Authors' Notes: before anyone gets confused this chapter will be from a new perspective. Like I said earlier I wish to switch between perspectives, although there is an established "Main character" I don't like the idea of centralizing the plot around only him, so instead I made the beginning with only his perspective to not only establish him and the story, but also to get everyone situated before the chaos of switching perspectives, anyway, enough rambling and ONTO THE CHAPTER!
Chapter 3
"Do you have everything you need?" His mother asked, a worried expression filling her face but a look of absolute pride filling her eyes.
"Mh" Greene responded with a simple nod signifying he was ready to embark on the newest chapter of his life. To think that a simple nod could have that much effect on a mother, as tears began to well up, only her will keeping them from flowing. He noticed and simply placed his hand upon her shoulder and smiled. The simple gesture was all that was needed to give her the strength to see him walk out the door.
"Make sure to call me, don't you dare forget. I want to be kept updated every now and then ok?" the mother called out to him as he slowly began making his journey towards center Vale. He waved back to his mother, and to the city he once called home. It was a fair sized city, one of the only ones to be successful outside the main kingdoms; although it was just south of Vale. The outskirts of the town were covered by a thick tree line, and the houses and buildings had moss and plants growing along with them, giving the entire city a peaceful and forest feel to it. His house may not have been the biggest or the nicest, but it was the best in his opinion. No other household shared as many fond memories as his. And as he looked back at it for the last time in who knows how long, seeing his mother standing in the doorway waving him off, He can't lie, he felt more sadness than he has in a long time; but he also felt pride and excitement. It's not like every day you get accepted to Beacon, arguably the best combat school on Remnant. Still, as he looked forward to his new future he couldn't help but feel sentimental towards his old home.
The journey was arduous, as he had to trek over the mountainous side of Vale to reach the inner kingdom. To travel around was suicide for a mere hunter-in-training as he. Still, it wasn't as if he hadn't faced opposition, he had faced several packs of Beowulf and a couple majors along the way, but simple pawns like those had only managed to further reduce his stamina. He would have to camp within the tree line to regain strength before continuing through the open areas, for fear of the stray Nevermore was something he did not want to entertain. Although dangerous he was sure to make it, after all, it wasn't his first time, although this time he wouldn't have three other men and an actual Hunter there helping as they got supplies from the inner kingdom.
After a day or two of travel he had finally arrived within the city limits, a large wall surrounding the city to keep the Grimm at bay was all he could see from the outside, as turrets positioned themselves atop and along the wall's height he could understand why the city was renowned for being peaceful. He reached the gate and the officer stopped him, requesting that he has his weapon inspected and that he give his ID in to ensure he wasn't a terrorist of some kind. His weapon was a simple one, or at least that's what it appears to be at face value. The weapon itself is a large polearm with a long sword like blade, and a large hammer like weight on the opposing end. The inspector quickly strung some yellow dust lines around its blade and handle to ensure that if used, it would have broken the dust lines, not making it safe, but making it so that any investigations would point into his direction if, in fact, he was a terrorist. He began his way inside the city with his possessions and weapon firmly attached to his back, making sure to not hit anyone with his large weapon as he walked by. He was a couple days early for the Start of the new school year so he decided to take residence in a nearby inn. He hadn't been given much money, but he knew that if he could just make it a couple days, he would be fine. The room wasn't exactly what you would call "Cozy" as it had the wallpaper peeling in several locations, and he wasn't too sure how long ago the sheets had been washed, but then again, he got what he paid for, and only a couple dozen lien a night was not exactly fancy. He was able to strip the bed and use some of his own clothes as a temporary sheet, it wasn't really that clean, but it was better than nothing.
The Next day he spent out in town, trying to memorize the locations and directions through the maze of streets. Vale was set up differently than his hometown; where his hometown was built rather quickly and awkwardly, Vale was planned, orchestrated and done with annoying symmetry that was meant to give it a welcoming feel but instead just confused him. The streets were almost always clean and you couldn't look across one without seeing a store. For the majority, the entirety of Vale's inner workings were just hundreds of stores selling everything you could possibly want, from Dust ammunition to laundry dryers. He continued to navigate the city, making sure to take note of his surroundings so he wouldn't get lost. Eventually, it was getting late and he wasn't much closer to understanding the cities layout than he was before, the only problem was that now he was in the middle of the city and had no idea how to reach the cheap hotel near its limits. "Damn" he cursed slightly, the only word he uttered for the last couple days as he stared downwards angry at himself for being stupid enough to randomly wander through a maze like city. He was determined to continue to wander and eventually find the hotel until a soft and calm voice called out to him from behind.
