Child of Grimm Ch. 2
So I started writing this before anything came in, so if something comes up it will be addressed at the end of the chapter.
He exited the airship and looked around. The front of Beacon was crowded with new students, all of them looking around at the landscape. He payed no mind and just walked forward. He felt himself bump into someone, and he quickly moved out of the way.
"Watch it," said a prissy voice. Well you sound lovely
"Sorry," he said. "I didn't see you."
"Well maybe if you looked around, you would of have."
"I have my reasons to not want to see people, or have them see me."
"Do you know who you're talking too?" He lifted his head slightly, and his face contorted in disgust at the sight of the girl in front of him.
"Weiss Schnee," he said. "The heiress to the dust company, and someone whom I have no interest in interacting with." He quickly turned and walked away, leaving the heiress looking at him in surprise. The less she knows about me, the better. I can't imagine what that company would do to me if they do what they do to faunus. He kept walking, and eventually he bumped into someone else. God damnit not again.
"I'm sorry," the person quickly said. "I wasn't looking where I was going."
"It's fine," he replied. "Neither was I." Well she seems considerably more pleasant then the last one.
"I'm Pyrrha," the girl said. That explains it. Pyrrha Nikos, the star student at Sanctum.
"Pyrrha," he repeated. "Pyrrha Nikos?"
"Yes. What's your name?"
"Derek." Why are you telling her so much?
"Can I see your face? You've had it under your hood this whole time."
"No. I must go now. It was nice meeting you." He turned and left Pyrrha standing there, stunned at what he had done. That was easy. He finally went into the auditorium, and found a dark corner in the back. No one will see me here. I can just stand in silence. But someone started standing within a few feet of him. My luck can't be this bad. Maybe he won't see me. But Derek had no such luck. The boy turned to face him, and he seemed a bit surprised.
"Oh hey," he said. "I didn't see you there." No reply. "I'm Nathan." Silence. "Why are you hiding?" An impatient breath. "I'm a faunus too?"
"What makes you think I'm a faunus?" Was Derek's reply.
"Why else would you hide? I'm a wolf faunus if it makes you feel more comfortable." He grinned, showing off a row of canine teeth and he swung himself around to reveal a tail. "What faunus are you?"
"I'm not."
"Oh. Then why are you hiding your face?"
"I'm worse, and I'd prefer to be left alone." Nathan wasn't having it, and he put his hand on Derek's shoulder and spun him around. He gave a small gasp of surprise at his face.
"How are you not a faunus?"
"I'm a Child of Grimm," was his only response. "And I suggest you move away from me, before I take action against you."
"Nathan!" Came a sharp voice. Nathan flinched and turned around to face a girl. "Are you bothering him?"
"No," came his quick reply.
"Yes," Derek added in.
"I'm sorry about that," came the girl's response. "I'm Gwen, his manager and a new student." Derek nodded and continued to stand in the corner. "What's your name?" He continued to stand in silence. "Nathan, what's his name?" Nathan shrugged. "Hey, why are you ignoring us."
"Oh, hey Derek," came a cheery voice. No, no, no, no why? He lifted his head to see Monica walking up to the three of them. "Who are your friends?"
"So Derek's his name," Gwen declared. Derek allowed himself to study the people around him. Gwen was wearing an orange jacket, with a white shirt underneath it. She was also wearing a pair of orange pants to go along with her jacket. Her hair was white, which looked strange in contrast to the rest of her, and her eyes were white as well. Nathan was wearing a torn denim jacket, and torn jeans. He wore a gray wolf shirt underneath his jacket. His hair was silver, and his eyes were red. He looked over to Monica to see that she was wearing her usual yellow jacket, and white shirt along with her yellow jeans. Her hair was blonde and her eyes were silver. They all know what I am now, and I know what they are.
"Did he not tell you his name?" Monica said. "Not that surprising."
"How about you three leave me alone for right now?" Derek asked.
"We're staying." Derek cursed softly. Drawing a picture wouldn't help them leave me alone. All I have to do is- No. That's a bad idea. It'll make it obvious what I really am.
