I've decided to update today, because it's my birthday! The next update will hopefully come at the end of the month or at least first week of august. This chapter was to be posted during the last week of June but exams got in the way.

I'm back! With some help from p3pp3rmintt, who gave me ideas for a few of the majors of the characters, these are the confirmed majors of the characters. These will be touched on further in the story, how they will be used is a secret. But if you have any ideas, it would be good to hear your views, just PM me if you have any ideas.

Character Majors:

Natsu - Pyro-Technology
Jellal - History
Laxus - Electrical Engineering
Gajeel - Mechanical Engineering
Leo - Law
Gray - Forensic Sciences
Elfman - Psychical Education Teaching
Lucy - Astrology
Levy - Literature
Juvia - Marine Biology
Mirajane - Childhood Education
Lisanna - Veterinary Science
Aries - Psychology
Erza - Culinary Arts

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.

Lucy took a deep breath as the first kid assigned to the Fairy Tail cabins walked up to them. It was a bo who looked to be about twelve, he had maroon hair and he was carrying a dark green backpack and a black hand carry bag. A girl with cerulean blue hair followed shortly behind, she was carrying a pink and white backpack and a yellow hand carry bag. Like the boy who arrived before her, she also looked to be about twelve.

Gray grinned upon seeing the boy in front of him, "Welcome back, Romeo!"

The boy, Romeo, grinned and shared a high-five with both Gray and Natsu while Juvia and Levy gave him a thumbs up to welcome him back.

"It's good to be back!" Said Romeo, as he sat down in front of Gray.

Just then, the cerulean blue haired girl walked up to them and Juvia gave her a kind smile. Levy smiled while Natsu and Gray nodded at the girl.

"May I have your name?" Asked Lucy, with a smile.

"Wendy Marvell." Stuttered the girl.

Lucy scanned her list and she placed a tick beside Wendy's name.

"Please take a seat, we still have to wait for the other campers to arrive." Said Lucy.

"This must be your first time attending this camp! I don't remember seeing you around before. Welcome to the camp! And of course, welcome to Fairy Tail!" Said Juvia.

"Welcome to Fairy Tail, Wendy!" Said Levy.

"Nice to meet you Wendy!" Said Natsu.

"I hope that you enjoy your time here." Said Gray.

"Welcome to Fairy Tail, Wendy." Smiled Lucy.

"Are you new too?" Asked Romeo, looking at Lucy.

"She is the newest counsellor at Fairy Tail. This is Lucy Heartfilia." Said Levy.

"Nice to meet you! I'm Romeo Conbolt." Said Romeo, with a grin that oddly looked like Natsu's.

Lucy nodded and gave Romeo a smile, "It's nice to meet you too."

Wendy took a seat beside Romeo and the two waited for the other campers to arrive. The sun was shining brightly and Romeo slipped on his black cap and Wendy slipped on her white one. Levy opened up her backpack and took out several caps. Levy handed Natsu a red snapback and Gray's was a white one. Juvia, Levy and Lucy all had visors in blue, orange and yellow respectively.

"Drink up! It's pretty warm today." Said Gray.

Levy handed Gray and Natsu their water bottles while Juvia and Lucy picked up theirs. Levy took a drink from hers just as Lisanna walked over with a girl who was also assigned to Fairy Tail. Levy told Lucy the girl's name as she was in Fairy Tail last year as well. Levy signaled to the girl to take seat.

It took an hour for all of the campers to arrive and have their attendance taken. Currently the master of the camp, Master Makarov was giving a speech while introducing all of the counsellors to the campers. Lucy stood nervously behind Juvia and the latter squeezed the former's hand to reassure and calm her down. Lucy walked behind Juvia when Fairy Tail was called, they did a bow before stepping back. Lucy heaved a sigh of relief when Master Makarov's speech ended.

"You did great, Lucy." Smiled Mirajane.

"We will now proceed to the dining hall for lunch. You may leave your luggage here, just bring along your utensils." Announced Lyon.

With the announcement, all of the campers took out their utensils and prepared to go to the dining hall.

"Fairy Tail, you may leave first." Announced Lyon.

Mirajane and Jellal, led the group of campers while the others followed behind. The campers were led to their table and Jellal dismissed them one by one to go and get their food. Those who were vegetarians went first. After all of the campers received their food, the counsellors themselves went to get their food. Lucy held her plate as she walked behind Lisanna. Lisanna scooped some pasta for Lucy and for herself before Lucy picked out the rest of her own food. Elfman and Jellal gave Lucy and Lisanna a thumbs up before raising the cups that they were holding, they were going to get juice for them. Lucy and Lisanna nodded at the two as they walked passed them. Jellal and Elfman soon returned and the others thanked them for the juice. They were sitting at the table beside the campers.

