A/N: This chapter onwards is always up to some serious editing with maybe a rewrite depending on how I feel or how this story is shaping up, or requested.
Chapter 10
It is the first Friday for the members of team RWBY at Beacon. It is about eight in the morning. The members of team RWBY were getting ready for class, except the sole male member. Micheal is outside of the room. Once the girls got done changing Ruby walked over to let him in. She opens the door to find her teammate lying on the ground on his stomach with his head using his arms as a pillow. She can hear the wolf faunus snoring, a sign that he fell back asleep. They figured out within a couple of days that Micheal loves to sleep and can fall asleep or back to sleep in the blink of an eye. It is especially true in the morning and at night after he is ushered out of the room for the girls to change. He would sit against the wall and quickly falls asleep, eventually ending up lying on his stomach.
Weiss sighed and stepped over Micheal. She moved to his waist and bent over. She grabbed his tail and yanked on it. This was Hitomi's idea for waking him up; since they also found out he is a heavy sleeper as well. They tried to wake him up through noise but to no success. Ruby tried to convince them to try a gentler approach like messing with his ears, but Weiss didn't want to waste time and went with the faster solution. The wolf faunus yipes and then sits up. He grabbed his tail and looked at it to make sure it's alright. He looked at Weiss
"Stop pulling on my tail, it hurts," the wolf faunus shouted.
"Stop falling back to sleep, because this is the only way we can wake you up," Weiss retorted with a huff at the end. Micheal stood up and walked into the room. He went over to his suitcase and pulled out his clothes. The wolf faunus went to the bathroom and got changed quickly. He sees Yang standing up. He shouldn't be surprised, she and Weiss are supposed to be to no longer need their casts, or wheelchair in Yang's case, today. The brawler had been walking around for a little while the past two days and is always eager to get out of the wheelchair.
"Happy to know you longer need the wheelchair Yang," Micheal asked giving Yang a smile.
Yang grinned "Of course," putting her arms behind her head. Micheal moved behind Hitomi and pushed her. He pushed his partner to her first class, a history class, which she shared with Weiss and Blake.
"Micheal, I expect to see to you in the library later, my last class ends at 4:30 so I'll be there around five, I need to stop by the medical ward first for my final checkup," Weiss said.
Micheal nodded "Okay, Weiss, I'll see you there then," and he left the classroom. Micheal began to walk to the library. He followed the signs that hung needlessly high in the hallways. The grey-haired boy spotted Ozpin on his way to the library. He saw this as a chance to fix his name. He noticed that Ozpin's right arm is in a sling. Something he received from fighting Magaru. The wolf faunus said "Hey, Professor Ozpin," and the headmaster turned to see his caller.
"I'm in a bit of a hurry, Mr. Law, what do you need," Ozpin stated firmly staring at Micheal.
"Nothing much sir, just that the school misspelled my name," The wolf faunus said.
"Interesting, what part of the name is misspelled and how do you spell it then," Ozpin asked with a quirked eyebrow.
"Just my first name sir, I spell the last three letters -eal, not –ael," Micheal said scratching the back of his head.
"I'll get that fixed then, is that all," the headmaster said.
"Yes sir and Thank you, sorry for holding you up," Micheal said scratching the back of his head.
"Its fine, Mr. Law, I am always willing to help my students," Ozpin said and Micheal continues his way to the library.
Micheal eventually reached the library ten minutes later. It took him longer than he expected as Beacon is huge. He found out the library is its own building. The wolf faunus stared in awe at how huge the library was. The library is a huge building with two floors with rows of massive bookshelves containing too many books for Micheal to count. The bookshelves appeared to be at least twenty feet high. The second floor is split into two sections one on each side of the building on top of the tall bookshelves with support beams attached to the bookshelves. The second floor has more bookshelves, but these were regular sized bookshelves. A gap separated the two sections. Next to the bookshelves are many tables with four chairs to a table. Micheal noticed students were in the library sitting at the tables. He saw a few just chatting away and others doing school work or reading. He noticed a few of them are sitting in front of a green hologram. The wolf faunus also see them tapping on a hologram. He guesses that is the computer he will be using.
