Hear it us the moment of truth, I got one PM suggestion from this and one guest suggestion so I flipped a coin and the PM suggestion won, sorry Goteam.

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Chapter 8

''Very well do what you must'' stated Salem.

Cinder started to panic and started to try and run, shooting up from her seat and running for the door as fast as she could, Emerald and Mercury reacted too, they knew they couldn't win but they were hoping they could hold them off for Cinder to escape, Emerald pulled out her Kusarigama and threw one at Salem.

But Vert quickly moved in the way however and blocked the attack with his arm, the chain wrapped around it and Emerald pulled at him, Vert didn't move however and pulled back at the chain dragging Emerald forwards, Kasumi quickly joined in and punched Emerald straight in the gut winding her.

Mercury quickly aimed a Jump Kick at Monarch, he jumped up ready to kick Monarch, but Monarch quickly summoned his armor and blocked it.

Monarch's Armor looked very similar to Thanes, only his was a much darker color, it had a visor over the face of it's helmet, it had three horns one pointing upwards and two pointing forwards, it was much smoother and didn't have any spikes unlike Thanes, it had chains wrapped around the chest region and around it's waist, Monarch then quickly drew out his sword and slashed both of Mercury's legs off before throwing him to the floor.

Adler and Kasumi quickly blocked the door, Cinder backed off very slowly sweat was pouring down her forehead, Adler then stepped forwards and grabbed her left arm and Kasumi grabbed her right arm, they both forced her down to her knees and Vert strutted up and grabbed Cinder by her hair forcing her to look at him, he could see the fear in her eyes.

''P-p-please'' she coughed.

'Tsk, tsk, tsk'' tuttered Vert as he knelt down ''it's sad that you are in such a state, but you should know better than anyone, once someone's use has been expended they become expendable and you are expendable now''

Vert then took the bottle top off and squeezed Cinder's face forcing her mouth open, doing so he then shoved the neck of the bottle into her mouth, the Aurora went into Cinder's mouth and the content of the bottle was replaced by an orange ball of light, the Fall Maiden powers.

Adler and Kasumi then let go of Cinder's arms and back off, suddenly a burst of light blasted from Cinder's body, illuminating the whole castle, it completely blasted her cloths off as well, after a while, Cinder fell to the floor on her hands and knees, all was silent until a small sadistic giggle came from Cinder which got louder and louder until it was a full cackle, she then stood up and brushed her fringe aside revealing that her left eye was back only now it was blood red.

''Ah it's nice being back in a body'' smiled Cinder ''ah how rude of me, I am Lucia''

''Is this really her?'' asked Salem.

''Yes, this is Lucia'' stated Fel ''she's very playful just warning you''

''Oh forgive me, I forgot I'm not in my body'' said Lucia, her body then began to morph, her hair became much longer, most of her hair flowed down and her fringe framed her face, she became a little taller and her breasts increased by one cup size (I'm sorry I couldn't help it)

''There we got that's better, now, it is a pleasure to meet you Lady Salem'' bowed Lucia.

''Thank you, now would please put some cloths on?'' asked Salem.

''Oh must I, I feel good like this'' pouted Lucia.

''Yes, cloth on now!'' ordered Salem.

''Oh alright'' pouted Lucia, a very gothic dress, it was black with red glowing marks on it, she had a red bow on the top of her head and strapped to her back was an old Flintlock pistol and a Musket and Matchlock strapped to her back.

''There much better'' smiled Salem gently.

''Thank you Ma'am'' said Lucia bowing down.

''Wait what of Cinder?'' asked Watts.

''Oh don't worry about her, she's safe and secure up hear'' said Lucia pointing to her head ''she's trying to get out, but honestly the attempt of her break out is the same as someone trying to break a new mithril shield with an old rusty knife it'll never work, but now I need to ask, what do we do about my hosts friends?''

Emerald and Mercury were pressed up to the wall out of fear, Cinder was the only thing that really allowed them placement and Cinder being gone now it really meant they weren't needed.

