Red's Letter
By Knight Hunt01
DISCLAIMER!
The following is a fan fiction in the RWBY universe, Owned by Rooster Teeth,This is a fan project and not to be taken as canon, nor is it to be endorsed by RT. This is simply, just something written by a fan, depicting an Original Character.
Now;
Please sit back, and enjoy the story
Chapter One
Location: Village on the outer town of huntsman controlled territory in Mistral.
Garnet, who at this time was 14 was walking down stairs in the small home he lived in, with his sister, mother and Father. The house, made of wood had been standing for years, and was acquired by the family early on in the Marriage on Garnet's parents.
Garnet was 14, his sister, by the name of Mocha was the age of 12. Two years apart by age, but only age."
Not having many friends due to his personality, although he could tolerate others, at this time, Garnet did not see too much a reason to make friends
As such, Mocha was his one, his only, his best friend. And his little sister, of which he was very protective over.
Garnet continued to walk down the stairs, and into the small kitchen. The kitchen had a wood burning stove, wooden cabinets. As Well as countertops and along with a table made out of what one could guess. Wood.
"Where is dad this morning?" Garnet asked, running a hand through his black hair
His mother looked to him saying "Good morning to you Garnett." She paused for a moment and turned to do something Garnet could not discern, turning back to him and saying "Your father is out at work, he was called in early so he had to skip breakfast."
Garnet's dad, Baze made his living as a dust miner, dust mines were one of the village's main means of funding. With dust rich veins under ground, the village was populated by people with similar jobs.
The village was under a very real, very dangerous threat of Grimm attacks, and without huntsmen, but those who pass through the village, There is no protection , but the protection the people provide themselves.
Garnet nodded "Ok, did he give a time he would be home, He said he would teach me about Aura seeing as how im old enough now."
Garnet's mother let out a less than stellar expression "I don't like it…" She said "I don't like your father teaching you about those dreadful powers. All they lead to is people using them to fight and die against things that need not be fought, or died over."
Garnet's mother was like most. While she saw a need for it, she was fine with others doing and exploring the huntsman lifestyle. But, not her son.
"Mom...Aura is important, it protects us, and keeps us safe." Garnet argued
"Yes, but it is the first path to having a painful meaningless death Garnet." He started to snark at Garnet.
Garnet just nodded and said "Yes Mom."
Garnet's mother turned back to what she was doing. She shook her head, as she picked up a knife and was cutting something on a cutting board
"I just don't like it, And I don't want you to go and fight those horrid creatures." She paused for a moment "...Grimm…."
She continued "Too many men, and women have died fighting a lost battle."
Garnet felt like saying something, instead he saw not saying anything to avoid an argument, or rather to not deepen the current one.
"Gooooood Morning!" Mocha said, enthusiastically as she walked into the room.
Garnet turned slowly. When square with Mocha, he said "What are you so excited about this morning…?"
Mocha smiled "Garnet, its not too hot out today, not too cold.!"
She looked right into Garnet's dark, almost black eyes and said "Garnet, wanna go on a walk with me in the forest today?"
Garnet moaned "I'll think about it…."
"Pllleeeeeaassseeeee Garnet." she begged, with a pouting face and a pouting
Garnet was sometimes a sucker when his sister got like this.
Garnet sighed "Ok, I'll take you…"
No sooner did Mocha grab Garnet and hugged him tightly, resting her head on Garnet's neck. She had to stand on the tops of her feet And pull Garnet down slightly to do this however, as Garnet was taller.
"Thank you, Thank you." She said happily, still hugging Garnet.
She let go Of Garnet, and still close to him said
"When do we go?" She said enthusiastically, and eager
"Jeez Mocha, can't I eat first…?" Garnet said, "It's only been not even one minute and you are already on me…."
Mocha pouted "Sorry, just excited… I didn't mean to annoy you."
Garnet, cracked a half smile and patted Mocha's jet black hair, and said "No, its ok…." He stroked her hair saying " You eat up, once breakfast is done and I will take you out."
Mocha looked in Garnet's eyes, instead of tilting her head up she just looked up with her eyes and moved her lips to right side of her face."
Her Light brown eyes meet Garnet's "What is it?" Garnet said.
