A/n's:

So... Yeah, I'm sorry.

I know It's been almost half a year since I last updated, but tbh Idk if I could've really done something. Life hit me like a fucking train.

I had school finals, I was dealing with depression (Not anymore) and those put my will to right in the trash can.

It really fucked me and I was pissed since I couldn't provide you guys with the chapters you wanted. Even though you guys supported me with positive feedback.

I'm really am, Really REALLY, Sorry.

And now few words of thanks. I want to give a shout out to MetalDragon868 who helped me with the chapter and the story as a whole. (The guy is an awesome writer, check his story Madness of Death).

And a shout out to MineSniper, who beta read this chapter and fixed all of my grammar mistake. (English isn't my native tongue... )

And now let's jump into the chapter.

Chapter 3: A Night Full Of Stars

Cinder PoV

"Eisen! Emerald! Dinner is ready!" I called the two girls from the training room.

The girls were training everyday for almost a year now, they sparred and tag teamed with and against each other. The sound of swords clashing against each other was music to my ears. It was sad to stop it, but they have to eat.

"Coming!" Eisen called back and lowered her sword. Bowing before her opponent.

"What's for dinner?" She asked with a hint of excitement in her voice, she had clearly been craving food after a day full of training.

"Nothing too fancy, rice, pork, and a salad." I replied to her.

"Good, I am starving." She said as a drop of sweat slid down her red-hot cheeks.

Eisen was tired and sweaty from training, her shoulder length hair was combed into a ponytail, red and she wore black sport shorts with a grey tank top.

"Not before you shower" I said to her, hearing a groan of complaint in response.

"Rrr, fine." She agreed.

How the time seemed to fly, from our carefree lives… I thought. The girls have been growing fast. Growing taller, wiser, and more gorgeous.

Eisen had decided to trim her hair to shoulder length. It fits her more than I thought it would. She had grown much taller, and her face have become much more beautiful.

Her face was getting longer and more feminine.

By the time we sat at the table all three of us were enjoying our food, when we heard a knock on the door.

Hhmm that's strange, no one ever knocks on the door. Those who are allowed to be here can come in, but no one ever knocks. Something is fishy. I thought.

By the looks of it Eisen and Emerald, they realized it too.

"Wait here" I said and went sneaking towards the door. Usually there are guards that stand outside so no one should be able to come near the building. "Something's up" I said while carefully looking through the door eyehole.

"Quickly, go to my room and go in the closet, you'll find a door inside. Use it to escape." I whispered to the girls, "Those people didn't come to chat over a cup of tea." With a nod both girls went into the room, locking it behind them.

I knew who these people were, They were assassins sent to kill me.

My whole life I've been chased by the people who sent those assassins. They were the ones that killed my parents, and I wasn't about to give up so easily.

I approached the black, wood door, and turned the handle. Opening the door slowly.

"May I Help you gentlemen?" I asked with a soft voice and a smile.

There were three people there, a slightly skinny person, a large bear-like male and a long haired teenager, I guessed it was a female by the face and a bumps in her shirt.

"Umm, I'd guess that asking for a cup of sugar would be a bit cliche, right?" The large male figure said.

They looked at each other and noded. They are up to no good. I need to do something, now!"So if that's it, I guess I'll go back to my business." I said, trying to close the door.

"Not so fast…" The skinny guy said, blocking the door with his leg. When the door hit his leg, a metallic noise echoed through the room. It was a prosthetic.

"You see, people have paid us a lot of money to get rid of you. They're counting on us, and we have absolutely no intention of letting them down." The skinny guy continued opening the door with his arm.

I stepped back few paces to get to a safe distance. They haven't attacked yet, so they might be informed about me. That's not going to stop me from killing them though. I thought. I was determined to keep Eisen and Emerald safe.

"In that case, I will have to eliminate you." I said with a smirk.

"Hah. You can try!" The large male laughed.

"Ohh. With pleasure" I replied. I closed my eyes and started concentrating. I could feel the fire build up around me, the warmth of the flames that reached my body.

I opened my eyes and sent the fire at the assassins.

