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Chapter: 10

Cinder Fall slowly woke up, she felt like she had gotten hit by a huge Ursa or a truck or something. Everything was sore and she desperately needed answers. Slowly crawling out of her bed she made it to the washroom.

She let the water run to warm it up so she could splash some on her face but when she caught her reflection in the mirror she started screaming. That's when she noticed that her perfect complexion was gone, she had scars all over her face she looked at the rest of her body and almost fainted. What use to be the body of a goddess was horribly disfigured.

The door to her room burst open. Cinder turned and saw Emerald rushing towards her. ''What the hell happened to me?''

Emerald was annoyed that Mercury had run away when he heard the scream instead of staying. ''You've been in a coma for a few weeks Cinder. You just collapsed on the ground and these burns and scars just appeared on you for no reason that we could see.

''We assume that someone found someway to help the maiden because you look like she did when we got pushed back from her. Mercury says that he has seen her around Vale with a group of students from Beacon and I saw her walking around with Glynda.

''I tried getting some people to instigate a fight when I first saw her so I could try to capture her and get answers but the group that attacked got themselves beat up instead.''

Cinder just kept looking at Emerald and switching to the mirror, back and forth, she got so mad she tried to use her new powers to blow up the mirror and that's when she realised the full extent of the problem. ''The maiden powers are gone. Did that Amber bitch look scared when you saw her?''

Emerald hated to be the bearer of bad news. ''No she seemed back to 100%, I saw her walking hand in hand with one of the students from Beacon, from what I can tell she's actually engaged to one of them now. Safe to assume that someone in that group did something.

''I've tried to use Junior to target them, and Junior has been most helpful because he feels like he's been spurned but they keep destroying any minions Junior sends. Junior is mostly pissed because they took the Malachite twins from him, with those two gone Junior is really not very useful anymore.''

Cinder was annoyed as hell now. ''While I'm getting dressed I need you to call our allies and get them here, and find Mercury, tell him if he's not here when I get back I will find him and roast him alive.''

Cinder looked around the table and sneered internally at what she saw. Junior was sitting there almost pouting because he wanted his eye candy back, that idiot better not do anything to jeopardize my goal. Torchwick was sitting there calm as ice, he looked like he just go out of a pride parade, his little minion Neo whatever sitting behind him.

Her next minion… huh allie was Bernard Winchester he was the political arm of her group and was running for re-election to the council. Last and least in her mind was Adam Taurus, how she despised working with Faunus but she needed the man or should she say animal support.

Cinder wearing enough makeup that she looked almost like normal just without the huge sex appeal that she was already missing was sitting at the head of the table with Mercury and Emerald standing behind her. ''I need a sit rep, I've been gone for a few weeks now.''

Junior speaks first. ''I'm losing ground in my area unfortunately. A new group as moved in and started protecting the local business from my men. They took my twins, my future threesome is gone, all the hard work I put in s…'' He stopped talking because he noticed the heat rising in the room. When he saw Cinder staring fire at him he changed subject slightly. ''We've tried legal ways to get their stuff closed but they have an insider on the council that keeps stopping us, we've tried just burning their places down but they have some sort of protection on their buildings. Hell we even tried kidnapping some of their people but they keep beating up my men.''

Cinder was getting pissed but pointed at Torchwick to continue. ''I've kept up the robberies while you have been gone, most have gone well but I got stopped a few days after you left by a cat faunus and a scythe wielding nut case.''

Cinder interrupts him for a second. ''Was the nut case a man and also probably drunk?''

''No it was a 15 year old girl, my sources say she got accepted to Beacon early because of our spar.''

Cinder frowns again. ''What the hell, that means there is now two nut cases with scythes.''

Torchwick lets that rest for now. ''The cat faunus managed to knock me out but my pet here.'' He pets Neo on the head like a dog. ''Helped me escape. I've had to use more and more faunus in my robberies because Junior keeps throwing his men away at the new group.''

Cinder points at Winchester. ''I've been busy trying to gather support for my re-election and it seemed like I had it in the bag but a up and coming new comer has been getting traction with support from faunus and people who sympathise with them. I think we need to get rid of this Augusta Longbottom if I'm going to win. I've had a few people try and keep track of her movements but she as a grandson the size of a bear who doesn't let her wander off alone without him or a group of bodyguards.

''We already tried to take her out once and that just pissed them off and got her even more support. I'm pretty sure she's part of the group that are pushing Junior out of the racketing business.''

Fuming now she didn't even wait to hear from the animal brigade and told everyone to get the hell out.

They got word from Winchester. He lost the election but he now had a spy inside Beacon. His son had become leader of one of the first year teams.

