Prologue

How many times have I rewritten this chapter? . ugh... but I'm sticking with this one... hope you guys like it!

Opening theme: Snow Fairy by Funkist

Ending theme: EGOIST by Inori (hehe I like how her version sounds)

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Another harsh wind whips across the frosted slopes of Mt. Hokabe as a small child stumbles through the never ending icy hills, eyes the color of the palest blue are wide with tears streaming down flushed cheeks. The wind causes the small girl to hug the small gray fur-ball closer to her chest.

"Mizuanda!" the girl yells, but her voice is lost in the howling wind. Her bottom lip, which is chapped from the cold weather, begins to tremble. "Mizuanda, please! Come back!"

"Alex..." Mumbles the fur-ball in her arms, which is revealed to be a small gray cat with intelligent blue eyes. "You should-"

"No, Edward. I can't rest now. I have to find her. I have to find Mizuanda." The girl's small frame trembles, but her bare feet continue to trudge through the snow. "Mizuanda!" She yells again, but her voice breaks as she begins to sob.

The girl known as Alexis, drops to her knees making the cat start.

"Alex!" He yells, seeing her eyes begin to droop. He quickly escapes from her arms, sprouting white wings as he tries to keep her from falling face first into the snow. "Her magic energy is running low..."

"I-I have to find... Mizuanda... I have to find her..." As her eyes begin to close, she sees a dark figure walking toward her. "I have to f-find my m-mommy."

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The two adults stare down at the unconscious little girl, who lay fast asleep under a warm blanket. Both were men, wearing different variations of worried looks.

One man is shorter, having the height of a small child yet his gray hair and eyebrows suggest otherwise. This man is the first to speak.

"Gildarts, where did you find this child?" He asks the man beside him who wears a trench coat and who has facial hair along with strange orange hair.

"Found her and the cat stranded on Mt. Hokabe all alone." The man known as Gildarts mumbles. Said cat lay asleep on the girl's stomach, snuggling into the white dress that she wore.

The other man, who is Master Macarov, looks at the man in disbelief with his eyes wide. "W-hat? What would a child be doing in a dangerous place like that all by herself?"

"I don't know," Gildarts frowns down at the sleeping girl. "But she was calling out to someone. Someone by the name of Mizuanda."

Master Macarov also frowns deeply. Why would someone, a child at that, be looking for someone in that place of all places?

The small room is silent, the only sounds coming from the open window is the chirping of the birds that pass by. Just then, Alexis groans, causing both pairs of dark eyes to look back to her. Her brown eyebrows pull together as her eyelids flutter open. At first, both men are surprised by the color of the girl's eyes.

It's as if she looked blind with her nearly white irises which had a shade of blue to them. But the thought of the girl being blind fades away as her eyes narrow suspiciously on the two men in front of her. Alexis quickly jumps up, causing Edward to land into her lap. She doesn't look down, but instead pull the cat to her chest as she scoots as far away as she can from the two men on the small bed while glaring at them at the same time.

"Who are you two?" comes her bell-like voice. Edward, who had woken up much to his annoyance, looks warily between his companion and the two men.

"We won't hurt you, child. My name is Macarov Dreyar, nice to meet you." Macarov states as gently as he can. The girl's body relaxes slightly, but doesn't let the suspicion disappear from her eyes.

"He's right, Alex. That man saved you." Edward says, pointing one of his paws toward Gildarts. All the suspicion disappears right there and are replaced by surprise.

"Is that true, sir?" She asks, her hold on Edward slackening slightly.

"Call me Gildarts and yes, I did. That was until your pet cat there decided I wasn't going to hurt you, of course." Alex blushes while Edward mutters that he isn't a pet cat.

"I-I'm so sorry." Quickly, with Edward still in her arms, Alexis jumps off the bed and stands in front of the two while she bows to them, expressing her gratitude. "Thank you both for all you have done for Edward and me. We owe you our lives."

At this, both Gildarts and Macarov become uncomfortable with Gildarts holding his arms up in a gesture while smiling sheepishly.

"No you don't, kid. I didn't mind. You looked close to frost bite out there." Raising up, Alexis frowns while cocking her head to the side in a confused manner.

