Thought I'd touch a little on Alec's passed since I haven't yet so I hope you enjoy.

Alec put his back against the wall outside in the courtyard as he watched the young Arc child run by with rocks fastened to his arms, legs and back. Several years had passed since his mistress declared the arc child as one of them and now he was stuck as the boys personal trainer in the fighting Arts. In a way he understood his mistresses reason for trying to get him over his disdain for the boy by making him his trainer but even still just looking at jaunes face reminded him of his father.

While deep in thought Alec's hand moved to his chest just a few centimeters from where his heart was at. Under his shirt a large scar began to throb with each second he thought about Nicolas Arc and what had happened years ago.

Jaune collapsed in front of him and let out a small groan that put a smile on his face "you still got one more lap to complete". The blonde reached out his hand towards his master "please...water" he begged from his position on the ground. Alec let out a sigh before pulling the canteen full of water from his side and held it out to the young Arc.

Jaune reached out his hand to take the canteen but Alec pulled it away at the last second to keep it out of his reach. Alec put the canteen to his lips and took a long drink before letting out a satisfied "ahh". Jaune stared hungrily at the older man but his master didn't seem to care "one more lap then you'll get something to drink".

The blonde felt anger well up in his chest but instead of using it on the old man he decided to use it to keep going as he pushed himself to his feet. Alec watched his young student trudged onward despite his exhaustion and smiled to himself. A shadow loomed over him and the red eyed man turned to see his mistress standing next to him with anger in her eye's.

"Is it really necessary for you to be so cruel to someone three times younger then yourself" she asked. Alec stood up and dusted himself off before turning to his mistress "with all do respect I'm far from being cruel. I'm forcing a strong sense of will into the boy because this world isn't one for the weak of heart but more then that I'm trying to push him to the absolute limit to see how much he can handle".

Salems eyes narrowed on the man "he's still just a boy of four years, you can't expect him to handle an adults workout routine". Alec didn't back down "he won't be four forever and if I know the limits of his abilities now I can adjust his routine to better accommodate him as the years go on. Mistress you forget that the people we deal with are significantly more powerful then your run of the mill bandit or huntress. I'm trying to make sure that when he gets older he has a chance to not only fight but survive his encounters with these people".

Salem looked ready to fire back but stopped short when jaune came running back from his lap. The blonde fell to his rear and panted before Alec's canteen was tossed into his lap where he uncapped it and chugged on the contents greedily. Alec looked back to his mistress after tossing is canteen to the boy "you left me in charge of his training because you trust me, so trust me to give him the best chance of returning home from his future tasks".

Salem didn't say anything for a long moment before she sighed deeply "I do trust you but that trust only goes so far" she said before looking towards the young Arc who now laid on his back. Salem took in the site before looking back to Alec once more "just keep in mind that this boy is not the man who did this" she pointed to the spot where the scar was just underneath his shirt.

Alec held his tongue and took a few seconds to calm his growing anger before he said something he'd regret. Salem took his silence as compliance and excused herself from their company to get breakfast started for the two who would be hungry after training. Alec turned to his young student to find the boy staring at him from his position on the ground.

"What"?

Jaune looked a little nervous but asked anyways "did something happen? You and mo-salem looked like you were arguing again". Alec sighed deeply "we haven't been on the same page for a while is all, nothing to worry about". From the look of it the blonde looked like he wanted to ask something more "if you got something to say then spit it out already".

Jaune nodded to his master "I was just wondering how you and Salem met" he asked. They had already finished with this morning's training session so he didn't see any reason to waste his time with the boy. After thinking about it for a bit he decided maybe he was being a little too harsh in his treatment and decided to just answer.

"I met our mistress through another when I was badly injured from a few shattered bones in the arm's and legs. Of course the one who did the damage was looking for potential recruits to join her when she came across me. Seeing my combat prowess in battle without aura led my captor to believe I was worthy of joining her so I was beat down and dragged here against my will".

Jaune looked horrified but Alec couldn't help but smile at the old memory "that faunus was quite the woman". It sounded like his master was quite enamored with his attacker which in the blondes opinion was really weird. Jaune didn't really remember there being any faunus's working in the castle, at least none that he ever met "what was she like" he asked.

"She was strong, fierce beyond belief with a smile that could scar children for life" Alec said as he chuckled to himself. The older man held out his hand for jaune to take and once he did he was pulled to his feet in one go. Alec pushed him towards the door with his right hand "go get cleaned up first before you head to the dining hall, we know how Salem will get if we show up stinking like a locker room".

Jaune nodded to his master before rushing off as fast as his tired body could carry him, leaving Alec alone in the courtyard. The elder man hadn't thought about the faunus woman who brought him here in some time but even now he still remember their last day together as if it was yesterday.

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Years ago in Salems castle

Alec laid in bed completely naked as he watched the female faunus get dressed after their romp in the sack. It had taken him awhile to get used to the faunus's features but once he did he found them enticing in more ways then one. The faunus woman had noticed him staring a long time ago and made sure to give him plenty to remember as she slid her clothes on slowly.

He was being teased and he didn't like it so he quickly hopped out of bed and caught her from behind "tock if your going to be seducing me like this I might not let you get away". The crocodile faunus shoved him back onto the bed before straddling him "trust me love, you don't have what it takes to stop me". He felt her fingernails scratch his chest as she looked down at him like he was a nice piece of meat.

Tock leaned down and took his lips with more force than necessary but that was fine with him since he knew of her sadistic side and relished in it. When she pulled back her lips pulled up and revealed her metallic fangs "mommas gotta go but I'll be back for another round". She got up and left him on the bed with a hard on "damn that woman" he said aloud but inside his mind he was still on cloud nine.

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Present

Alec sighed heavily at the thought of never getting that second round since tock died shortly after. The elder man shook his head to wipe away those thoughts before heading inside to get his own breakfast.

And there we go. Just a small look at a time when Alec (squall) was younger and in his prime. Originally I was thinking of going deeper and giving a full back story of how Alec met Salem and his relationship with tock came to be but decided against it because it'd take to long and I would have to spread it out over a few chapters.

Although if I'm being honest I really do like giving these back stories. I find them really interesting like the one I did with Salem and jaune in mistral.