Here we go.
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Frisk shivered as the train began to enter the tunnel. It brought back too many memories of their friends from the underground. It had only been three days since they had awoken here but after living through what they did, there's good reason to be homesick. Either way it wasn't going to stop their trip to Emerald Forest to look for clues of Frisk's sudden appearance.
The train itself was mostly empty due to the amount of people flooding into Vale for the Vytal Festival, so for the most part it was just Frisk, Qrow, and Peter Port. A teacher at beacon. His reason for going was unknown but Frisk was more than happy to meet a new friend… well most of Frisk anyways.
'First chance I get he's dead.' Chara had warned them earlier as they got on the train. 'One slip up and I slip up loudmouths throat.' 'You know he is a loudmouth but it's not like he's doing any damage to us. I still can't believe you've tricked me into getting LOVE 2.' 'You're the one who attacked the bullies. It's not MY fault that this place has more stuck up people than a terrible high school drama.' Frisk only shook their head in response. Sure, Chara was right that it wasn't entirely their doing but it was still Frisk's fault all the while.
"You alright over there kid?" Qrow asked, seeing Frisk in their mental conversation. To Frisk's friends it was a normal occurrence and no one cared, but they had forgotten how insane it must look to everyone else around them. "Yeah I'm fine." 'Maybe you are but I'm still stuck with you, the bird, and squad leader backstory.' 'Chara?' 'Yes?' 'Be Quiet.' Qrow nodded at them and turned back to look out the window. He loved the outdoors on days like these. The birds were singing. The flowers were blooming… it was just a really nice day out.
Suddenly, like a voice from the sky the conductor's voice boomed around the train car as he spoke over the intercom. "Now approaching the requested drop of point, Emerald Forest alpha base. Please gather your belonging and prepare to dismount the train. Thank you and have a nice day."
Qrow sighed with relief as he heard the voice finish, he could finally move. Sure it was nice to sit around sometime but train rides aren't exactly a load of fun. Especially when you're in constant worry of saying something and getting a history lesson over its past. "You heard the man, lets hit the road."
"Ah!" Peter started, "An adventure is to be had! This reminds me so much of our first trip together to Vacuo! We were just starting off in the train w-('Kill me')-hen we came across none other than Ozpin waiting f-('Kill me')-or us at the tranzit! Oh what a time was to be had that day! We slayed hundreds, nay, THOUSANDS of G-('Seriously Frisk, kill me')-rimm! Let us hope for the same excitement! Hahaha!"
"Is he always like this?" Frisk looked over to the dark haired man, "Like so loud?" Qrow chuckled. "Sadly he is. You get used to it after a while." Frisk closed their eyes and shook their head. This trip was going to take a lot of determination wasn't it?
"Now arriving at Emerald Forest." The robot said over the intercom. Alas they were here. It was time to get down to business. "Gather your things young one!" Peter said excitedly, unaware that Frisk had no baggage, "We're going on a quest!"
Qrow took Frisk by the hand as he stood up and made his way down the aisle. "If we hurry we may be able to get some ear plugs before it's too late." 'IN THE NAME OF ALL THINGS THAT I'VE MURDERED, FRISK GET THOSE EAR PLUGS.'
As the human duo hastily disembarked the train, their loud tag along taking his time to gather his bag, they made their way towards the station house. The whole thing altogether wasn't that big, infact it was more just a storage house. Sadly for Chara, their plan was spoiled at part one when the door was locked with a keypad.
"Let's go!" Peter said to the two of them as he walked up from behind. "Today's the perfect day for an adventure!" He put his hand atop Frisk's head and the other on Qrow's shoulder. "As we go, remember to look out for a good place to camp. Our destination is around a day's walk back and forth since we arrived later than expected! Tally ho!"
'Frisk I'm going into the depths of your soul so I don't have to listen to this moron's chatter anymore. Wake me up in advance if something goes wrong.' 'Goodnight Chara, I promise to not wake you unless an emergency comes up!' 'If I could sigh at how short sighted you were, I would.' '...Goodnight Chara.' 'Ugh bye.' and with that their inner demon seemed to have disappeared, and the trio walked down the steps of the station and into the forest.
