This is my first story I will be writing. I decided about two years ago that I wanted to write but every time I would start writing something I would look back at it and feel like it wasn't good. (Also my writing was somewhat bad but since then it has gotten better.) It was either that or I wasn't motivated to do it. Since then, I have thought of many different ways to start the story. This is the one I decided was best. (Even though I still feel like it's not good.)

Chapter 1 – A Miracle?

An armored vehicle drove through the Emerald Forest in the early morning. Inside was a thin Caucasian man who was in his mid-thirties, who wore a black suit that matched his short hair, which he had slicked back. He had brown eyes that were covered by glasses, which had a thin metal frame.

"Are we almost there yet?" He asked the driver.

"In about five minute's sir." The driver quickly replied turning the vehicle right.

"Good… What did they want me to see that's so important?"

"They told me to keep it a surprise sir."

The man sighed in annoyance. "It better be great." He said while looking out of the window.

"It's… something." The driver replied little unsure.

The vehicle continued to drive until it stopped in front of a cave. A woman emerged from the cave and stood at the entrance.

She was Caucasian, had dark brown shoulder length hair that was put in a ponytail and green eyes, her body was thin, but well built. She wore a white jacket that had a dark blue vest underneath it and a white t shirt underneath the vest. Her heels and skirt were white as well.

She had a plain look on her face as she waited for the man to exit the vehicle.

The man quickly left the vehicle and began to walk towards her.

"Mr. Coal." She said plainly while she extended her hand out.

"Ms. Tris." He responded and shook her hand. "I have waited patiently for whatever it is you wanted me to see. So let's just go inside."

"Yes, sir." She said and walked into the cave with Coal following.

They walked a short distance before a steel door was seen and a guard was waiting for them. The guard opened the door once they getting closer, let them inside, and shut the door after they entered.

They walked down a large hallway that was lit by rows of lights.

"How far is it?" He asked a little impatient.

"The room isn't far now. We'll get there in less than a minute." Tris said as they walked down a flight of steps.

As they were getting closer to the room, Tris began to speak.

"I don't know much about these experimental medicines that are tested here. All I know is that every once in a while one works."

"Who managed to get one working?"

"Nick Paladin."

"Paladin?"

"Yes."

"…Is it the one he always tested?"

"Not always, but yes."

"… Well guess you can say hard work pays off."

"I would call it a combination of hard work and luck."

They both turned left and walked down another hallway before twenty doors were seen. Tris walked halfway down the hallway before she turned to her right and opened a door. She entered first, but turned around to face Coal.

"You're not going to like who was test on." She warned while he raised an eyebrow.

After Coal entered the room Tris shut the door and stayed by it.

The room was lit by a light in the center of the ceiling. A tinted glass window was on the left side of the room, and a desk facing the right side of the wall. A middle aged man sat in a chair next to the desk.

The man was Caucasian, had some wrinkles on his face, thin and a little taller than Coal. He wore a white dress shirt, black pants, and black shoes. His hair was combed to the left of his head, and was a mixture of black and grey.

The man turned to face the door after he heard it open and smiled happily.

"Nice to see you again Mr. Coal." He said with his hand extended.

"Good to see you as well Dr. Paladin." Coal said shaking the older man's hand. "But I came here for business."

"Of course, let me show you what worked." He said before got up and walked to the glass. He pushed a button on the wall and the glass cleared revealing a room. In a corner of the room was a Faunus boy.

The boy was Caucasian, had short black hair, two black cat ears, blue eyes, and was thin. He wore a small grey jumpsuit. He was curled up in a ball, and was staring at the door with terror, like someone was going to bust it down and take him.

Coal had a mixture of confusion, and shock as he stared at the boy.

"The boy's name is Sh-

"What is he doing here?" Coal said angrily while staring at Paladin.

"What do you mean?"

"You know what I mean!... I told you to test adults! ADULTS! NOT CHILDREN!" Coal yelled furiously.

Paladin stared at him, not knowing what to say.

"Tr- Tris said it was alright to test on him."

Coal turned around to face her, and saw that she was calm.

"Why did you let him? No, why did you bring a kid here?"

"I was just about to explain why." She said plainly.

"Should I go?" Paladin asked.

"No!"

"okay…" He said quietly then went to his desk and sat on his chair.

"He was homeless and-."

"That's still not a good reason to bring him here."

Tris was slightly annoyed that Coal interrupted her but she continued.

"Could you let me finish."

Coal's eye twitched in anger. "Fine."

"…Even though he was homeless he was surprisingly healthy, and since we haven't tested a child I decided to bring him here. Most of the doctors didn't want to test on him because of his age, but Paladin and a few others wanted to. I let Paladin test on him because he gave me a brief explanation of what his "medicine" was about."

"What's so great about it?"

"He said that it could heal a hunter or huntress without them having to use their aura."

Coal took a moment to process what she said. His anger slowly went away, and was replaced with curiosity.

"You mean they could heal faster than normal?"

"Yes sir." Paladin responded making Coal look at him.

"How?"

"Well… I'll explain what it is first. It's a parasite that does the healing."

"Wait, you mean it's not a medicine, but a worm that helps him?"

"It's a microscopic parasite that heals wounds faster than normal, and it could be considered a medicine if you think about it."

