Chapter 2:

Blake stood there in shock the international assassin that was known to be ruthless was a boy about the same age as herself and he was telling her to call him Tony. This was strange almost like a dream. "Hello you there, Vale to Girl can hear me?" "Oh sorry I was just thinking…." "Let me guess didn't expect the Shadow King to be a kid this young?" "Well yeah" "Well most people don't know the truth about me. By the way what is your name?" "Blake." "Well Blake glad I could make your acquaintance." "Why did you protect me from the crowd, we have all heard the stories of you killing all those who see you." "Well those are just those stories" "Well then what's with the shadows?" "Well I guess I owe and explanation there….." When I was a young boy I always like to play in the darkness but I never used it to be a villain but to help those who needed it. One day when I was about 6 the village I lived in was attack; I was out in the woods hiding. All I remember seeing is fire so I ran and hid. On the third day I meet a shadow who said his master was expecting me, when I asked for its name it said I am Axel. I followed him because I knew the darkness and I felt at home in the darkness. It was then I meet the original Shadow King in the Shadow Realm. He said he had been watching me for a long time and had chosen me to be his successor. He told me his will was to make people she the shadows as a source of light not just of darkness. I accepted his will because I was a young kid who lost everything and had nowhere to go. He was the one who trained me to use the shadows of the world to my advantage. Soon he told me he had nothing left to teach me after two years and I was told to return to this realm in order to continue. Before leaving I was gifted the two daggers that you saw me holding they also change to pistols when I need them. They are made of an ore only found in the shadow realm and few can wield weapons made of the stuff. So I began traveling from town to town city to city training. One day I saw a man murdered in front of me…. I chased the man but he had people waiting outside of the city. I was ambushed and captured by the men who later told me they were call the Darkness. At their headquarters there leader saw me and tried to convince me to join them. At first I refused remembering the death of my family. Then he gave me a proposal join us and I can tell you who killed your entire village. Upon hearing this I joined them and they trained me in the art of stealth and assassinations and fighting. Once I was done with the training their leader gave me the names of fifty one men who attacked my village and I set out to kill them. It wasn't until the last man that I learned that it was actually the Darkness who attacked my village I was killing just people who stood in their way. I confront the leader on this and he denied it but I knew he was lying. So I left and they have been hunting for me for the past two years." Blake was stunned at this; she couldn't believe that Tony was telling her. But something nagged at her. "Why did you save me?" "Well I saw a beautiful girl being attacked by a mob of cowards I had to take action." Blake was lost "he said beautiful girl" she shook herself awake" I can take care of myself." "I believe you but for what you are fighting for you cannot use violence against the people. While I was trained I was taught side by side with some Faunus and I was taught to treated them equally which I still due regardless of their fear of me." Blake couldn't believe what she was hearing a human treating a Faunus with respect was unheard of. The sun started to set over the woods Blake could feel their time together was coming to a close. "Axel" called Tony and a shadow appeared. "Yes my lord what can I do for you?" "Fetch me a shadow bird please." "It shall be done my lord" and with that the shadow disappeared. "What's a shadow bird?" "It is a shadow than can carry messages between people but to be in this realm it needs to stay on a piece of cloth." Why did you tell that shadow to get you one?" "For you of course." But why me?" "You are one of the few people I have feelings about just from seeing you out protesting I saw something in you that just made me like you and now you know my story." But why do you have blood red eyes?" "These eyes I gained because I went against the original Shadow Kings will, it's a reminder of the sins that I have committed in an act of rage." And with that Axel returned with the Shadow bird and gave it to Blake. Out in the distance 3 voices could be heard shouting "BLAKE WHERE ARE YOU?" "Sounds like you have people looking for you." "Yeah my friends." "Then it is my cue to leave. If you ever need help or just want to talk tell the bird and I will come to you. Goodbye for now Blake. Take care of your friends" and with that he walked into the shadow of a tree and disappeared without a trace. "Blake there you are" called Ruby "we have been looking for you for hours we heard you were captured by some guy in black." "Oh that was nothing I will explain everything later."

Over the course of the next couple of days Blake tells her friends about the encounter with Tony and why she followed him. She also has been talking to Tony in secret for now because she does not know how her friends will react. This continues until the day with the fight against Roman. Earlier on the radio that Tony had been spotted in a town far from vale. Blake knew she should tell her friends soon about what she had been doing with Tony but thinks it's best to wait.