"Mavis." A young boy shook awake the older girl. "Mavis, wake up!" His shaking caused the long blond locks of the girl to fall upon her face. She sneezed and sat up, accidentally hitting the boy in the process. "Owwy… That really hurt."

Mavis's blank eyes looked at him. A small smile came across her face. "I apologize for that, Yusari." She wiped her nose with her thumb. "What's wrong?"

The young boy in front of Mavis looked so petty compared to her. His long brown bangs, tied up to the top of his head was now sprawled across his dirty and sweaty face. Yusari's stomach growled. "I couldn't catch any food…" he mumbled. "Can… you help me?"

Yusari was a young boy, who after meeting this strange and mysterious girl, began following along after her. She never had explained properly as to why she was a lone traveler, but even so, he followed along knowing that an adventure would await him.

Mavis frowned. "Did you try fishing over there?" She pointed to a small creek not too far away.

The young boy gasped. "W-When did that ever get there?" He ran off with a fishing rod shouting in a conquest. "Here I come, fish! Your slimy bodies will be MINE!"

Chuckling, Mavis watched as Yusari desperately attempted to catch a fish. Once he caught enough to feed both of them, the two children rejoiced, celebrating by decorating the fish with local herb they found and cooking it to perfection.

"Ne, Mavis," Yusari said, biting into his share of fish. "You're a mage, right?"

Mavis nodded also biting into her fish.

"One day, can you teach me magic?" he asked her hopefully.

A slight breeze blew her blond locks across her blank smile. It ruffled the frilled edges of her yellow dress adding more of a mysterious aura to Mavis. Yusari continued to thoughtfully eat his fish in wonder.

Now, Mavis and Yusari were close friends. They were best friends, family, and traveling companions. But if he thought about it, Yusari realized that he barely knew anything about the older girl. All he knew about her was that she was Mavis Vermilion, a young but powerful mage, traveling around the country of Fiore.

"You will learn your own form of magic in your own time," Mavis told him.

Yusari saw that she had waited until they had finished with heir meal before Mavis had replied to his question. Although her answer hadn't filled his curious mind, he let it be, knowing that it was pointless to continue.

"Where are we going next?" he continued, trying to keep the conversation going.

Mavis's eyes narrowed suddenly. Quickly, she grabbed his arm and protectively hid him behind her. Her head whipped from side to side and her nose twitched. The grip Mavis had on Yusari's arm tightened.

"Ne, what's happening?" Yusari asked in fright.

Mavis's noise twitched again. "I sense a dark presence near here." She quickly put out the fire they had made. "Let's go, Yusari-kun." Together, they quickly walked through the meadow and thistles, scraping their bare feet in the process.

"Why don't you fight? You're strong. I don't understand." Yusari looked up to Mavis expectantly but her blank eyes, now troubled, paid no heed to his words.

They were on top of a cliff now. Down below was a beach where waves of the ocean crashed nearby. Behind them was dense forest where the rays of sunlight barely reached the forest floor. Their feet, sore from running and going through thistles, found relief on the mossy ground beneath them. But as they sat near a large tree to rest, the firm ground began trembling. The leaves shook and rattled, the animals scattered and the birds flew away in a fright while the little rocks and pebbles bounced around crashing into each other. Mavis stood upright, her grip on Yusari had never ceased.

"Mavis? What's going on?" Yusari asked, his voice faltering.

The young blond girl looked up with a serious face. "Stay close to me, Yusari-kun."

The way Mavis ignored his questions frightened him the most. He was impatient and not knowing what was going on really got into his head. Yusari didn't know whether to be irritated or afraid.

Mavis spun around to face the noon sky past the ocean's horizon. A protective arm whipped Yusari behind her.

"Nyehehe," a voice laughed.

"Show yourself!" Mavis shouted.

Again, the cliff they stood atop trembled. Yusari gasped as he felt an enormous magic power seep from the ground beneath him. The air then began to feel denser and denser until somehow, he felt like he was light and airborn. He blinked in disbelief. They were flying. How were they flying? Yusari was the two wing-like objects near Mavis's ears glow. Could that be the source?

In the distance, a man hovered in air just as Mavis and Yusari were. But this man didn't have the ear wings like Mavis. Instead, he had full wings attached to his back. Yusari shuddered as he felt the two strong magic powers radiate from both bodies.

"Nyehehehe," the man laughed again. He then pointed to himself. "The name's Ciel Conran. I've been watch you, Mavis Vermilion."

"So I've sensed," Mavis said calmly. "What is your purpose?"

Ciel rolled his eyes. "Don't talk like a fancy woman, girlie. I've been hired to hunt you down. Call me a fairy hunter some say."

"Fairy?" Yusari asked.

Ciel laughed some more. "Oh? You haven't told yer companion anything? Shame. He seems like a knowledgeable kid."

"Do you work with the Magic Council?" Mavis asked.

"Feh! If I did, I'd be proclaiming giant paragraphs of nonsense! No, no one likes the magic Council anyway! Nyehehe!" Ciel exclaimed.

Mavis tensed.

"Ne, Mavis, what's he talking about?" Yusari asked.

She held out an arm. "Keep quiet."

Nodding, Yusari watched the two mages glower at each other.

"Would you like to make the first move? The first law to being a gentleman is to let the lady go first." Ciel laughed at his own joke.

"Then I shall." Mavis raised her arm to him. "Shine brightly upon those who oppose me. Light of the fairy."

