A/N: Welcome to my new story! I have things to say, but I'll say them at the bottom.
Not A Fairy Tale Anymore
Long ago, another sentient species lived in coexistence with humanity. A species far stronger and physically superior to them, yet there was no danger. For they did not harbor any ill thoughts for the lesser species. Yet humanity feared them. For if they wished, they could bring their species to the brink of extinction. Because of their appearance, humanity called them Monsters. Humanity was always so paranoid, and it drove them. Influenced their actions, corrupted their minds, made them see things that were not there. And so when their paranoia led them to believe that the Monsters were planning on killing them all, they struck first.
Millions died from the initial surprise attack. Humanity fought with their machines and their airships and hunters, but the Monsters fought back. And even with the Grimm, humanity held strong.
After a long time, the Monsters were on the brink of defeat. But some gained an idea. Some Monsters left the mainland that they had at one time called their home, but was nothing more then a battleground, and they migrated to an entirely new landmass. Humanity tried to follow, but the number of Grimm was too great, and they were forced to flee. All the Monsters that remained on the mainland were killed, and the ones that fled were forgotten.
The Monster species faded into history, and over time, into legend, myth, fairy tale, and then nothing. Their species was forgotten by their would-be exterminators. Yet the Monster species lived on, in secret. And that's where our story begins.
The Forever Fall forest was a beautiful place to behold. The large red leaved trees seemed to go on for miles with no end in sight. And the sap that was inside them was a delicious treat, if one was willing to go through the trouble of getting it. But while beautiful, the forest was also very deadly. There were Grimm all throughout the forest, for they enjoyed the sap just as much as humans did.
The Grimm, the biggest predators on Remnant. None could challenge their dominance. But while efficient killers, there was something far more deadly patrolling the forest.
"So close. Where are you?"
These were the thoughts of the deadly creature that stalked through the forest. If a human were to gaze upon it, the sight would both amaze and terrify them.
It's snake like body was elegant and, in a way, beautiful. But it's appearance also painted the picture of a skilled killer.
The creature hovered through the air, no obvious signs of propulsion on it's body. It's body was generally human-like in appearance. It had three snake-like tails, following the tails upwards, they connected together to it's waist. The creatures slim body traveled upwards towards the shoulders where two limbs rested on each shoulder. Connected to two of the limbs were three fingered hands with sharp raptor like claws. On the other limbs were large razor edged scythes, one on each limb, on each shoulder. It had six spikes on it's back that would move and twitch depending on the creatures mood. Finally, the creatures head was devoid of eyes, instead relying on incredibly strong sensory organ on its face as well as it's equally strong sense of smell. It may not have had eyes, but it was still able to see things in it's own way. It's mouth was made up of two scythe-like mandibles filled with sharp teeth. Most of it's body was colored a very dark purple. But some areas were a light pale pink, such as the head and chest. [1]
It crept through the bushes of Emerald Forest, barley making any noise. It excelled at sneaking, being nearly undetectable when it wanted to. And that was exactly what it wanted at the moment. It sniffed the air and changed it's path slightly to the right.
As it walked it smelled something else. It looked to its right and gazed upon a pack of Beowolfs. The Alpha of the Beowolf pack met the creatures gaze, and the two shared a look of mutual understanding. 'You don't mess with me, and I won't mess with you.'
The creature moved on. And after a few minutes the scent of its prey became very strong. It walked past a tree and poked its head out of the bushes and saw it in the clearing.
"There you are."
The creature had been tracking the bear's scent for eight minutes. It was eating some berries off another bush, foolishly showing it's back to the creature.
It's three snake-like tails twitched and curled in anticipation while it quietly crept towards the bear, the animal blissfully unaware of the stealthy predator approaching its position.
It was nearly there. 20 meters. 15 meters. 10 meters.
The bear's instincts flared and it stopped eating. It turned around and saw the creature in all its glory. Before it could do anything, it pounced, stabbing one of it's scythes into its neck and severing its head from its body. The creature changed from it's slouch sneaking position and hovered upright. It let loose a powerful screech of victory to the sky before returning to the bear's headless body and started gorging itself.
The creature was a member of a long forgotten race. A race that consisted of five forms. The creature's particular form was a Wraith, and she was one of the best hunters for her age. Her name was Willow.
Wraiths were the master assassins and the stealthiest of her species. And one of the fastest. Though their stealth and speed came at a cost. Wraiths were not as strong as the other forms, and they could take less damage before expiring.
Each form of her species were capable of doing things that the others couldn't, but all had strong naturally armored skin. Though some had more then others. Wraiths in particular had little armor, but were very fast and sneaky. They were capable of translocation and controlling Warp Energy. Translocation allowed Wraiths to quickly move from one position to another, though their species just called it warping. Wraiths could also go through objects with the useful ability. Warp Energy was an invisible energy field that was spread throughout all space. Wraiths had learned long ago to sense and use that energy for their own purposes. One purpose was making portals. Cutting a hole in the Warp Energy field and forcing a short tunnel between one space and another to form. Wraiths could also use Warp Energy as a weapon, collecting a ball of the mysterious energy so dense until it became unstable and exploded. Warp Blast could be deadly when used right. Wraiths could also use Warp Energy to make long jumps to a location without traveling into the Warp Field. The downside to that was that the Warp Field would spring the user right back to the place they started. But it wasn't useless. Abduction was it's primary use. Grabbing a target and separating them from a group. Wraiths were also capable of creating a body double out of Warp Energy, one that would fight enemies while the user has the light around them bent, making them invisible. But as soon as the double was destroyed or enough time passed that the double disappeared the user would become visible again. The last ability that Wraiths were born with was the ability to enhance their bodies with Warp Energy, allowing them to attack much faster then they normally would. The ability, called Supernova, also had a time limit. None of the other forms of her species could interact with Warp Energy in any way. Wraiths were the only ones who could.
Willow finished eating the carcass and looked up towards the sun, which was hanging directly in the middle of the sky. "It's not late yet. I should have a little time left." Willow thought as she floated away from the bones of her meal and warped deeper into the forest.
Willow quietly moved through the forest, looking for more food or anything that would interest her. She traveled for several minutes, almost an hour, when she came across something that caught her interest. A building.
A human building.
It had been severely damaged, unquestionably by the Grimm, if the half eaten corpses were any indications. As well as the Grimm tried to destroy everything that the humans made, so it only made sense.
It had the cracked and chipped remains of a large dish-like object on the roof, and another had been knocked off and was face down on the ground. Two tall towers that had once reached high into the sky were resting on their sides beside the building. Their metal foundations having been completely destroyed. The several bodies lying around were showing various signs of decomposition, indicating that they had been rotting for a few days. A scan of the area as well as a few good sniffs told her that there was no one left alive.
