Hello there people who are reading this, a while back I started up a RWBY fic which sorta got dropped due to laptop problems, that and a unclear story direction. As such I decided to restart a RWBY fic and here we are. This time I have a good Idea of where I want this to go and should be fully into it as I do want this to do well. Any feedback is welcome and of course I do not own RWBY or the character that are canon, the OC though is mine.
The rain battered down in the worn castle walls as a blonde woman walked along, her dress a once immaculate work of art was now frayed at the edges. Looking over her shoulder the woman let out a sigh. 'It has been less than a day since he died yet already they come, I refuse to let them have his child' she thought to herself as she looked down at the young child in her arms. The child could not be more than 5 years old yet it was plain to see that with his delicate features that he would break many hearts once he was of proper age. The woman moved a lock of dark hair out of the child's face as he slept before smiling 'a heartbreaker just like your father' she thought as she moved along.
Soon she came to a large room that had a multitude of odd looking tunes carved into the very stone, each time seemed to glow with an inner light as she went to the center to the room. Setting the child down on a large pedestal that was in the centre of the room, the runes carved in this seemed to glow with more urgency. "Oh gods I Beseech you to protect this child from the foes of his father, even those of the divine that wanted him dead. Willingly I Eimher offer my life so he might live" she called out in a loud voice that somehow failed to wake up the child. Over and over she would repeat the words that she hoped would save her son as she knew that her father would not be able to protect her from all her husbands foes now that they had tricked and killed him.
Eventually a swell of wind would appear in the room causing the woman to start to sob in gratitude. She walked over to her child and placed a single soft kiss in his forehead. "Know your mother and father love you my son" she said as she then fell to the ground as her life force was siphoned out.
" Say what you want about humans but she was willing to sacrifice anything for her child" A figure cloaked in dark robes said as it appeared in the chamber alongside one cloaked in purest white. "Indeed, although most humans might die to save a friend or family member this woman was willing to give her soul" the white figure spoke out as they both walked over to the sleeping child. They then waved their hands and caused a simple two handed longsword to appear near them. "The enchantment upon will not fully work due to aura correct" the dark cloaked one asked the other who nodded serenely at him. "Well then let us save him in the place of his gods since they are currently busy fighting the tuatha " he said as they both raised their arms and send waves of power over both him and the sword, the power slowly built up before a large flag could be seen from outside the castle. As the light faded a old man walked into the room to see the blond woman laying upon the ground, "Oh daughter, why would you do something so foolish" he muttered to himself as he slowly lifted her up with strength that did not suit his age. "At least your son is safe" he muttered as he left the room.
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As the old man was carrying his daughter out to be buried with her ancestors the child was waking up in what seemed to be a large desert. "He looked around confused as the last thing he remembered was was falling asleep after playing with the hounds.
"Mother?" He called out in a scared voice as he looked around, he eye slowly filled with fear as he had no clue where he was at let alone where his mother was. As he continued to look around he saw a sword sitting beside him, one that was larger than him by a good bit. It was also one that he knew well as it was his father's, Fra something he think that was what his father called it.
Pushing himself to his feet he moved the long dark purple hair from his eyes as he lifted the heavy blade with some effort. Tears came to his eye as no one responded to his calls, he was alone and he hated it.
"Come on Tore you need to be brave, father would not like it if you were a coward" he muttered in a defeated tone as he wiped away the tears with his forearm. He then looked at the sun and decided to head towards it as he hoped there was some sort of village in that direction.
As he moved through the sands dragging the sword behind him Tore could feel the suns rays warming his frame, it was both nice and rather annoying as he was wearing something more suited towards a cold climate, even his light skin tone was more suited towards that. Still though he trudged on through the sands.
'Where I am that there can even be this much sand, back home sand was rather rare unless you went to the beaches from what I remember reading' Tore thought to himself as he felt the sweat pouring off his still developing body. Putting a hand over his eyes for shade he tried to peer out into the dunes to see if there was any signs of life, yet he could see nothing but the yellow sands. What he did not notice was that as he walked red beady eyes followed him as he walked, a chittering sound came from the eye's owner which caused a few more red eyes opened and started to follow the boy slowly and stealthily as they kept beneath the sands.
