Natsu x Meredy

Loves' beginnings

Summery: After Ultear stabbed herself, she soon died of blood loss. Meredy, who was left all alone with no where to go, was generously taken in by Fairy Tail. So begins her new life. Will everyone in Fairy Tail be able to forget her dark past and accept her as one of their own? Will she get over Ultears death and get alone with Fairy Tail, or will she remain in darkness forever...?

Why is she here? What was Master thinking, letting her in like that? She's dangerous. Those words echoed through her head. They had every right to blame her. She attacked their guild after all. But even still, they only made things worse for her. Even though Makarov took her in, no one in Fairy Tail seemed to trust her at all. She didn't care though. She lost everything already. Ultear was the only one she could consider family and she was now dead.

"Don't worry. They will learn to accept you after a while." A soft voice came from behind her. She turned around to see Mirajane there, smiling. 'She's lying.' Meredy thought. 'How could they ever accept me? After all I did, they will never accept me.' She turned back around and tried to ignore her.

"Juvia agrees with Mira-san." Juvia said, walking up to the two. Meredy didn't dare turn around. She couldn't bear to face Juvia. Not now, nor ever. Juvia sat down next to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Juvia was once an outcast too." She said. "After Phantom dissolved, Juvia decided to come here." Meredy turned and looked at her, tears in her eyes. "Even though I was an enemy, they still accepted me. Even Gajeel was accepted, even after all the horrible things he did." She gave Meredy a reassuring smile. "So don't worry. They will learn to accept you too." She just looked at Juvia, tears rolling down her cheek. Juvia pulled the young mage into a loving embrace. 'This again...' Meredy remembered the first time she did this. 'It's so warm. What is this feeling...? I don't understand...' Meredy broke down crying in Juvia's arms.

Over across the room, Lisanna watched the two console Meredy. She smiled and looked back at Natsu and Gray arguing over something pointless again. She just continued smiling as she watched the two go at it. It didn't take long before the fight ended, courtesy of Erza. The beaten up Natsu sat across the table from her and rested his head on the table.

"Are you alright?" She asked the dragon slayer. He groaned, but she understood what it meant. After a while of just sitting there, he picked his head up and looked around.

"Where's Happy?" He asked, still looking around. He didn't realize Happy had left while he was fighting Gray.

"I think he left following Charle and Pantherlily." She said. He sighed. He should have figured as much. He stood up and walked over to the request board to see if there were any jobs that would be fun to do.

Meredy began to settle down and Juvia let go of her and looked at her. Her face was red and her eyes still had some tears. She sniffled every once and a while, but had calmed down none the less. She looked down at her knees, not knowing what to think, what to feel. Her mind was an utter blank. The petite pink haired girl just sat there in complete silence. Could she really consider Fairy Tail her new family? No! Ultear was her only family. Always has been and always will be. Even though it was Ultear that attacked her town, she still loved Meredy. She silently stood up and started walking off when someone crashed into her. She fell down and looked to see who it was.

"Sorry about that." A male voice spoke. She looked up and saw Natsu, extending his hand to help her. She stood up, ignoring it and started to walk away only to be stopped by Mirajane.

"Perfect timing, Natsu." She said to him. "Why don't you take her alone with you on that mission." She suggested, but he could tell she was commanding him to do it, not telling him to. Meredy just shook her head no and started walking off, only to be stopped by her again. "Don't be shy, just go with him." She said, smiling. She stood there in silence for a minute before reluctantly agreeing. The moment they walked out of the guild, Happy came flying towards them.