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Chapter 1. Death and Insanity

All I see is darkness as I float in an abyss of some kind as I try to just think how it is that I got here. The last thing I remember was fighting off monsters while directing my troops to go and get reinforcements. Then I managed to somehow kill all of them before anyone gets back, but I then collapsed into a pool of both their and my blood. My only consolidation as I feel my life slowly slipping away is knowing that I managed to protect all of the good people of my town and eliminated the evil witches. Now I find myself surrounded by nothing darkness until I feel myself slowly land on some sort of hard surface. I look around and see that I have landed on a tiled floor and everything is now slightly illuminated. Slowly I get up as my body feels stiff all over, but once I stand up completely I stretch which causes many of my joints to crack as what I assume is from rigor mortis but who knows.

"Um excuse me." I nearly jump out of my skin with the sudden voice from behind me. So I turn around expecting a fight until I see where the voice is coming from. In front of me I see a tiny woman that stands at about 5'2" in a white cloak covering her head. She holds up her hands revealing that under the cloak she has two sword like contraptions that are attached too chains that look like they are supposed to wrap around her arms, but are currently attached to her hip. "Easy now I don't want to fight." She says in a rather soothing voice, but I don't let down my guard "Ok this is going to be harder than I thought." She mumbled to herself.

"You shouldn't expect someone to not be on guard when you are covering your face." I retort.

"Oh yeah your right sorry about that." She pulls down her hood to reveal that has black hair with red tips that goes down maybe a good inch past her shoulders and silver eyes that seemed to be glowing. "There better now?"

"Ok, but I still don't trust you Lady." I answer as I lower my guard slightly.

"I have a name you know!" she pouted at me.

"Oh and how am I supposed to know it if you have yet to introduce yourself?" I deadpanned.

She thinks for a minute "Yeah guess your right about that." Then she holds out her hand "My name is Summer Rose. Nice to meet you."

I take her hand and shake it once "Michael Addison." I think about the situation for a second "So am I really dead or is this some sort of dream?"

She looks down sadly for a second before answering "Yeah I am afraid that you are dead."

"Huh I see." I say calmly.

She gets closer looking at me critically "You are taking this surprisingly well."

"Well as amazing as magic is, there isn't a spell that can bring the dead back to life, unless you turn them into an undead." I shrug my shoulders "I don't really want that so best to just accept what has happened. Besides I thought it was true, hell I probably would have been more surprised if you told me I wasn't." then I look around a bit then back at Summer "So where is this place? Please don't tell me this is the afterlife because it is a bit disappointing."

She giggles a little bit "Nope. This is kind of the place between the afterlife and well life."

"So then you're dead too?"

"Well no I'm still alive and well."

Well that is a bit confusing "Then what are you doing here then?"

She shuffles in place a bit nervously "Well I am here to make you an offer."

"An offer?" well that is a bit concerning "What are you a demon or something?" I ask while getting into a stance to defend myself.

"What!? No no no no I am human same as you." She hastily replies.

"Then what is the offer?" this time I don't lower my guard because she could still be lying.

"Well I suppose I should start at what I am since you still don't believe me." She takes a deep breath "You see I am what in my world is known as a silver eyed warrior."

"A silver eyed warrior?"

"Yes I am one who serves the Goddess of order to help protect my world from forces of darkness." She says with an expression that shows she means business.

"O-K so what does that have to do with why you are here?"

"Well you see I have an ability that lets me communicate with the goddess and she has seen that my world needs a warrior with your talents."

"What do you mean it's not like I was extremely powerful there are plenty who would probably be able to fair better?" As much as I would like this to be just me being modest, there are at least twenty or so people that I could name off the top of my head that would be able to beat me.

"Well it is true that there are those stronger than you, but you are a very good person willing to do what is needed for what is right and you are very effective against those that use magic. Those are the traits that my goddess has been looking for." She says cheerily "So she wants you to be reincarnated into our world to provide aid."

"Well ok, but what would be in it for me?" I don't want to sound like a greedy jerk, but I just died and these guys want to get me back into the fray. I just want some commendation for having to go through life a second time for their cause.