Junior's power base was almost completely depleted, more than half of his remaining men had scattered after the last defeat, his bar had been burned down in retaliation of their last attack on Unity Inn.

Emerald runs in fear from Cinder after having to break some bad news. Damn Torchwick you should've come over yourself you bastard. Instead she had to be the one to tell Cinder that not only had Torchwick failed at the docks and gotten almost captured a huge group of faunus had been arrested as well when students from Beacon had gotten involved.

Cinder was having breakfast when Mercury storms in with the paper in his hand. ''We lost the animals.''

Show of goodwill from the White Fang

Yesterday evening dust stores all over Vale received visits from members of the White Fang, each one bringing back cases of dust that had gone missing or stolen over the past few months.

We also received a note from Adam Taurus himself, thanking the council of Vale for their new found support and wanting them to know that they returned the dust to show that they were also willing to work with them from now on, that the White Fang was going back to their more peaceful roots instead of the path of violence some of their members had taken.

This reporter has gotten in touch with new council woman Augusta Longbottom.

R. Madame Longbottom, rumour is running around Vale that you are responsible for the new path that the White Fang are taking? Can you comfirm or deny this?

AL. Now young lady, you shouldn't believe all rumour you hear, but yes I've worked long hours with my fellow counsellors to try and find a compromise with the White Fang. We are at war with the grimm, all our efforts should be in finding ways to protect ourselves and our love ones against our greatest foe not find reasons to attack our fellow beings just because they have some animal features.

R. What makes you fight so hard for Faunus rights?

AL. You have all seen me walking around Vale with my grandson, he's really hard to miss with how big he his. I also have two other grand children, adopted but none the less they are mine. My other grandchildren have decided to join Beacon this semester, first you have Harry Potter-Black and his newly found fiancee, Amber Wellis. Harry leads team HHMM at Beacon. Second is Hermione Granger-Potter adopted sister to Harry and also on team HHMM, Hermione is responsible for capturing Torchwick not long ago but he escaped. The reason why I fight so hard for Faunus is because Hermione is a cat Faunus, she had been my granddaughter for 7 years and never I have had cause to regret accepting her into my home.

R. Would it be to hard to answer why you raised three grandkids and not their parents?

AL. My sweet Neville was placed in my care when he was a little over 1 years old, his parents my son and his wife were tortured, tortured so harshly that their minds have snapped and were placed in a hospital room not aware of their surroundings.

Harry's parents were dear friends with my children and their mothers had fallen pregnant at the same time, not long before Neville's parents attack Harry's parents were murdered right in front of his infant eyes. It took me 10 long years to find out what happened to Harry and when I did I adopted him and rescued him from an abusive aunt and uncle.

Hermione was raised with loving parents but when she turned 11 her parents turned against her for a reason that will remain secret for now, she met my two boys on her way to school and became friends, she and Harry would try dating at one point but that didn't last long as in Harry's words she feels more like a sister would be than a potential mate.

R. Thank you for those words. I'm sure it's not always easy explaining your life stories like that, especially to nosy reporters.

There you have it folks, while I'm sure lots of you will not agree with the council's decision to pardon the White Fang and only time will tell if it turns into a mistake or a brilliant plan.

Signing off

Rebecca Wrights

Mercury yelps when the paper he's holding bursts into flames.

Cinder storms into their meeting room. Noticing that Torchwick was the only one besides her and her two minions. ''Where the hell is everyone. Yes yes I know Taurus betrayed us but the others?''

Torchwick was pissed. ''Someone took my pet, I haven't seen her for a few days and I can't very well go looking for her without getting captured again.''

Mercury trying not to laugh. ''Junior got arrested yesterday, his gang disbanded without him.'' Mercury didn't plan to stay around for much longer, Cinder was a sinking ship and it seemed like only she realised all was lost.

Emerald felt that she owed Cinder her life and was somewhat loyal to her, she wished that the older girl would give up and just call it quits before they were either killed or arrested but for some stupid reason she wanted to destroy Vale and would not quit as long as she was alive. Emerald felt like she had to do something before it she died. ''Beacon uncovered bribes and other things in Winchesters background and had him arrested. Stupid kid of his got into trouble and had Beacon looking in his past.''

The temperature was rising around Cinder. ''God dammit to hell. Screw this shit, Mercury go with Torchwick and set the train off. I don't care if we can't have the White Fang attack as well, we shall use the distraction of the attack to kill off Amber, Ozpin, Longbottom son and old bitch, both Potters. Priority is Amber, all 4 of us will attack her at once and then work on finding the others.''

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