Hello again! Just to very much give you guys… Charli's in a pissed mood, and she'll be pretty much… cursing… once or twice?! NOPE! Not even close. It makes me laugh a bit on the number of reasons, but okay… I think this is a short one! Hope ya guys are patient! I'm doing stuff. Enjoy! ;)

"Reflection on Origin"

"Hey, WAKE UP!" Faerin's sudden shout woke up Charli, and the elf girl suddenly sits in surprise. Faerin looked upset. "You're a little late, but didn't you tell me you were gonna look at today's sparring demo?"

"Hm?" Charli scrubbed her left eye after just waking up.

"Second years are gonna assemble later and Professor Port will be conducting the activity. We're gonna need to prep already."

Charli nodded before she sat up with her legs off the body. She then mutters to herself. "I'm gonna kill someone for getting that training…"

Faerin winced and mutters loudly. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Just fucking amazing." Charli muttered back before she started to change.

It took about half hour but the two of them were able to get breakfast in them from the academy's cafeteria while in their school uniforms. Charli, who was wearing her earmuffs again to hide her elf ears, eventually got annoyed again, and that name jumped to her thought. Barton. She then saw him making an impression with three girls, with one of them a Cat-Faunus girl. Tch. Even catching a Faunus girl? Just die. She looked away from that scene, and Faerin was noticing. Then she glared at her. "I have a fucking good day, you fuck."

"Jeez… What is wrong with you this morning?"

"Huh? Nothing's fucking wrong." Charli glanced away from Faerin. "Fuck-face."

Faerin chuckled. "NOW you're just making things silly. It's about last night, isn't it? So… mix of Jax, and that training."

Charli groaned, knowing Faerin is right. "I hate it when I put those two events together in my head. First off… just to organize things… Jax is shit, even for a ladies man. And… My teacher didn't let me do anything major. I was just cleaning the place that we first fought in, and that was it. Tch. I can't even believe the kind of thing he called me: A 'Sweet Janitor' with great looks, and he even smirks at the damn thought! Tch! Silly?! That's a fucking understatement." Then Charli heard girls from Barton's company laugh. As she looked towards that company, she saw Jaxus really succeeding in making a positive impression at the girls he liked. One of them… a Cat-Faunus named Lena Jorn. Hm… Lena, huh? Another second-year who's transferred from Haven. If I'm right, she's at par when it comes to multi-sword combat, with the sword and shield stance Pyrrha Nikos fights with. Two dual swords and one shorter one. Impressive. Tch. For her to actually give Jaxus attention… She looked away, hoping she wouldn't see his face. And she smirked to herself while getting into her thoughts again. He's just making luck his own weapon. I wanna take that away and- But her thoughts stopped as an egg was flying at her. She sensed it as her purple eyes briefly glowed and faded before looking back, letting her arm catch the egg, but didn't anticipate its speed as its fragile shell shatters on impact, letting the liquid yolk and white drench her hand. She then held her hand in front of her face to examine it and didn't feel so much shock as she knew what it is.

"It should have gone past ya," Jaxus said.

"Oh my…" Lena lightly cursed to herself. "I think you-"

And Charli looks at Jaxus, eventually glaring at him before she stood from her seat, and walked at him. She didn't care if Faerin was calling her back to her seat, as she just went to Jaxus. She didn't express her anger in her walking, and that just made Jaxus curious as to what she would want.

Jaxus smiled, knowing Charli seemed to be relaxed about it. "So… I was trying my luck on Winchester. Not you. I guess an apology is in order?" But after he asked, he had half-expected and seed an oncoming slap.

Eventually, the whole cafeteria echoed with that same slap, making students gasp as they looked at where the sound came from. The whole place had gone silent, and everyone was silently surprised now.

Charli slapped Jaxus. Her hand feels like it stinged. But as she looked at him, she knew he would feel it. And in her mind, she was laughing. That's a fucking good way to let it out.

Jaxus couldn't believe it. His own cheek got slapped and he held it before turning to Charli in shock, still holding his cheek. "Um-"

"Shut up," Charli muttered. "You're just one of the worst boys I ever met," she said a loosely monotone voice. "You made my bad morning and you made my bad breakfast."

Jaxus made it in himself to express like the slap never existed and smiled. "Well that's not exactly remotely true. See… You felt pissed I bugged you last night. I know it's your business, but I was about to say I'm sorry. Now, I'm gonna say sorry again for almost hitting ya there."

"No you're not," said Charli before she grabbed the collar of his vest and pulled him close with her mouth just right at his ear before she whispered. "I hate you, Jaxus Barton. And not just last night, and today. I hate you… like…" Charli gently pushed Jaxus away from her face. "…forever." She saw him wince at her before she snorted and walked away from him. As she finally got to Faerin, she decided breakfast isn't necessary, mostly because of Faerin's jaw-dropped expression. "Whatever." She muttered that loudly to herself and left her own table, and the cafeteria. After a while, things went back to normal, but Team RWBY had their eyes on that and began to process it themselves.

