Chapter XI
Nine years ago, Industrial District of Vale:
My parents were living in the industrial district of the city of Vale, since we were pretty poor. We had to go to work in the factories almost all day long, only to get back to our house with only ten dollars each. As if it was not enough, a new organisation called the White Fang was extorting us every week, making us pay them for their ''defenses''.
But, one day, my family was unable to pay even further with what our jobs were giving. So, they provoked us by saying that they would let us pay next week, but we would have to pay double and if we didn't pay, they would kill us. The police couldn't do anything since they were a secret organisation and they were hiding in multiple hideouts, so they started to scout the areas of the industrial district every day and night, making sure they don't come back.
But it didn't do anything, the White Fang had stronger weaponry and experience than the police and they had to leave the district, leaving us into their shadow. So, when the day of pay finally arrived, we couldn't pay again. They entered the house, took us outside and burned it to the ground. When we were outside, they took attention of the people watching and one of them said this:
-Attention, please, people of Vale! As you already know, we are only a pacifist defense crew who asks for legitimate pay for us to defend you, but, if you are unable to pay our defenses, then this is what will happen to you.
And, after telling this, he took his pistol and put a bullet into my parents' head, leaving them dead. And they took me to the nearest holdout they had.
They told me that I had to do everything they tell me to do, or I will have the same fate as my parents. Since I was scared, I obeyed. At first, I was almost a slave to them, doing all the little works like cleaning and cooking, but, about a month later, they gave me a sword while I was in my cell and they told me to train myself in combat, so I got escorted to the training room and I was put in front of a dummy. Since they were watching me with automatic weapons, I train. They wanted me to train every day, going from dummies to stealth exercises.
A year later, they send me into an assassination mission, putting on me a little device that is supposed to track me down if I were to escape. The mission was successful, but I wasn't proud about what I did. They did this to me for 3 years straight and I've decided that it was enough.
When I was still in my cell, a guard came in front of me and told me to train again. Swiftly, I stood up, broke his neck and took his key to the cells. I opened the cell doors and got to the exit without interference with the other prisoners that were with me in this hideout.
After that, I got to the police station and told them the hideout's location. The White Fang that were there were eliminated and the police retrieved a map containing all the locations of the hideouts remaining in the industrial district. A month was enough to eliminate them all and forcing them to leave the city of Vale, but they do still even exists today, so it wouldn't surprise me that they are now in the forest.
After telling them this, I was placed in an adoption center. A week later, a representative of Signal Academy came in and called my name. She was a sword-user who was called Amanda Wu if I remember correctly. She took me under her wing and entered me in Signal, training me secretly. I was like her apprentice.
And here I am, at Beacon.