Snow Fairy

Prologue

"Fairy, where are you going? I'll gather all the light, and shine it on your tomorrow..." she trailed off, black hair blowing in the spring breeze, angelic voice fading. She turned around as she heard someone clapping.

"Great job!" a boy with rose-colored hair and dark eyes, Natsu, exclaimed.

'You're so good at singing Reah-chan!" a girl with short white hair and blue eyes cheered. A five year old Reah smiled at her two best friends.

"Arigato (thank you)," a large smile went across her pale face. She ran up to Natsu and poked him in the stomach. The boy looked at her in confusion. "Tag you're it!" she yelled as she quickly ran away. The girl with white hair, Lisanna, backed away slowly.

"HEY! Unfair Reah!" Natsu fumed in irritation and playfulness. Natsu spun around looking at Lisanna. "You better start running." He smirked. Lisanna ran towards Reah and the two girls fled together from who was "it".

"JUST TRY TO CATCH US!" Reah and Lisanna shouted. Reah couldn't help but smile. "Everything is perfect." She thought.

"I thought we would be together forever, but I guess I was wrong"

"Natsu, give me back my ice cream!" a thirteen year old Reah yelled.

"NEVER!" Natsu replied in his loud voice while laughing. Unfortunately, he failed to notice that he was about to run straight into Lisanna.

'CRASH!' as the two collided. Natsu lay on top of the white haired girl, both breathing heavily and staring in each other's eyes, the ice cream falling to the ground.

"Natsu..." Reah trailed off, mouth clamping shut, as she took in the sight before her. Her violet eyes widened in shock and hurt. She quickly spun around heart plummeting just like the ice cream he dropped. She expected to feel tears even a slight burning in her eyes, but surprisingly she didn't. It seemed her world stopped leaving a hollow, empty shell of a body. Natsu quickly shot up from their scandalous position, a dazed look in his eyes.

"Gomen (sorry) Reah, I dropped the ice cream." He said softly, waiting for her to blow up at him. Reah shook her head.

Daijobu (its okay). I'll just buy another piece, don't worry about it." She stated, her voice unwavering. She walked away as Natsu moved to help Lisanna up. Once the two were out of sight she began to run, unaware of the strange looks from people she doesn't know.

"Ah-ah-ah!" she sobbed, her tears flowing freely as she sat on the damp green grass. She continued wailing until her tears went down to a soft whimper. Her eyes, red and puffy from crying, looked up to the glowing disk in the sky as she calmed down. Reah closed her eyes as she thought about happy things. A small smile went across her face. She thought of sea-salt ice cream, crab, swings, grass, trees, and other things that soothed her, but her thoughts quickly went to Natsu. She thought of his dark eyes, rose-colored hair, and of course the huge grin that seemed to always adorn his face. She snapped open her eyes and looked down as she yanked out pieces of grass in frustration, the damp wetness doing little to calm her nerves.

"Wait a minute, hold on I can't love Natsu no matter how much I want to! It's too late. Just look at him, he always smiles just a bit brighter for her." She looked up towards the moon a sad smile on her face. "I guess we could have been together, if I had acted sooner. I'm just like the moon now. Sad and lonely." Reah imagined herself being with Natsu. Him pulling her body against his strong chest in a never ending embrace. Then she thought of Lisanna with her shoulder length white hair and deep blue eyes. Reah sighed at the thought.

"I'm so plain compared to Lisanna. He will never be mine. Natsu and Lisanna together is reality, not me." Reah cleared her throat and began to sing.

"Fairy, where are you going? I'll gather all the light and shine it on your tomorrow. Can you hear my voice? It grows hoarse from yelling. Until it reaches your heart..."

"I've never felt so alone, is it over yet, Natsu..."