"We're bringing the kids to the cabins after lunch, we'll have a short meeting until 1.50pm. We will play some games with the kids to get to know them and each other better until 4pm. If we finish playing the early, we'll get started with the grounds tour. Dinner will only start at 6pm, so the kids and we have some free time after the tour." Said Mirajane.

The others nodded as they ate their food. Lucy sipped on her juice as she watched Gray and Natsu converse with Jellal. Elfman was talking to Mirajane and Lisanna, Gajeel and Juvia were conversing. Laxus and Erza were nowhere to be found, they were probably with the other leaders. Levy, who was sitting in the seat opposite of Lucy's, waved a hand in front of the latter.

"Lu-chan are you alright?" Asked Levy.

Lucy nodded, "I was just thinking."

Lucy set down her cup and continued eating her lunch. Lucy's eyes wandered around the area, taking in the sight of what a meal at summer camp really was and looked like. It was noisy but also happy, somehow it was the epitome of a fun and memorable childhood, something which Lucy felt that she didn't have and experience.

Lucy set down her spoon when she finished her food. Elfman motioned for Lucy to follow him, when several of the kids stood up.

"We'll bring the kids to wash their own utensils." Said Elfman.

Lucy nodded and followed Elfman and the other kids. Lucy washed her own utensils while checking on the other kids. Lucy then accompanied the kids back to their bench while Elfman stayed there to supervise, but he handed his utensils to Lucy for safe-keeping. Lucy placed her utensils as well as Elfman's into an empty box which was labelled with the words "Fairy Tail Counsellors" while another box was labelled as "Fairy Tail Campers".

Just then Erza and Laxus came over to the bench and Erza handed a list to Levy and Gray each, "Levy, Lucy, Gray and Jellal, we need the four of you to be at the cabins to wait for the kids. We need you guys to check on some things before we bring the campers there after lunch."

"Leo and Aries will also stop by later." Said Laxus.

Levy, Gray and Jellal nodded and quickly finished up their food before going to wash their utensils. Erza and Laxus went to grab their lunch in the meantime.

"We'll be going off first." Said Jellal, waving the piece of paper which Gray had handed to him.

Erza and Laxus acknowledged them with nods as they were eating their food. Jellal, Gray, Lucy and Levy headed back to their respective cabin areas. There were four cabins in the area and a westwards of the four cabins were three more cabins for the counsellors which was where Lucy and the others' cabins were. Each of the cabins had a Fairy Tail flag hanging outside with the Fairy Tail symbol, with each symbol in a different colours of the rainbow to represent the seven cabins. Jellal handed a key to Gray, Lucy and Levy each.

"There are four cabins for the campers, we usually get a rather big group so we have four cabins. Ezra and Laxus need us to check the lights, bathroom and any squeaky doors or windows. There shouldn't be any but this check to be safe." Explained Jellal.

"Those two are the girls' cabins, the ones with the yellow and green roofs." Said Gray.

"Each cabin can hold about eight people, but we have twenty-eight people this year. Fourteen girls and fourteen boys. So there will be seven people per cabin, but we don't know who will be in which cabins as of yet, only Erza and Laxus will know. They will probably tell the kids after lunch, just before they bring them here." Said Jellal.

"So, we're splitting up to check the cabins?" Asked Levy.

Jellal nodded, "Yes, we don't have much time left that's why. We'll meet back here, after you guys are done."

"We better get started then." Said Gray.

Gray headed to the cabin with the red symbol, Jellal's cabin flag was orange, Lucy's was yellow and Levy's was green. The blue flag was hung outside the meeting cabin, indigo went to the male counsellors' cabin and violet went to the female counsellors' cabin. Lucy opened the door to the cabin and did a thorough check on the cabin before heading back outside to join Jellal who was waiting for them. Levy and Gray exited their respective cabins at that moment as well.

"I just received a text from Erza, they are leaving the dining hall and are making their way here as we speak." Said Jellal.

Jellal led Gray, Levy and Lucy to their usual meeting area where they waited for the others to bring the campers over. Lucy soon spotted Erza's scarlet hair in the distance. Erza and Laxus were leading the campers with the others walking at the side. Erza and Laxus clapped their hands to capture the attention of the kids.

"Now this place will be our cabins. We will now announce the campers in the respective cabins. Please stand in four lines, so that the counsellors can bring you to your cabins." Said Erza.

Erza and Laxus began reading the names off their clipboards and the kids formed four lines in front of Lisanna, Mirajane, Natsu and Jellal. There were seven campers in each cabin this year.

"We will now let you bring your luggage into your cabins, you guys will unpack later. We will play some games to know each other better before we let you guys unpack. Is that alright?" Asked Erza.

A chorus of yeses echoed through the cabin grounds and Laxus motioned to Jellal, Gray, Lisanna and Mirajane to bring the kids to their respective cabins. Lucy, Natsu, Juvia, Gajeel, Elfman, Levy and Lucy gathered around Erza.

