Sorry for my bad english.
-Master! Have a grimm here! Let me in!
Ceodore was alone trainig outside of the house, but a ursa just appear and the worst? No matter how hard he knock the door or how loud he scream, his master didn't open the door. His master just decide to ignore the boy, Ceodore have a sword so he could defend yourself, at least is what his master expceted.
Ceodore turn around to see the big creature running at him. Without any choice he draw his short sword and get ready for the battle.
Later
The master wake up from his nap, he didn't hear any sound from outside, he left the house to check his apprentice. After a couple of seconds searching for Ceodore, he found him sitting in a tree, his body full of bruises and cuts and his sword was missing.
-Ceodore, where is your sword?
Ceodore pointed ahead where was the dead body of the Ursa also full of cuts and Ceodore's short sword stabbed on the mouth of the monster. His master have a proud smile on his face. His traine was really make this boy a warrior.
Yang went on the classroom of dr Oobleck first like she always do to find a spot to her and Ruby sit away from Ceodore. After find two chairs she sit and wait for her sister, she just needed to call Ruby and point to the chair of her side and Ruby aways go sit to her sister side. Ceodore entered in the class and sit in a chair and the all students around get up and walk away from the apprentice, Pyrrha who was on the classroom and Ruby who was on the entrance, watched and become sad to the scene. Already make a months since the classes started and no one was used with Ceodore's presence yet. Pyrrha sit on his side and Ruby sit with her sister but don't get her eyes from Ceodore. The high caffeined doctor appeared in the class... walking? Something was wrong, some students see that.
-Mr Ceodore? -Oobleck called. -I wish have a word with you. -Ceodore get up and accompanied the doctor to outside of the classroom. Ruby wondered why, Ceodore is in trouble? Pyrrha have the same thought. A couple of minutes passed and the doctor come back to the classroom running... alone. This left Pyrrha more curious. Why her partner don't come back? Maybe he really was in trouble. She would ask why to the doctor after the class. -Alright students. We have a interesting topic to talk today. Everyone open the book on the page... one hundred and twenty.
Some students notice the doctor hesitade in talk the page of the book. When Pyrrha open the book on the page, she realise why Ceodore was excused from the today's class.
-Arcadia. -She whispered.
-Students, today we gonna talk about the extinct fifth kingdom of Remnant. Arcadia. -Was enough to the rest of the students start to mumbling about and some of them alredy discover why Ceodore was excused from the class. -The kingdom of Arcadia was located in the south-west between Vale and Vacuo. It was one of most prosperous kingdoms of Remnant, even in the times of war. Who could say the name of the first king of Arcadia? -No hand was raise. The students were unsure if should talk about this with Ceodore in Beacon, one hand finally rise. -Yes ms Unícorn?
-The king Richard Lion.
-Correct. But he have no descendants to inherit his kingdom, this left Arcadia on the hands of his youger brother, now, while Richard was quite adamant to participate the war, his brother used his death by the hands of the soldiers of Vacuo to convince the kingdom to fight in the war. Richard's brother died in the middle of the war what left the kingdom to his nephew, who was the last king of Arcadia before...
-The Dark Knight destroy the entirely kingdom.
-Well... correctly again ms Unícorn. Arcadia also enjoy the times of peace like the other five kingdoms. -Ruby raised her hand. -Yes ms Rose?
-Can you... talk a little about... the Dark Knight?
This surprise the doctor, Yang and everyone in the classroom. Oobleck didn't expected to someone make this kinda of question and he didn't have any excuse to decline the question.
-Well... i suppose talk about the responsable for the destruction of the kingdom make part of his story. -He sip a little of his coffee and continue to talk. -Miles Thanatos was a man born among the man, nothing different, except his combat skills what was far more than impressive. But the fate decide to play with his life making let him live from something that should killed him. Anyone know about the miasma? -Weiss raised her hand, more like to not be left behinde by Unícorn in the class. -Yes ms Schnee?
-Miasma is a type of energy what is found in any dead forest in form of a gas or liquid coming from the underground.
-Yes. The miasma was found in the times of war, the soldiers of Arcadia and Vacuo thought that could be used to counter the dust. Miasma was more powerful than dust but was impossible to control or study. -He sip his cup. -The effect on the body of a human was give to the user great strength, speed and resistance. But after six months to one year the user die by cardiac insufficiency. Whatever have the miasma, infected the human body like a virus. -He sip his cup. -Any effort for the medicine to try cure or soften the virus result with the medic also dead for being infected by the miasma. -A hand raise. -Yes ms Scarlatina?
-But i thought someone who use miasma only could infect another person for own will.
-Its correctly ms Scarlatina. The little amount of information what was colected from the miasma show that the user can infect other living beings only if he wish. At least one houndred of medics died to discover this. None of miasma user survive to tell his tale, execept for one. -Sip his cup. -What bring me back to Miles, what can be tell about the topic, Miles was just walking in a dead forest when from one of the Trees explode and spread miasma around, infecting Miles, but different from the others he survived. -Sip his cup. -After that the last king of Arcadia search around Remnant for more people who survive the miasma for so long like Miles have.
