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Chapter Cover: Weiss wearing her black robes as they danced in the wind with Myrnaster in her hand...

Chapter Thirty-Five

Exiled

Winter yelled out in rage as she launched straight toward Weiss who barely had time to actually block the attack that came at her. Not only Winter had released her Soul Weapon's power, she had also gotten a lot faster as well. Her other sword came from the left and Weiss had to jump back letting the sword miss her head by inches, cutting off a few white hair in the process. Weiss barely had time to get her bearing for Winter was upon her again, the dual blades coming straight at her and she raised her sword to block the attack causing a shockwave of Aura to dance around them.

"Deep Freeze," Winter spoke.

Weiss's entire form was completely covered with the green tinted ice before it instantly grew into a large tower of ice with her entrapped inside of it. Winter's victory was short lived for Weiss broke through the large pillar of ice that she had formed with her attack. Weiss' Aura had shoot through the air as she landed down upon the ground as her sister launched straight toward her with her twin swords and Weiss spun Myrtenaster in her hand as she pared and blocked the attacks that were coming at her.

Winter's attack were powerful and Weiss knew that she didn't have time to release her sword so that they could be on even level but she could still hold her own against her sister. From what she could see, her sister wasn't that good at using her Release Soul Weapon yet, probably having recently learned it from what she could see.

Then I will use it to my advantage, Weiss thought.

When Winter came at her with an attack, Weiss jumped away from her letting her sister destroy the ground she was standing on a few minute ago. She raises her blade above her head.

"Ice Age," she said launching a wave of ice down.

The attack launched straight toward where Winter stood and the other girl raised both of her blades together forming an X with the two weapon and then with a yell, she launched an attack straight toward Weiss's attack causing it to completely disperse like it was merely a low level spell.

"You should know better than my Release Soul Weapon is more powerful than any of the attack you could launch at me," Winter said glaring up at her, "Here is a preview of it's full power…"

She raised one of the swords at her.

"Whiteness," she said.

The entire surrounding around Weiss became completely white causing the girl to glance around herself in surprise at the technique that was all around her. She tightened her grip upon her own sword as Winter raised her other sword.

"Slash," she said slashing her sword.

Blood flew out of Weiss's form as the slash of the sword appeared upon her body. The girl fell back down upon the ground in a crouch sliding away from her sister. Blood was now staining the white blue robes she was wearing as she stared at the wound she now had and she glanced up toward her sister.

"T…That was some attack," she said, "I didn't even see it coming."

"I don't fully have control over that one yet," Winter said, "But as you are in my range…I will be able to cut you. My swords are one in the same after all and their attacks are all linked to each other. Just to be able to use that technique is eating away at my Aura right now…It's more for a finishing blow from what I can imagine from what Gemina Hieme told me."

Weiss stood back up.

"Sorry Winter, but I don't have time to play with you right now," she said, stabbing Myrtenaster into the ground.

Winter chuckled.

"Who says that I was playing?" Winter answered, "I am here to defeat you Weiss, to show father that I, as the older sister, will always be the better one than you are."

Weiss hands started glowing with Aura as well as her sword. A white line appeared upon the ground from where Myrtenaster was stabbing toward the ground beneath Winter's face and her eyes widened taking notice of the Glyph that had appeared there.

"What?" she whispered.

"White Haze," Weiss said.

A beam of light engulfed her sister as it shoot straight toward the sky above her. It might as well have told everyone within the White Clan were her location was. Weiss knew that what she had done tonight, she will be severely punished for it. When her attack had finished, Winter was lying down upon the ground unmoving and her sword was back into a single weapon.

Weiss then turned away from her fallen sister as she sheathed her sword before jumping away heading straight toward the Gates of the White Clan, now using her Light Steps technique to quickly catch up to Sun and the rest, and catch up to them she did considering that they were still running like normal people after all.

Sun was the first one to saw her for he stopped and waved. Weiss landed right in front of him.