"Well you would be getting a second chance to have or do things that you were unable to do before. Isn't that enough?" she says with a pout that I think would melt even an ice elemental.

"Geez alright fine, I get your point just stop with that look already!" Well she does have a point I didn't even have a proper girlfriend or family in my previous life so let's aim for that this time. "So how are we going to do this."

Then there is a flash of light and I start to slowly sink into what looks like a magic circle. I start to panic a little bit as she says "Well first you have to be born into my world."

Wait she doesn't mean that… "You mean that I will have to start again as a BABY!"

"Well of course how else are you going to be reborn." She rolls her eyes as if it was obvious while I am face palming so hard that I nearly knocked myself out.

Of course that is what is needed to happen if it followed the laws of my worlds magic, but this is a goddess. "Isn't she a goddess can't she just bring me into your world as I am now, you know fully grown?" I have sunken to about my waist as I pleaded.

"Nope because that is against the rules of the universe that not even a divine being can break. All she can do is move your soul into a newly developing body before another takes your place." She said so sure of the statement like she was saying the sky is blue.

I on the other hand was starting to seriously panic as I was now up to my chest "Wouldn't that kind of thing drive a person mad!"

"Normally yes, but I am sure you can be the exception to such a thing."

'How is she so confident!' Now I am just past my shoulders, so before my head goes under I shout "I will make sure to pay you back for this!"

"Ok sure I'll see you when you are more grown up." Was the last thing I hear before I am eclipsed in darkness once more. So I do not see Summer bring her hands together in a prayer like fashion "Please stay as you are the world needs more people like how you are now." Then her entire body is engulfed in light "Well now that is done I just need to think up a present for Ravens baby shower. Now what to get? Well I have a few months before it will be needed" then the light dissipates and the place is returned to darkness.

I don't know how long everything has been dark again, but I really am slowly starting to lose my mind if things don't change soon. The voices I hear make good company though, but then I see a light that keeps growing until it becomes blinding and suddenly it was very cold. I shout out in surprise until I am surrounded by something warm and comforting and I feel my consciousness quickly fade.

When I regain consciousness everything is extremely blurry and I can barely make out any shapes. Whatever I'm laying on is extremely soft and there is something fuzzy that keeps rubbing me though I have no idea what it is. Then a giant shape looms over me and I think it tries to speak to me, but I can't make out what because everything sounds muffled. The thing reaches down and picks me up before more of that same comforting warmth wraps around me, but then something is placed into my mouth and liquid is poured down my throat. It is a surprising at first so I thrash around for a second till I realize that it tastes like milk and find that I have been very thirsty as I start chugging it until it seems that it is all gone. Then I am patted on the back until I burp and then I feel exhausted once again and quickly lose consciousness.

This continues on for, if my sleep cycle can tell me anything, a few weeks and my vision has improved a bit, but everything is still very out of focus. Though I still can't see very well I think that the woman that has been feeding me, being a baby is a pain having to cry out to have my needs met, is my mother. Also strange thing is it is still difficult to hear, but I don't recall ever hearing about babies not being able to hear though I am no expert on the matter.

I wake up a few months later, at least I think it has been a few months time has been a funny thing for me, and find that my vision is finally almost completely clear and I can make out the crib that I have been placed in and the mobile that is above me. The crib is standard with wooden bars, but the mobile has some strange creatures and outlines of people that seem to be chasing the strange creatures. I try moving around to get a better view of the room, but I don't seem to be quite able to move yet. Then I notice someone enter the room, so I turn my head and see that it is my mother and she walks up to the crib and bends over to look at me. She smiles very widely at me as I just stare up at her and then I see something twitch. 'Wait twitch…. ARE THOSE WOLF EARS ON TOP OF HER HEAD!' I start to freak out at the sight of this because that means this can't be my mother and must be some kind of monster.

She has a worried look as she reaches for me which only cause me to freak out more. She then pulls me into a warm embrace and somehow I feel comforted by, but that would mean that this had to be my mother, but I'm human aren't I? I then feel the fuzzy thing again, but instead of just ignoring it I look and see gray fur attached to a tail that is… ATTACHED TO ME! 'Does this mean I am no longer human! So then what am I!?'

