Fairy Tail: By Your Side

Prologue: Beginnings

"Lucy! Come here honey we have a surprise for you!" a soft voice called out.

A little blonde girl ran down the hall greeted by her mother and father. She looked around wondering where her surprise was.

"What is it mommy?" she asked with excitement.

"Look in the box sweetie." She told her daughter.

Lucy cautiously walked over to the box and slowly opened it. Before she got the lid off, it was pushed off by a little nose. Lucy squealed with excitement at what she found in the box.

"Mommy! Daddy! It's a puppy! Thank you!"

She reached in and picked him up. He had snow white fur and piercing gold eyes. Lucy hugged her new friend, thinking he was so perfect and beautiful.

"Come on Lucy. I need to talk to you a moment." Her mother said leaving the room.

The little girl followed as she walked away, her new pet quickly followed behind her. Her mother led her all the way to her own room. She sat down on Lucy's bed motioning for her daughter to sit beside her. Lucy followed and sat up on the bed beside her mother. The white canine came and sat in front of Lucy on the floor, staring up at her mother.

"Now Lucy, this is Duke, he is a very special creature. He's not a dog, he's a wolf, a magical wolf. Take good care of him and he will protect you. However Daddy can't know what he is, so between the three of us Duke is a husky puppy, okay Lucy?"

Lucy nodded and smiled at Duke. He stared at her with his tail wagging furiously. She giggled and hugged the wolf pup again. The looked to her mother.

"Why can't daddy know?"

"Daddy isn't comfortable around anything magic. He wants us to live the life of a wealthy family, so that's why it's important that this stays between us."

Lucy nodded again, knowing how important it was to keep this secret. She didn't want to lose her new friend and she wasn't planning on it.

"What kind of magic does he know Momma?"

"Assissting magic to start but as he grows older, he will gain new powers. These powers are tested by the bond between the mage and the wolf. The closer you two are, the more powerful Duke will become. I'm not entirely sure what other magic he will be able to learn but that will just have to be something for you two to discover on your own."

"Okay mommy, I promise to take good care of Duke."

Lucy watched her mother as she moved to the wolf pup. Duke turned to face her as she put a hand on his head.

"Duke, protect her well. She'll need you by her side, can you do that for me?"

Lucy watched as the wolf nodded and licked her mother's hand. Duke then walked over to her and laid into her lap.

"Time for bed now." Her mother said.

She picked Duke up and put her daughter to bed. Duke then started to squirm in Layla's arms so she put him down on her daughter's bed. Duke quickly made his way to Lucy and laid down beside her putting his head on her stomach.

Layla smiled and left the room, shutting out the light, whispering goodnight to the two before leaving. She knew she would not be here on Earthland for much longer, so this gift made her feel at ease.

'Duke, I'm counting on you to protect my daughter. I know she won't stay here and live the life her father wants her to. Be her guide to a happy life, one where she can choose to be a wizard or not. And if she does choose the path of a wizard Duke, protect her, train her, become strong together. That is all I want. For my Lucy to be happy, no matter where the road takes her.' Layla thought as she made her way to her own bed for the night, not realizing that these would be her final thoughts.

I hope you enjoyed the prologue! This is a new story I've been working on and I hope you all enjoy it! I'm sorry I haven't been updating but a lot has happened to me but I'm back and alive and well. So hopefully more updates for other stories and new stories to come very soon! Thank You!

~wolvesfinalden