Off you go you pesky plot bunnies!

I do not own Nasuverse or Fairy Tail verse any other movie/book/game/comic book/song/series that might be mentioned here. I just own these couple of words that i wrote.

Warning: Some swearing there and there.

Saber of White, Prologue 2: Hello and goodbye father.

Altera's small feet carried her with ease as the girl jumped from one slippery rock to an another. Most parents would be worried sick seeing the scene. Little girl, surely no older than ten, pure white short hair and a tan coloring her skin. Strange red eyes looked everywhere around, ignoring the crashing waves, bright warm sun and the salty sea air. If the jumping wouldn't have given a person a heart attack, her next action would.

With one movement, she was in the air and the next second, the water splashed.

Her parent only opened one of his eyes, but then the eye was closed again. "Altera, If you break something, again, don't you dare to start crying."

"Hey, I have never cried!"

"The first time I saw you, you were so loud. It was a big surprised that no dead man came complaining."

"Hahaha..."

"You had such a great voice, that was the reason why I chose you. All the enemies will flee before it!"

The tanned girl gave her father a dry, slightly annoyed look but did not reply. He would make fun of her even more. "So what is the plan for today?"

"Plan? And what is it that you might want to do? Hunt down some bandits, again, stuff yourself with food all day..."

"Hey!" The girl spotted a vivid blush, threw her arms in the air but her father continued. She liked to eat. So what? Not like she wouldn't use the energy anywhere. Swimming against the cold sea currents could be energy demanding even for her!

"...or it it that you want an another round of training?"

"That would be cool!" The air around Altera lit up.

"No."

"What?! Why?"

"I already have a plan for today."

The girl stopped, blinked a few times and looked up into his face. Her father, Leviathan (Levi for short) was not exactly a human. Well, nobody could mistake him for a human with that large and long scaly body, fins, horns and those slitted eyes. Even a blind person would be able to sense the true nature of the being that Altera called her father.

Altera was worried. Not because she would easily fit into the dragon's mouth or that Leviathan's claws were bigger than her, but because he looked serious. Leviathan as a sea dragon dweller almost never looked worried. If something came up, they would just swim a couple of miles and the problem is gone. "Father?"

"Altera?"

"Yes dad?"

"Do you have confidence in your magic?"

"I am a Sea Dragon slayer! As your daughter, I do have! I learned from the best!"

"Then I will race you to Fiore." The large turquoise body moved and threw itself into the salty water. Altera could only stare at the place where he previously lied. The serious mood was gone completely.

"What?! Hey don't cheat!"

Altera did not know what was Levi thinking. A race. To Fiore.

It should be mentioned that from the island, to Fiore... under normal conditions it is a good two day swim. Once again:

What was Leviathan thinking?

It was no wonder that the moment that the moment Altera's bare feet touched the cooling sands of the mainland, she collapsed. It was dark already, he moon was up high, shining very brightly along with all the stars. "I have... arrived."

"Good! Great work my girl. Though I must say that I arrived here this morning."

"Shut up."

The dragon laughed and Altera felt herself being picked up. Soon enough, she felt herself fall asleep. It would be a miracle if she didn't. The sound of waves crashing against the shores was too calming. Her father teased her often but she doubted that she could have ended up with a better one.

Little did she know that this night will change everything there was in her night.

When Altera's eyes opened the next day, she closed them right away when the harsh sun blinded her. "Father, this was a very bad idea." Nobody will make her think otherwise

She waited for an answer but none came. "Father, If you won't answer me this instant, I will swim back to that island. They had some good fruits you know."

Nothing. Altera really expected some answer this time. When none came even after several minutes, she rolled around and got to her feet. Judging by the position of the sun, it was noon already. The beach itself wasn't that big, it was quite small actually, littered with rotting wood and old drying sea weed. A bit higher was an edge of some forest. Altera was tempted to go in, but something stopped her.

Where is father? Why isn't he replying? Oh it happened before that he left her alone and went for a swim on his own, but he always came back. This time something was off.

