Chapter 4: The Third of Seven

Beacon Academy Dorms

10:34 am

Ozpin choose to assign Alexis to Cristof Axel's team, as they were looking for a fourth member for their team. She arrived outside their dorm room, in which she entered and came face to face with a blue haired girl sharpening arrows with a blood-red bow beside her bed. A Black and silver Katana rested beside the bed in the far side of the room, and a White long sword sat next to a bed across from the girl with the bow.

" So, you're the rookie?" The Girl said.

" Yes, I'm Alexis." She said.

" I'm Natalie, the Katana is Cristof's, and the White Steel long sword belongs to my brother, Nathan." Natalie said.

" You're an archer, huh?" Alexis inquired.

" Yeah, this bow has been in my family for generations." Natalie said.

" Really, The Staff I use used to belonged to my mother." Alexis said.

" What's it's name?" Alexis asked.

" Epirus, what's the name of your staff?" Natalie inquired.

" Valthael." Alexis responded.

" Cool, Welcome to Team Canaan, or CANN" Natalie said.

" Where's Cristof and your brother?" Alexis asked.

" In the City, getting some school supplies for you since they're gentlemen." Natalie said.

" One thing you should know, I have a sort of split-side to me." Alexis said.

Natalie inquired what she meant, and Alexis explained the entire situation to her. The experiments on the Saigon, her bond to Arcadia, the transformation of Arcadia's perception, The Fallen Seven, and Kophir's involvement. Natalie didn't look at her like she was crazy, she listened to what the young shadow mage had said.

" So, this Grimm that is bound to you is one of Seven?" Natalie said.

" Yeah, Arcadia is the second, while her brother, Kephreziel, is the fifth." Alexis explained.

" Kophir is the third?" Natalie said.

" Yeah, you are taking this pretty well and haven't called me crazy at all." Alexis pointed out.

" Well I've seen crazier things." Natalie started. " I remember the time my brother found out our neighbor was keeping a sentient animatronic bunny in her basement as a pet." She said.

" You're kidding." Alexis said.

" Yeah, She called the thing " Springer" Natalie said laughing as Cristof and Nathan walked in.

They concluded their story tales and sorted out things and Alexis's bed was set up and they continued through out the regular day until nightfall, in which she fell asleep to continue the "game" she had going with Arcadia.

" So, how did you and your siblings get the name the fallen seven?" Alexis said.

" During the rise of man before the Grimm war, We turned on The Creator when he tried to wipe out our kind, but his last retaliation was the turn of our own kind against us. We were weakened after fighting our kind for seven days, which left us vulnerable to attacks by humans." Arcadia explained.

" The Creator?" Alexis asked.

" He's the one who made Humanity, The Faunus, and The Grimm. But he tried to kill all Grimm." Arcadia explained.

" Anyway, I spoke to Natalie, she is actually really nice and she's offered to help us locate Kophir." Alexis said.

" Good, and are you going to make your move?" Arcadia said.

Alexis moved her piece, and the white light occurred again, but what also followed was a memory flash, showing Alexis influencing people's minds, and then the voice was heard once more...

INDOCTRINATION IS KEY, THE MIND IS THE MOST VULNERABLE STRUCTURE.

Alexis woke up the next morning feeling energized and noticed she was awake even before anyone else was awake, so she shadow-stepped out of the room and went down to the showers. She hopped in and noticed Neo out of the corner of her eye, and Neo looked as if she was crying. Neo removed her pajama shirt, revealing a series of scars that had lined her back in which Alexis felt sad for her, because the scars looked as if they had been there since she was a child. They proceeded to class, which was combat training with Professor Goodwitch, in which today's lesson was solo combat.

" Good morning students, today's lesson is individual combat." Goodwitch said.

Alexis was more focused on the muscular boy looking down at her, his ginger hair and he placed his enormous mace on his lap, which surprised Alexis but humored Arcadia.

" He's really compensating for something if his weapon is that big." Arcadia said.

" Natalie said that guy is Cardin Winchester, and that he's an asshole." Alexis said.

" If we've got to fight him, he's gonna wish that he had a weapon that was truly his size." Arcadia said.

" First combat match is between Alexis Domino and Cardin Winchester." Professor Goodwitch said.

" Perfect." Arcadia said

Cardin entered the arena to be ready for the fight against Alexis, but he made one mistake. He walked in as cocky as usual, in which Alexis immediately took notice of the fact and knew she could use it to her advantage. Cardin swung his mace as hard as he could, and Alexis shadow-walked around it.

