This is my first Fairy Tail fanfic starring an OC guild I created called Phoenix Dawn. This story at the beginning takes place about a year before the X791 Grand Magic Games and for the most of the beginning is just about my OC characters interacting, taking on jobs or fighting other wizards. I'm not sure if I want other OCs in my story because I remember the last couple of times I took requests, they didn't go over very well and I also feel they detract from the story I'm trying to tell. There is also an OC I plan to pair up with one of four girls from the anime/manga. Anyway, I do hope you guys enjoy this story, and let me know of your criticisms in the reviews. It's the only way I can improve as a writer.

It was the year X790 and in the town of Roseshade, a new guild was being formed. Roseshade was a harbor city of about average size, filled with hundreds of homes and dozens of shops and a church right on the seaside.

On the streets of the town, a teenage girl was walking around. She had long, light green hair and wore a pink kimono with a short skirt and thin white pants-like leggings.

"Flora! Where are you?" She called out as if she was searching for someone. "Where the heck did she go?"

She then noticed a small building with an emblem on it. It appeared to be a bird inside some sort of sphere with a crown surrounding it, all painted in fiery red.

*It looks kind of like a wizard guild mark.* She thought. *Maybe someone in here can help me.* She entered the building. "Excuse me! Sorry to bring this up out of nowhere… but…"

There was nobody in sight. While everything was fairly neat and tidy, the place looked like it was clearly unfurnished and void of life.

"Did they up and leave recently?" She wondered as she walked around.

There didn't even seem to be many bottles on the shelf. Upon closer inspection, none of it was alcohol which was a common drinking staple at a wizard's guild.

"… Where is everybody?" She muttered to herself.

"There aren't many people here." A male voice spoke.

She quickly turned around, a flurry of cherry blossom petals forming in her hands and saw a boy with dark violet, somewhat spiky hair wearing a dark blue jacket, a green T-shirt and blue jeans. He raised his hands up upon seeing her quickly point her magic at him.

"You're a wizard. Are you here to join the guild?" He asked.

"Actually, I came here because I lost my cat, Flora." She replied.

"You came to a wizard's guild to find your cat?" He questioned. "… You're lucky I'm the only other member in this guild and there are no job postings right now otherwise you'd be out of luck."

"No jobs postings at all?"

"We're a new guild, so it's only natural that job output would be slow at this point."

"What is this guild's name, anyway?"

"Phoenix Dawn." He showed her the guild emblem on his forearm. It was the same as the emblem on the side of the building only it was violet, much like his hair. "The Master is out right now, so I can't introduce you to her yet."

"So the Guild Master is a woman?"

"She happens to be one of the Ten Wizard Saints, too."

"That must mean she's really strong… you know what? I'll think about joining your guild. But only if you help me find Flora."

"Got it… so, what's your name?"

"I'm Sakura Momohime (Age 14). Yours?"

"Spiral Yuki (Age 14)."

Spiral and Sakura shook hands and the two set out to find her cat Flora.

"Now that I think about it, you're really lucky you came to me. You see, I use Sound Magic."

"So you can hear her from this distance?"

"I could, but it'd be easier to just sense her vibrations. My Sound Magic allows me to manipulate and sense vibrations. As long as she's on a solid surface attached to the ground, I can find her." Spiral closed his eyes, raised his right foot and stomped to create a vibration.

The vibration from his foot reverberated throughout the city and through every building and life form it came in contact with. While they couldn't feel it, Spiral could and immediately picked up on something.

"I think I found her!" Spiral said. "Follow me!"

Spiral ran off and Sakura followed him until he went into an alleyway where a black and white cat stood on the side of a fence.

"Is that her?" Spiral asked.

"… I should have mentioned that Flora isn't a normal cat?"

"… 'Isn't a normal cat'? In what way is she not normal? … And why didn't you tell me before I started searching?"

"I didn't know how your magic works!"

"Excuse me?" A different voice spoke from behind them.

They turned around to see a young man holding a cat. The man had short, smooth dark hair and wore a grey shirt with silver braces on his forearms and brown cargo pants with many pockets. The cat had silver fur and wore a yellow sundress.

"Flora!" Sakura ran up to him, took the cat and cuddled her. "I'm so glad I found you!"

"Thank you for finding Sakura, kind sir." The cat spoke.

"… Did that cat just talk?" Spiral asked.

"Threw me for a loop, too." The man said.

"Flora happens to be an Exceed." Sakura pointed out. "Which means that she can sprout wings with her magic and fly."

"… Could you please put me down?" Flora requested. "You're starting to crush me."

"Thank you, sir... uh…" Sakura said.

"My name's Jason Lexus (Age 18)."

"AAAAAAAHHH! PIRATES!" A citizen screamed.

Several citizens started running and screaming in the direction opposite of the harbor.

