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Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail at all (I wish I did though) and all rights go to Hiro Mashima and his publishers.
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There are very few things that Lucy hates, and one of them is a thunderstorm.
She ran through the twisted streets of Magnolia, exhausted. Her father would never look for her there. However, Lucy felt something she almost always felt: loneliness. Here she was in an unfamiliar city, with nobody giving a care in the world about a little girl wandering alone on a rainy day. She whined, cried and pulled at people's shirts, but nobody gave her any concern.
Lucy stopped and looked around. She found a fountain in the middle of a plaza and pushed through the crowd of pedestrians to get there. She made sure nobody on the streets was watching her and instinctively, she reached for a certain golden key. Lucy climbed atop the cement towards the water. She hesitated after seeing the filth that poured out of the fountain. She crinkled her nose at the brown, churning water, oozing through the mermaid statue in the middle of the fountain. "She will be very angry. But no one is around. I'm so lonely."
Her friend indeed would get angry, but she's always angry. Walking towards the fountains, she scoped the cobblestone paths once more before pulling out the key and touching the water with it. She muttered something under her breath while twisting the key. A golden magic circle appeared and radiated the plaza as a mermaid appeared from the splitting water around the key.
The mermaid looked infuriated and glared at Lucy, "What do you want now you little brat? I told you to stop summoning me from your-" she stopped seeing as this was not the Heartfilia Estate.
"Don't go! You're the only friend I have, Aquarius" she tugged at the mermaid's hand. All of Lucy's worries were flushed out by the presence of her 'friend'.
"I'm so gonna kill you, you little brat!" Lucy smiled at Aquarius's threat. Aquarius looked around at the unfamiliar architecture, and the mermaid next to her spouting brown water. "Where are we and why aren't we at the estate?"
Lucy looked down from the infuriated spirit's gaze and twiddled her thumbs. "I ran away," she mumbled.
"You idiot little girl. Why would you do something like that?" the mermaid inquired, quite annoyed and still grossed out at the area she was summoned in.
"Because…. Papa isn't happy when I'm around. He's always angry." She admitted dejectedly. Of course she was right though. Ever since her mother disappeared, her father seemed more tense and unforgiving. She thought he would be happier if she left. That way she could go on a magical adventure. At least that is what she thought while she stowed away on the train. She didn't know that when she got out of the train, it would be raining buckets, and no passing boarding members would pay attention to her as she asked for help.
"I'm hungry Aquarius. What do I do?" Lucy whimpered, clenching her stomach. She could feel whatever magic she had draining quickly from her body. She wouldn't be able to keep Aquarius in that fountain for much longer.
Aquarius sighed and did a forceful face palm, "You're ridiculous. Come on, let's go back--"
"Hey"
Lucy froze at the new voice and quickly jerked her head, heart jumping as she almost slipped on the muddy water behind her. Before Lucy turned around however, Aquarius's gate closed, and Lucy was out of magic power. "No…don't leave me, Aquarius," Lucy thought.
A boy and a girl, around her age, stood in front of her. One was smiling. The girl was frowning, twirling her blue umbrella in a pouty way. "H-Hi," Lucy muttered back, climbing off the fountain and onto the ground. She did so cautiously, without turning her back at the two in front of her.
"You're a wizard," the boy stated.
The girl seconded, "Juvia thinks that too."
Lucy clung her keys closer to her chest. The boy had a strange marking on his right eye. Lucy thought it was a guild tattoo. "Are these wizards too? What if they want to steal my keys?" Lucy thought. There was no way she was going to let them steal her keys. They were the last thing Lucy had of her mother. If they were to take these from her…she would rather die.
The boy took a step forward and Lucy tensed, her hands clenching, ready to punch and run. But instead, he tilted his head and looked at the keys with a curious gaze, "What kind of magic is that?" he asked.
Lucy blinked a couple times. Still cautious, she stated, "Celestial Spirit Magic."
"Cool! I never saw that before!" If possible, the smile seemed to brighten up. He tossed his soaking blue hair out his face, "Don't you think it's cool, Juvia?"
