So I'm really excited for this chapter because Camilla finally meets some of the other guild members, you learn more of her past(she did other stuff after she trained with her master and before she came back to Fairy Tail), and most exciting of all... We see her in action and fight with ALL her abilities!

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italicized writing-thoughts/dreams/speaking to Ghoul

Camilla slowly came to, the murky fog clinging to her brain slowly dissipating. Her whole body was extremely sore and ached with a dull pain. She heard people talking around her, managing to identify the voices of Erza, Gray, Makarov, Lucy, and Wendy. There was a thump and she heard Erza reprimanding Natsu and Gray, them replying with a meek "Aye Sir!"

"Any sign of Camilla waking up?"

"Not yet, we have to be patient."

"Geez what happened to her Master? You just came in and she was all beat up!"

"I can't tell you that Natsu."

"Why not?!"

At this Camilla decided to start to 'waking up'. She shifted and sighed, making the signs of someone who was waking up. At this all other sounds ceased. She opened her eyes with a slight groan. She was in the Fairy Tail infirmary, the sun streaming through an open window. Instead of her dress she wore to the meeting, a hospital gown covered her body. She noticed a plethora of bandages wrapping around her midsection and up to her neck. More bandages wrapped around her legs and arms, some of the bandages slightly red.

"CAMILLA!" The sudden noise made her jump, her head snapping with such speed, pain stabbed its way to her brain and she winced. Team Natsu were staring at her in concern. Blinking she opened her mouth, but only a squeak came out, only pain made her cough, making her hunch over and cover her mouth. She felt Makarov's hand patting her back gently, she nodded a thanks but her eyes widened slightly as she saw crimson blood on her hands. Looking to the Master she stared, he smiled gently,

"You had quite the beating. We don't know what happened but I'm pretty sure you can figure it out. These wounds will take a while to heal, Porlyusica thinks it'll take a while, up to a month at most."

Camilla's eyes widened at the time he named. "Are you serious?" Her eyes seemed to say and Makarov nodded.

"I'm afraid so my dear, I've assigned Natsu's Team to help look after you, don't give that look. You will need help until you heal." He said as he saw her incredulous glare. Letting out a silent sigh she nodded, tapping her fingers impatiently as she reluctantly agreed.

They retrieved a wheelchair from the infirmary supply room, easing her into it at Makarov's demand. After Lucy helped change Camilla into better clothing; a loose t-shirt and a skirt, they headed out. The walk back to her house was filled with chatter that she tuned out. She stared at her bandaged hands, her fingers picking at the bandages. A jolt brought her back to the present as she realized they reached her house. Getting the wheelchair was hard, it involved several near fights between Natsu and Gray, and Camilla nearly falling from the wheelchair.

Finally she made it into her living room and sat between Wendy and Erza. Natsu and Gray begrudgingly sat next to each other. Camilla sighed, picking at her bandages. Clenching her jaw briefly, she shifted in her chair and opened her mouth to speak, forcing any coughing and blood down.

"How long?" She asked, her voice raspy and quiet. Lucy actually squeaked in shock and the boys jumped. Erza furrowed her brows,

"I'm afraid I don't know what you mean Camilla. How long until what?" She asked and Camilla gritted her teeth

"How long until you leave? I don't want anyone here." She ground out, clenching her fists and ignoring the pain. Team Natsu all looked simultaneously confused, Happy was the one who eventually spoke up after several moments of silence.

"But Camilla! You were just seriously injured! You can't possibly think we could leave you alone! You can't even move around without a wheelchair!" The little cat attempted to reason with her but Camilla couldn't think as she heard Ghoul's whispers. This was going to be loads of fun(sarcasm intended)

After eight days of silence and the nagging of her guildmates, Camilla decided she would stand no matter the pain. She sat by the front window, listening to Wendy, Carla, and Lucy in the library, Gray and Natsu sparring outside where she could see them punching and kicking. They didn't seem to be stopping anytime soon so she simply just watched, ready to go and yell at them if they got to close to the house. Erza sat outside on the porch, reading a book and drinking some coffee from the pot on the stove. The requip mage flipped a page, continuing her book and paying Camilla no mind, keeping a watchful eye on the fighting boys. Happy was sleeping on Camilla's lap, he was the only one Camilla could tolerate at the moment. He was kind to her, backing off when she needed him to and didn't nag, just followed her around and carrying her back to her wheelchair if she did anything strenuous.

