Mavis I

One of the first things Mavis had noticed when she regained consciousness, was that she had a physical form. The next thing was that she was completely naked. So after making some clothes for herself, Mavis looked at her surroundings.

"This isn't Magnolia," she said out loud. That much was thoroughly obvious. Instead of being in the guild hall, or even a town, she was in the middle of a massive forest. There wasn't anything in the way of a path or anything, so Mavis did the only thing she really could do: start walking.

"That stupid game," she grumbled, "I bet it did all of this." The moment Erza brought it home, she hadn't trusted it. It had a strange, otherworldly feel about it, something Mavis knew all to well. Her best guess now was that it was a portal to another world, which she was currently in. A world that Mavis had absolutely no idea what it was like. The best she could guess was that this new world was based on the game, making Mavis wish that she had actually read some of the books about the game. All she could remember was that there were various races, like elves, dwarfs, and lizardmen.

The girl's attention was suddenly seized by the sound of a commotion. In her curiosity, she followed it. It lead her further through the forest, until she found a small building. In front of the building were a group of people, including a group of men attacking a woman.

The men were quite big, and they had blonde, unkept hair. They were waring spiked armor, and strange, horned helmets, with axes and shields in their hands. Mavis knew raiders when she saw them (she once read a book about a nation of raiders that lived in the Northern reaches of Ishgar). The woman was just dressed in a simple dress. It didn't take long for Mavis to deduce what the men had in their minds, and to decide what she needed to do.

"Hello!" Mavis said. The raiders looked up, and were likely surprised to see a small blonde girl sitting in a tree, looking over them.

"What the hell?" one of them grunted.

"Its a little girl."

"Little girls shouldn't out here," a third raider said, "Amscray."

"I'm a preteen, not a child!" Mavis said, pouting.

"You don't have anything worth taking, so you are therefore not worth dealing with," the first raider said, "So again, leave, before we change our minds."

"Why, are you threatening me?" Mavis said with a sweet smile.

"Yes, I would certainly say we are."

"Well that's not a good idea," Mavis said, "Weaklings like you could never threaten me." That set off one of the raiders, you with a yell, threw his axe at Mavis. However, it just phased right through her, dumbfounding the raiders as the illusion faded.

"Did you really think its going to be that simple?" Mavis said, appearing on another branch. Another axe went right through her.

"Come now, are you really that stupid?" Soon, there was a Mavis on just about every tree branch. The raiders were now very confused and disoriented, as they quickly ran out of axes.

"Is that all you can really do?" Mavis said, "Just throw your weapons?"

"What in Khorne's name are you?" one raider demanded.

"Let's see if you can actually use those weapons beyond throwing them," Mavis said, before snapping her fingers. The ground then ruptured, as a massive horned, reptilian beast pulled itself out of the ground, and roared at the raiders. That apparently pushed them over the edge, as they ran screaming from Mavis, and into the forest.

"Well, that was easy," Mavis said, as she watched the raiders leave, and the illusions faded away. She then looked towards the woman, only to see she had ran away as well. At least she accomplished her goal of saving the woman, so she was satisfied about that.

"That was an impressive enough feat, though it never takes much to deceive such brutes."

"Who said that?" Mavis asked, looking around. There shouldn't be anyone else with her.

"I did." Mavis looked up, to see a white raven perched on the branch over her. It fluttered down to her level, and looked into her eyes.

"You are not of this world," it said.

"How could you tell?"

"Your aura is not like that of the others here," the raven explained, "At any rate, I sensed the magical rift when you came to this land. I have been following you since."

"Really, what do you want with me?" Mavis asked, cocking her head.

"You interest met. As for the more basic details, I think I will keep that to myself for now," the raven said simply. Mavis narrowed her eyes at the raven.

"Why should I let you follow me?" she asked.

"Because you need a guide," the raven answered, "I know this world better than you ever possibly could. I will direct and advise you accordingly so that you can find your way in this world."

"Who are you?" Mavis asked.

"Some have called me the Everwatcher, others have called me the Chosen. But many mortals call me Sarthorael."

End Part I

Note: If you don't know who Sarthorael is, you can look up who he is. He is a Total War originally character though, so keep that in mind. If you know who he is, then you know what Mavis might be getting herself into.

Please review. I can't promise when Part II will come out, but I might put out a preview style snippet if I get the motivation.