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)
S-Class Trial Begins!
Rosana looked around at the guild, smiling at how it had grown in the past few months since the war on Phantom Lord. She wrote to her brother Laxus about how Lisanna was actually alive and how they had gained another Dragon Slayer named Wendy Marvell, with her cat, Exceed as she wrote that they were called, Carla.
She missed her brother to a point she rarely smiled. He had been excommunicated due to endangering people's lives when he started a war within Fairy Tail itself. Even her pleading with their grandfather didn't lessen the blow. Gajeel and Juvia had joined Fairy Tail around that time.
Mira stopped wiping the glass and frowned. "Rosie, cheer up. You know Laxus is fine."
"Yeah... But... I miss him... He is my brother... And the one I'm closer to than anything." She admitted.
Lucy blinked. "Really? I thought you and Natsu were close."
"Well, yeah, but I'm Rosana Dreyer... My brother only wanted what he thought was best for me: a strong guild. He didn't see that we are strong as a family, which is our power.." She looked at the letter she was writing, seeing that she was still half-way through the letter.
Wendy and Carla joined her. "Writing to Laxus again?" Wendy asked.
"Mhm..."
"Why is everyone on edge, by the way?" Carla asked as Shina smiled.
"It's that time again? Well, Rosie, hope you get picked." Seeing three confused faces, Shina giggled. "It's the S-Class Trial time. Only eight are chosen and there is a possibility for all to be promoted, but it's really hard."
Rosana nodded. "There are three currently: Gildarts, Erza and Mira. My brother was one before he was kicked out."
Makarov took that opportunity to walk onto the stage. "Attention! It is that time of year! I have chosen the eight lucky members to take part in the S-Class trial!" He said, with Erza, Mira and Gildarts behind him. "The participants are: Natsu, Gray, Cana, Levy, Elfman, Juvia, Freed and Rosana! Good luck to you!"
Rosana nearly fell out of her seat and stared. "M-Me?! Gramps, are you sure?"
"You've grown strong and I have faith you can pass. But it's not easy." He said, grinning. "Now, choose a partner and good luck!"
Rosana thought it through before seeing that Gajeel said he'd help Levy; Natsu chose Happy; Gray Loke, who was here despite being Leo the Lion; Elfman chose Evergreen for some reason; Juvia went with Lisanna; Cana had Lucy; Freed, of course, went with Bickslow. She then smiled at Wendy. "Wanna be my partner, Wendy?"
"Sure! I'll do my best!" The Sky Dragon Slayer said.
They were all loaded into a boat, with Wendy casting Troia on Rosana. Natsu and Happy automatically flew their way towards the destination: Tenrou Island. Rosana smiled as she remembered telling Laxus about her being chosen and wanted him to come back to her being a lot stronger.
Gray, of course was almost naked, which she shook her head at. "Gray, clothes."
"But it's hot!" He said, ignoring a drooling Juvia.
"Still..." She sighed as she saw the island, blinking. "Whoa..." Shina landed on her head, not a part of the trial, but there as a cheerleader of sorts, like Carla and even Panterlily, who was Gajeel's 'cat'. She then listened to how the first trial would be based on not only power, but luck as well.
There were eight total paths, with six possible teams able to advance with the minimum being three. With that, he declared the trial to begin as she and Wendy nodded to each other before she looked to Wendy. "Alright, which one do ya think we should go with?"
"Well... H seems nice and peaceful.." She said.
"Alright! I hope I see Mister Gildarts in there! I wanna show him that I've grown stronger!" She said as the two went down the path, only to see Gray and Loke. "Bummer... I was wanting Mister Gildarts..."
"You crazy, Rosie?" Gray chuckled. "Well, let's give it our all, shall we?"
"Don't hold back, Princess." She taunted, grinning.
"You've hung out with Natsu too much!" He said as the two began to fight, with Wendy trying to support Rosana while also dealing with Loke. "Ice-Make: Hammer!"
