Sup' people, Pheonixash here.
This is the first ever story I have ever properly written aside from school assignments. My grammer and pacing are shoddy as hell. So if this feels like a complete newbie wrote it, its' because a complete newb did write it. At first I planned it to be a small prologue chapter then it ended up into this long chapter which took absurdly long to write. If I do continue this and I will it will be ages to before I release an another chapter hopefully to manageable levels for me if that makes sense.
Anyway enough of my blabbing lets start the story!
*Story Start*
Location:Shirotsume
Year: X782
Mirajane P.O.V
"Elfman!" , Mirajane called out desperately to the silhouette of the Beast in front of her.
'How could I have let this happen?'
She had got promoted to S class half a year ago and her siblings were understandably eager to go on with her on their first S class job she being the kind sister she was, curse her bleeding heart, she agreed ableit reluctantly. She wasn't an idiot. She knew full well what an S class job entailed. Normally she would be horrified at the thought of ever putting her siblings in that situation again. But after taking a few S class jobs herself solo and comparing it to their teamwork in mid-high level A class jobs, she knew they could handle the responsiblity and hoped it would improve their outlook of handling jobs.
So herself and her siblings went out on this job to stop The Beast from continuing to terrorize the town of Shirotsume. So they made a plan that at first seemed like a good one but they had severely underestimated The Beast. So when they engaged it, it all went wrong.
She mainly did the attacking while Elman and Lissana distracted it with them slowly pushing it back to the cave it seemed the plan was working which the gist had been to corner it and attack full power naïve yes she knew that but it was the way she did most jobs and had worked in the S class exams as it was pretty much the only way she could hold back Gildarts without him Crashing everything.
A tried and true method.
'God what an idiot I had been.'
Funny how impending death or at least severe injury by her own brother losing control could make one lament.
As she was attacking it she had Elfman to break off and go behind as she attacked it and Lisanna attracting its attention away from her by clawing at its eyes and head in Harpy form. Elfman went above to the ledge overhanging the cave and started weakening its foundation. When he had given her the signal she sent Evil Explosion at it causing the stalagmites to crash into the Beasts spinal cord.
She did not account for it actually surviving the crushing weight and piercing power.
Nor did she expect It to call an entire horde of magic beasts stampede through in her already half deactivated Satan Soul form. Needless to say, she got out of weakened and battered from blocking their attacks and taking half of them out.
They then must have gotten new orders because they disengaged and went past her to the town behind them. She would have gone after them but the guttural roar of the Beast signaling its recovery had to be dealt with so she sent Lisanna to evacuate the town.
But after she sent her away the Beast got its hits in while she was screaming for Elfman to stay away.
It was stronger and faster than before and she was getting weaker and weaker and eventually, her magic gave out resulting in the Beast breaking her arm and cracking several of her ribs before flinging away her battered body. As she flew through the air and landed with a sickening crunch she realizes something.
'We were way in over our heads.'
That was when Elfman attempted a Full Body Takeover.
At first, she thought he was in control and felt her pride swell slightly despite her condition, in seeing Elfman accomplishing something he couldn't do in years.
But when Elfman fought the Beast she gradually realized.
He wasn't in control.
His fighting style was too different.
It wasn't human. He clawed and he ripped the Beast apart spraying apart it entrails on the rocky terrain, dousing himself in its blood roaring it's dominance as he slowly ate its heart.
With his initial objective complete, his mind already sinking too deep thinking he was The Beast, he switched prey.
Leading her up to this point.
"Pull yourself together!" she shouted in vain, she knew he was too far in, but the fact bare thought of losing her brother sent her heart to pieces. She stared angrily at the rocky plain thinking of a number of possible ways she could save him.
Then she heard a voice calling out to her.
"Mira!"
A few moments earlier
Lisanna P.O.V
Flames.
Screaming.
'Damn it, these flames are making it a lot harder for evac!'
Lisanna flew through the sky while sending gusts of wind at the flames threatening the remaining quarter of the evacuees.
She was fortunately fast enough to make it to the village thanks to the village guards stalling for her but a Hodras herd made past the line while she was only a halfway through evacuation. By the time they stampeded past the whole city was in flames causing the entire city to be thrown into chaos.
She only hoped the guards made it out alive.