"The games have already been set up, the most of us will stay here. Natsu, I need you and Juvia to go to the main hall to meet up with a few of the other counsellors. It will take a while but you will be back before 4pm. Leo and Aries will probably meet you guys there, you guys should return here together." Said Erza.

Natsu and Juvia nodded and they left Fairy Tail's cabin grounds, and headed to the main hall. Lucy watched on, wondering what was going on. Gajeel quickly nudged Lucy when he noticed that Lucy was spacing out just as Erza and Laxus were explaining some ground rules at the camp and Fairy Tail. Lucy blinked several times and Gajeel gestured to Laxus and Erza, indicating that she should be listening as well. Levy and Gray then proceeded explain the rules of the games that they were going to play before starting the games.

"Alright, the first game we are going to play is the "Catch The Tail" game." Announced Levy.

"As you can see, a few of us counsellors have ribbons tied around our wrists. We will split you guys into two groups, those who are not wearing the ribbons have to catch those who are wearing the ribbons and if the defenders get caught their ribbons will be taken away by the chasers. And at the end of the round, if the chasing team has more ribbons, they win. But if the defending team has more ribbons left, the win. We will play two rounds so that everyone gets to be a chaser and a defender." Explained Gray.

"Now who wants to be on the catching team?" Asked Levy, holding up a bunch of blue ribbons.

At this point, Lucy noticed that Gajeel, Elfman and Laxus had blue ribbons tied loosely around their wrists. Elfman handed Lucy a blue ribbon to tie on her wrist, and Elfman helped Lucy tie the ribbon loosely around her wrist.

The kids on the other hand raised their hands excitedly and Lucy smiled at their enthusiasm. Lucy watched on with a smile as Gray and Levy picked the chasing team. Lucy helped Wendy tie the ribbon loosely around her wrist, just as Gray blew a whistle, signaling to them to get into their teams to begin the game. Lucy patted Wendy's back with a comforting smile before she and Wendy headed to the defending team. Levy winked at Lucy, to encourage her, just as Gray blew the whistle three times to start the game.

"Game Start!" Announced Gray.

Most of the kids began running around while a few stuck together, Lucy, Elfman, Laxus and Gajeel stuck together as a group, defending themselves from mostly Erza and Mirajane. Lucy ducked out of Lisanna's sight, but soon she and Laxus were being chased by Jellal and two more boys. But Lucy decided to take it easy on the kids and she let one of the boys take her ribbon on purpose before going to stand beside Levy.

"You did great, Lu-chan!" Smiled Levy.

Lucy and Levy watched as Gajeel was ousted by Romeo and two more kids just before Gray blew the whistle to end the round. Gray patted Gajeel's back before turning his attention to the kids. Levy counted the number of ribbons that the defending team had before a small smile broke onto her face.

"It seems that the defending team has won, they have eleven ribbons left." Said Levy with a smile.

The defending team cheered while Erza spoke with the chasing team to encourage them for the next round.

"It's time to swap roles, those in the defending team please hand over your ribbons to those in the chasing team. Those in the chasing team who are holding ribbons please tie them loosely around your wrists. Our counsellors will be here to assist you." Said Levy.

Lucy watched as Laxus handed his ribbon to Mirajane while Elfman handed his to Lisanna. Lucy helped one of the girls tie the ribbon around her wrist before heading over to join the chasing team. Lisanna gave Lucy a grin as Levy blew the whistle. Lucy caught up with Romeo and she managed to corner him until Jellal came to help him escape. But Lucy let them escape as Gajeel was just a few metres away from her, and she had a feeling that Gajeel would be able to catch them. Lucy giggled when she saw Gajeel single handedly oust Romeo and Jellal. Lucy paired up with Wendy to corner Lisanna, but Lisanna was quick to escape. Wendy and Lucy were still chasing Lisanna when Levy blew the whistle. This time, Gray counted the number of ribbons the defending team had left.

"It seems that the defending team has won this time, they have ten ribbons left." Said Gray.

"This concludes this game! The next game is very simple, we will take turns to introduce ourselves. But before we start the next game, please drink plenty of water." Said Levy.

"Yes, please drink up. It's pretty warm today. And after the game, we will bring you guys on a tour around the camp groups." Said Erza.

Just then Laxus motioned for Lucy and Gajeel to come closer. Gajeel and Lucy shared a confused look but approached Laxus anyway.

"Natsu and Juvia need your help at the main hall, they'll explain things to you guys when you reach there. Aries and Leo will be coming here in a couple of minutes." Whispered Laxus.

Lucy and Gajeel nodded, and the two took their water bottles as well as Juvia and Natsu's from Levy before they left. Gajeel and Lucy made their way to the main hall, which was also the dining hall, where they found the benches and tables fill with opened boxes and bags. Gajeel and Lucy found Natsu and Juvia packing the boxes with a few other counsellors, including Sabertooth's Rouge Cheney, and Lamia Scale's Lyon Vista.

