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6tailedninja: Thank you for the originality points there, they shall be put to good use. Now that I read back on the moment, your right. I could've put Ruby after everything that had happened with Link. Sorry to call you out on my portrayal of Ruby's character.
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However, she will reveal herself, just not anytime soon. Don't let this scare you though, there will be plenty of Fi moments. Even though she won't show herself in front of others, (Unless they were a Race that was with Hylia to fight the Demons) she will have plenty of interactions with Link.
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Chapter 2
"Fight or Flight"
Saying that this would be difficult, would be putting it mildly.
The second the sword was charged up with a Skyward Strike, I swung it down with great strength. I felt the unfamiliar feeling of firing such power course through me. It wasn't exactly unpleasant, just strange. Like a Loftwing walking everywhere it goes, or a Hylian who could suddenly fly. This wasn't the time to pay attention to such things though.
When the Skyward Strike had hit the large demon in its left eye, I heard a sudden rush of wind behind me. I would've looked behind me, had not the large demon along with it's horde attack me. As the smaller demons surrounded me, the much larger demon brought one of it's large hands up to it's eye. As soon as it registered what had happened, it roared in what appeared to be outrage. While it's hand was covering its slashed eye, the demons working eye gazed down at me. The hate in them was almost blinding me, as if it was shining one of the knight-guards lanterns at me.
I watched as the Demon Leader, which is what I decided to call it until further notice, raise up on it back legs. It slowly rose up to it's full height, each motion slow and purposeful to instill as much fear as possible. The other, smaller, demons surrounded me making sure I had no way chance of getting away.
"Master," I heard Fi say from the sword, her voice louder than it was before. "It would seem that the young Ruby Rose has received the signal that was hidden as a attack to limit the sight of the demon." I heard Fi speak from the sword in my hand, as I watched the demons look around. They were searching for Fi, probably looking for another person to feast upon. "Master, I will analyze these demons to see any other weaknesses. I suggest you try to do the same." With that said, the sword continued to glow with a silver blue light.
As Fi had suggested, I looked towards the Demon Leader, trying to identify any weaknesses I could see.
It was a humongous demon, standing at least twenty feet tall on it's hind legs. It's fur as black as the moonless night, and darker than a unlit cave. What I once considered legs were now shown as huge man-like arms. It had hands like a man as well, with five fingers and a thumb. The similarities ended there, as each finger ended with a savagely long claw, each one longer than my arm. The knuckles of the creature were plated with bones, each one sharpened to kill with each punch it may give. The side of it's forearms were covered in razor sharp spikes, each one growing shorter as it reached the hand.
On the elbow of the demon, there were what appeared to be a set of spikes similar to the ones on it's arm. Unlike those spikes, these pointed upward and were much longer. Along it's biceps all the way up to it's shoulders were small pieces of bone that had left only thin cracks of black fur past. Next to those pieces of bone were huge spikes, large enough to pierce a man through and sharp enough to destroy the toughest armor. On it's back were huge greatsword like bones, each one looking ready to kill anything in it's way.
It's legs were covered in the same bone like structure as it's arm, leaving almost no skin to cut whatsoever. It's feet had four huge claw like toes, with another bone like structure covering the top of it's paw. It's knees had a huge spike, curved in a way as to not to impale itself. It's chest was covered entirely by huge, thick ribs which left little room to stab in between them. It's torso had more of those small bones covering itself, both in the front and on the sides. Where the legs met the torso, there were what seemed to be bone collars covering the joints.
It's face was not a pretty one, that's for sure. It's face was covered in bone, just like the rest of it's body. It's mask was covered in what appeared to be demonic runes, each rune mirrored on each side. The teeth in the mouth of this creature were long enough to impale my head without much effort. It's ears were not covered by the bone plating, and neither were its nose or tail. It's jaw was also covered in bone, as well as the bottom of the jaw. This made it almost impossible to accomplish a decapitation.
This demon was not only big, but it had a incredible defense as well. I had to find a way to-
"Master." Fi said as she jumped out of the sword, the sounds of chimes that accompanied her becoming slowly familiar. She turned to me, as she floated slowly in the air with no hesitance. She stood next to the of the smaller demons, the demon not even looking at her. "It would seem these demons can sense negative emotions." She told me matter a factly, as she floated around the demons. "All of their senses are used to locate any prey in the area, by sensing any negative emotions from them. One such emotion is fear." She stated, as they looked around for the source of voice. I would've looked directly at Fi, but the giant demon in front of me was my first priority.
"However, since I lack any physical body, they are unable to sense me or harm me. This will allow me to point out any major weaknesses on these creatures, without fear of them catching on." She told me at her normal volume, as well as her normal expression. "For instance," She started, as she glided right over to the Demon Leader. "There are no immediate weaknesses you may be able to exploit." She said, as I kept watching the Demon Leader. "However, if you are able to cut off it's tail then it would be unable to balance itself properly." She finished, as she glided back over to me. It was slow, possibly deliberate as to show more evidence that she was telling the truth. When she reached me, she told me something that I didn't expect.
"While I may be unable to fight, I am able to give you information on your enemies. Please use this information well." She asked in what almost seemed to be….worry. I actually looked away from the Demon Leader to look at her, my companion for the coming journey. While her eyes still looked the same, I was able to feel something from them. This was the first time in our few hours of being together that I actually saw something that was close to emotion. As I kept staring at her, all she did was stare back, as if waiting for something. I realised that she wanted a response from me.
"I will." I told her with confidence, as I looked back towards the Demons Leader. I heard the chimes that signaled she would jump back into the sword, along with the flash of light that told me it was successful.
As soon as Fi had jumped back into the sword, the Demon's Leader shook his head. He was suddenly moving a lot more, as if tim had started back up again. I had no time to think about this though, as the Demon's Leader massive claw came crashing down upon me. I had only just managed to sidestep out of the way, when I heard a massive crashing to my left. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the damage that the Demon Leader had done with just one swing of his mighty claw.
The Demon Leader had been able to create a huge deep crater.
With one hand!
However, if I used this chance correctly, I could use that to my advantage. So, with a determination forged by years of training, I held the sword out in front of me. I held it at an angle, letting the blade cover the top of my body. With my right hand, I held the shield so that it protected my right side, putting it just under the blade of the sword.
Just when I was prepared to fight the demon, it charged straight at me. As he charged at me, I stood my ground, watching and waiting for the right time to attack.
Never once realizing that wielding the sword felt just a little easier.
'Gotta find them, gotta find them, gotta find them, gotta find them, gotta find them, gotta find them.'
This is what I thought as I ran through the trees, looking for all of my friends.
It had been a few minutes since I left Link to go and find my friends like he had asked. I had ran the second I saw that strange light come from his sword. How did he even do that? Was it some kind of dust ability or- ACK! Focus Ruby! You need to find your friends so you can save Link. Then, by the end of the day, we could all be Huntsmen and Huntresses. Now all I need to do is find one of my friends.
