Sorry for my bad English.

How this happened?

He stared at the window, watching his kingdom burn down to the ground.

If he was able to caught Miles… if he was able to discover how to stop miasma… if he was able to use miasma to not end like that…

His thoughts were interrupted by the door crashing. The figure of a crusader slowly make his way to the king of Arcadia, whose the face show nothing than anger.

-You! –The king shout. –If you allowed us to just kill you… if you let yourself become a guinea pig… all of this would have be avoided!

Miles did not react to the accusations. He merely raised the Star Ocean from his back.

-Someone's life makes no difference in the end, because we all meet the same fate, regardless of how we lived our lives.

Then he brought his blade down.

Somewhere in Vale

Emerald enter in the abandoned building, expecting to hear more screams from her "friend", only to listen nothing more than silence. She walked to where he saw him last time and before she could open the door of the room, the doctor opened it. He looked at her with his eyes covered with black glasses, as if he was expecting her.

-I was expecting you. –He said.

-How is Mercury?

-See with your own eyes. –The doctor said letting Emerald enter in the operation room. Her eyes widened seeing her "teammate" getting up with his own two feet. –The operation was a success.

-Mercury? –Emerald asked. His head down and his eyes looking at the floor. –How are you feeling?

He raised his head, and Emerald gasped when notice the purple color in his eyes.

-Better than ever. –Was all he said.

Beacon

Headmaster Office

-All he did was help us! –Pyrrha shout. –How come they can arrest him for that?! –She could not control her voice. Not after witness her partner be arrested.

-Ms. Nikos, control yourself. –Ozpin said. –We are not happy about that either. But as you know, Ceodore needed permission to left Beacon, permission he did not had. Someone must have saw him and called the authorities.

-But who?

-We don't know. –Ozpin turn his gaze to the town. –Must have be someone from Vale.

-How you know that? Must have been someone from the school!

-No one knew that Ceodore went to Vale Ms. Nikos. I recommend to you calm your nerves, so you will only make baseless accusations.

-How can I be calm? Ceodore was arrested for help us against the miasma grimms. Arrested for save me!

-The problem is that he actually used his miasma, and really had need for that?

Pyrrha's mind went back to the battle. After the Miasma Beowulf used that rain of destructive energy and was wounded. Perhaps did have no need for Ceodore use his miasma.

The Miasma Beowulf was wounded, and like Weiss said, perhaps they could do some harm against him if they had took advantage of the situation.

She also learned in Fernando's class that the use of dangerous components in weapons or experiences is strictly prohibited by the law itself, and there's no component more dangerous than miasma. So the fact Ceodore used miasma in Vale is enough reason for his arrest.

Ozpin notices the conversation was over when Pyrrha let a defeated sigh.

-What will happen to him? –She asked.

-I will see what I can do to help him. So for know, I need you and your team to be patient. –Pyrrha nodded. –One more thing. I heard that Mr. Ren is having some problems with your leader.

-Yes, but Fernando is already taking care of this.

-So let's hope he can resolve this matter.

He excused Pyrrha, saying that he would take action immediately. Ozpin knew that Ceodore's arrest would be a problem, but not because of his confinement, but the fact his friend would want some words with him.

Skies of Vale

Prisoner Transporter

The moment Ceodore used his miasma, he knew he screw up.

He was told many times to not use his miasma by his teachers, by his best friend above all, his master. What he would do if discover that Ceodore used miasma? The thought gave his chills.

He only did because the lives of his friends would be in danger if he not eliminated the Miasma Beowulf quickly. The monster could actually infect those around him If he wanted, not that he knew of course.

But Ceodore did not wanted to risk.

He went to one of the academies because wanted to use the skills he learn with his master to help those who cannot defend themselves, and take care that what happen to him never happen to someone else.

He cannot stop miasma, but can save people from this dark energy.

He look around the small cell he was put a hour ago. Don't seems to have the needs a normal cell would have. Not even a toiled. Who project this anyway? Then he notices a button. He press it and a small opening appear, with toiled paper in the left.

-Seriously, who project this thing? –Ceodore asked.

Ironwood opens the door, and Ceodore turn around to look at him, with his pants down.

-Do not know how to knock on the door? –The apprentice asked.

