Napel POV
Some days have gone by and the weekend is already tomorrow. Our first week wasn't so bad here in Beacon. The students were nice, specially teams JNPR and RWBY. I've made quite a large group of friends and I've been able to bond well with my own team. Our leader made sure about that. Right now, we were bonding in a more productive way…
"NAPEL WATCH OUT!" Reid screamed as he almost clashed with me as we were both charging into the grimm training bot. Right now, we're training at a special room in a training grounds Beacon was able to provide. The wide space and open area allowed us to practice our skills.
Before Reid's and my body clash, I was able to duck and he was able to jump up so that we wouldn't hit each other, this however, made us too slow for the follow up and the grimm was able to stand up and fight again with its fellow grimm-bots.
"Chrome! Stun them!" Agony screamed from the back to which Chrome jumped up, her axe on her back ready to swing. She brings it down hard to the ground and the shockwave of it stunned the grimm-bots to which Agony took full advantage on "Follow my lead!"
Agony, with his blades in hand began slitting the grimm at their weakspots. Quick slices let him move from one target to another. It was going so well until Chrome and Agony's weapons collided. As Agony was about to swing his left blade, Chrome was about to swing against the grimm. This caused the blade to hook at the axe rendering Agony missing a weapon and shocked. Basically, this whole training became a disaster.
We all took a sit beside each other in the lobby of the training grounds, there weren't much people since it was already night time. We massaged our own bodies, no one saying anything, the wounds we did to each other will surely leave a mark. "So…" Agony began "…Anyone have an idea what was our problem there?"
A few moments of silence and then… "I'm sorry!" Chrome suddenly spoke out beside me "I-I just got in your way…"
"Nah… that's not it Chrome" Reid gloomily said as a response to Chrome "I got on the way of you guys as well, literally…" He referred to when he suddenly jumped down from the air to finish off a grimm which was unfortunately also Agony's target. This caused Reid to take the blow meant for the grimm.
"We were too unorganized, our fight was chaotic" I admitted to them.
\"True" Agony agreed to me and we all listened well to his next words. "We're not yet used to each other's fighting style, we need to fix that. I bet most of you guys here have barely been into a group fight right?" We all nodded to his question. "Then we're gonna have to get used to each other more then! And I know just how to make the process faster…"
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Reid slumped down on the free space behind him, resting his back "Will this hurt?"
"It's not training if it doesn't hurt" Agony retaliated back.
I did feel something quite interesting about out leader's training method so seeing how he'll fix this will be a sight for me to see "So how will we do it?" He didn't even reply to me and just smirked at me then drank his water, leaving me at the dark about it. Feeling quite uneasy about it, I decided to move on to the next curious question I've been keeping. "Hey Chrome" my question suddenly made Chrome look at me "How do you use it?" I pointed at her weapon.
"H-huh? What do you mean by that?"
Reid and Agony seemed to be listening quite well on this topic since Reid suddenly sat up right. "Yeah… No offense but you don't exactly look like the strongest girl in the world" Reid said.
"Even I can barely lift it up. What more to swing it that strong?" Agony looked slightly embarrassed about admitting how a girl is physically stronger than him.
"I-I don't know as well… I don't remember doing any special training… B-but I just seem to be able to do it… f-from the start…" We all looked at her with wide eyes, we can't believe she doesn't even know how she got so strong. "W-what?"
The three of us huddled up, leaving Chrome behind. "Could it be her semblance?" Agony immediately asked, starting our conversation about the possibilities of where her strength comes from.
"What kind of semblance is that!? Super strength? That's so OP!" Reid commented, feeling quite betrayed that she got such a cool semblance.
"Perhaps it is, but if so, then she should have moments of weakness since semblance comes from aura…" I rebuked that theory.
"What if it only activates if she's holding metal or her axe?" it did seem to fit "I haven't seen her do something involving super strength so far… I think…"
"She unconsciously activates it only when she needs it huh?" I said "That's nice!"
"I still feel bad about her awesome semblance…" Reid pouted at us.
"U-Ummm… I'm still here! Y-you know! I can h-hear you three!" she spoke up behind us to which we only stared at her with judging eyes. "D-don't be so mean! Let me join in there!" She pushed herself between us to which we jokingly pushed her away. That's how we went back to our dormitory room. Laughing and playing around with each other. I let the warm soft bed embrace me and the cold midnight wind calm my body down as I drift into sleep.
I dreamed of home but it was different compared today. It was just like before. The high walls lined with portraits of our ancestors and of vines creeping around the sturdy bricks enchanted with dust. The numerous mosaic glass windows around the castle of Pendragon are being hit by the bright rays of the sun. The garden lined properly by flowers and hedges. I see myself running down the flight of stairs to my family; to my father, mother and older brother. I see myself eating and laughing with them; my father telling stories about his adventures and my brother joking about it while mother scolds them about their carelessness. I remember training with them to be just like them. I remember my will to be a huntress. I remember I'm a Pendragon.
My eyes open wide to the brightness of the room as I wake from my nostalgic dream. I feel more relaxed after remembering the comforts of home and how it feels. Though I did try to go back to sleep and maybe continue the dream, I felt stupid after my second attempt and decided to get up. I look around and see the mess of a bed Reid left compared to Chrome's tidy one. I fix mine and check to see Agony's to be in an appropriate condition. It appears to be fixed very lazily. I stood up then proceeded to do my morning routine of stretches and light exercise after drinking a cup of water. I proceeded to take a morning bath then put on my clothes. Today, though my dress would be the one I'd usually wear, I thought otherwise and went for a white blouse with a small blue ribbon and a long blue skirt and I let my hair loose. Feeling refreshed, I went to the kitchen for something to eat and then I saw him.
Slumped over the table we had, his hair was a mess and his body seemed lifeless. Our one and only leader Agony is this man. I thought my about my choice of words and said "Goodmorning?"
His next choice of words gave me enough insight on how he feels right now. "Mrgsadfggea" I just got a grumble as a reply.
"You're not really a morning person huh? Leader?" I decided to tease him a little.
He looks up at me with annoyance "What gave it away?" he asked with clear sarcasm "Is it my messy hair or my clear face of annoyance?"
"Probably the fact that you're here in such a wonderful day"
"You're still here as well"
I picked my words carefully, not wanting to talk about it right now. "I just had a good dream"
"Ahhh… the old 'sleep to continue the dream' am I right?" I can only nod at his ability to deduct what happened "Anyway! Now that you're here, want to do something?"
"What are you implying?"
"I just thought since we are partners and we barely know each other, don't you think this is a good time to know each other. Plus, I have nothing to do…"
Another thing that piqued my interest "I never knew you were a social type"
"I'm not! I just have absolutely nothing better to do and I'm bored"
"Well, where are Chrome and Reid?"
He stood up, fixing himself and said "They're out, bonding… They are partners after all"
I smile as I piece it all together "Ohhh… Now I see why? Well, anything we do would suffice so long as it isn't too noisy. I'd rather relax"
"Ohhh… I know just the thing…"