"Shadow Dragon's Fist!" She met the ice hammer with her fist, getting a deadlock before she added more force, breaking it. "Tell me you're warming up already..."
He laughed a little. "Definitely still Rosie. You asked for it. Ice-Make: Floor!" He turned the floor into ice, making Wendy start to fall.
Rosana skated over, using the ice to her advantage and helped Wendy by knocking Loke away with her momentum. "Try again, Princess. You forgot you used to do this when we were kids, so I know how to use this against you!" She then leapt up to avoid a punch from Loke, making it hit a rock instead.
Wendy continued to assist, even attacking a few times. However, Loke and Gray used her weakness: pickled plums, earning her screaming before she saw Rosana bump into the two. "Thank you, Rosana-chan."
"Don't mention it. You boys are so rude." She cracked her knuckles. "It was a nice work out, but I'm gonna have to let loose." As she said that, she engulfed her fists in shadows, rushing at the two and using her body to her advantage, sending Loke into a wall, followed by Gray soon after. "Whoops! Sorry!" She rushed over to un-stick the two.
"Well, I'll be. You won. Go on ahead, we'll cheer for you." Loke chuckled before he vanished.
"Darn him!" Gray said. "Yeah, since I'm out, want help?"
Rosana grinned. "Just don't think about stealing this away from me... And you know that Loke needed to head back to being Leo, right? I kinda did a number on him."
"True." The three continued ahead, arriving to see the other five, confused. "Wow."
Lucy waved at Rosana. "You made it!"
Natsu raised an eyebrow at Gray. "You lost, IceFreak? Wow! That was probably priceless! That's it! Gray, Cana, Elfman, Levy, Rosie! There's only gonna be one S-Class and that's me!"
"Bring it on." Gray said.
"Not gonna happen." Levy said as Cana chuckled.
"Challenge accepted!" Elfman said.
Rosana grinned. "You'll regret saying that, Sala." That was before Makarov told them their test and they all went a separate way. "Say, Wendy. Do you think you, Natsu and Gajeel will find your dragons?"
"I know we can and will. I mean they must've had good reasons to leave. We'll find them and get answers." Wendy blinked. "What about your dragon?"
"Skiadrium? He's here." She pointed to her heart. "He talks to me in my dreams and I learned that he knew the other dragons, but has no idea where they are. Though, there is a chunk of my past still missing. I have flashes of some boy that is like me, but that's all before I pass out, as if unable to remember." She shrugged. "Oh well.. Wait... Did you smell that?"
Wendy nodded right as they dodged an attack. "We're under attack? Wait! What's that red thing?"
Rosana paled. "Condition Red! We have to get ready for battle! Back to the rest area! The exam's on hold!" She spun and rushed back, with Wendy right behind her as they bumped into Levy. "Lev! Where's Gajeel!?"
"Fighting! I left him..."
"Got it! I'll go get him." She ran the direction Levy pointed, merging into the shadows to travel faster. What she saw a humanoid goat, with a prominent flat nose and a goat's beard. He's seemingly covered in short, brown fur, and, when shown without his helmet, two large goat's ears, hanging down on his head's sides, are visible.
He's clad in a set of red samurai-like armor with golden edges, consisting of a traditional breastplate bearing a weird symbol, linked to the pauldrons, which on the other hand are spherical and bear little to no resemblance to the plated one worn by ancient samurai, gauntlets revealing his hands, a waist guard composed of four traditional samurai plates, hanging over his legs, and a traditional samurai kabuto helmet with a prominent, golden crest on the front part and a long furry ornament protruding from the back, which, strangely enough, isn't always portrayed. Together with the armor and under it, he donned a simple outfit consisting of a very long, pale gray shirt, loose dark pants with the lower leg parts being wrapped in bandages, and traditional Japanese sandals with socks. He also dons a light red obi belt tied around his waist, above the waist guard, and carries around a standard sword, tied to his left hip.