To the young boy it felt like hours had passed as he walked, his skin was starting to turn a deep pink color and he was starting to feel pain as he moved which caused him to wince in pain. Stopping he started to try and take off the tunic that he was wearing as it was just too warm for him. As he did this four figures burst from the earth and lunged at him, letting a yelp of surprise out he jumped to the ground and rolled away dropping the blade that he had been carrying onto the hot sands. His eyes shot over to what had attacked him and what he saw terrified him, four scorpion like beings with bone playing attached over its head and claws, not to mention they were the size of a big dog and had a bright yellow stinger.
"What in the name of Lugh are you" He yelped ina. Frightened tone of voice. The creatures just chattered at him be rushing him trying to claw at him. Each one was rather fast and it took all of his luck to just dodge the damn things, he wanted to get to the sword but it was just too much effort to keep from being turned into meaty ribbons to get the damned thing. One of the things lunged at him and manages to give him a large cut along the side, blood splashed out onto the sand. He tumbled onto the hot sands and started to crawl backwards away from them, he could feel the blood coming out of his body and his head getting lighter. He was done for and he rightly knew it, tears came to his eyes as he thought about the fact that he would never see his mother again, that he wouldn't be able to see his father or learn how to fight from him. Closing his eyes he waited for the end to come.
Or he would of it if not for the four loud cracks that sounded out and forced him to open his eyes. When he did he saw the four creatures had been turned into mush and that there was a group of figures running towards him. He looked at them as he felt his eyes getting heavy but he did see the largest of them lift up his sword and look at it before everything went black.
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The small group looked at the young human boy that was in the ground bleeding, the largest looked at his wife before nodding and started to use the boys tunic to bind his wound, normally he would have disinfected such a wound but they had used the last of the medical supplies a few hours ago.
"Ghira where do you think he came from?" He wife said as she took the sword from where Ghira has placed it. Looking at her he let out a sigh "I don't know Kali, he clothing looks old as in long before the Great War yet this sword is forged far better than anything I have ever seen" he said carefully as he checked to make sure the boy was not wounded elsewhere.
"Sir why are you helping the human, they would not help our young like this" on of the basic grunt asked as he looked at the current and only white fang leader. While the man was correct in a sense Ghira still would have helped the child even if he hated humans, there was no honour in letting a child die. "Because Felix if we do not help those who need help why should we expect anything to change" he said simply to him as he lifted the child up easily and brought him over to the truck they had brought. "Either way we are heading back, we exterminated the Grimm we set out to and we have wounded" he said as he set the young boy into the back before climbing in next to him. Kali sat next to him before leaning over and putting her hand on the boys forehead, a frown marred her face as she looked at him. "He might have sunstroke, being out in the desert for that long is not safe for anyone" she said softly as she did wonder what they were going to do about him.
"Then he was lucky we were passing by if nothing else" Ghira said as he looked out at the sands. "Sienna was looking after Blake today correct?" He asked Kali as he knew that her joining the mission had been a last minute thing. The black cat nodded as she looked at him, "indeed, Sienna wanted to look after her for the day as it has been quite a while since she spent some time with her" she confirmed to her husband as the truck started up and they headed off towards home.
It took a few hours for them to make their way back to the home of the Belladonna family but they eventually where home, the first thing that they did was bring the young boy to a spare room and place him the bed after putting a drip into his arm to try and get him properly rehydrated from his time out in the desert. After that they went to find their young daughter who was currently reading what seemed to be a rather large book for her age as a dark skinned woman sat off to the side as she looked through a news report, what it was about both Ghira and Kali could not tell.
"Mother, Father" a cheerful voice called out as the young Blake Belladonna as she set the book down and rushed over to hug the two of them, "Hey little one" Ghira rumbled as he placed and hand on her head and ruffled her hair and ears, this caused the young girl to pout at him as she moved the hand away from her head. ''Did you finish your mission then?'' she asked as she looked up at them with wide eye's which caused both adult faunus to chuckle in amusement.
''Yes Blake we did, although we did come across someone else out there'' he said to her as knelt down to look her in the eye easier, not that it helped since he was rather tall even when like this. Sienna had looked up when he spoke, ''What do you mean Ghira?'' she asked him as she looked over at him closing her scroll easily.
''We found a young human boy being attacked by young deathstalkers, we don't know where he is from or even why he is here but we took him back with us to at the very least heal from his wounds'' Kali explained easily to them as she lifted her daughter up and held her in her arms. Normally this news would only enrage Sienna as she did not like nor respect humans all that much due to what they had done both to her and her kind yet even when it came to children they had done no wrong to her. ''That odd to say the least, why would a human be out in the desert alone and at that age?'' she asked them as walked over to them where she was able to see the sword that Kali had rested against the table when she came in. Picking it up she could see it was masterfully forged and not a single flaw was within the blade which was rather rare as eve with weapons forged today using more modern ways still had some small flaws in them.
