Summer awoke to a blinding light she had to close her eyes, for it was so bright for her unadjusted eyes. It felt like hours for her eyes to adjust to the light, in reality it only took a few minutes. She tried with 'tried' emphasized-to sit up, for the first few tries she fell back down 'Why is this so difficult?' It felt like her body had taken several hits, while her abdomen hurt like crazy. When she almost sat up, her body gave out yet again 'Damn it just sit up for dust sake.' She fell slowly back towards the bed 'Arrghh... What?' a hand had taken place on her back to support her. "Come on let's keep you sitting, I'm guessing your body feels like lead right?" Someone said with a kind voice, the voice helped her scoot back on the bed. She leaned back on the headboard. The voice placed a pillow at her lower back as it spoke again. "Well, it's just a side effect of the state of shock you were just in. that state forced your body to have cramps, it will take some time before you'll be back in perfect condition. So Summer – I hope it's okay to call you that, for I have been told that you don't like to be called miss rose." He paused giving her time to confirm, she just gave a short shy nod. "Good, do you have some questions?" The Doctor asked, the doctor was a middle-aged old man with a kind smile and eyes. As he put his hands in his pockets in the lab coat, he was wearing. She gave him a nod. "Where's Grimm, or Qrow even, have his parents been by yet?" She looked to the doctor with an expectant look. "Well actually your brother has just left to get you some food, whilst picking some VIP who wants to talk with you." The doctor said with a soft smile, as he looked Summer over to see if she was recovering well. The door opened, as Grimm walked in, with a Woman who walked with a firm posture and a gaze to match. The doctor looked up at the door. "Ahh Grimm good timing she just woke up, if you'd please place the food here." The doctor gestured to a table beside Summer's bed. "All right doctor." Grimm set the foam bowl on the table and looked to Summer, with his steel coloured eyes. "How are you Summer, are you feeling better?" Grimm said with a soft tone, Summer knew he reserved only for her. He was looking straight into her silver eyes, from his kneeling position by her side, waiting for her answer. "I-I'm f-fine Grimm, just sore that's all, really." Summer reassured with a shaky voice. 'Stupid eyes, stop stinging. Why can't I for once in my life, not cry when he talks to me like that.' She could feel some tears starting to fall down her face. "G-grimm." Summer stammered out, as more tears began streaming down her cheeks. She tried to put her arms up for a hug-which she really needed right now from Grimm-but she never got so far, as Grimm pulled her into a warm hug. He held her tighter, whispering things like those of it's alright to cry, it's okay. Just sweet nothings, while stroking her back slowly and soothingly. When she finally calmed down, Grimm put some space in between them so he could look into her steely eyes. "Summer this here is Headmistress Alexis Branwen of Beacon academy." Grimm gestured to the woman, standing by one of the walls of the room. "She wants to have a word with you." He still held her eyes and his soft tone. "O-okay, but can you stay." Summer shyly said. With her eyes down on her fiddling hands. "Of course, I'll stay as long as you need alright." Grimm hugged her softly once again, and then he looked over to the woman and gave a curt nod for her to begin. "Yes I am, I've got a few questions for you and you Grimm, I'll like to have both of you to be honest with the answers you give all right." She looked from them both to Summer solely making her shift uncomfortably in her embrace with Grimm. "So are you starting this year at signal?" "Yes?" Summer questioningly, not knowing what any of this is about. "Now that is out the way, next question." Miss Branwen looked down at the tablet, she well I don't know when she pulled that or from. "What is your relationship?"
"Grimm's my big brother!" Summer squeaked cheerfully, as she hugged him tighter.