"Hello? Are you lost by chance?" When he turned around he found a girl, she had long flowing purple hair, which fell like silk around her bare shoulders, atop her hair were tall fox ears that perked up at him quickly shuffling his feet in surprise of her. Her skin was a soft and light caramel color that seemed to glow in the light of the street lamp which turned on not too long ago. He gawked at her with his mouth slightly hung open as he etched her into his mind; her body was slender and elegant. Her face was impossibly beautiful to him, with her glowing amber eyes, and her thin lips formed into an amazing smile as time seemed to slow he hadn't realized he'd been staring at her, and she seemed to let him. Eventually, he snapped out of it and nodded his head not even making a sound as she tilted her head slightly as if thinking. "Where are you staying? Assuming you're not a native" she questioned him, and he could barely think, he managed to pull out his wallet and produce a business card from the front desk of the Inn, handing it to her, and as she began thinking of where it would be, he began noticing her clothes. She was wearing a casual outfit, obviously, a free day of hers, as she was wearing a tight white pair of pants that just seemed to fit her color palette, and a loose tank-top the shirt was tilted so that one of her shoulders was bare, and it seemed to work for her. "Did you hear me?" he heard her say and snapped out of it again, only to shake his head. "Well it looks like you're staying in the 'Cordasi' Inn, it's that one by the edge of town right?" this time he was able to pay attention and nodded to her, she smiled at the fact that she was right and seemed happy to help, as she continued speaking "Well I know the way so why don't I show you?" he nodded once more agreeing with the thought of being able to walk alongside her "you don't talk much do you?" He shook his head in response and she lightly giggled, and his heart skipped a beat; at that very moment, he decided to hear that laugh again, no matter what. "I'm Ebony, what's your name?" she held out her hand and smiled pleased to make his acquaintance, her long slender fingers reaching forward, as he grasped them in his own, knowing that it was like taking a rock against silk.
"Greene" he muttered in a low tone barely audible to most people, he knew she would hear him, however, thanks to her being a Faunus. And she shook his hand before speaking once more
"Pleased to meet you" she smiled lightly and so did he before they removed their hands and she began walking behind him so that he would follow. Their walk wasn't as long as he expected it to be, and it seemed to fly even more so because he was still in awe of her, he may have had to look down to meet her gaze, but he felt as though they were of equal level, mostly because of how he could barely notice anything other than her at the moment. They hadn't talked much of anything since the initial encounter and once they reached outside the inn she decided to speak up "It was nice walking with you, some don't understand that silence can be pleasant too" she said and he had to agree with her there, he'd never been one for words but he had always enjoyed listening to others talk rather than himself. "Anyway, it's really late so I should head back… will you be ok on your own, since you're new here" He reflexively began to nod because he knew he would but he decided that he would want her to help him later so he shook his head and she seemed mildly surprised as if she had expected him to be able to handle things, in truth he could, but he didn't want her to know that. She slowly reached into her pocket and pulled out a scroll, which was a cellular like device. "Do you have a scroll?" he nodded reaching into his own and pulling one out "here, call me if you need help with something alright?" she said before placing her scroll against his own, her contact information is sent directly to his phone, he nodded and she pocketed her scroll. "Well I better get going, See you later Greene," she said as she began to walk further into town waving back slightly before turning away. He stood there for a few moments before snapping back to reality once more, pocketing his scroll and heading inside for some much-needed sleep.