I hear my mother start to make shushing sounds trying to calm me down and while it is still muffled I hear her say "It's ok my pup Mama's here for you." Then she pulls me in and starts to nuzzle me which is very comforting, and while I am still a bit rattled I stop trashing around as my situation sets in.

My mind just starts reeling at this revelation 'So I am no longer human, but what am I then? Am I some kind of monster? The irony of that would be a bitch because I have hunted down so many monsters in my previous life. Though I have never seen a monster like my mother before so maybe, while I am not human I'm not some evil creature.' Still this whole situation is exhausting and once again I lose consciousness in her arms.

About four and half years later

So I learned that I'm not a monster, much to my relief, but I am instead something called a Faunus that lives alongside humans and that the real monsters are called Grimm. I have also gotten a good look at myself now and I have both the tail and ears of a wolf, the tail reaches down just a little past my knees and my hair, or is it fur I don't know, is an ashen gray color, which might be why they named me Ashford, and I have blue eyes. As for my Mom, her name is Holo, she has ears and a tail same as me, but her hair, or fur god it is so confusing, is more of a reddish brown color and also has blue eyes like me. My Father, his name is Myst Randal, on the other hand has the same coloring as me, but he doesn't have a tail and just has the ears and has a dark brown for his eye color and glasses of the same color. Also found out that my family lives in a bakery my mother owns and my father is some sort of scientist, so I don't see much of him. When I do see him he always is trying to play with me, but with me not being a child on the inside I instead get him to teach me things. He is extremely pleased by this though and I have learned more about the world that he calls Remnant.

First thing I learned is that right now we live in a kingdom called Atlas, which turns out to be mostly a militaristic country. My Father does not like this because most of the projects they have been assigning him are more military ones instead of things to help the people in their everyday lives. He also says that the kingdom used to be called Mantle, but after the Great War the governmental structure of Mantle collapsed and was replaced by the current one and was renamed Atlas. Also he tells me that it is only one of four kingdoms of the whole world, the others being Vale, Mistral, and Vacuo, and that Atlas is the one furthest to the north. When I ask why there aren't more kingdoms he says that the reason why is because the Grimm make it very difficult to settle in any area besides the four kingdoms.

Then he starts to explain about the Grimm, that he says there is not much known about the Grimm except that they are attracted to negative emotions and the creations of humanity. The people that are the main reason why humanity has been killed off yet by these creatures are called Huntsmen. Apparently Mom used to be one and a very skilled one at that 'Maybe I'll ask her about what they do later when I am older.' Anyways, he goes on to explain things like Dust and Aura, the tools of the Huntsmen's trade, that to me sound like magic, but he quickly corrects me and drills it in that it is not magic. I think that it is true because he demonstrates his Semblance by shifting his watch that he always carries around into a chakram looking thing and my special ability regarding magic didn't activate.

Also I have started to help my Mom with the bakery, but because my body is still young I can't do any of the physical labor. Instead because I am more intelligent than most kids my age in subjects like math I can help run the cash register. This helps to bring in a few customers as apparently I am seen as cute as I stand behind the counter taking money for orders and such. Though to be honest it does get a little bit annoying as most customers I handle try to "help" me count the appropriate change. Still between the lessons I get from my Father and helping my Mother run the shop I would say life is peaceful and you know what I am actually enjoying myself, but I don't really look forward to going to school. It is going to be a pain having to relearn things like writing and such.

that is it for chapter one it actually used to be longer, but then i thought it got to long so i cut it into two.

Ok so yes Summer was there and i know i am taking some creative liberties regarding the silver eyed warriors, but to be fair we don't know much about them or where that power comes from because it is something different from the maidens powers.

also the world he comes from isn't actually based off of anything and other than his experience and special ability nothing else from that world will come into play (just thought i should put that out there).

anyways this story came from the fact that i have been reading some reincarnation fics and i wanted to add some thing to the pile. also wanted to make my own RWBY team so two birds one stone.

Also if you guys have any questions and such please do tell me i need all the help i can get to make sure that my writings improve as i want you guys to enjoy the stories i have to tell.

well laters and please read my other stories if you haven't yet and let me know what you think about those too