Ello, here is my submission for Raijinshu Week 2017, day one Freed "the dark" Justine.
One don't hate on the name of the guild, I couldn't think of a good one XD
Hope you enjoy!
The dark guild Demon Pit was all Freed had ever known. His Father, the master of the guild, was a hard, dangerous man who demanded respect from everyone. His mother was cold and unfeeling, she held no love for her son.
So Freed grew up in the darkness never seeing the light. He grew up in the company of thieves and murderers, not knowing right from wrong. Freed learned that taking another's life was just something that happened, he learned that you did what Father said or you were punished, he learned that sometimes you could be punished simply because Father wanted to and that you shouldn't expect comfort from Mother. Most of all he learned that the strong survive and the weak should not be allowed to continue.
When he was four years old his father deemed him a man and he was made to start learning magic. Every day was spent in the guild library learning dark spell after dark spell. It wasn't long after that it was discovered that his magic was connected with a demon that resided in his eye.
His father was thrilled.
Freed, less so.
While he had long since learned that magic was only a way to bring destruction and death, the thought of using his magic that way didn't sit well with Freed.
When Freed was ten years old, he was ordered to kill a guild member that hadn't proven himself to not be strong enough. He knew way that could kill the man quickly, quietly, painlessly, but that wasn't what his father wanted; he wanted it to be painful, messy, something for his son to prove himself with.
But Freed couldn't bring himself to kill the man.
He was punished that night worse than ever before, and every time after that when he was ordered to kill failed to do so he was punished, each time worse than the last.
When he was fifteenth everything changed.
A mage came to the guild, he was tall and fit, with blond and a serious expression. Freed didn't recognize him, but it was obvious his father did, "Makarov's grandson hmm? Come to pay us a visit?"
Freed could have sworn he heard the blond growl.
"Names Laxus Dreyer of Fairy Tail and I've come to take you down!"
After that the fighting started and Freed was amazed that this mage was able to hold his own against the guild, but soon Laxus started to falter ad the mages of Demon Pit got more and more hits in.
Eventually Freed could only watch helplessly as Laxus was left panting and on his knees and his Father walked casually over to the downed mage and taunted him cruelly, "poor little Dreyer, did you take a job that was too hard for you?"
Even from across the guild Freed could tell his father was smirking.
"Screw you! I'm an S-class mage and I -!"
Freed watched as his father kicked Laxus in the face, something deep inside Freed was telling him to protect Laxus
Protect!
Protect!
Protect!
Without even being aware of it, Freed started making his way forward
"Your weak boy!" his father kicked Laxus in the side "Just like your Grandfather!" kick to the gut.
"Just like Ivan said you were!"
Not even thinking about it Freed threw himself in front of the next kick. Freed could feel years worth of anger well up inside him and the demon demand to be let out, he had just disobeyed his father in the worse way possible, he had nothing left to lose.
When his father started to cast a spell Freed acted.
He let the demon out.
Coming back to himself the first thing Freed noticed was the rubble around him, the guild hall was completely demolished. The second thing he noticed was red, a lot of red. He didn't want to look at the floor or at himself, he didn't want to see what he had done.
"Ya with me kid?
Blinking Freed looked to the side, sitting on a pile of rubble was Laxus
"That sure was something."
Freed didn't answer
"Your pretty strong, Fairy Tail could use more mages like you." Laxus got up and started to walk towards Freed.
"Listen kid, come with me to Fairy Tail. We can figure everything out there."
Freed thought about what Laxus was saying, he'd heard about Fairy Tail before. It was a legal guild, it followed rule, it wasn't anything like he had ever experienced.
But then... where else could he go?
Looking up at the blond Freed spoke "Okay."
Laxus looked slightly shocked by the easy answer, but quickly shrugged it off.
"Okay then Kid. What's your name?"
Scowling Freed answered, "Freed Justine. And I'm not a kid."
Looking around Laxus had to agree, "well Freed. Come on."