Micheal looked around and found a counter with a sign below it. It said "Check out/help desk," and he walked over to it. He didn't see anyone behind the counter. The wolf faunus stopped in front of the desk and saw a nameplate and a bell next to the plate. The nameplate read "Maria Brown, Librarian," and Micheal then tapped the bell.
He heard a soft, gentle voice say "Give me second," from his right. Micheal waited for a minute looking around. He heard the same voice for earlier "Sorry to keep you waiting, how may I help you," turning his attention to the voice.
Micheal sees a middle-aged woman in front of him. She is around average height or slightly taller than average. She has brown hair and hazel eyes. Micheal sees two brown floppy ears on her head. Micheal sees a brown tail with a white tip behind her, unlike his tail, it isn't bushy. She has a lithe body build. She is wearing a white dress shirt and black suit pants. She has small reading glasses on her face. Micheal asked "Ms. Grace, I presume," and the lady smiled.
"You presume right, again how may I help you," the librarian said.
The wolf faunus said "I have a few questions actually," and Maria gestured her hand for him to continue. He took a breath "I'm new here and I don't know how to use the computers, I also wonder if there are any private rooms for me to study in, and finally…," Micheal wasn't sure if it was called Wi-Fi. It is a different world after all. 'Aw, what the hell,' he thought. He asked anyway "What is the Wi-Fi code," not sure what to expect. Maria walked around the desk.
"Follow me Mr.…," Maria said. She left an opening for the student to tell her his name.
Micheal said his name for her "Law, Micheal Canus Law," following Maria.
"Oh, so you're the wolf faunus that Ozpin told us about," The librarian said with a bit of excitement. She led Micheal over to the closest table. She said "It's amazing that one survived, I bet many people would rejoice, after hearing that you are alive, I have to ask though, how did you survive," turning to Micheal.
"I never grew up in the village that wolf faunus lived in, I was in an orphanage till I was five and then got adopted, and I lived there till I was sixteen and began drifting," he sighed telling the story again.
"What orphanage," Maria asked.
"I don't remember, I was really young at the time," Micheal said and the librarian nodded.
"Ah, alright, It's strange that people don't notice a wolf faunus walking around, but then again, people would probably think your just a dog faunus, since most people have never seen a wolf faunus and some dog faunus do look a lot like wolf faunus," The librarian said with a shrug at the end. She pulled one of the chairs out the closest table. She said "Sit down please," and Micheal did as he was told too. Maria pushed him close to the table. The wolf faunus notices two of some kind of object in the middle of the table. He isn't sure how to describe it. It is some kind of T-shaped object. It is made of two white rods and is attached to the table. There are two rectangular pieces on the top part of the T. There one for each side and point in opposite directions, one toward Micheal the other to the other side of the table.
Maria said "Hold your hands out where mine is, except in front of yourself," position her arms as she talked. Micheal moved his hands where hers are in front of himself. A second later two green holograms of different sizes appeared. The bigger of the two holograms showed two white rectangles. It said "Login," above the rectangles with "Username, Password," next to the rectangles. The smaller of the two holograms is basically is a green see-through keyboard. Maria said "Your username is your last name plus your student ID number, no spaces, your ID number is in your school issued scroll, in the info section of your settings, and the password is Beacon, the, e, is a 3 with a hashtag at the end, this also the Wi-Fi code, once you login the computer stays on till you log off, so make sure you log off or other students may use your account to do inappropriate things that could get you in a lot of trouble, you can log off by taping the little icon in the bottom left corner, and tapping log off, and there are eight private rooms, four on the bottom floor located in the back, and four on top located in the corners of the building, if you have any more questions come get me," then she left.
