Forever Fall
"Onyx...Onyx….Onyx!"
"Gah!"
*Thud*
Onyx fell out his bed landing on his back onto to the hardwood floor.
"What the-!"
Before more words could leave Onyx's mouth clothes are thrown over his head as Teal walked past him.
"Get up. You've slept in enough. You're gonna be late if you don't get dressed now," Teal said
Onyx let out a groan, "Late for what?"
"Why our first field trip," Teal said
The Forever Forest. The place was full of life and Teal loved it. Nature was a beautiful thing, even a blind girl could see that. The air even smelled marvelous. As the group of students walked in the forest they were led by Glynda.
"Yes, students, the forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful. But we are not here to sight-see. Professor Peach has asked all of you to collect samples from the trees deep inside this forest, and I'm here to make sure none of you die while doing so," Glynda said
Everyone seemed to be enjoying their time, well almost everyone. Jaune grunted struggling behind the group as he carried a large case with six empty glass jars on top. It was clear the poor boy was Cardin's servant.
Glynda stopped walking and faced the students. She held up a glass jar full of red sap, "Each of you is to gather one jar's worth of red sap. However, this forest is full of the creatures of Grimm, so be sure to stay by your teammates. We will rendezvous back here by 4 o'clock. Have fun!"
Teal holds up the jar that she and Onyx needed to fill up.
"I can find us a nice tree," Teal said
"And how are you gonna do that?" Onyx asked raising an eyebrow.
Teal just lets out a small smirk, "Just follow me."
As the group starts to split off, Jaune tried to sneak away from Cardin, but the poor boy is grabbed by the back of his shirt and dragged off.
"You think he's ever gonna break free of Cardin?" Teal questioned
"Maybe, if he decides to grow a spine," Onyx said
As the two go to walk away Cardin sends a glare towards the two, his angry glower mainly focused on the teal-haired girl.
"Sooooo...what are you doing exactly?" Onyx asked
Teal walked up to a tree and started to tap on it. "I'm finding a tree that has the most sap."
"By tapping it?" Onyx said
"No, each tree resonates a certain sound depending on how much sap it has within it. The deeper tone of sound it makes the more sap it has within it," Teal explained
"And you can hear that?" Onyx said
"Of course," Teal said, with a smile. She hits another tree and then her smile widens, "This one."
Onyx shrugs his shoulder, "Alright then." He walks over to the tree and puts the sap pipe against it before jamming it into the trunk of the tree. Teal immediately puts the jar under the pipe as sap started to flow heavily out of the tree.
Onyx's eyebrows raised slightly amazed that Teal was right.
"You can thank me now," Teal said
Onyx scoffs and rolls his eyes. As the two observed the tree, they had some unwelcomed guest present.
Hidden in the bushes near them was one of Cardin's teammates, or better described lackey. The young teen snickered behind the bush as he held up a bucket of meat that had long since gone bad. He aimed the bucket for Teal and Onyx. With a final chuckle, he launched the bucket and sent it flying at the two. The bucket of rotten meat soared through the air heading towards its target. Cardin's lackey smiled as the bucket came down about to spill its contents on Teal and Onyx.
Suddenly Teal took out and Resonating Shock Wave and blasted a loud chord in the air. The shockwave sent the putrid meat flying back at the boy. The boy let out a screech as he tried to get up and run but his foot was caught and then he was hoisted in the air.
Onyx smirked as he held a rope connecting to a snare trap, which was keeping the CRDL boy suspended in the air. The boy let out a scream as the meat rained down on him and pelted him covering him in its foul juices.
Teal and Onyx smirked at each other before walking over to the still hanging boy.
"Well, it looks like your plan worked," Onyx said still smirking.
"No one can sneak up on me. Not only was this guy snapping every branch and twig in his wake, I could smell that meat from miles away," Teal said putting her hands on her hips. She leaned down getting face to face with the boy as he let out a whimper, "Now then what should we do with him? Should we cut him down or…..leave him for the Grimm?" Teal said
"I vote Grimm," Onyx said
"I vote Grimm too. Well then it's unanimous," Teal said as Onyx and her started to walk away, "Have fun!" Teal called back.
"You can't leave me!" The boy frantically called out.
"That was fun," Onyx said, "You think he'll be safe there?"
"He'll be fine. That kind of smell will be a repellent to any Grimm, and the best part the longer he's soaked in the rancid meat juices the longer he's gonna smell that bad," Teal said
That makes Onyx laugh loudly as he and Teal walked away.
Onyx and Teal were making their way back to the meeting place when a loud roar tore through the peaceful forest.
"You hear that?" Onyx said
"Oh yeah," Teal said
Before the two could move, the rest of team CRDL minus Cardin run past them screaming.
