Author's note: Ok so lets see what Beurling told Maple and Frenda. Also i will admit i made myself cry at points of making this chapter.
No character inspiration this week. Instead i thought i'd say the songs i use to help me write the characters, so all you music fans can see if their's something you like.
Anyway i hope you enjoy.
The morning came, Maple and Frenda were sitting in the living room part of their room thinking over what Beurling had told them. They heard the other bedroom door open and they saw Beurling come out the room dark rings under her eyes. She had repaired the jacket, but it was clear where the graze had been by the stitch marks. She'd also left the beret behind.
"You ok?" Asked Maple.
"Yeah I'm fine." Beurling replied, her voice sounding rough like she was suffering a bad cough.
"You sure?" Frenda spoke.
"Yeah." Beurling spoke "Any news?"
"She's awake, we were going to wake you up then head off, do you want anything before we go?" Maple replied. Beurling shook her head.
On the way the three of them walked silently, Beurling behind Maple and Frenda. When they got to the room, they saw Tomoko in some hospital cloths, she was sitting on the bed looking out the window facing away from the door.
Hearing the door open, Tomoko turned and faced her team while she stood up. Frenda immediately ran up to her and hugged her. Maple walked in after observing her two friends, looking back Maple could see Beurling leaning by the door frame her head down and her arms crossed.
Maple sighed before turning back to Tomoko "How you feeling?" Maple asked.
"Fine." Tomoko spoke, holding her side where her wound was "How are villagers?"
"Their fine." Maple spoke with a smile. "The bandits left not long after you got hurt."
"Not that their leader didn't get a few good whacks in before they turned tail and run, even managed to beat Beurling over there." Frenda pointed to her friend by the door.
Tomoko turned to see Beurling leaning by the door "Beurling?" Tomoko spoke cautiously. At the mention of her name Beurling pushed herself off the wall and uncrossed her arms and walked up to Tomoko, as Maple and Frenda stepped back a bit.
Tomoko stood stock still waiting for Beurling to act, Beurling suddenly raised her hand and made to give Tomoko the usual light chop on her head, as Beurling brought the hand down Tomoko closed her eye. When the hand made contact there was no power behind it almost like Beurling placed her hand on Tomoko's head, Tomoko opened her eyes to see Beurling shaking she then felt the hand clench in to a fist, she was then pulled into to a hug by Beurling.
Tomoko felt her tail stand up in surprise and Beurling bury her face in her neck. Tomoko was about to ask Beurling what was going on when she felt something wet on her neck where Beurling's face was. "Is she crying?" Tomoko thought.
"You idiot!" Beurling shouted shakily "Don't ever scare me like that again!"
"Sorry." Tomoko spoke confused.
"Promise!" Beurling spoke pulling her in tighter.
"Ok." Tomoko spoke her voice coming out surprised and higher pitched as Beurling tightened her hold. Frenda and Maple just watched the two quietly.
Beurling meanwhile could feel Tomoko's wolf tail brush her arms slightly, even though it tickled slightly she also found it comforting, it meant to Beurling, that Tomoko was real and she was ok.
After Beurling had let go, she went back to her previous spot on the wall, Tomoko looked at her friends confused, they responded by shaking their heads. On the way back Maple whispered in Tomoko's ear "She needs to talk to you." both of them knowing who they were talking about as Tomoko looked behind her to see her partner trailing the team.
Once they got back Beurling went into their room in silence like she had the whole way back to the school. Maple and Frenda indicated for Tomoko to follow her, trusting her friends she did just that.
Once she entered, she saw Beurling putting her beret back on her head, her machine gun laying on the table in front of Beurling "Maple said you wanted to talk." Tomoko spoke nervously. Beurling nodded and motioned for Tomoko to sit "Beurling, what's going on?" Tomoko started but Beurling put up her hand to stop her "Sit Tomoko, I'll explain." Beurling spoke, raising her head so Tomoko could see the puffy eyes.
Tomoko sat down on her bed, Beurling pulled up a chair and sat in front of her. Tomoko could see Beurling tremble a little and she was sweating "Are you ok?" Tomoko asked.