Micheal pulled out his scroll and opened it. The hologram disappeared as he pulled his hands away. He looked around the screen. He sees a few icons, a gear, a magnifying glass, and a small house. He also sees a couple folders, one labeled contacts, and the other notes. The strangest icon he sees is an app titled "Grimm Wars," with the picture of a grimm mask on it. He has given it a strange look every time he sees it but has ignored the app. Micheal had realized when they taught him basic operations of his scroll is how similar it is to the iPad he had. The wolf faunus fiddle with it a bit more in the hospital and adjusted to it fairly quickly. The only real difference was he could create notepads and folders like the ones on his laptop instead of putting things in a note app. The wolf faunus tapped the gear. He scrolled through the settings menu till he found info. He tapped on it and saw his ID number. He puts his scroll down in front of him. He put his hands in front of him and the hologram appeared again. He types in his username and the password, looking down at the scroll to make sure the number is correct. He presses enter and the big screen said "Welcome Micheal," and Micheal smiled. He liked how fast that was fixed. It took a second for the screen to show the desktop. The background picture is Beacon's symbol. There are a few icons in the top left corner, a bookshelf, a trash can, another magnifying glass, and a computer.
The wolf faunus looked down and moved his right hand to the side. He hopes that a hologram of a mouse pad would show up but to no avail. Micheal groaned as he never liked touch screens for computers, it just strange and unnatural to him. He clicked on the bookshelf as he guesses that this is the library's personal program. A window opened and it said in big letters on top "Beacon Academy Library," and under listed different kinds of books. They covered a wide variety of topics from the history of hunters to creatures of grimm to aura. It even has regular books ranging romance to comedy to action. Micheal sees a search bar below the name. He taps on it and types in aura. A total of eight thousand results showed up. The wolf faunus sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. He scolded himself mentally 'Why did I do that, of course, there would be thousands of results,' and taps the search bar again. He adds basics to end of it and this time only two hundred results showed up. Micheal looked at the results hoping for something like "Aura for Dummies," but found nothing of the sort.
The wolf faunus found none of the result particularly interesting. He eventually settled on "Aura: Understanding and Manifesting," and opened his notes folder on his scroll. He made a new notepad and typed in the book's library number. He searched up a book about the species of grimm and about sword and shield combat. The wolf faunus wondered about what other of species of grimm he doesn't know about since he saw the Rippers and the Gigas. He is also interested in how to improve his swordplay. Micheal settled on "Grimm of Vale," and "The Fundaments of Swordplay," and typed their book numbers into his scroll. Micheal logged off the computer and left the table. He kept his scroll in front of him as he looked for the books. The wolf faunus walked around the library to find his books. It took him about half an hour to find his books, due to one needing a ladder reach and the books being spread out amongst the library.
The wolf faunus walked into a private room and closed the door behind him. He flicks the light switch. The room didn't have much to it. It just has a table with four rolling chairs around the table with white walls. Micheal sits in the closet chair to him and put the books on the table. He opens "Aura: Understanding and Manifesting," and begins reading it. He opened his scroll and typed down the most important parts in it. He made a new notepad for this. The wolf faunus remembers some of it, from his time watching the show in his old room. That it's a manifestation of his soul. That was before the show became reality.
That actually confused Micheal, now that he thinks about it. He's not from Remnant and his world doesn't have aura or dust, so how is it that he has an aura or can use dust now. The wolf faunus could understand why he has a new body. This world has different laws of physics than his so he would need a new body to be able to adjust to it. It doesn't explain aura or dust though or how his soul could change between worlds. That might explain why it was finicky though, along with his emotional scar, maybe. It's not natural to his body so his soul was rejecting it or something like that. When Hitomi used her aura to activate, instead of activating it, she stabilized it and essentially forced his soul to accept it, or something like that. That was his theory at least. The wolf faunus did wonder if he could do some of his physical capabilities from his world. He wasn't too sure he would because of his new body. Micheal also wonders why Order is with him or how it came to exist as well, though he's not complaining, as he doesn't have to worry about making a weapon. It just doesn't make sense to him, but he decided to drop it for now. It's not something he needs to worry about right now. He may never figure out anyway.
