Summary:

Luna nightshade, a dragon slayer from Sin, travels to Fiore looking for a new life after being in a magical coma for 7 and a half years. She makes her way to magnolia where she finds fairy tail and joins just after the core members go missing.

A/N ~

Okay so this is my first fan fiction so I'm gonna apologise now if it's not that good. This is going to be a Gajeel/OC story so I'll need feedback to see if it's alright, like if I got the characters personalities right and such but anyways here's a prologue :3 read and enjoy :3


Disclaimer: I don't own fairy tail or any of its characters.


X767, Sin, monster infested forest

Tenebris, the darkness dragon, was prowling around the forest searching for food when he heard high pitched cries and whimpers coming from the bushes just north of him. He sniffed the air trying to find out what it was before he decided to check it out, and figured it was a young human hatchling, he got angry at that. 'What type of human leaves their hatchlings out in the cold?' He asked himself as he growled softly to try calm his anger 'no need to scare the poor thing' he chuckled to himself as he got closer to were the child is laying down.

When he moved the bushes with his snout the baby stopped crying and looked up at him with big eyes the colour of a lunar eclipse, blood red with no pupils and a silvery outline. He blinked in surprise before sniffing the baby again, "well you're a girl, congratulations!" Tenebris said in a gravelly joyful voice.

She just blinked before gurgling and reaching grabby hands to his nose.

"Ah, I see you want to come with me?" He asked, all he got in return was a grumbled agreement and more grabby hands. "Okay okay, let me pick you up.." He said before moving slightly so his tail could snake out and curl around her to be picked up comfortably, "well little bean, looks like I'll be your new daddy!" Tenebris exclaimed while he walked back to his cave on the mountain behind him.


X768, Sin, slightly less monster infested forest

Tenebris looked around him with shifty eyes, trying to find the little bean he'd adopted a year ago. She's been absorbing the magic energy he gives her so she can be a dragon slayer but it turns out, she's really good at shifting into shadows and hiding while sneaking up on him. He's been ambushed twice in the last month alone by her just jumping from the ceiling of the cave. Doesn't matter that she's only a year and a half old, once she started crawling, she's been able to shift into shadows and run sneak attacks on him. Usually he just goes with it, but.. Now he can't even hear her breathing. He gets worried for his little bean. If she gets any better and then joins a guild it'll be all espionage missions.. And those are dangerous! He doesn't want his little bean going on those types of missions! Preferably no missions.. She's too young for it now but when she's older! 'Don't think about that now.. Just look around for he-'

His train of thought ran out when she launched herself from the ceiling with an ear rumbling battle cry. Tenebris looked up at the sound and wished he hadn't. His little bean was aiming to land on his snout.. But, 'cause he looked up.. She landed in his nostril.

"AHH!" Tenebris shouted and tried to dislodge her but ended up sneezing into his clawed hand. She shot out of his nose and grabbed his thumb claw before she could go shooting out the mouth of the cave and into the trees. "Okay, Luna, you're not allowed do anymore sneak attacks." Luna pouted up at him but nodded her little head. Can't say no to her daddy when he says her proper name and not 'little bean'.

"Buh daddy~!" She whined in her cute kicked lizard voice.

"No buts, little bean, that could have been dangerous." He said in a serious voice, which made her lower lip tremble. So he decided to lighten the mood a little, "besides you could have gotten stuck in my nose forever!" He added on in a voice full of mock horror.

"Nooo~ I don' wan daddies buggers!" Luna shouted back, actual horror in her voice as she tried to squirm away.

"Then go wash up," he replied turning his back to the front of the cave, "and no shadow hopping!"

"Awww~" was the only reply he got back along with a splash of water as she jumped into the little stream at the back of the cave. 'I don't want to know what'll happen when I teach her actual attacks.' Tenebris thinks with a mental shudder.


20th of June X769, Sin, same forest - even less monsters

Luna is now three as today is her birthday, and because of the dragon slayer magic she's maturing at a faster rate than normal human girls. Now she has the mentality of a six or seven year old, and what do all little girls at that age want?

Shinny things.

And people to punch. But shinny things is top of the list. So Tenebris and Luna are scouring the forest floors and different cave walls for pretty rocks and flowers.

