*2 years ago*
"Skylar! Get your sister out of here! Your mother and I will hold them off!" shouted the man. I stood my ground holding my unconscious sister in my arms.
"I will come back to help! If you two stay, you'll be killed! Please come with us if I can't stay; we can go into hiding, Mielikki and I aren't known by them yet so we can go to school and live our lives as normal people!" I pleaded. I knew that they were going to sacrifice themselves for us, they believe that we have the power to end all of the hate and violence between humans and the Faunus.
"You know full well that we are staying, I know that you already have a plan for vengeance towards Roman's forces but you must not seek them out just yet; you have to go to Beacon Academy and train yourself to be a great Huntsman and your sister to be a Huntress. Build your reputation among everyone and then reveal everything when the time is right. Be vigilant!" explained the man. I see a fire erupt nearby, lighting up the scene. A small house ignite into flames with a Faunus woman fighting some men in front of the house.
"James hurry up!" yelled the Faunus. "I need help, I won't be able to hold them all off alone forever you know!"
"On the way Elizabeth!" yelled the man named James. "Skylar, remember who you are; you are a Maslow, my son and a Faunus, always keep that in mind." The man James ran off to help Elizabeth.
"I won't forget this!" I cried quietly while running into the night through the woods nearby. I heard screams of pain as I distanced myself, they grew fainter and I knew that my mother and father were gone. I sat my sister Mielikki against the base of a tree and held her in my arms while crying softly. I felt Mielikki stir, so I dried my tears quickly and pulled back to get a look at her face. She looked just like me, but with fox ears and a tail that was laid out on a tree root next to her. I shook her awake softly.
"Skylar?" groaned Mielikki. "Where are we? And where are mom and dad?"
"I'm so sorry, I couldn't do anything!" I cried out while looking into her hazel eyes, all I could see was our dad in her eyes.
"What happened?" she asked.
"Roman's forces found our home," I said. Mielikki's eyes opened in shock followed by a gasp and her hand slowly covering her mouth as she starts to realize what I am about to say. "You are lucky that you are a heavy sleeper, because the sight wasn't pretty; dad ordered me to run away with you while they bought us some time."
"N-no…I can't believe it," whispered Mielikki her eyes tearing up. I pulled her head into my shoulder. Mielikki started to cry loudly while clutching my shirt.
"It's ok, it's ok, I'll always be here for you sis; I will finish what our parents have started and end all this fighting between the Faunus and humans," I whispered trying comfort us both.
"S-s-s-so where do we go now?" sniffled Mielikki.
"We find an old home that none lives in and we live there by scavenging what we need from the city, maybe even have a job so we can have money for supplies like clothes and food." I explained feeling more determined to survive for my sister's sake.
"Okay Skylar, I will follow your lead," said Mielikki while drying up her eyes. I could tell that her anger is rising towards Roman and his forces.
"I know how you are feeling, one day we will get revenge on Roman and those making the White Fang change themselves," I vowed. Mielikki nodded her head, her eyes filled with tears of fury; I now had a goal to reach and at least one member of my family survived, which is also an important player in our parent's plan, my dear twin sister. "I hope you are ready Roman, because I will kill you when the time is right!"
*Present day*
I woke up with tears streaming down my face. I finally got to somewhat see what my father looked like, except it was too dark in my dream to see his face clearly; but I could tell that we looked alike and his eyes were the same as Mielikki in my dream. I sat up in bed looking towards the window, thinking. If I was going to able have revenge, then I am going to need to find my sister. Where would she be? In the hiding place that we found back when I was with her? I wondered on these thoughts for a while as I crawled out of bed.
"So who is this Roman guy? I probably shouldn't tell Blake about the Roman guy yet, but I should tell her about my sister; she can help for sure," I said to myself as I dressed down and hopped into the shower. After my shower, I threw on some dark blue jeans and a grey shirt that had some stripes running across. I grabbed my new journal and sat myself in the windowsill watching the rising sun shine its rays on a new day. I got it, I'm going to write this journal as if it was a novel; so that way I can let others know my story when the time is right! I thought excitedly. I began to write all of my experiences here at Beacon from the time I first woke up, to the present moment that I was in. After I finished writing, I slipped on my boots and headed for the library to see if I can find old school records of previous students. The library was huge, it was only two floors but the size of the room itself was enormous. I walked up to the librarian who was organizing books on a cart. The librarian saw me approach him and smiled at me.