Mocha responded, with the same face " I hope I didn't annoy you too much. I know you like to be by yourself, it's just that Mom does not want me to go out by myself."
Garnet rubbed the top of her head, "Don't worry about it Mocha. And, I know the rule…."
Garnet paused for a moment "Im going to have to protect you. And, When dad teched me, I will be able to, I will be able to protect you even better."
Garnet's mother clenched her teeth while cutting.
She turned, now with a regular face, and put food on the table.
The food she made was eggs, fruit and Bacon
"You two eat up." She said to Garnet and Mocha
Garnet nodded "Ok mom." He took a whiff and said "Mom, it smells great." he smiled.
"You are too kind, now you two eat up." She said, walking out of the room.
Garnet pulled out a chair and offered it to Mocha, as he typically did. She sat, and Garnet pushed the chair in before sitting in his chair next to Mocha.
"What's wrong with mom…? Mocha said curiously to Garnet.
"Dad wants to teach me some stuff that he thinks a man ought to know, he wants me to unlock my Aura, and maybe learn what my semblance is" Garnet said lowly to Mocha so his mother did not hear
"So?" Mocha said , matching the low register in Garnet's voice
"She thinks that I will go out and get myself killed…" Garnet said, looking to the doorway into the room to make sure his mom was not looking.
"I know she is protective. But… Shouldn't she be happy you will be able to protect yourself ?" Mocha said
Garnet shook his head "Apparently not."
After some more exchanges passed, The two finished up, both excused themselves to change into outdoors clothing
Garnet put on long legged khakis, and a short sleeved, black T shirt, Mocha put on the same clothes, but a white shirt. The two were spending a few moments getting ready before going downstairs and meeting each other at the bottom of the stairs
Garnet looked to Mocha "Are you ready?" he said, his head tilted
"Im more than ready!" Mocha said enthusiastically
Thier mother walked into the entryway, where the bottom of the stairs were saying "You two be careful, and Garnet.."
"Huh?" Garnet said
"Watch your sister." His mother finished
"I always will mom." Garnet said
The two left the home, and Garnet observed the landscape.
The area they lived had five other houses in a semi circle, and then it led down a street, which was more a path as it was paved in dirt and mud to the forest, that was a swamp land's type as typical of Mistral terrain.
The weather was warm and yet, not too cold or hot. It was a slight overcast today.
Garnet wondered what his father was doing. And he wondered what he would be taught, or have explained by his father later. Safe to say, he looked forward to it greatly
Thee two, Garnet and Mocha continued into the path that led into the forest.
Recently the forest had seen mild beowulf activity, this activity had the village on it's ear, so the occupants decided to enlist a few huntsmen to clear out the area around the village.
The area cleared was a five mile radius around the village's territory. The huntsmen, one the job was done moved on to other jobs.
This happened about a week ago, and the people's nerves were starting to die down. No one in the recent event was harmed, but it did have some close encounters .
"Isn't it nice out?" Mocha said walking, hand interlocked behind her back, tilting her head up to Garnet.
Garnet nodded, keeping his head forward saying "It is"
Mocha said again, her head turning back forward "Well Garnet,How do you feel about dad teaching you…? She paused for a moment "I think it's cool. And I can't wait until I can learn and do it for myself "
Garnet nodded "I like it. Im excited." He took a breath "I don't think mom is too thrilled…."
Mocha shook her head, as she did so, her medium straight black hair flipped and whipped "No, she is not…. But, it is what you want, so she will get over it. She wants you to be happy remember?"
Garnet looked at Mocha now "Sometimes I feel like she doesn't care whether im happy or not…" He look forward "It's just that… I just want to learn a little about this. It's not like I said I am going to go and be a huntsman."
"Garnet, you know she just wants you to be safe, right?" Mocha said, wonderingly.
Garnet nodded "Yes, of course I know That. And speaking of that…. If she wants me to be safe, then why is she so against me learning this?" Garnet paused for a moment "And she says It is my job to protect you, right?" He asked
Mocha nodded "Yes, she said that… What about it?" She said curiously, not knowing where Garnet was going with this.
"How can I protect you, if I don't know how?" He argued
Mocha placed her index finger and thumb on her chin "Hmm…." She said "Good point…"
"And a valid one…" Garnet added.
