The morning her life changed forever, She woke up to find it raining, sighing in annoyance she jumped down from the tree she had been sleeping in, muttering a quick thank you to it she looked round before letting out a sharp whistle.

Almost immediately the sound of bounding feet filled the forest, a large grey German shepherd with red eyes ran over the girl, she grinned as she saw the berries he was carrying in his mouth. He slid to a halt in front of her panting heavily.

"Good boy Cerby!" she grinned "you found our breakfast!" she took the berries from him and gave them a once over she hummed thoughtfully "they do contain poison, but as long as we don't swallow the seeds we'll be fine" she gave the dog a stern glance "you'll listen to me this time right?"

The dog almost winced at her sharp look before hastily nodding in agreement, he hadn't listened last time and was ill for at least a week, the illness was nothing against his mistress's punishment though...

The girl grinned and popped a handful of the berries into her mouth, biting down onto them she sighed "why are the poisonous ones always the tastiest?" her stomach growled in agreement.

The noise of a bird sharply taking off from a tree nearby startled her and she instinctively swallowed all the berries in her mouth, seeds included...

Turning a violent shade of red the girl clutched at her throat and letting out choking noises, the nearby dog barked inquisitively before running up and nudging her legs.

"C...erbs I need help... t.a..ke me...b..a.c..k ..t.o...t..he...hu..mans..." she choked out before falling to her knees.

The dog howled in sadness but took on a determined scowl; he nudged her onto her back before taking off at a sharp pace to the closest human town.

It only took about 20 minutes to get there, but by that time his mistress had gone completely still and white, running to the closest building the dog ran full speed at the doors and easily smashed through them, collapsing from exhaustion he laid down and prayed someone would help his mistress.

Incidentally the building the dog had burst into belonged to the Fairy Tail guild and the members had all watched in shock as the dog carrying an unconscious child on its back smashed through the doors and dumped the young child on the floor before passing out itself.

It only took a moment of hesitation before the guild sprung into action, Makarov ordering Elfman to pick up the girl and take her to Porlyusica and asking Mirajane and Erza to set up a bed for the dog.

Only after saying this did he realise that perhaps Erza and Mira weren't the best paring he could've made... arguing over who'd move the dog and who'd have to make up the bed, they ended up having another fight outside and completely forgetting about the dog.

Sighing Makarov turned to Reedus and requested for him to take care of it.

Two hours later and the dog woke up, he looked around and sniffed before his eyes widened. His mistress wasn't here. He stood up sharply growling at the approaching humans.

"Why is he acting so aggressively?"

"What's wrong puppy" crooned a young girl with short white hair, she reminded the dog a lot, of his mistress and he let out a sharp demanding bark.

"Is he looking for the girl he brought here?" a short old man wondered out loud, the dog barked and nodded his head wildly

A teenaged girl with black hair widened her eyes "it can understand us?"

The dog barked warningly at her before turning back to the old man and tilting his head, he needed to know where his mistress was...

The old man studied him curiously before turning to a boy with pink hair "Natsu, show this dog to Porlyusica's house."

"Awh but gramps, its just a stupid dog" the young boy with pink hair moaned "he's probably just hungry or something"

The dog let out a bark of aggravation and sent the boy a scathing look.

"Fine, whatever, come on you overgrown mutt" he muttered

They trudged through the forest the dog thoroughly enjoying himself as he took a few snaps at the boy's heels and enjoyed making him jump. As they neared Porlyusica's home the dog picked up his mistresses scent and ran off eagerly the boy spluttered in shock before yelling and running after him.

The dog soon reached the cottage from which he could smell his mistress, but something didn't seem right, she had an overly salty smell mixed in with her normal smell of earthiness. The dog scowled worried and ran up to the door and scratched at it politely as his mistress had taught him.

An old woman with pink hair opened the door and ignoring her surprised expression the dog ran inside past her and to his mistress lying on a bed, her black hair lay around her greasy and full of knots and dirt. Her skin was glistening with sweat and her face covered with dirt and dust. It had been a long time since she had bathed properly...

He nudged her pale face with his snout and made a whining noise.

The pink haired lady came up behind him and put a comforting hand on his back "she's not in as bad condition as she appears, she is malnourished however and it has affected her growth. She'll never grow very tall and will have troubles conceiving children..."

The dog looked at his mistress with pitying eyes, it was his entire fault, he didn't look after her like he had promised...

A loud crash snapped them both out of their thoughts, the pink haired boy, (was it Natsu the old man had called him? the dog wondered...)

"There you are you stupid dog!" he yelled red in the face "You can't just run off and leave people!"

The pink woman shushed him and motioned to the young girl in the bed.

Natsu blushed and apologised quietly, he looked over and saw the young girl who looked only a few years younger than him, she was covered with dirt and she looked like a skeleton.

"What's wrong with her" he asked Porlyusica loudly

She shushed him before glancing at the child, pity showing in her normally stern eyes "she ate some poisonous berries"

Natsu blinked, confused "that's what made her so skinny?"

Before Porlyusica could answer they heard a soft sigh and an excited bark from the bed

The girl had woken up.