Camilla clenched her hands around the arms of the wheelchair and sensed Happy wake up muttering something about Carla and fish. She stopped momentarily and waited for the cat to right himself. He unfurled his wings and fluttered lazily around her head.

"What's up Camilla? Need help getting a book or something?" He asked sleepily, rubbing his paws at his eyes. Camilla didn't answer, simply tightening her grip on the arms of the wheelchair and preparing to stand.

"Camilla-" The ghoul forced herself to her feet, standing shakily and nearly breaking her teeth with the amount of clenching them as she finally stood without any help. Happy nearly fell out of the air with a surprised shout. Lucy, Wendy, and Carla came running in; worry etched in their faces and they too nearly fell to the floor in surprise as they saw their comrade standing up.

"Camilla you shouldn't be standing!" Lucy nearly ran over to Camilla's aid but the S Class mage stopped her with a hand, taking a shaky first step. Her bandages restricted her movement somewhat but that didn't matter as Camilla smiled for the first time since being wounded. Lucy, Wendy, and Carla had to pick their jaws up off the floor, surprise making their eyes go wide. Camilla took another step and had to lean heavily on the wall as her knees nearly buckled. She could sense Happy flying right at her side, ready to catch her if anything bad happened.

"Hey guys! I totally kicked Gray's butt!" Natsu burst in the door, nearly knocking Camilla over as he shouted his supposed victory.

"In your dreams Flame Brain!" Gray was right behind the dragon slayer, nearly punching him until they both noticed Camilla standing up. Immediately Erza came in
"You must not argue in the house! Camilla-" She noticed said person standing up and froze in shock.
"Camilla sit down! Don't strain yourself!" Was their immediate words and Camilla huffed
"I've had enough of sitting and doing nothing. It's been eight days! I can't take anymore! Happy has been the only one to actually listen to what I want to say! You all just nag and treat me like a child! If you haven't forgotten; I am an S Class Wizard! I have dealt with much worse than a couple scratches." She snapped, banging her fist against the wall; effectively silencing everyone. They all stared at her as she pushed herself up off the wall and hobbled out of the house and towards the forest behind it.

It was silent as the black haired S Class Wizard left the home.
"Do you think we were a little too pushy with her?" Wendy asked quietly, holding Carla in her arms.
"I think we might have been. But she was severely injured; don't you remember when Master Makarov brought her in? She was nearly dead!" Lucy replied, looking worriedly towards the open front door. Erza sighed, clapping her armored hands together and looking at her team.
"Well, we should make it up to her. Apologize for being the way we were. It is true, she is an S Class Wizard and a formidable one at that. Come closer..."
The wizards all gathered around her, talking starting up as they formulated a plan to apologize to their comrade.

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Camilla Ray grumbled angrily, kicking a rock on the dirt path she was following and winced. She had been walking for a while, maybe an hour at least and her wounds were starting to take a toll on her. She panted heavily, red starting to show through the bandages as her healing wounds reopened. Stopping to lean against a tree, she leaned her head against the bark and closed her eyes. Perhaps she was a bit childish for storming out like that but in her condition she wasn't going back any time soon. Shrugging, she slid down against the smooth bark and stretched her legs out in front of her. Just as she did so, she heard rustling in the bushes a few meters away directly to her right. Turning her head, she watched as some bushes and trees rustled and shifted, something large was coming towards her and she knew she was in no condition to fight anything. Just as she nearly attempted to escape, the thing came out into the light.

The thing wasn't a thing per-say, rather a person around her own age. He was tall, he would've towered above her if she were standing. His hair was long and spiky, it being jet black in color. She would've mistaken his eyes for ghoul eyes if the sclera were black, the iris being the same blood red. His eyebrows seemed to be metal studs and the metal studs also decorated other parts of his body. He wore a sleeveless black tunic with a belt around the waist. His pants were a loose beige and were tucked into metal studded boots.

He seemed to be as equally surprised to see Camilla on the ground, eyes widening and he took a step back.
"Who are you?" He asked in a gruff voice and Camilla raised her eyebrows, slowly and painfully getting to her feet. She stood as tall as she could, folding her arms over her chest and stared the man in the eye.
"Camilla Ray; S Class Mage of Fairy Tail." She replied and the man narrowed his eyes, shoulders tensing. The disbelief in his eyes made Camilla think he had to either be a mage at Fairy Tail or at least know most of the members.

The longer Camilla stared at the man; a staring contest initiating with no verbal start between them, she started to think she had seen him somewhere before. As she frowned, tilting her head as she racked her brain for how she knew this man, a memory surfaced and everything became clear.

