So, this is my first story, Hi Readers! I'm Irachii, or some will know me as Caleb_Denin if they frequent the CPwUR Discord. This idea has been going on inside my head for a while, and with everything happening outside and the fact that we are all stuck in our homes, I've decided that now is the best time to put into words the snippets that keep me awake at night. I don't expect the Chapters to ever be longer than 1.5K to 2K words, nor will I have an update schedule. Next chapter could come out tomorrow, or it could come out in 3 weeks.
Chapter 1
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Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to wake up only to find yourself in the middle of a forest ? It's a weird thing to be honest, to be woken up by the sound of rustling leaves and running water, after going to sleep in a nice, warm and comfy bed.
Yet it's what happened to me, and it's not even the weirdest thing, because you see, once I went past the initial panic of 'Where the fuck am I ?' and the anger of 'Whoever is playing a prank on me is a sadistic prick and I'm going to kill him', I caught my reflection in the water.
I expected my face, my boring, Acne scarred riddle face with blue eyes and long hair falling in front of it, but instead it was the face of someone else. Someone I knew very well too.
Staring back at me in the water, was the face of a younger Rustyrose, member of the 7 kin of purgatory from the Dark Guild Grimoire Heart.
I will admit, once my brain properly analysed and understood that fact, I laughed. I laughed for so long and so hard, that my throat tried to jump out of mouth to stop suffering. Nothing mattered at the moment other than the realisation of who I was and what it entailed.
Rustyrose, Who has the strongest magic in all of Fairy Tail, the Arc of Embodiment. Otherwise known as the power of imagination, with which I can create whatever I think of.
After realizing who I was, it didn't take me long to decide my first course of action. To test if I could use his, and by consequence now I guess, my magic.
Now, in the Anime, as much as I like Rustyrose, I have to admit, that he wasn't very creative with it. Sure belcusas the Thunderclap and the Tower of Dingir are quite nice, so are Pegasus Wings. But to me ? Who has watched thousands of hours of Anime, there are so many options to choose from, that I almost overheated thinking about what to create first.
That was until my stomach made it's displeasure known by growling.
Food it is then. I sat down by a rock close to the river and extended my right hand in front of me, opened and my palm facing the sky and closed my eyes, trying to feel something inside me.
Surprisingly, it didn't take long. Barely a minute after closing my eyes, a feeling coursed through me, I grasped at it, guiding it gently toward my hand as I imagined an apple, red and juicy.
I opened my eyes, and there it was in my hand, an apple, with a little leaf coming out the tip, just like you'd see in an anime.
I grinned, and bit the apple, happy that it actually tasted like one, I was afraid it would've no taste, seeing as I created it.
"First on the agenda, to find where I am on Earth...Land, god that name is so stupid" I mumbled as I got up.
Of course, I already had a goal in mind, join Fairy tail. There's no way I'm joining Grimoire Heart, Hades and Zeref can both go suck an egg.
I reached into my magic, and created a phone, with a map application open.
"Alright, time to see where I am." I mumbled once again, zooming in on the icon that looked like a chibi Rustyrose.
The map revealed that I am currently in the Kingdom of Fiore, somewhere in the middle of the forest between Akane Beach and Clover town. To get to Magnolia, I'll have to walk to the west. But to be quite honest, I'd rather go east to join the road to Clover town, and take the train to ride to Magnolia in comfort.
Walking Almost a 100 Kilometers ? No thanks, I'll just take the public transport.
My destination acquired, the phone I had conjured showing me that it was past Midday, the 17th of July, I started walking west to join the road, dispelling the phone as I did so.
10 Minutes later, I smacked head against the tree. Feeling once again my magic, I called out "Pegasus Wings."
A small pair of white feathered wings appeared on both my shoes and I started floating towards the road.
The next few hours saw me weaving through the trees, encountering squirrels, rabbits and other small critters.
Flying is an incredible experience, even if what I'm doing should probably be called floating. I slowly kept increasing my speed. Until I could see the trees around me start to blur.
That was until a Red haired girl walked straight in the middle of my path, while I was speeding through.