"Good morning Mr. Auditore, I was wondering if I were going to ever see you here," greeted the librarian.
"You were expecting me?" I asked surprised.
"Yes, I heard about your situation from Professor Ozpin about your lost memories and I figured that you would come here to do research; but I am surprised that it has been this long, you seem like a young man who likes books," explained the librarian. I looked at him surprised the Ozpin told anyone about my story, and this guy seems to know information pertaining to what I am looking for.
"Has he told anyone else about my story?"
"Not that I know of, why do you ask?"
"Now that is weird, I was just wondering who else knew."
"So now to business then! What can I help you with Mr. Auditore?"
"First, what is your name? And second, I need to look up two former students in old school records."
"Oh, where are my manners? My name is Mr. Light, as you can tell I am the librarian here at Beacon. Now the school records, if you would please follow me," stated Mr. Light as he walked up a staircase up to the second floor. I followed Mr. Light all the way to a back room. As I entered the room, I realized that it was bigger than I thought it would be, it was almost the size of a classroom on campus, but just a bit smaller. There was a decently sized table in the center of the room with only four chairs, probably because this room was only used by small groups of people; if ever at all. Mr. Light took a deep breathe, reviling in the smell of books that lingered in the air.
"So this is the room?" I asked keeping an eye around the room trying to figure out where to begin.
"Yes, welcome the record room. Now who are you trying to research?"
"One human, one Faunus. They should have been in the same year as each other if one attended the academy," I presented to him as if it will be easy.
"Interesting, not to many Faunus in the past have been here at Beacon until recently. What are the names of the two you are looking for?"
"The Faunus is named Elizabeth Volpe, and the human is named James Maslow; I think they were classmates at some point."
"Ah, I know those names quite well! In fact I was on their team, but why do you want to look them up?" asked Mr. Light now sounding if he was on guard about them or something.
"Well, it is hard to explain but their names came across to me in a dream so I want to know who they are; and since you knew them maybe you can help even more by telling me a little about them," I said looking at Mr. Light hopefully.
"I see, well let's see…they should be…ah! Here they are!" bellowed Mr. Light. Mr. Light brought out a large file labeled "team JADE".
"JADE? What kind of team is called JADE?" I said.
"My team was, now if you would please kindly tell me now for the real reason why you wanted to look these two people up?"
"Well, can you believe the far-fetch sounding reason?"
"Try me." I took a deep breathe ready to explain the majority of the details.
"So I have been having the dreams about them and I now have reason to believe that they were my parents," I said watching Mr. Light's face have its eyebrows raised in slight surprise.
"That is a bit far-fetched, a Faunus and a human forming a family together? It is unheard of." said Mr. Light in slight disbelief.
"Right, but the problem I know that they have died about two years ago and I am trying to find out more about them; I am also trying to find their killer and my sister."
"You have a sister too?"
"That is what I believe, she is supposed to be my twin with a Faunus' look and I take upon the more human look."
"So you and your sister are half human, half Faunus?"
"You would be correct, so I it is safe to assume that their relationship was not known to everyone?"
"Yes and no, they were extremely close and worked well together in combat; I never would have thought that they would actually have a family."
"That so? They did get along well? I heard otherwise from another source, I wonder who spread that rumor about them…"
"Who did you hear that rumor from?"
"They don't wish to be disclosed, so I can't say their name but I can tell they admired my mother, Elizabeth Volpe, very much."
"That is the only thing that matters for now, I would like to meet this person though."
"You actually might know the person already," I said off handedly. Mr. Light looked surprised. "So what can you tell me about my parents?"
