"Hm, talk about a clear night sky, not a cloud in sight." I say to no one while walking home after some late school tutoring.
The city streets where illuminated by the lampposts and apartments while I walk, the streets where almost completely filled with a calm quiet beside the occasional raccoon in the garbage can or a hobo asking for change.
While on my way home I spoted a dust shop that was still open at this time, I quickly look into my bag to see if I need any dust. After some scrounging around I find I'm out of the ice dust so I decided to make a quick pit stop before continuing home.
When I enter the dust shop the firts thing I see is an old man who I assume is the owner at the counter that also acts as a display case. There are also some dust dispensers at the far left wall of the shop, behind the shop owner there are a ton of shelves most likely containing more solid forms of dust, and to the far right there are some racks that hold some ordinary magazines and comics. After looking around a bit I walk up to the shop owner and he greets me.
"While hello there sir, may I help you with anything?" The shop owner asked in a kind voice.
"Yes, I would simply like a refill of some ice dust please." I then reach into my bag and pull out a 10 oz cylinder container with a snowflake image on it and show it to the shop owner.
The shop owner takes the container and looks at it for a bit befor handing it back to me.
"Ok that'll be 15 Lien."
I hand the shop owner the money and he unlock the ice dust dispenser at the far left of the shop so I go over there to fill up my container. But on the way there the shop door rang, and when I looked over to see who it was I saw a girl wearing a black dress and a red hood walk through, greet the shop owner, and make a b-line towards the magazines. The girls looked strangely familiar to me but I brush it off as coincidenc and continued my way to the ice dust dispenser.
After filling my container up I take a look outside the big window and see my reflection. I was wearing my brown leather jacket with the hood off so my sky blue eyes and brown neck-length hair is revealed, I'm also wearing simple blue jeans and black shoes. But while I was analyzing myself I fail to realize that someone came into the store.
When the doors swung open 5 men came into the store, 4 of them wore the same outfit of black jacket, pants, shoes, even hats, the only other color they wore were red shades, red ties, and the red swords they welded. The 5th person was wearing a white coat, a black bowler cap with his orange hair showing, a grey apricot, black pants, shoes, and gloves. The where also swinging around a cane that was mostly for show then for its intended purpose of helping people walk. As they walk up to the counter the man in white spoke.
"Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a dust shop opened this late at night?"
And without hesitation one of the men in black pulled out a gun and pointed it at the shop owners head.
"No! Please! I'll give you the money! Leave me be!" The shop owner begged with his life.
"Hey, calm down. We don't want the money, we want the dust, so I say it's best if you release the dust dispensers and open up the display case." The man in white asked in a menacingly calm voice.
Without hesitation the shop owner unlocks the rest of the dust dispenser and opened the counter display case and started taking out the more refined dust. While the shop owner did this, two of the men in black started to walk over to the dust dispenser, one of them immediately noticed me and put his sword to my throat and pushed me up to the window, he then noticed my container of ice dust so he took it and tossed it to the man who was at the dust dispenser, the man caught it, placed it next to his feet, and took out his own, way larger, container and started to fill it up with fire dust. While this was going on one of the men went to the back of the store.The man who pined me to the window then started to dig into my pockets and soon pulled out a silver cylinder with a button in the middle of it.
"Hmm, what's this? More dust?" The man asked.
"What me to show you what it is?" I replied.
And out of nowhere, the man who went to the back of the store was flung through the window. Both me and the man who had a sword to my throat where cought off guard at bit, but I was quickly able to refocus myself and kicked the guy away from me, which got the one at the dust dispensers attention. I quickly got the silver cylinder and pressed the button, which extended both ends making it a 4 foot staff, and two more buttons appeared next to the middle button, one on the side and one on the right, and 2 inches apart. I then rush at the guy who was at the dust dispensers and whent for his legs, tripping him up. I then picked up my dust canister, opened up one end of the staff, poured some ice dust in it, and watch as the left side of my staff glow and fog up with ice.
The man I just knocked down started to get up, so I pointed the end of the staff that had ice at him and press the button that was on the left and ice shot out at the man, which stuck him to the floor.
"Soooo coooold." The man said though chattering teeth.
The man I kicked earlier got up and was now charging at me, with his sword above his head. When he just started swinging his sword at me, I quick stepped to the right of him, then quick stepped again so I'm behind him. I then opened up the other end off the staff, quickly surched my bag and pulled out a container full of lightning dust and poured some in. Now the right side of the staffed glowed and crackled with lightning. When the man turned around to look at me, I quickly swung the lightning side of my staff which made contact with his head, making him spaze out for a bit until he layed on the floor unconscious. I then look over to my left to see the man in white run out the door so I chased after him. When I got outside I see two more men knocked out, and the girl who walked in earlier with her hood down, revealing her dark hair and silver eyes, then it hit me, the girl was Ruby rose.
Ruby also attended signal academy like I do, yet she's two years behind me. I also know her older sister Yang Xiao Long,whos a 4th year like me,we're sparing parter sometimes and she introduces me to Ruby when she first came to signal.
Then, me and Ruby locked eyes.
"Oh! Hey Ethan!" Ruby said joyfully while waving at me.
I simply give a wave back. But the man in white turned around and seemed angry. He must have realized that he was cornered because the next thing he did was aim his cane at the ground, which the lid then popped open, and he shot a smike grenade at the ground, which quickly filled the air. After some coughing and wizzing I look around and soon find the man in white climbing the ladder to the rooftop of a nearby building across the street and without hesitation Ruby jumped up and went after him. I stared off for a bit and the shop owner came up to me.
"Aren't you gonna go after him?" The old man said in a concern voice.
I was just about to give chase until I look up and see a young woman with blond hair and a purple cape fly above me, I immediately knew it was Goodwitch, a professional huntress.
"Na, I think they got it." I replied in a chilled out tone.
I then double clicked the middle button of my staff and it collapsed back into the silver cylinder as I put it back in my jacket pocket. I then put up my hood,walked away from the dust shop, waving the owner goodbye, and headed home.
I live in a apartment building in the more run down parts of the city, but still good enough that you don't have to worry about being mugged out of nowhere. But while on the way to my apartment complex, outside where some kids,two human and two fanus, huddled around a very loud boom box with is erratic noises through out the block.
"Hey, you mind turning that down? It's the middle of the night and people are trying to sleep." I ask while walking up to them.
"Hmmmm, no." One of then said.
"What's it to you gramps?" Another asked
"Yeah go back to the retirement home." A third said insultingly.
"So, your not going to turn it...wait! Is that a grim?!" I screaming while pointing at a random direction.
All four of them looked at that direction scared, and while they're distracted I pulled out my staff, press the middle button, and hit the boom box with the lightning side, frying it. I then put my staff away and walked inside.
"What the hell man!" One of them yelled as I went inside.
I ignored them and headed to my apartment. I don't need them disturbing my heaven. Besides, I need to get ready for beacon tomorrow.