''No witnesses'' stated Monarch ''allow me''

He then thrust his hand forwards and Chains burst out of the ground and shot towards them, but they went through the two of them and struck the wall, they then started to haze and disappear, Monarch gave a growling roar.

''Damnit!'' snapped Monarch ''they must have used the flash as a distraction to use Emeralds semblance and escape''

''Calm down Monarch it is of no matter'' stated Salem ''with our increased numbers we now have more of an advantage, Dr. Watts, you shall take Kasumi and you will meet up with our informants in Minstral''

''Very good'' said Watts, he felt as though he could get along with this one.

''As you wish my lady'' bowed Kasumi.

''Tyrian, I want you to continue your hunt for Spring'' stated Salem.

''Gladly'' Tyrian Cackled.

''Hazel, you and Adler will meet with the Leader of the White Fang, Adam Taurus has arranged the meeting'' stated Salem ''the boy continues to prove loyal Sienna Khan feels the same''

''As you wish'' said Hazel heavily.

''Fine, but if it comes down to it may I eliminate the White Fang?'' asked Adler.

Salem looked at Vert ''Adler prefers to try and find ways to prove his amazing strength'' Vert explained ''to him if the White Fang can't beat him as a group, they're not strong enough and not worthy of joining us and therefore should die''

''Hmm, a rather simplistic view, you may, but only if they refuse to join us'' stated Salem.

''Thank you Ma'am'' bowed Adler grinning.

''Lucia, you will find the girl with the Silver eyes, a trial so to say, to see if you were a worthy exchange for Cinder'' stated Salem.

''Don't worry I don't disappoint'' smirked Lucia evilly.

''Monarch you will hunt Emerald and Mercury down'' ordered Salem.

''As you command it'' said Monarch.

''And Vert, you will remain by my side for the time, I am planning to negotiate with the Colony myself and I might need you to protect me'' stated Salem.

''Understood my lady'' bowed Vert.

''Beacon has fallen and Haven will be next'' stated Salem, as Fel appeared behind her.

''Yes and soon I will have vengeance upon this world, upon those pitiful humans, upon the dragons, upon everyone who denied me'' Fel growled.

-LINE BREAK-

Meanwhile with Emerald and Mercury had made it out of Salem's Domain, they had done this by getting to a special room that they used to go anywhere, they moved quickly though as they knew that Salem would send her followers after them, Emerald had been hauling Mercury for the last three hours.

The two of them stopped and slumped down, Emerald had been exhausted and she still had that headache, she sat down and held her head crying a little because of the pain.

''Emerald are you alright?'' asked Mercury with genuine concern.

''Yeah I've never done it to ten minds all at once, it hurts so much'' cried Emerald ''but that's not the problem right now what are we going to do, Cinder's gone and now were being hunted''

''Maybe there's a way to save her, look that Vert guy said that there were five dragon reincarnations, maybe they know how to save her'' said Mercury.

''But Mercury, Jaune Arc is one of them, do you really think he'd help us, do you think he'd help Cinder after she killed Pyrrha Nikos?'' asked Emerald.

Mercury looked down, he knew that was a very big possibility, they might not get much charity from Jaune Arc or any of his friends, but at the moment it was the only real option they had, it was that or just wait to die, so they really had no choice.

''We have to hope for it'' said Mercury ''he's not like us, maybe he'll be better or something, maybe just maybe, it's our only hope we have no other choice''

Emerald looked down still crying, weather it was in pain or in sadness because she just lost Cinder, Mercury didn't know, but she just squeaked out ''ok, ok'' she was going to haul Mercury up again, but before she could he said:

''No don't, just- your still in pain, just rest for a little bit before we move again'' said Mercury, she nodded and just hugged him for a little just crying and Mercury just patted her back, he needed to think of how to find Jaune Arc and the rest of Dragon's Order now.

-LINE BREAK-

Meanwhile with Dragons Order, the group had taken a stop, they had been travelling together for a week and everything had been changing and quickly, luckily, they had managed to adapt to the change very quickly, they had been getting to know one another and were learning things about there Dragon powers, Kiran had told them they had shared powers that they all had and separate individual powers.

