On My Own
BeccaTurner1892
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of the characters in the original series. This was made purely for my entertainment as well as the entertainment of any potential readers.
Chapter 1
Have you ever pictured yourself in your favorite anime and manga series? Then, you realized how utterly useless you'd be to the people in the anime and manga. Afterwards, you're hurting because you'd never want to hurt the people that you've grown to love. Slowly you become fearful that you'd screw everything that was already set in stone by the manga's creator up. However, what do you do when your fears become realized as you read the manga again? What would you do if you were literally sucked into your favorite manga series ever and were told, "I'm sorry but there's no way to return you home, because the home you once knew no longer exists due to your presence here plus it's already changing the story here"? Well, the very scenario that I spoke about is what happened to me. Now every day is a new adventure as I struggle with keeping my secret, growing stronger to protect my "new" loved ones, and trying not to alter everything too much. However, "trying not to alter everything" is rather challenging when your favorite team decides to claim you as one of their own and refuses to leave you in peace. Actually, that's probably a bad way to start my story, isn't it? Let me attempt to explain how I got here and where I'm currently at.
The easiest way to start is from the beginning (no, not at my birth) so let me start by telling you which manga I was reading when I got sucked in: Fairy Tail. How I got here in the first place? A system malfunction when Mystogan was trying to destroy the Anima channels which (instead) created a portal that was only large enough to randomly pick one person: me. I think that Mystogan was just thankful that I wasn't a crazy, obsessed fan yet I knew where I was. Sadly, that also meant that I knew and he knew that I had to go into (perhaps permanent) hiding. That doesn't work so well when you've got no money, no clothing besides the ones on your back (which, incidentally for me, was pajamas since I'd decided to read before bed), no place to stay, and no one wanting to hire since apparently I naturally have magic that's wild here. So, I was going to stick by Mystogan's side, but that didn't work out since Mystogan's part of Fairy Tail and that would defeat the whole purpose of me going into hiding. I asked Mystogan if I could stay with him when it was time for the Anima to take Magnolia, but he gave me a sad smile and said, "I'm sorry but magic is now engraved in every cell in your body. You'd be just as much of an outcast in my world as you will be here (if not more due to your natural abilities)." Therefore, we had to stir up multiple possible solutions since (somehow) the Fairy Tail manga's timeline hadn't even started yet and Mystogan needed to keep an eye on his guild for when Lucy Heartfilia arrived. Somehow, I ended up having to do the one solution that I wanted to do both the most and least: stay with Porlyusica.
Soon I think Porlyusica must get sick of me, must have wanted me to join Fairy Tail to help them out, or (and this is what I've argued with Mystogan was probably what was going through her head) she wanted me to join and she was getting sick of me, because soon Master Makarov Dreyar himself arrives and says, "Let's go home, child." Hearing this after not having a home for so long (I'd already been there for a little under two years) must've been too much for me, because the next thing I knew I was crying and Master Makarov was trying (and failing) to calm me down. Once I had calmed down, though, I explained the truth to Master Makarov, but begged him not to force me to reveal anything until I was ready. He reluctantly agreed but, on the condition, that I had to show him my magic abilities and explain to the guild that I wasn't aware of my abilities and still didn't know their fullest extent. It wasn't technically the whole truth, but at least I wasn't blatantly trying to lie to everyone. I hesitated to show Master Makarov my abilities, because even by this world's standards they were considered bizarre (at least that's what I'd been told by both Mystogan and Porlyusica). However, I guess that my hesitation must've aggravated him, because he grew (let me tell you, it is actually rather frightening in real-life) and yelled, "Stop wasting both of our time and show me your abilities so that I can help you!" With that said, I guess he must've calmed down after that since he shrunk back down to normal size.
Now, I'm sure that Porlyusica and Mystogan hadn't told Master Makarov of this (unfortunately they both had personal experience), but I didn't react well when people yelled at me. My abilities went haywire and everything not attached to solid ground went strangely. Perhaps it was because of my giant angel wings that randomly sprout out of my back or maybe it was the bolts of lightning and other crazy weather phenomenon's that happened in vicinity to where I was at, but things never ended up the same as before my magic took over. So, what did I do when the "episodes" as I preferred to call them start to happen? Simple, I ran outside as quickly as possible (which is apparently rather fast at the beginning of the "episodes") and try to calm myself down. Suddenly, I heard Master Makarov chuckling to himself and heard him shout, "Your abilities are amazing, but perhaps you need to let go instead of trying to calm down. Maybe your abilities are just reacting to your journey here and yelling is just a trigger." I laughed at the thought and tearfully asked, "Are you willing to risk your children on that idea? I don't want to hurt anyone, but I know that when I let go it's gonna be too large for anyone besides me to handle." Porlyusica and Mystogan appeared besides Master Makarov stating, "You can let go now Felicity Pennington." With that I raised my hands up to the Heavens and asked, "Are you ready to rock?"