With that thought in mind, I sprinted through the forest, looking anywhere for my friends. However,no matter how far I ran, I just couldn't find-
*BOOM*
-them.
I stopped as fast as I could, looking for any signs of what caused the explosion. As I looked around, I thought I saw something strange in the sky. As I tilted my head upwards, the only thing I could see was blue sky, clouds, a pink heart, more cloud-
Wai, wah?
I turned my head so quickly, I thought I had gotten whiplash. Up in the sky was a pink cloud in the shape of a heart. 'If I remember correctly, that Nora girl had a bunch of pink grenades….and if Nora if there, then Jaune is there, and if Jaune is there than….' I could practically hear the gears tuning in my head, as I thought about who would be there. With a small ding, I realised who else might be there.
'Then that means Yang is over there! Along with Weiss, and Blake!' With that thought processed, I rushed over there as fast as I could. Each step leaving a small imprint behind me.
After about a few minutes of running, I could see everybody. They were calling out my name, looking everywhere for me.
"Ruby!" I heard Yang shout out, her hands cupped around her mouth. "Where are you!?" She asked the sky, even though it couldn't answer back. I could even hear Weiss!
"I still can't believe she ran away!" I heard her say, her agitation only minor compared to when I knocked her stuff over...and made her explode. "That dolt better have a good reason for all of this." She said, as Yang continued to shout my name. "She could have just came down to the cliff, instead of waste our time looking for her."
"You can't exactly blame her Weiss." I heard Blake say, as she kept looking around instead of shouting like Yang. "She was being chased by a class 2 Nevermore, and if what Yang says is correct, then Ruby might've been out of ammo." Blake clarified, not knowing how right she was.
"Besides," I heard Jaune start out, as he walked into view. "It's not like Ruby could land unscathed if she jumped from the cliff." He told Weiss, as she just stood there with her arms crossed in agitation.
"Well, when we find her, I am going to give her a piece of my-" This was at the exact moment the I came in.
"GUYS!" I yelled at the top of lungs, as I rushed into the middle of the group. "Weneedtogo,someoneneedsourhelpan-" Before I could finish, Yang ran over and gave me an Ursa hug.
"Ruby!" She yelled out in joy, as my voice was drowned out. "Oh I am so glad you're okay! Are you okay? Oh it doesn't matter you're okay!" She shouted out to the world, as I slowly suffocated within my sister's hug.
"Where were you!" I barely heard Weiss ask, as I kept losing oxygen. "Yang was looking all over for you and-" She started, but didn't finish as she was interrupted by a very quiet voice.
"I think she's suffocating." The voice said, as the hug lessened in pressure. As soon as I could, I took a deep breath of air
and continued to gasp for air. While I was gasping for air, I saw that it was Ren who had saved my life. I gave him a quick "thank you", as I breathed the sweet taste of air. He just gave me a quick nod, while he went over to Nora, who was currently trying to climb a tree.
"So, what happened?" I heard Jaune ask, as I tried to turn to him. That didn't work though, since Yang was still holding me in a hug. So, instead of turning toward him, I just turned my head. "How did you escape the Nevermore?" He asked, as he leaned on one of the many trees in the Emerald Forest. Pyrrha was close by, both checking the surrounding area and listening in on the conversation.
"Yes, what did happen Ruby?" Weiss asked, although her tone didn't sound curious, more agitated than anything else. "Why would you run from a Nevermore a class below the one you had killed moments before?!" She asked, as her tone was definitely one of agitation. "We have been looking for you for the past twenty minutes, where were you?!" She asked again, her expression as well as tone now filled with anger. I almost didn't want to answer her, for fear of making her even angrier.
"Leave her alone Ice Queen." I heard Yang say, as she let me go from her hug. She walked over to Weiss, and with her arms crossed, looked Weiss straight in the eye. " She just ran away from a Class 2 Nevermore, she shouldn't to put up with your shit right now." She told Weiss straight out, as Weiss got red in the face from anger.
"Oh please, about a half hour ago she had cut of the head of Class 3 Nevermore!" She told Yang, as she waved her hands in agitation. "If she had just killed the Grimm, we would already be back at Beacon!" She told everybody, giving a pointed glare right towards me. I looked around to see that everybody was staring at the two, some with wide eyes, some with uncaring eyes, and one who just looked very happy to be in a tree.
"You two need to calm down." I heard Blake say calmly, as she walked over to get in between the two. I could see Yang's eyes were now red, instead of their usual lilac color. This usually meant that she was really angry, or….nope, just when she is angry. "You might attract some Grimm." She told them simply, as she looked at the both of them, looking for signs of the argument continuing.
"Yeah, uh…." Jaune started, as he looked extremely nervous about something. "Ca-can we not do that." He said, as he looked of to the side towards Nora and Ren. Nora was yelling up in the tree, as he tried to persuade her to get down.
"Nora, please come down here." He said calmly, as Nora continued to be, well, Nora.
"But Ren," she yelled down, as she climbed higher and higher to the top. "I wanna see the big bird!" She yelled down again, as she looked around with a hand on her forehead. "I wanna ride it like the Ursa!" She said as she scouted the horizon, looking to ride the giant bird.
"You can't!" I yelled up her, as I suddenly became the center of attention. "It's dead!" I told her, as her face turned into one of disappointment.
"Aww!" She whined, as she jumped off the tree and landed down on the ground. She landed without even breaking a sweat, or a bone. As soon as she had landed, she went over to Ren and pouted. "I wanted to ride the bird." She said, as she pouted and Ren just simply patting her back.
"Hang on, so you were able to kill it?" Yang asked me, as she went into her pouch for something. As soon as she had pulled it out, I rushed over, grabbed it, and put it back into Crescent Rose.
"Thank you!" I told her, as I cocked Crescent Rose with a new magazine filled with bullets. "And no, I didn't. Link did." I told them, as I made sure the magazine was in properly.
"Whose Link?" Pyrrha asked, joining the conversation.
It was then that I remembered that I was actually on an urgent mission. One that had a life hanging in the balance.
"Ahhh!" I screamed out, as everybody turned to me with wide eyes. I turned to everybody, and told them as fast as possible what was happening.
"Guys,theresthisguynamedLinkwhosavedme,buthe'sintrouble!WewereabouttofightaBeowulfhorde,butLinktoldmetogofindyouguys!Hesaidthathewouludgivemeasingnal,butIdidn'tknowwhatitwas!Thenheraisedhisswordintheair,thenitglowwed,thenheshotoutalaserbeamfromhisswor!Idon'tknowhowhedidit,butIguessedthatthatwasthesignalhewastalkingabout!SoIranasfastasIcouldtofindyouguys,sowecouldfigtofftheBeowulfhordetogether!" After that mouthful, I took a deep breath, ready to tell them the rest.
