Prologue

A cloaked figure walked along crowded streets, ignoring the suspicious glances and whispers directed towards it, and roughly pushed past the crowd.

Soon, people cleared a path for the figure, who still made signs of acknowledging them. The figure broke off the main street, and slipped into one of the side streets.

The figure took out a scroll from its cloak and unraveled it. It leaned against one of the walls.

"Guild, Fairy Tail. Lite, Natsu Dragneel, Laxus Dreyar, Wendy Marvel...tch, why are there so many? Darque, maybe Gajeel Redfox. Shade, Lucy Heartfillia." The figure read out quietly.

"Guild, Crime Sorcière. Lite, none. Darque, none. Shade, Jellal Fernandez...oh, the so called Dark mage."

"Guild, Sabertooth. Lite, Sting Eucliffe. Darque, Rogue Cheny. Shade, Yukino Aguria, another Celestial mage, huh?" There was a pause.

"Guild, Blue Pegasus. None, none, none...how boring."

"Guild, Lamia Scale. None, none, none."

"Guild, Mermaid Heel. Yet again, none, none, none."

"Guild..."

"There are way more Lite mages compared to Darque, but that was expected." The figure rolled up the scroll, and put it back into its cloak.

"You know..." The figure trailed off, and looked up towards the sky. "I, Darque di Daemon, have decided on my hosts. Lucy Heartfillia, the Celestial mage of Fairy Tail and Jellal Fernandez, the Heavenly Body Magic user from Crime Sorcière." The figure clicked its tongue. "I think the members of Oracion Seis, Cobra and Midnight will be valuable assets, though I'm surprised about Midnight, judging by his magic. Rogue is also a good choice, he's a powerful Dragon slayer."

"Sting and Laxus are powerful Lite mages, but that only if I can get them on our side before Lite does." The figure chuckled. "If we can get Lucy Heartfilla on our side, the Lite mages in her guild will be easy."

The figure pushed off the wall, and straightened its cloak. A black bird with blazing red eyes flew down from the sky and landed on the figure's shoulder. "Well, that's perfect isn't it, seeing that Jellal is in this city." The bird stretched its wings and took flight, once again disappearing into the sky. "I've made my move, and now its your turn, Lite di Angelo."

The figure threw its head back and let out a sadistic laugh.

Jellal Fernandez followed Merdy through the crowded streets, making sure to keep his heads hidden with his hood. The sun was beginning to set when Merdy pointed excitedly at a inn.

"We can stay there for the night." She decided. "Stay out here until I come get you." She rushed into the inn without waiting for his reply.

Jellal sighed, but he stayed alert. Until he was safe inside the inn room, he could not risk lowering his guard.

A few minutes later, Merdy came back out, twirling two room keys. She passed one to Jellal. "Come on." She said. She led the way into the inn and up the stairs. Merdy stopped in front of room 204, and unlocked the door. She stepped inside and Jellal followed.

The room was defiantly not the most grandest, but it looked comfortable enough, with two beds, a bathroom, and a small coffee table.

Merdy dumped her bag onto one of the beds then rushed into the bathroom. "Dibs the shower first."

Jellal sighed at his guild mates antics, and placed his own bags down onto the other bed. He lay down and closed his eyes.

Jellal woke to someone shaking his shoulder. He opened his eyes and saw Merdy looking down at him. "You can use the shower now." She told him.

Jellal nodded and sat up. He felt a sudden tug and whipped around to face the rooms only window. Mercy blinked and faced the window as well. "What?" She asked.

Jellal frowned. "Oh, nothing, sorry." He said.

Merdy shrug. "You should take a shower and rest." She advised.

Jellal stood up and took a step towards the shower, then seemingly changed his mind. "Actually, I'm going to take a walk first."

Merdy glanced at him. "Okay, just be careful."

Jellal smiled at her reassuringly and picked up his cloak.

He quietly exited the inn, and started to walk towards the main when he felt another tug. It wasn't a physical feeling, it was more of a tug to the heart, calling out to him.

The closer he got to the main street, the stronger the tug got. By the time he could hear the chatter of the crowd, Jellal was panting, clutching his chest. He clung to the wall of a closed store and grunted. He saw a flash of red, and turned towards it. The red belonged to the eyes of a crow, looking straight at him. The crow cocked its head to one side and took flight.

The bird flew over Jellal's head in circles until Jellal straightened. The crow flew off, then circled around and came back. Jellal slowly started following the bird back the way he had come. By the time he was back at the entrance of the inn, the pain was a simple tug again. However, the bird didn't stop as it led the way further down the side street.

It made a sharp curve into a dark alley and Jellal followed it. By the time he had entered the alley, the crow was nowhere to be seen.

A sudden movement at the edge of his vision caught his eye and Jellal whipped around to see a small figure in a black hooded cloak blocking his way out. He stiffened and got ready to fight.

"Are you Jellal Fernandez?"

So, new story :P

No pairing yet. I'll put up a poll or something sooner or later.

Read and Review, so you can tell me what you think!