Accessing Earth Files:
Opening File: Dust
The origin of Dust remains a mystery but in recent years many scientists believe that Dust was actually formed by the Aura of the many Huntsmen and Huntresses mixing with the environment and ecosystem of the Earth over the many centuries since the rise of the Grimm Horde. Much like how the Auras of humans mixed with the aura of nature and animals, creating the Faunus the mixture the Aura and the environment introduced a new element into the Earth that was the artificially created. There have been many theories circling to how Dust was created, including the theory that Dust was created by the planet's eco-system as a way to fight the Grimm, much like the immune system of a body fighting against an invading virus.
It is hard to understand just how the planet could have done it but considering everything this species has seen and done it is not so hard to believe. If so then it could be said that planet and its people are united against a common threat. Different colored Dust represents different potentials that can be used for almost anything. Weapons, power systems, and even healing.
Companies have worked to produce Dust since the end of the twentieth century and Sanban Industries is the top company on the planet for creating Dust and trading with the Fullbright Corporation in America, quickly becoming partners.
Or at least friendly competitors.
Close File
Xxx
"You ever wonder how you'd be like in a world where things were completely different? With rampaging monsters and super powers?" TOM 3 asked, sitting in his chair on the bridge of the Absolution. "Can you even see yourself and imagine what super power you might have? Maybe an enemy will be a friend or a friend will become an enemy? Or maybe if you met someone in one reality and never knew them in another? It's a wild ride but if you stay the course it's so worth it." TOM tapped a switch on his chair. "So if you got these questions then don't be afraid to send an idea over of what you'd be like in this reality. Who knows, you might be one of the greatest heroes in one reality or two."
Xxx
"Move it, schmucks! I want all the Dust in this joint!"
"We're moving as fast as we can, boss!" A smaller, slightly high-pitched voice said.
"Yeah. There issss a lot of Dusssst here." A young snake-like voice agreed.
The owner of the first voice, a young teen with sickly green colored skin while wearing a black leather jacket and jeans with a white T-shirt, black hair and wore sunglasses over his eyes scoffed.
This was the leader of the gang, Ace. "Move it before some tough Huntsman or something else show up!"
"Too late for that, Gangreen Gang!"
Ace turned to the entrance, watching as three girls stood there, all of them looking ready to fight with determined faces. "Well, the so-called Powerpuff Girls. Townsville's newest heroes and not even Huntresses yet."
The three girls were obviously triplets, all of them looking to be around twelve years old. The middle one had long red hair with a giant red bow clip, pink eyes, and wore a pink school girl dress with a black stripe around the abdomen and white knee-length socks with pink lines and black shoes while the second one had blond hair in pig tails, blue eyes, and a blue school girl dress with a black stripe around the abdomen and white knee-length socks with blue lines and black shoes while the last one had short black hair, green eyes, but unlike her sisters she wore a black sleeveless shirt, a short green jacket and skirt with a white belt, white knee-length socks with green lines at the end and black shoes.
"Isn't it past your bed time?" Ace asked with a condescending smirk.
"Not seven thirty yet. Plenty of time to beat you green punks down." The green eyed girl clenched her fists.
"Oh, I don't think so." Ace said as his green skin slowly turned blue. "You might be making a stop…At the hospital!"
Ace thrust his hands at the girls, his wrist bands firing white bolts at the girls.
"Girls, look out!" The red-head shouted, ducked as a bolt shot over her head and hit a car outside, exploding and freezing it instantly.
Ace placed his hands on the ground and instantly ice spread down the ground towards the girls, freezing anything it touched. This was Ace's Semblance, the power to lower the temperature of his body to the pointed that it could freeze anything he touched and he was even able to freeze the air around him to use as a long range attack and with the help of Dust affiliated with the element of ice he could enhance his powers to the point that all he needed was to breath on something to freeze it. The girls shot up into the air before the ice froze them but a green fist slammed into them, knocking them out of the store.
"I got them, Ace!" One of the other members of the Gangreen Gang said.
Snake, had shoulder length greasy black hair with black lips, pointy nose, skinny body, a kangol hat turned backwards, and a snake-like voice. His semblance was stretching his body over long distances, elongating and twisting to lengths that would have been fatal to anyone else. In addition he could expand his natural dimensions, with certain limits, until his fist had been larger than a truck.
"Now finish them off." Ace said, stepping out of the store.
"Sure thing, Ace." Snake stepped out of the shape, stretching his body out and allowing him to becoming a giant with long limbs.
Only for the black haired green eyed girl to slam her feet into his face, knocking him down. "Take that!"
Just as she landed on her feet a green skinned dwarf with straight hair over one eye appeared in front of her in the blink of an eye and punched her in the face.
The girl wiped a little blood off her nose and looked at the smirking midget, growling angrily. "You asked for it!"
She launched a fist at the midget but he was instantly gone. "What the-"
"Too easy!" The dwarf appeared behind her and kicked her legs out from under her. "You can't hit me!" He taunted, his voice possessing a noticeable Spanish accent.
