Chapter One
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Lucy sighs. Rainy days make her feel, well, gloomy. Of course, she couldn't say it out loud because Juvia was near. "Lucy, what's wrong?" asks Mirajane walking over. "I hope you're not feeling unwell."
"No, I'm fine. Just a little cabin fever, you know?" Lucy giggles. "Besides, Natsu and Gray are out on mission. That time of year again, isn't it?"
Mira nods. "I guess it is. Do you think that you have a chance this year?"
"I don't know," Lucy glances out of the guild hall window and sighs again. What a gloomy day, I wish that something interesting would happen.
Makarov trudges down the damp forest path. The trees slightly sheltered him from the oncoming thunderstorm, but not by much. To his surprise, he sees Porlyusica's chimney blowing smoke. It's not everyday that she has a toasty fire waiting for me when I come to visit. He chuckles to himself. He catches the sweet, savoury aroma of apple pie. And a nice snack!
He shivers, chilled down to the bone. Soon the path open into a mouth. A sparkling clearing lays in front of him. A gnarly, twisted trees expands out from the center. Makarov had always thought that her home in the forest, outside of Magnolia was beautiful. He strolls up to the knobby brown door and raps on it.
Expecting Porlyusica to answer the door he is nearly knocked off his feet when a young girl opens the door instead. "Hello?" she asks suspiciously.
"Is Porlyusica around?" he asks.
"She's in the back mixing potions," the girl replies and lets him in.
She is wearing a one sleeved black crop topand a black bikini bottom. Her feet are shod with black boots that end mid-thigh. She has long black hair with two bangs parted down the middle framing her face. Bandages cover her whole body underneath her clothes from her wrists to her ankles, and her neck. Sapphire rings adorn her biceps. A black cloak's strings attach around the neck. Spirit keys hang from a loop around the bottom of her bikini.
I wonder why she's here... Makarov says to himself.
-B.R.E.A.K-
He watches as Porlyusica bustles around her small room. "Good day. How's it going?" he greets her. He chuckles to himself as she nearly jumps out of her shoes.
"What are you doing here?" she asks in irritation. "Don't you have stuff to do at the guild?"
"Oh yes, of course I do. But, I couldn't miss my monthly visit. I hardly get to see you anymore. Now that you live all the way out here it's hard for an old man to commute. Don-cha know?" he replies good-naturedly.
"I wouldn't mind if you didn't come. It's not like I particularily enjoy your visits, anyway," she replies briskly.
He smiles. "What about that apple pie?"
"That was Rin's doing." she sniffs. "I don't really care. Now hurry along. I have things to do."
"Rin? Is that the name of the girl out there? I didn't know she had moved in."
Porlyusica lets out an angry puff of breath. "She just showed up one day. I healed her, and she didn't leave. It's rather irritating. But, she cooks well." she pauses. "Let's go eat some pie now."
Rin serves the small man a piece of pie. She didn't like him being here. She didn't trust people. Except Miss Porlyusica. She was, well, different. She didn't offer Rin any fake smiles. She always cut straight to the point and never hid anything.
She then serves Miss Porlyusica and herself. Kind people are the scariest. Behind their fake smiles and concerns are just ulterior motives.
She remembers back to her childhhod. Nightmares still haunt her dreams. The shadows still greet her like an old friend.
She clenches her fists until her knuckles turn white.
-B.R.E.A.K-
"Would you like to join Fairy Tail?" the small man asks smiling and squinting at me.
She nearly spit out my pie. "Excuse me?" Rin asks. "I'll pass."
"Why not?"
"People," Rin mutters. "They want you to trust them. Then as soon as you do, and turn your back," her fork clatters to the floor. "they stab and betray you." A shadow casts over the room.
A voice breaks the silence. "Try us," he says. "Fairy Tail might surprise you."
Rin considers it. It had been so long since she'd talked to other humans. Since she'd trusted. She shakes her head. "No," she says. "Never again can I ever do that."
-F.L.A.S.H.B.A.C.K-
"Just take her. We never want to see her face again." Rin's aunt had whispered. "What she's done is unforgivable. Unforgivable." she turned away from the near-infant child who was being dragged away. "She took him away. She took Mika away from me. My only sister!" she sobbed in agony. "Just take her."
Rin screamed and cried and called to her. "Auntie! Don't let them take me! Help me!" she sobbed. "Please," she whispered.
"It's unforgivable," she spun and stared hard at Rin as tears rolled down her cheeks. "It's your fault that Deliora came. All your fault."
Her aunt turned and walked away as the men from the Bureau of Magical Developement. "Aunt Muzumi!" she screamed.
-B.R.E.A.K-
Days after days. Night after night. Days became weeks and weeks became years. Rin was sealed away. Her keys were taken from her and her power studied. Like always the power of Creative Imagination still held mystery.
She remembered her parents and her brother. She missed them so much.
She had trusted Aunt Muzumi.
How could she?