"Hmm. This looks like one of those buildings that Krell said humans made. What were they called?" She thought for a minute, trying to remember what her brother Krell had talked about."Oh! Right! Communication buildings. For the humans too far away from the bigger thingies that let them all talk to each other. Krell might like something from here. He's always collecting their technology."
Having decided that she wasn't leaving until she got her brother a souvenir, Willow started inspecting the wreckage for something he would like.
She found lots of metal bits of scrap lying around, but none of them looked special or interesting. Once she had rounded the building three times and found nothing of interest, though occasionally stopping to snack on a body, she decided to take a look inside the building. She went up to where the building looked to be the most damaged and started tearing away the metal roof with her claws and scythes. After a few seconds she had made a decent enough size hole to poke her upper body inside. She looked around the interior of the human building for something that fit what she was looking for. Then she saw it. An interesting looking rectangular object with lots of dimly glowing blue and yellow lights on it attached to one of the walls with lots of wires coming out of it.
"That'll do." She thought. She leaned in and hooked her mandibles and mouth around the object and pulled on it.
The object came out of the wall with little resistance and a few sparks. She leaned back out of the hole with her prize fit snugly in her mouth.
Before she could think about leaving, she heard a sound that made her freeze. It was a low wiring sound that was gradually increasing. She knew what it was. SHe had heard it before.
"Oh no! I have to hide!" Willow quickly looked around for a good hiding place. Her gaze finally settled on the upside down dish lying on the ground. She rushed over to it and warped inside the dome, her form turning into white and pink light momentarily while warping. It was a snug fit, but she didn't care. She was hidden.
From Willow's perspective, she waited a minute before she saw the human aerial machinery. Her sensory organ and sense of smell were so strong that she could see images right through the metal dish.
Little did Willow know, it was team CFVY of Beacon on board the Bullhead. They had been sent to find out what happened to the radio tower and, if possible, rescue any survivors.
"Alright team. You know the mission details. Look around for survivors, and eliminate any Grimm in the area." The leader, Coco, said.
"I'll circle the perimeter from the air, keep a watch out for any trouble." The pilot said from the cockpit.
Coco nodded. "Thanks. Appreciate it."
"Just helping where I can mam."
They all jumped down from the Bullhead, the height not affecting them at all. They surveyed the area and Coco said, "Fox, your with me. We'll head around the north side. Velvet, Yatsuhashi, you guys head around the south." Coco ordered.
"You got it Coco." Velvet, a rabbit Faunus, replied in her Australian accent. Yatsuhashi just nodded.
Coco and Fox walked around the one side of the building, while Velvet and Yatsuhashi started making their way towards the hidden Wraiths hiding place.
Coco and Fox circled the building. There had once been writing and images on the building, but the paint had long since worn off, making it impossible to make out what it said. The building was clearly quite old.
Fox spotted a door and pointed it out. "Maybe we should check inside?" He suggested.
She nodded. "Good idea."
They had to force the door open, the previous occupants having blocked the door with whatever they could find during the Grimm attack. Even though it clearly benefited them none.
They got inside and walked down a long hallway, trying their best to ignore the mangled bodies they were stepping over.
After checking through most of the rooms in the complex, they reached the main control room. The room was large and had lots of tech lying around that looked so complicated they could only imagine what it id.
"Coco." She glanced over at Fox. "Look." He pointed at the large hole in the roof that Willow had made, unknown to them.
They both stepped closer to the large hole. "What do you think made that?" Fox asked.
She shook her head. "I don't know. Nevermore, maybe. Or a Deathstalker? Possibly a Goliath?"
"There are no Goliaths around here though." Fox pointed out.
She shrugged. "You never know." She turned away from the hole and stopped. "What the heck? Fox, come take a look at this." She said.
Fox complied and walked closer to where Coco was looking. It was an empty space that had once housed some sort of console or another kind of technology. All that remained was a few wires and occasionally some sparks.
"It looks like whatever was here was torn right out." Fox assessed.
"Yeah. But what could do something like this? What would do something like this? It would have had to be strong, like some Grimm. But what Grimm would care about human tech?" Coco wondered aloud.
Before Fox could respond, they heard a quiet shriek. Both of their heads shot up and looked at each other. "Velvet." They said simultaneously before running out of the building.
The two huntsmen in training, Velvet and Yatsuhashi, got closer to the fallen radio dish. And as they did, they saw the bodies. Velvet gasped and covered her mouth upon seeing the bodies. Yatsuhashi let out a sigh filled with sadness. "We're too late. The Grimm got them." She said.
Velvet turned her eyes away from the horrific sight. But Yatsuhashi got closer and inspected one of the bodies. "I do not think the Grimm did this. There are no bite marks. It looks like the flesh has been somehow burned off, but without leaving any burn marks. Like it just disappeared." Yatsuhashi said.
Willow, still hidden underneath the satellite dish, winced. That had been one of the bodies she had fed from.
"So? What do you think did it then?" Velvet asked, still not looking at the body.
Yatsuhashi shook his head. "I do not know. Let us keep searching." Velvet nodded and they left the bodies.
They got closer to her hiding spot, and the rabbit one stopped. Yatsuhashi turned to her. "Why do you stop Velvet?" He asked.
She looked around nervously. "I... I don't know. I just feel like... There's something around here. My instincts are just screaming at me to leave the area, but I don't know why."
Willow knew. WShe was an apex predator, able to defeat even a mighty Grimm Goliath. That meant that all other animals would have a natural fear of her, and her species. And since Faunus were half animal, their instincts were stronger then a humans. Their instincts would yell at them to get away or else they would die.
Yatsuhashi looked around. "I do not see anything. But I will keep my guard up. Now let us continue." He said before moving forward, with Velvet following reluctantly behind.
They got closer to her hiding place, and Velvet got more and more nervous. Eventually she started shaking violently in fear and stopped moving forward completely.
But Yatsuhashi didn't notice this time, and he walked right beside Willows hiding place.
Unable to stop herself, she let out a reflexive yet quiet hiss at his proximity.
The rabbit Faunus suddenly let out a shriek and yelled, "Yatsuhashi! Get away from that!"
The large man didn't question her and quickly retreated to her position. Meanwhile Willow was mentally berating herself for not controlling her instincts better.
"What is wrong?" Yatsuhashi asked.
"T-t-there's something u-underneath that d-d-dish." She stammered and pointed, much to Willows annoyance and fear, right at the Wraith's hiding place. "I-I heard it. S-s-something hissing."
Before Yatsuhashi could respond, Coco and Fox ran around the side of the building and towards them. "What's wrong? And why are you shaking?" Coco asked and noted on Velvet's trembling form.
Yatsuhashi turned to look at her. "Velvet says that there is something hiding under that fallen dish. And she is very afraid of whatever it is." He explained and pointed to the dish.
"Do you think there's something underneath it?" Coco asked the samurai.