The book told him about certain basic abilities of aura. He could use it offensively, like increasing the power of his strikes, sending shockwaves, increasing the sharpness of one's weapon. It can be used defensively, like making a barrier around one's body to shield from damage and increasing a weapon's durability. Micheal knew aura already made a barrier around his body from his experience from the Gigas, but he could amplify it by concentrating. It also has the ability to heal wounds and unlock other's aura. The book states that one's weapon and tools are conduits for a person's aura. Aura can make a weapon feel lighter in the user's hand than it actually is. Micheal guessed that why he could barely feel any of Order's weight. It finally said that when a person unlocked their aura would soon be able to manifest a semblance.
It then got to what Micheal wanted to know most of all, manifesting aura. It stated that the easiest way to start is to concentrate on a single part of your body. It suggested starting with your hand. It said to keep concentrating till your hand started to glow. Micheal put the book down and held his hand open in front of him. Micheal remembers trying this for dust before. That was before he had his aura activated, or apparently partially activated. Micheal also didn't understand how aura can be partially activated but found no use in trying to figure it out right now. He just knew that his emotional scar is preventing it from fully activating. Micheal shook his head for getting off task. Micheal concentrated on his hand. He did this for a couple minutes and his hand began to glow a light green. The wolf faunus looks back at the book. He noticed the glow went away immediately. The book stated that he should do this till he can summon the glow without thinking about it. That he should summon the glow on other parts of his body as well. Micheal closed the book and went back to concentrating on manifesting the glow. He continued to manifest aura until he began to grow a little tired of both the act and just tired in general.
He took a breath. It amazed Micheal that doing something small as that could make him little tired. The wolf faunus got the glow to appear on other parts of his body as well like his tail, feet, and head. He decided to take a break from aura to look at the other books. He opened "Grimm of Vale," to see what it contained. It contained what it says, what creatures of grimm inhabit Vale. It contained drawn pictures of each kind of grimm. Each grimm has a few pages for each species describing their abilities and habits. Micheal found the grimm he expected to see in this world like Beowolfs, Ursa, and Nevermores, and the ones he didn't expect to see, like the Ripper and the Gigas. The wolf faunus skimmed through the pages looking at the names and pictures of grimm mainly. He noticed that, aside from the Ripper and the Gigas, a few other species of grimm resembled prehistoric animals he knew. He sees a couple more dinosaurs, like Suchomimus and Carnotaurus, to an ancient croc, Sarcosuchus, and a pterosaur, Quetzalcoatlus. He recognized mainly because of the body build, but they still had the bone plate and some have spikes. Micheal wondered how grimm could do that, but then again how a Grimm come to be is still a mystery.
Micheal put the book to the side and grabbed the last book. He noticed the author's name is Maximilian Arc. Micheal wondered if he is related to Jaune. He will have to ask Jaune when he gets the chance. The wolf faunus opened the book. He found the text to go into lot details of different types of swordplay, like single-handed, sword and shield, two-handed, and dual-wielding. It stated the different types of grips for different styles. It has pictures of different types of motions of swinging a sword. It stated different types of exercises for each style and safety measures to take. The wolf faunus found himself entranced by the text. It wasn't boring in the slightest. Micheal really wished he had Order's sword right now to at least practice grip and swings with a weapon in hand.
He looked at the time on his scroll. It showed to be one pm. The wolf faunus founded himself amazed at how much time has passed. He heard his stomach growling and sighed. Micheal thought 'I've been sighing a lot these days, I need to lighten up a bit more, no point in making things worse than they are,' and decided to skip lunch again. He had skipped it yesterday along with dinner as well. The wolf faunus thanked Ozpin for giving him a small amount of lien to eat the food served here. Unfortunately, the lien is almost out and Ozpin isn't going to supply him with more. He tried to ask a couple days ago when he ran into the headmaster on his way to one of his afternoon classes. He decides to take a break from the book. Micheal opened up a browser on his scroll. The wolf faunus looked up to see if other aspects of his world are here. He wasn't looking for anything major just minor things like video games, music, movies, etc. He found that apparently there are consoles like the PlayStation 3 and 4, Wii, Xbox 360, and WiiU are here. Micheal chuckled at the thought of seeing a Vale branch of Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. Micheal saw a few Disney and Pixar movies as well as other movies he recognized. The wolf faunus saw that most of his music result showed Jeff Williams as the main result. He shook his head. He liked Jeff Williams, but still wanted to listen to other people as well. There were some other bands, but he didn't recognize them. They did cover a variety of music though, from rock to country and to pop. Micheal closed his scroll and went back to studying the fundamentals of swordplay.