"You can stay," Derek finally said. "But I'm not going to pretend to friends with any of you." He looked down, and started to drown the three of them out. He could faintly hear the headmaster, Ozpin, starting a speech, but he paid no mind to it. He knew what he would say, having been informed before he came into this school. The speech ended, and he was aware that everyone was going to sleep in the ballroom. Oh no. That many people? I'll sleep in these tonight. There's nothing wrong with my clothes.
Ballroom: Night
Derek had found a spot that was out of the way of everyone else, and he had laid out his sleeping bag. He saw Monica a fair distance away from him, talking to Yang and Ruby. He spotted Weiss a distance away from him, prepping herself for sleep. He found Nathan and Gwen talking with each other far away from him. He also found the blonde boy from the ship in a bunny slipper onesie. Finally, he spotted Pyrrha, who was further away from him then anyone else. Perfect. I can be left alone by everyone. No one can possibly bother me at this point. He made it a point to never underestimate the observational abilities of Monica. She quickly spotted him and started to walk over to him. Nathan and Gwen looked at where she was going, and quickly followed. They're a pack now, great.
"Hey Derek," came Monica's cheery voice. "Do you want company?"
"Monica," Derek began. "I picked a spot in a dark corner that was far away from everyone that I've had the misfortune of meeting in my time here at this school. Does it look like I want company?"
"We'll join you," Nathan said. I hate them. I hate every single person here. No matter. I'll just sleep. He curled up in his sleeping bag, and closed his eyes, falling asleep immediately.
"Derek?" Monica said. "Damnit I hate it when he does this."
"Does what?" Asked Gwen.
"He can fall sleep anywhere at anytime. He uses it to avoid people."
"I guess it works," said Nathan.
Derek was watching something take place. He saw a couple, who both had some signs of scales on their arms, holding a small boy. They were talking with someone, someone that said he could relieve the boy of his scales. He saw the images of the burdens that the boy's parents held because of those scales. The agreed to the terms, and they were in a large lab. The baby was placed in a tube, and the man that had talked to the parents was by a large lever. Suddenly, Derek was in the chamber. It started to fill with a gas, and Derek tried to bang on the door.
"LET ME OUT!" He screamed. "LET ME OUT! NOOOO!" He was suddenly awake, panting. He looked around, and he saw that Monica, Gwen, and Nathan were still near him. He looked out further, and saw that everyone appeared to be asleep, not an empty sleeping bag in sight. He quickly stood up, and cautiously stepped around all of the students. He could get changed before anyone else woke up. He could really stretch. He walked into the locker room, and picked out his locker. He opened it up, and inspected it's contents. He first pulled out a sword. The sword's hilt was stylized to look like a dragon curled around a red dust crystal that rested in the hilt. The dragon's mouth was open, and the blade of the sword looked like flames coming out of it. The sword was fire resistant, and the crystal in the hilt was capable of absorbing all flames that came at him. He picked up his sword and put it in it's sheath and strapped it to his belt. He picked up a set of green scaled armor and inspected it. He quickly looked around him, and decided to put it on. He took off his jacket, and shirt, revealing a large bandage that was wrapped around his chest. He pulled it off of him, careful not to rip it, and put it to the side. Without the bandage on, he stretched. I can finally stretch them out. The bandage was hiding a pair of wings, that were longer then his arms. He stretched them out for a moment, then quickly folded them back up and put on his bandage. He then took off his pants, and flexed out a tail with a spear shaped point. He then put on the scale armor, which covered up all of his chest, shoulders, legs, and most of his back. It had holes in it for his wings and tail, but it would be concealed as well. He threw on his outer clothes, and looked around him again. No one is here yet, and I can always get the other things later. He closed his locker, and left the room.
He didn't know it, but someone was there. They had seen the whole thing, and they wanted to tell him. But now was not the right time, other students would wake up soon. They just left the locker room silently and went into the dinning room.
End: Questions, comments, and feedback is appreciated.