''This blade is odd, its looks non distinct yet seems as if the entire thing was a work of art, one of simplicity'' she said as he held it up and noticed how it was perfectly balanced it was, ''The human had this with him then?'' she asked as she placed it carefully down on the table and looked over at the two elder faunus and received a nod. The fact that they had come across a human in the desert was odd enough but added with the fact he had a weapon that was nothing less than perfection with him made it odder, and if there was one thing Sienna hated besides humans it was not having the full picture.
''So what are you going to do about him then?'' She asked turning to view the two of the as they mucked around with Blake, Ghira looked up at her from where he was and the smile on his face disappeared. ''For now we help him heal up, after that we will see'' he said simply as he stood to his full height. It was then at this point that Blake pulled on his sleeve causing him to look down at her. ''Yes?'' he asked softly.
''Can I go see this human, I never met one before, well one that wasn't angry with me'' she asked as she looked down embarrassed as she poked her fingers together, Kai was the one to answer as she rubbed her cheek lovingly, they way that her daughter aced only made her more determined to make sure that there was equal rights between humans since her daughter deserved to live in such a world. ''Sure honey, but why don't you let him rest first'' She said softly to the young kitten, said kitten made a cute little affirmative noise before skipping back over to her book and opening her book back up to the point that she had stopped reading at. ''you think that he likes books, I mean what type of person doesn't like books?'' she asked in a happy tone of voice as she bounced about with a large smile on her face as her cat ears twitched.
''Im sure he does honey, now why don't you go and see little illa?'' Kali asked her daughter as she knew that the adults would want to have a good long conversation that the young Blake would not like to listen to since it would be 'boring' to her.
Letting out an ok she set her book back down and ran out of the room to go see her friend, 'maybe we can meet this human together' she thought to herself as she blasted out of the house and ran towards illa's home.
Once Blake had left the adults looked at each other, "What do we do about the ones who will take offence at helping a human?, I know that not we found Adam might not like the idea?" Sienna asked as she could feel the rage and pain that radiated off the kid when in the same room as him.
"We do nothing, while we will help him get back in his feet we are not the boys parents and we cannot hold his hand, the child will need to learn that he needs to let go of the hate" Ghira said as he walked around the desk and sat in the large chair behind it.
His response had stunned Sienna who looked at him with a queer look in her eye. She very much doubted that Adam would ever let go of the hate he held for humans. "I see, well what else do we have to discuss?" She asked as she then sat down across from him.
Ghira smirked at her before pulling out a file from the desk about the latest protest that they were going to organise. When she looked at the file a sigh escaped her lips as she knew that they would be talking long into the night.
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When Tore woke up he felt odd, his chest seemed to ache and had something right around it, not to mention the clothes over his form seemed to soft, so soft that he actually found it uncomfortable. His eyes slowly opened to the sun blasting straight into his sight. Wincing he raised a arm and shielded himself with it. After a minute he had gotten used to how the light was in the room and looked around. The first thing that he noticed was that the room was rather large and well furnished, if he had to guess maybe this was a chiefs hall. Slowly he moved to get out of the bed and saw something which frightened him, a large thing sticking into his arm. He grabbed it and pulled it out with a muffled cry of pain before he got fully out of the bed. A quick glance showed him that his sword was not in the room which made him nervous and not all that trusting of where he was, slowly he made his way over to the door as his body protested due to the pain not only from his deep red skin but the large wound on his side, even if it was bound.
Reaching the door he eased it open and peaked through the opening, looking out he saw nothing moving and no one out there. Slowly he continued to ease it open before slipping out and closing the door behind him as he exited the room. 'Find sword then after that find out where I am' he thought to himself as he started to slowly make his way towards the front of the building, well what he thought was the front as that would house an armoury in any normal lodge in his opinion.
Soon he reached the front of the home and saw that he seemed to be in some sort of port town, if the presence of the sea was any clue, shaking his head he turned away and started to walk towards one of the many doors in the hallway that he was in. Reaching forwards he started to open the door but as he did so he felt it be opened outwards and smash into his face sending him sprawling to the floor in pain. As he was clutching his face he heard a young female voice speak up in a tongue that he could not understand.
