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Chapter One: A Big Day

Magnus Pheles had not been expecting a big day. He had woken up at 9 am on the dot and groggily rolled around in his bed for what felt like hours until he was snapped out of his half-awake state by the endless squawks from both his alarm and Aunt. Magnus slipped out of bed and headed straight to the mirror.

Standing in front of the circular glass he began to comb his hair, the ivory mops falling over his right eye while the rest seemingly refused to fall flat. Hastily throwing on his go-to outfit, he checked himself in the mirror, his visible eye shining a dark purple in the light. A light purple duster jacket fell down to his ankles, a faded white silhouette of a grandfather clock on the back. Partially covering the short-sleeved black shirt and the jeans of the same colour. A magenta scarf covering his neck completed the outfit. As Magnus went to leave his room he grabbed two pistols from a nearby shelf and slotted them into their holsters while muttering "Just in case."

Walking down the stairs he could hear the pan sizzling and the smell of bacon almost dragged the alabaster haired teen to the bottom floor. Turning the corner at the bottom of the stairs he was greeted by a familiar face. Her hair, the same white as his tied into a ponytail that reached her lower back but her eyes were a glittering gold. Melissa Pheles smiled.

"Took you long enough," she beamed. "Breakfast?" The older woman gestured to the impressive amount of pancakes with an even more impressive amount of bacon thrown on top.

Despite how hungry Magnus was, he was eager to get to work. "No, I'm good," he shook his head. "Got a package to pick up in town." Magnus smiled back weakly while heading for the door.

His Aunts face turned into a frown. "Really, picking up a package dressed like that. If I didn't know you any better I'd say you were going hunting but we both know you can't do that." Melissa started to begin her lecture.

"I can't hunt Grimm legally." Magnus cut her off, knowing that if he didn't now, the conversations would go on for hours. "Plus like you said, you know me well enough that you know I won't be." The boy grinned at the Ex-Huntress, slipping on a pair of black knee high boots with several straps and gears attached. The sound of a mechanical whir came from them as his feet made contact with the soles.

The woman's face changed into an almost mournful smile. "I know, I know." She sighed. "I just worry about you sometimes. I feel like you don't sleep enough half the time, you're shrugging off meals more and more, you barely go into town unless it's to pick up those deliveries of yours, speaking of which where do you even get the Lien for that." Melissa began ranting but she knew she was just speaking to air. Her nephew already a purple streak among the woodlands.

Bulb was the smallest town in Vale, probably the smallest town in Remnant. A title it owned proudly evidenced by the sign just outside of town telling you just how small it was with a population of just 25. 27 if you included Magnus and his Aunt. Magnus made his way through the small main street, receiving one or two hellos from passersby. In Bulb, everyone knew everyone it was hard not too considering how little people resided there. It was within a minute or two that Magnus reached his destination. The Dust Bunny was one of the towns main appeals which wasn't saying much as it was a very quaint Dust shop, named after it's owners defining feature.

Petra Egestas was a rabbit Faunus. Of course, that wasn't the only interesting thing about her. For example, her hair was an abnormal shade of blue and she shared Magnus's interest in Dust all Magnus had to admit he was more of an obsessive than she was. Opening the door to the establishment a small bell jingled above his head. A small squeak could be heard from the back room.

"One second," Petra yelled from the back room. Magnus knew it wouldn't take long so he simply leaned against the wall. "Sorry for the wait." Petra smiled, her bushy tail shaking as she sprinted from the backroom, almost diving over the counter.

"No need to apologise, I've told you I'm completely fine with waiting while you finish what you need to do," Magnus smirked at the azure haired Faunus.

"And I've told you to listen to the sign." Petra glared at him through her glasses while she pointed to a white piece of paper pinned to the wall reading. "No sass. No service."

Magnus laughed remembering that the sign was only up there because of him. "Oh please, you love it. It's not like you get a decent laugh with any other customer."

"Pfft, you're my only customer." The girl giggled, the two laughing to themselves for a while. "Anyway, I assume you're here for your delivery ?" Petra asked, her laughter subsiding.

"Maybe I just wanted to see you." The smirk on his face widening.

"God," Petra facepalmed. "You're the worst, I don't know how Melissa hasn't dug your grave yet."

"She probably has, I've seen her out in the garden more than usual." The lanky teen grinned as Petra reached below the counter and pulled out a cardboard box. The Faunus rifled through the box pulling out six vials of a red powder and another six that were a glossy black.

"Twelve Dust vials, six fire and six gravity, you're playing with some dangerous stuff," Her cherry eyes staring at him through the glass. "Promise you won't nuke the town." The girl smiled placing the vials in a plastic bag.