"How about this!?" A blue sparkling gust hit the dwarf from behind, freezing him instantly.
The red head with the pink eyes landed next to her sister. "His semblance must be super-speed. Be careful, Buttercup."
"No, really?" The girl named Buttercup snorted as Ace stepped out, followed by the rest of his gang.
One was a hulking big fat colossus with a shock of red hair covering the top half of his face while the other was a grotesque member- untidy hair, enormous chin, ragged, grubby clothes, a long tongue hanging out, and protruding eyes. Snake got back up, glaring at Buttercup as the three girls quickly regrouped.
"They say you girls don't need Dust to power up. Let's find out." Ace declared. "Get 'em, Grubber!"
The grotesque Gangreen member, now identified as Grubber, opened his mouth and unleashed a loud belch which formed into a concussive blast, identified by a cone like shimmer in the air which was directed right at the trio of girls, who scattered out of the way as the sonic attack continued onwards, tearing through anything in its path. Buttercup was the first to retaliate, launching herself through the air with such power that her launch generated a miniature sonic boom, shattering any glass within a certain distance as she aimed right for Grubber…
Only to ram into a solid barrier which cracked and fragmented under her fists. Buttercup pushed against it and saw whatever she'd collided with leave two shallow trails through the street until it finally forced her to a stop. She tugged on her fists which were embedded firmly into whatever she had hit and looked up.
The large red haired member of the Gangreen gang met her shocked and furious glare with a dumb smile, his skin now resembling rock…but it was a lot stronger than any rock Buttercup had seen or hit. "Hiiii," He said, sounding a lot more friendly than he should have, given the situation. "I'm Big Billy. I've gotta squish you now, sorry."
Then he leapt into the air and belly flopped down onto the street with Buttercup beneath him.
"Buttercup!" Her sisters cried out.
Big Billy grunted as he felt something under him and suddenly he was lifted up by Buttercup who growled and tossed him off her. "GET OFF!"
Big Billy rolled back down the street but got back up a second later. Snake stretched his body out, sending a large punch at Buttercup who flew over the fist and fell back as Snake attacked her. Blossom took a deep breath and blew, unleashing her Ice Breath on Ace who remained still as he was frozen up to his neck.
Ace smiled the entire time he was being frozen. "Oh, you give me chills, Little Red." Ace's Aura, colored sparkling blue, flared and shattered the ice. "Let's kick it up a notch."
Ace held up his wrist launchers and they fired ice shards created by Ace's Semblance at Blossom who covered her face. The ice shards left several cuts across her cloths and skin but didn't harm her entirely.
"Is that all you've-" Blossom was cut off as a large slab of ice slammed into her which then slammed her into the wall. "…Got."
Grubber unleashed another sonic belch on Bubbles, causing her to cover her ears to keep them from exploding on the inside. Arturo, having been freed from Blossom's ice, appeared in front of Bubbles as soon as Grubber's attack ended and proceeded to slap Bubbles silly. Needless to say the three girls were left overwhelmed by the gang of green skinned punks who laughed at them, leaving them groaning on the streets.
"I am getting a little tired of being kicked around." Buttercup growled as she got back up.
Blossom managed to stand back up. "We got to hit them at once."
However just before the girls had the chance to attack a sonic blast, not from Grubber, hit the Gangreen Gang from above, knocking them down the street. The girls looked up to see a man with long blond hair that obscures his eyes and a gray sweat band around his head. He wore a black, ripped, sleeveless shirt, plus black tights which are held up by a black belt with metal spikes. He also had knee-high golden boots.
He carried around a pink, Flying V electric guitar that was the source of the attack he had just used. He landed on the street, looking at the Gangreen Gang.
"Picking on little girls, dudes? Seriously?" The man said in a Southern Californian accent, shaking his head. "Now how do you want this go down?"
"Whoa…" Buttercup gasped. "That's Valhallen!"
Valhallen, the so-called 'Viking God of Rock' was considered one of the strongest Huntsmen and even an actual super-hero in the world, believed to be an actual Asgardian who had been chosen to defend Humanity from the Grimm. The Gangreen Gang were immediately defeated in just mere seconds after Valhallen had arrived and the police had arrived to take them in.
He then looked at the three girls. "Nice effort. A little rough but you three definitely got style."
"Did you hear that?" Buttercup whispered excitedly. "Valhallen just said we got style!"
"Keep at it, kids and remember to stay in school." Valhallen dropped his Mighty Guitar down which floated up as he stood on it like a surfboard. "Stay cool!"
He took off into the sky, leaving the three girls to watch in awe.
"Wow." Buttercup whispered.
Blossom sighed. "Well, I guess it wasn't so bad for our first start."
Truth be told though she felt disappointed by how easily she and her sisters were nearly taken down by those green skinned punks.
"Oh well. Better luck next time. At least we can still take down Grimm." Bubbles said optimistically.
True and they just needed some more training.
