Prologue

A chilly night is not a rare happening in Fiore. Fiore is located on the Earth Land and surrounded by on three sides by the ocean. A young girl shivered and rubbed her arms trying to warm herself up a little bit. She knew that she should have been at home with her foster carers, she knew that she had curfew and she knew that she was going to be punished for sneaking out at night, but she didn't care. The girl was determined. She marched towards the forest clenching onto her long nightdress. It was so long that it tangled between her legs and made it difficult to walk.

"Where are you?" she called quietly. "Where are you Mr?"She called again. Low growling came from the direction to her right. She turned and blindly went there, following the sound. The growling became louder as she approached. "It's ok, I will not hurt you." she whispered again.

"What do you want human child?" the anime asked. "I will tear your apart if you come closer."

The girl smiled widely.

"I am not going to harm you. I am here to help."

"Help? What can you do?"

The child placed her small bag in front of her. "I will treat your wounds!" she said.

"What can you possibly do, you are just a stupid human child."

The little girl kneed down and took out a candle and a candle holder. Blindly she found and matches and in an instant bright light lighted a large white wolf that lay beside her.

"My aunty is a doctor," she said as she took out bandages and antiseptics from her bag. "I often watch how she treats her patients."

The wolf watched the girl guarded, but she did not try to do anything.

"Can I please look at your paw Mr Wolf?" she asked.

He did not reply. The wolf turned his head away proudly, but made no attempt to stop her.

"Your wound does not look very serious." She said wrapping a bandage very carefully around the paw. Her clumsy acts amused the animal but it resisting from commenting. "There, all done!" she smiled widely and relaxed. The child yawned and was about to lean on the wolf when a loud voice from the darkness disturbed their peace.

"Yo, girl, get away from the beast very slowly." That voice was threatening, yet the girl could not feel any darkness in it. The wolf growled loudly and angrily and tried to stand up, but it was still weak from blood loss and lack of food.

"No, no, no!" she girl shouted shutting her small hands in front of her. "Do not harm him please! Please do not touch him!" her eyes shed a couple of tears as she looked into the darkness. A shadow stepped into the light. The wolf tried to charge at it. "Mr Wolf, do not get up!" she yelled trying to push it down but her strength was still no match.

"This beast will kill you." the stranger snapped. "Move aside girl, I'll take care of it."

"STOP IT MR! DO NOT TOUCH THIS WOLF! HE IS MY FRIEND! HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG! GO AWAY! GO AWAY! GO AWAY!" she screamed as loud as she could. Tears were streaming down her cheeks as she looked furiously at the stranger.

The wolf looked down on her in amusement. "Go away, little girl. I thank you for your help, but this is my battle."

"No, you cannot fight yet. You are still hurt."

The stranger watched the girl and the animal communicate. It was difficult for him to accept what he was seeing, but he could clearly tell that the anime meant to harm to that child. He let out a sigh.

"Okay, fine." He said. "Come here, I'll take you home."

The girl looked at him not trusting, but the wolf nodded his head. "He means no harm now. Go with him."

"But you…"

"Thanks to you I will get better." It replied.

"I will come back tomorrow! Please come to this place! I will bring you food!"

The wolf didn't reply. The child grabbed her bag and ran to the stranger.

"Do you want me to hold your hand?" he asked.

"No, I'm not a child!" she said stubbornly. He laughed. "Tell me where your house is when we get to the village." He said and walked ahead of her. the girl looked ahead of them wondering how it was possible for them to see the way when she saw a thin ray of light ahead of the stranger. She looked at it curiously wondering what it was.

"What is it?" she asked pointing at the ray of light.

"Oh that," the stranger smiled. Only then the girl realized that it was boy not much older than herself. "Its lightening." He replied smiling.

"You are a mage? That's great!"

"Yes." He said quietly as they were approaching the village.

"What is your name?" he asked.

"Dahlia, and yours?"

"I'm Laxus." He replied somewhat proudly.

"La-X-us!" she sing-sang. "Thank you for not touching that wolf." She looked down with a small blush on her face. The boy looked back at her and smiled.

"You are welcome…Didi."

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Character Information:

Name: Dahlia Marcus (nickname: Dia, nickname given by Laxus: Didi)

Age: 19

Zodiac: Scorpio

Specie: Human

Occupation: A member of Fairy Tail, but works as a puppeteer

Magic type: Animal control: ability to communicate with animals, birds and even aquatic creatures, hence battle with their help. Simple summoning: she can summon objects/control their movement, but her abilities are very limited.

Passion: Cats

Team: None

Appearance: Long dark blue hair, very pale blue eyes, Dia has a mole under her right eye and a tattoo of a Celtic Sun above her left breast (they are very small). She is average height, with a skinny figure and pointy shoulders (that don't look that nice, so she prefers to have them covered). Her complexion is pale, but tends to tan quickly.

Personality: ordinary, nothing outstanding, exceptional love towards animals but not the most loving towards people though she likes kids; kind enough and friendly enough, rarely accepts any jobs; does not like to work in a team

Quote: "I hate you so much that I would destroy myself to take you down with me."

Theme song: Haggard – Hijo De La Luna