Hi Folks, am Back. Sorry for the long Hiatus but ive been busy and honestly got discourage by how different my version of things turned out. as originally the idea was to stick as close to the cannon story as possible but with different characters. but ive decided that id rather have a different story than a uncompleted story. So while I cant promise frequent posts I will promise that you wont have to wait for a year and a half in between posts. With that said. welcome back to the story.

11 hr 30 mim until trials end

"So...are you sure this is an good idea?" asked a perturbed Mim as she watched her partner Oliver anchor one of his spear tips into a large tree at the edge of the lake they were currently at after spending the night sleeping

"Of course it is a good Idea" replied Oliver as he finished securing the line "with the lake as big across as it is it will be faster to go over it than around it" Oliver than grabbed the shaft of his spear, took aim at another tree on the other shore and fired off the other spear tip into the trunk with a heavy thump.

"Still aren't you worried that it won't be able to support your weight?"

"no , not really I'm a skinny guy I should be fine"

"Besides that fact you're a giant"

"What?"

"Your seven feet tall! Or real close at least."

"I'm only 6' 5" Mim "

"That's still really close!"

"Has it ever occurred to you that everyone seems taller than they are because you're just plain short?"

"And has it ever occurred to you that you're just plain rude?"

"Yes it has and I accept myself for who I am" replied Oliver with a cheshire grin on his face as Mim Glared daggers at him with crossed arms.

"I hope you fall in again" retorted Mim as Oliver climbed onto the tree

"In your dreams Kit-Kat" replied Oliver as he wrapped his legs around the chain and began to to shimmy horizontally across it over the lake.

After getting properly situated onto the wire across the lake, Oliver looked over at the shore to see Mim skeptically watching him going across the water with her tail twisted worriedly around her left leg. Deciding she needed encouragement Oliver decided to ribb her a bit.

"Come on Kit-Kat! I know that cats don't exactly have a thing for water but it can't be that bad!"

Mim just sighed I really hope that this Kit-Kat thing doesn't stick she thought. As for the cat's not liking water thing… ok sure I don't like to be wet Mim looked down at Kunstniku What I would really like to do is make an ice bridge across but I don't have all that much left so I need to save it for an emergency. Another sigh Well might as well get this over with and with that Mim Climbed up the tree and started making her way across the lake.

11 hrs 15 mins till trials end

Ben woke up with a groan as every inch of him hurt from his little, or not so little, escapades from yesterday. You just had to show off yesterday didn't you? He asked himself as he lumbered onto his feet. Well nothing to do about it but deal with it, if I need to I can take a pill to curve the pain.

After standing up and rubbing the sleep out of his eyes Ben took an look around and realized that someone was missing. "Olivia?" Ben called out "OOlliviaaa! Where are you?"

The answer he got was a thunk when something small hitting the back of his head.

"Ow" grunted Ben as he rubbed the back of his head what the heck was that? He thought as he turned around to look and found an apple on the ground. Ben sighed wake up in the morning and get a apple thrown at you he thought, well at least it's food, much worse things could be thrown.

Picking up the apple Ben looked in the direction that it had been thrown from. "Very funny Olivia" Ben shouted out into the tree line as he looked around for Olivia "fortunately for you I still hurt from levitating a lake yesterday or I would give you the mother of all apple throwdowns, and you would learn to fear the mighty Ben Villco.."

An another apple smashed into the back of Ben's head.

…"Oww….ok, ok so I may have underestimated you" Ben said as he turned around and picked up the second apple and looked at the tree line again his brain running on overdrive she hit me from behind again, either she managed to get around me extremely fast without me seeing her somehow… Or something else is happening here. Suddenly Ben grinned one way to find out he thought as he walked over to his armor. From the pile of still slightly wet gear he had taken off the night before, Ben picked up his gauntlets and slide them onto his arms were they reached to just below his elbows. When he had them fitted onto his hand he gave an twist at the wrist, turning an ring, with a hiss the gauntlets sucked up onto his body creating a tight seal. After putting on both gauntlets, he grabbed both apples again from the spot on the ground and turned to face the direction that the last apple had been thrown from.

"Ok Miss Tremble" Ben shouted out into the trees "I admit that you may have gotten the better of me once, but can you do a repeat performance?"

A tense second later Ben heard a swish of leaves and an low whistling from behind him. With an turn of his heels and a flick of his arm Ben threw one of the apples he was currently holding straight out behind him, were it made contact with another apple that had just been thrown from somewhere in the tree line behind him. Then with a twist at the waist and a swing of his hand Ben swung his hand in an arch behind him and backhanded an second apple that had just been thrown at him, knocking it off to the side.

So I was right there is more than one person here throwing fruit at me. Ben stretched and cracked his knuckles well, now that I have a vague idea what i'm up against, let's do this.

"Nice try Olivia! But it is going to take more than that to hit me again." Ben put his gauntleted hands up and assumed a defensive stance. "Especially now that I know that I have two people to look out for, so no point in hiding it now."

Another moment of tense silence past. And then apples came flying at him from two separate directions.

With a doge to the side Ben easily moved out of the way of the first two apples. And then was able to swat aside another pair with relative ease. Ok he thought now that she isnt trying to hide the fact all I have to do is find her.

Two more apples flew at him from the trees, Ben reached up grabbed the first apple that came at him and then threw it at the second apple that was a few feet away from hitting him, he than ducked just before another two hit him, causing them to collide midair with each other.