"Weiss, you're…hurt," he said a worried tone in his voice when he noticed her wounds.

"I'm fine," she snapped at him, "C'mon, I need to get you out of here before they caught up. That last attack I did will surely draw them all here…"

"That beam of light we saw," Sun said, "That was you."

"Yes," Weiss said, "Now you need to go."

She managed to get them out of the Gate of the Clan and they were now in the woods that surrounded the White Castle. The girl drew her sword again as she raised her Aura. Then she aimed Myrtenaster forward and then the air around the sword started to twist upon itself before it ripped open as a Doorway was now there in front of them.

"I had mapped it to Vacuo," she said, "I know that there is a lot of Faunus there, maybe you'll find family."

"I have family there…," the large man said, "Thank you…Weiss."

The white haired girl nodded.

"Just go," she said.

The man nodded and ran through the portal. The bunny eared girl gave her a look of gratitude before she too disappeared into it. Sun stared at her for a few moments.

"Go Sun," she said.

The young boy stared at her for a few moments.

"This is the second time you're saving my life," he said, "I will make it up to you someday…I don't know when…but I'll definitely repay you for it."

"Survive beyond tonight," Weiss told him, "Then you can think about repaying me later."

Sun gave her a solemn look.

"Just promise me that you'll stay alive long enough for me to actually repay you," he said.

Weiss gave him a look and let out a soft sigh.

"I promise, now go…they're almost here."

Sun nodded at her before running into the Doorway and disappearing. Weiss waved her sword at the Doorway in front of her and it disappeared from sight. At the same time, numerous Huntsman and Huntresses appeared around her all of them armed for battle. Weiss stared at them all around her before she sheathed her blade, surrendering herself, after all she had accomplished what she had set out to do tonight.

Two days later…

Weiss found herself standing in the Council Room. The young woman had both of her hands joined together by a spell as the Councilmember stared down at her, a frown upon their face. She can see her father seating above them, his face completely blank of emotions but a raging storms was behind his eyes and the heavy silence in the room was part of that.

"Words cannot describe how furious I am at you," he said, his voice soft yet the powerful timbre that caused Weiss to look down from him, "You broke three White Fang members from jail, the very animals that took your mother away from you…and not only that you helped them escape from what they deserved."

Weiss swallowed.

"Do you have anything to say to your defense?" Her father asked.

"They were innocent," she said, "A Huntress's duty is to protect the innocent. I was doing my duty."

"They were convicted criminals," a Council member said.

"Only because Mercury said so," Weiss argued, "I knew one of those so-called criminals and he is one of the nicest boys I ever know. All he wanted to do was to protect his village, and when I looked at them, none of them ever gave me the slightest idea that they were anything other than innocent being used as scapegoats…"

"They are animals," Her father bellowed, his voice reverberating through the room, "The lowest of the scums. I can't even comprehend how you…my beloved daughter could do this…Could betray our Clan like this?"

Weiss tightened her jaws.

"Have you learned nothing during your studies," Her father continued, "Have you learned nothing of their history…of how they launched in a war that almost destroyed us…and Remnant at large? How can you be sympathetic toward the very people that killed your mother in cold blood right in front of your eyes."

"Because I learned to let go of my hatred," Weiss answered him, "I have learned to see the world different that you do. I have learned to see the world how my mother wanted me to."

"Don't you dare speak of your mother after your betrayal of her memory," Her father growled, "You allied yourself with the animals…You sympathize with them…then you will receive the same treatment as them."

Weiss can feel her confusion at his words.

"Your punishment will be thirty lashes for each of the prisoners that you have escaped," the man said, his voice becoming filled with anger at her, "Then you will be never allowed to set foot in this compound ever again for as long as you live. That is the order of the Ezekiel Schnee, White Lord of the White Clan."

Weiss can feel her eyes widening at the man's word but he had turned his head away from her.

