Hey guys! Welcome to this little project here! These are going to be all one shots, some may be resumed later as another one shot. The main part is that all stories are related to the 'The Elemental Dragon Slayer' So if you want to know the most and all go read that first. This will be accompanying 'The Elemental Dragon Slayer' so while I'll be writing that I'll also be writing this. It will co-op sort of.

Also these one shots will give you a little bit more detail in their lives and of course Kera's life!

I had this for a while in my head and at first I wanted to wait until I finished with 'The Elemental Dragon Slayer' but I just couldn't wait. These one shots will be about anything. And the most important of all is besides my stories and ideas YOU can leave requests as well. So if you have an idea just leave them in the review or write me a PM! But it has to be in the time line I'm writing at the moment with 'The Elemental Dragon Slayer'. Anything that has happened further in the story line will have to wait. Sorry about that.

The type of your request is wide open. These one shots can be from any genre. So they can be light and fun or really dark. Just no character death!

So here's the first of the many stories. Nightmares.

Hope you guys enjoy it!

Nightmares

"Fire beats ice!"

"No ice beats fire!"

"Fire!"

"Ice!"

"Fire!"

"Ice!"

"WOULD THE TWO OF YOU SHUT UP!?" Erza yelled making the nine year old Natsu and Gray jump up in fright. The two boys glanced at the young red head and quivered slightly. "W-We're sorry!" They both said together.

Erza snorted slightly before turning around sitting at a table eating her favorite desert. She didn't want anyone to disturb her… well she didn't want them to disturb her.

"Hey where's Kera?" Natsu suddenly asked.

This caught Erza's attention. Looking around the guild she didn't see the young brunette girl. Was she running late? Did she sleep in?

The door opened up and everyone turned around to see the brunette girl walk in. Natsu and Gray grinned as they saw her. Being their stupid nine year old selves they ran over to her. Natsu jumped up. "Hey Kera! You will never believe it! I beat Gray last night!"

"No you didn't! You lost!"

"No I won!"

"No you didn't."

"Yes I did!"

While the two boys kept on arguing, Kera simply walked passed them. She saw down at the table where Erza was sitting not saying a word. The red head glanced up from her delicious desert and noticed that there were bags under Kera's eyes and the eyes themselves looked dull, instead of their usual sharp green.

"Kera, you okay?" Erza asked worried about her friend.

The brunette simply nodded while leaning her head on her hand. "'M fine."

"You sure?"

"Mhm…"

Erza raised an eyebrow at her friend but didn't say anything. It seemed she didn't get a lot of sleep last night. At least that's what it looked like. For some strange reason this keeps happening a lot. Some days she would just lay there not moving and she'd be in a bad mood.

"So…" Erza started trying to start up a conversation. "Are you up for training today?"

"Sounds good…" Kera muttered still half asleep.

Erza scrunched her nose. "And what about fighting with Natsu?"

"Sounds good…"

"And… doing a five mile hike."

"Great…"

"And fighting a dragon."

"Sounds good…"

"And I'll just throw my cake away and I'll never eat another piece of it again!"

"Good idea…"

Erza couldn't believe it. She wasn't even listening to her! She would never just throw away her cake! Slightly furious she smacked Kera across the face. This finally woke her up.

Kera slightly slammed her head against the table but snapped up. "Wha…" She was confused looking around. She saw Erza in front of her with a furious expression turned on her. Erza glared at her. "Were you even listening?"

Kera stopped and slowly glanced at Erza. A small apologetic smile crossed her face. "Sorry?"

Erza rolled her eyes as she continued to eat her cake. "Never mind…"

Later that night Erza was sleeping in her room of Fairy Hills. It was a building for the girls of Fairy Tail to live there. It was usually quiet in the nights at Fairy Hill. But this night it wasn't quiet.

A loud scream woke Erza from her sleep. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes as she woke up. "What the…" She wondered.

Another loud scream and Erza's eyes went wide. "Kera!" She shouted jumping out of her bed and out of her room. Luckily Kera's room was right beside hers so she didn't have to run that far.

She stormed into Kera's room without bothering to knock. The sight frightened her a bit. Kera was in her bed squirming around while muttering words. The nine year old red head ran over to her friend.

"Kera!" She shouted shaking her shoulder trying to wake her up.

Kera whimpered. "Please… please… no please! I'm sorry! Sorry!... NO!"

"KERA!" Erza shouted shaking her again but nothing was working. She wasn't waking up. In her last effort she slapped her across the face.

Kera's eyes snapped open and she shot up from bed. Sweat was falling down her face as she was breathing hard. Suddenly she was hugged. Kera looked to her side and saw it was Erza. "Erza? W-What… what are you doing here?"

"I heard you scream." She said while parting. "I was worried. Why didn't you tell me you had nightmares? That's why you haven't been sleeping right?"

Kera sighed looking away. "I…"

"Kera listen, you can trust me. You have a friend here. You're not in that dark place anymore. You're here with us, you're here with family." Erza told her while grabbing her hand.

The brunette smiled slightly. Erza was right. She was with family now. She was with her friends. They were there to comfort her and help her. She glanced at her friend. "Thank you. I'm sorry I kept this from you… I… I didn't want people to know…"

Erza smiled sweetly. "It's alright. Do you… do you want me to stay with you?"