"Please I could contain the explosion, it's all a matter of timing." The teen winked.

"Ahhh so you do plan on mixing them. You're insane." Petra laughed to herself.

"Well no one successfully managed to mix the two so I'm going to be the first." Magnus smiled hopefully, grabbing the bag from Petra and handing her several Lien. "See you later Petra." He waved back at her as he left the store.

"At this rate, it'll be at your funeral." She yelled at him as the door closed.

Magnus had only just left Bulb when he heard the screams. Despite its very small population Bulb had a massive Grimm problem. It was unknown why but his Aunt Melissa suspected a small spawning pit located somewhere within the town's outskirts but none had been found and if one was it was to be reported to Melissa. Apparently, someone hadn't been informed.

Rushing back into town Magnus was unpleasantly surprised. The street was seemingly filled with Grimm. Just looking around he could spot several dozen Beowolves and at least three Ursa. What surprised the boy the most was the hulking behemoth in the middle of the street. One of the most basic things about spawning pits was that when threatened they would send out a Grimm bigger and tougher than normal. When they were destroyed they spat out something that would destroy a city on a bad day. Luckily this was not the case.

The Grimm in question was the size of a three storey building with bone armour lining it's numerous tentacles. Yellow blisters quivered on it's back with a pair of mandibles underneath a bone mask showing twelve crimson eyes. The rest of the monster covered in a black, elephant-like hide. The closest actual animal Magnus could compare it too would be an octopus or a tick. Magnus was lucky enough to be able to recognise it from one of his textbooks. It was an Eldrick.

Magnus sighed to himself. "I leave for five minutes." None of the Grimm seemed to notice him as he observed, ducking into a back alley. One of the blisters on the Eldrick's back began to pulse as it popped, a black liquid expelling from it melting the ground below it as it morphed into a Beowolf.

"That's going to be a problem," Magnus muttered to himself while reaching for his Scroll. Dialing Melissa's number he waited for her to pick up but only received a redirection to voicemail. Magnus sighed. "Fuck it."

The ivory haired Huntsman stood in the middle of main street. His hands clasped around his two pistols, Indigo Loki with his eyes closed. To anyone who had no knowledge of Magnus, it might've seemed as though the boy were sacrificing himself to the Grimm. Those who knew the boy would recognize that he was concentrating. Concentrating on well, nothing. He was, in fact, trying to lose focus. Lose focus on the mental barriers he kept up so his Semblance wasn't on at all times.

Magnus's eyes opened just in time as a Beowolf got within lunging range. As the Grimm dived forward it seemed to slow mid-jump. With that Magnus grabbed the arm of the beast, slammed it into the ground and let loose two gunshots to its head. To anyone else the scene would've looked like a purple blur had dismantled the Beowolf. Magnus turned to the oncoming Grimm seemingly moving in slow motion and pressed a button on his watch. Rushing forward as the gears to the side of his pistol's hammers began to turn, shifting the guns into two vertical shafts while twin axe blades slid out from underneath the barrel. The teen was now carrying two tomahawks. Smirking to himself Magnus charged at an Ursa Minor, hitting the ground in a slide, slicing of the monsters legs as it began to evaporate behind him. Getting up in a crouch, switching one of the axes back to its pistol form he emptied a magazine into a charging Beowolf.

Magnus removed the magazine and placed it into a slot on his boots as they began to whir to life. The boots he had taken to calling Misty Song began refilling the magazine with ammunition. Quickly reloading the empty pistol as he ducked beneath a claw swipe from a Beowolf only to dive into one of the remaining Ursa. The beast swung downwards but was met with a purple glow as his Aura protected him from the attack. Turning, he slashed at the beast with his remaining axe. Embedding it in the Grimm's chest.

Hearing the other Ursa approaching, Magnus latched onto the evaporating creature of Grimm. He tugged on the tomahawk and kicked backwards, launching into the air. A white glow visible from Misty Song's sole as it crashed into the Ursa's skull, freezing the beast as the boots emptied the last of the ice Dust he normally kept stored in them. Spinning Indigo Loki, both now in their axe form the boy separated the Ursa from its torso. Magnus cheered to himself, he'd removed the slightly more troublesome Grimm. However, his celebration was cut short as he was flung into a nearby building by a massive bone plated tentacle.

Magnus struggled to stand as his Aura flickered, almost empty trying to heal the damages. A whimper could be heard as he stood up turning to see a man cradling his daughter. Magnus recognised them as Aristotle and Cerise Alizarin. "Don't worry," He nodded reassuringly to the two of them. Loading a fire Dust vial into the back of Misty Song. "I got this."

