(After all that time away, it's time I get back into the swing of things...soon.)
A Fool's Moon
I would just like to say right now, I'm in a bit of a transfix. Ahri just told me and Yang the name of her mentor, Raven Branwen:
And right now Yang seems a bit shocked still, and is questioning Ahri right now.
"What can you tell me about her?" She asks inquisitively Ahri holds her hands up in surrender, "Hold on Goldensparkle. I can't exactly tell you tha-"
"Where is she then?" Yang asks this time with some anger in her voice
"Yang?" I try butting in, "If she doesn't know then-" she turns her gaze back at me with a scowl which cuts me off mid-sentence
"She knows, Axel." She says sternly before going back to Ahri who looks visibly nervous, "I just wanna find out how much."
I'm a bit scared by this, mostly because I rarely ever see Yang this serious before. But since this is about Raven...this is important.
"J-Just calm down." Ahri stutters a bit, "I don't."
"Tell me something already!"
"I don't know where she is!" Ahri snaps back with her teeth barred, a cornered animal can be dangerous. "And why the hell would you care anyway?!"
I can see golden embers flake from Yang's hair, and see her eyes go from lilac purple to a bright red. Oh no.
"BECAUSE SHE'S MY MOTHER!" Yang explodes into her, Ahri is taking aback: eyes wide, mouth slightly agape, and slightly shaking. I sadly frown and put a hand on Yang's shoulder causing her to snap her head toward my direction.
She looks so...angry.
The kind of anger that comes from being a scared and sad child who wants to lash out. I whisper half afraid and half worried, "Yang..."
Her expression softens up as she closes her eyes, with a sigh she returns back to normal. Opening them back up her expression is forlorn.
"Axel...I snapped didn't I?"
I nod, Yang shakes her head and looks back at Ahri.
"I'm...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to lash out like that, I-"
"Yang." Ahri cuts in holding up a hand to stop. "I understand your anger over this. I'll tell you what I can, but..." She pauses for a good ten seconds, "I'm not exactly the most reliable source of information."
Yang gives a tiny smile and pats her shoulder. "Better than nothing. You can tell me Ahri."
I feel at ease now, I thought I was going to go into a full blown brawl. Thankfully it didn't happen
"I guess I should leave...private matter and all." I speak up with a chuckle, Yang nods. "You can if you want. But it'd be nice of you to stick around if you could."
Hearing that I cup my chin...what the hell.
"Yeah, alright. I'll listen."
Yang gives a grin and nods before turning her attention to Ahri, "Alright...lay it on me."
Ahri nods
"Well, when I met her I was trying to lay low due to Silas ah...'convincing' me to drop out of it. Turns out a few guys were hired to kill me by order of one Adam Taurus."
This story is already interesting, in a 'Well shit's going from zero to a hundred instantly' kind of interesting.
"I was set up in an old apartment for a while, when one day..." She pauses for a solid minutes before speaking again in a low tone of voice, "Boom."
"'Boom'? What do you mean 'Boom'?" I ask a bit confused
Ahri rolls her eyes, "Boom as in there was an explosion."
Me and Yang flinch
"I got knocked unconscious...for the most part anyway." She says with a roll of her shoulders, "Vision was spotty and my ears were ringing, I could hear the two guys who came for me congratulate one another on a job well done." Her expression turns into a sour scowl, "Like hunters killing a deer." She angrily spits
Her expression softens up.
"Anyway," she sighs "those two injected me with somethin'...looking back it was probably some paralysis serum, drug, whatever you wanna call it. But one thing's for sure I couldn't move a muscle."
"That's...I don't know what to say." I speak up in shock
"Geez, are...are you alright?" Yang asks with concern in her voice, Ahri just shrugs.
"Hey. I knew something bad was going to happen since I left the White Fang, and this was it...now where was I again? Oh. Right." She clears her throat, "So no shit there I was, either about to get killed by fire burning me to a crisp or the smoke taking the oxygen out of my lungs...and that's when She showed up. Making her way through the burning hallway, dressed in armor and a mask...I honestly thought she was another assassin sent to kill me."