"Let's see, they were a very skilled team; the teamwork was frowned upon because of the Faunus was still being discriminated against after the war, but James and Elizabeth seemed to have no problems at all. I even think that they can work together without even talking, as if they know each other's moves that well," praised Mr. Light. I took a seat as he started to explain my parents and how they worked together, I started to read the file on team JADE as he ranted on about their times as a team at Beacon.
"So it was James Maslow, Rouge Atlas, Dimitri Light and Elizabeth Volpe on the same team; sounds like a good team. What was Atlas like?"
"Ah Atlas was a character, she was a reckless beauty that fought so unorthodox that only the three of us could possibly work with her; actually I was her partner so I knew her fighting style so well that I knew what she was going to probably do, but I had to communicate with her unlike your parents," explained Mr. Light.
"I see, and how is she?"
"Well, she died on a mission; she was pierced by a Deathstalker from behind."
"I'm sorry to hear about that, I'm sure she is enjoying her peaceful slumber with my parents."
"I think so too, so was the Deathstalker killed?"
"No, as far as I know, it was a new Deathstalker in the Emerald forest that came in from the Forever Fall forest."
"So there was two Deathstalkers in the Emerald Forest?"
"Yes, we had trouble with one alone, but two was near impossible for us at the time; so we retreated to the Cliffside and we were just almost home when the rouge Deathstalker struck Atlas from the back and killed her instantly, or at least that is what I would have liked to say…the first strike didn't kill her, she bled out on the stinger as we got away."
"Oh…I don't know what to say," I said looking down at the files. I didn't know that my parents lost someone so viciously.
"You don't need to, it is in the past and I know that she is happy wherever she is."
"How did each of you guys fight? As in what weapon types did you four use in combat?"
"Well, I used a dual edged blade that transforms into a harpoon gun for captures; and Atlas was a staff user that had dust filled ends that would explode on impact."
"I can see why you two worked together, your style was most like hers so you could have the best idea on how she fought," I said. Mr. Light's style seemed to have not the strongest attack power but one of the more challenging weapons. "So what did my parents use?"
"Well, those two were a combo team. Your mother used a curved sword for quick takedowns while your father use a sword and shield to hold the enemies in place for your mother to strike them down; but your father had a set of dust powered pistols as backup when larger groups attack."
"I can't believe that your team was so good! I wish that they were all still here though…"
"I know how you feel Mr. Auditore, but you will have to move on someday; so just enjoy life and live it for your family," said Mr. Light understanding on how I felt about having my parents gone.
"I will, but I will find out who caused all of this and fulfill my parent's dying wish!"
"Wish? What was it?"
"You'll find out soon enough Mr. Light, hopefully very soon…" I said handing him the files of team JADE.
"Please, call me Dimitri; so I can now presume that you have found everything you can about your parents here?" guessed Dimitri.
"I have found everything I could from you Mr. Li-…Dimitri, I cannot thank you enough for what you have given me; I now know a little bit more about my parents thanks to you," I said smiling. Mr. Light, Dimitri, walked over to a desk and opened a drawer. He pulled out a small box and brought it over to the table I was still at.
"Here we go," said Dimitri. I stared at the box and back at him as he opened the box. There were papers and pictures jumbled in the box. Dimitri plucked a photo out from the bottom of the box and handed it to me. It was a picture of team JADE in front of the school's courtyard fountain.
"Th-this is you guys?" I stammered. I never expected to see any picture of my parents from when they were in Beacon. My mother was beautiful, her hair was a flowing dark red, her ears and tail seemed to even flow in a wind that wasn't even in the picture. My father was a handsome man too, he had a rough look that could have easily have been a lady killer look, his blonde hair was just like mine; it was almost messy looking but it fell into place just right. Atlas was a real looker, she was your typical bombshell, and she had brown hair that would have any man do a double take as they passed her. Dimitri wasn't hard on the eyes either; he still wore glasses but he wore them with his messy brown hair and a little facial hair that seemed to have a somewhat appealing look.
"It is, now this was about twenty years ago, so I'm not as young compared to the picture; but your mother, eight years ago, didn't seem to have changed at all. Your father seemed to have grown into a true gentleman over the years that women would have gone crazy for," explained Dimitri. It took me a moment to realize what he had just said.
