Hello! I'm back again with another chapter of….
"Skyward Remnants"!
NOW! Before we start, I would love to share the love with all of those who've shared their love with me.
First to…. Ah! Here it is! To jridge I say to you….
jridge: Thank you very much! I'm glad that my story has gotten your hopes up for my series. I don't think that my writing is as good as you say it is, but "to each their own.". I know that I will hit many, many, many, road blocks in both fictional and IRL, but I do not, I repeat, DO NOT plan on dropping this story. Also, I fixed the problem you were talking about. Note to everybody who reads this, don't accidently press Ctrl+V twice, it will make your story show up twice. So I hope you continue reading my work. So, talk to you later. Bye!
P.S: I think you mistyped, so could you please rewrite this sentence. "Aren't the type of author who quite sure before the the project really goes anywhere." I can guess what this says, but you know what they say about assuming.
The next comment is to….. ! (What is it with you people and not capitalizing your name?)
: YOU ARE AN AMAZING COMMENT TO START OFF WITH THIS SERIES.
ARSLOTHES: Looking forward to your next review.
To the Guest who sent me a message on my phone. (Whose name I just found about.)
StillneedanAC: You are a lucky SOB, I do not check my messages often. Luckily, I was making a PS4 account, and saw a message. I read it and am now writing you a message.
I didn't think it was an amazing start at first, but because of you, (and the guy above you) I'm starting to think that it is indeed a good start. Thank you for the compliment on my story, and don't worry, criticize all you want. If you think it's too slow, tell me. If you think it's too fast, tell me. If there isn't enough Zelink, tell me. If you think there isn't enough anything, side quests, items, comedic moments, Grose, Fi, shenanigans. ANYTHING! TELL ME!
By the way, don't worry I have my own pace that I follow. Anyway, hope to see you in the reviews and not in my…..phone.
P.S Hope you get your Air Conditioner.
To ARSLOTHES, who apparently read my comment about capitalization, I say to you this.
ARSLOTHES: I look forward to your next comment, perhaps it will be longer.
6tailedninja: Thank you, I will be taking your advice on reading the chapter out loud. However, there is a reason for the switches in perspective. It is for readers, like you, know where both the RWBY story is, as well as the Skyward Sword story. Note that, this will not be done often. It is only a way for readers to gauge where both stories are at in that point of time. While it is used a lot in this chapter, there shall be very few POV switches.
Also, I would like to know why you think Ruby was out of character, since I think I got her down pretty well.
Give me a sec. No wait….wait? That's your actual name. That gonna make it hard to comment on you since I have to keep waiting a second. XD,Just kidding!
Give me a sec: You know, I wasn't actually planning on this to give lore. In fact, I was gonna start it from the very beginning of Skyward Sword. Then I realised that it might take three chapters just to get where I am right now. So, with a sacrifice of the Zelink moments as well as the Groose scenes, I started it out with obtaining the Goddess Sword. I actually didn't think about how good of a one-shot ending it was, but some of the greatest things in life are mistakes.
Thank you for your advice, I will follow it with all my power. I thank you for my praise of my story. Although, that isn't saying much since there is only 23 stories. Though I don't think I'll ever be able to beat KTWizard, the writer of Unknown Legends.
Guest: HOLY FUDGE! You are my first guest in this series! HELLO!
Nero Angelo Constantine: I aim to impress, and I hope you enjoy the outcome of this story.
So, with all comments replied to and accounted for, ON TO THE STORY!
P.S: I don't think the chapters after this one will come out as fast as I want them to, since it's almost March 3rd, and that Persona 5 comes out a month after.
Chapter 1
"Struck Skyward"
Initiation.
That one word said a whole lot more to me then some. To some it might mean the acceptance of a secret society of some kind. To others, it might be the beginning of something new. To me however….
To me it was the start of my dreams, the start of my fantasies of becoming a Huntress.
So the second I was launched into the Emerald Forest by Professor Ozpin was the second I began my dream. He had told us to find a relic at the end of the sea of trees, as well as a partner who would be with us the entire four years of school.
That partner would be chosen by the first person you have eye-contact with.
So, above sea of emerald trees, I moved as fast I could in the air. The wind blew my hair behind me, luckily out of my face so I could see my obstacles. It also made my cape billow behind me. I made sure to dodge trees along the way using the recoil of my gun. I had to make sure I find Yang, to make sure she was my partner. I was vigilant, I was prepared to get out of the way of anythin-
Ack! Bird! Get out of the way!
I tried to dodge in midair but I had just fired my gun, so the recoil sent me straight towards the bird. The small bird was all but a few feathers in the air. I looked back thankful to see the bird, without most of it's feathers, fall down into the canopy of green.
"Birdie no!" I yelled out, my scythe under me in case of a sudden tree appearing. I had no time to go back and help the small innocent creature however as the canopy of trees was coming up very fast. So I looked over my options, and decided now was the time to put my landing strategy into play.
There was a tree with a nice thick branch that I could use to slow my descent. I brought my baby out in front of me and shot three of my dust enhanced bullets. This slowed down my speed of descent towards the tree I was aiming for. Hoping that this was enough to keep the branch for breaking, I unfolded Crescent Rose into her full glory. I flipped her over in my hands, causing her to face forward. With the blade over the branch, it caused me and Crescent to swing 360 degrees around the branched.
With all of my momentum gone, it was safe to land on the ground without fear of harm. So I swinged forward while holding onto Crescent Rose, which forced the the blade to detach itself from the branch. After we had jumped off the branch, I folded Crescent Rose into her maneuverable setting. As I placed her on the holster behind my back, I braced myself for landing.
As the ground came up to me, I relaxed my legs to make sure I could absorb the impact of my landing. When I had landed, I had to bend my knee to the ground, to make sure I was upright, as well as my hand. After I had caught my breath, I immediately went running through the forest.
'Gotta find Yang.' I thought as I dodged past the tree, moving faster than most people could speak. 'Gotta find Yang, Gotta find Yang, Gotta fiiiiind….' Even though I was repeating the mantra in my head, I didn't think it was working at all. So I decided to yell her name, "Yang!" I yelled out to the trees, hoping she would respond. When she didn't I yelled again, this time louder and longer. "YAAAAAAANG!" When she didn't respond immediately, I began to be insecure.
'Ugh this is bad, this is really bad!' I thought to myself, still watching for any trees in my way despite my inner turmoil. 'What if I can't find? What if someone finds her first?' I tried to imagine four years without Yang here, but couldn't. My positive mindset forced me to stay away from all of the bad thoughts.
Luckily, it helped me come up with all of the positive things that could happen. For instance, I thought of all the people who could be on my team. I even had little pictures to go with it.
'There's always Jaune…' I thought to myself, as a little doodle of the blonde haired knight appeared in my head. 'He's nice.' The little doodle of Jaune went over to help the little doodle of me up from the ground. 'He's funny.' The little doodles then laughed, their arms on their hips and their eyes closed. There were also little bubble letters of laughter around them. 'I don't think he's very good in a fight, though.' Then the little doodle of Jaune held up his sword, with a face that spoke of confidence. He was then attacked by a bunch of little Beowolves, his confidence replaced with fear.