He just shrugged. "She said she heard something hissing, but I heard nothing."
Coco looked at the dish. "...Is it Grimm?" She asked after a moment.
Velvet shook her head. "I-I don't t-think s-so."
Coco hummed. "Alright. Yatsuhashi, you go and lift up the dish, I'll shoot whatever's underneath it."
"Wait! You shouldn't go anywhere near that thing!" Velvet yelled, her concern stopping her stammering for the moment.
"Velvet. If there is something underneath there, it could be what killed everyone here. So, we need to kill it. Yatsuhashi, the dish." He nodded and walked towards it.
Willow knew she had to do something. So, she gently put down the device in her mouth, waited until the big man got closer, and then let out a very loud warning hiss. Loud enough that she knew they would all hear it.
At the sound of the hiss, Yatsuhashi stopped and took a step back. As did everyone else, but Velvet took several.
"...Alright. Now we know there's something underneath there. Everyone get ready. Lift the dish Yatsuhashi." Coco got out her large mini gun and Fox took up a fighting stance. Velvet was still cowering behind them all.
Willow growled. "Stupid humans. Why can't they realize a warning when it's given to them. I have to escape. But I also can't let them see me." Willow came up with a plan and readied herself, also picking up the stolen technology and holding it firmly in her mouth.
Yatsuhashi moved towards the dish, but being considerably more careful.
He reached down gripped the bottom of the dish, and then she acted.
Willow warped through the opposite side of the dish, and began warping away as fast as she could, but her form was still visible every few seconds between warps.
Team CFVY heard the noise of the Wraiths signature warping and quickly rushed around the other side of the dome. They only saw a set of three tails go around the edge of the building before she had disappeared.
"Quick! After it!" Coco ordered and gave chase. But despite their enhanced speed, they were left in the dust, unable to compete with Willows superior warping ability.
She thought she was in the clear, allowing for her species equivalent of a smile to form around the object still held in her mouth. Until she heard the familiar wiring sound.
"Damn! What the heck is that thing!?" She could hear the voice of the Bullheads pilot even through the noise the machine generated. She hadn't thought about that human. She knew what she had to do. He had seen her, so now he had to die.
Her course of action chosen, she stopped, and looked up at the human machine. She felt the familiar surge of Warp Energy course through her body, enhancing every cell she had. She aimed an abduction at the machines right wing, and launched. She soared through the air with black and red energy visibly swarming around her.
She curled around the right wing, dug her scythes and claws into it, and then sprung back to the place she was precisely a second ago.
The wing groaned, resisting only slightly before being ripped free of its mounting position.
Willow glanced down at the long metal piece she held in her claws before looking back up at the human flying machine. Without its left wing and engine, the Bullhead quickly started tumbling to the ground, its one remaining engine doing nothing to slow it's fall. It disappeared out of Willows view with a loud, resounding bang and a fiery explosion.
A quick scan with her sensory organ revealed to her the mangled and crumpled mess that had once been the Bullhead.
Satisfied that her target was dead, she quickly turned the other direction and warped away, now with two pieces of human technology.
"That was far too close. I can't do that anymore. If I actually get spotted and they get away, I'll be in so much trouble." Willow thought to herself.
She decided hat she had enough excitement for one day and chose to go home. So she adjusted her path to take her back to the portal that had brought her there.
An hour later, Willow arrived at the cave she formed her portal at and floated inside, only to freeze and drop her two prizes at the terrible sight in front of her.
Standing in front of the black portal outlined in orange, was a large figure with glowing red light on it's chest and coming out of its mouth, as well as along its neck. It's skin was black in colour, and seemed to constantly shift around with every flex of its muscles, hiding the strength that was behind the natural armor. Its appearance was even more humanoid then the Wraiths. It stood on two clawed feet with a slightly hunched posture. It had a very muscular chest and arms with sharp four fingered claws for hands, and had spikes coming out of its back. It had a tail with a small spiked club at the end. Its mouth comprised of two jaws, but also had a pair of mandibles along the bottom jaw. The creatures eyes were a piercing, angry red. But the worst part was that they were glaring at her. [2]
"Willow." The creature growled.
The Wraith ducked her head. "Hi Garthis." She spoke quietly to her big brother.
He crossed his arms. "You shouldn't be here. You know your not allowed to leave the continent."
"But it's so boring there! And there's nothing new to eat!" Willow complained.
"There are bears on the continent." Garthis said.
Garthis was a Goliath. One of the five forms of their species. Goliaths were the strong ones, they could tear chunks of rocks out of the ground and throw them long distances, create craters just by slamming their fist into the ground, charge an enemy fast enough to rip them in two just by headbutting them, and they had the ability to breath fire. They also had a good sense of smell, like all members of their species. That explained how he knew she'd eaten a bear, he smelled its scent off her.
"I know! But I just couldn't find anything new to eat today!" Willow defended herself.
Garthis sighed. "You can't keep doing this. You're going to get in trouble. And what are those?" The Goliath motioned at the two objects by Willows tails.
"I found them. I though Krell might like them."
"You shouldn't have taken the unnecessary risk of getting those. Were you spotted?"
"Yeah, but I took care of it."
"That's even worse Willow!" Garthis yelled.
"It's fine! They won't know what happened!"
Garthis shook his head and sighed. "...Come on. Let's just go home." The Goliath said before turning around and walking through the black portal.
Willow let out a sigh of relief and followed her brother back to their continent.
Their whole species may have been sentient, but they were still animals. They didn't have any form of leadership other then pack leaders or parents. They each had their own territory and kept mostly to themselves. And while one adult Monster may not have any control over another unrelated adult Monster, their species could sometimes come together to make decisions. And if one of those decisions included killing a Monster threatening to reveal their species to the outside world, they would do it.
But Willow was an explorer. She liked going to new places and seeing the sights they held. She had already seen what she could of the continent without invading other Monsters territory, and there was so much more to explore outside of it. She knew she wasn't supposed to leave, but she couldn't help herself. There was just so much more to the world to see!
Willow floated through the portal, shivering slightly as she went through. She got through to the other side and dispersed the portal, it shimmering before shrinking into a single point and disappearing. She shook herself to get rid of the chills the portal gave and walked to where her brother was standing. Only to freeze when she saw what he was looking at.
What she saw was terrifying, more so then when she saw Garthis waiting at the portal. She was paralyzed in fear. The sight was so fear-inducing, so horrifying, that even the proudest and strongest of Goliaths would turn tail and run. Willow even snapped out of her paralysis so she could cower behind her brother to avoid the frightening sight that was standing in the forest clearing ahead.
Their mother.
Garthis shuffled nervously. "Uh, this isn't what it looks like." He said, Willow still staying behind him.
"Right." Their mother, Gallien, growled and tapped a foot on the ground and glared at her children. It only made it worse that she was a Gorgon, since she had enough eyes to give them the death glare times four.
