Hey guys welcome to my new fanfic. Hope you enjoy and let's begin!

Edit: Just so you guys know this is pre-time skip! Just so we're all clear. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Night of Mystery

It was a normal day at the FairyTail guild. But to anyone looking in from the outside it looked like a party was going on. Guild members were messing around and teasing each other, and before you know it, fighting broke out.

"That all you got!?" Natsu yelled at his current opponent Gray. "For someone who's always freezing you're pretty easy to melt."

"You little," Gray started, infuriated by Natsu's taunt. "I'll show you! Ice Make: Lance!" The spell launched at Natsu, but he dodged it. It instead hit Erza, who was eating a piece of cake quietly by herself.. Uh oh was the thought that went through the boys' heads. But that was all that they could think due to both boys feeling her wrath.

"Get over here you two!" She yelled. But Gray and Natsu ran out the door of the guild hall. Erza didn't give chase. Instead, seeing that her point got across to the two, she sat down and continued eating her cake. Lucy then sat down next to her.

"Why didn't you go after them?" She asked.

"Because it's pointless, it'll happen again and the event will repeat itself. It always happens, only thing that changes is the date," she replied.

Natsu and Gray came back about an hour later, when they thought it was safe. Soon though it was night, and everyone left for the night.

Midnight

Everything was quiet in Magnolia, and no one was expecting anything to happen. What reason did they have? But something did happen. A flapping sound could be heard, if anyone was awake to hear it. The creature stopped at the guild hall, and let out a soft, gentle growl, as if it was saying something sorrowful. It let go of something in its claws, put it in the alley next to the hall, and then left the town.

The next morning

Natsu arrived at the guild hall, stretching and ready for a day with his friends, Happy right behind him. "Hey guys, what's up?"

"Hey Natsu, hey Happy," Lucy replied. "We were just looking at the jobs."

"Sweet. What you all thinking? Chasing bandits, defeating monsters, or" Natsu slowly trailed off and sniffed the air. "Is there a new recruit?" he asked.

"No, why would you ask that?" Erza said.

"Because I picked up a sent of someone nearby a few minutes ago, and staying put. It couldn't have been someone just walking by, I would've lost the scent by now if they were walking," he replied. Then spotting Gajeel, he went over to him. "Hey have you picked up a scent that's stuck around for the last five minutes?"

"Do you mean food, or people? Because if it's food you know the answer." Gajeel replied.

"People. I picked up a scent when I got close to the guild, and I haven't lost it yet like I would've for someone walking by."

"I picked it up too," Happy added.

"Actually, the same goes for me. And I came earlier than you."

"Who do you think it is?" Natsu asked.

"Whoever they are, they aren't hostile." Gajeel replied.

"Let's check around the hall. Just to be sure," Lucy suggested.

"Come on then, let's check this out and then get a job," Gray said, already standing at the door.

The rest of Team Natsu, along with Gajeel, went outside and started looking around. Seeing nothing out front, they turned left to see if anyone was hiding in the shadows.

"There's no one here. You guys are probably smelling fish or something," Gray said.

"Wait. What's that?" Erza asked, spotting a figure in the shadows.

"Whoever you are, you can come out. We won't hurt you," Natsu said. The figure did come closer, but only by a step. But it was close enough that they could see what the figure looked like.

It was a teenage girl, looking around the age of sixteen. She had porcelain skin and cinnamon hair almost to her waist. She was wearing a white and green shirt with long sleeves and open shoulders, and a pair of dark blue capris. She wore tan sandals with straps over her toes and wrapping around her ankles, and a silver was also wearing a white lily on the right side of her head, tucked behind her ear, and a dark green leaf pendant. Her eyes were an ocean blue, with a thin ring of hazel around the pupils.

This was not what Team Natsu was expecting. Especially that she looked well kept.

"Hey there," Erza said gently, with a friendly smile on her face. "Who are you?"

The girl said nothing. In fact, she looked terrified of the team of wizards. She slowly backed away, trying to escape. But when she turned to run, Natsu grabbed her arm.

"Hey calm down, we're friends," he said. But the girl was still trying to get away. After a few moments, she turned around sharply, spoke rapidly, and let something fall from her free hand.

"What's-" Gajeel started to ask, but never go to finish, as the object hit the ground. And when it did, a smell equal to twenty fat skunks rose up. Natsu let go of the girl in surprise and she took off.

"What in the hell?!" Gray said, trying to comprehend what she just said. "Get her!"

"No wait! Didn't you hear what she said?" Natsu asked, fanning, or trying to fan, the stench away from his nose and mouth.

"No, she spoke to quick. What did she say?" Lucy asked while trying to survive the smell.

"Forest Dragon's Stink Bomb," Gajeel said, also trying to fan away the results of the spell. "She's a Forest Dragon Slayer."

Well that's the first chapter. Hope you all enjoyed! Go 'em tigers!

-ThinMintE