You definitely just read Prologue Part 1, because these were posted on the same day. Just a warning, this part is where the feels come in. Hope you guys enjoy this!
-VA
Prologue- Part 2
That night, Zera was tucking Victor into bed when there was a
loud knock at the door. Zera's wolf ears pricked up. There were never any visitors to their house. They'd never even told anyone other than their family where they'd gone, and usually they called ahead. So the fact that someone was knocking on the door at this time of night made Zera wary.
"Honey, did your parents say they were coming?" She called to her husband.
"No. I'm getting the door, hold on a moment Z."
"Be careful."
"I will."
Whoever it was knocked on the door again, harder this time.
"Open the door now Albadan!"
The voice was unfamiliar, and it didn't sound friendly.
"Honey... Grab Victor, get ready to run." Corsian said tersely.
"I don't think these people are here to chat."
This notion was strengthened by the three hard bangs on the door immediately following.
"I can hear you animals from here! Open the door now!
"How did they even find us here? The only people we told were your parents, your brother, my parents and my brother and sister!"
"I don't know, Zera. There's no more time to talk, grab Victor and get ready. Now!" Corsian growled, turning back to face Zera with a look of urgency in his eyes.
Zera scooped up Victor.
"Mommy, whats going on?"
Asked Victor sleepily.
"It's okay, Victor. We're going on a trip."
"Where Mommy?"
"Its a surprise, Victor, just go to sleep and you'll be there when you wake up."
In truth, Zera had no idea where to run. She could go to her in-laws,
but then they might panic and try (in vain) to call the police and just bring down trouble from any officers who may be prejudiced against faunus. Her family lived all the way in Mistral, days away and completely out of the question. If she went to the city, she doubted her own safety even at a police station or if she were to try to take a train or ferry to Mistral. She didn't have many friends growing up, and they would be in just as much danger from anyone who would be looking to harm her family if she went to them.
As Zera debated where to go, Corsian composed himself, steeled
himself mentally, and opened the door. In the doorway stood a man with snow white hair, and glowing, cold, blue eyes. As in, his eyes were literally glowing. His gaze sent a chill down Corsian's spine. He wore a long black coat, with a white collared polo shirt underneath, and some icy blue pants. His skin was pale, but not quite white. He stood at about 6 feet tall, about three inches shorter than Corsian. Overall, the man looked to be in his late 20's or early 30's, but those luminous cold eyes had a look that belonged to someone much, much older. There was a calm yet ominous feeling radiating from this man, almost like being in the eye of a tempest, and it made the fur on Corsian's arms and back stand up.
"Who are you, and why are you here?" Corsian growled, stormy gray eyes hardening and lips pulled back into a snarl.
"My name is not of your concern. As for why I am here... Here's the simple explanation." The man said, quietly but distinctly.
The man had a voice like running water, but at the same time he
sounded extremely angry. Corsian needed no further information to know that this was going to turn into a fight. He readied himself and prepared to lunge at him, when suddenly he felt a freezing feeling on his chest. He looked down and saw an icy blue glyph glowing on his chest. Before he had time to react, the glyph glowed brighter until, in a flash of blue light, the front of the house exploded.
Zera heard the explosion and felt the cold air rush out from it, and
screamed for her husband. She put down her child and bolted towards the front of the house. When she reached the bottom of the stairs, she froze. The explosion had blown a hole clean through their home, from the door through the back wall. On one side, where the door used to be, the stranger stood, grinning maliciously. On the other side, through the wall, her husband's lifeless body lay still in the snow. Tears welled up in Zera's eyes, before she turned towards the stranger, her deep blue eyes seemingly on fire.
"YOU BASTARD, YOU KILLED MY HUSBAND!" She roared, flying towards the man, her long black hair streaming behind her.
He smirked, conjured a frozen shaft of ice in his hand, and impaled her
through the chest, with two feet still separating them. The spear stopped Zera in her tracks, and she gasped, wide-eyed. The man pulled the spear from her chest, and the ice shattered. Zera's eyes rolled back in her head and she crumpled to the floor, unconscious and dying. The man stepped around her body and walked to the end of the hall to his left, then scaled the stairs to find Victor, trembling in a corner. The man smirked.
"So, those feral degenerates can breed." He said calmly, his luminous eyes piercing icily through the child's soul.
Victor stood up, trying to make all 4 feet of him look intimidating, and
said, voice trembling:
"Where are my mommy and daddy?"
"Mommy and Daddy have left. It's time you went after them."
"You're a liar!" The boy yelled, eyes streaming.
"Mommy and Daddy would never leave me behind! What happened to my Mommy and Daddy?"
"They're dead. Your father was too weak to live and your mother was too stupid to run."
Victor curled up into a ball and started crying. The man walked closer to the child, and picked him up by the back of his shirt.
"Goodnight, brat."
The man held up his hand, towards the child's face and it crackled with bluish electricity.
Moments before he fired, Victor's eyes opened. They had turned blood red. He screamed, his face contorted with rage. Then Victor's world went black.
I told you there would be feels... I actually feel bad and I'm the one who wrote it. Just a few fun facts, originally the stranger was going to be Cinder Fall but it just didn't feel right and I think it might have interfered with future canon. The stranger is basically a male, icy counterpart to Cinder. Victor is based appearance-wise entirely on myself. Those of you who know me IRL, just imagine little me in this chapter. Anyways, Chapter 1 is written, I just need to run it by someone to make edits. Chapter 1 is just filler, you'll see some action once we reach the emerald forest in a few chapters. I have to go now, family christmas party to go to. Goodbye, Merry Christmas, and I hope you enjoyed!
~VA
