Hello, readers and reviewers. Here is the third installment of this story and so please read and review like always. (I do not own anything. I only own Hikari Ryuusaga)

Journey of the Scarred Light
Chapter 2: To Fairy Tail where a New Life is

"Why can't I hit you!" questioned twelve year Hikari. Thirteen year old Maru chuckled at his brother's distress during their seventh sparring match that day. "I mean every time I come close, you outsmart me!" Hikari threw a left hook at his brother's face. The black-haired mage anticipated this attack and ducked under the punch and side-kicked the brunette's stomach. Hikari was launched back a foot or two and abruptly landed on his back. Quickly getting back up, Hikari began an assault on Maru. Anticipating his brother's strikes, Maru continued blocking and dodging all of Hikari's attacks. This simple rhythm began to bore the older twin and decided to end the training.

"Animal Possession: Wolf!" Maru was enveloped in a pale gold light and emerged as a huge black wolf. Maru's wolf form pounced onto his brother, snarling ferociously in Hikari's face.

"Okay! Okay! I give!" Hikari raised his arms in defense as his older twin backed off and returned to normal. "I'll never be as strong as you… Unless of course, I train like crazy!" beamed Hikari before his twin began silently laughing. "Hey! Stop laughing at me! At least I'm trying!"

"I'm laughing at your enthusiasm, not you personally. Listen, getting stronger isn't always about doing a ton of training. Sometimes, you need to train your heart to become great," smiled Maru as he ruffled Hikari's hair. "You might not understand it now, but you will later on. Come on, let's head back. I'll race ya."

"You're on, Maru! Three. Two. One. GO!" The two brothers sprinted towards the guild in breakneck speeds. Despite what had happened two years ago, the twins still lived life to the fullest. They knew as long as they had each other by the other's side, they could get through anything. They were brothers, both by heart and blood.

"Sir, you need to get up. The train's about leave," said a deep voice, probably a man's. Hikari awoke from his deep sleep and stretched. He had fallen asleep and slept through all of the stops. It was not surprising considering what had happened only a few hours ago. The fact that he had slept for over five hours straight without waking once puzzled the Dragon Slayer. "I guess I was more exhausted than I thought."

"Where am I exactly? I know I was told where this train was stopping at but I was too tired to remember," replied Hikari as he grabbed his bag and slung it over his shoulder.

"You're in Magnolia. The last stop on this train before it starts heading back to the mountains," answered the employee nonchalantly. Hikari looked out the window to see the station the train had stopped in. It was much larger than the recent stations he's been to. "This is really none of my business but why are you dressed like that? I don't see many people dressed the way you are," asked the man, pointing to Hikari's clothes. Hikari wore a gray short-sleeved jacket that was zipped up, matching fingerless gloves, dark blue pants, and black boots. If one looked close enough, Hikari had two silver chains attached to his pants and two charms can be seen attached to them. A white dog charm and the kanji for soul as charms.

"I'm not from this part of the continent. I'm just a wanderer right now." Hikari glanced out the window, excited to explore a new town and search for Fairy Tail. "Thanks for waking me up, though!" shouted the light mage as he jumped out the window and began weaving through the crowds. One thing kept nagging the back of his mind even though Hikari kept pushing the thought back. "That was the first time I dreamt of a happy memory in four months or so."Once he reached outside the station, the light mage climbed up a lamp post and marveled at the busy streets. The citizens appeared that they were putting booths together and hanging decorations. "I guess they're getting ready for some festival," guessed Hikari, scanning the streets for any clear passage way. Before the young Dragon Slayer could find a clearing, he was abruptly pushed off by something particularly hard. He turned around and saw a wooden barrel thing chuckle at him before flying off into a different direction. Frustrated, Hikari chased the little toy before running into someone in the crowded streets. The man wore a strange looking helmet; his clothes looked like they belonged to a king's jester, and had his tongue sticking out.

