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Waking up with a groan, I roll onto my back in pain. Mind hazy, I try to piece together what was happening. For some reason, the left side of my face felt as if it had been torn apart and I couldn't open up my left eye. Using my only good eye, I look stock of my surroundings. Cold, concrete walls, no windows, and a single door, nothing else. "What the hell?" I reach up to feel my face and come into contact with mostly dried blood with a little still seeping out of the wound. Looking at my blooded hand, it all comes rushing back. Yang and I fighting, blood, and pain.
With a rush, I jump to my feet when I hear the door screeching open. Turning, I find a man with boar tusks standing in the doorway, "Well well well, sleeping beauty's awake". He says something into his radio as he closes the door, the last thing I hear him say is "Dibs on the whip."
Jolting awake in a sweat, my head was on a swivel, trying to find a way out. Again, finding carpet, blankets, and a overall warm feeling, I realized all over again I was safe. I swung my feet off my bed and sat there with my face in my hands, "Haven't been that bad since I was actually there" I whisper to myself. I rub my face before standing up and walking over to the window to find that dawn was less than an hour away. "Better get ready, need to be at the airship by nine."
Walking over to my closet, I put on jeans and a plain gray t-shirt before heading downstairs. I prepare a breakfast for three, knowing that mom and dad will want to see me off. As I just finish making some omelets, I hear my parents coming down the stairs. "Davian, what are you doing? You're the one going off to Beacon, we're suppose to make you breakfast."
Shrugging, I put the omelets on the table along with juice and milk. "Just couldn't sleep, excited to go to Beacon" I said, lying through my teeth.
We eat breakfast together for what might be the last time for months. As we're finishing up, mom goes upstairs to get something while dad pulls me into a hug, "Please be careful, I know why you're going just...be as safe as you can. If you need to talk, your mother and I are only a call away while Yang will be even closer." Mom comes back down the stairs hiding something behind her back as she joins in on the hug before she hands something to me.
Looking down, I smile softly at the two photos in my hand. The first was a photo was of Yang, Ruby, and I when we became practically bonded to the hip all those years ago. The second photo was of mom, dad, and I back before the Fang went from good to bad. Looking up, I hug them one more time before strapping on my weapon, grabbing my bags, and walking out the door without saying anything more.
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When I reached the airship, I was about forty minutes early. Grabbing a seat, I pulled out a book and read to pass the time. After half an hour of reading, I spotted a mane of blond hair. Shutting my book, I walk over in time to see Yang crushing the life Ruby, "Oohhhhh I can't believe my baby sister is going to Beacon with me, this is the best day ever!"
Barely able to breath, Ruby wheezes out, "Please stop."
Dropping her and backing away, Yang bounces in excitement "But I'm so proud of yoouuu!"
Ruby looks at the floor bashfully, "Really sis it was nothing. I didn't even do it alone, Davian was their to. "
"I may have been there Ruby, but you held your own," my sudden appearance causing the girls to jump.
Yang recovers quickly and hugs me, "Aaannd I also get to go with you to. These are going to be the best four years EVER!"
As I'm about to respond, a news report comes over the TV announcing that a peaceful Fanus rights protest was disrupted by the White Fang. Hearing an angry huff, I turn to Yang who looked furious at the news bulletin. Before I could say anything to her, a recording of Ms. Goodwitch plays, welcoming us to Beacon. Once the recording had ended, Ruby gasped, running over to the window. "Look, you can see Signal from up here! I guess home isn't so far after all."
Yang walks over, wrapping an arm around our shoulders, "Beacon's our home now." As we were looking out the window, some blond guy rushes past us, having trouble keeping his breakfast down, "Well, I guess the view isn't for everyone. I wonder who we're going to meet?"
Ruby lowers her voice so he wouldn't hear, "I just hope their better than vomit boy." Giggling at her own joke, Ruby looks down before yelling "OH GROSS! YANG YOU'VE GOT PUKE ON YOUR SHOE!"
Pulling her arms off of us, Yang starts freaking out, "GROSSGROSSGROSSGROSSGROSSGROSSGROSS!" Rushing towards the bathroom, she slams the door shut with Ruby leaning on me, laughing so hard her sides were hurting. I just stand their with a small grin adorning my face, realizing at this time that I haven't laughed once since I got back, and even a sadder realization is that I can't laugh at the situation even though I wanted to. I can be happy but...my body just didn't remember how to express that very well. Looking up as the bathroom door flies open, I see one pissed off Yang, hair ablaze that sent a clear message, all blond men, pray to your gods. Before Yang can go off on a warpath, I step in front of her and pull her back over to the window kicking and screaming the entire way, "LET GO OF ME DAVIAN! SOME OF THAT CRAP GOT INTO MY HAIR AND HE'S GOING TO BE BLASTED THROUGH BOTTOM OF THIS SHIP!"
