'Silence oh how much I've missed you 'I thought to myself while situating my arm into a fake sling and leaning back against the tree I had managed to prop myself in. ' so far so good Arthur actually isn't that bad he might actually be as socially awkward as I am but just deals with things differently. Sadly I don't appreciate how he's been snooping through my things when he thinks I'm not looking. Geez what could he be looking for anyway' I sigh closing my eyes

' beats me, he gives off a foul aura that annoys me when I try and nap' white said in my head making my eye twitch 'remember what we discussed white in exchange for me finding a way for you to get out of my body you would let me have access to some of your power as well as not bothering me when I'm trying to get some peace and quiet' smiling slightly as the Grimm in me groaned 'yeah yeah, you know I never thought you would agree to that deal after my first take over.' Remembering back I sighed ' it's probably because you remind me of a story always getting misjudged for what he was' my Grimm burst into laughter 'ha I can see that now. Gives me something to look into now and look out Arthur is on his way over.' White called before disappearing into the depths of my consciousness leaving me listening to the steady footsteps of someone approaching me .

Cracking one of my eyes slightly I spotted Arthur walking towards me dressed in his school uniform he had picked up earlier.

"ah Damian there you are do you have a moment to talk?" Arthur said as I sighed rolling off the branch I was laying on landing on my feet pulling my hood off when I fully stood up " sure I guess what do you need ?" I questioned as we both started walking down the brick path on the rear side of the cafeteria where I went to sleep in the afternoons " well I was curious as to where you and Brendan go to practice in your free time, since I've noticed neither of you have logged into the virtual simulator other than during class." He said making me stop " wait we are allowed to use the simulator outside of class time?" I stated confusion present on my face causing Arthur to chuckle as we entered the main doors to the cafeteria spotting ruby and Weiss sitting at the usual spot with Brendan no where in sight

" hey Damian!" Ruby called when she noticed us. Slightly a smile started to form on my face "ruby , ice queen what did I miss yesterday ?" I called walking over with Arthur following close behind " nothing, apart from Rox telling us a story." Weiss stated as her eyes landed on Arthur "oh before I forget guys this is Arthur he is my team leader he's what I had to go take care of yesterday with Brendan. Arthur this is Ruby and Weiss of team RWBY." I said as Arthur bowed slightly looking at Ruby then turning to Weiss " as Damian has said my name is Arthur pendragon heir to the island kingdom of Camelot." Arthur said as a imaginary switch clicked into place in my head

' wait he's based off of the Arthur pendragon !' I mentally yelled ' really why is that so bad ' white said reappearing in the front of my mind.

" oh your a prince! Oh sorry I'm Ruby rose leader of team RWBY." Ruby said rubbing her head slightly in embarrassment. While Weiss just kept staring at him. " nice to make your acquaintance Miss.Rose." Arthur said turning to Weiss " long time no see Weiss." He said snapping Weiss out of her trance.

"Okay then Arthur, ice queen I see there is something needing some talking about so...bye." I said before teleporting back to my dorm to see Brendan asleep slouched on his desk " he must be wiped out." I mumbled to myself as I reached into the next desk fishing through the drawers grabbing my pistols as well as some pieces of paper and a pencil. Thinking back to how this all started my parents death, getting kicked out of the orphanage being blamed for bombing a highway,meeting summer then coming to remnant it was like a dream come true. "Not all of it I'm here." White stated eliciting a groan from me " why do you have to bog the mood like that I'm getting sentimental about things." I retorted as I began sketching myself using my scroll and old phone as references my old phone holding all of my art concepts and even the character design that I embodied. "You might want to turn around bud." White stated eliciting a groan before turning to see a dart in Brendan's neck narrowing my eyes I summoned lights prevail to block a downward swing from a pair of gun scythes before getting kicked out the window landing in a tree a few random students were confused and even scared. the figure vaulted out of the window before disappearing in a whisp of darkness all the hairs on my neck were standing on end teleporting out of the tree taking a couple steps on solid ground taking only a second to look back to see one of his scythes embedded in the tree I went into a full sprint dodging and deflecting him as he began attacking from shadows all around me it was tiring to say the least he was relentlessly what was he after.

" I need to find a place without shadows." I mumbled wincing as he nicked my neck then my arm and leg. "Send all your aura out through my arm." White stated as one of the scythes sliced through my sling and sleeve as well as a tiny bit of the bandages before getting stopped by the plates on my arm. Forcing it up I sent the scythe flying before I brought my fist into the ground surprised to see a wave of energy come of it yanking the figure out of the shadows. He stood a little shorter than me dressed in a mostly black attire which counteracted his pale skin tone to make matters worse he was wearing a bone mask that reminded me to much of death and a green scarf which covered his neck. In his hands were two gun scythes that I was all to familiar. " you want to continue this fight or stop your choice." I said between labored breaths ' how much aura did I use.' I mentally groan as I summoned shadows revenge In my off hand while he flipped one scythe into a reverse grip dissolving into shadows once again spinning on my heel I swung both my swords countering one of his scythes while the other peeled away at the bandages on my right arm only to be stopped just short of my neck by several swords made of pure steam? Looking over to see Weiss,Arthur,and Ruby running towards us backing away I put some distance between myself and the figure pulling sections of the bandages to cover the gaps as best the could. " what's going on Damian?" Arthur asked not taking his eyes off of the figure "he drugged Brendan and then attacked me." I groaned as I felt one of my ribs snap back into place 'must have happened when I hit the tree.' I thought "what is your business with my teammates?" Arthur called as the figure tensed up " I was told to test you before showing myself." He stated receiving a look of confusion from us

"How'd they do ?" Rox asked appearing out of thin air once again standing next to the figure

"The Faunus failed wasn't even able to register I was there but this one surprised me on multiple occasions you aren't human are you? your arm should have been sliced off since it's clear that your aura is almost nonexistent in also curious as to how you knew I was in the room when it was clear you didn't see me when you entered the first time."He called pointing at the missing sleeve as well as the two large gashes in the bandages. Ruby,Weiss and Arthur eyes all fell to my arm before I moved it out of view behind my back cursing my stupidity for using my arm to block those swings " that's not something you should be concerned about." I snapped as a look of fear showed on Ruby's face 'what is she scared about ?' I though as I felt a blade resting on my neck but it wasn't one of the figures scythes it was one of Arthur's steam blades. Slowly I moved lights prevail up to see a reflection of my face the white of my right eye had turned black like it had done during initiation.

" Damian why are you relying on it" Rox whispered in my ear having teleported in front of me so no one else could hear "I'm scared." I mumbled as he patted my shoulder and my eye slowly returned back to normal. " good now white I know you hear me next time you try and trick Damian like this I will make sure you regret it." Rox said before turning to the figure "as for you next time don't push Damian this hard he has anger issues of sorts when it comes to certain things." Rox called before disappearing

'I miss the quiet old days' I groaned as I walked off without a word to the others. Later that day I found out the guy who attack me was my final teammate Alexander Grim.