The Wrath of Atlas
Chapter 2 has arrived! As always, reviews are certainly welcomed! Editing was a literal pain though. So many errors were scattered throughout the story. Hopefully, I got rid of most. Anyways, hope you all enjoy the following content!
Chapter 2: From Fists to Friends
Ozpin, Goodwitch, and Silver were getting closer to the office. Before they reached the office, Silver had noticed the the red hooded girl from earlier had been tailing them. Silver was unable to figure out why she was tailing them. They reached Ozpin's office, with Ozpin taking his chair and Goodwitch standing next to him. Silver took a seat and Goodwitch served Silver coffee.
"Thank you Ms. Goodwitch." (Silver)
She nodded and took her spot next to Ozpin
Goodwitch examined the new student's figure. He was slim like his file said, showing traces of muscle through exposed areas. That cloak of his was covering much of his figure, so she couldn't make any other observations. She still didn't trust him, despite his humble attitude.
Silver became nervous with Ms. Goodwitch observing him.
"Um, Ms. Goodwitch? Is there something wrong with my figure?" (Silver)
Goodwitch had been glaring at him ever since he sat down. This made it even more difficult to maintain his composure. Silver had just drank a sip of coffee and one of the professors already had an eye on him. Ozpin simply acted as if nothing was wrong.
"Please don't mind her. When she meets new people, she tends to observe them and after coming to a conclusion will she open up a bit." (Ozpin)
Goodwitch glared at Ozpin. At this point Silver wondered something, Ozpin had not refilled his coffee mug, not even once. Ozpin had been drinking it since the platform. How much coffee was in that mug? Silver pushed the thought out of his mind.
" Mr. Faye, before your initiation, I want to clear up some things. Mainly concerning your Grimm side." (Ozpin)
"Of course. I'm a rare case. It would be safe for people to know what dangers surround me. Where should we begin?" (Silver)
Seriously, how much coffee does he have in that one mug?
"Well first, we want to know how well you can control your Grimm side." (Ozpin)
Silver nodded. Demonstrating would be better rather than explaining. He took off his hood to show his face. He concentrated. His right side slowly turned grayish. At the same time, his eye began to glow red. By the time Silver was finished, the right side of his face had turned gray, while his right eye was glowing red. Goodwitch was a bit stunned, while Ozpin kept his calm look.
"I can keep this up for a few minutes while retaining my sanity. However, it does take a bit to revert to my normal self." (Silver)
And in any case, Silver didn't want to remain like this. It didn't matter if anyone knew him or not. Everyone was always freaked out by his Grimm appearance.
After a few minutes, Silver returned to his regular self, his eye and skin returning to normal.
"So how far can you can control your Grimm side?" (Ozpin)
"Well, there are four stages. The first being my skin turning gray and my eyes glowing red. The second stage revolves around creating my mask, my skin getting even darker, and my physical abilities heightened. That's as far as I can control it" (Silver)
Ozpin and Goodwitch listened attentively. They were interested and frightened at Silver's transformation.
"What about the third and fourth stages?" (Ozpin)
"Well the third stage involves me growing extra bones around my body, forming a sort of armor and my mask developing even more." (Silver)
"What about the last stage?" (Ozpin)
"... I don't know. That's hypothesized, no one knows what actually happens to me."
Ozpin glared at him. He could tell that he was keeping some things to himself. But he seems genuinely honest with the given information.
"How many people know about your Grimm half? (Ozpin)
"Only the doctors of Atlas and my father are the only ones who know about this. I usually don't use or change into my Grimm side unless I get severely emotional. Or run out of Aura." (Silver)
Silver had been told many times that he had been born with a special amount of Aura. It was supposedly a 'gift' to be born with abundant amount of usable Aura. But Silver couldn't tell the difference between himself, and a regular living being.
"...I also need to mention that I need to feed at certain times." (Silver)
Ozpin raised an eyebrow. "Feed?"
"Yes sir. In order to keep my Grimm side in check, I must eat other humans." (Ozpin)
Goodwitch was a bit astonished. She knew he had Grimm traits but...He ate other human beings? This further insured in her mind that Silver shouldn't be at a school for students.
