I'm editing this story as of now. Not to make major changes, but to make it more readable. There are slight changes like no mention of the ending crossover.

This was originally a one-shot I wrote when I was bored, but I decided to make it a full story. This is a story in my multiverse series. It starts two years prior to the start of the main story. It follows Hawk, a newly orphaned wizard that tries to find a new life in Fairy Tail.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail

Hawk's Story: Fairy Tail

Chapter 1

It was dusk by the time Master Makarov was making his way back to the guild. He was walking through the forest when he came across a young man stumbling along. The boy was covered in cuts and bruises and his clothes were torn. He had short brown hair and brown eyes. He was carrying a black katana in one hand and a grey headband in the other. "Who might you be?" He asked the young man. The boy didn't answer. "Would you like to come eat something?" He asked. The boy hesitated before nodding his head. "Then you have to tell me your name."

The boy again hesitated before answering. "I'm Hawk."

"Okay let's go get you something to eat."

He lead the boy back to Fairy Tail. When they walked in Hawk was taken back at how rowdy the guild was. There were people drinking and people fighting. The most notable was the pink haired boy and the dark blue haired boy fighting. They were notable because they were the one shouting insults. That is until a red haired girl hit them both in the face to make them stop. Makarov walked Hawk to the bar to give him some food. Hawk sat down next to a yellow haired young man and older man with red hair. Makarov jumped onto the bar and sat down. "Bringing home strays again Gramps?" The yellow haired man asked.

"Be quiet Laxus, the kid looks pretty beat up." The other man said. "I'm Gildarts, that's Laxus. What's your name?" Gildarts asked.

"I'm Hawk." He said, not looking up from the bar.

"Gildarts why don't you grab him a plate of food?" Makarov said.

"Sure." He grabbed him a plate and Hawk quickly devoured it. "Feel better?"

"Yeah."

"Hey Laxus, he's about your size, go get him some of your clothes." Makarov said.

"Why should I?" Laxus asked.

"Because if you don't I'll make you walk around in rags." Makarov threatened.

"Fine." Laxus stomped off. He came back a few minutes later. He gave Hawk a black long sleave shirt, white baggy pants and black boots. "You owe me."

"Thanks." Hawk said. Hawk pulled the pants over his tattered shorts. He took his tattered shirt off grabbing the attention of multiple people. Most of the guys at Fairy Tail were in good shape and looked good, but there was something appealing about Hawk. That was until he turned around revealing four large scars going across his back. He put the shirt on then strapped his sword on his back. He put the boots on and then his headband. "I appreciate the food and the clothes, but I should be going." Hawk said.

"Wait, don't you want to join our guild?" Makarov asked.

"I really can?"

"Of course."

"Thank you."

"Let me put the Fairy Tail mark on you then."

Hawk ripped the right sleave off of the shirt. "Oi that's my shirt!" Laxus shouted.

"Calm down it's just a shirt." Gildarts said.

Makarov got out the stamp and stamped Hawk's shoulder. "There, welcome to Fairy Tail." Makarov said.

"Why don't you tell us a little about yourself?" Gildarts said.

"I'm nineteen. I've been trained by my grandfather father in the way of the sword. And I'm a Conjurer." Hawk said.

"What can you conjure?" Gildarts asked.

"Black fire."

"That's interesting. Are you a Dragon Slayer?" Makarov asked.

"No, but if I was then I could have saved my family." Hawk said angrily.

"What happened?" Makarov asked, his face changing from glad to serious.

"We were attacked by a black dragon. My Father and Grandfather fought as hard as they could, but it wasn't enough." Hawk slammed his fist on the counter.

"You found a dragon?" The pink haired boy shouted running over.

"He found us."

"Where was it? Tell me!"

"Natsu calm down. Igneel is red, this dragon was black." Makarov said.

"But this dragon might know where Igneel is!" Natsu said.

"Trust me. He doesn't." Hawk said.

"Just tell me!"

Hawk turned and grabbed Natsu by the scarf. "Don't go looking for him." He let Natsu go when he knew the message got through.

Natsu sat down next to him and tried to make small talk. "So what rank of Wizard are you?" He asked.

"Natsu, only Wizards in a guild have a rank. He's never been in a guild before." Gildarts said.

"Oh yeah."

"I've been told by some of the guilds I've worked for that I could be ranked an S-class Wizard." Hawk said.

"Really, then you should fight me!" Natsu shouted.

"No thanks."

"I'm not taking no for an answer!" Natsu engulfed his hand in fire and tried to punch Hawk. Hawk engulfed his hand in black fire and caught Natsu's fist. Natsu was pretty shocked at first then his hand began to hurt. He dropped to the floor and began to roll around, trying to put the fire out. "Aah, it doesn't burn, it doesn't burn!"

"So he says." Gildarts said. He shifted his attention back to Hawk. "So what did you do prior to this?"

