chapter one:

displacement

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I roused slowly that day, for no other reason then I would have liked to just stay their that day. But I made my way to the bathroom to make myself presentable anyway. after a quick shower I glanced over at the mirror, the silver eyes with just a dusting of red that I was so accustomed to having there stared back, all the while hands did up hair into the hanging hoop style that I usually wore, from an outside perspective it might look a little funny at first but that's fine. I gave the mirror my best smile, deciding that I would need to practice it a bit more before showing it to my family.

After that I had a quick meal and was out the door. the beach I called home was a bit nippy that day, but I didn't bother to stop for a jacket, I was a little late, I had to be on the boat soon. Reaching the dock I quickly hopped on board, and was off to the airport to see my parents.

It had been three years since I last saw them. My parents were archeologists and had left for a new dig site, one that boasted possibly the largest concentration of sixty five million year old bones on the planet.

They would go down in history having found a new species, all exciting stuff. My father, Dr. Arthur Lambe, was an expert in his field, and he met my mother, Dr. Bethany Schmidt( kept her name after the marriage) on the job, she was a paleontologist, and an avid fan of my father's work. My father, the "master of puns," likes to say it was "love at first site" which always gets a groan out of the listener. One year later and a quick ceremony, and I was in the picture, Caudi, that's correct I'm named after two, no wait, middle name too, three dinosaurs, Caudi being short for Caudipteryx, moms a bit of a dino groupy, not that I mind, I love them too.

I was abruptly pulled away from my thoughts by the boat lurching, definitely noticeable but not worth too much worry, and the the captain of the vessel said almost the same thing verbatim. With a sigh I got up out of my seat and looked out over the railing at the passing water. I always found a comfort in that. And then I heard gunshots.

I quickly whipped around scanning the deck for signs of hostility or blood, but found that the sounds were a small ways off, on the yacht parallel to the ship I was on. I saw a man dive into the water and I could hear screaming onboard, the other passengers of the vessel I was on, ran over to see what the commotion was about, I leaned back against the railing, not the best idea as it turned out.

The now unmanned ship opposite the crowd turned starboard, and picked up speed, our helmsman tried to maneuver away but the ship crashed into ours, cracking the hull and causing everyone onboard to panic, except for me, I did my panicing no longer on board.

I was plunged into the water despite my best effort, and no one would hear my screams for help as the ship pulled away. The unmanned vessel left to promptly run me over.

I don't know much about what happened next. I was, well I don't really know, I couldn't see, couldn't move, and was cold. But I could hear this constant beeping noise, and people, far off. My head was in a fog and the beeping was driving me up the wall, but then I heard dads voice, and one word, "Coma" it was said in the most defeated tone I had ever heard my dad use. And I could hear my mother crying. there was a doctor in the room explaining what happened. I had apparently suffered from hypothermia and may loose an arm. Surprisingly the bout driving over me left me alive, unsurprisingly knocked me unconscious. Apparently it had been two hours before some casual boaters found me, and three days before I was identified, that makes today Tuesday, I think? I was in pretty bad shape, and apparently was not likely to ever wake up again, wait, What!? I was in the same room as my crying mother, without any way of doing anything!? Now I'm pissed! and I think everyone in the room could tell cause the beeping from the instruments hooked up to me got faster. Then I felt feint(as a comatose person can anyway) and was plunged into numbing darkness, I couldn't think straight.

'Did... did I just die..?' I asked myself, shaking my head, or trying to, 'no... no. No! I can't be dead, I! i. I still have, so much... to, do...' I floated in the expanse of darkness, it was weirdly silent, i couldn't even oh... 'it's weird, not being able to hear your own heartbeat... it's always their, and you don't even realize...' I spent the next few moments in silence. 'So... this is death, huh?'

