Hello! This is my first story on this site, though I have been writing for quite some time now, I just hope you like it!

As usual I don't own Fairy Tail or any of it's affiliated characters or places.

Rinku and Rose are of my own creation and are not based on any live or dead person

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The infamous guild Fairy Tail, who not only had the most beautiful mages known to Fiore, but also happened to have a total of four Dragon Slayers in its ranks. And then there was SaberTooth as well, with the twin Dragon Slayers, but they always intimidated me, even after their guild reform. The Black Lightning user scared the absolute hell out of me, and I really didn't want to have anything to do with them.

So when I finally decided to join a guild, it was really a clear choice on where I was going to go.

Walking through Magnolia, I was not surprised when I noticed many of the inhabitants staring at me, which was fairly normal to me. My hair actually looked like flames cascading from my head and down my back, the curls moving with the wind very much so helping with that idea. My eyes were such a light blue, they might as well be called silver, and my skin was a dark olive tone. My clothes were quite simple, just dark browns in a cloak and loose pants, a lighter shirt, and then thick black boots.

"Is she a mage?"

"She would have to be with that kind of hair, you can tell its natural."

"You really think so?"

"She has to be here for our guild Fairy Tail."

"Wow! Isn't she a beauty! She will fit right in!"

"They really do take in all kinds."

"I hope she isn't as destructive as the Salamander though! We get enough trouble already."

"At least the young Wendy and the S-class mage Laxus aren't known for their destructiveness."

Laxus. Just hearing his name started to get my cheeks burning. Ever since I read of his return to the guild, and his tumultuous background, I had grown quite... fond of him. Even though they say he's almost never seen with a woman, other than Evergreen, which everyone knows is in love with Elfman.

The Thunder God Tribe were such an interesting group, Bixlow with his beautiful eyes, both green and red, and his magical Babies, Freed and his Script magic and obvious love for Laxus, and Evergreen, with her famous Fairy Magic, and stone eyes. They had come to a town near where she lived once, which was plagued by constant lightning and thunder. The Mayor was so full of shit when he said it was Laxus's fault. Magic doesn't work like that, it can't accumulate without some sort of power source.

It's been only a month or so since the Grand Magic Games ended, and I was worried that my Magic wasn't good enough to be accepted to become a member of Fairy Tail. I've never been able to test it against any other magic users, mostly just the beasts in the mountains.

I used to be closer to Natsu and Lucy in age, but after their 7 year disappearance, I'm actually much closer in age to Laxus, Mira, and Erza; though I was still younger than them, but it wasn't by much.

I found myself standing in front of the guild's large doors, smiling at the ruckus that was going on inside. It was obvious that they were having yet another brawl inside, which was one of their famous, or infamous depending on who you talk to, attributes. I took a step forward and reached to open the door when it suddenly busted open, and Natsu came flying out, headed straight towards me.

I reacted without thinking, balling up and forming my magic around me, protecting myself from his force, and no doubt the flame magic that was sure to result in his tossing. Which I was right, I heard, though muffled, him stand up and roar, heat growing from outside, though it didn't really bother me, considering. And then silence.

'Shit, they spotted me.' I balled up even tighter, which caused my ball to shrink with me.

"What is everyone staring at?"

"Look behind you Flame Brain." Gajeel growled. I heard some shuffling, then a shout of surprise from Natsu.

'SHIIIIIIT.' too embarrassed to face them now, I started to roll my ball of rock down the street.

"Oh no." I heard a deep growl, and then I was lifted up, giving out a loud meep. 'FUCK! WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE LAXUS.' "I can smell you in there girl."

"It's a girl?"

"Is that molten rock?"

I was carried in, as if I weighed nothing, to the no doubt center of the guild hall, then plopped down roughly on who knows what.

I refused to move as everyone murmured in interest, and I could feel some of them reach out and touch the slightly heated rock.

"Come out girl, no one is going to hurt you."

"How old is she?"

"I hope she's my age! Right Charle?"

"I doubt it, this is pretty strong magic." I heard a knock on the outside of my shell, and I jumped in surprise, which the ball repeated.

"It's Live magic. Like Natsu's flame or Grey's ice."

Laxus growled, "Come out now, or I will force you out."

"OK!" I cried and dropped the rocks, putting my hands up protectively.

Utter silence greeted me, and I peeked and eye out to be greeted face to face with a shocked Laxus. My face turned bright red and I backed up a little bit, and fell off the table he had set me on. "AH!" I fell into the seat and looked around me at the guild. "Woah." I said softly, it was midday and the guild was packed. I was hoping most would be on quests, but I was dead wrong.

Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna were all standing at the bar, Natsu, Lucy, Erza, Grey, Juvia, and Gajeel were surrounding me with Laxus. Wendy, Charle, Happy, Levy, Lily, and Romeo were outside that circle, and everyone else was sitting around the guild watching.

"Alright, I know it's never good when the guild goes dead quiet, what happened now?" The master walked out of his office, then stopped when he spotted me, surrounded by the rock I had formed earlier.

"Uhm, hi." I waved a little bit, face bright red with embarrassment, and I moved off the seat and stood up, brushing myself off.

"Well, quite an entrance you have made." he jumped from the second floor to land on the table, even giving a flip or two. Impressive for an old man. "May we have your name?"

