A girl raced down a winded path with twists and turns. Trees started to wilt, so is the ground, turning a grayish color, it's spreading like wildfire. A man's cry can be heard from a distance. This said man, is the cause of the phenomenon, this man holds a magic ability. The magic of death. As for the girl, she is said man's first creation. She's a war machine, but not just any war machine. The Death Mage's War Machine.
A little girl held tightly on a man's hand as he walked swiftly through the crowd. He kept looking back to see if the little girl was okay. Today was the day of the choosing ceremony. The choosing ceremony is a special ceremony where Dragons choose humans that have potential to become a Dragon Slayer. After the Dragon Civil War ended a few years back, the Dragons decided to be mentors for the potential humans.
"Remember what we practice?" The man said as he picked up his pace to get to the front of the crowd.
"Yes papa. Agree to the one named Acnologia, anyone else is bad." the little girl's black eyes brightened. She tugged his hand excitedly. Though she never seen a dragon or seen much of other humans, she was very cheerful. The man gave a small smile at the little girl. Though he was not very fond of her, since she was a mistake.
"Good, but how many times did I have to tell you to call me Zeref." the man said patting her head, as one of the townsman yelled 'I see one!' Zeref straightened his back stepping in front of the girl, knowing that the brown dragon was no Acnologia. The small child escaped from behind the man and started to gasp.
The little girl looked in awe as a winged creature started to descend from the sky. The little girl stretched out her hand waving at the dragon. The dragon landed with a loud thud as dust flew outwards. The mighty look of the dragon became prideful as it began to search into the crowd, its bold red eyes stopped at the cheerful little girl. Her black hair is neatly rested on her shoulder. Her aura was bright and the dragon could tell. The sharp mouth of the dragon spoke in mighty roar,
"I choose that little girl with the short black hair and black eyes." The brown dragon said bowing his head towards her. The little girl thought 'This must be Acnologia!' Clearly he was not and she knew it, but the little girl was caught in the moment of the sight of her first dragon.
"I agree, sir!" she jumped up and down as she petted the dragon's head. Zeref froze and stared down at the little girl, his first war machine was not supposed to say yes to Carnis, the dragon of the 5 Senses. Zeref tried to pull the girl back but she already managed to wriggle her way through the crowd.
"Now child come with me and I'll train you to become the best Dragon Slayer." Carnis roared as she climbed her tiny body onto his neck. Carnis was proud of the little girl, he thought that humans were weak, but when he saw how small the girl was and how powerful she felt, he knew something wasn't right with her.
Carnis departed with the little girl on his neck, the wind brushed up against the girl's black hair. At some points she would catch a few bugs in her mouth, but she never felt… Alive. The second dragon descended in front of the town. It was Acnologia. Acnologia was annoyed when he didn't see the girl Zeref promised to have for him. The town was left into shreds, no humans souls were spared except one, Zeref.
The Dragon took the little girl into his dark, damp cave under a beautiful meadow. The trip took a long time, because Carnis had ran into some other dragons on the way. Over time the girl grew tired, and the wind began to calm her. With the girl a sleep on his cold neck, a man appeared from the shadows. The dragon, stopped and waited for the mysterious man to come out of the shade. After the stare off in long silence, Carnis got an irritated itch.
"State your business." Carnis ordered as his voice shook some trees. Surprisingly the little girl was still asleep, her snores rang through the silence between the two. Without noticing black shadows began to crawl into her mouth leaving her paralyzed.
"I'll be taking her back with me." Zeref said stepping out of the shadows. Carnis stared at the man before laughing. Zeref scowled at the brown dragon.
"Now why would I do that?" Carnis chuckled, "This girl has the strength to be taught the 5 senses."
"That girl is not human, she's my machine. Now hand her over or Acnologia will have your head, and your meadow will be dead." Zeref yelled, using the Acnologia card. Of course, Carnis already knew she wasn't human. No human child could be that strong, maybe if she was a bit older, it would be understandable, but the girl is only a few years old.
Carnis didn't care about Acnologia killing him, it was his meadow what got to him. Carnis loved the garden more than the water he needs to survive. The meadow was the only place that didn't get destroyed by the Dragon Civil War. This was the meadow where is loved one died, Herbiva, the dragon of the month May. Herbiva's meadow was the only meadow that would grow Middlemist Red, the rarest flower to bloom. The thought of wilted flowers made him cringe.
"I will not give you the girl, but I'll do anything else as you wish." Carnis glared at Zeref, as Zeref smirked.
"Give me one of her eye, and I want you to teach her a certain type of magic." Zeref said stroking his non-existent beard.
"And that is?" Carnis asked while Zeref gave his answer.
Zeref made his way over to his first creation. Suddenly, he drew up his sleeve and bringing it back down. His fingers made it around her left eye. Using his dark magic, the black eye malted away from her body and into his hands. Zeref tossed the gooey substance up and down. Carnis looked away in disgust. He didn't want to give up the girl, because she was special, he and Zeref knew that, but doing that to a little girl was wrong.
Carnis roared, "You got her eye now leave and never come back!"
Zeref smirked as he place the eye in his robe. Wiping his hands on the silk of the shawl, Zeref replied, "I don't need to come back, time will do its role and she'll find herself bowing before me."
Then and there, black mist rose up from the ground and swallowed Zeref, leaving Carnis left with the little girl. He sighed and placed the girl on the cave's floor, she silently stirred in her sleep. He was glad that she wasn't wake for the time being. Carnis looked around his cave before his eyes landing on clear crystals hanging from the cave's wall. He chipped off a small piece of the rock and used his dragon's fire to shape it into a sphere. Red swirled inside the orb, coloring the crystal in red. Gently as a dragon could, Carnis delicately placed the small orb into the girl's closed eye. She stirred in her sleep, making Carnis' sweat drop.
He knew this is going to be a start of revolution.