" Let's test some of these new tricks I had learned from that chess game." Alexis thought.

She eventually spoke words that did not seem familiar to her, and what she said would have devastating...

" Venite quarto canibus inferni " Alexis said.

A pale, white mist covered the Arena and electricity struck the ground nearby and a large dog appeared. But this dog wasn't like any ordinary dog, it had bright red eyes and looked like it was badly burned, and it was growling like crazy.

" What did I just summon?" Alexis thought.

" A Hellhound, the one your mom summoned to kill the assassin before she died." Arcadia said.

" What?" Alexis exclaimed.

The Hellhound charged at Cardin and locked it's jaw around his mace handle, but he was able to shake it off quickly and crushed it with his mace and it turned to ash. But three more lightning strikes occurred, which summoned three more hellhounds that charged Cardin, and he was fighting for his life. Alexis felt weakened, and all of a sudden , Her eyes began to glow red and she slammed the bottom of Valthael onto the ground, shattering an enormous magical rune on the arena floor, and the mist quickly dissipated and the hellhounds quickly disappeared, and Cardin looked up to see Alexis slunk to the floor in an immediate speed. Neo hopped down into the arena and began to drag Alexis out of the arena, followed by Natalie who was carrying Valthael.

Beacon Infirmary

10:40 am

Alexis woke up after being passed out in the infirmary, Valthael was leaning up against the wall next to the end table beside her, and a bandage was on her forehead from where she fell in which she looked to her side and the first person she saw was Neo, who was sitting with her parasol sitting in her lap.

" What happened?" Alexis asked.

" You used some kind of summoning spell and summoned a Hellhound pack." Neo explained.

" That was actually my semblance at work, I can summon things." Alexis explained.

" Really, well the hellhounds almost killed Cardin, and Goodwitch is shocked about the mess herself." Neo said.

" Is she mad?" Alexis asked.

" A little, she's surprised you're a shadow mage, but pissed at Ozpin for not telling her." Neo said.

Alexis was annoyed, she was now having to have somehow invoked the wrath of a teacher and it was only the first day for her. The bond between Arcadia and her was a little more stabilized now, and she had already pissed off the most dangerous teacher in the whole school.

" Anyway, This note arrived at the school, it seems to be from a relative." Neo said, pointing to an envelope sitting on the nightstand.

Neo walked out of the room and proceeded down the hall, and Alexis reached over and picked up the note and opened it up to find out it's a note from her cousin Valerie...

Dear Alexis

My dad was fuming mad when he found what your dad was doing on that boat. When the news reports came on, my parents were originally believing you and your dad were going on a vacation until Aunt Victoria called saying you hadn't come home a couple days ago. Listen, my mom is considering organizing things for you to be living with us instead of Vic, but my mom is going to have to take the matter to court. But my mom is a traditionalist, she will demand of you staying with us that you find a boyfriend and not a girlfriend because of your "interests". I spite my mom because of that, because I am not one to judge, I know Mrs. Schnee shares the same idea and she tries to write it in her discriminating books. I still laugh at the fact you and Nadia went to the prom back in high school even though they threatened to shut it down if you two showed up, but they never knew you were there be shadow-walking throughout the evening with your girlfriend. Well, Nadia was a bitch anyway because of the fact she was cheating on you with the principal's daughter who was also the cheerleading captain. My mom is gonna be sending someone pick you up in the city, At that popular diner our parents would hang out back in the day.

Take care cousin...

Valerie Colt

Alexis was surprised that they hadn't known that she was now enrolled at Beacon. She felt a bit off what the note said, and she raced to her next class, thinking about Valerie's note and the person being sent to pick her up.

" You know it's a trap right?" Arcadia said.

" What do you mean?" Alexis inquired.

" Your cousin seemed too calm and collected in the note, and let's just hope your friend can find Kophir." Arcadia said.

Alexis was about speak her mind to Arcadia when Natalie came running up to her looking like she had just run in the largest marathon in all of Vale.

" Jeez, Natalie, did you run in a marathon?" Alexis said.

" Shut up (panting) I found your Kophir." Natalie said.

" Wait, what?" Alexis said.

This is where things heat up, first Alexis's aunt wants custody of her, and now Natalie Minerva Hood has just revealed to her she had just found out the location of Kophir, the third of the Fallen seven, who is a Dragon-Grimm! Things will only get both worse for her and Team CANN, as she walks into a trap, a team member will lose their life, and a being from Arcadia's past will soon be revealed...