Chapter 1

The crowd roared around Sky as she made her way to the center of the stadium. She smiled and waved to the thousands of people, dressed in their finest, beautiful masks covering their faces.

Sky put on her best smile and waved to the crowd. The people who recognized her were placing bets for her. The ones who were new or didn't recognize her were against her. Personally, she didn't blame the ones who were betting against her. She probably looked like a vulnerable kid. Her hair was up in a high ponytail, she was wearing a black tank top and leather pants. Her black high heeled combat boots were up to her thigh and strapped to her sides were two revolvers.

The first horn sounded, Sky she reached into her boot and took out two sheathed knives, she snapped them together, one on top of the other, then she snapped her revolvers on top of them to make a makeshift bow.

Next was the second horn, Sky grinned, she pressed a button on the contraption, and a string came out of the knives. Now, it resembles a bow. Sky frowned, she probably went a little overboard designing everything, in a real battle she wouldn't have this kind of time. She made a mental note to figure out how to fix it.

The crowded murmured, they saw that she now had a bow, but where were the arrows? Sky grinned, it'd been such a long time since she'd done this, it was going to be fun.

Finally, the third horn sounded, Sky flipped her hair over her shoulder, and stood her ground as all sorts of grimm emerged from a wall to the side of the stadium.

Then, the audience gasped at what happened next. Sky lifted her hand, and an arrow had appeared. It wasn't the fact that Sky could do this that confused them, but the fact that the arrow looked like it was made out of shadows…

People in the audience played, especially ones who didn't recognize who Sky was at first, realizing that they betted against someone who was clearly going to win.

Meanwhile, Sky was grinning, this would hopefully be the last time that she was killing grimm in this stadium, so why not make it a little dramatic.

Sky knocked the arrow, and aimed at the nearest Beowolf. The Beowolf fell back and toppled over other grimm. The Sky launched herself at the crowd of grimm. In truth, she could easily get rid of all this grimm in five minutes. But she didn't get paid based of how fast she could do it, her paycheck depended on how elaborate it was. That was the first thing that her father said when he locked her in a stadium with a hoard of grimm, give em' a show.

Sky choked a Beringal with her bow, she looked at the time on a clock on the far right wall, it was 9:30, she had plenty of time. She pressed a button on the bow, and the grimm's head exploded. The, Sky catapulted herself into the air with her bow, she snapped it in half and them put them on top of each other, so how it resembles a giant sniper rifle.

Still in the air, Sky smiled and started raining bullets down on the grimm. When she felt herself falling, Sky shot the ground below her to soften her landing. Her father and brother would say that the rules of gravity didn't apply to her. In truth, she just practiced a lot more than the others.

The Sky disassembled the sniper and started killing grimm with her daggers. When she saw that the crowd of grimm thinning, Sky strapped her knives back to her sides. She rose arms, and the shadows around her came together to make a series of weapons, daggers, sword, maces, it was all there.

Sky grinned, she threw her hands in front of her, and the shadows followed her command, piercing the remaining grimm.

Sky went backstage, she accepted the coffee someone offered her. She threw a towel around her neck and exhaled.

"Sky, that was beautiful," Sky's older brother, Coal, smiled at her her as she entered backstage. Once upon a time, Coal and Sky had been extremely close, anyone who didn't know them would say that they looked nothing alike, which was true. Coal's gray eyes turned bloodthirsty, while Sky's bright blue ones had turned wary. Coal walked around like he belonged there. Sky walked in the shadows, reminding herself that anyone here could call her bluff and kill her. Even Coal's bright blond hair demanded attention. Even their semblences were different, while Sky was prone to controlling shadows, what many people called dark magic, Coal's was the ability to control fire. The stadium had changed Coal. It had changed Sky to, but not in the same way.

"Yeah," Sky took her hair out of her ponytail, "You should go get ready."

"Ok," Coal smiled as Sky walked away, "See you later."

Sky turned the corner and almost ran straight into her father, Moss Black. She didn't bother with any courtesies, "My money?"

Her father smiled, "There's my star performer! What an amazing performance, you know how much money we got."

