Thank you Tenma-Tenshi and Fallenmoonz for following the story. I really appreciate it. Guys, I sincerely apologize for not posting. Finals is next week and all of my classes are trying to cramming all of the information I've already learned back into my head. Agh! But don't worry, I will start to try and post a new chapter every Friday. Please review!

-ElledaughterofHecate

3

Shig Salawitch

I been hiking for an hour before I met my partner. I heard the sounds of a scuffle and ran towards them. The girl with the beige skin and the curly black hair with purple highlights was combating three large Ursi. I quickly scaled a tree and pulled back an arrow. I lodged the arrow in between the shoulder blades of one of the grimm. The girl glanced up to where I was sitting with her electric blue eyes. Then she threw one of her disks and it sliced through the remaining Ursi. The disk returned to her hand and she slid it into the dark purple harness attached to her dark purple belt. I jumped down from the tree and walked toward her. "I had that." She said brushing red dust off her black leather jacket. I smiled.

"Totally and while you were distracted by the big one that smaller one would have ate you." I said slinging my bow over my shoulder. She glanced over at me again.

"Fine. I almost had control of the situation." I stook out my hand.

"Shig." She stared at my hand for a moment then shook it. She was wearing black leather fingerless gloves.

"Yori." I rubbed the back of my neck.

"So, we're partners now?" I asked. She rolled her eyes.

"Yes."

"Cool!" I said and smiled. She rolled her eyes again and muttered something under her breath but she actually turned toward me. Under her black jacket she was wearing a dark purple and blue shirt. She was also wearing ripped dark blue jeans and black purple combat boots. "So what now?" I asked.

"We keep heading north." She said.

"And, that's what way?" I asked. She rolled her eyes again. That seemed to be her thing.

"Up." She said and started to walk away from me.

"Wow, thanks for saving my life, Shig! I can't believe I'm your partner, Shig! I'm not at all annoyed that I'm stuck with a boy, Shig!" I muttered under my breath then sighed and followed her up the slope.

"Do you think we're almost there?" I groaned. Yori suddenly grabbed my wrist and pulled me down behind some bushes. "Hey! What are you-" She clapped her hand over my mouth.

"Shut up!" She hissed. I mumbled something and her grip tighten. "There is a large pack of grimm." She whispered. I nodded and she pulled her hand away from my mouth. She peeked up a grimaced. I glanced up over the bushes as well. A large group of Boarbatusks were milling around and eating some carcasses of some unknown animals. I groaned and dropped my head back down. She smirked at me. "Can't handle the blood?" She whispered. I nodded. She looked back at the scene and her face turned slightly green and she dropped down next to me. "Neither can I."

"What are we gonna do?" I asked. She shrugged.

"I don't know."

"We could climb and go from tree to tree." I said glancing up at the trees. There was an ear splitting screech and a Nevermore flew over the clearing. It swooped down and grabbed a squealing Boarbatusk and carried it off to a nearby tree.

"Well, that shits on that idea." She muttered. My eyes lit up. I could use my semblance.

"Hold on." I whispered. Then I melted into a puddle of water. I didn't feel any different. I could still see everything around me as though I was still standing up. Yori's face was priceless.

"That's your semblance?" She whispered. "You melt?" I chuckled.

"Liquid form but yes. Now wait here." I walked (flowed) under the bushes and skirted around the grimm. I got excited by what I saw. It was a straight shot to the temple.

"What do you see?" A small voice asked. I almost shifted back to human form. I looked up and saw the small pale child. She was messing with the hem of her black and white children's victorian dress and studying me with piercing gold eyes. Her black victorian boots shifted ever so slightly on the branch she was perched on. Her white wings spread to help her stay balanced.

"Can't you see? I whispered. She shook her head.

"Too many branches." I nodded.

"I can see the temple." Her small face lit up.

"Really?" I nodded than realized she couldn't tell I was.

"Yes. Do you have a teammate?" She nodded.

"Yeah, Elvina. She behind some bushes back there. I was about to fly up to see what was over the ridge here when the Nevermore showed up."

"Oh, makes sense. Hang on I'll be right back." I went back over to Yori and changed back into my solid form.

"What took you so long!?" She hissed.

"Chill!" I winced and rubbed the back of my neck. "I was talking to the small girl. She's trapped in a tree because of the Nevermore."

"Are you talking about Saniyya?" A voice to my right asked. We looked over to see the girl in the grey and pink striped shirt under her pink denim jacket with her pink ball cap pulled down low over her rainbow hair. She was wearing grey boyfriend jeans and grey and pink high tops with the same symbol from her ballcap on the bottom.

"Is that the small girl with wings?" I asked. The girl nodded and messed with the rainbow earrings in her ears. "Yeah, she's stuck in the tree until the Nevermore leaves. Are you Elvina?" I asked.

"Yeah. So what's the plan?" Elvina asked, turning to Yori who was studying the group of grimm again. We were silent as she studied them. Finally she looked up at us and said,

"How do you feel about being bait?" I pointed at Elvina in question just as she pointed at me. Yori rolled her eyes and pointed at me. "You could use your semblance and get into the middle of their group then appear and startle them. Then we could attack them and make our way to the temple." She said looking back and forth between Evina and I.

"What about big and nasty?" Elvina said gesturing toward the Nevermore who was still perched in the tree. Yori smiled and her hand went to one of her disks.

"Leave him to the little one and myself." Elvina nodded and I melted back into a puddle to tell Saniyya. She agreed to the plan but seemed a little skeptic about her and Yori taking down the Nevermore. I went back over to Yori and Elvina and relayed the news. We all readied our weapons and waited for Yori's signal. I loaded my bow with an ice dust arrow and Elvina unsheathed a slightly curved clear glass sword with a reflected rainbow. Yori pulled out her disks and then all hell broke loose.