'Oh! What about Blake?' A little doodle of said girl with a bow appeared with a confident grin on her usually expressionless face, her hands on her hips. 'So mysterious, so calm.' Her new doodle had head turned with a hand near her face, as if stroking a chin. 'Plus she likes books!' The doodle then showed Blake, reading a book with twenty others around her. 'Well, then again, I'm not sure I'd be able to hold a conversation with her.' The doodles changed once again. These doodles showed Ruby talking and Blake slowly moving away.
What happened to my positive mindset?!
'Ugh!' I shook my head, trying to clear my thoughts as well as getting rid of Doodle Theater. 'Okay…' I thought to myself, now calmer than I was before.' Who else do I know in this school?' I asked, trying to keep my positive attitude. 'There's Yang, Jaune, Blake, and….'
I had to stop my train of thought as I skidded on the dirt, trying to stop myself. After I balanced myself so I wouldn't fall flat on my face, I looked up to see the thing that was in my way.
It was Weiss Schnee.
The heiress was stunned for a few moments, giving off a blank expression as she stood just stood there staring. The only sound between us was the birds chirping in the trees. Her expression then slowly turned into her usual expression of distaste.
'Ahhh, man….' I thought to myself, slightly upset about who my new partner will be. 'She's going to yell at me isn't she.' I thought to myself, the sadness probably showing on my face. As I stood there, waiting for it to begin, the heiress just kept staring at me. 'Maybe she won't.' I thought, as my mood brightened considerably. 'Maybe we can actually be great teamm-and she's walking away.'
"Wait," I shouted at to her in panic, as she continued to walk in a different direction. "Where are you going." As she ignored me and walked off, I looked towards the ground and kicked it."We're supposed to be teammates….'
I continued to mope in the same spot Weiss once stood in. 'Awww man,' I thought as I just stood there, wallowing in self-pity, 'why did I have to blow her things up. Now she'll never be my-'
"By no means." someone, who sounded suspiciously like Weiss, started as they pulled my cloak, as well as me, with them. "Does this make us friends." I looked over and saw Weiss.
"You came back!" I shouted and celebrated as she dragged me away from the area. I was so caught up in the moment, that I didn't hear the cries of a wild Jaune.
Graduation
That one word meant something yesterday. It meant that I would finally be able to achieve my dream of being a knight. My dream of protecting everyone on Skyloft from the monsters, help those who may have fallen off at night, and be able to take to the skies and help everyone in them.
That dream didn't matter today.
Today was the day I must go to the surface, an unexplored place, to find my best friend who was on the same mission as I was.
To save the world from the Apocalypse.
I had thought that perhaps yesterday was a dream. That it was all a figment of my imagination, brought upon my desperation to save Zelda.
However, when Fi woke me up and told me that the Headmaster had my new clothes ready for the journey to the surface, I realised that all of that actually happened. The next half-hour was blurry in my mind, but I'm pretty sure that I had gotten into my new clothes, received an Adventure Pouch as well as a wooden shield, visited the Bazaar, received an empty bottle from the nice lady behind the stall, and was now prepared to jump off of Skyloft and call my Loftwing. All I could think about was what had happened a few hours ago.
I was supposed to be the hero who would save everybody from the Apocalypse? Me? Why me? What was so special about me? Why couldn't it be someone else?
Familiar chiming sound answered my question as Fi jumped out of the sword within the sheath on my back. Apparently, my practice sword's scabbard had been magically transformed into a sheath with the same exact measurements of the Goddess Sword. Speaking of which, the feeling that I had first felt hasn't subsided. It still felt as if this sword wasn't mine, as if I had stolen it.
"Master." Fi stated, her expression staying the same as it was a few hours ago. For some reason, Fi had taken to calling me Master. When I had asked her why, she had responded with, 'Because I serve you, the wielder of the sword of my creator.'. When I had asked her to stop calling me 'Master', she had told me. 'That would disrespect the one who wields me, this I cannot do.' I tried a few more times to stop calling me that, but they all ended in failure.
"You seem to be experiencing the possibility of emotional distress." She told me blandly, her body language as stiff as a board. "My projections indicate this is likely connected to your purpose on the surface. That is logical, as you have a great destiny to uphold." She continued, suspecting what is wrong with me. "Your distress is misplaced Master, you are the one chosen by my creator. You are the one who shall complete this grand destiney, along with honorable Zelda." She stated, as if she knew what was wrong with me at the moment.
She was right however, my distress was connected to this 'Grand Destiny' as she put it. I was meant to not only go to the surface, not only find Zelda, but stop an apocalypse that would destroy the sky and surface. Who wouldn't be worried about their destiny if that was on the list of 'things to do'. However….
If Fi, the most factual person I have ever met, as well as the goddess thought that I would be the one who would complete this destiny, then maybe I was. I may never understand why I was chosen, but that didn't matter. What matters is the fact that I was chosen. If it is my destiny, then I can't ignore it for the sake of my self-doubt. Besides, Zelda needs me down there, not up here.
With a smile, I give a small nod towards Fi, expressing a thanks for her words. Without another word, she jumped back into the sword that she called home. When she was gone, I slowly walked through the plaza towards one of the many registered flying docks. They were made for the convenience of the knights, so that when they had to go somewhere they could instantly call their Loftwings. They were also convient for the Loftwings, since they now had designated points
I looked up at the watch tower, where the knights would watch over all of those who live in Skyloft at night. They must be frantic about what is now in out skies. They kept pointing at it, with confused faces after all. I looked over to see what they may be frantic about.
It was a giant beacon, as green as the grass a top Skyloft. It was higher than anything in the sky, higher than any of the Loftwings could fly. It was southeast from Skyloft, over twenty miles away. It had showed up right after I had put the tablet within the altar, so the knights were curious about it. They couldn't understand it's purpose, so they had warned everyone on Skyloft to stay away from it.
I ignored them of course, for I knew it's purpose. That beacon is what will take me to Zelda, what will take me to the surface.
Taking inventory of all the objects in my new Adventure Pouch, I took out the new bottle of red potion I had. If it the lady at the counter was to be believed, and I was recalling correctly, then this should close many of the wounds I may receive on my journey. So if I had many wounds on my person, then I should just have to drink this to stop all of the bleeding. It would still take time to heal all of those wounds, but if they're closed then I will have no chance of bleeding out.
There was also the gift Professor Owlan gave me, a simple wooden shield. While it wasn't the best shield on Skyloft, it was still sturdy enough to take a few hits from whatever is down on the surface and live. Although, I had to watch out for fire, because this thing will burn like any piece of wood. It's design was fairly simple, just a simple bird claw in the center.
With nothing else to check, I was prepared to jump off of Skyloft. Getting a good distance away from the edge of the dock, I started to jog over to the dock. With each step, I moved faster and faster, till I was going as fast as I could. As I closed in on the edge of the platform, I placed my foot on the edge at the last possible second, and jumped off.
As soon as the feeling of solid ground left my feet, I knew that I was falling. Although, in my mind, I thought of it as gliding. I wonder if there were people on the surface were afraid of heights? I looked down into the clouds, thinking about the place I would soon go. What would the surface be like? Would it be like Skyloft? What would the differences be? All of these thoughts filled me with anxiety, but more than that, it filled me with excitement.
I would be able to walk on the surface! A place no one has touched in thousands upon thousands of years! How could I not be excited, I was going to see something below the clouds.
I was going to see the world below.
