hi everyone sorry this took awhile to post but alot of things had happen to me to keep me from completing this chapter and posting it also had to figure out how to post a new chapter to this so that was fun. sooooo no more talking and heres the next chapter. (time to redo this one)

Chapter 2: New Home

~2 years later~

The sun blazed in the unforgiving desert. Its been four days since Kronos has seen any life around him. His lips were dry and his stomach growls in anger for food due to running out the day before. Water not much better using the last of it this morning. Pulling his hood of the cloak, that he stole from an outpost a weeks walk from where he was, more over his head to cover his eyes. In the desert horizon he seen towers, buildings and a wall as he got closer.

"I'm getting real tired of these mirages" Kronos thinks to himself as the buildings grow bigger. Getting closer he realizes that its not and that he made it to the kingdom of Vacuo. He grabs the end of his cloak and tears a piece off of it. He then folds it and wraps it over his head covering his left eye. Knowing that his heritage might cause problems here.

Almost reaching the gates to the kingdom, Kronos can feel his legs shaking from exhaustion.

"Hey! What are you doing here?" a guard says walking up to the gates catching Kronos by surprised. Relived that he made it Kronos falls to the ground unconscious the last of his strength gone.

The man quickly opens the gate seeing the boy faint. Running over and picking the child up the guard looks around noticing the boy is alone. "Did this child cross the desert by himself?" the man thought to himself looking down at the boy with a cloth covering his left eye. "Better take you to the infirmary and tell the queen about you. She would love to know how you got here" he says to himself walking into the city and telling the other guards to stand watch if anyone else comes.

Watching the boy in the infirmary the commander hears footsteps getting closer, then the curtains pull apart as a faunus woman with big horns on her head with a orange shirt along with brown pants and a long scarf around her neck walks in. "My queen" the man says bowing his head.

She nods to him "Did he arrive alone?" she says nodding to the boy on the bed.

"From what we can tell yes" he responds.

She walks over to Kronos left side and stares at his face. Moving a finger across his head she began moving pieces of hair from his face. "His skin is hot, clothes are torn, and there might be marks all over him" she says seeing the marks on his exposed arm then looks to the man with worry on her face "He has been out there for a long time, most likely alone as well from your report" she sadly says. "I'll be in my office, alert me if anything changes" only getting a nod in response. She gives the boy one last look taking in his weaken form before walking out.

Kronos shivers feeling the cold air hitting his body. He opens his eye slightly seeing a white ceiling over his head then he opens it wider realizing he isn't in the desert. He tries to get up but a massive hand fell on his chest and pushes him back down. Hearing the man call for a nurse Kronos stops moving feeling the pain in his body and legs get worst after every movement. After a while of nurses and a doctor checking him over, even having to be restraint due to fighting over the cloth covering his eye, they left it alone but also gave him medication for the pain.

"The queen wanted to talk to you when you woke little one" turning to one of the nurses he address her "Can he be moved in a wheelchair?" he asked getting a nod in response. He turns back to Kronos "We should meet with her now she been wanting to hear your story. Especially on how you got through the desert" he said.

After a little longer on the final check ups the doctor lets the man take Kronos to see the queen. Getting help from the man he was moved to a wheelchair. Being led through the city the man brought Kronos to the queen's office. Having entered the room they both found the queen behind her large oak desk looking down at some papers having not looked up yet. Looking at the two horns on her head Kronos realizes she is a faunus since they aren't part of her crown which surprised him not knowing of this.

The queen is surprised when she looks up finding the boy and her commander before her having not been notified of his awakening. "Please make sure the door is close commander" she looks to the man "we need to talk to the boy in private".

After putting the boy in front of her he does as hes told then stands in the corner of the room.

Turning her attention to the boy once she is satisfied that no one will hear she begins. "We have some questions for you young one. Can you answer them for us?" she gets a nod thankful that he understands her native language. "So where are you come from? Any town? Settlement?".

Without speaking the boy turns to the map on the wall next to the man in the room and points to the continent above where they were at.

Her face turns to confusion looking to where he was pointing then looks to her commander who had the same expression. Shaking her head she had to confirm he was pointing to the right place. "I'm sorry little one but are you pointing to Sera?" the man helps by stepping to the map and points to the continent.

The boy nods giving them their answer.