Apparently they shared the Dragons Glare, along with the Roar attack Jaune and Altair had used, they also could partially transform into dragons and fully transform, but Jaune and the others honestly didn't know how to do that yet and they were connected to one another, they also discovered one problem they had and that was they're metabolism, they're metabolism had increased and as of such they now were constantly hungry.

Jaune had been trying to improve himself in the training room, but he also found Altair there at the same time as he was in there, Altair however was doing much harder, much more intense exercises, he was lifting more weight that Jaune, doing more pushups and doing this exercise called the Salmon Ladder, Jaune couldn't help but admit that he felt inferior to Altair each time he saw him working out with him, Overlord offered to help with the training, but Jaune pushed him aside because he wanted to become strong himself.

They had decorated the inside of there bar a bit, Thane had managed to get them a Pool table and Kole had gotten them a Juke Box, Altair had also managed to find some custom made Grimm Mounts and Jaune had found some old Posters, they were hoping it was looking quite inviting.

Kiran had gotten them some Uniforms for the Bar, the men's were ok, but Kiran had really seemed to misunderstand what her uniform was suppose to be because it was a maids outfit, Jaune and Altair had tried to explain this, but she ultimately just turned them down when she said it was comfortable to her.

Currently they were getting ready for there first opening night ever, they had assigned jobs, Jaune and Altair were going to be cooks, Kiran and Thane were a waiter and waitress and Kole was going to be the bar tender, currently they were setting up and just talking.

''So how did you become a mercenary?'' asked Jaune.

''Full true story, after my village was destroyed, I was planning on becoming a soldier, two of my friends had become soldiers so I was going to follow in there example, however all the Generals really seemed to be too intense and didn't really seem to care for there men so I became a mercenary instead'' stated Thane.

''Yeah'' said Jaune ''that tends to happen''

''Hey guys before we open I'm thinking of going to the market and getting some stuff before we officially open'' said Altair.

''I'll come with you'' said Jaune.

''Wait I wanted to go with you'' said Kiran.

''How's this next town we go to I'll show you around and show you some things'' said Altair ''I promise''

''Ok alright, but I will hold you to that promise'' stated Kiran.

''Ok we'll be back soon'' said Altair as he and Jaune left.

''Wait did you just set up a date between yourself and Kiran?'' asked Jaune as he and Altair walked down the path.

''It's not a date, its two friends going out'' said Altair.

''Yeah you know that can be considered a date right?'' asked Jaune.

''Shut up'' said Altair.

Jaune just shrugged, the two of them mostly focused on their job to get produce for there Bar, while they did this Overlord and Barūbān, appeared next to them and started to talk with them.

''Ok there is one thing I'm curious about'' said Jaune ''are there more dragons than you guys or are you it?''

''Well, that's complicated'' stated Overlord.

''No it's not just give me a yes or no'' stated Jaune.

''We don't know'' stated Barūbān ''we once lived in a world full of dragons, but that was before we came to Remnant, we don't know if something happened to this world or not because we haven't been there in so long''

''So there may or maybe no more Dragons'' stated Overlord.

''Ok then, so we might meet more dragons'' said Altair to himself.

''Yes you may'' stated Barūbān.

The two young men continued to walk working on there assignment when all of a sudden there was a commotion as someone started to fire a gun, it seemed to be coming from a rifle, Jaune and Altair turned to see six people, five men and one woman.

The men were all pretty much the same, they all wore ski masks with numbers from one to five on the foreheads, they were all muscular and all of them were wearing suits, they all held guns and large knives.

The woman was the one to look at, she had long black hair, she was wearing a frilly black and white dress, she had a masquerade mask on, she was holding a long smoking pipe and had high heels on.

''Hello everyone, now without further a due lay down all your valuables'' ordered the woman.

Jaune and Altair looked at each other and nodded before they stepped up ''actually we have something to say about that'' said Altair.

The woman just raised a brow in surprise, before just lowering it and smiling ''oh and isn't this adorable, now what are your names?''

''We're Jaune and Altair, were part of a group calling themselves Dragons Order'' stated Jaune.

