Those dreams were fierce and horrible. Tim often woke up screaming or roaring.
Tonight was worse. He woke up in a cold sweat, the image of Alex Kralie still fresh in his mind. He almost screamed were it not for Michael rushing over to calm him.
"It's alright, Tim, it's ok. Alex Kralie can't hurt you anymore," Michael reassured. "He's dead." Tim's shoulders finally relaxed with obvious relief as he took a few deep breaths. "How did you know I had a nightmare about Alex?" he asked Michael.
Michael sighed. "How do you know what Evan or Noah are having nightmares about before they tell you? It's intuition," Michael replied. "Was this time different, Tim?" "Yeah. It was mostly the same. Caught got dragged into the forest, Alex was going to kill him.. And this time he succeeded."
The two boys fell silent.
"It's gonna be alright, Tim."
Tim went back to sleep, dreaming again of Caught and Rosswood Park.
Patrick stalked through Emerald Forest, snow crunching under his feet. "Lexy-boy," he crooned. "Where are you, little Kralie?"
"Right here." Alex sighed. His tone was sharp and terse - it was clear he didn't want to speak to Patrick a second longer than he had to. "There you are, Sparkles-" "Don't. Call. Me. That." "Fine. Jeez.. You're the one that's been sending nightmares to Wright?" Patrick asked.
Alex nodded.
"You know. Michael's been having these dreams of things to come. He's got future sight as a Semblance. Really interesting stuff.. He saw wolves for Tim. Shards of glass. Stuff relating to our favorite Citrine boys," Patrick began.
"But here's the interesting thing. He saw past the Citrine boys. He saw the ones to come - the boys that will come after Citrine. Blue eyes. A scimitar. Feathered wings. And a silver revolver."
"Shut up, Patrick. We have an agreement still?" Alex snapped. "Yes, Kralie, we do. You get Tim, I get Evan and Noah." "That was all I needed to know."
Alex vanished, leaving Patrick behind with his thoughts.
Patrick chuckled, the air heavy and cold.
"Poor fool Kralie didn't even know he's going to be meeting his maker soon."
Author's Note: Short chapter, but we're gonna be back to business this year. Sorry for not updating - real life intervened to b*tchslap me.
First off, the events of RWBY's Season 4 will have no bearing on any of this AU's events. Second, anybody who manages to guess who Patrick is talking about for the "ones to come" - and subsequently what/who the sequel of Noah Maxwell Takes A Little Trip To Beacon will be focused on - gets a reward of some kind. He's not talking about anybody from the Slenderverse, although we will see the Future versions of Team CTNE and AVNJ in the sequel of this very story.