Chapter 8: A Caring Leader & A Fateful Meeting
Timeskip, An Hour Later After The Fight
"I see...so it's no wonder why Y/N could do more than we thought was normal..." Annie said while looking out the window as everyone in the room was in shock.
"Are you for real...That big monster from a long time ago was Y/N...?" Ruby asked while staring up at her sister as Yang nodded.
"No one's ever found out until now. We've tried out best to keep his secret hidden from everyone, but something's ticking Y/N's instincts off. He's never acted like this before, attacking people deliberately? Even if it was Cardin, he wouldn't do this." Yang reassured your actions as Julia stood up.
"I don't wanna be the buzzkill, but I don't think that's the case." Julia said as Yang raised a brow.
"What are you talking about?" Yang asked in interest as Julia stared over at you while you laid unconscious.
"When I first met him, he did seem like someone who's just a complete idiot that anyone would get along with, but ever since he came back from the forest during the initiation I felt like something in him changed. He seemed strange and back in Port's class he was acting paranoid when he left. Something happened in that forest and it's caused him to go on edge and let his animalistic instincts take over." Julia theorized as everyone stared at her.
"But, what could have caused him to go on edge?" Sarah asked while sitting next to you in worry.
"Back in the forest when we were heading back to the cliffs I saw him staring out towards a different direction of the forest. I snapped him out of it and made him run, but as he passed me and I glanced over where he was looking I saw something run off through the forest. Something fast and it had a tail." Julia tried to remember what happened.
"It was probably just a grimm." Annie suggested as Julia shook her head.
"No, I don't think so. I mean if it was a grimm why didn't it chase us?" She asked.
"Maybe it saw we were in a large pack and decided it was best to avoid us?" Ruby suggested.
"Guys, we have to really think about this. If we don't figure out what's going on with Y/N and who or what he saw in the forest, we might have another Lagos event right in the center of Vale." Julia said as Yang stood up and turned away.
"I can't believe what I'm hearing." Yang crossed her arms in disbelief.
"You don't need to. Just watch, if we leave him be...disaster will come." Julia said as Yang turned around and glared at her.
"Are you saying Y/N will turn on us?" Yang spat at her.
"I'm saying he might go crazy and destroy everything in his path." Julia retorted.
"You don't know him." Yang got in Julia's face as the two squared off.
"I know the monster he is." Julia told Yang.
"He's NOT a monster!" Yang yelled before the two were split apart by Annie who used her semblance and used her dragon heads to pull the two away.
"It doesn't matter what either of you think, what we focus on is making sure Y/N is okay." Annie said as she put them down and sat next to you on your bed. "We'll take turns keeping an eye on him. Know one else can know about his secret, just us. Understood?" Annie gave an order as everyone nodded in agreement. "Alright, I'll take first watch. You guys go on out, get some air." Annie said as everyone began to leave the dorm.
Sarah hesitated as everyone else left, but Annie held Sarah's hand and smiled at her as Sarah was still worried.
"It's okay, I'll be by his side the whole time. I'll call you if I need you. Go relax for a bit, spread your wings." She patted Sarah's wings as she just nodded and exited the room while Annie turned and looked at you. "I'm your leader...You're supposed to tell me everything...Why didn't you tell me what they did to you...?" Annie muttered as she stroked your hair from your face.
Just as her fingers brushed your skin barely however a small spark flashed and she felt all her senses go haywire. Her eyes widened as her body felt heavy and her vision was suddenly changing. She breathed heavily as the room around her changed suddenly and she was falling from the sky. She tried to flap her wings but she looked to see they were tattered and had holes in them before she turned around and gasped when she saw you. Your eyes had opened and shined blue as you dove straight down and Annie looked to see the sea below her. There was a huge explosion of light in the far distance as she felt a painful heat suddenly come into contact with her body. She could barely open her eyes as she saw your monstrous form come to life and roar as your eyes shined blue and your spines flashed before you fired your atomic breath at her. Just as the ray of heat was going to hit her however the world around her suddenly returned to normal and she was back in the room. Annie breathed heavily as she stared down and saw you were still fast asleep on your your bed and she slid down and sat against the bed behind her as she covered half her face in shock.
"What was that...?" Annie wondered in shock of what she saw just now before she looked up and saw you stir in your sleep.
"Mom...Don't leave...Mom..." You muttered as you shuffled in your slumber as Annie stared at you for a moment.
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Annie gulped down a breath of air before she got back to her feet and moved towards you again. She laid down behind you and wrapped her arms around you as she stroked your head gently and tried to make you feel better.
"Shhhh...It's okay...Shhh..." She whispered into your ear as she felt your movements calm down and your face looked at ease from her actions. "...I can't believe the restraint you had to build up, especially after what the humans did to you..." Annie thought as she closed her eyes and joined you in a relaxing slumber as the two of slept the rest of the day.
Middle Of The Night
Annie's eyes began to slowly open as her vision was blurry at first, but once her eyes adjusted she saw that it was already dark out and the moon was shining through their window. She felt around the bed she was in but when she felt that your body wasn't there she looked up and saw you staring out to the night with a somber look on your face. She sat up from the bed and stared at you as you spoke up without turning or glancing at her.