Crackling was heard and various brush was being moved.
Garnet and Mocha paused, frozen in their tracks. Looking at the rustling Bush, Garnet motioned Mocha behind him. As the rustling grew louder, Garnet's anxiety and stress jumped.
He now started taking heavy breaths. His eyes widened, and he was preparing for the worse as the rustling grew. Garnet know it was not going to be something big, not based on how much noise was being made, Garnet guessed it would be a Borbatusk.
The creature run across the ground in front of Garnet, sprinting rapidly across the trail. It was just a loud rabbit, and a fat one at that.
When it jumped put Garnet almost jumped. The creature run from one side of the road to another.
"Just a Rabbit…..?" Garnet uttered
"Ok, I think we are good…." Garnet finished
Mocha nodded, as Garnet started to move forward again. After the pace picked up, and the two were comfortable Garnet allowed Mocha to walk next to him, rather then behind him.
The forest was at some parts open , with the path passing swamp land , and some of it passing large trees.
Thee majority of the path was covered on both sides by trees, with some bushes. There were however some areas that allowed one to go off the path. Mocha and Garnet however never did this.
After finishing the walk, Garnet and Mocha had went back through the path, backtracking the way back to the house. Based on the height of the sun, Garnet could tell it was at least noon, maybe early evening.
Garnet turned around when Mocha's legs got tired, Half way home, she had trouble walking so, Garnet decided to carry her, using the cradle method. One arm under her knees, one under her upper back. Mocha wrapped both hands around Garnet's neck.
Wheen home, and at the door, Garnet set her down "There you are" He said, putting her on her feet
Mocha brushed her hair out of her eyes, saying "Thank you very much"
Garnet groaned "You are not as light as you used to be Mocha, don't know how much longer I will be able to do that…"
Mocha gave an irritated look to Garnet "Are you saying i am fat…."
Garnet shook his head "No, No, No….Never…." he said assuring
Mocha smiled, and nodded "Ok, didn't think so."
The two entered the house. Garnet could hear His father in the kitchen. Garnet entered the kitchen, to see his father.
Baze Red, he stood rather tall, and a bit big boned, with slightly spiked hair and the same eyes as Garet.
Baze was still dirty, covered almost head to toe in dirt, and small dust particles, some blue, some red, some yellow. He wore baggy work clothes, dark in color
"Garnet…" He said "So, you mother tells me you took your sister out on a walk today."
Mocha walked into the room, but did not say anything
"Yes sir, I took her out. It was a nice day. And she asked me so I wanted to be nice."
Baze Smiled "That was nice of you." He paused for a moment, and continued "Did you see anything interesting?"
"No, Not really" Garnet said." we saw a rabbit out there, a fat one."
"Oh yeah?" Baze said
Garnet nodded. "Mhm."
Baze stood from the wooden chair, as he did so, the floor creaked, he walked closer to Garnet, saying "Well….Are you ready Son?"
Garnet nodded.
Garnet was excited that now it was time to start his learning. He looked at the clock, it was now 4:36 on the clock
Baze cleared his throat. " Let me get dressed, and I will be right with you." he said
Garnet nodded again, saying "Sure"
Baze walked off and to thee room he and his wife had on the ground floor to get dressed.
While he waited, Garnet turned to Mocha who had not said anything the entire time their father was in the room.
"Wish me luck….I don't know how this is going to go…" He said, a slight nervousness could be tasted in his voice.
"Don't worry, you will do great." She said again "I am sure you will." Moka assured Garnet.
Garnet shook his head "I don't think I will get it right away, but I hope I don't take forever to teach. That is what I am saying."
"No, I think you will do ok." Moka said
Garnet nodded "Thanks sis." He patted the top of her head. As he did this, Moka's shoulder rose, and her eyes closed.
Baze came back into the room, wood creaking as he did so. He coughed a few times. And opened a drawer that was locked with a key and pulled out vials of different colored dust, fire, water, ice air, and lightning typed dust. Hee put them into a case, that was lined with foam and round cutouts so the vials did not shake around.
He closed the case and stood saying "Ok, I have what I need, Now we can go. " He said, case in hand.
