In The Dark

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"Hey, wake up, we're here."

I stretched and waked up Natsu, I tiredly walked off the train with Natsu and the team.

I yawn stretching my arms and legs once again.
"Can I get the paper?" Natsu nodded and handed me the paper, I read it sloppily and rubbed my eyes.

"Mansion in the middle of town, the mayor should be there."

"Well what are we waiting for?! C'mon!" Natsu started running ahead to the mansion that wasn't to far away. That woke me up fully so I ran right behind him.

"You Idiot!" Gray called out and the rest of them ran after us. I smiled a little, I had friends. Or more or like, family. But I had to remember my main task, Master can't possibly think I could take on these powerful set of people? I'm not that strong, I can barley kill a person without crying. I can't kill my friends, they're the only thing I have left. After them, no one will give me the same feeling as them. It's all going downhill from there, like my life isn't already as bad. I have the worst possible luck, I hope I don't have to kill my friends, I'd rather die.

I noticed I zoned out, I was standing up my eyes were facing the ground. I looked up and the team was staring at me confused. Even Natsu was. I sighed and shook my head.

"Zoned out for a bit there, sorry guys." We continued to the mansion, soon we were at the doorstep. Erza knocked on the door and a pink haired lady wearing a maid's outfit opened it.

"Are you Fairy Tail?" She asked, we showed her our guild marks. She opened the door fully so we could walk in.

"The Mayor should be upstairs on the top floor, he's been waiting for a while now." Natsu was glared at by the team, Natsu shuddered.

"You don't know the feeling of Motion Sickness... It's a horrible experience." We went up the stairs, at least 7 flights? How tall is this building? How did the Mayor get up here? Imagine someone's going bomb the place, how could he get down? What was--

I felt my head hit something hard, I fell off the steps. Somehow, I wasn't unconscious or had any injuries.

"Pay attention!"

"Sorry.."

Team Natsu was staring at me worriedly.

"Sorry... I zoned out again.. Oh! I'm fine.." I got up and winced a bit, I walked up the stairs gripping the gold railing.

"You seriously have to be more careful, you could die one day y'know."

Arc grumbled, I nodded and hid my pain. There was a door at the top of the steps, isn't that kinda unsafe? Say you barge out the door, you trip and possibly fall to your death. Anyways, the door had a gold outline and it was a shiny oak. And nicely completed with a pure gold doornob. How can I tell? The smell.

For some reason, there was a button near the door, it said 'Door Bell' in slim slanted golden letters. Of course Erza pushed the button, a muffled "Come in" was heard from inside. Erza opened the door and at a dark oak desk sat a short chubby man. He wore a white suit much like Arc's.

"Hello young wizards, I need your help." He said 'I', didn't we come here for the town? He is rich, so he probably doesn't want his jewels stolen. I growled at him a little but left it alone, Natsu noticed my odd behavior and shot me another look of worry. I shook my head and listened.

s-" He had already finished his speaking by the time I tuned back in. Erza says her thanks and we leave, and I grip onto the railing again careful not to fall again. I follow Erza because I didn't know where we were going. We walked through the forest to find a small house, a pile of exposed goods outside of it. A man walked out the house, probably surprised because of visitors.

"So you must be the wizards? A ghoul is with you guys?" He looked directly at me growling.

"You," He growled, glaring at me which made me take a small step back.
"You don't belong with those pathetic humans." He took another step, making me step back again.

"W-what? Wh-who are you?" He throws back his head and laughs, his laugh gives me chills. The rest of the team eyes me suspiciously.

"What the hell is he droning on about?"

"Are you hiding anything from us?" Natsu say his face consorted between betrayal, sadness, and worry.

"No! I don't know what I am!" I shot back, panicked. He gave a look of surprise, but also a flare of pain shot through my stomach.

"Oh? So you really don't know what you are?!" He laughs manically making me shake a little. I was confused at what he was going to say, I was also scared.

"A Ghoul! Just like me! A monster!" He exclaimed, my eyes widened and I nearly on my knees because they fell weak. Erza went to rush to my aid, she put a hand on my shoulder. I couldn't stop my trembling.

"What is he talking about?"

"Y-you don't u-understand... A G-ghoul is a m-monster that eats human f-flesh to live. W-what I j-just felt... M-might have been a hunger p-pain..."

"Y/n? Are you alright?!" Erza knelt down to my level to probably help me up. I felt another sharp pain shoot throughout my stomach. I cried out, desperately clutching my midsection and hunching over. The ghoul cruelly laughed at my pain.

"See!? You are a monster?! I'll watch as you eat your friends for lunch!" I trembled at the thought of me eating my friends. They backed away in confusion, were they afraid of me? No...

"Actually... I might eat them instead!" He charged at Natsu ready to bite him. But a fire coated fist hit him in the jaw, blowing him back, but it had little effect.

I was watching the fight trying to control myself from biting someone. I knew I would die if I didn't eat anything. Or anyone.

My eyes were slowly turning, changing.

As I couldn't take it anymore, I finally let go. Power and energy flooded my body, tears gathered in my eyes at the pain.

Back at the fight, Natsu was slowly being pushed back, his hits didn't do much damage. Everyone was trying to help him but was being smacked away by one of the blood red Bikaku he has.

The sight of my friends being hurt like that made something in my veins burn.
Bright blue tentacles and tails emerged out of my back.
They were glowing and were frantically moving around.

My eyes finally were finished changing, I was glaring at the ghoul in front of me. I ran up behind him and I felt my friends fear. Probably of me.

Natsu looked at me, our eyes connected, and there was a serious determined fire in them.
Looking away grimly, I used one of my tentacles to pierce the Ghoul in the heart. Using my other tentacle I roughly pushed his lifeless body off of Natsu. I walked away from him.

"Get the reward, I'm going back to the guild." I dragged the Ghoul's body into the bushes, I took a chunk out of his Bikaku and his arm. He tasted bitter, not much to satisfy me, but it should last me for now. A little bit of his power filled my veins, I took a deep breath.

My eyes should have went their original e/c, my Kagunes disabled.

I stretched my arms, feeling a fluttering behind me I looked. What replaced my Ukaku, was a pair of pure white wings.
My hands suddenly shot up to my neck, patting the scarred exposed area frantically.

Where was my scarf?

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