Chapter 1

Memories and New Faces

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters, only my own OC's, Energy Magic, and my ideas.

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Rain pounded down hard upon the city of Magnolia, all streets were deserted, all of the citizens had gone inside their homes, wishing to stay out of the rain. The sky was dark and only the low flickering lamps that lined the streets provided light.

A young girl who looked no older than 10 or 11, was splashing through the puddles as she sprinted through the streets. Her shoulder-length strawberry blonde hair had silver tips stretching up two inches, it bounced up and down as she ran. Her eyes were a strikingly bright silver with a thin ring of white around the iris. Silver markings that run under both her eyes, down her cheeks, and half-way down her neck and ended in a point to make a sort of upside down triangle, appeared on her lightly tanned skin.

She wore a pair of black leggings and black shoes with a sleeveless black shirt with a low-cut neck and her shoulder blades clearly visible. A relatively fresh looking scar that formed a spiral could be seen on her right shoulder-blade.

She veered down into an alley and slowly came to a halt, leaning up against a wall, crossing her arms over her chest she slowly sank down to the ground, knees pulled close to her chest, shivering. Her breath billowed out in front of her in a foggy cloud and she cast nervous glances from side to side. She shuddered as the cold drops of rain steadily soaked her, she buried her face into her knees.

Her mind was racing, she was so confused, she couldn't think straight... Though not many thoughts were present in her mind to think about.

"What are you doing out in the rain child?" The girl snapped her head up and stared at the small man who had stopped in front of her. He was old, though not so old, but the thing that surprised her, was the fact that he was so small. She had never come across anyone his age, who was this small before.

He was wearing a rather strange, deep purple hat, and yellow attire with green edges, a dark blue coat over it, and brown shoes. He was looking her over with a neutral face, his white hair sticking up under his hat, and mustache hiding his lips. His dark eyes stayed fixed on her as she just stared back for awhile.

For a moment, her mind stopped racing as she looked into his eyes, but her frenzied thoughts came crashing back again, and she looked away from him.

"I... I don't know..." she murmured, unable to come up with any other explanation for him. The old man stayed silent a moment, looking her over.

"Where are your parents?" He asked and she closed her eyes, frown pulling at her face.

"I.. I don't know..." She muttered, clearly frustrated with herself. "I don't think I have any parents..." She said after a moment.

"What is your name?" He asked after a pause, and she opened her eyes at the question, looking his way again. She was surprised at the question, why was this old man so curious?

"Frea." She told him slowly. The old man nodded a bit, and his eyes narrowed in thought.

"Do you have anywhere to go?" He asked after a moments silence.

Frea narrowed her eyes and shook her head slowly. "No..." She answered softly, sweatdropping a little as she stared at her knees, "...I don't even know how I got here.." She mumbled, silver eyes narrowing more as she tried to remember.

"Then my Child, why not come with me?" He asked, offering her a small smile. "Lets get out of this rain, and somewhere warmer." He suggested and she thought it over, looking him up and down for a moment, not sure what to make of what he said. "At this rate, we'll both catch colds!" He chuckled.

"May I... Ask for your name first?" She said quietly, and the old man let out a low chuckle, smile widening.

"Of course, my name is Master Makarov." He answered. "Though my brats sometimes call me Gramps, or Old Man." He added cheerfully, and she blinked, a small smile appearing over her face for a spilt second.

Frea nodded a little and got to her feet, easily taller than the old man, and she stayed close as he began to lead her through the streets at a brisk pace, clearly intent to get the two of them out of the cold and rain as quickly as possible.

"Who are your.. Brats?" Frea asked as she caught up with him, to walk at his shoulder. "... And where are we going?"

Makarov laughed a little at the question, arms crossing behind his back as he walked on. "They are my family," He answered. "We're headed there now, to my Guild."

Frea blinked a couple of times, looking surprised. "So you are a Wizard, aren't you?" She asked, "I can sense Magic Energy coming from you." Frea explained quickly when Makarov looked up at her in surprise.