"Animal Soul: Bird!" she yelled out over the smoke. Her body shone with bright light midair as she began her descent. Before she landed splat on the ground she recovered now taking the form of a large green bird with a yellow feathers neck up and pink feather highlights on the wings.
She flew high up and looking down at the burning village now with the vision of an avian animal whose natural vision is much better than humans.
Animal soul may not have many magical attacks but it had its perks.
She saw a glimpse of movement on the inside of a three-story building aflame a few blocks away from her position in the air.
'There!'
She switched back to Harpy as it would be easier to manoeuvre herself in case of debris and quickly flew towards the burning building.
"Hello!" shouted Lisanna as she landed on the window sill quickly breaking the glass with her talons. Jumping down from the ledge and eyes darting around for any movement.
A weak voice came from the floorboards "...help...us..."
"Downstairs" muttered Lisanna the infrastructure was weak and was at the point of near collapse, she needs something quick on its feet and agile to move through the flames.
"Animal Soul: Cat!" Her body morphed back into her normal body and then morphed into a two pieced blue and black striped halter bikini with striped skin concentrated around their forearms and feline-like pads on the surface of their palms and sharp claws at their fingertips. She also now a sported a tail and a pair of whiskers.
She settled into a crouch before leaping into the flame, a flaming piece of wood nearly hit her when she made it to the stairs but she jumped above and kicked off of it in quick succession. She hurriedly looked around seeing that she was in a hallway and the walls were lined with doors.
She pushed open the door of the room underneath where she had been but it was empty. She tried the next and then the other one next to that.
"Where are you?!" she coughed out the smoke was entering her lungs she had to hurry.
"...help..."
Her eyes darted to the room at the end of the hall and she rushed over ignoring the heat that blasted her face when she barged in.
It was some kind of study and it was lined with bookshelf which was on fire in the middle of it was a middle-aged man with brown hair unconscious was caught under a log of the infrastructure and a little girl who wore a yellow sundress also had the same hair colour was trying to pull him out desperately.
The girl caught sight of her and tears running down her soot covered face cried out hoarsely.
"...help Papa..." before coughing up a fit letting go of her father's hand and falling to her knees.
Lisanna wasted no time rushing forward and catching the girl. The girl looked at her weakly and Lisanna gave her a confident grin.
"Your gonna be okay", Lissana smiled at the little girl but she had the inkling feeling her lungs were filled with smoke, she needs air.
Now.
"Give me a second to get Papa out okay? Rest here for a bit."
The girl nodded her eyes were filled with fear but now there was a small glimmer of hope. She gave a weak smile and rested back.
Lisanna smiled back before looking at the log over the unconscious man.
"Animal Soul: Harpy!" she called out before morphing into her Harpy state. She gave a flap of her wings beating at the flames pushing them back before hovering herself midair. She angled her body over the log and her talons dug into the hot wood. She rose her self higher and carried the log away from the motionless body.
'This room is too cramped for me to carry them out the door in Harpy form. And Cat is built for speed, not strength. So how can I get them out?'
She glanced at the back wall before smirking.
Might as well do it Natsu's way.
"Alright. I'm going to need to you to get yourself ready we're getting out of here" She said with a soft hack looking back at the girl who was coughing. The girl nodded at her holding her arms around her fathers head. Lissana nodded back and focused all her magic power to her wings and legs.
"Ready..."
She tensed her body and splayed her talons out in front of her.
"Go!"
With a gust of wind, she rocketed into the wall breaking it to bits. She quickly grabbed the two before launching herself out of the collapsing building. She looked down and at the two who were held at each talon respectively, the girl was looking at her in dazed wonder completely ignorant of the flaming city beneath her.
"You ok?" , She said smiling at her, "I'll get you and your Papa to safety rest easy now."
The girl nodded before slumping in her claws. Lisanna looked down worried but soon smiled when she saw the girl was breathing though it was a little laboured and had a small smile on her soot covered face.
Lisanna gave a small sigh and look down at the flames slowly making her way towards the outside of the village where the rest of the evacuees stood watching by on a small hill. She gently laid her two evacuees where they were carried away by the villagers who gave her a small glare before taking the two away to the local doctor.
She gave a grimace at that and clenched her fist in frustration, she knew why they were angry, they had every right to, they had failed and now it cost the villagers their home because they couldn't get the job done.
'I'm sorry'
She could see the remaining villagers come out with the burning town with the village guard. She gave a small sigh of relief at the sight of them.
