A woman in a suit of armour carrying a young boy ran through the ashen forest around her. What remained of her home was quickly being destroyed by cultist. She gasped for air and kept running deeper into the forest a hand clutching the gash on the side of her stomach. One of those wizards had gotten the drop on her. She'd gotten sloppy after so many years of retirement.
"Don't let her get away! I want that damn sword!" Someone yelled behind her they didn't sound close but it was only a matter of time.
She could hear them coming, combing the forest for them. She couldn't let them find it. Or her son, Jaune.
She could hear the cultists getting closer as they stormed through the forest, firing spells at everything in sight to draw her out. If it wasn't for her injuries, she would have Turned around and fought them off.
The blonde haired woman placed Jaune inside a hollow tree and pulled out a small lacrima. He had already unlocked his magical potential, and was a light Magic user like his father, His magical potential was incredible and rumors of this no doubt brought the cultist here. But they were also after Crocrea Morse, the yellow Death and Blade of Emperors. She couldn't let either of those fall into those freaks hands. So she was prepared to give Jaune another power, he was young so maybe the Lacrima would adapt to his body quicker. She needed the sword to be safe, and she wanted Jaune to have it.
It was a simple Requip lacrima, capable of storing items. She held it up to her son's chest and the lacrima entered Jaunes body. She grabbed Crocrea Morse and had Jaune grab the handle.
"I Jeanne Arc give the right of this blade to my son Jaune Arc. Command transfer." the sword glowed before it disappeared.
A tree a few feet behind them was engulfed in fire and Jeanne sighed before patting Jaunes head. He was only five...he didn't deserve to go through something like this so early in life. But she would make sure he was safe.
"Don't worry Jaune, I'm just going to go take care of the bad guys, you go on ahead."She said gently "Just think of it as a camping trip."
"Mom?" Jaune asked teetering between consciousness.
"I love you Jaune. Be careful."
Jaune's head tilted forward and he fell into unconsciousness.
Jeanne rose to her feet and took a deep breath channeling her magic. Her clothes glowed before being replaced with silver armour and a visor crown like headpiece. She held out her arms and called for the her last weapons. A long silver spear with a large white banner with the Fairy tail and Arc Crests displayed proudly and a short one handed sword appeared in her left hand.
Requip armour of the shining Maiden!
"Alright you Cock suckers! You want me! Then here I fucking come!" she Roared charging back towards the cultist.
She swung her spear batting aside a ball of fire before stabbing her spear into the first cultist throat. She was a former Wizard of Fairy tail! And she wasn't about to fall here not when the most precious thing she had left in the world was counting on her!
She ran forward past burning trees and through clouds of smoke and ash, the heat blasting against her face.
She twirled her land Lance blocking several spells and used her sword to stab another cultist through the heart. She Jumped forward and cut through a group of cultist with her lance. This was too large of a group. If she fell there was nothing to protect Jaune they would find him if she didn't defeat them all.
She stabbed her spear into the ground and used it to prepend herself forward and kicked one of the black clad wizards in the head. And swung her sword slicing his throat open.
"Tired of running I see." a tall man with sunken eyes and a red scar on the right side of his face stepped forward. " Just make it easy on us and give up the Sword do so and I'll let you and your child survive."
" Haha please we both know that a lie." Jeanne gasped out her sword disappearing. She's lost too much magical energy it was getting difficult to keep her armour and weapons summoned. She needed to end this now even if it meant sacrificing her life, she would defeated every last cultist with one attack.
Her spear shined brightly in the darkness, and she rose it high above her head. She had no doubt this next spell would drain her completely. But she didn't care, she just wanted Jaune to be safe.
" I'll give you to the count of three to surrender….1"
"You wouldn't dare cast that spell you don't have the magical energy!"
'Jaune I hope you grow up to be a fine Wizard'
"Stop her before she cast her next spell."
A bolt of fire struck her back but she didn't move. Several more spells struck against her body tearing apart her armour and burning her skin. But still she did not move and kept her spear raised high drawing ever last ounce of strength she had.
"...2"
"Kill the bitch already!"
