Hey y'all! I love you and I want to thank you for reading my story! So far it might seem like it's developing a little too fast or too slow and it's kind of sucky, but I am trying to find the pace I want and set it right now and it's not exactly easy..

So a few things:

Things may not happen in the way you think they will or things in the anime may change or may not happen at all.

Please forgive me for any out of character personalities – I am trying my hardest I swear.

I don't grammar check these after I type them so if anyone wants to volunteer to be my grammar checker I will give you the credit you deserve for doing so.

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Chapter 2: Just the Newbies

"So... uh.. What's with the little girl?" Wakaba asked, blinking as he stared at the child clinging onto Gray's arm.

"I'm not little! I'm a big girl!" Said young girl had heard Wakaba and immediately jumped to her own defense. She hadn't even had the chance to get clean yet because they couldn't get her off of Gray. They had been meaning to get her cleaned up and into a new change of clothes while Wendy and Porlyusica were in the infirmary working on healing the sister. However, the child had other ideas and would not let go of Gray for the life of her. Not even sweet Mirajane could soothe the girl to let go of the ice-make wizard. And he was itching to throw a punch at Natsu, who was taunting him, but he couldn't say anything because anything he said that wasn't nice he got scolded for by the little girl and whacked on the head like a child. Natsu called Gray an ice princess and Gray fumed, but from his back Harley poked her head up. "That's not a nice thing to call Gray-sama! Stop being mean!" She threw the toy that Mira had given her at Natsu and pouted.

"Looks like you've got a little bodyguard, Gray." Cana chuckled from where she sat on a nearby table, a barrel of alcohol in her hands. "And a cute one at that."

Erza looked at Wakaba. "She is one of the only two survivors in the whole city of Airedella. The rest of the people were slaughtered either by the mages, collapsed buildings, or the smoke from all the fire." She replied, staring at the little girl who was on Gray's back, comfortably resting there like a monkey. "Her name is Harley. She took a special liking to Gray almost immediately and since her rescue we haven't been able to get her to let go of him." She explained and Wakaba chuckled a little bit and glanced over at the two.

"Yeah other than Juvia I don't think I've ever seen a girl so attached to Gray." The smoker said as he let out another low laugh. It really was something to see Gray struggling to not blow up on Natsu because of the little girl crawling all over him and not letting him go. She started screaming bloody murder and crying whenever anyone tried to detach her.

"Gray-sama why haven't you gotten rid of this love rival!" The voice of an overly jealous water mage cried out as she came out from hiding behind a pillar. She waved her arms about, causing everyone in the guild to roll her eyes at her jealousy over a child. "I will not stand for this any longer!" Juvia grabbed onto the child and began pulling on her, trying to get her off of Gray.

"Waaaaa! Gray-sama help me!" The child cried out, holding onto Gray for dear life and kicking her legs at Juvia.

"Come back! You're not fully recovered yet!" Wendy cried out.

The entire guild fell silent – except for the crying of Harley and the complaints of Juvia – when someone began walking back through the guild. The girl they had seen earlier who had been knocked out and bruised. She didn't look the same at all though. Gone were the bruises and dirt. Underneath the dirt and grime that she had been covered in was a beautiful young girl, with flowing brown hair and stunning green eyes. "Harley, why must you cause such a fuss?" She spoke for the first time, causing even Juvia and Harley to stop their nonsense. Her voice was soft and sweet, something that seemed to fit her appearance.

"SISSY!" Harley squealed and kicked Juvia in the face, effectively getting her to let go before she immediately released her hold on Gray to slide to the floor and run at her sister. She laughed happily as she jumped into the arms of her older sister and hugged her tightly. "You're awake, sissy!"

"Of course I am awake, Lele. And I am not surprised to see that I've awaken to you crying. Is something wrong?" She asked worriedly, setting Harley down and crouching before her so that they were eye level. The mother-like way that the teenager handled the situation was rather surprising to the guild, but then again, none of them had ever seen her actually awake. She reached up to wipe away the tears from Harley's face and she offered her a smile. "You shouldn't be crying, Lele. I told you we would be okay, didn't I?"

"You did..." Harley nodded her head slowly and then she sniffled a bit before she smiled. "We're at Fairy Tail, sissy! The guild you told me stories about! We're here! And Gray-sama saved us!" She grabbed her sister's hand and started to drag her over to her new bestfriend who was busy arguing with Natsu about finding it weak that he had only taunted him when he couldn't fight because he had a little kid crawling on him. "Gray-sama! Gray-sama!" The little girl tugged on his pant leg, but the sudden stop caused the older girl to crash right into the icemage, effectively knocking both of them over and onto the ground.

Gray ended up underneath the teenage girl, whose green eyes widened in horror. "Oh my gosh! I am so sorry!" She apologized immediately and began to scramble to get to her feet, only to slip and fall back on top of Gray. Her cheeks heated up even more and she tried to get up again. Once she got to her feet she held out her hand to help the ice mage up. "Gomenasai." She bit her bottom lip worriedly, hoping she didn't upset the boy. He took her outstretched hand and got to his feet, and she scanned his face for any signs of anger. She wasn't entirely sure how she got where she was, or why she was in a guildhall, but she knew one thing:

She was surprised.