*FLASHIE BACKIE! And as always, it does get gory in this flashback! Camilla is roughly 15 years old*
Camilla donned her coat and mask, the white color of the mask and the sharp demon teeth of the mask being the only color in her outfit. She slid the mask onto her face, adjusting the straps behind her head as she prepared to infiltrate the guild known as Phantom Lord. The man who had hired her to kill several mages inside the guild had promised her a handsome sum if she completed the mission so she wasn't going to complain, she might even 'accidentally' kill some others in the guild. Plus, she was getting a free meal out of this. The moonlight shone down brightly, illuminating everything for her to see with perfect clarity.

The guild hall was a bit of a pain to track for others but with Camilla's sense of smell, it turned out to be easy. She stood from her hiding place and stretched her arms above her head, letting her Kagune out from her back.

Camilla was a bit different from other ghouls, her mother had been a Rinkaku type, her father a Koukaku, she had been lucky to inherit both types to make her a Chimera type ghoul. Her Koukaku slid out through the slits in her coat to encase her arms in the familiar crimson red claws of her predatory organ. Her Rinkaku burst out from the small of her back, ripping the coat slightly to swirl about with the grace of a tiger but the same deadliness. The tentacles let out a soft red glow as Camilla cracked her neck before leaping into the air and sent herself hurtling through one of the small glass windows of the Phantom Lord guild hall.

The glass shattered everywhere and people shouted in surprise as Camilla landed on a wooden table, smashing it to pieces as her Kagune whipped out, already beheading someone before they could scream. Mages around her scattered while others used their magic. Camilla easily dodged them, swiping her claws left and right to kill other members with ease. A grin stretched across her lips even though they couldn't see it, the blood was so tempting but she had a mission and she would complete it.

A blast of something smashed into her back, sending her cartwheeling into a wall. Just before she hit the wall, she flipped and pressed her feet into the stone, making a small crater as she launched herself at the person who had attacked her. He was tall and maybe her age with spiky black hair, his eyes red much like her own with the exception that the whites of his eyes were well, white while her were black.

She smashed into the boy, nearly clawing his arm off until his skin turned a silvery gray and got a scale design it. Her blow however, still made the boy go flying. He crashed into the wall, rubble falling around him. A blast of scalding hot water caught Camilla's side and she whirled to send one of her Rinkaku tentacles flying towards her other attacker. This time it was a young woman, also around her age, with blue hair and blue eyes. She retracted her arm in surprise and twirled her parasol as Camilla turned, the blood on the ghoul's mask having been washed off and the mask had partly melted to her skin but she ripped it off easily, the skin healing within seconds.

"Who are you?" The blue haired woman demanded and Camilla ducked under the young man's sword arm. She roundhouse kicked the man's face and sent him skidding back. The crazed grin on her face making both her attackers pause.
"I'm known to the dark guilds and such as Demon's Teeth." She grinned before lunging at them, as her tentacle went through the woman it simply passed through her and her body swirled into water. Camilla's smile turned into a frown and she clenched her teeth.
"Why don't you bleed?" She hissed and jumped forward so she was in front of the woman so quickly the woman's hair rushed back with the wind caused by Camilla's movements. The woman smirked but that smirk soon disappeared as Camilla managed to sink her teeth into the woman's shoulder.

The woman's blood was watery, a lot thinner than that of a normal human's but that didn't deter Camilla's attack. She ripped a chunk from the water woman's shoulder as something metal smashed into her side, tearing her away from the water woman. It was then that Camilla noticed the iron club-like-object that overtook the young man's hand. He grimaced, blood dripping from his temple. Camilla scowled, swallowing the chunk of flesh between her teeth as she retracted her kagune. She had killed the people she had come for and had gotten a bit carried away. She certainly didn't want to be caught by the Magic Council so she might as well leave.
"Until next time Mages." She snarled, wiping blood from her mouth and she turned, leaving the two mages behind as she disappeared into the night.
*end flashback*

Camilla blinked in surprise, the man was taller but there was no doubt about it, this was the same man who turned his arm into metal. He seemed to recognize her at the same time she recognized him because he tensed, his arm turning into the familiar iron club she saw when she had attacked his guild.
"You?! Demon's Teeth?" He growled, his elongated canines glinting in the fading sunlight.
"My name is Camilla Ray if you must know. I don't pose a danger to you, I'm not even sure I could harm anyone in my state." She chuckled dryly and looked at him as his arm slowly turned back into his flesh hand. He smelled of iron, metal, and reptiles so he had to be a Dragon Slayer.

