It was a couple weeks later and Mother was out at the exam. I was alone again and frequented the clearings in Magnolia to practice on getting stronger. I liked the peace and quiet, but sometimes I felt as though I'm never there. One day, I hope to become stronger and everyone will know me. For now, all I could do was train. A couple of days after Mother went to do the exam, she came home.
"Did you become S-class?" I said. She looked at me with a sad smile.
"Not this time Jules." She said. I smiled at her. I didn't care if she didn't get it, but at least she tried. All I cared that she was home, safe and sound. Well, at least that's just what I thought.
"Julianne. Have you been practicing?" Mother asked. I nodded with enthusiasm. She smiled softly. She started mumbling something I couldn't hear. When she looked back at me, she saw my confused expression and waved it off. "You better get some rest, Jules. I'm taking you to the guild hall tomorrow!"
I smiled and ran off to brush my teeth and get into bed. The next day, my mother took me to the guild hall, but this time, everything seemed tenser and the aura around scared me. We arrived at Fairy Tail and all of Mother's friends swarmed her and asked if she was all right. I went to look for Gray and Erza to ask what was going on.
"Julianne, you didn't know? Your mother ran into-" Erza was cut off by Gray who told her to shut up.
"It's nothing. Your mother is fine, Julianne." Gray said. I found it weird how my two closest friends were keeping secrets from me. The two who understood me the most after Mother. I heard a voice in the crowd calling me out. Mother wanted to see me.
"Julianne, you know how I said that I wanted for you to wait until you were at least twelve to join the guild, right?" She said. I nodded. "Well, I want you to join the guild so if something happens to me, you have a family behind you to help you."
I was shocked. I didn't know what to say or do. I nodded slowly, trusting her. I didn't know why she wanted me to join or why she thought something might happen to her, but I did what she wanted to do. She took me to Master Makarov and asked if I could become a member. He agreed and asked where I would want my guild mark.
"I would like mine on the left side of my chest, please." I said. I wanted mine of my heart. A member stamped the mark on the left side of my chest and it turned out white. I smiled. I was finally a member of Fairy Tail.