Onyx and Teal look at each other raising an eyebrow. They quickly start running from where the boys came from and are greeted with the sight of Jaune and Cardin being attacked by a giant Ursa. As the two arrive on the scene so do Ruby, Weiss, and Pyrrha.
Cardin is knocked to the ground and instead of getting up the boy just tries to crawl away, "Crap! Crap, crap!"
"Oh, no!" Pyrrha said
The Ursa closes in on Cardin and leans over him, raising its paw and swiping it down, but its claws never reached flesh as it was blocked by metal. Everyone was surprised to see who Cardin's savior was, and it was Jaune. The blonde haired boy struggled to hold back the large Grimm. Onyx is about to take a step forward and help but is stopped when Teal puts her hand on his chest. As he looked down at his partner she shakes her head no. Weiss goes to do the same but she is also stopped by Pyrrha. Jaune takes the shield out from under the Ursa's paw and slashes at its stomach with his sword. The Grimm growled and lashed out taking a swipe at Jaune. He rolls out of the way and jumps over its swipe at his feet, but the Ursa goes for a second attack with its other paw and he's batted away like a rag doll. He lands far away but quickly gets back up and with a determined look charges back at the Ursa.
Jaune goes in for another attack and that's when Teal felt a shift in the air. She looked over and could see Pyrrha's aura pulsing as the red haired girl raised her hand. She could feel a surge of energy as Jaune's shield started to emit the same aura Pyrrha was giving off. Jaune's shield moves on its own blocking an attack coming from the Ursa giving Jaune the perfect opening to swing his sword down and cut clean through the Ursa's neck.
The head rolls on the ground as the large body landed with a heavy thud on the ground.
"Well well….look who found his spine," Onyx said
"Not without a little help," Teal said looking at Pyrrha. Pyrrha lowered her hand and smiled.
"Uhhh...What?" Ruby said confused
"How did you...?" Weiss said
"Well, Ruby has her speed, you have your glyphs, Teal has her sound and Onyx has his matter manipulation. My Semblance is polarity," Pyrrha said
"Whoa, you can control poles..." Ruby said
"No, you dunce! It means she has control over magnetism!" Weiss said
"Magnets are cool, too..." Ruby said
Pyrrha smiles and starts to walk away along with Onyx and Teal.
"Wait, where are you going?" Weiss asked
"Yeah! We gotta tell them what happened!" Ruby said
"We could...or perhaps we could keep it our little secret?" Pyrrha said
Teal turns to the two and puts a finger over her mouth giving a shushing motion as she winked. Ruby and Weiss smile understanding and they walk away too.
Onyx was resting on his bed reading book as Teal was going over some sheet music.
"So, it's good that Jaune finally stood up to Cardin. But I can't help but wonder what dirt he had on Jaune in the first place to make him his slave," Onyx said
"Oh. Jaune faked his records to get into this school," Teal said as if it wasn't big deal, not looking up once from her music.
"Wait what!" Onyx said sitting up, "He did what?! And you've never said anything!"
"It wasn't my secret to tell," Teal said
"B-But faking his documents just to-he shouldn't be here then," Onyx said
"I think a guy willing to fake records to get into Beacon has to be pretty gutsy. Don't you think," Teal said
"Well yeah but-"
"And if he really wasn't fit for the school I don't think he would have made it out of the Emerald Forest," Teal said
"Yeah bu-"
"Besides I'm pretty sure Professor Ozpin knew. That man knows almost everything. Although I don't think what Jaune did was right, I think he's a nice fit for Beacon don't you," Teal said
Onyx was stunned not having a comeback. Everything Teal said was true. While he also did not agree with Jaune forging his records he did belong in Beacon.
"Man I hate it when you're right," Onyx said
"One of my many charming qualities," Teal said
"How did you know Jaune's secret anyway? Did he tell you?" Onyx asked
"No I heard, him through the window talking with Pyrrha while they were on the roof," Teal said
"Whoa whoa whoa hold on how'd you hear them all the way from the roof. That's like four floors up," Onyx said
"I hear everything," Teal said in a serious tone.
"That's a little unsettling," Onyx said
"It true though. I hear everything, just like I hear you bring out Mr. Biong from under your pillow every night," Teal said with a smirk.
Onyx gasp and sits up in his bed quickly, "Who told you about Mr. Biong!"
"You did. I can hear you cuddle up next to him at night whispering his name. Who knew you'd keep a secret stuffed animal," Teal said
Onyx's face flushed as he looked anywhere but Teal, "If you tell anyone-!"
"I won't. As I said before not my secret to tell," Teal said
Onyx seems to calm down a little bit but he looks at Teal a little unnerved, "I can't believe you hear all of that."
"My semblance really does help me, also my senses are heightened since I'm blind," Teal said casually.
"Oh, that makes sense-WHAT!?"