"Also, if you remember what happened to your guild two years ago..." She paused, biting her lip briefly before letting out a deep breath.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't exactly in my right mind. But I am not lying, I am a Fairy Tail wizard." She said, looking down and away from the man. He frowned, probably not believing her. He surprised her by nodding,
"Alright, I believe you. And I'm not a member of Phantom Lord. They disbanded, I'm a Fairy Tail wizard now just like you." He grumbled, showing the black Fairy Tail mark on his left shoulder. She nodded, impressed, who knew a misfit like him would join a guild like Fairy Tail. But then again, she couldn't really say anything.

Camilla learned the man's name was Gajeel Redfox and he was indeed a Dragon Slayer. She made him swear to not tell anyone of her ghoul nature, telling him that was what Master Makarov had said. He reluctantly agreed and they set off back out of the woods. She quickly discovered she quite liked Gajeel's brash and rough personality, he seemed like a loyal member and a good friend to others though he was a bit standoffish to her but that was understandable. At one point, Camilla nearly collapsed and he had to stop her from falling flat on her face in the dirt. As he helped her up, Gray burst through the trees and stopped in front of them. Camilla squeaked in shock but recovered her composure as the Ice Mage straightened, he seemed surprised that she was around Gajeel but shook it off.
"We've been looking around for awhile now Camilla, are you alright?" He asked, panting slightly and looking to the girl who nodded.
"I'm fine Gray. Mr. Redfox was helping me back." She said and straightened up, her wounds flaring up in protest. Gajeel passed Camilla over to Gray before saying he had other things to do. He soon disappeared back into the forest, leaving Gray and Camilla alone.

The walk back to Camilla's house was quiet, occasional grunts from Camilla indicating her pain. Gray would apologize until Camilla finally whacked him.
"It's not your fault so shut up." She said and tried to walk on her own. Immediately her legs gave out and Gray grabbed her arm.
"You know, I really am sorry." He said softly and Camilla nearly smacked him again before he held up his hands in defense.
"Not for your injuries! We all wanted to apologize for bugging you. We realized we were a bit too pushy but you have to understand we were just worried about you." Camilla frowned as he talked and she walked a few paces with her arm slung around his shoulder before stopping.

"I- I understand. Perhaps I was a bit childish myself." She said quietly, feeling her cheeks start to burn. She didn't apologize often, simply because she didn't have to. She looked back to see Gray staring at her in shock and nearly fell flat on her butt when she finally realized just how close they were. If any of them moved, their noses would've touched. Her face burned a bright red and she tumbled away and stalked towards her house, it was in sight.
"S-stop staring id-idiot!" She stammered as he gawked and managed to make it to her house when she noticed the lights were still on. Opening the door she was met with the rancid smell of something in the kitchen.

The lights in her house were on because Team Natsu was still there. Erza and Lucy were sweeping the kitchen and Natsu helped Wendy with cooking something. Apparently in her time in the forest, they had baked a small cake. It looked like a cake with frosting and strawberries. Camilla held back a gag but couldn't help but feel happy. They seemed to care enough to have attempted an apology. Carla and Happy were watching Natsu and Wendy decorate the cake when the blue cat noticed Camilla in the front doorway.
"Camilla! You're back! Where's Gray? He went to look for you!" The cat exclaimed and flew towards her, nearly bowling her over before he stopped. Camilla smiled at his worry and stepped aside to let Gray inside, his face was flushed an almost invisible pink, whether from running or nearly bonking heads, Camilla didn't know.

Lucy and Erza stopped with their cleaning just as Camilla came into the kitchen. She took a look at the cake Wendy and Natsu made. It didn't look bad, it actually looked rather nice with messy frosting writing saying "We're sorry" but the smell was horrible. The four wizards heads all shot up simultaneously to stare at her. They all looked ashamed and a bit sorry, almost like kicked puppies, Camilla felt any anger towards them evaporate.

After another hour of stopping Gray's and Natsu's bickering and waiting for the cake to be done, they finally sat around the small dining table Camilla owned. There weren't enough chairs so Gray and Natsu ended up standing while the girls sat down in the chairs. Wendy cut the cake, serving everyone a piece, Camilla had to hold back the urge to throw up as she took a bit of the supposedly delicious cake. The texture was like a soggy old sponge, the cake tasted like rotten fish while the frosting and strawberries tasted like a sewer would smell. She fake chewed the cake several times then swallowed, trying not to throw it back up. The Team seemed to enjoy it, Natsu loudly complimenting Wendy's cooking skills and everyone else chiming in. Camilla gave her own comments, instead keeping quiet.