A few hours later
Weiss entered the library. She had gotten out of her last class a little early and went to the medical ward. She had to do one last check-up and return the sling. She looked around the library and saw the front desk with Maria behind it reading a book. Weiss groaned at the aspect of talking to a faunus. She still doesn't like faunus, despite living with a few right now, one she currently doesn't know about. She sighed and walked up to the desk. She had to make sure someone saw Micheal had come to the library. Weiss saw Maria's ears twitch as she got closer. She stood in front of the desk. Maria asked "How can I help," putting her book down.
Weiss asked "I'm looking for a someone, a wolf faunus, is he here, he has a scar down the middle of his face and has grey hair," and Maria smiled.
She said, "Yes Mr. Law is here, he's probably is in one of the private study rooms, unfortunately, I don't know which one, there are four rooms located the back on this floor and four located in the corners of the second floor."
Weiss said "Thank you," and walked off. The heiress pulled out her scroll. She sent a message to Micheal asking "Where are you," and waited for a response. Her scroll went off a few seconds later. She looked at the message. It said "Private study room, first floor, last one on the left," and Weiss closed the scroll. Weiss found the room a moment later. She opened the door and found Micheal with his head in his hand staring off not really focusing on anything. She sees three books in front of Micheal with one open directly in front of him. Weiss closed the door behind her "What are you doing," then Micheal snapped out of his daze. He looks at Weiss.
"Taking a short break, Weiss," he said and Weiss narrowed her eyes slightly.
She asked "Did you even study at all or did you do nothing and just opened the book when I messaged you," as she sat in a chair across the table. The wolf faunus handed his scroll to Weiss. Weiss took the scroll and looked at it. It is opened on a notepad with various notes on aura and swordplay. Weiss said "Alright, you were studying, but what were you doing just now and why do you have notes on swordplay," with a raised eyebrow.
Micheal sighs "I was thinking about my life now, how much it's changed, I mean…, I never thought I'd be attending Beacon, If I didn't meet Ruby a couple weeks ago I would just be drifting through life, trying to get over my own depression and trying to find a place to call my own, and as far as swordplay goes, I was just looking up ways to improve it," and Weiss placed the scroll down.
Weiss said "I've been meaning to ask you about that," and Micheal tilted his head confused. The heiress said, "Your depression, I know you said the reason of it, but I'm wondering if it will get in the way or hold the team back, I don't want a liability on the team."
Micheal said "Don't worry I'll be fine, I'll admit I overdid it Monday," closing one eye and scratching the back of his head.
"I would say so," Weiss commented.
"Some days are worse than others and that was a bad day, but It won't get in the way I promise, I've had a year to mitigate and work past it, for the most part, believe me, if you had met me a year ago, I didn't want to do anything, I had just about given up on life," Micheal said with both of his eyes closed. A frown formed on his face.
"What motivated you to change," Weiss asked.
"Julie," Micheal said with a sad smile on his face.
"Who," Weiss asked.
"Julia Love, she is the person I parted ways with, she was my childhood friend, girlfriend, and the love of my life," Micheal said opening his eyes. He turned his attention to Weiss.
"What did she do to motivate you," Weiss asked.
Micheal said "She would kick my ass if I stayed depressed all the time, and I mean that both figuratively and literally," and got a confused look from his teammate. The wolf faunus chuckled "She was an interesting person, she wasn't afraid of giving me a beating when I needed it, but she was also was there to take care of me and tend to bruises she inflicted, I'd say about somewhere between twenty to thirty percent of all the bruises I've had in my life is from her," with his smile growing bigger.
"That sounds…," Weiss tried to comment, her face showing concern.
