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People took life for granted and blamed the Grimm for all the wrong in Remnant. If only they knew that was partly true. The White Fang was also to blame, but to the Humans all Faunus were alike. That's when corruption and power became the true evil in all mankind, and made the Grimm that much stronger, feeding the darkness what it truly wanted in all of Remnant.
The death of my parents was an example of such darkness. That's when I realized what pure evil was. Nobody wanted to help an orphan Faunus once new leadership took over in the White Fang. That was until one of my parent's friends came over to our house and snuck me out of Menagerie when those who were against the new leadership started fighting back. I was sent to the Kingdom of Vale, where my Aunt on my Father's side lived.
"There, there, my little tiger. You'll be home soon," whispered my aunt. Me being young and witnessing the death of my parents, I only nodded my head with my tail curled around me. "Still won't talk? I know it has been some time since we last saw each other, Malvar. Let's get you inside and cook up something warm before it rains."
"Malv," I whispered and I saw her smile.
"Malv it is. But you'll always be my little Malvar." She held onto my hand and led me inside her large mansion of a house. "Outside of this house you will be known as Malvar because of who your family is. If you care to make friends at your school then you can go by Malv."
I only nodded my head and looked up above her fireplace where sat Lùghdaich on the mantle. "His sword… how is it here?" I asked quietly and my Aunt turned to face me.
"Your friend was able to only grab that when he helped you escape. He knew what it meant to our family. One day you'll earn the honor to wield it."
My hazel eyes never left the immortal claymore, the blade having never aged a day. Lùghdaich was a prized blade in the Onyx family. Our emblem, a black and white tiger enclosed in a circle forming a yin-yang symbol, was on the hilt, wrapped in black onyx.
A few days later, my Aunt sent me away to all the top combat schools so I could learn how to defend myself since I learned my semblance sooner rather than later, and my Aura had been unlocked due to my past trauma.
It has been ten years since I was sent away to the city of Vale and my Aunt still kept tabs on me even though I stayed out late running errands for her and a few others. She hated the fact that I couldn't get over what happened to my parents and just move on, but she didn't blame me since she would have done the same thing if she was in her prime, as she says.
I could smell the rain in the air as the clouds covered the broken moon above. I stood on the edge of the building, my eyes scanning the area below and not seeing my target in sight.
"Get inside, kid." I heard from my scroll and I growled under my breath.
"If you say so, J." I hated being called kid, but no matter how many times I told him to knock it off he only smiled my way. I jumped down into the alley below and headed for the door. I knocked once and the door opened.
"You know you can't come in with your weapon." Said a man dressed in a black suit.
I growled again and handed off Lùghdaich. "When I get it back and it has any kind of damage, I will make you regret making me hand it over," I said very low and saw the man shiver on the spot. To this day, I hated giving it away to just anyone because if they didn't know how to hold it properly it would switch into an energy bow, its effects unknown to those who touch that part of Lùghdaich.
I walked past the man and went inside only to see the club was empty, save for J, who stood behind the bar and smiled at me.
"Hey kid," said J while cleaning off a glass as usual. "Came to drop off the supplies?"
"Yep, they are around back unloading the usual. What does my Aunt give you guys anyway?" I asked as I hopped up onto a stool in front of the bar and J.
"You know I can't tell you unless she gives me the okay," J said and smirked as he set down a glass before me and poured transparent brown liquid.
"Alright, well, send the payment to the usual place and I'll see you later," I said and shot back the glass in one motion.
"You don't want the Intel I got for you that you asked about earlier?" asked J, looking at me with concern. "You need to learn what's done is done and move on with your life. I doubt your parents would want you to still be on about the past and not be happy. Live your life, and find a nice girl."
I looked up at J and curled my tail around my waist. "J, you don't know what I've been up to. Maybe I do have a nice girl. Maybe I am happy running errands for my Aunt and going to never-ending classes on how to defend myself and so forth. But I won't be happy until I can at least do something to make the lives of Faunus better, and to…"
"Avenge your parents' deaths?" J finished for me and smiled. "You know I have people who can help, right?"
"I have to do this, J." I sighed and looked down at my hands. "Thanks for the drink though." I got up and walked to the door.
"Hey M." I stopped and looked over my shoulder to see a pistol aimed for my head, J standing just inches from behind me. "I'm sorry…but you should have listened to that Intel I had." My eyes widen and I looked from the pistol to J. "But…why? My Aunt trusted you…"
J only gave me a small sad smile before pulling the trigger, in slow motion I closed my eyes and dodged the bullet, summoning Lùghdaich into my hand since it comes only to my family's aura and in one quick motion I knocked the pistol out of his hands and held my blade to his neck.
"Tell me why J," I growled low and stared into his wide eyes.
"I go where the money is. He paid more for you dead at his feet. I'm sorry, Malv." J said through gritted teeth and looked at the blade.
"Who?" I growled once more and pressed the blade into his skin. "Come on, J. Don't do this to me."
"Now, now, little Tiger. Better run home to your Aunt before you miss your goodbyes." A voice said from behind J and I looked over his shoulder to see a man standing in a white jacket, holding a cane, and wearing a black bowler's hat with a grin.
"Who…" I started to speak and J moved forward, shoving me through his door.
"Go!"
I fell back onto the ground and looked around the alley to see I was alone. "What the hell, J…" I grumbled under my breath and got up.
I ran out of the alley to my bike, Tempest, which shined just right under the streetlamp. Her white paint standing out in the moonlight with hints of black on the seat and handles, chrome trim and black tires along with the finishing touches of our family's emblem, a half black and half white tiger enclosed in a circle forming a yin-yang symbol on the tank. Smiling, I got onto the seat and started her up, hearing the purr turning into a growl and driving off to my Aunt's house.
Fear overcame me when I pulled up just minutes later breaking every illegal law in Vale when it came to the road and rushed to the door, noticing it was already open. "Aunt Kea?" I called out as I pushed the door open more slowly and walked in.
"In here, Malvar." I heard her voice in the other room and walked towards her.
Walking into the room I saw three bodies lying around her and she smiled at me. "Are you okay, Aunt Kea? What…happened?"
She chuckled and walked over to me. "They are still alive, don't worry." She said and walked past me to the kitchen. "I already called the local cops too."
I followed after her and tilted my head. "What's going on?"
"I have a trip I need to take and you will be staying here." She said and slid a card across the table as she pulled out a beer bottle from the fridge. I looked down at the card and it read Beacon Academy.
"Why…?"
"You have grown up so fast these past years." She said with a smile and looked at me. "And it's time you carried on your training under professionals, Malvar. Make the Onyx family proud and carry Lùghdaich to the Hunter's Academy."
I could only stare at her speechless as I thought about everything I learned over the years only built up to this moment and I felt a little sad about leaving this house I called…home. But maybe J was right about moving forward…Still won't take the revenge out of my heart but maybe this school will only make me stronger to carry it out.
AN:
Pawz here with a special story for you all...MEQA. This one is a group project with a few others, each one of us has claimed a member of MEQA as our own OC. This one is the first trailer to the story and I'll be posting the next one in a few days. We would like to thank the Discord server of /r/RWBY for giving their support in creating such...a lovely team! (lol) anyways...leave me a feedback on this one so far and hope you look forward to the next trailer coming very soon.
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