"Let's go!" Spiral said as he ran out of the alley and toward the harbor.

Sakura, Flora and Jason followed after him.

At the harbor, a large pirate ship was docked at the harbor and several pirates, including the captain had unboarded.

"Yarharharhar!" The captain heartily laughed. "Roseshade, one of Fiore's central trading hubs! I can't wait to plunder whatever riches lay within!"

Just then, a shockwave had sent one of his crew that was standing to his right flying into the sea. They all looked over to see that Spiral was standing between them and the rest of the city.

"You got a death wish, lad?" The captain asked. "Get him, men!"

The rest of the pirates on his right charged at Spiral, but he jumped into the air, grabbed one of the pirates by the head and threw him into the ocean. Then he kicked another in the chest, using his magic to send him flying off into the hull of the pirate ship. Just as the last pirate was about to attack him from behind, Spiral flipped his body forward, kicking the pirate in the chin with his heel and used his magic to send him flying into the air. The captain was about to order his other men to attack, but they were knocked away by a strong gust of wind that also left cuts on their bodies. He looked over to see Jason had a whirlwind swirling around his arms.

"Jason, what are you doing here?" Spiral asked.

"I thought I could help." Jason answered.

"What kind of magic is that?" Spiral asked.

"It's Zephyr Magic. It allows me to take command of the air around me and use it as a weapon or spring."

"So you're both wizards, are ye?" The pirate captain asked. "Good, 'cause I happen to be a wizard meself. Witness the power of my Lumber Magic! Lumber Spears!"

Several thin, sharp log spears headed for Spiral and Jason, though they dodged most of them, something had caught the last one. It was Sakura.

"Sakura, you here to fight, too?" Spiral asked.

"Yer a pretty young thing." The pirate captain said to Sakura. "I'm sure you can fetch me a pretty penny, even if your chest is pretty small."

Sakura started to get several veins popping out of her head. "… What did you just say?!" She gritted her teeth and started chewing and eating the log spear she held.

"Is she… really eating that thing?" Spiral asked.

Flora flew right next to Spiral. "It's Sakura's special brand of magic. Eating plants restores her magic energy. It's called…"

"Die, you old fart!" Sakura shouted before breathing in deep. "Forest Dragon… Roar!"

Out of Sakura's mouth came a massive gust of cherry blossom petals that completely engulfed the pirate captain and sent him flying. It also completely obliterated the pirate ship into a million pieces.

"Anyone else?!" Sakura dared the other pirates that managed to swim up to the surface.

The pirates quickly swam away into the ocean, completely afraid of Sakura's wrath. Just then, the townspeople started to come back to the harbor.

"Those kids… They stopped those pirates all by themselves."

"Are they in a guild?"

Spiral's ear caught those words and turned to face the townspeople. "We are." He revealed the guild emblem on his forearm to the citizens. "It's called Phoenix Dawn!"

Several more people started to come by, some of them taking pictures of the wizards.

"So… are you guys in?" Spiral asked, looking toward Sakura and Jason.

The two of them looked at him for a moment.

"All right…" Sakura said. "We're in."

"… Well, I don't have anything else to do and need to make money, so why not?" Jason said.

Back at the guild hall, Spiral had given the guild marks to his new guildmates. Sakura had her mark stamped on the back of her right hand colored in pink and Jason had his stamped on his left shoulder colored gold. Flora also had a green mark stamped onto her back.

"Welcome to the guild." Spiral said. "Once the news tabloids spread throughout Fiore, more guildmates and jobs will come our way."

"Where is the Guild Master anyway?" Jason inquired.

"I just got back." A stern, female voice said.

At the door was a woman with short, combed red hair wearing a regal red shirt and regal white pants and carrying a rapier around her waist.

"I am the Guild Master here." She said. "My name is Blaise Lianna (Age 24)."

"Wait? Blaise Lianna of the Ten Wizard Saints?" Jason asked.

"I never imagined someone so young could be a wizard saint!" Sakura said.

"While I'm definitely not the strongest of the Wizard Saints, we don't earn this title for nothing." Blaise stated. "Anyway, I heard about what you all did at the harbor. That's good for our guild. And we've got two more members out of it as well."

"Three, actually." Flora raised her paw.

"How come I only heard of this guild just now?" Jason asked.

"It's because I just started it up a few days ago." Blaise answered.

"You had to be in one of the legal guilds before you could have made Wizard Saint." Jason said.

"You're right." Blaise took a seat at one of the tables. "I've been in several different guilds before then. Including Lamia Scale, Mermaid Heel… and Fairy Tail."

A/N: So, how was my first chapter of my first Fairy Tail fanfic? Let me know in the reviews. Like I said before, I don't know if I want any OCs yet. Maybe I'll consider one just for the role of the guild's bartender, but as of right now I'm not sure if I want wizard OCs at the moment.