They dodged it with ease, but that was to be expected. The flame travels very slowly in the air, and with enough training they can even dodge a bullet. As they avoided the ball, it hit the wall behind where they were standing and exploded, setting some of the apartment on fire.

Damn it, this'll be hard. I thought, but I didn't give up. After all, I still had few tricks up my sleeve.

The skinny guy now drew his sword out and prepared to attack. Mocking him, I stood idly by as I waited for him to finish his preparations.

As he dashed forward to attack my "wide open front", I summoned my twin blades. Red and orange particles started swarming into my hands, slowly they formed a sword-like shape, and not long after, the blade materialized just as he was about to hit me.

"Wha- How?" The skinny guy stood in shock as he stared at the blades that had appeared from thin air. His eyes were wide open and he froze in place. He had no idea what had happened and what to do now.

The look on his face made me laugh excitedly. I better finish him now.

With a snap of my fingers, the skinny guy was set on fire. The fire was bright blue, and consumed him incredibly quickly. Not even a minute later, the room was filled with the smell of burned flesh, and the guy was now just a corpse on the floor.

"Fuck!" The other man cursed as he grabbed his head in his hands. He was clearly upset at the fact that his friend was burned alive.

Good. I thought with a smirk.

The other man who had bigger body than the others clearly saw the smirk on my face, and as a result, was infuriated even more.

"What are you laughing at you fucking bitch!?" The big guy screamed and rushed towards me. "You'll regret that!" He yelled as he now attacked me.

A simple step to the right, and a foot hanging just where I was just standing, was enough to bring him down. Yet again, a snap of fingers finished the job.

Two down, one to go. I thought and readied myself to the last "battle". But I just couldn't find the last person from their group. That teenager.

Fuck. I don't know where she is. That's not good. I thought, but then I had an idea how to find her. A few moments later, I felt a change in the atmosphere in the house. Even though the house was getting filled with thick, black smoke, I could see the air colour change. Suddenly, the air was getting purple shade to it, and I knew it meant no good.

Crap! That's not good. I'm trapped here. I've got one more trick up my sleeve but I doubt it'll work. I hope Eisen and Emerald are okay….

The purple shade in the air was getting thicker and thicker, slowly closing in on me. I didn't have much of a choice but to try and do something to get out of there.

I closed my eyes and started chanting. "Gods of remnant…" This is my last hope "...Hear my prayer and grant me your powers…"

The teenage girl that was hiding behind the thick wall of purple air, heard the chant and backed away. She ran towards the entrance but it was blocked off with fire. Looking around for a solution, the girl decided to cover herself with the smoke.

She drew all the purple coloured smoke from all around the house and covered herself with it as a kind of shield to protect her from what was going to happen.

"For I, Cinder Fall, shall eradicate all those who oppose me. As I, carrier of the god of fire, shall bring punishment upon thee…"

The purple smoke was now concentrated enough to darken the colour and it's density. The colour changed from bright purple to black.

"Go, spirit of the Fire God Odqhan, Eliminate the intruder!"

The ground was shaking as fire started around my feet in a perfect circle. The fire was getting higher and higher, building up a wall around me and slowly the fire wall started spinning, sucking the air from the room, and with it the black smoke that's covering the teenaged girl.

As the fire tornado sucked more air it grew, making it harder and harder to control.

Although I had experience and practice with it, I still was able to barely hold it under my control.

I.. I can't hold it for much longer…. I'm… sorry… Eisen….

I thought as everything went back and I lost control over the now raging tornado.

Eisen PoV.

"Quickly, go to my room and go in the closet, you'll find a door inside. Use it to escape." Mom said as the knocking on the door started again.

"Come with me, I know where to go." I said looking towards Emerald who was confused at what was currently happening.

I grabbed her arm and dragged her with me to mom's room. We jumped into the closet and opened the secret door behind some clothes. Behind the door was a tunnel that had been dug into the mountain as an escape route.

As Emerald and I crawled inside the tunnel on our way out, I've sensed that something was wrong. I stopped and thought. What should I do? I can't let mom get hurt but I also can't leave Emerald alone again. What do I do?

"Arghh! Emerald wait for me near the exit, I'll be right there." I said to Emerald who was in front of me.