Beurling nodded "Yeah." Beurling swallowed "How are you feeling?"
"Beurling I'm fine." Tomoko spoke, but Tomoko got the feeling Beurling wanted to get something off her chest "Beurling?" Tomoko asked.
Beurling nodded her head slightly "I guess I'd better start." she spoke shakily.
"It was when I was five." Beurling spoke again "My mum took me out one day." Beurling's voice was full of venom.
Five-year-old Beurling
"Mommy, where we going?" Beurling asked her mother "Are we going to see daddy?"
"Yes dear, we are." Spoke a woman with dark flowing hair and purple eyes. Beurling cheered, she'd never met her dad and had always wanted to.
They came to an alley "Now Sabine, I need you to wait here for me, I'll go get daddy, but I might be a while, so just wait here ok?"
Beurling nodded enthusiastically "Ok mommy, I'll be good and wait right here."
The woman smiled "Good girl." the woman walked off leaving the little girl sat on a dumpster swinging her feet happily.
Suddenly she felt a drop of rain, she zipped up her blue coat and put on her gloves, it looked quite bad but she didn't care, she was too excited to see her dad.
Present day Beurling
"What happened?" Tomoko asked hesitantly. Beurling was shaking slightly looking at the floor.
"She never came back." Beurling said through gritted teeth "She left me there and never came back."
"What did you do?" Tomoko asked.
"What any five your old does, what I was told, I waited and waited and waited for her come back." Beurling spook with gritted teeth.
Two months after was Beurling left
Beurling was running down the street carrying some stale bread, chasing after her were three boys they were around double her age.
She ran back down her alley, hoping the boys would go away, they didn't they followed her down the alley.
"Aw, look here guys, a lost little girl." one of the boys spoke.
"Please, leave me alone." Beurling begged holding the bread to her chest.
The boys just laughed, before running at her, Beurling fell back dropping the bread. The boys kicked and punched her repeatedly as she lay on the ground curled up in a ball on the ground, crying for help and getting none.
The boys picked up the bread and dropped it in one of the bins, laughing as they left a crying Beurling on the floor.
The girl picked her self-up, going to the bin and picked up the bread again and took it to the little shelter of some bins and some cardboard on top to make a roof, she crawled in to the shelter and lay on the cardboard on the floor that made her bed.
A sound of thunder filled the air scaring the girl and she lay on the floor on the verge of tears, trying to sleep as the rain pattered down. She felt some drops land on her feet, Beurling looked down just then more drops landed on her head. It all got too much for her, she started to cry from the pain and the fear.
"Mommy was I bad?" she asked the heathens.
Then the lighting hit "I'm sorry, mommy." Beurling screamed through the tears "I'm sorry mommy please save me, I want to go home please." she shouted at the uncaring sky, hoping for her mom to save her and take her home. Like she did every night.
Present day Beurling
Beurling sat on the chair trying to hold back the silent tears.
Tomoko put a hand on Beurling's shoulder "I'm sorry." Tomoko spoke.
"Thanks." Beurling spoke sniffing "It doesn't help, but thanks"
"Is that how you got all those scares?"
"Some, most were later in life when I was training to be able to come here, got in a few fights where I got in over my head." Beurling spoke.
"And that's the same for the ribs?" Tomoko asked hesitantly.
"Sort of they were damages before, that was a particularly nasty one."
Ten-year-old Beurling
Beurling was held by two boys a third standing above her with a bat in hand and a black eye.
Beurling just gritted her teeth watching the bat in front of her, knowing full well what was coming, it wasn't the first time she'd been beaten up she was ready.
The boy in front of her shrugged and swung the bat to Beurling's side "ARGH!" Beurling screamed, as there was a cracking sound. The boys then left Beurling groaning and moaning on the steps of one side of the alley. Beurling cursed in her head "Damn it."
Present day Beurling
"Years later I got mauled by Ravagers there again, so I needed to have them replaced." Beurling spoke "Hence the scar."
"That's horrid." Tomoko spoke "You must have gone through a lot."
Beurling just nodded.