The Next day he got ready to leave for Beacon, he would still be a bit early and would have to wait at the school, but he felt that better than getting lost in the city or staying in the filthy room any longer. He gathered all of his belongings and headed out, this time he wouldn't need an escort as he already found his way to the airship docks many times before. He waited for one to land and got on with two other hunters-in-training they called out to him as they noticed his presence and sat by him "Hey, you're a hunter-in-training too right?" he nodded to the boy who questioned him, he was wearing a casual t shirt with a leather jacket covering it, and some black jean pants that had a laid back feel to them, the other boy was wearing similar clothing as he had a hoody on with the hood down and some saggy jogging pants. "Awesome, my name's Titus, and this here is Rufus, we're first years, I'm assuming you are too" He nodded his head once more answering the questions that shot from the excited boy, it was obvious he enjoyed meeting new people and the conversation was at least enjoyable
"Hey, do you want me to shut this guy up for you? Trust me if you let him he'll just keep rambling and never give you any privacy" the other boy stated, it was obvious they were friends and were trying to make his acquaintance since they would be classmates soon enough. But he shook his head in response, wanting the conversation to go well and not have an awkward silence that would follow him shutting his friend up "damn it, man, now you've done yourself in"
"HA! Told you I get along with people well, it's like my old man always said, you can't expect to make friends without talking to strangers." Titus exclaimed, and Rufus sighed obviously feeling defeated by the sentiment. Greene smiled at the banter and enjoyed the rest of the conversation that they had. Eventually, the airship landed and he, Titus, and Rufus all exited the airship as a group, all freezing at the sight of the Academy, taking into account the massive archways surrounding the building and the giant spire leading into the sky that was the headmasters' office. Before any of them were able to get a hold of themselves another passed them by, he was a male Faunus, and Greene took note of his clothing, he had white scraggly hair that two cat ears met at the base of his head, he was wearing a black unzipped jacket, and had black jeans underneath, he couldn't see his front from behind him but he saw that he had a journal sticking out from his back pocket.
Greene followed the two friends and decided to accept them as his first official friends. All three walked through the gardens outside of the main hall where the majority of students were gathering, it would still be an hour till the ceremony, so they took the time to wander around the school. As of now they were in a magical place, even men could appreciate the finality of a garden, and how beautiful one can be, this one was no exception, it had large hedges in specific spots to give a kind of peaceful and private feeling, and the white roses and bumblebees buzzing through the air gave life to the garden. They began walking back towards the main hall when suddenly Greene saw what he thought to be a spot of purple hair slip behind a hedge, he stopped immediately and at first, the other two hadn't noticed. When he began walking towards the hedge that the mysterious girl had slipped behind "Hey, Greene you ok?" the other two called out to him and he snapped around as if waking from a dream. Greene nodded before looking around the hedge only to see more of the garden, with his roaming mind at ease he was able to return to his friends' side as they all three made their way into the main hall.
The opening speech hadn't been all that impressive; it gave a kind of authoritative chill rather than an inspirational team effort feel. And because of everyone being in the main hall, there hadn't been much room to move, he was easily one of the larger guys in the school and had a large weapon to match, but he couldn't help but feel as if he was inconveniencing everyone else. When suddenly another guy approached him, he was a dark skin color and was wearing a basic Pajama set, but he seemed to be in deep thought as he approached Greene "Hey, Names' Jaye, I hear from a little bird that you caused that huge crater outside… getting into fights already, you one crazy dude" but Greene could only stare back in confusion, as he had no recollection of causing a fight today, he did remember hearing a large explosion, but that was on the opposite side of the archways. As soon as Greene went to correct the young man another approached from behind him "That was this guy!? No way, I heard that explosion from the other side of the school" Soon enough another had joined the group that seemed to be debating Greene's life without him. He decided that it wouldn't be fixed with a simple grunt or two so he quickly escaped from them in the confusion as yet another student got into the mix. Greene was already in the exact opposite position than he hoped to be, the center of attention. He managed to eventually find a secluded space amongst one of the corners of the room, gently he laid his weapon against the wall and sat against the wall's intersection, leaning his head back to attempt to get some rest.
Soon enough he heard the shuffle of footsteps, he jumped to his feet and gripped the handle to his weapon that lay a mere foot away from him, only to realize that a room full of students stood before him. Not many seemed to care about his actions and he quickly rubbed the back of his head sheepishly to those that had. He noticed that most of the students were getting dressed and walking out the large room towards the upstairs hallway. Greene decided to follow the flow of traffic. Not needing to get dressed as he was already wearing his combat uniform. He ascended up several stories along with the group of students that lead to the rooftop where an airship was resting. He figured that it must take them to the initiation ceremony so like the rest of the students he climbed aboard. Making sure that his weapon wasn't too tall for the ceiling, He managed to find a spot beside a girl wearing a green and black combat outfit, she quickly looked up to him as he sat down and her light sky blue eyes met his. He smiled slightly, but his expression must have given off the wrong impression as she raised an eyebrow and retreated slightly from him. He rubbed the top of his head lightly and looked away only for her to catch him off guard with her voice. "You know, I've never seen someone with a weapon that's taller than they are." Her voice was deeper than expected, she had such a smaller frame that he would have expected more of a girlish voice, yet her's was much more mature than she would suggest. He turned back towards her and nodded slightly as the airship began to shake lightly, the engines revving beside the body of the ship. More students were boarding the ship but they, for the most part, seemed to be all done.
