Scarlet Pink

A fic written by mylittlejedi

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"In a land far, far away, lies the Kingdom of Fiore, a small peaceful nation of 17 million, and a place filled with magic! Found in every home, bought and sold in every marketplace, for most, magic is merely a tool, a mundane part of everyday life. For some, however, magic is an art, and they have devoted their lives to its practice. These are the mages. Banded together into magical guilds they apply their skills in search of fame and fortune. Many such guilds dot the landscape of Fiore. But there is a certain guild in a certain town that soars high above the rest, one from which countless legends have been born... a guide that will no doubt continue to create legends well into the future. Its name... is Fairy Tail." The city of Juniper was not this certain place. Juniper was a popular business trade city along the river and for it came a vast amount of wealth. One train ride away from Magnolia and you could find yourself here. The self-proclaimed perfect town had a very big issue on the west side slum area; racism. To the west of this town there was a tribe of nomads that came by each year to restock supplies but sometimes one of them went into town and got a little reckless this lead to a member of the city to give birth to a baby to one of those nomads but they never stayed long enough to wait for it. Those who did bore these children were ridiculed and hated on each day and it was even worse for the kids. Some parents kept them no matter what, others gave them up to adoption to avoid the views of the town, and few very few just leave them on the streets to fend for themselves. Now while the people of west side Juniper were racist they would never actually kill them but they'd also never listen to their pleas for help, never acknowledge them and even beat them when they did. These children were titled them as half-breeds and to be labeled as one meant a life of pain was ahead of you. But while this town does have Fairy tail or any other wizard guild events in this town will set in motion events that will save the guild in time. And the story about an unlikely pair and with that story where friends can become enemies.

Chapter 1 the fateful meeting

Juniper

October 10 x777

The usually busy town began to settle down it almost seemed as a ghost town with its lights still on. At one of its restaurants called Salamander tongue, the side door opened revealing a middle age man carrying a black bag in one hand and in the other a to go bag filled with leftover food that no one ate. He was the owner of the restaurant and was slowly closing up for the day. He didn't dilly dally, he just went straight for the dumpster and started to put in the key for the lock. Why did he have a lock you might ask, because a few half breed twerps were roaming this town and he didn't want to feed them even if it was garbage. After that he went inside to do everything else.

Across the street in a dark alley a figure stood out of the shadows and revealed itself to be a girl. She was maybe at the very least nine, her height no taller than her age. Her big eyes and messy, disheveled hair shared the same color: a very vibrant pink. Her body was petite and frail surrounding that were her clothes. They were far from special just a large clump of white rags and had oversized pink shoes on. She stared at the dumpster with a look of hunger: even a blind man could tell that this little girl was starving.

She carefully walked up to the dumpster and moved towards its lock and looked it over for it was the only thing in her way of having food in her stomach tonight. She looked around to see if the coast was clear. When she saw that no one was around she searched the ground until she found what she needed, a hairpin. She pick it up in glee and started to move it around in the lock and she was even more gleeful when she managed to get the lock open. She lifted the lid grabbed to the go bag and went back to the alleyway to see what she got tonight. She opened it to find a half-eaten bacon burger with extra bacon and ketchup, to the left of it she saw that the fries were barely touched and saw there was still plenty of the drink left. She nearly cried out at how lucky she had gotten. If you haven't seen a starving person eat than imagine what word you would use to describe a wolf pack eating a dear; ruthless. And the drink felt even better going down her parched throat. After the meal she sat down with a smile on her face and a hand on her belly. That smile on her face disappeared as she looked up in the sky and saw the moon, one of her only friends but the friend that never say anything back.

"Well, well, well what do you know? A half breed yet to learn her place still."

She turned to see the man of the restaurant looking at her with a look of anger, disgust and worst of all desire, desire to put her through the pain others had inflicted on her. Her eyes lost their gleefulness and content to be replaced with fear and knowing of what would happen if she didn't run, which she did. And so the chase began, she was running for blocks but she was slowing down because her feet were racing down the street her eyes watering for every step she took stung her toes. Oversized pink shoes are not good for a getaway. She wasn't fast enough as the man caught her by her hair stopping her completely. She screamed with pain and hopelessness in her voice as she knew the same thing would happen just the other times. To stop her screaming the man turned her around and delivered a quick knee to her stomach causing her to cough as spit and blood drip from her mouth. The man then picked her up by the throat and let her hang there. She clawed at the man's hands hoping he would let go but he never budged.