"How often do you need to eat?" (Ozpin)
In a school with full of living beings, Ozpin found it necessary to question him further on this topic. It's not everyday where a brand new student would directly tell you he was a cannibal.
"About once a month sir. I can feed on other Grimm, but I need at least one person a month to satisfy my Grimm side." (Silver)
Silver couldn't admit it. While he was in his Grimm state, his hunger for humans grew. For a few moments, Ozpin and Goodwitch seemed... course, he trained himself keep his hunger under control.
Ozpin put down his mug, "Well I guess that's all we need to know, so about your initiation."
Silver gulped, he wondered what kind of test it would be. The training in Atlas' military was intense. If it wasn't for his natural talent and effort, he probably would have died. If this guy was able to get his father on his good side, he must be amazing.
"Your initiation will begin in four hours, meet us by the cliffs near the Emerald Forest. Your room number and its location have been sent to your Scroll. I expect great things from you, Mister Faye."
Silver understood."Y-Yes sir!"
Ozpin nodded."You're dismissed, "
Silver stood up and left the room. Ozpin sipped his coffee. He had high hopes that Silver would become a great Hunter. The only thing bothering him was his Grimm traits. But he pushed that thought aside, Silver was strong enough to not fall to his Grimm side.
When Silver had exited, he let out a big sigh.
"That was a difficult conversation to go through." (Silver)
His stomach grumbled. He needed some food. He hadn't eaten since he was last at Atlas.
Silver sighed. "No use complaining now. I hope that luck is on my side."
Unfortunately for Silver, he had forgotten that a map of Beacon was sent to his Scroll.
He began wandering through the halls, trying to find his way through this huge school. After ten minutes he was hopelessly lost. It was then he noticed that the same red hooded girl had begun following him again.
"Who's this girl tailing me?"
Silver had been tailed quite a number of times in the past, so he can detect people stalking him quite well. Did Ozpin tell her to follow him around?
Silver tapped the ground a few times to make a fake walking noise and the red hooded girl revealed herself surprising her and falling to the ground.
"Oh! I'm sorry! Are you okay?" (Silver)
Seems that this girl wasn't keeping him under surveillance. If this were serious, it wouldn't this easy to catch them off guard.
The red hooded girl rubbed her side and cleaned the dust off of her skirt.
"Yeah, no problems here!" (Red hood)
Silver helped her up to her feet and she cleaned herself up.
"Why'd you scare me like that!" (Red hood)
"Well… um… when I sensed you following me, I wasn't able to tell what your intention was. Um-um...I'm sorry!" (Silver)
He quickly bowed. He honestly didn't want make enemies. Especially on his first day. Even if the person tailing him was at fault.
The red hood was stunned. She had never met someone who'd blame himself in this kind of situation. Most people would be angry at her. He didn't appear as someone who'd be this humble.
"Oh...uh...sorry! It was my fault for stalking you."(Red hood)
Silver let out a sigh of relief. The girl introduced herself,
"I'm Ruby Rose. 1st year. And-"
She pulled out what appeared to be her personal weapon in it compact form. From the design he thought it could be...a rifle? He couldn't make much of a deduction unless it turned into its weapon form.
"-Wielder of this baby here!" (Ruby)
The compact weapon transformed. But not into a gun. But it then transformed into a giant scythe.
Silver could only stare in amazement . He had never seen a scythe wielder before. Ruby looking into his face, was amused but also realized how nice his face was.
"This weapon's name is the 'Crescent Rose". I built it myself!" (Ruby)
She stood proud with giant scythe.
"So...where's your weapon?" (Ruby)
"Well my weapon is...wait a second, how old are you?" (Silver)
"Well I'm fifteen years old." (Ruby)
It took Silver a second to register that. FIFTEEN? Seriously? She must be a prodigy for getting into a school like Beacon. Silver could only respond with. "Wow."
Ruby was enjoying this. She never met someone who looked at her as an amazing person before. Many other students usually brushed her off as a child. Silver was impressed by not how old or wise they were, but how much they were able to do in such a short time.
Silver then remembered his original objective.