The trip itself wasn't long, especially due to his curiosity of who the girl beside him kept staring at, having eaten away at the time. But once they arrived everyone began to unload from the airship. Once he escaped the confines of the shuttle he looked around and was immediately greeted by a familiar face. Her brilliant Purple hair glistened across her caramel skin as he stared at her, she wasn't paying attention to him and seemed to be talking to another girl. Greene could only see her through and he began to approach her, grinning uncontrollably, as he reached out and tapped her lightly on the shoulder. She turned around and after a moment where she seemed slightly cautious and confused, her face lit up with joy and surprise. "Oh my! Greene, I didn't know you were a hunter-in-training" Greene nodded lightly and rubbed the back of his head smiling. "Oh, Greene you've got to meet my new friend Sky! She's really smart, and we're thinking about teaming up" At the sound of her joy he was happy, but upon hearing the last couple words his reality seemed to crash around him. He understood as any that teams, for the most part, are random, but your partners are permanent, so to hear her so casually speaking of her possible partner being anyone but himself, it sent chills down his spine.
"O-Oh…. I see" Greene attempted to keep his smile but it was obvious that Ebony noticed as she reached her hand out onto his shoulder comfortingly, trying to reassure him, before suddenly seeming to get an idea
"Well, why don't you join our team? They're made of four right?" She and Greene both perked up to the idea of being on a team together, her Fox ears standing upright from her head. As suddenly the other girl pulled her away and began speaking in private with her, Greene couldn't hear what she was saying, but then again that was the entire purpose of taking her away. Until now Greene hadn't paid any attention to the girl beside Ebony, but now that he had a chance to look at her he was curious as to how they became friends. The girl known as "Sky" had short blue hair and was wearing a rather complex outfit as one of her sleeves reached down to her hand, and the other stopped before her shoulder, she wore a long jacket on and tight pants with tall boots, he couldn't see much of her however due to them being turned away from him. Eventually, they turned back around and Sky seemed upset at their talk as she held her arms across her chest with a pout. Ebony smiled before speaking again "Well it's been decided, we'll all three team up, and find the last member of our team later, what do you say Greene?" His grin returned once more at the thought of being with Ebony for the next four years and he nodded aggressively, wanting to make sure they understood how desperately he wanted to team up with them. Ebony giggled lightly at him vigorously shaking his head and nudged Sky lightly who dropped the pout with a light smile. Soon after Ozpin and Glynda began speaking, they explained to all the students that the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years. All at once Ebony's, Sky's, and Greene's Jaws dropped, up until this point they hadn't known how teams were made, but now they weren't sure if it was possible to create your own team. They continued to speak and reveal their mission to the students. The students were to find a northern Temple and retrieve a relic per pair, once retrieved they were to return to Ozpin and deliver the relic. Soon after Sky began speaking to Ebony and Greene, holding her chin as if deep in thought.
"It's alright; we can still make this work. All we have to do is make sure that we land in the same location, and we're guaranteed to become team members." Sky's voice was rational, it wasn't as soft and kind as Ebony's but it wasn't as rugged as her weapon would suppose. Being strapped to her back by unknown methods a great sword was not what Greene envisioned for a girl to be wielding. But almost immediately after their strategy was discussed, Ozpin gave a cryptic warning before the platform they were standing on began to move. "Quickly, Ebony, grab this handle, Greene grabs onto this one, make sure you don't fall off before I say so!" Sky shouted out as everyone began scrambling for handles; she managed to direct Ebony and Greene to either side of her so that they could hear her instructions easier. Greene did as she instructed and gripped the handle with all his strength, as the spinning began to spin faster he could hear Sky next to him shout "IT'S A FUCKING MERRY GO ROUND!?" she seemed incredibly frustrated with the new discovery as her face contorted in anger at the man standing peacefully in the center "this isn't going to work, hurry up and get into a position like this" she said as she managed to swing herself around the handle and positioned her feet against it, holding onto another handle above her, as she stood against the force of the spin. Greene nodded towards her before getting into the same position and decided to show off to Ebony. He let go of the handle above him and flexed his arms as if the force of the pull was nothing, Ebony smiled slightly but didn't seem to appreciate the gesture as not even a giggle escaped her lips. Sky seemed to disapprove of the move even more so as a look of disgust reached across her face. Almost immediately after deciding to reach back for the handle above him, his foot slipped and the force pulled him downward with the handle flying straight between his legs. It seemed as if the entire class could see as all he could hear in that instant was an echoing "Ooh" as he slowly slid off the handle and was flung into the air by the rapid spin.
