It was like a nightmare, the sound of a monstrous roar was so loud, so powerful that the tree's of the forest around them nearly snapped from their roots, a monster as big as the tallest oak, and as strong as the hardest rock, this monster no...this beast wasn't always beast it was once man a man named Elfman Struass, now he was an out of control monster looking down at what once was his family, his younger sister her eye's serene her arms spread wide, begging for him to return to the brother she loved.

But the brother she loved, the onii-chan she adored, the Elf-Nii-Chan she looked up to was no longer there only the beast remained but she didn't let that stop her belief that her brother was in there somewhere.

Unfortunately, this isn't the story of some fairy tale, hope had no place here the beast swung its massive carriage sized hand towards the brave young girl, towards his brave younger sister Lisanna Strauss.

"I love you Elf-Nii-Chan, please come home," Lisanna said with a wide smile and arms spread wide.

In one world that carriage sized hand would've swatted her away, like a swatter to a fly but in this world, in this reality, the hand stopped short mere inches from her body as the beast began to topple, a gaping hole in its chest.

"GAH!" came the loud cry of the eldest Strauss seventeen-year-old Mirajane as she was forced to hurt one sibling to protect the other.

The beast slowly turned back to the man.

"Elf-Nii!" Lisanna yelled running to her brother's side.

Mirajane was shaking frozen in fear at what she had done the only words she could say was no, no, no repeating like a broken record.

"Mira-nee please! do something, if we don't Elf-Nii is gonna die! Please tell me what to do! I'm too weak!" Lisanna cried her tear's falling to her brother's forehead.

His hand grasps her face, his thumb wiping the tear from her eye.

"Don't cry Lisanna, I'm not someone to cry over please don't cry?" Elfman said the best he could with his throat slowly filling up with blood.

"No! don't go! Elfman! I'm sorry!, I'm sorry!" Mirajane said rushing to his side desperately trying to use her healing magic.

"Please, Mira save your energy, there are still monsters on this mountain, you gotta protect our precious little sister," Elfman said.

"Don't be stupid! I have to save you! It's my fault! you're dying!" Mira shouted upping her magic power.

"No Mira-Nee it's not your fault it's my fault if I was stronger if only I was somewhat useful Elf-Nii-Chan would've never had tried to attempt a take over I need to grow stronger! I have to!" Lisanna cried.

"Both of you! stop!" Elfman yelled right before coughing up blood that splattered into the hair of his beautiful sisters.

The two of them fell silent staring into their brothers' eyes.

"It's neither of your faults, it's my fault I tried something I wasn't ready for and paid the price that's what happened here nothing else, so hold your head high look forward don't lose hope I love you both and I always will"

And with that, his body began to fade as particle by particle he turned into light.

"Elf-Nii!" Lisanna cried.

"No! Elfman!" Mirajane cried and with that, he was gone...

Later that day...

By the time they returned to the guild their tears dried out and dried up on their porcelain faces. At least they thought they were done crying but when the guild asked what happened to Elfman the tears began to flow once more as they explained what happened.

"M-Mira-Nee, I'll be back I'm gonna tell Natsu," said Lisanna as she got up.

"Tell me what?" Natsu said as he stood in the doorway a look of shock at seeing tear's down his best friends face.

"Elfman's! dead! and it's my fault!" Mirajane yelled as her tears dropped onto the tiled floors and echoed throughout the halls

SMACK!

The guild looked in shock as Lisanna smacked her elder sister a tear streaming down her face.

"Did you forget Elf-Nii's last words, he told us to stay strong! no to grow stronger! And to never blame ourselves it's up to us! to listen to his last wish!" Lisanna cried.

What did Natsu do, well he did nothing, what could he do he couldn't yell, he couldn't scream, he couldn't get angry all he could do was stand there in stunned silence.

"Natsu I feel bad" Happy said looking up at his father figure.

"Yeah little buddy me too, me too," Natsu said as he subconsciously took a step forward towards the Strauss siblings.

He didn't know how he got to this point or when he started moving but when he arrived he found himself on his knee's a tear in his eye as he yanked the two sisters into his embrace

The guild remained silent giving them their moment as the sisters cried into his chest.

"We'll get stronger together, I promise I'll protect you both in Elfman's place," Natsu said with a small smile.

"I expect you to keep that promise, Natsu" Lisanna said as a force came over her, feelings from years together splewed forward like a geyser, and she kissed him it wasn't a passionate kiss and she wasn't sure if it was a kiss of love or a kiss of grief but it was a kiss nonetheless, nothing to write home about just a quick peck.

...Two days later...

The funeral was filled with silence and remorse, everyone held in their tear's they didn't want to send Elfman off with tear's in their eye's they'll hold it in until they got home, they owed Elfman that much.

later that night as Natsu was laying in his hammock thinking what to do next, thinking how he owes it to Elfman to protect his sisters when he smelt that familiar Strauss scent and heard the sound of heels tapping against his wooden floors.

At first, he thought it was just Lisanna her scent was strong and gave him comfort but he listened closely and heard two distinctly different footsteps and knew both Strauss sisters had entered his little abode.

"Lisanna? Mira, what's going on?" Natsu asked

"We have to tell you something," Lisanna said taking his hand.

"What? and why do you two have bags?" Natsu asked

"Where leaving Fairy Tail for just a little while," Mirajane said

"What? leaving? why?" Natsu asked highly confused.

"We can't stay there at least not now we promised Elf-Nii-Chan we'd get stronger, we'd overcome our grief we'll never overcome it, we'll never get stronger if where stuck in one place," said Lisanna.

Natsu said no words he only got up, grabbed a sack and a handful of tools and scooped the sleeping happy atop of his head.

"What are you doing?" Mirajane asked as he tied his scarf around his neck.

"I'm coming with you" Was all Natsu said as he headed out the house.

"But what about the guild they need you to protect them," said Lisanna.

"Erza and Laxus are both there and the stripper isn't half bad the guild will be fine and besides I made a vow to protect you two, to grow stronger with you two not stay here playing guard dog while you two are out getting stronger and stronger," Natsu said.

"We'll leave a note for master and then go," Mirajane said as she and Lisanna followed Natsu out the house.

And that note is what Makarov saw when he entered his office the next morning he called a guild meeting and told the others what had happened told them that three of their wizards had left

Everybody had a different reaction to the news, some screamed we should find them and drag them back, others claimed they wouldn't be left behind by them in terms of strength.

meanwhile...
Mira had taken a handful of missions so they could earn a living while they were out mostly A-class but a few S-classes where mixed in.

"Ugh I feel horrible, why couldn't we walk?" Natsu said his stomach churning.

"It's okay Natsu were almost there," said Lisanna as the train came to a slow

"Where are we going? Happy asked as he looked at the scenery

"Cedar town, well get much-needed rest and when we wake up in the morning we'll be rest enough to take this mission that the Knights Order put out," said Mirajane

"Knights order?" Lisanna asked

"Yes, Cedar town doesn't have a guild to protect them from danger like magnolia does, they rely on the local knights for protection," said Mirajane

Natsu though he was miserable on the devil's invention he was happy to see the sisters smiling again

"Elfman I'll get stronger, I swear it, I'll become sister you can be proud of," Lisanna said as she laid Natsu's head on her lap and began playing with his pink locks

To be continued...

MayorMcCheese here, hope you enjoyed what I have so far and I hope you keep reading on, the first few arcs will be pre-Lucy and after that, we'll get into Cannon Territory just with my own little twist this will be a LisannaxNatsuxMira story I'll see you next time MayorMcCheese signing out!