"We don't? But you-"

"Don't worry about that, child." Macarov interrupts her. "What we want to know is why a little girl like you and a cat were doing on a dangerous mountain like Mt. Hokabe."

At this, Alexis' mood changes and she lowers her head as her eyes sadden greatly while she grips onto Edward a little tighter. The cat didn't seem to mind as he rests a paw on the girl's hand in a gesture.

"Oh... I-I was looking for Mizuanda. She's been missing for a year now a-and I have to find her. She's my only other family other than Edward." Tears are streaming down the girl's face by now, making Gildarts' and Macarov's faces soften at the scene.

"I'm sorry to hear that." Macarov mumbles softly after a while as Alexis sniffles. "But what would she be doing on Mt. Hokabe?"

"Because I've looked almost everywhere for her!" Alexis almost yells, before quieting down. "I never saw her after she left me in our meadow."

"I'm sorry for asking, but where are you from, kid?" Gildarts asks, guiding Alexis back to the bed where they both sat. Edward settles into her lap and Alexis begins to stroke his fur, causing the cat to purr.

"I used to live in a meadow where Mizuanda, my adoptive mother, raised me. But I don't know where it is. She never told me where and how to find it." Alexis answers truthfully, her eyes never leaving Edward's fur as she continues to stroke it.

"Adoptive mother...?" Gildarts looks up and gives Macarov a questioning look, which the man ignores as he begins to ask the girl a question but is interrupted by the girl looking up at Gildarts with her brows furrowed.

"Well yeah. She couldn't have made me since she's a dragon and all and even if she did I wouldn't be a little girl, I would be a dragon."

"She's a what?!" Both Alex and Edward jump at the loudness of Gildarts' voice.

"Child, what's your name?" Macarov asks, his mind reeling.

It's the same case with Natsu. He also claims that he was raised by a dragon.

"Oh! How stupid of me!" Not noticing Gildarts' dumbfounded look or Macarov's thoughtful look, Alexis grins a wide grin showing off her pointed canines. "My name is Alexis Cascade; daughter to Mizuanda the Water dragon. Call me Alex. And this here is Edward, my side-kick."

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Alexis stares widely in awe at the guild hall of Fairy Tail as Macarov tries to quiet down his noisy guild. They stand just on the stairs leading down to the mess hall where all the mages were either brawling or laughing as they drank and ate with their friends at the wooden tables all around the room. Some of them even stood in front of what must only be the request board, looking for a new job to do.

So this is what a guild is like... Alexis couldn't tear her eyes away from the people as they enjoyed themselves. It's everything just like Mizuanda said it would be like.

"WOULD ALL OF YOU SHUT UP AND PAY ATTENTION?!" Macarov yells, a red tick mark appearing at the side of his head. The guild goes quiet and they all turn their attention to the owner of said guild. Almost immediately, Macarov goes back to his calm demeanor as he assesses his guild before speaking again. "Now, we have two new members to the guild. Meet Alexis Cascade and Edward. Be nice now."

After the warning, Alexis steps forward holding Edward who lay asleep in her arms, and smiles shyly at the stares.

"H-hello there, nice to meet you all." She doesn't expect the next thing that everyone did. Everyone begins to cheer rather loudly, awakening a very annoyed Edward out of his peaceful sleep.

"There better be a good reason why I'm being awaken again." Edward growls darkly as everyone surrounds him and Alexis.

But Alexis didn't respond to the cat as she's too busy liking the feeling of being welcomed.

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"So how old are you, Alex?"

"I'm eight years old."

"Wow, and you came all the way to Magnolia by yourself?"

"Yep!"

"That must've been tough for you to handle on your own."

"I managed. Besides, I had Eddie with me!"

"Hn. Don't bring me into your stupid conversation, Alex. I want to sleep."

"Sorry, Eddie..."

Alexis couldn't help it. She likes the attention she was getting from all the guild members. She didn't really like the spot light, but for some reason, she didn't mind these people asking her all of these questions. She felt... at home somehow with them.