"My father, grandfather and I did odd jobs for various guilds. Mostly search and rescue, rebuilding and tranportation jobs."

"I see. That explains the sword then." Gildarts said.

"Yeah. My head hurts." Hawk said.

"You've had a rough day. You can sleep here tonight. We'll go scavange the remains of you house tomorrow and give your family a proper burial." Makarov said.

"Thanks. I appreciate it."

Makarov led Hawk to the spare beds in the guild. Hawk got into bed when Makarov left and quickly passed out.

Hawk woke up early the next morning, grabbed his sword and headed for the main hall. Most of the guild was already there. Hawk went and sat at the bar next to Makarov. "Sleep well?"

"Better than expected." Hawk said.

"That's good.".

Hawk felt someone tap him on the shoulder. He turned around and the red haired girl was standing there. "Hi, I'm Erza." She introduced.

"I'm Hawk."

"So I was wondering do you have a girlfriend?"

"No." Hawk answered coldly.

"Oi Erza, I told you I had dibbs on him!" A white haired girl shouted.

"Like I care, Mirajane!"

"You wanna go you Clanky Bitch?"

"Anytime, you Boney Tramp!" Hawk wasn't sure what was going on, but he didn't really care.

"So are you ready to go?" Makarov asked Hawk.

"Yeah."

"I just need someone to go with you."

"You're not going?"

"No I need to stay with the guild."

"I'll go!" Erza volunteered.

"No way, I'm going!" Mirajane told her.

"The hell you are!" Erza shouted.

Cana was drinking a few seats away. "Cana you go with him." Makarov said.

"Me, why me?" Cana asked.

"If the dragon comes back, he needs someone who can help with a quick escape. Your Card Magic is perfect." Makarov said.

"Okay I guess I'll go." Cana said, nervously.

Hawk grabbed his sword and walk out of the guild. Cana quickly caught up to him. They walked in silence for awhile. Hawk wasn't really a talker and Cana thought he was cute, so that made her reluctant to talk to him. "How long have you been with the guild?" Hawk asked.

"About ten years." Cana answered.

"Wow, how old were you when you join?" Hawk asked, a little surprised by her answer.

"Six."

"So you're three years younger than me."

"I guess."

"You're like me. Not very talkative."

"That's not true."

"Then tell me more about yourself."

"Why are you so curious?"

"We're working together, we might as well get to know each other."

"It's just one day."

"Okay, if you don't want to work together again, that's fine."

"I didn't say that."

"Then why won't you tell me about yourself?"

"I don't know."

"Then just tell me."

"Fine. I'm sixteen. I use Card Magic. My mother passed away when I was six and I came to the guild to find my father." Cana finally told him what he wanted so he'd stop asking. "What about you?"

"I'm nineteen. I'm a Conjurer. I work for various guilds and my entire family was wiped out by a dragon yesterday." Hawk answered. Cana felt bad making him say that. "There we know each other. You don't have to talk to me anymore, since you don't want to."

"It's not that I don't want to, it's just I don't know you." Cana said.

"That's why I asked you to tell me about yourself." Hawk said.

"Is the only reason you want to get to know me because we're working together?" Cana asked curiously.

"What other reason would there be?" He asked back.

"Well, I didn't know if you thought I was good looking." She said, blushing slightly.

"I never thought about it." He stopped walking and looked at her closely. "You're very pretty." He said, in the same neutral tone that he used during their conversation. This caused her to blush. Hawk started walking again and she quickly followed. They arrived at Hawk's crumbled house. "Well let's start digging." Hawk said. They dug through the crumbled house looking for any remains. There was nothing, no posessions, no bodies, nothing. "God damn it! Nothing's here!" Hawk shouted, slamming some of the debrie onto the ground.

"Where could they have gone?" Cana asked.

"They must've got completely obliterated by the blast." Hawk said.

"What happened?" Cana asked.

Hawk didn't answer at first. "We were on our way back from a job. We had exhausted most of our magic. We got home and then we heard a large roar. The dragon descended to the ground and slammed its tail into the house. They charged it and managed to cut it up before it unleashed a large breath of energy. I remember getting pushed and hitting my head. When I woke up no one was here and I went to get help." Hawk explained. "But there was no point to getting help, they're both dead." Tears began streaming down his face.

Cana wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say. She walked over and put her hand on his shoulder. Hawk turned around and hugged her. She blushed, then hugged him back. He wasn't much taller so he could almost cry on her shoulder. Hawk broke the hug and took a deep breath. "Do you want to go back?" Cana asked.

"Yeah." Hawk said. They walked backed to the guild, Cana leading the way this time. They didn't talked for most of the walk. "I appreciate you coming. I guess I owe you." Hawk said.

"It wasn't problem." Cana said.

They arrived back at the guild and went their seperate ways.