Garnet nodded enthusiastically as his mother came into the room.
"You two be careful…" She said, seeming to sound less in protest about it
Baze nodded "I will be dear. All I am doing is unlocking his aura, and teaching him a few things and answering questions he has. Nothing more,nothing less." H paused for a moment "And if his semblance activated, I will need to teach him to control it so he does not use it unintentionally and hurt himself. Basic stuff, no combat or fighting stuff."
"Garnet's mother sighed in relief "Ok…. That is fine. I just don't want my little boy going off and trying to be a hero and dieing."
"Trust me, I don't want that either." Baze replied
After some more exchanges and a kiss on the cheek, Baze had left the home with Garnet.
They went into the forest. Baze held the case firmly in hand as they walked
After a moderate distance was covered, a small clearing that led off the path was approached.
"Go this way" Baze said.
Garnet looked "But, that off the trail, what if we get lost?"
"Believe me Garnet, we are not gonna get lost…" Baze assured
They went down the path and reached a round clearing, with a flat surface, and grass that was not too high.
Upon looking, Garnet saw a few wooden slabs for targets, as well as a small wooden panned to stand on in the center of the rounded area.
The trees, with branches and leaves plentiful; covered a lot of the sunlight out, with the exception in the center of the circle.
"Welcome to what I call the arena.." Baze said, extending both hands to his side before letting them fall to the side
"Arena…?" Garnet said curiously, a face that matched the tone on his face.
His father nodded "That is correct. This is where I go to practice, and now you are one only person other than me that knows where it is." He smiled to Garnet
"Why did you set this up?" Garnet wondered
"I set this up so I could practice. Keep in practice rather." He paused for a moment "Son, I think you are old enough for me to tell you something…"
Garnet looked at his dad "What is it? He said, with a concerned face
"Well son, before you were born, before I married your mother infant, I was a hunter." he said
Garnet's eyes widened "Really?" He said "A Hunter?" He paused "You were a hunter? When…."
Baze continued "I was a hunter years ago I am 43 now, when i was 17 I was old enough and had went through enough entrance schools to join the academy. I graduated when I was 21 and graduated. I was like that for five years, out with my team, and on missions."
"That sounds amazing Dad, why did you never tell me?" Garnet asked
Baze lowered his head "Garnet, I never told you because I did not want to do it any more.."
"Why, what happened?" Garnet pryed
"You see… When I was on a mission in Vacuo, me and my team got sent to check out a recent crime spree that originated here in Mistral. We tracked them through the entire continent, and then we caught up to them, except it was not the terms we wanted…" He took a moment to breath and reflect
"We were ambushed, and all of us dies but me, and I barely made it out of there alive. After that, I quit."
"What happened after Dad?" Garnet asked
"I met your mother. Then, we got married and well, the rest is history." He finished.
"Dad, so why does mom hate you teaching me?" Garnet asked, now wondering the culmination.
"Garnet, your mom does not want you to do through what I did. Trust me, After that event, I was broken and suffering of many problems…" He paused to catch his breath " What happened in Vacuo was very, very damaging on me, both physically and mentally. I still have flashbacks to it."
Garnet's face grew small " Dad, It's ok now. Why didn't you tell me, or Mocha?" Hee asked
"Garnet, that was by the decision of your mother that we not tell you until later if we told you at all." Baze said. He continued after a moment " And she became more comfortable when I told her why I wanted to teach you. And what I wanted to teach you more importantly."
Birds flew overhead, Ganret's dad Baze now changed subject and said "We will have a lot more time to discuss this at a later time Garnet, but now we need to unlock your aura.."
"So, Garnet. Do you know what Aura is?" Baze asked.
Garnet put a hand on his chin "Aura is our soul's manifestation of energy, It protects us, it gives us power, it heals us and lets us use our semblance, right?"
"Very good Son. That's the basics. Now, you understand what it is. Now you need it unlocked." Baze said, stepping further into the circle until he was in the center, a few feet off of the wooden slab in the very center
He motioned for Garnet to come closer, he did.
"How do I unlock my aura?" Garnet asked.
His father was quick to respond "Well Garnet, you would just unlock it over time, but I will unlock it for you, give a jump start if you would."