'This sucks, just inky blackness and my own thoughts to keep me company? Not even a reaper of some kind to guide my soul? Wow... I wonder, if, I'll ever get out of here..' then I heard something incredibly loud, which scared me witless. the loud sound continued, in a steady rhythm, and slowly as sound came back into focus, I realized, that, was a heartbeat. My heartbeat.

I wondered if I had truly died, and slowly I could feel my body come back under my control, I was still cold but, a second chance at life? I don't care if I always felt like I had an ice cube down my shirt. I was pumped.

As soon as I felt fully under control, I opened my eyes, salty water met them. first of all, OW!? Second off all, why? A quick burning glance around showed nothing but water, and myself buried in the sand! So I was either dreaming that whole bit about the coma and was at the bottom of the god damn ocean. or I hadn't and wound up here for some other reason? Both equally terrifying, and not important, I was busy pulling my arms and legs out of the sand so I could scramble for the surface before I died, again.

Once I was free I shot out of their like an Olympic swimmer to the surface, where I quickly dumped all the water out of my lungs and filled them with sweet, sweet oxygen, not realizing i apparently hadn't had any in them. One life threatening problem out of the way I scanned my surroundings, finding a nice port town just a little ways away. I Phelps-ed my way there to find out what the hell happened to me.

Once I had found purchase for my fingers and clawed my way up the dock I rested. Gasping for air I thought 'who knew swimming for your life in a panic could take so much out of you' in a sarcastic tone. A few of the dock workers stared at me but no one bothered to help the soaking wet, half drowned young girl.

After I was done cursing them to the same fate, I looked around, this was not my home town. All the buildings were far too vibrant and, old fashioned... And, come again? Did I just hear one of the dock workers I cursed to the briny blue mutter "mages" under his breath? Like as in, magic? Now with more questions than ever I stood up and wobbled down the pier into town.

It was, odd, buildings were constructed from, some kind of stone, and there seemed to be very little rhyme or reason to their construction. Colours ranged from a pleasant blue to a rather bright yellow, oranges and maroon were present as well. Some buildings were entirely stone on the exterior, while others have utilized wood as a support material. Businesses and unmarked buildings which were probably residences stood side by side or on top of each other. While the heights ranged from two stories to towers which had no right to stand outside of a less important structure.

It was wildly colorful, nothing like my beach town. So, where there hell was I?

I spotted a man walking down the street in, a suit of armor? Kaaaay then, file it away for later. I flagged him down and asked him what town I was in, he offhandedly said "Hargeon, enjoy your stay." in a voice that grated at me for some reason, and walked off. I was left to stand frozen for a few minutes, more than one passer-bye looked at me funny. 'Did he say... Hargeon? as in... that port town from that show, f-fairy t-t-tail?'

I went in search of a park bench to try and comprehend what information I had just been delivered. I was in Hargeon...that meant I was in Fiore... that meant i was in the world of Fairy Tail!? I could feel the cogs in my head overheating at the idea. Did this mean I really died? And was reborn in Fairy Tail!? that makes no sense! it's an anime!! 'its also a manga.' that same sarcastic tone I used to berate myself with earlier chimed in, 'Not! important!'

As I was breaking down on one level, I was in deep thought on another. If I was in Fairy Tail, was I a mage? I mean, in all those stories where the person gets reborn or transported to another world in some fashion, they get special powers, did I? And if, if I did, how would I figure it out? It's not like I can just say "hocus pocus" and pull a rabbit out of a hat, probably, I mean, mages in fairy tail need training to use their magic, so how do I go about getting training if I have magic? If, I reminded myself, no use worrying about training till I knew I even had something to train. " I need to find a library" I said aloud and set off to do just that.

It was at this moment, half way down the street, that I realized I had changed worlds, or at least it fully dawned on me. I immediately stopped to take inventory of what I had, my bag had made the transition with me, as did the wallet inside it, opening that revealed that the forty bucks that had resided their this morning(or whenever that was) had vanished. I was hoping that what ever higher power took pity on me and whisked me away from my brain dead fate and stuck me in a world of magic would have converted my cash to jewels, but it unfortunately hadn't.

