And welcome to The Dragon Hunt! Warning: This story includes an OC of mine called Kera. I recommend to read my other two stories first 'The Elemental Dragon Slayer' and 'A Dragon's Way' but if you don't want to here's a short description of Kera. This is also for people who want to get another read on Kera ;)

Kera is an Elemental Dragon Slayer who can control all four elements. She is the daughter of Kayeleth the Queen of Dragons, which also gives Kera the title the Queen of Dragons. At a young age Kera lived a horrible past, being tortured by people who wanted her powers. She eventually escaped after a few years and ran to Fairy Tail. There she was taken under by Erza and the two became sisters and hold a close relationship. She is also living with Lucy. Kera is an S-Class Wizard and also has a Dragon called Crystol inside of her who is wary about the people Kera calls her friends. She's 5.7 tall and has brown long hair that goes in a pony tail but sometimes wears open as well. Green sharp eyes and wears a shirt with mostly a blue jacket over.

So that's the short version. If you want to know more read the stories, that's all I can say. Anywho, I'll just say one more thing.

Welcome to the Dragon Hunt!

Kera smiled as she turned in her bed. The warm, cozy, comfy sheets were draped over her body halfway as she stretched out her arms. There was absolutely nothing that could ruin this moment for her as she was dreaming the best dream she ever had.

Nothing could go wrong.

"Ready?"

Well…

A loud horn sound was heard startling the brunette out of her sleep. She screeched as she flew from the bed and hit the ground with a loud thud. Groaning she looked up.

"Surprise!" Lucy, Wendy, Natsu, Gray and Erza shouted while throwing confetti in the air.

Kera rubbed her eyes as she tried to concentrate on the scene before her. "Happy Birthday!" They shouted again. Blinking a few times the brunette noticed that there were balloons all over the apartment while confetti was raining down and her friends were standing there with a smile.

"Ugh… what's going on?" She asked getting up and rubbing her eyes again.

Natsu pushed her. "It's your birthday!"

"You really think we'd forget?" Gray asked raising an eyebrow but holding a smirk on his face.

Kera stretched out her arms. "Huh… didn't even notice. Don't care much anyway…"

Lucy and Wendy looked a bit shocked hearing that Kera wouldn't care about her birthday. Normally everyone would be happy about this special day for them.

Erza sighed. "Don't start this again Kera. We try and give you a birthday you deserve. Now stop whining and get dressed. We're going to the guild."

Kera rolled her eyes. "Yes mom…" She mumbled but Erza threw a pillow at her. Kera gave her a smirk before entering the bathroom to get ready.

It didn't take her that long before she was ready and back outside the bathroom. The others couldn't wait to get going for some strange reason. She sighed and rubbed her head. "Alright… let's get this over with."

"So what's up with Kera?" Lucy asked leaning into Natsu. They were walking towards the guild after they dragged Kera out of her bed from Lucy's apartment. She was still confused as to why Kera was acting so… depressed?

Natsu sighed scratching his head. Kera and Erza were a bit ahead so they could talk about it without them knowing. "Well… it has to do something with her past you know? She never celebrated her birthday, never found a reason in it and she still doesn't. We're trying to change it, it got better, but she's still a bit down."

Lucy nodded silently. "But, birthdays are there to celebrate." Wendy spoke up.

Gray was about to answer but a different voice beat him to it. "It's not that I don't like my birthdays, it's just… I don't see a reason to celebrate it." Kera said appearing beside her.

The brunette smiled a bit. "I changed these last few years and I'm open more to celebrate my birthdays but I still sometimes wonder, why?"

She felt a hand on her shoulder and smiled. "Now don't go thinking about that. We're celebrating because we're your friends and family. And family celebrate each other's birthdays." Kera rolled her eyes at Erza's words.

Gray motioned them to go on. "Come on guys, we're almost there."

It was true, the group was almost there and they were standing at the front doors in no time. Erza almost pushed her to the doors. The brunette shoved her back with a small smile before turning to the doors. She opened them up and walked inside.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"

Kera was bombed with loud noises and confetti. What did these guys have with confetti? It got everywhere! And she meant everywhere…

She brushed some confetti off of her hair and smiled. "Guys… you didn't have to do this." She said as she saw every guild member standing there with huge smiles while there was a big banner on the top saying 'Happy Birthday Kera!'

Mira walked up to her and grabbed her arm. "Come on! It's your birthday! And you deserve to celebrate." She pulled her over to a table and Kera could see a huge cake in the middle.

"Guys…"

"Don't. We want to do this." Erza told her.

Kera sighed but smile. She nodded her head and turned back towards the cake. Okay… here we go. She took a deep breath and blew out all the candles at once. Everyone cheered and clapped.