"Um, not to be rude or anything but, can you please lead me to the cafeteria, I'm new here and I have no idea how to get around." (Silver)
"Oh is that where you wanted to go? You've been going in the opposite direction this whole time. I was wondering where you were going. This way!" (Ruby)
Ruby ran off at an unbelievable speed. Silver blinked. Well, there was no time to lose, he began to sprint as fast as he could so he wouldn't lose track of Ruby.
They reached the cafeteria within twenty minutes. Silver was impressed by the looks and scale of the cafeteria. Silver didn't break much of a sweat catching up to her. After a few breathers and how to pick up food, Silver picked up a pile of food, consisting of all the junk food you could think of. Silver noticed that the students were eyeing down the mountain of food on his plate.
He looked at his platter. "Did I get too much?"
After they found a table to sit at, Silver then began scarfing down all the food in front of him. Ruby could only watch as the plates of food that they brought be scarfed down in minutes.
Ruby blinked. She could not shake the fact that all that food had suddenly been scarfed down as if it was one sandwich. If there was a food eating competition, she would gladly put down her Lien on him. Silver wiped his mouth and opened up his last can.
"Thank you very much for showing me the way!" (Silver)
Silver smiled happy as he was able to make a friend so soon
"Eh? What is this feeling?" (Ruby)
When he smiled, it felt like the gratitude from a person she'd have saved in the nick of time. But at the same time...what was this other feeling? It felt...gross.
"Um, yeah...no problem!" She smiled back
Silver was happy that he was able to meet a nice and quirky person to talk to. As he thought about this, he remembered that he hadn't told her his name yet.
"Oh yeah my name is Silver Faye. I hail from-"
Before he could finish talking, a fist came in contact with the right side of his face.
Five Minutes Prior~
The rest of team RWBY and team JNPR were walking to the cafeteria to grab some food before heading back to their dorms. Then they had saw Ruby speed on by, passing them before they could react.
"What was that?" (Jaune)
Blake scratched her head. "I think that was Ruby, but why was she running so fast?"
They then they saw a gray cloaked figure zoom past, even faster.
"Okay, what was that?!" (Jaune)
Yang was the first to react. "If Ruby was running that fast from that gray cloaked guy, she must be in trouble!"
Since a gray cloak wasn't amongst the students they knew, they couldn't reason why not and followed behind Yang.
By the time they reached the cafeteria, they saw Ruby sitting at the table with that gray cloaked figure.
"Oh, well we panicked for nothing." (Weiss)
Yang panted. "Yeah, maybe we overreacted-"
At this moment she saw the gray cloak man smile followed by Ruby's blush
"OH. NO. HE. DID. NOT."
A flaming aura began forming around Yang. Nearby students quickly retreating from Yang's path. Her eyes changing red.
Weiss, Blake and Pyrrha tried to hold her back, though they knew they couldn't beat Yang at physical strength. Everyone else joined in, trying to hold her back.
"Yang calm down!" (Weiss)
"Yeah! You're misunderstanding!" (Pyrrha)
"Break his legs!" (Nora)
"Nora!" (Ren)
But Yang couldn't hear them. She broke through them, sending everyone flying. She wasn't about to let her sister get hit on by a guy she didn't know or approve of. She ran across the cafeteria, before making a big leap before punching him square in the head.
~Present~
Silver had noticed and tried to react. He tried to enforce his Aura as much as possible, but by that time, contact had been made. He was sent flying towards the other end of the cafeteria, creating a crater on the wall.
"Oh my Dust!" (Ruby)
The impact was hard, creating a crater about seven feet in all directions. All the students in the area stared at the incapacitated Silver.
Ruby went up to her sister. "What did you DO!"
Yang snapped out of it. She realized her action and tried to quickly apologize.
"I'm sorry sis! I thought he was hitting on you!"
Ruby forgot how protective her sister was. She couldn't blame her sister for her sisterly love, but at the same time, that love just incapacitated Silver.
Sure. People's Aura protected them from harm. But then again, there were an unlucky few who were incapacitated because of her. Though all of them tried to molest her sister first.
Some people went to inspect the crash. But before anyone can get close, debris was flung out. All the students looked towards the wall.
