Another for the Free For All, likely the last since I'll be busy with RTX soon. The prompt was "A Faunus character's animal trait is replaced with a different one (ie. Blake is a dog Faunus)."
Blake ran around the side of Beacon in pursuit of the Beowolf Alpha. As she passed by the cafeteria, and a massive hole which had been torn into the wall, she spotted the Grimm scaling a wall. She was about to go after it when she heard an all too familiar voice yelling with exertion.
Blake turned her head to look inside the ruins of the cafeteria and saw him hurling at Atlesian soldier's body across the room with one kick of his powerful froglike legs.
"No," she whispered. "Adam?"
The frog Faunus turned to look at her, a cruel smirk playing across his face.
"Hello my darling," he said. "Or should I say…"
Then Adam pulled a top hat seemingly from nowhere. He flicked a switch on Blush, and the scabbard unfolded into a cane. He lifted the hat to his head, and began to kick his legs out like a chorus line.
Hello my baby, hello my honey,
Hello my ragtime gal!
Send me a kiss by wire,
Baby my heart's on fire!
If you refuse me,
Honey, you lose me,
Then you'll be left alone,
Oh baby telephone,
And tell me I'm your own!
As soon as Adam finished the song, he returned to an on-guard stance. Blush returned to its normal form, and the top hat disappeared back to wherever it had come from. For a moment the two Faunus just stood there, not moving an inch. Then finally Blake spoke.
"Um, what?"
Adam didn't answer, just standing there regarding her. Blake began to back away, hiding behind a part of the wall that was still standing, trying to process what she'd just seen.
"Running away again?" Adam demanded. "Is that what you've become, my love? A coward?"
"Why are you doing this?" Blake asked. She wasn't even sure exactly what she was referring to, the attack on Beacon or the singing and dancing.
"What would you rather I do?" asked Adam. "How about…"
In an instant, the top hat and cane were back as Adam hopped back and forth, the broken cafeteria becoming his stage.
Everybody do the Michigan Rag!
Everybody likes the Michigan Rag!
"What is going on?" demanded Blake, interrupting his performance. The hat and cane were gone by the time he answered.
"You and I were going to change the world, remember? We were destined to light the fires of revolution!" Adam placed one of his frog legs on the body of an Atlesian student, lying on the ground unconscious. "Consider this the spark."
Adam drew his sword, holding it up with the blade pointed at the student's chest. Pushing aside her confusion about his singing, Blake leapt across the room to push against his blade with her own.
"I'm not running," Blake said challengingly.
"Good," replied Adam. "I was even hoping you would come back."
"I'm not coming back to the White Fang!" Blake shouted in his face.
"Not to the White Fang," Adam replied, stepping back from the blade lock. Suddenly the top hat and cane were back.
Come back to Éireann, my boy, my boy,
Come back again to the land of thy biiirth!
"What is with the singing?" Blake shouted, the hat and cane gone again as soon as she interrupted the song. Adam just smirked in reply.
Then the Atlesian student groaned and began to stir beneath Blake's legs.
"I need to get him away from Adam," thought Blake. "And he might have heard some of the singing!"
Blake stooped down to grab the boy, and then used her Semblance to dart away from Adam, back outside of the cafeteria. He woke with a start as Blake moved him.
"Did you hear any of that?" asked Blake, lowering him to the pavement outside.
"Hear what?" he asked, looking around. He jumped as he spotted Adam. "That guy attacked me!"
"Did you hear him singing?" demanded Blake.
"Singing? What are you talking about?" the boy asked, looking at Blake quizzically.
"He was singing and dancing a minute ago!" Blake answered insistently.
The boy glanced back at Adam, who was now stalking slowly towards them, blade drawn.
"OoooK," the boy said uncertainly. "I'm getting out of here." He stood and pushed past Blake to run away, back towards the Beacon courtyard.
"Now that we're alone," said Adam. "It's time you suffered for your betrayal, my love. And I do love you, but at the same time…" The hat and cane were back.
I'm just wild about Harry,
And Harry's wild about me!
