Oscar opened the door, finding a somewhat large man with side burns and yellow eyes. He spoke softly with a smile "Good to see you boy. Is your aunt done with dinner yet?"
Beside him was the snow leopard Faunus Whitley, giggling and covering his mouth with a furry glove
"Nearly sir. The tournament is on again today. I hear Pyrrha Nikos will be fighting." The pine boy spoke like he would to a good friend, but tried to be formal at the same time. He has known Tuskon for over 7 years now. They were practically another part of the family.
"You two go ahead and get a head start on the tournament, I'll go help your aunt with the cooking." He offered, stepping through the door way.
Whitley stepped forward, grabbing Oscar's hand. "Come on, I wanna see the cool fights!"
Oscar followed the boy into their living room, a simple small couch and two piles of hay lay on the floor with a small barely working TV in the back.
Whitley pushed the two hay piles together before flopping onto it, stretching out. The other male took the spot next to him, and the two sat close together. It was just natural to want to seat near each other right?
Anyway they turned their attention to the TV, it seems Pyrrha Nikos was fighting a girl named Penny.
"She fights super good..." The Faunus commented
"She's pretty too." Oscar added in, as he turned to the door way seeing Tukson coming out.
"Careful there, she's out of your league."
"I know" He sounded defeated
"Aw come on Oscar, she'd be lucky to have you! You're like...super nice!" Whitley's attempt at cheering him up seemed to work
"Aw shucks..."
They stayed silent for a little bit before Oscar's Aunt came in with their dinner, they enjoyed the company and the meal as they eat. But as they watched the TV suddenly something terrible happened
the other girl, penny, was crushed. Literally. Oscar let out a gasp
"I-Is she dead?!"
"What a lame way to end it!" Said Whitley
"BOY! Learn some manners! That's someone's life!"
It was...terrible...the event played over and over until a shout from the TV interrupted his thoughts
"GRIMM!" It said. This was...a catastrophe! But before anything else could be seen Oscar's aunt pushed the two boys out the room.
"You don't need to see that..."
That was probably one of the first times Oscar saw true fear
and it stayed with him, for a good while
/
It was a day or two later, honestly...Oscar had lost count. He was still up thinking about what had happened. Were those people okay? Are grimm really that powerful? Is Whitley okay to be defending the farm...
but a voice rang, before he could answer any of these questions.
"Oscar...you can't ignore me."
"Gah...get out of my head!"
"Oscar...do you know who I am?"
"You have a name?! I thought you were just stress!"
"It's Ozpin. I don't have much time to explain. But you must travel to Mistral."
/
He couldn't let people continue to suffer without doing anything. Ozpin seemed trust worthy enough...he was chosen for this...but he had a choice. And his choice was...to do it. He wouldn't back down
He walked out the barn, not looking back.
But as he did a hand grabbed his
"Huh- Whitley?"
"You're planning on leaving, aren't you?" He asked, with a straight face
"How did you...I guess I have been acting a little strange. All this destiny stuff keeps me up at night and I just...I can't sit by and do nothing." He looked saddened, but then...a sudden smile
"Well you aren't going alone!"
"You mean-"
"You and me Oscar, against the world!" Whitley smiled
'Hmm...seems your friend here could help. His destiny...yes...it's tied to yours. I'm almost certain of it.'
'Tied to mine...? Like marriage?!'
'Not exactly...but I can see your feelings for the boy you know' The voice calling itself Ozpin laughed
'Shut up! I don't deserve him. I need to grow stronger...I need to achieve my destiny before I can tell him anything.'
"Well, let's go!" Whitley still held Oscar's hand, now running into the forest
"What?! But supplies- I didn't bring enough for two people!"
"We can worry about that later!"
"WHITLEYYYYY!"