© Sunrisepainter: Once Upon a Time in Magnolia

Title: Once Upon a Time in Magnolia

Fandom: Fairy Tail, AU

Genre: Romance, Drama

Author: Sunrisepainter

Language: Englisch

Raiting: M (just to be on the safe side)

Summary:

AU, no magic. Lucy Heartfilia just transferred from a prestigious all- girls school to Fairy High as her father, a former industrial tycoon, went bankrupt. Fallen from grace, she learns what it means to live as a mere commoner now. She soon makes friends with bookworm Levy and tomboy Erza. On her first day of school, she also clashes with Natsu Dragneel, the "Red Salamander". He is the leader of a feared gang of delinquents called Dragon Slayers. Soon, Lucy finds herself drawn into a fierce gang war going on between Dragon Slayers and Sabertooth from another High School.

Disclaimer: All the characters belong to Hiro Mashima. This story has not much to do with the anime or manga apart from the characters and some loose links to the original storyline. I own no money with this fanfiction.

Please note: This is an AU fanfiction, so the characters have no magic powers. Furthermore, Natsu might be quite OOC in the beginning but this will change as the story develops. Some of the characters are also older than in the original plot, just in case there might be some confusion. As I said: my story is only loosely based on the manga and anime.

Once Upon a Time in Magnolia

by Sunrisepainter

PROLOGUE

Blood. It's on his hands. It's on his shirt, even on his shoes. He's covered in blood.

Breathing hard he gets up, stumbles forward and falls down on his knees again. He ignores his body aching with pain. His eyes are fixed on the two lifeless bodies in front of him.

"No!", his voice sounds hoarse and not like his own at all. A lump form in his throat, making it even harder to breathe. He creeps toward the bodies on the floor and touches the man's hand. It's numb and cold

Stone- cold.

He turns toward the woman. Her face is pale and her eyes wide open, but frozen. He wants to scream and cry, but no sound leaves his mouth.

It was all his fault.

He killed them. He fucking killed them!

Tears stream down his face as the world starts to spin around. The colors grow hazy and he doesn't fight against the darkness anymore. It embraces him like an old friend, slowly sucking him in towards the pitch black ground.

End of Prologue.