I brought my hands up to my mouth, and stuck out my pinkies. Looking deep within myself, I went towards the familiar sensation within myself. When I found it, I dove straight into it, and whistled with the help of my smallest fingers. After a few seconds of whistling with my eyes closed, I heard a familiar call from behind me. Immediately after that, I was picked up by my companion and we soared.
When I opened my eyes, I was greeted with the sight of brown leather, and crimson feathers. Lifting my head off of his back, I looked over to my friend. He was looking forward, flying through the sky at a breakneck pace.
This was my Loftwing, Kuren.
He was a Crimson Loftwing, a rare breed that was believed to be extinct for some time. Just like his name describes, he was as crimson as the sky in the afternoon. The ends of his feathers were white, purple, and golden, in that order. The only exception were his tail feathers, which were white with a tip of red. His beak is long and his top and bottom of his beak were placed in such a way that when he closed his beak, it looked like he was smiling. I was a shade of gold, that ended with a small sharp tooth.
Kuren's wingspan was a whopping 14 feet and he was seven feet tall, when he would stand on his talons that is. His eyes were as gold as the sun, with pupils. He was also one of the fastest birds in the sky.
When we met, Kuren and I had made a connection almost instantly. Without a word to each other, we were already flying out in the clouds. It was a glorious time, our first flight. While we were flying, I had listed all the names that I knew hoping that he would like one. We were flying for hours, just gliding above the clouds, with me trying to find a name. When I had mentioned the name Kuren, I could feel that he had liked the name. So we chose a name that we had both liked.
It was after I had named him when I had heard the Headmaster, yelling at me to get back to Skyloft.
Those were the days.
Using my connection to him, I showed Kuren where we were going. Kuren turned his head towards the beacon of green light, then towards me. I could feel his hesitation towards my decision, but he flew towards the beacon anyway. He tilted his wings, and flapped once, making sure we headed the right way.
As my friend flew towards the beacon, I flipped over in my saddle laying down on my back. I knew through years of flying with him thatKuren wouldn't let me fall unless I told him too. It was with that thought, that I began to relax.
Now all I had to do was wait.
"Ruby, Wait!" Yang yelled from behind me.
I can't wait! Finally, here's my chance to show Weiss how experienced I am at fighting! My chance to show her I can fight!
After Weiss came back to be partners, we got lost and had a big argument where she called me immature, and that I snuck into Beacon somehow. I also called her some mean things, but that doesn't matter. After that mess, I came up with an ingenious idea, one that would've surely impressed Weiss.
The idea was to ride on a class 3 Nevermore, one of the most dangerous grimm ever, to see if we could spot the ruins.
….Now that I think about, maybe we should've used a class 2 instead.
Anyway, after finding the ruins, we jumped off of the Nevermore. Jaune saved us both from hurting ourselves more than necessary, when Pyrrha came in with a Deathstalker on her tail. When she was knocked over to the group of people that had gathered, I went in to try and prove myself.
Now you can watch as I cut this Grimm down to size!
While giving a battle cry, I sprinted towards the Deathstalker, unfolding my baby as I ran. After unfolding Crescent Rose into her scythe mode, I held her in a way that would keep her from sticking in the ground. I quickly cocked the Crescent'sgun barrel, and pulled the trigger. Let the powerful recoil of the blast increase the speed of my attack. After a few more pulls of the trigger and the use of my Semblance, I was literally flying a few inches off ground. Keeping Crescent in the same position, I was ready to attack the Deathstalker.
With my preparation for the frontal assault complete, I was close enough to see the mighty beast clearly.
It was a huge scorpion, with pincers as big as I was! It's claws were the size of small cars, with a glowing stinger that could pierce said car. It's white exoskeleton was thicker than a concrete wall, with strange tribal-like markings along them. It's flesh was blacker than any night sky I have ever seen, and was almost completely covered by it's armor. It was covered in dirt, grass, and moss, as if it had been underground for a long time.
Scars could be seen along it's armor, scratches made by past Huntsmen and Huntresses. It's eight legs had no armor on them, but they were behind a face of thick bones. This would an accomplishment among even the strongest hunters if they could kill it by themselves.
And that is what I will accomplish!
So with another fearsome battle cry, I launched myself towards the beast and-
Owww!
Got slapped by its right claw.
After face planting into the soft dirt, Crescent Rose still in my hands, I got up slowly. Luckily, I was able to close my mouth before I tasted any dirt. When I was half-way up, I shouted over to the others who looked very worried. Especially Yang.
"D-Do-Don't worry!" I shouted over to them, trying to help both their and my worries from rising. "Totally fine!" Giving them a small smile, trying hard to make this look effortless. As I turned around to continue facing the Grimm, my eyes widened in fear.
It was right in front of me. Barely a few feet away, it's ten red eyes stared at me like the prey that I may soon be.
'You were a lot smaller from over there.' I thought to myself, as I shot it between the eyes and turned to run from the beast. I checked Crescent Rose's ammo clip for my bullet count, and found myself without any ammo. 'Dang it!' I thought to myself, trying to run as fast as possible. Without a use for the casing, I put it back into the side pouch I had on my belt. after that, I flipped Crescent Rose into her gun form as fast as I could. When she was ready, I put her on the holster on my back as swiftly as possible.
Unfourtenetly, despite my baby's greatness, she would only impede me as I run away from the thing that is trying to kill me.
I could hear it's many legs moving towards me, each crashing into the ground with a powerful blow. I saw Yang rush towards me, probably coming over to help me fight the Deathstalker. After a few seconds of dashing away from the Grimm, I look back at it. It was gaining on me, so I decided to use my Semblance to run away. After a shriek from what I guessed was the Deathstalker, I was ready to use my Sem-
Urk!
'What was….' As I was about to look back at what pinned me, I saw huge black feathers rain down from the sky! Each and everyone of them were taller than some of the trees in the forest of trees. Hundreds of these feathers fell down from the sky, creating their own forest. I looked behind me and saw that one of those huge black feathers had landed on the end of my cloak, successfully trapping me. I pulled my cloak, trying to free myself from the clutches of the Grimm feather.
"Ruby, get out of there!" I heard Yang yell over, words not being helpful at the time.
"I'm trying!" I yelled back, panicking as I frantically pulled on my cloak. It wasn't pulling out! 'Why! Did I! Have to! Make! My! Cape! So! Strong!?' I thought each word the same time I pulled on my cloak, hoping for it to rip or something. As I kept pulling on my cloak, I looked up and was struck by fear.
I saw the Deathstalkers glowing stinger, head straight towards me!
"RUBY!" I heard Yang shout from behind me, in fear of my impalement. She couldn't make it in time however, as the stinger came down on my head. I closed my eyes, my fear unbearable from the waiting of impalement.
Then there was a strange sound, like…. A metal box being crumpled.
"You are so childish" someone said, who I wasn't sure. As I opened my eyes, I saw two things I didn't think I would see.
The first, was ice. There was ice in the middle of Summer in a forest. The ice had grown right in front of me, stopping the Deathstalkers tail. The second was….
"Weiss?"
Weiss was in the middle of the iceberg. It forming around her, as if it was a wall to protecther. She was leaned over, one knee on the ground. Around her was a giant white circle with what looked like a snowflake in the middle of it.
