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Chapter Cover: Penny seating by herself in her room.

Chapter Sixty-Two

Theory

Penny was standing in the large office of her father with both Six and Seven standing behind her. The young girl was standing there with her head bowed down, the tears tracks from seeing Blake wounded like that protecting her caused the girl to feel so much pain in her heart. The young stayed silent as she stood there, unable to look up toward the man that was seating down upon the chair across her.

"You've got nothing to say for yourself young lady?" Saddler spoke.

The young woman didn't say anything. Saddler let out a soft sigh before standing up from where he was seating down and approaching the young woman.

"Trusting a known criminal that could have killed you without a moment's notice if she really knew what you are Penny," her father continued, "As much as I know you want to see the outside world, they won't be ready to accept you, and now because of you, the people of the outside world know of my research and they will destroy it, just like they did last time."

"I'm…I'm sorry Father," Penny said looking up toward him.

"Sorry isn't going to cut it," her father snapped, his voice tinged with anger.

Penny looked away from him, pulling her body inward so that she could appear smaller than she is. The man let out a sigh before turning away from her.

"I'm not mad at you," he said, "I know your curiosity about the outside world Penny and I know that you want to see it but not yet. Once we accomplish what we have set out to do, you'll be able to walk into this world."

"Forgive me Father," Penny said, "I…I was too eager…"

"You were," her father said approaching her and placing a hand upon the young woman's shoulder, "But have patience Penny. We are so close to completing our objective and we have to be careful. Now that the outside world is aware of us, I can't let you out of your room for your own safety."

Penny looked up at him. The young girl understands that she was important for what her father was planning so she simply nodded.

"I understand father," she said softly.

The man smiled at her before patting her on the shoulder.

"Six, take her back to her room," he said addressing the black clothed young man at the corner of the room.

Six simply nodded and Penny turned away from him before walking out of the room with Six following after her. Penny had her head bowed as she did so and she could hear the soft footsteps of her companion following behind her.

If that man really was her father, he wouldn't have placed the Mark of Judas on his own flesh and blood.

Blake's words from before she was cut down were still resonating within Penny's mind. She didn't even know what the mark was but from how Blake reacted with the mark, she knew that it was a bad thing. She couldn't understand how her father had placed something like this on her hand without her even questioning it.

Penny doesn't remember much of her life before the place she was. All that she ever remembered were those four metal walls that her room was comprised of and there was nothing else that gave the girl a sense of where she came from. As much time as she spends in that room alone, there never was any other that was close to her age.

"We're here," Six spoke.

The girl blinked and found that they were standing in front of her door and Six was holding it open for her. Penny let out a soft sigh before she stepped back into the room that she had probably left just an hour ago.

The door closed behind her and she heard the familiar lock being placed and then silence overwhelmed her. Penny turned her gaze toward the doll, Mrs. Summer which had fallen on its side without it's head. The girl quickly made for it and took a seat upon the bed, hugging the small headless toy to her chest.

Blake…please be alive…she thought.


Saddler was standing in front of his desk with both of his hands behind his back. The man was thinking about the repercussion of what Penny's foolishness had done. If he had known that the Faunus girl could have escaped from the Pod…

"Seven," he said addressing the woman that was behind him, "Are you certain that the Faunus and the Huntress that you encountered has died?"

"I'm hundred percent sure," Seven said, "I used the Shwartz Atem upon them. I'm sure that they had no Dust spells that can stop those in it's track. They have completely vaporized."

Saddler gave her a glance.

"Even so," he said, "We mustn't let our guard down. With the project so close to completion…we can't take a delay now."

He walked out of the room with Seven following after him.

"Penny is being watched by Six," Seven said, "She isn't going to go anywhere now without us knowing about it."

"I should have kept an closer eye on her," Saddler said, "If her power wasn't so vital to our plan, I would have killed her myself long ago."

Seven gave him a glance.

"I'm curious about that strange power she possesses," she said, "You have mentioned it in passing once or twice but I don't think I have ever heard the details."

Saddler grinned.

"She is unique," he said, "She is unaware of it of course, and I'd like to keep it that way. That girl is already troublesome enough without that involved."

"She is not from any Clan is she?" Seven pressed.

"No," Saddler said, "Penny was created by Aura itself."

Seven stared at him shocked.

"Wait…what?"