That is until Yang covered my mouth with her hand
"Whoa their sis, slow down." She said, as she let go of my mouth. "Take deep breathes and start over, this time slower." She told me calmly, as I tried to find the best way to tell them slowly, yet as fast as possible.
"Ok." I said, as I began to tell them what happened. "So after a plan had failed to get away from the Nevermore, it had almost killed me." I saw Yang cringe at the mention of dieing, as well as Jaune. "But as soon as I thought I was dead, Link, the guy who saved me, came from out of nowhere and killed it in a single slash." I saw Weiss's eyes narrow in suspicion, as well as Blakes. Yang seemed to be elated at the fact that I was saved. Everybody else just seemed curious about him.
"After he helped me, we were attacked by a horde of Beowolves! He said he would hold them off while I find you guys, so that we could work together to kill it." I told them, as I turned around. "So let's go!" I said, as I started to jog to where I left Link.
"Wait." I heard Weiss say, as I stopped my jogging. I turned around to see that no one had started to follow me. "How many Beowolves were there?" She asked, her eyes still narrow from before.
"Um….I don't know, thirty? Maybe twenty? One was really big to. Why?" I asked her, wondering why she was asking such a thing.
"How big was it?" Blake asked, her eyes just as narrow as Weiss's.
I didn't understand why they were asking these questions, but I answered them anyway. "Almost four times bigger than a normal Beowulf, I guess." I told them, unsure if I had gotten the measurements correctly.
That had gotten everybody's eyes to widen, even Ren's who has had the same expression as when we first met. Their eyes were wide with disbelief, as if I had just said something that should be impossible.
"That's an over exaggeration….right?" Jaune asked, looking terrified as he looked around the forest. He looked back to me, with hope in his eyes that I was over exaggeration.
"No, I think it is pretty accurate." I told him, as all the hope in his eyes shattered upon what I had said.
"Ruby," I heard Yang start, as I saw the same disbelief as everybody else in her eyes. "Are you absolutely sure that that was the size of the Beowulf?" She asked slowly, with the her eyes showing something I rarely see in them.
Fear.
"Yes, why?" Than all at once, I see everybody with the same exact fear as Yang. Pyrrha was a little different, as I could see not only see fear in her eyes….
But also sadness.
"Ruby," She started out, the sadness in her eyes only growing with each second. "I'm sorry to tell you this, but…." She hesitated, as she looked unsure if she should finish her sentence or not.
"But ….what?" I asked, unsure of what they were insinuating, until it hit me. "Oh…." I said as everybody looked over at me. They all had a surprise look in their eyes, as if I had done something they didn't expect. "Wait, I already know he's in trouble." I told them, as I saw Weiss slowly bring a hand to her forehead with her eyes closed. "That's the entire reason I'm bringing you guys to fight off the Grimm, to save him." I told them as I turned towards the area where Link was fighting off the giant Beowulf.
That is, until Blake decided to finish Pyrrha's sentence.
"Ruby," Blake started out quietly, her voice holding some type of ominous tone. I turned towards her, waiting for the answer she was about to give. As soon as she looked at me, she turned her towards the ground. I tilted my head in curiosity, wondering why she would avoid my gaze.
It was then, that I heard a response that I did not expect whatsoever.
"Your friend is most likely….dead." She told me in the loudest whisper I have ever heard.
For what seemed like an eternity, I just stood there, stunned. My mind couldn't think properly, as I just stood there, as still as a statue. My eyes were wide with shock, and I felt cold sweat run down my back.
"Wh-what?" I asked, as I just stood there processing what she had just told me. "What do you mean he is…." I couldn't bring myself to say it, as I tried to find something else to say. "How do you know?" I asked, as I continued to stand in the same spot, my legs frozen in place.
"Ruby," Yang started, her voice and expression filled with worry. "You wouldn't know this, but in the final year of Signal, they tell you about the strongest Grimm known to man." She told me, as she took a few steps closer. "On that list, there were a few that literally told trainees to stay away from at all costs." She continued, as she placed a hand on my shoulder with her eyes looking into mine. "On that list was an Omega Beowulf." She told me simply, as if I should immediately know what that means.
"Why does that matter?" I asked them, wondering what this had to do with Link.
"Because you just described one." Blake said simply, her arms crossed while she looked somewhere else.
"So?" I asked them, wondering why this mattered.
"So," Weiss started, as she rolled her eyes at me. "An Omega Beowulf is one of the strongest Grimm out there, and you just left a guy there to fight it alone." She told me, her voice monotone, holding back any emotion.
"Wha…." That was all I could say to that response to that statement. "But, but he…." I tried to say, but was tongue tied. I couldn't say what I wanted to say.
"The Omega Beowulf has been said to easily kill Ursa Major's." Pyrrha told me, as she looked away from me. "It's strength has killed many fully trained Huntsmen, it's speed is faster than an Alpha, and its defence has been known to be stronger than a Deathstalkers." She continued to tell us, as I saw her hand grip her arm tightly. "While it is a very rare type of Grimm, since it takes hundreds of years to grow like that, it is said that it is very intelligent and commands hordes of Beowulf's. It's skin is almost thick enough to shrug off gunfire, but that's only if you can hit the skin." She told us, as she looked at me with sadness in her eyes. "It is covered in bone that works like chainmail that has very slim openings, making it nearly impossible to give any damage." She told us, as she untangled her arms.
"There are few people known to have killed an Omega Beowulf," Blake told us, as I felt the hand on my shoulder tighten. "All of them ended up in the hospital, and most of them died taking it down." She said quietly, as she turned around to look at the trees. "The few that did survive couldn't continue being Huntsman, as they were disabled in some way." She told us, not turning around to look at us. "Even when they were told that they could continue being Huntsmen, each one quit and tried to live a life away from fighting. Each one was a Top Grade Hunter, said to be just below Headmaster's."
"So," Weiss started, her eyes closed with arms crossed. "Unless your friend is on par with a Headmaster, than it is likely that he will not survive the fight." She told me, as her eyes opening up with a tint of sadness in them, only to immediately turn away from me.
"If…." I started, tears welling up in my eyes. "If it's that strong, why haven't I heard anything about it?" I asked them, as the tears started to fall.
"It's because it is so strong that it is kept a secret." Yang told me, as she wrapped her arms around me. "If everybody knew how strong some of the Grimm were, then there would be less Huntsmen in training. If we are low on Huntsmen, then everybody will be scared, and that will attract powerful Grimm." She told me, as I wrapped my arms around her, trying to find some form of comfort. "If that happens, then the capitals may just collapse, and society would end."
"He…." I started, as I hugged Yang harder, trying to hide the fact that I was crying. "He could've just run away." I said simply, as I sniffled. "He could have run away with me, and he could've lived."