Pain erupted through her body as spell after spell collided with her body stripping her of her armour and clothing and searing her flesh.
'I hope you find your way to fairy Tail and meet everyone.'
She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
"...3"
'...i hope you live a long happy life, find a wife and start a beautiful family! I want grandkids damnit!' the sky above the forest was covered by a bright magical circle engulfing the land in a warm light. She brought down her spear and shouted at the top of her lunges.
"FAIRY LAW!"
The magic circle shined brightly in the sky engulfing the forest below and laying waste to all those that would harm her child.
"Hraaaaa!"
The screams of the cultist filled the forest each one being obliterated by the spell. The light slowly died down and Jeanne fell to one knee using the Lance to keep from falling over. That spell took too much magical energy. She looked back at where Jaune was hiding. He would be fine...the cultist were all dead. He would be safe for now. The last scarce prices of armour dissolved and she collapsed to the floor panting in exhaustion.
She was done, she used up the last of her magical energy, and she lost too much blood took too many blows. She couldn't even move let alone keep protecting Jaune in this condition.
She stared out at the woods sighing in relief it didn't sound like anyone survived that spell. That was good. Jaune would be safe, the fighting no doubt scared off all the dangerous animals in the forest. He could get to the next town in a few days. And find help.
She was going to die, no getting around it, but she was able to save her son. That's all that mattered to her. She smiled as tears fell down her face.
"...Be safe...please" she gasped out quietly struggling to even breath.
The next day.
When Jaune woke up he went back to his village. All he found was death, villagers, friends, cultist...everything was just dead and burned. He froze looking at the burned down village, it's wasn't huge or anything there was only about 18 buildings in the entire town and a small market. But now it...it was almost all gone.
He went to where his home used to be looking for someone. But all he was able to find was a family photo that was barely ok. His dad, mom, and sisters...all of them were gone now. He was alone, tears fell down his face before he grit his teeth and shook his head….No! maybe they were alive still somewhere in the village! Jaune wiped the tears away from his eyes and ran out of his destroyed home.
After a few hours of searching the destroyed village all he found were burnt and mangled bodies, there was no way for him to identify any of them. he was about to give up when he noticed a girl curled up in a ball hiding under what used to be a small ice cream stand.
He quickly ran over and sat next to the girl.
Who had pink and Brown hair.
"Are you ok?" Jaune asked and the girl shook her head. "..yeah me neither...my Name's Jaune Arc what's yours?"
The girl picked up a rock and drew in the dirt.
NEOPOLITAN
"Neopolitan...like the ice cream?"
Neo nodded hugging her knees.
"...Hey Neopolitan do you want to come with me?"
Neo titled her head and drew in the dirt.
Where?.
"My mom used to be in a wizard guild called Fairy Tail. Maybe...maybe we can find a new home there." He stood up and offered his hand to the ice cream themed girl.
She hesitated for a second before she grabbed his hand and stood up.
Finally getting a better look at her he noticed that her eyes were different colors one was brown the other was pink. And she was a few inches taller than him and was wearing a white sweater and black pants.
They walked out of the destroyed village keeping to a small path that went through the forest. Past the dead bodies of the Cultists and villagers. The two of them averted their eyes from the carnage as much as possible. They were too afraid of finding their family among the bodies.
"Hey is it alright if I call you Neo?"
Neo shrugged and Jaune smiled.
"Alright I'll call you Neo then."
The two of them walked for hours before Neo tugged at his sleeve. She rubbed her stomach and Jaune sighed.
"Yeah I'm hungry too." Jaune looked around and spotted a apple tree up ahead only problem was the apples were up out of their reach.
Jaune and neo ran up to the tree anyways and looked around it. There didn't seem to be a way for them to climb up the tree itself.
"...if I give you a Boost do you think you could reach a few?" he asked and neo nodded. He knelt down and neo stepped onto his shoulder. Jaune grunted before standing up so neo could reach. The two of them wobbled back and forth before Jaune finally balanced them.
Neo grimaced reaching for an apple she could just barely touch the bottom of it.
She flicked the appell and it fell off the branch and hit Jaune in the head.
"Ow!"
Neo looked down and gave Jaune a smile apologizing in her own way.
