Both of Me
By SonofLeoandReynaValdez
So I know that I promised to write more often but I've been buried under a lot of things, from moving to a different state, to starting as a full time student. But I promise from here on out I will get better at uploading my chapters of stories. So here is a brand new story for you all, to start a clean slate. For those who are wondering about my other stories. I have hit a major writers block on them, except RWBY Gears of Remnant I decided to push the release date to November 7, 2018. ( Guess why?) Anyways, here is Both of Me. I got this idea from the Ryse Son of Rome video game, so I'll get the next chapter out soon. I've already started writing it. Thank you!
"Daddy?" a young voice called out.
"Yeah? What is it, son?" asked a tall blonde man as he walked into the room. Upon entering the room the man saw his six year old son standing over his eldest sister with a look of concern on his face. The girl would whimper and flinch at any noise that was heard, she would mutter the word "demon" at times.
"I think Sky's having a bad dream, daddy" the boy said, never taking his eyes off his sister. The father walked to his daughter and sat next to her. He then began to pat her back gently and whispered sweet nothings to her. With the presence of her father, Sky began to settle down, and whispered to the room.
"Don't let the demon take me.", she then went back to her peaceful sleep. His father gave a sad smile before he kissed his daughter's forehead. The small boy looked at his father with a puzzled look before carefully crawling under his sister's bed.
"What are you doing, son?"
"I'm looking for any monsters that could be under Sky's bed."
The father gave a light chuckle before pulling his son out from under the bed and carrying him to his own bed. The man set him down on his Revengers themed bed, and began to tuck him in.
"Daddy, what's a demon?" the child asked his father with a curious tone. His father thought a moment, trying to find a way to explain the term without scaring the poor lad.
"I guess you could say that it's a type of monster that does bad things to good people."
"So, they ain't like the ones from my book?"
"No son they aren't. Your monsters are good ones, they share, listen to their parents, and say nice things to people."
"And demons don't"
"No, they like to cheat on tests, steal from people, and lie to get what they want."
"So what do they want with Sky?" the boy asked as he pointed to her. Sky now looked as if nothing was bothering her, her breathing was back to normal, she was no longer tossing and turning, but looked at peace. The father looked at his son and just gave a small shrug. The father then kissed his son on his head and told him not to worry. The boy looked unhappy with the lack of an answer he had received but bid his father good night. As the father closed the door he looked back into the room and looked at his son with a sad look before closing the door.
After waiting awhile, the little boy kicked the covers off him and picked up his teddy bear. He walked to his sister's bed and tucked his bear into her arms.
"Stanley will protect you Sky, he's always protected me from the bad monsters. Now he'll protect you from the demon that's trying to get you." the boy stated happily. He then looked under his sister's bed one more time, before kissing her head. He then ran to his little toy box and quietly pulled out his plastic sword and shield. Before jumping into his sister's bed, he looked angrily at the room and said, "Alright you demon, leave Sky alone or you'll have to deal with me. I'm not afraid of you, and Stanley isn't either."
He climbed into the bed with his sister, the sword and shield laying next to the bed. He snuggled close to his sister and looked around the room one more time, before whispering, "I'll protect you Sky. I won't let him get you, Arc's promise."
The child then let sleep take over him, unaware that just outside the door his father sat crying. He cried for his only son, saddened that he didn't know just what it was that he was trying to protect Sky Arc from. He didn't know what it was to have the demon inside of him.
He will know now though, a voice said inside the man's head.
"Please, he's just a child. He hasn't even started training yet. Please stay with me for a few more years, I can teach him how to control…"
How to control me?! NO! You have stopped me from taking your eldest for over 8 years now. Your body is too old and degraded now, I have allowed you to keep me longer than I should have. Now I see your son, he's determined, protective, loyal, and more importantly has the potential to be even more than you could ever be. Good bye, Joseph. At that Joseph Arc felt the vines of the "demons" grip release his mind, and its whispering stopped. Joseph collapsed on the floor crying silently.
"I'm so sorry Jaune."
There's the first chapter, I am going to implement one of my OCs in it because I want to write a whole story about him one day and want to know what you guys think of him. Now Would You Kindly Review?