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-Austin-

Saying Austin had a bad childhood would be an understatement. Originally from Atlas, the silver eyed teen had been living in Vacuo. A lovely faunus couple had taken him in when he was on the streets and treated him like they're own. Frank Avery a deer antler faunus and Helena Avery a wolf tail faunus were his parents and with their love and support, Austin had a great life.

Austin always stood up for faunus at school as there was still prejudice. With a few faunus members he had formed a band with them as Austin learnt to play guitar and the piano along with singing. Helena had sung to Austin when he was little and made an excellent vocal coach as she was once a back up singer in a popular band.

That is where Frank had met her as he owned a small theatre and when the two met they had an instant connection with Helena staying in Vacuo as the two settled down together and when they found Austin they knew he needed their help. With the adoption going through after a couple of months Austin finally told his new parents how he became homeless with no parents and with Frank and Helena Austin could trust again which made everything worse...

On the day when he was 14, coming home from school to find his Mum and Dad on the floor with lacerations and blood everywhere.

Locking eyes with the assailant everything then became a blur as Austin's life was being torn apart once again. The assailant fled and Austin ran straight after him.

The guy wasn't the fastest and Austin could keep up with his speed and gaining little by little, the chase had gone on for more than a couple of minutes as they had ran through the city pushing by people rudely and both were losing stamina, that is until Austin had uncovered his semblance.

Feeling refreshed like he hadn't ran at all Austin sped up catching the tired assailant and tackle him to the ground, pinning him with his legs on the assailant's arms Austin lost in anger started punching his face and kept punching even after the guy had been knocked out.

Only stopping as he was pulled away by a huntsman in a grey shirt with a red cape. The Huntsman's name was Qrow and he walked alongside Austin back into town with the unconscious killer over his shoulder.

That day changed Austin, Qrow kept passing through the City of Vacuo over the years and with his help he had quit the dream of being a musician and on the path to be a Huntsman hoping to help everyone especially for the people who couldn't help themselves as he spent 3 years training and studying even rivalling Qrow in combat with or without a weapon.

When Austin was 17 he applied for Beacon Academy, needing to get out of Vacuo as it cost him too much pain and Qrow apparently put in a good word with Beacon's Headmaster Professor Ozpin.

Eventually the day came to leave Vacuo, visiting his parents grave vowing he would make them proud and to never forget them, bidding them a short farewell before hopping on an Airship, leaving Vacuo and on his way to Beacon wondering if and when he would come back.

-To be continued-