"Well that didn't happen, now did it?" I sarcastically ask crossing my arms
"Who knows, she could be a ghost." Yang butts in, I snicker a bit.
"Boooooooooo~" Ahri sounds waving her arms around, the three of us laugh a bit. "But anyways: she was looking around the place, whenever she looked over at me Raven made a slow stride toward me. I was panicking, however she lifted me up over her shoulder and...opening up some kind of portal she took me to an open field. There she said she knew all of what I did during my good 'ol time at the White Fang, she said she didn't care and offered to train me. I took it up of course."
"Huh..." Yang starts up, "Are you sure you don't know where she is?" She asks, unlike before she sounds more calm and collected. Ahri sighs and shakes her head
"Sorry Yang, no clue. And even if I did though I wouldn't recommend it."
"Why?"
"My time with her around others shown that she's not exactly a...'people person' if you catch my meaning."
Yang bows her head a bit, "Oh."
I pat her back, "I'm sure that she cares about you Angel. I mean...she's got too right?"
She smiles a bit and cocks her head back up, "Guess you're right there."
"Get a room." Ahri groans
I give a sour look at the fox Faunus, "Oh shut up."
Yang sniggers while Ahri just rolls her eyes
"Well, see you around Ahri." Yang says with a small wave, me and her start to walk off. "Hey Yang!" Ahri calls out
"Yeah?!" Yang calls back
"You look a lot like her you know, Raven. Just minus being blonde and having purpleish eyes."
Third Person POV
As Blake was making her way back to the dorm she heard a voice, farther away from any human would hear.
Gotta enjoy enhanced senses.
"Blake?" Someone asks, she snaps her attention to Roy who's standing around a corner. "Are you coming."
"I'll be there in a moment. Just uh...gotta handle something." She replies
Roy smiles, "Oh! Could I come with you?" He asks cheerful as ever
Blake puts a finger to her lips in thought, after a moment she nods.
Roy beams and walks over to the feline Faunus in a faux-human disguise. Blake slightly frowns a bit causing him to raise an eyebrow. "What is it?"
"I honestly don't understand it." She sighs
"Understand what?"
"How you can be so...happy...optimistic, the world isn't always the brightest. There's things like hate, envy, greed-"
"What are you getting to Blake?" Roy asks innocently, un-intendedly cutting her off. She frowns a bit and shakes her head.
"Sorry, got sidetracked." She mutters before looking at the boyish huntsman-in-training straight in the eye, "What I'm trying to ask is. How come you're just so wide-eyed with idealism?"
Roy's smile disappears, "Because someone has to keep seeing the best in the world...no matter it's flaws." He says a bit quietly, his smile comes back again and he clasps a hand around Blake's shoulder. "That's why no matter what may come my way, I am determined to remain optimistic no matter what!"
Blake stares at him for a moment, before giving the tiniest smile.
"Alright...thanks for answering. Now let's get going."
So the two of them make their way down the hallway, the voice growing more and more audible to the two. As they approach they find themselves near the medical bay, a place where huntsmen and huntresses who've sustained injuries are sent to rest up and heal. Also doubles as a nurse's office
"Don't go near the Wolf, the Wolf will eat me." Someone's voice was repeating over and over again like a broken record, it takes a moment and a look through the door way to find out who's saying this.
It was Cardin, who's rocking himself back and forth like he's in a cradle. Not moving very far, white casts around his legs up to the hip.
"What's Cardin even talking about?" Roy whispers over to Blake
"Beats me. Probably going through-"
"Silas...oh God him. He broke my legs like twigs, that huge wolf." Cardin consequently interrupts what Blake is saying through his mantra. Hearing what he said, Blake is confused for a moment before a familiar dread popped into mind.
'It was Silas who did this. Not a Grimm' She thought in cold sweat, the Black Dog.
