Dahlia Dreyar had woken up in a panic this morning.

Drenched in sweat, she had to calm her erratic heart with a good cup of warm milk and honey. She had to remind herself several times that she was in Magnolia. That she wasn't anywhere near Raven Tail and they wouldn't be coming after her anytime soon. As long as she was careful and her name doesn't get dropped anywhere, they wouldn't know where she is. Raven Tail didn't have a Dragon Slayer, or anyone that could sniff her out for that matter.

Although, just to be on the safe side, she probably should change her hair style. She's been wanting to do that for a while anyways, and now that she could do whatever the fuck she wanted to she was excited.

She also wanted a tattoo that symbolized her magic. She knew that would cost a plenty jewel, especially since she did want to change her entire look so she'd have to take a job soon. Then find a place for both of those things. Though she had a feeling it would all be worth it in the end.

Dahlia glanced down, smiling as she traced her new emblem. Her Fairy Tail marking showed proudly and she couldn't wait to see how this new chapter for herself will unfold. She was going in blind – just how she liked things.

Making herself a small breakfast, which consisted of toast with strawberry jam and scrambled eggs she headed off towards the guild. She wanted to check and see what type of jobs Fairy Tail had to offer her. No doubt they got better jobs then Raven Tail, though Dahlia wouldn't necessarily call those jobs.

When she got to the guild it was unnaturally quiet. She figured the normal people that were here probably got in around noon, and she was sure some were out on jobs. Which meant she beat the rush, thank the Gods above.

There was a few people here as she scanned the guild, eyes stopping at a burly looking male with long, spiky black hair, studs lining each side of his nose, above his eyes and some on each of his arms. The emblem in black showing proudly on his shoulder wearing a long, black no-sleeved shirt and tanned khakis tucked into black combat boots. Gajeel Redfox, Dahlia's eyes widened when she saw him. Of course he would be here. She remembered him from Raven Tail, though she knew he was just spying for her grandfather. Had overheard him talking to her grandfather on the lacrima about it. Why she forgot all about him she would never know. Although, on the plus side he shouldn't remember her. After all, she was just a little girl when he had been infiltrating the guild – and with the seven years they had been missing on Tenrou Island, she had definitely changed throughout the years.

"Dahlia!" The Earth Dragon Slayer shook her head, turning her gaze towards the barmaid who beamed at her. "Didn't think we'd be seeing you so early! Would you like anything to drink or breakfast?" Mira asked casually, tilting her head to the side innocently.

Dahlia gave her a warm smile. "No, that's okay Mira. Thanks though," Mira nodded and went back behind the bar but Dahlia called out her name, "I do have a question though. Can I take a job by myself, or do I need someone to go with me?" The girl questioned, glancing over at the job board.

MiraJane glanced over at the job board before glancing back at Dahlia. "Depending on the job, you might need someone to go with. If you are wanting to go alone though I would pick an easier job, though the Master usually requires you to go with someone on the first one." Dahlia eternally groaned. She was afraid of that. She didn't want to go with anyone, not that she really needed to. She was perfectly capable of taking a job on her own, thank you very much. "If you need a partner there are plenty of people that would be willing to go with you. I'm sure I can suggest a few! For instance, my brother and sister-" Mira pointed towards a male and female pair of platinum blonds who were sitting at the bar, chatting lowly with each other, "they were talking about wanting to go on a job earlier. At least I'm sure Elfman would love to go with you." That didn't sound too terrible. If Dahlia chose to go on a fighting job, the brother sister duo could probably be of great help. "There's also Gajeel Redfox, who's sitting at that table down there and his Exceed partner Pantherlily, though you'll have a better time asking my siblings..." Mira giggled, shaking her head. "If you wait a few more hours more people will be piling in and I can suggest a few more. We don't start getting busy until around eleven." She casually shrugged, giving the younger girl a bright smile. "Lucy is always needing rent money, and Team Natsu is surprisingly not on a job right now. If you ask her I'm sure she'll be willing to come with you, she gets here around eleven thirty."

Lucy wasn't a terrible idea. Plus, Dahlia was incredibly curious about her Celestial Magic. The only downside would be that she would have to tone down the dragon slaying part of her magic, which wouldn't be too much of an issue. She hardly ever used it to begin with. With that thought in mind, she nodded her head at the decision. She's already met the blonde and while she was a little too bubbly for her taste, she wasn't a bad person to hang with. Besides, Dahlia wanted more friends.

"You said Lucy gets here at eleven thirty?" Dahlia questioned and Mira bobbed her head up and down as an answer. It was ten thirty now, which meant Dahlia would have to wait an hour. "What kind of juice do you have?" With that, Dahlia followed Mira towards the bar; Mira talking her head off the entire way.

AN:

1.) Alright, so to have some type of knowledge of how much younger Dahlia is from Laxus (why they would have never met) and where the setting is: Dahlia was 11 or 12 when they went missing on Tenrou Island. Meaning she's 18-19 now, and Laxus is known to be 23 – would be 30 not for the time gap thing.

2.) I don't think Gajeel/Dahlia would have ever met while he was infiltrating for Makarov. He might have seen glimpses of her, but not actually remember her? Again, she was really young and now she's grown into her body. So yeah. Plus I think he stopped infiltrating for Gramps before the Tenrou Island thing even happened. Which meant she would have been really young and probably just learning her magic at that time.

3.) I don't think I'll be adding the GMG to this because, quite frankly, I have too much going on as is without adding the GMG and I want to make this as original as possible (since I do plan on taking the main point of this plot and turning it into an actual original piece I want to write.) I wasn't originally gonna add the Tenrou Island thing either, but it made more since with the fanfiction – but I'll most likely take it out when I start writing the original. Also, also lets just pretend that they got their standing back and they get lots of jobs coming in kk?

That's about it. I just wanted to let you guys in on some insight. And also, I know you guys know what Gajeel looks like – I just want to get better at my describing skills. So don't come at me loool. I also do have a PlayList for this fanfiction and I was wondering if that would be something y'all would be interested in seeing? Just let me know.