[The Book Room] Camilla

[Rikku Takanashi]

She was sad but she was happy also... And ready to help create a new future for everybody! Slowly Camilla takes in a deep breath savoring the fresh clean air before closing her eyes happily... She had much to do... So many people to find and talk with so- Opening her eyes the Knight would suddenly find herself in a large white room! "W-wha?!" She exclaims in confusion while looking around! Had she fallen into another memory realm?! If so how!? Why?!

Confusion and worry paint her face until finally she spies the table with the sword and book perched upon it... "Hmm...." she hums with a frown before approaching the table... Her frown turns to surprise which is followed by a gasp as she realizes this wasn't just any sword sitting on the tablet! "It's the Great King's sword!" she exclaims before taking a surprised step back! It was beautiful... Made of a pure white metal and etched with golden runes... Slowly after a moment she would reach out to it and wrap her hands around it before giving a bit of a tug to see if she could lift it... The answer was no! It was like the sword was stuck to the table... However! Something else came from touching the sword!

Her hair, clothes, skin, eyes, everything began to glow lightly with a white light! "Eep! Whats going on!?" she squeaks in surprise! Just as suddenly as she began to glow white balls of light begin to float off of her which float over to the white walls and begin to paint them with images! Surprised and confused Camilla quickly realized her clothes were degrading yet she couldn't look away from the images playing on the walls! First her gauntlets went then the sleeves of her undershirt went! Soon the degradation reached her Tabard but something different happened! Instead of leaving her bare a different shirt began to appear! One that was loose and flowy with short puffy sleeves that had some pleating on them and a folded colar! Atop her head Camilla suddenly felt her hearing sharpen and a strange feeling in her mouth as Mouse ears appear and her two front teeth get longer! Soon the changes reached her bottom Leggings and thy high boots were replaced with knee length puffy bloomers and knee high socks! Finally a long brown furry tail would appear to complete the change!

As she changed Camilla could not pull her eyes away from the images on the wall! They were so different then what she knew and yet... As they played out around her as she changed she suddenly realizes that her memories of being a Knight were fading as new memories the ones playing on the wall begin to fill in! Panic fills her at first until her heart tells her this was true... Soon the images would fade and she would stand there confused... confused by these new memories confused by her changed appearance... Finally the book on the table catches her eye and without really thinking she reaches over to pick it up before slowly opening it to the first page...

Suddenly as her eyes fall on the first page in the book a surge of clarity runs through her! One last ball of white light would float from her... from her forehead into the book as the Knight Memories finally relinquish their hold on her... Blinking Camilla would put a hand to her head and shake it a bit a few times before looking at the book with a frown "I... I was never a Knight... Those... Weren't my memories... But who's were they...?" she says softly before looking at the image which now filled the previously blank first page she gasps as she see's what the knight who's memories she lived really looked like!

The resemblance was... startling! They both were the same height, weight, and build their eyes were the same color as were their hair! Even their hairstyle was similiar! However... There were key differences... The Knight in the picture didn't have Dormouse ears or tail and nor did she had the larger front teeth... Her hair was while in sausage curls much longer! And the biggest difference was the garb... As Camilla lived it her trade mark colors were Lavender Purple and Seafoam Green with black and gold accents however... The actual knight while still having the black and gold accents her trade mark colors were a rich Sapphire blue and Emerald green... Finally Camilla would glance at the Knight's name... At first it remained Camilla Forester until suddenly right before her eyes her name would peel away to reveal the Knight's true name!

"Camille Oaks..." she whispers softly even the name was similar... And yet... despite her being able to remember everything... The pain the sorrow the happiness and thrill... She could tell now... These weren't her Memories she wasn't Camille... She could remember how her battle pose looked, how Rosewood her horse looked, how much being struck with arrows hurt... All of it... And yet... She felt such disconnect to these memories now... Like she was watching a video of these memories rather then living them...(two parts!)  

[Rikku Takanashi]

She could remember how her battle pose looked but now how it felt to stand that way... The fencing techniques which had been so clear to her before now confused her... And she couldn't even remember how the Bokken felt in her hand... The Bokken... Buyou Rouzu...

Slowly tears would prickle at the corners of her eyes as she thought of the weapon... "I... Never really got to know Buyou... Not me or Camille..." she says sadly with a frown... Buyou Rouzu was a shadowling... What Camilla now knew is what Halloween creatures were originally called... Buyou was a halloween creature before Halloween... She was one of them... And yet now she was trapped in a weapon... "I... Wonder if Buyou Rouzu is still sleeping..." She whispers sadly to herself it greatly sadened her to think that poor Buyou to this very moment might still be asleep in a tablet somewhere... Also the thought that she herself would never get to meet Buyou made her sad...

Camilla was sad but wouldn't let the tears fall... Buyou wouldn't want some person she never even knew to cry for her... And even though Camilla felt as if she'd met the elf she knew now she never had... Finally tears would be wiped away as she turns the page on the book to read Camille's story

"Camille Oaks... Born into the Noble Oak family lived a carefree life in her castle home and the surrounding town when old enough she would take up fencing with the hope of becoming a knight one day! These skills would serve her well as the Horsemen and Shadowlings swept across the land... She and a friend would be the only ones to survive out of her family of eight and his family of three... They would suffer a arduous trip to Camelot where they would both become Knights! Afterwards through intense battles and painful trials Camille would go on to become a important member in the evil Merlin's downfall and afterwards would help the remaining knights rebuild a brighter future for humankind!"

Slowly a weak smile would spread on Camilla's face as she read... It was good to know Camille had made a difference... Just as she always wanted too... Finally out of general curiosity Camilla turns the book over to read the last page as she does she reads three little words which causes her to gasp and frown worriedly! "War is coming..." she whispers before slowly closing the book and placing it on the table with a worried expression...

It all made sense now... Slowly Camilla looks to the sword and nods... "You showed us the past so we could prepare for the future..." she says solemnly before closing her eyes to think...

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However it would be that moment that it was time for her to wake up! Slowly she opens her eyes and looks at the morning light filled room... Her minis were all scattered about sleeping peacefully even as she stirred... Silently she looks to the painted ceiling in her room as a single question runs through her sleepy mind...

What next?