The man seemed to enjoy this for added pressure and spoke with malice "I knew it was you pinkie cause not every Halfling around knows to pick the lock, my nephew remembers you from the last time you saw him. What was it you did?" He looks quizzically "Oh yes. You stabbed him in the knee with a pen after you stole a few apples from his father's shop. He went to go get a few friends to make sure your lesson is learnt."

Her thoughts screamed in her head oh god someone please help. But she knew not one of her friends were around and no one else there could care less, only she could help herself. Her thoughts slowed as she was slowly losing consciousness. Suddenly she felt some funny feeling spreading through her form in a pleasant but strong way as if this feeling was from her heart and soul, this feeling, she had never felt in her whole life. A feeling of power, not power over someone but power to fend for her life.

An old pops strangling me, more jerks coming in with a vendetta with my unconscious body and who knows what they would do with it afterwards. Her eyes showing anger. This is what I call a pinch.

Letting go of the man's arms she thrusted her arms forward and from them a golden light appeared that sent the man a few meters away where he gripped where he had been hurt. It wasn't bleeding but a large burn mark had formed. Looking back to the girl his eyes widened at what he saw. A magic circle, oh my word, a half-breed with magic. True to what he said in front of the girl was a pink circle that looked it belong to a reequip mage but it had a little silver lining and a three prong claw mark across the cross in the middle. As soon as the girl felt that power she felt it leave as well. She thrusted her arms forward frantically trying to feel the sensation again but nothing ever came. The man looked at her with an even more anger hearted desire. This kid she could destroy this town in a blind rage if she goes unchecked, my nephew won't be too happy but screw it. Struggling to bring that circle back she looked up to see the man take his kitchen knife out. To say she was scared would be an understatement, she was downright horrified. He let her stay there trembling in fear a bit longer letting the tension in her heart grow. Then the man ran forward the knife in his hand glistening and a killer in his eyes, she closed her eyes not wanting to see what was about to happen.

Clang

The feeling never came though. Opening her eyes and trembling she looked and looked in shock at what she was seeing. The knife was broken at the base of the blade and the man who just a moment ago dead set on ending her life was on the ground looking as if a small army ran over him. What caught her eye the most was the one standing over him. A girl.

The girl in front of her was both a few inches taller and a few years older (don't know erza's height as a kid but is definitely twelve years old). She was wearing a long sleeve white shirt, a top of light armor with a red bow tied around the collar, a white beyond the knees skirt being help by a plain brown belt, blue knee-length socks, brown shoes and to complete the ensemble a sword at her left side. She had high cheekbones, brown eyes, and scarlet hair that was tied in a braid down her back with two bangs framing down her face.

She was standing there looking at the man with a deathly glare that more than intimidated the small girl. She was about to speak to the mysterious girl when she heard a series of footsteps coming from down the street. She got up and hid behind the mysterious girl. It was just as the man said, the nephew and his three friends were coming and they didn't look pleased. The displeased look grew more when he saw his uncle with bruises all over his figure. He looked passed the new arrival and at the smaller of the two girls.

"First my knee then you call some psycho to save you, stay right there, we will deal with you after this chick because we are the reason your leaving this town."

The smaller shook more as she knew that tonight was probably be a lot worse than the nights before. The new girl stood in front of her with a glare of fury. "While I'm doubtful of you beating me, I want to know what your grudge with this girl is." The smaller of the two looked at the taller as she spoke with an authoritive voice like she was commanding respect.

The lead boy cracked a smile "That bitch stabbed me in my knee with a pen and she needs to know her place, besides she's a half breed. A thousand of those freaks here could die and not one would bat an eye about it."

