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Chapter 4

Life of a Human

In the next twenty years, I learned a lot. So much has changed in the time that had passed. My adoptive parents had answered any question I gave to them.

From what they have said, my brothers and I have all but faded into legend. People still know about us, but no one has claimed to have ever seen my brothers.

Magic never seems to have existed. There seem to be no records of anyone using magic, and the humans believe its all fairy tale stuff.

The moon? Always been like that. Nobody had any idea it had ever been whole. Nobody had any clue why it had broken either.

Dust crystals were much more important than I had thought. Apparently, they were a primary source of energy. Rather than magic, humans used the dust crystals to enhance weapons.

There's also another species that seems to have been created while I've been under. They were called the Faunus. They were mostly people, only with a distinct animal trait. Though the Faunus were still the same as humans, their differences were vilified by the rest of humanity. A group that was protecting them- the White Fang- had turned into a terrorist group as I had 'grown up'.

Thanks to Dark's stupid little pets, there were no longer a vast array of kingdoms. All that was left were scattered villages with a variable survival rate. Of the original large kingdoms, only five remained. Mistral, which is where I'm at now. Vacuo, which is to the west. Vale to the east. Menagerie to the south (which is more of a separate continent). And finally, Atlas to the north with the city of Mantle below it.

Though the logic of living on a giant ice rock that floats escapes me. Humans are nothing if not persistent.

I've also learned about aura and semblances which most people have in place of magic. Just about everyone has their aura unlocked as they grow, which is like a thin shield around your body. But not everyone unlocks their semblances. The few that do train to take on Dark's pets.

The Huntsmen and Huntresses.

I've decided to take on this role. Not only will it help me travel the world to figure out what happened with Light and Dark, it also makes people really happy when their loved ones are protected. I like seeing people smile, and if I can find a way to protect that, then I would. Until I could locate my brothers, it would be better to hide amongst the humans as a protector.

While my parents were naturally concerned with me wanting to take such a dangerous position, they were supportive. Dad even helped me make my weapons. Duel tonfas I've named Yin and Yang. The inside of the tonfas was hollowed out a little, and the handles had vials of dust that I can rotate with at the top of the handle and then press the button in the center to shoot off the rounds.

I also came up with my own semblance. Being a goddess came with its own powers, so if I did it right they could appear like a semblance. I can create a black ball in each of my hands. When thrown at a Grimm, it can expand and capture them. Clenching my hands into fists shrinks the orbs, sending the Grimm inside...well I'm not exactly sure. It either sends them into the void or disintegrates them.

This ability had come up when fighting with my father. We had been training on the outskirts of the kingdom when a Beowolf appeared. To protect my father, I used this power. Given that I hadn't shown any semblance abilities yet, I just rolled with it.

Or maybe one had? Again, I'm not exactly sure. Weird dreams have started coming to me. The future dreams as I've started calling them. Apparently, that vision with the meteor was not a one-time thing. It's not constant either. I do occasionally have normal dreams. It's just every now and again something in my dreams would happen in real life. Though in the process of that, I usually end up saving someone's life and getting injured myself. Thanks to my aura, though, it's never been too severe.

Otherwise, I've lived a pretty normal human life. I attended Haven when I came of age. My teammates were pretty cool. Together we were Team Scampi- or SCAM. Samantha, Cho, and Marik stuck with me through thick and thin during our years. We even made it to the singles round at the Vytal Festival tournament in our third year. Marik took our team to third place.

Sad to say though we kind of split up after we graduated. There was still so much to know of the world, and I found out all I could from Mistral, so I had to find my answers elsewhere. My teammates wanted to stay in the kingdom and protect the borders. We respected each other's decisions, thankfully. Even though it was upsetting to part ways with them. I wondered how they would feel if they found out who I truly was. If they lived long enough for me to tell them, that is.

The next three years I spent in Vale doing odd huntsmen jobs. There was still no signs of my brothers, or the 'Hidden Past' as I've come to dub it.

The next two years found me in Vacuo when something terrible happened.

Someone launched a terrorist attack on Vale during the Vytal Festival, and Beacon fell. With everything being broadcast, the negativity was all over the place. I stuck around as long as I could to help out with the Grimm, which took a few months, but I wanted to go back to Mistral to check in with my folks and my old team. By then, though, there weren't any airships left, so I had to take a boat to Anima then walk the rest of the way, which took another four months.

Thank the stars everyone I was close to was alright for better or worse. My old team had been there too- what a terrible time for a reunion. Samantha got some serious injuries during the initial fall out of the festival, but otherwise, she was alive. My other two teammates came out with just a few scrapes, and the Grimm didn't go beyond the borders, so my parents were alright as well.

As I took a couple of weeks to recover from my voyage, some more bad news dropped with a sprinkle of good news to go with it.

The bad news was that the same people who attacked Beacon went after Haven in a more subdued attack, and Professor Lionheart perished, trying to defend his school. The good news was that Gihrah Belladonna, the Chieftain of Menagerie, had learned about the attack ahead of time through a White Fang member who had reformed (the White Fang was also helping the attack on Haven) and had gathered a small group of Faunus to help the school. I heard a friend of the headmaster who was visiting along with some students also helped out.

It really is nice to see humans persevere through such tragedy even at such a young age.

It had been about two weeks since then, and I have been trying to figure out what to do next. On the one hand, I still had my life mission. On the other, two schools have been attacked, and there's no doubt the other two will be targeted as well. Something was going on in the shadows, and I wanted to find out what. The only clue I had though, was the headmaster's old friend, but I had no idea who he was. That put me back at square one.

The decision was thankfully taken away from me. My mom came up to me with a request. Her sister was about to go into surgery that could take a few months in the hospital. My mom wanted to give her this new book to help my aunt pass the time. Unfortunately, both she and my dad are busy with work with everything that's been going on, and my aunt lives in Argus, so I've been asked to bring the book to her.

This wound up being the best decision I've made as I wind up meeting some important people. They helped me find my answers...for better or worse.

So just to clarify before I post the next chapter this is going to be a Self Insert fic. Next chapter is going to have Agatha meet up with the main cast and follow canon (with some obvious changes here and there) up until they get all the relics where from there I'll be diverging into my own thing.

I had a guess review ask me if Empty looked like her brothers with the faceless humanoid form. The answer is yes along with slender horns that come straight from her forehead. Her color is also grey which ties into her adoptive surname Griseo, which is Latin for grey.

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