Twenty years later

If one were to travel to Oak town, you'd probably have to be out of your mind. There was nothing really special about the poor town.

But, there were the rumors of the beasts terrorizing the citizens. Even the young ones know about the monsters. Some stories told of a leviathan drowning its victims if they got too close to the waterfront*, with the last thing that victims would see would be a mass of blue obscuring their vision. Others told of a terrifying forest creature with razor sharp teeth that would hunt for prey at night, then drag their catch into the depths of the forest. Not to mention the countless other unseen terrors as you go deeper into the forest domain. And of course, parents told children not to stray away from the village; else the forest witch would kidnap them and do who knows what.

Then again, these were just rumors. But the forest witch one, that one isn't.

On the outskirts of town, near the mouth of the dark forest, was a small house. The owner of the house was a unique human being. She was a young woman but could be mistaken for a little child because of her body. She was extremely short. It didn't help that she wasn't as…developed as women her age should be in certain areas. Her sky-kissed tresses stopped just around her shoulders. Though she usually tamed her locks with an array of headbands and bandanas. Her creamy, fair complexion went perfectly with her large, doe-like hazel eyes. Add in the dresses that she wore and Levy McGarden was the cutest thing you'd ever see—but that's not all.

Aside from being adorable, Levy was extremely intelligent. In her spare time, she'd read any book she could get her hands on. Her house was filled with different books and tomes, all ranging in a vast variety of languages. Of course, since she had as much free time as the growing number of books in her collection, she had the time to decipher multiple languages. But naturally, a woman with her ability would obviously be an avid reader. You see, Levy was born with a special trait—she could materialize any word that she wrote out with her quill pen. But little Levy figured this out herself when she was younger.

She had been abandoned at birth, left to be eaten by the beasts of the forest. In secret, the doctor, taking pity on her, had been taking care of the baby until she was old enough to take care of herself. He named her himself, considering the mother didn't even bother to. For inspiration, he thought of the sea when looking at her blue hair. He thought it would be ironic to name her after the enormous leviathan considering she was such a tiny baby. So, he decided to shorten it to Levy—it sounded much cuter in his opinion. Her last name, McGarden, was the name of a flower selling business he had passed by once.

As Levy grew up, the Doctor had taught her many things. He taught her how to find food and cook, how to keep the small house he built for her clean, and how to sew amongst other things. He had also taught her how to read and write. Each day they would practice writing out the alphabet and learning the sounds that each letter made. Then at night, the Doctor would read to Levy. One day, when Levy was practicing how to spell the word water on her paper, suddenly the word formed a little puddle. When the Doctor witnessed this, he knew she was ready to fend for herself. So, after that day, he left her with a paper with her birth information on it, a few gold coins and a book.

Then, Levy was all alone again.

Anyway, she had become a bookworm over the years, disguising herself to get into village and buy more books for her collection. Of course, she had to disguise herself, else the villagers would see her blue hair and recognize her as the "forest witch" and attempt to kill her.

So Levy lived her life in the small house, spending her days reading day in and out. It was a lonely, quiet life that she had, but she was fine with it. But little did she know, that would all change.

So first off, i want to apologize early on. I'm probably going to be one of those people who don't update for like MONTHS and then update with only one chapter and leave you hanging, so yeah. Second, I know I promised there would be more character talking-ish sorta, but I decided to leave you waiting for that MOOHOOHEEHEEHAHA (i like that evil laugh, it would sound funny in real life).

And third, please rate, review (and fav and follow too, i guess?). It would make me barf out rainbows and butterflies. Which is a good thing. (Figuratively of course, otherwise you need serious help if that actually happens.)

:3 this is Ri-san saying, bye-bye!