Juvia sighed to herself after she saw her mother leave. She would be going away on a week long trip to collect ingredients needed for a very special potion she would be working on. Juvia wasn't sure whether to be upset she would be gone for so long or relieved. On one hand Juvia hated being left alone for a very long time but on the other hand it wasn't like her mother was excellent company. Lord knows Juvia tried to love Dimaria, truly she did but it was so hard especially when she would say such mean things to her.

"I guess it's just you and me for the week." Juvia said to the white cat who perched herself on to Juvia's lap. "Well if you're going to stay here I might as well give you a name. How about fluffy?"

The white cat gave her a look showing disgust for the suggested name.

"Don't like it? Okay how about whiskers?"

That made her hiss.

"I guess you'd like a real name then huh? Let me think." Juvia thought long and hard. "I got it, I'll call you Carla. How does that sound?"

The cat responded by brushing against Juvia and purring. Juvia smiled, she was glad that she had finally found a friend. Granted she had hoped that said friend would be human but she was pleased with having an animal friend too.

Suddenly she heard the sound of footsteps coming from the hallway. Someone was here. Was it Dimaria? Had she returned? No if she had then Juvia would have seen her come over the invisible wall. It was a stranger. Juvia found herself feeling very frightened, she had never come in contact with any human being in her entire life except for her mother. What would she do? Who was this person? Were they dangerous?

She stepped out of her room and quietly walked to where the source of the footsteps were. It was a young man. Juvia had never seen a man before, not even her own father. According to her mother her father had abandoned her before she was born and that all men were dishonest and deceitful. Was it true? Were all men really as horrible as her mother had always told her to believe?

She watched the young man rummaging around through stuff. Why was he doing that? Was he a thief? Was he trying to steal from them? She hoped that he wasn't dangerous.

"Excuse me." She said. He hid whatever he was holding behind his back and turned toward her. "Who are you? And what are you doing in my home?"

"Okay don't panic lady I...I...I was just...I lost my way?"

"Are you trying to steal from my home?" She asked.

"Maybe." He said. Looking at her, he saw that she was a fairly innocent looking young woman. Hardly a threat in anyway so he decided to not waste his time with lies.

"Sir I insist that you leave right now and that you return whatever you've stolen."

"Uh-huh and what will you do if I don't?"

"I'll...Um...I'll stop you."

"Yeah right." He laughed. "You're cute but don't hurt yourself okay?"

Her cheeks turned red with frustration. She didn't like how he was talking to her.

"I'm not asking!" She said. "I demand that you return what you've stolen now!"

"Or what?"

Her blue eyes spotted a nearby bucket of water that was across from them. She had a feeling that it was a bad idea to use her powers but she wouldn't let this man steal from her.

"I'm warning you, give it back." She said.

"Oh you're warning me?" He laughed again. "Oh man I wish Natsu was here to see this."

Without anymore hesitation Juvia put all her concentration on the water in the bucket and moved her arm forward. At once all the water rose up from the bucket and went flying into the man taking him by surprised. He dropped the silver brush that he had tried to steal and she used the water to move the brush over to her. He looked at her completely spooked by what she did.

"Sorry about that but I did warn you." Juvia said picking up the brush.

"You...You...You and...And the water...It moved by itself...How did...How did you..." He was at a loss for words and his face was as white as paper. His entire body was trembling with fear.

"Oh my goodness I didn't break your brain did I?" She said. "I'm sorry! I'm so very sorry! I just wanted you to give back what you've stolen!"

"What are you?" He said stepping away from her in fear. "Some kind of a witch?"

"Um...Not exactly."

"Listen I don't like the idea of being a toad so please don't turn me into one! I'm sorry for stealing! It was nothing personal! I'm just trying to feed myself you know? It's a cold and cruel world out there! I'm homeless! I live off garbage! I can barely afford shoes!"

"Calm down I'm not going to turn you into a toad."

"You're not?"

"No. For one thing I can't."

"Then what are you going to do with me? Are you going to eat me? Are you going to cook my flesh and use my remaining bones to make a fence?!"

"That's disgusting! Why would I do that?!"

"Because that's what witches do! At least the ones I heard in stories growing up!"

"I'm not a witch!"

"You're not? Well you're not old and ugly like one that's for sure but you can weird things like a witch! Things that are not normal! Freaky voodoo stuff or something like that."

"It's not voodoo and I'm not even sure what voodoo is. Look I'm not going to hurt you I just wanted you to give back what you took. I'm actually a pacifist believe it or not."

"Then what's with all the water moving by itself? What is that?"

"I'm really not supposed to tell anyone but maybe explaining it will help you calm down. You're shaking like a leaf and I didn't mean to scare you that bad."

"Okay explain yourself but don't come near me! At least not until I get a good idea of what you are."

"Fair enough." With that said she began to tell him about her powers and she didn't realize that by doing so she would end up changing her life for the better.