"Well that cant be right the only people who live there are the-" the queen stopped mid-sentence as realization hits her as she knows where and what this boy is. That's the only explanation she can observed at the moment as to how he survived in the desert in his condition. She notices that her commander slowly reaches for his sword having came to the same conclusion as her. She quickly raises her hand to the man to stop seeing the fear in the boys face as he sees the older man actions. "No one will hurt you here child, please calm down" she tries to calm him as she sees him take faster breaths scared he might have a panic attack. She shoots the older man a 'don't you dare' glare at him making his hand come off the hilt of his sword but rest his hand not far from it.

"You know? I haven't seen your kind in years kid" the man suddenly says with both the queen and child's heads snapping to him. He knew their kind well having fought with and against them several times. Having the marks to prove it and the nightmares of their true power. "Why are you here little one, not many can cross the desert, especially by themselves as it seems in your case since no one has showed since you arrived".

The queen turns her attention back to the boy having the same questions. "He's right and what happened to you?" she ask curious as to the state he arrived in. She notices him moving nervously in his chair and taking small glances at her commander. Feeling guilty for pressuring him she sighs and used a more motherly tone. "I'm sorry, lets start small then little one if this is to much at once. We will work up from there okay?" she gets a slow nod from him. "Great lets start with how old you are?" she says.

Kronos thinks to himself for a little as to which age should he use, his longer human lifespan or his generic number that his people use for him. He chooses the latter making it easier so he doesn't have to explain how he is 37 years old to them. "I-I'm 8" he tries to say with his voice rugged having not spoken for almost 2 years.

The queen feels pain shoot through her heart hearing his voice. She fights every urge to grab the child and take him home to care for him hearing his voice. The sadness, pain, the sound of his voice not being used in so long. She heard people who went on missions isolated from the world only to come back talking like this due to them not having used their voice for long period of time but in this child's case it was worst. "That's g-good, we a-are off to a good start" she says caught off guard and trying to compose herself holding back tears thinking how long has he had no one around him. "Whats you're name?" she continues after a moment of silence deciding what questions to ask.

"K-k-Kronos" he manages to say trying to form the words.

"Kronos" she repeats "what a nice name. Strong name for a strong boy" winking seeing a little smile form on his face making her relax a little knowing she getting through. "How did you get here Kronos? Not everyone can cross the desert".

"I walked here" was his simple reply.

"With a group?" she ask trying to get a more detailed response. But she only gets a shake of his head confirming her suspicion of he's alone. "Okay then how long have you been walking to this place?"

"Two years" Kronos said remembering all those days of being alone fighting to stay alive.

Shocked at the answer she looks to her commander to see if he heard the same thing finding the same shocked look on his face. Turning to the boy "e-excuse me? Two years? You been walking here for the past two years? Alone this whole time?" she ask with sadness in her voice "from Sera?"

"yes from home" he manged to say trying not cry of the memories of his home. "Being part grimm allowed me to past the grimm as long as I showed no emotion and the hard part was crossing the sea" he says sadly.

The queen only stared at him in puzzlement trying to understand this information. "W-Where is you're family? Your people? Why didn't anyone come with you instead of coming alone?" she nervously ask hoping that what she thought was wrong.

Tears start to come down his face as he remembers all the faces and bodies laying on the ground lifeless. "They are all dead" he says crying in his chair. He tries to control the shaking in his hands but fails letting everything he has been holding back for two years.

Without hesitation the queen gets out of her chair and goes to hug him laying his head on her chest. She holds him tightly as he continues to cry feeling him shake badly in her arms. "My mom and my sister are gone" he continues between sobs "the rivers of blood on the streets, the splattered blood on burning buildings. The body parts every-" he was interrupted as the queen rocked him stroking his hair not being able to listen to anymore of what the boy has seen. "I'm the only one. I'm the last of my kind" the boy repeats.

"Who?" the man said but neither of them looked at him as they still cried "who did this ungodsly genocide".

Stopping to take a breath Kronos spoke. "My-my sister called them Mantle when their warships were overhead". Crying again as he remembers his sisters last words to him.

"Those trigger happy maniacs would try something this horrible and wipe out an entire race" he growls. "Shall I ready the forces to fight along side vale and avenge the innocence that they murdered my queen?" he ask watching as the queen strokes Kronos hair and lets him cry in her arms.

"No" she softly says laying her head on the boys. "We shall wait and play nice while we build up a sizable force". She looks up at the man "then when were ready we will strike and make sure something like this never happens again" she hisses. She looks down at the boy in her arms "Kronos do you have anywhere to go or live?" She sees him shake his head slowly. "Would you like to live with me and my daughter?" she gives him a small smile when he looks up at her. She makes sure her eyes are looking into his eye and continues "That's if you want, you can always leave when you are old enough and ready but please your to young to be out there on your own right now".

