Well, looks like I'm back here, I hope Mathon fares well against Charcoal and Silva. Hmmm? *Sees Charles laying on the floor* Charles? What did they do to you, you look like a absolute wreck.
"Couldren? Is that you?" Yea it's me, how did they beat you?*Picks up Charles and sets him against a nearby wall*
"Well, when those two are set on something, they can be formidable opponents." Yea, I guess so. Well I'm back with another chapter guys so here it is.
"Well it's good to see you back." Thanks, at least you have a level head.
"That is how you made me." Good point.
Chapter 4: Initiation pt.2: First taste of reality
Silva's P.O.V
To say that I was nervous was an understatement, I was surprised that I calm myself down so I can comfort Charcoal since we are going to jump out of a freaking airship! But now we are at free fall with the rest of the class over an island the is over a thousand feet below us!
I look around to look for Charcoal only to see him behind me to my left. It's good to see that he has that determine face again.
"Silva, can you hear me!" He yelled out.
"Yea!" I responded.
"We're going to head to that clearing over in that forest!" He points to his right and as he said there's a large enough clearing in the forest. "Grab on to my back and hang on tight, I'll do the rest!" Well since there's no better alternatives, I spread myself out to slow my decent until I reached my partner. I grabbed on to his outstretched hand and climbed on to his back and locked myself to him.
"Alright now hang on tight." Alright man, I'm trusting you with this. One wrong move and we'll be incapacitated from the landing at best, absolutely no pressure at all!
He started to speed up to our destination below as the cold wind blows heavily in my face. My grip tightened as I press myself against Charcoal even harder for dear life. I closed my eyes tightly to keep the wind out but also out of fear. All I can hear now is the wind blowing over us as we quickly descended. Any fear that I felt before is small fry compare to what I'm feeling now and Charcoal would be lying if he said he isn't scared.
"Get ready!" I was able to open my eyes even just barely to see our destination. My heart beats even faster as the ground below got closer at an alarming speed. All of a sudden I felt a jolt as he slowed his decent.
"And...now!" It was just over a hundred feet before Charcoal spun around with weapons ready in hook form. Just as we hit the ground my face hits his shoulder and from I could make out, he dug the blades into the ground. We slid for a good few seconds before we came to a complete stop. I swear this guy borderline insane at times! A few seconds passed by while I was regaining my composure
"You can let go of me now." Charcoal spoked and I checked around only to see that I'm still tightly pressed against him so I slowly released myself from him with a slight blush on my face onto snow below. It took me a good ten seconds or so before my heart slowed down to its normal pace and my breath to even out.
"You are one crazy bastard; you know that right?"
"Don't be such a drama queen, we're alive right?" Don't act so brave, you were terrified before we jumped and you know it.
"Whatever, let's get going. Don't want the rest of the students beating us to those orbs, right?"
"Yea, let's head that way; I saw some ruins in that direction while on our way down. I bet that we would find some orbs in there."
With that we started to walk in the direction where he said the ruins are. I looked up to see if any of the other students made it through but I only saw one who was pulling off a Perry Mopkins and was descending slowly to an unknown destination with an umbrella. Everyone has their own way to do things and our way can be badshit crazy at times. But the others probably made it through okay like us, it would be boring if it were just us.
Charcoal's P.O.V
Me and Silva are transversing the dead woods on this Island in complete silence with the only sound being the crunching of snow under our shoes. It would've been a good thing to I have my coat on me because in this environment really feels cold but silva's attire isn't the best suit for this as it was more in appearance to a knight's but only with plates on her midsection, legs, and arms with normal clothing underneath. She's better off in warmer climates rather than here. I frequently looked back at her with rising concern as her condition got worse but she always said she was fine. It got so bad that I decided to ignore her blatant lie and gave her my coat while ignoring her protest. She needed it more than I do since I practiced in my home basement that was as cold as this so I can tolerate this sort of weather. I just wear the coat to be cool more than anything.