Gorgons were generally spider like in appearance. She had four legs, but could walk on two if she wanted. She had two smaller arms on her chest. Her hands were actually three taloned claws that were ridiculously sharp. She had a large abdomen, and she was covered in tiny furs. Her face held eight eyes and a pointed mouth with several teeth, as well as a long tongue. Gorgons were the master ambushes, capable of laying traps that would kill even the strongest of predators. They could spit acid, shoot acidic web, and lay traps of minion spiders that would attack enemies. A Gorgon was often very twitchy, constantly moving around. They did it a lot, even in their sleep. But above all, they were brutally protective mothers. Most would have called a Gorgon ugly, but Garthis and Willow loved their mother deeply, and didn't care about appearances. Despite how terrifying she could be when she was angry. Besides, among their species, no one thought of Gorgons as ugly, they just thought they were another Monster. Their species didn't really think of anything as ugly.[3]
One might think that a Gorgon could only lay eggs that hatch Gorgons, and the same with Wraiths and Goliaths. But the truth was that all five forms could be born from any of the five forms. It didn't matter. That was why they all thought of each other as the same species and not individual ones, instead just different forms.
"Would you two like to tell me exactly where you were?" She asked calmly, but with anger laced in her voice. She may have been a Gorgon, but she didn't twitch like others did. She was old enough to control those urges, and her posture was very calm, though a little tense. Gallien was also bigger then most normal adult Gorgons, on account that she had lived for a very long time. Yet that didn't make her like a human in their last years alive. She may have been centuries old, but she was still in her prime.
"...Um..." Garthis didn't answer. He didn't want to get in trouble, but he also didn't want to tell on his sister.
"You wouldn't have happened to leave the continent, now would you?" She took a few steps towards them.
"...Um..." It didn't come to his mind that the two human objects were a dead giveaway.
"You do remember what I told you about that, don't you?" Gallien stopped in front of Garthis.
"...Um..." Garthis avoided her gaze and looked down at the ground.
"Garthis. You are the oldest. I expect you to act as such. Do you know how much trouble you could get in?"
Before Garthis could answer, Willow's smaller form poked round his side. "It's not his fault mom." The Wraith said guilty. "I left there continent and Garthis came to bring me back. He was only trying to keep me out of trouble."
Gallien turned to look at her only daughter. She sighed. "Willow. I understand that you like exploring, but it is dangerous out there. Most humans would try and kill you on sight. Not to mention them seeing you would put us all in danger. Please try to understand that."
Willow looked down. "I'm sorry."
Gallien rubbed Willows head. "Your only a Colt. I don't want you getting hurt. Now what are these? For Krell?" She asked, pointing at the human metal.
Willow nodded.
Gallien sighed. "Alright. I'll allow it this time. Now, it's almost nighttime, and you both know that the Grimm get more aggressive at night. So let's get your brothers and get back to the cave. Do you know where they are?" Gallien asked.
The siblings shared a look with each other before looking back to their mother. "No." They replied simultaneously.
Gallien sighed. "Please go find them. There is something I need to take care of." She said before turning away and using her webs to propel her through the forest.
Willow sighed. "That could've been worse."
Garthis nodded. "Yes. It could've. We're lucky it turned out how it did. Now let's go get our brother 'Colt.'" He said in a teasing manner.
"Hey! Your a Colt to!" She cried indignantly.
With their species, they were divided into three age groups. Pups, Colts, and Maxs. Pups were newborns after they hatch. But once they've eaten enough and go through their first evolution, like a growth spurt, they become a Colt. When they go through their next evolution, they become fully grown and are called a Max. With each evolution a Monster get's stronger, and sometimes gain abilities that they didn't have at birth. Garthis didn't have the ability to breath fire as a Pup. He only gained that ability when he evolved into a Colt. By human definition, they were teenagers.
"Maybe. But I'm still older." Garthis said and walked off.
Willow followed behind him yelling, "That means nothing!"
Krell was having a good day. He had woken up and caught a shark, his favorite food. And then he asked Willow to make a portal for him to go to Atlas. Once there, he had transformed into his human form and headed to the library. His favorite place to spend his time.
Krell's human form had the appearance of a young and strikingly handsome seventeen year old male with blue hair and almost glowing sea green eyes. He wore a blue jacket with white stripes and patters, as well as a pair of black pants. He was among the few Monsters, along with is family, that were able to take a human form. No one knew why some of their species were able to transform into humans, however some suspected it had something to do with the time when humanity took some of them captive and did experiments on them, before the captives escaped. The former captives then mated with the rest of their species, and must have passed along whatever the humans had done to them.
Krell was a Kracken, and Krackens were unique among the Monster species. They had the ability to fly. Not like the Wraith could hover, but they could actually fly through the air like a bird, just without the wings or flapping.
Krakens resembled some sort of land squid. Their body was somewhat similar to the Wraith, except they had two legs and clawed feet, and only one tail with a pincer on the end. They had two long arms with hands that had long and sharp claws, as well as small fins on their forearms. Where the shoulders were, was a set of second limbs that were bent backwards like wings and were each connected to a barbed tentacle that secreted a blueish black smoke as well as electricity. Along its spine was a series of what could only be described as pillars. They were like long spikes, except they lacked a pointed end. The Krakens face would definitely be called strange by human standards. It had a long face with four blue or green eyes. It varied. Four tentacles made up its face below its eyes, and three smaller ones made up its tooth filled mouth. [5]
Krakans were quite powerful. They had the ability to control lightning through their tentacles and direct a lightning strike to any place they wanted. Even inside. They could also direct that electricity in a circle around them for a very powerful attack called aftershock. Krakans had the unique ability to create an organism inside their bodies that acted as a kamikaze. They spit it out of their mouth and it attached to whatever surface they touched. Then when an enemy came close the banshee mines, as they were called, would quickly crawl over while screaming and explode. They also had limited control over air as well. They could create a vortex of wind to push back enemies or whatever else they wanted. Their limited control also helped them to maneuver while flying and assisted in it as well. Even in his human form, Krell had access to most of his abilities.
Krell was a very intellectual individual. He enjoyed learning new things and studying about the world. As a result he had learned a great deal about humanity and their customs. He still found it odd that they had to eat so many different kinds of food just to survive. Monsters just had to eat meat. He also found it odd that they felt the need to wear clothing to cover themselves. It was just so weird. He didn't understand why they feared nudity. They were naturally born like that, so why try to constantly cover yourself? Except for an extra layer of warmth. Such practices would be mandatory in a cold climate like Atlas for their species, since they had only skin and no fur. Monsters had a naturally high body temperature and would be able to survive cold weather like Atlas, without the need for clothing. But even they could only stand it for so long before needing some form of warmth. A simple cave where the temperature was warmer would do. But humans needed large buildings with artificial heaters. He did find it remarkable how humanity had evolved to change the environment to their needs. But it certainly wasn't effective. If they didn't have their technology, they'd have to adapt or they'd all die off.