Micheal finished for her "Abusive, some other bad relationship word I can't think of right now, it may seem that way to people who didn't know us, but that's how we got along, I mean we did regular couple things like cuddling and kissing, but she just was ready to teach me a lesson in her own way, no relationship is perfect and some relationships are just strange, despite the beating she would give me a beating every once in a while, we were a normal couple, plus she also taught me many things as well, like how to never give up on life no matter what or she will kick my ass," rubbing the back of his neck.
The heiress said, "Well, you seem to have no problem talking about her."
Micheal asked "Why would I, the parting was and still is hard, but we had so many good memories together, why wouldn't I want to talk about her, I don't want to forget her or times we had," with a sigh at the end.
Weiss said, "I would think to talk about her would bring up painful memories."
Micheal said "Fair enough, but no, I have no trouble talking about her," gesturing his hand in understanding. He said "Sorry if bored you," scratching the back of his head.
Weiss said "No your fine, it's was a little interesting, but let's get back to aura," with a small smile. Micheal nodded and grabbed his scroll. The white-haired girl asked "What is aura," with a serious face.
Micheal took a breath "Basically a manifestation of my soul, it's also one of my main tools for fighting the grimm," remembering from what he read.
"What are its applications in combat," Weiss asked continuing her quiz.
Micheal answered "It can be used offensively; I can increase the power of my strikes, sharpen the blade of my weapon, and send short ranged shockwaves to propel small objects at high speeds or hit my enemy. I can use it defensively, strength the barrier around my body to endure hits, strength my weapon to block hits that it would be unable to block, It can be used for healing me or my teammate's wounds," and Weiss nodded.
"Finally, what are some other effects or applications of aura," Weiss asked intertwining her fingers together and resting her head on her hands.
Micheal said "I can use Aura to unlock other's aura, it also makes a person's weapon lighter in their hand or at least feel lighter, a person's semblance eventually appeared after aura is active, then aura is used to manifest a person's semblance," with a exhale at the end.
"Good, now let's manifest your aura," Weiss said separating her hands. The heiress held up her hand. Her hand glows a light blue a second later without the heiress looking at it. Micheal held up his hand and looked at it. He concentrated and a minute later it glows light green.
"Green, I thought you would have a grey aura," Weiss commented and Micheal shrugged. The wolf faunus noticed that the glow on Weiss' hand didn't go away while she was looking at him. He saw his glow disappear when looked away. Weiss said "Well you can manifest it at least, but we need to get it to where you can summon it instantly and be able to hold it without fully concentrating on it," with an annoyed sigh at the end. Weiss said "Alright, let's continue this for a few more minutes," and Micheal nodded.
Weiss continued to drill Micheal on aura manifesting for thirty minutes straight. Weiss said "Alright, we're done, for now, I think we made some good progress today," getting up.
"I'm pretty sure a few minutes is at the most five minutes, not thirty," Micheal said with a huff at the end. He was tired. Weiss drilled him till he was able to hold the glow without fully concentrating on it and it took a lot out of him surprisingly. He was breathing a little harder than usual.
"We wouldn't have to do this if you knew how to use aura," Weiss said plainly while pushing her chair in.
"I know," Micheal sighed and got up from his chair. After pushing his chair in, he went and opened the door for his teammate. The heiress walked out of the room with a "Thank you," and Micheal closed the door behind them. The wolf faunus checked out all three books. The duo left the library and on their way to the dorms.
After a few minutes of walking, Weiss asked "Micheal, what is Beacon to you, are you attending Beacon to become a hunter or are you running from your past," and Micheal thought about it. He never thought he would be attending Beacon, but here he is. It was strange for fantasy to become reality. He has had some bad things happen in his life, some things he rather not talk about ever, other than his depression and some bad memories; none of his old troubles are here. He can start over with a clean slate. 'This might be the thing I needed to move on, while I was ripped from my world and I've been lucky for the most part on getting here, I have a second chance at life,' the grey-haired boy thought.
"A second chance at life, my old life can't bother me here. I can start over, I may have gotten this chance by luck, but I'm not going to waste it," The wolf faunus said looking up at the sky. Weiss gave an 'hmm' in response, acknowledging his answer.