"LEVI!"

The name echoed around for a few seconds, repeating it over and over until the sound faded and was long in the sound of waves and birds singing their songs in the forest.

Altera sat down and waited.

And waited.

And waited.

At the dawn of the next day, she got up and found herself some food but then she waited some more. When the dusk of the third day approached, she realized that Leviathan is not coming back. Oh she cried, yes. Levi was the only being in the word that she trusted, even though she knew that they couldn't possible be blood related. Or that he loved to tease her.

She thought about going back into the sea, but the girl turned around and glanced up at the forest. All she would have to do was to climb a number of rocks and she would be in it. Just what to do? In the end, she just sat down again. The sea was all she knew. It was Altera's world. But sea just wasn't the sea without Levi. It would be like trying to imagine a night sky without moon, or without stars. Like a tasty fruit without all the sweetness that was found in it. And the sea was just too damn dangerous even for her. She was too young. Nine to be precise.

All that was needed was one stronger current and she could be lost in the sea depths. Oh she can breather under water, neither she wasn't bothered by the crushing pressures of the deep. Altera was like a missle under water. The problem was that the animals there were even faster missiles. People might want to think that the entire planet was already explored but that was very wrong. The depths of the sea wasn't a place where a mere human can just march (in this came swim) into and leave alive. The deep sea is a home to one of the most dangerous being on planet.

Until Altera can find father, she needs to stay alive, that means staying away.

While Altera explored a number of forests on several island and was in Fiore a number of times in she short life, it was even a bigger unknown to her than the sea depths where she was protected by her dad. But what can be more dangerous than those things on the sea floor?

The forest was a logical choice. But...

Altera sighed. She did not go into the sea, nor into the forest. She started walking along the sandy beach. Days turned into weeks and weeks into months. The girl gave a number of bandits a blank look before kicking the leader's jewels, then she proceed to slowly destroy their group. After that she continued in her walk. She must have looked as an easy pray in their eyes.

All that Altera ever worn was something that could be described as a white swimsuit. It wasn't really necessary to wear clothes, especially if they quickly fell apart due to the salty water. Yeah... Altera wasn't that fond of clothes. She had never even worn shoes before. And she doesn't have plans to do so.

The fourth month rolled around and Altera still wondered the long beaches of Fiore. Few people approached her, she sent them away. This day she saw a girl, though not in a state that was common for someone of her age. Carefully, she leaned down and touched the unconscious body. The first thing to be noticed was the blood red hair, it was like some eye magnet, many other girls would be jealous of the shade and vividness. At this moment it just lied in the sand. The girl itself looked as if someone had beaten her up several times in a span of a few days and never gave her proper food to top it off. Her skin tone was pale, making her resemble death, the missing eye, shackles and tattered cloth did not help the overall look.

"Hey. Hey, can you hear me?"

The girl groaned when Altera touched her face, but did not open her sole eye. Altera looked towards the mainland and then towards the sea. Judging by her position, she was thrown onto the beach in a middle of night when the tide was high. Just what could have happened to her? Perhaps this was her cue to to head into the cities.

"..."

Just a mere thought that she would walk among so many people made her want to grab her head and cream in frustration. She had never been among that many people, heck most people that she met were either bandits or pirates. Altera looked down at the unconscious girl and made her decision. She would certainly want help if she were in the smaller girl's position. Saying that she did not want to leave the shores just wasn't a good excuse if she left the girl here to die.

As gently as Altera could, she picked her up and made her first steps towards the trees.

Ignoring the looks, the white haired girl walked into the Magnolia hospital, she also ignored the angry nurses and let herself enter the room that the red-haired girl was in. Earlier that day, she received a message that she woke up and Altera kind of wanted to know the girl that was the reason why she stepped further into the mainland. Two weeks ago, Altera stepped into a small pub causing a small mayhem when people saw the girl.