Humans were weird. But interesting. Plus a little stupid. And definitely violent. This he had gotten from everything he learned. Their hatred towards the Faunus and their Great War proved that.
There was another species that was just like humanity, the only difference being that they had animal appendages. The Faunus were the low class citizens in the human society, often being insulted and walked on, treated like slaves in the work place. Krell wouldn't lie, he felt bad for the Faunus. What was happening to them was very similar to what happened to his own species so long ago.
The Great War was another thing that showcased humanity's stupidity and violence. The Grimm were clawing at their walls, trying to get in and kill them all, yet instead of banding together and fighting the Grimm, humanity turned their weapons on each other. Fighting for so long until finally, they made peace. Having gained no ground and only losing lives. The great war was pointless. The only benefit of the Great War was the technological advancements that happened during it.
Krell had learned something about interesting that had happened during the Great War. Atlas had at one point sent a heavily armed convoy through his home continent. Their intention had been to launch a surprise attack at the behind of the Mistral defensive line. But the convoy disappeared without a trace. As did the recovery team that was sent to find out what happened. But Krell already knew what happened. His mother had told him the stories. Atlas had traveled over their continent, but when his species sensed humans invading their continent, they took it as an act of aggression.
Despite the Atlas convoy having an entire airship to defend themselves, they stood no change against the monsters. The Wraiths and Krakens aerial abilities allowed them to take down the Atlas fighters, and the Wraiths portals allowed the ground restricted monsters to literally tear the airship apart. Portals were placed on the ground and above the airship, allowing Monsters to jump right on. The gorgons melted the armor, and the Goliaths tore it to shreds. The Behemoths could do both. And in their panic, Atlas forgot the one reason why they brought all that firepower. The Grimm.
The creatures of darkness and forgotten beasts formed an unofficial pact together that day, working together to destroy the enemies and trespassers. It hadn't taken long before the ships were destroyed, any and all survivors killed and eaten by either the Grimm or the Monsters. And the recovery team was dealt with in much the same way. The remains of the ships still laid where they fell, now partially overgrown with foliage. He had even gone to see them once and acquired some interesting technology for his collection.
Atlas hadn't been back to the Monster continent since. And none of the other cities had made any attempt to go there. Especially not after the destroyed convoy report had been released to the public after the war. Professionals said that there was a larger Grimm presence then expected and the convoy was destroyed as a result of their miscalculation. But it was actually conspiracy theorist that were closer to the truth. Some said that there was a species of super Grimm living on the continent with incredible strength and amazing abilities that did it. Replace the Grimm with Monster and they would be spot on. But of course, the public thought they were all crazy. Lucky for him and his species.
He had reluctantly left the library when he saw that it was getting dark. He knew his mother would be getting worried, and his siblings could only cover for him for so long. So he headed for the designated spot outside of Atlas where Willow was supposed to form another portal to return him home.
As he walked down the dreadfully cold streets of Atlas, he mentally reviewed the things he had learnt that day. It was called currency. In order for people to get things, they had to have small cards called lien. The more valuable the object was, the more lien it cost. Lien was acquired when people worked for companies and businesses. It was needed for everything actually. Shelter, food, their medicine and clothes.
Medicine was another thing he didn't get. If a person wasn't strong enough to survive, why heal them so they live? The weak should die, and the strong should live. That way their species would be overall stronger and not plagued by illnesses, biological defects, and other medical problems. Humans were really weird.
He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard a noise down the ally to his left. Curious, he turned off the sidewalk and walked down the ally towards the noise. He turned a corner and saw six boys, approximately his age, beating up an unconscious younger female Faunus. She had a pair of dog ears and was wearing red and white clothing that were covered in dirt. She appeared to be about 12 years old.
Krell narrowed his eyes and called out. "Perhaps you would prefer a better opponent?"
The boys stopped their assault and turned to him. "This doesn't concern you. Get lost." One boy, seemingly the leader said.
"Attacking an innocent person is my concern. Step away from her now." Krell threatened.
"You'd protect this thing?" Another asked and pointed at the Faunus.
"Yes. I would protect someone who clearly doesn't have a chance of defending themselves. Just like you own't be able to protect yourselves from me if you don't step away now." Krell let out a growl that sounded less human and more animalistic, causing all the boys to take a step back.
One of the boys gathered their courage and took a step forward. "Ha! In case you haven't noticed, your outnumbered."
"And your outclassed." Krell took a fighting position and taunted the boys towards him with a roll of his fingers.
They forgot about the Faunus in favor of fighting their new opponent. One boy stepped up and launched a punch. Only for Krell to duck underneath it and deliver an uppercut strong enough to send him flying back and crashing into a dumpster unconscious.
The remaining five boys looked back and forth between Krell and their downed comrade with wide eyes. Krell just smiled. "Who's next?"
Two of the boys charged him. One attempted to tackle him, but Krell ducked and used his momentum to throw the boy over his back before catching the fist of the other boy. Thinking quickly, he charged his internal electricity before sending a light shock into the boys body through his fist. The boy fell to the ground spasming as his muscles involuntarily clenched and contracted.
He quickly turned around and blocked a strike from the other boy before pushing him against a wall and kicking his head into it, knocking him out.
The three remaining boys all looked hesitant to attack, and for a moment Krell thought they would run off. But their hubris got the better of them and they all charged him.
He dodged a punch by one boy before headbutting his head with his own, sending him sprawling to the ground. The next boy brought out a knife and slashed at him. Krell frowned. He didn't have any natural armor in his human form. He only had their natural squishy flesh.
He dodged multiple slashes until one grazed his cheek, creating a fine straight line that quickly started leaking blood. Krell growled and decided that enough was enough. He grabbed the boys arm and shoved him into a nearby wall with enough force to make him drop his knife. Krell wrapped a hand around his throat and lifted him into the air.
He watched the boy struggle for a few seconds before, without hesitation, he broke the boys neck with a sickening crack, causing him to go limp in his grasp.
He threw the body to the side and looked at the last one. He had picked up the unconscious girl and was holding a knife to her throat. "S-stay back! I'l kill her." The boy stammered. Krell could smell his fear.
He was about to respond when a familiar scent caught his nose. Krell simply smiled and said, "No. You won't."
Not a second later, his head was detached from his shoulders with a sick squelch. The body flopped to the ground while the head rolled to the side, both leaking blood profusely. When the body fell to the ground, it revealed his little sister Willow.
"Kreeeeell!" Willow shouted before his youngest sibling rushed and hung onto his neck in a hug. Completely unaffected by the fact that she had just beheaded someone.