"Weiss Schnee, by order of the White Lord," a Council member spoke out, "You will suffer ninety lashes as your punishment for breaking the Law of the White Clan. After your punishment is finished, you are exiled from the White Clan, and your lashing is to begin immediately."

From behind her two people approached, both of them holding long whip in their hands and she could see the glow of Aura upon them. From the ground around her, chains instantly grew and took hold of her forearm before pulling her down into a kneeling position. The girl glanced at the duo that was coming at her before turning her gaze toward where her father was.

"BEGIN," he yelled.

The first one wacked on her small back causing Weiss's eyes to widen in shock at the burning pain that was now burning across her back. The girl's mouth was open in a silent scream at the pain before the next one fall. She tightened her hand into fist as she gripped the chains hard as the hit came at her back, one after the other.

They were relentless into their attacks upon her back, each of the attack burning at her back. Weiss knew tears were falling from her eyes blurring the world around her. The room was completely silent safe for the splack, splack, of the whips hitting her form and the girl's could feel like her entire body was becoming filled with pain…and through that pain…red flickers landed around her and Weiss knew by then that it was her blood…

Splack, Splack

The blood was now all upon her shoulder and sleeves and she can see her ripped clothes landing around her form, exposing her back to the world, bloodied and messy as the attack came down upon her with reckless abandon. Everyone in the room was staring down at the girl. Light Schneider, the Captain that Weiss was suppose to replace stared at the girl beneath them, unable to understand how the man could be able to do something like that to his own daughter…Winter Schnee stared at what was happening beneath them, her blue eyes unblinking and her face a marble white….

Splack, Splack.

The hits continued to fall upon the girl's form which was now slumped down upon the ground blood splattering all around her. Her back was riddled with wounds and blood had stained the outfit she was wearing a permanent dark red shade as the scent of blood rose even higher in the room…

"Ninety," one of the man said slashing down with his whip upon the heiress back.

It was finally over and the chains that were around Weiss's forearm dissipated into nothingness. The girl was slumped on the ground upon her side. Blood dripped from her back and into the floor she was lying on as Sebastian quickly approached the girl's fallen form…

"Miss Schnee," he whispered.

He placed a hand upon the girl's neck to feel for her pulse and she could feel it, but it was severely weakened. The man stared at the girl's back feeling his stomach churn at the sight of how red the girl's back was and she was horrified at how pale Weiss was too.

"Sebastian,"

The man looked up toward Ezekiel Schnee who was staring down at them, his face impassive and devoid of emotions.

"Get her out of my sight and out of the Clan Grounds," he said, "Neither of you are welcome back here unless summoned. Is that absolutely clear?"

The man lowered his head at him, "Of course My Lord."

Ezekiel then turned away leaving the room and Sebastian heard the door slam heavily behind him. He stared down at the unconscious girl on the ground beside him feeling tears falling from his eyes.

Oh Neige…how have I failed you, he thought.

When Weiss next woke up, her back was smarting with pain causing the girl to scream out loud at how painful it was. She twisted upon the bed she was lying on, screaming out at as if a thousand knifes were stabbing into her back. Her screams seems to have drawn the attention of Sebastian who was at her side minutes later…

"Sebastian…," she gasped, tears falling from her eyes, "It…It hurts…"

"I know," the man said, "Please bear with it for now…Please Miss Schnee."

A soothing feeling came to her back causing Weiss to stop her trashing but she was still gasping in pain as the Healing technique was moving through her body…and then girl succumbed to her darkness again…As she sleep she had many nightmares which hunted her completely. The girl could feel as if she was being suffocated by the darkness around her as her pain seems to be the only thing she was aware of…Pain was tearing at her heart at everything that had happened to her…

In her nightmares, she screamed out her mother's name many times but the woman never answered her…she screamed for her weapon name but the ice never came…She continued to scream in her nightmare and that was the only thing she ever did…

She screamed…for release of her pain…

But it never comes…

When she woke up again, the pain upon her back was almost gone safe for a light soreness. Weiss slowly moved in the bed she was lying on as she glanced around herself. The room she was in wasn't her room but it looked more like a cabin room which was strange considering she didn't know where she was.

