Long nights journey into day
"first person"
"So, how'd you die?"
With those words me eye shot open and I stood scanning the area for the one who ask the question, but only a snow covered field with a forest in the distance.
"Well your a lively one, but I'll ask again how'd you die?"
Even as I continued to look for the voice images started to reach the surface of my mind. Images of a team of huntsmen taring aport a pack of Beowulf s, even the pack alfa was taken aport by them. And then there was one left driven by the lose of it pack and blinded by blood lust it lunged turd the smallest member of the team, a female by the looks of it, but faster then beowulf could even see the female managed to swing around her and cut it hip to shoulder. With the last once of life leaving the wolf he heard one of the huntsmen say some thing to the female he had tried to attack "Summer, are you alright?"
And with that the image faded and I found me self standing back in the field now recognizing it as the place where I died.
"So, thats how it happened" said the voice again. "For a beowulf theres no better way to go out then trying to avenged your pack."
Once again I searched around for the source of the voice while growling for intimidation...or trying to.
"Oh, look the little beowulf is trying to be intimidating" said the voice. "Kind of hard to be scary when you don't have a body isn't it."
With those words said a sense of panic started to overwhelm me as I tried to look down at my body only to see nothing but snow covered ground.
"Don't worry, this is only temporary" said the voice. "You have bin given another chance at life, but not as a Grimm are human but as something else all to gather."
"Then as what?" I ask.
"Don't know you'll have to ask them when you arrive" said the voice.
As the word were spoken a cold grasp enveloped me and I was dragged away as darkness consumed me.
"third person"
With a start the former Beowulf awoke in a cold dark room then quickly bolted up into and sitting position and took in his surrounding. He appeared to be a largely empty warehouse with a hand full of cots in one corner, a curtained off area that he could not see into and a random assortment of crates. He couldn't make out any more details of his surrounding due too a lack of light coming in from the windows and he assumed it most be night. The only sources of light seemed to be coming from somewhere past the curtained of area.
Getting up to walk over to the light the former beowulf reached out with his hand to push of against the floor when his hand brushed against some thing that had been on the ground next to him. Looking over he saw a slender curved sword with a two handed grip and square hand guard on the ground with it's sheath laying next to it. With out a second thought he picked up the sword and started to examen it finding that the only notable detail being the words "Wolfs Bane" etched in the side of the blade. Sheathing the sword and carrying it with him the beowulf stood up and walked over to the light.
As he drew closer to the source of light he could hear the sound of a fire and the smell of burning wood. Finally walking past the curtained of area he saw that the source of the light was a fire pit of some kind with a number of chairs surrounding it, one of which had some one sitting in it. The person had there back to him so the only thing he could make out was that they had long silver hair that was braided and hung over one shoulder.
He was so focused on the the person that he didn't notice that there was something on the ground until he trip on it nearly falling over. Whatever the thing was having slivering off in the direction of the person in front of the fire pit who was now facing him. Now that he could get a better look at the person he could tell that they seemed to be a young female child that was in a simple black long sleeve gown that nearly reached the ground and barefoot. She was also wearing a bone mask that looked that resembled a death stalkers and was slightly obscured by long bangs, however, that all paled in comparison to the segmented tail with a glowing stinger that was now poised to strike at this very moment.
On instinct the former Beowulf threw his arm up to word off the impending attack, however, being so close to the fire aloud him to see that his fingers ended in knife blades. Forgetting about the current threat that was the little girl he made the chose to try touching his face. Slowly, he brought a slightly tremblingly hand to my face expecting to touch normal skin but instead felt his claws scrape across a bone mask.
"w-who are you?" asked the girl barley above a whisper.
I looked over to the girl who had lowed her tail so that it no long was set to strike but could still strike out at any moment.
"W-what are we?" she ask a little louder.
"I believe I can answer that" said a voice from somewhere inside the warehouse.
Instinctively the wolf moved to shield the girl from who ever had spoken while drawing his sword which he had trouble holding with his blade like fingers. Slowly the person who had spoken walked in the light of the fire pit hand held up in order to show that he was unarmed. The wolf couldn't really tell but he had the appearance of someone older then the girl and him and was wearing what looked like a doctors outfit and had a pair of large slightly disheveled raven like wings that was some shade of charcoal black as his messy hair. However, the thing that really caught the wolfs and girls attention was that the person standing in front of them was also wearing a bone mask, this one resembling a nevermore.
"Hello young ones, my name is Avian. Could you please put the katana away I assure you it want be needed I just wish to talk" said Avian lowering his hand. The wolf lowed the katana as the Avian had called it but didn't put it away as he had ask.
"You said you could answer are questions" the girl said.
"Yes, yes I can what do you want to know" said avian
"What are we" the wolf nearly shouted out.
"Of course that would be your first question, well thats a little complicated" said avian crossing his arm and tilting his head in a thoughtful expression. "But to put it simply we call are self ghouls, creatures of the night that stalk and consume the flesh of there victims, whoever or whatever they might be."