Opposite him was a large, anthropomorphic chicken, distinguished by the addition of human arms alongside chicken wings, with the same symbol on his neck. His attire consisted of an eastern-looking orange apron adorned with a golden diamond-shaped drawing on the front, partly covered by the simple cloth belt he wears over the lower part of it. On his legs, he donned dark pants reaching down below his knees where his chicken feet begin, with a large stripe descending down each leg's side.
"What happened here, Screwball?" She asked from around them.
"Geez. Took ya long enough, Shadow... But I've got it." He said.
"Then why do you look like you did after you, me and Natsu fought?"
"Show yourself!" The chicken said.
"Or are you a coward?" The goat asked.
"Coward? Me? Nope... Just try and find me, you animal-guys~" She teased, evading the attacks due to being in the shadows before she lept out behind the chicken. "Shadow Dragon's Fist!" She sent it flying but it landed as she did. "Wanna stand already? You're making me look bad."
"A mere child? What kind of weak, insignificant, runty shrimp does Fairy Tail let in?" The goat said.
Gajeel deadpanned. "Oh, shit. Wrong words... She's pissed." He warned, seeing that, true to his words, shadows had engulfed her form. He chuckled. "See ya around. You've pissed off the wrong person."
"Time to pay... Shadows will eat you away when I'm done. I am Rosana Dreyer, Mistress of Shadows, and you're about to find out why!"
"Wait... Dreyer? As in Makarov and Laxus Dreyer?!" The chicken said to the goat.
"Yup. Granddaughter to our master, sister to one of our former S-Class wizards." Gajeel informed. "And she has a temper to match them. Just get them off the island, Shadow..."
"Oh. I will." She said as she took aim. "Shadow Dragon's ROAR!" She shot her breath attack, seeing it get deflected back by the goat, dodging and rushing ahead. "Gajeel! A little boost, if ya don't mind!"
"Gotcha! Iron Dragon's Club!" He shot his arm out, letting her balance on the end and shot her at the two.
She entered her Dragon Force and was nearly running on fumes. She froze as she felt her grandfather use his giant form. "Gramps... Please.." She then felt him start using Fairy Law, looking at Gajeel.
"Well, whoever you guys are, you're about to be wiped out." Gajeel stated right before the magic stopped. "The hell?" The chicken took that time to attack, which Rosana blocked, but was sent into a tree. "Shadow!" He growled and attacked the chicken. "Why are you here and who are you?"
"We are Kawazu and Yomazu, scouters for Grimoire Heart and looking at the island for our stronger guild mates." Kawazu said.
Rosana shook her head before glaring. "Another? Gramps said Grimoire Heart is like Phantom Lord... Which means..."
"They should be a piece of cake for us!" Gajeel said as Levy returned. "Oi, shrimp! I said go away!"
"As if! We're partners!" Levy said, using her Solid Script magic to make shadows for Rosana and iron for her teammate.
"Thanks, Levy. I was running on empty." Rosana said, eating the shadows, Gajeel hesitantly eating the iron. "Great! As Natsu'd say: I got a fire in my belly!" She said, cracking her knuckles and rushing at Yomazu. "Alright... You saying there's more of you?"
"Shut up! Kan!" He wrote the kanji for Kan and shot the beam at Rosana, who, despite guarding, still was hit.
"Gah." She said, immediately exiting her Dragon Force.
"Rosie!" Levy called.
She was about to attack when she felt despair, making her collapse and hold her heart and wondered if Laxus felt this wave, wherever he was. "No..."
"What's wrong?" Gajeel asked.
"..." She allowed her magic to surround her as she glared at their opponents, stunning Levy, but Gajeel had seen her anger before, but was still shocked.
"W-What?"
"This is her true Dragon Force... Scary still... But it only occurs when something bad happens..." He explained.
"Does that mean..." Levy began as Rosana, instead of attacking their enemy, rushed away, heading towards where the explosion had happened. "ROSIE!"
"Let her go... We need to let the others know..." Gajeel ordered.
