Chapter 2

Sky walked out of the alley just in time to see a whole bunch of police rush in. Her uncle was there, with a police officer. Based on his uniform, he was the chief of police.

As soon as he saw her, Morado ran to Sky. Sky hugged him back.

The police inside the alley came out, dragging Moss. Morado looks at the limp body and raises an eyebrow at Sky.

Sky shrugs, "He was getting on my nerves."

Morado chuckles, the relief on his face was seen clearly, "I'm glad your ok."

The Chief of Police walks over to Sky and her uncle, "Hello Sky."

"Hey," Sky says uncertainty.

"Normally, a person who commited your types of crime would serve at least two years in prison," The Chief looks at Morado, "However, we have been notified about you unique position, so the punishment will not be necessary."

Sky squinted at Morado, what had he told the police.

"I have also found out that your planning on attending Beacon in a couple of months."

Sky nods.

The officer smiles, "My son is too, I wish you the best of luck."

Sky flopped down onto her bed and stared up at the ceiling. The police had kept her for questioning until three in the morning. Any normal person would be exhausted, but Sky was hardly normal. Her semblance was weird like that. Something like it had never been recorded before. She was basically a creature of the night. She had the ability to function without sleep. In other words, she didn't have to sleep.

Sky could sleep if she wanted to, but she never felt the need to.

Oh she could also teleport. As long as there were shadows. It was like she melted into the shadows and went somewhere else. Sky thought that it was a pretty cool semblance to have.

The thing was, Sky's semblance didn't unlock all at once, it kind of happened over time.

When Sky was fourteen, she had spent the entire night training, and from then on she just didn't have to sleep.

Sky put on a shirt and shorts and slowly crept downstairs. When she got downstairs, a huge white shepherd jumped on her.

"Cody! Hush!"

Cody whimpered and nudged Sky's hand with his head.

"Ok, ok," Sky got the leash from the kitchen counter, she quickly wrote a letter to Morado if he woke up before they got back.

Sky considered tying her hair up, but decided against it. She took Cody's leash and walked out.

The night was beautiful. Nocturnal animals made quiet chattering noises to each other. There were no cars out on the street, light weren't on, so the stars could be seen. The moonlight scattered around like a disco ball.

Sky led Cody down the street. She put her earbuds in her ears.

Sky took a deep breath. This was where she belonged. Not in some sort of stadium, surrounded by cowards. She belonged to the night, where no one told her what to do.

Sky walked Cody down to the nearest 24 hour convenience store. To be honest, she just needed some air, and a pack of gum.

Sky entered the store and looked around, no one was here except a middle aged man at the counter. He looked up and waved at me, then went back to doing whatever he was doing on his phone.

Sky walked down the aisles of candy. Her stomach rumbled, she'd eaten dinner, but considering the fact that she didn't sleep… her food schedule was pretty messed up.

Sky picked a couple of candy bars, and two packs of gum. She also grabbed a small bottle of soda.

Sky bought the food and went outside Cody was sniffing everything.

Sky chewed a piece of candy, it melted on her tongue, Cody whimpered and looked up at her.

"Sorry boy," said Sky, "You aren't allowed to have chocolate."

Cody whimpered and turned away.

Sky took another bite of candy thoughtfully. Becon classes would start in two months, she'd already taken the entrance exam a couple of weeks ago, with Morado's help. Results would come in any day now. Sky didn't want to sound obnoxious, but she was fairly sure she would get in. She new she nailed the practical exam, and she'd been studying for three years for the written exam. However, there were other kids who had been from Signal and other schools. She'd have to compete with them and then eventually team up with three of them.

Morado, who had attended Beacon, went through the entire process with Sky. He was technically a Hunter, but he preferred to work with the police.

Sky rubbed her eyes she looked up, and realized she was subconsciously walking to the public library. Sky had never felt a connection to it, Morado used to take her their when she'd sneak out. Sometimes, the other girls would make fun of her behind the adults'. Sky ignored them. If she could face an Ursa, she could face a couple of mean girls.

The sun started peeking up over the horizon. Morado was probably waking up, if he wasn't already up.

Sky walked onto her street. A sight in front of her house made her stop in her tracks. Cody whined.

There was a police cruiser. Why was there a police cruiser? Sky walked towards her house, at a faster pace now.

Sky opened the door, the chief of police was there, with a younger boy sitting next to him, he had windswept dirty blond hair and teal eyes. Morado was sitting across from them.

Sky let Cody off of his leash and then entered the room. They got up when Sky entered the room, the boy surveyed her.

"Hey…" Sky said awkwardly.

Morado smiled, "See I told you, she just went for a walk," his eyes read, 'what were you doing the entire night.'

The officer smiled at Sky, "It's wonderful to see you again, Sky."

"Right," Sky mumbled, out loud she asked, "May I ask why you are here, officer?"

The officer smiled, "We just came by to see how you were doing."

They came here to make sure I didn't do something illegal.

Sky smiled, "No I just went for a walk," Sky looked at the boy, confused, who the heck was he and what was he doing in her house.

The Chief noticed her her stare, "Pardon my manners, this is my son, Roy. He applied to Beacon just like you."