"Juvia is not in a good mood," the girl said, turning away from them and twirling her umbrella in a fit.
The boy chuckled, scratching the back of his head. "Hahha…are you still mad Mirajane broke your favorite umbrella? She said she was sorry." The boy then turned back to Lucy, "What are you doing in this weather? Are you going somewhere?"
"I…" Lucy couldn't answer the question. She didn't really have a plan beyond running and boarding the train.
The boy continued, "Why are you alone? Are you lost? Where is your family?"
"I-I don't have a family, "Lucy admitted dejectedly.
The girl with the umbrella stiffened. She looked up and with a serious gaze, "Then join ours."
"Huh?" Lucy perked up. Join their family? They barely knew her. The girl's eyes held nothing but sympathy and understanding, the first Lucy witnessed since she arrived.
"Join our family," the boy repeated with a wider smile than before, "Fairy Tail."
"Fairy Tail…?" Lucy whispered. The name left a familiar taste on her tongue. Had she read it somewhere before?
The girl nodded, blue eyes twinkling, "Our guild."
They each held out a hand, smiling and encouraging.
"Everyone is family in Fairy Tail. Why don't you come and see?"
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Little Lucy walked into the Fairy Tail guild hall with her friend Juvia. It has been a month since she has joined the fairy tail guild. She still remembers how she got her guild mark. Looking at the pink mark on her right hand, she reminisced about the very day.
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"This is the Fairy Tail guild hall," Juvia said. "Here is where we get job requests and hang out with other wizards." Lucy was worried that she, Juvia, and the boy, whom she learned is named Jellal, were the only children in the guild hall. She was proven wrong when a certain brunette came running towards the trio.
"Jellal," the girl asked, "who is this?" she looked at Jellal awaiting the answer. The girl really hoped Lucy was a wizard joining the guild.
"My name is Lucy," Lucy muttered. She looked down at the ground, but still held out a hand. "I like your dress." The brunette seemed perplexed. She just threw on whatever she wanted this morning. Apparently her orange textile dress was the right choice.
"Thanks a lot Lucy. My name is Cana." Cana held out a hand, "Fairy Tail is really awesome, you'll love it." Then another person came towards the conversation. It seemed to be an old man. Lucy thought the man looked silly, for he was wearing a jester hat.
"Who is this? Another whippersnapper that wants to join the guild?" the man's serious leer freaked out Lucy. She quickly hid behind Jellal, but the man instead made the widest grin. Lucy's insecurities vanished at the welcoming presence of the old man.
Cana turned to the man, "Master, this is Lucy." The man examined Lucy and came to a decision. He motioned to her to come into the guild hall. Lucy followed the man, and Jellal, Juvia, and Cana curiously followed behind. They walked through the crowd of wizards who stopped to look at the new recruit. The master jumped on top of a counter and grabbed an object.
"Lucy, this is a guild mark stamp. Once you receive the mark, there is no going back, understand?" Lucy nodded in understanding. "Okay, where would you like it, and in what color?"
Lucy didn't really think about how she wanted the guild mark placed. All she knew is that she wanted it on a location that everyone can see. She wanted people to know that her new family is Fairy Tail. "Can I have it on my hand?" she held up her right hand. "And can it be pink?" The master seemed pleased at the girl's decision and stamped the mark on her hand. Lucy stared in awe at the new mark, "I'm a member of Fairy Tail!" She jumped up and down to no end, "I love my new family!"
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Lucy smiled at the reminiscent. In the month she has been in Fairy Tail, she had already made friends. Juvia and Jellal introduced her to several other members who were her age. There was the raven haired Gray Fullbuster, whom she thought was a nice boy…..untill she found out about his stripping habbits. There was also Mirajane Stauss, who seriously scared the hell of of Lucy whenever she came near her with her black leather two peice and white ponytail. Let's just say Mira's boots have come in contact with Gray's face many times. Then there were Mira's younger siblings, Elfman and Lisanna. Lucy doesn't know a lot about Elfman, but not long after Lucy and Lisanna met, they became the best of friends. Lisanna's sweet personality can make anyone in the guild hall smile.