Harley hadn't ever been so happy towards men. Her own father had abused her causing her to fear and shake in sight of men. And even now Kay could see that Harley was glancing nervously around at the other males in the place, but this black haired wizard seemed to be the only exception she had ever seen. How long had it taken for Harley to open up to him? What had he done? Was it some kind of spell? She wasn't sure. In fact, she was worried. They could sense magical energy, and hers was slowly starting to be restored. This wasn't good. She needed some kind of cloaking device. She could sense how powerful all of the mages around her were, but that didn't ease her worry. She couldn't be known as a wizard. She'd be imprisoned if she were ever found out. But she needed to stay with Harley to keep her safe and sound. "Sissy, running into Gray-sama isn't nice. You knocked him over!" Harley pointed of her tiny fingers at Kay as if scolding her, causing Kay to let out a small laugh.

"I know, Harley. I'm sorry." She told her little sister, who giggled again and wrapped her arms around her legs.

"I'm glad you're awake sissy."

"Yeah I am too." She glanced around, feeling a little uncomfortable at all the attention she was receiving. She use to get attention all the time but not like this. It had been looks of disgust and hatred, fear and criticism. Not the curiously amused expressions around her. Either way, attention was attention and it was frightening for the girl. Without thinking, Kay ducked behind the shirtless mage she had just fallen on and his behind him, her small hands resting against his muscular back, trembling slightly.

"Are you alright, miss?" The wizard Harley had called 'Gray-sama' spoke, turning around to look at Kay, not having realized how close she was when her hands were on his chest. Gray had to gulp when the girl looked up at him through her lashes, her cheeks flushed and her bottom lip trapped between her teeth – a gesture he mentally noted she did often, and it seemed to be mostly when she was nervous. The expression had him stunned for a moment, and he found the words he had been about to say lost before he quickly regained his composure. "You've got nothin' to be afraid of. And you're not fully healed yet, so you should get back into the infirmary." He said a little awkwardly.

"Hmm?" Kay blinked for a moment, having gotten a little lost. Her eyes glanced down to where her hands were touching smooth bare skin and then widened, darkening again. "Oh!" She gasped, jumping backwards and losing her balance once more. Gray caught her and helped her get steady again. "R-Right.. I-I just wanted to check on Lele..." An unsteady laugh left the lips of the girl, who then looked at her sister and then nodded. "She's all good. Yeah.. S-So I'll j-just go." She turned around and walked as fast as she could over to Wendy, who immediately began to usher her back to the infirmary.

Inside the infirmary, Wendy began to use her healing magic again, doing her best to help Kay. She noticed something strange about the girl she was helping, but she didn't say anything about it. It was just that there was something off about the girl. Her body was healing faster than her magic or Porlyusica's was suppose to heal. Kay should have been unable to even move, none-the-less get up and practically run through the guild hall to find her little sister. Something was off about the girl. What, exactly, Wendy knew not. "So you're a wizard?" Wendy asked, looking at her. Kay had explained to her that all of her magical energy had been drained because she had tried to save her family. "I thought Airedella didn't allow magic users, though?"

"It doesn't. I kept a cloaking necklace on, but one of the rogue wizards pulled it off of me because it was worth a lot, and the people in my town were more scared than ever since I had been there the entire time and they didn't realize it." Kay admitted. She didn't feel any pain anymore, but she didn't want to tell that to Wendy because it was obvious her wounds had been serious.

"What kind of magic do you use?" Wendy asked.

Kay tensed, looking away from Wendy for a moment. What kind of magic did she use? Nothing Wendy would know of. Nothing anyone would know of except for maybe Master Makarov. Was she really allowed to tell them? Would she and Harley be safe if she told them? Looking up at Wendy, the nervous girl shrugged her shoulders a little. "I'm not sure. I taught it to myself. I didn't have anyone teach me, so no one told me." That wasn't a lie, but it wasn't exactly the truth either.

"Oh? Well maybe we can help you figure it out!" Wendy offered, smiling at her.

"Yeah... maybe." Kay replied.

It wasn't long after that when it happened. A couple weeks after Kay was healed and given her Fairy Tail mark, her and Harley officially being accepted into the guild. Harley was learning magic from everyone around her, from Cana's card magic to Mirajane's transformation magic. Even Gray and Natsu were pitching in and teaching her a few tricks here and there. While Kay preferred to keep to herself, practice her magic in secret. But it wasn't long until she started having nightmares. Horrible, sleep-depriving nightmares that Kay would wake up from, crying. And sometimes she had dreams of messages. Someone coming to her to ask her for help. But who? And what help? She couldn't tell anyone. She was too scared to. What would she do? She wasn't sure.