Signs of of dust, debris, rips and scratches could be seen on his cloak. No one could see his regular attire. He cracked his neck and rubbed his head.
He shook his head and rubbed the bart that was hit. He blinked a few times before noticing the scene he had caused. He looked towards the nearby lunch lady.
"I'm really sorry about the wall! I'll make sure to pay for it!" (Silver)
The lunch lady snapped out of her surprise. She replied that it was fine and quickly moved on to asking Silver if he was alright.
The students could only stare in amazement as Silver was seemingly unfazed by the hit he just took. Everyone in Beacon knew of the unspoken rule. To not get on Yang's bad side.
Teams RWBY quickly rushed over to Silver's side wanting to closely see if he was truly unharmed.
"Silver, are you okay?!"(Ruby)
She examined Silver's right side where Yang hit him. To her surprise, only a slight red bruise, could be seen. She continued to examine his body.
"Silver! Your arm!"
Everyone redirected their attention to his arm. They gasped.
Silver looked at his arm.
"Oh…Dust" (Silver)
His left shoulder was dislocated. Not only that, his elbow bent in an odd way.
"Quick! Someone call a nurse!"
Ruby couldn't comprehend why Silver's arm was like that. People have taken Yang's punches, but no one ended up this bad in one shot!
"Wait! That isn't necessary!" (Silver)
Silver had faced something like this before. But he couldn't let a doctor from another kingdom examine him. It'd be rough, but… he had no choice. He grabbed his shoulder.
"Hold on don't-" (Blake)
Silver took a deep breath and popped his shoulder. A huge crack like sound came from his shoulder.
"Oooh..."(Everyone).
That did not sound good. Silver took another deep breath. Before anyone could stop him, he popped his elbow back into place as well. Silver endured the pain. Hopefully, he corrected his shoulder. A little bit of Aura should do it later.
Ruby nearly fainted from that. She never seen anyone dislocate their shoulder. Whenever something like that happened, she would hide behind her sister.
Silver checked to make sure he didn't make any mistakes when relocating his shoulder.
"I'm just glad that you're all right. I'm really sorry for hitting you without getting to know you." (Yang)
Her purple eyes pointed towards the floor.
Silver looked towards the blonde, whom he had assumed was named Yang.
Yang braced herself.
Silver sighed. He had heard that Ruby called her, 'sis', and from these events. So if he put the pieces together, she probably did it to protect Ruby. Well, that's some pretty strong, sisterly love.
He smiled and patted her on the back.
"It's nothing. That's probably one of the strongest punches I've endured. So...cudos? Believe me, I've faced worse." (Silver)
Yang lifted her head up, giving a surprised look on her face. The rest of team RWBY could not believe this guy's reaction. Did he seriously forgive Yang AND compliment her for hitting him?
"Was he masochist?" (Everyone but Ruby)
"Was this the right thing to say? Well I hope so." (Silver)
Silver then noticed the crowd forming around him.
"Well, it seems that I've out stayed my welcome! See ya!" (Silver)
"Oh-Wait a sec-" (Yang)
Silver escaped before Yang could even react.
~Later~
Luckily, Silver was able to use his Scroll to locate his new room and about half an hour after the incident. He took a deep breath. He thought about it and decided to patch things up later with Ruby and Yang. Right now, he had to be focused on passing his initiation test. He entered his room noticing some how huge the room looked.
He looked around his new room. You could literally live in this dorm. There was a desk with his laptop and other tools he used on his weapons and such. His prototype weapon was also there on a workbench. There was a bathroom with a hot tub in it , a walk in closet. There were two couches and a TV.
"Wow, wonder how much did father paid to renovate this place?"
There was a king sized bed that seemed really nice,, but there was something on top of his bed that made his eyes widen. On it was a basket of cookies. But that wasn't what caught his eye. It were the enormous gold and black suitcases, each two feet tall, and six feet wide.
"No!" (Silver)
He ran towards his bed.
"Why are these here?"
Silver gave these to his father, hoping he would get rid of them. Silver closed the door behind and looked more closely. A note.
Seriously? If he wanted to give these, he should've at least gave it to in person. Silver examined the note. Surprisingly, it was written in his father's handwriting.