There was one person who scared Lucy the most out of everyone in Fairy Tail, and that is the mighty Titania herself, Erza Scarlet. The red haired knight could make even the bravest of adult mages tremble in fear. A lot of the time, she stops Gray and Elfman from fighting, but she doesn't realize how hypicrytical she can be. She and Mirajane have the biggest rivalry in the guild, and it takes the combined efforts of Jellal and Cana together to keep them from cutting each other's throats, even for just a short while.
Lucy and Juvia walked up to the counter where they sat on one of the dusty stools. "One strawberry milkshake, please," Lucy asked the bartender. The woman, unfased by the children, got started right away and made the pink beverage.
"That will be fifty jewel," the bartender said. Lucy gave the woman the money and got up from the counter. Juvia followed suit and the pair walked to the farside of the room to the table Jellal and Grey were sitting at.
"Hey, Lucy, Juvia," Jellal greeted them. The two girls sat down, and began conversing with Jellal. Gray tried to pitch in too, untill he found out his shirt and pants were missing. The three were talking about their magic, when Erza and Mirajane knocked over a table and sent it flying.
"Armored brat!" Mira taunted.
"Goth freak!" Erza sent back with equal ferocity. The pair gained attention as the guild wizards started surrounding the two. They formed a circle and began betting on who would win. Cheers erupted from the crowd, and chants could be heard.
Lucy had gotten used to the maniacle behavior of the guild. Despite the crazyness, Lucy still loved Fairy Tail. She was about to say something to Gray about his clothes, but Gray was sent flying, thanks to Mira, after being hit in the face with a wooden stool. She sighed at Gray's poor fortune. She and Juvia were not interested on being hit with trajectory chairs, so they fled to behind the counter.
The counter was the "safe space" Lucy usually goes to when fights break out. She usually finds Cana there reading her cards and trying to see a prediction. "Anything new today, Cana?" Lucy asked.
Cana puffed her cheeks at her misfortune to get any readings. She squinted at one of the cards and decided she found something. "You will have a fatefull encounter, today." Cana replied.
Lucy sat down next to Cana and crossed her legs. Juvia sat on Cana's opposite side and looked on at Cana's cards. Lucy huffed, "You say the same fortune all the time."
Juvia spoke up, "Juvia thinks so too." She folded her umbrella, which was pink, instead of her blue one, and she placed it with care at her side.
"No, this time I'm certain. You will definitely meet someone very important today." Cana tried to prove hersself. Lucy wasn't so sure though. "I finally figured out the part that was missing. This definitely says what I told you." Cana hoped the others would believe her. She had a reputation of false fortunes, and she wanted to fix that reputation.
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Meanwhile, Mirajane and Erza were still going at it. The two were trading blows and pulling hair. Once they gave mercy at pulling each other's hair, they resulted in hand to hand combat. Erza threw a nasty punch, making Mira flinch and get pushed back. The people betting on Erza started cheering, untill Mira recovered and kicked Erza in the sromach. The two knocked each other back to opposite sides of the circle. Mira sneered, while Erza growled.
"I had hoped it wouldn't have to come to this, Erza, but you give me no choice." Mira started glowing a purplish-black color and then completely transformed. The once white haired child turned into a monster. Her hair completely stuck up in the air, while a black vein trailed from her forhead, across her right eye and down to the bottom of her cheek, like a crack in her face. Her eyes were encased in black and it appeared that she was wearing black lipstick. A pink ribbon was tied around her neck and her forearms and hands acquired green scales, fin like portrusions, and gauntlets. She grew a burly metal scaled tail and adurned a suit that revealed her arms and legs, exposing her stomach and upper back. She had high heelee boots that reached her thighs, decorated with motifs at the top resembling black blades. This was her Satan Soul Takover Magic. A fearsome ability that allows Mirajane to tansform and aquire the power of demons.
