Hi! I'm so happy, this is my first fanfiction! Anyway some stuff that I couldn't fit in the summary: Romance comes later on with pairings like OCxNatsu (I know it kills people when he's not with Lucy lol) LoLu, Gruvia, ErzaxJellal, and some others that I can't think of right now haha.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail nor its characters, though if I could I would definitely adopt a certain orange haired lion. (Can anyone guess who? O.o)

The Ecliptic Plane

Prologue

I was running, the thorns from the bushes tearing away at my skin mercilessly. The adrenaline coursing through my body kept the pain at bay as I ran through the damp forest. Mud sloshing at my feet and the raging storm caused me to trip and fall, slowing my progress. My body was bloodied and bruised from the torture I had endured before, and from falling on the ground so many times. I made my way, jumping over logs and roots, ducking under the particularly low branches. I came to a clearing and exited the tree line. The ground was slanted slightly up, making it harder to navigate. After traversing the wasteland of mud that was the clearing, I spotted an old shack to the left that was in shambles. I could barely see, but the lightening helped a lot with my vision.

When I got to the shack and slammed the door open, I beheld a sight that made me want to curl up and die: my mother and father lying on the ground with pools of blood surrounding them, getting larger from the blood flow. A man who wore a light green cloak stood over their bodies, his mirth so icy and revolting it could make even the most courageous warrior flee with fear.

He turned around soon after the door opened, still laughing, and looked at me. I took an instinctive step backwards while under the piercing gaze of the man – no, the thing – that had brutally murdered both of my parents. I steeled my nerves and did what I didn't think possible. I glared at him, looking him in the eyes. I flinched, and immediately regretted my decision. His eyes struck me with horror; appalling, sickening, and horrendous were they; pure crimson red with no irises, no pupils, no nothing. He started toward me, so I turned around and ran back across the clearing. When I got to the tree line someone called my name. Since my mind was acting almost purely on instinct at the time, I barely recognized the voice, though a few seconds later I did. It was my brother, Wayne. I ran towards the general vicinity of the sound, and was pulled down into a ditch while doing so. I started to scream, but a hand clamped over my mouth.

"I'm gonna try to get rid of this guy. You run that way," the man pointed with his index finger. "You should find a town there," he finished. Upon closer inspection of the man's face, I realized it was my brother.

"No! Wayne I can't just – "my protest was interrupted when I heard the same evil laughter that I had heard before.

"How sweet," a deep, perplexing voice stated sarcastically. My brother and I both froze in terror and dread, but Wayne was quick to recover, and grabbed the back of my collar, throwing me behind him. I landed in the mud, and it made a peculiar sucking sound as I tried to get up. I heard the sounds of a magical battle behind me as I sprinted in the direction Wayne had told me to only moments earlier. Hot, salty tears rolled unbidden down my cheeks as I ran, the clamor of battle slowly receding until it was completely drowned out by the pouring rain. My vision became blotchy with spots of black obscuring my eyesight even more than the rain already did. And it faded to darkness.

I awoke with a start, my breathing heavy, my face wet with tears, and my clothes sticking to my body from the sweat. The white sheets were entangled around my legs, and my pillow thrown on the floor. I rubbed my eyes while sitting up, my head swimming with dizziness as I did so. I groaned and tried to stand on my clumsy feet, but to no avail. Trying to get up once more and succeeding, I went over to the bathroom to take a shower. I felt dirty from all the crying and perspiration my nightmares caused. I undressed out of my pajamas and stepped into the shower, turning the water temperature up to where it was almost scalding my skin. As I let the water cascade over all my curves and scars I thought of the paper I had taken off of a notice board inside a coffee shop.

I saw a coffee shop as I was walking down the dirt road. It was small, painted a bright yellow on the outside, light emanating from within. I stepped inside and walked up to the wooden bar. I didn't even look at the lady as I ordered a coffee and some regular buttered toast. I scanned the room and noticed a small bulletin board, so I got up. Sauntering over to it I saw that it had some requests for freelance mages. About five, I counted, were of no interest to me and I quickly dismissed the idea of doing one of those. I cast my eyes over the rest of them and examined one in particular.

HELP NEEDED!

Large monsters are terrorizing our town. No information is known about these monsters.

Town: Nrongard

Reward: 200,000J

I ripped the request off the board and once again sat down at the bar.

After finishing my shower I got dressed in the usual: a black t-shirt that was way too large, an equally large black jacket, and black jeans. My feet were enclosed in boots that reached the tops of my calves, three small black belts with silver buckles wrapped around them. The small mirror on the ugly wallpapered wall showed my extremely frizzy, dirty blonde hair that extended a few inches past my shoulders. My eyes that were a mix a dark forest green, deep chestnut brown and the rarest hint of ice blue looked back at me just as intensely as I was looking back at them. I gripped the two silver keys that were adorned around my neck on a platinum chain – the keys that were my mother's. I didn't feel like thinking about her right then so I pushed the thought of her away.

After neither me nor my reflection winning the staring contest I slipped on my black and gray striped fingerless gloves, grabbed my bag, and walked out the door.

I was ready to kick some monster ass.

Yay! I hope you enjoyed this. I know it was short, but hey, it's a prologue. Prologues are short in my tiny little messed up brain. Critisism would be AWESOME so I thank you if you are one of those wonderful people who would click the pretty blue review button below this. I think that the chapters after this will be longer-depends on how long it's gonna take my thumb to heal 'cause it hurts like HELL when I type fast. Though that probably affects how fast I update...oh well, I don't care. Again PLEASE review and tell me how I did for my first time. Good, bad, I'm-gonna-puke-it's-so-horrifying (not really haha) Thanks!