Just for a second everything was black. It was black, but calm.
"Neo this is Weiss," Bounced through my head.
"Neo I know you can hear me, but don't try to move. The silver dust has entered your aura it will be fine, but you must act fast. In a moment or two you will regain your vision. I'm sorry you had to black out, but eyes are a window to your soul and through them we had to reach your aura. Once you can see again try to talk to me," Weiss' voice shuttered through my mind.
Blurred spots danced in my eyes casting shadows everywhere. I think I was starting to regain my vision like Weiss said I would.
"Weiss," I mumbled.
"Oh, good you can see again," Her voice sounded through my mind again.
"Weiss where am I?"
I tried to look for familiar shapes. I was just in that cold room with Weiss, but now it's gone completely. I reached up to find her hand no longer clutching my hair pulling it at the roots. The air here is warm and stuffy.
"Neo you are right here laying on the floor of my office," I could hear her in my mind. Those words bouncing around trying to escape.
"But, Weiss it looks different here," I tried to speak out, but the words only formed in my mind.
"Neo, you are still here in my office, but your aura is now free from your body. It is now roaming free. Make shure to hold onto it, because it is free it will try to find a body to occupy. Do not let it get away from you, if you let it take hold of another you will become nothing, but a lifeless creature," Weiss yelled into my mind. When I say yelled I mean full out screamed right into my brain.
"Weiss, what can I do to keep my aura?"
"I really don't know. This is really the first time I have been able to activate someone's aura through dust. Whatever happens now has never been done before. From what I have been researching you have to make your aura feel it needs you, otherwise it will be gone before you can say grim."
I need to make my aura want to say. I need to make my aura want to stay. I need to make my aura want to stay, but what would want to stay with me. If I could I would leave myself right here and never come back.
"Neo. I don't think you need to worry about your aura. I think because you are only an aura it must stay with you."
Great even I can't leave myself behind like I wanted to. Here I was getting rather excited being just an aura, I was going to take over somebody else, but no I can't.
Ripping me away from my thoughts was a wrenching pain in my throat.
"Weiss," I croaked.
"Uh. Neo you need to get back here soon. You're shaking and coughing blood. Just find my dad's aura and get back soon," she explained.
If my body died while I was here what would happen to my aura? I just need to get out of here.
Bright lights flashed throughout my eyes. The black spots threatened to return. I started to blink my eyes rapidly trying to force them out at no avail.
"Hello how may I help you?" a young woman's voice cooed.
I was filled with questions, but I just asked a simple, "Who are you?"
"I am Cinder. I work here as a secretary," she responded politely.
"Miss Cinder, I need to find some one's aura. Do you think you could help me do that?" I asked.
"Well it depends on who you are here to see. I just happen to know where most auras are if they still inhabit a body. What is their name?"
"I don't really know his name, but he is the father of Weiss Schnee."
"Ah yes Mr. Schnee. Nasty fellow. I don't want to know what business you may have with him, but here you go," She said as she handed me a small piece of paper.
It was purely white without any readable script.
"Miss Cinder, what do I do with this?"
"Well I thought your parents would have told you, but if you are indeed a spirit fauna you will be able to read it."
I looked harder at the small piece of paper. No words appeared. I know I am a spirit fauna. I should be able to read this whatever it says.
"Both of my parents are dead. They never told me anything about who or what I am."
She glared at me, with her golden eyes.
"What's your name?" Cinder asked beginning to look annoyed.
"Neo."
"Well Neo this paper has the direction of where Mr. Schnee is at the moment written on it. You will be able to read it when some of your energy is transferred into it," She reached down towards the paper. For a second her deathly black fingernail touched it. Immediately a golden light appeared. "Miss Neo just transfer a little of your energy into the paper and it will tell you the way," She handed me the paper.
Where it was just shining was now dull and white again. I twisted it through my fingers. I started to think hard on energy. Did she mean energy from my aura or was she just talking about energy its self? I let her words work their way into my mind for a minute or so. I tried staring at it intensely, squeezing it between my fingers, anything that might work. Nothing worked I decided to throw it off somewhere.
"Weiss I have a question."
"Neo, not now. I have some work to do."
"But, Weiss I need to access my aura to get this paper to lead me to your dad."
"Then just use your aura."
"It's not just my aura I need to access my semblance as well, but because I don't have control over it yet I can't read what the paper thingy says," I screamed hoping it would hurt Weiss' ears.
"Here just wait a moment," Weiss blurted out quickly.
I was about to respond, but the fire came back. It started burning in my throat again, but I haven't drank anymore of that silver crap Weiss gave me. As if on cue my vision started to blur again.
"What's happening," I coughed.
"I had to give you more silver dust so you could access your aura again. I bet you have about five minutes before your body rejects the dust causing your aura to be stranded," She said in a cheery tone, like if someone had just called out they had ice-cream.
Only five minutes until I am doomed for good. I think that's a reasonable time. I got down on my hands and knees searching for that paper. I brushed my fingers over the rugged ground in hopes of finding it.
Dragging my hand across rocks I took hold of what I think is the paper. I pulled it up close to my eyes to try to read it.
The paper began to glow. Casting light out into all directions.
"Good I see you have been able to access your aura and read the script," Cinder's voice renounced from behind me.
I spun around to face her.
"What do I do now?" I asked unsure if I really wanted to know the answer.
"Tell me what the script says."
"Six three nine O eight two O two."
Flashes of light consumed me. I squinted my eyes to protect them from the newly found rays of light. I was being lifted from where I was standing just a few seconds before. All I could see was this light emanating from what feels like everywhere.
I was forced out of my thoughts by my feet being crushed into the now solid ground. Jolts of pain webbed from my ankles and ran towards my legs.
I looked forward to see my surroundings had changed again, but to a theater. It was odd looking at the huge screen that had just been a forest with that odd reception desk. The room was brightly lit and was furnished with the usually theater stuff. There were reclining chairs cast about in random intervals. Lights clung to the celling with ease.
"Welcome to the Theater," a heavy voice sounded. "Here you will be viewing Mr. Schnee. At any time you may do the following; leave, visit Mr. Schnee in person, or if you have the power to do so take his aura."
I was here to do the third. Although I do not know how to take one's aura away I feel like I do. I don't think I could explain it fully, but I just feel right being in control over someone else's life.
"If you would like to take Mr. Schnee's aura please come to the front of the theater."
I started to walk towards the back, but I stopped midway to see a girl sitting here crying.
"Hello?" I asked timidly.
The girl was hunched over with her head in her hands. She looked just like Weiss, with her snowy white hair and blue eyes. Unlike Weiss her eyes were full of sorrow. Weiss' were always full of hate and anger, but I could sense a gentleness about this girl.
"Hello. What are you doing here?" She asked sounding surprised.
"I was here to do something," I responded.
"Well what something was that? No one ever comes here, but me so you better tell me why you are here," She demanded.
"I was sent here to take his aura."
"By whom? And speak up when you are talking to me. I am Winter Schnee late heiress of the Schnee dust company. That is my father.
