Chapter 1
"Rin get it out, get it out now!" Ciaran screamed, the tall black haired boy stood against the wall aiming a shaking finger at his weapon and the fluffy ball she held in her hands. Rin had her dark brown hair tied back in a ponytail as she always did and her light blue eyes gleamed in the daylight. Ciaran's eyes meanwhile seemed to reject all light and the dark browns didn't gleam like his partner's. To Rin this was the first time she had seen Ciaran show an emotion other than disinterested and indifferent.
"But he's adorable!" The bundle whimpered in her arms and Ciaran screamed bloody murder.
"Stop being a baby!" She chuckled, she stepped forward and he scrambled away.
"Get rid of it, I mean it!" Ciaran cried
"Why?!" Rin challenged, Ciaran knew she would have an argument no matter what he said. Ciaran would never admit his fear to her so he grunted and made a clear attempt to calm himself down.
"We can keep him but he's staying in your room and you have to care for him!" He plopped himself down on the sofa and carried on watching the show he had been focused on. Rin sat down next to him and sat the whimpering being on her lap and started to stroke him to help alleviate his fear. Ciaran scooted up as far as he could as if he was trying to squeeze down under the cushions and disappear forever.
"I'll call him Silver I think, his fur is such a nice shade of grey don't you think?" The huskie puppy looked at Ciaran and cocked his head to one side.
"Where did you find him anyway?"
"He's a stray I found him abandoned in the alley by a coffee shop in a wet cardboard box."
"Oh great fleas all around!" Ciaran moaned
"Oh shut up whining I'm going to take him out tomorrow to see a vet," Rin snapped "But first I'm going to bath him, come on Silver just ignore this meany." She carried him out of the room cooing into his ears.
"Don't put your head too close!" Ciaran yelled
"Whatever!" She yelled from the bathroom where the sound of running water could be heard and the yapping of the pup was audible. The door slammed and a young girl stepped into the room.
"Hey Kat," Ciaran smiled warmly, Katarina embraced Ciaran and pressed her face against his.
"Has Rin had a baby?" Katarina sat back on her knees
"Of course not," He frowned
"Who is she bathing?"
"A flea ridden mutt!" Ciaran growled. At that moment Rin entered with Silver wrapped up in her own towel, the puppy barked at Katarina and she hopped up to stroke his damp fur.
"You're not going to re-use that towel are you?" Ciaran griped
"I think he's adorable!" She giggled as he licked her face which triggered Ciaran to groan in protest.
"His name is Silver," She ruffled his fur "Where's Ruby?"
"Ruby is moving the rest of the stuff out of her parent's house,"
"Poor girl I couldn't imagine myself in her position," Rin sympathized
"She'll forgive them when they buy her another pony!" Ciaran spat out
"Just because she called you a filthy commoner when you first met her!" Rin laughed
"No, because she acts like an absolute snob all of the time,"
"But that doesn't mean she's spoilt!"
"Stop it you two!" Kat cried and Silver yelped in fright at the outburst. Katarina hushed and stroked him.
"How about Kayo?"
"Hunting a monster,"
"You really want to show him off don't you Rin ?" Ciaran smiled
"Off course I do he's such a cutey!" Rin went into another spiel of made up words for the dog.
"Ciaran we'll see you in a minute we're going out to buy some stuff,"
"Ok," He didn't look up.
*Some time later*
"We're back!" Rin struggled into the room to see that Ciaran hadn't moved, under one arm she held a struggling Silver and she was trying to carry two large bags of puppy food in the both her hands. Ciaran stood up and took the bags. He watched Silver like a hawk as he took the bags. Katarina followed her with a bed and carrying case.
"Before you start bitching he's staying in my room," Rin set Silver down and let him run, Ciaran dumped the two bags and helped Kat with the rest. After a lot of back and forth they had finally moved all of the stuff for Silver into their small apartment. The puppy now had a collar wrapped around his neck with Silver written on it in blue with their address and phone number. Silver hopped onto the sofa and looked at Ciaran with his wide blue eyes. Rin scooped him up and put him on the floor
"Happy?" She hissed
"What the hell has got iyou?" Ciaran snapped
"You constantly whining why can't you be happy for once?!"
