"Summer! I can't believe you did that!" Raven hissed gripping onto the edge of her shirt.
Summer laughed, "It was amazing… No wonder everyone talks about it."
Raven snorted, "I never had a guy do that for me."
Summer looked shocked, "What?"
"Boys think for themselves. That right there is a man. Even if he didn't last long when you made him happy, he took care of you. You're lucky Summer."
"I guess so…"
She looked up at the stars. Honestly, they should be in bed for school for Tuesday morning but Summer had wanted to talk to her alone without anyone else around.
"I am so jealous."
"Then ask Taiyang."
Raven blushed, "I couldn't ask that of him. He's already done so much for me."
"He has but isn't that why you're together? To do things together, for each other and be able to talk about anything?"
"Well…" Raven looked down at her lap.
"Well what?"
"I'm afraid he wouldn't want too because of me birthing Lux. That he would find it gross."
Summer frowned, "Taiyang doesn't seem like that."
"You don't hear the things people say about me. Some of the school knows about my baby already. I'm surprised it's been as quiet as it has."
Summer took her hand and squeezed it, "I know what people say about me too but what all that matters is what you think. Qrow even still loves you and so does Taiyang."
Raven nodded.
"You think… Taiyang would marry me?" Raven asked.
Summer covered her mouth in shock, "Awww! You wanna get married!"
"Shut up! Not so loud!" Raven hissed fighting off her smile.
"I think so. Are you already ready for that?"
"I couldn't ask for a better man."
"Awww!"
Raven smiled and looked up at the stars.
"This year is almost over…"
"You're right," Summer said.
"I can't believe we are alive."
Summer busted out laughing. Raven started laughing with her.
"I know it's not funny but still," Summer said calming down.
"I know what you mean."
Raven took her best friend's hand.
"No matter what I'm there for you."
Summer nodded, "I feel the same. Friends forever."
They sat in silence for a good while before Summer stood up.
"Hey."
Raven grabbed the edge of Summer's night gown.
"What's up?" Summer asked.
"Do… do you think I'm evil?" Raven asked with a complex look on her face.
"Of course not! You give off those vibes you might beat someone up but I don't think you are."
Raven gave her a small smile, "Just asking…"
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Summer's face twisted into a weird smile as she held on Raven's wrist.
"What's wrong with you?!" Raven yelled and Summer bared her teeth like an animal.
"I must rid of all evil," she whispered and snapped Raven's wrist.
She screamed in horror her knees buckling under her.
"Do you fear me Raven?" Summer asked as she crouched down in front of her.
Raven looked into those red and black eyes, "I'm not evil."
Summer tilted her head to the side, "Ah, but you did evil horrible things aren't I right? I can smell blood on you…"
"You're wrong."
"Just like you knew to stay out of battle but you risked your child and lost it."
Raven's eyes widened in disbelief.
"That's the blood I smell. Your friend never sees the bad in you but I am her. The side you and no one else sees because I'm bound away from everyone's eyes. The closer you get to this place the more the bind breaks until I take over. That's why she was always so nice."
Summer looked back at Claire.
"What's wrong?" Summer asked.
"You aren't Summer," Claire said.
Summer grinned evilly and jerked Raven's am breaking it. Raven screamed then started whimpering. She couldn't harm her friend. No matter what she did to her.
Summer kicked Claire sending her flying into the cave wall. She turned back to Raven looked completely defeated.
"I will kill you."
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Raven screamed.
"What the fuck-
Thump
"Raven- Raven?" Taiyang said scrambling to her bed in the dark.
Summer flicked on the lights, "What's wrong?!"
Raven stared up at Summer who looked at her innocent and scared.
"I had a bad nightmare I'm sorry…"
Taiyang looked at Qrow.
"What could scare you?" Qrow asked looking worried.
"I… I don't remember but it was scary…"
It was three in the morning.
"Raven?" Summer asked touching her arm.
Raven felt her skin crawl with fear.
"I wanna sleep… Please," she pleaded pulling the covers over her head.
She couldn't close her eyes because she would see those evil black and red eyes.
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Raven sat down in the mess hall with a giant coffee mug in front of her. She knew she was getting a few looks from some people but she didn't care much. She came down as soon as it opened up. She couldn't sleep anymore. She picked up a piece of bacon and placed it into her mouth.
"Miss Branwen."
"You have a strange habit of popping up everywhere," Raven said.
Ozpin smiled and sat down.
"Having problems sleeping?"
"Every night for the last three months. What do you suggest?" Raven asked downing half her cup.
"What is keeping you up at night?"
"The same nightmare that keeps going like a story or a TV show."
Ozpin scratched his head, "When you filled out your application you never specified your semblance."
Raven looked at with a blank stare, "I have more than one."