Rosie fought her pain by adding it to her anger. If what she felt were true: Makarov was hurt badly. She refused to think much darker than that. 'Laxus... Please.. I hope you can handle this... Help...' She pleaded for her brother, knowing it was impossible for him to hear or come. She ran across Natsu, stopping. "Natsu?"
"Rosie!" Happy said.
"What the hell?" She asked, seeing people thrown about as she even stepped on some. "Got carried away?"
"They invaded our island... And turned my scarf black! That has me burning up in anger! I wanna vent on them more!"
Rosana then noticed that the normally white scarf was pitch black. "Ahh. Having fun?"
"Wait, he's just venting!?" A soldier asked before seeing the girl. "GAH! Monster!"
Natsu glared before noticing Rosana's appearance. "Who got you so pissed to enter that?"
"These bozos named Kawazu and Yomazu... But mostly that explosion... I have a bad feeling." She glared at them. "These guys are from Grimoire Heart..."
"Ahh..." He said. "They make great punching bags."
She grinned. "Well, I gotta go. Make 'em hurt for me~"
"Gotcha!"
She waved at Wendy and the Exceeds before she and Shina rushed off again. "Shina, you should've stayed behind with Wendy and the others."
"And miss you getting revenge? No way." Shina laughed lightly as she landed on her head. "Besides, Natsu and Happy have it back there. Lily's running low on magic, Carla's... Carla and Wendy can heal if need be."
"True." Her path led to a very injured Makarov. "GRAMPS!" She slid to a stop before him, exiting her Dragon Force as she dropped to her knees. "Please... Don't be dead..." She begged, sniffling. "I can't lose you, Grampa... You and Laxus are my only family... The ones that took me in as your own..." Her tears poured out before she smelt Natsu.
"Ros? What're you... Whoa.."
"Natsu... Grampa..." She hiccuped as she tried to wipe her tears away.
"Natsu... Rosie... You two..." Makarov said weakly.
"What in the world happened to you?" Natsu asked.
"He's hurt real bad, isn't he, Natsu?" She whimpered as Natsu freaked out. "Who did this, Grampa?"
"The chances... of us defeating... Grimoire Heart... Are nearly..." He tried.
"You've gotta be outta your mind right now! The Gramps I know would never say something like that!" Natsu said.
Rosie frowned. "Natsu... Listen to him... Look at him! He's hurt worse than anyone!" She cried. "H-He's right..."
"You two are injured..." He stated. "Who did that to you two?"
Natsu blinked as Rosie sniffled and spoke. "I don't know what happened to Natsu... But these bozos named Kawazu and Yomazu did this to me..."
"This is nothing compared to what I'm gonna do to him! The next time I see that jug, it's on!"
"Rosie... My beloved granddaughter... They hurt you... I beg you, Natsu... Protect Rosie with all you have and gather the others. Leave while you can..."
"I'll protect her, you don't have to worry. But as for us leaving, you are supposed to support us!" Natsu said.
"That's true.. There are times when the best thing to do is retreat..."
This time, I won't skip anything, since it's a very interesting event. The ones between Phantom Lord and here, to me, are a little... weird. I mentioned it, but I'll explain it now:
Rosie, Natsu and Gajeel fought against Laxus, but Rosie was unable to hurt her brother, so, Laxus, completely insane, attacked her instead, injuring her to a point where even Natsu and Gajeel got angry. However, Rosana loves her brother to completely forgive him, so she tried her best to make their grandfather see what she did, Makarov still excommunicated him, but allows her to write to him.
Then, when Lucy saves Loke, Rosie had been dealing with missing Laxus and often kept to herself where Laxus hung out. She did go on some missions and even went with to the Tower of Heaven, where more memories rose up, still not knowing the 'boy' in her past, but filling in more of what happened before Gildarts found her. She even talked to Skiadrium a few times, growing close to him, even if he's in her heart.
Hope that kinda fills in the blanks a little more... ^.^
~~Kiwi~~