It's time to introduce you to one of my favorite OC's. She's daring, scary and a total bad-a** (excuse my language) in this chapter, it goes into a little bit of information about Ruby Fernandes- Scarlet. The Red Swords Woman. Ruby uses Re-equip like her mother Erza, she is the only child of Erza and Jellal. For more information, either check my profile or the bottom of the page. Many thanks!

Disclaimer: I do not own any fairytail characters, other than my own.

~ Keri-Jen

RUBY

Ryu's body crunched as he landed to the floor with Ruby standing over him. Her sword dangled above him, her brown eyes piercing into his soul. Much like her mother, Ruby dominated. She was 14 years old and almost ready to take on the S class trials, thanks to her mother of course. She and Trey Dreyar were both training hard this year in hopes one of them would take the shine.

"Do you give up?" she snarled bitterly. Ryu croaked on his own words, struggling to get up from the hard ground. He felt his bottom lip swollen from one of her punches to his face, his arm twisted as she placed him in a body lock and his back sore from the amount of times he had been smashed against the ground. He didn't want to give up. He couldn't. But at this same time, he couldn't endure more pain she was inflicting on him. He whimpered softly, choking as salvia dribbled from his battered lip. "What was that?" Ruby snapped, her eyes firmly on him. "Did the dragon say something? Or was my ears hearing things?" she wondered out loud.

"Ruby, I think he's learnt his lesson" Maka whispered as she peeked over her book. "He's beaten, you can stop now" Ruby kept her eyes on the pinkette boy, agreeing with her young comrade. Slowly her sword that was pointing directly at Ryu disappeared and left Ruby with a proud successful smile on her face.

"So be it" she said calmly. "Now let this be a warning NOT to destroy job flyers from my hands again, are we understood?"

"Yes Ma'am" Ryu rasped.

It seemed no one seemed to pay much attention to Ryu's defeat, which was good for him as he weakly crawled across the floor, lifting himself up to take a seat beside Laki. She pushed her glasses up, fully focused on her objective in hand. She had blueprints, ones of a weapon she was planning of making. She had noticed the young pink dragon slayer plonk himself next to her, while whining like a cat wanting milk.

Ruby smiled, ever so lightly as she slid onto the stool at the bar, distracting Kinana from her work. She was dusting the shelves behind her when she noticed the redhead. Spinning round, she beamed brightly.

"Ruby, can I get you anything?" the violet haired bar-maiden asked politely. "A milkshake? A smoothie?" Ruby shook her head, placing her elbow to the bar and letting her face relax into her hand. She grumbled, curiously looking over at the many flyers on the request board. She really wanted to do that theatre one too. "How about a strawberry cake?" her eyes lifted with sudden interest.

"Cake?"

"Yeah, I have two slices of strawberry sweet cake left" the barwoman blinked innocently, knowing that the girl sat before her was very much like her mother. Ruby's lips pressed together in a thin line, her tongue slowly escaping and licking with desire. Surely she could have just one slice? After all, she did just beat Ryu in a battle…she deserved it. Without blinking, Ruby slowly nodded her head while waiting with anticipation as Kinana disappeared off to the back room kitchen.

She leant against the counter, waiting impatiently for Kinana to return, ignoring the fact that someone had entered the guild room. Her attention remained still. Her body almost jumping for joy as Kinana quickly returned with two trays of cake in her hands. Ruby's eyes grew with passion, delight…amazement as she placed both trays down in front of her.

"I didn't know which one you would like…so I brought out both" she kept her sweet innocent smile as Ruby's eyes went from one delicious looking slice to the other. It was so hard to pick out of two. She wanted them both. Her hand weakly rose over one, but looking sadly at the other.

"If I eat one…the other will be left out" Ruby said sadly, her eyes weakening to sorrow. Kinana smiled wider at the young girl and her struggles, before glancing over her head. She grinned. "I must eat both"

"I don't think you could do that Ruby- Hello Jellal" the barmaid quickly addressed the man stood behind the redhead, blinking innocently. Ruby froze.

"Good day Kinana, I don't suppose you've seen Erza at all today?" the deep voice caused Ruby to shiver. The voice of Jellal, her father was stood behind her. So close she could feel his eyes glaring down at her with disappointment. His cloak slowly brushing against her as he waited a response from the woman behind the counter.

"She went to check up on the Third" she answered honestly. Jellal shifted from his spot, lurking behind Ruby to finally take a seat beside her.

