Clare Brooks

The sun was shining, and the sound of waves crashing against the shore could be heard. The birds were singing, the sound of a large group of people could be heard in the streets, the occasional shouting as well. This was Menagerie, land of the Faunus. The houses were small, and there was a lot of them, making the Island cramped and always full. On the hill was the leader of the Islands house. The Belladonna family, former leaders of the White Fang. The island was split into four main sectors. The nocturnal, the general town, the marine area and the dessert which took up most of the island.

In the marine area, there was a few stalls and a boy and girl were sitting on stools under an umbrella, they were drinking some cocktail drinks with a tiny umbrella in the glasses. Inside the cups were some sort of blue liquid. The boy was quite a tall person, and he had long white curly hair, and white cat ears on top of his head. "So, Clare, what is the reason you called me here today, you know I was working" he said calmly to the girl sitting next to him.

"Albus, this is important." She sighs, looking visibly concerned. Clare was an extremely short girl, standing at only 5 feet tall. She has long curly purple hair, she was wearing a short pink dress, white high heel shoes and a claret coloured wristband on her right arm. She didn't appear to have any Faunus trait

Albus looks worried at Clare and puts his hand on her left shoulder "Sis, what's the problem? Are you in trouble? Who do I need to go after?" he stands up from the chair, looking annoyed at everything, having a drink from his glass.

"Just sit-down dummy" she takes a breath "I want to leave Menagerie"

Albus spits out his drink dropping his glass on the floor, it smashing on impact. "I'm sorry? Did I hear that correctly? You want to leave me here all by myself?" a tear goes down his cheek.

She grabs a tissue and wipes the tear off Albus. "I… err yeah, I want to leave, I cannot stay here anymore. It's so boring here, I want to see the world, I need to do something now, or I'll never leave" she frowns and cries a little as well. "I want to be like mum and dad"

Albus interrupts her. "No! you do not want to be like mum and dad, they aren't the best people anymore, I'm not going to let you do that as well." He looks away from her and starts to walk away from the stall.

Clare looks seriously confused "But you said, the white fang was the best thing for Faunus. I want to be like them, to bring equality to Faunus, even though I'm not a Faunus like you, I live on menagerie and I need to get us all off this island."

Albus continued to walk away, furious at what Clare is saying. "No. You are not going anywhere, it's not safe for you to walk the mainland by yourself, you can't even fight." They eventually make it back to their home.

Clare looks down and says with a sad tone "You're wrong, I'm a great fighter, I go out every night and run into the dessert and hunt gri-"

"What!" Albus interrupts her again "But…that's so dangerous, is that how you got this?" he pointed to the scar on her right cheek, it was a long scar.

Clare sighs, and frowns "Yeah, I'm sorry, I lied about dropping a knife whilst making a snack…. it was a Beowulf it caught me off guard, but I killed it, so don't worry, I'll be fine in the world by myself."

The sound of a loud bang could be heard as Albus punched the wall of the house, causing his hand to bleed for a few seconds before his Aura fixed it. "No! You are not going anywhere, you're grounded and you aren't leaving this house for a month. It's for your own good."

Clare looks to Albus in the eyes, before running off crying to her room.

Hours passed, it was now midnight, and menagerie is still quite busy outside, despite that it was relatively quiet, with only the sound of water flowing and the wind blowing, the moon being the only source of light.

The sound of a pencil writing on paper could be heard in Clare's room. "Dear Albus, I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, I feel so bad for it. But you must understand I don't want to be here any longer. I need to find my own way in this world. I know you'll understand. You wanted the same thing but couldn't, maybe now I'm gone you'll be able to follow your own dreams as well. Who knows? Maybe I'll be back some day, but you might not see me for a while, or ever again. If that is the case, I love you big brother, I'll stay safe and I will never forget you." A tear goes down Clare's cheek as she leaves the piece of paper on her bed and grabs her bag and trident before sneaking out of front door.

She slowly walks through the street by herself, crying heavily, looking around at her surroundings. "Do I really want to leave?" she mumbles to herself "maybe I over reacted, what if Albus never forgives me." She takes one last look at her house, and leaves towards the dock and walking over to the captain of the ship. "Just take me anywhere other than here, please" she hands him enough Lien to get her off the Island.

"Erm, kid? This is a cargo ship, I can only take my Crew with me to Vale I'm sorry, you're going to have to find something else."

Clare sighs, and starts crying again. "But… I said my goodbye's I have to get out now, or I won't ever get out… I need this"

The captain sighs "Ok, fine! I'll make an exception this one time. But you aren't just being a passenger on here, you must work, or I'm throwing you off." He chuckles to himself.

Clare looks a little worried, and hesitantly nods to the captain "Fine. Just whatever gets me off this island the fastest, please tell me you are leaving soon?"

"Well I'm kind of behind schedule now thanks to you, so either you get on now, or not at all" he looks down at Clare.

Clare salutes the captain "Yes sir. I'll be right on that sir" she runs onto the ship and looks around for stuff to do.

The captain walks onto the ship "Ok! We're going to Vale tonight, everyone get to your stations." The captain says as he walks to the wheel of the ship and leaving the docks heading into Vale.