Xxx
Professor Utonium welcomed his girls home with a big hug and helped them get cleaned and ready for bed. "I saw the news, girls. Don't take it too hard. You have only just stared but I can tell you'll go on to do great things."
"Thanks, Professor." The girls said as Utonium tucked them in.
"Good night, girls." Utonium left a night-light on for Bubbles, leaving his girls to sleep.
"Good night, Professor."
Utonium walked into his lab and looked over his notes. His three girls had shown themselves to have extraordinary powers and they had not even unlocked their Auras, if they could. They had souls so therefore they could possibly unlock their own Auras to become even more powerful. Maybe they could one day be the solution to the stopping the Grimm once and for all.
Xxx
A pair of yellow glowing eyes watched a city as it was attacked by Grimm but three blurs of light shot in and defeated the Grimm in a matter of seconds.
"So a new band of heroes have appeared…How good. The Grimm should have sent the world into Hell but instead they survived and now more and more heroes are being created. I can't stand it!" The entity raged. "Huntsmen, heroes, and all around goodie-goodies stopping the Grimm and growing stronger with these new heroes!"
Three girls that had been created, not born but created in an unnatural way with souls of their own that augmented their own super-powers born with them when their Aura had awakened. They were now strong enough that they had cleared out several Grimm herds near the city they were living in. In a short time they had become a shining beacon of hope it was making him sick.
"I must find a way to end this." The entity looked across the planet and found several possible allies. "Heroes and Huntsmen are growing too powerful. I see…" The entity stopped when it saw the Pool of Darkness that the Grimm were born from. "Let's see if I can make a deal."
The entity let out a cackle that echoed across the dimension he resided in.
Xxx
An elderly man watched as a young girl danced in the training room below, her moves smooth and elegant, as if she was water itself flowing down a river. Her body was that of a ballerina's, a minuscule torso with a large head and gangly limbs, similar to a ballerina's. To complete the ballet look, she wore a rose/brink pink colored small tutu, white pantyhose and pink ballet pumps, which usually created a "squishy" noise while walking. She had fair skin, long blond hair that was tied in pig tails and blue eyes that she inherited both from her father along with his somewhat ditzy nature but inherited her mother's bravery and fighting spirit.
And it showed as his granddaughter walked over a thin rope as part of the obstacle course he had ordered to be set up for. She did it carefully but with the grace and skill of woman who had done it for years. The old man smiled, knowing his granddaughter was gifted in ways not even he and her brother were. Her Aura shined like a beacon as she twirled through the obstacle course, treating it more like a dance than a training session.
"How's the girl doing?" His son, his one surviving child asked as walked up behind him.
"She's moving through the obstacle and training courses like they are all one big dance performance. They are all but a stage and we're the audience." He answered with a small smile. "And I think she has something protecting her."
"Ah, so she's manifested her Semblance already?" Fergle O'Reilly asked, a proud look on his face.
"Yes. I think she's taking after you in that regard." He nodded. "The Semblances in our family has always manifested as something in the mind, enhanced intelligence or a powerful imagination."
The elder O'Reilly himself had gained the Intelligence Semblance which allowed him to create a new source of power for the entire planet that replaced fossil fuels and even Dust in several places. And the more shocking part was that he hadn't even needed a lab to do it.
"I believe Dexter got the intelligence one." Fergle said, watching as his niece somersaulted forward and landed perfectly on her feet. "And I think she got the imagination one."
"Imagination Semblances are the most impossible to predict and understand because they can be just about anything." The old man nodded.
Semblances tied to creativity and imagination were so powerful that they could manipulate reality itself, bringing tools, weapons, and even beings into existence. That was why the few gifted with the rare semblance were respected, feared…
And unfortunately, most often the targets of those who sought to make this power theirs.
It was for that reason that the family had founded DexLabs that was named after the elder O'Reilly, both to support themselves…and to protect those among them who manifested this unpredictable power. Past generations had been faced with attempted abductions, assassinations and in some cases outright enslavement by powerful groups across the world, and recently from other worlds. What none of them comprehended was that Imagination was not something that could be tamed.
Down below, the blonde girl stopped and balanced herself on the toes of one foot. From above, a large metal block fixed to a mechanical limb shot down from the ceiling. At first it seemed like it would crush her...
"It's happening." Fergle said, leaning forward a bit to observe what would happen as an Aura manifested visibly around the girl.
Most Aura had a single color, but this one was some strange mixture of every color in the known spectrum. Shades and tints twisted together, spiraling around the girl as she elegantly spun…
And something stopped the block ten feet off of the ground. It didn't just stop it however, it left a sizable imprint in the surface of the metal…imprints of two large hands. For a moment the robotic arm carrying the block attempted to press down further, servos whining with strain as an invisible entity held it at bay, the hand prints becoming deeper in the metal.
"So…imaginary guardian, is it?" Fergle nodded.
His father nodded. "A most dedicated one, at that." He affirmed, "She has taken to calling it…him…Koosy."