"Has his condition worsened?" the crimson blue haired man asked. He made no attempt to look at his daughter, instead he kept a fixed gaze on the woman he was speaking to. Kinana bowed her head, her smile fading. "I see"

"It's only a matter of time till…it happens. We had hoped that Laxus and Trey would have been back by now" her hands moved to grip a piece of her dress, twisting it nervously. "We haven't had contact with them. Mira and Jade…there getting worried"

Jellal's voice softened slightly.

"I'm sure they will be back in time, give my best to all of them won't you?" he bowed his head, looking into his tough hands. Kinana nodded, assuring him she would do so before taking her leave to the kitchen. Ruby gulped hard, forcing her eyes on the two slices of cake, in hope to completely dismiss her father. But that was too late.

"I hope you're not planning on eating both of those" he stated grimly. She tensed, her eyes weakening to look at him. She lifted herself off the counter and placed her hands in her lap, avoiding his stern glare. If anything scared her, it was her parents' stares. These looks could kill.

Puffing out her cheeks, she turned her face in the opposite direction of both him and the cakes.

"No…"

"Good" his answer was quick, slightly more relaxed than usual. He was more serious than anything else, with a tone of darkness. Slowly, Ruby pouted with distress as she looked in the corner of her eye. One tray of cake had gone missing. Her heart jumped into her throat as she span back to the counter, her eyes budging with shock. "Mmm…I can see why you and your mother enjoy this so much" she glanced darkly at her father, holding a tray with a fork held firmly in his hand. Her eyes widened as he placed another piece into his mouth, smirking. His jaw moved, as he savored the taste before gulping it down. "Delicious"

"That wasn't yours!" Ruby blurted, both sad and angry. He paused, hovering another piece in front of his mouth. He pressed his lips together in a straight line and turned, his eyes staring at her. Ruby pouted by his look, admiring his eye tattoo then focusing back on the task at hand.

"Is it not?" he deeply wondered.

"No, that was mine"

He shrugged at this, taking another bite, while smiling. How he loved to wind his daughter up, watching her face drop in horror like he was eating nothing more than a cake. In her eyes, he was eating her last meal. Her delighted cake with sugary icing and a strawberry glaze finish. Her mouth watered as he continued to each every piece before looking sharply at her.

"I believe…that is yours" he tells her, pointing to the last cake standing in front of her. She growled under her breath, reaching out for her own tray while keeping a bitter look at her father.

"They were both mine" she corrected, stabbing her own fork into the cake. She places the piece into her mouth, nibbling it slowly, trying her hardest to ignore her father's stare.

"Oh. But when I asked you if they were both yours, you denied" he said smugly. Ruby rolled her eyes at her playful father, continuing to eat her cake without being distracted. She felt extremely uncomfortable under his gaze, but ate it nonetheless. "Was it nice?" he wondered.

"Very. Though it would have been better if I had both my cakes" she stated plainly. Jellal couldn't help but smirk at his daughter. Her stern unhappy look plastered on her face brought back many memories for him. It was just a shame he never saw her much.

It was true, he and Erza never spoke or saw each other much, as she being the guild master of Fairytail and he being the leader of Crime Sorciere, Ruby was left battling in the middle. It was never often all three of them were together, much to her displeasure. For Ruby, it was only a matter of time till her family fell to pieces. She was in fact closer to her mother, than her father. But she and Jellal had a bond that could never be broken. He had a playful side to him, he spent the most time with her as she was a baby. He had watched her grow into a strong character she was today. He was blessed.

With a ruffle of her red hair, Jellal rose from his stool smirking at his daughter.

"Will you let your mother know that I dropped by?" he asked pleasingly. Ruby shot him a look of disappointment. It obviously meant he was not staying. "Oh, and please give her these. I'm not sure exactly when I will next see her" he reached into his cloak, pulling out an envelope addressed to Erza Scarlet. Ruby stared at it with puzzlement as he smiled warmly. "I'll see you soon Ruby"

"But…Dad" she stopped herself, watching him stroll away and out of the guild with no words said to any other wizard in the guild. Her heart pounded from her chest as she gripped the envelope. Why did it have her mother's maiden name written on it? She was a Fernandes, like her and her father. Why the sudden change?

So there it is. She's a miniature Erza. With Ruby, she is very delicate when it comes to her family. Her mother's not around much being the guild master and her father is off catching the last of the Zeref worshippers etc. However she seems to be very close with the Dragneels. Only because Lucy Dragneel nee Heartfilia is actually her godmother! OOOOoo.

Characters in this chapter:

Ryu Dragneel - 10

Ruby Fernandes - 14

Maka Redfox - 7

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