Author note at end
White snow, black ice and yellow fire pt: 4
We all have inner demons to fight, we call these demons, fear and hatred and anger. If you do not conquer them then a life of one hundred years is a tragedy. If you do, then a life of a single day can be a triumph-Unknown
The four sat down at their table. It had been several years since they met jaune and added him to their family. It had been a hard process trying to rebalance their schedule but it had worked out in the end. Originally Jaune had been very silent during his stay. But over the years he had started to smile again. Sometimes he would disappear for a few days. But he always came back. They never asked him what he was doing. It would be rude. Because whenever he came back his face was wearing a mask. It was a sad mask. So they strayed from the question. And it was never answered. But still even with the question. They were happy :)
5 years after arrival
"Jaune!" Blake shouted as she worked in the bar. It had been six months since the owner came to them with a job opportunity. The owner was a fat man plump and round. He hardly did exercise but he was flowing with money. He came to Blake with the offer as a kind of gift. Looking at him you could tell that he saw Blake as more than a neighbor. Although deaf she was kind and easy to get along with. She was protective and careful. Maybe that's what made him fall for her. Although Blake never saw him the same way she was still grateful. It was a way to make money for food and repairs. Oh and of course the others were invited to work as well.
Jaune rushed over and grabbed the plates full of bread and jellies. Before Jaune dashed off however Blake tapped his shoulder and pulled out a notepad."Jaune read okay? We need to deliver them in this exact order. First the blue fruit juice goes to table 4 and to the smallest kid. Next we deliver the corn bread and marsh jelly to table 6, Doesn't matter who you give it too they're all sharing. Finally see the red gold leaf? Deliver the drink to table 17 the young man with the glasses." Jaune nodded as he rushed off to the customers. Blake turned around and walked into the kitchen where Yang was preparing the next order. Blake slid silently too her side before standing up and staring. It took Yang a while but after a few minutes of intense cooking and baking she turned around and froze. "How long have you been standing there?" Yang whispered as Blake silently laughed slapping her knees and accidently hitting her elbow on the wall on the process. Yang grew a tiny bit red as she turned around and went back to work. However just before she reached the bread blake turned her around and hugged her. She took out her notebook and after a few minutes of furiously writing and erasing she showed blake her message. "Thank you! :)". Yang turned around and started working again although you could see the scarlet red form on her cheeks.
Finally Blake ran around to the back to see Weiss unloading the trash. Blake ran over and hurried to help her as the trash heap was slowly starting to look like a rising monster. They finally managed to dispose of the trash before Weiss turned around and looked at Blake. "What are you doing here!" Weiss said as she made frantic gestures to the door "We still have more orders coming in! Your supposed to b-". Blake cut her off before opening the door and showing Jaune picking up the final orders of the day. He was working furiously and you could see tiny bits of moisture forming on his skin. "We're almost done for the day" blake wrote peeling the paper off and giving it to weiss "We should go home. I can tell that you lost track of time"
Telling Yang and Jaune she same thing she walked to the front of the store and flipped the open sign to close but while she was lifting it up she thought that she saw a brief flash of a black cloaked figure standing on the opposite side of the street looking at her. But just as she blinked the figure disappeared not leaving a single trace of its presence behind.
The started walking home. It was dark out but there was a full moon and crickets so it wasn't so bad. Jaune was the first to strike up a conversation.
"Soooooo. How much did we make today?" Jaune asked looking at the others and kicking stones away from his path. "Hmmm" Yang looked usure as she took out blakes notebook and looked as the records "around 13000 lien" "so the average?" Weiss said "Hmmm although we had less customer today too.". Blake tapped Yang shoulders and got the notebook back before writing "I noticed that these days we get far less poor customers and a lot more rich ones perhaps that's the difference.". "Ha so they just got rid of the poor people and now all these rich blokes waddle in with money spewing from their pockets?" "Weiss?" Yang said "You know that most of these people worked for their money legally." "Yes I know Mom" Weiss whispered as a exasperated sigh exited her throat "I just with that we could live like them too." "Yes I know Weiss but not everybody can be rich."
Finally the four reached their home and Jaune opened the door. After getting in Jaune immediately walked upstair muttering a "i'm tired" as he walked to his room and closed the door. "What's up with him" Blake wrote as a frown formed on her face. "I'm pretty sure he's just tired" Yang whispered a yawn forming at her throat "And so am I." "guess we're playing follow the leader now" as Weiss yawned right after. Blake rolled her eyes as she helped Weiss and Yang up to their rooms. Finally lying down on her bed Blake fell asleep.
Jaune walked out of the house. The others had just fallen asleep. They would not have to see him. As he started walking down into town a dark presence fell over the area and slowly lights turned off and people went to sleep. Jaune was pretty much the only person awake. But not the only thing. A dark figure jumped across rooftops before landing on a railing overlooking the town. Jaune saw the figure and waved at it a frown forming on his face. The figure quickly jumped down a few feet in front of him before unsheathing a large spear.
"Did they send you?" Jaune asked the silent figure "I haven't been doing anything so how did you find me?". The figure not moving stood there holding the spear. "So that's how it's going to be huh?" Jaune put on his hood and uncloaked his weapons "then so be it."
The figure reared up holding his spear slanted down and in the middle of his body.
Jaune took out his sword and his weapons flashed their colors before glowing dimly in the dark night.
Hi guys sorry i've been sick and honestly i've not been feeling good in general so sorry for not updating as often. I'll try my best to keep up so just wait for the next chapter ok :)