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Another few days passed and Kera was still sitting on the side at a table alone. She was shy, she knew this, but she also figured why would someone want to be friends with a weakling like her? She still had no idea why they made her a member of Fairy Tail. She did though hear Natsu talking with Makarov about her. It was a few meters away, but she could clearly hear what they were talking about. Though she didn't care and so turned back away.

She did see that Erza was making friends. She had heard from others that Gray had tried to fight her, but she would ignore him. From all the time in the guild Kera would have said that Erza was cold and pushed everyone away. And she could clearly see that she was tough. Probably a strong wizard as well.

But seeing her that day with Porlyusica told her that even the strong had weak times. But of course she wouldn't know. She was never strong, she never stood up for herself. She was in one word… a weakling.

Her head snapped up as she heard the chair in front of her move. Kera was confused as she saw Erza sitting down in front of her, though she kept on eating.

The two sat there in silence for a few minutes until Erza finally broke the deafening silence. "Why did you do it?"

Kera blinked as she rose her head and glanced at the red head. She didn't say anything but it seemed her face was telling her that she had no idea what she was talking about. Erza sighed. "A few days ago, why did you tell Porlyusica that she should use the last of her medicine on me and not you? Why did you do it?" She asked.

Oh, so that's why she was talking to her. She simply shrugged as her head hung low. "I don't know… you needed it more. You look pretty by the way." She muttered not giving her a glance.

"Well… thank you. You're pretty yourself too." Erza said with a slight smile but immediately Kera shook her head. "I don't want to be pretty."

"Why not?" She asked.

Kera turned her head away. "Where I come from… pretty people get hurt bad. So I don't want to be pretty because I don't want to get hurt."

Erza nodded slightly understand where she was getting at, but she grabbed Kera's hand which shocked the brown haired girl. "Don't worry. I know I've been cold the first few days when I got here, but I'm trying to open up more. And I want you to be my friend." She said smiling. "And I don't think these people want to hurt you."

She sighed. "Why do you want a weakling like me to be your friend?" She asked.

"Why do you think you're weak?" Erza asked confused.

"I am, it's a fact. I can't stand up for myself, I can't fight, people were able to hurt me pretty easily. That just shows that I'm weak." Kera mumbled.

Erza shook her head. "That's not true. Listen, nobody knows this but Gray found me at the beach crying a few days ago before we went to Porlyusica. He wanted to fight me but saw me crying. I thought I was weak then as well. He asked me why I was crying alone and that's when I felt that I needed to open up more. Being alone is not a solution. For a fact that you are still sitting here alive means that you are strong. A weak person wouldn't be here."

Kera looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Really?"

She nodded. "Now, what about it? Want to be friends? And just a warning, I don't take no for an answer."

Kera chuckled slightly while a small smile formed on her lips. Though this small action caused a huge riot… by Natsu.

"OH MY GOD! SHE SMILED! SHE REALLY SMILED!" Natsu yelled while running over to Kera. The brown haired girl slightly screeched as Natsu was punched in the face by a redhead that was sitting opposite from her.

Erza snarled. "Don't you ever shut your mouth!?" She yelled at him and Natsu slowly crawled away and knocked into someone. Looking up he saw Mirajane standing there with a scowl on her face.

"Hey! Scarlet! It's my job to make Natsu's life miserable!" She shouted while walking over to her.

Erza rolled her eyes. "I don't really care what you do, now if you would leave me alone I…" she wasn't able to finish her sentence since Mirajane pounced on her. Natsu watched in amazement, but also shock and horror as the two started fighting like he and Gray did usually.

Kera just blinked as she watched it as well. She actually thought it was amusing as well. Maybe just maybe it wouldn't be such bad living here.

And maybe she could be friends with Erza and the others.


A week later

"What are you doing?"

"Just trust me, be quiet and follow me."

"I'm not so sure about this."

Erza had pulled Kera out of her room and dragged her out of the guild. It was in the middle of the night and past curfew for the little kids. Though still Erza had dragged her out of her room and Kera was still in a sleepy daze.

The two walked to a tree and Kera watched as Erza sat down onto the grass. Kera gave her a confused glance. "Why did you drag me out here in the middle of the night?" She asked while rubbing her eyes with her good arm.

Erza patted the ground next to her and Kera just sighed. She sat down next to her and started playing with her sling. The two sat there in silence until Kera just shook her head. "I… I still don't get it."