"Oh, ok. So you are going to do that now?" Garnet asked, his head tilted.
"Yes Garnet, I will do it to save time." His father said.
Baze had Garnet stand on the slab of wood where the light was focused. Once in place baze said "Close your eyes"
Garnet closed his eyes, Baze put his hands on Garnet's shoulders, and stood there, his head dipped, they stood like this for a few moments. Garnet started to feel tingling, and surging from the inner parts of his body, he felt this grow to the outer area of the body, and after staying like this for a few moments, he felt it now leave his internal body, and lay just on top his skin.
Garnet opened his eyes, and his father let go of him. His father put a hand on his chin saying "Hmmm…" "Red aura." Kind of weak as seen by the visible amount, but don't worry. We can strengthen it with some training. But for the first time it's been activated. That is a lot of aura, especially for a 14 year old."
The glowing proceeded to fade from sight and go back into Garnet's body "Where did it go?" Garnet said
"Back into your soul Son. It will wait there and replenish it;'s self when not needed."
"How do I activate it? " Garnet asked
"At first you will need to think about it, once you get better at controlling it, your semblance should appear, for now to activate your aura to protect yourself, you will need to think about it. All you need to do is focus on your soul, feel the energy, and call it out." Baze said
"Now, I want you to take it easy until you find your semblance, no heavy strain, or anything too hard. I don't want you to try to lift say a heavy box and have your semblance activate. We don't what it is, or what it can do to you."
Garnet nodded" Ok, take it easy for a little while. And, can I still practice activating my aura?" He asked
His father nodded "Yes, you can practice here. But, not at home. And this is for the eson of you don't want your semblance to activate randomly and you not have control of it. Also, when you are out her don't push your aura too fast and hard, you are still getting used to it."
After a few moments passed, Garnet's father said "Well...Try to activate your aura.
Garnet got quate, and concentrated. He started to focus himself on the inside of himself and he slowly felt the same energy form befor rise.
The energy was more sluggish to respond, after a few minutes longer , Garnet's red aura had surfaced and faded back in.
"I did it." Garnet said, taking a deep breath of air
"Another thing Son, do not keep going if you feel really tired, or out of power." Baze urged
"Got it" Garnet said, nodding his head
Baze looked up. "It is getting late…"
The sky was now growing dark, the sun was enn in the distance, and the light had almost completely faded from the area.
"We should head back." Baze said, walking back on the path , Garnet followed.
On the way home Garnet was happy that his aura was unlocked, he was sure he would unlock, or activate his semblance soon, or whenever he was meant to. He was happy, he was making progress, this was something Garnet looked forward to greatly.
Garnet did wonder why his dad decided to bring dust with , he decided to not ask, because he didn't think it was that big a deal.
Garnet had arrived home, after the stars and moon had lit the sky. And fire flies had took flight.
Garnet and his father entered their home
They came in the door to go into the family room after taking off shoes.
Garnet's mother looked to Baze "How did it go?" She asked.
Baze turned to Garnet, and Mocha, Mocha was laying on a couch drawing "You two should go up and get ready for bed, I need to talk to your mother…" He said in a relaxed tone, but in a way that said "It is time for the grown ups to talk"
Mocha nodded, and went over to Garnet and whispered in his ear "Tell me what happened when we get upstairs.
Garnet nodded as he turned to walk and go up the stairs
Once upstairs, Baze said, sighing "Well….It want well. But,..."
Moch and Garnet went upstairs and were in the room they shared.
Garnet sat on his bed, that was across from Mocha's
"Tell me, Tell me, how did it go.?" Mocha asked excitedly.
Garnet smiled "Dad unlocked my aura."
"Show me, Show me" Mocha said in response
Garnet shook his head "No, Dad says I can't untill I get more control over it."
Mocha pouted "Ok….."
"But, I can show you when I get more control over it, I promise." Garnet said, on the bright side
"Yay!" Mocha exclaimed, tilting her head, smiling
After they talked for a while, Garnet and Mocha changed clothes, and got ready for bed.
Garnet covered himself with a blanket, rested his head on a pillow before turning to the lamp and saying "Goodnight sis.."
Mocha replied :Good night Garnet."