"What are you going to do? Go back? You'll die! You heard the explosions. What do you think you can do?" Emerald screamed at me. Her voice was cracking and she was sobbing.

A few tear drops fell from her face.

"I'm going to save mom. I can't let them harm her. Or you." I said as I crawled back into the apartment. Emerald froze in place. clearly from the shock of my statement, and stared into the distance.

I'm coming mom. I won't let you leave just yet.

I opened the closet door just to be overwhelmed by the scent of burned meat.

It was human flesh. The thought of burned flesh made my lunch go up my throat. I could barely hold it it.

I got out of the tunnel and reached for the room's door. I felt some strange heat coming from the other side of the door but I couldn't figure out what it was. As I opened the door I saw the house on fire with 4 bodies lying on the ground with 2 of them still breathing.

I came closer to the first body and saw that it was the teenager from before, and as I look at her now she had sustained serious injuries.

I left her and walked to the other body. As I got closer I recognized the hair falling on the ground from the body, it was mom.

I ran towards her and looked around for injuries but I failed to find any. But if she doesn't have any external injuries, that must mean that she has internal injuries or else she wouldn't have collapsed.

"I'll make you pay for that." I said.

I felt my mind going blank. My emotions taking over. I felt the rage and hatred build up inside, I felt the bloodlust rising.

And all was directed towards that teenaged girl.

I looked at the girl who is now sitting, closed my eyes and screamed at her. "How dare you harm my mother!"

Suddenly I heard a loud squish sound, as if a bug was flattened by a shoe.

I slowly opened my eyes only to find that the girl that was sitting across the room was now nothing more than a paste of blood and bones.

The room was now much cooler than before and the fire that had been consuming the apartment are not gone.

At the sight of the remains of the girl I couldn't stop self and released my launch on the floor.

I spun towards mother once more and picked up her hand. Tears filling my eyes as I look at her. "I love you mom" I whispered in her ear. Releasing her hand, I hugged her tightly as the tears started running down her face.

A few minutes later there were footsteps outside. Alarmed by the events that had just occurred, I went into cover. Seconds later, a figure walked inside. The man suddenly stopped and looked at the apartment.

"What the hell happened here?" he asked.

That voice…. Is…. Where have I heard it before? I wondered.

I tried to get a better look at the man from the cover I was currently hiding in, but I had no luck as the man turned away from me.

As he was examining the apartment, I waited patiently for an opportunity to strike.

Not too long after, it came. He walked past the sofa that I was hiding behind.

Wasting no time I jumped on the man's back and positioned my hands so I could choke him.

With a little force, however, the man was able to grab me and throw me off his back. As I tried to regain my awareness, I looked at the man who was now charging at me.

"A- Adam?!" I yelled.

"E- Eisen?!" The man asked, confused,

"What happened here?" Adam now asked me. He was clearly worried, as his tone had hint of sadness and worry.

"I don't know. All I know that we were attacked by some people and mom is hurt."

He looked at my mother and checked carefully whether she had any physical injuries.

By the looks of it she didn't have any injuries. But why she was lying on the ground barely alive?

"We need to get out of here." I said to redhaired faunus beside me. "There's a secret passage that we can use. But wait, I need to take something first."

I went to my mother's room and pulled out the case from under her bed. These were my weapons Dual katanas named, Sceleratis Umbra. It also contained a set of dust infused throwing knives. I didn't use them yet, since mom had forbidden me to use them until I was capable of handling weapons.

After carefully sheathing the blades into place on either side of my legs and the throwing knives into my black trenchcoat, I was ready to go.

Carefully taking mom with us through the tunnel, we found the exit. As we came out slowly from the tunnel and into the light, we saw an incredible view. We were on top of a cliff that overlooked a huge canyon. In the bottom of the canyon there was a forest of green trees with a serene stream flowing down its length.

The colors of dark blue and green blurred as they merged in the end of the canyon. ith the moon rising, it was a once-in-a-lifetime view.

As Adam and I were stunned from the sudden change in scenery, a thought came into my mind. Where's Emerald? Sadly, she was nowhere to be seen. I tried calling her, but with no success.