"C-Could you?"

The red head smiled and nodded. "Of course! Come on scoot over." She said pushing Kera slightly.

The brunette moved over and Erza climbed into the bed. The two little kids snuggled together and eventually sleep came. And for the first time for a long while Kera had a peaceful sleep.

Five years later

"Can't believe Kera got her own apartment!" Natsu huffed as he crossed his arms. Gray rolled his eyes as he leaned against a chair. "Give it up Natsu. She bought that apartment with her own money so you don't have to worry about it.

"She's thirteen!"

"So?"

"Why does she get her own apartment? I'm fifteen! I deserve one." Natsu shouted.

Erza slammed his head as she walked by. "Leave Kera alone. She has a reason why she wanted her own apartment so let her be."

Natsu rolled his eyes and grumbled something sliding in his chair. Ignoring the words he was saying Erza got up from the table. "It's already late and I'm going to bed. Don't you two do anything reckless."

"Yes mom." Natsu muttered. He quickly shut up when he saw Erza's glare. "Sorry." He squeaked.

Erza sighed and got up from the table and left. She was walking through town during the night. Kera had bought an apartment and there was an actual reason behind it. Kera did talk to her about it of course.

It was due to her nightmares. She didn't want others to hear her in the middle of the night. Kera didn't want others to know and it was enough that Erza knew.

So before she went back home she wanted to make sure that Kera was alright. The new apartment made sure no one heard her but they still didn't keep the nightmares at bay and for some reason they got worse over the years.

After a half hour Erza found herself in front of Kera's door. She knocked slightly. "Kera?"

She didn't get an answer. Erza frowned slightly. She knocked again. "Kera are you in there?" Again no answer. Maybe she was still in town or something. Or she was still at the guild hidden somewhere. But she didn't see her there either…

Sighing she decided to leave. But as she took a step back she heard a loud scream. Her eyes went wide. "Oh no…" She muttered. She tried to open the door but it was locked. Gritting her teeth she looked around. That is until she found the open window.

Erza grinned slightly and climbed through the open window on the second floor to get to her friend. Entering, which luckily was Kera's bedroom, she immediately saw the brunette struggling in her sleep.

The red head ran over to her and tried shaking her. "Kera, come on wake up!" She called to her. "You're safe! You're here with me!"

"No! No! NO! Please! PLEASE!" Kera shouted in her sleep. "I'm sorry! Please no! Don't! MARC!"

"Kera wake up!" Erza shouted shaking her, she even slapped her across the face but nothing would wake the girl up.

Kera whimpered. "Don't leave me! Please! Marc!"

Erza gritted her teeth. If she couldn't wake her up well then she would stay and be there for Kera until she would calm down on her own. Hopefully her presence would help her. That is why when Kera slightly calmed down Erza climbed into bed and comforted her by pulling her into a hug and whispering comforting words until Kera finally fell asleep. And Erza quickly followed.

Kera groaned as she slowly woke up in the morning. She yawned and tried to outstretch her arms, but she felt two pairs of arms stopping her. Confused she turned her head. What she saw surprised her.

Erza was sleeping behind her, holding her. Why was she here? How did she get here? She slightly nudged her. The red head moaned slightly waking up.

"Hey Erza?"

"Hm?"

"Why are you here?"

Erza's eyes opened and saw Kera glancing at her confused. She moved around and sat up on the bed. "Well… I came here last night." She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. "And sorry, but… I heard you scream… and… I got in and tried to calm you down."

Kera's eyes went wide. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to…"

Erza calmed her down and pushed her back down to the bed. "Kera it's alright. I was just worried about you. It was even worse than before. I couldn't even wake you up."

Kera rubbed her face. This was not how she wanted it to go. Erza watched her friend carefully. The brunette groaned slightly. Can this get any worse?

"Kera…" Erza started slowly. "Who is Marc?"

Kera froze completely. She couldn't have heard her right. Could she? How did she even know? She looked at Erza with a confused glance. "What?"

Erza sat up and tried to comfort her slightly. "You… you screamed out several things but you said Marc one time. Is he someone important?"

Kera didn't say anything. She just stood there not moving for a moment. Erza reached out a hand. "Kera? Are you okay?"

The brunette took a deep shaky breath. "I…" She was shaking a bit.

Erza noticed this. "If you don't want to talk about it then it's okay. I won't ask Kera. I won't ask who Marc is again."

She turned to Erza, surprising the red head she was crying. Erza took her in a hug. "I'm sorry, I won't ask again."

"Thank you." Kera cried in her shoulders. "Thank you so much for being there."

Erza kept on hugging her. "Hey, everything is going to be fine. Don't worry. I'm here."

That's when the two started a routine or at least Erza. Every night Erza would pass Kera's apartment to make sure she wouldn't have any nightmares. If she did she would climb through the window and get into bed with her to try and comfort her.

Kera was never so glad to have such a good friend…

To have such a good sister.

And there's the first of many! Hope you guys liked it. Don't forget to leave a review and remember, requests are welcomed!

Till next time!