"And dimwitted, and hyperactive." She turned around quickly, causing her hair to whip around. Weiss was glaring down at me, her ice blue eyes seemingly piercing my Aura. While trying to look away from those eyes, I saw that her rapier, whose name I didn't know yet, was held backhanded. "And don't even get me started on your fighting style."
"And I suppose, I can be a bit…." I looked up as she started her sentence, wondering what she would say. "...difficult." She finished with an eyeroll, probably trying to play off of what she admitted. " But if we're going to do this," She started, as she leaned forward, looking me in the eye. "We're going to have to this together." She told me, trying to make a compromise with me.
"So if you quit showing of." She said, looking down at me with an expression that wasn't a glare. "I'll be…" She trailed off, as if trying to find the right word to finish her sentence. "...nicer" She finished, with a small frown on her face. The frown, however wasn't one of displeasure, it was just there.
Showing off? "I'm not trying to show off." I told her, as I looked down at the ground in guilt. 'Okay, maybe a little.' I thought to myself, making sure nobody else would ever know. Ever! After that thought, I looked her straight in the eye and told her what I was doing. "I want you to know that I can do this." I told her, with what I could assume to be a fierce determination in my eyes. I was expecting her to laugh at me, or to say that that's stupid.
Instead, she looked at me with a blank face and said. "Your fine." and walked off.
I couldn't believe it. Weiss, a jerk who kept calling me a kid, had just told me I was fine. I leaned forward, with my hands on top of the other, and whispered one thing.
"Normal-knees."
There was just something about gliding above the clouds that was just so….relaxing. Just lazing about as the sky moved above you, and as the clouds stayed below. As a Loftwing just glided, feeling his emotions as he did. I had decided to close my eyes as Kuren flew me all the way to the beacon in the sky. Take a small nap and relax on this stressful day in the sky.
That was until Fi kept giving me updates every minute.
"Master, we are approximately one minute away from the column." She told me, without jumping out of the sword. "I suggest you take necessary precautions to dive down to the surface." She then quieted down in the sword, and for the first time since I've flown with Fi, I spoke with her.
"Fi." I asked for her in a quiet voice, as I am not used to talking a lot. I usually used expressions to express myself, not words. As soon as I had said her name, even if it was quiet, she instantly jumped out of the sword. She jumped into my line of sight and stared straight at me.
"Yes Master?" She asked, still the emotionless person from twenty minutes. "What is it that you wish?" she asked, maybe asking a question? I couldn't tell.
"You don't need to update me, Fi." I told her, as she kept floating there, seemingly unaffected by the comment. "Kuren has it covered." I said, still quiet from the many years of….lack of speech.
"Master, who is Kuren?" Now I know that was a question.
I was about to respond, however he Kuren spoke up before I could. He cawed from below me, getting me to look towards the beacon. Apparently, the beacon's glow gets weaker when you're right over it. Who knew.
I patted Kuren on the head, showing my thanks to him. He responded back with feelings of affection through the bond.
"I see." Fi stated, now understanding who Kuren is. "The Crimson Loftwing, sacred bird given to the hero by the goddess, is designated as Kuren." She stated, in the longest way possible. "I shall make note of this, Master." She stated as she jumped back into the sword.
I wonder what it is like in there?
As I wondered what it would be like to live inside of a sword, Kuren flew around the beacon. He was still curious about what I was doing here, above the emerald beacon. He warned me that he was going to do a big tilt, to get a look at what I was after. As soon as he sent me this, I grabbed onto the saddle that was on his back, to make sure I would not fall off. After that, I sent him what I would like to call 'the okay feeling', the feeling of….acceptance? It's very hard to describe.
So as he and I tilted in the sky, we both got to look down to where the beacon lead.
It was unlike anything I have seen….
Unlike everywhere else in the sea of clouds, the barrier that I now know kept us from the surface, there was a hole. Like a whirlpool in the middle of a great still lake. While I felt that this had surprised Kuren, that wasn't what surprised me.
Green.
I saw green below the clouds, green that stretched far more than I thought it would. I could not be anything other than awestruck. It was one thing to hear about the surface, It was an entirely different story to see it.
The Surface.
I was to dive down, below the clouds, to save Zelda. To explore unknown lands, fight unknown monsters, and see unknown sights.
It was, understandably, a lot to take in.
Kuren sent a feeling of worry, it seems my anxiety went through the bond. I smiled, and sent him some gratitude for worrying for me. I patted him on the head, my one arm straining from the weight of gravity. As I pulled my hand back, He sent a feeling of curiosity through our bond. He was likely wondering what we were doing here.
'Now or never.' I thought to myself, as I prepared to tell him what I was about to do.
"I have to go down there buddy." I spoke, my voice quiet as it has always been. As soon as i had said those words, he screeched out into the sky. I could feel his fear, even without our bond. It was thick, I could probably cut it with a knife. While he didn't flap his wings frantically, he was about to.
"Shhh, shh." I spoke, as I petted him softly. As he calmed down, I could feel that he wanted to know something. Obviously he wanted to know why I would go down their.
"Kuren." I told him calmly, my voice above whisper level. "Zelda's down there."
Kuren stopped shrieking instantly, and a few seconds later I could feel his understanding. I consider Kuren to be one of my best friends, possibly the very best. However, even Kuren knows that the bond between Zelda and I is one that even he, who is connected to my emotions, can't beat. While I wouldn't say it's a romantic relationship, yet, it is still a powerful relationship.
He knows that if Zelda is really down there, then there is no stopping me from diving to the surface. Plus, he liked Zelda too, more specifically her bird, Aqua. She was a nice blue bird, with an sapphire blue coat of feathers, and white end feathers. Kuren has been crushing on her for a longgggg time. I think he had read what was on my mind, because I sensed a bit of…..hypocrisy?
"What are you insinuating?" I whispered, slightly blushing under his mental gaze. I could feel just how smug he was.
I heard the still new chiming sound that accompanied Fi when she left her sword. As I turned around to look at her, I actually saw her jump in front of me. She was now gliding in front of me, probably ready to tell me something.
"Master." There she goes. "I suggest you take immediate actions, and plunge down towards the surface". As soon as she said her piece, she jumped back into the sword. She was right though. The sooner I jump down to the surface….
The sooner I can find Zelda.
"See you later Kuren." I told my Loftwing, as I turned to face the hole in the clouds. I could feel many things as I looked down at the door to the new world. Hesitation. Anxiety. Hell,even fear! However, there were some emotions that transcended all of them. Excitement. Confidence. But most of all, I felt….
Courageous.
So, without a second thought, I let go of Kuren's saddle….
And dived down to the world below.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Yesyesyesyesyes!Yes! IdiditIdiditIdiditIdiditIdiditIdidit!
I beat the Nevermore! Yes!
Now I could enter Beacon!
Ok, ok, ok. Gotta be cool, gotta be cool. I just chopped off the head of a class 3 's a reason to celebrate! But if I wanna look cool, I got to be serious.
So as I walked over to the edge of the cliff, I kept a cool straight face.
Ohhhhhh, I must look so cool!
I looked down at all the people who helped me with the plan to kill the Nevermore.
There was Yang, my sister, who from up here looked like a yellow dot from up here. There was Blake, the second most mysterious person I have ever met, who looked like a black dot. Over there's Weiss, she looked like a white dot, a white dot that would be my partner for the next four years.