The red head turned her head towards her. "What don't you get?"

"Why would Fairy Tail make me one of its members?" Kera asked leaning herself against the tree.

Erza sighed. Kera knew that the red head was a wizard. She could use requip magic and Kera thought that was actually neat. "You're not a wizard?" Erza asked and Kera sighed. "I don't know, I really don't know if I am or not. That's the problem. That's why I have no idea why they would want me as a member."

Erza turned around and put a hand on her shoulder. "Hey, so you don't know if you're a wizard or not. So what? You're still a part of this family now. Anyways, I heard that Natsu talked with Master Makarov about you."

"I know I heard." Kera muttered.

"What do you mean you heard? You were on the other side of the guild hall when they were talking. How could you hear them?" Erza asked a little shocked.

Kera shrugged slightly while playing with her sling again. "I can hear and see things others can't I think I can smell even better than someone. I don't know, guess I have better senses or something."

Erza blinked. "Wow, that's… amazing. Wait, what did you mean you can smell better?"

Kera sighed while going through her hair. "Well, I can say this… when I got to Fairy Tail I just followed my nose."

Erza smirked. "That's actually neat."

Kera snorted slightly. "Yea… but that doesn't explain why they took me in."

"Well why wouldn't they?"

That question shocked Kera slightly. She turned to her and didn't even notice the leaf fall on her head. Erza smirked slightly as she pulled it out of her hair. "From what I heard, Fairy Tail takes anyone in, if they are a wizard or not. It's like a family, they take children in that have no other place to go. It's the same with Natsu and Gray."

"But still." Kera mumbled.

Erza rested her head against the tree. "What about… we train and somehow see if you're a wizard or not."

"You would do that?" Kera asked shocked someone would do something like that for her.

"Sure, what are friends for?" She said with a smile but it vanished when she noticed Kera sulking against the tree. "Friends." She mumbled. She really didn't think of friends. The only friend she had gave his life so she could live hers. The other people she knew would never do something like that. They would rather punch her in the face or stomach. They would beat her up to a pulp.

"You okay?" Erza asked while touching her shoulder. Kera flinched away and quickly Erza pulled back. Taking a deep breath the brown haired girl sighed. "I'm sorry, I was just… relieving a memory."

Erza scooted over to her. "Hey, we've been friends for the past week and maybe not know each other that well, we may not know each other's past and that's fine. But there's a reason why I pulled you out here in the middle of the night."

"There is?" Kera asked and Erza nodded. She pulled her hand out. "Let's make a promise."

"A… promise?" Kera asked again and Erza smirked. "Yea, a promise that we will be friends forever and no matter what happens we will be there for each other. We help each other and there is nothing in this world that can separate us."

"Really?" Kera asked looking at Erza with eyes that were like a kid at Christmas. She couldn't believe what Erza was saying. No one said that to her. No one would help her and definitely no one would want to be her friend.

Erza nodded and smiled as she saw Kera taking her hand, even though if it was slowly. Kera smiled slightly. "Alright, it's a promise."

Erza grinned. "And we'll have to do something about your shy and held back attitude. You need some self esteem."

Kera laughed very softly. "I think that's very hard. I don't know about you but I really didn't have a happy time before I came here."

Erza's face fell and she sighed. "I know how you feel." Kera glanced up at her confused. "What do you mean?"

The red head hung her head as she pulled her knees up to her armored chest plate. Kera then noticed that she was always wearing armor. Why was that? She never seen her without her armor… well except for that time when they were at Porlyusica, there she was just wearing a blouse.

"I… was a slave." Erza mumbled and Kera looked at her slightly shocked. Not shocked about the slave part, she was somewhat of a slave as well, but she was shocked that someone like Erza was a slave.

The red head felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked up to see Kera. She gave the wizard a small smile. "There's no point in thinking about the past. Like you said, we have a new family and we did just make a promise."

Erza chuckled slightly and nodded. "Yea, you're right. Friends forever?"

"Friends forever." Kera said smiling and the two hugged each other, but Kera slightly flinched as her arm stung.

Erza moved back. "Sorry, I forgot about your arm."

"It's alright, I've dealt with worse." Kera said pushing it aside. "Though I am getting cold."

"Yea, come on, let's get back." Erza said with a smile. The two stood up and headed back to the guild.

So Kera and Erza both became friends! And they made a promise! So cute! Wonder how this will change the future? Just stay tuned.

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