Chapter 4: Past Memories.
Age 6
"Seth wake up! I need to take you to school!"
Sigh... I forgot that being a kid, also means I get to go to school.
It's been almost a year since moving to Argus. What can I say about it? I love it. It's cold just like back home, and the people are way nicer than back in Mantel. Sure we get those people that just love to talk about the Faunus. But other than that this place can be my home.
I get off my bed and go to my closet.
I move some boxes and find my notebook.
'Mom must never know.'
I write down
'Memories escaping As my heart begins to drain.'
The more I write, the more I feel what I was hearing slip away.
This has been going on ever since we got here. Every night when I go to sleep I hear music playing. Feels like I'm going crazy. Sometimes the music I hear is happy, other times sad, but most of the time all I hear is music without vocals.
The more memorable ones are the ones that I hear people sing. Those are the ones I write down.
'Who am I'
Remembering was something of a challenge for me. I remember what I use to do back then. Almost like a dream. A past life, a choice to come here, and other things. For some reason, these songs are connected in a way. I think being a kid again blocked some of that out.
I once took my mom's scroll to see if I can find any of the lyrics, but I can never find words that match what I write down. It's weird, but once I hear the song I remember all of it. But other times I don't remember at all.
"Seth hurry up please!"
"Coming Mom!"
with that, I write number 33 and No, at the end of the page and close the book, and put it back.
Another day, another song.
School for the most part is all the same. Meet new people, find your click, and never do anything embarrassing because that will follow you to the end. And somehow I was able the mess up on the last two.
The first time being in class was a mess. Entering the room all eyes were on me. The worse was the comments, kids whispering among each other "Is he blind?" "He looks weird." "Ha, what a loser."
Kids are really cruel creatures.
"Now class listen up. Today we have a new student joining us. Do you want to introduce yourself to the class?" The teacher asks kindly.
"Um... Hi, My name is Seth Sapphire." keep it short and simple easy enough.
"Teacher is he blind?!" one of the girls calls out. In which I made the mistake of looking at her and saying
"No, I can see you." in a calm voice. So what happened next was NOT my fault.
Almost everyone in the class got up and scream. Took the teacher almost the entire class period to make them stop. So yea it wasn't my fault.
Ever since then, the kids just ignore me. It's fine who needs people to talk to right? Right? (that's rough buddy)
"So sweet heart how was school today?"
"Same as always Mom. But this time someone said hi towards me." Even though he was saying it to the person behind me, it still counts.
"Thats... Good" Mom said smiling at me.
I need to change this subject fast.
"What about you Mom? How was your day today?"
"Oh.. same as always you know me, haha." Like mother like son huh?
You know I never really ask what she does? Well, no time like the present.
"Mom, what do you do for work?"
"How about we get some food on the way home huh? Let's get a pizza."
She is trying to change the subject. Too can play it that way.
"I hope one day I can do what you do Mom!" smiling at her.
"NO!" My mother Screams at me.
For the first time in this life, she actually screamed at me.
I'm Impressed, so she can say no to me.
"... sorry." I just put my head down not even looking at her.
She just simply holds my hand and takes me home.
It's been two hours now since our little squabble. I just went straight to my room. And mom just stays in the living room. I have no idea what I said to make her upset. Was her line of work bad or was it something she doesn't want me to do? I don't know what to do now.
There was a knock on my door.
"Seth please come to the living room. We need to talk."
I guess we are doing this now.
I step out of my room and head to the living room there I see my mom on the couch sitting there. She looks at me and taps the seat next to her. Telling me to sit down, so I do.
We just sit there no words were said for a solid minute but it felt like hours. Waiting to see who would start the conversation.
"sweet heart? I'm sorry." She start "I shouldn't had raise my voice at you. You were just wondering what I do. And I don't know how to explain it but I'll try."
"Mom it's fine, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
She just smiles at me and puts her hand on my head.
"No, you were going to ask this eventually. So it's better if we get this over with now."
She gets up and moves to get a box on top of a shelf.
Yea, there was no way I could have reached that.
She places the box on the table in front of me and started taking some stuff out.
"Seth. I am Huntress. Or more a semi-retire Huntress."
'Huntress like to hunt animals or material. If that is the case should I be worried about my friend Fi back home?'
"Long before I was pregnant. I use to be in a team of huntresses." She takes a photo and hands it to me." We were one of Haven's top teams at the time! We dealt with Grimm, bandits, and all sorts of stuff you are too young to know.
I looked at the picture and sure enough, Mom and three other ladies were there.
"We were team FLRS(Fluorescent)" She points at each member in order.
"That one with the White suit was Freesia our leader. She was the calm one out of all of us but always kept us in line. The one next to her wearing the purple hood was Lavender, She was the outspoken one of the team, always keeping the team into trouble and Freesia's partner. Up next my partner Rosemary, she is the one with the red kilt. She was... Something."