Heck yeah! This is going to be great! We can all be friends, become Huntresses together. Go on adventures and-
CAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
And then those dreams were broken.
There was a another Nevermore, another one! It came up from over the cliff, like a…..bird? It was a class 2, powerful, but not as powerful as a class 3. So there should be no problem. So I pointed Crescent Rose at the Grimm and!
Click.
'Oh, my clips empty. Well I can just….' I made my way to grab on of the clips on my belt….
And grabbed nothing but air.
It took me a while to process what that meant, but the second the Nevermore came straight at me I could only say one thing.
"Uh-oh." I turned around and I RAN!
The wind rushing past you as you fall past the clouds, the land becoming bigger and bigger the longer you fall. It was a rush, falling from miles in the sky. Each minute reaching ever so closer to the place only spoken in fairytales. There was only one thing that I could say about the land below….
There was a lot of green down on the surface. Green was everywhere, as far as the eye could see. It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
And I was almost there, almost to the place where Zelda landed. I would soon land down there and find-
CAWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
That can't be good.
I looked around, trying to find the source of the screech. I knew it wasn't Kuren, since he was above me and what I heard was from below. I looked around the surface, trying to find the source of the sound. As I looked around, it was kinda hard to miss.
It was a giant Black Bird. An Evil Loftwing?
What sort of horrible creation is that?!
I heard the familiar chimes of Fi, and watched as she jumped in front of me. "Master, it would appear that one of the many demons on the surface have evolved into a form I do not recognize." She stated, as blandly as possible. "I suggest you take immediate action to avoid do not hold the nessesary equipment to take on the demon." She warned me, as she jumped back into the sword on my back.
Once again, she was right. I didn't have to fight the giant bird, I just had to reach the surface and start my search for-
"OW!" I heard someone scream out from down below. It was a girls voice, and it sounded like she was hurt. But that's not possible, the only thug on the surface was demons and Zel-
Zelda!
It was Zelda! It had to be! There was nobody else on the surface, it had to be her!
And she was in trouble!
Without a second thought, I dived towards the bird, following its every move. Thankfully, I knew how birds moved. So it was simple to track where it was going, and how fast it would get there. But could I kill it? Of course I could, I had to! But how do I make sure it's dead?
Just than, like a gift straight from the goddess, I heard Fi's chimes. She appeared right in front of me, floating there and blocking my view. I was forced to slow down in the air, as to not crash face first into the ground.
"Master." She started, her face as expressive as a rock. "It is unwise to move towards the flying demon, I suggest you take a different course of-" She would've continued, but she was interrupted.
"Fi!" I spoke loudly, as she stopped speaking. I needed her to listen. "Fi, what are my chances of killing it?!" I asked, my voice louder than it usually is.
She floated there, still as a brick despite the speed of which we were falling. She then spoke, her emotion still nonexistent.
"Master, the chances of you beating the demon in combat is slim with all of your current equipment." She told me, her expression stiller than statues I've ever seen. "I perceive the chances of survival being 32%." Well….that's bad. "However." She continued, her face remaining unchanging. "There is a way you may defeat the demon with your current equipment, as well as avoid an untimely demise." Great! Now I need to ask what the plan was and I could sa-
"Which option would you desire?"
…..Was that a joke?
'Ohhh, this is bad.' I thought as I just kept running. 'Why did I have to use all of my bullets to kill that Nevermore.'
I was running around the forest, trying to get away from the class 2 Nevermore. He was following straight behind me, well not behind me but above me but still behind me. Anyway, off track. He was right behind, screeching up a storm. Whenever it had a chance to, it would fire its feathers at me. Luckily, the trees that I had to dodge past blocked most of the feathers. Unlike the class 3 Nevermore, these feathers were only half as long.
To make sure I wasn't caught again by one of the Nevermores feathers, I had tied my cape up in a knot. This way, I could run without any fear of getting caught by the feathers.
'Alright, think.' I thought, as I kept running without looking back. 'What should I do? I have no bullets, my scythe can't reach that high, and I have nobody immediately behind me.' I tried to think of a way out, and looked back at the Nevermore as it chased me through the woods.
Since I was looking back, I didn't see the tree that I had run into.
"OW!" I screamed out to the world, as my pace forced to a stop. Luckily, I didn't run into it face first, that would've hurt even more. With slight heavy breaths, I rubbed the back of my head. As soon as I was okay, I kept running as fast as I could, never letting the Nevermore catch up.
'I just had to dodge and weave' I thought, as I just kept running past all of the trees. 'Dodge and weave, dodge and weave, dodge and weave.' As I kept running, I spotted a fallen tree in my way. It wasn't too big, I could probably jump over it if I had to….
'Ahah!' I thought to myself, my smile probably blinding. 'If I jump behind the tree, maybe I could lose it.' With this new plan in mind, I sprinted all the way over to the tree. 'This is a great plan!' I thought to myself, as I ran over to the fallen tree and jump off the trunk.
'Alright, now all I had to do is jump behind th- Urk!' My thoughts were interrupted by my cape pulling my shoulders back. As I looked around, I noticed something that should've been impossible for me.
I was floating in the air.
I was floating a few feet in the air.
Their was something wrong with this picture.
As I looked around, trying to find the source of my sudden floatiness, I came across the same problem as last time.
My cape was stuck again, this time on a tree branch.
"Oh come on!" I said, trying to reach the knot I tied in my cloak. "This shouldn't happen more than once!" I said, as I threw a mini tantrum. My arms were straight at my side, taunt with anger. I was even sure I had a pouty face.
"Huhhhh," I sighed, as I just hung in air. I was so out of it, I didn't realize I had said the dreaded words.
"Well, at least it can't get any worse than this."
Caww.
When I had heard this, I had tried to turn around. However, the cape got in the way, again! That was of no consequence though….
Because the Nevermore appeared right in front of me, in one of the only treeless area of the woods.
When the massive crow like Grimm appeared in front me, I had to take in all of it's details. It's very presence demanded me to, like some of the other creatures of Grimm I've encountered.
It was entirely black, so black that I couldn't even see the feathers outlines. While it was big, it was nowhere near the size of a class three Nevermore. While the class 3 Nevermore was as big as a flipping small bullhead, this one was at least eight-feet tall. It's jet-black tail feathers was longer than it was tall, as were its wings. On the middle of it's wings were what appeared to be fingers, although there were only two on each wing and ended in sharp 's talons were the same, but they were on his feet and had four claws.
That wasn't the most disturbing part of the Nevermore though. The most disturbing thing about it was it's mask of bone. It's disturbingly white mask was bone chilling. It was wrapped around it's face, with similar markings to the Deathstalker. Although there was only one big one on it's forehead, it's four blood red eyes had what seemed to be war-paint.
It was staring at me with it's pair of eyes, each one seemingly staring into my soul. It was just sitting there, probably wondering the best way to eat me was. So I did what I thought was the best thing to do.
I tried to get it to not eat me.
"Ahhhh…." I started off, seeing no outward reaction to me trying to start a conversation. 'Okay, okay, what do I say, what do I say?" I thought, hoping that it would actually listen to me. 'Ohhhh, this would be so easy if I only knew how to talk to people!' I thought, forgetting that not only was I talking to a bird, but a bird without a soul that is determined to destroy humanity.
Easy thing to forget, really.