Oh I'm just wild about Harry,
And he's just wild about-
Cannot do without-
He's just wild about me!
Blake stared helplessly at the frog Faunus as the hat and cane disappeared as quickly as they'd appeared. But then a voice called out from afar.
"Blake! Blake, where are you?" cried Yang.
Already outside of the cafeteria, Blake ran to her friend's side.
"Blake!" cried Yang. "There you-"
"Adam is here," interrupted Blake. Yang didn't know who Adam was except by the tone of Blake's voice. But that was enough.
"OK," Yang replied with determination, readying Ember Celica.
"But there's something else," continued Blake. "He's… singing. Singing and dancing."
Yang frowned in confusion. She glanced through one of the cafeteria's broken windows for a moment, catching a glimpse of Adam. The she turned back to her friend.
"Blake, are you feeling all right? I know this must all be overwhelming."
"I feel fine!" protested Blake. "He really was singing and dancing. He had a top hat and a cane!"
Yang just stared at her quizzically. Blake thought frantically. There had to be some way for Yang to see it. Maybe if Adam didn't know she was there…
"Look, there are still some people in there," explained Blake. "Adam's focused on me right now, but he'll kill them if he gets the chance. I'll distract him while you get them out of there."
"Are you sure that's a good-"
"Just do it!" Blake interrupted, throwing herself back into the cafeteria to clash with Adam. He growled when he saw her, attacking with rapid slashes of his sword.
Blake dodged back from the blows, knowing that she wasn't strong enough to fight Adam directly. He continued to press her though, and it was all Blake could do to avoid him while also keeping him facing the same direction. Behind him, Yang had snuck into the cafeteria and was collecting the fallen students and soldiers, moving them away from the damaged building.
Adam came at Blake with another attack, and she couldn't avoid it without turning him towards Yang. She raised Gambol Shroud to block the slash, trembling with the force of the blow. As the two Faunus pushed against each other, Adam raised a leg and kicked Blake onto her back.
"This could have been our day!" he shouted. "Can't you see that?"
"I never wanted this!" Blake yelled back, rising to her knees. "I wanted equality! I wanted peace!"
She raised her weapon and fired twice, but Adam blocked the blows with Wilt, his blade and hair glowing as he absorbed the energy of the bullets.
"What you want is impossible!" Adam shouted, sheathing Wilt and slapping Blake across the face. "But I understand because there's just one thing I want." The hat and cane reappeared.
Won't you come over to my house?
Won't you come over and play?
I've lots of playthings, a dolly or two,
We live in the house 'cross the way,
I'll give you candy and sweet things,
I'll put your hair in a curl,
Won't you come over to my house,
And play that you're my little girl?
"Did you see it, Yang?" called Blake as soon as Adam was finished.
"See what?" Yang called back, running back into the ruins of the cafeteria. The hat and cane were already gone. "I was getting the people out."
Blake groaned. "He was singing and dancing agai- Aaaagh!"
Blake cried out in pain as Adam stabbed her through the stomach.
"Get away from her!" Yang screamed in rage. With a wordless howl of fury, she threw herself across the room, her fist seeking Adam's face.
But it never found its mark. Adam moved faster than could be believed, slashing Wilt and unleashing all the power stored in the blade. Yang fell past him, her arm severed just above the elbow.
Blake stared in horror at her friend's unmoving body. She didn't want it to be real, but there was no denying what was right in front of her.
Adam stalked towards Yang's fallen form; sword still bared. Blake threw herself protectively over her friend's body, glaring up at Adam defiantly.
"Why must you hurt me, Blake?" asked Adam. He sighed and lifted his head, not even bothering with the hat or cane this time.
Please don't talk about me when I'm gone,
Oh honey, though our friendship ceases from now on…
Blake grabbed Yang and ran, not wanting to listen to the rest. She fled the cafeteria, running away from Beacon and towards Vale. Shame, grief, and anger built inside her, threatening to explode.
But she was also still pretty confused about the singing.
Author's Note: Anyone who hasn't seen the Michigan J. Frog cartoon is probably going to be very confused by this.