So I've had this story in my head for a few weeks and i finally decided i was going to start writing her out. Characters are going to be OOC for a little bit but after this chapter there behavior should be explainable. Now this story is Gajeel X OC. I know a lot of people get rangy about the pairings not being proper but give it a shot you never know =) Chapters 1-10 as of 08/04/2012 are being edited.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Fairy Tail sadly. Only character i do own is Vivian.

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The year; X811. Twenty years have passed since the destruction of Tenrou Island. Fairy Tail which had lost its rank during the next 7 years had once again flourished, becoming the number one Guild within Fiore. There was a new younger generation now running through the streets of Magnolia, making Fairy Tail once again the loud rambunctious guild it used to be. However a few weeks ago, disaster struck Fiore, as a massive earthquake ripping through the land. Taking its inhabitants by complete surprise; a lot of people were killed during this tragedy. Hearts were broken, shattered. Families ripped apart, lives forever altered and never being able to be repaired. Fairy Tail was no different apparently. This disaster is what brought me down from the mountains, my name is Vivian.

When the earthquake hit, I was separated from my tribe. Or my tribe just went missing right after leaving me all alone. My mother had told me stories, stories about the humans and there Guides. She told me about the dragon slayers, children who were raised by dragons. Much like myself however, I wasn't raised by dragons. I was raised by the Giant Dire Wolves of the north. So I guess that made me a wolf slayer…of sorts. personally, I didn't like the way it sounded, wolf slayer. I didn't want to kill my family nor did I ever have any inclination to ever do so if i got the chance. Sure i was slightly upset with my family just disappearing but i think any child would be if they had gone through what i did.

I sighed running a hand through my thick hair as I stared out over the partially ruined city of Magnolia. My mom and dad had told me, if something were to ever happen. I was to go to this guide, they would protect me.

"Protect me?" I growled slightly into the wind, I didn't know how to act around normal humans. I grew up with the wolves but that didn't meant I was feral. If the dragon children could do it then I could as well. Still, fear was holding me back. Maybe not fear, but something was stopping me from making the journey into the city. What if they didn't accept me? Shut me out or shunned me. Those thoughts been plaguing me during my entire 3 day journey to this city. Now here I was, sitting just outside the city watching.

"I don't know what to do mom." I whispered into the wind. "where did you go?"

I was old enough to live on my own, by human means. I was 22 years old, fit, smart and powerful. Still the wolf in me craved family; wolf pups grew up and stayed with their families their entire lives. I didn't know how my tribe had found me when I was a kid, or if maybe I was born there. I never knew, all I knew was my adopted mom and dad took me in and raised me as if I was one of their own. They taught me there ways, there magic's and their secrets.

Squaring my shoulders, taking in a deep breath ignoring the scents of smoke and humans that filled my senses. I slowly made my way down to the city. I wish I could say I wasn't noticed but the second I stepped out of the forest and into the city, people watched me. My heart pounded against my ribs hard and painful, as I slowly made my way through winding streets. Ignoring the still lingering scents of death, fire, and smoke. It was slightly discouraging smelling death in a place i was suppose to come and live. No one was hostile, thankfully. They watched me with minor curiosity before turning back to whatever they were doing. The city itself, even in its ruined state was beautiful. I had lived in the forest my entire life so these buildings, structures it was off and foreign to me but fascinating all at the same time.

"Excuse me miss?" a small voice squeaked in front of me. I froze, hesitating and looking down into the bright green eyes of a small little girl. She had to have been no older than 7, light brown hair hung to her shoulders. She smiled brightly when our eyes met, that open trusting gaze most children have when dealing with an adult shining in her eyes.

"Yeah? What's up?" i asked kneeling down slowley so I was eye level with the little human…no wait. The little girl. I was human as well I couldn't keep doing this.

"Are you a mage from the guild?" She asked, her large eyes glowing with admiration. I paused, well I was a mage of sorts but I wasn't part of any guild yet.

"I'm a mage; I'm looking for the Fairy Tail guild. Do you know what direction it's in?" I asked gently giving the small girl a warm smile. She smiled again, bouncing slightly on her feet with excitement her eyes once again glowing.

"What's your magic miss? Please tell me I want to me a mage too one day." She pretty much yelled, totally dodging my question . I glanced up looking around the street for this small girls parents, there were adult all around us but no one was really watching her. Did parents normally allow there young to wander the streets like this?

"I'll show you one day, I promise kay. Can you please tell me where to find the guild?" I asked again my patience slightly waning. The little girl pouted for a moment, looking as if she was going to cry before she smiled pointing straight in the direction behind her.

"You just keep walking straight, the headquarters is at the end of the road by the ocean." She said before smiling once more and taking off behind as a group of kids ran out from an alley, laughing and playing. I watched her go brushing my legs off quickly. Children were amazing, even with this disaster that just happened they found light and happiness even in the darkest of times. to be honest i missed being that carefree as a child, even though my childhood was obviously different. I reached down grabbing my bag off the road slinging it back over my shoulder before I turned walking in the direction the little girl told me to go.

It took me about 20 minutes maneuvering through the city to reach the guide. Or what was left of the guild, the right side of the building was collapsed, the sign which probably stood in front of the building which proudly said Fairy Tail was gone and tossed into a pile off to the right. I could hear people arguing inside, hammers going as people made repairs. People were walking around as I stayed on the outside by the fence watching the guild. I don't know how long I stayed there watching, trying to sort through my own nerves and my thoughts. I could always come back, I could sense the sadness and depression in the air but…where would I go in the mean time?

