Hello once more dear readers. Its Lost. Today I had an early shift so here is the chapter early.
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Empetiness: yeah its Pyyrah. A 5 year old Pyyrah who hasn't gone though her life of fighting in a Colosseum for training and being the best of the best. She isn't Achilles status yet, a character has to properly climb to that point. Especially if you're making a story with the characters growing up over time. Unfortunately in the show she never got to develop more as a character, she was only a catalyst for OTHER characters to develop. So I plan on saving the best girl, and so I'm giving her actual development. Also your telling me a non reincarnate child would have to willpower and wherewithal to not breakdown into a sobbing mess from the feeling of your Soul breaking? Anyway sorry for tearing your head off there, glad you enjoyed.
Scurra71900: Glad you enjoyed.
Magase:Well I dont know what Full Counter is, but in regards to changes to his being, yes there will be. It's not like he just ate the Grimm essence of any old Grimm. It was essence from Salem herself. What would have taken months of eating pure Grimm creatures pretty much hit him all at once. It was an instant change, not gradual.
Anyway standard platitudes about ownership. Also I never said this when referencing him but , RIP Monty, I hope wherever you are, your happy and making vibrant worlds once more.
Pain. As if someone decided I was a live action game of operation but the tweezers were made of pure alchohol and salt.
Most people try to describe pain using analogies like so, but this pain wasn't so mundane. It was unknowable and indescribable.
I'm sure that if it wasn't for whatever the Brothers did to me upon my reincarnation, I'm sure my mind would have been destroyed by such pain and my body would have shut down. Though for all I know and I'm dead again but this time my afterlife is a fanciful continuation of the last.
Sorta like Final Fantasy 6. Wait was Squall in six ? Well I dont have google in this life, cant find out. (I know it was final Fantasy 8)
Well whether or not this is just a dream from my death or breaking of my mind from the pain, I'm still here. In the hallway outside of my family's rooms that is.
However the view in front of me has changed drastically.
What was once an immaculate white marble hallway with paintings, elaborate tapestries, and well crafted wooden furniture, is an rapidly cooling obsidian landscape. The ground within a five foot radius of me, which was obsidian and granite already, has been powdered into fine glass dust with a warmth radiating into my body.
Where Salem once stood, is a charred black skeleton looking at me with black and red eyes as its skin sloughs off as it backs away from me into a dark portal.
"Child... we will meet once more, of that be sure, but until then, enjoy the piece if me you have stolen. I'm sure you will come to see things my way." Salem's disembodied voice comes from the skeleton as it passes through the portal to wherever her base is held.
With her presence gone, the pain in my eyes and horns fade as I cough out blood and cry tears of blood.
"DORIAN!? DORIAN WHAT HAPPENED? Are you alright?" Pyyrah yells as the door to her room turns to dust and she runs towards me.
"Dorian your eyes, your eyes are bleeding. They even partially changed color. What happened?" She fires off rapidly as I try to understand why I'm still alive if Salem was still fine and powerful enough to portal away.
Looking around I see my scroll partially charred and the call with Qrow still connected by some miracle.
"Pyyrah, please. Go get dad and Mr. Soturi. Tell them we need medical attention. We need two medical bullheads, one for me, and another for a friend that is at a vineyard southwest of the city. Can you do that please? I'm in a lot of pain here." I say as I sit against the now obsidian wall, letting its soothing warm press into my muscles and bones.
"Dorian, the wall is still glowing hot. How are you not burning?" She says as she still stands a little ways away to not get burned by the air.
Huh, guess these scales of mine might be from a dragon. Are there dragon faunus? I know there are lizard and avian faunus.
The fuck did the Brothers make me.
"Pyyrah please go." I say with a wince and sharp exhalation of breath.
"Sorry! I'll go get them now." She says as she runs down the hallway.
With her gone I'll nod have a small amount of time to talk to Qrow.
"Qrow you there still?" I say bringing the scroll to my ear.
"Yeah kid, I'm guessing by the fact there was a loud whooshing noise and the fact you're still talking, you survived your encounter with Salem. What the hell happened kid?"
"My semblance happened, that and I did that glowy eye thing summer probably did bit times a hundred. Everything in front of me turned into obsidian. Volcanic glass dude. What the fuck?" I say chuckling at the absurdity. "Anyway, a medical bullhead is gonna be on the way to you soon, make sure you got your emergency beacon on your scroll active. Is Summer still stable?"
Shit my eyes are burning still.