Garnet flipped the light off, and the room was pitch black.
Garnet woke up to a sunny beam prying through the window, and blinding him as he awoke. He pulled a hand over his eyes to block the sun.
Garnet looked to Mocha, who was still sleeping soundly. Garnet would lay in his need for a few minutes before getting up and getting ready for the day
Garnet got out of bed and got dressed in Jeans and a T shirt. He went for the bathroom on the second floor of the house. He walked into a hallway, with wooden walls, and pictures of him and his family.
Garnet arrived into the bathroom. Thee room had what a typical bathroom did have, Garnet looked in the mirror, and saw he had some stubble on his face. Garnet shaved the unwanted hair off, and smiled in the mirror to show his teeth.
He decided to brush them. Garnet applied toothpaste top his brush, but he did not wet the brush down. He then started to brush. After around minutes of brushing, Garnet swished around the toothpaste that was in his mouth that had mixed with his saliva, spitting it out into the sink after he was done. Before he spit he turned the tap on, and washed the brush.
Garnet wiped his mouth with, then looked in the mirror and was happy with the result of his work.
Garnet looked at his hair, he had bead head, so he decided to do his hair.
Garnet gelled his hair, then stated to brush it to the right of his head, he then took a comb and brushed the hair on the very front of his face up , and making it wave off to the side. Garnet then used some hairspray to hold it in place.
Looking at himself all dressed up, and done up, Garnet smiled and quickly threw a thumbs up at himself in the mirror. No sooner did the image in the mirror become scattered, as the mirror cracked and moments after shattered
Garnet looked at the center of the mirror, where a long, light and thick water looking pillar was in the mirror, puncturing into the wall .
Garnet's eyes shot open in shock.
Garnet noticed the pillar came from over his shoulder, he looked from where the mirror was back to see it was attached to his body.
Standing in shock, Garnet gasped "Is this…" He said. He dropped his arm, and stood for a few moments, motionless.
The pillar had in inner core that was illuminated, the same color of his aura, and an outer layer that looked like water, but Upon Garnet touching it, it was hard as stone.
Garnet felt the pillar back, the pillar originated from his back.
"Ok...Calm down….." Garnet said, closing his eyes and taking deep breaths.
After a few more minutes, the pillar started too fade, as the light in the centermost part of it receded back into Garnet's back.
Garnet felt the area on his back charged with energy, Aura he thought it was. The energy where the pillar came from was fading back into the inner areas of his body. Garnet had a small cut along his cheek from the pillar he guessed, the cut drug all the way along the back of the jaw to thee end of his left cheek.
Garnet's mother came up to see what happened. Garnet stood blankly, his mouth open, poundering what just happened
She walked into the bathroom "What is goi…" She stopped halfway in the door, to see blood dripping down Garnet's face , her jaw dropped, she looked at the mirror "Garnet?" She said "Are you ok?"
She walked closer to Garnet, and put a hand on his shoulder and rotated him to face her. She looked in his eyes "Are you ok?"
She put her hand over the cut, it went semi deep in to Garnet's cheek
She took her hand off the cut, her hand covered in the dark blood.
No sooner did The cut Start closing by the help of Garnet's Aura, the cut glowed the red of Garnet's aura and it slowly closed. However it did not get rid of the blood.
Garnet let out a sigh before blinking. He put a hand on his shoulder "Sorry about the mess mom…" He paused "I'll clean it…" He said, lowly, he felt like he just ran a mile with leg weights on.
Garnet's mother shook her head "No. No, I will do it. You go and get cleaned up downstairs, and I will call your father.
Garnet left, as Mocha was coming to the bathroom, she saw blood and his face and uttered to herself "Garnet…?"
She came into the bathroom to see small drops of bloor on thee tile floors, she look to her mother "Momma, what's wrong with Ganret…?" She asked, quietly.
Her mother turned "Well, just what his father said could happen... I am just glad he is ok…" She said relived.
Last night, The parents talked about Garnet's current status. Baze told his wife that Garnet may have his semblance activate soon, and that if it happens, just keep him calm until he was able to find out what triggers it so Garnet did not hurt anyone, or himself.
Garnet's mom looked into the wall, to see a large hole knocked into it, at least 5 inches deep, by 4 inches around that tapered as the hole went on.