"We don't have time for that Eisen. She's running out of time." Adam said. "We might find her in the village." He pointed at the lights that could be seen in the distance.

I couldn't understand why she didn't stay near the exit to wait for me. Because of that I had a worrying thought that didn't help the situation that I was currently in.

As we entered a small inn called "Green Valley" and rented a room, Adam whispered to me.

"We are being watched. Be careful."

"Wha-?" I tried to ask him about what he'd said, but was cut off as the man in front of us showed us to the room that we had rented.

We entered the room and scanned for anything suspicious, although I was sure that it was Adam being paranoid. We confirmed that the room was safe and placed mom's body on the bed.

Then we proceeded to prepare to sleep even though it was already past midnight.

As we laid in each bed sleeping, Adam's words echoed in my head. "We are being watched." I couldn't shake the feeling that it was true. Even though I knew he was just being extra safe, he usually wasn't wrong. And then there was the whole Emerald story that was making me uneasy.

Since I couldn't sleep, I stood up and walked towards the window. I looked outside at the stars, not really doing anything or thinking of anything in particular. Just enjoying the night.

Suddenly I heard people in the tavern, just barely able to understand them with my wolf ears. They said they were looking for some people. When asked what they looked like, the description given was us without a doubt.

"Hey, Adam!" I whispered at the red haired faunus.

Adam opened one eye and started saying something but I cut him off before he could even finish his thought. He was still sleepy.

"You were right. There are people in the tavern asking if we're here right now!" I explained to him.

"Fuck" Adam muttered. He was now fully awake and was getting prepared.

"Get ready, we're leaving."

I didn't hesitate, and started to dress myself.

? PoV (Yang PoV)

I looked up and saw a beautiful blue sky, empty of clouds. Then I looked at the beach I was currently standing on. The sand looked like flecks of gold, shining as the sun rays hit them. The water was coloured bright turquoise as if it were painted on with a brush. I looked around and saw a hammock and decided to lay down and relax for a bit.

I closed my eyes and listened to the nature around me. The sound of the waves crawling up and down the sand as they break and splash. The sound of seagulls squawking in the sky as they went about searching for fish. The sound of the trees moving around as the wind is blew on them. With all of those sounds relaxing me, I fell asleep quickly.

As I woke up from the nap I looked around. Nothing has changed, except that the wind's gotten faster and stronger. The wind was chilling, and felt out of place. I had a feeling something was wrong, but I couldn't figure out what.

I shrugged off that feeling and went to sleep again.

I woke up to the sound of a tree breaking. The wind had gotten much more violent.

The air whistled as trees cracked from its strength. I got off the hammock and decided to go for a walk in the forest.

The forest was much colder than on the beach, the air felt a lot cooler and wetter.

The sun was still shining through the gaps in the leaves, despite the windy storm, creating visible sun rays in the air.

As I walked further into the forest I had the feeling that something had changed.

I didn't know what, but I knew something did.

And soon after I had this feeling, I saw that I was right. Walking through the forest, I had failed to notice that the trees were now stripped of their leaves. The once beautiful, green forest was just tree trunks standing, stripped of their leaves, naked.

The ground had also lost its grass, all that remained was dried dirt.

The wind was even more powerful, and managed to break some trees. The forest's beauty was even further ruined.

Suddenly the wind that whistled and the birds calls that came from the branches ceased. I stopped walking, closed my eyes, and listened.

I didn't hear anything. It was totally quiet,s if I'd gone deaf.

I opened my eyes and continued my walk, butnot even my own footsteps made a sound.

I sped up my pace as the skies suddenly turned black. There was no sun visible, but I could still see everything as if it were in broad daylight. I looked around and didn't see anything else that had changed- still I couldn't help but feel uncomfortable in the strange forest.

I decided to try and find my way out of the forest, but I was so turned around I wasn't sure I would even walk in a straight line without getting turned around in this forest. I picked a long branch that had fallen on the ground, and placed it down pointing straight in front of me. I walked until I reached the end of the branch, picked it up, and placed it again with my feet at the bottom of the branch once again. I repeated that process for some time, but I didn't get anywhere.

It was all the same, black forest.

