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Chapter Eleven: Confession

"You want to know… don't you?" Natsu began to asked Erza, who simply nodded.

Natsu sigh; he didn't want to explain about the Nightmare Animatronics at all. The dragon slayer wanted to keep it hidden, but he knew that he couldn't hide it any longer. Not after what happened. That and he knew Erza would do anything to get him to talk.

"Natsu," Erza began to ask him, getting his attention once again "Please tell me the truth. What were those monster animatronics?" Erza asked him, all while knowing that it was probably best if she didn't bring up the fact that they saw a memory of him getting bitten.

"…Alright, I'll tell you." Natsu told the red head woman, though she could tell that Natsu didn't like that he was about to tell her.

The pink haired fire dragon slayer simply took a quick breath before he started to speak again.

"Those horror-like animatronics were, or are, nightmares of mine." Natsu admitted to Erza. The red haired was a little surprised to be honest. While she knew those things came from Natsu, she didn't know where exactly from Natsu they came from. However she now had an answer.

"Nightmares?" Erza asked him in concern. Too her, it didn't seem like the happy go lucky dragon slayer would have any nightmares at all due to how he is. Then again, all of this told her that she didn't truly know much about the fire dragon slayer.

"Yes… nightmares," Natsu began to speak again, as he went on before Erza could say anything else, "I was found by Igneel that is true. But… it was a few years later before he did. Before him, I grew up in a small town. It wasn't really known that well due to being so small. The only thing that was popular that brought people was the restaurant where the animatronics were at." Natsu stopped talking for a moment, as if he was trying, or refusing, to attempt to remember what happened.

"I'm guessing that was Fredbear and Friend's Pizzeria?" Erza questioned in a soft tone, knowing that Natsu was struggling to simply tell her the whole thing, both about his past and of the cause of the nightmare animatronics. She simply got a nod from the dragon slayer as he attempted to go on with the story.

"Y-yeah. While I have heard of the place, I never really went there before. That was… until my fourth birthday," Natsu took a few breaths before he went on, "It was simply me and my mom there. I didn't really have friends while growing up there, but I didn't let that bother me on that day. As long as I was with my mom, I was happy," Natsu stopped talking as he smiled softly, to which Erza guessed that he must be remembering the woman that gave birth to him. However his smile went away as he frowns, "But then, while I was waiting for my mom, these kids came up to me, started to pick on me…"

Natsu stopped speaking again as he tried to go on with the story. To Erza, it was clear that remembering what happened was hurting the pink haired male. The red head simply reached to grab one of his hands into hers. This got Natsu's attention as he looked to see Erza simply looking at him, both in concern and to help him continue. Taking another breath, he continued on; however he was struggling as he did.

"I-I tried to make them go away, but they wouldn't leave me alone. T-Then they picked me up against my will, then t-they took me to where F-Fredbear was," A few tears began to form in Natsu's eyes as he remembered what happened, "T-They shove me i-into Fredbear's m-mouth… and then… and then…" Natsu tried to finish his words, but to no valid as his emotions got a hold on him.

Without warning, Erza pulled Natsu into another hug. This caught him off guard, but he simply let the tears flow as he simply silently sobbed. Erza hated feeling so useless at that moment. Natsu was hurting and yet she couldn't do much about it. She could even feel him shaking a little as he thought of what happened after the kids put him into the animatronic's mouth.

"Was… was that the incident Cana told us about?" Erza asked him in a soft and caring tone, despite knowing the answer already due to seeing the memory. She didn't get an answer, however she felt Natsu nod his head a little, thus confirming her words.

The red head didn't know what else to do at that moment, as she could only continue to hug and comfort Natsu as he simply shed his tears. She didn't understand why anyone in his past would do something like that to him. Erza also didn't get why no one tried to stop the whole thing from happening in the first place.

Eventually, Natsu managed to calm down as he pulled away from the hug, feeling a little better now. It was clear that Natsu was still bothered from remembering the incident however.

"S-Sorry about that." Natsu managed to speak again, knowing that Erza's shoulder was probably wet now due to his crying.

"Don't worry about it Natsu," Erza replied to him with a gentle smile. She then frowned a little again, wondering what happened afterwards, "Natsu, what exactly happened after that?" She saw Natsu frown from those words, knowing that it was still hard for him to fully explain. However Natsu knew he had to finish explaining.

"I-I don't really remember too much of what happened, as I only woke up at home weeks later," Natsu informed the red head, "B-But ever since that incident… I had been having nightmares about the animatronics. I don't have them as much as I did back then, but I still have them once in a while." Natsu managed to finish, relived that he managed to get it out of the way.

The incident must have been the source for Natsu having these nightmares. However, there were some things still confusing for the red haired woman, though they have nothing to do about the animatronics. He lived with his mother then, but then how did he end up with Igneel?

"Natsu," Erza started to speak, getting Natsu to look at the S-Class mage once more, "This happened when you lived in that town right?" She asked him, to which he nodded in confirmation, "So… how did you end up with Igneel?"

Her words caused Natsu to freeze for a moment, before he looked away.

"I'm sorry Erza. I'm not ready to answer that." Natsu simply answered as he simply looked the other way.

Erza wanted to have an answer, however she knew that would be pushing it. She got him to explain a bit of his past and when the nightmare started, so she was satisfied.

"Natsu," Erza started to speak again, getting Natsu to look at her, "I may not know how it must have felt going through that, but you're no longer alone anymore. You have Fairy Tail to help you. I… We are we for you now. You know that right?" She asked him with a soft smile. This simply got Natsu to smile, not noticing the correction Erza made.

"Yeah, I know. Thank you Erza." Natsu told her before he pulled her into a hug, which got her off guard from the sudden. She returned the gesture none the less, "Uh… Erza?" Natsu started to speak as they pulled away.

"Yes Natsu?" She responded, wondering what Natsu wanted to say.

"C-Could you please not tell the others this? I-I'm not ready to tell the whole guild." Natsu requested of her.

Erza knew that the others would no doubt tell the rest of the guild about the memory, but for Natsu's sake, she would agree. She simply smiled gently as she looked at Natsu.

"Alright Natsu, I won't tell."

Okay, I think that's good for this chapter. Sorry if it sucked.

See you all next time, whenever that will be.