"Wait, eight years ago, I was alive then! So you knew about me? How come I don't remember anything about you?" I asked sounding shocked.
"I actually didn't know about you at all, I just ran into Elizabeth and James on the outskirts of Vale. They were headed into the forest as I saw them, so I approached them. They were definitely surprised that I was there after so long," said Dimitri.
"That is weird, but why are you showing me this photo?" I asked. Dimitri smiled real wide.
"Simple, I want you to have that photo; I think that you would appreciate the photo a lot more than I would right now," responded Dimitri. I smiled in appreciation, then a thought shot across my mind as I stood up suddenly.
"Uhm, Dimitri…you said that Atlas was killed by a Deathstalker in the Emerald Forest right?" I said cautiously. Dimitri looked at me confused.
"Y-yes, why do you bring that up?" asked Dimitri.
"I think Atlas was avenged after all, I think I killed the Deathstalker that killed Atlas! When I woke up in the forest, I ran into teams RWBY and JNPR and we were at the cliffs when two Deathstalkers burst into the fight as we were fighting a Nevermore. I killed one Deathstalker as team JNPR finished off the other one." I explained. Dimitri's eyes opened wide in surprise.
"So that Deathstalker is dead?" he asked in disbelief. The look on his face had turned from a wise look, to some kind of selcouth face. I smiled and I thanked him for his time and the photo. I walked out of the library feeling a sense of peace that almost seemed strange to me.
"I wonder what they were like, back when they were together…" I pondered while walking down the hall with the photo in hand. The photo had my parents with their arms wrapped around each other's shoulders; while Mr. Light, Dimitri, was trying to get Atlas from jumping into the fountain behind them. The scene was pretty much comical, the photo didn't seem to have warriors in training to fight monsters, but a group of friends together enjoying their lives in peace. "They must have been pretty fun when they were here."
"Oh? And who would 'they' be?" asked a voice behind me. I turned around and saw Ozpin behind me with a cane and his coffee.
"Oh, I didn't see you there! Good morning Professor Ozpin," I greeted the ever so mysterious professor. I watched Ozpin stare at the photo that I was holding of team JADE for a few moments.
"If you don't mind me asking, why do you have a photo of these former students?"
"Well, I have come to conclusion thanks to my slow memory return that at least one of the members of team JADE were my parents. So I was given this by Mr. Light."
"I see..."
"Uhm, okay?" I said while watching Ozpin stare off into space after I stowed the photo.
"I recommended that you refrain from showing that photo to many people, you never know who could be nearby lurking in the shadows; enjoy the rest of your day Mr. Maslow," said the Ozpin as he walked off while sipping on his coffee.
"Wait, did he just call me Mr. Maslow?!" I realized after walking away for a few minutes. I looked around for any sign of Ozpin, but I couldn't find any sign of him. "Has he known who I am from the beginning? I guess I'll find out sooner or later." My stomach then on cue, started to slightly grumble from hunger. "I guess I should get some lunch to settle my thoughts for now, then I could find someone to spar with."
I started to walk down the corridors of Beacon, taking a longer route enjoying the building's architecture. I turned the corner and collided with someone; I fell down in surprise on how sturdy the person was, even though I could tell that they had a smaller frame size than my own.
"OW!" cried out a voice. I looked up at who I ran into. It was a very familiar bunny eared Faunus girl.
"Velvet!" I exclaimed in surprise. I stood up real quick and reached down to help her up. "I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going!"
"It's alright Skylar," replied Velvet. I noticed Velvet was smiling, so I decided to the most natural thing; I smiled and laughed haughtily. Velvet did a double take at my sudden outburst of laughter.
"Uhm...what's so funny?" asked Velvet. She seemed a little worried about me, so I stopped and stood there awkwardly.
"Oh, sorry I just had the idea to laugh for no real reason…so what brings you to this side of the school on this lovely afternoon?"
"I'm just headed to lunch before I head out into town with everyone on my team, everyone else is taking a nap or at the gym."
"That's nice, mind if I join you for lunch?"
