Hello readers I'm back for another chapter... And I gotta admit, I'm a little disappointed in the lack of comments last chapter.
Seriously it was Cinder getting her ass kicked, why didn't more people cheer?
Reigner: Because she lived.
PC: Good point...
Well, I'll let you all know she gonna died later on in this story, which will not be designed like my other stories and end by Volume 3, just so you know...
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Soma, Shanoa, Maria, and Cornell sat in the police station in one of the empty interrogation rooms, the red hooded girl was taken to a separate one so they could not ask for her name.
Soma had his arms crossed as he leaned back in his chair, carefully thinking out what to say. Cornell had leaned forward with his elbows on the table and his hands clasped in front of his face. Shanoa had her hands in her lap with her eyes closed, meditating. And Maria had her legs crossed as she leaned back to pet her owl.
"How long does it take to ask someone a few questions?" Cornell asked calmly.
"Apparently a while." Maria said, "Does this kind of thing usually take this long Soma, in your time?"
"In my time witnesses were questioned on the scene unless they needed to be somewhere else." Soma said, "Bringing an innocent to the Police station is unusual."
"Still..." Shanoa said opening her eyes, "There was something clearly off about that woman, that was magic she was using, pure magic... If unusually weak."
"Which isn't something we've noticed people can use in this world." Cornell said sitting up, "Even if Semblance is rather alike to it."
At that moment, the door opened, revealing a middle aged man wearing a deep green coat with grey hair and a coffee mug in his hand. "Good evening ladies and gentlemen, my apologies for how long this took." The man said, "Miss Rose over in the next room is rather... excitable." The man took a sip of his coffee, "Might i have your names?"
"Isn't it polite to offer your own name before you ask ours?" Maria asked as Osca fluttered back onto her shoulder.
"I suppose it is." The man said, "I'm Professor Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon Academy."
"Soma Cruz." Soma said.
"Maria Renard." Maria said, "And this is Osca." The owl hooted in greetings.
"Cornell Lycan." Cornell said, using the alias he adapted for his last name.
"Shanoa Ecclesia." Shanoa said, using the name of her old organization for her last name.
"A pleasure to meet you all." Ozpin said, "I will admit, I'm surprised you four managed to hold your own against that woman, the power she has is quite... Unique."
"It's nothing compared to foes we've had to face." Soma said, getting a nod of agreement from the others.
"I wouldn't doubt that." Ozpin said, opening a file folder he had brought with him, "Oddly enough the four of you have no official records, and while that could mean you were born outside of the cities, there still the fact that two of your names do not quite meet the tradition of color in Remnant. Something that even tribes of Bandit's hold true to."
"Your point?" Shanoa asked emotionlessly, a skill she found herself adept in due to her time lacking emotions.
"Those two things together, combined with your adeptness in combat against someone like that, someone who defeated someone with a similar power with ease mind you." Ozpin said, "It makes me wonder who you all are exactly."
"If you want information, you'll have to give some to get some." Maria said straightening.
"I have no idea what-" Ozpin started.
"That woman used Magic." Shanoa said cutting him off, "That wasn't Dust or a Semblance, neither are that versatile."
"Pardon?" Ozpin asked raising an eyebrow.
"Professor Ozpin, that woman used Magic." Shanoa said flatly, "Though it felt incomplete that was in fact Magic. Something people in Remnant shouldn't be capable of using. So unless you have anything you'd like to tell us we will be leaving. With force if necessary."
Ozpin stared at the four, all tensed to make their moves, before sighing, "What I say can not leave this room." Ozpin said.
"And we expect the same." Soma said.
"Very well." Ozpin said, "Have you four read the Story of the Seasons?"
"The four Maidens, Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter." Maria said, "Tales such as that usually have truth to their origin. Are you implying we fought off one of those Maidens?"
"You are rather sharp." Ozpin said blinking, "Yes, the Maiden's are real, constantly changing, the power transferring from young woman to young woman upon the death of the previous one."
"How is it transferred?" Soma asked.
"Usually it's the last person in the Maiden's thoughts, unless of course they are an old woman or a man." Ozpin said, "Otherwise it goes to someone random. But the Fall Maiden you fought, her powers weren't transferred to her normally, they were stolen from the previous Maiden, Amber."
"But the job isn't complete." Shanoa said, "This False Maiden only has half of the Fall Maidens power."
"Correct." Ozpin said, "And as such we are unsure of what the Maiden powers will do if Amber dies."
"You don't really understand the Maiden's powers do you?" Cornell asked.
"Unfortunately no." Ozpin said, "In fact we only recently learned that the woman doesn't need her virtue to become a Maiden, just a decade ago in fact."
"Interesting." Shanoa said, "Now then, I believe we owe you some information."
"You do." Ozpin said.
"To put simply, we are from a different world." Cornell said, "We won't share all of our secrets, but our world had it's own plague, not Grimm. But Monsters, Creatures of the Night."
"What kind of monsters?" Ozpin asked.
"Living Dead." Maria started, "Werewolfs, Demons, Succubi, Vampires. Creatures you might believe are only fantasy."
"I.. See." Ozpin said unsettled, "Are your four have fought these things?"
"Yes." Soma said, "However there was one monster that ruled above them all, even Death was subservient to him."
"And he would be?" Ozpin asked.
"Count Vlad Tepes Dracula." Cornell growled, "The Dark Lord, appearing again and again throughout history, unleashing his horde of monsters upon humanity until he is felled, often by a member of the Belmont Clan."
"And then he rises again much later." Ozpin deduced.
"More often by the hands of fanatic than his servant Death." Shanoa said.
"I see." Ozpin said, "I assume you won't be telling me any more than that."
"Not until we trust you more." Soma said.
"Very well." Ozpin said, "May I ask you four one question though."
"Go ahead." Maria asked.
"Beacon academy is short four applicant's this year." Ozpin said, "I'd like for you four to join this year, I fear the woman you've called the false Maiden may come for Amber and I hope that seeing you four there would deter her from attacking."
The group was silent for a moment before they locked eyes.
"Very well professor." Shanoa said after a moment, "But any attempts to spy on us will be treated as hostility."
"I hope that doesn't include the camera's placed in the forest for the safety of the students who believe they can train there in peace." Ozpin spoke.
"It won't be." Soma said, "It's for the protection of your students, not for spying on us."
"Thank you." Ozpin said, "School starts next week, I'll need your measurements though, for your uniforms."
Shaona was the one who held out a note to Ozpin, "This is all you need to know." Shanoa said.
"Thank you." Ozpin said taking the sheet, and sat as the four left, followed by Glynda walking in, an angered look on her face.
"Why did you tell them?" Glynda demanded, "We gave out vital information and for what?"
"Information on a possible new threat." Ozpin said.
"Dracula?" Glynda scoffed.
"Possibly." Ozpin said, "however I'm more worried about his servant."
Glynda raised an eyebrow.
"If something brought them here, I fear something slipped through with them." Ozpin said, "After all, how can we train our students to fight Death itself."
Glynda sighed an pinched her brow, before slapping a file folder down in front of Ozpin, "Find a Combat instructor Professor, I can't afford to keep doing that job and the job I applied for if this is how things are going to be."
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*Mila appears in front of the camera.*
Mila: Yeah... Pops has gotten drunk, so I came to say... We hope you all enjoyed this chapter of Castlevania and in the next chapter... Well we won't be heading to Beacon in that chapter, just a hint.