"I'm sorry about this afternoon...I must have caused a really big scene back there..." You apologized as she looked down at the bed and shook her head.
"No...It was Cardin who instigated your feelings...Anyone who cares about people like us would feel the same way. Us faunus have it rough..." She reassured you as she got up from the bed and stood next to you.
"You know..." You trailed off as she stood next to you and you continued to look out towards the stars. "Ever since I came here, I've been having strange feelings and grew more on edge since our initiation.I came here to become the warrior I had dreamed of being, but now I'm finding myself falling down a path where the choices are harder to make in order to obtain that dream..." You spoke as you turned towards her. "You're not avoiding me after what I did...Did Yang or Julia tell you?" You asked as Annie held her arm and her two tails wrapped around her.
"Yeah...Yang explained when we brought you back here..." She nodded as you turned away from her.
"Hey, Annie...what do I do?" You asked as she stared up at you. "I have a curse that no one would possibly want...but I've been told that this curse I have can also be the key to balance and peace for all across Remnant..." You said as she was shocked when she saw a scared look on your face. "What do I do?" You asked.
Suddenly you found yourself wrapped in her arms and wings as she held you close and stroked your head gently.
"What you should do...Is do what your heart desires. Me and the others can help lay things out, but its only up to you what you do with this ability you've been given..." She coddled you as you closed your eyes and leaned into her as your tail wrapped around her and she wrapped her tails around you.
"I'm scared..." You said as she cooed into your ear.
"Don't worry...Leave everything to your leader..." She whispered as she held you close.
As the two of you stood in the middle of the room while the moon's light shined down on you, Sarah and Julia were both at the door of the room staring through the crack as they had heard everything the two of you discussed.
"Y/N..." Sarah thought in worry as felt a knot in her chest, but Julia could only think back to the conversation you two had.
Flashback 1
She backed all the way against the wall and leaned as far into as she could as you stood in front of her. Your snout was inches away from her faces and she closed her eyes as beads of sweat ran down her face.
"...monster..." She heard a distorted voice come from you as she opened one eye.
She was shocked when she saw a sad and hurt look in your eyes as you backed away and went a few feet away from her.
Flashback 2
"It's not right...! We're training to become warriors of good...! What you're doing is evil!" She exclaimed as what she said had an effect on you and your grip on Dove and Russel loosened as they fell to the ground.
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Julia closed her eyes as she walked away a bit and slid down the wall of the hallways as she hugged her legs and rested her head on her knees.
"I'm so sorry Y/N...I said those things and here you're just afraid of the not the things people will do to you...but the things you think you'll do to people..." She thought as she stared up at the ceiling and a tear streamed down her eye. "You were just scared...and I did all those terrible things...I'm sorry...I'm sorry...!" She choked up as she gritted her teeth and made herself stop from making any noises and inside the room you fell back asleep in Annie's arms as she slept with you as well and for the first time in a while there was a peaceful look on your face.
After sleeping the night off with Annie coddling and comforting you, the next morning came and you were all gathered together in a small class trip with Glynda Goodwitch as you all entered a beautiful red forest where the trees were covered in red leaves.
"Now students, the forest of forever fall is indeed beautiful, but we are not here to sight see. Professor Peach has asked all of you to collect samples from the trees deep inside this forest, and I'm here to make sure that none of you die while doing so." Glynda said as she came to a stop and turned around as everyone stopped as well.
"Well, at least we know were safe." You muttered to Annie as the two of you quietly laughed but you also heard someone laugh next to you and turned to see Julia smiling. "Julia?" You looked at her as she smiled at you.
"Something wrong?" She asked as you shook your head.
"No, nevermind." You said as you two looked ahead and both of you had smiles on your faces.
"At least everyone's getting along again." Sarah sighed with relief as her wings dropped in exhaustion.
"Each of you is to gather one jar's worth of red sap. However, this forest is full of the creatures of grimm, so be sure to stay by your teammates. We will rendezvous here at around 4 o'clock. Have fun." Glynda said as she walked away from everyone and you heard Cardin speak up to Jaune who was carrying all his teams jars and a box.
"C'mon buddy, let's go." Cardin patted Jaune's back aggressively as Jaune thought for a moment and stared at his team before growing a frown and walking with team CRDL.
"Hey, let's all go pick some sap over there." Nora came up to Annie and tried to pull her along.
"Okay, let's go. You coming, team RWBY?" Annie asked as Ruby and her teammates came over.
"Yeah, we're coming." Yang said as you all followed in the direction of team JNPR.
As you were walking with a few jars in hand, Yang came over to your side and spoke up as you glanced at her.
"So, how're you feeling?" She asked as you smiled.
"A lot better...Sorry for embarrassing you if I did..." You apologized as she shook her head.
"Don't worry, I know how you were feeling at the time. I'm sure anyone would have reacted like you did. It's not your fault." She kissed your cheek as you smiled and glanced at her.
"Say, if we can slip away for a few minutes, wanna?" You asked as she grew a smug look and licked her lips.
"Ohh most definitely." She chuckled as the two of you laughed and continued to walk deeper into the forest with the rest of your friends.