Yusari, traveling with Mavis for a long time, had never actually seen the magic she possessed. In fact, this battle was the first time he had ever seen pure magic in action. So when rays of light shot out of Mavis's hand, Yusari could hardly believe what he saw. This is magic. This is magic power.

The rays of light shot from Mavis's hand was deflected by one of Ciel's wings. His wings provided him as armor and a shield from her attack. Ciel smirked as the light disintegrated before him.

"Is that all you got?" he shouted out triumphantly.

Mavis looked at him blankly. A small frown appeared on her face. "I see."

She jerked and suddenly, Mavis and Yusari flew in the direction of Ciel. Mavis's hair tickled Yusari's nose as he held onto her shoulders for dear life. His heart beat rapidly as he looked down at the beach below him. If he were to fall, would he get crushed with the impact?

Ciel eagerly licked his lips. As Mavis neared him, a sword appeared in his hand. He held it ready to strike at the girl. But Mavis, already anticipating his next move, held out her arms which were now illuminated with light. As Ciel slashed his sword at her, Mavis dodged and grabbed his leg. She pulled it making Ciel lose his concentration. He fell backward, his wings disappearing into a bought of feathers. Smiling blankly, Mavis let go of his leg causing Ciel to plummet down back to the earth.

His eyes opened wide as he fell. But right before he hit the water, Ciel's back glowed blue and his wings reappeared. He smirked.

Mavis floated down to his level and stood on the water, smiling as he smirked. She tilted her head to the side and gave him a big smile.

"Getting cocky now are we?" Ciel spat, raising his sword.

Wait. Wait. Mavis is standing on water now? Yusari's head was spinning. He couldn't believe this. Eventually though, he blanked out.

"You use Owl Magic, do you not?" Mavis asked.

Ciel raised an eyebrow. "Eh? You know about it?" His smirked grew. "Two small creatures. Who's stronger I wonder?" With his wings, he charged at Mavis, slashing and stabbing his sword in her direction.

"It does not matter who's stronger. Join me." Mavis looked at him as she dodged each one of his attacks.

She raised a glowing arm and placed it on his cheek. Mavis smiled.

Ciel screamed in agony. "Wh-What is this?" he shouted out in pain. "It burns!"

When Mavis removed her hand, Ciel's skin was burned and now sizzling with smoke. He bit his lip to stop himself from crying out in pain again.

"I command the warmth of the light," Mavis replied. "Join me."

"No way!" Ciel exclaimed angrily, stabbing at her.

Mavis was caught off guard. Even as she tried dodging the attack, her late realization caused the sword to slice past her arm lightly. It started bleeding. This made Ciel laugh triumphantly. Mavis kicked him, her leg glowing as well as her arms. This time, he fell to the ocean. He cringed as the waves crashed against the burn on his cheek.

"Why you…!" Feathers surrounded him. Ciel raised his arm and set his palm facing the girl. The feathers then made a tornado around Mavis. "This'll teach you!"

Protectively, Mavis wrapped her hands, which were no longer glowing, around Yusari. She closed her eyes and bit her lip as she felt the impact of the feathers. They cut at her like millions of blades. The more they cut her, the harder she bit her lip until it started bleeding. Mavis focused her magic around her and with a brilliantly large flash of light, the feathers around her disappeared, leaving Mavis and Yusari bear with cuts and leftover down from the feathers.

Ciel's eyes widened as he bobbed up and down in the water. His mouth opened slightly in shock. There stood Mavis Vermilion, still holding onto Yusari protectively. Although the many cuts on her body ruined her dress and made her bleed, she looked down at him with a blank smile.

"Join me," she repeated for the third time.

Scowling in frustration, Ciel called back his wings and hovered above the water. "Don't you dare, look down at me!" With a battle cry, he began slashing at her once more. "Dance of the Owl's Talons!" Ciel shouted.

Mavis's vision in front of her throbbed. Then, in that instantly, it seemed that Ciel's magic power had increased. With a flurry or feathers and his sword, they all made a mess of stabbing at her.

"DIE!" Ciel cried, using his legs to try to trip her.

Managing to avoid the feathers and the sword attacks, Mavis dove underneath it all and reared up behind him. She put his hand to his shoulder, closed her eyes and sighed. Again, Ciel was burned. Pained, Ciel fell to the water. He cringed as the salty water surrounded his body and brushed against his burns. Ciel let go of his sword. It fell to the depth of the ocean. Then his wings and feathers disappeared.

Mavis held out her hand to him. Even if he didn't take it, she took a hold of his hand and pulled him out of the water.

"Join me," she insisted.

With Yusari on her back and Ciel in her arms, she took them to shore and placed them on the sand underneath the shade of the cliff. She sat at their feet, enjoying the sun's warmth on her feet.

"Oh," she said to herself. "It seems like I forgot to eat."

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OwlCookies: yaayy! I wrote it! I wrote it! I've really wanted to do a fanfiction for this ever since I saw mavis in the manga! But I couldn't because I didn't know if mavis was a girl or a boy… so I looked it up on Wikipedia :3

All magic used in the chapter isn't actually in fairy tail. Owl magic is my imagination because owls are awesome like that. Oh yeah, and the light of the fairy, as far as im concerned(same with Wikipedia), mavis has never used that. But since she uses those "three great fairy magic" and they take a lot of magic power, I made some random magic thing that was weaker. I mean like, she isn't the guild master of fairy tail yet :)

oh yeah. WHY ISN'T MAVIS A CHARACTER IS THE CHARACTER LIST? :O