-chan!"

"Gray-sama!"

The high-pitched cry startled Hailey so much that she jumped backwards and rammed into Natsu. Flushing, she sprang away. "Sorry." Natsu grinned at her, onyx eyes glinting. "Nah, it's fine." Hailey had always been skittish since "the incident".

A pretty blunette with a rather strange hat sprang nearly out of nowhere at the shirtless guy who was Gray, wrapping her arms tightly around him. "Juvia missed you so much!" Gray pulled back, scratching the back of his head. "Uhm, thanks, Juvia..."
Juvia clapsed her hands together, tears welling in her eyes. "Juvia's so glad Gray-sama is safe!" Sniffling, her tears overflowled into...a river of tears. "She must be a Water Mage...," Hailey murmured to herself. The long-haired girl with white hair smiled in exasperation. "You're always worried, Juvia!"

"Mirajane! I would like some strawberry cake, please."

Mirajane turned to redhead, an anxious smile on her face. "Oh, I'm sorry Erza...Elfman ate the rest."

A dark aura seemed to suddenly hover over Erza. She slowly turned to a large, white-haired man, walking up to him. It took him a minute to realize that scary redhead was approaching, but when he did, his eyes went wide. "Uhm, Erza...why don't we just forgive and forget, like real men..."

It was too late for reasoning.

Suddenly, Erza's suit of armor changed into something fierce-looking, a wicked lance clutched in her hand as she sprang into the air.

"And this is for eating the cake while I was gone!"

Erza swung her lance down upon Elfman, who had no time to react. He was sent sprawling, a dazed and regretful look in his eyes.

"Oooh, a fight!"

Natsu leapt with a blazing fist to face Erza, but, with her eyes still shadowed, she swung her lance at him, and then his back met the wall with a sickening thud. Hailey couldn't tell if she was horrified or amused.

Not long after the whole guild was ensued in chaos, excpet for Juvia, Levy, petite blunette, Lucy, Hailey, and Mirajane and her sister. "I can't believe Erza's the one who started it," petite blunette mumured, her brown eyes wide. Mirajane shrugged, a smile still on her face. "What do expect, Wendy, when someone eat's Erza's cake when she's gone?" She chuckled, hands clapsed behind her. "It's Fairy Tail, anyways."

Hailey had a sinking feeling. No one except for Natsu had even acknowledged her existence. She cleared her throat, waving one hand. "Um, hi. I'm Hailey, and I was wondering if I could join Fairy Tail."

Mirajane turned to her, blue eyes twinkling. "Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't even see you!" Hailey mentally face-palmed. So she was invisible.

She laughed. "I'm Mirajane, but you can call me Mira." She gestured to the other white haired girl, who waved. "This is Lisanna, my sister. Elfman's my brother." She gestured to him as well, who was now in the mass of fighters. "And don't worry, it's almost always like this. You'll get used to it."

By the way Mira had said that, Hailey assumed she was in. She smiled to herself. She'd completed her goal.

"Oh, by the way, what's your magic? We never asked."

Lucy's voice startled Hailey, a sickening feeling welling up inside of her. She should've guessed they'd ask this. "I have...Fog Magic."
Lucy smiles. "Oh, that's cool!" Mira smiled in agreement.

The thing was, Hailey didn't exactly know what her magic was. Ever since her accident, she was clueless about what her magic even was, and she had a hard time controlling it.

"Um, Hailey, you'd better look out!"

But Lisanna's warning came too late. A solid object slammed into her skinny body. The brunette let out a strangled cry as she fell forcefully onto the ground. She'd closed her eyes when the impact came, but now she opened them to see a table ontop of her and Lucy, Wendy, Levy, Mira, and Lisanna stooping over her (Juvia had joined the fight to defend her Gray-sama.). Lucy held out her hand, her expression horrified. "Oh my god, Hailey, are you okay?!"

Hailey reached up and gripped her hand, pulling herself up. She rubbed her head painfully as she stood. "Ugh, I just hit my head, but otherwise, I'm fine." Wendy's eyes were wide. "If you were a normal human, you'd have more injuries than that!" Hailey laughed. Even though she looked like she was weak, she was actually pretty strong for her size. She was what most people call "willowy", tall and very skinny.