"Oh…I-I don't mind-d at all, it would be actually nice to have someone to eat with."
"Alright! Thankfully I haven't eaten yet, so let's eat!" I cheered. Velvet giggled loudly at my enthusiasm. I smiled all goofy like enjoying the company of Velvet; her presence made me feel relaxed, as if she was always there. Velvet and I walked together to the cafeteria. The place was surprisingly packed, even though a lot of students were away in Vale enjoying their weekend. As we walked into the line for lunch, I noticed that Velvet's posture had shrunk into a more reserved form. I decided to see what was wrong. "What's wrong Velvet?"
"Oh, it's just that people are looking in our direction and I'm a little crowd shy…sorry for worrying you," explained Velvet quietly. I looked around the cafeteria while moving in through the line, I saw that people were whispering and pointing at me from what it looks like.
"Well it is my fault that they are looking here, I can hear bits and pieces of what they are whispering about," I explained while moving down the line picking out some fruits and fresh bread to eat.
"How do you know? I can barely hear the whispers myself."
"Well let's just say, my hearing is a little better than the average person; plus I had to focus on what they were saying to even hear."
"Let me give it a go," said Velvet as she closed her eyes to focus. "Wow…"
"What is it?" I asked.
"You were right about them talking about you, they are talking about how you defeated Cardin so easily and that you a little scary on how casual with everyone; it is a little intimidating they say, that you are so kind but so strong," explained Velvet. I looked around the cafeteria and smiled inwardly.
"I'm not strong, I'm just more skilled than some; so I can use the most of my strength."
"I think you're not scary though! Well, at first I did, but I know you now so I think you are just a kind person," defended Velvet. I gave Velvet my thanks, as we sat down with our lunch. We talked about classes and I learned from Velvet that people are at the gym training frequently. I talked to Velvet about heading there later on, trying to see if she wanted to train with me. Velvet had to refuse because I forgot that she was going to town with her team. So we exchanged goodbyes after we ate, I watched Velvet head off to the dorms. She a good person to be around, I thought as a headed across the main courtyard. I looked up the sky and realized that the weather was beautiful. I walked over to the same fountain where my parent's team took the photo that I now had. I sat up on the edge of the fountain and pulled out the photo of team JADE.
"I wish they knew that I am following their path at Beacon, trying to live life and remember my past…" I whispered to myself. I laid back and stared at the clouds letting the sun's rays fall upon the courtyard making the scene around me shine with a soft glow that felt warm. I guess a little nap wouldn't hurt, there is still plenty of time in the day to train later, I thought as my eyes started close. I drifted into a soothing nap, which ended up to be short lived from a voice that woke me up.
"Have you no modesty? Sleeping out here like a bum, this isn't the place to be napping!" lectured the voice. I opened my eyes and saw that Weiss was standing there with her arms crossed.
"Hey there Snowchild," I said sounding half asleep. Weiss' face flushed red with anger so quick, that I was impressed.
"Snowchild?! WHO do you think you are calling me that!" screamed Weiss. I sat up and quickly stowed the picture of team JADE back in my pocket. I forgot that I had that out still. I need to be careful with that more.
"Woah there, I wasn't trying to offend you; I thought that we were on the same team so I wanted to give you a nickname," I explained.
"How is calling me a child a nickname?" demanded Weiss.
"Well since that design on your back was a snowflake, I thought I would tie that in as a symbolic idea saying that you are a child of snow; meaning that you are one with the snow. Is that really that bad?"
"Well…no, but I don't accept you as my teammate! You are too suspicious to be trusted, we don't even know if your name is really Skylar Auditore!"
"I can tell you this, my name is really Skylar, but my last name is still unclear; I have a really good idea what it is, but I will tell you and everyone when I am sure Snowchild."
"Stop calling me Snowchild!" yelled Weiss. Weiss stormed off ranting about how much of a jerk I was.
