12 years ago...
"ROAR!"
A roar sounded just outside of the guild of Fairy Tail. The guild members all went out to see what's going on. They saw a black-haired kid standing on the roof of the guild. The kid noticed their stares and jumped down from the building.
"Yo!" greeted the kid. "Who are you?" asked Natsu. "Why were you at the roof?" asked Erza. "I'm Leora. I was sleeping on the roof. Sorry for causing trouble." apologized Leora as she bowed down to everyone. "It's already late. Shouldn't you be going home, child?" asked the master of the guild. "Don't have one since my stepdad went missing." replied Leora. "What's your stepfather's name? Maybe we can help you find him." suggested the master. "His name's Metalicana, but I don't think you can find him. He's a dragon." said Leora. "Then you're a dragon slayer too?!" asked Natsu curiously. "That's right! Are you one too?" asked Leora. "Yup! I'm a fire dragon slayer!" yelled Natsu happily. "That's cool! I can use fire as well!" said Leora as she showed Natsu her magic. "That's awesome! It's like mine!" yelled Natsu happily as he lit up his hand with fire as well. "You're right. Well, I guess I'll be leaving now. Sorry for causing all of you trouble." said Leora. "Wait! You don't even have a home, where are you gonna go?" asked Gray worriedly. "I'll just sleep on a roof somewhere." said Leora.
"Why don't you join Fairy Tail?" asked Natsu. "That's not a bad idea." said Gray. "I agree." said Erza. "Is it okay for me to join?" asked Leora. "Of course, my child. This is your new home now. We have an extra room in the guild. You can use it if you like." said the master. "Welcome to Fairy Tail, Leora. I'm Erza." said Erza as she held out her hand. "Thank you so much! Nice to meet you, Erza." yelled Leora happily as she shook Erza's hand. "I'm Natsu!" exclaimed the pink head happily. "I'm Gray." said Gray as he shook hands with Leora. The others held a welcome party for Leora in the guild. They also introduced themselves to her.
Leora noticed a blond boy leaning against a pole in a corner. "Master, who's he?" asked Leora curiously. "That's Laxus, my grandson." said the master. Leora walked up to Laxus, catching his attention. "Hi there, Laxus. Nice to meet you. I'm Leora." said Leora with a smile. Laxus only stared at her and turned to face another direction. Leora pouted at his actions and turned around, wanting to walk away. She then felt someone rustling her hair. She turned to see Laxus smiling at her. "Welcome to the guild, Leora." said Laxus as he extended his hand to Leora. Leora looked at Laxus for a moment before shaking his hand and grinned. "Thanks Laxus."
After a whole night of partying in the guild, Leora decided that there's something she wants to say. "Master Makarov! I want to tell you something!" yelled Leora happily. "Oh? What is it?" asked the master. "I want to thank you again for letting me join the guild! And I promise to protect this guild and everyone in it forever!" yelled Leora. Everyone just smiles and some just laughs at Leora declaration. "It's a big job to handle." said master Makarov. "I can do it!" yelled Leora in full determination. "You do that. But before you're fully capable of protecting yourself, I'll protect you." said Laxus as he rustled Leora's hair again. Leora just giggled.
Present...
Team Natsu had just came back from their S-class mission, which Natsu secretly took with Lucy and Happy, but Gray and Erza soon tagged along by orders of master Makarov's. They were all shocked to see the guild destroyed and covered with large iron poles.
"What happened here?" asked Erza. "Phantom. It's mortifying but we were done in." said Mirajane. Master Makarov was drunk but he still punished Natsu and the others for going on an S-class mission without permission. "Master! Do you understand the current situation?!" asked Erza enraged. "They wrecked our guild!" yelled Natsu angrily. "Well, calm down. It's not something to fuss about." said the master. "What?!" asked Gray shocked. "Phantom right? I don't see why they even bothered to attack an empty guild." said Makarov. "Empty guild?" asked Erza confused. "They did it in the middle of the night." explained Mirajane. "No one was hurt. We were lucky. There's no need to get cross that resorts to surprise attacks. Leave them be." said the master.
Natsu slammed his hands onto the table angrily. "I can't accept it! I won't feel right until I smashed them down!" yelled Natsu furiously. "The discussion is over. We'll take on job request here until the first floor is fixed." said master Makarov. "We don't have time for jobs!" argued Natsu. "Natsu! That's enough out of you!" said the master as he jumped down from the table he was sitting on. "Gramps!" yelled Natsu. "Just a sec. Nature calls." said master Makarov as he ran away.
Natsu sighed and looked down to the floor. "How can gramps be so calm about this?!" asked Natsu. "Natsu. The master feels just as frustrated as you do. But the council forbids physical conflict between guilds." said Mira. "But they started it!" complained Natsu. "This isn't the issue." said Mira. "If that is what the master wants... then so be it." said Erza. "By the way, where's Leora?" asked Gray. "She's over there." said Mira.
