She longed to learn who she was and only he had the answer. Problem? He was in Sabertooth and she was in Fairy Tail, two rival guilds. On the road to get answers, she finds herself falling for his partner. [StingxOC] [RoYu] [NaLu] Other pairings inside.
The Shadow's Light
Sting X Nina (OC)
Growing up Dragon
The forest was ancient. The trees thick and old, roots that were twisted. It might once have been filled with bird-song and animals that roamed. But now it was ages past its former glory. It's canopy was so dense that you could only see the occasional streak of sunlight that rarely touched the forest floor. This forest was one of those places which had no palpable reason to exist. It was a creaking shack created by nature to serve as a reminder that things could always be much, much worse. The dark shadows of the voluminous trees and the surrounding bushes had become the backbone of the forest, standing as passive protectors of a peaceful place. The autumn sun rose in a hurry as if trying to make up for setting too early the evening before, blooming into the pale sky with a warm mellow glow, sending what was left of the moon packing until its next shift guarding the night. By mid morning sky was a brilliant baby blue. As the morning developed the sound of young birds filled the air: chirping, tweeting and warbling incessantly.
A lake had been hardened by the sharp cold unforgivingness of an icy frost, the translucent water bound as a smooth solid. The wildlife were bold yet cautious of figuring out their new visitor, daring to get closer to have a look at the foreign creature disturbing their peace. As the day went on the forest came to life. The trees dance in the wind, the sound of running water in the stream had the same hypnotic quality as music luring animals in to have drink, to taste the warm sweet sensation of fresh water. The drone of insects humming and buzzing filled the air, little frogs croaked while searching for food hoping to catch an easy snack.
A shadow of a small child dashed passed, barely able to be made out due to its movement, another one quickly following afterwards, a large dragon looking on with slight amusement.
"Come out, children. It's time for your next lesson." It called to the two shadows, a girl and boy showing their heads. One had a lighter shade of black hair and the other had lighter red eyes. "Ryos, Lita, you both make me so proud."
The girl, Lita, grinned. "Thanks Papa Skiadrium. Can we learn the roar now?" She wore a sweet embroidered overlay defines a darling drop-waist light green dress fashioned with a flouncy tulle skirt and a black jean jacket with the sleeves missing.
The dragon, Skiadrium, seemed to smile at the two he had raised. "You have mastered everything I have taught you. Now is the time to become a true dragon slayer... You must kill me to earn my power."
The boy, Ryos, frowned and furrowed his eyebrows, his red eyes showing his confusion. "Kill you, Papa? How? Why?" He wore a black hoodie and black jogging pants. Both siblings didn't wear shoes. The two were as close as siblings could get, with one often teasing the other. Ryos even has protected Lita from a group of bullies when they called her 'weird' and 'creepy' for getting leftovers from a very kind old woman. That left her with a scar on her left temple from a rock that caught her when she turned away. Lita also has protected her brother from the same bullies, using her smaller frame to scare them away from him. Under Skiadrium, that bond also drove their powers.
"I will not live long, so you must kill me now... I will always be with you, not physically, but you know what I mean." It replied.
Lita and Ryos both looked at each other and Lita grabbed onto her brother's hand for support as they took a breath. "Shadow Dragon ROAR!" They said, their magic firing the breath attack and engulfing their father, leaving no trace afterwards of it.
Lita hiccuped and looked at her brother. "What do we do now, Ry-Ry? Papa was all we had..." At six, Lita was smart, like her brother, though was a little slow on picking up on certain cues.
"We have each other, Lita... I think that's what Papa meant, too." Seven year old Ryos replied, hugging his sister close right as she broke down, tears also streaking his own face. "I'm gonna protect you, forever!"
Lita pouted and furrowed her eyebrows. "I wanna protect you to, Ry-Ry. Why not we both protect each other!"
"Good idea." He said, ruffling her hair before they walked away from where their father once was.
Lita stopped a few moments later and picked a flower that had a bud that burst open into a star-shaped flower in purple. "Lookit this... I've never seen this flower before."
Ryos grinned and took the flower from her. "You're right... I wanna call it Nina's Happiness." He then put it on her left ponytail, having identical ponytails on the side of her head. "There, to remind you of my promise... And, there's another one. I'll have one too." He bent to take the other one and let her fix it onto a string she had, putting it around his neck as a necklace. "This way, I'll remember you and my promise."
"I'll do that, too! I wanna remember you and my promise, too." Lita said, smiling before seeing something behind her brother. "What's that?" She darted around him, causing him to chase after her. What she found were two eggs, one was a greenish one and another was a deep blue one. Both had yellowish strips on them and one was slightly smaller than the other. "There are eggs here!"
"Huh. That's weird. But, whaddya think we try to hatch 'em?"
"Can we? Really?" Lita asked, picking up the smaller egg and looking at him.
He picked the other egg up and shrugged. "I don't see why not.."
She grinned as they continued their way towards the nearest village, not caring about the looks they were getting from those they passed. She knew it was weird for kids to be carrying large eggs, let alone kids being alone without parents. "Where are we going?" She asked.
"To find a guild. We need to make a living somehow." Came the reply as he walked beside her.
"You think we can find that guild that the person called 'Salamander' is in?" She asked.
"'Salamander'? Where'd you hear that name?"
"I snuck by some people a few days ago and they said Salamander had chosen a guild and that he was already proving to be strong for someone who is like 'those in the woods'." She replied, adjusting the egg as she said that. "I think they were talking about us again."
Ryos shrugged. "Let them. It doesn't bother me much. Besides, we need to be as strong as our sworn brother Gajeel."
Lita smiled and nodded. "And I wanna be like Natsu Dragneel one day! He's amazing."
Ryos chuckled and nodded. "Both are great goals, little one."
Chapter one is done and it sorta introduces ya to my little OC, Nina, as a child. Now, she has many names. Right now, she is Lita, the name given to her by Skiadrium. She also goes by Nina for a while before 'adopting' her next name of Rosana... Yeah, confusing, but it'll be hopefully better as the next few chapters lay out...
~~Skittles~~