Luna is jumping from cave to cave by the shadows looking for crystals so she can try make her daddy a bracelet or a circlet for one of the horns on his head. She's gone fairly high up the mountain at this point, there's only one cave left to look in now and that's at the very top. In every cave she's looked in so far have been little crystals and veins of quarts through the walls, going from the base of the mountain all the way to the top. She can only tell because there's magical energy in the quarts veins and she's been following them for hours now, 'just one more jump all I'll make it to the top!' Luna thinks to herself trying to boost herself up, 'cause she's getting tired now from using her magic to shadow jump.

"Okay.. One more time and I'll make it! I have to find that big ball of energy at the top!" She shouts, gathering her magic for another jump. As the shadows of the cave start swirling around her in a black vortex, Luna crouches down to get ready for the landing in the next cave so she doesn't break a leg.

As soon as she landed in the new cave, a voice rang out, "Took you long enough to get here," making her scream out in surprise and fright.

"Dad! Don't scare me like that!" Luna shouted out, one hand grabbing the material over her heart the other over her face, covering her eyes.

"You were distracted, now come here I think think is what you're looking for." Tenebris replied, motioning her over with a wave of his tail.

Luna walked towards him, her face lit up in excitement. "What did you find?! Is it awesome?!" She exclaimed, her whole body buzzing with excited energy.

"It's a crystal and I brought the flowers I found outside," then he smirked slyly, "I also might have used my shadow form to get you a present in the human village a few miles away.." He was cut off by a happy squeal and a small body colliding with his front leg in a death vice hug.

"Yay~! My daddies the best!" Luna squealed in an even higher voice.

Tenebris winced slightly at the tone but didn't say anything about it, "okay, okay, come on! Look over here." He said trying to dislodge her from his leg. He gave up after a little while and just walked with her clinging like a leech.

"Daddy, what's that?" Luna asked pointing at a small bundle of black and white fabric.

"That's your present! It's what the humans call a 'magical sun dress', it'll never rip and it gets bigger as you do! Isn't it cool?" Tenebris stated with a smile on his big scaly face, "go and have a look at it!"

"Okay daddy!" Luna replied happily as she slid down is leg to the floor with a thump. When she got over to it she picked it up and the dress started to shimmer and change sizes to fit her perfectly. Luna squealed again and tore off her t-shirt before putting the dress on. When she had put it on over her shorts, she looked down to see the pattern, it was a pretty black and white checkered design with 'bottomless' pockets at the sides and a few layers of tulle for an underskirt so it puffed out slightly. "I love it!" Luna proclaimed with another squeal as she ran in circles through the cave.

Tenebris smiled at her fondly, "happy birthday little bean."


Seven year time skip ~ 20th of June X777, Sin, same forest - normal monster levels

Luna is now ten years old and over the years she's become a powerful dragon slayer, powerful enough to be a worthy adversary to a Wizard Saint. But today, she's just Luna Nightshade, celebrating her birthday with her daddy.

"C'mon dad! We gotta get to the top so we can see the crystal for my birthday!" Luna shouts in a half whine/half demand.

"Alright, alright! Climb on I'll fly us there," Tenebris replies in an exasperated tone, "so you don't wear yourself out again." Luna huffs but complies to the command.

When they reach the top of the mountain and enter the cave, Luna gapes in awe, the whole place has been decorated with vines and flowers wrapped around the large crystals and a few lightning glow bugs flying around giving the whole cave an ethereal feel to it. "Wow.." Luna sighs out in an amazed stupor.

"C'mon little bean, look over at the crystal and tell me what you see." Tenebris said happily, really proud of what he did.

"There's two presents over there!" Luna shouts in happiness as she scrambles off his back to get over there.

"The crystal is glowing, but yes there is two presents there." He says with a soft chuckle, "I pushed some of my magic into it so whenever you leave the nest, all you have to do is search for the feel of my magic and you'll be able to find me again." Tenebris explains with a slightly pained smile that only confuses Luna. 'I'll have to leave her soon.. The other dragons are getting worried about the poachers..'

"But! I don't wanna leave you! I'll stay with you forever!" Luna proclaims with a wide beaming smile that shows off her fangs.

"But what about those magic guilds in Fiore? When I was talking about them you were excited to go.." He says softly trying to get her to understand without really saying he'll have to leave.

"But I thought you'd come with me.." Luna says back with slightly tremulous eyes.