Greene could barely pay attention to his surroundings as he flew through the air; holding his groin in agony. He managed to flare his aura over the afflicted area and immediately began to feel better, managing to turn his head looking around to where he was falling towards a large tree littered in the infamous red leaves of the Forever Fall Forest. He needed to do something to at least slow his landing, otherwise it would take too much of his aura to simply crash into the ground, so he pulled out his large weapon and slid a slight switch along the handle that allowed the hammer end of the pole arm to detach connected by a long chain, he swung it to his side so that as he passed by the tree he would swing like a monkey and slide into the ground, only skidding his aura as opposed to heavily damaging his reserve. After the abrupt and improvised crash landing, Greene stood up, patting off the dirt that had gathered along his body, before yanking the hammer end from the tree, breaking the limbs in its path as it fell to the ground with a thud. Greene observed his surroundings, he was in a thick forest, and every direction was covered in a myriad of brown, green, and red. He decided that sheathing his weapon in a hostile location was not a grand idea so he held onto the handle of his weapon tightly. He couldn't think of which direction to follow so he chose the one that seemed the most uphill, if he could get at least any kind of vantage point, it would be better than standing idly lost in a forest. He pushed some shrubbery away from him and soon heard the sound of a Beowulf Pack leader, It was a distinctive roar, one that he had studied amongst other Grimm vocalizations. He quickly raced towards the sound, hoping that none of his comrades were in any danger, and his mind instantly ran in the one direction he willed it not to. He saw images of Ebony on the ground covered in blood, with a Beowulf standing above her, slowly devouring her, even though he knew better than to imagine the worst, that was all he could manage, after all, he had no way to know if she was even capable of defending herself. He jumped through the last wall of shrubbery and found himself to be in a clearing, he stood stunned at the sight. There she was, Ebony, standing beside a pack of dead Beowolves as she turned around to see the source of the sound, only to find Greene smiling towards her, their eyes locked and Greene knew in that instant that Ebony was his partner. But his happiness was soon eroded as he then noticed that Sky was standing atop the Pack leader, her great sword embedded into its back, nearly splitting it in two. Greene began walking forward towards them, before speaking, one of the longest lines he'd ever spoken "So, Ebony is my partner then?" Sky stared him down angrily and he retreated slightly, her red eyes filled with disgust towards him for reasons he couldn't quite understand, he stopped moving closer, not wanting to get close to the angry Sky, as she then spoke for both of them
"No, Ebony is my partner, after all, we made eye contact first," She said proudly, huffing her chest out to emphasize how she had apparently won before Greene spoke once again
"But she's the first person I made eye contact with, doesn't that mean she's my partner?" for some reason he found himself able to talk, actually talk if it was for defending his position as Ebony's partner, but just as Sky went to retort against him once more Ebony spoke up, stopping the argument before it even began.
"How about I'm both of your partners? After all, Greene did make eye contact with me, so I am his partner, but Sky is also my partner because we made eye contact first… does everybody agree?" she said diligently, explaining the positions everyone held on one another as partners. Greene and Sky seemed to both nod at the same time, but Greene still didn't understand why Sky hated him so much.
"We should go ahead and make our way towards the temple, it shouldn't be far. I managed to send us all in the right direction." Sky stated matter-of-factly, before ripping her sword from the Beowulf and placing it against her side where it seemed to snap into position. Only now that her back was not covered could Greene notice that she had a large metal like plate against her back. Greene figured that it must have been some form of magnetic plating to hold her large weapon; He used similar methods but nothing as large as her own. Greene nodded towards Sky and they all three began walking into the forest, heading towards the temple that was supposedly holding the relics they were in pursuit of. As they journeyed through the forest, trying to remain silent as to not attract Grimm, Greene decided to break the silence, ignoring his normal tendencies for the pleasure of conversation
"So… You're a wolf Faunus?" He questioned Ebony, wanting to hear her voice once more. She was slightly shocked by the sudden question, and who it was coming from, but she couldn't resist correcting him as he seemed interested in her.