"She has no mother or father and yet, she was born," Saddler continued, "Her birth was a miracle in itself. I remember what I have felt that day when she simply appeared in front of me forty years ago. I have seen many things in my life Seven, but never before have I seen something so…beautiful."

Seven frowned.

"Forty years ago?" she repeated.

"She doesn't age," Saddler said as the duo reached the end of the corridor, "She stayed the same as she was when she first appeared. Of course, I couldn't understand it at all and I am a fairly brilliant scientist but when I examined her blood…it was nothing like I have ever seen and by just looking at it, I knew that she was the Key."

"Key to what?"

"Key to the secrets of the White Goddess herself," the man told her as the heavy door opened in front of them, "My original researches about ancient history and never after that godly woman has their ever someone as powerful as she was in history. Despite the many centuries that followed and how powerful Huntsman and Huntress can become, they could never reach the level that the Divine Mother."

The two set to walk again.

"Of course, the stories about Her become legends and the legends in the many centuries became our myth and even to this day, some people believe her to not have existed at all. They believe that it's only a story told through the ages because they believe no Human could ever have such power…but I'm about to show them that and Penny is the Key."

"Are you saying that Penny is similar to her in some way?" Seven asked, not keeping her surprise in some way.

Saddler let out a humorless smirk before coming to a stop and turning toward her.

"Every legend has a beginning," he said, staring at her, "And I have a feeling we are closer to understanding why a being of such power was drawn to our world and why she had left it behind?"

With that the man turned away from her and walked down the stairs that were now in front of them. Seven stayed behind for a few moments her eyes shining with some sort of idea before following after him.


Light of Remnant

They were many books and scrolls sprawled open in front of Yael as she was reading one of the books of the Ancient Library. Every piece of knowledge about the Pieces of Light had been recorded in some shape or form but considering how long ago it has been since they have been seen, tracking them down wasn't going to be easy.

"Louis did you find anything?" she said without looking up.

The Scribe stared at her and glanced at the many scrolls and books that were all over the desk in front of her and let out a soft sigh. The young man pulled up his glasses and placed a heavy tome upon the desk in front of her.

"These books are quite old Yael," he said, "I had expected you to treat them with care."

"I do," Yael said giving him a glance, "They are the only ones that have the information I am searching for."

"Most of the Pieces of Light are in the possession of a Huntsman Clan," Louis said, "Thought…with the destruction of the Faunus Clan, and the Rose Dragon Clan, we can assume that the Pieces of Light have been taken by whoever was behind the White Star's incident."

"So…what about the Lion Spirit?" Yael asked, "It said something about a sacrificial body but I can't comprehend it at all."

Louis stared at her before turning his attention toward the scroll that Yael was reading. He came to stand beside her and frowning lightly at the words that were written there. They were all ancient dialect most of which isn't even used anymore but Louis was able to understand it.

"Oh that one," he said, "The Lion Spirit was not an object like the White Star was but a living animal. You could say that he is the cousin of the Lumen. Because of how massive it was, after the war was over it said here that a sacrificial body was used to seal it away."

Yael frowned.

"A sacrificial body?" she repeated.

"Yes," Louis said, "One of the Seven Warriors did this a woman by the name of Joan Dark-Heart."

"Heart?" Yael repeated, "I hope that there isn't any relation to the Heart family in the White Clan…thought, if there was a Piece of Light there, Ezekiel would have known about it...another dead end."

A light frown appeared upon Louis's face as she continues to read the scroll about the Lion Spirit but there was nothing else about the woman too.

"It doesn't say what happened to the woman just that she had sealed the Lion Spirit into her body," he said, "I can probably dig up some history about her as well."

"What is that tome for?" Yael said pointing at the book he had placed on the table a few minutes earlier.

"I was looking for another Piece of Light they called The Miracle," Louis said, "Like the Lion Spirit it was also a living being but the details about it are a little sketchy."

Yael frowned.

"Sketchy how?"

"It was never sealed away like the Lion Spirit was," Louis said opening the book and flying through the numerous texts before it come to a stop on a drawing of a person who looked like it was holding two ball of power in the hand.

"Why did they call it the Miracle?" Yael asked.

"Well the texts weren't really clear about that," Louis said, "But whenever that Piece of Light was present sometime in history, great changes happened, whether it was good or bad, depends on your point of view."