Just then, the double doors leading into the guild is slammed open. Looking to the noise, Alexis frowns seeing a boy about her age march into the guild. His spiky pink hair hides his eyes from her view as he walked straight to where Macarov sits on top of the bar's table.

Everyone is quiet as they all watch the child stop right in front of Macarov. Alexis jumps when he slams his small hand onto the table, but it didn't seem to startle the old man as he stares down at the boy.

"It was another false lead. Igneel isn't there either, old man." comeshis voice, It trembles slightly as if the little boy is about to cry.

Macarov sighs before answering the boy. "Natsu, maybe this Igneel you're looking for-"

"No!" yells the boy called Natsu. He finally looks up and his brown eyes glare at the old man. "he's out there somewhere. I know he is!"

With that the boy spins around and for a moment, his eyes connect with Alexis', but he looks away and runs out of the guild and leaving the hall in an awkward silence.

"That idiot." Gray Fullbuster grumbles, folding his arms over his bare chest. "Always making a ruckus."

"Gray, you're clothes." Cana, a girl who wears a pretty yellow dress, sighs tiredly opting the boy to look down and yell seeing his clothes has been stripped off of himself again.

But Alexis' attention is on the door left open by the mysterious Natsu.

"His name is Natsu Dragneel." Looking to her rught, Alexis sees Lisanna, another girl who had introduced herself to the brunette, staring sadly at the open door also. "He's always looking for his father who he says is a dragon. I feel sorry for him..."

Everything else that Lisanna says goes unheard by Alexis as her mind goes blank for a moment.

He was also raised by a dragon?

Before she knows it, Alexis finds herself running toward the door, toward the boy named Natsu.

"Hey, Alexis-" Lisanna begins to go after the girl, but a hand stops her. Looking back, she sees it's Macarov.

"Let her be, Lisanna. She'll be back." He mumbles before walking away. The white haired girl frowns but nods and goes to find her sister, Mirajane, who had stalked off when Alexis had arrived.

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Outside, the sun is already setting showing the day is about to end and Alexis finds the strange pink haired boy snifflinf as he stares down into the river his feet dangles over. Alexis bites her lip, hesitating slightly before speaking.

"You're Natsu, right?" she asks hesitantly. The boy looks up and sniffles once more, wiping his nose.

"y-yeah, what's it to yah?" he mumbles. Again, Alexis bites her lip and begins to fiddle with her thumbs, regretting ever leaving the guild. "Well, are yah going to speak or what?" Natsu snaps, glaring at her slightly. This causes Alexis to blush lightly.

"U-uh I heard you were raised by a dragon." she stutters, also regretting that habit when shy.

"Yeah. so?" Natsu says, warily, regarding the girl suspiciously. He had long gone stopped sniffling and instead stares at the weird eyed girl who continues to blush and fiddle with her fingers.

"W-well I was r-raised by one too, you know." Alexis mumbles. Natsu's eyes widen in disbelief.

"No way! For real?!" Alexis moves back slightly when the boy appears too close for her liking. "Do you know Igneel? If you do, tell me!"

"I don't know any Igneel. I only know Mizuanda, my dragon." Alexis says.

"Mizuanda...? I don't know any Mizuanda. So you don't know Igneel then." Natsu deflates, lowering his head.

"You know, I could help you look for him." Alexis smiles at the hopeful expression that appears on Natsu's face when he looks back at her. "If you help me find Mizuanda."

"Yeah, yeah! I'll help you if you help me!" Natsu nods his head vigorously.

"Let's make it a vow then." Alexis holds out her hand, which Natsu takes right away. His hand is warm in hers for some reason, though it is getting quite chilly since it's so close to night. "On this day; I, Alexis Cascade, promise to help you, Natsu Dragneel, find your dragon and in return you help me find mine."

"I, Natsu Dragneel, promise to help you, uh, Alexis Cascade...? Yeah! Alexis Cascade, find your dragon and in return you help me find mine."

Both dragon slayers shook hands before releasing them with big grins on their faces, proud of their vow and new found friendship.

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SUCH A CLICHE ENDING! . But I couldn't help it:3

Hope you liked it though! Reviews are love and I eat them for breakfast :D