There was also the memory of the landing still fresh in our heads. I honestly didn't think it was going to work the way it did since I came up with it in the heat of the moment. To be honest I was quite terrified over the who ordeal but I had to do something or else we would end up as imobile heaps of flesh right now. When I saw Silva's face after that landing she was as pale as the snow itself so I tried to act tough to make her feel better but even I knew that no one would by it.
As of now there is nothing that's really going on around us but there's that feeling of being watched but there's always nothing whenever I checked and I did so so much that I got the concern of Silva. But I reassure her that I'm fine and just being cautious since the instructure said that there shouldn't be any Grimm around but the local wildlife are still a threat. I watched nature documentaries in the past and they are just as dangerous as the Grimm from the looks of it.
We just continued on our way despite this but then I felt one of my fox ears twitch. I ignored it thinking it was just its sensitivity but it started to twitch again and again which is usually means a definite sign of trouble. I stopped us and gestured to my ears for Silva and she caught on quickly since she pulled her spear out and deployed it. I did the same with my weapons setting them in their blade form. It was then I started to hear audible noises of snow being scrunched up due to my faunus ears which are both twitching now. I looked around for the sources but I either barely catch with just a tail them or miss them entirely. We held our ground as our numerous opponents circle us, trying to find an opening. Right when their activity was at its peak they fall silent just as fast as they came.
I looked around much more sporadically now not letting my guard down for a single moment as that's all they need to attack. Just as I was looking to my right, a white blur bolted out of the trees right outside my peripheral vision. I barely reacted in time as grabbed the creature with one arm while fending it off with another. I threw it away from me and that's when I got a good look at it, a Frill Wolf. It's white fur perfectly blends into the snow with its size being around my torso. It folds out its frills around it's neck while bearing its mean looking teeth and let out a hiss like that of a snake. I heard Silva fending off her share of the pack while I kept my focus on my wolf. I heard another one make a beeline towards me so I hand no choice but to divert my attention towards it. I caught this one as well but just as about to throw it to the side I felt what I presumed was the previous member latched onto my back. I felt its claws dig into me as to gain a firm grip on me. I winced in pain as I fend of its packmate which is trying to take a bite out of me. Shortly after, the first wolf bites my shoulder causing a wave of intense pain to course through me.
"Damn it!" I clenched my teeth as I bare the pain wich was nothing but an intense stinging sensation from all those teeth. If it wasn't for my aura I would be bleeding out a whole lot more than now.
"Charcoal!" I heard Silva yell before I hear a blade cut into flesh and felt the creature released its grip followed by a yelp. I throw the the second wolf off with even greater force than before causing it to crash into a tree with enough force for me to hear an audible snap from said tree's trunk. It struggles to get up for a second and faces me and proceeds to give out a snarl clearly stating its anger. Feeling's mutual punk.
Just as it was going to move in for another strike it darts its gaze into the woods as if sensing something. It then proceeds to runs back into the woods in the opposite way with the rest of the pack close behind.
I fell to my knees before I look back towards Silva as she was panting from exhaustion as well but was staring at something in complete shock. I traced her gaze to see a frill wolf laying on the ground almost motionless with blood soaked snow under it. It must've been the one that she got off my back. There was still a hint of life still coursing through it as I barely heard it wheezing as it was weakly trying to get up but to no avail. It lift its head up again revealing a deep stab wound in its neck that Silva made still leaking some blood. I look back at Silva only to see her face now shows a hint of sadness as she stared at the dying creature. I got back up and out a hand on her shoulder to try and comfort her and I proceeded to walk to the bleeding wolf to end its suffering. As I got closer it started pick up its pace into recovering but with the same results as before. When I got right in front it it stopped with its belly quickly inflating and deflating as it starts drawing what it presumes are its last breaths. I looked into the creature's eye to see it staring back with an eye just like my own instead of a black void like before. It gave a look of fear, the same fear I felt during my time at Saber academy when I was still young and being bullied by the whole school; while I was still alone just like it now. It tried to kill me but out of survival unlike all the people who tortured me, something that I was trying to do as well. It only makes it harder to kill as it was trying to live the only way it knew how to in this hell of a world we live in. I closed my eyes as to not let it distract me any longer as I raised my weapon into the air. With all the force I can muster I thrust my blade into its neck with me only hearing it cut through its flesh and then total silence. This is the first life I've ever taken, but I doubt it will be my last.