"Koo…" Fergle raised one brow, "See?"
The O'Reilly elder chuckled. "Little girl, big imagination. I wouldn't recommend trying to understand where she gets it from."
"Aye, my head'd likely pop if I tried." Fergle nodded and watched as the girl continued her dance to the end of the course. "That lassy is gonna be as scary as her mum one day."
Mr. O'Reilly chuckled again and reached out, pressing a button in front of him. "Very good Dee-Dee, you can take the rest of the day off now."
Looking up towards them, the girl beamed and waved. "Thanks grandpa! C'mon Koosy, let's get some ice cream!" She took the hand of her invisible guardian and skipped out of the room.
"I'm not sure which one I'll have a bigger headache from, come a few years." Fergle shook his head, "Her imagination, or her insanely smart little brother."
"Now you know how I felt when you and your sister were growing up." Mr. O'Reilly smiled warmly, thinking back on his younger days. "Only you had the power of Imagination and she had the brains."
"Aye, that just meant only one of us had the brains to make a doomsday device for the school science fair."
Xxx
How did I become so maliciously evil?
In a world ravaged by the forces of the Grimm Horde, creatures of pure darkness one must wonder how evil could ever hope to be born in a human? I suppose it all began with my hippie parents, Windbear and Oceanbird, in the land of Flowertopia, a place of peace and harmony. Far from the land of Humans and Grimm, the constant and never ending battle that has been waged for millennia. With Oceanbird's last breath of maternal exhalation, she had finally brought her new born lovechild into the world.
They both wanted their son to be good and just like them, but when their child was brought into the world a random bolt of lightning struck the child before their very eyes and yet they could not see it.
When that happened, the new Monarch of Darkness came to be!
I do not know where it came from but since the day of my birth I felt I had been born with a purpose given to me by a great power. As my parents thought up a name for their new child, they expressed that they wanted a name that was beyond the conforms of society, beyond the preconceived gender connotations, a name that is whispered softly through the canyon winds, and so they named me…Susan. I cast that name long ago, knowing that such a name did not belong to me. My parents chose a life of peace, away from the rest of Humanity, seeing violence as an unworthy cause, even in the face of danger.
And yet the danger still found them. Whether it was somehow by the evil and hate within me or by the hand of fate the Grimm came to Flowertopia, destroying the land with ease since no Huntsmen or Huntresses lived or where allowed to live there. I alone survived and when I first laid eyes on the Grimm I was given a vision.
I saw a beautiful maiden, dancing in a meadow of white flowers with the ability to make anything and everything happen around her.
I knew what my purpose was.
I was to find this maiden and when I did the world would be mine. I would come to the land of Humans and Grimm, learn of science, learn of the power of Aura and Semblance, and then the world would be mine.
The world would belong to Mandark, the Monarch of Darkness!
A young boy with long dark hair, wearing only a black cloak, sat on a small boat that was being pulled by a sea Grimm towards the land ahead.
"One day…The maiden in my dreams will be with me." The boy whispered, his eyes flashing red.
Xxx
"Come on boys! This is not that hard!" Pops, former Huntsmen and now owner of Pop's Moon Palace, barked at his two charges.
Johnny Bravo was a young man, strong and completely stupid but had potential to be somewhat formidable fighter if given the proper motivation. Carl on the other hand was Johnny's complete opposite, smart but scrawny. Both were somewhat friends or at least close enough that they might have each other's backs when it counts.
"What are we doing out here?" Carl asked.
"We're here to get you two some much needed training. You are lucky that Grimm ran into my diner with Bunny and myself presence. You'd both be in big trouble if anyone had been killed!" Pops whacked them across their heads. "Now we're going through some endurance training and then we'll get to some real training."
"Would it help if I just not get out of bed?" Johnny asked and got another whack.
"That's enough whining, Johnny! We'll be going all over the country, seeing new places, meeting and greeting new people, and you'll both be learning how to act like real men in this world!" Pops said, cracking a fist. "You got it?"
"Yes sir!" Johnny and Carl quickly said to avoid another lecture and whack on the noggin.
"Good." Pops smiled. "Now get moving!"
Xxx
"Whoo-hoo!" A boy rushed around his room with an eager smile, using a labeler.
He wore a red T-shirt, purple shorts, long red socks, cyan-colored shoes, and a black ski hat with two white stripes on each side. He labeled a desk lamp 'Lamp', a bookshelf 'Books', and a desk 'Desk.' Around the room could be seen other evidence of his labeling, such as a bed labeled sack and a label reading 'Door Knob' next to the doorknob.
"Four thousand eight hundred and twenty, four thousand eight hundred and twenty-four–ooh, I like what you've done with that tunnel–four thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, four thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, that's everybody. Four thousand eight hundred and–" He quickly did some calculations on an abacus "–thirty-seven."
He placed a label reading 'Ants 4,837' on his ant farm. The doorbell then rang. He walked down to get the door. Upon opening it, he found nobody there and simply closed the door.
