Chapter 00 : Once in a Vale
(Disclaimer : This story is just a fanfiction. The RWBY series belongs to Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth. I just own the OCs in this fanfiction.)
The sunlight shone beautifully through the small gaps between the tall viridian trees and reflected with some shimmering silver hair of a certain someone on the ground.
There was a young silver-haired boy who was carrying a basket on his bag walking along the rugged path in this forest. With his emotionless expression, he glanced his golden eyes over the grasses which were growing all over this area like a calm predator. He was looking for some herb that he could sell to the store.
All of sudden, his good sensation heard some strange noise, a sound of someone crying, near to his spot. Feeling suspect, the boy took a peek under that tree carefully and found something sobbing under the tree.
There was a little child, looked a bit younger than him, cuddling her knees and shedding her tears. Beside her tiny figure had a long glaive, maybe it was her weapon?
Noticing that the little girl seemed not to know about his presence yet. The young boy intentionally made a noise while approaching her.
*Tap* *Tap*
Her body became stiffened when she looked up and found an unknown boy standing in front of her. Despite her fear, her round and teary mysterious colored eyes staring to him with pure bravery.
The young boy was slightly impressed by her courage. He thought to himself that this child was so lucky because it was sure that in this forest has a swarm of beasts known as 'The creatures of Grimm' or 'Grimm', for short.
The silent covered the atmosphere between those two until the little girl broke it off.
"H-Hello, stranger…", the girl said in shaky voice full of anxiety.
The young boy stared back at her calmly before she spoke up the next words.
"...Are you perhaps my guardian angel?"
Several years have passed in the history of Vale, the one of four great kingdoms on Remnant. There was a large city on the western coast named 'Vale' like the name of this kingdom.
In the city of Vale, there was such a lively city which always full of crowds of people traveling from other places. But the daily life in Vale was not only that lively, there also had crimes and the attacking from Grimm especially in the area around Mt. Glenn which was now the ruins taken over by Grimm.
And for fighting those wicked creatures named the creatures of Grimm, some people who called themselves 'Huntsmen and Huntresses' were born with the duties to fight and protect the others from Grimm.
As well as in this remote village near a forest located at some part not so far away from Vale city, there also had some groups of huntsmen and huntresses wandering around.
"Wendy, I heard that today they will go deeper in the forest again.", the excited feminine voice spoke to a beauty at the desk.
"Hmm, are you thinking about going with them today TOO?" The beauty looked at the owner of that excited voice.
The owner of the first voice quickly nodded her head up and down, agreeing in what the beauty just assumed. She was a petite girl wearing a brink-pink jacket. Her hair was long and black with the tip of brown color, tied up half down with her favorite flower ribbon. Her eyes was a mysterious yet charming mixed shade of blue, purple and pink which reminded to the sky of dusk.
"Please, please~ Let me join them. This is another good chance for earning some more extra tips!" The girl begged the beauty with her pleading round eyes. In fact, she didn't usually use this kind of expression in front of other people she wasn't acquainted with.
"But Aster, make sure that you will come out without any injury. Okay?", the beauty replied with a deep but gentle voice. Of course, this breathtaking beauty was certainly a guy. His full name is [Wendy Hope]. With his girlish name and his beautiful face along with his long smooth and silky dazzling silver hair, anyone will probably mistook him for a delicate beauty. In a glimpse, the beauty boy thought that he saw a rare broad smile showing on the girl's face.
"Gotcha. I'll take what you said as permission." She moved her small figure to the backroom for preparing herself.
"*sigh* Whatever…" The boy sighed deeply and shifted his concentration back to his work, thinking that she will never listen whatever he protest.
Coming out with her own proud weapons, the girl named [Aster Everlast] started running down to the entrance of the forest near her village which she heard that a group of huntsmen will meet each other there.
On her right hand was holding a long modular glaive and on her left arm has a retractable arm shield attaching on her bracer. As usual, the unexpected misfortunate events always run into her for no reason. So, it was better to already prepare for the worst case scenarios which she would encounter some dangerous Grimm.