"Because that's my opinion," His tone of voice didn't change
"Stop acting so indifferent!" She yelled
"Stop it!" Katarina yelled "You're partners, Ciaran I know you don't like dogs and Rin you need to realize that he doesn't like dogs for a reason!"
"What do you mean!" Rin cried "Why are you acting like this!?"
For the first time since Rin had known him she saw a flash of pain and fear on his normally blank features. Rin realized she had said the wrong thing and looked at the floor, she looked up and saw the visible pain.
"I'm sorry." She muttered, not daring to meet his eyes.
Ciaran stood up and left the room without saying a word to either of them.
*That evening*
Rin made dinner in a somber silence, Kat had gone home and Ciaran hadn't resurfaced from his bedroom. Silver meanwhile was merrily stuffing his face without a care in the world. When she finished she ladled some into a bowl and put it by the door. She gently knocked and tried the door. It was locked shut, Rin cursed the door and left the tray outside. She went into her room and laid on her bed, Silver came and nestled himself in her lap, soon the sound of his soft snoring filled the silence. Rin pondered why her meister hated dogs and guilt coiled inside her. Ciaran wasn't the one to allow things to get under his skin but this had affected him, that is what worried Rin. She thought until she fell into the blissful oblivion of sleep.
*Some more time later*
Ciaran stood, in his old room, listening to his Dad beating his Mother in the other room. He had three bottles of beer in him and he was going to kill the bastard who'd made him and his mother's lives hell. He stormed to the door and threw the door open. Then he was on the floor of his garage with his head in bleeding, he stood over him with a piece of bloodied and plank of wood in his hand. His mouth twisted into a sick grin. Then the dog came bounding into the garage, it's teeth pulled back into a snarl then it bites through his wrist and sprays his blood across the grey concrete floor. Darkness clouds his vision and the sound of laughter filled his ears.
Then Ciaran awoke, safe and sound on his bedroom where there was no dog tearing him apart. His entire body was saturated in sweat and his breathing was heavy. He sat up and regained his composure, his stomach rumbled and his throat was like sandpaper. His naked, sweaty body quivered like a leaf in the wind. Still terrorized by his nightmare Ciaran wiped the wetness from his face and got out of bed. After sliding some clothes on her unbolted the door and looked down at the cold food on a breakfast tray. He picked it up and walked it to the kitchen, he heard the soft sound of Rin snoring in her room then Ciaran saw the soft light of her lamp, left on. He went in quietly and looked at her slumbering form then he picked up the red comforter that was crumpled up on the floor and covered her with it. Ciaran sat down on the sofa and thought about the dream and recalled what happened on that warm summer afternoon. He remembered storming into the room and seeing his mother cowering in the corner and he was stood there above her with his hand raised. Ciaran remembered lunging to hit him and being thrown against the wall head first and seeing stars, then he hurled him down the stairs and dragged him into the garage then as he tried to stand the plank of wood struck him in the forehead which knocked him to the floor. Ciaran remembered screaming in fury and pain and his mother screaming at the monster to leave him alone but then he let the dog in…
Ciaran's eyes filled with tears at the memory then he blinked them away and pulled down the sleeve on his left arm and looked at the vicious scars covering the wrist and there were more across his legs send stomach. Ciaran was lucky to keep his eye, the dog was trying to maul his face when his mother, bruised black and purple she swung a shovel at the wretched thing's head and then at her boyfriend. The dog fell over, dazed and whimpering. He got up, clutching at his bleeding head, she turned to him and screamed at him to leave as her boyfriend rose from the ground with his nose broken and pumping blood. He ran out, slamming into walls and never returned.
Ciaran spent four days on the streets until he was found by a member of the academy who could see his affinity for being able to wield weapons then he was shipped off to the DWMA. He still didn't know what had happened to his mother. But Ciaran knew if he ever saw him again, he would kill him and he wouldn't hesitatto
A/N: Hello everyone, this is my first fic so I hope you enjoy it. I'm sorry if it dragged towards the end. The uploading schedule will be once or twice a week. No flamez please.