Chapter 1: In an Instant it Burns Away
Time: 12 years ago
It should have been a normal huntsman mission, one that she completed many times before. A simple shadowing of his mother, a world-renowned Huntress, as a reward for ranking top of his class at Signal and for his acceptance to Shade! Him and his Uncle accompanied her, it had started easy but quickly the Grimm began to overwhelm them and… His uncle knocked him out and began to flee. He only awoke after hearing a gunshot that rang through the forest. Breaking out of his Uncle's grip he runs back toward his mother. He found her dead in the clearing not a single grimm around with a bullet wound through her chest, red staining white.
The funeral went quickly, everyone offered him condolences for his loss but it rang hollow, it wasn't the grimm that killed her like everyone said, it was a bullet. His mind was racked by questions about who could have done the deed!
Two weeks later
Viralious sat looking over the sheet of paper again, racking his memory to replay the event in his mind. There had to be a sign, he was missing some missing link, something that cracked the case wide open! There shouldn't have been anyone else in the area just the Grimm, him, his mother and… realization struck him like a gunshot.
The only other person could have been his uncle; it then explained the cause of death being displayed as Grimm and not the gunshot, he then began examining his memories of his uncle and one line struck out to him
"Kid, you're like a son to me. I'm honestly a little jealous of your mother sometimes"
His uncle had always wanted him in his life; he thought of him and his twin sister in Vacuo as his own, training them in his combat style and encouraging him to come to Shade academy in Vacuo.
Viralious looked over at the picture sitting on his desk, in it a simple photo taken a month before the disaster. It was of him, his twin sister, His mother and her holding his half-sister in her arms… It was the day he was accepted into Shade along with his sister. What was meant to be the start of his lifelong dream, now it looked like a nightmare. To go to Shade would be to be taught and in the view of his uncle for his entire time at the academy. The thought caused his stomach to turn.
He refused to spend the next four years of his life with is mother's murderer… Resolved, he grabbed the picture frame and began to pack his bag. Closing his purple eyes he made one promise he intended to keep.
"Don't worry Mother, I'll make sure you can rest easy after the one who killed you is put to rest"
1 Hour later
Viralious crept down the stairs noticing his stepfather and his stepfather's daughter (She was not his sister, she was a little blonde devil) sitting on the couch talking with his uncle. He stepped outside and placed his backpack full of supplies in front of the dirt road that would take him to town after he completed what had to be done.
Unsheathing his weapon from his back he viewed it with disgust. It was designed to mimic his uncles. How deluded must I have been to believe he was a good reference
Sighing he marched towards the door, steeling himself for what comes next.
Viralious re-entered the wooden home still holding his weapon, cleared his throat to get the attention of everyone else in the room. The two adults who had been talking previously turned to see him standing in the doorway, the little blonde girl was busy playing with some plastic toy his stepfather had bought her.
Callously Viralious said, "Do you mind if me and my Uncle have a quick word while you stand outside?" His tone dripping with thinly veiled hatred and intent. His stepfather looked nervously at him and sighed, saying, "Fine by me Viralious" turning quickly to the blonde girl and smiling "Hey why don't we go out and catch some fireflies?" The blonde-headed girl lit up at the notion and ran outside with her father following closely behind.
Viralious looked at his uncle, his purple eyes barely hiding the rage he was feeling, when his uncle spoke up,
"So Kid-"
"Don't call me 'Kid' you bastard" Viralious interrupted louder than expected causing his stepdad to look back with confusion from the front porch.
"Ok Little Poison what's up? Do you want to do some last minute training before you head to Shade? That why you have your weapon?"
Little Poison… Little Poison…memories of a night sitting on that very coach with his mother when he was no more than 4.
"Mama, what does my name mean?"
"Viralious it's meant to represent a little bit of poison." his mother replied.
"That's horrible Mama! Why would you call me that?" he said slowly starting to cry.
"You're thinking about it the wrong way, Viralious" she said moving towards him to place him in a hug.
" The difference between a poison and medicine can be as simple as the dosage." She said, wrapping her arms around him.