Erza saw this transformation and smirked, "I guess it's time to step it up a bit," she remarked. Erza herself started to glow, but she glowed white. In an instant, her whole attire changed into a different armor. Almost every part of the armor was seemingly made of silver metal. The upper part of the armor only consisted of a small breastplate that was composed of feather-shaped plates pointing upwards with a large metal flower on the front which extended along her hips. Her biceps were covered by metal straps and her very large plated gauntlets sported feather-shaped plates at the edges.
Erza's waist was circled by large, decorated plates reminiscent of feathers that lied on a long skirt. She wore a pair of plated boots which was partially hidden under her skirt, each sporting metal ornaments shaped like wings.Erza also adorned a neck guard made of feather-like plates and a tiara with prominent metal wings.The armor also sported two pairs of large metal wings which adorn Erza's back, composed of metal feathers which get longer and larger at the edges. "Requip:Heaven's Wheel!" Erza announced as her now unbraaided hair fell down after the glowing. Requip magic was a common magic that allows wizards to summon weapons they store in a pocket dimention. However, Erza's requip was on a whole new level. Erza can not only summon weapons, but full armors as well, that can give her abilities, enhancements, and allow her to use other magics. Erza is the only requip mage on the continent capable of this magic.
Things were starting to get serious after the two girls transformed. The temperature dropped and the once cheerful crowed began to panic. "They're gonna destroy tbe guild hall!" one member shouted.
"Guild hall? More like the whole damn city," another backfired. The crowed began dispersing from the fight, even though the girls were not moving at all.
Lucy, Cana, and Juvia heard the sudden noise drop and decided to peek over the counter. When they saw what the two rivals were up to, they decided fleeing was the best option for them. Once they had their things they attempted to sneak to the guild hall entrance.
Erza decided to requip a simple katana and Mira began to gather up dark energy in her claws. Each put one foot forward and prepared to launch.
Before the girls could go at it, a certain yell from outside the guild hall stopped the girls in their tracks. In the distance, a figure could be made out. It appeared to be a tall, lean man. The man had white hair that was just as wild as Gray's hair. He sported a striped black tuxedo and a black tie. On his face was a pair of white glasses, and behind them, gray eyes.
In the mans arms was and unconsious child, the same age of Erza, Mirajane, and Jellal. He had bright red hair and an eyepatch over his left eye. The boy wore ratty and ripped clothes, and chains were cuffed to his hands and legs, appearing to be cut. The poor boy looked beaten and bruised, and close to the end.
The man who carried the boy cried out, "Help! My master needs help!" The man ran into the guild and searched around franctically. "Where is the master of this guild? Do you have an infirmary?" the man questioned, worry clearly in his voice.
Master Makarov all of a sudden apparead at the top of the stairs. Seeing the situation he made a decision. "Erza, take the boy to the infirmary and try to help recover." Erza nodded and she and Mira carried the boy to the infirmary. The white haired man seemed worried about being separated from the boy but the master reassured him, "The boy will be fine. Please come to my office." The master motioned for the man to come upstairs and hesitantly he did.
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Erza sat next to the boy on a wooden stool in the infirmary. After making sure the boy was okay on the bed, she felt his forehead for a fever. She found it was extremely high so decided to get a bowl of water and a towel. As she was filling uo the bowl in the corner of the room, she her the boy shift a little in the bed. She turned only to see the red haired boy still asleep. Erza wondered a bit, "His hair looks a lot like mine. That's kinda cool."
Erza dipped the towel in the water, and was about to drain it when she heard the boy say something. "No, Sho didn't do it, it was me," the boy mumbled in his sleep. Erza stiffened at the name the red haired boy mentioned. She tried her best to shrug it off, but the boy said something else, "Leave Erza alone!"
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"Who are you exactly?" Master Makarov asked the man in the tuxedo. The two were now in Makarov's office in the second floor. They sat in comfy chairs on opposite sided af a large desk, piled to the brim with complaint forms from the Magic Council, the government for mages in Fiore.
"My name is Libros. I serve one an only one person, and that was the boy you met earlier. I'm not exactly human, or from this world, but I--"
"Hold on, what do you mean not from this world?" the Master asked.
