Chapter 6

Zeke's POV

Bedtime. Everyone's in their clothes getting ready to go to sleep except Yi. Also, Silver and Alice? They're still arguing over the fight.

"Nevertheless, that was still a solid bullshit move Silver." Alice stomped her foot down to a stop right infront of Silver, who couldn't stop grinning.

To put it at a solid point, Silver made an odd move to put an end to the duel. Silver ended up getting the last hit on Alice by coming in with what Silver calls twist-thrust, right into her. Alice made contact with Silver more definitely, but the fight was determined by damage. Silver plowed himself up into Alice, hitting her in a weird way, knocking her out of the edge.

"Still a fair fight in my book." Silver smiled as he layed back down.

"You can't just whack someone off the stage and call it a day!" Alice grunted as she sat back down onto her bed.

"Still funny though~" Yi started to change right in front of us, catching all 3 of us off guard.

"Can you not do that right in front of us?" Alice twisted my head and Silver's head opposite of the wall to obscure our vision. My neck popped hard, causing me to wince.

"Owowow-" I squealed as I grabbed Alice's arm. "We're 18 now you guardian." Alice letgo of my arm, and I faced her in disposal. Silver of course, cranked his head back towards Yi.

I grabbed Silver's collar and plunged him into the mattress. "God damn it why do you have to be such a pervert!"

Silver made muffling sounds as he tried to say something. Alice backed out onto her bed, where she lied back down. I let go on Silver's collar and let him up. He tackled me back onto the floor, where we went at it for about a couple of seconds before Yi clicked her pen.

Our hearts stopped simultaneously.

"Go. To. Bed." Yi sputtered as she covered herself up with her arm.

"Yea yea." I sighed. I sighed and tucked myself onto my bed. I plugged my headphones in, turning on my music. My eyes dazed out quickly as I fell into a deep sleep with my music playing. Good thing it was a Friday, no classes tommorow.

And it's the same face
Presenting the same lie
If you keep walking sideways
If you keep changing your mind
Always the same face
Presenting the same lie
If you keep sideways
If you keep changing your mind…

I woke up in a dim facility. It was another dream I thought. I was in my shorts and classic white t-shirt. Nothing nearby that stood odd; The sunlight rays bleeding through the windows, the dust trafficking along the floor, and the stale air asleep.

I heard faint music, reminding me of my past. The guitar strummed as the offset beat played, but somehow, it aligned into a musical composure of fantasy.

They say, Silence is sometimes pays.

In war, Silence it sometimes pays.

They say, Silence it sometimes pays.

In war, Silence it sometimes pay.

I sweeped my foot on the floor, revealing a dusty floorboard with carvings on it. On it, said "The Safehouse."

I peaked outside of the cracked window, and there stood a town fire blazing. The drumbeat suddenly replaced with violent gunshots, and guitar strums twisting into citizens screaming.

I gasped…

"HHH-" I inhaled as I jumped up. It was exactly 8:00 AM. "What was that…"

I slipped my legs onto the side of the bed, rubbing my face waking myself up. That dream… seemed like a foreshadowing of some sort. I gotta keep my head up for today, because I'm not liking this.

I went to the cabinet to start making cereal. I snatched up the cereal box and milk and poured them into the bowl, then started to eat. Finishing my breakfast, I then grabbed a drawing sheet of paper and a couple different drawing pencils. I then started to slowly sketch out the burning town I saw in my dreams. Closing my eyes to visualize, I saw it on the horizon. Quickly, I zoomed upward to take a good detailed look. My arm then started to clock side to side, pasting up an image.

The 3rd bed shuffled, disturbing my drawing time. My eyes peaked to the right to see Silver just readjusting himself. Suddenly, he started to snore.

"Damn it Silver…" I sighed. I packed the paper in a drawing wallet, and made my way down the stairs taking my utilities with me. Slipping my shoes on with socks, I opened the door, peaking for once last time.

I checked for essentials, dorm room key, scroll, headphones, and set off into the corridors. It was eerily silent, no sign of activity yet. My adrenaline suddenly picked up for no reason as I walked into the commons room, where there was no one to be found. Making my way right to the other hallways, I made my way into the library. There only was 3 large desks, and a couple of couches to sit on. I made my way to the desk and unravel my drawing. I then continued to draw.

Unknowing how much time has passed now, I looked up at the clock. 8:23 AM.

The door creaked open as a female walked in. She stood upright with her back a bit arched, swaying her hips like no one was around, strutting like a supermodel, until she realized I was here. Her eyes suddenly thinned out like a cat's eye does.

"Oh." The woman said as I went back to drawing, attempting to keep my other emotions out.

"Hi." I said as I continued to draw.