Her human form comprised of a short and slim yet shapely fifteen year old figure. Her hair was pink and she had similar coloured eyes, despite her Monster form not having any eyes at all. She wore a dark purple sweater with two scythes on it along with a dark purple skirt and black leggings. But undoubtedly her most noticeable features, if they were visible, was the pair of dark purple limbs with scythes on the end coming out of her back. But they were hidden beneath her clothes, bent in such a way that someone wouldn't be able to tell they were there, but also so that it wasn't uncomfortable for her. It had been those scythes that she had used to behead the boy. They had cut clean through the muscle sand bone, just proving how sharp they were.
Every Monster's human form had a trait of the form they belonged to. Willow had her scythes while Krell had two spiked fins on his forearms that he kept hidden by wearing long sleeved shirts and contracting them so that they laid flat against his skin.
Krell chuckled. "Hello Willow. Have you come to get me?"
"Yep! It's getting dark and time to come home now. I have a present waiting for you!~" Willow said happily.
Krell chuckled. "That'll have to wait. We need to take this girl to a hospital." He motioned to the unconscious Faunus that had fallen to the ground when the boy was beheaded.
Willow looked at him oddly. "So your talking to humans now?" She asked.
Krell shook his head. "I just found these boys attacking her and decided to step in." He replied.
"Well, just make sure your careful. You don't want anyone to find anything out." Willow scolded lightly.
Krell smirked. "Says the one that runs around the continents in her Monster form. If anyone is going to get caught it will be you."
The disguised Wraith pouted. "I'm sneaky! I won't get caught!"
"Says the one that's ruined more then a few of our family hunts." Krell teased as he picked up the unconscious girl.
Willow crossed her arms and pouted further. "You're mean. And that only happened when I was younger. Now I'm the best sneaker there is!"
Krell ruffled her hair affectionately, a habit they had gotten into while in their human forms. "Where's Garthis? Is he here?"
Willow shook her head. "Garthis didn't want to come in here so he went to get Brawl instead."
Krell nodded. "Come on. Let's get her to a hospital and get home before mom starts asking where we've gone." He said.
Willow looked at the dead bodies. "Too bad I can't eat them." She said with a frown.
Krell grimaced. "I don't know how you can say that. Humans taste so bitter."
Willow scowled. "In your opinion. I honestly don't mind the taste. But I don't go out looking for single humans just to kill and eat them. I only eat the already dead ones." It was true. Combined, they had eaten very few humans. They only killed them in self defense, and especially that was rare. Besides, it was still somewhat hard to kill another sentient creature. An innocent one, at least.
"Yes, I'm well aware. Now come on. Let's go." He said, and the two walked down the cold streets of Atlas together towards the nearest hospital.
Garthis jumped through the portal to the continent. He knew that he had just spoken to his mother abut going onto the continent, but he was doing it for her to find his brother Brawl. Like she asked.
He would never go get Krell. To do that he'd have to enter the home of those disgusting humans. He'd rather just kill every last one of them and be done with it.
He walked out of the cave the portal resided in and walked into the large green forest. As he walked, he occasionally smelled for anything of interest. But he sensed nothing of importance. Just a few animals roaming around. But he paid no notice to them, he had eaten not long ago.
After a few minutes of walking, Garthis eventually arrived at a cave where he suspected his younger brother Brawl to be. The cave went down into the ground and led to a magma vein. Essentially a river of lava. Brawl liked to spend a lot of his time here.
It took Garthis 10 minutes to walk through the cave and get to the magma vein. He was up on a large ledge overlooking the large river of lava. He listened to the soft roar of the magma flowing down the mountains interior as he scoured the glowing orange river for his objective. And then he found it.
A large spherical boulder half submerged in the magma, with veins of orange lava spread through it. As if the lave was crawling up its surface. Garthis picked up a large nearby rock and threw it right beside the boulder. It hit the surface of the river, splashing lava all around before it slowly sunk into it and disappeared. A few moments later, he got the reaction he wanted.
The boulder started moving, seemingly with a mind of it's own, towards Garthis's position. The path it dug through the lava was quickly filled up by the sludgy hot liquid.
The boulder temporarily disappeared from his view as it got closer to the cliff he was standing atop. And after a few moments, a hulking figure dripping red hot lava crawled up the cliff side and into his view. It was his brother Brawl, a Behemoth.
Behemoths were the largest of their species. They're skin was protected by armored slabs of tough, rock-like material. There were cracks in the armor that revealed the red hot lava that they held inside them. They walked on four legs, two short hind legs and two comparatively huge front legs. They also had a large body overall. Their forearms were large and had three thick fingers on each. They had a large blocky head with six glowing orange eyes, along with two thick tusks jutting from their lower jaw. [4]
Behemoths were masters of the earth. They could create large rock walls and open fissures in the ground. They literally had lava inside them, which allowed them to spit it up and burn everything around it to a cinder. They weren't very fast, so to remedy this, they curled into a ball and rolled around when they needed to move quicker. Finally, they had a very long barbed tongue that could shoot from the Behemoth's mouth with whip-like speed and drag their unfortunate victims within melee range. They were also VERY resistant to heat.
Brawl was bigger then his older brother, but that didn't necessarily make him stronger. Behemoths got a lot of their strength from their weight and size. It allowed them to move around heavy objects and hit harder, but Garthis still had more developed and stronger muscles. In a contest though, Brawl would win because of his immense size and weight.
"What do you need?" Brawl asked in a deep rumbling voice that was surprisingly smooth.
"It's almost night time. Mother wants us all home." Garthis explained.
Brawl sighed. "Alright. But you know there are better ways to get my attention when I'm sleeping then throwing a rock at me."
"The last time I tried to get you up while you were down there it took a half hour of yelling just to wake you. I find this method it much faster." Garthis gave his species equivalent of a smirk.
"It's not my fault. The magma is very relaxing. You should try it some time."
"I'm not as resistant to heat as you are. I'd be burned to a crisp. I'll pass."
Brawl looked back down into the lava vein. "I'm certainly going to miss the silence." He said with longing in his voice.
"You'll be back. I know you will. By the way, none of you are supposed to be off the continent." Garthis said.
Brawl snorted and looked back at Garthis. "Like that's ever stopped us before. And your not innocent either." The Behemoth said.
He was right. He had told all his siblings before, but it never had any affect. It was mostly Willows fault, she was the one that made the portals for them. But he was also guilty. He had left their home continent more then once to explore. They had all done it, and it was always worth it. Of course they all felt bad about defying their mother, but they were always careful and were rarely spotted. And if they were, they'd take care of it. Plus they always stayed away from human city's and towns. So there was no harm done. Nevertheless, she worried.
Garthis sighed. "Alright. But enough of this discussion. Let's get home before we get in even more trouble." Garthis said and started towards the exit, with Brawl following right behind.
"Mother found out you went to the continent again?" Brawl asked.