Somehow finding the strength to hold her back, I try to calm her down, "Yang Yang Yang calm down. We aren't even at Beacon yet, so let's try and not break anyone yet." Eventually calming down enough that her hair was no longer a ranging inferno, I let go over her shoulders, silently praying that she wouldn't charge off and hunt down that poor guy. Fortunately, she sat down as I silently heal my burns with my aura as she brushes her hair, trying to work out the tangles that formed after washing that portion of her hair out. Waiting to dock, we just made small talk for the remaining time of the flight.
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Eventually docking at the Beacon landing-pad, we are three of the first people off of the ship and stare at Beacon in awe. "Wow" we all say in sync.
Crossing her arms, Yang stands there with a smirk on her face, "The view from Vale's got nothing on this."
I nod my head in agremnt as Ruby went all chibi and sparkly, "OO OO, GUYS LOOK! THAT KIDS GOT A COLLAPSIBLE STAFF! OO AND SHES GOT A FIRE SWORD!"
Literally floating away, Yang pulls her back before she could get far and do something she'd regret, "Easy their little sister, their just weapons."
Gasping as if she'd been insulted, "JUST weapons! They're an extension of ourselfs, they're a part of us! Oooh they're so cool!"
Yang and I just smile at Ruby's antics, "Well why can't you swoon over your over weapon, aren't you happy with it?"
I duck as Ruby extends Crescent Rose, almost taking my head off, "Of course I'm happy with Crescent Rose. I just really like seeing new ones, it's like meeting new people...but better" she adds on at the end kinda bashfully.
I chuckle, and pull her hood over her head, "Ruby, I know you have trouble meeting people and would rather tinker with any new weapon you can, but you do need to try make some friends."
Yang nods her head in agreement, "Yeah, I was just about to say that. You gotta try to meet new people sis, it will do you some good."
Flipping her head off her head, Ruby looks up in confusion, "But why would I need to meet new people when I have you guys?"
I'm about to respond when I hear a large group of people approaching, Yang looks a Ruby kinda apologetic, "Yaaaa, actuallymyfriendsarealreadyhereandthey haven'thadachancetoseeDavianyetsoyabye!" Next thing I know is that I'm being pulled along by Yang surrounded by people I haven't seen in many years with Ruby's confused voice fading in the background. Coming to a stop, I realize that we were in some sort of student lounge that was being used for incoming students. Before I could get a better look around, I was being swarmed by several old friends Yang and I used to hang out with at Signal.
"Oh my god Davian! We haven't seen you in sooo long!"
"You doing ok?"
"We missed you so much!"
"Why is you're hair gray now?"
"How did you get that scar on your face?"
By now, I'm wide-eyed and internally panicking. Next thing I know, someone threw their arms around me and hugged me for all of a split second before I completely panicked and teleported to the door and ran out, not stopping until I get to a secluded location. I lean against the wall before sliding down it, bashing the back of my head against the wall repeatedly, "Goddammit! Keep it together Davin, keep it together." I just sit their, breathing heavily for a few minutes before I feel a hand rest itself on my shoulder, making me jump.
I quickly turn to see Yang pull her hand back with a worried look. "Davian, what happened?"
Sighing, I turn my head away, "Sorry, I just...I don't know. I just panicked for some reason."
Looking guilty, Yang reaches down to run her hand through my hair like she used to when I was feeling down due to racism or something else like that. Before her hand could reach the top of my head, she finds her hand in a vice-like grip. She looks down in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Shaking my head, I stand up, pulling her with me, "Lets get to the ceremony" I say, completely ignoring her question. She slowly nods her head, looking even more worried than she did before as we walk away, all the while I'm mentally kicking myself for my actions, fully knowing that I won't be able to hide every scar I accumulated for long.
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(Yang POV)
As Davian and I walk to the auditorium, I try to figure out what he's hiding from me. I know he thinks he's doing it to protect me, but he needs to talk about what happened to him at some point. Not now, but eventually, it's part of the healing process. The entire way, he's in deep thought, as if he's trying to figure out ways to keep me from pestering him about it. I know he won't like it, but it's for his own good, I'm not letting him suffer in silence for the rest of his life. I'll stick with the niceties for now, but eventually I'll switch to tough love.