"So Me and your father named you as a little bit of poison can do the body good,'' he would say." Viralious slowly stopped crying and was shocked at the mention of his father; she never mentioned him, not even when he asked.
"So in other words you're my little poison, something that helped me move forward Viralious. And helped me find my happiness." His mother finished placing a small kiss on his head
A small tear rolled down Viralious' cheek. Then anger swelled inside, remembering who had just called him that.
"Shut your fucking mouth, you murderer!" Viralious screamed.
"Whoa take it easy Viralious what's gotten into yo-" his uncle said before being cut off by Viralious throwing his weapon at him, striking him square in the chest causing his aura to flash and sending him tumbling over the couch.
Viralious' weapon bounced back towards him which he caught one-handed and began to rush his uncle, knowing that he would have to capitalize on the element of surprise if he was to kill this fully trained huntsman. He shifted his weight to go for an overhead sweep hoping to grab his opponent by the neck.
His uncle, however, shifted and grabbed his blade to block the strike, causing metal to crash. His uncle shouted, "Viralious! The hell are you doing!?" while the blades were together.
"Avenging my mother you bastard!" Viralious said through clenched teeth, dropping his weight lower and shifting his weapon to move more towards the torso of his opponent. However his foot was caught on the plastic toy that the blonde girl was playing with. This simple toy caused him to be off balance which his uncle took full advantage of, countering with a kick, sending Viralious flying backwards towards the stairs.
Catching himself before he struck the railing, he shifted the point of impact to the end of his weapon causing him to do a slight spin from the front of the railing to behind the railing of the stairs. He then looked outside, seeing his stepfather beginning to enter ready to try and break up the fight.
Shifting himself, he used the railing as a fulcrum and placed a large amount of force into a kick that sent his stepdad flying outside of the house and slamming the door causing the child safety locks to engage. Then continuing his momentum he launched off the stairs to strike his uncle with a sweep of his blade.
His uncle however blocked the blade with his own and used the momentum to flip him towards the fireplace, causing Viralious' weapon to get caught slightly inside and knocking Viralious onto the ground.
His uncle retorts "Give up, Viralious! I don't know what's gotten into you but you need to calm down, I don't know why your calling me a murderer and what it has to do with your mother but-" suddenly he's caught off by a slash to his back.
Turning around he sees what looks like a geist with large clawed hands and a white cloak. The figure swings it's clawed hand back toward him which he blocks with the edge of his blade "but that semblance is-!"
Before his uncle can finish, Viralious uses this short opening to launch himself forward grabbing his weapon, spraying lit ash and kindling over the cushioned room. Using his weapon he crashes into his uncle's back and sends him flying through a nearby window, breaking it in the process.
Viralious gives chase following his uncle through the window leading towards the side of the house. Eyes of gray shift to purple as he moves towards his figure in the white cloak fades away as Viralious passes it looking at both him and his uncle.
Viralious's uncle stands up clearly injured from the last attack and flying through the window and turns to Viralious and says "What in Oum's name was that? Viralious, there's no way your mother's semblance should have been there."
Viralious turns to see his stepdad trying to calm down a crying blonde girl. Turning back to his uncle he readies his weapon for another strike "As if you would even care you bastard!" Viralious screeched as he rushed forward with his weapon, behind him fires began to spread through the house.
His uncle blocked mid to stop a sweep to his torso, but was surprised when Viralious shifted his weapon into the ground for a leg sweep, causing him to lose balance. Capitalizing off of this, Viralious spun his weapon to his left side and began to rapidly spin it like a rotor blade, quickly swapping sides of his body like a majorette at a parade. This flurry of strikes soon overwhelmed his uncle, causing small strike after strike to bleed through, further diminishing his aura.
Viralious's uncle, becoming desperate, shifted his mass to swing his blade overhead causing Viralious to block high with the middle hilt of his weapon. The impact of the large blade caused it to break straight down the middle. His uncle capitalizing off of this then shifted his weapon and fired a shot into Viralious's chest causing him to fly back towards the house.
Viralious dug the right half of the weapon into the soil to slow his momentum. Then he looked down at his left and right hands, inside them were the two halves of his broken weapon shifting the one in his left to face forward instead of a reverse; he adopted a stance that resembled his mothers… with her dual swords.