"Yes. But I only went to get Willow. If she would just stop making portals for everyone then none of us would be enticed into leaving the continent."
"It's hardly her fault. We all ask for the portals and use them. Besides, the's the youngest and is very inquisitive. She always want's to know what else is out there."
"I know. But I worry for her. And all of you."
"But mainly her. She did bond with you before everyone else when she was young. And the bond is still there. But we'll all be fine. We're all strong. Nothing will happen to us. We won't get hurt, and no humans will spot and tell on us. You and mother need to relax."
Garthis stopped. "...Remember dad?"
Brawl copied him. "...Yeah. Now I see your worry. But I'm still saying that nothing's going to happen. We're all careful." He argued, but with less determination then before.
"...Just try not to get hurt." The two continued walking, the rest of their trip home being accomplished in silence.
Willow was warping back to their cave, while Krell was back in his Kraken form and flying above her. They had dropped the injured Faunus off at the ER and quickly left before anyone could ask any questions.
"We're back!" Willow shouted into their cave. Their home was carved into the side of a large mountain. The dark place that they called home was large, large enough to allow their enormous bulk to travel through it unimpeded. It had numerous caverns that all had different uses. Including their rooms.
The siblings walked into the pitch black cave, but weren't affected. Their species had incredible night vision, and Wraiths sensory organs allowed them to see in all environments.
"There you are. And just where were you Krell?" Their mother Gallien crawled across the roof towards them.
"I was out hunting. Sorry. I lost track of time." Krell said apologetically.
The nightmare inducing arachnid dropped down to the floor. "Be more careful. I don't want you getting hurt, and you know that you have to be home by sundown." Gallien scolded.
"I know. It won't happen again." Krell said.
"Good." Gallien nuzzled them both and walked off, presumably to check on her other two children.
"You said earlier you had something for me?" Krell asked his sister.
"Yes, but I don't know where it is right now. Garthis refused to come with me into the human city, so I asked him to take your present home before he went to get Brawl." Willow responded.
"Atlas. The human city is called Atlas."
"Whatever. Go ask Garthis for your present. I'm going to sleep now. Goodnight." Willow nuzzled her brother before warping through the walls to her room.
Krell shook his large head before turning and walking to Garthis's room. It took about a minute to walk through the large cave to the eldest brothers room.
Garthis's room was decorated with bones, each one cleaned of all its meat and scattered on the ground. The larger skeletons of the more dangerous predators were kept mostly in one piece, as Garthis kept the ligaments intact and proudly displayed them on his walls.
Krell looked around for his older brother, but saw no sign of him.
"Hmm. He's probably in the egg chamber." Krell thought to himself before leaving the bone filled room and traveling deeper into the cave.
Eventually he came to an even larger room. Stalactites hung from the ceiling, and stalagmites littered the surface. Except for an area that had been carved as a path, as well as multiple places where the stalagmites had been cleared for eggs.
Krell walked through the room, stopping to study the dark red circle where he had hatched 17 years ago. It felt like so much longer.
He had sat inside his egg for three years before he hatched. Some might say that was a long time, but it was normal for their species. In fact, hatching times varied greatly. A Monster could grow fast and hatch after several months, or grow slowly and wait as long as twenty five years before hatching. Though such long growth times weren't common.
Krell moved on to the back of the chamber, not taking any mind to the orange light flickering from around the corner. Krell walked around the cave corner to see Garthis breathing fire on an egg.
Now while that might cause most witness's panic, it was completely normal to their species. Goliaths often breathed fire on their eggs to keep them warm. It wasn't an absolute necessity unless the surrounding temperature was very low, but it was suspected that the pups inside the eggs enjoyed the warmth. And Garthis, being the only Goliath around, took it upon himself to keep the egg warm.
The egg Garthis was warming was the last the only one in the chamber, and it had been there for eight years, so they were all expecting it to hatch soon. No one knew what was inside it, though they suspected it was a Gorgon since it was the only form their mother had yet to give birth to. But it still had an equal chance to be anything.
Krell made a low grunt. Garthis's fire breath cut off and his form turned to Krell. "What's up?" The Goliath asked.
"Willow said you brought something back for me. Where is it?"
Garthis turned back to the egg. "I already put it in your room, along with all the other useless human tech you keep around."
"It's not useless if I get to spend my time studying it and learning from it. But anyways, thanks." Krell said sincerely.
"Don't mention it." Garthis went back to breathing fire on the egg as Krell turned and walked out of the egg chamber.
After a few seconds, Garthis's fire breath cut off again, plunging the room into silence. Garthis's red eyes stared at the egg, while his ears listened to the nearly silent sounds of movement of his unborn sibling from within.
Garthis placed a claw on the rocky surface, careful not to stick a claw into the glowing cracks that showed the soft flesh of the eggs outer surface. He thought he felt the egg move ever so slightly underneath the eggs protective outer rocky shell.
"I made a promise." Garthis whispered to the egg. "And I intend to keep it."
Willow woke up slowly, as she always did. Her senses were already scanning the area for any threats, but being alone comfortably in her own cave, there was nothing.
Her cave was decorated in blood. But not just splashed everywhere randomly, instead she used the blood to paint on animal furs and then hung them up everywhere. It was a human activity that Krell had gotten her interested in, and she'd been painting ever since. There were pictures of animals, her siblings, plants, and some human machines that she had seen and thought looked interesting.
Willow hovered off the animal pelts that were her bed and stretched lazily. She gave a long yawn and scanned to see if any of her family was up yet. Seeing that no one was awake yet, she decided to go out hunting for some breakfast. She floated out of their shared cave and headed towards the clearing where she usually created her portals to the mainland. She was in the mood for a creature that, so far, she had only found on one island. A four legged fury canine that humans refereed to as dogs. The only problem was that the island was inhabited by humans, so she would have to be extra careful.
She reached the clearing and briefly stopped to take a drink from a nearby stream. When she finished, she hovered over to an area with no trees or bushes. Deciding that it was a good spot, she called upon the Warp Energy around her. She forced a cut in the Warp Field in front of her and directed it to the island using her mind.
A moment later, the portal came into view. It was the familiar black with orange outline that she had seen all the times before. The portal made, she gracefully hovered through it, ignoring the farmilier chill it gave.
She appeared inside a dense green forest surrounded by trees. A quick scan told her that the area was devoid of any humans. She nodded satisfied and dispelled the portal. She only kept them open when she was going to be gone for a long time. She put her nose to the air and took a deep sniff, and she got what she was hoping for. She turned around and followed the scent trail of the dog.
After a few minutes she hadn't encountered anything. Only a few animals what were hardly worth her time chasing. She hadn't seen any Grimm either, but there was so rarely ever any Grimm on the island. She was passing by a cliff edge when she smelled something that made her stop. Humans.