Neo saw another apple and she jumped up grabbing it. She ended up losing her footing though and crashed onto Jaune sending the blond boy head first into the dirt.
Neo quickly got up and looked over Jaune with a worried expression.
Jaune sat up and picked up the apple that fell earlier.
"Hehe it's alright at least we got a few." he smiled rubbing the bump on his forehead.
The two of them ate their apples and kept walking. He hoped they could find another apple tree maybe one that they could climb.
After another few hours they exited the forest and was met with rolling green hills that went on for miles. Neo squinted and tapped Jaunes Arms and pointed at a small shack a few hills away.
"Good eye Neo maybe someone can help us."
After a few minutes the two of them knocked on the door,but it didn't look like anyone was home. Jaune opened the door and walked inside. It looked like a hunting shack, there were a lot of furs on the walls and floor and a bed and small kitchen.
The two of them walked in and looked for anything they could use. Neo opened the fridge and brought out a jar of pickles with a look of disgust.
"Yeah I don't like those either but let's keep looking." the two of them continued to look around the shack but all they were able to find was a knife and a small wallet filled with a couple Jewels, and more pickles.
"...yay." Jaune sighed.
The two of them reluctantly ate a few pickles, and They both crawled onto the bed thoroughly exhausted.
The bed wasn't that bad it was firm but soft thanks to all the furs and skins. Jaune was quick to fall asleep but his silent companion was still wide awake.
Neo...wasn't the most liked person in the village. She didn't have a Family or even any friends. She didn't expect anyone to help her when she crawled out of her hiding place. But...This boy did. He wanted to help her and they were going to a wizarding guild.
She turned over and stared at Jaunes back before she slowly scoot closer and wrapped her arms around him. She didn't know why. But when he offered her his hand she felt safe.
Was this what having a friend is like?
She didn't know, she just knew that she had nowhere else to go and Jaune had offered her a chance at a home. It was more than she could ever hope for.
A few days later.
After four days of running through hill and another forest Jaune and his Silent companion made it to town. It wasn't easy they were constantly hungry and tired. The only thing that had to eat for those four days was pickles and pickle juice. But finally the two of them finally made it to a town called Hilltop. It was a large village with a Train Station at the center of town.
The first stop they made was at a restaurant where they had some really food. And the owners were nice enough to not charge them a lot. Afterwards the two of them ran through the town and decided to cut through the alleys to avoid the large crowds. That was a mistake.
"oh hey look at what we have here a couple of lost brats." three Thugs blocked there path and Jaune immediately grabbed Neo hand and stood In Front of her. Glaring at the men In front of him.
"oh scary~"
Jaune looked back the way they came and brought his hands up. And gathered magic into his hand. He was still new to using magic but there was one spell he could use.
Flash!
The alley was covered in a bright light causing the Thugs to cry out as they were crashed against the alley wall. Neo jumped on her feet and clapped excitedly. Jaune stared at his hand perplexed. That wasn't supposed to happen the spell was supposed to blind the thugs for a second so they could run away.
"I-i didn't do that." their attention was brought back down the Alley, heels clicking against the stone.
"I did."
Standing in the alley was a tall Blonde girl who was glaring at the Thugs sending chills down all present in the alley as her emerald eyes promised pain. She looked like she was in her late teens. She was wearing a white key hole shirt that hugged her rather large chest and a regal purple cape, she carried a riding crop in her hand. Jaune's eyes fell on her left hand and noticed a light blue Fairy tail tattoo.
"oh no."
"what?"
"That's the wicked witch of Fairy tail! Glynda Goodwitch!" one of the Thugs screamed in terror.
A tick mark appeared on the blonde woman head and she sent the Thugs flying out of the alley. Like she was swatting flies aside.
"How rude." she sighed and placed her riding crop in a holster on her hip. She walked forward and stood in front of the two children and smiled sweetly. Neo smiled brightly and Jaune looked up at Glynda excitedly.
"Now then children, where are your parents?"
hello everyone now this was a request that came in. One that I already planned on doing later. But still I hope you all enjoyed.
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~ later days
-Wiseotaku