"But how did you get out of that alley in the first place?" Tomoko asked
"Charlotte." Beurling spoke.
"Who?"
"The girl you saw in my memories." Beurling sighed "She's the one who got me out."
Twelve-year-old Beurling
Beurling was asleep in her den when she heard a commotion, looking out around the corner of the den Beurling could see a girl being back into the alley with two boys' hounding her.
Normally Beurling would leave alone it wasn't that she was cruel it was survival, the less attention she brought on herself the better, but something about the girl made Beurling keep looking when the boys' hit her Beurling charge in, grabbing the brick she kept near her head for protection as she went.
Throwing the brick at one then a threw a punch at the other breaking his nose. The two ran off crying. Then she turned to see the girl she rescued getting up she couldn't see much of her as it was dark though she could see the fox ears on her head.
"Thanks." she spoke with a sweet voice. Beurling suddenly ran back to her den "No, wait." spoke the girl. Beurling hid in the den watching the girl who stood watching Beurling. After a few minutes the girl left, Beurling let out a breath, though also a little disappointed.
The next day Beurling had just got back to her den from her usual hunt for food, then she heard footsteps, turning she saw the girl from yesterday, though Beurling still couldn't really see her properly. Beurling on instinct hid again, the girl this time walked to the middle of the alley and put down a small bag then walked to entrance of the alley again.
Beurling was a little curious and against all her instincts she walked up to the bag "It's safe" came the girls voice carried down the alley, Beurling looked up and she thought she saw the girl smiling at her sweetly. Beurling picked up the bag and looked inside, it was food, warm food to be exact. Beurling looked up at the girl, who was still standing at the entrance, she waved before leaving.
This routine carried on for a week the girl would turn up leave the bag and Beurling would take it, each day the girl would get closer till on the seventh day the girl sat on some steps, the food in front of her. Beurling did as she always did, she walked up to the food and picked up the bag but unlike normal where she'd run back to her den. She stayed and sat next to the girl.
Beurling could see the girl more clearly this close up. She had short blonde hair, pale blue eyes and wore a blue jumper.
"You're a hard one you know?" spoke the girl.
"I don't trust strangers!" Beurling spoke, as she ate one of the chips of the fish and chips the girl had bought this time.
"Well that's easily fixed my names Charlotte Sun." spoke the girl "And you are?"
"Sabine." Beurling spoke, eating another chip.
"Don't you have a surname?" Charlotte asked.
"I don't remember it."
"I see, well it can't be a proper introduction if you don't have a last name" Charlotte spoke with a smile pondering "Ah, how about that on your glove." Beurling looked at the glove and saw the word Beurling, presumably some logo, she just sighed and nodded.
"Ok, so I'm Sabine Beurling."
"Nice to meet you Sabine."
"Ok."
"How long you been living here?" Charlotte asked Beurling while looking around.
"Seven years." Beurling spoke.
"Do you want an escape?" Charlotte asked suddenly.
"What?" Beurling asked stunned.
"Do you want to leave this place and go somewhere nicer?"
"What I want is to know why my mum left me."
"Well you can't do that from here." Charlotte spoke.
"How can i trust you?"
"Has anyone ever gone to this much effort for you before?" Charlotte spoke with a smile "Look. i know what it's like to be looked down on and abused, but i swore i wouldn't add to it, no matter how tempting, so I ask again do you want to leave here?"
Beurling looked back at her den, yes it was small, cold and stunk but it was home the only safe place she knew, she then looked at the girl, she seemed nice enough but she'd had that before, a sweet mask to hid the jerk behind it, then again she was going further than most to get her to trust her, plus something about her made her feel comfortable for once. Beurling also got sense of fear that if she said no the girl wouldn't come back and she'd got used to the food everyday over the week. So Beurling took the risk.
"Yes, I do want to leave" Beurling spoke nervously.
Charlotte stood up and offered a hand "Well then, come with me, we got somewhere to go." Beurling took the hand and followed the girl taking one last glance at her den, before the two carried on.
Present day
"What happened next?" Tomoko asked.