He was halfway up the steps when the doorbell rings again. He went back down to get the door and once again found nobody there. He tested the doorbell to make sure it was working and when he found it was working he closed the door and then walked back upstairs. Once again, he got halfway up before the doorbell rings again.
He rushed down to get it.
Now annoyed he opened the door to scold whoever was ringing his doorbell. "Now please–!"
A bucket of water fell on his head.
Edd once again started up the steps only to have the bell ring when he's halfway up. He rushed back down to get the door, and looks up carefully to make sure there are no unpleasant surprises. Just as he was about to stop looking up, a fish hit him in the face. Edd stood there stunned for a few seconds and then headed up the stairs, an odor now surrounding him. Once again, the doorbell rings when he's halfway up and he ran down even faster, opening the door to catch whoever it was.
The door opened and there stood Eddy, one of his best friends. Eddy wore a yellow polo shirt with a purple collar/sleeve hems and a vertical red stripe on the right side. He also wore light blue pants like most of the other characters, as well as a wallet chain and plain red shoes. He had black hair that cured up into three spikes.
"Hey, Double D, what took you so long?"
"Oh. Hello, Eddy. So, what're you doing?" Edd looked at his doorbell, remembering the pranks. "Hey. Was that you ringing my doorbell?"
"Who, me? Nah."
Just as Edd opening the door to his room he quickly stopped Eddy. "Wait, Eddy. You know the rules." He holds up a pair of bunny slippers.
"Aw, come on, Edd. Not again." Edd wiggles the slippers "All right. Sheesh, stupid slippers."
"And I'll dispose of these." He put the shoes in a box labeled 'Shoes.'
"Okay. The slippers are on nowwWWHOAAA!"
Edd had taken a vacuum cleaner hose and is busily cleaning Eddy's nose with it. "We'll have you cleaned in no time, Eddy!"
His head got sucked in but is shaken out.
Edd is finished with his nose. "Almost done."
He vacuumed the back of Eddy's shirt and was quickly done, leaving a dazed Eddy. "Gee, thanks Edd."
"After you, Eddy."
"Yeah. After me."
Upon entering the room, he spotted Edd's bed. He rushed over and jumped on it.
"EDDY!" Edd quickly started remaking the bed. "Messy, messy, messy. Please don't do that, Eddy."
Eddy begins switching labels, switching the 'Slipper' label, which he places on the bed, with the 'Bed' label.
"Eddy! Please return those labels to their rightful designations."
"Alright, alright, don't have a bird. Is that your Semblance or something, able to tell when a label is misplaced?" Eddy asked as he took the slipper label off the bed and replaces it with one that says 'Toilet'. "Are you done yet? Let's go get Ed! We got an entire day of Huntsmen training to do."
"You know I have no interest in becoming a Huntsmen, Eddy." Edd said, labeling his magnifying glass which he had thought he had lost for a second.
"Come on, you got the skills and you can invent literally anything. Don't you wonder what your Semblance might be?" Eddy asked. "I thought you wanted to study Dust and Aura and learn about the Grimm and all that."
"I do, Eddy but that does not make me a Huntsmen." Edd said, finishing his labels. "Besides, we don't have anyone to properly train us in the use of Aura and Semblance."
"Yeah we do. Rolf agreed to train us. I got him to agree in exchange for some yard work." Eddy replied.
"Rolf?"
"Yeah. Don't you know his dad was a powerful Huntsmen?" Eddy shook his head. "So come on. Race ya to Ed's place."
Edd sighed but smiled and followed Eddy out of the house and ran over to Ed's house. As they left the bed with the toilet label glowed purple. When they got there, Ed could clearly be seen watching a horror movie on TV. Ed was tall with short ginger hair, a black unibrow, and turquoise eyes.
He was wearing purple/blue pants, large black shoes, and a red and white striped T-shirt. He also wore a dark olive/green jacket with brown lining on the inside and with white sleeve stripes on the outside.
They tiptoed to the window with Eddy whispering. "There he is."
Eddy and Edd snuck in through the window. When Edd tried to enter, the window slams on his fingers, and he made noises of pain.
Eddy stopped and whispered. "Ssh. Quit fooling around." He continued to sneak up on Ed.
Just as he was about to pounce, Ed grabbed him in a headlock and gave him a noogie. "Hey, Eddy! What's up?"
Edd leapt on them. "Dogpile!" They tussled but Ed ended up victorious, with the two of them in a headlock. "Hi Edd, double-d. You guys make me laugh."
A thunderous crashing was heard. All around Ed's room, things shook and fell off the walls.
The door was thrown open and in walked Ed's little sister Sarah who marched up to Ed. Sarah had orange hair and pink eyes and wore a pink tank top, blue jeans, and hot pink shoes.
"WHERE IS SHEEEE?!"
"What? Who?" Ed asked.
Sarah was now worried. "My dolly. Polly Poo-Poo, that's who." She leaped around the room, destroying stuff. "I–I need my dolly!"