''Pleasure, I am Hilla and we're the Hand'' stated the Woman.

''Wait you're the Hand, a hand has four fingers and one thumb not five fingers and one thumb or four fingers and two thumbs or whatever'' stated Altair.

''I'm the palm of the Hand'' smirked Hilla.

''Eh, guess that's one way to look at it'' mused Altair shrugging.

''Wait a minute is Hilla your real name?'' asked Jaune.

''Yes why?'' asked Hilla.

''Just what's the point of the mask, I mean if your going to announce your identity why both wearing a mask?'' asked Jaune ''I mean it pretty much gives your identity away and you know''

''Yeah he has a point'' said Altair.

''Hmm I see, well now that were done exchanging pleasantries, get them boys'' ordered Hilla.

The men opened fire, Jaune and Altair just held up their hands and ignited there flames which caused all of the bullets to melt before impact, the melted metal splattered on the ground before it could hit, the men looked stunned but didn't allow it to overtake there sense, they quickly drew out there knives and charged at them.

Jaune drew his sword out and blocked the knives, but the man threw an uppercut at Jaune, causing him to fall onto the ground, the man then picked Jaune up and threw him into the air.

Jaune spun through the air, but then Jaune flipped around facing towards the man and two wings burst out of his back, they were both large and red with yellow membranes, the Man looked at Jaune, stunned, Jaune then swooped down and kneed the guy in the face causing him to collapse and Jaune landed, his wings went back into his body disappearing.

Jaune was about to go and help Altair, but when he turned to help Altair, he saw that Altair had already defeated the other four of them, the only one left was Hilla.

Jaune looked down 'he took out three of them and it took me that long to take out one of them, were both Reincarnations of Dragons and yet he's just that much more powerful than me!'

''Looks like you have two choices, run or fight us'' said Altair ''your call''

Hilla gulped and looked around before turning and running, but the authorities had gotten there by that time and stopped her, they quickly restrained 'the Hand' and took them away.

Soon everyone crowded around Juane and Altair and started to chanter:

''Wow that was amazing!''

''Dudes that was awesome!''

''They're super cute!''

''Whoa what were those wings about? They were awesome!''

''Can you guys sign my face?''

Suddenly Jaune had a stroke of brilliance and he quickly said ''hey listen we have a sort of mobile Bar, the Valhalla Bar, were opening for the first time tonight, if any of you want to come and give us a try and sort of tell us what were doing right and wrong that would be great''

Everyone started to excitedly chatter over it, with that Jaune and Altair left to get to the Bar and get it ready, opening night was an awesome success, there were some issues, but ultimately it worked very well, everyone enjoyed themselves and there were tons of comments to them.

After opening night everyone decided to retire to there rooms and get some sleep, while the others slept Jaune stayed up for a little bit longer ''Overlord I need to talk to you'' said Jaune, Overlord appeared in a ghostly form.

''Yes Jaune, what do you need?'' asked Overlord, Jaune got on his hands and knees bowing before Overlord, causing Overlord to become confused.

''Please help me train Overlord'' said Jaune.

Overlord was slightly taken aback by this, he looked at Jaune for a minute before asking ''why the sudden change of heart?''

''Altair'' said Jaune, he had a determined look in his eyes ''I want to be strong like him so badly, but I'm weak and I want to be strong, I don't think I can ask any of the others for help training, you're the only one who I think could be a good coach for me, so please Overlord''

Overlord steered down at Jaune for a minute before smirking ''good, I like that look in your eyes and I like your determination, but let it be known I am not easy when it come to training and this training will be very intense''

''I will learn to live with that then'' stated Jaune.

''Very well, I will make up a plan to train you'' stated Overlord.

''Thank you'' bowed Jaune.

''Very well, then get your rest, we will start in the mourning'' stated Overlord.

''Yes, master'' bowed Jaune.

''Master?'' asked Overlord.

''Your going to be training me and I've seen a lot of movies where the student calls his teacher master'' said Jaune.

''Hmm very well then student sleep, I will wake you when training is to start'' stated Overlord.