"Silver, when you have read this note, you would have noticed the fancy renovations in the room, but more notably, the two suitcases in the room. It may seem inappropriate for me to 'drop' these on you but...These are yours. Not mine to keep locked away in a vault. Or melted down for scrap.
I watched with great pride as you wielded these weapons with great honor. These weapons were the first you had ever wielded. These were forged by YOUR hand. I know it may be time before you opening these once again, but you must learn when to move on forward. We may not be blood related. You may not even fully accept me as your father. But know this. You are my son. You are a soldier of Atlas.
From your father,
James Ironwood"
Silver stood there quietly. Only one word came to mind.
"Seriously?"
The first day of school and his father decides to drop this on him? He couldn't give or say this to me before I left? Well, whatever. If he wrote this, he took the time to deliver this to me. He smiled. Then he looked at the bottom of the note
"P.S, The Imperial Lancers will be arriving one month prior to the beginning of the Vytal Festival."
Silver looked at the date. That wasn't going to be for a few months.
He grabbed the two suitcases and put them in his closet.
"One day, but now was not it." (Silver)
Was there a locker room to put these in?
Silver began to make sure everything was in fine tune. As suspected, his room was already filled with extra ammo and other combat necessities( though he never used most of them). He loaded up much needed Dust bullets. He equipped himself with wires, alongside kunai that can be attached to said wires., He took out his current weapons, "Arufa to Omega".
He wondered why he liked these so much. These were modified weapons, not something he built on his own. Maybe because they had a lot of applications that could match up with his semblance. He also examined his dagger, "Memory's Key", he had hidden in his overcoat.
His 'gift' from his squadmates. He examined the blade, his friend's names engraved on the blade.
Why put names on a blade you ask? Two reasons.
One, Silver didn't have too many trustworthy friends. So in a way, this was a way to commemorate his friendship with them.
Second. Well to be honest, he forgot their names during their first few encounters. So I guess you could say it was like a notepad to remind him on people's identities. I guess you could call it a killer memo.
Making one final check, he brought the basket of cookies, as he wanted to give these to Ruby and her friends to close up any gaps between them. He left for the Beacon Cliffs, which thankfully was sent to him, via his Scroll.
As he wandered through the dorms for a while, he noticed that a certain white haired heiress stepped out of her room.
"Isn't she one of Ruby's friends?" (Silver)
Three Minutes Prior~
Weiss was barely able to comprehend what had just happened. She saw the man Ruby had identified as Silver, punched in the face, by Yang in her fury no less, flung across the cafeteria and came back, and actually complimented her for hitting him. What the hell was with that guy? This guy was either the stupidest, or the most humble man she has seen.
"Well... that was different" Weiss said. They all nodded.
Ruby had already forgiven Yang for right hooking Silver across the cafeteria, and was now wondering where in the world Silver went.
Goodwitch stormed in after the ruckus they caused in the cafeteria. After explaining the situation, Goodwitch decided to give a penalty to Yang for causing all the trouble. It was only a few points off her combat grade, so it wasn't too bad.
"Hey, he was really nice you know? Despite the vibe he gives off, he seems like a really nice guy." (Yang)
"Well, if the atmosphere will be like this, I'll be going to stand outside for a bit." (Weiss)
She stepped out their room. She really didn't like talking about guys. Maybe Neptune though. She still pondered on who that guy was. Ah-What is wrong with you Weiss Schnee! Seriously. All these thoughts about a single guy. Not like we're going to-
"Um excuse me?"
Weiss turned and was surprised to see the same man from earlier appear before her.
"Are you one of Ruby's friends? I wanted to give these as an apology."
He held up the batch of cookies.
Oh no. Ruby is going to have a heart attack once she smells the basket…
*Sniff* *Sniff* "Are those cookies I smell?!" (Ruby)
Aww Dust. Whatever. Ruby's love for cookies was unfathomable.
Weiss came back into the room. Silver followed in.
Ruby was the first to notice and cheered, running up and jumping around him. Silver felt like this scene resembled a dog running up to its master when they returned home.