Any means of identification had also vanished, so i was missing my cash, credit cards, drivers license, basically my wallet was empty. My bag had lost any thing make up related, unfortunately, and also my phone was gone, double unfortunate. I still had my sketch pad, but it was throughly covered in sand and water, and I also had my new case of pens, fortunately waterproof. I had also picked up a few seashells during my stay in the deep. but aside from that, nothing. I regret not packing more things into my bag to go meet up with my parents, and also not dressing warmer, it would have been great to at least have my favourite hoodie to snuggle into and keep me warm.

Well now I was back in the throws of despair, I had basically nothing, I would be lucky if I could sell the sea shells, which I had apparently traded all my belongings for, a hundred jewel(which translates to about a dollar back home.) I groaned. This was a poor start to my second life, but it could be a whole lot worse. Resigning myself to my meager belongings, I continued in my search for the town library.

It actually wasn't all that hard to find, transdimentional dislocation and serious structural differences in this city/town to any I had been in considered, and after absorbing all the comprehensible knowledge I could get my hands on, (thank God that not only spoken language was the same, but so was written for the most part, seems kanji were also fairly prevalent) I was no closer to figuring out if I had magic or not. Some materials said it was akin to a second heartbeat, while others said it was like a constant static charge.

I felt neither, as far as I could tell, but I wasn't giving up that easy. Being reborn into a magical world to what, live out a non magical life? I would rather go back home and do that, thank you very much. And then there was the matter that this was Fairy Tail, no way in hell I'm not gonna go join that guild.

"Think Caudi." I reminded myself, one of those books said that focusing on fond memories or ideas can put a surge in your magic, so what do I like?

Well their is my parents, obviously... 'Nope, a warm feeling and a pinch of guilt, but nothing, magical' so that's out, and I tried various things, favourite ice cream, flowers, old crushes, zilch. Then I went for my old pal, a favourite movie series of mine, where dinosaurs are kept mostly contained for human amusement, it almost never went the park owners way, and is were what will forever be the most iconic t-rex roar, came from.

Thinking back to this movie, and dinos in general, always put a smile on my face, and as I began humming the theme and imagined those great big park doors, something changed.

It started as a warmth with a bit of a tingle mixed in, right in the center of my chest, the new sensation causing me to place my palm over the affected area. I kept up the tune, and imagined those doors opening wide to show all the wonder of actual living, breathing, gigantic, and some not so gigantic, lizards. The warmth spread, like a mixture of flowing water and electricity spiraling around my body and coming down in waves down to my hands, which had began to glow, just a little.

And then stopped, the park doors closed and the feeling retreated to that spot in my chest, now less than it had just been but there, actually there. Now I knew I had magic, which brought with it a wave a giddy giggles, I probably got another batch of funny looks from the other occupants of the library, but heck! I had magic, who cares!

I left my nest of books (I put them all back after) and left the building, grinning like an idiot. Now, I just had to figure out how to use my magic and I'd have my ticket into fairy tail, well that was the plan anyway, I knew it would be more difficult than that but, ' I can't find a downside right now, I have magic!'

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Hello!

hi, Im ScarletFics

lets get down to brass tax, I'm a brand new writer, and user of the site, so if my story seems a bit bumpy, thats why, and please call me on any grammar mistakes, its the only way I'll get better after all.

I'm hoping that my first story will be well received, but just in case heres a few notes.

now obviously I don't own fairy tail, nor am I the most avid fan (don't get me wrong I love it, why else would I write a fic about it?) and because of that the characters are going to seem, off, and it will probably get worse as time goes on, but I'm hoping that I can disguise these changes by blaming it on Caudi's appearance and interactions with the world!

but to make sure that this tale goes over as smoothly as possible, I'll be running it by my pals.

I'll leave this here for now but expect an update in the near future.

please rate and review!

Tata~