"What's going on salamander? Rain woman?" Asked Gajeel.

"These are for the kids, we're packing them into goodie bags for the kids. Usually we have them ready before the camp starts but they arrived late this year." Said Juvia.

"We need to pack all of these by 4pm, so that we can keep them as a surprise for the kids." Said Natsu.

Lucy and Gajeel nodded and they handed Juvia and Natsu their water bottles before getting started on the packing. Juvia and Natsu took a short water break as they took deep drinks from their water bottles. Lucy followed Natsu's example and started packing the goodie bags. Each goodie bag contained, two shirts, one cap, one notebook and one stationary set, all of which had the camp's official logo as well as the logos of the various cabins on them.

Lucy took her place beside Juvia who was packing the stationary sets while Lucy was to pack the notebooks. Gajeel was packing the caps while Natsu packed the shirts. The counsellors worked like clockwork until they finally finished packing the last goodie bag. Natsu and Gajeel heaved a sigh of relief. But they weren't done yet, they still had to pack the bags into the storehouse behind the main hall as well as recycle the empty cardboard boxes and clean up the dining hall. Juvia and Lucy collected the cardboard boxes and folded them before placing them into a larger cardboard box for storage.

"So Lucy how are you enjoying your time here?" Asked Juvia, as they were putting the cardboard boxes away for storage in the storehouse.

"It's pretty nice." Nodded Lucy.

Juvia smiled, "Well, the best is yet to come. And we'll have much more fun along the way."

Juvia took Lucy's hand and the former dragged the latter to join Gajeel and Natsu who were bringing the bags in. Lucy and Juvia helped them and that made the work go faster. The counsellors shared a short cheer when the last of the bags were moved to the storehouse. The counsellors then headed back to their respective cabins. Natsu, Lucy, Juvia and Gajeel refilled their water bottles before leaving the dining hall. Juvia glanced at the clock in the dining hall, which showed 3.44pm.

"We have to be back before 4pm right? The others should be giving the children a tour of the campus right now." Spoke Juvia.

"They should be, if they stay on schedule." Nodded Natsu.

"Let's wait for them at our cabin instead, I'm sure that the others would like to refill their water bottles and relax when they are back." Said Lucy.

The other three agreed and they made their way back to their cabin. The four counsellors gathered in their meeting cabin, and they found Aries and Leo there having a late lunch while doing some paperwork.

"The others will be back in a few minutes." Said Leo, not looking up from his paperwork.

"How did the packing go?" Asked Aries.

"With Lucy and Gajeel-kun's help things went much faster." Said Juvia.

"That's good, our orders came in pretty late this year. We usually get our orders at least a week before the camp. And we usually have them packed a few days before the kids arrive." Said Aries.

"Gajeel and I will wait outside for the kids." Said Natsu.

"We'll go too!" Said Juvia.

The four counsellors waited outside the cabin for the kids and the others to arrive. They soon spotted Erza's scarlet hair in the distance. Erza and Laxus dismissed the kids back to their cabins, and the counsellors headed inside the meeting cabin.

"How were things?" Asked Aries.

"Not bad, we were on schedule." Replied Jellal.

"How are the kids?" Asked Aries.

"Still as energetic as ever!" Said Lisanna.

"How did the goodies bag packing go? Is everything sorted out?" Asked Laxus.

"It went well, with Lucy and Gajeel-kun's help it went pretty well." Said Juvia.

Erza, Laxus, Jellal, Mirajane, Leo and Aries sat down at the long table to have a discussion while the others headed to the other end of the cabin. Lucy, Lisanna and Levy were washing the water bottles while Juvia, Natsu and Elfman refilled the bottles. Gray and Gajeel discussing about the upcoming night walk which was to be held tomorrow night, and the two of them were part of the organising committee for the camp's night walks.

"Lu-chan, you aren't in any committee's aren't you?" Asked Levy.

Lucy blinked confusedly and Levy shared a look with Lisanna.

"Well, every counsellor here is part of a committee that plans a certain activity or is in charge of a certain event or thing, it's a compulsory thing at the camp. Sting in the scavenger hunt committee this year for example. We still have a few spots available in different committees." Said Levy.

"There is the talent show committee, meals committee, camp fire committee and the goodies bag committee. You can think about it tonight and tell Aries by tomorrow morning, I'm sure that she would be happy to put you into the committee that you've chosen." Said Lisanna.

Lucy nodded and she kept the four committees in mind, thinking about which committee she should join.

I'll end the chapter here, and hopefully you guys can give me your views about which committee Lucy should join.

I hope that you've enjoyed reading this chapter, as much as I have enjoyed writing it. Please review!