"But Sarah, I didn't touch her." Ed objected.
Sarah leapt on Ed and fighting with him as he staggered around the room, Edd and Eddy still stuck in his arm. "Liar! Don't you lie to me, you dolly stealer!"
"You gotta love these family moments." Eddy grunted in a strangled voice.
"If you don't tell me where she is, I'm gonna get really angry!" Sarah threatened.
Ed tripped, and the four of them land hard on the ground, Eddy still in a headlock. "Uh, Ed?"
"Yeah Eddy?"
"As much as I really love the smell of your stinky pits...COULD YOU LET GO OF MY HEAD NOW?" The three friends stood up with Ed's little sister still looking mad. "Look Sarah, Ed didn't take your doll. He never touches your stuff and we don't know where it is either so lay off."
Sarah growled and marched out of the room. "If I find her down here you're in big trouble, Ed!"
She slammed the door shut, leaving the three Eds alone.
Edd sighed. "It's times like these I'm glad I'm only child."
"Yeah, yeah. Now can we got moving? We got to see Rolf about learning how to fight like Huntsmen." Eddy said, straightening out his shirt collar, somewhat eager to move away from the topic of siblings.
"I am the Grimm Hunter for my name is Ed!" Ed declared, a green Aura surrounding him.
That's right, Ed had unlocked his Aura already, apparently awakening it when he was just a little boy in a crazy accident during the many adventures the Eds had been through since the first day they had met. Eddy and Edd had yet to know if theirs had been awakened yet but Eddy had managed to convince Rolf, the self-proclaimed Son of a Huntsmen to train them.
"Is it really necessary for me to come along?" Edd asked.
"Come on, Double-D. You can't expect me and Ed to do all the heavy lifting. Besides, think of learning so much stuff. We could become professionals and then we'd be famous and then we could buy a truckload of jawbreakers." Eddy said, grabbing the shoulders of his two friends. "Johnny will be there, plus Nazz has taken interest in learning too for some odd reason but who's complaining?"
The three friends known as the Eds were somewhat outcasts in the suburbs of Peach Creak thanks to the scams of Eddy's older brother. They mostly kept to themselves, reading up on articles and magazines of Hunters. Of the kids in the cul-de-sac Rolf was the only one with parents who were actual Hunters and had been trained by them at a very young age who often spent his days doing chores in the backyard of his home. Aside from him there was the biker jock wannabee Kevin who spent his days working on his bike and calling the Eds 'dorks' whenever he had the chance along with Ed's bratty sister Sarah was only ever around the Eds to harass them along with her friend Jimmy who was pretty much the baby of the cul-de-sac kids.
Then there was Jonny who wanted to be a Hunter as well, citing the Grimm as a threat to the nature of the Earth and finally Nazz, the neighborhood pretty girl who was as tough as she was nice and asked for training for Rolf in how to be a Huntress for reasons she had to yet to explain.
All in all, just another day in Peach Creek.
Edd sighed in resignation. "Well, I suppose it can' hurt to try."
That's what they usually say in the beginning.
Xxx
"So this is the place." Drew Saturday said as she and her husband entered a local park. "This is where he lives."
"Seems so." Her husband nodded.
"Whoo!"
The couple stopped and watched a crowd that had gathered around to see what appeared to be a wrestling match between two guys. One of them was a green skinned man with shoulder length brown hair and was very muscular. His opponent resembled a gorilla with yellow eyes, white hair all over his body except for his hands, feet, chest area and his face. He wore only jeans and had large muscles and abs.
"He looks like…A Yeti." Drew gripped her sword but her husband quickly placed a hand on her arm to calm her down.
The crowd watched as the white haired man pinned the muscular man down to the ground.
"Winner: Skips!" The apparent referee announced.
There had been a few grumbles as bets had been made on who would win as the two got off the ground.
"Getting better, Skips." The muscular man said with a smile. "I might just own you one day."
"Keep training, Mitch and you will." Skips nodded, his face blank.
"Oh yeah! Give it up for Muscle Man! The one man who makes Grimm run away crying!" Mitch took off his shirt and waved it above his head. "You know who else likes to run away crying? My mom!"
No one in the crowd seemed to get the joke, except for what looked like a ghost with a hand sticking out of his head. "Good one, Muscle Man!"
Skips walked over to a nearby bench and picked up a bottle of water.
"Excuse me."
Skips turned around, seeing a white haired man woman dressed in an orange and black jumpsuit and a tall muscular man, taller than Muscle Man with dark skin and black hair standing just a few feet away. "Can I help you?"
"I am Doctor Solomon Saturday and this is my wife, Drew Saturday." Doc introduced himself. "We'd like to speak with you, regarding something you might know of."
"And that is?" Skips took a sip of his water bottle.
"The Himalayas." Drew answered, keeping a sharp eye on Skips.
Skips raised an eyebrow. "Go on."