Weiss remembered his lack of attendance at lunch and dinner "You weren't at lunch again, plus you skipped dinner last night, why is that, studying is good, but not at the cost of your own health, you can study in the dining hall," glaring at Micheal.
"I have no money Weiss, the food here isn't free," Micheal said with a sigh.
"Then how have you been eating this week," Weiss asked.
"Ozpin gave me a small amount of money for this week," Micheal replied looking at Weiss.
"Just ask him for more," Weiss said giving him a bored expression. It seemed like an easy solution to her.
"He's not giving me anymore, in fact, I think he's done helping me now," The wolf faunus said shooting his arms up in the air in frustration for a second, his tail matching his arms' motion.
"Helping you," Weiss raised an eyebrow. Micheal tiled his head back and groaned.
"Yeah, he's been helping me, he gave me the suitcase, he's the reason I even have more than one set of clothes and a place to put my dust," He said turning his attention back to Weiss.
"I do remember you thanking him after initiation, so you have nothing at all, aside from what was in the suitcase, the dust case, and a weapon," Weiss said and the wolf faunus nodded. She closed her eye and began to think of an idea. 'Great, he's broke too, but I could turn this into an opportunity to motivate him to improve,' the heiress thought. A small smile formed on her lips when an idea developed in her head.
"Yeah, I have no lien, so I can't get school supplies, so I've been using my scroll to take notes, I can't more dust, more clothes, and most importantly food to eat, I don't know what I'm going to do," He said rubbing his forehead looking down. 'My new life and I can't pay for anything, what a shitty start to it,' he thought
What Micheal heard next surprised him "I'll pay for you," and looked at Weiss.
"Are you sure, I mean that would be amazing, but wouldn't that be expensive for you," Micheal asked stopping in place.
"Who do you think you're talking to," Weiss asked stopping as well and tapping her foot. She put her hand on her hips.
"Weiss Schnee," Micheal said questioningly.
"That's right, Weiss Schnee, heiress of Schnee Dust Company," Weiss snorted stomping her foot down.
"Oh right, rich girl, extremely rich girl, but still are you sure," Micheal said still not sure of Weiss intentions.
"Yes I'm sure, clothes, school supplies, that's nothing, and I can just order dust for us, I said I would train you if we were on the same team and I will, I just want to work on your aura right now, so I think I can pay for you," Weiss said crossing her arms.
"Thank you, Weiss," Micheal said. He felt relieved at his luck.
The heiress huffed "You're not getting this for free."
"Okay, what do you want," The wolf faunus asked nervously about the response. He hoped it wasn't too much, but in his short time with Weiss and knowing she was a perfectionist. It was going to be one heck of a deal.
Weiss started her bargain "Here's the deal, if you want me to support you, you're going to have to meet my standards, I don't want to see any lower than an A in all your classes, I'm going to drill you hard on the weekends and on weekdays, if we have time, to get you up to speed on aura, dust, and combat experience, so don't expect many breaks, if any, on the weekends, you brought this upon yourself, so no complaining, and last on top of all that you going to earn every single lien I spend on you."
"Wait, those other two aren't enough, what else do I have to do," Micheal went wide-eyed already not liking the deal. His face grimaced as the deal went on.
Weiss glared "No, I will hire you to be my personal servant and you have to do whatever I say, I will pay you, so this way you have some lien to spend on yourself, but whatever I spend on you will come out of your check, if you complain about anything or slip up in your classes I will stop supporting you, do we have a deal," holding out her hand. Micheal didn't like the requirements of the deal, but if he doesn't want to worry about lien then he has no choice.
"Alright, If that's the price I pay to not worry about lien issues, I won't let you down, I'm at your command my lady," The wolf faunus said shaking her hand. 'I just hope I don't die from being overworking by Weiss,' he worried mentally.
"You better not," Weiss said beginning to walk again.
"Seriously though, thank you, Weiss," Micheal said with a smile and followed behind her, his tail wagging slowly behind him.