"What do you think Camilla? You haven't said much!" Natsu clapped her shoulder, she blinked but shrugged.
"I was taught that when cooking, the quietness was better. It showed that everyone was to busy eating your food to worry about compliments." She said and now Natsu blinked,
"Wha-?" He shrugged and scarfed down the rest of the cake before seeming to realize something.
"Wait, you cook?!" He shouted and then all eyes were on Camilla as she sheepishly nodded.
"I'm proficient enough." Was all she said before standing to clear her plate. Everyone seemed to accept the answer and continued to chat as Camilla washed the dishes. There weren't as many as she thought,
"Wendy must have done some." She thought with a smile and put the dishes away as she heard the team finish up their cake and cleared their plates before bidding her goodnight and leaving. She heard them all talking about how they staying tonight and nearly groaned. The team, while they backed off in the time she had been back from her forest trip, they still insisted on the blasted 'nightly watch'.

Ever since Camilla was injured, the Team had decided she needed some people to stay at night to watch her and make sure she was fine while she slept. They quickly learned that her house wasn't big enough for them all to sleep comfortably so they either slept on the floor or outside while some slept on her couches and chairs. Luckily enough for her, only Happy and Carla decided to stay in the house; everyone else was sleeping outside with little complaints.

It was once everyone went outside, Camilla ran to the bathroom, slamming the door shut; locking it, and turning on the shower to full blast. The sound of the shower would hide her noises. Nearly collapsing by the toilet, she opened the lid and shoved her middle and index fingers down her throat. Her body worked to expel the poison known as human food from her system.

After finishing, the stomach acid burning her throat, she stood on shaky legs and flushed the toilet before rinsing her mouth out and grabbing some night clothes before actually getting in the shower. Peeling off her clothes and bandages she assessed their condition; the puncture wounds and gashes were mostly healed, the blood coming from the larger wounds that hadn't healed fully yet. As she stepped into the warm water, the water around her feet turned a light red.

After scrubbing her body as harshly as she dared and cleaning her hair of dirt and sweat, she shut off the water and stepped out of the shower. Patting her body dry, she decided her wounds were healed enough to have no bandages and left the bathroom after dressing in flannel pants and a loose t-shirt. All the lights had been turned off and she slipped under her covers, hearing the soft conversation of Happy and Carla in the next room and Natsu's snores outside. She couldn't help but smile, the smile disappearing soon after.
"If only I were human, then I could truly care for them without worrying about hurting them." She whispered, pulling the covers to her chin and closing her eyes, praying silently to anyone to have peaceful dreams.

HEY GUYS I FINALLY PUBLISHED SOMETHING!

WARNING: Long but important author's note. I just need your guys's help. If you read my previous A/N then you know I have two main ideas for the main villain for this book(Come on Wzard? What's wrong with you? You haven't decided that yet?)(Yes yes calm down and I originally did but then I got another idea that I like)
So I was watching TheFlamingShark watch Fairy Tail and he reached and finished the Edolas Arc (
Whoever has already figured out where I'm going with this... Well here's a cookie *gives cookies*) I got thinking as I watched him react to the Arc; what if the main villain of the first book is her Edolas Counterpart? Her counterpart would be a ghoul, her name being Camilla Delacross. She's like the Rize of the book

My other idea was that the man with half his face missing(it's back in chapter two) being like the Jason of the book. Like he comes back in and is you know, the villain. The one you guys choose for this book will be the villain of this book. The other, well either they are the villain of Book 2(Yes, I have started planning that) or they just aren't the villain

As for the main pairing in this story, well originally it was going to be Various x Camilla but that just felt weird to me. So now officially it's... *drumroll noises*... Gray x Camilla! Yaaaaaaay! That'll start showing in the story!

I know it isn't November 30th(well not for me anyway) right now but I couldn't wait to publish this chapter! This is my longest chapter yet at 14 pages! I actually have the next four chapter names figures out and I'm starting on the Christmas special next! Thank you guys all so much for dealing with my really funky update schedules and such! I really appreciate it! If you guys have any questions about the story then feel free to ask! Also, I really love comments! It means I'm doing something right!

As always, please favorite, comment, and follow! Until the next update! FairyTailWzard over and out!