When Aster arrived there, the group of huntsmen had come as they were talking about their plan at the meeting point.
"Um- Hi mister, what can I help you?" Although she has met many kinds of people up till now, she was still not accustomed with the people. For that cause, she asked those huntsmen with a bit nervous voice.
One huntsman turned around and noticed Aster. "Oh, you are the same kid from previous day! We are about to find a guide for today."
"So, can I be your guide again?" her eyes brightened up.
"Sure! Why not?" the big huntsman happily replied.
"Hey Jones, Are you crazy? This girl is just a KID. She shouldn't go into a dangerous place full of Grimm, right?", other huntsman argued.
"Oi. Just see you can say. This girl is something much more than you guys think."
The other huntsmen in his group looked at Aster, couldn't believe what the big huntsman who seemed to be their leader said.
"And in this area, besides huntsmen like us, nobody would like to be our guide and lead us into the forest." The leader glanced at the dense forest covered with cold mist. He could sense something suspicious hidden in the depth of this place.
"Finish arguing? It's time to go now." Huntsmen prepared their weapons. Then, the group including Aster began walking through the entrance to the deep forest.
The forest was quiet as it ever was. The four huntsmen followed the back of an only petite girl in this group who was guiding their way along the path surrounded by dense and tall trees.
As Aster walked to investigate some tree having a mark on its bark, one huntsman spoke up to his leader. "Jones, Isn't this girl guiding us the wrong way? We have walked for half an hour." He gazed at Aster who was still checking another mark on the ground. "We should stop playing along with that kid and get going by our own!"
Before the leader named Jones could say something, the girl turned to him and his group lowing the volume of her usual tone. "Shhh. Can anybody sense something?" She tilted her head and watchfully looked around.
The huntsman, Jones, concentrated his aura. Then, his hand turned tense gripping on the handle of his claymore.
"Shit. They got us." All he can sense are a number of beowolves, maybe they have been waiting for him from afar since he and his group entered this forest.
Seeing their preys became conscious of them, the beowolves began to attack.
*Swooshhh!* The sound of metal blade sliced through the rushing air as a dead body of one beowolf fell on the ground. The hunstmen stepped out all armed confronting a pack of fierce beowolves.
The leader was very strong, Aster admitted it. He could sway his big and heavy claymore slashing beowolves without any difficulty. The other huntsmen were fighting well too. They slaughtered many beowolves so quickly as professionals. But…
Unfortunately, one beowolf noticed a solitary frail girl among a group of four vigorous men. Then, it chose to attack her instead of those undefeatable opponents.
"Watch out, kiddo!" one of huntsmen who had objected about Aster going with his group shouted out.
Just a glance of her eyes, Aster moved her left arm in front. The arm shield attaching on her wrist suddenly broadened and clashed harshly with the beast's scary claw, meanwhile in her right arm held an adjusted modular glaive on its offensive mode, ready for fighting.
*Bam!* The sharp glaive was thrusting under the beowolf's stomach before swiftly pushing up to send it clashing with some random tree. The counterattack was so hard that the fierce beast lied down motionlessly.
Aster wielded her proud glaive and ran up into some beowolves which charged its soulless body at her instead. One after another, the beowolves which intend to harm her was hit or stabbed at all over their weak points. The huntsmen, who has ever underestimated her or even has thought about her as a burden, couldn't help but staring speechlessly at the frail-looking girl. She has show that she had no problem in taking down her opponents.
"I told you guys not to judge people from outside, right?" the leader huntsman said after finishing the last Grimm.
The other huntsmen gulped. At least from today, they have learned some lesson not to underestimate or look down upon an ordinary little lady with a pink jacket.
Writer's corner 00 :
Hello every one! I'm just a beginner for creating fanfiction plus this is my first story, so I'm very apologizing if I make any mistake or write in a bad grammar. English isn't my mother language hahaha… Anyway, you can leave me some feedback or advise my writing. The profile and trivia of each character will be showing later. Thank you for reading my fanfiction stories! See you again in next chapter!