hey people, this is my first attempt at a Fairy Tail fan fiction and i hope you'll all enjoy it, please forgive my grammar and spelling at times since English isn't my stronger language, I'd also appreiciate it if you you could leave some critics or advice that could help improve my writing or could help me become a better writer, also if you have any ideas on how you would like to see the story go I'd be happy to hear them. so without further delay, enjoy

P.S. when i use italics inside of quotation marks the character is in thought or is thinking to themselves.

She was still walking, she had no idea how long it had been, maybe it might have been a week now, she did not want to go there, to that guild house, after what she had done she doubted that she would be forgiven but in all honesty, she didn't deserve his forgiveness. The only reason she was even going there was to fulfil the last request Mr Andriy had asked of her. The whole week she had been walking had been hot but today was exceptionally hot, even under the cover of the forest trees, she was still feeling incredible hot, "If I don't soon make it to Magnolia I doubt I'll get there at all," she said to herself. "It would be nice if I had someone to keep me company, even though there have been people along the way that I've spoken to for a little bit but it's still lonely, I really wish I had a friend with me" She said talking to herself. "For Christ sake, it's way too hot today, let me look for a lake or river or any body of water so I can cool down. Yeah, I should do that." She said as she started looking for a stream or river or anything she could swim in, luckily it didn't take her too long before she found a slow flowing river. "YES!" she yelled in delight, "I finally get to cool down." As she said this, she undressed herself leaving only her bra and panties on, she neatly folded her clothes and put them beside her backpack which was beginning to get dirty. "I really need to wash my backpack, but before I worry about that let me take a dip." She strolled to the river where she carefully put one foot in, the water was so cool that the rest of her body quickly followed and before long she felt as if the river had swallowed her, all the heat and sweat of the past few days had instantly vanished and she felt like a whole new girl. "I can't believe that this is my first bath in three days, but to be honest I was starting to smell a little ripe." She joked. She spent a couple of hours in the river, swimming, playing and she laughed at all the fun she was having, she then got out and looked for a towel in her backpack so she could dry herself up, "Wow, my bra and panties are all wet now, should've guess that though I was swimming." She looked for an extra pair of underwear she could wear, when she pulled out a bright pink pair. "These are the ones mommy said I should never wear unless I'm going on a date, well I'm sorry mommy but it looks like I'm going to wear them before then." She said while laughing a little. She looked around to see if there was nobody around then she took of her already wet underwear and put on the other pair, luckily no one happened to walk by as she undressed herself and she was grateful for that. She then dressed herself up again. She wore a long sleeve dark purple t-shirt which had small hydrangeas covering the sleeves and black knee length skirt which had roses around the waist.

The day had gotten cooler which made her realise that she had spent too much time in the river and she had to get moving now because it would be nightfall soon, she went to the river one last time to look at her reflection, "hmm. You haven't changed a bit Victoria" she said while looking at her reflection. Victoria was a short, petite girl with a voluptuous figure, she had flame coloured hair and dark blue eyes, she had slightly tanned skin, she also had two scars on her face, one ran from in between her eyes till the middle of her right cheek and the other ran from the middle of her forehead till her left ear (barely missing her left eye). They were both deep scars but they had healed up now. She also had a few more scars on her body but they weren't as prominent as the ones on her face. She traced the scar on her cheek with her index finger and sighed, "To think that it's been three years since I've gotten these scars, I used to hate them now they feel like they have always been on my face." She said quietly. She slapped herself in the face then clapped her hands. "Well Magnolia won't come to me, it's time to get going." With that she put on her backpack and proceeded to walk. It was much cooler now and the walk wasn't as difficult as it was earlier that day but this meant that it had gotten late, since she didn't have a watch on her she didn't know what time it was but by looking at her shadow, she assumed that it was somewhere around 5:30 pm but since it was the summer, the sun wouldn't go down for another 3 hours and she was thankful for it, she was also thankful that Mr Andriy taught her how to tell the time by using shadows. She walked for what felt like hours and it was nearly dark but just as she thought about giving up for the day and setting up a campsite she saw it in the distance, a big city. "Could this be Magnolia?" she asked herself. "Hopefully it is but even if it not, maybe someone there could tell me where Magnolia is?" she replied to the question she asked herself. She ran towards the city and after a while when she was closer to the city limits she saw a sign which read "WELCOME TO MAGNOLIA". When she saw the sign, she dropped to her knees and almost cried, "A whole week of walking and I'm finally here, now that I'm here, it's time to start my search so I can fulfil my promise to Mr Andriy and then get on my way."

Magnolia was huge nothing like the little farm village she grew up in, she expected it to be big but she didn't expect this. People where all around walking, shouting, laughing and drinking. Kids were busy playing and running around, and the city sparkled with bright and beautiful lights, there were shops all around her, it was the liveliest place she had ever been to. Even though it amazed her to see that a place like this existed it also terrified her at the same time, she wasn't used to a place like this and she felt out of place, she feared the people because she was scared that they might be rude and mean, so she looked for a hidden spot where there weren't any people, and she found a hidden ally and went there to hide. "This is nothing like back home, so many people and they all seem scary, I'm scared right now. It's hard to believe that Mr Andriy came from this place. Maybe if I can stay hidden or avoid looking at them they won't be as scary." She quietly said to herself. She took off her backpack then she opened it and scurried around her bag until she found what she was looking for, she pulled out a long knee-length jacket with a hoodie big enough to almost conceal her face. The jacket was black with a dark blue hoodie, it also had a pink bunny rabbit which was on the right breast of the jacket. She wore it then put on the hoodie, she zipped up her backpack and strapped it on and left the alley and continued to walk around looking for it, but there was a problem, because Magnolia was such a big place, she had no idea where it was, she walked around in circles for a few minutes before she felt a little pat on her right shoulder.