"Well yes in a sense Summer, but on paper I'm your father so you ought treat me like it." Summer turned around in Grimm's embrace "Of course daddy!" Summer said as she pecked Grimm on the cheek, Grimm just smile softly back and kissed the top of her head. "It's always nice to see small families like yours. Well enough of this fluff, next question. Grimm your full name is?" Miss Branwen pointed at Grimm, not taking her eyes of the device in her hand. "Don't you already know it?" Grimm looked at Branwen truly puzzled. "What is she scheming?" Grimm thought his face turning into a slight frown "Would you please just answer the question?" She looked at him with a tired look in her eyes. "The name is Thies Grimm Rose, " Grimm said in a stern tone, that was filled annoyance. "Why do you prefer to be called Grimm?" The Miss looked to Grimm or in this case really Thies. "Well Summer, when I first picked her up, she couldn't pronounce my first name but the middle name came quite easy." Thies or Grimm that depends on who you ask looked happy as he mentioned about a certain memory. A soft smile grace his lips whilst he looked down at Summer, who held in his arms, tighten his arms around a little more in a loving embrace. "It was a life changing decision, when I first found her walking around in rags down in the lower districts." Grimm's "Could you tell me more of this? Only if you feel for it." The Miss had a look patience, as she was expecting to hear it.
"Well… aren't you manipulative" Grimm started though his eyes had a look that just said it wasn't as pleasant as he made it seem to be cause he remembered it all to well.
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Grimm walk in the lower districts, where people of the human race were few and far in between. For here in the lowers were the Faunus domain, this was before the rulers of vale had helped organize these shady and crime filled parts of Vale. "Filthy." was one of the few thoughts that went through Grimm's mind. 'Now don't get side tracked here, I have little time.' He fished his scroll out of his pocket, whilst quickly looking at the time before shoving it back down. "21:59 damn I'm running late, have to run through this pigsty. Disgusting human filth why don't they just stay away from us, can't they see? We just want equality, but no. They just think they are so superior. Well they are about to see the true strength of the faunus, your corrupted rule will soon end." His dark thoughts ended here for he was late, he ran along the dirty and abandoned pier side. The beach and pier, was filthy, there human and fauna shit along the walls, covered by newspapers and trash, the rest of the of the pier fallowed suit. The beach was even worse, filled to the brim with trashcans and the likes. While Grimm ran past. His nose scrunching up, pulling his face into a snarl not from anger, from the disgust he was feeling. He arrived in front of the warehouse. The one he was supposed to meet up at, he did a quick pad down out of habit. He had his sword, his scroll, wallet, and his jackal. He looked at the wearing warehouse once more taking in its worn look it was tall as well as wide, the illegal lead paint was slowly pilling of its walls. The large doors was open enough to get a comfortable walk in, so did he. The view that met him made his face scrunch up again. Cages on cages on cages, there was just so many, it made his body shake with anger. These cages was use in the slave trade, both humans and Faunus was the victim of this, this terrible trade. Alas, he was here on business, there was no feeling in business. He continued his stride into the inner circle, were there was a crowd gathered around a cage. As he got close the man he was here for noticed him, the man was overweight even the blind would know that. He wore a suit and it was properly an expensive suit, and of course a fedora. "Ah it's nice to finally meet you Grimm; I for one thoroughly enjoyed our talks of business." "As do I, Don." Grimm had forced a fake smile on his face. "Well let's get to business." The slaver gestured to the cage, the one in the middle of the circle of people. "This is our newest product; she is a fine young sprout, at the feisty age of five. She will be sold as either sex slave to some or as a real life Cinderella without the happy ending, o-or some…" the ecstatic speak the don was making, for Grimm tuned the Don out; he was shocked, this little -thin as twigs- five year old girl in a cage in covered with nothing but rags. The dried up liquids in her cage, properly came from herself. "A human..." He clicked
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People circled Grimm. Not by any living though, corpses surrounded Grimm. The only living person in the warehouse was the little girl that started it all. She had herself pressed into the corner of her cage, but not out of fear for Grimm, but from the slavers that littered the floor close to her cage. Grimm's blade shun a red, a bloody red. 'Why isn't she afraid of me? Was her time with these animals so hurting? Making her fear them even in their death, she needs a home… damn I'm have to take her in don't I?' he shook his head, looking to the girl, who was still trapped in her cage. Grimm went over to the cage and knelled be fore the little girl, who seemed to be forcing herself to look at him. "Hey my nam-" he tried, but were stopped by the little girl, who seemed to be saying something. "A little louder please." "Grimm." Her voice barely above a whisper, her eyes dull, empty of life, but still full of fear. "Yes that is a part of my name." Grimm stood up from his kneeling position on the ground. Doing a quick horizontal slash, and he moved the top part of the cage off. "My name is Thies, Thies Grimm Rose, what's yours?" He spoke soft and gentle, as not to scare the girl. He grabbed her at the armpits, lifting her slowly out of the cage. When put her on the ground again, whispered something again, her voice weak and tired. "She as a good god damn reason to be." "What did you say? Would say it again for me?" He kneeled in front of her looking at her downcast face. "Why can't I hear her, I'm a Faunus for fucks sake."