Coal was about to say something, but stopped.

"I'll just let you finish."

"It was created at the lab I worked at by a colleague and I. He did most of the work, and kept it a secret as well, but asked me to help. I guess he needed it towards the end. I am getting off track here. The parasite could heal its host quickly. I have watched it repair broken bones, torn muscles, sliced skin tissue, and… I think it could learn."

"…what?"

"I have thought about it for a long time and came to the conclusion that it learns the host's body. So if the host is injured it helps by speeding up the healing process."

"Why would it want to heal the host, I thought parasites take what they need to live?"

"It does take what it needs, but it can't survive without it's host for very long. The only time I've seen it become a parasite is when it can't find what it needs in a host. The host needs certain requirements for the parasite if that person doesn't, then it starts to kill the host to save itself. But it eventually dies after the host does. This has happened with all of the other subjects in the tests. Until I tested it on Shane… the boy in the other room. It is taking what it needs to live and is keeping Shane from dying from a serious injury. It's a symbiotic relationship between it and Shane."

"If the person needs requirements in order for it to live inside them, how do you know it can heal bones, and skin."

"At first I didn't know that the parasite would kill the host. So I thought it worked until they died. I had to resort to… cutting them and on one occasion I had to break one subjects arm. It was not an easy thing to do, but I had to see if it worked."

Coal was surprised to hear what the doctor had done, and didn't know what to say at first. Eventually he changed the topic.

"So requirements, learning, a symbiotic relationship, and is manmade is what I got so far. Anything else?"

"That is everything I know now, the only thing I need to do know is why it worked on Shane."

"But overall the test was a success and…" Coal glanced through the window at Shane.

"…There is a problem." He said making Paladin look at him, and seeing what he meant.

"It looks like you need to get him to trust you." Coal said before looking back at Paladin. "He is young, so maybe if you lie to him he'll believe it." He started to make his way towards the door. "Overall it seems like everything will turn out fine, or maybe better."

"I have a suggestion on what we should do once Paladin finds the reason why he survived." Tris said, gaining the attention of both men. "We should make an army."

Her statement made both of them give her looks of confusion.

"An army?" Coal said.

"Yes, an army that has that parasite in them."

"Why?"

"Why not. You heard what he said, that parasite can heal people faster than normal. What are you going to do with it if you don't?"

"I was thinking that we could sell it to people. It would help people, and I would make a profit. So I could keep places like these running."

"What about the armies? Once they hear about this they will want every soldier to have it. Making their armies harder to stop and making the leaders of those armies think they are unstoppable."

"So we make an army and then what? We will be seen as a threat because of what we have."

"I didn't say we have to show the Kingdoms the army. We keep it hidden."

"Why would we need to keep it hidden?"

"So when another war happens we have the element of surprise."

"What do you mean by "element of surprise?""

"We destroy any army that is left."

"Whoa whoa whoa. You mean Kill them!?"

"Yes and once they are dead we take control of the kingdoms. There won't be four armies, but one. One army that brings peace to the kingdoms. Anyone who challenges us we kill."

"What you are talking about is crazy."

"Do you think that we will see a war in our lifetime Coal? Considering the last one happened thirty eight years ago, I think we will see another war in the next thirty, maybe twenty years. By then will you have a family?"

"I still don't know about the army."

"I guess it depends on if you think the armies can protect you."

Coal stood silently, looking at Shane then at his feet a couple of times.

"…Alright. I made a decision…. We make the army."

Tris grinned happily. "I am glad you decided to-"

"But here is what we are going to do." Coal interrupted. "Since the boy is the only one to survive, he will be the first soldier and you will train him."

Tris had a baffled look on her face. "You can't be serious."

"You said that there is a chance of a war starting in the next twenty to thirty years. All we have is the kid for now. Until the parasite could be put into someone else, he is the first soldier. Also we need a name for the parasite." An alarm began ringing on his watch. He looked down and stopped it before looking back up at them. "I have to leave now. Once I get back I want to see him have some knowledge about fighting, and Paladin, I want to know why it worked on him, or at least know something new."

Paladin cleared his throat. "Yes, sir."

"Alright I trust you two will do your best." Coal said and extended his hand towards Tris, who shook it. Then he extended his hand towards Paladin who shook his hand as well. He went to the door opened it and made sure to close it once he was out.

Tris, and Paladin sat there for a couple of seconds before Tris spoke up. "Let's get started. I'll talk to Shane." She said, then walked to the door to leave.

"Of course." He said and watched her leave the room before he looked at Shane. 'What did I do?... This… this was supposed to help people, not cause this. I can't let them build this army.' He grabbed the notes he had and stared at them. 'I don't have a choice do I… but they don't know what I know. I could keep what I know a secret.' He began to tear his notes apart. 'The least I could do is delay what they are trying to do.'

He looked up once he heard Shane move around in the room and saw that Tris had entered it. "Hello there." She said to him.

Paladin sighed sadly. "I'm sorry." He said quietly as he watched Shane cower at the sight of Tris. "Things just got harder for you."

So yeah that's the start of my story. I honestly think that I could have done better but I really wanted to start it. Anyway thank you for reading this far. Hopefully the next chapter won't take as long to write.