Okay, first off please don't shoot me for this being so short. I'm trying out a new writing style. Second, this is an OC story. Just like the summary says it's about this shifter's life and her travels with Fairy Tail.

For updating, this story will be updated every Wednesday.

The Shifter's Journey

Chapter 1

Kuma P.O.V.

Someone care to tell me why I'm falling towards a gigantic building with a bell on it? Oh, yeah, now I remember...

~Two hours earlier~

I'm hunting in the east forest in panther form, seeing as I have no jewel and I'm about a day's journey from the mage guild I'm looking to join.

My head snaps up when I hear a twig on my left to see a handful of poachers. 'Great, just my luck,' is the only thought going through my head as I back away to try and blend into the bushes behind me.

Then the guy in the lead, who has almost no teeth left, speaks. "Well, boys, this one's pelt will fetch a mighty sum, don't you think?"

A couple of agreements from my right is all I need to turn tail and take off towards where I stashed my pack.

When I reach the tree where my pack is hidden, I climb the tree and shift before throwing it on and jumping down again.

"Oi, boss, we got ourselves a shifter."

My head snaps around at the voice to see one of the poachers ten feet to my left.

"Canine form: Timber wolf!"

Before the guy can react, my new shape takes over and I'm sprinting towards the town. Luckily, my wolf forms allow me to cover ground at a quick pace while saving energy.

When I hear explosions behind me I pick up the pace until I'm running full-out. Unfortunately, when I'm about a mile from the outskirts of town, an explosion hits me and I'm being launched through the air.

~Currently falling from the sky~

And now I'm wishing I had taken time to master my flying forms before, but now I have to worry about how I'm gonna make the safest landing.

"Bear form: Grizzly!"

Almost as soon as the shift takes place I'm crashing through the roof of the building. Thankfully, the muscle of my grizzly form holds off the damage. Ignoring my surroundings for the moment, I knock off the shock and jump up, prepared for more poachers.

When my ears don't pick up anything, I turn my head to take in my surroundings. The building I'm in has a bar, a stage, two floors, oh, and let's not forget tables full of people staring right at me.

So what did y'all think? Love it? Hate it?

I do hope you follow, fave, and review, because I have been working on this story for awhile now, and Stele thinks it's an awesome idea. But I wanna hear y'all.

By the way, just a tidbit of information for y'all. Kuma means Bear in japanese.

Most of the names I come up with either have an importance to me, are derived from something in the story or I'm just curious, look up the translation and find I like, so I add it to the story. Hehe, you never know.

With that I'll leave y'all be.

Grizzly out for the night.