It has been a year since missyplatinum and I came up with our crackship of Mest and Cana, so I thought it was time to celebrate that with a brand new fanfic!

Keep in mind this fanfic is a prequel of my previous Mescana fanfic; Scarred Pasts. It contains spoilers if you haven't read it yet!

It was pretty hard to come up with an idea because it takes place in a time that was never shown in the anime, just once in the manga. There were a lot of things to keep in mind, for example the fact that Lisanna hadn't 'died' yet and some people hadn't joined the guild yet. I hope I won't mess up with those facts in future chapters :')

Enjoy reading and let me know your thoughts on it! ^^

"Gramps, you can't be serious! Just let me team up with Elfman, or Laxus or whoever!" Cana shamelessly yelled at the old man. "Just not with the most boring and useless person in the entire guild!" she continued as she pointed to the other side of the guildhall where an expressionless boy with short hair sat by himself. "This is a pretty important mission with a huge reward so I'd rather not team up with that!"

"Cana, we're all family here. I'm doing this on purpose. There are more people in the guild than just the ones you hang out with and the ones who are the most powerful," Makarov Dreyar said calmly.

"I don't care!" the card mage screamed back.

A fist loudly landed on the bar Makarov sat on. "Cana that's enough!" Macao said with a threatening voice. "It's Gramps you're talking to, not just one of your friends. One more word and I'll take that job with Wakaba with Gramp's permission!"

She sat down with a huge pout on her face. She wanted to yell more to let all the frustration out, but she couldn't afford losing the job. Taking on jobs before the S-Class trials meant a lot to the wizards. It made them gain much wanted experience. She was determined to take part in the trials this year as well. She just had to become an S-Class wizard, how else would she be able to face her dad?

She rested her head on her folded arms, flat down on one of the guild's huge oak tables. Her eyes drifted off to the corner of the guildhall where her future job-partner was sitting. "How could one person be so boring?" she thought to herself. "He's always trying to show off his useless magic by performing tricks to others instead of going on jobs, what a loser."

She didn't actually know a lot about him, she only knew he was annoying by trying to fit in the group and during the times he wasn't, he was pathetically sitting all by himself. "Just look at him, even his clothes are plain and boring," she grumbled.

"Just try not to be too hard on him, Cana," someone suddenly said. She looked up, straight into Lisanna's big blue eyes.

"Easy for you to say, you're never hard on people."

The takeover mage smiled. "That may be so, but at least I give everybody a chance." She winked.

Cana sighed and stood up with all the motivation she had left. She walked over to the place where the boy was sitting, but suddenly she stood still. The table he just sat on was empty. She blinked a few times, he had been sitting there until a second ago, hadn't he?

"Looking for me?" She heard a voice say from the right. Cana quickly turned to the direction the voice was coming from, only to see the guy she had been walking up to sitting at a completely different table. She realised he had used his transportation magic to shift places and the frustration she reluctantly had hold back now came out in an angry burst. "If you dare to perform any of your stupid tricks during our job I'll leave you all by yourself in the middle of nowhere!" She yelled as she now towered over the boy that seemed not too impressed. "Tomorrow morning. Magnolia station. 11 a.m." She added as she now pointed to his face. "Don't be late or I'll push you in front of the train."

She turned on her heels and stamped her way out of the guild, leaving all witnesses stunned.

Gray walked up to the boy and gave him a shoulder pat. "Good luck on that one, Mest!" he laughed, "may I take over your next job when you get lost in the wilderness?"

"Very funny," he replied without much emotion. "Mark my words," he said with a grin, "I'll show her who's really worthy of participating in the S-Class trials."