"We mean no disrespect, Mr. Skips, but we know of the legends surrounding the Yeti and the Himalayas and that many people who had been camping out in the Himalayas disappeared under mysterious circumstances." Doc explained.
"Hm. And you believe I am responsible since I am a Yeti." Skips surmised as he put the water bottle down. "I will not deny being from the Himalayas but I left long ago. I was raised by the Tibetan monks who live there."
"You were?" Drew was now surprised, given that she had been raised by Tibetan monks and they did not tell her that.
Skips nodded. "My parents perished shortly after I was born and I was found by monks. However it is more than likely that my tribe has continued to live in the mountains even after all these years, hidden from mankind. I may not have had much contact with them but I know enough of my people to know to know of the savagery that lurks within us. When I knew nothing I could do would be able to could save them from themselves I left with the intention to never return."
"Savagery?" Doc asked.
"My people have the ability to learn and speak like humans. In a way we are simply another kind of Faunus. But we also have the potential for dangerous aggression, to the point that seeing someone not of our kind invokes feelings of deep fear and rage. If not for our white fur and the fact we actually have souls we might as well be considered Grimm." Skips explained, sitting down on the bench. "If a member of my tribe still lives there is a very likely chance it is the reason those people disappeared."
"It attacked them?" Drew clenched a fist.
Skips nodded. "The mountains in the Himalayas is their hunting ground. Not for just food, but for sport."
Drew spun around and walked away, leaving the park and her husband behind.
"I must apologize for my wife. She…" Doc trailed off.
Skips nodded. "Her family was attacked in the Himalayas."
"Yes. She does not remember all of it but if she believes her parents were attacked by something in the middle of a snow storm…" Doc trailed off.
Skips knew all too well how the people of his tribe had hunted. Using snow storms as cover as they hunted for their prey.
"Be careful. My tribe has avoided contact with the rest of the world for centuries and they did it because their savagery is matched by their cunning." Skips cautioned. "Not even the Tibetan monks have been able to find them."
Doc nodded. "Thank you for your help, Mr. Skips."
Skips watched as Mr. Saturday left the park, following his wife. "After all these years…Have you really changed so little, brother?"
Xxx
Nigel and Abby were panting slightly as Monty led them on a hike up the nearest mountain for half a day before finally stopping, allowing them to have a break.
"There you to go. Some good will needed exercise will help build up the muscles and stamina." Monty said as he gathered sticks for the campfire. "We'll use today's exercise as a baseline and slowly build from there."
Nigel and Abby nodded, accepting the sandwiches Monty handed out to them.
"Nigel, while we are out here it will be important of you to learn more about your Semblance and our family history behind it."
"Family history?" Nigel asked.
Monty nodded and thrust a fist at the pile of sticks, releasing a blast of fire that hit the pile, creating a campfire.
"Whoa!" Both kids gasped in awe.
"I suppose you could call the family Semblance, Nigel. The Flame, the ability to build up heat in our bodies that when it reaches a certain point we expel which becomes fire when exposed to the air around us. It is a very great power, Nigel and it's been part of the Uno family since the time of your great grandfather." Monty explained. "The Flame is unique for we do not need Dust to manifest it. Instead our Auras allow us to build up the heat in our bodies and we rely on fast movement to quickly expel the heat, creating fire from the ends of our hands and feet. We can even use nearby fires as a source and manipulate them to our advantage."
Monty held out his hand to the fire and made a circular motion, causing the fire to dance to his movement.
"Wow." Abby and Nigel watched in awe.
"But Nigel, your Semblance is unique as no one in the Uno Family has manifested a fire that can freeze instead of burn." Monty lowered his hand. "Your Semblance, your Frostfire is unique as you were able to freeze a Grimm and yourself and you remained completely unharmed. Now this could be completely random or perhaps it's a sign of something."
"Like what, Dad?" Nigel asked.
"I did not want to talk about this with you so soon but just as you and I have the Flame so does my brother, your uncle, and my father who is your grandfather. They both wield the Flame greatly but believe their emotions, specifically emotions tied around anger and even hate gives their Semblances their power. I gained the Flame as well and for a time I believed that as well but I learned that fire is not a force of hate but a force of willpower, emotion given form, power in its purest manifestation." Monty explained.
"I have an uncle and a grandfather?" Nigel asked, still paying attention.
Monty nodded. "Yes but we had a falling out before you were born. My brother and father have different views on the world, views I do not agree. We moved away from England because we feared for your safety near them. But if they know of your Semblance, Nigel, they might decide you can be a powerful ally or a dangerous threat." Monty sighed. "That is why it'll be important out here to learn all about your Frostfire as we can."
Nigel looked his hands, awe and apprehension in his eyes.
Monty then turned his attention to Abby. "And you, Abigail, your Faunus abilities will come in handy out here. Do you know how the Faunus came to be?"
"My sister told me stories that our family connected with spirits of nature and they helped us become like animals." Abby answered.