The local doctor couldn't help the red-head much. A trader offered to take her to Magnolia, one of the larger cities of Fiore. Not the biggest though but it was close to the small settlement. Now if only those 'social workers' could stop bothering her. Why are they even after her? There is a girl in the hospital that was clearly very badly mistreated and they don't even look her way.

When Altera opened the door, she spotted that the girl was awake. She was looking out of the window but her head snapped towards the door and flinched at the sight of her eyes.

"Don't curl up like that. I wouldn't bother carrying you here If i wanted you dead."

"Huh?"

"I am Altera D Wonderland. What is yours?"

The red-head stared blankly at her, almost as if not believing what she is seeing.

"I you won't answer, I will have to refer to you as a Red-head forever."

Her face was partly covered by a white eye patch, hiding her missing eye though the second part of her face was still looking at her with a mix of wariness and fear. "I..I am Erza. Erza Scarlet."

"Scarlet?" Altera rose one of her white eyebrows. "That name fits you very much. Hm..."

"W-What is it?"

"I don't suppose that you want to share why I found you on that beach in such a bad shape?"

The girls, Erza's eyes widened and she looked down as her sheets. Erza wont tell her then. With an uninterested look, Altera walked closer and sat down, then she opened her backpack.

"Here."

Erza seemingly did not mention Altera coming closer because this time she really jumped and put her hands before her in a defensive gesture... only to find that the white-haired girl was holding what looked suspiciously like some fruit.

"The food that I smelled around here served to patients... seems quite foul to me. I found this fruit while wandering around, thought that you might like it."

Erza stared at the Altera's hand in disbelief, but she slowly rose her hand and took the fruit. "Thank you."

"Something tells me that the nurses might not like that fact that I brought you something... hide it under a bed or something, this entire backpack is yours."

In reality, it was an old rugged backpack that Altera found thrown away on the streets, but Erza still took it and hugged it to her body like it was the biggest treasure ever. Altera observed silently. It might have seemed that she 'wise' and so on. In reality, she really did not know how to act. She spend a couple of hours with the girl and when she fell asleep, she left.

They wouldn't meet for a couple years.

The next time that Altera met Erza, the red-head was wearing, to her surprise and armor, neither she looked like the timid creature. Over the past three years, she traveled both land and the sea. Though the sea was explored while on a ship. She was looking for whereabouts of her father, needless to say, she failed. The sailors even ridiculed her. Not for long but they did. While on the mainland, she tried to do various jobs, it wasn't easy. "Get a guild little girl!" That is what they said. No, Altera was not that trusting, besides most guilds would laugh at the idea of a twelve year old girl fighting monsters and bandits.

Altera's attire was still the same and she was still bare foot. From the top of one of the buildings, she looked down at the sight below. It wasn't Erza that she was looking at though.

The Fantasia Parade.

And oh dear Ares it was gorgeous. As Altera stood there, for the first time in a long time she felt herself smile brightly. The magic was so thick in the air, music laughter and joyful voices resonated through the streets, mages creating sparkles, a number of stars fell down making people squeal with surprise but that was followed by even more laughter. The Parade below was moving slowly showing off the magics of the local guild, the Fairy Tail. If Altera heard correctly, Erza was a part of this guild, though the red-head was nowhere in sight.

What however caught her attention was the blond boy in the parade, year or two older than her. The white haired girl had to surpress a strange urge to fight, it was done easily, but she still rose her hand and had a closer look at it, it was so strange. She turned around and jumped down into the crowd. There Altera... stuffed herself with candy, just as well as with food.

It was there that she met Erza again, eating a... cake? "That actually looks good."

Erza first glared when she looked around but then her eyes widened. "You are... Altera?!"

"Been a while Erza. You look like a little warrior now. Nice to see."

She frowned and then puffed her cheeks. "I am a swordsman!"

"Cool. Though I still bet that I am stronger."

"Tche! I challenge you!"

A number of people around them screamed, the words 'Erza', 'challenge', 'unbelievable' and 'white hair' were in the air. Quite a lage circle was created around them. "Oh~ Show me your fighting skills little girl!"