"That wouldn't have worked." Ren said simply, as he turned away. Nora was holding on to is shoulder, her eyes showing worry for the silent man in green. "The Omega would've attacked both of you." He turned to me, his eyes showing a type of hollowness that I had never seen. "He likely distracted the Beowulf's with a way that made him an immediate target, so you could live."
'Is that what he was doing?' I thought back to when he walked straight up to the Beowulf horde. 'Was he making sure that I wouldn't be followed, so that I could live.' That thought had caused me to hug Yang tighter, once again trying to find some form of comfort.
I thought back to when I saw him look towards the Omega Beowulf. He was looking straight at it, showing no signs of fear to the much larger creature. Was that all just a mask? A mask made so that I wouldn't be scared? A mask made to save my life?
"Ruby," I heard Yang ask from above me, her question hanging in the air. "I know that you're sad, and that you probably want to grieve for longer." She said, as I knew this would lead to something I might not like. "But we need to go." At that, I instantly looked up at Yang's eyes.
Her eyes were filled with sadness as well, even if she wasn't crying. She was also sad that someone had died.
"We have all the requirements to pass initiation," Weiss said, avoiding my eyesight as she turned towards the direction of the cliff. "All we need to do now is to reach Beacon Academy." She had started walking, but before she really went anywhere she stopped. She turned towards me, and looked at me straight in the eye. Her eyes were cold, the same cold as when we first met. Yet there was a warmth to it, a warmth that was likely unknown to her.
"We wouldn't want that man's sacrifice to be in vain." She said, and quickly turned around and walked towards the cliff. Everybody followed her, some with somber expressions, others with tears in their eyes. But still, we all walked towards the cliff….
Not knowing just how wrong we were about his actions.
This Demon was surprisingly intelligent.
When the Demon Leader had charged at me, I had expected it to just attack me up front.
What I had not expected was the Demon to jump over me and flip to try and cut off my head. It had jumped in such a way that it was high enough to get over me, but low enough that it could successfully cut me.
I was barely able to roll to the side and avoid his surprise attack. I heard the wind rush by my head as I rolled out of the way. As I rolled, I made sure to have my shield hit the ground. As soon as the entire flat of it was on the ground, I pushed the shield in such a way that it would cause me to flip on my feet. Before I was able to land on the ground, I was able to see what had happened to my foe.
While his pounce may have been unsuccessful towards me, he had accidentally killed a few of his demonic companions. I could tell because of that strange black fog that was spilling out beneath his claws. As I landed on my feet I once again brought my shield out in front of me, to protect me in case of another sudden attack. Even if my shield was made of wood, it could still protect me from any sudden attacks.
I watched as he turned his head, looking for where I had ended up. Luckily, I was directly in his blind spot, as his left eye is not working. However, the other demons had spotted me and were already trying to kill me. They charged forward, each one rushing in at a different angle. The Demon Leader seemed to have given them a plan in case he missed. There was no way I could dodge, even if they were to pounce.
Luckily, there was already an attack for such a situation.
I quickly brought my sword to my side and kept it there. It would seem that these smaller demons weren't anywhere near the same intelligence as their Leader as, despite my obvious setup, the demons continued their charge.
I watched them all, as they quickly charged forward. While it wasn't all the demons at the Demon Leaders disposal, there were still quite a few of them. Each one was a smaller version of the of the Demon Leader, only they were less intimidating and lacked of that strange bone armor.
When they were a few feet away, I relaxed. I needed to be loose for this to work, if I was stiff than I could fail this attack. They were approaching quickly, but I was already use to the incredible speed of Kuren. Compared to him, these demons were way to slow.
When they all reached a certain distance away, I raised my shield to my side, the most favorable position. As long as I had it there, I would be able to block most of their attacks as well as leave them open for an attack.
When all of them were in range, I launched my Spin Attack.
"HYAAAAAAH!" I yelled out of habit. When I would practice, I would run myself ragged practicing my sword skills. I was young at the time, and full of energy, but even that didn't youthful energy couldn't last with the way I was practicing. Each and every day, for six years, from eleven in the morning, to four in the afternoon, I practiced with my sword in the Training Hall. Whenever I would swing, I would give a little yell, and for a Spin-Attack a huge one. Zelda would always watch me as I did so, as she practiced playing her harp.
After my training, Zelda and I would hang out around Skyloft until sunset. As soon as their was nothing else keeping me awake, I fell asleep as soon as I hit the pillow. Thus spawning my love for sleep.
But that is besides the point, for right now, I was worried about the fight at hand.
I spun on my toes as fast as possible, bringing my entire body along with me. I could feel the sword cut through each and every demon. Each strike causing a fatal blow. One demon was cut in half, another was cut in it's mask, going many inches deep inside it's head.
Despite all of the carnage I was causing, I looked around. Since I was spinning my body like a top, I was able to see everything around me.
I had already seen the Demon Leader, as he was right in front of me. He was watching me, studying my every movement. This scene was replaced by a new picture, as I spun around.
I could see the demons charge forth, despite what I did to their comrades. Some looked ready to swipe at me with their long claws. Others were ready to pounce on top of me. All of them were looking to kill me.
None of them would ever get the chance.
As soon as my Spin Attack had killed all of the demons around me, I turned to counter the one of the demons planning on pouncing me. There were at least three of them, on now in front of me, one to my right, and one next to the one in front of me. They were very close, but not close enough as to worry just yet
The ones running up to cut me were only a few feet behind the others. So I had to deal with the three ready to claw my eyes out, quickly. I didn't want to be surrounded, even if I did have a move to deal with that exact problem.
I slashed at the demon in front of me with a horizontal slash. With that slash I should be able to cut both of the demons and kill them.
That would be the case…if I didn't miss.
While I was able to kill the one pouncing in front of me, the one on it's right got out unscathed. My eyes widened, as I moved to raise my shield in front of the attacking demon. As soon as the demon was in range of my shield, I hit the demon as hard as I could with said shield.
The mask it was wearing shattered, and it's eyes dimmed as the soulless beast turned into a corpse. Strange, I had only expected it to put the demon in a daze, not kill it.
But I was not able to think of such things, as I felt waves of pain wash over me.
"Augh!" I screamed out in agony, as Demon bit into my right shoulder with inch long teeth. I watched and as the demon bit me, and try to tear my arm apart. Luckily, the chain mail I had on had caused the demon to be unable to correctly tear my flesh. With my left band on the sword, I stabbed the demon through the chest, and watched it start to vaporize.
I could feel my blood slowly start to stain my tunic and gauntlets, but that was ignored for something more important.
'How did I miss!?' I thought to myself, as I prepared for the onslaught of demons. 'I know the length of this sword is twice as long as my practice sword, so there should be no way that I missed!'
I had the pride of a swordsman, through and through. I made sure to practice everyday to be sure that something like that wouldn't happen. So how did it!?