"Well, I'm more of a Fox Faunus, but yes, somewhere along those lines" She smiled slightly as her ears perked up at him as he seemed genuinely intrigued by her. They shared a slight smile before Sky cut in
"It doesn't matter what she is, what matters is who she is. I better not find out you're a racist." The fiery eyed girl demanded of him. Acting as though she showed him up she smirked and held her head high as they continued their journey through the forest. They were approaching a small Cliffside when Greene saw Ebony jerk her head around, concerned, Greene reached over and tapped her shoulder. She turned back towards him and he slightly tilted his head towards her with a questioning look, she simply smiled in response
"It's nothing, don't worry about it." Immediately after the reassurance; sky interrupted yet again. She was crouching down against the shrubbery and peering through waving the rest of the group over.
"You think this is it?" They pushed aside the greenery and looked down the small ledge to see blocks of old concrete and stone slabs strewn across the Forest floor, the moss crawling up the structures in strange patterns. Amongst the center of the wreckage stood over a dozen pedestals each with something atop them. At this point, it was clear this was their objective and Sky and Greene began forward when Ebony gripped both of their shoulders and held them back nodding towards the eastern side of the temple. Ebony's Ears flared, roaming side to side as not a moment later had two fellow students emerged from the tree line at a full sprint towards the temple, it didn't take long to find out what they were running from as suddenly a large King Taijitu erupted from its hiding place within the trees, smashing them to the ground as if they were broken fence posts. It hissed towards them as they dashed away from it. They may have been able to outmaneuver the massive creature within the maze of trees but out in the open, it picked up speed. Its body slithered across the ground, holding its head against the floor. It's second head too engrossed in the action of moving to do anything else. "That's a big Grimm; even if all five of us team up we couldn't take it down without attracting more. Should we wait until they pass by?" Sky suggested, quickly analyzing their chances against the large monster, but both Greene and Ebony glared knives into her at the suggestion of leaving two fellow students to die. "I was just joking… sheesh, but seriously, how are we supposed to distract that thing long enough to get them out of there?" Suddenly it clicked in Greene's mind as if a light bulb went off. He snapped his fingers drawing attention to himself on accident. He then smirked and nodded towards them both before suddenly disappearing.
The next thing Greene saw was two students and a giant two headed snake racing straight towards him. He hadn't long to react so he quickly grabbed them both as the snake reared its head up opening its jaws revealing the two large fangs followed by rows of serrated teeth that lined its mouth. Seconds turned to hours as the mouth descended upon the three of them, before without warning the tongue and teeth that would be their doom, turned to a light blue sky framed in red leaves. "What… Just Happened" One of the students Greene was still holding managed to breathe out of his raspy gasps for air. Before the all too familiar tone of Sky's voice rang through all three of their ears.
"Teleportation huh? That's a pretty useful semblance." Greene finally managed to release the other two students and they all three fell to a seating position both exhausted and traumatized by the event that just took place.
"Dude, you saved us, man. We'd be goners if you hadn't shown up. I don't even know what to say…" The other boy spoke finally, seems to have regained his understanding of the situation. Greene managed to gingerly scratch the back of his head embarrassed by the praise smiling slightly more out of politeness than anything else. The moment was once again ruined by Sky's imperfect timing as she broke the happy silence that the five had been enjoying.