"Ummmm….." I trailed off, surprisingly still no reaction or move taken to try and kill me. Maybe I was getting through to it? 'Ok, just say anything, anything!' I thought to myself as I just hung there. "Ahhh…." I started again, trying to find the right way to say this. "Please don't eat me…?" As I smiled forcefully, hoping that it would help my case.
It didn't.
CAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
As soon as the he had screeched, I had turned my head away. I didn't want to see anything that was going to happen next. So I had closed my eyes, hoping to avoid what-ever came next.
Too bad I missed it, because that was the moment that had changed my life forever.
"HYAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Fi was very smart, like incredibly smart! Perhaps a bit too smart. The Goddess probably had to remove all of her emotion just to make room for all of the brain power.
Not only had Fi come up with the brilliant idea of killing the Evil Loftwing by cutting it's head off mid fall, she had also suggested using the Skyward Strike with a spin attack, coming in at an angle so I could hit the thinnest part of the neck, made sure I would take only minimum damage, came up with a way to weaken it if I had missed hitting it's neck (spin in such a way that it would attack both the wing and the head.) as well as made sure that none of my clothes or equipment were damaged.
Just….. How!
Just as she had suggested, I came in from an angle and had my feet in such a way that would brace my fall. Fi had told me that if I had cut with enough force, then the force of my fall would lessen. I was a few seconds away from cutting off the head of the Demonic Loftwing, as I prepared to do what I always did when I would do a Spin-Attack.
A shout of effort. It was always louder than my talking voice.
"HYAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
It was at this point that I had seen something wondrous.
My Spin-Attack had not only cut off the head of the Demonic Loftwing, it had caused the divine energy within the blade to spin outwards from the sword. It's purple light spinning like a tornado within the black flesh of the demonic creature. With that second gone, I relaxed my legs as I had reached the ground. With the force in my legs almost reaching the painful levels. When I had realised this, I immediately ducked and rolled to make sure that my legs weren't the only thing that took the force of my fall. However, I needed to be sure that I had succeeded in killing the creature.
I shifted my feet in such a way that I could turn to the beast instantly. As soon as I had stable footing, I had turned to look at the corpse of the creature.
That was disappearing in a black mist. The entire body was disappearing in a strange black mist….
What? Does this usually happen on the surface? Monsters turning into black mist? That's…...odd.
Our demons go out in a purple mist with a little skull.
As I watched the strange evil black mist go into the sky, I was wondering if Zelda was oka-
"HOLY COW!" I heard a voice shouting behind me. I turned around quickly, as I looked at Zel….da?
…..That wasn't Zelda.
It was a girl sure, however she didn't look anything like Zelda. Zelda was a blonde eighteen year old, with blue eyes.
This girl was not blonde, nor was she eighteen. She didn't even have blue eyes.
The girl was at least sixteen, was a little above 5 feet tall, and was hanging on a tree by the back of her crimson red cape. She wore what seemed to be a black dress with long sleeves. On the end of the sleeves, as well as the bottom of the dress, were red frills. On the front of her dress was what appeared to be a corset with silver loops and red string. Just below that was a matching black belt, with what appeared to be a silver colored pouch as well as a silver rose emblem. She had black leggings, as well as black boots with red frills on the top of the boots. The soles of said boots were red, as were the laces and buckles.
Her hair was black, but turned red as it reached the tips. It reached just below the neck, with the right side of her hair being longer than the rest. She was pale, but not unhealthily so. There was a visible blush on her cheeks, but not out of embarrassment. However, one of her most defining characteristics were her silver eyes.
It was a strange eye color, one I had never even heard of on Skyloft. There was something else that was very strange with her eyes…..
There were literal stars in them.
"How did you do that? Where did you come from?Who are you? I didn't see you at the top of the cliffs. Were you a late entry?" The questions came out faster than my Crimson Loftwing, so fast that I almost couldn't keep track of them. "Did you kill it with that sword? Ohhh, it looks nice. Can I hold it? Nevermind, I'll come over and see it myself."
As soon as she had said that, she had moved her legs in the air as if she were running. After a few seconds, which was met with little success, she stopped and looked a little embarrassed, her gaze elsewhere. As she shifted her gaze towards me, she looked ready to ask me something.
"Um…." she started of, her face turning a little red as stated to ask. "Could you, umm….help me get down?" She asked, her face a little red as she did.
With a sigh, I sheathed my blade and put the shield on it's harness. After that, I walked over to the tree that she was in. After a few seconds of looking for the best route up, I started to climb it. While I was upset at the fact that the girl wasn't Zelda, that was still no reason to leave her hanging in a tree. With this thought in mind, I climbed up the tree and helped the young girl down.
'I can't believe I missed him taking down the Nevermore!' I thought to myself, as I just hung there, waiting for the man in green to save me.
He was dressed in a strange way, that was for sure. He wore what seemed to be a dress, even though he was a guy. His dress matched the very forest that surrounded us, emerald green. His pants were tan and baggy, that reached all the way down to his brown boots. He had layers under his dress, heavy layers by the look of it. The first layer was a thick, long sleeved, white shirt that reached up to his gauntlets. Speaking of gauntlets, they were dark gray, one on each forearm with brown fingerless gloves. The second layer was of chain-mail, one of the things that knights of old would wear.
On his green dress, he wore two brown belts. One was across his waist, with a silver buckle and a pouch near his back. The second belt was around his left shoulder with an extra strap going under his armpit. This belt seemed to hold up his sword and shield, which were on his back.
He also looked like J- EPPP! My train of thought was lost to me, as I began to fall down on the ground. My fall was stopped however, as I felt a hand wrap around my arm. I looked up at the owner of the hand, and saw the face of the man who had saved me.
The first thing that I noticed was that he was blonde, dirty blonde to be exact. His bangs reached the to the top of his eyebrow, and was pushed to the side as to not block his eyes. His sideburns were long, almost hanging on the edge of his temples. His face had not a single ounce of fat whatsoever. However, his most defining feature were his eyes.
They were blue, a blue like I have never seen before. While Weiss's eyes were an icy blue, and Jaunes were a deep ocean blue, his was a different shade. I could barely describe them, they were so blue. I couldn't even tell what kind of shade they were, all I knew is that they were the deepest yet lightest blue I have ever seen.
Seeing these features not only caused me to blush as I looked at him, but to also helped me find my train of thought.
'He kinda looks like Jaune, only way cooler, .' While in my own little wonderland, I almost didn't notice that he was setting me down on the ground. As soon as I did however, I stood upright and tried to fight down my blush. I was so out of it, I didn't notice when the man who saved me climbed down the tree and landed right next to me. When he did, I jumped in surprise and almost sprinted away with my Semblance.
When I realised that it was him, I calmed down and looked up at him. He was a lot taller than I was, than again so was everybody. He was about as tall as Yang was, maybe a little taller. Looking up at him, I saw something I didn't notice before.
He had a large green hat on the top his head. The hat kinda looked like a long green pointed sock on his head. While it was kinda funny looking, it seemed to fit him, like it was supposed to be there. This thought had helped me not laugh at him, or more specifically, his hat. He had a little blue loop earring on his left ear, which was strangely pointed. Like one of those elves in the story books.
"Are you okay?" I heard him ask, even if he was really quiet. I knew it was him since I watched his mouth move. His smile was gone, replaced by a small frown that basically broadcasted his worry.