"I was getting to that. I'm what you call an Octuran. Octurans are spirits, just like celestial spirits, but we are not based on constellations. We are more like elemental spirits. I, myself am the only mind spirit Octuran. We are summoned by keys, like celestials, but mages don't aquire us like silver or gold keys. In order for an Octuran mage to get a spirit, they must find a blank key, and find something that has the remnants of a spirit's essence to turn the key into an Avatar, which his a white key that can summon Octurans."
Makarov seemed to be soaking in this new information. It seemed That there was another type of summoning magic, but Libros was not finished explaining just yet. "Octuran magic has another ability: Avatar Dress." Makarov was intrigued by this new information. "It allows the user to completely take on the abilities of the octuran that has been summoned. Celestial Magic has a similar ability called Star Dress."
The Master was taking in all of this new information when Libros said something else, "Please do not tell anyone what I just told you. Xander will share his magic eith the guild himself. As for Avatar and Star dress, I want nothing said. Not even Xander can know untill he's ready."
"Xander?" The Master asked.
"The boy I carried was Xander, my owner." Seeing that this was the mind spirit, Master Makarov trusted his judgement.
"Octuran magic seems like a very capable magic. The name Xander may be famous one day." the master said.
"You're right. The name Xander shall be one to remember. Xander Scarlet."
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Erza was taken aback by what the boy said. She was starting to peice things together. The boy said the name of her friend, and then hers. He had the same hair as Erza, and looked a lot like her. There were no more doubts in her mind. "Xander!" she cried. "I though they took you out for good. That must've been the man you summoned at the tower that I saw earlier." I single tear began to fall down her left eye.
She held Xander and rocked back and forth, "I though you were gone. I thought you were gone." Erza rocked back and forth with Xander still in her arms. Little did she know that the rocking caused Xander to stir.instead of waking up, though, he began to squirm in Erza's arms. Erza layed him on the pillow and watched the boy with sympathy. He began squirming more, and eventually ended up thrusting his limbs around. A single tear ran down Xander's cheek from his non patched eye. Erza grew worried, and anxiously tried to think of some way to help. She saw Xander began to make sounds of pain, and she had no idea what to do. She ran to the door of the infirmary, tears falling down, and cried out, "Someone, please help!"
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Master Makarov and Libros got up from their seats.The master was showing the spirit out the door, when they heard a shout from bellow. "Someone, please help!" the two heard a voice. They recognised it to be Erza's, and Libros bolted down the stairs to the infirmary.
Libros saw the state Xander was in and he immediately rushed to his side. He lifted Xander into his arms and turned to the master who just walked in. "Do you know and medically trained personell?" Libros asked. The master nodded and motioned for the spirit to follow him.
The master exited the guild hall. Libros with Xandef was right behind, and Erza trailed the group down the streets of Magnolia. Little did they know, a certained blue haired mage was following them. The group reached the outskirts of the town and ventured into the forest. The master drifted to the path in the forest through winding trees. The twisting oaks and pines provided much cover for the blue haired spy.
The group reached a little cottage that was in a tree. Makarov knocked on the door to no response. He knocked harder this time and a woman opened up the door. The woman seemed just as old as Makarov. She had pink hair in a high bun, with two strands of hair falling on either side of her hair. She wore lond red robes, with a vampire coat collar, with two miniature claw-like portrustions stuck up at the edges.
The woman wore a grim expression, filled with annoyance and disgust. "What do you want?"" she spat at Makarov.
Makarov seemed unfased by the woman's rotten behavior. "Porliusica, (I think I spelled it right) I have a simular case to the girl you took care of last time. This time only worse, and he is in desperate need of help." Porliusica glanced at the boy in Libros's arms and motioned to bring him in. After Libros and Xander were inside, Master Makarov tried to walk in but Porliusica stopped him, "The boy and the spirit only." Makarov seemed a little upset, but he realized that it was for the best that Porliusica had more room to work, as well as the boy's privacy. Makarov stayed outside with Erza and unkowingly with Jellal who was in the bushes nearby.
