Well I couldn't help myself I already have three, THREE fan fics going and this is going on four I could say it's because I wanted an even number but that would be a lie because I honestly don't know why I decided to write a fourth one but fuck it you know let's do it I hope it turns out well because I've seen many people write about something like this and well...hopefully mine is good.

Chapter 1: The Painful Routine

"Wake up you lazy ass!" Jumping slightly Michael's eyes flew open only to stare into the bright silver orbs of the culprit to his rude awakening, frowning he pushed her away laying back onto his make shift bed which was only a large pile of hay that was slowly being consumed by one of the many horses in the barn. "What do you want?" His wolf ears twitched slightly keeping him alert to anymore of the woman's shenanigans only to hear her huff loudly in frustration, opening his eyes again he could see she was glaring at him from under her snow-white hood hints of dark hair spilling out of her hood, "What Summer?" Puffing her cheeks out she crossed her arms and looked away from him turning her back on him tilting her head back like she usually did when she got upset, "No, I'm sorry to have 'disturbed' you I'll let you be then." He rolled his eyes as he watched her start to walk away as he jumped up from his bed shaking the hay from his hair catching up to her as he slid his arms around her slender waist pulling her against him to which she immediately stopped moving as he smiled whispering to her, "Don't be like that Summer what did you need." He felt her squirm around in his arms only to see her turn in his arms to look at him face to face, her silver eyes always garnering his attention as he smiled and leaned forward only to have her hand press into his chest, "Michael..." He ignored her words pulling her hood down letting her dark locks fall around her face as he leaned forward again his lips brushing against her neck causing her fingers to grip at his shirt as he nipped at her expose neck earning a seductive sound from her lips.

He led them back towards the hay pile pulling her onto of him as they both fell back, his hands trailing down her sides as he pulled her closer his lips pressed firmly against hers his tongue brushing against her full lips before gaining entry, feeling her arms wrap around his neck as she pressed herself closer to him, her soft moans echoing in the near empty barn. He slid his arms under her clothes intending to take them off only for her to quickly sit up on him, her breathing ragged as she looked down at him with sad eyes, "We can't Michael..." He panted softly, his racing heart mixed with his labored breathing he was barely able to manage a soft sigh before nodding slowly, "I know..." Slowly sliding off of him Summer stood up cleaning herself off as he slowly sat up shaking the hay once again from his hair as he looked towards her before turning away scratching the back of his head, "So...what did you need help with?" Bringing back up the reason she had come to him in the first place he hoped to alleviate the awkward air in the barn, "Right...the miners need protection and I was wondering if you wanted to come along and help." He looked towards her noticing she still wasn't looking towards him as he gave a soft smile and moved closer, "You know I'm always willing to help Summer..." She looked over his shoulder at him giving him an equally sad smile before nodding and moving away from him, "Meet me at the gate in fifteen minuets I have to say goodbye to the girls first." He nodded waving to her as she walked out the barn his hand instantly falling as he sighed heavily looking towards the pile of hay as a frown crossed his face, scoffing he walked towards the same exit and left the barn and hopefully the memories behind.

Pushing the barn door open he threw his hand up shielding his eyes from the high after noon sun as he groaned blinking a few times before lowering his hand looking around the village he lived in. Pushing the door further open leaving it for the horse to wander around as it pleased as he headed towards his house looking around smiling softly at the people he passed by, their village was located dead center in the middle of Vytal a pretty secluded area considering the next 'closet' village was far to the north, they received visitors maybe every six or seven months but they mostly stayed for maybe a day before leaving trading supplies before heading off again sadly they usually weren't seen again thanks to them. Pushing the door open to his home he walked upstairs into his hardly used room, he found the armor he was looking for slipping it over his work clothes the heavy chest piece pressing down on his shoulders, tying the leather straps on his sides he made sure they were secured properly before moving to his greaves sliding his legs into the cold metal doing the same to the leather straps on the back of the plated metal that reached up to his thighs, stamping his feet he made sure they were comfortable on him as he took the gauntlets off the table sliding his hands into them clenching his fists adjusting the fingers before tying them tightly to his arms. Lifting up the two sheathed swords he attached them to his hips drawing them revealing the two steel long swords twirling them in his hands before sheathing them again, he had to get going.

