Now let's take our story to a different setting, far from the Fairy Tail academy. Let us go to the city of Crocus, where a new story is just about to unfold…

Jellal's POV

I looked down at the crisp white sheet of paper in my hands. It was the acceptance letter to Fairy Tail Academy. My two sisters, Juvia and Wendy, and myself would be going to the most prestigious boarding school in the kingdom of Fiore.

I threw the piece of paper onto my desk and stood up from my chair, looking around at my sparsely decorated room. It was furnished with a bed, my desk, one plain dresser, and my most prized possesion, which sat in the corner of my room.

My guitar.

I walked over to it, catching a glimpse of myself in the full length mirror attached to my door. Dark blue hair, red tattoo on my face, a pair of sweats.

Look at me, I thought to myself. I'm a complete wreck.

I'm not the most social person. I'm actually rather awkward. Usually, a teenage guy like me would be on a soccer team, or a football team, or be a total jock, but I much more preferred the sound of music and the feeling of isolation. I can never interact well with people.

I touched my guitar, feeling the strings on my fingers, begging to be played. But I held myself back. I needed to tell Wendy and Juvia. We were going to boarding school, which meant we were moving.

Juvia was a year younger than me. She was seventeen. And then there was Wendy, who was only thirteen. We had no parents, they both died in a car crash when I was 5. Wendy and Juvia were too young to remember, but not me. For I was in the car with them when it all happened.

We were driving to the nursery school to pick Wendy and Juvia up. I had just been picked up from kindergarten, and it was snowing outside. We were driving cautiously along a snowy road when a deer jumped out of nowhere. My dad tried swerving to avoid it, but we smashed right into the front of an approaching car. I blacked out. When I woke, I was in the uospital, and Mom and Dad were gone.

I shook my head and opened my door, stepping out into the small apartment. In the kitchen, I could hear Juvia and Wendy talking.

"Maybe Jellal will finally meet someone," I heard Wendy say, making me freeze in my tracks. They're still on that? I thought, exasperated. For 2 years, the girls have been trying to set me up with dates, but nothing has worked. When will they realize that no girl will want a guy like me?

"That's if we even get into the school," I heard Juvia reply. "But Juvia would also hope that Jellal will meet someone to get him out of that shell he's been cooped up in."

"What about you, Juvia?"

"Well, now that Lyon's out of the picture…" Juvia continued. I though back to her ex boyfriend of 3 years. He had just been accepted to Lamia Scale University, a college about 3 hours away from Crocus. Juvia and Lyon broke up about 3 weeks ago, on friendly terms.

I walked into the kitchen, and the atmosphere turned silent. Little Wendy, with her blue hair up in pigtails, looked at me with wide eyes. Juvia stood behind the counter, making lunch, with her blue hair tied up in a messy bun.

"We got accepted." I said. "We start next Monday. Which means-"

"I don't have to go to Cait Shelter!" Wendy cried out. She'd been dreading going to the new high school just outside of town. It was a nice school, but Wendy just did not feel comfortable there.

I locked eyes with Juvia. She smiled. She was entering her junior year, and I was entering my last and final year of high school.

"Well, that settles it. Today is Monday. In a week, we'll be in Magnolia, starting at Fairy Tail." Juvia said, coming out from behind the counter and placing a sandwich in front of Wendy. "We have a week to pack and move. Thank god, because the rent is coming up too."

I sat in my room, on the messed up, unmade bed, guitar on my lap.

Maybe, just maybe, I thought, as I strummed. Maybe, I'll be able to make some kind of friends.

I snorted. Yeah right. They'll probably see the tattoo and think I'm a freak.

The tattoo wasn't actually a tattoo. It was a birth mark. I've had it all my life. But Juvia, nor Wendy, were born with it. Just me. And it scared people. I mean, who walks around with a giant red design sprawling out over half their face.

I began to play the guitar, singing one of my songs that I had written, 2 years ago.

I stared up at the sun,

Thought of all of the people, places and things I've loved.

I stared up just to see

With all of the faces, you were the one next to me.

I paused, my hands trembling. Even though I had sang this song a million times, it always makes me feel like, well, I don't know.

You can feel the light start to tremble,

Washing what you know out to sea.

You can see your life out of the window tonight.

If I lose myself tonight,

It'll be by your side.

I lose myself tonight...

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

Such Irony, I thought to myself. I know nothing about love and yet here I was, singing to a girl that I didn't know.

I put the guitar down and went to my desk. I picked up the letter. Behind it, was a second sheet of paper, showing all our our classes, and the class president bios.

My class president was named Erza Scarlet. The name hung with me, but I brushed it aside. She was Co captain of the track team, valedictorian 3 years running. Not to mention, Student Council President. Damn, that girl was the whole package.

I sighed, running my hands through my long blue hair. Unfortunately, I was going to have to meet with her. The unfortunate part, she'd take one look at me and probably snort in disgust. I play no sports, my grades were somewhat average, and I had absolutely no social skills. I'd become the class freak. As usual.

I looked over at my guitar, laying on my bed. At least I have my music, I thought to myself.

"Jellal Fernandes!" I heard Juvia shout. "You better be packing and not moping around in that messy room of yours!"

"I am!" I shouted back, putting on my best lying voice. I stared around at the room.

What am I getting myself into?

A/N: song credits to Onerepublic, "if I lose myself."

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