Intense pressure had been building up inside of me and, as I let go of my past, I thought about everyone and everything that I'd be leaving behind. My first thought was (of course) my family, including my parents, younger siblings, nieces and nephews that I'd never get to meet, grandparents, my uncles, my aunts, cousins, and all of the family that I'd never have the chance to meet. Next, I started thinking about my best friends in the whole world, including the ever-so focused and driven Addison Kirke, the quirky and fun-loving bookworm Marina Turner, the sassy yet sweet Serena Coyle, the mischievous and daring Paul Seiko, and the quiet, cartoon-loving Isaac Rigas. Finally, I broke down and started crying as I realized that I'd never be able to tell any of them that I loved and cherished them again. I cried because I'd never be able to tell Isaac how I felt about him or tell Marina that she can do so much better than her ex-boyfriend that claimed that he wanted to wait to be together until they weren't on separate continents. I cried because I realized that I wasn't gonna be able to see Addison marry the love of her life or see Serena really and truly be happy with someone. When I had no tears left to give, I let loose a loud scream because of how painful this transition was into a new world and felt all of my magical energy (right from my core) explode and give way to a calmer form of magic.
As I came back down to Earth (when I'd started flying, I had no idea) I noticed the stunned looks on Master Makarov, Porlyusica, and Mystogan's faces and, for the first time since arriving here, laughed enough that tears (previously thought to have completely been used up) began falling from my eyes. Once I'd fully calmed down, I smiled and said, "Thank you guys so much! I feel much better and my magical core has calmed down a lot." Master Makarov snapped out of his shocked state when I said that, because he crossed his arms and said, "I would sure hope that your magical core would've calmed down after that display. I wonder how much you've been holding in and back during your meltdowns." Mystogan snapped out next with a pale face and asked, "Are you saying that she's been holding back?! My sleeping spell hasn't even been effecting her and it was designed to knock out someone like Erza!" Porlyusica nodded as Master Makarov and I felt like dust. I stared down at my hand half-listening as Porlyusica decided to tell Master Makarov that if he didn't test me to see if I would suit the S-Class missions that she'd be rather disappointed. After hearing that I could've been tested for S-Class, however, I just couldn't take it anymore and I said, "I don't think that I'm at the level where I should be getting tested for S-Class yet." Porlyusica, Mystogan, and Master Makarov turned to look at me then and shook their heads. Seeing that they weren't really getting my point, I decided to say, "I don't really and truly know anyone in Fairy Tail. I've read about you guys, but I don't really know you guys and I don't think that it'd be fair if I came in and took the test when there are people that have basically been training since they could walk. I don't even know how to use my powers properly besides fire."
Master Makarov looked startled and stuttered out, "F-fire? So, you have more abilities than you displayed earlier?" I shrugged a little sheepishly and felt my wings come out to hide my face as I muttered, "I suppose I do, but I think that I've gotta figure them out for myself." Master Makarov laughed at that and said, "Well, you'd better figure them out soon, because, otherwise, I think more incidents like this will happen." At the time I hadn't seen the destruction that I'd caused so I had no clue what he meant and asked, "What do you mean?" Porlyusica grumbled and said, "For a human you sure can be rather destructive. I hope that you know that you're cleaning up your mess." Once I realized that the real destruction happened in the opposite direction, I turned around to find trees tossed around, burnt by lightning, and an empty field where a giant forest once lied. Sighing I bent down to pick up the first tree, but I was met by big brown eyes staring at me curiously. Embarrassingly enough I let out a rather loud yelp as I realized Mystogan had come to assist me and was wondering how I'd manage to take care of the trees on my own.
I thanked him for helping me out, but as we went to pick up the tree, I noted that it was suspiciously light. However, I shook it off and continued to walk until I heard Mystogan yelp. Somehow, I must've unlocked a new ability, because suddenly the entire forest was back to its previous state. I shakily stumbled back until I must've reached Mystogan, because he steadied me and I asked, "You saw that too, right?" Mystogan nodded and told me that it was as if the forest bent to my will. I shivered at that description (still do in fact) and said, "Let's go back then since our job was finished for us." At that Mystogan went back to his normal self (he even apologized) and we went back to Master Makarov and Porlyusica. We returned, though, to find Master and Porlyusica sitting and drinking tea. When the Master of Fairy Tail saw us, he asked if we were done already and told me to get ready as Mystogan had decided to buy me a few outfits (perhaps to make up for sending me here accidentally?), but I don't think either of them saw what happened and Mystogan and I don't ever intend to share what happened (though I think they both have their suspicions). As we left my old home, I waved good-bye to Porlyusica and thought to myself, "See you later Porlyusica. I'm sure that I'll come back here someday. However, now it's time to say good-bye to living with you and time to say hello to my new family in Fairy Tail as well as finding my own place to make into my home."
End of Chapter One…