"She took me to her home, showed me to her parents and Sara and Alia, her mum hugged me and thanked me for saving her daughter, then ordered I take a bath" Beurling smiled a sad smile "Saying it like this make me sound like a stray dog, guess I was a bit, maybe I still am."
Tomoko put her hand on Beurling's shoulder as Beurling looked at the floor "Did you find the answers about your mom?" Tomoko asked timidly.
"Yeah." Beurling spoke biting her lower lip.
Twelve-year-old Beurling
Beurling stood in front of the door, her hands sweating. She felt a hand on her shoulder she turned to see Alia and Sara standing behind her both giving reassuring smiles. Turning back to face the door she could see Charlotte knocking on it.
Beurling let out a breath not sure how this was going to go. The door opened slightly peeking out the space between the door and the door frame was a woman with dark flowing hair and purple eyes, Beurling felt her gut twist.
"What do you want?" Spoke the woman glaring at the Faunus at her door. Charlotte didn't let this phase her and spoke up "Sorry madam, but I believe you know this girl." Charlotte spoke gesturing to Beurling. The woman followed the gesture and gazed at Beurling who waved her hand nervously.
"Erm, hi mum, it's me, Sabine." Beurling spoke nervously, while waving her hand slightly.
The woman took one look at Beurling before slamming the door. Beurling felt the floor fall from under her, she always knew this could be an option but she was hoping she might have a happy outcome, not this.
As Beurling dropped her hand and put it in her coat pocket and dropped her head. Beurling could hear Charlotte hammering on the door while shouting "Oi, that's you daughter." Charlotte shouted "What the hell's wrong with you?"
"Go away!" the woman's voice sounded through the door "Your as dead to me now, as you were when I dumped you all those years ago, why don't you go back there!"
Beurling felt Sara and Alia put their hands on her shoulders. Beurling shrugged them off before speaking to Charlotte "Charlotte, leave it, I know when I'm not wanted." Beurling spoke lifelessly, before walking off.
Present day
"What kind of mum does that?" Tomoko asked allowed.
"Mine apparently." Beurling spoke leaning back in the seat "It actually started me smoking, I was just wanting something to take my mind off that day and well it took off from there, we left Atlas for Vacuo not long after that, I also left my first name behind, i want nothing to do with that thing."
A few seconds of silence past between them, Tomoko taking in all the information and Beurling settling herself after going over her past so far.
"Where's Charlotte now?" Tomoko asked, sending a cold chill through Beurling "I mean I've met Sara and Alia, why not Charlotte?" Tomoko asked again dreading the answer.
Beurling sighed "She's not around anymore." Beurling spoke sadly.
Fifteen-year-old Beurling
Sara, Alia and Beurling was riding back to their village in their old truck, Beurling in the back standing up keeping a watchful eye out, while Sara drove and Alia sat in the passenger seat.
"So, you really going to try and become a professional huntress then?" Alia asked.
"That's the plan." Beurling spoke "Have to do something while you're running that shop."
Just as they reached the top on one dune, Beurling some smoke on the horizon caught her eye "Sara, smoke." Beurling spoke pointing. Sara and Alia looked at where Beurling was pointing, all three of them felt a cold dread come over them as they knew there was only one place that could be. Sara accelerated the truck as fast as she could.
Pulling up to the burned out remains of the village the trio saw burned and ripped tents and laying in places where the bodies of the villagers. Beurling jumped from the back and ran off, Sara picked up a rifle that was in the cab and followed her, while Alia jumped in the back and mounted the machine gun that was on the back.
"Charlotte!" Beurling shouted as she ran through the ruins to her home, Sara just behind her. As the got the tent Beurling and Charlotte lived they saw the remains of their mum and dad. They didn't need to check to see if they were dead or not.
"Charlotte." Beurling chocked as she ran into the shredded tent, as Beurling glanced around the tent she saw Charlotte slumped in the corner next to a chest, as Beurling came in Charlotte pointed her pistol but once she saw who it was, she dropped it with a clatter.
Beurling ran and knelt next to her "Hey, it's ok, I got you." Beurling spoke though she wasn't sure if it was to reassure herself or Charlotte "Let me see." Beurling spoke and went to try and see the wound but was stopped by Charlotte putting up her hand, just as Sara came into the tent.