"Yes I am." He told her and she looked to the path ahead. "My Guild is called Fairy Tail."

"I've never heard of it." She answered truthfully, though at the moment her mind was completely blank, besides a few pieces of information. "... I'm a Wizard too." Frea told him.

"Is that so?" He asked, looking genuinely interested. "Who did you learn your Magic from?" He asked, Frea glanced at him for a moment, before looking away and frowned.

"Sorry, I really don't remember." She mumbled, looking a little downcast at the thought. "All I remember is my name, my Magic, and..." She trailed off, suddenly looking a little nervous and tense. The sudden change in attitude caught the old man's attention and he raised any eyebrow.

"Yes?" He questioned gently, and Frea sweatdropped.

"... I'm sort of... A Demon..." She mumbled, eyes closing. Makarov's eyes went wide at the words, never expecting them to come from someone such as this.

"A Demon?" He asked and her eyes opened, looking his way slowly.

"Is that a problem?" She asked and Makarov stayed silent for a moment before shaking his head.

"Of course not, everyone is welcome at Fairy Tail." He answered cooly, though he made a mental note to get into the Demon subject with her later, once she had settled in a bit. "What type of Magic do you use?" He asked, changing the subject.

Frea looked relieved to have steered away from the subject, and she noticeably relaxed a little. "Energy Magic." She answered. The next few moments passed in silence and Frea glanced down at Makarov who looked deep in thought. "Is there something wrong?" She asked.

"Nothing at all." He answered, though he was rather unfamiliar with the Magic she had described. He remembered the name from somewhere, but his memory was hazy, and muddled. It just have been something he had seen or heard from a very long time ago, and he let out a silent sigh at the thought.

It was yet another thing he would have to look into later.

Frea's attention didn't leave Makarov as he went into thought about what she had said, and she could feel his confusion. But her attention moved from him, to the large building that had rose up in front of them, with a sign reading; 'Fairy Tail'

Makarov lead the way inside and Frea followed slowly, a little daunted by its size, and the amount of noise she could hear coming from inside, along with the feeling of dozens upon dozens of Wizards inside the Building.

It was warm and light inside, the sound of laughing and conversation floated in the air. Frea's silver eyes widened as she swept her gaze around the room. There were so many people in here, and it was so big! Several of the people inside saw their arrival, and called out greetings, all wearing warm smiles, while a few even began to stir and get up.

"Welcome to Fairy Tail, Frea." Makarov said and she smiled at him from over her shoulder, a bright, cheerful smile that seemed to light up her entire appearance.

"Thank you." She told him earnestly.

"What ever for?" Makarov asked. His eyes had been silently tracing the spiral scar on Frea's right shoulder blade. He narrowed his eyes at the mark, it was fresh, and he was surprised she wasn't feeling pain from it... Though she was probably numb from the cold of the rain she had been in.

He looked up to meet her gaze as she looked over her shoulder at him, her eyes were shining with happiness that warmed his heart. He loved seeing the young ones look so happy, and it had been some time since such a young child had come to Fairy Tail.

In that moment, he had not doubt that he would enjoy having her here in the Guild, for all the time she wished to be here. No matter what her presence brought to the table in the future, it was all wort it to see that happiness right now.

Frea gave him a bright, slightly toothy grin, "Thank you, for giving me a chance, Master."

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Frea took a deep breath and she lifted her arms above her head to stretch, the silver Fairy Tail Guild Mark emblazoned proudly on her left upper arm, and she opened her eyes.

Her arms dropped down and she stood up, crushing the soft green grass under her feet. She was wearing black shorts with black shoes and a light grey tank top, the spiral scar on her shoulder-blade clearly visible. Her hair was put up into a loose ponytail, two strips of it were left out to border her face. The silver markings under her eyes remained, even to this day.

"Damn... That was a long time ago..." She murmured, thinking about the memory she had been having moments before. She could still remember it clearly to this day.