I looked within myself, trying to find an answer. I looked through the memories of the encounter, trying to find some solace of an answer. It was the second after I cut the first demon that I felt something that spread throughout my entire body.
Discomfort.
But it wasn't my discomfort that had caused the blade to stray from it's path. In fact, I thought the blade was great to use. No it wasn't my discomfort….
It was the swords.
The feeling of discomfort was the same as the swords. I had already guessed that the blade was alive, and I was right. Fi was the spirit of the sword, which meant that this….
Was her body.
It would seem that Fi couldn't accept me as her Master. No, that isn't right. Fi has answered all of my questions, been loyal and patient, and had even helped me defeat a Demonic Loftwing despite her warnings. Her spirit was loyal to me, it showed me that much. She would always call me 'Master', despite my wishes, and has tried her best to be helpful.
But just because her spirit is loyal, it does not mean that she is willing to give her body.
Which is understandable, If I were to put myself in Fi's place, I wouldn't just let anyone use my body as weapon to kill others. And even if if I trusted them, I would still be watching to see if they would use me for wrong. They would have to win over my trust, and they would have to have it completely.
However, I couldn't just act a certain way to make Fi listen to me. That wouldn't be right. No, what I had to do was as difficult as fighting the Demon Leader.
I had to gain the swords, as well as it's spirits, trust.
With my thoughts cleared, I was able to grasp the entire situation at hand. I could feel the blood dripping down my shoulder, and the heat that would accompany it. Soon the blood would dry, and I would have to heal it. However, my damaged shoulder would scream in pain if I were to lift my shield.
Instead, I but the mildly scratched wooden shield on my back, hoping it would defend me in case of a surprise attack.
"Master," I heard Fi speak from the sword, her voice still as monotone as ever. "Your shoulder has taken significant damage. It is imperative that you put pressure on your wound to slow the bleeding." She told me, never leaving the sword in my hand.
I watched the demons as they circled around me, each one looking at me with hungry eyes. The Demon Leader was just standing in the last place I saw it, seeming to enjoy my pain and suffering. While I made a plan in my mind, I brought the sword in front of my eyes.
"I can't right now Fi," I told Fi, as I continued to watch the demons as they circled me. "They won't give me a chance to, and I have to conserve my only potion." The demons kept circling me, looking for a weakness, looking for any opening to exploit. As I looked at them, I noticed that these demons were slightly bigger than the demons who rushed me. 'The bigger ones must be more intelligent.' I thought to myself, as I continued to watch them as they watched me.
Fi was silent for a moment, only for the sword to glow once again. She jumped out of the sword, the usual sound of wind chimes following, and stood right next to me.
"If you are unable to stop the bleeding, then you must deal with them quickly." She told me simply, as I continued to watch the demons. "If you are unable to stop the demons in ten minutes, then you will more than likely pass out due to blood loss." She told me, as my eyes widened slightly.
I had ten minutes?! Ten minutes to kill a powerful demon, as well it's minions. All of them with sharp claws, and teeth?
Not the best odds.
"Can't you put pressure on it Fi?" I asked her, unsure as to why she was only giving advice.
"Apologizes, Master." Fi apologized, lacking the usual emotion that came with an apology. "As I have said before, other than the Goddess Sword, I lack any sort of physical body. I am only able to affect the world in minimal ways. Furthermore... " She told, as she looked down at her strange wing like sleeves. "Even if I could affect the physical world, I lack the proper appendages to help put pressure on your wound."
Oh… right. The lack of arms would kind of make that...difficult.
"Well…" I started, trying to get away from the now awkward conversation. "What do you suggest I do?" I asked the much smarter-than-I spirit of the sword.
"I suggest you tread carefully, Master." Fi told me, her voice still just as monotone as it was before. "Your chances of survival are-" Before she could tell me my chances, I interrupted her as politely as possible.
"Fi," I started off, hoping that I wouldn't come off as rude. "Can you only tell me my chances when I ask?" I asked her, as the sword in my and glowed a light blue.
"Affirmative, Master." She told me quickly, her conformation holding no emotion. She continued to stand next to me silently, as I watched the other demons look for the source of the voice unknown to them. I raised an eyebrow as she stayed silent, not asking any questions.
"Umm…." I started to ask, awkwardly looking to the side towards Fi. "Aren't you going to ask why?" I asked her, as she just floated next to me calmly and without any expression.
Her response was surprising, and unexpected to those who knew her.
She tilted her head, ever so sightly.
"Why would I do that Master?" She asked me, a very slight curiosity gracing her voice. "You have given me an order, I must follow it." She stated simply, once again returning to her usual emotionless expression.
I gave one more look towards the Demons, gauging the danger of what I was about to do. When that was done, I did something simple.
I turned my head towards Fi, making sure I could see the Demons out of the corner of my eye.
"Fi," I started to tell her, looking to see any movement out of the corner of my eye. "If you want to know something, then even if it is an order, you can ask me anything, okay?" I told her, making sure that if she took it as an order, then there would be no loopholes for to use.
Fi just floated there, looking at me with eyes that could make a rock seem elated. After a few seconds of just floating, she nodded in conformation.
"As you wish, Master." She stated, as she continued to look me in the eye. "Should I find myself curious of an aspect of your orders, I will notify you immediately." She told me simply, as she jumped back into the sword.
As soon as the spirit rejoined her body, the demons became more agitated and looked ready to kill. I only had a few minutes until my body would run low on blood and pass out. I had to think fast, and kill these demons as quickly as possible.
So, before the demons could rush me, I rushed them!
With quick feet, and a one handed sword stance, I sprinted towards the demons. There were very few left, then all I had to do is deal with there leader. The quickest way to deal with these demons is if I went on the offensive
'And who knows,' I thought to myself, as I sprinted closer and closer to the demons. Each and every one of them looked ready to see my carcass on the grass. Their red eyes showing their thirst for the blood that flows in my veins. I brought back my arm, just as they were ready to attack.
'Maybe the odds were in my favor.'
It was heart wrenching sight to see.
From the cliff that started the initiation, I watched all of the students from my Scroll. I watched as each of my new students met up with their new partners. I watched as each of my new students passed the initiation, some with flying colors.
I watched as Miss. Rose was almost killed by a Nevermore.
I watched as a green blur, as well as a strange light, kill the Nevermore before it could kill Miss. Rose, along with the drone watching her.
I watched as Miss. Rose desperately looked around for her new teammates, running around as if a life depended on it.
I watched her meet up with her teammates, as she told them of a new friend she made. The friend who had saved her from the Nevermore, and how he needed their help.
I watched as some of Miss. Rose's teammates gave suspicious stares, some having excited smiles at the thought of killing more of the Grimm, one who gained a fearful expression, and some maintaining a calm determination.
I watched as all of it melted away into expressions of dread and fear.
I watched as they explained to the young, blooming Rose, that her friend maybe dead.
I watched as tears grew in her eyes, as she realised what her new friend may have done.
