Hello, readers! This is my second attempt at writing this story. The first time I accidentally deleted the story but I felt that it was okay because I have much better ideas on how I could have started the story. So enjoy!

I do not own anything except for my OC's and other ideas.

A boy ran through the forest, clutching a wound he had on his shoulder. This hurts like hell, he thought. But his attention wasn't on his injury. All of his focus was centered on trying to escape from the men chasing him. As he was about to check to see if they were still behind him a beam of magic whizzed past his head.

"I found him!" he heard one of the pursuers yell. "He's over here!"

The boy was getting tired of this. He had been running for what seemed like hours and he had already lost a lot of blood from his wound. He needed to find a place to hide and fast. Since it was dark it would be hard for the hunters to see him. The boy decided to hide up in the trees. He climbed as high as he could and sat on branch. A minute later his pursuers appeared below him, armed with magical staffs and swords.

"Where the hell did he go?" one of the men shouted.

"He's gotta be around here somewhere."

Just as they were about to start searching again a woman appeared out of nowhere. Immediately the boy could tell that this one was different from the rest. The attire she was wearing showed that she was probably a higher rank than the hunters. She wore white clothing and also a black robe with a strange mark on the back that looked like a trident with blood markings on the tips.

The boy also noticed a scar ran down over the women's left eye. The boy could also sense waves of very powerful dark magic coming off of her.

"There's no need to hunt the subject any longer," she said.

"But captain, with all due respect, he could go to the Magic Council and reveal all our plans."

"Trust me, he'll be dead before he reaches the nearest town thanks to that wound he received. And if he doesn't die, he won't reveal any information since we wiped his memory before he escaped."

It was true. The boy couldn't remember anything. All he could remember was his name, his skills in magic, and that he had woken up in a cell. He had managed to free himself but not without receiving a parting gift from one of the guards. One of the guards managed to cut him pretty deep with a sword. The boy grabbed his shoulder again, wincing in pain. His vision was starting to get blurry and he almost lost his balance on the branch he was standing on.

The man at the front of the group bowed towards the woman. "Yes, captain. My men and I will return headquarters at once."

"Actually lieutenant, just your men will be returning," the woman said as she brushed some hair out from her eyes.

"I-I don't understand," the man stammered. The boy could see the fear in the man's eyes.

"Just because we're letting the boy go doesn't mean there won't be punishment. After all he did escape under your watch." The captain raised her hand and a shot a beam of dark magic right through the man's heart. The boy began to tremble in fear of this woman. He couldn't believe what had just happened. And then just like that all of them disappeared. The boy jumped down from his branch. All he wanted was to get the hell out of there. He took one last look at the dead lieutenant and then walked away.

After walking for another hour, he staggered out of the forest and found himself next to a road. The boy could feel himself getting weaker as his breaths became slower and weaker. He felt his body collapse into the cold, white snow. He could see someone running towards him. He noticed that it was a girl with scarlet hair. She kept shaking him and yelling at him.

Why won't this girl just let me sleep, he thought. He was so tired. He just wanted the pain to go away. Then everything went dark.

….

The boy woke up to find himself lying in a bed. He looked around to see that he was in what looked like an infirmary. There were other beds in the room with white curtains around them. He pushed himself up and sat on the edge of the bed. He looked at his shoulder to see that the wound had been bandaged. He heard the sound of a door opening and looked up to see the girl with scarlet hair walk in.

"Oh, I'm glad to see you're awake," she said closing the door. "You've been out for almost three days now."

"Who are you?" he asked.

"My name is Erza Scarlet," she said extending her hand. "What's your name?"

"Erin," he replied just staring at Erza's hand. Erza could see the worry in his eyes. She didn't know what had happened to him after she found Erin unconscious in the snow, but she did know that whatever happened had scared him.

She gave him a warm smile. "Don't worry. You don't have to be scared anymore. You're in a safe place now."

"And where exactly am I?"

"You're in Fairy Tail."

6 months later

The train rolled smoothly over the tracks as its whistle blew. Erin sat in one of the empty cars with hardly anyone in it. He looked out the window and stared at the green pastures passing by. Erin had just completed a mission where he had to take down a monster that was terrorizing a small town outside of Magnolia. The battle had drained a lot of his energy due to the monster being really strong. All Erin wanted to do right now was fall onto his bed and sleep the rest of the day away.

He closed his eyes to take a nap for the rest of the train ride. He immediately regretted the decision once he started dreaming.

At first, all he could see was darkness. Suddenly everything became lit by fire. Erin's eyes widened as he saw Fairy Tail guild in ruins. Completely destroyed.

He saw all of his friends lying on the ground. Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Mirajane. Everyone was dead. Motionless, their eyes blank with no life in them. Erin tried running away from the scene but his legs wouldn't move. His eyes then found the worst sight of all.

His best friend Erza, the girl who had found him, was dead. Her face was stained with her own blood and she had cuts and burns all over her body. It was then that Erin heard a strange noise. Something was roaring but it wasn't human. It sounded demonic.

He looked up to see a figure standing over the ruins of the guild. Erin's eyes widened as he caught a glimpse of the figure's eyes. They were like an animal's and they were blood red. The figure charged at Erin and attacked him.

Erin woke up from his nightmare breathing heavily.

Good, it was just a dream, he thought. But he couldn't shake the feeling that the dream meant something. Erin shook his head and pushed the thought away. He didn't want to get caught up in something he didn't understand.

It was just a dream. Forget about it. Erin kept telling himself that throughout the rest of the train ride.

Chapter End.

Well, hope you enjoyed and please give some R&R. Oh and also, Erin is 15 in this chapter, so he'll be 17 after the time skip in the next chapter. I'll try to have the next chapter up sometime this weekend or next week.