Charlotte coughed blood dripping from her mouth "The chest." Charlotte spoke tapping the chest next to the one she was sloughed up on. Sara went to the chest and opened it up "Oh thank the gods." Sara spoke picking Klara up and out the chest hugging her tight.
Beurling tried to look at the wound again but was stopped again "Charlotte I need to see it. I can't help you…"
"You can't anyway." Charlotte spoke breathlessly, groaning when she finished "Take Klara and go you can't do anymore here."
"No!" Beurling shouted, holding back tears "I won't leave you."
Charlotte put her free hand on Beurling's cheek "It's ok." she coughed "It's just my fate." Charlotte groaned again "Beurling?"
"Yes."
"I know, I have no right to ask you, but I need you to do something for me." Charlotte struggled to speak.
"Anything." Beurling spoke, tears rolling down her cheeks. Charlotte took her damaged badge off and put it in Beurling's hand before speaking again "Promise me, you won't let this happen to anyone else, please." Beurling shook biting her bottom lip enough to make it bleed "I promise." Beurling spoke her voice cracking slightly.
Charlotte eyes fluttered shut and her hand slumped to the floor lifelessly. Beurling breathing came out shakily "It's not fair." she spoke quietly. Suddenly gunfire filled the air "Guys, we need to go!" came a shout from Alia.
"Beurling come on, we have to go." Sara spoke as Klara cried in to her shoulder "There's nothing more we can do." Sara pulled Beurling by the shoulder out the tent. Beurling was more like a machine just following where she was pulled by Sara.
Just before they got to the truck a Beowolf jumped out at them. Alia tried to fire but was met by a click, as she struggled to reload the Grimm charged the trio.
"You took the only family that ever loved me, now you want to kill my friend's child?" Beurling spoke stepping forward between Sara and the Grimm, her anger and hatred at the world and its cruelty bubbling to the surface. Sara was unable to help with Klara in her hands who was crying again.
Just as the Grimm brought it's claw down on Beurling she grabbed her Kukri. Just then Sara saw Beurling ignite in green flames with green lighting coming off her "What on earth?" Sara thought.
"You heartless monsters!" Beurling screamed slashing the Grimm's arm clean off she then beheaded the creature. As the creature fell to the ground dead, the flames on Beurling extinguished. On the way back Beurling sat in the back alone looking at the damaged maple leaf badge before attaching it to her beret.
Present day
Tomoko watched and Beurling let silent tears roll down her cheek as her head hung down. Tomoko reached her hand out but quickly retracted it, neither sure of what comfort she could give or if touching her shoulder would give it.
"I had to fight all my life and when I thought life would let me have a break, it rips it away." Beurling spoke looking off to the side. "I came here telling myself i'd never let myself get that close to person again, i failed massively at that." Beurling spoke while shaking slightly.
Tomoko was going to speak but Beurling beat her to it "I'll let you get some rest." Beurling spoke taking the chair back to its original place.
"Beurling, wait!" Tomoko spoke.
"Get some rest Tomoko, I'll see you later." Beurling spoke before leaving.
Tomoko lay back on her bed staring up at the ceiling processing all the information she'd just been told.
So Question who's worse Raven or Beurling's mom. I mean yes Raven abandoned Yang but at least she left her with Tai and presumably Summer who would look after her and she never as far as we know left Yang in an alley.
Also i hate myself for the crying child Beurling parts, i felt so bad for writing them.
Anyway to the songs:
Maple: Imagine Dragon – Ready Aim Fire/Sabaton - Ghost in the Trenches
Beurling: Onlap – Still Alive/Shallow Side - From the Bottom
Frenda: Hollywood Undead – Bang Bang
Tomoko: Waterflame - Sky fortress/Defences – Two Steps Back
Team Shade: Defences – Might and Main/Waterflame - King Poseiden/Manafest - Renegade/Blacklite District - We Are The Danger
Tammy: Sabaton - Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Fídi: Reluctant Hero's - Attack on Titan