Here's the next chapter as promised since I got a review! Hope you like it!

"Poppy, my sweet child, you will face a foe who will stop at nothing to bring you down. It will be painful, but Poppy, my sweet, sweet Poppy, you are not. You have never been alone. We will be here for you."

"Gaia?" I mumbled questioningly, slowly waking up from my slumber, curling into the soft pillow under me.

My pillow moved slightly and I heard a chuckle, "Good Morning Poppy."

I moved my head a bit and opened one eye to see Erza looking down at me, seeing as I was laying on her chest.

I smiled before closing my eye and snuggling into her, her scent comforting me. I felt a hand on my head as she began to stroke my hair and another hand rested on my back.

"Did you sleep well?" she asked, her voice rumbling through her chest and into my ear.

I nodded before looking up to her, "Erza-nee?" I asked quietly.

"Yes, Poppy?" she asked, looking at me a bit worried, "Are you okay? How are you feeling?"

I looked back down and grabbed her hand, tracing the veins like I used to do as a kid.

"Poppy?" she asked once more.

"I'm not alone right? You're not annoyed that I can't use magic and that I've been keeping you away from your team and missions." I said softly, unable to meet her eyes.

She began shift and I felt her sit up, keeping me on her lap, facing her.

"Poppy," she said, lifting my chin so that brown eyes met green eyes and brushing the hair out of my face, "Poppy, you will never be alone again. I will always, always be here for you. You never annoy me Poppy. You being unable to use magic does not irritate me and it does not make you weak. In fact, it makes you stronger since you have fought hard to claim what is rightfully yours and move pass the bind that has been placed upon you. And I would much rather be here with you then go on a mission. I've been going on missions for years, to look for you, and I'll fight anyone who says I can't take a break to be with my favorite little sister and keep her out of trouble." She finished with a smile.

I laughed and hit her shoulder softly, "I'm your only little sister and I don't get in that much trouble."

She chuckled, "That is because I keep you away from trouble."

I pouted, "Erza-nee's mean."

She chuckled, "I know someone who is meaner" she began, holding her hands up and her fingers twirling, "The tickle monster!"

I squealed, moving off her lap, before she grabbed me and began ticking me, "Erza-nee! Hahaha stop it! hahaha" I exclaimed in between laughs and gasps.

"Who's mean to you Red? I'll be sure to fight them off!" responded Erza, not easing her tickles.

I laughed more before I yelped in pain, "OW!"

Erza immediately stopped tickling me and sat me up while I clutched my left wrist to my chest and attempted to stop the tears from falling.

"Poppy, are you okay?" she asked, her concerned brown eyes reaching my tearful green eyes and she reached a hand to wipe the tears away.

I shook my head as I felt my wrist pulse in pain, "My wrist hurts," I whimpered to her, "I accidentally hit it on the board."

"I'm sorry Poppy. I hadn't meant to cause you pain and it slipped my mind that you are still injured."

I shook my head harder, "No Nee-san! It's not your fault!"

"Can I see your wrist?" asked Erza, holding her hand out.

I nodded and held out my hand to her, grimacing at the movement. She carefully took my wrist into her hands and I noticed the bandages had begun to change to a red color.

After a glance, Erza wordlessly reequipped from her pajamas into regular clothes before picking me up and taking me away from the room, into the hall. We passed our four doors before she kicked down a door and took me inside the room, startling Wendy, Charle, and Mira who were sitting at a dining table eating breakfast.

"Erza-san!" cried Wendy, looking up in confusion.

"You could have knocked first," stated Charle in disgust.

"Erza! Poppy! What's wrong?" asked Mira, quickly standing up.

Erza quickly strode to the table and sat me down on an empty space on top of the table, her hand carefully reaching for my wrist before showing it to the others.

"Poppy's wound has reopened whether it occurred sometime during the night or this morning, I am unsure."

"Do you think she has lost a lot of blood?" asked Charle, standing on her seat and looking over to my wrist where Mira had begun to unravel the bandages.

"Are you feeling dizzy Poppy-chan?" asked Wendy, standing next to Mira and looking at my eyes.

I shook my head slightly, looking at her before looking down at my wrist which I had not seen since the incident with Otto, my head swirling at the image and instantly I felt nauseous.

"Now I am," I mumbled, looking away from my wrist and promptly closing my mouth as a precaution.

