Hello everyone! As the title suggests, this is a partial rewrite/reposting of the original Fairy Tail fanfiction series I started on back in 2013. It ended just year and I've been waiting to do 100 Year Quest. However, I want to wait on that, but I also want to revisit these characters and make a tighter narrative before jumping into 100. These characters and this series does mean a lot to me, and I'd like to put everything into one easy to read, although lengthy, fic. Every single chapter will be posted of this fic at a regular basis, and there are some plot elements that are going to change so this is a more definitive version of what I wrote all that time ago. I hope readers old and new will be able to enjoy this story! So without further ado, let's get into it once again, starting with the classic...Flames of Friendship saga.
Alarms blared loudly, the red lights flashing on and off as a monotonous voice filled the building. "WARNING, WARNING. TEST SUBJECT #01 AND #13 ARE ESCAPING!" The sound of heavy footsteps against the cold steel floor echoed throughout the building loudly.
"Don't let her escape!" A scientist shouted amongst the group of guards.
"We've got our hands full with the other one...!" A guard shouted. A disheveled woman was leaping through the corridors, a sort of demonic claw ripping and tearing through those that tried to stop her. She was the main issue. This woman howled like some sort of beast, slaughtering anyone who came in her path.
"GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY!" The black haired woman screamed, a feral cry echoing throughout the facility. Despite the multiple issues that suddenly exploded all at once, this woman was the most pressing concern if left unchecked.
Pair of bare feet was running across the cold floor; the person was panting heavily, tears streaming out of their eyes. "I'm so close…!" They thought as they continued to run; they never looked back, they couldn't; if they did, it was over. The person quickly ducked into a secluded corner to catch their breath. The person was a young girl. She had black hair, which she let down, and blue eyes. She was in nothing but a pair of blue shorts and a white shirt. Her body was covered in bruises and dried blood, but she couldn't stop. She needed to catch her breath. After a minute or so, she got up and started to run again. The distraction caused by the other test subject was her opening to escape. Was this planned? She didn't know. but this was her chance to run away and she needed to take it. "I need to escape!" She continued running; she made a sharp turn down a corridor, only to gasp when she saw a barricade of guards awaiting her. "N-No!"
"Surrender yourself right now and go back to your room!" The guards commanded in unison, "Otherwise we WILL use force!"
She was already exhausted; she had used up most of her magic power trying to escape; she knew she'd run into resistance, but this may have been too much for her. She had to think, and fast. "NO!" Without a second thought, a flame appeared in her hands, crimson in color, and she threw it at the barricade of guards, causing an explosion and sent them all hurtling away. She then ran past the used to be barricade, and quickly ran down the stairs of the large building, panting, "Almost there…Almost there…!" She pushed the doors open to the main room, only to be greeted by a larger barricade of guards, and the head of the building. The head of the building had his hair over his eyes, and his head tilted so that there was only a shadow where his eyes are.
"Now now…I think you've been running long enough, don't you?" The head said, sighing as he crossed his arms. "I think you should just go back upstairs, and we'll all forget this ever happened. You're causing a lot of trouble?"
"N-NO!" She shook her head, gritting her teeth as her unkempt hair fell over her eyes, "I'm not going back up there! You are evil! This place is evil! AND I HATE YOU!" She took a step back, flames surrounding her body.
The man sighed, not exactly surprised by the girl's outbursts, "I was afraid of this…you know what we're doing is for your own good, right?"
"Then why is does it hurt?! Why do you smile when I'm in pain!? That's not what you're supposed to do!" Tears continued to stream down her cheek as she spoke, taking a step forward this time, the floor under her feet sizzling from her heat. "If she were here...if she were here, I'd be much happier...!"
"If you won't return peacefully, then I guess we'll have to use force…guards." He pointed his finger forward, and the guards then shot lightning from their fingers, shocking the girl, causing her to shriek out in pain as she slowly stepped forward. "W-What the…?" She was...taking the pain? Actually, why was this surprising, considering the amount of tests done on her?
"I WON'T GO BACK!" She screamed out loudly, her voice echoing throughout the entire building, much louder than the constant blaring of the alarm and the warning voice; the flames around her body flared powerfully as it blocked out the incoming lightning. "I WON'T I WON'T I WON'T!" She let out a powerful scream as her flames sudden rose even more, engulfing the entire building; before anyone had a chance to react, a large explosion overtook the building.
The smoke from the explosion cleared slowly; the girl had finally made it outside. She smiled as her bare feet ran across the soft, yet cold snow. Her flames kept her warm, but only for a moment. She winced as she realized her last use of magic had completely drained her; she fell over as she passed out, and rolled down the snowy hill; her destination unknown.