...
"Isn't that just a skirt?"
"sweet heart, if you ever meet someone and they tell you what they are wearing you just agree with them. Ok?"
"Ok but why?"
"Well... Let's just say she had an attitude toward everyone, getting into fights and starting problems with everyone. One time we went to a village close to Mistral, and well let's just say she got into a heated argument with one of its people. And boy did your mother have to learn to adapt to it. OR else we would have to fight it out."
Yes. Now I know where my mom got this attitude. Remembering how my mom did a Piledriver on some guy who drop my ice cream.
"And the last member of team FLRS was me Saff your mother."
I look back at the picture.
"You had twin-tails when you were a student?"
"That was my original hairstyle. Why?"
Rin Confirmed?
"Nothing, it looks ok, but I like that you don't tie it. It suits you."
"Aww. Come here."
She hugs me and ruffles my hair.
" Grow your hair a little longer and we can try a ponytail for you!"
Please no!
"No! I'm good with my hair right now." It's true, my hair is medium size, messy, and black like my mother, but what I notice as it grew, was a single dark blue streak going along the left side. It was weird at first. Mom even joked saying "My hair took my eye color." But I never cared, I just let it happen.
"So what happened to them?"
Her smile dropped, Shit this is bad.
She looks up at the ceiling "There gone. Went on a mission, in our final year... And I was the only one who made it out."
I get up from my seat and hug her. She immediately hugs me back. I want to know more. But I think that's too much to ask right now.
"Sorry for bringing this up Mom."
"No, it's fine. As I said, this was eventually going to happen. Better now than later. This was the reason I yelled at you early. I don't want you to feel this pain. I don't want you to become like me. Just be happy with your life right now and enjoy it."
I can see why. losing your friends is hard. You could even consider them as family.
But do I want to become a huntsman?
...
Wait how do I know that?
...
Ow... my head is starting to hurt again.
"Are you ok?" my mom asked.
"Yea! I'm just got a pain in my head, I'm going to my room. Bye, Mom."
"Seth?"
with that, I left to go to my room.
I need to hurry before the pain gets worse.
Closing my door I lay in my bed.
Pain just like last time. My head is hurting a lot now
AHH! this Sucks
I close my eyes.
And I see someone again. This time it was a man, tall, black hair, and red eyes. I don't know this man. But he feels so familiar to me.
I haven't had this happen in over a year now. Not since moving here.
As the pain settles down I start to fall asleep. With the last thing on my mind being
'Just my luck.'
Another school day.
Last night was horrible. I went to sleep without eating and me having another episode of trying to remember, really didn't help. But at least today was Friday. One more day and I'm home free for the weekend.
"Ok, class settle down!" The teacher enters the classroom and set her thing on her table.
"Today I have a special announcement to make!"
"Freetime?" "No" "No School?" "Nope" "Food?" "Later"
Almost every student was making noise now.
"Enough!" damn Teach way to get the room quiet.
"We are having a new student with us."
"What!" "Really!" "Are we replacing Seth?"
'What did I do to you?!'
"No, we are not."
"Awww," the Entire class all said this by the way.
" You can come in now!"
Slowly the classroom door opened.
Entering was a small girl with long red hair, pale skin, and vivid green eyes. She almost looks intimidated by all of us.
"Care to introduce yourself."
The girl nods
"Hello... My name is... Pyrrha Nikos."
...
Ack!
No! Not again please not here.
I close my eyes and put my head on the desk.
With my eyes close I can see more people appear. One was a tall boy with Black hair with a little bit of pink, pink eyes, and was wearing Green. Another was a girl with orange hair, turquoise eyes, and has a big hammer. The last one was a boy, tall, blond hair, and blue eyes. But what got my attention from all of them.
They were Crying. Why are they crying?
"Seth!"
I raise my head "Yes!"
"Hey Look! Seth is crying!"
"HAHAHA!" Everyone in class starts to laugh.
I take my hand to my face and sure enough tears.
...
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I really hate school.
HERE IS A BONUS PART. ENJOY
Omake: The type of music in Seth Dreams
My eyes open
what the hell was that?
I get off my bed and head to my closet to get my notebook
'Love & Joy something something'
That was probably one of the most strange song I ever heard. But it was good. Number six and Yes.
The next night
I open my eyes
Why!?
'There will be blood-shed'
The beat was catchy on this one. However, it was too violent. Number seven and Yes.
The night after that
I get up from my bed
" I have no idea what the singer was saying. But damn that was so good."
'Fatuus' Number 8, Fitting and Yes.
Next night after that
I wake up from a cold sweat
"No! My yellow rat!"
I look around my room.
...
Man that song was intense! Who knew a piano can make me cry in fear? And that woman with blond hair showed no mercy. I write down Yes with no lyrical
Night after meeting Pyrrha
sigh...
'Oh, Who is she?'
I really wonder who is she? 48 and Yes