Erza, noticing my slightly green appearance, turned away from the two and blocked my view of them and my wrist, her hand brushing the hair out of my face.

"Need a bucket?" asked Erza.

I shook my head and leaned to her touch, "No, I'm fine."

"Erza-san? Poppy-chan?" asked Wendy, causing Erza to turn around to face her and allowing me to see them but keeping my view of my wrist hidden.

"Yes Wendy?" asked Erza.

"I would like to heal the wound a bit, to try and close it before applying new bandages."

"But wouldn't magic activate the bind?" asked Erza.

Mira answered for Wendy, "There is a slight chance but, Erza, if the wound keeps opening up, Poppy could get an infection and it would take longer to heal. I think Poppy has enough magic power from yesterday that she should be able to fight off the bind while Wendy heals her wrist."

The three looked at each other before I added, "I'll do it. I can fight it off for Wendy to heal me."

Erza looked at me cautiously, "Are you sure Poppy? You do not have to if you do not want to."

I nodded, "Yes. I want to do this. I want it to stop hurting."

Erza nodded slightly before saying, "Alright, let's do this quickly before I change my mind."

"Hei!" said Wendy her hands going on my wrist and I felt the pain disappear from my wrist, replaced by soothing feelings.

"Mmmm" I moaned, smiling at the relief of finally not feeling my wrist.

"You're doing good Poppy," said Mira, "Wendy is halfway done."

"Okay," I whispered, content before I felt the bind activated, "Not okay" I quickly corrected.

"Wendy is almost done Poppy. Hold on for a bit longer," stated Mira, watching Wendy work who was determined to finish quickly.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no" I stated, fighting the bind and the memories that instantly clouded my mind.

"Hey Poppy. It's okay. I'm right here," said Erza, her hands holding my shoulders and her brown eyes meeting mine, taking me away from the bad memories and into the good ones.

"Er-nee!" I whimpered, standing behind her and nervously trying to get her attention.

She turned around and smiled at me before her smile fell and she kneeled in front of me.

"What's wrong Red?" she asked worryingly, "You should be sleeping right now. Did you have a nightmare?"

I nodded, looking down at my feet, "Scawy."

Erza picked me and I looped my arms around her neck, my face pressed to her shoulder. She brought me into her room and set me on her bed as she quickly changed to pajamas. Seeing as I was 2 and she was 8, I had an earlier bedtime than her and would be asleep before she went to bed.

Once done, she went into her bed and opened the covers for me. I crawled next to her before she set the covers down and held me in her arms. The dark suddenly not as scary with Erza by me.

"You can sleep now Poppy. It's okay. I'm right here," she whispered and I fell asleep with a smile on my face, knowing my big sister would be right there beside me.

"Er-nee" I whispered, using my old nickname for her when I could not pronounce her name.

Erza smiled and I saw a tear leave her eye, "Yes, Red. I'm here."

At that, Wendy finished her work and I felt the calm leaving me along with the tugging of the bind. My wrist felt relax and Mira quickly bandage it once more.

"There you go Poppy-chan! I healed it as much as I could without activating the bind. It shouldn't open again but you'll still need bandages for a while until we can fully disable your bind and your wrist can heal completely," stated Wendy, smiling at me.

"So my wrist won't be better until the bind is gone?" I asked confused.

Mira nodded, having finished wrapping my wrist and cleaning the supplies up, "Unfortunately it seems that the shackles used to hold you and take away your magic also made it impossible to completely heal while the bind is on. The only options are to release you from the bind or reverse the magic on the shackles and then placing them on you. Whoever came up with this magic made it so that you would have to return to them."

"Which will never happen," added Erza, clutching her hands into fists, "We will remove the bind ourselves and crush this guild before you have to see them again."

Mira, Wendy, and Charle nodded in agreement and even I had to nod a bit. "Yeah!"

"Thank you both for your help," stated Erza, bowing slightly and I slid down off the table to stand next to her, "Arigato!" I chimed in.

"Of course Erza-san and Poppy-chan! I'll do anything I can to help you!" replied Wendy.

"Nakama help each other after all," chimed Mira, smiling.

Erza smiled that and wrapped an arm around me, "We better be going. We have yet to eat breakfast and Poppy is still in her pajamas. Plus, her hair is a mess," she added, ruffling my hair.

"It's because of you," I answered, sticking my tongue at her which only made her ruffle my hair more.