-Apologies, but I thought this to be a good time to we talk. It seems I was… wrong. -Ceodore quickly put back his pants and sit back. –Do you know who am I?

-General James Ironwood. My master told me about you actually.

-He did? –Ironwood was surprise to hear that. –What exactly he said?

-Something about keep my mouth shut while talking to you.

Miles Thanatos sure is not a fool, but James also knew that he said that to Ceodore especially because of his predecessor. Dragoon was a respectful man, but when come to miasma, he could easily lost control.

But James want exactly the same thing as his, but in a different way. We would not go so far to try get rid of miasma like Dragoon did. Yeah, he want to use Mile's body to try discover how he survive miasma, but is so bad to use the body of someone who killed hundreds of lives? Or thousands?

If was Dragoon in front of Ceodore right now, he would shot at the boy straight in the forehead and claim that was suicide, so he could use his body as a mean to study the effects of miasma.

-Since you was warned by him I will not force you to answer me anything I will ask, but if you be able to, I ask you to do it.

Ceodore thought for a moment before give his answer.

-As long is not related to my master, I will answer.

Ironwood actually smiled after hear that Ceodore would cooperate. But what ask about miasma that he already don't know? Of course, ask about Miles is out of question.

What to ask?

-Do you know someone else who have miasma infused in their bodies?

The general did not missed the way Ceodore's left eye twitched at the question.

-I said that I would not answer something related to my master general.

Ceodore did answer his question, but did not denied either. He knows someone who is infected with miasma and whoever is, he or she is related to his master. This is already something, but he need more.

-Okay, so you knows someone else who is infected who is not related to your master?

-It has someone actually. While I was traveling with my master, we meet a another traveling man. We went to the same inn to spend the night, my master left in the middle of the night, he did not notice that I was awoke. In the next morning, the man just disappeared and when I asked to my master what happened to him, he said:

-What he chooses to happen.

-W-what? –The young Ceodore asked.

-He could just have left, but decide to stay and fight.

-F-fight? M-master, that means you…

-Like I said, he chooses that to happen.

Ironwood knew that Miles has a different way to think but he yet surprise the general about his lines of thought. How can he blame someone for being killed by him?

-Did you spoke with that man in any moment?

-Sometimes. He was a nice man. I wonder why did he decide to engage in battle with my master.

-What was his name?

-His name was… Tenebris Inanis.

Ironwood never heard about this man. Being infected by miasma, he thought that this man would be know but ah! Of course he would prefer to be incognito, not wanting to attract attention from those who want to get rid of miasma from Remnant.

-Ceodore, someone about Tenebris caught your attention?

-Well, to be honest, I was surprise to see someone with blank white eyes.

White eyes?

This makes the general remember about something Ozpin spoke to him.

~O~

-One more thing, he... give the description of his master?

-Yes sir. He wear a black crusader armor, the armor below a fabric, a big dark blue hood cape with a X stamped, all armor black colored, when he is not using his hood, he use a crusader helmet with a cross in the middle. His face have three scars. One on the nose, one pass through the left eye and the last on his mouth. He have a gray hair with a little beard and white eyes.

-White?

-Is what Ceodore told me.

White eyes.

This Tenebris also has white eyes, just like Miles… and Glynda's father. It can't be coincidence. Ironwood just thanked Ceodore and closed the door of his cell. He knew that Ozpin would use his influence to get the apprentice out of there after some time.

Ironwood went to share his information with the scientists of Atlas, to see if they could find a patter about this white eyes thing. Also he took note to make a seach about Tenebris Inanis.

Glynda's father was another case.

The old man also have white eyes like Miles and Tenebris. With the number of people who survive miasma infection being so low, there is almost no way to knowing about the white eye thing.

Glynda's father fought against Miles, and survived. After he return, he went a complete medical check-up. After an hour, it was discovered that he was infected with miasma, by the Dark Knight no doubt.

They tried to keep him in quarantine, and one of previous superiors had the idea of sacrifice him to study the effects of miasma on a human body. Fortunately, his suggestion was overruled, and he could go back to his daughter.

Fortunately for Remnant too, who did not lost one of the best huntsmens it ever had.

Yet, more time pass, more people die due miasma infection. And are not only their lives that is lost with the infection, it is their whole lives. Their family, friends, dreams, future, everything.

End of the chapter.

Nothing to say this time, except for See you next time!