"I guess I will have to explain everything soon to everyone," I said to myself as I stood up. I stretched a little and headed to the gym where I heard everyone was at. As I entered the gym, I saw that there were a quite few people here. I heard some furious punches over in a corner, and saw that Yang was attacking relentlessly at a punching bag. I suddenly had an idea that probably wasn't the best of ideas. I pulled a random student to the side as they were leaving.
"What do you want?" asked the student impatiently.
"I was wondering if you know anyone strong that is here that I would not want to make angry while sparring with," I said cutting to the chase. The student looked over my shoulder and pointed towards Yang.
"I can tell you this, she is the strongest in here but don't mess with her hair; she will lose it and you will probably walk away with broken bones, if you're lucky." Explained the student. I grinned at him excitedly.
"Perfect, that is what I am going to do then!" I told him as I turned to face Yang.
"You are an idiot for doing this! I am going to watch you get destroyed now just to prove how stupid this is."
"Just watch me, you'll be surprised," I said walking towards Yang. As I got closer, I noticed that Yang made it seem like she was hitting furiously, but she was actually holding back. Her arm's muscles relaxed as she punched forward, making her punches slower and weaker than what they appeared to be. I clapped sarcastically to get Yang's attention, it worked. Yang stopped her barrage of punches and faced me looking surprised.
"Oh hey there Skylar! What brings you here?" greeted Yang.
"I just wanted to find a decent sparring partner, and the rumor has it that you are the strongest in here so I wanted to take you on," I said offering a challenge to Yang with a flattering build up to the offer. Yang's eyebrows rose up in surprise.
"That so? Well then, let's do this thing!" exclaimed Yang excitedly. I grinned and pointed to the center of the gym that had a sparring arena. Yang nodded as we headed over there. The other students, even a few staff members were forming a crowd to watch our match.
"Mind if I set a few rules for the match though?" I asked as we stood from each other in the arena.
"Go on ahead, make some kind of challenge you'll still lose!" taunted Yang. The crowd were talking excitedly about Yang's taunt and were trying to see what I was going to say.
"Well, the rules are that no head blows and I won't use any weapons, but you can; and I am taking my boots off for the match, you can keep yours on," I explained as I took off my boots and placed them in the corner. The crowd, even Yang, looked surprised at the rules I suggested.
"So you are giving me a handicap? I am no pushover you know," said Yang very slowly. She was starting to sound as if she were offended by the rules.
"No handicap, just to give me a challenge, a little bit," I taunted getting into a fighting stance.
"Oh you are going to regret that buddy!" grinned Yang. The student that I talked to earlier stood up on a stand with a bell.
"When I strike the bell, the match will begin; the match will end when one gives up or is unable to fight. Are the fighters ready?" called out the student. I looked up at the student, he was looking very grave, as if he was worried about me.
"Ready," I said.
"Ready," said Yang. The student struck the bell and Yang charged forward and sent a barrage of punches my way, while firing random training rounds at me. I rolled to my left just in time to dodge her shots. "Wow, you are quick on your feet aren't you?"
"Just you wait," I said. I ran forward and threw a hand chop at Yang. Yang dodged the attack easily.
"You call that an attack? It is too easy to dodge! You can't even tou…" teased Yang, but stopped suddenly. A few strands of her hair fell to the ground in front of her. A few students back away when they saw this, as if they were scared. I guess the rumor was true. I looked at Yang, she was looking at the fallen pieces of hair; she was shaking violently suddenly.
"Did I hit your head by accident?" I asked knowing full well what I really did. The student on the stand looked at me like I was an idiot and face-palmed himself.
"You…" muttered Yang. I turned my attention to Yang, watching her as she took a step forward.
"What about me?" I asked feeling as if I was going to regret this now. It's too late now, might as well do my best not to be killed.
"YOU ARE SO DEAD!" hollered Yang lifting her head up. Her eyes changed from her usual lilac color to a red color. Her hair also changed, it now had an orange lighting with her blonde hair, giving it a flaming look to it.
"Oh boy, she's really pissed," I said. Yang charged forward throwing punches and kicks at even faster speeds. I was dodging them pretty easily, but Yang suddenly shot at my head with real rounds. I rolled to the right and ran back to gain some distance form her.