As I walked away from the freshly made corpse and back to Silva, who still has the look of sadness on here face, my ears started to twitch again. I then started to hear a stomping sound followed by trees getting knocked down. My ears twitch like crazy again as I turned back to the direction of the corps to the origin of the sound. Within seconds the source of the noise revealed itself: a large, white, furry creature with the stance of a gorilla. It was hunched over with a head covered in armour plating with only the eyes showing. I recognize the creature but I forgot what it was called mainly out of shock. It looked down towards the dead wolf and proceed to pick it up with its colossal hand. The plated head then separated its plates revealing a large mouth filled with large teeth. It then proceeded to swallow the corps whole, not even swallowing as it made it down its gullet. After it was done it averted its attention at us, clearly not satisfied with the snack.
"Run!" I yelled as I started to run the opposite way. I grabbed Silva and carried her bridal style while ignoring her protests.
I heard the creature's thunderous footsteps start up again as it tries to make us its next meals. I had to come up with something fast because that thing is a heck of a lot faster than either of us when in pursuit. I decided to put my semblance of enhancement to use as I used it on my legs to try to outrun the it. I felt them become rejuvenate as I started to pick up forest was a brown, green, and white blur as I ran. The wind blew hard against me as I left that thing behind.
After what felt like thirty or so seconds of constant running I stopped in pure exhaustion and the confidence that I lost the creature. After coming to a complete stop I let Silva down and nearly collapsed on the floor while breathing heavily. I spent a whole lot of my aura doing that and I'm feeling the effects.
"Take it easy Charcoal, I think we left that thing in the dust and beyond." Silva advised while rubbing my back.
"Yea…I think…I…overdone it." Oh god I feel like throwing up now.
"Let's walk from now on, alright?"
"Yea, good idea." And after a few seconds I recovered and we continued our way to the ruins in silence.
While we walked we kept our guard up for any further attacks but luckily there weren't any. However, whenever I checked on Silva she would look visually disturbed while having part of her face buried in the coat. She said it was fine and that I shouldn't worry about it but I know her enough to know that it was something that happened in that fight from before. I'm going to talk to her about this when this is over whether she likes it or not but right now we have to get off this island.
Just ahead though, I see the edge of the forest so Silva and I ran the final stretch towards it. When we cleared the distance we came across the ruins we were searching for, it's about damn time. The ruins looks like a half circle with the remains of some pillars and a wall. There were also four pedestals with only two of them having a glowing orange orb on them, indicating that other students have came through here. We proceed to the structure and collected the remaining orbs; I hope I can at least tolerate whoever got these orbs.
A\N
"It seems now they got their first taste of reality." That was the title but yup. And it's only gonna get darker from here.
Now an update on my life, I just got back from a week long trip to Washington State with my family for my high school graduation celebration which was very active to say the least. I took the time on our trip there to write the chapters of these stories since the car trip there was about ten hours long from San Francisco after a flight there from Phoenix. I went to Alcatraz and went on top of the Space Needle which is getting an design update at the time. I was also drawing concept art for my first game with much thought. Don't expect it anytime soon though since I'm still learning how to use Unity.
"Sounds pleasant." Yep, it also signified the start of my Summer break away from high school so these chapters are going to come out quite frequently now and ohhhhhhhh I have so many ideas for these stories. Also in case you didn't know I also have another story called 'Of Divine Birth' from 'Trillion God of Destruction' so I advise you check that out if you want. There's a fellow named Mathon who's also the protagonist there who is currently holding off the two angry students with his companion Neciel.
"This Mathon sounds like he would be rash." Not really, he's actually a lot like you but more laid back, I'm sure you'll get along with him, just be advised though, he's not really the best socializer out there. There's Neciel but he's too busy being the boy's guardian to be a socializer.
Also there's this guy who's waiting for me in the StarCraft II universe but I guess he can wait for another week or so before I introduce him to you all.
Now everyone, I hope you all have a good day or night wherever you are!