'They made it out okay.'
She landed on the ground with a soft thump reverting back to her human form wearing her red dress with pink sleeves her left sleeve split off revealing her Fairy Tail insignia. She panted slightly in magic exhaustion.
'Hitting low on magic energy. I still need to go help Elf-niichan and Mira-nee. First I need to check with the Mayor.'
She got back up to her feet shrugging off her weary muscles. She rolled her arms as she made her way to the Mayor who was grouped with the other villages.
"What's the meaning of this?!"
"Why is our home burning?!"
"I saw beasts wreck an entire street! What's going on?!"
"Did the wizards fail?!"
"ENOUGH!", the Mayor shouted at them, the whole hill went quiet at his shout, looking at him with a mixture of fear, anger, and sadness. Lissana felt all the more guilty.
"We should be glad we have no casualties it a miracle in itself" continued the Mayor " We can remake the building and re-earn all our money. I sure all of you came out prepared with your belongings so you didn't lose everything. We can get all those back at a later date but we should be thankful we're all alive due to the warning of the Fairy Tail mage."
The crowd gave a slight chorus of muttering before dispersing. Some gave her a glare as they passed by her. Their Mayor may have forgiven her team but grudges don't fade as easy as some people think.
She knows that first hand.
A girl crying in front of her was a tanned boy in a suit only a few inches taller than her. He was crying too and was holding the girl. There was another girl, who looked much older, who put her a protective hand around her as they were pelted by stones.
She shook her head at the memory and rubbed her eyes to keep tears at bay.
'Tears can come later' she thought while looking frustrated down at her clenched fists before unclenching them and walked as calmly as she could to the Mayor 'I have a job to complete'
But as she walked up to the Mayor she couldn't help but feel more ashamed and guilty of herself. The same thought going through her head again and again.
'Failure'
"Umm...Sir?" She said lightly prodding the old man who seemed to be asleep. The elder's eyes slowly opened before looking up at her then sighing in what seemed to be a mixture of sadness and relief. He looked up at her and gave a tired smile somehow making himself look older.
"Hello child," he said with a slight hint of humour "How are you? No injuries I hope."
Lisanna could do nothing and stare at the ground in between them. She couldn't meet his eyes, guilt spreading out even more.
"...I'm sorry" she whispered guilt overcoming her, as she tried holding back the tears " we failed "
The Mayor looked at her with calculating eyes. He then looked over at the flaming town.
"Then where are your siblings?" he asked without giving a hint of emotion in his voice. Lisanna felt even worse at the sight.
"They're still fighting the Beast," she said with resignation " I know the village is gone but we will get rid of -!"
"Hahaha" the elder laughed before she could even finish her sentence. She looked on in confusion as he continued to laugh until eventually calmed down wiping tears away from his eyes.
'Has he gone senile' she couldn't help but think after he was done, faintly recalling her own Guild Masters attitude. He looked at her with clear amusement and curiosity in his eyes.
"You haven't failed," he said with a smile and watched on as the villagers tended to the injured. Lisanna looked at him in confusion and was about to protest before the Mayor raise his hand causing her to abruptly stopping any sentence she might've said.
"As I recall" he continued his eyes boring into her own "your mission was to defeat the Beast not protecting our village."
Lisanna eyes widened slightly as he went on.
"I want this to be made clear to you Wizard. This isn't your fault. As far as I'm concerned I should be thanking you because if it hadn't been for you we would've been dead long before now if it hadn't been for you child" he said with a heart warming smile. Lisanna smiled wiping away her watery eyes.
"Thank you"
The Elder laughed before looking at her again, "we are fine here now don't you have a Beast to hunt Fairy Tail Wizard?"
Mayor P.O.V
He watched her fly away in the shape of a Bird and turned leaving the edge of the hills. He couldn't help but a sense foreboding in the back of his mind. His eyes softened at the girl flew away in a bird transformation.
'Good luck. '
'Lisanna Strauss of Fairy Tail.'
Present
Lisanna P.O.V
"Mira-nee!"
"Lisanna!"
Lisanna quickly landed softly on the rocky terrain and rushed over to Mira who was cradling her arm on the ground.
"I evacuated the city" she reported to her elder sibling before inspecting her injuries.