My uneasiness had waned over time,, but I tensed up again as I felt a strong bloodlust directed toward me. I looked in the direction I felt it from, but had no luck in identifying its source.

I didn't see anything. Anything. Everything disappeared. The trees, he small, leafless bushes, he ground.

Everything

I started panicking- I was frozen in place, shaking from fear. I felt my heart speeding up,I couldn't do anything but stand there and watch.

I started to shake uncontrollably when I saw them. Two crimson red eyes, glowing in the dark, looking at me with hunger in them. I tried to get away, to walk, to run, to scream, but I couldn't.

I was completely frozen. My voice was gone. I tried to run, but my feet failed me. I couldn't do anything but watch.

Watch as the beast walked closer to me. Drooling as it looked at me- its prey.

I was an easy meal for him.

I trembled as he stopped and howled. More of the black-furred beasts came. More glowing eyes staring at me. I watched as another pair appeared from the darkness,

and another, and another. They kept coming until I was completely surrounded.

I could do nothing but watch as they all pounced on me, the helpless prey.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed waking up from this nightmare, sweating while also waking the whole house.

Loud footsteps echoed outside my room. The door opened and my dad ran inside with fear evident on his face. "Are you okay?!" He feared that something had happened to me.

Again.

"Y- Yeah. It's that dream again." I said to him. I curled into a ball and let my head was rest on my knees, my eyes were wet from tears.

Dad didn't say anything, but instead came to hug me. He sat there with me for some time, simply trying his best to calm me down. "Shhh... It's just a dream. You know I wouldn't let ANYTHING happen to you." he said to me. His arms were making small, circular movements on my lower back. I had a small smile on my face seeing how much he cared about me.

I kissed dad on the cheek and told him I love him, thanking him for helping me. He didn't reply, and answered only by kissed my forehead. He stood up and went to the door, before leaving the room he said goodnight to me one last time.

I could use some sleep. I need it…. I thought while I drifted off to sleep.

Eisen PoV

"Let's go." Adam said, picking up my mother's sleeping body bridal style. I didn't wait and grabbed my bag, putting it on my back.

We left the inn as quickly as possible without attracting too much attention. Adam seemed so skilled at sneaking around, some would say he was practically invisible.

I didn't know much about Adam's past, but I knew that he was part of a faunus group that wants equal rights. Although I've heard in the news that they are called "terrorists", I'm not sure why, he seems so nice.

We left the village and walked on the dirt road. This area wasn't inside the walls of Vale, so it was dangerous walking without an escort of professional hunters. Fortunately, Adam and I were both capable when it came to fighting, so a few grimm wouldn't slow us down.

We walked for about an hour without any grimm encounters, but then the happy time of walking in silence was over when a pack of beowolves emerged from the forest. A dozen of them stared at us, growling and slowly moving toward us. Adam looked around for a place to put Mom down so he could fight, but I signaled him not to.

"I can handle this, don't worry" I pulled out Sceleratis Umbra and readied myself to battle. I ran towards the first beowolf, catching it off guard as I slashed at his head. The blade passed through the flesh with ease, killing it instantly, leaving behind a plume black smoke.

If it was an older wolf, then I wouldn't been able to cut through the bone mask on his face. I thought to myself while keeping track of my surroundings.

Instincts kicked in as the sound of movement made it into my ears. I quickly turned around and rolled into the direction of the jumping beowolf. Rolling beneath him,I ended up near another beowolf who was completely unprotected, so I took advantage of my position and stabbed it in the abdomen, slicing its stomach open. Thick, black blood and inner body-parts fell down as they slowly disappeared into black mist.

From there I hacked and slashed at all the beowolves with ease, none of them putting up much of a fight.

I sheathed my swords back into their place on each of my sides, and signaled to Adam to come out.

We continued to walk for another hour before we made it to the outer walls of the kingdom of Vale. They were made out of steel, and were patrolled heavily- luckily Adam knew what to do.

He told me to wait while he went to talk with the guard. I didn't know what he told him, but they let us through.

"What now, Adam? What are we going to do?" I asked the Red haired bull.

"Don't worry, I have a plan." he said, looking at me with a smirk on his face.

A/n's: I hope you liked chapter 3.

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