"What's the nightmare about?" he asked.
Raven looked down at her food, "Summer."
Ozpin nodded, "I may just be saying something strange but maybe you are seeing something before it happens?" he whispered.
"I can't if I'm in it. I always see myself constantly in the nightmare."
He looked down at his mug.
"I had heard you experienced a tragedy."
Raven busted the coffee cup in her hands.
"I did."
"Maybe… not that is a good thing but maybe it caused your semblance to become stronger. Though you can't see yourself during the day but at night in your dreams."
Raven picked the pieces up and put it onto her paper towel.
"I don't know."
"What happens?"
Raven stared at him.
"Don't let her know where that place is. Tell her the deal is off."
Ozpin frowned.
"I don't care if you gotta go up there and see it then tell her but she shouldn't go up there."
Ozpin could see she was serious.
"My arm hurts thinking about the nightmare. There… there is something wrong with that curse or something. I can't explain it but… It does something to them. Like a werewolf on the night of the full moon."
Ozpin frowned.
"I don't know much about them. I suppose I could go there in place of her."
"Her hair is turning red."
Ozpin blinked.
"Her hair has been black as long she can remember."
"Well she doesn't her parents maybe… maybe it genetic?"
"I don't know but it matches the color of her eyes."
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Roman sat at his piano pressing the keys trying to come up with a new song. It wasn't working too well. He couldn't bring his feelings for Summer into a song. Maybe it was impossible? It had been a few days since Summer left. He leaned forward thinking.
She was amazing. The way she smiled, her eyes twinkled. She was soft spoken and powerful. She was deadly sexy in bed. His face heated up thinking about her moans and the way she was talking to him during it was the greatest thing.
"Are you stuck?"
Roman nodded.
"Well… what are you trying to make sound of?"
"The sound of Summer."
Brunneis raised his eye brows, "That's a great title actually."
Roman lit up a little, "You're right. The Sound of Summer."
Brunneis grinned, "Trying to put what her moans sound like into music?"
His face turned flaming red, "Fuck off."
"Actually… I never heard anything but you guys were naked and now that you are redder than a tomato says otherwise."
"I'm… I'm still a virgin."
Brunneis laughed, "There's no shame in it."
Roman stared at him with an unsure look on his face.
"I'm being honest though. You wouldn't want pregnancy to ruin your life. She wants to finish school and you wanna enjoy your time with her."
Roman nodded.
"Wait, you sleep with everyone."
Brunneis snorted.
"Yea so? I would take responsibility if I knocked someone up. I'm older than you remember?"
"True."
"I have a friend coming over soon. She's… different."
Roman raised an eyebrow, "You sleep with Faunus' constantly."
"I know," Brunneis said with a wink and walked off into the next room.
A few hours later Roman was half way through a book he had picked out from Brunneis library. He saw in the corner of his eye his friend walking to the front door but thought nothing of it. He got up and bookmarked his place and closed the door. He sat back down in from his piano and stared at it almost like the song was going to hit him.
After two more hours of pacing his room staring at his piano. Damn what is wrong with me? I remember doing this all the time and here I am struggling. Maybe I should just play other pieces until something comes to me I guess… I wonder if there are any songs about roses I can play. She's literally a rose herself.
Roman got up and headed to the self where there were at least a hundred books with music for pianos. He found one on nature and fingered through it. There were some on sunflowers and mountain lilies. A couple on roses but they were more about death but none looked like it would make him think about Summer. He snapped the book shut and walked back over to the piano.
"Fuck this."
He sat down and stared at the keys. Roman smiled thinking of Summer smiling. The way she looked at those roses in the flower shop that day.
"The smell of roses in the summer. The sound… the Sound of Summer."
Roman's fingers danced across the keys on their own. He went back a few times, thinking of which key would be better. The music was light and slow like the warm light of a summer day. It was almost like he could smell Summer like she was in the room with him now. She was so beautiful and wonderful.
He wrote down the notes on a blank paper and kept going for an hour.
Clapclapclapclapclapclap
Roman jumped and looked up to see a small girl standing there. Half of her hair was pink and the other half was brown with some white streaks. Her eyes flickered between pink and brown making him stare at her funny. She started signing but he had no idea what she was saying so he shrugged and she rolled her eyes still smiling. She waved to him.
"Are you lost kid?"
She shook her head.
"Wait… are you Brunneis 'friend'?"
She nodded.
No wonder he said she was different.
"Aren't you a little young?" Roman asked and she shook her head.
She pointed at the piano and gave him the thumbs up.
"Um thanks."
She smiled and bowed. She closed the door and left him to himself.
She can't speak but she can hear?
I suppose everyone should know who she is lol More and more characters will be showing up soon so get ready for it all. This will probably be the last chapter for a few days have a good Mother's Day!