The girl's point of view

I woke up lying on something so nice soft and comfortable that I didn't care where I was, I didn't want to move from this position it was so warm and comfortable! I couldn't even remember lying on something like this before.

Hearing some muttering voices I opened my eyes slowly and sighed as I stretched out my aching body.

A loud bark drew my attention to my loyal best friend sitting by my side happily licking my arm.

I grinned "Cerby! Stop it! that tickles!" I yelled giggling and playfully hitting him on the nose, he smirked (as much as a dog can smirk) and pulled me to the floor and we started play fighting.

I heard snickering to my right and stopped fighting to stare, a boy around my age with pink hair stood there sniggering at us "your name is Cerby? That's such a girly name!" he grinned at my dog

I stood up blushing furiously, and moved to hold Cerbs back from attacking but I was too slow, Cerberus had bitten the boy by the sleeve and thrown him through the door before chasing him out.

I sighed and turned to the older lady in the room "I'm so sorry! Cerberus just loves to fight a bit too much... I'll go stop them!" I said before running out the room

They were fighting hand to... paw? Punches kicks and bites flying everywhere.

I frowned "Earth magic!" I cried holding out my hands and concentrating on making a big earth wall separate the two

"That's enough Cerberus!" I demanded, my eyes taking on a darker glint, my dog flinched and trudged over to me.

I turned to the pink haired boy and smiled shyly "It's nice to meet you! But in the future please don't pick fights with Cerby" I frowned "he's sort of addicted to fighting and its something I'm trying to train him to avoid..." I smiled sheepishly rubbing the back of my head.

The pink haired boy scowled "I'll fight who I like"

"Oh... all right then..." I said feeling really awkward, I thought for a moment "Uh... I'm Adrianna but please just call me Rian"

The boy nodded and started walking off, I watched him go but he got about 10 meters away before turning back and yelling "hey aren't you coming?"

"Coming where?" I muttered but followed him nonetheless

We walked down the mountain together in silence, the atmosphere was tense and I decided to try and make conversation "h...Hey, so what's your name...?" I stuttered out.

"Why should I tell you?" he replied smugly

My eye twitched "I told you my name... so it... it's only fair right?"

He stopped walking sighed and turned to face me "I'm Natsu" and with that said he begun walking again.

Sweatdropping the rest of our trip was spent in silence.

We reached our destination, a strange looking building with a sign reading Fairy Tail hanging above the broken door.

"Where are we?" I muttered to myself

Apparently hearing me, Natsu turned round "the best place on earthland for wizards like us!" he proclaimed loudly with an almost blinding grin.

'Wow, what mood change from earlier, he must really love this place... wait wizards?' I thought to myself

"You're a wizard?" I asked in disbelief

He smirked "You're looking at the best fire wizard in Fiore!"

I face palmed "we're all doomed..."

He glared at me "what's that supposed to mean?" he asked angrily

I blushed "nothing... anyway how do you know you're the best? That's not something you should say so freely..."

"Tch whatever lets just go inside" he said pushing open the doors and leading me into a room that resembled a tavern.

Cerberus let out a laughing bark, we both looked at each other in mirth, humans were always the same no matter where you went...

A short old man with a weird hat walked over to us "oh Natsu your back!" he glanced over at me "and you brought our guest with you!"

Natsu confidently strode up to him "she's called Adrianna and she's some sort of wizard..." he yawned "I'm going to go home now... see ya gramps" Natsu walked out of the doors.

Leaving me with the old man, I blushed under his scrutinising gaze "Uh I'm Adrianna... But he already said that uh... I'm an Earth based mage... I'm 8 years old... I think..."

He let out a loud laugh "welcome to Fairy tail Miss Adrianna, we're a guild where wizards can join to find jobs, however we mainly see ourselves as a big family." He smiled softly "I'm Makarov the master of the guild. We haven't had an earth based mage as cute as you for a while, so how about it? Would you like to join?"

My mind whirled... they wanted me to join? A big family? "Yes!" it slipped out before I had even thought about it "yes please" I stated firmly yet happily.

He brought out a stamp looking item and asked me where I wanted my guild tattoo; I thought hard about it "uh could I possibly have it on my left shoulder blade?" I asked shyly

He nodded and moved to press the stamp against my shoulder blade when... "MASTER!" Something collided with him and the stamp hit me on the chest.

Leaving a green guild symbol right above my heart on my chest.

The girl who had collided with master Makarov looked at it and blinked "that's going to be problematic in the future" she muttered.

I tilted my head "why?" I asked innocently

She blushed and told me I shouldn't worry about it before introducing herself "I'm Mirajane" she said somewhat happily and introduced me to her other family members "this is Lisanna" she said pushing me over towards a white haired girl, Cerberus followed us eyeing everyone in the room suspiciously.

"Lisanna is about your age, so I'm sure you'll be friends or whatever..."

She showed me over to a young man sitting in an uncomfortable looking suit "and this is Elfman my younger brother."

"It's nice to meet you all" I smiled happily; maybe other humans weren't as bad as I thought...