Outsider Chronicles: Fairies Don't Have Tails

When I died, I wasn't expecting to get reborn into a world of fantasy and Magic. Well, actually, the last thing I was expecting was for my home to be destroyed by a Demon with me as the only survivor. What? Thats not the least of it? Oh no, I just had to stumble onto a grave containing a very powerful form of Lost Magic. Awww well, at least I'll fit right in with my new family!

And here we go again with a proper Fairy Tail idea...although it does have some SDS elements. Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 1

When I died, the last thing I was expecting was to open my eyes again. However, thats exactly what happened. Of course, I wasn't in the same place as I closed them, nor was I in the same body. In fact, I was in the body of a baby. Yay me.

As for my new location, well, lets just say I might be in trouble. Why? Well, the world I've been reborn into was one of magic, demons and insanely powerful Wizards with a bad habit of destroying entire towns...well, almost. Yep, I've been reborn into the world of Fairy Tail! This is really gonna hurt...Oh well, at least theres plenty going on in the world and its big enough that I probably won't ever get caught up in a nasty situation...right?

I grew up in a small village located in a lush and green area of Fiore by the name of Rosemary Village. Yes, that one. The one where Erza spent her childhood before getting kidnapped by the Zeref worshiping Cult of wackjobs. To make matters worse, I was the same age as Erza, so I'd end up on the receiving end of that particular attack at some point. Frankly, I'm not sure how I'll react when it happens, although I have no intention of getting dragged off to the Tower of Heaven any time soon. Hell, I'd even like to save Simon and Erza (since they were my friends and all), but I wasn't too sure if I could pull that off…

"ROBIN GOODFELLOW, WAKE UP!"

"GAH!"

I jolted awake, only to realize I was falling and quickly grabbed onto the edge of the roof as I nearly fell off said roof I had been napping on. I hauled myself back up onto the roof and fixed the giggling Kagura with a withering glare.

"Was that really necessary?" I growled.

"Nope," said the girl with a grin.

I took a deep breath.

"Alright, next question, why did you wake me up like that?"

"Erza and Simon have been looking for you," she said, "We've been asked to go gather some ingredients from the forest.."

I huffed and crossed my arms.

"Couldn't you have just shaken me awake rather than nearly scaring me off the roof?" I asked.

"And where would be the fun in that?" was my reply.

I rolled my eyes and hopped off the roof, landing lightly on the grass below. A moment later, I caught Kagura as she hopped off after me.

"Alright, lets go," I said as I set the girl on her feet.

"K!" said the seven year old as she led the way to the edge of the village where Erza and Simon were waiting.

"There you are!" said Simon as we approached, "Let me guess, he was napping somewhere?"

"Yep, on a roof," said Kagura.

"Again? You'd think he'd have learnt after he rolled over and ended up in a water barrel," said Erza with a smirk.

I just yawned.

"I'm standing right here you know," I said lazily, "Besides, rooftops are the only place I can actually get a decent nap around here..."

Erza rolled her eyes.

"You'd sleep all day if we let you," she said.

"I would," I responded without missing a beat.

"Alright you two, thats enough," said Simon, "Come on, we've got to get those ingredients before dark."

We headed into the forest and made a beeline for the spots we knew had the largest concentrations of herbs, mushrooms, berrys and so on. Having grown up in these woods, we knew most of it like the backs of our hands. However, there was one area that we had never entered, both because our Parents had forbidden it and because it, frankly, gave everyone who got close the creeps. While it was true that most kids would probably go straight there after their parents warned them away, the aura it gave out was more than enough to keep even the most rebellious of kids out. In fact, the only person who wasn't affected by the aura was me.

Yeah, kinda strange, right? In fact, despite everyone in the village's warnings against the spot and the aura that kept the other kids out, I had been tempted to have a look more than once, especially when I got close to it. Hell, to me the aura actually seemed to be inviting, not scary. However, I wasn't dumb enough to risk getting my head chewed off for a quick thrill, so I kept my distance.

Anyway, our foraging trip was going well as there was currently an abundance of useful plants available in the forest and we'd even stumbled on a beehive that we'd been able to get some honey from as a treat for later. The sun was setting as we started making our way back to the village, lighting up the sky with a deep, crimson glow that almost resembled Erza's hair...or blood.

"Hey, whats that?" asked Kagura, pointing at a large pillar of black smoke that was rising from the direction of Rosemary Village, "Wheres all that smoke coming from?"

My stomach dropped at the sight of it, not helped in the slightest by the fact I could see the ruddy glow of flames above the treeline.

"Nothing good," I muttered, "Come on, lets hurry."

We did just that and it didn't take us long to reach the Village. Unfortunately, it seemed that my fears were well founded as we exited the treeline to find the village aflame. We all froze at the sight, not helped in the least by the dead bodies we could see amid the flames.

"W-whats going on?" gasped Erza.

I swallowed my bile, my mind working at a mile a minute. If I acted now, I could stop Erza and Simon getting kidnapped. True, that would make a mess of the timeline, but I honestly didn't give a rats ass.

"Guys, we need to go back into the forest," I said, "Whoever did this might still be here…"

I was cut off by a loud and very familiar scream.

"MOMMY!" screamed Kagura, sprinting into the village before I could stop her.

"KAGURA!" shouted Simon, taking off after his sister.

"Oh for…" I growled, "Erza, we need…"

I was cut off as my red-headed friend sprinted into the village after the siblings.

"Or not," I muttered, "Well, I guess hidings out of the question…"

I sighed, before steeling myself and sprinting after the others.