She was scared when she felt it and slowly turned around and in front of her she saw a tall man who seemed to be quite old because most of his hair was white with a few patches of black here and there. For some reason she felt like crying, the old man scared her but also the people all scared her to the point where she couldn't hold back her tears and they began to flow from her blue coloured orbs. "Don't cry girly, it doesn't suit you very well," joked the old man. "I'm sure a smile would make that pretty face of yours even prettier and I'm sure your smile could brighten up Magnolia even more." He said. When she heard this, she could help but smile a little, "There we go, what did I say, I knew a smile suits you way better then when you are crying." He said. "I saw you walking around, are you lost, girly?" asked the old man. "Y.. yes sir, I am." She replied quietly. "why don't we go to my little coffee shop and maybe I can help you find your way, is that okay?" He asked. She nodded slightly then followed the old man, the walk was short and they quickly arrived at his coffee shop. The old man welcomed her in and sat her down by one of the tables and left for a while, when he came back he had a tray which had a cup of coffee, some cookies and a slice of strawberry cake, he put the tray in front of her. "Eat up, it's quite tasty" said the old man with a smile on his face. "Oh sir, I'm sorry but I can't afford this sir." She replied quietly. "This is on me, now eat up, you look like you haven't eaten anything all day." He said. He was right, she hadn't realised her own hunger until he pointed it out to her, she hadn't eaten all day and the food the old man brought for her did look yummy, "Thank you, sir." She said as she began to eat. She couldn't believe how yummy it was, sure there were cakes and cookies back home but they didn't compare to his ones, she scarfed them down one after the other, even the coffee tasted better than the coffee back home. "This is very delicious sir." She told him thankfully. "Thank you. Aren't you a little sweetheart." He replied, which made her blush. "I hope you don't mind me asking but you aren't from around here, right?" asked the old man. "Yes sir, I'm from a small farming village, it's about a week's walk." She replied. "Oh, so you walked for that long, I must say that is impressive." Replied the old man, "Thanks sir" she replied. "I hope you don't find this rude, but why did you come here" he asked.

"There is somewhere I need to get to so Mr Andriy asked me to go to the Fairy Tail guild hall and give Master Makarov this letter." She replied as she looked in her backpack and pulled out a slightly crumpled up letter and showed the old man as proof, "I got to Magnolia about an hour ago but there are so many people here that I got scared and hid in an alley for awhile and when I got enough courage to look for the Fairy Tail guild house I got lost and that's when you found me with tears running down my face." She continued. "And my name is Victoria, sir." "Well Victoria, it seems like you've had quite the journey, and you can call me Oldman Carl, that's what everyone here calls me" Carl replied with a smile. Victoria chuckled for a little, "do they really call you Oldman?" she asked. "Yes they do" he replied with a chuckle of his own. "But doesn't that offend you?" asked Victoria. "No, not at all, the fact that they call me old man shows that I've been around long enough to see the young children of Magnolia grow up, it actually fills me with pride" Carl replied with a smile. The smile on his face made her happy as well. "If you want I can give you directions to the Fairy Tail guild hall" and he proceeded to draw them out on a nearby piece of paper then he gave it to her. "It's actually not too far from here, you should get there in about five minutes" he said with a bright smile. She looked down at the paper and she began to cry again but unlike last time these weren't tears of sadness or fear, they were tear of happiness. She ran up to Carl and gave him a big hug, "thank you so much Oldman Carl, thank you, thank you, thank you." With that, she put the letter back into her backpack, she zipped it up and put it on then she walked the door, then she looked back and saw Carl smiling and waving at her, she went back to him and gave him another hug. "Thank you for your kindness, I hope I get to see you again Oldman Carl" She said and Carl returned her hug, "me too" he replied.

Victoria then left the shop and followed Oldman Carl's directions and she wound up in front of the Fairy Tail guild hall in about Five minutes, just like what Oldman Carl had said. She looked at it, it was big easily one of the biggest building she had ever seen in her life, inside she could hear laughing and rumble almost as if there was a fight going on inside, she saw a light and realised that it was a window and she went towards it, inside she saw them laughing, fighting, drinking and having a good time. She got nervous, she was about to barge in their guild hall with no prior notice, she felt sick to her stomach as if she was about to vomit but she choked it down, she gathered the little courage she had and slowly opened the door, she then slowly walked in. She had finally made it. She arrived at Fairy Tail hopefully this would make Mr Andriy proud of her but she doubted that.

A/U well this is the first chapter folks and i hope y'all enjoy it, like i said if y'all have anything y'all wanna say concerning the story i'd be glad to hear it and i just want y'all to know even though the next few chapters may be coming out quite soon, i'm usually busy so i dont have that much free time so they maybe be extended periods of time where i wont be updating this story, just thought i'd give y'all a little heads up.

thanks for reading and catch y'all next time