AU: I decided to write this for my own enjoyment and for others if they wish to read it. I'm a new writer and love Fairy Tail so I made an oc and a story to go with it based around the world of Fairy Tail. This is the first chapter. FYI I don't own Fairy Tail, just my oc and her story.
Weather changes
Its raining today, on a normal cloudy night in august, a young cloaked womanly figure jogging in a rushed but gentle pace, down a dimly lit cobble path holding a small blanketed crying figure.
"shh, you'll be safe in a moment. Just a bit more. Hang on a while longer. My dear child." the woman stated in a hushed tone.
The mysterious woman and child were suddenly overwhelmed by a thick fog although the woman didn't seem fazed and distant shouts of angry men could be heard "That damned witch! She'll bleedin' pay for lyin' to us like that!" an angry man bellowed not to far behind the woman and child.
"This close already? Oh no, what should we do?" the kind sounding woman sniffled. Across the street through a small alley, a light of a tall, worn down building with a big wooden sign saying 'Little light orphanage' on and the sound of children being beckoned for dinner. The woman made a small smile and looked down at the bundle in her arms. "I'm sorry little one. I hope you'll forgive me in the future but its all I can do for you in this lifetime, its unfortunate but…" she trailed off "I'm going to give you a life with or without me in it, my dear beautiful child." and with a light squeeze the woman sauntered over through the thick fog towards the orphanage. She knocked on the door heavily and left a cold now crying baby on the floor to wait for one of the matrons to notice. The woman watched as the matron took in her crying child who stood outside waiting for the person who left it before heading back inside after noticing a small water shaped patch stretched across the floor with the child's name written out which then slowly melted away as a tear escaped the mysterious womans eye.
"I'll see you sometime in the future, be good for me." the woman said in a hushed voice. The fog clearing up slightly so the men could spot the woman running off in the other direction from the orphanage. With the men speedily running after her, she attempted to make her escape out of the small town of Restibou.
Inside the orphanage after the arrival of the baby.
"There, there. Don't cry, lets get you warmed up and dressed for sleep, ok?" the old looking matron soothed. "huh. Granny, what is that?" a young brunette girl around the age of 10 asked as she went look at the loud baby. "aww, its so cute! Can I hold it?! Please?" the girl begged. "Not right now Kacey, we need to warm poor Noel up" the old woman stated. "Noel? But we usually decide the babies names as a group and vote and stuff!" Kacey huffed. "The name was already decided by the heavens, we must respect the wishes of nature around us and the circumstances before. Remember?" the granny stated whilst wrapping the child in new clothing, "and Noel is a nice name, I'm sure she'll grow to like it in the future". "awh...ok, but I get to look after her, like a sister! I always wanted a baby sister!" Kacey stated, "alright, alright, but be careful, she's very frail and-" the old lady started her lecture aimed towards the young girl who stood there pouting.
After getting the baby Noel settled for bedtime she instantly fell asleep. "ahh what a good child, no endless crying." a younger matron stated with a small tear in her eye. "sister Avery… your volunteering to work here, shouldn't you be more uplifting." Kacey said drily. "oh ha ha, its just nice to not hear loud crying all the time." Avery remarked with a slightly sarcastic tone and added "I can see Noel growing up to be a nice refined young lady… without your guidance of course.", "Hey! I can be refined!" Kacey replied aghast at the comment, "Really? Throughout your being here I haven't seen an ounce of refined in you." Avery said backing up her earlier comment, "ugh! I'll show you refined! Watch me be a dependable big sister and then you'll be coming to me for lessons on how to be refined and a good sister!" Kacey huffed with a pointed finger as she pulled up a chair to rest next to the sleeping Noel while Avery simply looked on too mortified to argue any more, mumbling something about being a refined lady.
The next morning Kacey introduced the rest of the children to little Noel when she and Granny took Noel down for breakfast with the rest of the children who were housed in the orphanage, in total there was 9 children, it was only a small orphanage of 3 girls and 6 boys, including Noel and excluding matrons. There were four matrons, Granny the old lady and founder of the orphanage, Avery the 29 year old non-mage who volunteered but makes out she hates the job while secretly loving the kids, Hannah 45 years old and a former wind mage who just has a love for children and making them happy, Laurette a 67 year old and a kind general goods shop owner who volunteers now and again since her children have moved out. The children aged from 5 to 14 while others who have left the orphanage for jobs leave small payments of thanks to Granny even though she doesn't like to accept 'her childrens' money.
After breakfast, Granny and Kacey took Noel out for a walk while the other children play with each other back at the orphanage and in a nearby park after losing most interest in another new arrival. "Granny, can I please carry my sister now?" Kacey asked politely attempting to be elegant with some form of social tact. Granny sighed seeing this "Of course, but be careful, we don't want to drop the poor girl.". Kacey gasped in horror "I would not drop her! Granny is supposed to support me in my quest for a little sister. Its not my fault all the other kids hate me" Kacey pouted while taking hold of Noel. "You know for a fact that they don't hate you, your just… a little different. Since you can already manifest some magic at this young age they just don't know how to act around you" the granny soothed but was lost on Kacey. "Like a normal person because I'm normal! They will probably learn some kind of magic later too!" Kacey screeched. Granny quietened Kacey down to stop her from frightening Noel. "I'm not scary. Noel will know that." she sniffled. "Of course she will dear. She's your sister, right?" granny said with a smile towards them both. With a brightened attitude and a new resolve to help raise Noel in the orphanage she stated with a huge grin "Yeah!"
AU- So this is just a small kicker off to the story because I needed to get the characters going, I intend to make this a first person pov of Noel. Any ways this was the first chapter of the story and I'm going to try and improve my knowledge further on writing and about fairy tail. Stay tuned.