"You're on team EASY Correct?" She asked.

I looked up in interest. "Y-Yeah." Suddenly, I realized who it was. It was Blake Belladonna, one of the four on team RWBY.

"You must be from team RWBY?" I asked.

She nodded as her bow twitched…? Oh, It was the faunus on their team. Silver interacted with her over the nights before.

Blake wondered off into the isles of books. She plucked one out deep within, and came back. She eyed me oddly as she sat down. I continued on to draw, but then she relaxed back onto the table across from me.

Another 15ish minutes passed. I pushed myself up, looking at the doorway. "Hey Blake, do you know where the restrooms are?"

"Yeah, they're to the right of the library over there." She pointed with her nose.

"Thanks." I said. I walked out of the library and did my business. I came out of the restroom and looked up, "Hm…"

It was fullbright outside, but yet there was clouds that we're dark that spotted the skies. The wind whistled along the walls. It looks like there's a storm coming.

I came back to the library to see Blake looking at my drawing. Blake gave me a curious look, wanting a description obviously.

"I saw this in my dream overnight." I told her as I sat myself back down.

"What was your dream about?" Blake pulled up a chair and sat beside me.

"Don't know to be honest." I sighed. "It was weird, I woke up in a dusty factory or something, and saw this outside the window."

Blake nodded. She stood up to pick up her book from the other table, and came back sitting beside me. "I got a couple of questions for you."

"Hm?"

"How does Silver act like?" She asked.

I stopped sketching out, and thought. "He's a more closed person, but once you get to know him, he's a better person."

Blake nodded, "You know that, he's a…"

"Yeah." I replied. "I know you are too."

She flinched a bit, "Did Silver tell you?"

"Yeah." I replied again. "Is there a reason to hide yourself behind a bow?"

"I… uhm…" Blake stumbled upon her words. "Look, promise to not tell anyone in this school." I nodded my head. "I was a part of the white fang growing up. Before the leader they have now, they consulted in peaceful protests in faunus rights. Now, since the leadership changed, we're under a more violent leadership, and that's what makes us look harsh."

I nodded. Blake continued, "I saw Silver beat up on the first day, and It sucks I couldn't do anything to help him. There was another girl I know who was taunted because of her bunny ears."

"Wow." I nodded. "I thought my life was harsh but jeez…"

"No worries, in the end it'll all play out well." Blake leaned back. "Any shitty situations you're in?"

"I…" I stopped myself, and organized my thoughts before I continued. "Erm… This one is complicated. I snuck into the school via a fake transcript like Silver did. My whole family split up because of a disaster, and I want to reunite them one last time. So I'm becoming a hunter to find my family."

Blake stayed silent as she let the story sink in. "How's your progress going?"

"Fine. It's hard because I only have contacts to 1 person, and that's my sister, who is 300 miles away from me." I sighed as I leaned back. "'Part of the white fang aye?"

"Again, not anymore." Blake stated. "I left because I'm tired of doing illegal things. I'm also taking it my way on making a statement to draw a different image for us faunus, especially with Weiss on our team."

"Ooooh shit yeah..." Weiss Schnee, alliances with the Schnee Company. The Schnee family is known for discriminating fauni, and with Blake there, that doesn't work out.

"She already found out I'm a faunus, and we've sorted things out ever since after the whole thing on the docks…" Blake sighed. "I somehow persuaded her into her treating me fairly for once, which is unbelieveable."

"That's good…" I said as I returned to continue drawing.

There was moments that passed by here and there, Blake and I questioning each other basic life questions. The library started to fill up with people, and that's when Blake and I decided to get up and leave. As I was leaving, she tapped my shoulder.

"Hey." Blake said.

"Hm?" I asked.

"Let's go out to eat sometime." She smiled.

I hesitated because it was such a sudden question, "S-Sure!"

"Alright, I'll contact you via scroll." She held her scroll up for a tap. I tapped scrolls with hers as the devices started to change information.

"Thanks for the offer." I said as I started to leave.

I exited the door and looked around. People we're dotting the commons room, but someone caught my eye. Yi was leaned against a wall waiting for me. My heart started to pump once she turned to me with a slight envy. She clicked her mouth a couple times as she pushed herself off the wall.

I walked up to her as she turned away, "Being real here, you're an actual tsundere."

Alice stumbled upon herself, panicing as she twisted her head trying not to cause a scene, "W-WHAT!?"

"I sensed you at the doorway looking at me you dunce," I sighed as I walked past her. I can't believe I just bypassed her wrath...

"I UH-" Alice attempted to blurb up a reasonable argument, but couldn't.

"Let's go to the dorm, I gotta tell you about something."

She straightened up, "Y-Yeah…"