"Out of the way !" I shouted, startling the girl who turned towards me before diving down to the ground, as I passed where her head was not even a second later.
I slowed down and dispelled Pegasus wings, landing on the grass. I slowly stood up, getting used once again to being on the ground, and turned around to approach the girl.
"Hey, sorry about that, are you okay ?" I extended my hand towards her, to help her get up, giving me the opportunity to get a good look at her.
And what a sight it was, dressed in what could be generously called 'Rags', with holes and tears everywhere, bruises, big and small covered her small frame, she had an eye-patch around her right eye.
Staring at me was Erza Scarlet, future S-Class Mage of Fairy Tail.
We stared at each other for a few more seconds, both frozen in shock, before she quickly backpedaled away from me, her back hitting a tree.
Surprised at her being afraid of me, I retracted my hand, before remembering that she probably just escaped the Tower of Heaven, betrayed by someone she considered her friend, of course she'd be afraid of a complete stranger.
"Hey relax, I'm not gonna hurt you." I said, in what I hope was a friendly tone of voice. "Are you okay ? Sorry about almost crashing into you."
She took a breath, before mumbling "I'm fine." She got up, dusting her Knees, I noticed they were slightly bleeding, probably from when she dived to the ground to avoid getting acquainted with my stomach.
I grimaced, and summoned a health potion, before tossing it to her. She fumbled but caught it, looking at it wearily.
"Drink this, it'll heal your wounds, sorry again about almost crashing into you." She didn't look convinced, but still popped the cork of the bottle open, before slowly drinking it's content. A few seconds later, her eye widened as she watched all the small cuts and bruises slowly closing and fading, the only sign that she was ever injured was the dry blood around the more serious wounds she had.
"Pretty good right ?" I said with a grin, before looking at her curiously, "What're you doing here all alone in the forest ? You're not being chased are you ?" I asked, hoping to get her to say more than two words.
She hesitated for a few seconds, debating whether or not to trust me, before saying, "I'm going to Fairy Tail, I want to join them." She mumbled again, looking away from me.
"You too ?" I put on a surprised expression, not that she can see my eyes, with the black tinted-glasses I'm wearing, she looked up, her eye widening, before nodding. "I'm also going there, I was going towards clover town, to take the train to Magnolia. Wanna come with me ? Oh, my name's Rustyrose, but you can just call me Rusty" I said.
"I'm Erza..." She hesitated for a second, before adding "Scarlet."
"Erza Scarlet ? That's a great name. So, what do you say ? Friends ?" I extended my hand towards her, She once again hesitated, before shaking my hand.
"Alright Erza, Let's go, we're almost on the road that leads to Clover Town." I said, as I started walking, before stopping as a thought occured me, "Uh, Erza, would you like me summon some Clothes for you ? Not to critique your fashion sense but..." I trailed off as I looked at the rags she's wearing. She followed my gaze and nodded.
"Is that your magic ? Summoning objects ?" She asked as I handed to her a simple Outfit composed of a White T-shirt, Jeans, underwears and brown shoes.
I turned around, letting her dress herself, before responding, "My magic is Called 'Arc of Embodiment', it is, in the simplest way of describing it, a magic that allows me to create whatever I imagine." I punctuated my explanation by making a copy of my glasses appear in my hand.
"Really ?! That's an amazing Magic !" Erza responded excitedly, "I'm dressed."
I turned towards her, she looked much better in that outfit. "Thank you for the compliment. Now, let's get to Clover Town, the Road's just up ahead and then it straight north."
She nodded. And together, we started walking towards Clover Town, Erza asking questions the whole time about my magic.
That's all I got for now, to be quite honest, the whole Erza thing is completely off script, I just looked at the Map for the Kingdom of Fiore, decided to plop OC Rustyrose in the middle of the closest forest to Magnolia. When I realized where in the world I decided to make OC appear, the idea appeared and my hands both ran with it before I could stop them, so Yeah.
Warning y'all, I have no idea what I'm doing, I have a vague idea of what I wanna do for certain parts of the story, like the Phantom Lord Arc, but other than that, I got nothing planned.
(This is gonna go horribly In can just feel it...)
Anyway, See you all next year for Chapter 2 !