Erza's face turned red, the puffed cheeks were gone. It was then that Altera mentioned one detail. Ezra's missing eye. It was no longer missing, she had no eye patch. A glass eye? No, it seemed to function like a normal one, in other words it was somehow enchanted. It was a good thing if she wanted to be a warrior.

"Brats! Who dares to..." Some old voice yelled but Erza was already moving. With a battle cry, she attacked but Altera moved down, dodging the brash attack with ease.

A sword. A tree colored strange sword. The image of it appeared in Altera's mind as she dodged the next trust. It almost begged to be held by her when Altera attacked for the first time. Erza was angry, not thinking much about attacks and that was her mistake.

A vivid blue-green circle appeared next to Altera's palms, spun around before disappearing. Erza disregarded in, her final mistake. "Tidal claws!"

Tidal claws, an attack that did not have piercing effect like Sea Dragon Claws, but it instead created a wave of magic that sent opponent(s) flying with the shock created, and that is what exactly happened. Water gathered around Altera's hand, one that was now formed to resemble a beasts claw and the hand moved. The sword wasn't enough to block the blue wave of energy and Erza was sent flying backwards. With a cling, the plain sword landed next to the armored girl.

"Done already?"

"No!" The red-head picked her sword and attacked again. With joy and constant cheering of the Fairy Tail guild members, the two girls began to exchange blows. Erza still lost though. Altera had to praise her silently, the girl was very talented if she could archive such skill in a such short time. In time, she would be very, very dangerous. If she would start training at the same age as her, Erza would be Altera's equal.

"YOU!"

Altera spun around and delivered a kick to the yelling boy. Hey eyes registered a flash of pink before her foot connected. The boy had the luck of hitting a number of barrels.

"Do not destroy things!"

"Hey what was that for?"

Altera once again ignored the older man, now focused onto the pink boy. "Me and Erza-san were having a battle and you just throw yourself at me and yell, from the back none the less."

"I only wanted to ask where is Igneel!"

Altera stopped when she heard the name. Of course she had heard of Igneel, the Fire Dragon King, Leviathan spoke about him on several occasions. The 'big bad-ass' he was called, it was hard not to listen. For a Sea Dragon to give his respect like that to someone, it was extremely rare. "You... you are Igneels kid?"

"Yeah! Do you know where is he?! Tell me! You are a dragon slayer, right?"

The word 'Dragon Slayer' now traveled from mouth to mouth, people stepped back. Altera frowned. Was he also left behind by his parent?

She turned around and helped Erza up. "Are you alright?"

"I am fine."

"Are you listening to me?!"

The boy needed a manner check, though a missing parent was a good excuse why he would act like that. Altera herself was not that pleasant to be around when some sailors ridiculed her and her father. The boy had this strange color of hair. Pink. Though in this case it looked lore like a shade of light red, it wasn't that ridiculous. Could have been like vivid pink. Or some other horrible, eye-gorging shade.

Slitted eyes like hers, a smell of fire carried itself around him. Well, if fire (not smoke) could smell, it would smell like him.

"What is your name?"

"Natsu Dragneel! The Fire Dragon Slayer!"

"Altera D Wonderland. Sea Dragon Slayer and daughter of Leviathan the Sea Dragon."

"Levi..."

"My father disappeared four years ago, I haven't seen him since, you are not the only one in search of his parent Dragneel."

For the first time, possible since morning, the surroundings became silent, the Igneels kid looked down, looking as if he regretted his outburst.

"Erza! I am looking forward to more fights with you, you are really something. Bye!"

Altera turned around and left the area, hoping to escape the awkward moment.

Aaand a wrap. This was also written a while ago, Fairy Tail is sooo hard to write, the feel that the show has is hard to recreate. Before anyone asks, the D in the name doesn't have any other function apart from making Altera's name sound cooler, a reference to One Piece. I passed my tests (yay!) and later this week I will be going on a holiday with my entire family plus some more. Looking forward to that... though I will be the only one without a boyfriend/husband. Sigh... forever alone.