Chapter 2

It was 1:23 In the afternoon, and Garnet with his father went to the arena, with the same case of dust as yesterday.

"So Garnet, how do you feel.?" His father asked

Garnet responded "I feel fine. My legs are tired... " he said, taking air into his lungs.

"Well, in that case, Take this" Baze said, pulling a bottle out of his pocket.

The bottle was orange, and transparent, in the bottle were small round capsules of dust. The dust in the bottle was fire

"Take a few of these, after your body takes them in, it will bolster your strength as far as your semblance strain on your aura is concerned." his father said, offering the bottle to Garnet

Garnet took the bottle in hand and said "So this will help me?" Garnet asked

Baze nodded "For now, but as your Aura gets conditioned and stronger you won't need a lot of dust to keep up your strength" He said, putting his hand to his side

Garnet opened the bottle, and said "How many do I take?" He asked

"For now, take three.." His father replied

Garnet took out three pills and put them in his mouth and swallowed them. "Now what happens?" Garnet asked. He was wondering if the effect of the dust was going to be immediate, or if it took a bit to start working.

"It should start working in a few moment, once you start to digest it, it will go into your body." His Father said.

After the ball park time went by, Baze spoke "That should do it. Now go to the center of the arena…" He said, looking at Garnet.

The weather today was slightly hotter than yesterday. It was 75 degrees, but with the humidity, it felt like 85. Little to no wind was in the air today, the sound of birds, and other creatures could be heard in the forest.

Garnet nodded and walked to the slab in the center, he stood on it for a few minutes while he looked over to see his father in a deep thought, he had his hand on his chin, and was walking back and forth.

After a little while longer, his father stood in front of him,, and said "Ok, I need you answer some question for me." He said, hand still on his chin

Garnet nodded, his father spoke again "What did you feel, what happened, and where did it come from?" He asked.

Garnet thought for a moment, maybe more. He recalled what he could remember feeling, the sensation, the feeling, the location. The location was the upper back, near the lower shoulder blade.

Garnet spoke "Well… I felt a sudden burst of energy out of my back, then I just saw whatever it was, it looked like a spear, or a pillar. It was glowing the color of my Aura in the center , red. On the outside, it was a dark color of red. I felt it, and it was hard as stone, when it went back into my body, it was smooth and flowing as water. And that is about all."

Baze let his hand fall from his chin "Ok….I want you to focus on that feeling, the same one you had. I just want you to do that, and close your eyes, and just smoothly bring it out. Sound good?" He finished

Garnet nodded, and closed his eyes, dropping his head slightly. Baze had moved out of the way, so if something happened he would not get hurt. Garnet focused on his back, and the feeling. Garnet gathered his aura, and started slowly pulling it out.

As Garnet did this, the aura slipped from him and fell back, Garnet still attempted to do it again. After the same tug of war, Garnet was able to feel the aura start to leave his body.

The aura left his body slowly, Baze looked at it "Keep it coming. .." He said to Garnet.

Garnet took deep relaxed breaths as he focused

The strand of aura that left Gernet was the color of his aura, as it got further from his body, it got the dark red shell around it, it also started to taper. The aura grew out of his back, and fell slowly off his shoulder, and when it touched the ground, Baze said "That's good, now I want you to hold it, right there."

Garnet stopped attempting to push aura out of his body. And relaxed, just feeling the aura that had left his body

"You can open your eyes now, just don't get too excited." His father said.

Garnet slowly opened his eyes, and continued to take the deep breaths. Garnet turned his head down to see the aura, laying on the ground, at his feet. The Aura pulsed throughout the creation as it sat idle.

"Wow…" Garnet said, now able to get a good look at it

"Well Garnet, that is your Semblance, whatever it is. It sure looks interesting…" Baze said He looked at the aura, and did not see it moving, then he said "Well, I guess if you thought it was special you could name

it...I just think it would be easier then just calling it aura, and it may confuse some people. So a generalized name for it might work."

"What about Spear Pillar ?" Garnet said, slowly, and non excitedly. He notice how the aura tapered like a spear, and when he first saw it , it looked like a pillar, hance the name Spear Pillar.

"Spear Pillar….Sounds ok. And it rolled off the tongue." his father said.

"Now, I want you to try to move it. Maybe try feeling the aura and moving it like you would your arm.." He continued

Garnet nodded, and made sure his arms were at his side. He started to focus on feeling the aura in the started to test making movements, it was like drawing it out, except bending the aura that was already out there.