Petra repressed the urge to scream as Magnus was flung into the Alizarin household. Up until this point the Faunus had been in complete and utter awe. She knew Magnus had been training to be a Huntsman, most of the town did and she knew that his Semblance was supposedly powerful but she'd never seen him in action.

She had to admit, for someone who was meant to be in their first year of Beacon, he was great. A literal streak on the battlefield that left a trail of dead Grimm behind it. The rabbit Faunus had been so captivated that against her better judgement she had decided to watch.

Petra was still watching but now with a worried look on her face, she was tempted to rush out into the Grimm infested streets just to check if he was alright but despite her worry she knew that she'd probably get halfway there before being eaten by one of the Beowolves that seemed to come out of the octopus Grimm in an endless stream. Petra's worry faded as fast as it came as a purple streak zoomed out of the ruined house directly towards the giant Grimm. She watched as the tentacles lashed out only for the near unrecognisable Magnus to jump above the whip of bone then seemingly changing direction mid-air, diving onto the bone plated tentacle. Gunshots could be heard as Magnus ran up the tentacle at superhuman speeds pelting the Grimm appendage with bullets as he went.

The Faunus smiled to herself. "You got this."

Magnus had reached the Eldrick's main body in no time. Leaping up into the air as he stood on its head. Magnus turned in the air. The sun shone behind him, only visible from the corner of his eye. He could see the whole town from up here and the neighbouring woodlands. It was beautiful and then he began to fall.

Magnus began to spin as he fell, his right leg stuck out in a permanent kick as the wind rushed past him. The Misty Song on his right foot began to hum as its sole began to glow a deep crimson. He continued to spin as the Eldrick flailed its tentacles around on the ground helpless to its upcoming demise. As he came upon the Grimm he twisted diagonally, his right foot landing on the Eldrick's skull as it cratered then the Grimm exploded beneath his feet as Misty Song discharge as much fire Dust as it could into the behemoth's cranium.

Magnus was launched back as he watched the Eldrick return to dust. He skidded across the paved street while looking at his watch. The timer read 2:34. Magnus grinned. "Huh, New Record."

Melissa Pheles hadn't been expecting a big day. What she expected to happen was for her to wake up at 8 am on the dot and make as many pancakes as possible until her nephew woke up. Then he'd probably go off and do his own thing while she worked on her garden or spent the day polishing her old weapons and then go to sleep at a reasonable time like one in the morning marathoning Spruce Willis movies as was her Sunday routine.

What had happened was almost as expected except for the fact that her nephew, Magnus had returned home in the middle of the day after saying he was only going out to collect a package with his Aura completely depleted and bruises all over his body. She had later received a call from Bulb's very own Petra Egestas asking if he was ok and informing Melissa of a Grimm attack which Magnus had only just stopped. Then an hour after said phone call a Bullhead of all things had landed in her front yard.

A woman had then proceeded to step out of the Bullhead and knock on her front door.

Melissa opened the door, a fake smile on her face. "Hello, Melissa Pheles. My name is Gloria Goodwitch. I'd like to talk."

Authors Notes

Ok so this is the first fic I've been confident enough to post and it's probably going to be very long.
First off you're going to have to bare with me because I'm not too good with the colour naming rule so the best you're probably going to get from me is alliteration.
Now the Oc you met during this chapter is Magnus Pheles. He's based on Mephistopheles. More specifically his Blue Exorcist version. That's why he has some connection to time with his emblem being a grandfather clock and his Semblance slowing his perception of time. Despite this powerful Semblance, I will try to keep all my Oc's away from Mary Suedom
I hope you enjoy.

Now allow me to summarise:

Magnus's Aunt, Melissa makes the Nora amount of pancakes.
The Dust Bunny. Expect more Puns.
Petra is the female version of Peter and her last name is Latin for bunny. If I have to explain the reference now that I've spelt it out for you I'll be very disappointed.
I've seen the "No sass. No service." sign before in an actual store.
Petra will return.
I took the idea about Grimm spawning pits from the user Alolan Charmander's story The Downward Spiral. Go read it.
The Eldrick. An octopus Grimm that's slightly insectoid. Stick around, my eldritch fuckery will get worse.
Magnus's weapons are called Indigo Loki and Misty Song. A pair of tomahawk pistols and boots capable of providing ammunition and expelling Dust.
Yes, the thing with the sun was a reference do that moon shit that happens in every RWBY trailer.
Melissa is going to go through a lot of shit for her nephew.