I instantly nodded, showing him that I was indeed okay. He smiled again, as I continued to blush. 'Okay,' I thought to myself, as I tried to look away. 'Now to ask him my question.
"So…." I started to ask him, as I watch him tilt his head in curiosity. "Can I see your sword!?" I asked him excitedly, as his expression changed from one to curiosity to shock. I guess he didn't expect me to yell. "Please! It would be really cool to see the sword that saved me! Please, please, please, please!" I asked him, with emphasis on the last please.
After a few seconds of begging him to let me see his sword, he gave a little grin and unsheathed his blade.
This little girl was adorable. Like one of those little Remlit's in the day time.
She was pleading to get a look at The Goddess Sword, just to look at it. I didn't see anything wrong with the request, so I brought it out to show her. As soon as it was in front of her eyes, she gazed upon it in wonder. She looked like a child in a candy store.
"Wow! That's so cool!" She said, as she gazed upon the creation of the goddess. "What does it do?" Now that got me curious.
I tilted my head to the side, wondering what she cold mean by that. No sooner had I tilted my head did the slightly red faced girl ask another question.
"What does it transform into?" She clarified her previous question, as she gave a small excited smile at what she thought would happen next. Now I was just confused. Why would a sword transform into anything?
As soon as I had thought that, she gave a small frown in disappointment, but it came back as soon as it had left. "Does it have anything special about it?" She asked, as she teetered back and forth on her toes.
Well, it houses a spirit created straight from a goddess to help me stop the apocalypse and shoots out lasers when I hold it in the air long enough. Does that count?
"Master." I heard said spirit speak quietly, as the sword she was in glowed.
As soon as Fi had said that, I saw the little girl's eyes light up in wonder. "Wow!" She said, excited to see a sword that could, "Your sword glows! That's so cool!" glow? Did she not hear Fi?
"Master." I heard Fi say, just as quietly as before. " It would seem my projections are correct. The girls hearing is not as sensitive as a Hylians." She told me, the whisper as well as the emotionless tone in her voice making it sound like the wind. "As long as I speak below her range of hearing, I can speak with you without complications." She told me, her voice as quiet as it was emotionless.
I was actually quite surprised by this. Why couldn't she hear Fi? Is she speaking in a way that only I specifically could hear her? Or was it that she just couldn't hear as well as other Hylians. 'Maybe her ears were shorter than….most.' As I had thought this, I had looked towards her ears, to see if that was the case. This lead me to a shocking discovery.
Her ears weren't pointed.
That caused me to stop all trains of thought. Someone without pointed ears? That's impossible! There was no such thing! But no matter how much I denied it, there was proof right in front of me. Her ears held no points whatsoever, they were rounded, as if someone had sanded the points right off.
"Umm…. Hello?" I was jumped straight out of my thoughts, when a hand waved straight in my face. As I was went to look over at the owner of the hand, I had noticed that my head had drifted off to the side. She must've thought that I had spaced out during the middle of what she was saying. As I had fixed my gaze on the girl I had helped moments ago, I realised that she wore an expression that isn't usually held by a complete stranger.
She was worried about me.
"Are you okay?" She asked, her face still red from what I guessed was her near death experience. "You looked like you were thinking about something really hard." She said, as she took a step closer to me, worry still the main emotion on her face.
I couldn't help but give a small smile to the red cloaked girl. She was worried about me, even though a few minutes ago she was about to be eaten by a Demonic Loftwing. I gave her a small nod, signifying that I was okay. There was no reason to worry her about something so small.
"Phew." She said, as she made an overdramatic sweat wiping motion. "That's good to know….um." She would've continued, that is if she knew my name. I decided to help her out a little.
"Link." I told her simply, hoping my voice was loud enough for her to hear me.
"Link." She repeated, tasting the name on her tongue. "That's a nice name." She said kindly, as she nodded and grinned at her own statement " I'm Ruby, Ruby Rose." She said with a proud smile, and left her hand out for a handshake.
I moved my right hand to meet hers-
grrr...
Only to immediately turn around to look at whatever it was that had made that vicious growl. As soon as I had turned around, I saw a combination of black and white, much like the colors of the Demonic Loftwing, pounce towards me. With a flick of my wrist, and a swing of my arm, I cut the beast half way through it's torso with no problems. I wasn't able to get a look at the demon, as the red in it's eyes dimmed and the black flesh started to dissipate, blocking my view.
"Master." I heard Fi, as my sword glowed with a warm light, signifying that she was indeed speaking to me. "There are many malicious beings surrounding you and the young Ruby Rose." She told me quickly and quietly, making sure I knew the information that I needed to know. "I suggest you take proactive measures to avoid them." She finished, as the glow of the Goddess Sword stopped.
"That was awesome!" I heard Ruby yell out in joy, as she rushed to the front of my vision. "How did you know it was there?" She asked in an excited tone, as she kept coming up with phrases I didn't understand. "Was it your Semblance? Ohh, maybe it was your sword?! Does it glow when a Grimm is nearby? Or maybe it was-" She probably would've kept asking me questions, if it weren't for one thing…
The multitude of creatures that we were being surrounded by at the moment.
"Uh-oh." I heard Ruby say, as quietly as she could. I could see that she was backing away slowly from the demons, but I knew that she wouldn't be able to run away from all of them. They were everywhere, and there were lots of them. There was no visible way out for me, but there was a way to get one of us to safety. So, I made a rushed decision and told the little girl in red one word.
"Run." I told her in an above average volume. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see her turn to me with wide eyes. "Run, I'll take care of them." I repeated, as I reached for the wooden shield on my back.
"What! No!" She shouted, as she ran up to me and pulled on my arm. She tried to pull me along with her, probably trying to get me to run away from the demons. She was surprisingly strong for someone of her stature, but nonetheless I didn't move an inch. She had her eyes closed in the effort of pulling me, so she didn't notice that the beasts were slowly stalking closer. They looked ready to pounce, but something seemed to keep them at bay. As I turned my head to look at all of these beasts.
I watched the demons, as the one in front of the group gave a mighty roar. It was a simple tactic, place fear in your enemies to cause mistakes. It seemed to work on Ruby, as she pulled on me harder then ever. Still, I made sure to to stand my ground, and look the demon dead in the eye.
Ruby seemed to have given up on pulling me away from the scene, but still seemed determined to help. "If you're not running away with me, then I'm going to stay here and help you fight." She said, her tone giving off a sense of finality.
I gave her a small smile, as she tried to be tough. I could see her going for something on her back. Probably a knife or some kind of weapon appropriate for her size, but I stopped her by grabbing her hand. As she came to look up at me, she blushed, probably because a boy was holding her hand.
"If you could fight at the moment, you would've at least tried to kill the giant bird." I told her simply, as I let go of her hand. She was pouting now, as well as blushing, like a child who was told she couldn't have anymore cookies. After I had finished my short sentence, she didn't reach for the whatever it was on her back. Instead, she crossed her arms under her chest and looked at me with an adorable pouty face.
"I can fight!" She told me with her absolute certainty, as she tried to looked me in the eye. I would've looked back in them, but I was making sure that the demons were still stalking away from us. "I can fight, and I will help you!" She told me in the same tone, her mind dead set on helping me fight the demons.
Which is exactly what I was worried about.