The others looked to the side to see Leora all chained up on a chair. "Let me go!" yelled Leora. "Why are you chained onto the chair?!" asked Gray shocked. "She wanted to go and destroy Phantom, so we had to chain her up to stop her." said Mira. "I feel sorry for her." said Lucy. "Mira, I promise I won't go to Phantom's Guild. Unchain me please." said Leora. "Unless master let me to." said Mira. "Damn it." muttered Leora. She studied the chains for a while before leaning down towards them. With just one bite, she broke the chains. Everyone was stunned. "How did you do that?!" asked almost everyone at the same time. "I don't even know it myself. I've always thought I could only eat fire, but I was hungry." said Leora as she munched down on the metal chains. "No fair!" complained Natsu. "I still need to get stronger..." said Leora. "To protect this guild." "If Phantom really is coming, we'll be ready." said Gray. "I'm all fired up!" yelled Natsu as he slammed his fist together.
Leora was on her way home, but she felt that something was wrong. She smelt the the air. She smelled Levy, Jet and Droy with another guy. She immediately sensed danger and hurried to the place. When she got there, she saw the iron dragon slayer of Phantom Lord, Gajeel beating up Levy, Jet and Droy. They were all unconscious on the ground.
"Guys!" yelled Leora. "Tch. Another fairy." said Gajeel. "Get away from them, you bastard!" yelled Leora as she sent a punch over to Gajeel, sending him a few meters back. She immediately grabbed Levy and the others away from Gajeel. "What a weak punch." said Gajeel. Leora ignored him and raised her hands and faced Levy, Jet and Droy. "Transfer!" yelled Leora. All the pain and fatigue from the three of them had transfer into Leora. Her body was now covered with wounds and blood. Gajeel was amused. "Looks like I don't need to waste my power on you. You're already half dead. Gi Hi." laughed Gajeel. "I'll make you pay for what you've done! Steel Dragon's Fist!" yelled Leora as she hit Gajeel. "So, you're a dragon slayer too. Hope you're better than those three." said Gajeel smirking. "I'll kick your ass! How dare you destroyed our guild and beat up my friends!" yelled Leora as she launched another attack at Gajeel, but he managed to block it.
The two of them fought for a while. But since Leora was already injured badly, she was beaten up by Gajeel. Gajeel tagged Leora and the other three to a tree with iron restraints. He then tore off Leora's shirt leaving her with just her bandages that covered her chest on her and burnt a Phantom Lord's guild mark on her stomach. "Gah!" yelled Leora in pain. Then, Gajeel left laughing. Leora gathered her strength and transformed her leg into an iron pole and removed the restraints off of Levy and the other two.
When the three of them fell to the ground, they awoke. "Huh?" said Levy. "Where did that guy go?!" asked Jet looking around the area for any signs of Gajeel. "Is he gone?" asked Droy. "That's strange. I don't feel hurt at all." said Levy as she searched her body for injuries. "Me too." said Jet. "Me three. I thought we were beaten up by the guy." said Droy. "I guess we were just dreaming." said Jet. "Yeah, maybe you're right." agreed Droy.
Blood from Leora dripped to the ground. Levy, Jet and Droy noticed the blood and looked up. They were shocked to see Leora tied on top of a tree, bleeding from everywhere. "Leo-chan!" gasped Levy as she covered her mouth and held back her tears. "What happened to her?!" asked Jet. "That iron and guild mark! We weren't dreaming!" yelled Droy. "Leo-chan used Transfer on us! We have to tell the master!" yelled Levy. "We can't get her down by ourselves. Let's go and get help!" yelled Jet. The three ran back to the guild.
A crowd of people gathered around Leora. All shocked at the scene. Natsu and the others soon arrived to the scene. They were shocked to see Leora's state. "Leora-chan!" yelled Lucy as tears welled up in her eyes. "Leora!" yelled Gray. All of them took notice of the guild mark on her stomach. "Phantom..." said master Makarov as he arrived. The crowd moved away from him. "Master..." said Erza, looking down. Master Makarov looked up at Leora before lowering his head and covered his face with his hand, his whole body shaking. "Wrecking our shoddy bar I can bear with, but no parent can remain silent after seeing their children's blood…" said the master as he broke his staff. "THIS MEANS WAR." said Makarov, fully enraged.
Leora coughed out some more blood. "Leora!" yelled Erza worriedly. "I'm coming too..." said Leora weakly. "You can't!" said master Makarov. "I can!" yelled Leora as she freed herself from the iron restraints and jumped down. "I can't sit still after what they've done to Levy and the other!" yelled Leora, her arms covered with fire. "I'll beat them all up." "Leora-chan..." muttered Lucy worriedly.
Master Makarov looked at Leora before nodding his head. "All of you. Go back and prepare yourself." ordered master Makarov. "Leora, go wear a shirt." "Yes, master."