Chapter 2
'Thinking'
"Talking"
(Exposition)
(Mason's POV)
'My name is Mason Drogo, before I arrived at the tower of heaven I was trained in the mystic art of dragon slayer magic by the great phantom dragon Thanis, and I trained with him for what seemed like my entire life. Of course he taught me to read, write, and to speak, and we ate together, and slept together, but he would always call me "his student" not his son. Nevertheless I knew he cared for me, and I cared for him all the same, but the training never stopped. As soon as i could walk I was training be it physical getting my body to the point where it could handle all the magical energy that it took to master phantom dragon slayer magic, or mentally memorizing all types of spells, and techniques. From sunrise to midnight I would train nonstop. One of reasons for such intense training was the sheer complexity of phantom magic, (phantom magic is a form of caster magic in which the user takes on aspects of a ghost such as invisibility, sudo-intangibility, levitation, energy manipulation, fear inducement, and telekinesis). The other reason was that according to Thanis was that he only had a limited time to train me. He never told me why our time was limited, or why he was even training me to begin with only that it was important, and that there were others like me that I would have to find once my training ended, and someday I would have to fight for my life'.
'I awoke one morning in a grassy field instead of the cave I had called home for the past 10 years and I immediately went into shock. Everything I had ever known was gone and I didn't know where I was. I started to sob for what felt like hours, and when I finally calmed down I looked down to find a black cloak that is radiating a mysterious magical aura so I put it on and flip the hood upwards to cover my face. I walked the remainder of the day and decided to take a break under a tree. I remember feeling a jolt of electricity which rendered me unconscious, and by the time I awoke, I was being dragged to a prison cell in a strange place called the tower of heaven without the ability to use magic, which I assumed to be due to the strange wristbands he found on his arms. I was then tossed into a cell where I would spend the next month'.
(1 week later)
(Erza's POV)
'The new boy, his name is Mason. Even though he's been here a week he barely talks to any of us, and even though we all know what his face looks like he still wears his hood to cover his face. The only people he'll listen to are Rob and Jellal. Sometimes if she begs of him he will play catch with Millianna. But he straight up ignores Wally, and Simon. He terrifies Shu, and frankly I don't think he even knows my name. He doesn't sleep, he doesn't laugh, and for the first two days he wouldn't eat anything. All he does is listen to Rob's stories about his past, he talks to Jellal about magic, and he bites at his wristbands attempting to get them off.'
(That night)
Erza awoke to find that millianna had nudged her off the warm spot where the group of friends were sleeping. Unable to fall back asleep she gets up to find the mysterious new boy looking out of the cell up towards the night sky. The moonlight reflecting against the boy's messy white hair made for an image that was almost unearthly. Erza had always wondered why the boy would choose to hide his face under his cloak, because he had nothing to be ashamed of. No scares, no blemishes, just fair pair skin, and alluring red eyes that seemed capable of staring into one's soul. Noticing her gaze he turned to her and their eyes met, this confrontation forced a blush across her face. He walked over to her, and broke the silence at last "your name is Erza right". He said in a calm almost soothing voice. "Y-yeah" the nervous girl replied. "Jellal tells me a lot about you, in fact when he doesn't have a question about magic you're all he seems to talk about". The young boy states this with a warm smile. "Oh really" the girl looks to the side in embarrassment "what does he say?" She asks. "Just that you're really kind. Oh and you're very smart, which has made me want to talk to you for the longest time, but I've been too scared". The boy admits, Erza then asks almost instantly "scared of what". "Well. It's just that you and millianna are the first girls I've ever met, I've read about girls in books, but I've never actually seen one" after he says this a small blush creeps across his face. Unknowingly to either of them Simon had just heard their exchange and was not the least bit happy about it.
***Author's Notes***
Well that chapter was boring but kinda necessary, I really need to learn how to write. Also if anyone would like to help me with this story I would super appreciate it. Also idk if I'm pushing Mason x Erza cause I do like Jerza I was also thinking Mason x Mirijane, or Mason x Cana. If you guys wanna tell me who you want you can but I'm probably gonna the shipping I like best but I'm leaving out Lucy, and Juvia, but I am not opposed to Mason x Jellal completely and criticism is always helpful just try to be smart about it please. I'm trying to make these longer but I'm not too good at it so like I said help is greatly requested