She growled lowly, not liking having been denied her prey just because a human was nearby. She grumpily turned away from the scent of the dog and human, but saw something on the cliff edge. It was a rectangular stone of some sort.
Curios, she hovered towards it and inspected the odd stone. It had some human words on it and a picture of a flower. Krell had taught her a little on how to read the human language, but she was far from fluent.
"Ssssuummmmeerrr... Rrrrrooooossssee... Th-thus I k... Kiiiinnndllly... Ssscaaaatterrr. What does that mean?" Willow wondered to herself. Why would someone make a stone, and write a season and a flower on it. And the rest was just nonsense to her. 'Thus I kindly scatter.' Was that even a proper sentence?
She didn't have anymore time to contemplate because she heard a small intake of breath behind her just as the wind shifted. All of a sudden, the human scent became overwhelming.
She slowly turned around, and froze.
She had found the dog she'd been hunting, the only problem was that it was currently cowering behind a girl. A human girl, wearing a red hoodie, cape, and a red and black skirt. Most strikingly though, was her silver eyes that were widened with the look of shock on her face. Silver eyes, that were staring right at her.
"Uh oh."
A/N: Some of you may have realized what this story is using. For those who don't, I'm using the monster models from Evolve. I didn't want to put this in an Evolve/RWBY crossover because I'm only using the monsters models and powers, and not any story line from Evolve, meaning that this can be a story all on its own without knowledge of Evolve being needed... So since I'm using so little I didn't put it in. That and the likelihood of it being read was low if it was in that crossover category.
So yeah. New story. Ta-da! I'm not really sure what people are going to think of this story, since it's different from the rest. But I'm gonna keep it going for as long as it interests me! But make no mistake, updates will not be coming very often. Maybe one every month or two. But I'll try and get them out as fast as I can. And I have written another story. It's a Halo/RWBY crossover, and I'd really appreciate it if you'd go and check it out. But unlike this story, you do need to know about Halo in order to understand the story.
If any of you have suggestions on this story please share them. I really mean it.
These are the monster pictures to their descriptions for those that couldn't picture what they look like.
[1] Look up: Evolve Wraith. Or look a the cover image. That is exactly what a Wraith looks like. It's my favorite of them all.
[2] Look up: Evolve Goliath
[3] Look up: Evolve Gorgon
[4] Look up: Evolve Behemoth
[5] Look up: Evolve Kraken
Now I know that there was a lot of information in this chapter, so I'm going to make a little note down here to clear up any confusion.
Species: Wraith
Description: Master assassin and very fast. Relies on stealth and trickery. Physically the weakest of the Monster species, but can do more damage per second thanks to their Supernova ability.
Unique Abilities: Short range translocation. Can use the Warp Energy field to quickly dash forward, essentially a brief speed boost. Can also open portals to travel long distances.
Powers
Warp Blast: Dashes to the desired position before generating a large explosion.
Supernova: Allows Wraith to attack twice as fast and deal twice as much damage.
Abduction: Spring to a far away position and grab a target before springing back to initial location. Primary use is for separating one target from a group.
Decoy: Creates a copy of itself that will attack enemies while rendering the user invisible.
Willow Personality: Willow is very similar to a hyperactive 15 year old. She loves exploring and hates being restricted to the continent. She can't explore much of the continent because of other Monsters territory, so she goes to the other continents that the humans inhabit. She has a strong bond with her elder brother Garthis, and has ever since she was young.
Species: Goliath
Description: Goliaths are the strongest form of monster there is. They are often prideful creatures that won't hesitate to start a fight, but know when to avoid one. They can sometimes be blinded by rage if angered enough.
Unique Abilities: Strong, can breath fire,
Powers
Fire Breath: Breathes fire and ignites all targets in range.
Rock Throw: Uses its strength to tear a piece of earth out of the ground and throw it like a projectile.
Leap Smash: Uses its strength to leap into the air before slamming its fist into the ground, creating a shock wave.
Garthis Personality: Garthis is just like a responsible eldest child, though he breaks a few rules every now and then. He hates humans, but tolerates the Faunus slightly more. He is very protective of his siblings, especially his youngest sibling Willow. Garthis would be willing to die for them. He tries to keep the others from leaving the continent for their own safety, but is often ignored because even he had gone to the continent on more then one occasion.
Species: Gorgon
Description: Gorgons are patient Monsters that excel in trapping and ambushing. They are often very twitchy, but it goes away with age. They are very protective mothers and won't hesitate to fight something several times their size to protect their young.
Unique Abilities: Multi-Surface Crawler, Acid Web, Normal Web, Sprays Acid, Lays Spider Traps,
Powers:
Web Snare: Shoots a large acidic web at targets, coating them all and trapping them.
Spider Trap: Lays an egg that hatches a spider minion that burrows into the ground and waits for a target or immediately starts attacking enemies.
Acid Spit: Spits a stream of acid that is corrosive enough to eat through strong metal.
Gallien Personality: Gallien is a very protective mother that knows about her children's trips off the continent. However, as much as she want's her kids to be safe, she wants them to be happy. So she doesn't stop their trips off the continent because they enjoy them so much. But she still tells them to stop in the hopes that they might listen to her and be safer as a result.
Species: Behemoth
Description: Behemoths are the largest and toughest of their species, able to take the most damage before dropping dead. They roughly resemble a large rock and are quiet slow, but can turn into a sphere to get places faster. They are usually quite lazy, but can also be very energetic when needed to.
Unique Abilities: Immune to heat, very strong and armored,
Powers
Lava Bomb: Spits up a sphere of lava that explodes on impact and continues to burn.
Tongue Grab: Tongue is launched across a long distance, hooks onto a target, and sends it flying back towards the Behemoth.
Rock Wall: Creation of a large rock wall in a desired place.
Fissure: A Behemoth slams its hands into the ground and spreads a series of miniature explosions and cracks in front if it.
Brawl Personality: Brawl enjoys quiet, mainly because his immense size makes so much noise wherever he goes. He enjoys resting and heat. Brawl is the second youngest child and overall isn't too interesting.
Species: Kraken
Description: Krakens use their flight to move locations faster and make themselves harder to hit during a fight. They enjoy water and flying and are usually peaceful, or rather not as violent as their other forms.
Unique Abilities: Can fly and control lightning, can also control wind to a limited degree.
Powers
Lightning Strike: Direct a strike of lightning at a certain spot by directing electricity through their body.
Banshee Mines: They create an orb that will seek out enemies and explode on them.
Aftershock: Unleashes an electric pulse around it that deals heavy damage to all in range.
Vortex: Shoots a large wave of wind that blows anything in range away.
Krell Personality: Krell is a very intellectual individual that enjoys learning new things. He knows a lot about humanity and continues to learn more. He collects human technology and study's it for his own amusement. Krell is very well mannered as a result of extensive research into preferred human personality's so he could fit in better.
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