The small blunette Wendy placed her hands in front of her, directed at Hailey. She murmured something, and instantly Hailey felt better. She looked at Wendy with surprise. "What kind of magic do you have?" Wendy smiled, timidly clasping her hands in front of her. "I'm the Sky Dragon Slayer," she chirped. "Natsu's the Fire Dragon Slayer, and that guy Gajeel over there," she gestured to a fellow with a bunch of piercings and long, black, spiky hair, "is the Steel Dragon Slayer." She folded her hands back together. Something hit Hailey just as hard as the table. Something about the word "Dragon Slayer" triggered her mind, but now was apperantly not the time to think.

"There was once another Dragon Slayer named Laxus, who was the Lightning Dragon Slayer, but he was expelled from Fairy Tail for certain reasons," Mira murmured, eyes almost wistful. "He was the Master's grandson, but he wanted control of Fairy Tail. He rebelled against his own guild, but he was defeated." She suddenly smiled. "That's what you get for being a traitor!"

"Alright, you brats, cut it out!"

Just after Mira had spoken, a voice thundered throughout the guild hall, causing Hailey to look upwards.

What she saw nearly made her shudder. A large creature with shining eyes glowered down upon his guild, who had immediatly quit squabbling. They looked up guiltily at it, Erza's scary expression now replaced with shame.

"I just got a notification from the Council that you guys," it pointed to the team Hailey'd been with, "had destroyed yet another city! And I have to pay up!"

Lucy looked down at her shoes, while Wendy hid behind Mira. Natsu scratched the back of his head with a stubborn expression on his face, while Gray wrapped his arms across his bare chest. Hailey looked away from him instantly; his chest wasn't the only thing that was bare. Erza hung her head, a gloomy aura about her. Hailey could tell that she despised being in trouble with that thing.

Mira smiled sheepishly up at the thing. "Well, welcome home, Master!"

Hailey's jaw nearly dropped. That creatrure was the Master?!

The Master swung his head to her, his gaze grazing over the group of girls. His eyes seemed to spark in interest. "What do we have here? A new recruit?"

Hailey was nodding her head before she even knew it. Lisanna nodded as well, while Mira replied, "Yes, this is Hailey. She's an Fog Mage."

Before it even answered, the guild hall began to rumble as the creature began to shrink. Literally, shrink. Hailey stared with wide, green-blue eyes as it soon became a tiny old man, who saluted her. "Welcome to Fairy Tail! I'm Master Makarov, and I'm in charge of all you brats," he growled with a glance at the guild. Hailey smiled, flustered. So much had happened that day.

"Alright, Hailey, come with me to get your mark!"

Hailey was startled by the feeling of Mira wrapping her hand around Hailey's wrist, nearly dragging her to the bar. Hailey was surprised. A guild with a bar inside of it.

Mirajane bent down, rising back up with a stack of stamp pads of different colors, and a stamp shaped like the Fairy Tail symbol. Hailey's heart fluttered in her chest. This was it.

"So, what color do you want, and where do you want it?"

Hailey thought for a moment. She never had the time or notion to think ahead about this. "I'll take violet, and I want it here," she said, pointing to the place just below her neck, to the left. Mira nodded, and stamped it right there. "There!" She smiled, putting the stamping tools away. "You're a full-fledged member of Fairy Tail!"

Hailey smiled happily, and nearly skipped back to the group of girls. They were now joined by Gray, Erza, and Natsu, even the flying blue cat she saw earlier. The white she-cat still stuck to Wendy's side. It seemed like each Dragon Slayer had a flying cat. Hailey glanced at Gajeel, and surely enough, he had a black panther-like cat standing on the table next to him.

She smiled at the group as she trotted back, eyes shining. "I got my mark!" She cheered, pointing to the symbol on her neck. Natsu leaned closer to her, examining her stamp. "Purple? I thought it'd be green." Hailey smiled sheepishly, uneasy by his closeness. "I was going to go with green, but violet has a special meaning to me." Lucy looked at me with curiosity. "Why does it hold such meaning?" Hailey shrugged, her eyes solemn. "I'm not exactly sure..it's just by what I can remember." She left out the part about her incident. She didn't want to talk about it at the moment.

Suddenly, Hailey's vision began to become blurry and she began to feel nauscious and dizzy. She stumbled, eyes taking on an unfocused gaze. Natsu and Erza stepped forward, concern in their eyes. "What's wrong?" Natsu asked.