Meanwhile, inside, Porliusica was rummaging through her cabinets, looking for ingredients presumably for a potion. Libros, who was sitting next to the bed he placed Xander on, suddenly spoke up, "Excuse me ma'am, but how did you know I was spirit?"
"Finally, a being with proper manners," she responded. "I just read your aura of course," she said in an 'ah-duh' kind of way. Libros was still confused about the answer he got and pondered a bit about other things. He was broken out of a trance when Poliusica spoke up again, "Spirit, this it a recovery potion I made according to my diagnosis. However, restoring his eye will take quite a long time. Three days at least."
Libros pondered on this new information when he had an idea. "I think I can help with that. Can you grab the keyring from Xander's belt." Porliusica did as asked and gave him a key ring with very few keys on it. Libros took one of the white keys, with a hint of black and yellow in it. He held it up, "Oh wonderous gate, I summon thee. Open gate of the light spirit, Lux!" Libros called. All of a sudden a man apoeared out of a white flash.
The man was average hight, with blond hair, with black hightlights. He adorned a dual color botdysuit that was so tight, abs could be seen throught them. The body suit was one sided gold, the other pitch black with stars. Over it was tight pants, that had the same design as the bodysuit. He had a shiny gold shoe on the black clothing side, and a black conver on the other. His eyes matched his shoes, as one was gold, and one was black, each on the opposite sides of the clothing.
The man appeared in aa bowing position only to see where he was. He saw Libros, and confused he asked, "Did you summon me here?" Libros only nodded and pointed towards Xander in his unconsious state, still squirming a bit in signs of pain. The mind spirit almost forgot, and then gave Xander the potion Porliusica made. Then Lux saw what happened to Xander's eye. He gasped and turned to Libros, "What happened?"
"Long story, but I thought you could help restore it." Lux knew what to do, and he closed his palm. It glowed and when he opened it, a fake glass eye appeared.
"I couldv'e done that myself," Porliusica commented.
Lux only shook his head. "This isn't a normal glass eye. It's an Octuran eye. It not only helps Xander see again, but it gives him enhanced eyesight. The only downside, is that the octuran eye pupil is gold, which won't match his other eye." Lux lifted Xander's eyepatch, and placed the eye in his socket with presision. He cast a spell to allow the eye to work, closed the eyelid and continued, "It is still not a real eye, so he may be immune to eye related spells."
Porliusica was impressed for a change, and was about to say something, but was interupted by a moaning Xander. "I suggest you take the poor boy back to the Fairy Tail infirmary untill he feels better." The two spirits nodded and Lux dissapeared in a flash of light, leaving Libros to carry Xander. He gave Porliusica his deepest thanks and left her hut with Xander.
Erza rushed to the side of her brother and checked to see if he was alright. Libros then had a curious thought, "Erza, how old are you?"
Erza laughed and replied, "Xander and I are twins." Libros seemed intrigued by the answer, then told the group what Porliusica told him. They nodded and began their tread back to the guild hall.
Hiding near them, Jellal was thinking, whilst a tear fell down his face, 'So Xander did survive after all.' Jellal had so much joy of seeing his old friend that he didn't notice the group with Libros were already out of sight.
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"Make way!" Libros called out, as he tried to wiggle through the crowd of curious guild wizards. With Xander still in his arms, Libros walked into the infirmarh and placed Xander on one of the beds. Onece he thought Xander was comfortable, Erza walked in.
Erza walked in, and expresion of plea. Libros understood and began to disapate, "I'll give you two some privacy," he said before flashing away. Erza was glad to be alone with her twin. She sat near her brother, and rested her head on Xander's sleeping form. She smiled a grin, a thought came to mind, 'Nice to have you back little bro.' She began closing her eyes and fell asleep.
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Whoah readers, chapter one is complete. The next chapter will be set the same year as the origianal FT timeline. Thankyou guys so much for reading. I would apreciate so much if I could get some reviews for the first chapter. If you hve any questions, requests, ideas, or reviews, please feel free to PM me. I will try to update as much as possible, but deadlines aren't my specialty. Once again, thanks so much, and I hope to see you guys next chapter.