"Great changes?" Yael said frowning, "Are you saying that The Miracle is an omen?"

Louis frowned to himself.

"Whether it is an Omen or a good luck charm," he said, "That's not up to us to decide."

"Where does it go after the changes happened?"

Louis read about it as the minutes crawled by, a light frown appearing upon his face.

"It disappear," he said, "and we no one can ever trace where or when it would appear next. Last time the Miracle was sighted was 230 years ago…the same time when the White Clan and Faunus Clan war started."

"A great change eh," Yael said frowning, "I guess it was a change for the world and for the Faunus…but there is another which wasn't found yet, The Maiden….is it another living one?"

"Yes," Louis said, "But this one…was in Leyla Goodwitch's possession."

"Goodwitch?" Yael repeated, "Oh…you mean…"

"The founder of the Sorceress Clan," Louis said.

Yael let out a sigh, "Well…at least we know a fixed location of one of them. The Sorceress Clan is not a Clan that handles outsiders well but let's hope they'll remember the Ancient treaties."

Louis gave a light smile.

"It's a Clan that is bound by tradition from the little I've heard of them," he said, "It should be a good way to start. I'll continue the research upon the Lion Spirit and the other."

Yael let out a soft sigh before standing up and cracking her neck.

"I've been pouring over these books for at least ten hours," she said, "I'm going to get some rest."

"That you do," Louis said staring down at the books, "I'll get all of these back to where they need to go."

"Thanks Louis, you're the best," Yael called over her shoulder as she walked away.

Louis stared at the mess of books and scrolls that were in front of him and only let out a soft sigh.


Vale

It had been a couple of days since the attack by the two strange people that had attacked the city. Weiss had already filled a report away to the White Clan about the incident and she had also taken some of the Schnee company funds to repairs the people who had lost homes and the damages that had taken place in the city.

And we weren't even finished paying the damages that had been done to during the White Fang invasion, she thought letting out a soft sigh.

Now that she didn't have to go to school any longer, Weiss had found busying herself with the paper works that came with the damages but now that most of that were completed she had time to kill. With both Yang and Ruby at school for the last week before the winter holidays, Weiss had simply decided to go and training herself with her technique and even her released Soul Weapon as well as her Glyphs. The white haired girl was moving through the motions but her mind was elsewhere…more ever, at the strange relationship that was between Noir and that Faunus girl Blake. Ever since she had stepped in between their fight back during the White Fang invasion, Weiss knew they had some history and considering that Blake was in the White Fang, it was probably where they had met if the information her Father had given her was correct.

Weiss had no plan of bringing that up to Noir considering that the man had her trust even before the new information came to her lap and bringing it up is just going to complicate things more than they are. Finishing her set of attack with a vicious strike, Weiss stared at the large curved ice that was in front of her.

"Something you need Sebastian?" she asked.

The butler was approaching her with both of his hands behind his back. The man had come to a stop beside her.

"I was waiting for you to finish your exercises," he said staring at her, "Impressive as ever."

Weiss glanced at him, "Something the matter?"

"Ah yes, our charge has awaken," Sebastian told her, "Noir is already talking to her so I decided to bring it to your attention."

Weiss let out a soft sigh as her Huntress robes disappeared, and her ordinary outfit took place upon her body. A small smirk worked it's way upon the white haired girl's lip before she walked away from him. The young woman had a lot of question for what Blake had been doing since she last time they had crossed path.

She reached the room where Blake was staying and knocked to draw the people's attention before entering. Noir had his wounded arm in a sling as he was seating upon the bed and Blake was awake and she was seating up. The Faunus girl glanced at her.

"Schnee?" she said shocked.

"I thought we got over this last time Belladonna," Weiss said as she entered inside the room with a light frown upon her features.

A confused look appeared upon the Faunus face as she was staring at her.

"What?" she said shocked.

"When we last met," Weiss said, "I thought I told you to call me Weiss."

Blake still looked confused at her. Weiss wasn't waiting for an answer for she walked forward.

"You've been unconscious for the past couple of days since you arrived here in Vale," the white haired girl continued glancing at her, "And I have been dying to hear exactly what you've been doing to bring those two individuals back here?"

Face to face again... Blake and Weiss meet...

Next Time: Choices that i Make...

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