Shes getting faster thought Ben as he continued to dive, weave, punch and throw his way threw the apples that mean that she isn't as concerned with stealth, all I have to do is wait for an slip up and… there!

Off to his right Ben caught an glimpse of leaves rustling on the tree line.

Ben Grabbed some apples from the ground and made an mad dash in the direction he saw the movement, slowly gaining momentum like an freight train until he hit the tree line and crashed into an very surprised looking Olivia holding an armful of apples

Got You! Ben thought as he threw the apples at Olivia, only to have her wisp away like mist

What!? Thought Ben as the apples he had thrown bounced harmlessly off a tree and landed of the ground were Olivia had been supposedly standing moments ago.

11 hrs till trials end

Oliver was starting to regret his plan.

Sure his thought that going over the lake instead of around it to save time was a solid one, but he hadn't considered one very important detail.

He wasn't exactly the strongest guy in the swamp at the moment. He wasn't weak by any stretch of the imagination, just that his fighting style revolves more around agility and tripping his opponents up with the wires on his spear than any serious feats of strength. So this shimming across his spear's wire upside down across a large lake was starting to put a bit of an strain on his muscles.

Not that he would admit to having trouble to anyone who would ask. Including himself for that matter.

Man this is taking longer than I thought Oliver mused in his head I have to be almost there right? Oliver looked away from the sky for a moment to find the shore line, and immediately wished he hadn't Crap…..

He was just now about half way across the lake.

Well this is taking longer than expected he thought man if it is taking me this long to get across how is Mim going to pull this off?

"Having fun down there Oliver?" came the sing-song voice of Mim from an seemingly impossible location. Craning his neck up Oliver found himself staring up at an very amused Mim who was currently balanced on the top of the wire across the lake with Her spear slung across her shoulders to help balance herself on the wire that Oliver was currently hanging off of.

"How are you managing to….." Oliver became lost for words as his brain short-circuited looking for an answer the his almost asked question. The Wire that came out of his spear Pollux was thin, thin enough that if enough force was applied to it, like say a Giant snake grimm running into it mouth first, then it could easily slice through flesh and bone assuming no aura was in the way to stop it. So the fact that Mim was able the perfectly balanced her way across the wire with what seemed little effort amazed him. "...How are you walking on top of the wire?" was all he was able to say after a few seconds of collecting his thoughts.

"Well you see Oliver, despite the jokes about me not liking water and the assumption that I like milk being an cat faunus does have it's perks like a natural sense of balance, add to that that I lucked out and got an tail instead of ears or claws when I was born and there are very few things I can't walk or even run across." Replied Mim with a satisfied grin as she began to make her way past Oliver "now if you excuse me I have an lake to cross, try not to fall in again" she joked as she ran the tip of her tail across Oliver's nose as she went passed him. With an sneeze and a grunt of annoyance Oliver watched as the self assured feline calmly made her way across the wire. Well I guess I don't have to worry about her then he thought to himself as he began to inch his way forward again.

Ben search around the small outcropping of trees looking for Olivia, his mind reeling the whole time. She was here, but she wasn't. Ok so semblance is something interesting that's for sure. Well its been fun but we gotta get moving….and I do hate losing. Closing his eyes Ben started listening for the sound of rustling underbrush trying to hear where is new found partner was, with the sound of a snapping twig and moving leaves Ben flicked his wrist towards the sound and created an gravitational deadzone were the noise had came from. Then in one fluid motion took his other hand and made another one in the opposite direction, smiling when a surprised gasp could be heard as an certain apple throwing fiend was raised into the air. With an sign and an strech Ben walked over to the noise to find unsurprisingly Olivia, looking like she was trying to swim in the air "having fun?" he asked innocently watching her get frustrated.

"I was" she snided as she tried to get her footing back to no avail "how did you get me? I thought I had you fooled after the first time"

"You did, but your a bit predictable, Id suggest not always going from the exact opposite direction of….whatever it is you did am still not sure. So if I let you down are you going to stop throwing things at me?"

With an sigh of defeat Olivia put an hand to her heart and raised the other "scouts honor"

"Thank you" Ben Replied as he gently let her down to the ground. "Now let me get my stuff and we can finish this trail.

10 hrs till trials end

Oliver hadnt made much progress across the wire as he strained his Muscles to shimmy across the rope. Mim on the other hand was nearly there with much less effort. Damn cat he snorted to himself as sweat streamed down his face I am not letting her get this over me...perhaps a dip in the lake is in need…..

Gripping the wire Oliver began to jump it up and down to upset Mim's balance. It worked, but did result in what he wanted. Instead of falling into the lake below her, Mim was able to hook Kunstniku around the back of her knee, fall with percisin and grace, and then hook the back of her other knee around the the other side of Kunstniku, causing her to hang upside down and balancing her weapon on the wire. "Are you trying to waste time!" she growled out as she tried to crane her neck back to look at him. "We don't have time for an swim!"

"Are you sure? The water looks quite nice" Oliver grinned as he shook the wire a bit more

"Stop! Look am not here to mess around, I want to get into the school, not take an dunk in swamp water and get sent home because my partner won't take anything seriously!"

A moment passed without an word as if Oliver was listening to what she was saying. But then there was another violent shake of the line that almost dropped Mim into the water again.

"What did I just say!" MIm screamed out as she bent her back and grabbed the wire to look at Oliver "am not going to….Oliver?"

Oliver wasn't on the line, in his place was ripples and several pale white Tentacles wrapping against the Wire.