Now, I continue to watch the two teams as they make there way back to the cliff. Each of them walking in a dread filled silence.
I had hoped that my students would never have to experience something like this. That each and everyone of them can have a life lived without such a feeling.
But here I am, watching them walk away from a recent death of a brave young man.
Watching them leave behind the innocence only a youth can have with each step.
Many have asked what the hardest part of my job is. Is it protecting the students? Keeping the citizens of Vale safe? Getting up early in the morning to do paperwork? Everyone wonders what the hardest part of my job is.
In my opinion, it isn't the long hours, nor the amount of work. Oh no, it is far simpler reason than that.
It is watching my students grow to hate the job they have trained their entire life's for. Watching as their eyes pierce the fog, and see the world for what it really is. A dark, cruel, and unforgiving world.
The Huntsman and Huntresses of this world are the protectors of mankind. We protect it from all threats, be it Grimm…
Or man itself.
We protect the good of humanity with our very lives. Some call us heroes, others call us soldiers, but I think of ourselves differently.
We protect what the citizens, as well as what the Council, view as good. We hunt and destroy the corrupted forms of society. We kill the creatures that wish humanity harm. We even try to find ways for the people of Remnant to life comfortably, as well as safely, as possible.
We have been protecting the status quo, nothing more. We keep the people safe, we get payed, we find ways to make humanity's life better. This has not changed since Remnant was created.
Which is exactly the problem.
No matter how many times we protect humanity, we always stay the same. We try to find all of the comfort in life.
Always forgetting about the evil both in and outside of our walls.
We are not what humanity needs, we never have been.
We are what humanity wants! A protector to keep them safe from the evil that has always surrounded us on all sides.
Never realizing that we may already be pinned down.
Everywhere is the same.
Atlas trains soldiers to keep the peace.
Haven teaches there Huntsman how to defend their borders from Grimm. Making sure that no one is harmed.
Shade Academy teaches there students to protect their citizens, making sure they are well protected and cared for.
So when the darkness comes to destroy the last remaining specks of humanity, that is all they will do. Protect the people, only ever pushing back when forced to push.
That is exactly why I do not train Huntsman and Huntresses.
I train Heroes.
I train the people who are willing to push back against the darkness, willing to not only to protect the people, but to fight for the people. I train the ones who may cause humanity to finally to stand up, and take back the land from the darkness.
Teachers are people of the past, hoping that there knowledge will help others. Protectors are the ones who safeguard the present, making sure all is well.
A Hero is someone who makes a path for people to follow to the future. Giving them a reason to change for the better.
And with what has been happening recently, we need a hero.
"Headmaster." I heard someone say at my side, the voice very familiar to me.
"Yes Glynda?" I asked my assistant, as I turned my head towards her almost startling light green eyes. As I turned to her, I remembered our previous conversation. "Ah yes, were you able to find anything?" I asked her, curious of her findings.
Earlier, when Miss. Rose was speaking of her escape, she had brought up a young man by the name of Link. If what she said was true, then this young man came out of nowhere to save her from the Class 2 Nevermore that was preparing to kill her. As I had stated before, the drone that was watching Miss. Rose was destroyed, so we had no idea who it was who saved her.
I had asked Glynda to do a search of him as soon as his name was mentioned. Though he may have saved one of my students, he may be an underling of the Black Queen. He could have been sent to gain the trust of my students, and search for the Fall Maiden.
It may have been paranoid thinking, but there was a chance nonetheless.
That thought was immediately destroyed, as Miss. Rose told her friends of the danger he was in.
'An Omega Beowulf' I had thought to myself angrily, as I had tried to find any glimpse of it on my Scroll. 'An Omega Beowulf was right under my nose, and I had sent my students in there.' I continued to look for any glimpse of it, trying to find its whereabouts for a future hunt.
I couldn't believe the error I had made. An Omega Beowulf, of all the things to miss in my previous search of the forest, it was an Omega Beowulf. To think that it was so close to killing one of my students.
After a while of searching, I gave up on catching a glimpse. It must be where the destroyed drone was. I would've moved my drones to the area, but I had to make sure that all the drones were in the surrounding areas. If the Omega were to run after any of my students, I needed to know as quickly as possible. If I moved the drones, there was a chance I could miss it. A small chance, but a chance nonetheless.
I had Glynda continue the search though. Even though I now knew he was innocent, for only a fool would try to win our trust by fighting an Omega Beowulf, I still needed to know who he was.
After all, I needed to inform his family of this unfortunate disaster.
"Nothing sir." She told me, her expression as serious as always. "In fact, as far as the Four Kingdoms know, there is not a single person ever to be named Link." She told me, her expression showing no humor at all.
"Hmm..." I thought out loud, as I turned back to my Scroll. "That is concerning." 'For a number of reasons.' I thought to myself, as I pondered what this could mean.
Ever since I had James join our group, he has done nothing but try to help. One of the ways he helps is by having his soldiers go to every village, caravan, and city to have every Human and Faunus put down into a specialised folder that only our group an access.
Needless to say, he was very...thorough in his findings. To this day, there are only a few people I am unable to find. The Maidens, The Black Queen and her minions, and a few of the members of the White Fang.
So if this young man was nowhere to be found, then he is either part of the White Fang or the Black Queens group. He may also be part of an unknown village, which is fairly likely. But the most worrisome outcome would be that…
He is part of an unknown group of people, with an unknown objective.
While it is likely that he is part of an unknown village or caravan, there is also a chance of him being part of the enemies groups.
He needed to be watched, carefully, and diligently
That is, if he lives.
If what Miss. Rose said is true, then the young man is facing an Omega Beowulf, one of the strongest Grimm known to mankind. The chance of him surviving the encounter is slim to none.
"Headmaster, there is movement in the-" I unintentionally tuned Glynda out, as I saw it show it's face.
It was indeed an Omega Beowulf. It's size was spectacular, almost edging onto the side of ridiculous. It's bone white armor was covering the entirety of it's flesh, protecting it from harm. It's red eyes huge and threatening. It's pure white mask ruined by the color red and….green?
As soon as it had appeared, it vanished into the trees. It was moving incredibly fast, as expected of it's kind. It was moving north, although it seemed...distracted. It was running into many of the trees, each one shattering into many splinters. It tried to scratch at it's face, but every time it did it would come out with a new scar.
It would seem that the Omega was trying to get something off of it's face. But who or what could be foolish enough to…
That was when I finally saw the source of the strange green discoloration.
It was a young man, no older than 18. He was wearing a strange forest green garb, along with a strange green hat.
He also had his sword within the left side of the Omega's snout, holding onto his sword with one hand.
As soon as I saw him, he was gone from the view of the camera, along with the Omega. They were moving very quickly, although the Omega was running into as many trees as possible. Most likely, the Omega was trying shake off the young man.