"Ok, so that thing is now guarding the temple, it knows we're still close by. It's older than other Grimm, based on its size, so it's more intelligent. We need a way of getting in, grabbing the relics, and getting out. All without it noticing us there at all…" With the strategy announced all eyes made their way to Greene who was first looking around at all of them not understanding until it finally clicked in his head what they were suggesting. He let out a heavy sigh as he knew he'd be their errand boy for who knew how long. He nodded towards them and everyone grinned knowing that their plan was under way. They all gathered near the edge, watching out as the Giant Grimm circled the temple, both of its heads roaming back and forth searching for food. Greene positioned himself near the cliff and got ready, but right before he activated his semblance Sky broke the silence once more at just the wrong time yet again. "Oh before you go, I need you to do something… Don't just grab random ones, you'll need three so go down there, look around, come back and tell me what you see, got it?" she explained his plan and he nodded, mentally preparing himself once more, he gripped the grass by his feet as he sat in a knelt position and closed his eyes as Sky's voice broke the quiet veil once more. "Oh and don't be seen by the Taijitu… That'd be bad." He released a deep sigh and glared back at her "What? Just trying to help" He could see Ebony stifling a giggle as she lightly slapped Sky in the arm to make her stop interrupting him. He shook his head, annoyed by the situation and turned back towards the temple. He waited until the first head passed by the right wall. He would only have as long as it would take for the second head to come around the left wall to get out of sight once again. His vision changed in an instant, from the birds eye view of the temple to a first person view of the interior as he stumbled slightly getting used to the sudden change in orientation. He shook it off and began studying the relics. Only to realize that they were all toys… Greene squinted his brows in confusion as he looked at the next and the next, each one was a toy, they were all action figures of Grimm, there were Alpha and Beta versions of each, and there were dozens of different kinds of Grimm action figures. Almost forgetting about his time restriction due to the surprise relics he noticed the slivering body beginning to thin as it neared the second head, he quickly looked back up towards the cliff face, just now noticing that it was actually a fair bit high. He suddenly no longer saw the cliff, as he looked around he saw the questioning faces of his new allies as they awaited his discoveries. "Well?"
"They're toys…" Two words were all it took for the four of them to glance back and forth between one another not understanding what he meant "Grimm figurines…" Greene managed to finish his report, Sky taking the thought into consideration; before replying to him in a genuine tone.
"Greene, when you go back, try to grab a Beta Creep, and Both the Alpha and Beta Beowolves… got that? Don't touch anything else, but make sure that you get all three of those" She directed him with a serious tone, the first time she had done so within his presence, and it actually scared him to think what would happen if he didn't comply with her wishes. Greene lightly swallowed and nodded as he turned back around, watching the Taijitu pass by the temple once more. Given the perfect opportunity once again Greene appeared in the center of the temple, He quickly searched the nearby pillars looking around not able to find either of the creeps or the pair of Beowolves.
"Ursa…Deathstalker…Nevermore…Cheshire…. Ah!" as he listed them off he finally found the Alpha Beowulf. But like the rest of them the Beta was somewhere else amongst the large group, so he continued to follow the rows of semi-circle podiums searching for the remaining two. He turned around to check to see how long he had left, He watched as the black of the front half faded into the white of the second half of the Grimm. Knowing he didn't have long he decided to frantically search, briskly walking through the isles until eventually, he found both the Beta Grimm he was searching for only two apart from one another. He quickly grabbed both and turned towards the cliff; a victorious grin appeared and disappeared in an instant. When he had turned to face the cliff all he could see were the glowing red eyes of the white Head staring him down from the entrance of the temple. For what seemed like an eternity neither of them moved. Until Greene slowly pocketed the other two relics into his pack as well as the first. But the moment he drew a breath of air the Taijitu burst into a hellish screech. The cry of anger piercing his body and shook his very blood as he was barely able to comprehend what was happening. He snapped out of it a moment too late as suddenly the black head burst through the back of the temple and attacked towards him. Only his semblance saved his life in that instant as he appeared a dozen feet away from the Grimm in the open outside of the temple. It didn't take long for the Grimm to understand the situation as both heads burst through the roof of the building and searched both sides of the temple for him; only for the white head to switch its attention to the opposite side when the black head had found him. Greene quickly broke into a sprint, trying to get away from the Grimm, but not wanting to waste his aura by overusing his semblance. The Giant serpent burst through the stone walls of the temple as its scales shimmered in the bright sun while it slithered across the ground after Greene. Its reptilian body crashing through the dirt and soil as it slithered closer to the barely escaping Young man. Greene could barely keep himself out of its mouth as he approached the cliff side. He reached a dead end and didn't have very many options, his semblance wouldn't work in such a rushed situation without being able to concentrate and with the alpha head staring him down, his back against the wall, and seemingly no hope, he couldn't manage to concentrate.