"I just blew out the candles!" Kera called out. Natsu grabbed a plate and took a piece of cake. Then he walked over to Kera. "Oh come on, have some fun!"

The brunette turned around but immediately got a face full of cake. Natsu started laughing at her. Kera growled as the cake fell off of her face. "Wrong move buddy."

The pink haired boy froze and was going to run for his life but instead he got a face full of cake as well. He glanced at Kera and saw her standing there with a smirk on her face and another piece of cake in her hands. "Do you dare to do that again?"

Natsu grinned. "Oh it's on."

Not even a few minutes later the entire guild was in a full mix cake war! Everyone was throwing cake at everyone! Kera laughed as she threw a piece of cake towards Lucy, but a specific red head got in the way. The whole guild stopped and glanced at Erza.

The cake fell off of her face. Kera winced as the cake hit the ground. That was not good. She raised her hand as Erza started walking over to her. "J-Just calm down. I-I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to! I…"

Erza grabbed her head and smashed it into the rest of the cake. Everyone else burst out laughing. Kera raised her head, her head and face completely covered with cake. She spat out cake and gave the red head a short ironical laugh. "Ha, ha, very funny."

Erza smirked. "Well, you deserved it, birthday girl."

Kera stuck her tongue out before throwing cake at her again. Erza laughed as well and everyone else joined back into the celebration.

After the cake fight they all started to drink. Kera wanted to drink but Erza held her back from overdoing it. Ever since the Grand Magic Games she tended to forget her limits when she was having fun.

And of course Cana used it for her own goals. Lucy was still trying to get cake out of her hair but seeing that everyone else was still covered in cake she let it go. It was just cake and it was a special day.

Kera grinned as she sat down and put her arms around Lucy and Erza. Wendy smiled as she sat opposite from them eating a still intact piece of cake. "You guys are the best! I think this is the best birthday you guys have tried to give me!"

Natsu grinned. "We're just glad you're finally enjoying it."

Gray nodded. "You deserved this."

The brunette grinned. "Maybe it's because both Wendy and Lucy are here. And Archangel!"

Both girls laughed. "I doubt that we're the reason for this." Lucy told her with a small smile.

"Hey Kera! Here's another drink!" Cana said giving her another bottle of alcohol. Kera smiled and thanked her. She was about to drink it, but Erza quickly grabbed it and threw it away. "Hey!"

The red head gave her a serious expression. "Don't overdo it. You already had enough."

"Fine…" She muttered but then smirked again. "Ah that doesn't matter. Life's great as it is! There's absolutely nothing that can go wrong!"

A knife flew across the room hitting a wall. A man cursed as he grabbed another knife. He aimed it at one of the pictures hanging from the wall. Behind him there was a table with three other people. There was another man and two women. The man at the table drank down a cup of beer. He had scruffy brown hair, a scar running down his cheek while his dull gray eyes glanced at the man throwing knives at the wall. He slammed the cup back on the table and wiped his mouth. "Damn… I really want to get out of here."

"I want to stab something… rip something apart." The woman growled playing with a knife, cutting the table. She had blonde hair that went to her shoulder. A few strands fell down her face but other than that her eyes were filled with the lust to kill.

The other woman, who had long light brown hair, was leaning against her chair with a smirk on her face. "Ha! If we let you out you'd go on a rampage."

"But she's still a good for the job." The man throwing knives called. He had dark blonde hair that was a bit formed like a military cut, but it was a bit longer.

Footsteps were heard and everyone stopped. They all turned around and saw another man walking in the room. He smirked. "I can see we are itching to get out."

"Hell yea!" The man with the scar said called out. "When is it time?"

The man closed his eyes. He had black messy long hair that went to his shoulders. His eyes were filled with energy. So much energy that he had to let out somehow. "The season will begin tomorrow." He glanced at each of his members. "We already have tracked them down like wild animals. And like wild animals, they need to be put down."

"And hung on the wall." The blonde woman smirked playing with her knife. The man with the messy black hair grabbed the knife out of her hands. "Calm down. You will get your chance, because tomorrow…"

He threw the knife against the wall where the other man had tried to throw and hit a piece of paper. The man grinned.

"The hunt will begin."

On the wall there were several pieces of paper, each having a picture on them. They had pictures of Natsu, Wendy, Sting, Rogue, Gajeel and more…

But the paper that had the knife in it, the one that was above all other pictures…

Had a picture of Kera.

And the knife hit her right between the eyes.

Dun, dun, dun! Wow, a nice birthday party and at the end a sinister plan. Who are these people? He, well I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of this story. Let me know what you guys thought about the beginning! You can tell me anything you want!

Until next time!