Looking up he saw a black haired girl wearing a white summer dress with a black ribbon around the waist, what really caught his eye though was the cat ears atop her head. "Cait Sidhe" he muttered as he looked at her, clearly the girl heard him though as her reaction to him was one of interest as she spoke again in that tongue. He had no clue what she was asking but he did know just from the tone that she was asking multiple questions. "Speak Gaelic Cait Sidhe I cannot understand your current speech" he said to her slowly hoping that she would understand.
She just tilted her head as she looked at him, she did not understand at all clearly. What she did instead was grab his wrist and with surprising strength drag him back to the room that he had come from and push him towards the bed, a stern look for a child came onto her face as she pointed at the bed. He tried to move past her but she just pointed a bit more forcefully at the bed, he sighed and slowly climbed back into which made the girl nod before she turned and left the room and as she did she left out a call towards her parents most likely.
It did not take long for the girl to return with two new people, One of which looked like a giant with a large patch of fur on his chest while the other was what he thought he girl would look like if she was at least ten years older. The male started to speak yet just as with the young girl he could not understand a single word that he had said. ''I do not speak your tongue'' he said aloud simply to him which from the reaction of the man was not what he had wanted at all. He could see the man get angry slightly but was quickly calmed by the older woman's touch as she touch, she then took a step forwards and pointed at herself and said a single word. He didn't understand and when she repeated it again he got the feeling that she was trying to tell him her name. Focusing once more he listened carefully as she pointed to herself. ''Kali'' he was able to make out as she repeated the action once more. ''Tore Mac an fhuaimnéire dearga'' he said knowing that his name was rather long. Kali looked at him with a bemused look as he stated his name. She then pointed to the man and stated his name a few times, it took a few goes but he eventually got the name, ''Ghira'' she stated before turning and pointing at her daughter. ''Blake'' Kali stated before smiling at him in a motherly way.
Blake looked at him carefully as if trying to see what he was about, slowly she came forwards and offer him her hand with a small smile on her face, reaching forwards he grasped it with a firm hand before looking at her. With a small blush she shook it before letting go and taking a few steps back so that she was beside her mother and father.
After a few minutes Kali left alongside Ghira while walked over to a seat near the bed and sat down upon it and looked over at him. She did not speak much but when she did it was mainly to point out such things as the bed he was on in an effort to teach him the language, this did cause him to pick up a few words here and there, as such when she named something he would do the same after but only in Gealic this time, he wanted to try and teach her his tongue.
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As the two children were speaking slowly both Ghira and Kali were in the kitchen, Kali was making a few plates of food while Ghira was leaning against the counter top thinking. The sound of vegetables being chopped was ll that wa heard until Ghira let out a sigh, ''Either that kid is not from here or he was part of a wandering tribe'' he said finally as he found it hard to properly think about what to do since they could not understand each other properly.
''I don't think that is the case Ghira, his language is nothing like what used to be used before the great war. It has faint similarities towards old atlasien but that is about it, although from what he said I think it flows very well'' kali said as she tended to write under a pseudonym in her spare time both as a way to make a little bit of extra lien and to pass the time when Blake was playing and her husband was not around so languages were sort of her thing.
Looking at her he let out a grunt which got him a slap on the arm in retaliation, ''Speak properly'' she scolded as she finished placing a fillet of baked fish onto each plate. Arranged around where some green with a quarter of a lemon. ''Come let us eat, after that we can work on figuring out how to communicate with Tore'' she said as she lifted two plates and headed for the guest room.
As she walked in she heard both Tore and Her daughter speaking slowly to each other, it was little more than singular words yet it brought a smile to her face as it seemed they were trying to teach each other. ''Alright you two food'' she called out making both jump in surprise, Blake was the first to recover as she caught the scent of fish and faster than Tore's eye could see she was sitting with a plate in her lap and a lump of fish in her mouth, a content smile was spread over her face.
Tore was more sedated as the food was handed to him, he looked at the fish and could not tell its type. It did not look like trout or cod, and it was certainly no salmon either way he slowly took a lump of it off and started to chew on it carefully as he did not know if it had been deboned.
The next few minutes were spent in silence as each person ate slowly, Both Ghira and Kali had brought their own plates into the room and sat eating, as they ate they all looked at each other trying to figure out what to do, as they were all out of their depth. Needless to say that this next few days or even months could be rather tough on them all.