She swept her gaze over the grassy land in front of her and placed her hand on her right hip. "Its been... 14 or 15 years since then, right?" She asked herself and shrugged.

Before her, grassy rolling hills stretched her out in all directions, the blades of grass shifting from the force of the small breeze. Off in the distance, the grass gave way to rocky hills, and eventually mountain. Nothing stirred the still air as she simply stood there upon a small hill, just taking everything in for a moment.

She knew she ought to get moving sooner or later, no telling what sort of monster would decided to challenge her today, though she supposed an earthquake might be the highlight of the day too... It was hard to say. She sighed a little and let her eyes fall closed, sweatdropping

So much shit happens around here, its crazy...

The sound of flapping wings caused her to glance over her shoulder as a small blue bird carrying a letter approached her. She blinked a few times, surprised to see it all the way out here, before she realized it must be from the Guild. She turned and waited patiently for the bird to reach her, a little afraid something had happened back home, usually no one back in Fairy Tail would bother her, she was a long ways out here...

"A letter from Miss Mirajane." The bird huffed and she took the letter slowly, expression serious. The bird lighted down on her shoulder to rest for a moment.

"How long did it take for you to find me?" Frea asked the bird, glancing its way after looking the letter over for a moment.

"Almost a week." It replied in exasperation, clearly not at all delighted with having to travel so far, and it took off.

Frea waved at it as it flew off, "Thanks!" She called after it and switched her gaze back to the letter, flipping it over in her hands slowly.

Almost a week...? I guess I'm not surprised... I am out here a ways...

She sweatdropped a little more, why would the Guild be writing now? This is the first thing she had received from any of them since she left to travel, almost a year ago now.

Please.. Tell me those idiots aren't in trouble...

Frea activated the Magic on the card and the pre-recorded hologram of Mirajane appeared.

"Hey Frea! Long time no see, its been a year, I really hope you come back soon!" Mira's cheerful voice sounded, the white-haired Mage smiling sweetly, hands clasped in front of her. "Anyway, I have a lot to tell you!" Mirajane said excitedly, and Frea silently sighed, relieved that nothing seemed to be wrong.

"I don't know where you are, so you may or may not know some of this already. A lot has happened since you've been gone, you might just be mad you missed all of it!" Frea sat down, she knew Mira liked to talk away, so there was no doubt in her mind that this would take awhile. But her interest was peaked now, Mira liked gossip, but she seemed absolutely certain that there was something Frea would really hate to have missed, so she sort of a little excited to hear what it is.

"We have a few new members at the Guild, one of them is named Lucy, she's a Celestial Wizard. Everybody really likes her, she's part of the strongest team we have here at Fairy Tail! Natsu, Happy, Erza and Gray are also part of this team, isn't it great?" Frea smiled nervously and sweatdropped, not sure Mira's definition of 'great' was even close to Master's.

She knew for a fact that Natsu and Gray were very destructive, and the they absolutely seemed to hate each other. And Erza, she remained calm most of the time, but even she had a bad habit of over doing things a lot, just as Natsu and Gray did.

Happy wasn't so much of an issue with this, and Frea didn't know Lucy to make any assumptions of her just yet.

"The five of them have really been up to a lot lately," The hologram continued. Mira started to count off on her fingers as she listed the things the new Team had done as of yet;

First, was taking down the Dark Guild, Eisenwald.

Second, was successfully completing an S-Class mission Natsu had stolen without permission.

What Mira told her next, made her blood boil and she clenched her jaw at the news.

"Phantom Lord attacked us, and the Guild Hall was destroyed." Mira explained, looking a little downcast. "At first we didn't retaliate, but Team Shadow Gear was brutally attacked and crucified to the Solo Tree in the park..." Frea couldn't help but notice Mira's eyes strayed to the side a bit, as if the young woman was making sure someone in particular wasn't around. "We went to war with them, many of us were hurt, Master included, though we have all made a full recovery. In the end, we won." Mira said with a small smile, though she didn't seem very happy even though Fairy Tail had achieved victory. "The Guild Hall has been rebuilt, and its bigger and improved!" Mira continued on with a much happier tone.

