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"Erza's crying! Quick! Someone pinch me to wake up from this dream!" yelled the pink haired boy.
I opened my eyes to see the master punch him to a wall as his own eyes held tears.
I looked up to my sister. Her brown eyes meeting my green ones and I smiled. She smiled back and chuckled.
"You're still smaller than me Red," she said, holding me out a bit to get a better look at me.
I laughed, "I'm a lot stronger now though." I pointed to my skinny arms. "I have muscle see?"
She laughed too but her eyes held some sorrow as she looked at my skinny arms to my small frame. I felt uncomfortable as she scrutinized me. I shifted nervously and looked down.
"I'm glad I'm not dirty anymore," I thought.
"Erza, Poppy, I'm glad you two have reunited and we will celebrate in a little..."
Cheers erupted from the guild members but the master held his hands up and continued on.
"But would you mind explaining how you two were seperated?"
I, once again, sat on a hosptial bed. Erza came and sat next to me, wrapping her right arm around me while Lucy sat on my right side. The other guild members stood in front of us while some decided to sit on the beds or the floor.
I looked to Erza and she began.
"As you know, my home, Rosemary Village, was attacked by Zeref's cult when I was a child. I was ten years old; Poppy was four."
She then paused as she looked sadly at me, all grown up now, a bit older than she was when we were seperated.
I continued for her.
"Erza-nee and I were at a strawberry field so we can make strawberry cake since that's her favorite!"
The guild chuckled at that and Erza smirked down to me, nudging me a bit.
I continued on, the memories making it seem as though I was reliving the moment...
"Erza-nee! I'm tiwed!" shouted a small red-haired girl with bright green eyes as she plopped herself on the ground in exasperation.
An older red-headed child with brown eyes that twinkled with delight came towards her sister carrying a bucket full of delicious, red strawberries.
"Look Red! Look at all strawberries we have! Imagine how much cake we can make!" she replied, her eyes becoming shiny stars while drool slowly dripped from her lips.
The little one, Red, looked back her older sister. "I want to make vanilla cake too!"
Erza grinned before looking down at her sister nervously. "Okay! We can! But we should go home soon and get you cleaned up..."
Red grinned, strawberry covering her face while her hands squished together. "Okie dokie!"
Erza grabbed the bucket of strawberries while Red quickly ran to a nearby stream to wash off a bit. She slipped in and sat in the pond, with a small, green frog on top of her head, looking sad and her eyes slowly watering. Erza, seeing her sister, laughed and went over there to help her up who immediately lightened up when she saw her older siser laughing. Afterwards, the two made their way up a hill to their village and home.
As the sun passed through the sky marking it mid-afternoon, the two made it back to the center of the village, smiling and laughing together as sisters would. Red was on Erza's back slowly nodding off when suddenly, screams could be heard.
"Erza-nee! What's happening?" cried Red, clutching onto her older sister in fear.
"I don't know Red, but we better get home soon," responded Erza, quickening her pace as she scanned the area.
The seemingly empty village became crowded as children were being chased from each road. Seeing the kidnappers, Erza dropped the bucket of strawberries and ran as fast she could, holding on to Red tightly.
An explosion occurred from the side of the street and the two were knocked over. Erza fell, scrapping the road while Red flew above her, hitting a wall and falling to the ground.
"POPPY!" cried Erza, getting up quickly and running to her sister.
Notcing that Poppy was unconscious, Erza picked her up and ran, searching for a hiding place. She found a large, empty container, made to keep farming equipment, and went inside, holding Poppy tight.
"It'll be okay Poppy. I promise" said Erza to the sleeping figure.
"HELPPPP MEEEE!" screamed a girl, Erza's age, with long black hair as she ran towards them.
Putting Poppy down carefully on the bottom of the container, Erza jumped out and ran to the girl.
"Come here! You can hide here!" cried Erza, grabbing the girl's hand and leading her toward the container.
She helped the girl inside, seeing Poppy awakening, when she heard the kidnappers coming near.
"I have to protect Poppy. I have to lead them away," she thought, quickly making a decision.
"Erza-nee, what's happening? My head hurts," moaned Poppy, blinking in confusion and pain.
Erza turned to the black-headed girl. "Take care of my sister please."
Poppy turned at this, staring at Erza.
"Erza-nee! Where are you going? Come here! Stay with me!" cried Poppy, tears streaming down her cheeks.
Erza smiled, though her eyes showed a great amount of sorrow and grief. "I'll always love you Poppy."
Poppy's eyes grew wide. "Erza-nee! Why aren't you hiding come on?!" Her voice growing louder and louder.
As Erza heard the kidnappers approach, she turned to Poppy.
"I'm sorry," she whispered before Erza punched her hysterical sister to knock her out and ran, catching the eyes of the kidnappers.
"There's another one!" yelled a kidnapper, pointing towards Erza.
Erza ran, as fast she could, with tears in her eyes but she was no match to the bigger, stronger adults.
They captured her and she soon left for the Tower of Heaven.
"Please be safe Poppy. Live." she whispered as she fell asleep, wrapping her arms around her as a boat took her towards her enslavement.
I held back my tears as Erza hugged me tight.
"That's how we were seperated" I whispered, clutching onto Erza as though she was my lifeline. She held me as though was going to disppear once more.
"Seven years is a long time," I thought sadly, leaning onto my sister.
The Guild stayed quiet yet I could hear the muffled cries of the members, including Lucy who was still next to me. I felt something wet on top of my head and looked up. Erza smiled at me as happy tears slowly left her eyes. I smiled back, my eyes closing into semi-circles.
"Never leave again Erza-nii," I whispered to her.
"I promise," she replied, hugging me once more.
The master cleared his throat and we turned towards him.
"I'm glad you two are reunited after all this time," said the master, "We will celebrate this reunion and the welcoming of our new nakama!"
The Guild cheered and began to leave towards the main hall.
"Wait," I called to them, my voice raw from all the emotions I felt. They turned back to me, curious.
"What is it Poppy?" asked Lucy, who was standing next to me since she was getting ready to leave to celebrate.
I looked to Erza and then to the Guild. I stood up and bowed to the master.
"I'm happy to be with my sister and I'm grateful for your kindness, but I...I don't belong to this guild..." I said quietly, looking at the ground. "I'm not nakama."
The pink haired boy grinned. "Don't be silly! Any family of Erza is part of our family!"
"We would love to have you here," added Wendy with a smile.
"Poppy, you're part of Fairy Tail now,' reassured Lucy, patting my shoulder.
"Welcome home Red," said Erza, holding my hand as she stood by me.
I beamed to her and the rest of the guild.
"Arigato!"
The master smiled back. "Let's get you a guild stamp and celebrate!"