The pink haired girl looked down in shame. She thought the scarlet would leave them to business but surprised to see her shake not in fear but in anger. This little girls eyes have so much hurt but readiness, which makes me guess this type of thing is normal for her. She practically shrieked "That… That still gives you no right to treat her as a punching bag." And with that she charged forward, the first one she delivered a jab to the face, the second a back kick to the stomach, the third got a handful to the chest, and the leader lost his smile when the girl finished with the place a man can receive: to the family jewels. Within seconds the boys were on the ground and groaning. Pinkie in the corner thought Dahm she's fast. What came next shocked even more. A glowing malice filled aura started to burn around her as she walked to the leader and pulled out her sword showing a small and well-crafted blade. She put the blade next to the boy's neck and the aura around her grew. Everyone there had their bodies telling them to run as fast as they could but couldn't. "You will never see this girl again, touch her, smell or hear her otherwise I'll show you how I deal with pra punks like you" The boys brown pants covered the fact he had peed himself a while ago, he hesitantly shook his head. "Think about that as you leave."

The boys picked themselves up and ran as if they saw a monster, because they did. The young girl just stood there with a look of fear and anticipation in what would the girl do next.

The little girl looked at the older as if she was an angel. Watering at the eyes a little she then unsuspectanctly jumped forward and threw her arms around her rescuer and stayed there because she made her feel calm and like everything in the world would be fine, a feeling only her friends ever gave her. She's warm and she smells real nice too. Blushing at the thought. The scarlet haired girl looked surprised but then returned the hug. They stood there for minutes on end. The girl looked up and asked "Who are you?"

The girl in question but on a heartwarming smile, placed her hand on her chest. "My name is Erza, Erza Scarlet and I am a mage from Fairy tail." She spoke it with a deep sense of pride. Now this girl may have grown up on the streets but everyone knew the name of one of the strongest wizard guilds out there. Before she could lore over her Erza questioned "What is your name? It would be rude if I didn't know yours." This all felt so new to her, a power for the life of her can't use showed up in front of her, a mage of one of the strongest guilds in Fiore saved her and she wanted to know… My name.

"If you don't want to say it then I'm fine with that."

The little girl realized she had been just standing there looking at the ground. Blushing and waving her hands both frantically and defensively. "W-w-what n-no I-I didn't mean to be rude" She started to stoke her ruffled feathery "it's just no one has ever asked me." while looking hesitantly at Erza. "Mine."

"Yes your name did that hit you hard." Erza said with a look of confusion.

Mine sweat dropped as she knew that her name could be pretty confusing. "No as in my name is Mine."

"Okay then Mine. To make sure they leave you alone I'll take you where you need to go, like your mother's house."

Mine just looked away. "My mother left me on the streets when I was four. " Erza was appalled at what she heard, She wanted to help Mine when an idea came to her head.

"So if you had the chance to leave this place, would you take it?"

"More than anything."

Erza smiled as she knew what to say "Then let's go."

"Go where"

"Where else silly, home, to Fairy Tail."

Now it was Mine's turn to shriek "WHAT? I can't go to Fairy Tail they're all strong and I'm not and to top it off I don't even have magic."

"Of course you do, you used it against the man."

Mine's mind flashed back to what had happened maybe fifteen minutes before. The power she never felt, the gold light and the man on his back with a burn on his chest. That power I felt, that was magic?

"And besides you don't need to be strong to join, you just need to have a pure heart and you do."

Mine looked at her with a look that said that she didn't know if she could "You really think I am allowed to?"

"I wouldn't be saying any of this if I didn't think you could join." Erza stated with her hand outstretched forward shofering her to take it.

Mine eyes stung at with what had been probably the first tears of joy in her whole life "Then let's do it."

Erza gave her some shoes then they started to walk and walk until they arrived at the train station, she ordered two tickets and they got on. As people passed the two they shot looks at Mine but a glare from Erza and they walked away when they saw her. Within ten minutes the train started to move. Mine looked back on the events of tonight when she remembered what the man's nephew said to her. She smiled as she looked back at the town. That boy was right, they were the reason I got out of this town. With that in mind she placed head on Erza's lap. The older playing with Mine's pink locks as she drifted off into the land of dreams with a smile on her face.