"Pyrrha!" Dante yelled with little to no breath in his voice, "This is the worst thing you've made me do."

Dante Nikos was a tall five foot nine inches tall, he had crimson red eyes, and had short brownish red hair. He had been going through intense training for about three years now, considering he was a senior at his local combat middle school. He was already being trained hard enough but his twin sister Pyrrha Nikos insisted to train him further.

"Stop crying," Pyrrha retorted with a sense of humor in her voice. Pyrrha was a tall young girl with deep red hair, green eyes, and stood six foot tall with heels.

"Easy for you to say miss cereal mascot," Dante sneered sarcastically, referring to when his dear sister was a mascot for a cereal company.

"Hey I thought I told you not to talk about that! and besides I've done this type of vigorous training as well," Pyrrha shot back.

"Yea yea I'm getting serious now," Dante stood up and took the same stance as he had been practicing all day, he closed his eyes when he opened them he charged.

Pyrrha had not expected the sudden sense of confidence that Dante had in him. Pyrrha when for a quick overhead slash when Dante blocked with his own sword. Dante then released a devastating counter thrust which made contact with his sisters torso.

"Got you!" He exclaimed. Dante looks at were his sword had stricken and there was a bright red glow, this is caused by aura. Aura is a Physical representation of the soul it can protect a person who has trained with it, and his sister had a lot of it so she wasn't injured in the slightest.

"Good job brother looks like our training has taken effect!" Pyrrha said with a sisterly I'm proud of you voice.

"You two look tired!" Averly Nikos yelled from the porch of the Nikos residence.

Averly Nikos was the mother of the twins Pyrrha and Dante. She wasn't wrong they have been at this for hours. "How about you two little warriors come in for lunch," Averly called.

Dante looked asperatic to the sound of lunch he was starving.

"Lunch sounds amazing," Pyrrha and Dante said in unison, the two siblings then turned to the house and headed inside.

Dante was sitting at their dining table happily eating away at the after-training meal that his mother prepared for him.

"It's delicious mom!" Dante said happily drinking the smoothes Miss Nikos had made for them as well.

"Thank you! it's very healthy too!" She replied.

"What do you think Pyrrha?" Dante asked noticing how she wasn't really paying attention. Pyrrha looked spaced out then she snapped back into reality.

"Oh the food is exquisite," she replied Dante looked at her with suspicion,

"What's wrong sis?" He asked concerningly.

"I'm fine I assure you I'm just thinking about going to Vale and leaving Mistral, I'm going to to miss you and mother," Pyrrha said slowly.

Averly looked at her daughter and said "I think it's time to tell you the news Pyrrha."

The young red headed girl looked at her mother confused, "News? What news?"

Dante tossed a letter to his sister with a huge grin on his face. "I'm attending Beacon Academy with you."

Pyrrha's eyes widened "You're what?" She looked shocked.

"I'm going to Beacon with you," Dante exclaimed.

Pyrrha looked at Dante flabbergasted by the statement. She rebounded quickly and tightly embraced her brother.

"Oh my goodness I'm so proud of you!" Pyrrha said on the verge of tears of joy.

"You and Dante are going to be leaving next week Dante has been wanting to tell you but he and I agreed that we should keep it a surprise!" Averly said enthusiastically. Inside she was saddened that her children were leaving.

"I can't believe it everything we've been working for has finally paid off!" Pyrrha shouted with glee.

"I can hardly believe it myself," Dante responded.

Dante didn't expect Pyrrha to be so happy, he doubted that he has ever seen her in such a joyful state, and his mother Averly was just happy that Dante was following his dream. Pyrrha then proceeded to bear hug her brother again. "I'm so excited!" She hops

Dante nodded, "I am as excited as you are!"

Dante woke from his deep slumber it was around six o'clock and a Thursday, he leaves for Beacon tomorrow on Sunday. He just stared at the ceiling of his white walled room.

Dante was eleven when he lost his father, Gale Nikos, now he was seventeen. He was crushed, Pyrrha and Averly were there to help him with the grief. Of course they also were grieving. Gale was Dantes best friend and a great father. He died while on a mission when a group of bandits attacked Gale's convoy, he was killed in action. Dante had a hard time hating people, he reserved that for the scum he called bandits and terrorists. Dante sat up in bed; not a day passed when he didnt think about him. He got out of bed sluggishly, and started to dress himself. Dante normally just wore a sweatshirt and jeans but today was different, he was going to train today. He was going to train harder than he ever has before, his father's death driving him.

Dante opened his closet and reviled a black chest piece with a alloy shoulder brace. This brace housed a tattered half cape that would only cover his left arm. The shoulder brace was hooked on the torso with a pendant that was circular and had a spear and shield on it. The pendent was black and gold and very familiar to the one Pyrrha had. Dante also had a set of grieves that had a black coating and gold engravings. This was his father's armor, Dante shuttered as he started to put on the ebony armor. He walked out of the Nikos residence while sheathing a special long dagger that pyrrha gave to him and headed to the local cemetery to see his father. He walked through the streets, the oh so quiet streets. He reached the granite tombstone and it read Gale Nikos, loving father, best friend.

Dante started to speak. "Hey dad how's it going, I'm sure you already know but I'm going to Beacon to train to be a hunter like you. I've been training really hard with Pyrrha and mom, they have been doing well. Also I finally fit in your armour, though it doesn't feel right since your not here to see me. I will live your legacy I promise I will not fail you." With that short speech Dante found a new determination to press on. Dante stayed for a little longer and then decided to leave, he started to head to the forest. What Dante didn't expect to meet who he did as he was leaving. He ran into a old friend.