"Do you have any plans for the day?" asked Mira.

I shook my head and looked to Erza but then to Wendy who spoke before Erza could respond.

"Why don't we go to the baths today? We can take a day to relax and enjoy ourselves."

Erza nodded, "That sounds like a lovely idea. Poppy and I will go eat breakfast and then head over. We can meet in an hour with the rest of the girls."

We spoke a bit more before excusing ourselves to get ready for the day and to allow them to gather the others. Once back in our home, I quickly went to my room to change clothes and brush my hair as Erza prepared breakfast. Though many believe that Erza cannot cook without burning the building down, she knows how to use pans and hot plates well enough and makes amazing pancakes. She often makes strawberry pancakes for herself and vanilla pancakes for me.

We had a nice, quiet breakfast together. We talked about Erza taking cooking lessons to learn new skills and how she will continue my education a bit along with some guild mates. The hour soon passed and I helped Erza-nee wash the dishes before brushing my teeth and grabbing my things to head to the baths. As we walked, Erza pointed out the different rooms in the dorm and the different landmarks in the area. Shortly after, we arrived in the bath and I found my wrist wrapped in plastic, curtesy of Erza-nee before we entered the baths and joined the others.

"Hi!" I stated, entering the pink, warm bath and greeting Mira, Wendy, Levy, Lucy, Evergreen, Bisca, Cana, and Juvia.

"Hey Poppy-chan, how are you feeling?" asked Lucy, who was sitting between Levy and Cana on my opposite side.

"Good!" I replied, as Erza took the seat to my right.

"Wendy was telling us that she was able to heal you more this morning without activating your bind; has that been okay?" asked Levy.

"Yup!" I replied quickly, a bit tired of people asking on how I'm feeling and not wanting all the attention.

Cana noticed this. "Why don't we leave the squirt alone and talk about the real gossip. Such as who's interested in who? Any luck Lucy with your crush?"

Lucy immediately blushed, "I don't have anyone."

Cana laughed and reached for Lucy's boobs, "Sure you do! With these around, you must have hundreds of guys coming for you!"

"CANA!" shouted Lucy, smacking her before moving to my left side.

"Size doesn't always matter Cana," added Levy, a bit embarrassed while Wendy nodded in agreement.

"Besides, looks are also important and I am the best looking one here," stated Evergreen, flipping her hair back as to prove a point.

"Elfman thinks so," mumbled Cana.

Mira squealed, "Your kids would be so cute!"

Evergreen blushed and attempted to change the conversation, "What about you and Gajeel, Levy? You two have been spending a lot of time together."

"Ano?! There's nothing going on between the two of us!" stated Levy, splashing the water around and backing against the wall.

"Right…Just like there is nothing going on between Natsu and Lucy," stated Cana, causing Lucy to squeal as well and shake her head furiously.

"Natsu- that baka- enters my apartment without asking! We are just partners and best friends!"

I laughed as the girls bounced romantic ideas back and forth, continuously blushing and pointing out someone else, to the point of pointing out each other.

"Well, if it's not Natsu or Gray, then you must love Erza then," said Mira as Levy added, "Yes! You did call her beautiful when you met her!"

At this, I saw Erza smirk and blush while Lucy stumbled for words that would not lead her to feel Erza's wrath. I turned to Lucy, putting up my best puppy eyes.

"If you marry her, will you become my nee-san?" I asked, trying to sound as young as possible.

Lucy turned the color of Erza's hair as everywhere awed and I began laughing. "Gotcha Lucy-san!"

She slowly came out of her shock as I splashed water towards her, "Besides, you only have eyes for Natsu-san! Why else would you let him stay in your apartment?"

Lucy blushed once more before quickly grabbing my head and dunking it under the water for a few seconds, "You little-! It's not like that!"

"My hair!" yelled Evergreen, "You'll pay for that Lucy!"

"Don't you dare involve Poppy in that attack Ever," growled Erza.

"Oh my," giggled Mira, seeing as a battle had begun in the tub between the girls.

"Even the girls are not civilized," stated Carla.

Wendy giggled, "This is Fairy Tail!"

I sat there laughing, avoiding Lucy's attempts to strangle me and Erza's attempts to escape with me.

"This is your home Poppy-chan. And your family" whisper Mira behind me, smiling.

I nodded, smiling wide, "Yes!"