Hey you guys! I know it's been a while. A very long while. I'm slowly getting back into working on this story. But just because I stopped writing and updating doesn't mean I wasn't coming up with ideas on how I wanted the story to go. I have and I hope you guys will enjoy as the story goes along.

My poll for when Natsu and Elaina get together is still up on my bio for you to vote. I haven't come to a decision on when the two should get together so the poll will still be open until I make that decision.

I would just like to remind to everyone who reads this story to leave constructive criticism (not that I've had any problems at all; you guys have been sweet in your comments) and that I will be following the English Dub. If you are someone who doesn't wanna read because of this, then don't. I'm not offended by it because it's your preference.

Anyway, this is a revamped version of prologue and I hope you guys enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail whatsoever. Elaina is a character that I created as well as anything else that comes out of my head.

It was a cold night, but that didn't stop the seventeen-year-old brunette from sitting on the roof of the building in which she lived in.

After the rough day she had, the girl felt relief breathing in the cold night air. The caretaker of the building, which was an orphanage, kept yelling at her at every little thing she had done. It was always 'You're not doing it right, Elaina' or 'Those dishes aren't clean enough'. Sometimes it was a rough grab of the arm that left bruises or even a slap to the face. There were worse days when the violence tended to get worse and Elaina had some scars too because of it.

Elaina couldn't fathom why the caretaker, Miss Riley, even singled her out. Was it because she was jealous of Elaina? Was it because she managed to smile despite the conditions in which she lived in or the abuse she took? Or was it because Miss Riley was jealous of Elaina's brown hair and green eyes as the older woman herself wasn't much of a looker? Elaina could only guess because she was never going to stand up for herself.

Elaina never stood up for herself against anyone, not even to the younger boys, who mocked her quite often.

Elaina lost her parents in a house fire when she was just seven years old. The death of their parents caused Elaina to be even more quiet and shy, and sometimes withdrawn, than she already was at that age. And for that, many of the children growing up teased her, usually calling her names, such as Mute or Mouse.

Elaina sighed again, seeing her breath in the night air. She pulled her hoodie closer to her body to keep out the cold. She looked out into the dark, wishing she could be anywhere but at the orphanage. She wished she could be living a life of adventure, much like the anime/manga series, Fairy Tail.

She came across the anime once while she was on the internet when she was at the local library and immediately got hooked on it. Suppose it was the moral of family and friendship prevailing over all that drew her in, she mused.

It wasn't just that, but also the action that was involved and the characters. One of her favorite characters was Natsu. The way he always stood up for his friends made Elaina smile.

Truth is Elaina was a bit jealous of everyone in Fairy Tail, despite how stupid she thought it was considering the show wasn't real. They were orphans, or so it seemed, and they still managed to find people who accepted them and cared for them. Elaina didn't have that.

She lost both her parents and landed in a poorly conditioned orphanage where people were nothing but horrible to her. She didn't really have any friends or anyone to care about her.

Elaina sighed again before standing up from her place on the roof. She stretched before letting out a yawn.

"Time for bed," she said to herself before climbing into her bedroom. If you could call it that. It was about the size of a large storage closet. Suppose that's what you get when you're the caretaker's least favorite.

Elaina quietly changed out of her clothes and into her pajamas, a simple T-shirt and shorts.

Elaina crawled into her own bed and took a deep breath while staring at the ceiling, waiting for sleep to come to her.

God, I wish my life was a bit like Lucy's life from Fairy Tail, she thought. No matter what life throws at her, she still has so many people who love her. I'd like something like that.

Then she closed her eyes for the night.

And there you have it! Leave a review guys and let me know what you think!