"What's the big idea, kid? Chasing my precious baby like that," asked the weird man teasingly.

"It's your fault! That thing pushed me!" Hikari retaliated. He did not care who he was, but Hikari really wanted to give the puppet master a piece of his mind.

"YOU'RE calling MY baby a thing! I'll kill-"

"We don't have time for this, Bixlow. Come on," replied a green-haired man as he walked up to "Bixlow". The green-haired man wore a red robe and boots and had dark colored eyes. He stared at Hikari, but to the light wizard, himself, felt like he was being glared at.

"Got lucky this time, kid." After one last look, Bixlow followed his companion and left. Hikari did not want to believe it but... "They're from Fairy Tail..." The young wanderer had spotted a black stamp on the puppet master's tongue (which he thought was very disturbing) during their "polite" conversation.

As Hikari stood back up, he decided to see if there was guild in Magnolia, especially Fairy Tail. Although, after meeting the two mages (he was able to sense their magic energy), Hikari had a hunch that Fairy Tail was in fact here. Using the boxes and the ladders nearby, Hikari was able to get himself on top one of the buildings' roofs. After circling the roof for a minute, he spotted a guild near on ledge near the waterside. "That HAS to be it! Fairy Tail here I come!" Hikari yelled as he began climbing down the building. After he reached the bottom, the Dragon Slayer raced towards the guild, dodging the townspeople and the festival equipment. "Finally, after months and months of searching, I found Fairy Tail!" As Hikari came closer and closer to the guild, his excitement became harder to control and felt like it was going to pop like a balloon. When he finally arrived at the front gates, the Light Dragon Slayer could not help but be amazed by the guild's appearance. Despite its magnificent appeal on the outside, a huge amount of ruckus was emanating from the inside. "I wonder what's going on…" Hikari began to edge closer and closer to the guild's doors, curiosity forcing him to move. Not wanting to wait any longer, Hikari did the most idiotic thing one would do during the everyday chaos of Fairy Tail. He "accidentally" slammed the doors and all eyes casted on him.

"Who's the kid?" "Why's he here?" "Maybe he came to join!" Just as quickly the fighting had stopped; it rapidly started up again when a pink-haired teen threw a chair at a raven-haired mage. As the brawls echoed through the hall, Hikari just stood there, trying to figure out if he should be confused, stupefied, or amazed at the simplicity during an all-out fight. "If you want to survive, you should hurry up and come over here!" Hikari spun to his right to see a blonde mage with a very large chest, ushering him over to the bar. "You're lucky they were in the middle of a fight or else you would have been pulled into that. By the way, my name's Lucy." Lucy had chocolate brown eyes and appeared to be in her late teens. Across from her were two other girls. One had white hair and was cleaning a glass, and the other was a blue haired girl reading a book. "Oh! This is Mira-san and Levy-chan!" Mira, the white-haired teen, waved sweetly at Hikari and Levy, the blue-haired one, raised her head from her book and waved as well. "So why did you come to Fairy Tail… uhhh…"

"Sorry. My name is Hikari. It's nice to meet you, Lucy-san. Mira-san. Levy-san." Lucy was a little astonished when the young teen had addressed her by "-san". Apparently he had better manners than she thought. "I need to talk to Master Makarov-"

"There is no need to, Hikari. Yakumo told me about your arrival. Follow me," requested Makarov, a short old man who was bald on top of his head. Hikari nodded and followed Fairy Tail's master into his office. He was nervous. What if he was not accepted? What would he do then? Fairy Tail was his only option left as home. He had to join Fairy Tail.

He had to join no matter what.

I think this chapter turned out a bit better but what do you reviewers think though? I think I might have made the FT cast OOC but I promise if I am, I'll get better. Again, updates will be slow but what can you do? School is a major pain but at least I can think of ideas for my stories while at school. Yes, OCs are still being accepted. If you are reading this for the first time, please refer to the first official chapter for the OC form and rules. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. See ya later.

-LunarBlaze