He's a peace offering.

Roy continued to stare at Sky. A true hunter-in-training, then. Sky also didn't trust people she met, but at least she studied them subtly.

Roy had a body that could make him a model. His eyes could break hearts, however there was a secret behind them, like he had his share of tragedy. His body language showed that he wasn't comfortable here.

"So," said Morado, attempting to break the tension between the two teenagesrs, "You wanted to talk to me, Roux."

Roux. That must be the police officer's name.

Roux looked at his son, then Sky, "I believe that we should talk in private, maybe in your office."

Morado nodded and looked at Sky, before he could ask, she said, "I'll show Roy around."

Sky gestured to Roy and walked out of the room, Roy behind her. The men started talking about something once they were out of earshot.

Sky turned to Roy, "So waddya wanna see?"

Moradoo's house (technically also Sky's now) was pretty big, it was three stories and had a swimming pool, but it was also practical. Almost the entire second floor was a training area (That's where Morado taught her fighting techniques).

Roy shrugged, "So you applied to Beacon."

Getting straight to the point, this kid wanted answers.

"Yeah," Sky didn't wanna make it feel like she was over excited about this, just play it cool.

"Do you think you'll make it?"

Sky shrugged. She started to walk to one of the doors that led outside, leaving Roy to scramble behind her.

"So what's your semblance?" asked Roy walking alongside her.

Sky opened the door to go outside, "I control shadows."

Roy looked confused, "You control shadows."

Sky snapped her fingers. Immediately, the shadows that were outside formed together to create a giant beowulf. It was just a silhouette, but it looks terrifying enough.

"Wow," Roy leaned in to touch it, "Does it become solid."

Roy's hand slipped through the shadow, he pulled his hand away quickly, "It's freezing."

"Sometimes I can make it solid, if I concentrate."

Roy runs his hand through his hair, "That's a cool sebblence, I just become super strong."

Sky shrugs, "It's helpful."

"I'm assuming that a part of your semblance allows you to not sleep."

Sky looked at him and blinked, he was more observant than she gave him credit for.

"Yeah," she said slowly, "I don't sleep."

Roy grind, "That must be useful."

Sky nods.

"I hope you don't mind if I leave you, right."

Sky looked up sharply, wow this guy was seriously straightforward.

"I mean, your nice and all, but I came here to shadow my dad, besides you probably have better things to do. I'll just be somewhere on my scroll," he holds up his scroll for emphasis.

Sky smiles, "Couldn't have said it better myself."

Roy leaves, and Sky took a deep breath, finally.

Sky teleports into her room and changed into a workout tank top and shorts. Dark magic was floating in the corner of the room. Sky grabbed it and slung it over her shoulders.

She then teleported to the second floor. She entered the training room and tied her hair up.

"Attack level 10," Sky said out loud. The training room had three modes: attack, defend, and save. Morado never let Sky go above level 10, apparently it was all too dangerous.

Immediately, grimm materialized at the other end of the training room. Dark Magic reassembled itself into a huge sword, Sky held it out.

"Start," Sky launched herself at the synthetic grimm when the mechanical voice sounded. She slashed through the first wall of grimm. Dark Magic became a sniper rifle. Sky shot a couple of grimm down, she launched herself into the air.

Dark Magic became a spear, Sky waited until gravity took a hold of her, and threw the spear into an ursa.

Sky finished the last of the grimm with her knife. Sky sighed as the defeated grimm faded away. Maybe she could…

"Attack level 11," Sky said out loud.

A mechanical voice answered, "You are not authorized to that level of combat."

Sky groaned, her uncle had taken extra precautions, she's dealt with worse in the stadium.

Sky was still reeling about this, when a sight out of the corner of her eye startled her, up in the observation deck, stood a boy with blond hair.

Sky gritted her teeth, so he was here to spy on her. Ok she'd give him a show.

"Moving targets level 25 she said," shooting targets were the only thing her uncle actually trusted her with.

Immediately, moving red and white birds appeared. On their stomachs there was a bullseye.

Sky started shooting at them, she took five down with one arrow. Straight through the bullseye. She continued to shoot them, she took them all out within minutes. Sky looked up to the observation deck, but Roy was already gone.

A hot shower later, Sky went downstairs to see her Uncle shutting the front door.

"They leave already?" Sky asked, "Shame, Roy seemed cool."

Morado raised his eyebrow, "You didn't like him."

Sky shrugged and started walking towards the kitchen to get a snack.

Morado sighed, "Sky, did you even try?"

"Please, he was the one who didn't wanna talk to me."

Morado sighed again, "Fine, but you're probably gonna have to work with him at Beacon."

Sky smiled and looked at her uncle, "If he gets in."

Sky reached for a bag of chips, but Morado stopped her, "One, those are bad for you. Two, the mail came."

"Then why do you eat them?" Sky's eyes widened, "Wait-"

Morado held an envelope. Sky took it and ripped it open. Inside was a little square. Sky put it on the kitchen table, waiting for something to happen.

The square lit up, a hologram of Ozpin, Beacon's headmaster, appared. Ozpin smiled, "Congratulations, you have been selected to attend Beacon.