Should he survive the encounter, he may be a dangerous enemy…
Or a powerful ally.
This didn't turn out as expected.
After I had killed most of the demons with slashes from the Goddess Sword, the Demon Leader had charged at me. My back was turned, and I was unaware of it's second sneak attack.
Luckily, I wasn't alone.
"Master, behind you." Fi said quickly from the sword, her voice still emotionless.
With a quick turn, I saw the gigantic demon try and charge me, it's humongous claws aiming to rip my flesh to shreds. Thanks to Fi's warning, I was able to dodge out of the way just in time. The demon ran into some of it's kind as it rushed past me. Each of the demons crashed into the trees surrounding us, and started to dissolve before they even hit the ground.
With his charge, I had seen an opening that I could use to harm the Demon. So while he was distracted, I made sure to do one of my most powerful moves...
The Finishing Blow.
So, with a great effort, I jumped up and flipped my sword to have it pointing downwards. The Demon was a few feet away, and it's head was still off the ground, but that didn't matter.
All that mattered was it and me.
When I reached the apex of my jump, gravity brought me down as fast as it could. While I wasn't heavy by any means, being only 160 pounds, my gear made me heavier, making the force of my drop all the more powerful. Not only that, the Goddess Sword was sharper than any sword I had found on Skyloft, and unlike the corner edges of the blades on Skyloft, the Goddess Sword had curved edges. This allowed the sword to slide into flesh as easy as it was to cut it.
So, as the wind whistled loudly in my ears, I aligned the tip of the blade with the top of the Demons skull with a single hand, as my shoulder was still damaged from the bite. While in the air, the Demon turned around to look for me. Only to be confused by my sudden disappearance. It looked around, trying to find where I have gone.
I was only a few feet away from stabbing the length of the blade into the demonic creatures head. Just a few more feet until I could hit a vital part of any creatures anatomy.
Than the Demon looked up and my plan was ruined.
I no longer had access to the creature's skull, nor any way to change my momentum. My Sailcloth, the one I was rewarded with from Zelda by completing the Wing Ceremony the day before, was in my Tunic pocket. It was unreachable at the moment, as my only usable arm was on the Goddess Sword. To get the Sailcloth would force me to let go of the sword, which is a bad idea. Even if I could reach the Sailcloth, I would need both arms to use it, which at the moment was… not happening. So the only thing I could do was fall…
Onto the left part of the Demon's mask, right under its left eye.
As soon as the tip of the blade met bone, the mask cracked from the top to bottom. The blade was able to make it a few inches deep, but the wasn't enough apparently, as the Demon gave no outward reaction of pain.
As soon as the mask cracked, the Demon was on the move. It ran through the forest, shaking it's head with great force, trying to buck me off. I held on tight, hoping the blade would stay within the crack I had created.
Which led me to my current situation of riding the Demon into the forest.
It had tried to claw at me with it's giant paws, but every time it did the spikes across its arms would meet its jaws, effectively cutting the Demon with their sharpened ends. While he tried to attack me, with little success, I would lift the Goddess Sword, with one hand, out of the crack and force it deeper inside of the mask.
I was able to get the blade a few inches deeper inside of the mask of the Demon, as well as make the crack wider along it's mask. However, the Demon gave up on trying to grab me and started to run into objects. Every chance the demon had, it would run into one of the trees hoping that the force may shake me off.
With each shake and tremor, my grip on the sword loosened. I could feel the vibration of each hit through the sword, making it shake violently. With each passing moment, my hand loosened and I started to lose feeling in my hands. I knew my left hand could only take one more crash, so I braced myself for the inevitable impact. I was already coming up with plans to get my sword back, as I couldn't remove it from Demon with him moving all over the place.
I watched as the Demon run toward a thick tree, greater than any I have seen on Skyloft. As I braced myself for the impact, the Demon suddenly tilted its head to the right. It suddenly slowed down, stopping before it had reached the tree.
Why would it do that? Did it think that it's efforts were unsuccessful? Maybe it had some other place to run into to try and get me off? Despite my suspicion, I took the the chance to rest and recover my stamina. Just then, as the demon was looking toward the giant rock formation in the distance, Fi spoke from within the sword.
"It would seem that the Demon senses others, Master." Fi told me, her statement not starting with the word Master for on-
Wait...others!
"What do you mean others!" I started out with surprise lacing my voice…
Only to be interrupted by the Demon suddenly sprinting towards the steep rock formation. I barely had time to grip the sword once again, before I was forced back by the speed the Demon was running. I could feel the vibrations the Demon created with each step it took. It was running in a straight line, never purposefully crashing into any of the trees in the area.
I held on to the handle of the blade as tightly as possible, hoping to not blow away with the wind the Demon was creating. The Demon kept running with seemingly no purpose, when he reached the high wall of rock. There he stopped, giving me a chance to drive the blade deeper into his mask.
Only for a scream to rip through the air.
My head shot towards the source of the scream, where I saw something I never thought could be so terrifying.
Teenagers.
Standing below the Demon were eight teenagers, each one of them wearing colorful outfits. I could see six girls and two boys, all of them staring at the Demon in fear. However, there was one person that had caught my attention as soon as I had saw her.
Ruby.
'Why did it come here?!' I thought to myself, my mind racing faster than Kuren could ever go. 'Why would it bring me here?'
As these thoughts entered my head, the Demon turned it's head, using it's only good eye look down at the others. Since I was on the the side with the bad eye, I was effectively put out of the sight of Ruby and the others.
"Run!" I heard one of the girls yell out, as I tried to remove the sword from the Demon's mask. I could hear small explosions coming from over the Demon's face. Each one cracking through the air with a force that pierced my sensitive ears. Despite the ringing in my ears, I pulled the Goddess Sword out of the Demon's mask…
Only to blown away, off of the Demon's mask as it rushed forward.
As soon as this had happened, I was blown behind it. With no free, and usable, hand, I used the sword in my left hand to pierce the back of the Demon. With a powerful stab, I watched as the flesh of the beast split apart in a bloodless wound. I heard the Demon howl in pain, staggering but nonetheless running forward. No doubt chasing Ruby and the others.
"Head for the cliff!" I heard one of the boys shout, his voice filled with fear. "We may be able to escape there!" With that, I heard more explosions come from ahead of the demon.
'Alright Link,' I thought to myself, knowing each second was precious. 'You need to think and find a way to kill this thing before it kills eight people. No pressure.'
I looked around the demon, trying to find some way to kill it. However, all I saw were the white, bone like spikes on it's back. Nothing but it's tail was a weakness I could exploit, but even then all that would do was make it lose it's balance.
However, seeing how there is no other option, I will have to make due with-
"Master." I heard Fi speak from the sword, her voice slightly loud in my ears. "With the success of harming the demon with your blade, I have been able to identify an undiscovered weakness."
