Sander Blanco's POV:
When I introduced myself to the witch, Salem, her eyes widen in shock for a second and stares at me strangely, then shifts her gaze to Yang.
Then her face hardens up again. "You're still alive? I heard…oh. You escaped and used Watt's technology to remain hidden. You're very crafty, I'll give you that. However, your attempt to stop my plans will fail as I have my own ally to fight with me." Salem said, then lifts her hand and makes a loud snapping noise with her fingers. Footsteps start echoing in the room and another female enters the room. She's tall, wearing red and black armor and a white mask shaped like a Nevermore head. The woman takes her mask off once she's at Salem's side, revealing a woman with glowing red eyes who bears a remarkable resemblance to Yang.
"Is that you, Mom?" Yang asks, looking downright flabbergasted. Then I remember this woman along with Salem. They both appeared in the Jedi Trial of Instinct.
"Don't bother trying, dear. She's under my power now. After years of trying to track me down, she has grown careless, which has led to her downfall." Salem says, grinning at the end.
I stare at Salem and pull out my sword, facing the craziest woman I've ever met. "So, you beat Raven in combat. If you think that I'm just going to just stand by and let you take this planet, you've got another thing coming."
Salem stares at me again, then nods. "I wouldn't have it any other way. You fight for the freedom of the people, while I fight for a new order that will truly make humans and faunus equal. Let's see which ideal is truly more beneficial." With that, she holds out her right hand. A black cane appears, with a black statue of a Beowulf on top. As quick as a lunging snake, she leaps over the table and slashes her cane at me. The power of the slash is so strong, the air produced forces me and Yang back, temporarily knocking us off-balance. It was just the time Salem needs to hit me in the stomach with the tip of her cane.
I have to admit, Salem is strong, almost unnaturally strong, but my aura protected me from taking any serious injury. I fly out of the council room and start falling towards the top of one of the tall cliffs. Before I hit the ground, I remember all those hours of playing games with Weiss, especially her little brother, Whitley, and making jokes about how useless rolling on the ground after falling cuts off all possible damage would be in real life. Well, it's time to test that theory, because if it doesn't work, I'll turn out like jam. Within seconds, I curl into a ball and hit the ground, rolling forward.
Despite a sore back, I'm still alive! I get back up and look down at my hands in amazement, still a little creeped out at how pale they still are. "Holy crap! Looks like video games aren't full of s%#$ after all." I said, but my moment of triumph is cut short when I hear another crashing noise. I look up and see Yang and Raven also falling from the suspended in midair council room to the cliff where I'm standing on and crash nearby. They start getting up and attacking each other. I would have watched their fight in awe, except that the Force warns me of incoming danger, and I turn around to see Salem walking out of a black portal and walking to me.
My normal sword just won't cut it for this fight. So turning the nob to the correct place, I spin my blade, which transforms into my lightsaber and activate it. She stares at the weapon with an even greater hatred than I have seen on 1 person's face.
She lifts her open hand and a ball of black fire appears in it. "Take this." Then throws it. I barely dodge the fireball, which strikes the ground and forces Yang and Raven to jump back to not get incinerated. Then I turn back to Salem and am shocked to see her facing a Beowulf Alpha. "I give you these gifts, and attack the boy." Salem said, holding her hand out. Suddenly, a blood red rune appears in her hand, the center of it having the shape of an eye. It flies up and lands at the Grimm's feet, sealing the Grimm inside. It roars in pain, then starts transforming.
The Beowulf Alpha grows long, straight bone horns pointing back, and 2 long, slender arms with sharp red claws pull out of the Grimm's back, giving the monster 4 arms after it stands on its hind legs. It roars at me and charges on its hind legs. I dodge to the left, slashing my lightsaber while I'm at it. The Beowulf loses its balance and falls over. Taking advantage of its weakness, I slash downwards, cutting the Grimm's head off.
"Impressive. But futile." Salem says, charging at me. I roll to the side and slash at her, but she's much faster. She ducks under my slash and tries attacking me with her cane. I jump out of the way, but skid back, right to the edge of the cliff. Salem lunges at me, cane at the ready and slashes. I parry the strike and try slashing at her again. But she parries me and we keep it up until I hear a loud cracking noise. We both look to see Yang, hair burning brightly and shouting, diving down at Raven, her fist cocked back into a punch. Raven dodges out of the way, leaving Yang to punch the ground.
The impact causes cracks to form, which start growing at an alarming rate, before the tip breaks off and starts falling. Acting quickly, I stab my lightsaber deep into the rock and hang on for dear life. It doesn't really help when I crash into the ground face first. I roll onto my back and stare up at the blood red sky, breathing heavily. Suddenly, I notice Salem standing over me and lifting her cane up. For some reason, she looks really sad about something, unlike the rage I saw earlier. Just as she stabs her cane into the ground, I pump my Aura into my blue bandana still tied tightly around my head. A bright white light surrounds my body, which Salem's cane hits. He force of the recoil my shield produced leaves her stumbling. Using the pause, I roll to the left and onto my feet, scooping up my lightsaber in the process, and slashing at her legs after reactivating it. She jumps over my low slash, spins backward and lands on her feet.
"It is pointless to fight me anymore, which is why I give you this one of a kind offer: Join me and together, we will lead the people of this world to a better future." Salem said, lowering her cane.
I just let my lightsaber drop a little out of shock and confusion. Why was she offering me this? After thinking for a second, I go with the safe answer to give myself time to come up with a plan. "Before I give an answer to you, I have a question. Why would you ask me that question, and what makes you think I'd say yes?" I respond, barely noticing that Yang and Raven have stopped fighting in order to hear this exchange of words.
Salem looks down, shadows covering her face so I can't see it. "Because you're different. Better than the rest of the scum who wield the weapons you do. You also have special abilities few others have. I know of your full potential, even your parentage, and if you join me, I can teach you how to use your powers and we will rule this world, bringing it into a golden age."
Now my shock has been outright replaced with confusion. How would this madwoman know about my family or the Jedi? She was born here, on Remnant, not in my home galaxy! "You're bluffing. What would you know about my powers, but more importantly, what do you know about my family?" I ask, my voice calm but holding suspicion on the extremely remote chance she's not lying.
She looks up at me, her red eyes glowing a little, not out of anger but of pure pain. "Because, Sander Blanco…I…am your mother."
AN: I have to confess, this wasn't my original idea. My original idea was Sander being a descendant of Jedi Master Revan, but since that concept's sort of cliché now, I took a completely different turn, and I like it way better. Not to mention it makes much more sense in the long run. Don't worry, everything will make sense later.
I will see you next time.