"Dante!" Dante turned to see who the familiar voice came from and it was Col Dawnbreaker. Col Dawnbreaker was the lifelong childhood friend of Dante, but it's been four years. "Hey buddy how've you been!" Col seid in his normal wired voice.

"Col? Bro I haven't seen you in forever!" Dante called back.

Col was a giant standing at six feet two inches. A monster of pure muscle, but had shaggy brown hair and grey eyes. He seemed to be caring a huge bag that must of weighed at least 100 pounds. The two friends ran toward each other and embraced.

"It's so good to see you man, I have big news I'm going to Beacon tomorrow!" Col exclaimed.

Dante looked at him shocked as a response then he finally came out of his shocked state. "No kidding me too!" Dante sounding twice a excited a Col was.

"What a coincidence this is," Col said now calmed down looked in response.

"I know right it's crazy I had no clue," Dante said to respond.

Dante was absolutely stunned that he was going to be attending Beacon with his sister and his best friend. "What's in the huge bag?" Dante asked looking over Col's shoulder. Col looked over his own shoulder and pointed, "This is my armor and lance with a side of a big ass greatshield!"

Dante laughed, "Funny as ever I see."

Col looked at Dante seriously, "I want to train with you today if that's cool with you. It's been a few years and I wanted to do it for old times sake plus, you look like you are about to go fight an army," Col started.

"Of course! This is great, lets do it but be warned I vowed today I was going to train harder than I ever had before!" Dante challenged, Col just smirked and shouted joyfully "LETS DO IT."

Dante was on the top of the world: he gets to go to Beacon with his sister, he is reunited with Col, and he is way stronger. Dante thought to himself "This is going to be a great year." Oh how he was wrong.

It was now Friday, Dante and Pyrrha were packed and ready to depart for Vale. It was a beautiful day in Minstral and there were tons of people getting on this airship Dante was assigned to.

"Are you ready to depart brother," Pyrrha said anxiously Dante knew she wanted to get to Beacon and he did as well but before he was able to get on the ship. His mother stopped him. Averly knew this day would come but she was still saddened, she would worry. Both of her beloved children were about to leave to train to be a hunter, the same occupation that took Gale away from them.

"Your father would of wanted you to have this," Averly said sadly Dante was taken aback by his mother's statement. Dante was thinking of a million things at once. What could it be: a sword, a relic, a dark family secret of the Nikos family? Averly then proceeded to give Dante a book a big book at that and a appeared to be old and full of notes, Dante didn't completely dismiss the gift due to the fact it was from his deceased father.

"A book? What's in it?" Dante asked curious to see what was in it.

"It's a book your father put together before he died, it has field notes and research weapon training manual and weapon schematics." Dante's mother said with a saddened face.

Dante opened the book and his mouth dropped. He was absolutely shocked, this book had everything in it from grim migration papers to medicinal herbs. It was a nerds dream and Dante was sort of a nerd.

"Thank you so much mom I love you, see you in a few months!" Dante yelled as he boarded the airship with his new book his father left him, he decided to stow it away for now. He met up with Pyrrha and Col who was meeting them near the seating area, there baggage has already been packed into the ship. Dante looked to his sister and his best friend "Beacon Here we come."

It was around one A.M in the morning and Dante was wide awake anxious about Beacon, so he decides to pull out the ancient book that his father left in his will. It was a thick book. With a black hard cover with the Nikos family symbol. Dante opened the book to the first page and it appeared to be a letter from his father.

"A letter?" Dante asked to himself. The letter reads: Dear Dante, I have been a huntsman for the majority of my life and I heard your ambitions of being a hunter doing the world good and ridding it of evil. You remind me of when I was just a child I had remembered your grandfather taught me everything I knew and I wanted to pass this knowledge to you. This book was the same book that your grandfather gave me, but I updated it a lot with everything I learned out there in the world. Now to the hard part, my missions have been getting harder and more dangerous as time has gone by so I decided to put this book together just in case something happened. I don't know if I will live through the rest of the year but if I do I will give this book personally to you, but if you're reading this and I'm not there im sorry I couldn't be there for you son. Remember Dante I will always be with you in your heart watching over you, and I love you. Your loving Father Gale Nikos. Dante stared wide eyed at the old letter and he was trying to keep his composure but to no avail.

"Dammit old man don't you say you're sorry," Dante grieved quietly, "I swear I will make you proud dad." He stayed at his desk for about ten minutes, memories flooding in and out from when his father was alive. Dante wiped his eyes. Not one to show his emotional issues for long periods of time. He started to look at the book it really was amazing what was in this thing this is like a catalog of everything a hunter would need. He then reached the weapon schematics his jaw dropped in awe as he saw the many weapon designs in the book, it also listed contacts were he could get the best parts and best materials.

"This is gold," Dante thought. He thought about everything for a good ten minutes. "Wait," Dante said to himself. Pyrrha has a spear-gun-sword weapon with a shield,Milo and Akouo. Col has Attacker and defender a Lance that can shoot out the end, and then he could put it into a hole in his greatshield to make a axe. All Dante has is a dagger. Suddenly jealousy washed over him. Dante looked at his sleeping companions.

"I'm gonna make the best weapon ever, then make you two jealous." Satisfied with his decision to build a weapon, he sat back in his seat and closed his eyes. Dreaming of being a hero.