White Trailer

A boy with silvery-white hair and pale skin stepped out of his crashed pod. He blinked as his multi-colored eyes looked across the white frozen landscape. The boy's right eye was a striking icy blue while the left was a deep, blue, so dark it was almost black.

The sun glinted off the snow, which was all he could see in the barren landscape. As his implanted DNA came into effect, the sun's harsh glare from off the ice failed, allowing him to better see the landscape.

The boy turned and looked back at his pod, its surface flickered. Each escape pod he and the other experiments had stolen were equipped with both clocking devices to keep the landing pod from being spotted as it fell, and sound mufflers to keep the pods landing as quietly as possible. His clocking device was clearly broken.

The boy closed his eyes and breathed in the cold air, he felt more alive, stronger, and freer than he ever had. As he breathed out a long sigh, his breath stirred the slowly falling snowflakes around him, but unlike a human's breath, his breath didn't come out as a thick white fog.

Choosing a random direction the boy set off through the snow.

Snow crunched under his feet as he walked. But Blue Eyes took his time, knowing that with his alien DNA it was impossible for his body to truly become cold. He could feel the cold around him, feel it penetrate his thin jumpsuit, but it couldn't hurt him. If anything it made him feel stronger.

As Blue Eyes walked, his feet began to sink lower into its powdery surface, making walking far more difficult. Frowning in annoyance he activated his DNA. His left eye shifted to the same icey color as his right and the snow under his feet froze in a solid plate of ice.

Smiling Blue Eyes continued to walk, freezing the snow into icy stepping stones as he did.

Blue Eyes wasn't sure how long he had been walking, but the sun began to fade. And although he had plenty of water, he had eaten all the food in his pod and his stomach felt empty.

As the moon rose Blue Eyes started at it in amazement, its surface was completely shattered. He wondered what had had enough power to create such destruction; it couldn't have been an asteroid… maybe a star ship had broken it, or a gun. Shaking his head in wonder the boy continued walking.

The moon had shone for about an hour when suddenly, something flew through the sky. Blue Eyes ducked down, fear shooting through him, painfully aware of how obvious he looked in his dark clothing. He stared at the low flying aircraft. It was too thick and heavy to be a star ship, it was clearly only meant for in-planet flight. As he watched, the craft began to descend but landed out of sight behind a snowbank.

Blue Eyes sat, his heart pounding. The ship wasn't one he had recognized, but that didn't mean he shouldn't be careful. What if his captors had sent the ship out to look for him, were the others safe? Was he safe? His heart still pounding, the boy slowly stood. He needed to make sure the ship was, or wasn't after him. He needed to make sure they hadn't found the others. If the ship was a threat, its operators might be able to take him to some kind of civilization.

Swallowing his nervousness he slowly walked forward, following the ships path.

He laid on the snow and watched the ship closely. HHThree humans surrounded it, two male, each wearing uniforms. One female wearing white boots, lilac pants, and a dark blue jacket. Her white hair was piled up on her head in a loose bun.

The woman was pacing, muttering. Blue Eyes could see distress on her tired face. "Madam," one of the men said, "we need to get moving, your husband."

"I know!" the woman snapped. "I just…I can't…I," she trailed off, her shoulders slumping in defeat. Blue Eyes could see the pain in her face, the fear that seemed to be chocking her will to fight.

"Madam," the second man said, "we need to move, your daughters are expecting you home." Her shoulders slumped farther.

"My daughters would be safer out here then with him," she whispered. "I can already see him changing them, especially Winter."

"Madam?" one of the men asked. The woman shook her head.

"Nothing," she whispered. "It's nothing." But as she spoke Blue Eyes could see a tear fall from her face, glinting off the snow. She turned, her head bowed, her shoulders lowered, her back hunched. Blue Eyes starred at her, pity flowing through him as she walked back into the ship.

A snarl sounded behind him. Blue Eyes span around to see a hulking, black and white beast. Its eyes glowed red. "Beowulf!" one of the men shouted behind him. A second monster leaped out of nowhere and slammed into Blue Eyes, forcing to the ground. He heard gun being fired and the monster's claws dug into his arms, its drool dripping on his face. Time froze as he stared at the gleaming fangs. He screamed and ice exploded around him, throwing the monster off. It leaped to its feet and jumped again, straight into a spike of ice.

Blue Eyes turned and saw the ship being swarmed by the monsters. Leaping down the snowbank he flung his arm outwards. Ice crystals impaled the nearest beast and it fell to the floor. Turning, he sent another wave of ice, killing a third. The woman he thought where was she. He had to make sure she was safe, he didn't know why, but he couldn't let her die.

There! She was hiding just inside the airship, using a small gun to shoot the beasts back. Blue Eyes jumped onto a monster's back and sent a spike of ice straight through its chest. Rolling off as it fell, he tried to stand, but a paw hit the back of his head. Crying out he fell to the snow. He stared above him into the creature's hideous face, it rushed towards him mouth open, ready to kill. Suddenly Blue Eyes heard a shot and the animal's head snapped to the side. "What are you doing out here kid!" a male voice shouted. The human stepped in front of him, gun in hand. But Blue Eyes was too shocked reply, his heart pounding, the boy fell backwards into the snow, fainting.

Blue Eyes felt warm. Even though he preferred being cold (because it made him feel stronger and more like himself), being warm felt nice, safe, calming. Something heavy was on top of him, was that why he felt warm?

The boy opened his eyes and saw a silver roof. He blinked in confusion, wait…where was he? He sat up slowly and looked around. Silver walls were all around him, he could see the faint outline of a door with a window. Through the window he could see only sky with the ground far below. He was flying? That would explain the electric hum he could hear around him and the slight shaking.

