Love Letter

Velvet walked along the corridor to the weapons lockers. She was getting ready for more training and had booked some private time to train herself with the new weapons she had taken pictures of from the past few weeks. It was going on in the school for a good few months now and she was loving it! The lectures were informative, the training sessions on combat and Grimm were interesting even though she didn't really like fighting; she still worked hard at it though. She was going to become a Huntress after all.

Approaching the weapon lockers, she went straight up to hers and opened it. Inside was her bag hung on the rack with several power packs plugged into the charging socket in the wall. She could switch out the internal power supply in a few minutes but it would not be worth doing so in a fight; it required concentration and tools to get inside the device.

As she reached over to pick up the bag, she noticed something had fallen from the door when she'd opened it. A letter? What would a letter be doing in her locker?

Opening it slowly and reading the contents, she blushed deep red as she went over it several times. Why would anyone send a letter like this to her?

"What's that?" Coco asked, appearing so sudden behind Velvet that the girl yelped innocently; the letter falling from her grip. Picking it up, Coco gave it a breeze through and then whistled. "Well well Velvet… Looks like you got a crush" she chuckled softly. "I wonder who it might be, this handwriting is… unique to say the least. I've seen Grimm with better hand writing" Coco added with a soft chuckle and handed the letter back to the blushing Vel.

"What do I do about this?" she asked softly.

"Reply to it, it does say in the letter. 'If you want to write to each other, wear your hair in a pigtail' Why dont you do it? And if you dont like it, you can just call it off with him or her" explained Coco as she grabbed her own weapon from her own locker.

Nervously, Velvet reached up and tied her long hair, which she'd continued to wear down after Coco's comment of 'you look cuter if you wear your hair out' on their first night at the school. Coco had noticed this change and had smiled to herself about it.

"I've never had anyone write a love letter to me before" she explained quietly as the pair walked through the halls to the training grounds.

"Well you are cute Vel, I'm surprised you've not got one sooner" Coco smirked and held the door for her.

Spending the entire day with her hair in the ponytail, she watched for anyone taking notice but failed to note anyone watching her more intently. She had classes in the afternoon. Professor Oobleck's 'Theory of Grimm Evolution'. When she headed to her dorm, she found something pressed into the door's frame.

'You wore your hair in a ponytail, so I left this letter here for you to see. You looked cute like that today. I saw you in the dinner hall. I wanted to approach but you were sat with your team.' The letter went on as the writer spilled their heart to Velvet.

'Ever since I saw you in the introduction meeting with Oz, I felt something but was too scared to say anything. My team leader told me to go for it, so I did… I hope I am not freaking you out with it' the letter explained.

"So, they're not a team leader, that narrows it down just a little, and their in my year; as only first years were in the introduction" she mumbled to herself as she deciphered the letter like a secret code. Finally the letter ended with 'I want to meet you, can you meet me in the History section of the Library?'

Biting her lip, she nodded to herself, grabbed her camera and headed to the Library.

Coco found Velvet a few hours later after the team had gone out to look for her. Coco had found Velvet hiding in the girls toilets near the library. She had hidden here after 'they' had grabbed her, stripped her down and ran off with her clothes and Scroll. She was in tears as Coco called the boys to get some spare clothes.

Coco was out for blood now and had a plan. She knew another student who was good with Scrolls and had a program to track Scrolls by calling them; even if the call was not picked up they could track it. Eventually turning up outside the dorm of a first year team. She clicked her finger and Yatsu kicked down the door with a single bound of his foot. The wood splintered as the door was thrown off its hinges and slammed into the wall opposite. The four boys inside jumped to their feet in fright as Yatsu stepped back, Fox slithered in and stepped to the side as Coco stood in the middle of the room; flanked by both Fox and Yatsu.

"You made a big mistake doing that to Velvet" Coco said simply, "A big mistake." She shook her head and looked them over. "Fox… Yatsu, take out the trash… I've got him" she pointed at the leader of the group who was trying to climb out the window.

Screams, cries for help and mercy followed by howling that most would link to animals in pain.

Velvet woke up the next day and found everyone crowded around the courtyard, she looked over the crowd which had congregated around the statue at the centre. Strapped to the statue completely naked were the four members of the team who had bullied Velvet. All of them had their clothes thrown in front of them and tied with tape and glue to the statues. The words 'Bullies' and 'Scum' were painted on their body's in various places.

The team leader was shaved completely from head to toe, every hair on his body was shaved off and he was covered in paint. When they were eventually tied down, they did not speak a word of who did this to them and even when footage of them being brought out was found; it quickly disappeared. Coco and the boys were gone for a little while but when they returned from wherever they had been, Coco walked over and smiled at Velvet.

"You did that to them?" she asked quietly.

"I dont know what you're talking about, but, no one messes with my Vel" she grinned softly and pulled the girl into a hug. Velvet hugged her back softly, trying not to cry again.

"Thank you Coco… I really mean it, to you two too" she nodded to the boys.

"Anything for you Velvet" Fox told her and was shortly added to by Yatsu with a nod.

"We're here for you Velvet. We are your family and loved ones too" Coco confirmed. "I care about you a lot and no one should have that happen to them"