Kronos looks at the woman still trying to understand what she just said. "But im a-" he tries to reply but is cut off by the queen.

"I don't care what you are Kronos" she says softly taking off the cloth slowly revealing the red eye. "You are a child who is lost and in need of a home with someone to care for you". She gives him a big smile "I know you held out this long by yourself but it will mean a lot to me if you said yes". Her smiles grows bigger as she sees the genuine smile he gives her with a nod little tears coming down his face. "Then it is decided" she states with happiness "you will live with me. Eric will you escort my new roommate and get him some new clothes?" she ask looking over Kronos attire then looks to the man "please" she puts the cloth back where it covered half the boy's face.

Eric just smiles watching the care the woman has for the boy "of course my queen" he bows his head "any specific thing you want him to wear?" he ask.

The queen smiles "no" she lets go of him and stands up straight "let him get whatever he wants" she says nodding at the boy with a small smile when she sees the happiness in his smile. "I'll be seeing the both of you at the house later on then" she walks back to her chair then sits.

"We will my queen" the man says moving to help Kronos in his wheelchair.

"Thank you" Kronos finally speaks a crack in his voice from the crying.

"You're very welcome Kronos" she replies with a smile across her face. She watches as they both leave the room and lets out a heavy sigh "I hope I can help this boy" she whispers to herself rubbing the dry water marks on her face then returns to work.

After a few hours of wondering the city and getting new clothes Kronos lets the man helping him take him to the queen's home. Upon entering he is greeted by the queen with different clothes and big smile on her face happy to see the child taken care of.

"Welcome to my home Kronos" she happily says.

Kronos looks around the two story home surprised by the many bows, arrows, and spears hanging around on the walls. The queen notices him looking around and giggles.

"As you can see I like to collect things our people used before the kingdom was formed" she smiles after her explanation.

While looking around Kronos spots a little girl down the hallway watching them.

The queen looks to see her daughter and waves at her to come. The girl walks up to them looking at all three with confusion. "Hes going to be staying with us Jade" the queen says gesturing towards Kronos.

Jade looks at Kronos then to her mom she began moving her hands around making shapes with her fingers. {"Living with us? For how long mother?"}

In wild confusion at the girl's display Kronos looks at the queen.

The queen smiles as she starts to explain "That's how she talks Kronos. You see she cant speak so she uses a special way to talk named sign language and yes Jade he will be living with us for as long as he wants".

Jade looked at Kronos with a frown and sign to her mother {"okay but he better stay away from my room"}.

The queen giggles "okay I'll tell him later" she turns to her commander "Its getting late Eric we should be getting to bed especially this one" she says looking at Kronos.

Eric bows his head "very well it was fun shopping with you Kronos" he starts to leave softly slapping Kronos back before walking out.

She goes to push Kronos to his room "you will have the guest room and as I said before this is your home now so help yourself to anything".

"Thank you um? My queen?" Kronos looks at her unsure.

The queen laughs and kneels in front of him "you can call me Crystal" she smiles.

Kronos smiles seeing how she got her name by her bright blue eyes. "Okay, thank you for everything Crystal".

She smiles and kisses his forehead "you're welcome. Now let me help you get in bed".

After helping him in bed she rubs his head and walks out "goodnight Kronos" she says with a smile.

"Goodnight Crystal" Kronos smiles back watching her close the door. He lays there thinking for a while until sleep overtakes him having not slept in a bed for so long.

~few hours later~

Crystal layed in her bed in a deep sleep until she hears someone banging on her door which made her eyes shoot open and rush to open it. Opening she sees her daughter with panic and fear.

Jade moves her hands quickly in panic. {"Mom come see Kronos quick! Something is wrong!"}

Crystal quickly tells her daughter to go back to her room while she rushes to Kronos hearing yelling and screams from his room. Rushing through the door she searches the room until her eyes find Kronos curled up in a ball in a corner of the room. She sees tears run down his face and names under his cries. "Nightmares" she thinks to herself "he is having nightmares of the genocide". She moves to Kronos side and moves the child into her lap holding him as close as she can. She rubs his back softly listening to the many names he say. She cries with him through the rest of the night til they fall asleep. The last thought the queen has is how they will avenge what had happen to the boy and his people when the day comes.

Finally done so hope you all like the new chapter. dont know when the next one will be up since still dealing with lots of things still but i will try to get it to you as soon as i can. reviews and comments are always welcome.(finally got this one updated. lot of rereading and changing things. now to work and post ch 7. dont worry it will be soon already have it written just need to type it)