Of coarse he was only bothered with the money. Well sky was too, but not for the same reason. Sky held out her hand, "Just give it over."

Moss shook his head,and handed Sky a roll of money "Why don't you perform like that everytime?"

Sky counted the Lien, not taking her eyes off of her father. He was a burly man, someone who could've easily become a hunter. He had a shotgun at his side. His blond hair and gray eyes were the same as Coal's. He was wearing an expensive suit that screamed 'rich.'

Sky held out her hand, "A performance like that would definitely give me more."

Moss sighed, and handed her another roll of Lien, "You still didn't answer my question"

Sky checked her watch. It was 9:59, any minute now, she pocketed the money, "Well I guess I wanted to have a grand finale.

A horn from above indicated that Coal's match was about to start.

Moss paled, "Wait-"

The alarms wailed, those alarms wee only for two things, one if there was a fire, two if the police had found them. Sky had made sure both had happened. She wanted to burn this place to the ground.

Sky smiled sweetly, "Sorry dear father, but it had to happen."

Moss reached for the shotgun, but Sky willed the shadow's to flick it away, "Please Moss, you know that you can't even hope to beat me," the shadows grabbed Moss's legs and turned him upside down."

Sky reached into his pocket and grabbed his wallet, she took out all of his Lien and put it in her pocket, "That," she said, having the wallet in front of his face, "Is for the all of the days when you locked me in a cage full of grimm."

Moss gulped, "Sweetheart… I love you."

Sky laughed, "The one time he addresses me like a true father," Sky leaned closer to him, "Is what you said to mom right before she died."

Sky knew why Moss was to confused, we grew up with stories at dinner about how mom was a monster, and how she killed huntresses so she could be at the top. Moss thought that he'd educated us how mom was crazy that we'd never attempt to defy him. He thought that we'd grow up to be like him, rich based on the wrong reasons. Sky had felt Coal drifting towards that path. She'd acted more reserved, making it seem like she was following them in her own quiet way, but really ,she was planning their fall.

Moss didn't deny anything, but there was faint surprise in his eyes, "Who told you?"

Sky smiled and turned her back to him, "Hey do you remember Mom's brother?"

Moss gasped behind her, "Morado? That-"

Sky punched Mossin the face, so fast that he didn't expect it.

Moss blinked. With his hands and legs bound he couldn't do anything to stop he blow.

Sky was now in tears, "You killed mom, and all those nights when you locked me and Coal with grimm, Uncle Morado was the only way I survived it. He taught me to fight. That's how I could defeat those grimm the way I did today."

"That's where you were going when you disappeared," Moss's eyes widened in realization, "That's how you got Dark Magic.

Sky's bow/sniper assembled in front of Moss's eyes, "You haven't even seen what half of that thing does."

She aimed the sniper at Moss, who was pleading now, "Sky, I am your dad."

Sky turned her back to Moss, "You stopped being that ten years ago."

She started walking away, but Moss was now yelling behind her, "Don't act like your better then me, don't act like you didn't enjoy one minute of killing those grimm. You remember the day your semblance manifested better than even I do. You know that you are a monster. Just like your mother"

Sky knocked Moss unconscious with Shadow killer, "Don't talk about my family like that." she took out the walkie talkie that Uncle Morado had given her earlier, "Hey Uncle?" She talked into it.

"Kiddo? I'm here. You good? Over."

"Yeah I'm good. We're in the basement. Over," Sky took a deep breath and promptly collapsed against a wall, buried her face in her knees, and started crying. Once she started, she couldn't stop.

She thought about all of the years Moss had pretended that their family wasn't a complete mess of criminals. She thought about Coal, and how when she was little she would sneak into his room and let him tell her stories of heroes and villains. Sky had grown up thinking that their family was like the heros in the stories. Until their father had introduced them to the family business, capturing grimm and forcing them to fight for entertainment.

That was the same day when Moss had put Coal and Sky in a room of grimm. The same day that Sky's semblance manifested.

Sky shook her head, she was not a monster, no matter what anyone said. And sure she kind of enjoyed killing grimm, but she would use that for good.

Sky was going to use that to become a huntress.