Frea frowned deeply, she was furious, though she didn't move. If she had known about the war with Phantom Lord, she would have gladly gone back to Magnolia, and given Phantom Lord the fight of their lives.

But, she hadn't been around and she silently hated herself for it. Though, she knew she would need to get over it sooner of later, there was no use in wishing on changing something you couldn't, she knew that by now.

Mira continued on, the fourth event she had missed, was an incident involving the Tower of Heaven, and an all to familiar Magic Counsel Bastard she did not like.

At all

All the while Mira had been talking, the white-haired Mage had gone into surprising detail about everything that had happened, so Frea knew every last thing that had happened. But the time Mira had finished explaining everything about the Tower of Heaven incident, several hours had passed already.

"There are two other new members, I mentioned one already. Juvia, a Water Mage who joined us from Phantom Lord." Mira explained. "She's a rather shy and quiet person, but many people in the Guild had already warmed up to her." Mira paused a moment, looking as if, even when she had been recording this message, she seemed to know whatever she might say next, was going to somewhat irritate Frea.

"The other new member, is Black Steel... I mean Gajeel Redfox." Mira said slowly, and Frea stiffened, quirking an eyebrow. "You've heard of him, and you already know he was in Phantom Lord too. But, it won't make you any happier to hear this, but I'd rather you know now, instead of find out later. He's the one who destroyed the Hall, he is also the one who kidnapped Lucy... And the one who hurt Team Shadow Gear." Mira explained and Frea clenched her jaw. "Whenever you decide to return, can I ask that you please give him a chance? Not many people like him for obvious reasons, but he's just trying to fit in."

Frea let out a huff of irritation at the words, she didn't plan to take her anger out on Gajeel, even if she didn't know him. He was part of Fairy Tail now, but she would make up her mind in what she really thought of him later.

"I'll end this soon, I promise. But first, a little news about Loke." Frea visibly tensed up at the name, breath catching in her throat. "I know your good friends with him, he turned out to be a Celestial Spirit, and is now in the possession of Lucy."

Frea let out a low breath.

"The Fantasia Parade is coming up soon." Mira continued on, a smile spreading across her face. "I don't want to rush you or anything Frea, but we all miss you, so come back soon, alright? Maybe even enjoy the Parade." Mira suggested, "Whenever I see you again!"

The hologram disappeared and Frea remained sitting on the ground for a long time, thinking everything over. That was a lot to miss in the span of only a year...

Letting out a long breath, she slowly stood up, and tucked the letter away into a bag she had strapped to her back. It was time to head home, she'd be lying if she said she hadn't been starting to miss all the guys at the Guild, and after all she had missed, it was probably a good idea to return, just so she wouldn't miss out on anymore. Smiling a little, she started walking.

Fairy Tail, here I come...

A/N: Hey!

As a warning, my writing style has improved since I first made this (or at least I feel it has) and so I went back to minorly(?) edit the chappys I have on file to try and make them a little better. No drastic changes for those of you who have read it before, I promise!

However, do to time constraints, and still being in the process of writing several other stories- I never managed to update the chapters passed Chapter 4-5. For this you will likely see a fall in content, length, grammar, and overall writing ability.

I PROMISE that my writing gets better the longer you read, the story get's more in depth, it's a more thrilling read. AND I PROMISE IT IS DEFINITELY WORTH YOUR TIME TO MAKE IT PASSED THE FIRST BOOK. Following this book my writing improved drastically, and just keeps getting better, so I ask you to please- give this series a chance. I have been writing this series for well over 5 years now, and I ave poured my heart and soul into it. Do not judge the storie's worth based on lack of writing ability that I had in this early stage.

Thank you all kindly.

~EnergyMageFrea