Yang saw what happened, later seeing the sophomore Jaxus Barton sit down, feeling lonely all of a sudden. She was sitting with Team RWBY and knows that 'Charli in earmuffs' really hit hearts good with what she did. "Damn," she muttered out loud.

Weiss snorted. "Like I would care for a girl like that actually slap a sophomore out here. I'd say good riddance to him if she was offended."

"Weiss, do you even know what they're talking about?"

"He threw an egg at her. That's basis enough."

"Um…" Ruby wanted to speak up. "Barton's likes to get noticed, gets the ladies, and is a hothead."

Blake sighs, while seeming awestruck. "And he's… awesome…" The other three then looked at her for saying that. "What?"

Yang raised her eyebrow and smirked at Blake. "Oh come on. Him? Okay… Maybe Cardin's no match for Barton, but come on. You think he's the right match for Charli? That's what I wanna know."

"Speaking of Charli," Blake mutters before she stood up from her seat. "You guys go on ahead. I'll catch with you three later." And Blake quickly walks away from the team, heading to the same direction Charli went out from. More or less, Yang figured Blake wanted to the girl in earmuffs.

With it, Yang shrugged. "I saw Blake talking to Miss Earmuffs yesterday."

"Those are her hearing aids," Ruby said. "She said she couldn't hear so much with her ears that she needed the hearing aid earmuffs to help her out until her doctors come up with something for her."

Weiss raises her eyebrow. "Now where would she get the medical professional in Mistral? Hm. Probably someone from Atlas, Ruby."

"You're like a big market plan, Weiss." Ruby said this with a smirk, making Weiss groan.

Charli loudly groans while she walked on one of the school's hallways. Those hallways were being shone on by the sun's rays. And she hopes she didn't have to cross into those rays, making her stop at just behind a shadow of the nearby edge of a wall. While there, she was thinking of what she did. She quietly snorts to herself. I didn't need to feel regret after what happened. It's his fault, and my Teacher's. I can really feel myself built up. Hm. Maybe it's because of those two things? No. I can't describe it… at least not yet. She sighs just before she hears another set of footsteps that were familiar. She didn't look toward that direction yet…

…and she didn't know it was Blake walking towards Charli.

"Charli?" Blake called out the girl in earmuffs as she finally approached her. Just stopping a few feet from her, she maintained her distance from Charli based on what she saw back at the cafeteria. "I know it's kind of a bad time, but I wanna voice out something."

And Charli looked at Blake. "You wanna be like my judge or something?"

"Nothing like that. I just wanted to be honest for a bit." Blake said this to make sure she doesn't make Charli tick. "I know I don't want to tell everyone else yet. You could tell Yang's not really suspicious, especially yesterday."

Charli nods. "Yeah. I can pretty much tell she doesn't know. That bow really is good cover."

"But so are your earmuffs." Blake said crossing her arms. "First off, are you a Faunus like me?"

The elf girl wearing earmuffs stifles her own laugh. "What do you think, Cat-girl?"

Blake winced at the words Charli used. But narrowing her eyes, she looked away. "I want to believe you're human."

"Then you got no idea what the fuck I really am. Yes. I'm not fair, but I got much deeper reasons than that of yours as to why I can't show it. I know yours would be because of the Faunus, being infamous in a way if you really choose to hide it among a crowd." Charli narrows her eyes, and Blake chooses to keep listening. "And being infamous, means being feared. Being feared, means being set apart from humans in Remnant, today. It's something… that the White Fang is currently practicing. So… Are you… a Fang?"

Then Blake had her nerve hit when Charli said that. She approached, and before she knew it, her face was already inches closer to Charli that she had to whisper. "And if I am? Will you be telling?"

Charli shakes her head. "Now why would I be doing that if I decide to tell you my secret as well?" And after she said it, she pulled one side of her earmuffs aside, revealing her elf ear to Blake, making the Faunus girl step back. Then, Charli hides her elf ear with her earmuffs again. "Yeah. Not human, and not even Faunus."

"Okay… That's-!" Blake wanted to say something in her surprise, but she hesitated. "Are you… an elf?"

"Yeah. Good thing you know what to call me."

"But… You're… You're extinct."

"Extinct while being known as a creature of darkness- extinct? I think yes. We are." Charli sighed and got off her place on the wall. "Let's walk." And eventually, she started to walk on the hallway with Blake right beside her. "Look, all the continents… all the schools… all races who are actively involved with today's stuff… they don't really have a care on elves. Heck… They don't even believe that they're real. They just think that, and my species is really just… extinct… forgotten…" She looked down. "…erased."