Reaching the large wooden gate built into the large stone walls around the village of Spera, the village of hope, he spotted a group of people gathering around the gate as he quickly made he way over gently pushing people out-of-the-way to get to the front of the group. "Are you sure we can't come with you?" He looked over seeing a young girl clad in black and red those familiar silver eyes shining brightly as she looked up at the woman in white, "I'm sure sweetheart Michael is going to be with me." The young girl looked down sadly obviously wanting to come with them as another girl threw her arm around the young girl her hair a bright blonde her eyes shined a brilliant lavender a cheeky smile spread across her face, "Don't worry mom I'll keep Ruby out of trouble." Michael walked towards them laughing softly as he placed his hand on the blonde's head ruffling her hair, "Yeah? But whos going to keep you out of trouble Yang?" She shoved his hand away turning away her cheeks puffed out arms across her chest, "Nuh-uh I'm a good kid..." The young girl in red giggled softly covering her mouth with her hand, "What I am!" Summer walked over and kneeled down hugging her tightly, "I know you are sweetheart now be good and take care of your sister, I'll be back soon I love you both." The two girls hugged her back simultaneously saying back, "I love you too." He scratched the back of his neck looking away from them as he moved over to the gate waiting for her.

The gate was slowly pushed open by the town guards as he turned back watching as Summer waved goodbye to her daughters as he gave a soft sigh following the group of miners out of the gate as he heard the familiar sound of thick would be dragged across stone and dirt a loud thud resonating within him as the gate was shut behind him. The two of them followed closely behind the miners a mixed group of human and Faunus that gathered material needed to make farming equipment as well as weapons just in case the need were ever to arise, "Summer..." She looked over her shoulder as he avoided her gaze staring down at the ground as they walked, "...about earlier I'm-" "It's alright Michael I didn't stop you right away so it's my fault as well." She said it so easily like it was the truth when they knew it wasn't there was still something between them and he could feel it but she still held out on her feelings, "Right..." He opened his mouth to speak again but stopped himself realizing the words that were on the tip of his tongue would have only made him out to be a terrible person, Of course she still hopes...Shaking his head he caught up with the group keeping their eyes peeled scanning the tree line they were quickly approaching, he laid his hands over the hilts of his swords ready for whatever may come.

As they crossed the tree line the men became instantly nervous those with Faunus ears could be seen twitching in every direction scanning the area for any slight sound that might be hears. Michael's ears twitched as well he could feel them turning ever so slightly keeping on his toes so they wouldn't be caught off guard, to everyone's surprise though they managed to reach the cave with no problem though that only served to make both Michael and Summer just a bit twitchy. He watched the shadows move in the cave as Summer turned her back watching the shadows dance though the forest both sets of eyes looking for anything out-of-place, glancing down Michael watched as the men pulled out a makeshift torch which was just an oiled up rag tied to a large stick. Digging through one of their packs they pulled out a piece of flint and steel and went to work on trying to light it, the scrapping of metal was grating on Michael's ears he wondered if the other Faunus felt the same way but from the looks on their face's he could tell they were at least used to it somewhat. For what felt like much to long the flames blazed to life on the torch as he moved over and picked it up, "Summer stay out here I'll check the cave." The men parted as he stared at the darkness ahead sighing softly as he pressed on.

He took slow careful steps each one echoing off the cave walls making his ears twitch which only served to frustrate him more, he hated caves it made it to hard to pick up on each sound because everything echoed off the walls. Again his ears twitched the sound of water dripping from somewhere in the cave reaching his ears, then his footsteps he growled slightly growing more frustrated by the minuet but for the most part everything seemed clear. He was ready to head back when he noticed something in the distance, it was a small red glow, proceeding with caution he moved closer to the glow his footsteps echoing off the walls causing him to curse silently. As he neared it he spotted another red glow, then another, "Shit..." Again he cursed himself that single words echoed loudly though the cave as the wall area ahead of him lit up with glowing red eyes and a loud shriek that amplified in the small cave sent him to his knees dropping the torch to cover his ears, he felt something all around him and then it was gone. Slowly opening his eyes he looked around before a loud commotion from the cave entrance reached his ears, he grabbed the torch and ran back seeing the men complaining about something, "What happened?" Summer shook her hair out running her fingers through her dark locks giving a disgruntled sound, "Bats..." Giving off a relieved sighed Michael motioned to the cave, "Yeah I ran into them deep into the cave other than that it's clear you can get to work." Watching as the men entered the cave torches glowing in the dim light he could see them scanning the area for anymore bats, turning to Summer he saw her lean against a wall next to the cave entrance he sighed doing the same on the opposite wall, seemed like they would be awhile.