Garnet was in the downstairs bathroom, with a cloth. He was washing the blood off his face, and wondering what just happened.
Garnet know the only logical explanation was that he had activated his semblance, but how? And why?
Garnet found it strange that he just activated it. And he wondered how to activate it again, but he did not try to, he just reflected on how he felt when it happened.
Garnet did not even know what his semblance was, or what it could do. He did however know it could knock a hole through a mirror and into a solid wooden wall. He wondered what his mother was thinking
Garnet looked at the old white cloth, it was covered in blood. Garnet washed the cloth off, and wrung it out, he had gotten most of the blood off.
And now felt sore and tired, as if he had just done a hard day's work. He felt drained, depleted. Garnet recalled what attributed to it. His aura healing him.
The aura used to heal the wound was a lot for Garnet, being a freshly awoken aura. But, could it really have done that much to him?
"My semblance" He thought. Garnet saw what looked like aura in the center of whatever it was that broke the mirror, and made him guess if his new found ability used aura, and could be possible as an explanation as to why he was so drained.
Garnet's mother came into the room, and looked at him "Oh my poor baby Are you ok..?" She asked sympathetically
Garnet nodded "Yes mom, I feel fine now…. The cut closed, and most of the bloods off of my body…." He paused to breath "I am sorry for the mirror, I will not do it again." "Or at least I'll try to"
His mother shook her head "Don't worry one bit. It is ok. I am just glad you are safe." She paused before continuing "Your father will be home soon, I called him, he wants you to stay calm and relaxed."
"I can do that" Garnet replied flatly
"Your sister is worried about you….She wanted to come see you in here, But I told her I would talk to you and see if you wanted her company." His mother said, asking a question
Garnet nodded "Im ok if she wants to see me" Garnet said.
His smiled "Ok, I will tell her she can see you now." She walked out of the room, and a few moments later Mocha came into the bathroom.
Garet sat on the toilet, still holding the cloth, it was covered in red, and was stained.
Mocha spoke "Garnet?" she said softly
Garnet lifted his head, which was dipped to look a the cloth . He lifted his head "Hey sis…" he said in a low tone, a toothless smile on his face.
Mocha wanet closer, with her arms out to hug Garnet. She was walking at a brisk pace to Garnet when he said" don't get too close." He said, putting a hand up to signal her to stop
"Why not?" She said, stopping a few feet from Garnet
Garnet let his hand fall to his side "because, I don't want to hurt you by accident, I don't know what made it happen…"
"Make what happen" Mocha responded, putting her hand behind her back
Garnet looked away "Well, I don't know what happened but I think I activated my semblance, and it broke the mirror and cut me. And, I don't know what brings it out, so I don't want to hurt you. That is the last thing I ever want to do."
Mocha shook her head "I know you wouldn't hurt me, ever. And t's ok. Im sure you won't hurt anyone, But, I am glad you are ok.." She said, a smile on her face That made Garnet feel warm inside, and at ease
Baze walked into the bathroom, and looked at Garrnet "You ok Son?" He asked
Garnet nodded and said "Yeah, i just got a scratch.."
"From what your mother told me, it was more than a scratch….Sounded pretty bad, and from the blood still on your face, and that towel it was pretty nasty " Baze said "Looks like your semblance activated."
"Now what?" Garnet asked
"Now, you need to learn to control it so you don't hurt anyone or anything you don't want to." His father said, a hand on his chin "We need to get you to know how to use it.."
Garnet lowered his head "dad, earlier when it happened, I felt sick, drained and tired. What was that?" Garnet asked
"Well. Maybe it was you healing yourself you mother tells me, maybe it was your semblance. I have seen a few in my day that used aura and depleted the user's aura as they used it. If that is the case, We can sue dust to aid you" Baze said
"So. how do you feel now" Baze asked
Garnet said nothing for a moment, and assessed how he felt. "I feel fine now" he said, he had regained his strength he had once before. "Now what?" Garnet asked"
Baze spoke, hands at his side "Well, I think if indeed your semblance attributed to how you felt, I have something to help that.."
"What is that?" Garnet asked
"I'll show you later" Baze said.
(End of chapter one)