"Well… I'm not much of a reader into legends, but I DID catch some about you and other magical creatures. They say that your kind once breached the rights of others who use magic… mostly humans. Elves know both dark and light magic, and they get most of the benefits. And just like the Faunus-"

"Yeah. We were subjugated to criticism and discrimination by the same species that discriminates the Faunus. See? We're not so different. The only difference is, they destroyed our faces in history and we were forced to hide. My ancestors… they tried to survive on their own, and they indeed lived long. But as millennia had passed… they were slowly dying, barely continuing the race. I'm… just one of their creations, passed down from generation to generation. Hehe… I'm just the pathetic fruit I think, they call their only hope. I'm not someone's hope. Nobody asked me to be. The reason why I know my ancestral history… was because it was forced on me.

"My father… he's an elf. But he made me, thanks to Mom, so I lived... different. As I was getting pressured by society, he taught me how to run and hide from society, and even taught me magical tricks too. Amongst that, we both had heavy hearts. He forced me into serious magic experiments that abuse my mental and physical health, but it was worth it. He created something inside me so I would fight and defend myself. But he also made something inside that would help me cope with aura, and qualify me, to be a huntress-in-training. That's the main reason he set me into Haven Academy if ever I do pass Combat School. But before I got into Haven… he… he died from a fire."

Blake was then curious when Charli said the small detail about her father's death. "Was it an accident?"

Charli shook her head. "It wasn't. It's his own people who killed him." This time, she expressed herself as both lonely, and angry. "I hate them. I hated their faces. That was why I was so unsure about Remnant, about everything. That's what made really sealed my loyalties into the people who live in the Anima continent, at least the ones who know my innocence means something. It also helped me in a way. I got into Haven. I trained as a huntress trainee. And… I wanted to move more, further than how I'd progress in Haven."

"You don't think it's good enough in Haven?"

"Yeah. And… it's definitely rougher in Haven if I'm not around in school often. That just makes covering my identity harder. There are really those who can't understand what it's like being another kind of specie entirely. So… I convinced myself I wanted to move. Then, I had second thoughts. What about my mom? Then she pushed me to go for it and she tells me she's very much fine. It's what I worry about right now. She's alone at our home in Mistral, and it's only getting worse if her employer pressures her to do embarrassing things to her." Charli stops as she looked at Blaze and stopped her too. "I'm afraid of what happens to Mom."

"Then you should go, Charli," Blake replied. "I'm not going to judge you, and I'm sure Professor Ozpin won't either."

"Sure, but… I can't. I'm not about to abandon what I've started. For some reason, my own aims push me to be consistent. So… I can't leave. Not yet." Charli looks at Blake, determined. "So… want to tell me your story? I at least told mine, right?"

Blake sighs in defeat, knowing she has to reveal her story as well. "Charli, I'd love to. But… I'm not sure about my place yet. If I'm ready, then I'll tell you all there's to know about me."

"I understand."

"Thanks. And thanks for telling me about you. I didn't know you were going through so much. I judged you." Blake only saw Charli put her hand on her shoulder. This made Blake smile. "Maybe I can make it up to you."

"Maybe. Just, think about it, okay?" Charli said this, leaving Blake to be relaxed at this point. Getting the trust of people who she can rely on, is most important in building critical relationships. And based on what she knows, she can trust Blake.

"Mmhm. I'll get back to my team now. And I heard about the fight demo with Professor Port. Good luck." And Blake nods before she turned away towards the direction of the Cafeteria.

At this, Charli sighed, before she heard a chuckle from someone's voice, a male voice that she found annoying. Jaxus was just behind the edge of a wall and got out to expose himself to the girl with earmuffs.

Jaxus crossed his arms and leaned himself to the wall. "So… Wanna be the good girl and explain yourself?"

"Tch. Jax. So you heard."

"Well… I heard pretty much up to you having an elf for a father." Jaxus smirks. "You should open up yourself."

"I don't trust you, and I don't want to make friends, especially with you."

"Well… then you're lucky. Because even with that other façade you see in me about being a ladie's man, I'm much of a friend than what you think." Jaxus chuckles before he continued. "I think you and I are gonna be great friends."

Charli narrowed her eyes at him with suspicion. I don't where it's going, but I'm getting goosebumps about this…

And I'm done! So… Big question… Do you guys like to fight against the Net Neutrality Repeal from the States? HEY. Do not ignore. It's a big issue. And if the vote gets passed to Congress, they apply it to the U.S. and most likely, it will be a domino effect it also happens everywhere else. I don't approve of it at all. And most of the online news outlets and humanity channels find this move VERY suspicious and controversial! What do you think? Search it up and fight against the repeal! It'll be Game Over if this happens! Goodbye Google and whatever. Want that? I don't want that, so do what you can and fight it!

See ya guys on the next one!