"Yeah she is. I'm guessing by the sound of things, well be seeing each other sooner rather than later. Make sure you got my flask. It's a collectable."
"Oh fuck you and your Brothers damned flask. For that I'm keeping this thing. Either get sober or find yourself a new one." Asshole I swear.
"Yeah well fuck you too kid... hey."
"Wassup?" I say slightly slurring from exhaustion.
"For what it's worth kid, thank you. Youre a better person than most. Thank you for telling me the truth and trying to look out for my family. Even if you're an asshole about it." He says with an embarrassed tone.
"Qrow Branwen, are you going soft on me? What has the world come to? First I kick the shit outta Salem and now you're showing appreciation. Damn the world must be coming to an end sooner than I thought." I say with a smile. Holding my eyes shut to prevent the air from irritating them.
Huh, the dust is glass isn't it? Does that mean if I eat it, my semblance will counter Cinder's? Only one way to find out.
With that I use my semblance's passive ability to consume anything for the second time and eat the obsidian dust.
Huh, tastes like fun dip.(Dont eat obsidian dust kids. Doesnt actually taste like fun dip, probably more like ash and blood going down shredding your throat. This has been the daily PSA)
After eating the dust, I feel a connection with the marble, granite, and obsidian around me and feel as if I can mold it's very being with nary a thought.
Cool.
With that I hear footsteps and open my eyes to see Antonious and Jade looking wideyed at the destruction going down the hallway.
"Dorian son. What happened here? Why is everything burnt?" My father says ignoring the heat around me and stepping towards me with a concerned look on his face." Your eyes aren't just silver anymore either." He says as he takes a picture of my bleeding face and shows me what I look like.
I have to say I look like hell in a handbasket. That's mostly from the blood and soot covering my face though.
The real changes are mainly my eyes and horns, as well as a few of my teeth. Didnt even know I had my mouth hanging open either.
Hope I didnt catch any flies... nah they woulda all burned.
First off let's start with my horns and teeth. My horns grew out even more and the Celtic knots that were along my horns have grown jagged as if made to represent a thornbush. A few of my teeth, not just my canine teeth, have grown sharper and curved towards the inside of my mouth.
Then we got my eyes. Now they are no longer just silver.
I mean they are still mostly silver but around my pupil and my pupil itself, the color has changed. Now my pupil is an angry burning gold while a thin outline of it is bright crimson, making my reptilian eyes look as if they're a burning star collapsing in upon itself. (Still silver irises but with gold and red pupil)
My eyes look as if they're becoming Grimm.
Guess this is that corruption the Brothers were talking about when it came to my semblance. This must also think that with this she can control me at a later point if the corruption continues to spread.
Jokes on her, I'm pretty sure that after eating a part of her Grimm essence, I won't need to consume any more Grimm to be able to destroy Grimm with a thought. Probably with exception to the oldest of Grimm. Like the Grimm Dragon in Mountain Glenn.
Wait if I eat part of the Grimm dragon, would that make me cannibalistic?
Eh, shower thoughts I guess.
"Well I got a call from my friend I made before the adoption. He was calling me to ask for help to get a friend to the hospital for help. I was walking towards your rooms to get help and see if we can head to the hospital to meet with them after getting them an airlift. I actually have him on the scroll right now. Can we get them a lift? His friend is sorta dying." I say leaning my head back.
" Of course, Mr. Soturi, please call the hospital and get them to send two bullheads, tell them Antonious Nikos needs them. Where are your friends Dorian?" He asks in a commanding controlled manner with worry still evident in his eyes.
"Theyre to the southwest of the city near a vineyard, he said. He has his emergency beacon on." I immediately reply. No way in hell I'm letting Summer die after the bullshit I just went through in taking the heat off her.
"You heard him Jade. Go! Now I want you to tell me what happened Dorian." He says putting a hand on my shoulder.
"Ok. I was on my way to the rooms. Midway, there was a lady in the hallway. I dont know who she was. She was tall and pale. Her hair a dead white done up in pins, while her eyes were black and red. Her veins shone through her skin, pulsing with darkness. She looked at me and said something about my eyes. Then *hic* there were dark tendrils around her heading towards me.*Sob* Then one of them came at my head then one of them went in my mouth and *sob* there was so much pain. My eyes and horns burned with so much pain that the world went white. Then I can see again and she was gone and everything was burning. Dad*sob* please.*hic* I dont want anymore pain." I "breakdown" crying more tears of blood as he pulls me in for a hug.