Unfortunately, finding them was easier said than done. Rosemary wasn't large, in fact, it was tiny, but the flames had to have been created by Magic as there were more than a few barriers where flames had no right to be and even a few earthen walls that had obviously been created with a spell that turned the Village into a maze in which I quickly lost track of my friends. Looking back, I think there may have been some illusion Magic present as well. Since I couldn't find my friends, I instead decided to head to my house to see if I could get my parents out, if they hadn't already left or been slaughtered or captured.

"MUM, DAD!" I shouted as I burst into my house, "WHERE ARE…"

I was brought up short, my eyes widening in shock and horror as I watched my Mother sliding of the sword of a large, armoured man.

"Hmm?"

The man turned, revealing that he was a middle aged man with scruffy, light green hair and beard, an eyepatch over his left eye and was wearing copper coloured armour under a dark purple cloak. His sword was a green, almost organic looking scimitar that was currently stained red with the blood of my parents.

I took in the gristly sight in an instant and, in the same instant, shock and horror turned to rage.

"YOU BASTARD!" I screamed and charged the man.

Naturally, it was about as useful as a toothbrush in a fight against a lion and the man easily smacked me away into a wall. I slid down it, dazed and hurting

"What do we have here?" asked the armoured man, turning to face me fully, "That was pretty brave kid. Brave, but foolish."

He snapped his fingers and a couple of men in the robes of Zeref Cultist emerged from the door leading to the kitchen.

"Take this one and put him with the others," said the man, "I'm going to make sure we didn't miss anyone else."

"Yes sir," said one of the Cultists as the man swept out of the house.

I groaned and tried to move, but my body hurt to much. Besides, there wasn't really much I'd be able to do against these two nutjobs anyway. Despite that, one of the Cultitsts didn't seem to like the fact I was trying to do...something and pointed his staff at me. There was a flash of light and I screamed as I was hit by a lightning bolt. The Cultist kept the Lightning on me for a moment, before releasing it, allowing me to fall to the floor, my limbs twitching as smoke rolled off my body.

"Consider yourself lucky brat," sneered the other Cultist as he picked me up by the back of my shirt and dragged me towards the door, "You're about to become part of a glorious effort. Your blood, sweat and tears will be what brings back our Lord and Master."

As he dragged me past the bodies of my parents, my barely focusing eyes met the blank eyes of my mother.

"no…"

I couldn't let them take me.

"No…"

I wouldn't be a part of their sick and pointless attempt to restore Zeref. All thoughts were gone from my head, leaving nothing but fierce determination and anger. I wouldn't allow myself to be taken! I wouldn't let them take my friends! I wouldn't let the bastard responsible for my Parents deaths go unpunished!

"NO!"

The word tore itself from my lips at the same time as I felt a massive rush of power flood my body, washing away the pain of the impact with the wall and the lightning bolt. Without thinking, my fingers closed on the small knife that was hidden in my belt and I drove it into the mans leg.

"AHHH, DAMN IT!" he yelped, instinctively dropping me as he clutched at his injury.

I scrabbled away from the men, putting my back against the wall as I pointed the bloody knife at them. It was a pathetic weapon, but it was all I had.

"You little brat!" snarled the Cultist, "You'll be sorry!"

He snatched the staff his companion was holding and advanced on me, clearly intending to beat me senseless. As he raised the staff in preparation to beat me with it, I instinctively held up my arms defensively in a futile attempt to hold him back. However, as I did, another surge of energy flooded my body.

The effect was immediate as the man suddenly collapsed, screaming in agony as the small cut on his leg suddenly opened into a wound so massive I'm surprised it didn't sever his leg and began spurting a frankly massive amount of blood that quickly coated the walls, floor, ceiling, the other Cultist and me.

"Wha...WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO YOU BRAT!?" screamed the other Cultist in horror as his friend went still, his lifeblood now everywhere except where it was supposed to be.

However, I didn't respond, both because I had no idea what I'd done and because I was in shock. After all, I had just killed a man in one of the most messy ways I can think of, short of feeding him into a wood chipper.

"ANSWER ME YOU BRAT!" snarled the Cultist, snatching up the fallen staff and advancing on me.

However, before he had taken more than a few steps, the ground erupted and a massive root shot out of the ground, stabbing him through the stomach and pinning him to the wall.

"A-ah-AHHHHHHH!" I screamed as I felt another surge of power, this one even bigger than the last two.

The power rolled off me like a wave, causing all the wood in the house to forget it was supposed to be dead and rapidly grow roots, branches and leaves. It took less than a minute for the entire house to be consumed by the new tree, taking a few unlucky sods with it was it rapidly grew, its roots surging through the soil, even breaking the surface and slithering like snakes in a few places. However, I only found that out later as the frankly obscene amount of Magic I'd just released quickly proved too much for my body and I passed out as a massive flower grew around me.

And done. So, what do you think? Keep in mind, I haven't actually got to the flashback to the events at Rosemary Village yet (no laughing at the back) so I have no idea if Kagura is OOC or not, hence why I made this kinda brief.

Hmm, I wonder what this strange power Robin used could be? Should be interesting, no?

The Magic in Fairy Tail is rather inconsistent as some people are stated to have learnt their Magic, while others, like Erza and Mirajane, seem to have instinctively used Magic in a life or death situation. With that in mind, I used a concept like the latter for the activation of Robin's Magic. He will learn a couple of other tricks in the future though.

Hmm, why was I so specific in describing the man I wonder? As if you can't figure it out! Hell, hes a clue in and of himself as to what Robin's Magic is!

And with that, its time for me to sign off. Don't forget to leave a review on the way out!