By now, we've reached the auditorium and find some seats, saving one for Ruby. We wait for a few minutes before I find her in the crowd next to...that's the guy that threw up in my hair! I'm about to march off and give him a piece of my mind when someone pulls me back by my hand. Looking back, Davian is standing there, smiling softly with an eyebrow raised, "We already talked about this Yang, let it go. He couldn't control his motion sickness, besides, how about not killing Ruby's first friend in this place."
I sigh before calling over to her, "Ruby over here, we saved you a spot!" Ruby says something to the blonde guy next to her before rushing over, looking not so happy with us. Completely oblivious to my sisters current mood, I ask "How's your first day going little sister?"
Crossing her arms, Ruby replies angrily "You mean since you ditched me and I exploded!?"
I raise an eyebrow, "Yikes meltdown already?"
"No, I literally exploded a hole in front of the school! Their was some fire, and I-I think some ice" she adds on at end, thinking hard.
Grinning, I lean in thinking it's a joke, "Are you being sarcastic?"
Scoffing, Ruby starts ranting, neither of us noticing the girl dressed in a white dress behind her. "Ugh I wish! I tripped over some crabby girls luggage, and then she yelled at me, and then I sneezed, and then I exploded, and then she yelled again, and I felt really really bad, and I just wanted her to stop yelling at me-"
The girl that had been sneaking up behind Ruby with a scowl on her face decided to make herself known, "YOU!"
Scarring Ruby, she jumped up into my arms, "OH GOD IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN!"
Hands on hips, she starts to lecture Ruby, "You're just lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!"
It's now I realize that Ruby hadn't been joking, "Oh my god you really exploded..."
I set my sister down as she turns towards the crabby girl, "It was an accident! It was an accident-what's this" she asks as a pamphlet is shoved into her face.
The girl launches of into a speech, looking as if she'd been told it instead of bedtime stories. "The Schnee Dust Company is not responsible for any injuries..."
As soon as the girl says Schnee, I feel Davian slip his hand out of mine, but as I turn around to ask him what was wrong, I find that the he was gone. "How do you loose a guy that's six-two with gray hair. He didn't even use his semblance, I would of felt his aura activate, so where did you go?"
"Do you really want to make this up to me?" I hear the now named Weiss Schnee say, I put Davian in the back of my mind and turn back to try to salvage whatever my sister had gotten herself into.
(POV Davian)
Quickly and quietly walking away, I make my way to the back of the crowd before teleporting up to a secluded ledge in the dark so no one would see me. "A damn Schnee, here of all places." I shake my head to get any dark memories out of my head before listening to the Headmasters speech. Once it was over, I teleported back down to meet Yang at the ballroom.
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I finish getting ready for bed next to the blonde guy who was wearing a onesie for whatever reason and walked back to the ballroom to meet up with Yang and Ruby. Arriving, I look around and find them near the middle of the room. As I start walking over, Yang looks up at some of the shirtless guys roughhousing and tiger growls at them before seeing me and waving me over, "Davian, Over here!"
When I arrive, Yang stands up with her hands on her hips and doesn't look very happy, "Aaannnd where did you disappear to, hmm?"
Signing as I stop in front of her, "Just not a huge fan of that girl, that's all."
Yang just looks at me confused, "Why? Do you two know each other from somewhere?"
Raising and eyebrow at her, "No I haven't even met her, but did you catch her last name?"
Thinking for a second, she then realizes, "Oh right...Schnee. But how would she now you were a fanus? You don't have any showing features besides your ears, but you keep them hidden in your hair."
I sit down as I continue to explain, "It's not a matter of her recognizing me as a faunus, it's me recognizing her as a Schnee. While I have heard she isn't anywhere near close to as racist as her father is, I just don't want to interact with her if I don't have to. I'm going to go to bed, I suggest you two do the same if you want to be well rested for tomorrow, night."
Saying goodnight, I drift off to sleep, hoping I don't freak out like I did last night. Right before I am asleep, I could of sworn I heard the voice of a girl I used to know back in the Fang, but dismissed it as just an old memory mixing with the background noise.
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They've had me tied between two poles standing up, with no shirt, in front of all the White Fang members currently at home base allowing the crowd to pelt me with rotten food and small rocks. I was left there for ten minutes as some lieutenant gives some speech about my families crimes of desertion and betrayal. I just stand their, head hanging, trying to figure out what they were going to do to me. I had only been at the base for a few hours so they hadn't done anything yet, but judging from the anger radiating from the lieutenant and the crowd, I knew that wasn't going to be the case for long.
"NOW LOOK AT THIS DISCRASE OF A FAUNUS! LET HIM BE AN EXAMPLE FOR THOSE WHO THOUGHT TO RUN!" I look up in fear as I hear someone walk up behind me. Turning my head, I find the boar faunus unwinding a whip.