"Blake?"
She looks over at Roy who looks concerned for her. "Are you ok?"
She sighs and shakes her head, standing up she starts walking off. "Wait! Where you going?" Roy asks
"I need to talk with Silas." She says quietly, balling her hand up into a fist. Not good.
Cheshire's POV
Sleep is king, and I am it's subject. Despite my nature as a cat to sleep...I hear things as well, Mr. Silver is here. As for dear Ms. Schnee, Ms. Rose, and Mr. Greene...they went to meet with JNPR
Too bad I never get to do anything fun. But then again I am a Grimm, my kind's version of fun involves at least one person dying and a house being burned down. However! I am far more civilized than that.
The door opens up, opening up an eye I can see it's Ms. Belladonna. She looks angry.
"Hey Blakey." Mr. Silver says, "What's-"
"Don't 'Blakey' me right now." She replies with venom dripping in her voice, well this isn't too good.
"Blake? What's-"
"Why did you do it?"
"What are you talking about?"
"I found out about what you did to Cardin, breaking his legs."
Oh? He sent Mr. Winchester to the hospital? My my, how interesting. There's a pause between the two for a solid minute
"Blake, it's not what you think." Mr. Silver says, quietly.
"Oh? It's not what I think?" Ms. Belladonna replies, "It was an accident? It won't happen again?!" She snaps into him
I need to stop this. Now. I crawl out from underneath Ms. Schnee and Mr. Greene's bunk, stretching.
"You two woke me from my nap." I dry tell the two, they technically did. Ms. Belladonna however looks at me...less than amused
"Then go back to sleep cat." She spits, "It's only between me and Silas."
"Ahhhh yes. You and him, I heard. Although I have some advice."
"Save it. I-"
"Why don't you explain your reasons to one another?"
The two look at me as though I'm mad, I give a wide smile for them. "Silas." I say gesturing to him, "Explain to her why you did what you did." I turn my attention to the second of the couple.
"Blake. You explain to him why you are so angry with him. Take my advice children: go on now."
Silas sighs and shakes his head looking a bit...regretful.
"Blake." He starts, "I'm sorry I kept this a secret, but I was just so...just pissed at that scumbag." He says growling toward the end, clenching his fists together as well. "I looked to what he did to Velvet and I was worried as well as furious. I kept thinking: who's next? Axel? Roy? Uriah? Weiss? Ruby? Yang?...you..."
There seems to be a tear coming down the lad's face.
"So. When Axel said I could go after him, I did it so I could protect you guys. I didn't want you too suffer from that bastard." He sniffs a bit, "And for what it's worth...I'm sorry."
Blake takes in a deep breath. It's time for the lass to tell her side of the story.
"Silas, I...don't be angry at me for this but." She stops, out of fear? Worry? It's both from my guess.
"I was worried that you would end up like Him." She finally says, "If you're angry at me...well I under-"
She gets cut off by Silas hugging her, she looks paralyzed by shock. It's something nice to see really
"I could never be angry with you my love."
'My love'? Well that's certainly new.
Blake starts hugging back, and after a moment they start kissing. These two love one another, makes me smile but...also a bit nauseous
"Ugh." I groan out, "Stop. It's too sappy."
The two stop and stare at me, "Hey. You caused this you know." Blake says dully
"Yeah you baby." Silas adds in, he smiles and grabs me...picking me up and holding me like a baby.
"God this is embarrassing." I grumble, I'm not a child damn it.
The two laugh, "But seriously. Thank you Cheshire." Blake says, scratching my stomach. I can't help but purr and float out of the arms of the Wolf. I smile at the two from above.
"Don't mention it."
They nod, and with it they walk out the door. I sigh and lay down on Ms. Xiao Long's and Mr. Lind's bed now...closing my eyes.
Sleep is king, and I am it's subject. However...I like being the subject of these young people.
Makes me feel whole.
(There you have it. And with that, we move onto volume dos...and a thickening plot.)