'A broken right arm, fractured ribs and several minor injuries all over her body' she thought thanking Porlyusica in her mind for giving her minor emergency aid lessons in the form of snarky remarks. She might be a misanthrope but she definitely knew what she was doing when it comes to healing them which was very contradictory of her. Lisanna was about to rip her sleeve off for a makeshift sling but then heard stomping behind her.
She whirled around to see the Beast. She felt a brief flash of anger remembering the burning city behind her but then she noticed something was off with The Beast she couldn't quite place it but she could feel it's magic signature being different.
'Was its hair always white?'
She then noticed something else more specifically someone else missing.
'Where is Elf-niichan?'
"What happened?" she asked Mirajane as the shadowy figure of The Beast was slowly approaching them worry slipping into her voice an inkly in suspicion coming to the back of her mind.
"Run Lisanna!" Mirajane said bitterly looking at The Beast while squeezing the blood out of her right arm."I was careless. In order to protect me, Elfman tried a Take Over spell on The Beast."
"What..?" Lisanna gasped in surprise and shock. "Are you saying...?"
"However its magic power was too great" Mirajane continued on frustration and bitterness lingering deep in her voice," Elfman lost his grip on reality."
"No way," Lisanna said in disbelief and worry looking back at The New Beast as she slung Mirjanes' good arm over her shoulder picking her up to her feet "What will happen to Elf-niichan?"
"If he dosesn't get back to his senses soon he'll be consumed by The Beast" She replied grimly.
Lisanna looked at The Beast, steam leaving it gaping jaws. 'Elf-niichan...' she thought before gently dropping her sister back on the ground.
'You giant idiot.' she thought walking forward calmly 'I'm going to bring you back.'
"Lisanna, what are you trying to do?!"
Lisanna ignored her sisters' shout and focused all her attention on Elfman.
"Elf-niichan, what's the matter?" she said to the shadowy figure looming above her, "It's your little sister, Lissana... Have you forgotten Mira-nee, too?"
The Beast tilted it's head at her words and gave a slight growl of curiosity.
'He can hear me!', She thought with a rush of joy and adrenaline shivering up her spine, ' I need him to remember who he is.'
"You couldn't' have forgotten about us, right Elf-niichan?" she said smiling up at her older brother turned beast," Because both Lisanna and Mira-nee love Elf-niichan."
'Please...'
"ROAARRRR"
The Beast drew his arm back. Lisanna stood her ground and raised her arms up invitingly in the form of a hug.
'Come back!'
"Come, let's go home...
Elf-niichan."
The Beast swung.
She became weightless.
Completely deaf to Mirajanes' screams.
?
Lisanna was floating.
'Where am I?'
She could see little particles of light surrounding her body and the blue beams of light quickly going past her.
Then the world became a myriad of colour.
She closed her eyes again.
And awoke to the cries of blood and war.
And done! As you can see it's something a little different from other Fairy Tail fanfiction. I was really confused when I saw no one else do this kind of thing I thought for sure someone out there would want to mess around with the world of Edolas but I guess not.
Anyway it will be different and some characters will seem a little different due to the circumstances I'm putting them in (grinning like a maniac). Also as this is Edolas there will be a few OCs but not really as they DO exist I'm just giving them names and a face to go with it. Anyway hope this is gonna be well received I know people don't really like Lisanna mainly cuz of her apparently disrupting the Nalu pairing, don't worry she won't end up with Natsu.
Also the bit about Lisanna in the village angst, her knowing a bit of medical knowledge and The Beast calling other beasts. I figured the villagers had lost just lost their home so obviously they would feel a bit angry at Lisanna for 'failing', humans are fickle like that. Her know a bit of medical knowledge I figured Porlyusica would give Fairy Tail members a few pointers on the pure fact to make them leave her alone so she doesn't need to heal every little injury. The Beast I don't know if it could actually call other Beasts but it is called The Beast for a reason so I just put it in.
Also I realised Lisanna was spelt with one S two Ns not Lissana with two Ss and one N. So if anyone notices yes I messed up there just tell me where and I'll fix it (Already looked at this a lot of time but knowing my luck there is bound to be mistakes).
Also if anyone's willing to give me advice on writing or Fairy Tail stuff please leave a review. I really need the advice.
So now that I established probably the main stuff I wanted to say, I'm gonna sign off here. The next chapter is gonna take ages to write, wish I could be faster but what can you do.
I'll see ye in the next chapter.
See ya.