Seven thousand eight hundred ninety-two, seven thousand eight hundred ninety-three...He groaned softly scratching his head trying to stop himself from doing that but he easily fell into the habit, seven thousand eight hundred ninety-five. He sighed heavily, he didn't like how long this took to get the materials and it drove him crazy because he ended up counting the sounds of the pickaxe's colliding with the rocks, sure it was something to do to pass the time but all it really did was remind him that it was going to take much much longer. Looking over he noticed Summer crouched down on the ground carving strange pictures into the ground with a rock he tilted his head slightly but really couldn't make out what it was, he shrugged to himself she was always a little strange so it was nothing new. The time began to drag on he was starting to get antsy and bored, looking over to Summer he frowned slightly, after what happened earlier he wanted to talk with her but he didn't really know what to say, Just don't say anything stupid. He gave a soft laugh, "So I wonder why we don't go out anymore." What did I just say?! The moment the words left his mouth he instantly regretted it, casting a glance over at Summer she had stopped what she was doing and her arms were crossed over her chest her hands gripping at her shoulder, "Michael please..." He bit his lip sighing he was already in deep he decided to keep going, "...But I am curious Summer what happened there's still something between us right?" She gripped her shoulders tighter, "Michael..." "But Summer back at the barn there was something still there I know there was why can't-" "That was a mistake!"

The sounds from the cave had stopped completely, "Oh..." Silence proceeded as he leaned back against the mountain side, the pickaxes going back to work as he looked at the ground, "Michael..." "It's fine Summer I understand." He sighed softly crossing his arms looking down at the ground, he didn't know why he had expected a different reaction from her what they had was a sensitive topic he just never understood why she didn't talk about it, he never asked her to take him back he just wanted to know what happened between them. If what happened back at the barn was any inclination she still felt something towards him if she didn't refuse right away, in the end it always confused and frustrated him when something like this would happen it was only made worse when she refused to speak on it again. He shook his head trying to dismiss the growing anger in his chest as he huffed in frustration staring up at the sky, the afternoon sun was far beyond the treeline now the colors were beginning to spread over the once blue sky, it was getting late and that wasn't good. Pushing away from the rock wall he stood at the entrance of the cave speaking in a voice that carried through the cavern, "Pick up your toys boys the sun's setting we have to start heading back, don't want to get caught at night out here." Different voices confirmed they were almost done , he nodded as he started to turn away but noticed something on the ground near the entrance. Crouching down he moved some broken rocks away and was surprised when he found two stones differently colored and shining, it was strange to find something like this especially here, lifting up the bright yellow and red stones they seemed to glow in his hands as a smile spread on his face, "Hey Summer look at this."

"Wow...what are they?" He shrugged, he honestly had no clue he wasn't a miner but they were beautiful they had an almost unnatural glow to them shining in the fading sunlight. That should make any shine and glow dim but something about these stones seemed to amplify the little sunlight that there was causing the stones to shine brightly, "Dunno, but I know Yang and Ruby will like these, what do you think?" Summer nodded smiling softly, "They'll love them." He smiled and opened his pouch attached to his waist and placed the stones inside before closing them, looking up the miners had finally exited the cave and were covered in dust and pebbles and all of them looked ready to head home, "Let's go." Once again Summer and Michael falling behind the group if something were to happen, the awkwardness of the earlier conversation seemingly faded away as they were back to talking to each other like nothing had happened. As they crossed the tree line he could see the tall stone walls of Sperta in the distance as he sighed stretching slightly feeling the joints in his body pulling and popping loudly before he yawned loudly shaking his head out, he couldn't wait to get back home and get some sleep but something caught his attention as he looked over his shoulder back into the thick forest his ears twitching slightly. He slowed his pace as he turned around staring into the dark forest behind them, his ears twitching every so often as he looked into the shadows of the forest focusing his eyes, "Michael?" He raised his hand signaling her to be quiet as his eyes focused the shadows seeming to disappear the darkness growing lighter as he noticed something moving in the darkness, "What is it?" He didn't answer only continued to look his eyes scanning the area as he saw something moving fast, too fast, at first he noticed one black mass moving towards them but then he saw another and then another then too many to count as he started to walk backwards, "Run." "What?" "RUN!"

A howl pierced the night air though it wasn't normal it sounded distorted and to deep to be a normal animal, he turned and saw the group of men had already taken his advice and were hurrying across the field back towards the safety of the village leaving him and Summer behind though they had began to run as well. Looking over his shoulder he saw the creatures running after him as well and to his dismay they were slowly catching up the distance between them and the monsters was growing shorter by the second, removing his swords from the sheath but didn't even think to stop as he looked over to Summer, "You doing alright?" She looked at him disapprovingly before sighing, "Just lovely thanks, I love being chased by monsters in the moonlight, so I'm just doing fine!" He couldn't help but smirk as they ran the gate having been open as the miners ran in as he glanced up he saw people standing on the wall aiming arrows at the beast behind them, which were closer than every now. He cast a glance behind him and he was able to see the beasts in too great a detail, from the intricate designs on their strange bone plate 'masks' too the drool coming from their fang filled mouth, the one closest to Michael began to open its mouth before it collapsed on the ground as did a handful of others, facing forward yet again he saw the archers on the wall pelting the monsters that were giving chase. As the gate grew closer he frowned seeing the monsters coming from the sides heading straight for the open gate, gritting his teeth he pushed himself harder rushing forward with Summer by his side, his lungs began to burn as they ran through the open gate, people were shouting struggling to close the gate as quickly as they could. "Grimm!" He turned towards the gate watching as three of the beasts were able to cross through the gate before it was shut and they instantly went on the attack pouncing on the men closing the gate, people were screaming as he pushed through the advancing crowd trying to make his way towards the gate only to find the beast feasting on the man they had attacked, "You fucking animals!"