Tenebris sighs wearily and thinks for a moment on how to explain her or him leaving without her crying, "well think of it this way, when hatchlings are old enough to live in the world on their own, they leave the nest and look for there own adventures! When I was ready to leave I was sad as well, I couldn't think of anything better than staying with my parents. But then my father told me of all the adventures he had when he left his own nest and then I started getting so excited! You see leaving the family is important, so you can find and start your own family and then make your own nest! But that's not the important part, what is important is going out into the world to find your meaning for living! I can't tell you what yours will be but I can tell you mine. My reason for living is the trill of battles, and finding new opponents to fight and test my strength against! Because I thought it was fun and it never got boring, so when your old enough you'll be able to find that trill for life out in world but you'll never be truly alone. That's why I said for you to go to Fiore and start there by joining a guild. And maybe you'll find your mate out there, you never now." He finished off with a wink then let out a booming laugh at Lunas' glowing red face.

"Yuck! I don't want a mate." Luna exclaimed with a face like someone sucked a lemon.

"Don't say that, when you find your mate it'll feel like a piece of your soul that had been missing was found. You'll never know joy like that until you find them." Tenebris said softly looking wistfully up to the sky. 'Oh Lucidus.. I'll find you again some day..'

"Did you ever have a mate?" Luna asked, her head tilted to the side a look of contemplation on her face.

"I did, but she died a long time ago," Tenebris replied softly, "that's how I know what I'm talking about. There isn't a greater happiness then finding your mate, especially when you go out looking for them. As soon as you smell their sent, the other half of your soul that was missing just clicks into place." He explained looking over at Luna to discover a look of pure determination in her eyes and a fanged grin in place.

"Why didn't you say so in the first place?! Now I can't wait to get out there!" Luna squealed happily.

"Now now, open your birthday presents first! Can't go out there without opening your presents!" Tenebris replied with a hearty chuckle, glad that she's not down about leaving at some point.

"Okay!" Luna replied with a loud laugh, her grin and determination still in place. She scrambled over to the first one, simply because it's bigger, and rips off the big leaves its wrapped in. Then abruptly starts squealing again. When she opened it, she seen the blackest material she's ever witnessed. As she pulled it out, Luna gasped at the feel of it, it was made of the finest silks but felt as soft as thousand year old cobwebs, like you could poke a hole through it with your finger.

"Ah I see you get the cloak first, will I tell you what it does?" He asked chuckling at her awed and dazed expression as she rubbed the cloak to her cheek.

"Yeah.." Luna sighed out still in a daze at the softness.

"Alright, well, when you have it on with the hood up you turn invisible, and it masks your sent. But when it's just on with the hood down, it acts as a cloaking device for your magical pressure, so while you have it on no one will be able to tell how powerful you are by reading your aura." Tenebris explained patiently, waiting for her daze to end. Suddenly she abruptly shook her head from side to side and through the cloak on over her self, then looked up at her daddy with an expectant face. "There see? I can barely feel your magical presence now so when you come across humans they won't be able to tell your a wizard!" He stated happily with a wide smile.

"It's perfect!" Luna squealed again in excitement, then went over to the smaller present and decided to open it more carefully, so she can keep the leaf as a memento of such a good day.

"Now! The second present! This one is a necklace made out of my own scales and woven together with my magic. It'll fit snugly to your neck like a collar.."("its a chocker dad")"Yeah a chocker! Anyways, it has a wyvern fang attached to it by an extendable chain so you can use it as a dagger without taking it off." He stated proudly with a smug grin.

"That's awesome!" Luna shouted excitedly getting a closer look at it. The scales part was black, soft and malleable so it doesn't constrict the airways, and then the wyvern fang was at least six inches long with a metal coating and small dragons carved into it, when she put it on it shrunk to the size of her neck with the fang dagger hanging in the middle of her chest.

"When you put a tiny bit of magic into it while pulling the dagger the chain will extend, it will also never break so don't worry about that." Tenebris said smiling fondly at her while she tried it out.

"Dad! This is amazing! I love it!" Luna shouted while running in circles slashing around with the dagger.

"That's good little bean, c'mon lets go look at the stars for a while."

"Okay daddy." She said moving around to sit cross legged near the mouth of the cave. When Tenebris settled in behind her she leaned back against his warm belly and tipped her head back to look up at the sky. 'So I'll look for my mate soon.. I wonder what that super happiness feels like?' Luna thought to her self as she started to drift off to sleep, "I love you daddy.."

"I love you too, little bean."