Wordlessly, Viralious began running towards his uncle hoping that he could get one final blow to finish the fight, else it would all be for naught!
His uncle seeing the desperation in Viralious's eyes moves to block the strike before he is distracted by the call of a simple Raven sitting in a tree behind him looking at the little blonde girl now fully in tears.
This moment of hesitation is all Viralious needs shifting his momentum to his right foot he slashes first with the blade in his left hand to shift his uncles blade out of the way, then his right onto his uncle's chest and ending the combo with a double cross slash from both that shattered his uncle's aura and sent him flying into a tree behind him.
Viralious slowly walked up to his uncle who lay unconscious against the tree, this would be it he would avenge his mother. The soft glow illuminating his back caught onto his left blade causing Viralious to question Why is there a light behind me… Why would the house be glowing?
Breaking away from his train of thought he looks behind him slowly and sees his house engulfed in flame. Then finally he hears his stepfather say one simple thing.
His half-sister was still inside the house!
Turning, Viralious makes a split second decision, he could kill his uncle and end it all to avenge his mother. He begins to raise his blade to end his uncle's life when an image of his mother holding his half-sister in her arms, wrapped up in a little red blanket smiling.
Viralious shifts on his heel and sprints towards the burning house diving though the broken window into the flames.
The fire was beginning to engulf the house, the cries of his half-sister emanate from upstairs. He couldn't fail, he wouldn't let anyone else in his family die because of his uncle and him… not again.
Running upstairs he breaks down the door to his sister's room, she is only 2 years old and crying as the smoke begins to fill the room. He quickly moves to the crib and wraps her up in the red blanket she was laying on. He then moves towards the door but notices the fire is beginning to get too strong. I can't go that way. She'll die from the heat if she doesn't have an aura yet!
Looking behind him he sees a window with a clear drop to the backyard of the house. Making up his mind he holds on to his sister's neck and jumps out the window landing on his back to absorb the fall, shattering his aura on impact.
His sister is crying in his arms, everything hurts and all he can see is the home he has lived in with his mother engulfed in flames… and it's his fault.
A/N
Before you ask about it: Viralious's weapon was not directly stated in this chapter for reasons that we will get into soon. Though there are some context clues of what it could be and there is one similar to it in the show. This Chapter is a little bit on the short side but I felt that it's a good stopping point. So then Welcome to the first chapter of Team VIEW Forespoken Paths (Not counting the Synopsis at the start there). I understand that this chapter is probably a little rough, it was written first and the story really does start to pick up later on... Probably not the best thing to get people interested but I'd rather speak the truth.
Now then let's go clear up somethings about this story starting with the Tags.
As of looking over my notes current storyboarding will cause for this to have the tags: Adventure, Drama, Humor, Romance, Sci-fi/Fantasy (How do I exactly describe Remnant?) Angst and maybe just maybe a little bit of crime... I know that's a lot of tags but it's mostly going to go between the Adventure, Drama and Humor... A lot of humor surprisingly. As for direction this story will be going, most characters will be OC's, some might be related to some familiar faces from the show. But I am going to try and keep them to minor characters… well minus two as for those you will have to wait and see.(Hint one is spoiled in the synopsis)
I don't think there will be a consistent update schedule for this as my schedule is straight up not consistent and varies basically week by week (thank you college engineering program) Feel free to leave a review or PM me where you think the story is heading and I may confirm or play dumb if you guess it right.
I have a typical idea of how I want this story to go and have the Major plot points planned out(As of writing the entirety of the first arc is written and the second and first part of the third is storyboarded) but some small fluff stuff I would gladly accept ideas for. For those who Noticed yes this is a the exact text on the previous page... I wrote this first and figured I should also add it to the synopsis page.
This is also where I thank my Editor: AmoebaHewdraw he's been kind enough to go through and correct my horrendous grammar and sentence structure... There is a small drinking game each time I fuck up homophones... Current count is 8. If you see him in comments pour one out to the man, he's gonna need it.
-Xcom Out
