Finding My Way - Fairy Tail

Arrival

The white-haired woman tilted her head before offering a hand out to Saxe. "I'm Mirajane Strauss," she said, "but my friends call me Mira. What were you doing that got you kidnapped? Weren't your parents looking out for you?"

Saxe looked down at his feet again, but he shook her hand quickly. "I don't really have any parents..." said the boy, looking up at Mira through teary eyes.

Mira smiled affectionately and walked around the side of the bar, approaching the trio. To his surprise, she leaned down and wrapped Saxe in an embrace. His eyes widened and tears began to flow out again.

"I know how you feel, Saxe-chan. I know how hard it can be to grow up without parents and how hard it must have been for you. Who taught you magic?'' She pulled back then and looked at him in a friendly manner.

Saxe wiped his tears away and looked back at her. "I was taught Requip magic by a mage named Hitomi Todorin. She was a former member of Lamia Scale guild actually. She was the closest thing I had to a mother and she trained me for two years before I decided to go out and explore a little. I've pretty much been alone since then, but I've practiced with my magic every day for a while. I even learned how to requip into armor and clothes, although I've been told that it's almost impossible and very few Requip mages have ever pulled it off. I've even taken down a few bandits and other mages before, although I'm not in any guild. I'd consider myself to be fairly powerful, but definitely not as strong as an S-class mage."

Saxe was actually surprised that he had said so much. Usually he was very shy with new people, so his new sociable tone was a change to the regular. He wasn't really sure if it was a good thing or a bad thing that he was becoming so sociable.

"May I see the collar, Saxe-chan?" asked Mira

"Sure," said Saxe, "just try not to hurt me or anything, please." At those words, Mira gently reached out and turned him around so she could see the back of the collar. Mira then grasped the collar, her hand wrapping around the back of the collar, her fingers tickling the hairs on his neck. From what Saxe could see, it was easily fit into her hand and she was able to hold it . The silver collar sort of frightened Saxe and he didn't really want to touch it with his hands, even though he knew that it wasn't going to bite or anything, as all his magic had already been suppressed. He felt Mira's hands let go of the collar and he turned back around to look at her. She had an expression on her face that told him that she was thinking about the predicament he was in.

"I'm not sure what we'll be able to do with getting this collar off, but I think Gajeel can probably bite it off. It seems to be regular metal with just a little bit of nullification magic in it. You should bring little Saxe here," said Mira, ruffling his purple hair, "to the master. He might have some alternative ideas on the matter and I bet he wants to meet you."

Elpis and Eliana nodded, taking Saxe by both his hands. This fetched a few curious glances from some of the people in the guild. They were probably wondering who this child was and why he was there. The curiosity didn't help with the noise level in the Fairy tail guild hall as Saxe could tell it wasn't going to die down until the guild members had either fallen asleep or had fainted from drinking too much. That was another thing he noticed, actually. Many of the guild members seemed to be drinking alcohol, which wasn't too surprising or alarming but it did say that they loved a good drink, which Saxe found amusing.

Eliana and Elpis both led him up and set of stairs placed at the back of the main hall for the guild. The three of them walked up in silence until they came to a well-made wooden door. Elpis knocked on the door and Saxe heard a gruff tone saying "come in." The girls both walked into the room, opening the door as they did so and Saxe was, of course, brought in with him.