VI own nothing except a few characters. All others go to Durarara! and Fairy Tail.

Technically my first story, and I want criticism. So give me flames, all of the flames! I want to how I messed up. That way, I can improve, that much more. Oh, and don't worry about Shizuo being in the main story, the OC island is only too chapter 4, but I'll soon be getting rid of these completely.

The blonde man in the heavy jacket approached the small village surrounded by the wooden wall.

'Why is it so damn cold?' He wondered, inhaling another puff of his death-stick. 'All for a few thousand jewels.'

Bang

Bang

He grumpily knocked twice, almost opting to break it down. He listened to frantic scrabbling and a few shouts from the other side. After a long, cold, and irritating moment, the large wooden door slowly began to creak open, bits of ice breaking off. As it opened, he could spot several people running back and forth. Again, he shivered. Looking up into the sky, he searched for a glimpse of a sun that seemed to have forgotten this small village. While he did not see the sun, his eye caught a glance of a dark shape hurtling past.

The village was one of three on the small island. The people there, certainly not savages had instead decided to live here and embrace the non-magical aspects of life, trying to be simple in their ways of living. That included fishing and farming, which, as you can imagine haven't exactly flourished in the bitter, merciless cold.

Of course, it hadn't always been like this. In fact, until about a week ago, it had been a sunny, warm village. Albeit not tropical, unlike the rest of the island it rested upon. The harsh winter had fallen without warning, and the deaths had been rising since then. The trees were meant for warm weather, so they died quickly and weren't very good firewood being soaked. After a few days, most of the remaining village left for greener pastures-literally. Some had stayed though, trying to keep the village from falling apart.

Despite being recluses (and proud ones at that) someone had eventually set up a job request at his guild. He suspected the woman in front of him was the one who had sent the job.

"You're the guild member?" She had fiery red hair, and was wearing what looked to be several sets of clothes on, at least , she was shivering. He gave a nod of confirmation, and showed the inside of his palm, the place where his guild's mark lay.

"Yes. I'm Shizuo Heiwajima." She nodded and looked around at the white surroundings.

"Come, follow me. Our houses weren't meant for this cold, but at least there are fires." She led him through the thick snow into a large building, probably the town hall.

The door shut with a loud crack as he walked into the spacious room. In the center, in place of a table and chairs was a large fire. The table and chairs were strewn about the room, broken from presumably being used for firewood. The girl was already at the fire, poking at it with a chair leg.

"My name is Mya Kinmin." She informed without looking from the fire. "The only other two people in the village are my brother Redir and my best friend, Opal." There was a long pause before the door to the hall opened with a loud creak, breaking the silence. There was a sound of shuffling, a few irritated words, and the howl of wind before it shut once more. Covered in snow walked in two more heavily clothed people, this time wearing hoods. The taller one had a quiver of arrows slug across their back and was holding a long bow. As they neared the fire, they pulled the hoods back to reveal a girl and boy, most likely the ones Mya told him about. The boy, like his sister had red hair, although it seemed more orange than red. The girl had jet black hair, matching her eyes.

"Mya!" Redir dashed over to the fire and his sister, brushing off as much snow as possible. Opal on the other hand seemed much more collected. She took long, steady, and deliberate steps. "Who is he? The wizard?" She gave a nod, but he still seemed unconvinced. "And what are you supposed to do? You barely look older than I am!" He crossed his arms. "Come on Mya, we don't need him!" She gave him a quick glare.

"While I agree with Redir, we appreciate you coming." She absentmindedly twirled an arrow in one hand. She was obviously very skilled in it.

"You know that our village has banned the use of magic, correct? Well, my friends and I-"

"Mya! What are you doing?" Redir shouted indignantly at his sister. She glared back.

"I'm tired of hiding this! When we clear up this problem, I'm going to show the whole village!" She angrily spat. "But right now, I can help!" She held out her hands and formed a fist. "Fire make!" Shizuo raised an eyebrow when a red magic circle appeared in the air. "Flaming cutlass!" Pulling her fists apart, a long curved sword appeared. "My family comes from a long line of pyromancers." Twirling the sword, she pointed it at Shizuo. "Now. I am coming to help." Obviously they suspected (or knew) of a monster that was causing this. If so,

"Ok." Mya faltered, not having expected that. The sword dissipated in a puff.

"Mya!" Her brother whined. "If your going... than-"

"Oh no your not!"

"What?! But I-""Oh I don't think so! you're only fourteen!""You're only seventeen!"

Shizuo turned to Opal. "You coming?"

"Eh. Sure why not."

"There's something you should know about me." The youngest in their group announced, breaking the silence. "I'm a practicing magic smith!"

"Isn't magic outlawed here?"

"Well...yeah. But on weekends us three travel to the mainland and practice our magic. I managed to get in with an awesome magic-smith." He gave a large grin. "I've enchanted most of Opal's arrows!"

"Yeah, and only some of them have blown up in my face. I prefer to use my own magic, although the arrows can help." Opal commented, never looking from the barely visible path. Redir pushed past a tree and narrowly avoided the ensuing snow fall.

"So you can all use magic? Wouldn't you be happier on the mainland, maybe join a guild? Instead of hiding what you can do." Shizuo asked, incredulous. There was a n uneasy silence.

"Because we live here." Redir broke it. "I mean, our parents, our friends...we've thought about it, don't get me wrong, but..." He fiddled with a small, round object.

"Why do you care?" Mya asked from a few feet away, walking briskly.

"Just seems like wasted potential." Was his simple response.

The small group lapsed back into the cold silence, Mya leading the charge, Opal at the back, and Redir in the middle. They'd obviously done this plenty of times. Shizuo was off to the side, smoking his cigarette. Rather suddenly, Mya stopped in the center of a clearing.

"It's getting dark, and it's still quite a ways away. We should make camp. Shizuo," She turned to the tall man. "Can you get some wood? We'll clear out some snow." With a nod, he stalked off into the woods, in search of wood.

Without a word, a magic circle appeared underneath Mya, and a circle of fire exploded from her feet. It instantly melted the snow, revealing dead grass. She plopped down, waiting for the other mage. "So, do you guys think he can help? To be honest, I expected someone...bigger."

"Bigger? Dudes six and a-half feet tall!" Redir rolled his eyes.

"Not what I meant. He just doesn't seem that stron-" She turned to see Shizuo come into the clearing, five large trees plied up in each arm, making ten in total. {For all you who can't count} "Never-mind then." She muttered, seeing his complete ease in the task. He let the large pile drop into the dried (and slightly burnt) grass. "Ok, that's good and all but how-" Once again she was corrected as he wordlessly lifted a foot and thrusting it down, shattering a tree into dozens of smaller pieces. She gave a small grumble and began arranging the pieces into a pile.

"Myers, I don't like this."

"Shut up."

"He could be a serious threat, even to the power of ice. Not to mention the girl has"

"Shut up."

"abilities of fire. Truly, they can be a-"

"SHUT UP!" A shadowy shape clutched at his head. "Shut up. Just, leave me alone." He looked sharply around at the forest.

"I can't Myers."

"But I didn't mean to! I didn't mean...I didn't know!" He was alone, just as he feared. There was no response. Slowly, icy tears ran down his face.

"What's happening to me?"