Not like it was hard to start crying from the pain anyway. If there is one thing I learned from this day. Dealing with Salem will involve a lot of pain.
'Next time though, it'll be only her hurting. I'll make damn sure of it. ' I think to myself as I fall asleep leaning on my father.
-The next morning-
Waking up the next morning, I see that I am for sure not in my room.
What with the heartbeat monitor and IV and all that.
Looking around some more, I look towards the window and see Pyyrah and my father asleep on the couch, with her head in his lap with his head hanging low.
Sitting up I notice that my eyes and body are no longer in pain. In fact I feel stronger and more full of energy than i have in years. Even before my reincarnation.
Apparently the sound of my sitting up was enough to wake up my little sister as she stirs and eventually sits up.
Of course this wakes my father as well and they both turn to see me sitting up in the bed.
"*hic* Dorian*hic*. Your ok." Pyyrah says as she quietly crys and walks to the bed to hug me.
"Yeah sis. I'm ok now." I say as her grip tightens around my neck and she starts shaking.
"Uh Pyyrah? Your grip is a little strong here." I say as it slowly gets harder and harder to breath.
"Its good you're ok Dorian. It just means I'll get to KILL YOU FOR WORRYING ME SO MUCH!" She yells as she starts hitting me in the arms and chest.
"AH! AH! STAHP! IM HOSPITALIZED! YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO HIT HOSPITALIZED PEOPLE!" I say in a totally manly roar despite my pre-pubescent voice.(yeah totally)
"Glad to see you so full of energy Son. Means we'll be able to get you and Pyyrah into shape for your Aura training today. Also your... rather colorful friends are in the next room over, turns out all the woman needed was time for her Aura to kick in to start healing. I have some questions about how you seem to be friends with two full fledged and famous hunters." He says with a stern glare.
"Well I'd say that's a conversation that should wait till we're all in the same room. If that's ok with you dad." I say so I could buy time on how to go about this.
"Alright. Well, we'll go over right now so you can get changed." He says as he drags a pouty Pyyrah away and out of the room.
Heh, kids.
After a quick trip to the bathroom and change into a comfortable black t-shirt with red Grimm markings across it and blue jeans with white shoes. Heh, I'm really fighting the edgy kid stereotyping aren't I.
I walk out and turn towards the next room over where I see Qrow standing in front. Walking up to him I nod.
"Hey old man, how ya doing? Been taking your medication?" I say as we fist bump.
"Nah, some snot nosed brat stole it from me. You wouldn't have happened to see him have you? Has scales, horns, and is really short." He says with a smirk.
"Just you wait old man, I'll grow taller."
...
"How is she?" I ask with a serious undertone.
"Shes fine. Shes awake and being here usual hyper self but there is an tension there. She wants to know why I was there. I was hoping you can help me with that." He says scratching the stubble of his beard.
"I will dont worry. Have you called Tai to let him know shes ok and to keep an eye on the kids?" I say hoping Ruby and Yang are alright.
Especially because if Qrow is here, hes not on patch to save those two from that Beowulf pack.
I hope I didnt fuck anything up.
"They're ok. We actually called immediately after Summer woke up. She talked with Tai crying and apologizing for everything and then she talked to the girls to let them know shes going home after this." Good. Dont want the real stars to have died before the curtain even rose.
"Alright that's good. Let's head inside, that way I can finally meet her." I say gather my courage.
"You almost sound longing."
"I've seen a lot Qrow. It'll be nice to have confirmation that I did something right and I stopped a lot of bad from happening. I'll need to talk to you about something later as well Qrow. It's just as important as saving Summer. If anything, its about saving Fall." I say with a small smile at my pun.
"That was just as bad as a pun from Tai." He says with a grimace.
"Untrue, I have class." I say adjusting my collar as if I was wearing a tie. I say and open the door to Summer's hospital room.
Looking in see my dad and sister standing next to a woman in a hospital bed.
On the nightstand next to the bed is a white hooded cloak with a rose pin laying on top of it.
On the bed itself is a person who, just like everyone I've met so far, I never thought in my past life I'd meet.
Summer Rose.
As I look her in her silver eyes she looks back at mine and smiles while saying,
"You have silver eyes."
And with that, that is another chapter out. I'm thinking of doing a double release today. And maybe tomorrow as well.
We shall see.
Anyway glad you dropped by, feel free to review if you feel like it. This has been Lost. See ya.