Suddenly without warning a bright flash erupted above him as a large beam of energy spewed forward over him and crashed into the alpha head. The impact forced the Grimm back and broke through a section of its scales along its face, revealing the tender flesh underneath. The moments that followed went by like hours as Greene stood in shock, watching as the giant Grimm retreated for the moment treating to its injuries as Sky and Ebony both came sliding down the cliff, trying to get Greene to use his semblance to scale back up it. Gripping his shoulders firmly Sky stared into his eyes and shook him shouting as he managed to snap out of it. Looking back finally she restarted so that he could hear her "Your semblance better be able to transport us as well or else I'm never forgiving you in hell." Greene realized what she meant as he nodded and looked back up to the top of the cliff, and held his hands out behind him, both Sky and Ebony gripped one each and they all three suddenly appeared at the top once more. Once they reappeared Greene looked around just to make sure of his surroundings and that the two girls were still with him. After all three of them shared a couple glances around confirming their situation Sky ripped her hand from Greene's and proceeded to pull Ebony away from him as well. Ensuring that he didn't spend any additional time with her than necessary. "Well, now that we got all that under control… Greene, did you manage to get the right relics before you pissed the thing off?" she talked down to him as if he was a child that had managed to ruin her day. He reluctantly nodded to her, not wanting to give her the satisfaction of him not being capable of the task. He reached around and pulled all three of the figures out. Sky grabbed the Beta Beowulf and placed it into her own pack, before tossing the Creep to the two students that were saved from the Grimm, not wanting to force them to reattempt to claim their own relics again. "Keep the Alpha one, We'll give it to whoever manages to make the cut in our team." Greene nodded once again pocketing the Grimm toy.
Suddenly a Cry erupted through the air, shattering the false sense of security they all felt, they turned their attention back towards the massive serpentine Grimm. It may have been hurt by whatever had hit it before, but it was nowhere near out of commission. The White Beta head charged forward, leading and letting the Alpha follow as it was injured. They knew it couldn't climb the cliff; not quickly at least. But they didn't want to wait to find out how long it would take. Greene, Sky, and Ebony all waved back towards the other two students as they ran their separate ways, not wanting to create complications with a large group. They quickly entered a clearing. Luckily for them It only had a single Grimm, unluckily for them, it was an Ursa Major. The much deadlier and stronger version of the common Bear Grimm; Greene and Ebony both reached for their weapons prepared to attack as Sky sprinted past them as if determined to showcase her own skill "I got this one, make sure nothing else gets close!" as she instructed them Greene took to the left side of the field and Ebony to the right, they both ran along the tree line trying to see if any other Grimm were nearby, to prevent them from jumping out at Sky. Sky approached the large Bear as it reared up onto its hind legs reaching its arm back preparing to strike, but in the same instant Sky slid to a halt in front of it, twisting her body as she grabbed the massive sword firmly attached to her side. Suddenly flame erupted from the side of the blade rocketing it away from her body in a swinging motion as it slammed into the Grimm's body, slicing through its arm and into its head forcing the Grimm to the ground in one fell swoop. As Sky stood there atop the dead Ursa Greene finally noticed that the entire Great Sword was lined with holes and chambers, which he now understood to be rocket propellers, allowing her to swing the massive sword with great speed and force in any direction. Just as that realization came across him the shrubbery across from Sky began to ruffle all three of them gripped their weapons, only for another student to emerge from the tree line. He had white hair and deep blue eyes. He wore a black leather jacket and pants, with a white button up shirt underneath and a blue T-shirt underneath that. He had sneaker shoes on, the kind that most wouldn't bring into combat or forestry due to them being more comfortable than practical. He also had gloves on that barely covered his wrists. It was only when the boy turned towards Greene had he finally noticed that he had a pair of white cat-like ears atop his head. The discovery of their new ally was short lived as all of a sudden they all heard a loud hiss. The trees behind the three of them bursting open revealing the King Taijitu from before; It seemed to have managed to climb the cliff and still chased after them in hopes of finishing it's meal. All three of them quickly sprinted towards the new student. Greene suddenly felt as if he was to be their new member and so he quickly brought out the Relic; tossing it to Sky as if telling her to make the decision if they were to introduce him to the team or not. He was pleased to see that she tossed the relic right back to their new team-mate and all four of them grinned together as they raced away from the enraged Basilisk Grimm.
Authors notes: This was definitely the longest chapter thus far, and yet Friday's chapter is going to be even longer. it's ok though, after this the chapters start evening out and no longer include such huge story, although. If this is what you guys like and want I can try to keep it larger, nothing as big as 9,000 words though lol. So just tell me how you guys feel