As they walked through the woods they say few grim, but Qrow would slay them before Frisk even had the option to give them mercy. Not only did they see grimm but they saw beautiful lush forests and cute wildlife animals… and some not so cute wildlife animals. Between rest breaks and potty breaks it would take a whole four hours before they arrived at their destination. When they arrived, the trio saw the zone where Frisk fought. They remembered it well. The trees where the 'Baby Ursa' (as it was commonly called) attacked them. As they made their way down to the area known as 'The Frisk Zone' it was decided that this would also be their campsite for the night and they would look for clues in the morning. It was a good thing too as the moon was already on the rise…
"Whelp kid, you survived your first night with Peter. Still sane?" he asked, watching Peter's rise and fall as he took his breaths in deep sleep. Frisk only nodded in response. "Well.. that's good. I hate to fill you up with any more information but you should know how we sleep when we're out in the open. We take shifts, one person awake at all times so none of us get mauled in our sleep. Hunters and Huntresses alike have done it for as long as I can remember. So I suggest you get some sleep so you'll be prepared to take your shift."
Frisk nodded again and walked over to their sleeping bag, courtesy of Qrow, and laid down. The stars loomed above, creating an ominous glow as they tried to outshine the broken moon overhead. It was kinda funny to them. It reminded them of the ceiling stars back in the waterfalls. They remembered hearing the monsters wish of going to the surface and seeing the real stars. It was their doing that those monsters could see them now. Everything just felt right. There was no genocidal demon wondering the woods. There was no horrible decision to be made. Life was, for the first time since they had came here, pea-
'Chara wake up.' Frisk demanded. '...It's important' they added, feeling a stirring within the depth of their soul. 'What?' 'There's something in the woods' 'So? It's not like you're going to let me take over in front of the big bad bird over there. What do you want me to do about it?' 'I need ideas. What do I do?' 'Maybe tell Qrow? You know, like a normal human?' 'Oh.. yeah. good idea.' Frisk opened their eyes and rolled over to face Qrow, who looked over in their direction to see what was making the noise.
'There's something coming!' Frisk mouthed to him with alarm. He nodded back and mouthed 'Where?'. They listened to give a good answer for a moment before pointing slightly to the left of the area where Chara killed the Baby Ursa. Once again, he nodded in response not making a sound.
Qrow looked out over the area for any signs of life. He looked on the ground scanning the leaves. He listened for footsteps, and he scoured the trees with his eyes for any signs of a tree climbers. Nothing. He started to turn his head back and to shake his head in response to Frisk, then he heard it.
*Crunch*
A sound! Frisk's intel was proven correct somehow. As to how they were able to hear them before Qrow or why they weren't sleeping would be a question for another time.
*Crunch*
A foul odor filled the air as the creature reeled in. Even though it's footsteps were getting louder Qrow could not see anything. He got up, sword-scythe in scythe mode in hand, and quietly moved towards the noise. He stayed down low, trying to see if anything was visible. Then as suddenly as the steps started, they stopped and a feeling of dread overcame him. He kept scanning the area until a sharp breath came from behind.
"Turn around." the voice said to him. Somehow the thing had gotten behind him and it was too dark to see if the enemy was holding a weapon at him. Best to play it safe, so he did as the voice told him. As he turned he got his first view of his new opponent. It was draped in all black, seemingly the exact same color as the darkness around it but the fire seemed to dance to his advantage as nothing else was clearly visible. As he looked into its eyes, two beady white eyes stared back. "Put your weapon down." it demanded. Qrow slowly moved his right hand to the side and crouched to place the scythe gently atop the leaves. As he stood back up he didn't expect to see an arm extended to him.
"Dont'cha know how to greet a new pal?" it asked him. Qrow slowly began to reach for his hand.. before balling his hand into a fist and attempting to suckerpunch the shady figure. To his surprise, as he swung, the thing just moved out of the way. It moved so fast that when it stopped, the momentum knocked its hood off revealing an almost completely white face. "wow. i was wondering if i should go with a whoopie cushion or a toy shocker. i guess the answer was obvious after that shocking attempt."
"Who are you?!" Qrow questioned menacingly, his scythe reappearing in his hand.
"Don't hurt him!" chimed in another voice aimed at Qrow, a smaller more childish voice, the voice of Frisk.