"Wait, are tell my we were brought back to life just to become monsters for humans and faunus to hunt" ask the wolf shouting in disbelief.
"Only if you draw attention to yourself by hunting them first" said Avian. We have a couple of options and try not to feed on the humans and faunus if we can avoid it. Although there are those who feed on or attack them unprovoked, are group have managed to blend in unnoticed.
"Blend in, how are we supposed to blend in when we look like this" said the wolf gesturing at himself and the girl.
"Like this" said the nevermore and right before there eyes they saw as his wing shrunk a bit feathers smoothing out with the left wing turning white. While at the some time the bone mask dissolved to reveal a slightly rounded face with dark black eyes with lough lines. Once it was all said and done Avian looked like any other faunas you would meat on the street. What followed was several moments of silents as the boy and girl process what had just happened. It was half a minute before the silence was broken by the girl.
"How?" she ask.
"It's quite easy actually, but first you should get a look at your selves it make the process easier, somehow" said the nevermore walking off into the curtained off area and reemerged after a minute wheeling out a long full length mirror and placing it in front of the two.
This was the first chance the wolf had to really see himself and he wasn't sure how to react. He appeared to be a year are two older then the girl which gave both of them the appearance of children. He had messy semi spiked hair that was the same silver color hair as the girl along with a bone mask that resembled a Beowulf. Like the girl he was barefoot and dressed in black but instead he was wearing pants made out of a light wait fabric and a louse fitting short.
The two just stood there the girl eventually stepping out of her hiding place behind the boy to get a better look at he reflection.
"If you two are done admiring your selves let get to the transforming" said Again. "As i've said it's quite easy you just need to relax and clear your mind and, I don't know, your instincts should take care of the rest."
nodding at avian the wolf did as avian instructed and cleared his mind and after a moment felt a cold numbing feeling wash over him before focusing on his hand and face. Looking at his hand he watch as changed from the knife like claws to regular fingers. Once the sensation had passed he looked back at his reflection to see a pair of golden colored eyes looking back at him.
"Well what do you know looks like the two of you are siblings" said Avian. In response the wolf turned to look at the girl to see another pair of gold eyes partly hidden by silver bang staring back at him.
"Alright now to answer your first question" said avian only for the boy and girl to look at him with a similar puzzled expression.
"Who are you" said Avian with a sigh before circling around the two giving them a quick once over. "Normally you would get to choose your first and last name but due to you two being siblings you'll have to share a family name, but what should we call you."
Almost like she was waiting for him to ask this the girls hand shot up into the air while hopping in place clearly exited to give her response. Chuckling at the girl excitement Avian gestured to the girl to go ahead and speak.
"Silverman" she said.
"A little on the nose but it will do, unless you have any objections" said Avian looking over at the boy who shook his head having no objection. "Good, now on to your first names, now i've found the best way is to go with the first thing that comes to mind. Girls first."
"Rin" the girl said almost instantly.
"Well that one down, your next"
"Lupin" was the boy simple response.
"Well it's set then Lupin and Rin Silverman" said Avian with a quick nod. "Now lets have a look at your weapons."
Walking over to lupus Avian held out his hand for him to hand over the katana which he did hesitantly not wanting to give the stranger a weapon. Once Avian started to examine the weapon Lupus turned to look over at the girl who had gone back to the fire pit apparently to retrieve a weapon that he didn't even knew she had.
"Good sword you have here" said Avian dragging Lupus attention form his new sibling. Look back over to avian who had finished examining the blade giving a quick nod and handing back to Lupin. Sheathing the blade lupin look over to Rin who just got back caring what looked like a combination of a spear and ax with the words "Armors Bane" written on the blade before handing it over to Avian for inspection. After a few moments of swinging it around and examining the blade he handed it back to Rin.
"The halberd "Armors Bane" and the katana "Wolfs Bane" what a intrusting pair" said avian looking at the siblings in front of him. "Alright kids time for "Ghoul 101" best sit down this will take a while."
But before Avian could begin his lecture two people ran into the warehouse and up to him barely glancing at the two sibling before talking to Avian.
"We have a problem" one of them said a female who appeared the be in her early teens emerald green eyes and long pink hair tied in a pony tail and wear a light blue dress and boots of some kind.
"Ya, brutus and kodiak are looking into it but they might need help" said the other also a female that looked almost identical to the other girl the only real difference being that her hair was tide up into a bun and she was wearing knee length shorts a hoody and a pair of combat boots.
"Looks like class will have to wait" said Avian. "Alright you two follow me and stay close to Yin and Yang if thing get bad they'll keep you safe."
Doing as instructed to two sibling walked close to the older looking twins as they went to the warehouse entrance Avian throwing open the doors letting in the early morning light as the five stepped out to deal with whatever new challenges the day would bring.