"Well hello there? What's your name?" A kind voice spoke out behind me. I jumped in surprise spinning around quickly and seeing no one till I looked down; there stood a small elderly man. He was very short, semi bald and had warm black eyes. His outfit was what caught me off guard, he was wearing...well...what looked to be a elf costume. You know the whole pointed shoes, and hat.

"Uhhhh…" I was nervous, more nervous than I had been in my entire life. Which was saying a lot. I fought against wolves, mountain lions and bears and here i was being nervous about talking to an elderly man? "My name is Vivian."

The man smiled broadly nodding his head before looking into the guild in front of us, "There a good bunch of kids, I haven't seen you around here before?" It was a question not a statement. I nodded my head looking back from the guild down to the little man standing beside me.

"I'm thinking about joining." I found myself mumbling before my mind had even time to catch up with what I was saying. Next thing I knew this small man had grabbed my hand and was pulling me into the guild with a strength he shouldn't have possessed. I couldn't stop the yelp that escaped my lips as he ran through the guild up to the bar before jumping up onto it, thus causing me to run into the goddamn thing. I blinked; shocked before falling into a bar stool behind me, did people normally just do this? Was this considered normal behavior. Too many thoughts were running through my head as the small man waved over a white haired lady. She smiled looking up at the small man with a kind smile, her blue eyes glowing with respect.

"Master, are you okay?" She questioned tilting her head to the side curiously. Her gaze flickering between myself and the small man who was just standing on the bar; Like seriously that had to be considered rude or odd behavior? right? Wait, did she just say Master?

"This young lady would like to join, Vivian this is Mirajane, Mirajane this is Vivian she just came down from the mountain." The Master said nodding his head, wait! My gaze snapped up the small man. How did he know I came from the mountains? Who was this man? My expression must have darkened slightly because he gave me a warm smile as i raised an eyebrow.

Mirajane smiled, her smile reaching her eyes as she beamed at me. "Oh really? That's so wonderful we haven't had any new members join us for a few years!" she pretty much squealed in her excitement. She turned grabbing something behind her, before turning to back to where I was sitting, "So where do you want your mark?"

"Mark?" Oh no.

"You know our guilds symbol we all have it magically engraved into our skin. Don't worry it won't hurt."

She must have seen my terrified expression when she said the word engraved. I had piercings and a few tribal tattoos from living with the tribe so I was use to that but normally the tribe gave me a few days in preparation for the pain of the procedure. The way they inked was old fashioned; cutting into the skin with a knife and rubbing ash and native ink into the wound. I nodded slowly before standing cautiously showing her my right hip. She smiled waving the object as the Fairy Tail marked appeared on my skin in a dark purple color. it was breathtaking to be honest, I gently ran a hand over it feeling nothing but my own skin. there was no pain, nothing.

The master smiled sitting down on the bar in front of me, he watched me for a moment before my eyes met his and he gestured back to the chair behind me. The Guild was quiet I could hear people within the room moving around but it was really quiet. Not what i was expecting to be honest, i had heard rumors in my travels about Fairy ail being a fairly loud and reckless place.

"Tell me, what brought you to join us?" The "Master" asked. I still hadn't gotten his name and asking may have been deemed as rude.

"Well," I began. "A week or so ago an earthquake ripped through the mountains. It looks like you guys were hit as well... At the time I was living with what you know them as the Giant Dire Wolf tribe." I paused thinking this over. "The northern tribe. Not the Western. I got separated during a hunt when the cliff split from under us. I looked for them I really did but they were just gone. My mother told me, if something were to ever happen to come here. So that's what I did."

Honesty was always big amongst my tribe, we saw no reason to lie and really didn't comprehend why humans did it. It hurt people, so why bother? Telling the truth was so much better and it caused less issues so I told them exactly what they asked for. Mirajane looked puzzled as she looked up at the Master again.

"Dire wolf tribe? I've never heard of them before, are they like Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy?" she questioned openly.

The Master nodded his head, closing his eyes for a moment, "I've heard of the tribe you speak of, there very rare to see Mirajane. They prefer to live on their own and far away from humans. However, yes it's the same as the dragon slayers only in her case she wasn't raised by a dragon."

Mirajane nodded her head watching the Master but also her gaze also occasionally flickered across the guild. The master sighed pulling out a medium sized pipe, lighting it and smoking it slowly. The smell made my nose burn almost painfully causing me to switch to breathing through my mouth. "I have heard of the Wolf tribes just like the dragons taking in humans but I have never met one in all my years. It's a honor you came to join here." He said between puffs. I blushed my face heating up as i scratched the back of my neck awkwardly.

"So what magic can you do?" Mirajane asked casually. I paused glancing around again; people were too busy rebuilding the guild to really notice us talking. I shrugged my shoulders I wasn't really sure what they called there magic's but I knew what I could do.

"I can shift into a wolf and a hybrid form. Both full body and just certain parts of my body. I can also do some other things which I honestly don't feel comfortable saying." I felt like I was betraying my tribe, these magic's were supposed to be secret. Or that's what my mom had taught me over the years. Just like the dragon slayer art, it was a very rare and secretive magic. Yeah sure, we believed in honesty but i wasn't about to go spilling everything to these people. Mirajane and the Master just nodded their heads both either agreeing or just deciding not to push the subject.

"Well Vivian. Welcome to Fairy Tail. You need to excuse us the guild normally everyone is a lot more…upbeat but we lost a few members during that earthquake and a few people are taking it very bad." Mirajane said sadly. I nodded my head understanding; death was always a hard thing to deal with, it didn't matter how old a wound could be. If someone died it left a hole in your heart and nothing could really fill that void.

However here I was, I finally made it to Fairy Tail...hopefully my new home.

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