Garnet managed to start slowly move the aura. The aura slowly curled upwards as it rose from just dangling at his feet, and dragging on the ground.

Garnet lifted it to the level of his shoulder, still curled, and not pointed out, however he did whip the tip of it around a little to test how responsive it was.

"Good Job" Baze said. He looked at the pillar "So, it this the same size as the the one you made before?" He asked

"It is a little thinner I think.. And a little shorter" Garnet said, looking over his semblance.

"Ok, how do you feel now?" Baze asked. He asked this to wonder how Garnet was reacting to the semblance, if he was now tired, or anything.

"I feel great….. A bit tingly, but good." Garnet said, looking to see how he felt.

"Ok, I want you to walk, and you to wave it slowly back and forth, lets see how controllable it is…. " Garnet's father said.

Garnet started to walk, and attempt to wave the aura. He was able to do this with a large deal of difficulty as he walked, after a few minutes of doing it, he got better control and was able to move it back and forth, just as he would put one leg forward, and one behind him.

Garnet moved the pillar behind him, and was also waving it to test if this articulation carried, it did

"Good job." Baze said, thinking of what to do next. He had a bit of hesitation, but he pushed himself to say it. "Garnet, walk over the one of the targets…"

Garnet wondered what his father asked him to do this, but still he did, with his semblance activated and behind him.

Garnet got to a target, and His father joined him "Now what?" Garnet asked, curious as to why he was told to go to a target.

Baze cleared his throat, and stood to the side of Garnet "I want you to aim the point of your semblance at the center of the target." The target was 9 feet away where Garnet was standing

" But, I don't think im close enough to hit it…" Garnet said

Baze shook his head " It does not matter, I just want to see something"

Garnet nodded "Ok."

Garnet moved his semblance to be aimed at the target. The pilar's point was just past Garnet's face, so he would not get hurt like he did before. Garnet looked at the center of the target. He started to focus on it

"Ok, now I want you to feel the same thing you felt when you brought it out, now just let the aura out, and push it forward." His father said, taking a few steps back

Garnet did nothing, he heard his father, he just did not acknowledge he did, as he was focusing.

Garnet continued to focus, and felt the aura build up, wanting to propel the pillar forward, like air being pumped into a tire.

Garnet let the pillar fly forward, when it was not long enough to reach the target before, it was now.

Garnet's semblance grew and stretched the gap and went into the center of the target. Garnet let out a stifled, sharp breath

Baze noticed "Garnet, what is it?" He asked.

Garnet let out a few more sharp breaths, saying "...I don't..Know…..I feel like my aura is being pulled out of me… Like it is being stretched too far….." He said, trying to not fall, orr arch his back over.

"Ok Garnet, I want you to slowly retract it, call the aura back to your body until you feel comfortable again." Baze said, a little worried , he did not know what just made Garnet feel this way.

Garnet started to bring the semblance back to him, once he felt comfortable with it, it was about 3 feet long, 2 feet shorter than it was. Before.

"Feel better now?" His father asked"

Garnet nodded "I feel better now., but I think I used some of my aura stretching my semblance that far, maybe it was the force I used.

Baze looked at the target, the target was 2 feet thick, and the pillar managed to go all the way through it, allowing Baze to see the tree behind it.

"Well, you certainly did not go easy on it…" He said. He looked at Garnet, he had worked up a sweat, Baze looked him in the eye and said "You can pull it back now, I think that is it for today.." He paused for a moment "We need to get you home so you can rest and eat. Now that you know how to do this, you can practice without me, just don't take it too hard. Understand."

Garnet, nodded as he started to pull his aura back inside of him. "Understood" he said

Garnet arrived home, with his father. His mother was waiting for him, sitting on the stairs "Well, how did it go,m are you ok?" She asked

"Olive, Garnet now has control over himself. So everything is fine now. You need not worry about any more incidents like that from now on. " Baze said.

"Well, that is a relief " His mother said., sighing She looked at Garnet "How do you feel..?" She asked.

"Hungry…" Garnet replied with a smile.

"Why don't you go see your sister now, and I will make dinner, ok?" She said softly.

Garnet noded "Sounds good mom.." he said , happy he could talk to his sister about what happened.