I wasn't sure how these demons fought, or how sturdy they were. I may have killed that other demon in one sword slash, but could that be said for the rest of them? I didn't know if they worked separately, or together. I don't even know what they were, other than demons.
Even if I knew all of these things, I definitely wouldn't risk letting a little girl fight them. She could be killed if she was to fight them. I wasn't even sure if I could protect her from them if she was attacked. No matter what kind of plan of attack in my head I could make, I couldn't find one where she isn't hurt. The only way she could avoid being hurt, is by running away.
So I had to convince her to leave….somehow.
I thought back to her questions before hand, hoping to find anything that would help. But no matter how many times I looked through her many questions, I just couldn't find one where I could get her to leave.
"Master," Fi suddenly spoke, still as quiet as a leaf falling off it's branch. "I suggest you retreat as well." She suggested with a neutral tone, as if it didn't matter if I did or didn't. " You may be able to find those who were conducting this initiation young Ruby Rose was questioning you about."
That's it! There were other people in these woods!
As soon as I realised this, I already had a plan in mind. I turned my head towards Ruby, enough where I could see her as well as the demons. She was currently looking me in the eyes, with a fierce determination in her silver eyes. She must really want to help.
"I'm not doubting your fighting skill Ruby." 'Even though I've never seen any evidence of it.' I thought to myself, showing no outward signs of my thoughts. As soon as I finished my whispered sentence, her eyes were wide and filled with surprise. "It will be difficult to fight all of these things if it were just the two of us." I told her with my voice still very quiet. "I need you to run back into the woods, and find the people you were talking about before." I told her my plan, as her eyes lit up with understanding. "Together, we should be able to defeat all of them." I spoke, my voice still as quiet as the breeze flying past the tree.
I was expecting something like 'Great plan!' or 'Okay, let's do it!' from someone like Ruby.
Instead her mouth went into a big 'O', as she just said, "Ohhhhhh." for a while. As soon as she was done, she said only one word.
"OK." she told me simply, with a small smile on her face.
That….was easier than I thought it would be.
"Alright," I started, making sure I got her attention by raising my voice to be slightly above my average volume. " On my signal, I want you to run as fast as you can and look for your friends." I told her, getting said signal ready.
"Alright, got it!" She said, with an energetic smile along with a excited glint in her eyes. She turned around and got into what was reminiscent of a running stance. However, as she was halfway getting into her stance, she stopped and turned her head. Her previous expression was gone, replaced with a look of confusion. "Uhhhh….what's the signal?" She asked, her tilted slightly out of curiosity. Instead of answering, I gave her a small smile and turned toward the demons.
For some reason, they weren't attacking at all. It was almost as if they were….analyzing us. Well, no matter what they were doing, I was going to use this to my advantage. I took a few steps toward them, assuring that my signal would be shown. With those few steps, the demons growled at me, but I didn't care. With each step, I grew closer to the demons who attacked my people long ago. After finally reaching a good distance away from them, I saw the smaller demons getting ready to pounce. The bigger ones though, stared at me in what I could only identify as confusion.
Now that I was close to it, I realised how big this demon was. It was one four legs, with it's claws the size of the sword in my hand. It was much taller than any creature I have, at least ten eight feet tall.
I could hear Ruby take in a breath of air, probably afraid of how close I was. I saw some of smaller demons suddenly turn their heads towards her, but I didn't give them the option. I made sure all of their attention was on me.
With a simple movement of my arm, I shifted my left hand….
And raised the sword skyward.
This was impossible.
When we had sensed the stench of fear coming from this direction, we immediately ran towards it. For that is what we were created to be by our Goddess. Creatures that find those who're living, and end them.
So, me and my pack rushed towards this feeling of fear, only for it to disappear. That was of no consequence however, we already knew where it was.
One of the youngest of the pack ran forward, eager for his first taste of blood.
The young one was dead before it even got a chance.
When I sensed the young one's presence was returning to our Goddess, I immediately told the others to be cautious. While it may be unfortunate, our Goddess will be able to bring him back to the Realm of Life. We creeped up on the cause of the young ones killer, only for the more experienced of our kind to be found with a strange sight.
There was a young one of the race we swore to kill, the race that was our prey. It was covered in colors we could not see, as well as colors as dark as our coats. It was just excitable as the young one who died seconds ago, jumping around like one of those small and strange not-preys. But that wasn't what drew the attention of the rest of the Alpha's.
It was the one next to the dark one that caught our attention.
The strange one was covered in something like the life that surrounded us. The strange one was facing where the essence of the young one was dissipating. On the strange ones back was a big circle of life, and in his paw a stick of earth. He was facing towards us, with eyes of sky. As the dark one looked towards the strange one, it looked towards us and we felt it's fear.
We could feel it's fear of us, it's fear pain, it's fear of death. It did well to hide them, but we could feel it's every dark emotion. It could not hide from us, the hunter's of life. The strange one next to it, was a different story.
We could feel nothing from it.
We felt no fear from the strange one. We felt many things from it, but no fear. It had turned to the side, and conversed with the dark one. It was then that we felt a new fear from the dark one.
It was fear for the strange one. It feared what would happen to the strange on, but we couldn't understand why. For we were the hunters of life, and we had no need for emotions. The strange one turned towards us and removed the circle of life from his back, and faced it towards us.
Still, we felt no fear from the strange. Perhaps it didn't know how ferocious we were. Perhaps he didn't know the terror that was us, the hunter's of life. We saw the dark one use it's paws to to try and force the strange one away. It didn't work though, as the strange one kept looking at us with no fear.
If it would not fear us, then I will make it fear us.
So, I roared at the strange one. A mighty roar that I had not used since I had become an Alpha. The roar had worked on the dark one, as it's fear washed over us like water.
The strange one was unaffected.
All the strange one felt was worry for the dark one, as it's eyes met ours. I stared back, showing my dominance towards my prey. However, there was something in it's eyes that told me he was dominant.
But that's impossible! The only things who were dominant over me was our Goddess. But this thing dared to think that he was my better! I will rip him to shreds! I will watch as he meets deaths grace with me in his sights. I will watch as he-
Takes a step forward.
That's impossible.
This thing, my prey, was walking towards me without fear!
I watched as my prey did the impossible, and felt the fear of the dark one. It was worried for the strange one, for it's safety.
The impossible one did not care, for he walked within pouncing distance from us. I could hear the young ones being distracted by the dark ones fear. They only knew how to kill, they weren't intelligent just yet.
Their attention was immediately put back on the impossible one, as once again the impossible one did something impossible.
He lifted his stick of earth above, and it began to glow with light. I looked as the light went down the stick, no, the Weapon of Earth. This light was impossible, for my senses told me it was dangerous. The only thing that was dangerous was our Goddess's anger! Yet why?
Why did very presence of that light, no, that Weapon! Why did this Weapon….
Make me wish to back away.
Suddenly, the Light of the Weapon flashed with a great strength. Whatever it was, it was pure, the purest thing I had ever seen.
I was disgusted by it, something within me told me that this power was the exact opposite of what I was. Something told me that this power….
Belonged to a much higher power.
Than the Impossible one swung the Weapon of Light down upon us.
With that one swing, I saw the Light shoot towards me, and then….
The Battle of Dominance had begun!
*End Quote*
Those who wield true Courage…
...are often seen as Fearless.