"Miss Schnee," a familiar voice said.

Sebastian was there and the man was at her side in an instant.

"I was afraid that you were never going to wake up," he said.

"S…Sebastian…where…?" she started.

"We are just outside of Mistral," the man told her, "You're in my home Miss Schnee…well, more likely my parents home but they've left it in my possession after they died…here is some water."

He raised a cup toward Weiss's lips and the girl drunk it greedily, letting the cool liquid patch her thirsty throat. Weiss winced as she moved drawing Sebastian's attention toward her.

"Is your back hurting you?" he asked.

"N…Not as much as before," Weiss answered, "How long was I asleep?"

"It's been seven weeks," Sebastian told her, drawing the white haired girl's shocked eyes toward him, "I had to keep you in a sedated sleep to be able to heal you properly…I have tried my best but despite my efforts…it's going to be leaving some scars behind, for that I'm sorry."

Weiss gave him a tired smile.

"I'm grateful," she said, "Without you, I'll probably be dead…or worse."

Sebastian lowered his head at her tone. Weiss turned her gaze toward the ceiling above her.

"I've been exiled…haven't I?" she said.

"Yes."

Weiss could feel her tears gathering in her eyes as she lied there Sebastian took hold of her hand as he was beside her form. The girl was crying as she had once did when she was a young girl.

"W…What can I do…now Sebastian…?" she said, "I…I wanted to have vengeance for my mother…only to learn that I was walking the wrong path…I tried to protect the innocent…but I now lost everything…"

"It's alright now Miss Schnee," he told her, "You just focus on getting better and regaining your strength. We will deal with the other matter later."

But Weiss continued to cry so Sebastian did her best to comfort her by whispering comfort to the girl. The days passed like this with Weiss confided to her bed and Sebastian healing her back as much as he could. As the weeks passed by, Sebastian noticed that the girl had lost something…that she had lost the spark that was usually there in her eyes…and he did all he could to try to cheer the girl up but nothing was getting through Weiss, and he had been at lost at what do to until…

One day, he went to Weiss's room to give her breakfast only to find the bed empty. Weiss was standing in front of the window of the room her back to him. She had her hair falling down upon her shoulders as she stood there.

"Miss Schnee?" he said.

Weiss turned toward him, her blue eyes devoid of emotions. Her face had become a cool mask of indifference looking oddly similar to her father in that moment. Then Weiss turned her attention toward the window again.

"Sebastian," she said, "I have lost everything…I lost my way…my Clan…but, there is something I still have…something that no one can ever take from me. I'm a Huntress, and my duty is something that I will always have."

Sebastian placed the breakfast upon the bed.

"What do you plan to do?" he asked her.

"The scars I carry on my back now will serve as a reminder," Weiss told him, "That this world…is unfair. It will remind me that this world will always have someone who will want to stand and attack the innocent…"

Suddenly Weiss unleashed her Aura and then her robe was upon her body, but instead of the white robes that Sebastian used to see, the robes the girl was wearing was now as black as night. Weiss looked down at herself as she stared at it.

"I no longer walk with the White Clan," Weiss said.

Her robes…changed, Sebastian though.

"These black robes…are the symbol of my actions," the white haired girl continued, "A symbol…that I am no longer the same Weiss Schnee that walked in vengeance. I'm no longer the same Weiss Schnee that wants to be a Captain of the White Clan."

Myrtenaster was drawn out and the blade shone in the girl's hand.

"My sword…will only sing to protect Remnant," she said, "To me…there is no Clan…there is no Law…There is only Remnant and the Grimm that I must destroy to protect it."

At the lost of everything...Weiss new resolve stand strong...

Next Time: The Day of Decision

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