Nicole Stone

Nicole Stone was born in X767 with her twin sister Aleda, in the outskirts of a town named Malba. She was born with her parents’ ice-make magic. Her family was particularly unstable, with both parents clearly having untreated mental illnesses, however at this point the parents could keep it somewhat under control. But they decided soon after their twins’ births that they only wanted to keep one child, and Aleda was handed over to her newly adoptive father, Alkaios. Nicole became an “only child” and lived with her parents until about four years later, when another kid is introduced to the Stone family. Lukas was a new baby that was a troublemaker from birth. Even as a toddler he was constantly making his parents upset with him which didn’t help either of their mental states. Soft abuse was present in the household, and it only escalated. One particular day led to their breaking point, and together began the Iced Shell art, encasing the only three year old boy in an ice made of their body. When Nicole entered the room, the only thing she saw was her beloved younger brother trapped and frozen, his life very slowly draining. There was nothing she thought she could do, so she abandoned the house and ran away. The year was X774.

She was only seven years old, with not much sense. Not having a family providing for her anymore she resorted to stealing for food and she wandered for a long time. Woods were a common route for her, they never let her down, except once. She ended up in a forest so thick she lost her way, and she could barely find any sign of an exit after two whole days of trying. Hope was lost and she expected to not survive, sickly wandering still. But she was saved by what she thought was a goddess, a glowing light from a woman who seemed part ram, with fluffy pink hair and wore clothes made of wool. The light led her out and when she reached it the woman was no longer there, but a town was in sight. This harsh two nights made her change her perspective, and she seemed to mature quickly. She believed maybe someone could take her in, and allow her to work and make money so she can buy her meals. At this new town she found a friendly cobbler who allowed her just that. She ended up working for the man for about a month when she saved enough money to catch a train to Magnolia, a place the cobbler insisted she visit.

At this point, she had forgotten she was able to use her ice-make, as she repressed the idea after leaving her home. She wandered the big town, contemplating joining the guild her cobbler friend told her about. Since she thought she wasn’t a mage, she held off and lived off her money for a little while. One day she noticed the pink ram girl she’d seen before, and excitedly ran to her to thank her. The woman explained she was a celestial spirit named Aries, and was without a contractor, looking for someone to take her key. She mentioned that she saw potential in Nicole as a wizard and asked to contract with her. Nicole happily agreed, and she learned how to use Aries’ key and became a celestial spirit wizard. Because of this she felt courage to finally join the guild she’d heard so much about. While joining another girl had entered wishing to join as well. She introduced herself as Annabelle, a light dragon slayer. Because the two were both new they tended to stay close to each other as everyone else was already friends. The guild members did try to be nice to the pair but they stuck to each other as if long friends. But as she adjusted to her new life, Nicole became able to open up to those in her guild, and she and another kid around her age named Gray grew close, as she just felt drawn to him. Although not known to her at the time this was because they were both ice-make wizards.

Around X778 Nicole was enjoying a steady life as a mage of Fairy Tail, taking on easy jobs that earned her money. At this time she took a job that involved dealing with magic mirrors, however it was a trick. The flyer is sent to guild in hopes of luring unsuspecting wizards to a mirror with a spell that creates an alternate universe that they become trapped in if looking into it. Makarov knew about this trick and was planning on taking the flyer off the board, but Nicole was too quick to it. When she vanished without a trace, the Master knew exactly what happened, however had no clue how to reverse the spell.

Nicole had been taken to a whole other universe where she was known by the name Nikki, and magic didn’t exist. The style of the world was very different than Fiore, and kids her age were required to go to school. Since she had lost all her previous memories from all her eleven past years, she adjusted right in and lived here for a long six years. In this world she had a friend named Alene who looked similar to her and felt oddly familiar. They were extremely close.

It had been six years in Fiore, the mission to remove Nicole’s spell had been basically abandoned, except by Gray. While it wasn’t his main focus for all those years he still tried. The year was X784, with the help of many others, Gray finally figured out how to undo the spell, and he brought Nicole back. Makarov was also able to bring back her old memories, and those from her alternate universe faded mostly. She was able to finally live her real life in Fiore.

Annabelle Arc

Upon arrival back to her own universe, Nicole noticed she didn’t have her celestial gate keys. Two had been picked up by her guild members and returned quickly, and one was now contracted to Lucy. Lucy, feeling guilty of “stealing” Nicole’s key, returned it to a hesitant Nicole. The spirit, Leo, was happy to see his old key owner again but still had a close relationship with Lucy, so Nicole agreed to let him summon himself whenever he feels Lucy is in danger. Nicole was still distraught about her one missing gold key, however.

Soon Makarov approached Nicole, asking her to take a job. He didn’t tell her exactly why this was the job he wanted her to take, just that it was a good welcome back and a good start to earn money again. The flyer read “Help! Celestial wizard needed! 100,000 J!” Nicole was skeptical but took the job for the money. She set out on a magic cart.

While trekking a forest she was suddenly ambushed by a band of thieves and taken off guard. She was able to fight back with her newly recovered spirits, but the thieves were wizards as well and overpowered her. However another mage interfered and helped defeat the rest of the assailants. Nicole asked for his name and he introduced himself as Sienosuke. At first their similar confident personalities clashed and they started arguing, and Nicole decided to leave. But Sienosuke with a quick change of heart decided to accompany her for the rest of her trip to be sure his new acquaintance wasn’t attacked again, much to the girl’s dismay. The two held simple yet long conversations until Nicole arrived at her destination.

She entered the small town asking who issued the job, and the townsfolk directed her to a girl who had somewhat recently appeared there. Nicole finds out quickly that it is her old friend Annabelle who she thought had gone missing long ago. The two have a tearful reunion and Annabelle tells her friend that when she had suddenly appeared in this town they were faced with a monster that was rampaging. She realized it was a celestial spirit that was angry being trapped in Earthland, but she couldn’t send it back to the Celestial Spirit World herself. Annabelle couldn’t leave to the poor town on it’s own so it warded off the beast and sent a job request to Fairy Tail, hoping to have her friend come. Nicole told her about her absence and how she also recently returned, and decided on helping Annabelle and the town.

Nicole was able to defeat the beast and with the help of her spirits, retrieved the key. This spirit was called Scutum the Shield, and Nicole made a contract with it, now being in its celestial spirit form.

After resolving the town’s conflict, Annabelle and Nicole caught up, and Annabelle introduced her new flying cat friend she met while in the other world she got lost in. The two head back home, discussing their past six years in the cart. Annabelle reunited with Fairy Tail and her cat Sparkle became a member.

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