"Well... uhm... Rinku..." I bowed my head, "It's a pleasure to meet you all."

An eruption of greetings rang out around the guild, but I didn't hear them for long until Master Makarov started dragging me upstairs, Laxus following behind me.

I was sat down in the office with the two of them staring at me.

"Laxus."

"She's a Dragon Slayer."

Both me and the Master jumped, "How can you tell?!" I cried out in surprise. Really hoping to keep it hidden, at least for a while.

"We all have a similar smell."

"Oh..."

"You've never met another slayer?"

I shook my head, "I.. haven't really been around people much..."

There was silence again.

"And you wish to join our guild?"

"Well.. You guys have the most dragon slayers and... I don't really know much about being a dragon slayer.. My mom died before I was old enough to understand the more complex stuff." I frowned and looked down, wanting to hide the sorrow that was no doubt showing in my eyes.

"Understandable. I just want to test two things." Master Makarov had me stand up, standing on top of his desk so he was almost eye level to my 5'10". "One, I want to see your magic in person. Then I want you to test your strength against my Grandson Laxus."

My eyes went wide to the last request, "Wh-what? I-I never have been able to test my strength against a person, much less another Slayer. I... I don't..." 'I don't want to insult him, but I honestly didn't know what my punch would do to him.'

Laxus huffed, "I'm the strongest mage in this building, other than the Master."

"Don't let Mirajane hear you say that." Master laughed.

All Laxus did was scowl, "I'll be impressed if you even leave a dent."

I bowed my head, "Forgive me."

I rolled my shoulders, "Well... I'm sure you noticed, but I have Lava Magic. Uhm. I'm 23 years old. My Mother passed away when I was six." I paused again, unsure of myself. My interactions with humans has been minimal at best.

"You going to tell us your sign as well?" Laxus growled, which made me jump.

I bowed my head again, then stretched out my arm, palm up, "Mostly it's a kind of armor I use." Lava boiled out of my arms, and both of them jumped back to not get hit, but none of it left my arm. It snaked up my whole arm, then solidified into a black stone, "It's a lot harder than most people expect. As I'm sure you noticed Laxus. "I smiled at him, before quickly looking away, my face bright red from having caught his eyes.

"Here." he held up his hand, "Punch my hand, as hard as you can." he stood lazily, as if he didn't expect anything more than a mosquito bite. Which WAS insulting.

I huffed and took a fighting stance, then punched with all of my might, or as much as I could without wasting time, with my armored hand.

Laxus' eyes went wide, and he leaned back, almost in slow motion, then took a step backwards, then slid about an inch or two.

Master's jaw dropped to the floor as he stared at me, "Dear Mavis..." he said softly, "You... actually pushed Laxus.."

"Uhm, well yeah." I shrugged, "He didn't even take a stance. If he was prepared, I probably wouldn't have moved him at all."

Laxus couldn't stop staring at me, and a strong scent started to come from him.

I furrowed my brows and sniffed a little loudly, trying to tell what that smell was. Laxus visibly jumped when I did that, mumbled something, then barged his way out of the office.

"You... I'm impressed. You might actually be stronger than Natsu.."

"I could easily beat Natsu. I can eat fire." I grinned at him, "I actually have a wide range of things I can eat to gain power. Really any kind of ore, and anything hot or melted."

"Talk about over powered..." Master muttered as he watched me. I let the glove dropped, and as soon as it left my skin, it crumbled into pieces.

I had weaknesses, but I was not about to spill them to someone I just met.

"So it's only strong when it's attached to you."

"Not usually, but when I hit Laxus, I was actually holding the rock together. If anyone had hit it again, it would have fallen apart."

"Ah, so that hit actually did you damage as well?"

I shrugged at him, "A little bit, I would have told him, but he started to smell weird, and then bolted."

Master slowly lifted a brow, the side of his mouth lifting up as well, "Weird?" he almost sounded like he was purring. "Describe this scent to me."

Confused, I shrugged, "I'm not really sure how to explain it. It was dark, and musky. Though it did smell really really good. Kind of made me hungry, though I don't know why."

He tossed his head back and started laughing, a bit loudly, "You really haven't been around humans at all, have you."

"Only enough to get clothes and medicines really. I mean I can speak perfectly, I was taught that, and math and all of that. I did get history books and simple things, so I know of the world. I just... haven't fully experienced it yet."

"Well we can help you with that, welcome to Fairy Tail!"

A short gasp came from my lips as I stared at him wide eyed. "R-really?"

"Of course! We would be crazy not to take you! I'm just glad you came to us, and not Sabertooth."

"Yeah.. they still kind of scare me after I watched them. When everyone was lost in those seven years..." I sighed deeply and looked down, "I really retreated from the world, and when I came back, Sabertooth... I was really surprised they were not a dark guild with the way that they act..."

"Yes... they were not the most pleasant guild. But they are now reformed, Sting found his heart, and is now master of the guild."

"That's good." I took off my cloak, then unbuttoned my shirt a little bit, "I know this might be weird, but I would really like my guild mark to be on my chest, like Flair."

Master got a weird look in his eyes, "Not weird at all Lovely." he laughed softly and pulled out the guild mark, "And what color."

"Red would really be perfect."

"Then red it is."