Murder or Conspiracy
This story is to be considered a side project for now and wasn't considered during the first six chapters of my other story.
Please note that this story might not have it's facts correct because I stopped watching somewhere near the start of volume 3 so please help me correct any of these mistakes that I may make.
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And with that out of the way, lets start Chapter 2.
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Ozpin's office, Remanent
Taiyang Xiao Long was just exiting the lift into Ozpin's office and noticed an unusual scene. There is a birdcage on Ozpin's desk housing a black feathered bird and Glynda Goodwitch was staring directly at it, Ozpin was sitting in his usual seat behind his desk without his coffee mug in sight. I decide to ask the obvious question "What's with the bird?".
"It appeared in the 'dove incident'" Ozpin and Glynda answered simultaneously in a dull tone before turning towards Taiyang.
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"What?" he asks in confusion at the mention of the incident that left Summer in no state to come home therefore she was using the excuse of an urgent mission. "And why is it in a birdcage?" is what he asked before noticing that it looked like no bird he'd ever seen.
Ozpin answered the question with a simple statement, that statement being "I have never seen this type of bird before and it talks". "Parrots talk so I don't see the significance" Taiyang replies but before he could continue Glynda agitatedly states "I thought that it would have been to injured to fly from the force of Ozpin's mug knocking it out. I thought that finding out more about the bird would also be beneficial".
A sudden CLANG attracts the attention of everyone leading them to turn to the now empty birdcage that has a hole cut into the side. The hole had burnt edges along with scraps of metal being littered on the floor in a trail towards the window, each piece has a black feather embedded on it. The bird was halfway up the window with deep scratch marks below it and it was currently pecking ta the glass. Another sudden event causes the entire window to shatter as the bird begins smoking on the floor like a dead grimm while a similar black bird could be spotted in a nearby tree. The event involved a black aura to suddenly enveloping the bird before expanding outward by an inch and finally compressing suddenly shattering the window in the process leaving the body of the bird behind while the aura shot towards the tree that the new bird resides. I am sure that you don't need me to tell you how surprising this development was so I'll cut to after to avoid using the colourful language that would be used by any students that saw the event occur.
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A tree in beacon in view from Ozpin's office, Vale, Remanent
I am sat here preparing to take off before a flash catches my attention, surprising me and causing me to fall off the branch that I was perched on. Before I hit the floor a hand catches me, said hand belongs to a drunk that was talking to Raven as he held out his hand while reaching for his flask. Before he could check his hand however I had started flying away my aura expanding again and my vision suddenly flashes black as I begin gliding at super sonic speeds angling myself south towards Nest. My aura begins running out as I enter subsonic speeds signalling for me to begin flapping my wings just as I approach Nest I angle for her' bedroom window and slow myself as much as possible and I land on the windowsill.
Queen doesn't appear to be in here, I wonder if she's in the war room. Checking is a bad idea though, I don't want to end up with an arrow through my head like the baby nevermore that tried once. Perhaps I should ask Miss Seer. Those were my thoughts before I approached the entrance of the castle when I arrive I find Miss Seer feeding and I don't have an offering to offer her so I perch above the door while she eats.
For this story I'll say that foreverfall trees were imported from the grimmlands and that grimm eat the sap to grow stronger faster. Plus the trees can only grow in specific soils so grimmland soil seems to fit better than uncorrupted soil. For this story there is also a corral variant that hasn't been discovered that helps the aquatic grimm grow so massive.
When she finishes her meal I glide down from my perch to the tainted ground and begin our conversation. "Miss Seer, may I ask how long it's been since we've last spoken" I ask startling her and causing her to lash out at me with one of her spiked tendrils, "STONE WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!? THE QUEEN HAS BEEN ANGERED FROM YOUR DISAPPEARANCE!" she flips-out before coiling around be with all her tendrils preventing my escape. "I was sealed as a feather by a silver eyed warrior and released by Ozma before he tried imprisoning me in a flimsy cage but I escaped using an ability that I didn't know I had. May I please be granted a meeting with Queen Salem?" I reply calmly before she releases me and says "You are a pain to deal with but Salem has left your nest untouched in hope that you would return and she doesn't enjoy royal greetings anymore because it reminds her of when she was married to Ozma".
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And that was chapter 2 of Murder or Conspiracy.
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