Rushing towards them with his blades drawn he caught one of the monsters by surprise as he drove his blades forward digging them deep into the pitch black hide of the Grimm, it let loose a pained howl as the others advanced on him only to be blind sided by Summer and a younger villager named Jaune he wasn't one of the best fighters in the village but against a few monsters even he could hold his own. Unfurling her collapsible scythe Summer quickly went to work attacking without pause giving the monster no chance to fight back, Jaune did the same unstrapping his sword and shield he rushed the beast slamming his shield into its chest knocking it back before swinging at it with his sword. Ripping his weapons from the Grimm's back Michael took a step back as it picked itself up off the ground turning towards him, pieces of flesh that came from the villager hung from its jaws its black fur stained red from the fresh blood. It stood on its hind legs towering over Michael as he let out a shaky breath before charging the monster, it swung it's claws at him though Michael used one of his swords to block it continuing forward to drive his weapon into the belly of the beast, gritting his teeth he pushed forward digging his weapon in to the hilt causing it to howl in pain. Leaving his weapon deep in the monster he gripped his other sword in both hands raising it above his head to strike at the Grimm only to be knocked aside by its claws, for something so big it moved much to fast, turning on his back groaning his eyes widened as the beast jumped on him causing him to drop his weapon and grab it by the throat to keep it from tearing his own throat out.

Gritting his teeth Michael used all the remaining strength he had to keep his throat in tact, casting a glance to the side he saw Summer still fighting with her own monster though she was much quicker than he was and she was able to dance around its attacks before delivering a multitude of her own. Jaune on the other hand was handling himself quiet well going head to head against the monster, slamming his shield multiple times against its head disoriented the monster giving him ample time to deliver counter attacks. With his strength waning he moved his arm fumbling on the ground searching for his discarded sword all the while fighting off the monsters head that was inching ever closer to him, the stench of rotten flesh and filth reached his nose as he growled feeling something brush his fingers, praying he gripped the hilt of the weapon and with adrenaline pumping through his veins he had begun to push the beasts head back, "If you're that hungry..." He raised his sword glaring at the Grimm, "...eat this!" Letting the monster's neck go it instantly fell on him as he drove his sword forward the metal blade scrapping the beasts fangs before blood poured forward sliding down the metal as the beast fell limp around him, shoving the corpse from him he glanced up upon hearing whimpered cries. Summer had cut off one of the beasts legs causing it to fall to the ground as she twirled around with her scythe the curved blade fitting around its neck he watched as she pulled upwards as hard as she could cleanly severing the head from its body, Jaune had managed to get the upper hand ducking under one of the claws of it he managed to put enough force into his swing to decapitate the monster watching as it stood stunned for a moment before the body collapsed the head rolling away from it.

Breathing heavily, Michael pulled his weapon from the monster's gut seeing he as well as Summer and Jaune were stained black from the monsters blood, a chorus of howls echoed from the other side of the gate either to mourn their fallen or a promise for revenge he wasn't sure which but nonetheless they were exhausted. They were going to have to bury the poor man who was attacked in the morning as the three of them were the only ones still outside, the rest of the village had barricaded themselves in their homes when the Grimm had made it past the gate, looking to Jaune and Summer he sighed heavily, "Let's go home." They said nothing as they all turned and walked down the center of the village before departing, going separate ways to their respectful homes, no tears had been shed this night because this was something they had become all to accustom too, the monster's know as Grimm were merciless in their endeavor to kill the human race. Though they had managed to survive this long, it wouldn't be long until they were over run unless they found away to properly keep them at bay, pushing the door to his house open he wandered to his room on the opposite side of the house before collapsing on the bed. They were going to have to do a lot tomorrow and he was already exhausted from fighting off only one Grimm, he started to wonder if they were merely delaying the inevitable, for the Grimm were strong and numerous. Shaking his head he rid the thoughts from his mind slowly drifting off to sleep readying himself for the funeral they had to prepare tomorrow.

Sooo...tell me did I do alright it's honestly not the first time I've tried to write in a 'medieval' style because it's really hard as much as I like that type of era I know nothing about it and to make it harder I'm writing a RWBY universe verion of it...oh well. Anyway tell me what you think like, follow, review because whether you like it or not more will be coming.