Defintion

Disclaimer: I in no way own Fairy Tail, even though I did invent my original character

Gray's POV

"Gray... Your clothes." Cana reminded me.

"..."

I sighed. I just came here and my habit just had to kick in now, didn't it? Whatever. I may as well go on a mission, it's not like I have anything better to do anyways. Just as I was about to go and see the Mission Board Cana said something for the second time already,

"Gray you're clothes... "

"AH!"

Okay! So what? My bad habit will probably NEVER be fixed, I will live with it forever. Walking up to the Missions Board, I saw a mission that was just perfect for me. But just when I was about to pick up the mission and leave the guild, the doors of Fairy Tail opened to a girl who suddenly screamed out,

"Where's Makarov?"

And of course, Erza being the scary girl she is, she whipped out a sword and aggressively replied,

"What do you want with the Master?"

"Oi, oi, oi. Calm down there, I'm coming already. It's been a long time hasn't it Brooke?" Makarov calmed the fuming Erza down and smiled at the other girl.

Brooke's POV

"Che! Yeah, I guess you can say that. But, I've got a favor to ask, if you don't mind." Heh! He hasn't changed a bit, still gray and puny... I thought to myself.

Makarov raised an eyebrow,

"And what would that be?"

My shoulders loosened up, but only an inch or so. The red-head, who was observing me saw this, then hesitantly made her sword disappear and coolly walked back to talk to the women at the bar. An equipper huh? Interesting.

I looked around the guild. Everyone had pretty much gone back to whatever they had been doing before.Except the guy who was next to a bulletin board that said "Missions Board". He was staring right at me, making me feel kind of uncomfortable… I shook my head from one side to the other , whatever, back to reality now.

"Makarov, I need to talk to you. But not with all these people around, since it's pretty important." I told him and wauted for any reaction from the old man.

The old shrimp sighed at me and jumped off the counted, while picking his nose.

"Yeah I'm coming. GEEZ… Oh by the way Brooke, how are your parents doing?" Makarow grumbled.

I froze. It was as I felt a jolt of pain going through my body almost causing me to lose my balance. It felt as though a strong electric wave was going through my veins.

I looked at Makarov. It looked like he understood that I needed to talk about them… And of course, there was also another problem, but I'll tell him about that once we're alone. He followed me outside and without a warning, a hot tear slowly made a trail down my cheek.

Gray's POV

Okay… so now there was a girl who just came through the doors, automatically asking for Gramps and now they were talking outside… That's not weird. She was kind of pretty, I guess. She had black hair like me, except her hair was curly and reached down to her shoulders. Her eyes were filled with curiosity and in the color of deep brown and she was only about three inches shorter than me. Pretty tall for a girl.

She wore knee high, tight black shorts together with a blue tank top and a light, white sweater. It was so strange, even though her eyes were filled with curiosity, the rest of her features looked like they were in an indescribable pain…

"Hey! Droopy eyes, why you starin' into space?" Natsu yelled from the spot besides Lucy.

And that's all it took to stop me from thinking about Brooke.

"You wanna fight squinty?" I yelled back, ready for a fight.

Brooke's POV

I sighed and began to tell Makarov what had happened.

"Well, when I got home after horseback riding, I saw them… just laying there. Blood covered everything… The killer had written 'I warned you' in dad's blood across the walls. Mom was burned with some kind of horrible fire magic; she almost looked like a large piece of coal." I said as I shivered at the horrible memory of my parents.

I couldn't stop the blazing tears from falling. It just hurt too much whenever I thought about it. Even though it was painful to remember, I still continued to talk,

"Dad was barely able to move. So I ran to him and he told me to come and see you and tell you what happened."

I could feel my voice tremble while I still heard Dad's voice in my head: "Brooke, I'm sorry that I had to leave you so soon, but I want you to live a happy and free life. I know it will be hard but I want you to go to Makarov and tell him everything that you have seen here. The people who murdered us are long gone and they may never come for you. But I will be watching you and I will always love you. It may be my time to say good-bye to you, but I want you to see the rest of the world…" And he was gone. Just like that, without another word.

As I told Makarov the message my dad had left me before fading away I saw his expression. It was PITY. But, then he said something really unexpected.

"Brooke, how would you like to be a member of Fairy Tail?"