His mom got up and called out "Mocha, your brother is dying to talk to you…"

A few moments later, Mocha came out of the living room, and looked at Garnet with a smile "YAY!" she said "Garnet, will you tell me what happened, would you?" She asked

Garnet looked to his father, Baze nodded Garnet looked to Mocha "I don't see why not." He said smiling

"Yay!" Mocha said again

"Why don't you two go and sit outside and discuss it. Your dad can help me cook." Her mother said.

Garnet noded "Ok, sounds good." He offered his hand to Mocha, she took it and they went outside.

The two of them sat on two chairs that were on a wooden deck of the house in the front.

"So, did you..Get control of it...Do you feel safe to have me around you now?" Mocha asked

Garnet nodded "You probably were before, but I wanted to make sure without a doubt you would be safe. And I would never forgive myself if I hurt you."

Mocha said, getting up "Well, seeing as how you feel comfortable with me now, and Would would not let me do this earlier… " She stood, and paused. Mocha continued "I can do this!"

She sat on Garnet, legs across him, on Garnet's lap, and hugged him, with both arms around her neck. "I am glad you did not get hurt by your semblance too bad this morning, when I saw all the blood, I got scared that you were really hurt."

Garnet shook his head, and showed the side of his face that was cut "Look." He said "Only a tiny scar, and its not even still open, it is like it never even happened, see?" he said.

Mocha looked at the area "No, it looks just like it didn't happen…" she said

"See…" Garnet added. "I am fine.

Still on Garnet, Mocha asked "So, was it cool?" She asked.

"Was what cool?" Garnet asked.

"Learning how to use your Semblance. Must have been really cool, right?" Mocha asked

Garnet nodded "It was cool, but I have the feeling I just barely scratched the surface on it. Anyways, dad says I need to practice and exercise it to make my semblance stronger, and better focused. But, for now I will be good. I am happy with what I have done."

"That must be so amazing, learning how to do all that." Mocha said, thinking about when she would learn

"Well, I'll show it to you one day." Garnet said.

Both Garnet and Mocha had never seen a semblance in work. They had seen pictures, and read papers on it, but never seen it up close. Now, Garnet had, Mocha just needed to. Garnet thought when he got better with it, he would show Mocha what his was.

"Really?" Mocha said, her eyes wide with optimism

"Mhm" Garnet nodded "Sure" he said.

The two, and talked for a while, when Garnet's mother Olive came out, and said "Dinn…." She looked at the twom Mocha sitting in Garnet's lap "Aww, that is adorable…" She said.

"It's not that big a deal mom, I just love my sister…" Garnet said.

"I know, but most people your age would not do that if they were paid money." She paused for a moment "Oh, that's just so adorable."

"Come to think of it Garnet, she is right. You never see anyone else with a close relationship with their sister, do you?" "Or at least this close.." She added

"I never really thought about it.." Garnet said.

"As I was saying, dinner is done.." Olive said.

Garnet nodded, he stood, picking up Mocha and standing her up on her feet. "Let's go get washed up." he said plainly

Garnet and Mocha got to dinner. The food was beef potatoes, and vegetables. At the time of Garnet's looking, it was 6:00 on the dot.

Garnet ate dinner, and everything seemed normal, as if nothing happened. Garnet found it comforting that he did not just wired up everyone's day, and now that he had control over himself he could now practice and get stronger and better with his aura and semblance

Garnet finished dinner, and excused himself. He went into the living room, sitting on one of the two couches that were in the room. Garnet sat on the live seat, that was on the left side of the room, across from it was a screen, that the news was on

The reporter started saying "In related news, the outer parts of Mistral are expected to see a larger grimm population as off the next few weeks, maybe even over a few mounths. The reason is currently unknown as to why. We recommend staying in doors, and keeping yourself protected. Several hunters said they would go to protect the area, but only if the need arises, and only if the area is under attack."

The news reporter continued "No on to weather…"

Garnet tuned out the news and started thinking "Odd…." He thought "Grimm are getting more active, why?" He asked himself

After this, Garnet's night went the way it usually did, and involved him doing his nightly routine. Watching things, talking to his family, and enjoying himself. Garnet enjoyed that his family and he were able to joke and laugh like old friends. The tension between him and his mother had not felt there any more, and everything was a bit more relaxed.

After the night drew on, and it reached around 9:00 Garnet decided to retire for the night.

Garnet received some question as to why he was going to bed so early. Baze, his father had guessed he was tired after what he did today.

So, Garnet changed into his night time clothing, brushed his teeth, and nestled in bed, and he fell asleep.

(End of chapter 2)