Song: Fairytale – Alexander Rybak

Pairing: RoadxAllen

Timeframe: After the war

Disclaimer: Song and characters; not mine.

Warning: OOC-ness,

A/N: I really love this song! I fell in love with it the very first time I heard it and straight away associated it with AllenxRoad~

You might want to listen to the song while you read it or before you read it so that it has the atmosphere of the song and the lyrics make more sense~

Summary: The war is over and Allen reminiscences of a time long ago, when everything was perfect.

Years ago, when I was younger,
I kinda liked a girl I knew.
She was mine and we were sweethearts;
That was then, but then it's true.

The war was over. They had won. The Earl had been defeated, and the Noah had scattered after losing their Noah powers. The Exorcists were no longer needed and a tremendous amount of money had been dealt between them.

The Black Order was rapidly losing its residents, some returning home to relatives, some going on to the next adventure and others wandering wherever their feet would take them. Every person was glad that the battle had finally ended and that there was no more need for sacrifices. Everyone was happy and all was good.

But Allen felt that there was something missing. And that's when he remembered a memory from a long time ago, when everything was so much more simple. Back when he was just a small naïve boy. It was the memory of a girl.

I'm in love with a fairytale
Even though it hurts.
'Cause I don't care if I lose my mind
I'm already cursed.

He remembered her sugary sweet smile. Her bouncing step as she ran down the street, her shoes clacking on the cobblestones. That mischievous sparkle in her eye when she was planning something. The playful winks and stolen kisses.

But she also had a bad point. Over anything else, she had craved blood. As much as it had horrified him, he couldn't forget their first meeting. She would surely have been the death of him. Lucky for him, love overpowered her lust for blood.

She tried hard to change for him and act more human. They were the perfect couple and must have been called cute multiple times by people out on the streets. They'd walk hand in hand and look for a candy store since they both loved sweets. Everything seemed perfect and Allen would have given anything if he could only make his fairytale last longer and escape reality with her.


Every day we started fighting,
Every night we fell in love.
No one else could make me sadder,
But no one else could lift me high above.

Unfortunately, they were on wrong sides of the war. Their relationship was forbidden, and above all, dangerous. They could have both been called traitors. Allen had warned her many times and talked of breaking up, but she would have none of it. Allen was scared for both of them, but if he were to admit it, he didn't want to lose her either.


I don't know what I was doing
when suddenly we fell apart.
Nowadays I cannot find her,
But when I do we'll get a brand new start.

Allen didn't know what had gone wrong. He didn't know why, but all of a sudden, she had left him. He couldn't find her anywhere. She just disappeared, leaving Allen confused and heartbroken. Now that the war was over and there was nothing stopping them anymore, Allen hoped that they could start over.

I'm in love with a fairytale
Even though it hurts.
'Cause I don't care if I lose my mind
I'm already cursed.

Allen was thinking of looking for her now that he had so much time on his hands. But then again, he knew that if she wanted to find him she'd do it herself. She always did. What would he do if he found her? What if she didn't love him anymore, what if she was with someone else? Allen wouldn't be able to live through that.

Since Allen had nowhere to go and no relatives that he knew of, he decided to work in a circus again like he used to. The circus reminded him of Mana. It was like the ghost of a family. He still remembered his tricks from his time as a performer. It was something that came as naturally as controlling his anti-akuma weapon. A talent he'd been born with. So he set off to London to find a circus that wouldn't mind adding him into their act.

She's a fairytale, Yeaaah !
Even though it hurts.
'Cause I don't care if I lose my mind
I'm already cursed.

They were performing in a small town in Germany. He'd been here on a mission once. This was their last day and tomorrow they would leave for a new place to perform. He was juggling, concentrating on the brightly coloured spheres, when he heard someone approaching him, shoes clacking on the cobblestones. He looked up to see a girl. Sugary sweet lips smiled at him and beautiful blue eyes sparkled with mischief.

"Where can I buy a ticket for tonight's show, Allen-kun~".