"G-Grimm...?" She looked up at his eyes, shoot forward flinging her tiny arms around his neck, pushing her face as deep as she could in his shoulder. Then just began crying, she cried and sniffled for hours. During this time had travelled home, he even gave her bath, just to get her cleaned of the filth she was covered in. He dressed her in one of his smallest t-shirts he could find; it fit her like a dress. He put her sleeping form to bed, for she fell asleep when he was looking for a shirt for her, when found one he turned around to see her sleeping. Covered by at least six to seven towels, sleeping soundly. Grimm could just feel a small smile tugging his lips, he strip her of the towels and dressed her in the t-shirt, though he ended up taking from one of his teammates who were also sleeping quite peacefully. "At least we're graduating in a few days, how stupid would it be, if I had to rise her while going to school."
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"That's the story you already knew so why ask it again?" Grimm look at Branwen, with a rather suspicious look.
"I do but that was on paper, it is always different in person you can actually feel it." Branwen's slightly saddened face, turned serious again. "But I'm just scouting for hidden talents, and while she is one of those, I'll be there to help you Jonathan, Summer. I'll helping you Grimm train her, and teach her advanced classes. For according to these papers you are quick to finish every assignment you get, and always gets a hundred even in combat." Branwen looked deep in thought, when she turned her gaze from the floor to Summer's steely eyes. "It begs the question. Why did you freeze? Qrow's and your life were on the line, how could freeze at such a moment?"
"I-I got scared, I can barely sleep without a light on, only Grimm can get me to fall asleep without it. I was just overwhelmed by the sheer negativity; which made me remember many things I didn't wanted to never remember again." Summer's eyes were filling with unshed tears just waiting for another push. "Now I just feel so ashamed over it, I froze because of my past; I could have held it off long enough for Grimm to arrive. Nevertheless, I just couldn't move at all, it were like I was chained to the ground. To watch Qrow die, just thought of it make me so sad… I am sorry Grimm, why didn't I do something? I'm I so pathetic?"
"No you're not. You have a damn good reason, for not to being able to do anything then. So now, all you need to do is rid yourself of your past, your fears. Summer you have to train your body and mind." Grimm looked into Summer's, he saw self-doubt, worry and uncertainty. However, the thing most would see is fear. "Are you ready for that? Are you willing to do that?" Summer looked between Branwen and Grimm, the on her face looked to be contemplating her choices. She looked back at Grimm, giving him a shaky nod, the look in her eyes had changed her steely eyes shone with one thing. They shone with the will to fight.
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A/N
I hope you are liking this new chapter, this was somewhat dark to write, as you can see. Nevertheless, it is coming along nicely if you are asking me. I'll tell you this, that you lovely readers, I am one who has a tendencies to be perfecting chapters already published so watch out for that. Any questions you might have, just ask, I'll be here to answer any questions you might have.
In addition, before I bid you a nice see you later... i would like to say(Write) "Fishnipples, so see you later."