Chapter 2
for disclaimer see chapter 1
For lisanna the next week or so was a blur. Mira introduced her to her brother Elfman and the three of them got tickets for a train to the city of magnolia, Mira led them to a building in the centre of the bustling city, as they entered a short old man approached the three of them
"Are you these 'cursed children'I've been hearing so much about?", He asked sounding incredulous
"That would be us", Mira sighed
"But they're not cursed. Just me", she continued quickly
"Are you the master here?", she asked
"Yep, that's me!", the old man said looking proud of himself. Mira pulled her maimed arm out from the covering she had rapped it in to avoid stares
"Oh my!" The short old man exclaimed in surprise
"Come here child.", He commanded. Mira walked slowly over and hesitantly let the old man inspect her arm. After what seemed like hours for the older girl but was in fact only a few moments the old man released Mira's arm and stepped back
"Well I have good news. You are in fact not cursed", he said
"What!" Mira exclaimed
"I'm not cursed?!", She practically yelled
"No child in fact what you have there is a not uncommon form of magic called take over. With training you can learn to control it and use it in jobs. Although do tell me how you got this soul for the takeover", Mira looked confused
"Soul?" She asked
"How did your arm become like that, child?" The master said straightforwardly
"Our parents died about three years ago and we lived in the local church which functioned basically as an orphanage."
-Flashback-
Mira was quietly walking the corridors of the church listening to the sounds of her friends playing in the garden outside, she was looking for the pastor of the church father Cornelius to tell him that she had finished her chores in the main hall
As she rounded a corner she saw the door to Cornelius' study was slightly ajar, pushing it open she saw the old man blue faced on the floor with a man in a long formless black cloak straddled over his prone form, choking the life out of him.
"Father!", the girl exclaimed in fear as she rushed in and shoved the cloaked man off of him. Father Cornelius sucked in a couple of life giving breaths bringing him back from the brink of unconsciousness
"Mira!", He said in surprise. The man in the cloak spun around and reached for the white haired girl
"RUN Mira!", the old pastor yelled at her, but it was too late, the cloaked figure grabbed her left arm with an outstretched hand that was black and clawed
As soon as the 'man' grabbed her arm it released a tortured animalistic scream, one that conveyed only pure pain. Mira tried to cover her ears but the man had an iron grip on her arm and would not let go
Suddenly the entire room was plunged into complete and total darkness and the clawed man's screams abruptly stopped, as light returned to the room at well… The speed of light, the arm that then cloaked man had grabbed was gnarled, black and twisted and looking at it, Mira found it was her turn to scream
The young ivory haired girl's scream snapped the pastor out of his shock and he quickly tried to console the girl although being mindful of her 'damaged' arm
"Shush child. It will be all right", he said calmly and sweetly to Mira who had begun sobbing in fright over the events of the past few moments
"W-what just happened father?", the girl asked after sufficiently calming down even if she was still sobbing slightly
"I-I don't know child, all I know is I was being strangled by a demon and then you showed up."
"A demon?!", Mira exclaimed, shocked.
"Yes child, a demon. I had a … Uh … a deal with its master which went south and so he sent a demon to kill me and collect my soul.", Father Cornelius explained sounding rather nervous all of a sudden; something that the Strauss girl failed to notice
"What kind of deal?" Mira asked; curious.
"Uh… That doesn't matter now child, what matters is that we are both safe.", Cornelius said quickly changing the subject
"Can you feel anything in your arm Mira?", He continued to draw the conversation away from himself
"Yes I can, everything fells normal, I can move all my fingers but-but.", the girl sobbed again
"What's wrong with my arm father?", Mira asked quietly trying to avoid looking at it
"I don't know Mira", he replied
"Can you fix it?", she asked desperately
"I'm afraid not child" was the pastor's reply causing Mira to look sullen
"But fret not, just cover it up for now I'll see what I can do"
-Flashback end-
"I managed to keep it secret until about three weeks ago when my boyfriend who was the blacksmiths apprentice saw it and blabbed. The townspeople forced father Cornelius to kick us out saying we were a danger to the children, although he and the mayor did convince them not to kill us straight up I suppose.", Mira finished her story
"Incredible, a satan soul takeover. Girl, I have very good news for what you have there is in fact a very powerful form of takeover magic that utilises the power of demons, if you learn to control it you could be insanely strong", the old master said excitedly
Mira's eyes glinted in a dangerous light "insanely powerful you say?", She asked; interested.
"Yes child. But where are my manners?", the old man asked rhetorically
"My name is Makarov Dreyar and I am the current master of Fairy Tail", he continued
"Uh my name is Mirajane Strauss and this is my brother Elfman and my … Uh… Sister Lisanna", Mira said indicating first to herself then to the two children on either side of her
Lisanna didn't see any reason why she couldn't be Mira and Elfman's sister, why not? She had called a dragon her mother. Besides she had already begun calling them big brother and sister in the weeks they have been together, they all looked so similar no one would bother questioning it
"Nice to meet all three of you", master Makarov said
"How would you youngsters like to join fairy tail?"