I have nothing to say except…SPOILERZ!
HOLY S***! DRAGON SLAYERS! ? OMG!
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN FAIRY TAIL, BECAUSE IF I DID, THE NEWEST CHAPTERS WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED, THUS MAKING THE POPULARITY OF THE MANGA STAY THE SAME AND THE PLOT GETTING BORING FAST.
*calms down* Oh yeah, this story will keep alternating from Ran's Point Of View (P.O.V) from first person (Normal P.O.V.). If anyone has any objections to this, please tell me.
Memories of the Heart
Chapter 2: Of Fears and Fairy's Tails.
Ran's P.O.V.
"What. The. Hell!"
BOOM!
Before I could register anything, I was on the ground, entangled with several other people and…a blue cat?
"O-ow…" everyone, including me, moaned at once.
"GRAY, YOU BASTARD!" yelled a pink-haired (haha…pink, I like it!) guy on the ground beside me. Gray? Didn't Lyon tell me to say 'hi' to him? All of a sudden, the pink-haired guy got up and ran inside the building with a loud battle cry.
"God…why do they have to do this every time?" muttered an irritated feminine voice.
"Huh? Are you new?"
I looked up to see a blonde-haired girl with a…one-of-a-kind chest.
Normal P.O.V.
She held out a hand to the black-haired girl on the ground, "I'm Lucy Heartfilia, what's your name?"
Ran took it and got up from the concrete ground, "Hikaranai Kuroki. You call me Ran."
"Are you here to join?" Lucy asks.
"Yeah, I guess," The black-haired girl responds, "Can I talk to your Master?"
"You're here to join temporarily?"
"That's right," says Ran, "Well, kinda…I'm here to look for my twin brother."
Makarov narrows his eyes, "Go on."
"I lost my memory. I can't remember anything before four years old-My family…my home…not even my real name. But I strongly believe that I have a twin brother somewhere," explains the girl, "I've joined many guilds, but I didn't recognize any of them. I was hoping that I'd be able to find my 'brother' here."
"And if you don't…?"
"Then I move on," said Ran in a hard tone, "To other guilds. So please, can I join, more or less temporarily?"
The Master nods without hesitation, "Of course. Just go outside to Mirajane, the bartender. She'll give you your member's stamp."
"Thanks." Ran gets up and heads out of the back room.
"So you're Hikaranai?" says the white-haired bartender, eyeing the girl in front of her, "Where would you like your stamp, and what colour?"
"This hand, please. Dark blue." Ran stuck her right hand out. 'The same place every time…'
The stamp released a poof of light as the new mark imprinted the girl's hand.
"WELCOME TO FAIRY TAIL!" The guild members yelled out in unison. Ran smiled, they were certainly a very friendly group.
"Hi! I'm Wendy, nice to meet you!" the blue-haired girl told the newcomer, "Do you want me to show you around the guild?"
Ran nods enthusiastically. Well, the guild does look pretty interesting…and big.
Ran's P.O.V.
Wendy showed me around the guild and introduced me to many people. I kept an eye on all the boys she introduced me to by jotting down a few notes. Eventually, the introductions were coming to an end. The Sky Dragon Slayer (I learned) showed me to the guild's biggest troublemakers.
"This is Natsu and Gray, Hika-san." Says the ever-smiling Wendy.
"What's up?" greets Natsu (that pink-haired dude from earlier!)
"You're the newcomer, huh?" says Gray with a smirk.
"Yep. You're Gray, right?" I ask, earning a nod from him, "Well…Lyon told me to tell you he says hi."
Gray raises his eyebrow, "Lyon? That icy bastard? You were in Lamia Scale?"
"Uh-huh."
"What magic do you use, Ran?" asks Natsu.
I was suddenly filled with pride, "Melody magic."
Wendy looked up at me, "Melody…magic?"
Most likely overhearing the conversation, Erza came up to me, "Isn't Melody magic one of the rarest magic in the world?"
"You mean Lost Magic?" Gray questions. I chuckle.
"Nope. Melody magic is just a really uncommon magic, like…" I skim through my notes and land on 'Evergreen', "Like Fairy magic."
I grin once more, "Anyway, what magic do you two use?"
This time, Gray grins and raises his hands, placing one of them into a fist. A blue hazy light engulfs them. When he releases his hand, I see the guild crest, but in an ice form.