"don't worry kid, i wouldn't move a muscle. besides this guy looks like quite the sucker for bad jokes." the voice said, extending his hand to Qrow. Toy buzzer clearly visible wrapped around his gloved hand. "the name's sans. sans the skeleton."
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"So whadja` think of Frisk?" Ruby asked her friends as they sat down to eat lunch.
"She seemed really nice. I mean no matter how many times she lost to Uncle Qrow she never gave up and never let down her smile." a certain yellow themed character responded. "She reminds me of you when you were younger."
"Woah woah wait." Blake started, letting her spoon relax in her soup. "The kid was a girl? I thought she was a he. I mean I know she's young but I didn't see any form on her…" she finished, glancing over at Weiss.
In response she immediately pulls out her rapier and sets it to ice before blasting away at Blake's soup. Soups temperature fell to 0! "Sooo not cool. I'll remember that next time you ask for fish on the side of your noodles."
Blake flipped her frozen food over and leaned across the table to be face to face with the ice princess. "Try it cold heart!"
"You wanna go with me?" she angrily responded getting out her rapier once again.
"Guys… can't we just take a vote?" Jaune piped in only to get a face full of "NO!" in response. Lucky for him his leader tends to have a much more convincing voice. She put her spoon down on the napkin and picked up the bowl, tilting it towards her mouth to let the remainder flow down between her lips. She then placed the bowl on the table before using her semblance to pull both people back to the table.
"Alright." she started, "Raise your hand for male. Keep it down for female." Instantly 3 hands went up out of the 8. It was no longer a time for everyone to eat, but a time for debate. "Between team RWBY and team JNPR, it's decided until further notice that Frisk is indeed a female!" Pyrrha then placed her spoon into the bowl and began to give it to the lunch staff until two figures walked past the table.
These two weren't a rare sight considering they went to the same school but they were however upperclassmen. Surprisingly enough though they were walking over to their table. "Honestly I thought that the kid was a dude too." Coco commented on the way by. "Me too!" was quickly heard by a shy Velvet following her. Jaune face palmed himself then started shaking his head. "That brings our vote...back to a 5-5…"
The table erupted again in argument as the two members of CFVY continued their walk out of the cafeteria and into the hallway. "That was kinda mean, but I gotta say those ears of yours are amusing sometimes." Velvet blushed a bit from embarrassment but was quickly over it as they took another turn towards their dorm room. "Say, you never did tell me how you two met…. were you being bullied again Velv?"
"Uh… yeah. The Frisk kid came in before anything happened though. That little kid is surprisingly strong, and fast too." Velvet told her best friend/group leader. "I've heard that she, I mean he, well either one, has actually taken down about 3 bullies for people like me and the Faunice too."
She laughed in response, "Little booger's making a name for themself aren't they? I think we should team RWBY a visit and see if they will allow us a sparring match…" Velvet pulled out her scroll and started searching through her calendar. "It looks like we're open tomorrow after our survival lessons at 8. If we check it with the guys now then we can ask Ruby tonight."
A wide grin spread across her face as her sunglasses slid down to the tip of her nose. "Do it."
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Heya guys, Speedarious here, no little part down here this chapter. Sorry. It's kinda late and I binge wrote this chapter with more concern with building a plot than actually writing the chapter, so sorry if it got kinda sloppy around the area with Sans or Ruby! It's late senpais! Anywho, A big thanks to my 4 new reviewers (Cheesecake-sama, mrtacomam, HeroBladeRiyet, Tanzanite-Pony). Figured I'd list out your review names since this chapter I definitely needed the determination boost and because of your reviews got a chapter that would have been done most likely around next week but more poorly done. As for Pony, Frisk's decision to spare or fight will begin to have a bigger and bigger effect as we move along. And Flowey at least once HAD a soul, the grimm, at least to our current knowledge, didn't. And you there! Cross117! Yes you! I know you've been reading and reviewed back in chapter 1 but I wanna let you know that you have influenced the plot! It may have been due to your name or something like that but hey! You done did it! Ima PM You what you done did so I don't spoil it for the other peeps! As for all the guests out there… leave a review! You too account users! Your review might end up getting something you wanna see in the story! And it helps me pump these things out faster than octomom so you guys and gals don't have to wait a week or so between chappies! Thanks for Reading!