Monty smiled. "Yes, that story is in many ways true. People of this land and other lands, mixing the Auras of their souls with dormant Auras of animals."
"Animals have Auras?" Nigel and Abby asked at the same time.
"Anything with a soul can have an Aura." Monty answered simply. "The people who began the Faunus were deeply spiritual, respecting nature in all its forms. When they learned how to awaken Auras they applied to their beliefs and that led to the Faunus, giving them the enhanced senses of animals and making them superior to Humans in many ways, despite what some people might believe. Out here, in the forests, away from civilization is the perfect place to better learn about the potential you have, sleeping inside you, waiting to be awakened."
"Really?" Abby asked, surprised by how much faith Monty had in her.
Monty nodded, smiling at both kids. "I do and I know one day, you both will become something amazing."
Xxx
"Is that her?"
"It has to be. She looks exactly like her mother."
"The heiress of the Sanban family."
"Wow. She's beautiful."
"And probably powerful too like the rest of her family."
Kuki Sanban ignored the gossip of the students as she entered the courtyard of the new school she had been enrolled into, dressed in the appropriate school uniform with her black hair traveling down to her waist. The school she was now attending was Yamanouchi Academy, created thousands of years ago by a warrior named Toshimaru, one of the first warriors to awaken his Aura after the Emperor who was said to have been so powerful he carved the school out of a mountain using his sword, the Lotus Blade. The school was founded for the purpose of creating new Huntsmen and Huntresses and had evolved over the years, considered one of the top schools in Japan.
So it wasn't surprising that the heiress of the Sanban family and Sanban Industries would be attending here. Since she was a little girl her mother had personally tutored and trained her, preparing her for the time to step out into the real world and to one day take over her family's company. She had gone through days of reading with her mother having her repeat everything, word for word, expecting nothing but total perfection. It was difficult but at the end of it Kuki was able to completely remember her country's history, the appearance of the Grimm and the Emperor's discovery of Aura that allowed humanity to survive and the discovery of Dust.
In addition to her studies Kuki had also been trained to awaken her Semblance, expected to be ready to defend herself no matter where she was. The Sanban family were believed to be descendants of one of the first Huntresses from the time of the Emperor, a priestess who could enchant her arrows with her Aura which was considered magic back in those times. She defended Japan from the Grimm for many years, even using her power to create spells to protect the forest that was the land where the Sanban mansion was located, destroying any Grimm or greedy trespassers. Eventually though she died in battle against as the Grimm spread across the planet but her bloodline survived and the Sanban family had remained to continue protecting the forest and countryside in the many years that followed.
The exact story of surrounding the priestess has been the debate of many people, wondering if they were all true or just myths. However it mattered little in the modern world and to Kuki herself as she began her first day at the most famous Huntsman Academy in Japan. Kuki's Semblance was the power to detect and counter danger in almost any form. An extremely powerful Semblance and one that her mother was proud of her for having.
Especially since her second daughter, Kuki's baby sister Mushi Sanban had only been born nearly a week ago.
"Kuki-san."
Kuki smiled, seeing one of the few friends she had that was her age. "Yori."
"Ready for your fist day?" Yori asked, walking next to her.
Kuki looked at the large school before and nodded. "Yes, I am."
She was ready to become strong like her family wanted from her.
Xxx
"Keep at it, Marceline!" Betty encouraged, watching as Marceline climbed up the rocky ridge below. "You can do it!"
Marceline grunted but kept climbing from one rock to another until she finally made it up to Betty who gave her a hug in joy. "Ow…"
Betty laughed as she ruffled Marceline's hair. "Don't worry, you'll get used to it. You are going to be a strong woman."
Marceline smiled as she hugged Betty back. "Strong like you?"
"Maybe even stronger. Now let's go home, Simon likes it when you play your guitar." Betty stood up. "We got a long back home and I want my little Huntress in training to be in bed at bed time."
"Okay." Marceline said, pouting as Betty picked her up. "I'm old enough to walk by myself, Betty."
"Hey, eventually Simon and I won't be able to pick you up, anymore. So any chance I get I'm picking up you up and giving you a ride, little princess." Betty laughed as she jumped down the ridge.
"I told you, I'm not a princess, I'm a queen!"
Betty only laughed.
Xxx
"So let me get this straight. You old guys want me to allow your magical guardian to be able to move out of Orchid Bay, da place where da magical veil was created and where your guardian would always reside, because you say trouble is coming?" The Grim Reaper asked, looking at the statues of the magical elders. "I don't know what you fossils eat, if you even eat at all, but there's been nothing but trouble for the last thousand years. Can't you be more specific?"
The eyes of the elder statues flashed.
"Nope? That's it? Come on!" Grim grunted in frustration. "Give me a real reason."
The eyes flashes again, this time red.
"All right! All right!" Grim banged his scythe on the ground. "You Elders give me a headache as big as those dang Grimm, you know that?"
The Elder statues projected the image of a violin being played.
"I really need to get some new friends." Grim said as he stepped into a portal.