"You're alright!" (Ruby)
"Yeah I'm okay. " (Silver)
Yang was the first to respond. "Well, 'Iron Man', you are one of the few people to survive my punches so of course we'd be surprised. Just glad you made it out alright." She smiled.
Silver was glad to see her calm. He would prefer that over her intense rage.
He put his hand out.
"Silver Faye. Nice to meet you." (Silver)
"Yang. Yang Xiao Long." (Yang)
"No hard feelings?" (Silver)
"None" (Yang)
Silver seemed like a pretty cool guy. Though his outward appearance was pretty...menacing?
Silver peered into the room. Besides Ruby, Yang and the white haired… Princess? The other was a black haired girl with yellow eyes. She wore a black bow on her head. So this was what a girl's room looked like. Wait, was with those beds?! On one side of the room a bed was being held up by ropes and such. Was that safe? On the other, the bed on top was being supported by stacks of books.
Was this what all girl rooms looked like?! Silver was taught by Cromwell that girls were of a whole other species. Is this what he meant?
"So um... Anybody up for some cookies?" (Silver)
Before Silver could react, Ruby had taken the basket and started eating the cookies at a rapid pace.
"Anyway...What're you doing here? I'm pretty sure none of us gave you our room numbers." (Yang)
"Well actually I was heading towards the Beacon Cliffs for my initiation. By any chance have you guys taken it before?"(Silver)
Ruby and Yang nodded. However, this was immediately followed by a small grin. Silver thought this was a bit odd.
"Well,..um... can you give me any advice?" (Silver)
They gave him an uncomfortable glare, as if they knew what was coming. Was that...anticipation? Silver pushed the thought out of his mind.
"So um, wanna come along? I don't mind you guys watching me." (Silver)
"Sure!" (Ruby)
"Do we really have to go? I have an appointment at-" (Weiss)
"Can we come?"
Jaune peeked in from the doorway. Followed by the rest of the team stacking on top of him. Before long, Jaune lost the feeling in his legs and collapsed. Everyone on top, falling on him as well.
"Uh...hey there princess." (Jaune)
Was he trying to impress her? It seemed that
"Hmph!" (Weiss)
After arriving at the Beacon Cliff, Ozpin and Goodwitch were there for Silver's arrival, not minding his company. After some formal speeches, it was time to begin the test.
Ozpin pointed towards the pad and told Silver to stand on it. Maybe for a way to start the time?
"Alright Silver. For your test, you'll be entering the Emerald Forest. At the north end will be a temple where a relic has been placed. Your objective is to retrieve said relic and bring it back here. Be wary of your surroundings. The creatures of Grimm prowl through this forest."
Silver nodded. This was much more straightforward than the tests he took at Atlas. Picking up a relic and running back seemed simple enough.
"The original test would pair you up with the first person you met. However there will be no such encounter. You understand that right?'
Silver nodded. Even simpler. No one to worry about. And no awkward meetings. Silver turned around. Weiss was taking a closer look at the emblem on the back.
Whoever designed that cloak wasn't thinking straight. The emblem seemed to blend in with the cloak itself. When her eyes finally
"Spears?! Covered in wreaths with a sword crossing, that was the emblem of the Imperial Lancers!"
"Oh yes and one more thing, be sure to have a landing strategy." (Ozpin)
Ozpin made a small grin. Wait, he grinned. He knew that that expression meant no good. Hold up. A landing strategy? What did that mean? Was that a common term?
"Wait a second, what do you mean by landing strategyyyyy!"
Silver's question was cut short as he was catapulted into the forest.
Yang and Ruby laughed at Silver's reaction. Nora joined in on their reaction. Weiss was frustrated how she hadn't noticed the emblem before. Ozpin sipped his coffee.
"Well, lets see how our new student performs." (Ozpin)
"Ozpin, do you have to launch him like that? Not that I mind though." (Goodwitch)
"I saw him get a little irritated at my coffee drinking. I knew it would be both hilarious and amusing to us all." (Ozpin)
"Wow Ozpin, you're a horrible person." (Ruby)
She was still giggling from Silver's launch
"I try Ruby, I try."
He calmly sipped his coffee.
"Now. Let's see what the 'Wrath of Atlas' is made of." (Ozpin)