"Wow, it's as pretty as Lyon's…" I mutter. I catch a faint scowl on Gray's face at the mention of my (and probably his) old friend.
I turn to Natsu expectantly, "And you?"
"My magic's way awesomer than his!" he boasts, pointing to Gray. I begin to get really curious of what his magic is.
But what I didn't expect was his hand to light on fire.
I stare at the orange and red flames flickering, moving, alive, on his hand. I begin to take a few steps back as the heat radiating from the fire moves towards me. I'm so out of it that I don't notice the confused expressions everyone's giving me.
The room temperature suddenly seems to rise. I can't seem to take my eyes off of the burning light in front of me. I think I'm shaking.
Wait. This has happened before. Many times.
"Natsu! Put out that flame!" I hear Erza's voice.
Just as fast as they were made, the flame disappears. Everyone turns to me now.
…Man, I hate it when people stare at me like that.
Normal P.O.V.
"Ran…are you alright?" Erza asks and places a hand on the other girl's shoulder.
Ran nods slowly, "Yeah…sorry for worrying you guys. I forgot to tell you…I'm pyrophobic."
Fear of fire. Natsu frowned at this.
Immediately, Erza went up to Natsu with a hard stare, "You are not allowed to use your fire around Ran. Do you understand, Natsu?"
In response, the Fire Dragon Slayer gave her a salute followed by a loud "Aye!".
Ran sat on her bed in her newly bought apartment (which costs 60,000 J). It had been a long first day at Fairy Tail. The black-haired girl flipped through the pages of her notebook and began to write on the first page.
Guild: Fairy Tail
Location: Magnolia Town, Fiore
Guild Master: Master Makarov
Number: The 11th guild I've joined.
~Fairy Tail is really friendly. They welcomed me right after I got my guild mark. But even before that, when I was about to open the front doors, there was an explosion and a bunch of people flew out. I can see that this guild is really crazy, unlike the other ones I've been to (except Spiral Dawn, that place was pretty crazy too). But I really like it in Fairy Tail. Plus, their guild is really big and cool too!~
Ran skimmed through the pages filled with information on every guild member she's met.
Name: Lucy Heartfilia
Current Age: 17
Magic: Stellar Spirits
Lucy was the one who helped me up and brought me inside the guild (after that explosion). She's really nice and is probably one of the only sane people in the guild. I really like her Stellar Spirit Plue too. He's so cute!
Name: Wendy Marvell
Current Age: 12
Magic: Sky Dragon Slayer
Wendy's the first Dragon Slayer I've met so far (out of three). She's cute and sweet. It was so nice of her to show me around the guild and introduce me to everyone. One day, I'll have to repay her. Her cat Charle is pretty nice too, but I don't know much about her yet.
Name: Gray Fullbuster
Current Age: 18
Magic: Ice Make
Gray's a cool guy (literally). He's always grinning and likes showing off his magic (which is the same as Lyon's). I think he was an old friend of Lyon's, but I'm not sure. I actually think that there's a possibility that Gray's my twin. After all, we have a similar hair and eye colour.
Name: Natsu Dragneel
Current Age: (Well…no one-even him himself-knows how old he is)
Magic: Fire Dragon Slayer
Natsu's pretty cool too. He looks so awesome with his pink hair. The only problem is that he uses fire magic, with me being pyrophobic. But overall, I think he's a good guy. However, he's really destructive and loud.
Ran sighed and closed the notebook. Fairy Tail was filled with people. It could be difficult to find a twin in that huge group of people. The Melodic mage lied down on her bed and stared at the ceiling.
'The only people I think could be my twin would be Gray, Alzack and…Gajeel?'
Ran paused her thoughts. Well…it was true that Gajeel had black hair like her, and has no idea what his age is, but…Ran just couldn't see him as a twin brother. He was a foot taller than her.
But who knows? The twin could be anyone of the guys, or maybe even none of them at all.
A/N: Thank you for reading!
Here's Ran's guild card:
NAME: Hikaranai Kuroki (call me Ran)
MAGIC: Melody Magic
LIKES: Music
DISLIKES: Fire
Ran is a nice and level-headed girl. She knows when to have a good time and when to just shut up and listen (like me!). She has shoulder length black hair which is spiky at the ends. She also has black eyes. Ran wears a black vest with light dark blue trimmings with a white long sleeve shirt under, along with cream coloured pants and black shoes. On her neck, she wears a frilly white choker.
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~Miyuki