"Really!?" I asked her, my surprise evident. 'If I can hit this weakness,' I thought to myself, a small smile appearing on my face.
'Than I can save them!'
My heart was hammering as hard as my feet hitting the ground, each step kicking up small amounts of dirt. I watched the trees pass by me, each one different yet the same as their blurry images passed me. I was gasping for breath, each one feeling as if my lungs were burning.
How on Remnant did this happen?
Earlier…
When I was faking my transcripts to Beacon Academy, I was expecting many things. Getting caught and kicked out of the Academy, making a few new friends, and having all the girls fall for me.
Come on, girls love Blondes! At least, that was what my mom told me.
What I wasn't expecting was to be running away from one of the most dangerous Grimms in existence.
"RUN!" I screamed out to them the second I saw it, my voice high in fear. Turning around and dashing like a… I dunno, some kind of puma Grimm!
I heard the rest of our group fire their guns at the REALLY terrifying Grimm. They soon showed up next to me, since they used the kickback of their guns to give them a boost. Ruby was up front, as she was the fastest person on our team. Her partner, my Snow Angel, was second with Blake, Yang, and Pyrrha right behind her. Nora, without the big grin that she usually has, was just behind them with Ren right next to me.
As soon we ran away, I could hear the large steps from the Omega Beowulf behind us. Each step created an earthquake, almost making me lose my balance as I ran. From behind, I could hear the gigantic Grimm at us, it's voice striking even more fear into my heart.
"Head for the cliff!" I heard the usually quiet Ren shouted, making sure he was heard. "We may be able to escape there!" As soon as he said that, he used his StormFlower to shoot behind him blindly. I looked back at the Omega Beowulf, and watched as all of the bullets bounced off of it's armor uselessly.
That only gave me motivation to run.
Without a second thought, I turned my head forward and started to run even faster than I was previously.
Present…
Oh yeah, that's how. Hard to forget that.
It had been a while since that had happened, each of us were still being chased by the Omega Beowulf. I could still hear it bounding after us, and stopped myself from looking back at the huge creature. I have heard from my father, as well as a few comic books, that you are much slower when you look back at whatever it is you are running from.
So I kept looking forward, avoiding all of the trees and potential hazards as I ran. I was still behind the rest of my friends, each one of them much faster than I am. However, I was still able to outrun the Omega… with a little help.
"Come on Jaune!" Pyrrha shouted, she herself gasping for breath as she used her spear to pull me along. As soon as I had gotten tired and almost stopped running, Pyrrha unfolded her weapon into a spear and made me grab onto it, pulling me and making sure I would catch up with them.
So we kept on dodging each of our obstacles…
Only to finally make it to our destination.
In front of a foggy cliff with some ancient ruins that we… destroyed…
"Ah shit." Said Yang as she stopped to take a breath along with everyone else.
Only to reminded of the reason why we were running in the first place.
ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR
We all turned around immediately, to see a terrifying sight.
The Omega Beowulf was charging straight at us. It wasn't slowing down, in fact it was speeding up. I could see it's one working eye glare at us with a deadly hate, and it's claws that would soon be ready to pierce. I couldn't move, I couldn't look away from the terror that was this Grimm. From the corner of my eye, I could see that everyone had a different reaction.
"We have to keep running!" Ruby shouted out, who immediately turned to the right and started to make a dash. She was soon followed by her sister and partner, along with everyone else. Realising I was still holding on to Pyrrha's spear, I was forced out of my fright and forced to follow them.
Thank God.
I continued to run with them, my head about to turn away from the Grimm that could kill us all, only to see something...strange.
The Omega Beowulf looked as if it were pain. Great, terrible pain. It roared out in what seemed to be great anger and tried to stop.
Emphasis on try.
As soon as it roared, it fell flat on it's face and started to glide across the grass like it was a slide. For some reason, it didn't try to move any of its limbs, no didn't is the wrong word.
It couldn't.
I could see that it was trying to move, if the way it shook was any indication, but all it could do was move it's head and nothing else.
It was slowly being dragged to a stop, as all of it's spikes were digging into the dirt. Just as it reached the edge of the cliff, it stopped and didn't move a muscle.
I stood there, watching the Grimm, one of the strongest Grimm, sit there unable to move. I wondered where everybody else was, and as soon as I had turned around I saw them. Each of them must've saw what I had saw as their eyes were filled just as much disbelief. I was going to ask them what had just happened...
If everybody hadn't gasped with shock.
As soon as they did that, I turned around and saw something, no…
Someone.
Standing on top of the behemoth of a Grimm's back, was a man in a strange green uniform. He had a sword in his left hand, it's details to far away to be seen. He was looking down at the Grimm, his face set in an unreadable expression. The sword suddenly glowed in his, and he looked down at the blade in his hand.
Suddenly, he turned to face us, his expression still the same as before. He was staring at all of us, his eyes looking as if he were searching through our very souls. Then, he did something I didn't expect from his serious demeanor.
He smiled, a genuine and kind smile, and gave us a small wave after putting his sword back in his sheath. His eyes now showed a kind and considerate person.
Before I even knew what I was doing, I was waving back at him.
I still didn't know what was going on.
He looked as if he were about to say something to us all…
That is...if his eyes didn't roll back into his head.
Suddenly, much like the event that happened moments ago, his legs gave out and he fell off of the Grimm. He landed on his front, and his sword falling out of his scabbard.
The man was unmoving on the ground, his clothes covered in red.P
...Sometimes It's People No One Imagines Anything Of
Who Do The Things That No One Can Imagine...
-Amy Rees Anderson
-The Corner of Shame-
Author:*Sitting in the Corner with his head down*
Twin2: Dude, I think you're over reacting.
Author:*Looks up at Twin2* I thought I erased you?
Twin2: Dude, you wrote me back in for this scene. That's about it.
Author: Oh, right. So…anything you want to say?
Twin2: Get your ass off of the floor and start writing your next chapter.
Author: Wow, thanks for the motivation.
Twin2: Dude, all you did was procrastinate for three months, you're not going to get shot over it.
Author: I beg to differ, there's a reason reviewers ask if an author is dead you know.
Twin2: Well you updated your chapter, and it was pretty well written. So, I think you have nothing to worry about.
Author:*Stares at Twin2 with a stare of disbelief.* The entire way the Omega Beowulf was defeated was because of a Deus Ex Machina! What's so well written about a Deus Ex Machina?
Twin2: Dude, you explained what happened to me, and it was pretty legit. All you gotta do is create the next chapter, and that will explain everything.
Author: Huh… If you say so.
Alright, I'm sorry about such a late update, I was meaning to get it done sooner, but… well…
A great education is more important, and I almost bombed my 3rd Marking period. So I had to stop writing, and start working.
Luckily, it will soon be Summer and I will have plenty of time to kill on this story. So expect more updates in closer together!
With that, I hope to see you on the next chapter of…
Skyward Remnants!