-He find?
-Actually yes mr Drake. He asked to these people to accompany him to Arcadia, they all accepted to help the study of the miasma, six month passed and the studies actually show progress, but it was a short victory, the city was under a large grimm attack. -Sip his mug. -They see that a good opportunity to study the miasma in combat situations, but was there where the end of Arcadia began. -Sip his mug. -Miles just start to attack anything what was alive in the battle, be a human or a grimm. After he done with the slaughter, he went back to Arcadia where he start his rampage against the kingdom... and after a month, the entirely kingdom was destroyed. -The class went silent, everyone remembered that the apprentice of this guy was on the school. Oobleck must be excused Ceodore from the class because could be a personal subject to him. -Now, that all from the Dark Knight today. Arcadia was founded by Richard before the times of war.
While the doctor continue his lecture, some students start to think on Ceodore, Pyrrha remembered all the storys what his partner told to her. This class make her curious about one thing that she gonna ask to Ceodore in the first opportunity.
In the end of the day, Ceodore was alone in the courtyard, he notice that some students were staring at him, these stundents was the one what have the story class today, so would be strange if no one give him a look, after all, he is the apprentice of the Dark Knight, the man who destroyed the fifht kingdom alone. Ceodore knew about that, his master once told him this. When he was a child, he thought this was very cool.
Just one man was strong enough to destroy a entirely kingdom.
But when he grew up, he see how sad this was. All the lives his master kill without remorse. And not only Arcadia but some other citys and villages too. His master just fight and don't wanna do nothing more on his life.
-Ceodore.
His attetion was caught by Ruby calling his name.
-Hey Ruby, how are you doing?
-I'm fine. We found Blake and my team is complete again.
-Good to hear that.
-So... hmmm, why did you left the story class today?
-Well, i don't know to be honest. The professor just say that i was excused for the today's class, with free time i go to the library study.
-Oh! You will not believe what me and my team do and the last night. We are in the docks and the White Fang appeared and we fight against them.
-Wait, you fight against the White Fang last night?
-Oh yes and mmph mmph mmmph...
Ruby was telling what happening but Weiss cover her mouth.
-I'm sorry Ceodore but my leader forget that is a little secret of ours so excuse us please.
Without say any word, Weiss dragged Ruby. Without nothing better to do, Ceodore decide to walk back to his dorm. While he was walking on the corridor, he heard screams from Goodwitch office. The door open revealing a very angry Unícorn.
-We are not done ms Unícorn!
-BUT I'M DONE WITH YOU! -She shouted before slam the door office and walk away but bump on Ceodore. -Out of my way!
She push him and walk to the exit, Goodwitch left the office and boy, she was angry. The vein on her forehead seemed like was about to explode, Ceodore thought even his master would feel frightened if looked direct on her eyes. She notice Ceodore and start to breath, the vein dissapear and her face adopted a calm expression. Ceodore spoke.
-Problems?
-This girl is testing my nerves.
-I can see that.
-Do you need something?
-Oh nothing, i was just walking back to my dorm and... you know.
-Right. Oh, i'm hope that you are not causing any trouble mr Ceodore.
-Me? No, no, no. I'm keep following the rules.
-Good to see that your... master teach you some manners.
-Actually i learn from his daughter.
-... Daughter?
Ceodore make a expression that was hard to Glynda say what was.
-OhlooktothewatchihavetogobacktomydormseeyoutomorowmissGoodwitchbye!
Ceodore then run as fast as he could leaving Goodwitch with a new information that no one in Remanat knew before. The Dark Knight have a daughter. And Ozpin gonna know this right now.
Ceodore slam the door once he enter on his dorm really worried with what he just did.
-Ceodore, you okay? -Pyrrha who was in the dorm asked to him, Ren and Nora not were present. -You look like just tell to your worst enemy your biggest secret.
-I may did something similar.
Pyrrha raised a eyebrow at the comment, she would dig more on the assunt but theres one thing she wished to ask to him.
-Hey Ceodore?
-Yes? -He said sitting on his bed.
-You already told me some stories of you and your master and there something what i'm curious, if you don't mind to tell me.
-Of course i wouldn't mind.
-Ceodore, how you... become apprentice of the Dark Knight?
This is evertyhing for now. The name of the Dark Knight is Miles Thanatos.
Miles in latin means soldier
Thanatos is the death in the greek mithology.
So is become the soldier of death. Pretty cool huh? Arcadia was a province of ancient Greece. Over time, it became the name of an imaginary country, created and described by many poets and artists, especially the Renaissance and Romanticism. In this imagined place happiness reigns, simplicity and peace in an idyllic environment inhabited by a population of shepherds who live in communion with nature, as in the Noble Savage legend. In this sense it has almost the same connotations that the concept of Utopia or gold age. The inhabitants were often considered to have continued to live in the manner of the Golden Age, without pride and covetousness that corrupted other regions.
Just to clarify any future doubt. Until next time.