"You're welcome," Weiss said and the duo continued their walk in silence.
Author's Notes: As always criticism is good.
First thing, I'm sorry this took so long. I choose a lovely time to start a story. Well, regardless I managed to write this. As I said, I am going to write and finish this story and I'm going to stay true to that, no matter how long it takes. Now, this isn't the most exciting chapter I have ever written or ever will write, but take it as me staying true to my word about writing this story. I've made the commitment to myself and I'm going to do it.
I guess I should say that writing the chapter or story isn't the hard part per se. It's getting started on writing the chapter. Since I don't have episodes to follow I have to make me something like a flowchart, but not exactly a flow chart. I can't think of what I'm trying to say it is. It's really a bunch of bullet points, representing scenes, organized in order of when they happen the chapter. It may not be called anything, but whatever works. While I have the scenes in the chapter down in order; I need to write down the sentences that lead up to the scene. Once I get going, I don't have any trouble writing the chapter, save a few minor parts on how I want to handle them.
While writing this chapter I had gone back to other chapters to see how I could improve them. As I was reading them again, I noticed that some of my weakest points were the conversations, to me at the very least and to others as well. I feel like the idea of some of the conversations, and some other things of the story were solid or okay, but not written well. I decided that I could try and act out the scene a bit to see how they could be improved. I added a few things to the story, mostly minor things, like Micheal having a minor problem because of his new tail, like sleeping position and getting dressed, and how he described night vision. The only major change I have made is how Magaru attacked Beacon. I made it so Magaru is more of a threat; otherwise, it's still the same. It's closer to the original idea of the scene and I like it better this way, but it's still not perfect yet. I also didn't want Scourges, my wyvern grimm, to be introduced that early. I also found a reasonable rate for aura to enhance the healing of bones. I decided that regular auras heal bones 20%-30% faster than a normal person. The more important the bone, like a spine, the faster it heals. Whereas Micheal's aura cuts the amount of time in which bones need to heal by half, regardless of which bone it is. I also added some changes to my author's notes of older chapters, nothing really major.
If you're asking why am I still editing old chapters or something like that? It's because sometimes I might encounter a problem and I don't know who to handle it at the time. So, when I have free time and I go back and look at the problem. I think about it and if I can't find a solution at the time I'll move on and come back to it. Even if I have finished a chapter it's never done. I always notice errors, missing comma, poor wording or just something that could be worded better, etc. I'm just one guy writing this by myself. I ask for no sympathy on that though. I have to proof read myself all the time so I can notice these problems. I forget sometimes that I'm writing for an audience and write as if I'm writing for myself. It's part of why I asked for criticism. It's not only so I can improve my writing, but it's also where I can locate these problems and learn how to handle them.
I will say that those are the last of the dinosaur grimm, except for one more, I have created. I have other kinds of grimm created, I just love dinosaurs and the aspect of monster that look like dinosaurs. I know pterosaurs aren't dinosaurs, but it's just easier to call them that.
I had a talk with a friend of mine about what would happen if you appeared in another world, like for say Remnant, a world that has different rules of physics and has powers in it. We had talked about if our bodies would change and he said it would make sense, as our bodies would need to be able to handle the new physics.
The idea of Micheal being Weiss' servant and Weiss being his benefactor has been in my head for a while. I really doubt that Beacon's food is free as it's still a school that needs to pay its teachers, fix damages to school from student breaking things, get practice equipment to students, etc. I mean just because you're funded by a country or companies that support you doesn't mean that money is enough to pay for everything. I would imagine on-campus stores like college bookstores, so students can buy school supplies, would be there. So, Micheal needs a way to pay for these things as he would have no lien. I had thought of doing this later and basically for free but decided that he would need the money as soon as possible and he would have to work for it.
This story is mainly from Micheal's perspective, but I want to do other perspectives as well. The main thing I'm going to have problems with is trying to stay in character. Oh well, it's going to be a learning experience and plus I could always read other people's stories to understand how to keep up with these character's personalities. I also gave up on naming chapters as that was also holding my writing back. I also couldn't think of good names for chapters.