He smiles evilly at me, with hatred in his eyes as he raises the whip above his head and lets it fall, *whhiiiippp* "AHHHHHHHHH!" He raises his hand again, and again, and again. Each lash cutting through my flesh, drawing blood. The entire time the crowd is cheering with precious few looking distraught. I look out into the crowd looking for anyone who would try to stop this. As I look out, I only found three people that were angrily talking to their neighbors for cheering, and one face in the back with cat ears. I recognized who was looking at me with a mixture of sadness and the slightest bit of contempt. As I yell in pain again, she turns and walks away in shame. As she disappears from sight, I try to figure out if she was ashamed at what my family had done, or if she was ashamed that she didn't do anything to stop what was happening to me.
I wake up covered in sweat, breathing heavy and curled up into a ball on the floor. I stand up shakily and stumble out of the room towards the bathroom, not seeing the golden eyes watching me leave. I arrive at the locker rooms and splash water in my face. As I look up at my reflection, I see the girl from my dream standing behind me, I sigh bitterly "What do you want Belladonna?"
She just stands there, looking down in shame. "I'm sorry" she says quietly, "I know it doesn't change anything. I didn't try to stop what they were doing to you and I'm sorry."
Turning, I glare at her, "You may not of agreed, but don't think for a second that I didn't see how you looked at me that day. Yeah there was shame, but contempt as well. You always agreed with the Fang, no matter what they did. You followed Adam around like a lost puppy, trying to impress the higher-ups and always fighting for our "rights". We may of practically been brother and sister during my families time in the Fang, so if you stay away from me and I'll keep your secret." I grab my gear then walk past her towards the door. As I'm leaving, I look back over my shoulder at her as she muffles her sobs, turning my gaze to the floor in shame, I walk out.
I sneak into the kitchen and grab two apples then start walking towards the cliffs for initiation. When I arrive, the sun is barely rising. Getting ready, I put on my armor, consisting of a chest piece that protects my entire torso, calf high boots, fingerless gloves that reach up to just below my elbow, and hooded cloak that reaches to my lower back in tatters. Leaving the rest of my arms and legs unprotected until I activate the armor.
I sit down, munching on the apples as I wait for the others to arrive. After finishing the apples and throwing the cores into the forest, I just sit there and think about the nightmares I've been having. "Why now? They weren't this bad when I first got back. So why would they suddenly go back to this now?" Shaking my head, I just sit and rest my body to make up for lost sleep as best I could.
After an hour or so, two people walk towards the cliff, one talking and the other completely ignoring the first. "Ozpin listen to me, because you let in Ms. Rose and Mr. Kadar, you've made an odd number of students. That means that one person is going to have to wait for more students to get a partner, let alone a team."
Continuing on his way, seemingly to be completely ignoring Ms. Goodwitch, Ozpin takes a sip from his coffee mug. They both stop when they get within sight of me, Ozpin, taking another sip finally answers Goodwitch, "Don't worry about anything Glynda, I have special plans this year that will benefit both parties concerned."
The entire time, I wasn't aware of the people behind me as they moved to greet other students who were arriving. It wasn't until someone called my name that I turned around and realized that everyone else had arrived. Look towards the voice, I find Yang standing behind me, hands on hips, staring down at me, "Where did you go? Ruby and I woke up to find you gone."
Standing up as I roll my neck to work out any kinks, "Sorry, I woke up early and decided to get an early start on things."
She nods her head in understanding as we walk over to platforms lining the cliff edge. I take the last one on the right next to the guy Ruby called Jaune. We make small talk about initiation until Ozpin steps up to start his speech, "For years you have trained to become warriors, and today your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest."
Goodwitch looks up from her scroll, "Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates...today." Ruby groans at this.
Ozpin picks back up where Goodwitch left off, "These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is within your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well." Practically hearing him smirk he continues, "That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years." I could hear Ruby's world being shattered like glass with this revelation. Shaking my head, I listen to the end of Ozpin's speech, "After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way, do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path, or you will die. You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics, each pair must choose one, and return to the top of the cliff. We will guard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are their any questions?"
Jaune raises his hand, "Uh ya, sir-"
Ozpin, completely ignoring him, "Good, now take your positions.
As he finishes, I activate my armor, causing it to extend to cover the rest of my body. I flip my hood up and stand ready to be launched. Starting at the far left then working its way towards me, students were launched. Looking over to Yang and Ruby, I give them a reassuring nod before they're launched. Right as I'm about to launch, my pad shakes a bit and launches me further to the right than everyone else, flinging me into an area of the forest that was more shadow than sunlight. A place where Grimm and monsters thrive. Let the games begin...
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Archangel out...
