Chapter 9
I Apologize for the text being almost unreadable. the problem should be fixed now.
Semblance. Every living creature in remnant has what is known as a semblance, which is a specific type of energy produced by the individual to help them survive. However, thanks to mankind's resourcefulness, these abilities are praised and uncommon rather than a necessity for survival. The only thing that cannot, under any circumstance, have a semblance are Grimm, however Faunus are able to have them just as humans do.
Of cores, a person cannot activate their semblance until they reach a certain age, yet there are some exceptions. Some people are gifted the ability to discover their semblances at birth, yet it is only possible through a trigger of events or one singular event. In addition, even though one may be able to activate their semblance at an early age, that does not mean they can fully control it. The situation could go two ways, either you see it as a blessing, and are praised for your youthful talent, or you are cursed to a power that you cannot control.
The Schnee estate is one of the largest buildings in the city, and on days such as these, the towering mansion must get as much power as it needs to. Therefore, Mr. Schnee thought it would be best to install their own dust propeller underneath their house in order to successfully distribute power throughout the building. Although dust propellers are useful and efficient in producing energy, they can also be highly dangerous to put near and residential area. Luckily, Mr. Schnee was always two steps ahead of the game, and concealed the propeller into a thick metal engine, which was ready to withstand any type of harmful outdoor disturbance.
Unfortunately, the only thing the metal couldn't withstand was the only thing Mr. Schnee could not have possibly guessed, his own daughter.
The ground below Jonathan started to rumble and dismantle itself, and the glowing Schnee girl in the middle of the room was beginning to lose her balance. The boy sprung up and opened his arms, catching the girl from her fall with tremendous accuracy.
Weiss opened her fear-shut eyes to see Jonathan smiling cheerfully towards her. "Are you okay?" he asked.
She wanted to respond, but the sealed off door was smashed open by none other than Mr. Schnee himself. As soon as he walked in the collapsing room, he saw his beloved daughter literally in the arms of a boy. "Get your filthy hands off of her!" he commanded, backed up by two of his guards.
"Okay! Fine, take her. I didn't want her anyway-"The cracks in the floor around Jonathan escalated in to a full circle that sent both him and Weiss crashing back onto the first floor.
Jonathan lain flat in his back as the dust from the falling debris clouded around him. Weiss had fallen on top of him in an awkward and mangled angle. He tried to push her off but realized that she had fallen unconscious. He looked around to see that the room that was once booming with life was now almost completely deserted and destroyed. Beautifully designed pillars were now falling to pieces at the scene, and the decorative dance floors, tables, and even the DJ system was now reduce to nothing.
The only other people that stayed in the building were Adam, Damien, and Alexander. To top it off, Mr. Schnee, along with all of the guards that tried to capture Jonathan, came rushing down the stairs.
Jonathan slowly tried to stand up, though the shaking of the room was not helping his attempts. Alexander was the first to notice Jonathan stand and, like the brat that he is, decided to once again turn the situation against the poor cat Faunus. "Guards! Mr. Schnee! He has your daughter, get him!" he tried to rile them up.
Damien gave him the most furious look. "Stop talking! You're just making this worse," he complained. After Damien's words, the estate started shaking more ferociously than ever, sending a fright down the spines of everybody in the room.
Regardless, Adam stood strong and tall, and faced the Schnee grunts with a defensive stance. "Jonathan, get her out of here!" he called.
"What!? Why?" the boy panicked.
"Because she's what's causing this to happen." He stated. "We'll hold these guys off so you can get out of here," he said referring to him and Damien.
Alexander started to flinch in fear, "But, I can get out of here too, right?" he said almost bogglingly.
Damien took this as an opportunity to put some fright into the little hellion. "Oh, hell no. You're staying right here with the two of us," He taunted, making the boy yelp in fear.
Jonathan looked at Adam once more, in which Adam gave him the same heroic look he did the night they met. "Don't worry. I'll be fine. Besides, I've been needing a stress reliever," he assured.
Jonathan picked Weiss up off the ground and darted out of the door as fast as he could, despite hearing the brawling that was taking place behind him. He ran out into the cold winds and held the unconscious girl as tightly as he could for warmth. With a full turn around, he saw the towering castle now reduced to shambles.
Now with Weiss away from the propeller, the rumbling reduced itself to a mere tremor, and it seemed as if the beast had finally been quelled.
Unfortunately, the end is never truly the end, and with one final earth-shattering quake, the tip of the estate separated from the large pile of rubble and came tumbling down strait towards Jonathan and Weiss.
Jonathan gave out a large groan of annoyance and exhaustion, but was soon replaced by fear for his life and Weiss' when he tripped and fell over, dropping Weiss and himself to the floor. Every event in the past few days have been one big mess after another for little Jonathan. The only thing he wanted to do from the start was to survive and live another day. This isn't the first time he had been so close to death. As a matter of fact, it happened quite often for him. However, right now felt different.
Normally Jonathan only feared for his own life, and lived for himself. But in this entire ordeal he met so many people who have helped him survive and enjoy himself these past few moments. He had been given so much; food and generosity from Adam, Serra gave him a chance for hope, and the Schnees welcomed him into their home worth open arms.
He had been given so much, it was almost impossible for someone as kindhearted as him to not return the favor. So, with of the last bit of his strength, he decided to give back to the person who truly needed it at this time, Weiss.
Jonathan wobbled to his feet, shaking in his skin as the large piece of stone continued towards them. It toppled closer and closer, making the boy shiver almost every time it rotated. Just then, out of the clear blue, a strong gust of wind blew in all directions around Jonathan. The cold enveloped him and gave him an overwhelming sensation.
He knew what he needed to do.
The object came barreling closer and closer, yet Jonathan stood strong and tall in front of the piece of mass.
At first, Weiss' eyes started to flicker open and closed, but after a few blinks and groans, she finally regained consciousness, only to see her certain demise.
At last, one truly final gust of wind shot Jonathan in the back, and a flurry of energized winds stated to circle the boy as he lifted his hand to stop the ton of stone. Blue and Green gusts of wind flew around his hand and started to create a freezing cyclone, and the large piece of stone was being eroded and destroyed by Jonathan's True Breeze.
Weiss could only sit there on the floor, unable to form words. Jonathan had found his semblance. And the only thing he needed was a friend.
Jonathan's storm had died down, and the hurdling ball of death was now as much of rubble as the rest of the estate. His hand was still raised, and his body remained motionless.
There was pure silence around the two until Jonathan collapsed to his knees, and fell cold onto the floor.