Hailey gasped for air. The corners of her eyesight were nearly black, and she rested a shaking hand on Natsu's shoulder. "Get me...to...a seat...please..." Worry floated off the group in waves. 'Great', Hailey thought dimmly. 'It had to happen now.' Natsu let her lean on his shoulder as they sat her at a table, where she rested her head on the table and closed her eyes. The dizzy spell began to wear off after a little bit, and she raised her head again. She was startled by all the anxious faces staring at her. She blushed, zipping her jacket back up. "Um, sorry," she muttered, not meeting their gazes. "It happens often...it's nothing serious." They all just stared at her expectingly. She rolled her eyes, giving in with exasperation. "A while back, when I wasn't even in Fiore, I had an incedent where I lost my memories. I'm not even sure if Hailey is my real name. I don't know how I got my magic. I don't know anything about my backstory." She fell silent for a moment, clutching her leggings with shaky hands. "Ever since that happened, I get these dizzy spells, where I do what you guys just witnessed." She felt her face burning. "Sorry to make you worry. Now please, stop crowding me!"

The group backed up ever-so-slightly, but their eyes were wide. Lucy rushed forward, sitting next to her and hugging her. "Oh my god, that's terrible!" She released Hailey, eyes glimmering. "Well, I'm glad you told us, so we aren't that worried anymore." Hailey just smiled in reply.

Gray had walked off before the event to look at jobs, and now he came back with a paper in hand. "Natsu, Erza, Lucy, Wendy. We'e going on another job." Lucy let out a groan. "But we just got here..."
Natsu just grinned. "Alright!" Erza smiled at Hailey. "We'll be back soon. And besides, Lucy, this is for your rent." Lucy sighed and nodded sadly. "I know, and I appreciate it, but can't we have a break for one day?"
Gray smiled evily. "And to get to this job, we have to take the train."
Natsu's eyes widened, and he punched Gray with his fist flaming. "You icy bastard!"
Hailey looked at Natsu questioningly. "Why do hate the train so much?" She paused, remembering her sickness each time she went on transportation. "Do you get motion sick?" Natsu glanced at her."Yeah. How'd you guess?" Hailey shrugged in reply. "I get motion sick, too." Natsu grinned at her. "So we do have something in common!"
At that moment, the Fire Dragon Slayer was not aware of his surroundings. To get Natsu back, Gray placed his two hands on the ground and shouted, "Ice-make: Geyser!" Natsu was then sent up in a shoot of ice shards that resembled a geyser. "Agh!"
Lisanna laughed, shaking her head hopelessly. "Natsu and Gray never get along."
Erza looked at Gray sternly, hands on hips. "Now look what you've done! You've smashed the flooring!"
Gray looked over at his ice creation almost regretfully, but he shrugged. "Yeah, but it was worth it." Erza leaned menacing over him, eyes shadowed. "What was that?" Gray smiled weakly. "Uhm, nothing, m'am!"
Erza simply nodded and straightened her back. Natsu had fallen to the ground, and was now sitting upwards with his furious gaze rested on Gray. Lucy sighed and helped him up. "You can get him back later."

"Alright, now it's time to be off."

Erza's voice roused the team and they walked over to her. Hailey hung back, still at the table. Lisanna took a seat next to her, watching them wistfully. "I should go on a job soon. But I'll stay here with you, if you'd like." Hailey smiled warmly at the white-haired girl. "Please. I'm not going on a job yet either. My magic power isn't very strong right now." She left out how she had a hard time controlling her magic; she didn't want to look like a "weakling". Lisanna smiled. "That's fine. After returning home from Edolas, I had a tough time controlling my magic again." Hailey cocked her head. "Edolas...? What's that?" Lisanna rested her chin in her hands. "It's like an alternate dimension. I was somehow transfered there, and the guild here assumed I died. Not too long ago, this Fairy Tail was transfered to Edolas and defeated the insane king of Edolas. When all the magic was sucked out of the world, I was brought along with it." She lifted her head, a smile on her face. "So now, I'm back!"
Hailey nodded in awe. "That's crazy." She smiled. "Yeah, it is."
She suddenly stood up. "I'm going to go help Mira-nee. I'll be back soon, just hang tight. Maybe go introduce yourself to some of the guild." Hailey nodded slowly. "Okay. See you soon." She stood as well, exhaling loudly. "She's right," she muttered to herself. "I should go introduce myself." She walked towards a group of people, hands clasped before her. 'This is real', she thought. 'I'm in Fairy Tail.'


Here is Chapter One! I hope it wasn't as cringy as I thought...please remember to review and follow or whatever! Buh-bai!