Someone cleared their throat behind him. Blue Eyes span around, and stared in surprise. It was the woman! She stared at him with tired, kind eyes. Blue Eyes looked at her with cation, hand ready to use his ice. "It's alright," she said gently, "I'm not going to hurt you. What were you doing out in Solitas? Its dangerous, you could have frozen to death." Blue Eyes didn't respond, he didn't trust whomever this woman was, he had just met her! Why would he tell her where he was from?

"My name is Willow Schnee," the woman said. "What's yours?" Again Blue Eyes remained silent, even if he had a name he wouldn't tell her.

"There's no reason to be afraid," Willow continued. "I won't hurt you." Afraid? Blue Eyes was far from afraid, he just didn't trust her. He knew that with a single movement of his hand he could send the plane crashing to the ground. She was the one who should be afraid.

"Where are you taking me?" Blue Eyes asked.

"Someplace safe," she said, "I'll keep you safe." Blue Eyes paused, as long as there was food, he was alright with it.

The airship landed a few minutes later. Blue Eyes steeped out of the airship and stared in wonder at the building he had been brought to. It was huge! The manor was mainly white and was covered in windows. A giant ice sculpture that looked almost like a snowflake stood in the front. Wow, he thought.

Willow walked past him, her head held high. Following after, Blue Eyes looked around in amazement at the courtyard. Once they reached the door, Willow raised her fist, hesitated, then knocked.

A few seconds later it was opened by a man with brown hair and light brown eyes. He was wearing a dark blue suit. "Madam," he said. "Welcome home."

"Thank you Klein," Willow said. "Would you inform Jacques that I need to speak to him on a very important matter?"

Blue Eyes stared around him. The inside of the mansion was even more impressive than the outside! A pair of giant knight statues stood on either side of a giant staircase. Everything was white, gray and blue and seemed to shine.

Hearing footsteps on the stairs, the boy turned to see two girls walking down. One was about his own age, and the other looked a few years older. Both had white hair, and blue eyes. "Mother," the older said, "I'm glad to see you arrive safely home."

"It is wonderful to see you too, Winter," Willow said nodding. "Weiss, come here please." The younger girl stepped forward.

"Yes mother?' She asked.

"I would like you to meet someone." Gently she nudged Blue Eyes forward. Me? He thought in surprise. The young girl stuck her hand forward.

"Weiss Schnee," she said.

"Hello," Blue Eyes said, not really sure how to respond. Weiss frowned.

"You're supposed to shake my hand and give me your name," she said.

"O…Oh. Sorry," Blue Eyes stammered, grabbing her hand and giving it a gentle shake.

"And your name?' Weiss asked.

"I…um…don't have one," he stammered.

"Oh," Willow said, "well…if we are going to make you Weiss's personal guard, I'll have to give you one." Blue Eyes looked at her in surprise. Guard? He thought. Willow smiled proudly.

"You look about her same age," she said. "Winter's semblance has already been activated, and she's already in combat training. It will be a while until Weiss is old enough for lessons. She'll need someone to keep her safe, and I saw what you did with the ice." Turning, Blue Eyes stared at Weiss, who seemed just as surprised as he was.

"You don't have a home either, correct?" Willow asked. Blue Eyes hesitated, then shook his head no. As he did, he began to realize the sense in what she was saying. He didn't have a home, a family, a place to go, some way to get food; he didn't even have a name. She was offering him a place to stay, in a huge mansion! And all he had to do was watch after this girl? The situation wasn't ideal, but at the moment it was all he had. Blue Eyes was about to say yes when suddenly a door slammed open and man stormed through.

He was wearing a white suit and had white hair and a large mustache. He walked with purpose and power. "Willow," he snarled, glaring down at Blue Eyes, "what is this?" Blue Eyes shrunk down trying to make himself look small. The man's eyes were cold and angry, they stared at Blue Eyes as if he was nothing was speck of dust. His eyes were the same eyes of the horrible monsters that had given Blue Eyes the tattoo on his arm.

Willow put a protective hand on Blue Eye's shoulder. "'This'," she said, her voice betraying her fear and anger towards this man, "is a child. A child I plan on giving a home. I've already informed the media that he will be Weiss's new personal guard." The man stared at her with his horrible, cold eyes. Blue Eyes felt Willow shrink under that gaze.

"Get. This Thing. Out of my house," he said. His voice made Blue Eye's heart race. He clenched his hands into fists and closed his eyes trying to block out the flood of memory from his time in space. It was too familiar.

"If you throw him out Jacques," Willow whispered, her voice shaking, "the media will wonder where the child I brought home went. They will wonder what kind of man would throw out an innocent child back into the streets."

Silence.

Blue Eyes opened his eyes and looked up at Jacques. He was glaring at Willow, rage showing in every part of his face.

Suddenly he grabbed her hand and yanked it off Blue Eyes' shoulder. Forcing her to look at him. "Don't forget your place woman." He snarled, squeezing her hand hard enough so the pain showed on her face. "This is my house. You live by my rules. Do I make myself clear?" Without waiting for a replay he pushed her hand back, causing her to stumble.

Blue Eyes turned around and stared at her as she rubbed her hand, tears beginning to form. "Boy!" Jacques snapped, "Look at me when I speak to you." Blue Eyes turned and looked up into the face filled with rage.

"You are nothing more than my daughter's guard. This house is mine. You will obey me, or I will throw you right back out into the streets where you belong. Do I make myself clear?" Blue Eyes swallowed and nodded. Jacques sneered and turned to walk away.

"Klein!" He snapped, "Order this child clothing as well as a fighting instructor. We don't want him to give a bad mark on the Schnee family name, now do we?"