"Where do you think you're going?" yelled Yang.
"You really are trying to kill me!" I shouted. "At least tell me when you are going to be using real rounds, so I can prepare myself!" Yang just charged forward and continued attacking. I kept on dodging and dodging her attacks. The crowd was cheering for me, and the student on the stand was looking at me intently. The student wanted to cheer for me as well, but it looked like he knew that Yang was going to beat me down. I am going to prove you wrong. I thought as I dodged Yang's relentless attacks. The fight has gone on for about an hour now, the crowd was on their toes, and the staff members looked extremely worried. Yang was running out of steam finally.
"Why…won't…just…" panted Yang. She was looking exhausted, I was also feeling exhausted from dodging so much. Yang's movements finally slowed down, so I took the chance to attack with the last of my strength. I dodged Yang's right hook by ducking down and rolling to her right making look like I disappeared. Yang look around in front of her trying to find me. I stood behind her and prepped my hand to knock her out.
"I think it is time this fight ends," I said behind Yang. Yang started to turn around, but I struck the back of her neck; making her nervous system overload from the sudden shock, knocking her out. Yang started to fall to the floor, but I caught her and laid her down gently on her back. I sat down next to her feeling exhausted. The crowd and the student on the stand looked at the two of us with shock.
"I don't believe it," said someone in the crowd.
"That guy actually beat Yang without a scratch!" yelled another person. Everyone watching clapped their hands enthusiastically, while looking at me with awe. The student on the stand just stood there in shock, not believing in what he just saw. A staff member came up to the two of us, looking worried.
"Are you two alright?" asked the staff member.
"We are, she is just knocked out; and I am just exhausted, she almost would have had me if I didn't take that nap before I came here!" I said while laughing. The staff member looked relieved.
"I will take her to the infirmary then, to make sure she doesn't have a concussion," explained the staff member.
"No need, she is already waking up," I said looking at Yang. Yang started to move and then she sat up rubbing her neck.
"Ow…what happened?" asked Yang.
"Well I challenged you to a sparring match, I made you go berserk on me, and you attacked me nonstop for an hour before I finally had the chance to get behind you to knock you out," I explained.
"Really? Why did I lose it?" questioned Yang. I looked around at the crowd and they were motioning me not to say what I did. I thought that was good advice.
"Don't bother, it is over now."
"Whatever, so how good was the match for you?"
"You had me on my toes almost the entire time, except for the end after an hour of fighting; I finally was able to attack."
"What a shame, I didn't even hit you did I?"
"No but if you hung on for another thirty minutes, you would have gotten me really good."
"I guess I have to do better next time!" smiled Yang. I ginned as I helped Yang up. The crowd finally disbanded, even the staff members left. I walked with Yang back to the dorms, talking about the match and how I won.
"So I used a move I like to call the ghost step, which gets me behind the enemy as if I vanished to attack, that is how I won," I said. Yang looked impressed at this.
"You gotta teach me that sometime! That sounds so cool!" demanded Yang.
"Sure, I would love to," I complied. I said goodbye to Yang as she went to her room to shower and go to eat something. I walked over to my room and noticed that my door was slightly ajar. What is this? I walked into the room cautiously, seeing nothing new. "I guess I forgot to shut my door." I grabbed some sweat pants and took them with me to the shower. After showering and putting on my sweatpants, I noticed a package with a note on top of it on my table. I walked over to it and opened the note, it was form Blake.
Dear Skylar,
I know that you can draw, and that you like looking at the views of everything around so I got you this. Think of it as a welcome to Beacon gift from me…
-Blake
I opened the package, and pulled out a sketch book with some sketching pencils. The book itself was a perfect size for portraits and landscape sketched if turned sideways. I smiled at my new gift from Blake, realizing the time when she ran off to go do other business was when she bought this.
"Thanks Blake, I will make sure to repay you one day for this wonderful gift." I said quietly as I placed the sketchbook down and walked over to my bed. I had exhaustion take over my body as I fell forward on to my bed, I was asleep before I hit the bed. I love it here; were my last thoughts before I fell into a peaceful sleep.