Chapter 2 – Jaune Girl
At long last the story continues! Sorry for the wait!
I woke up the next morning in a complete daze. Nothing of the previous day made much sense to me. Every time I tried to put it into perspective, it felt wrong. Velvet knows something about me. Something that I don't even know completely. Pyrrha seems completely unfazed by everything that Velvet said. Makes me wonder if she actually said it.
I got out of my bed in the dorm room to put on my casual clothes that I would most likely be wearing to school today. My roommate, Lie Ren, was still asleep. He always wore a sleeping mask and it makes it difficult to assess whether he's awake because of it. But I normally try to stay as quiet as possible in mutual respect for him. I grab my toothbrush and headed for the bathroom. The entire hallway was quiet and still. It was truly out of the ordinary, but it was also early in the morning. It wasn't entirely unbelievable that the guys at this school were still asleep. A good portion of them are party animals. Just the thought of it is enough to-
The bathroom door opened quickly and brutally as it smashed into my face. One of the guys further down the hall had kicked it open and sped back to his room. Completely disregarded my existence all together. Whatever, it's normal.
I get into the bathroom and clean up my face a little. My nose was a little bloodied, but a little bit of tissue paper and water were able to fix it up easily. I brushed my teeth as I looked out the window. The rhythmic sound of the brush gliding against the surface of my teeth was oddly soothing. Nothing ever really appeared to be uneasy to me. Everything I did was always a little lopsided to the world since my entire life has been the way it's been. I spit out the frothy grossness into the sink and run water on top of it rinsing it down the drain. I swish water around, gargle, spit. I grab a paper towel piece next to the sink and wipe my face off. After finishing that, I crumbled it up and tosses it towards the trash can, but it missed and fell onto the floor.
Tsk. I hate it whenever it misses. I bent over and picked it up to see a drop of blood hit the crumpled ball. I wipe at my nose in a brief flash of terror but realize there's nothing coming from me. I turned my head and looked above me. The source of the drop was nowhere to be found. I tossed the ball into the trash can and left the bathroom.
When I was at lunch, Velvet approached me once again with Pyrrha in tow.
"Why, hello again, Mr. Arc," Velvet announced with a smile. Pyrrha looked sour still and refused to talk to me, "it seems we were right to assume you'd be in the classroom today eating alone."
"It's a little sad," Pyrrha interjected coldly, "a shame you don't have any friends to speak of." She looked directly into my eyes, then darted her eyes away with a slight grimace.
"So, are you both just here to ridicule me, or is there a reason to this unpleasant meeting?" I asked with gumption. "If there's not a real reason, then I'm going to take my leave and eat somewhere else in peace."
"Hold you horses, Jauniboi," Velvet chuckled as she sat me back down, "we only just got here! You can't except two girls to come and be the source of your angst."
Disgusting. Utterly revolting. "Try me." I attempted to get up again, but my eyes met with Pyrrha's. Suddenly a shock of cold rushed through my body which compelled me to sit back down.
"I'm glad to see you've decided to stay," Velvet began, "BUT you should also know that we're here for a bigger and more important reason than just to ruin your quiet time."
"Oh yeah? What is it? More cryptic hints?"
Velvet elbowed Pyrrha lightly, "see? He does catch on quickly." Pyrrha only rolled her eyes in response. "Jaune," Velvet returned her focus to me, "can you tell me exactly what you remember about your childhood? I'm curious to know something."
"Oh? And what is it exactly that you want to know?" I spat back at her some of the most irritated lines I could think of.
"Cool it." Pyrrha glared at me. "Before I need to step in." Suggestion taken and filed away for consideration. Good news, it's been approved.
"What I want to know," Velvet continued without hesitation, "is exactly where your origin is."
"That's all? I'm just a little further north of Va-," but Velvet stopped me.
"I already know the location of your hometown. I want to know where your origin is." Velvet pointed at my head. "Do you even understand what I mean?" I shook my head no. I was at a loss for words. Velvet was being more cryptic than a sphynx at this point and I just wanted her to better elaborate what she meant. "Well, you'll figure it out in due time, I'm sure of it. For now, just focus on your own survival." She stood up and Pyrrha followed suit.
"What do you mean by survival? My origin? What?" I had a million questions for her and everything was starting to buzz. I looked up at Pyrrha in a panic. Everything was started to lose their colors. I could tell there was panic in Pyrrha's eyes.
Suddenly all sound cut out. I looked around and tried to scream but I couldn't hear it. I looked up at Velvet who suddenly appeared more mature and in control. She seemed to be shouting something at Pyrrha and pointing at me in an aggressive nature. Pyrrha was covering her ears and looked like she was screaming. Sound started to come back to me, but it was just a ringing noise that was getting louder and louder to the point where I thought my brain was going to explode. Velvet looked down at me. I didn't even realize that I had fallen over onto the floor. She picked me up and looked like she mouthed "sorry" and punched me in the face.
I lost consciousness and had gotten hit in the face for the second time today.
What a life.