After finding what you all thought was a nice spot to work on the trees, your team and both RWBY and JNPR all began to extract the red sap and fill the jars you all had. As you were filling the jars you had occasional chats with everyone, talking about different topics, listening to ridiculous stories from Nora and her dreams, and laughing every once in a while when Annie would tease and scare Sarah. While you were closing the lid of a jar a gold dragon head suddenly appeared next to you as you jumped and fell over from not expecting anything to happen to you.
"Hey, wanna take a break? We're all pretty tired and Ruby brought some snacks." The dragon head that lead all the way to Annie said as you saw them staring at you and signaling you to come over.
"Ahaha, sure." You laughed as the dragon head disappeared and you grabbed your jar before getting up and walking over to them.
Just as you were walking however, there was this burning sensation that you were feeling, as if something was burning a hole in your left side of your neck. You looked over to your left to see if anything was there, but all you saw was the red forest that ran on for miles.
"Is my body acting up again? Or is it..." You thought before shaking the thought off. "I'm here to enjoy some time with my friends. I can worry about my abilities later." You thought as you smiled while walking towards your friends.
Just then however, you all heard screaming and the sound of people running as you turned and saw Cardin's teammates running down from the hill nearby.
"Ursa! Ursa!" Dove yelled in a panicked and scared tone as Yang grabbed him.
"Where?" Yang demanded to know as Dove pointed back over the hill.
"Over there, it's got Cardin!" He yelled in worry as you saw Pyhrra grow a worried look as she dropped her jar of sap.
"Jaune!" She mentioned his name as you all remembered he went with Cardin earlier.
"Yang! You and Blake go get professor Goodwitch." Ruby told Yang and Blake as the pair ran off.
"You two go with them. There could be more." Pyhrra told Nora and Ren as they followed Yang.
"Sarah, Julia, let's get some eyes in the sky. Spot out anymore grimm that are coming towards us and let us know. The rest of us will go and help Jaune and Cardin. Let's go!" Annie yelled as the rest of your group took off towards the hill to rescue your classmates.
As you were running with your friends you all came to a stop when you hit a treeline and saw Cardin get tossed across the ground as the Ursa moved towards him. Cardin turned around with a scared look as the Ursa raised its claw to swipe at him, but there was a clang of metal as you all saw Jaune block the attack with his shield.
"He defended him...?" Annie said in surprise of Jaune's actions.
"Hey, that's an Alpha, he won't hold long!" You said as you and Weiss were about to jump in to help, but Pyhrra raised her hand.
"Wait." She said as you two stopped in confusion.
You turned back and saw Jaune slide under the giant claw and slash the Ursa across the chest as it roared in pain and staggered back a bit. The beast swiped at Jaune as he rolled out of the way and jumped to dodge another attack from the Ursa before he was hit with the knuckles of the monster and sent to the ground next to Cardin. Like a madman hopped on energy drinks however he bounced back to his feet and charged towards the Ursa only to get swept away once more. Just as he got back up the Ursa was back in his face and the two stared at each other before charging for one final attack each. Jaune went to a slashing motion as the Ursa sent its right claw towards him, but you saw that his guard wasn't up and he wasn't going to make it.
"He's gonna get killed!" You yelled.
Suddenly though you saw Pyhrra's hand raise up and a strange force around her hand was visible as you saw the same visible force appear around Jaune's shield. Just then his shield and guard were up and he perfectly blocked the attack before sliding under and beheading the monster in one slash as you were jaw-dropped from what you just saw.
"Uhh...what?" Annie and Ruby both said in confusion as Weiss spoke up.
"How did you...?" Weiss trailed off as Pyhrra answered.
"Well, Ruby has her speed, you have your glyphs, Annie has her dragons...my semblance...is polarity." Pyhrra answered everyone's questions.
"Whoa, you can control poles..." Annie and Ruby both muttered in awe.
"No you dolts, she it means she has control over magnetism." Weiss corrected them.
"Magnets are cool too." They both said as Pyhrra began to walk away.
"Wait, where are you going?" You asked her.
"Yeah, we gotta tell them what happened." Ruby said as Pyhrra smiled.
"We could...or perhaps we could just keep it our little secret." Pyhrra suggested as you all stared at Jaune who was standing proud even with the wounds he took.
"You go, Jaune..." You smirked as you all began to walk away to give Jaune and Cardin some serious time alone to talk.
As you were walking with Annie and the others were ahead of you, that same burning sensation came back and you were feeling uneasy and Annie took notice of this and stopped you.
"What's wrong?" She asked you.
"I don't know...I've been feeling weird ever since we came to this forest..." You said before you heard wings and turned to see Julia land behind you guys and come up to you all.
"I check from the South and East, no grimm." She informed you as Annie nodded.
"Nice work. Now all we gotta wait for is Sarah too--!" Annie was cut off when more wings could be heard and you all looked up to see Sarah with a worried look.
"Guys...! Something's coming...!" She said with worry.
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Suddenly, the burning hot sensation you were feeling got worse but as you felt the heat increase you heard movement from the trees by you.
"Move!" You yelled as you pushed Annie away and blocked a punch as you were shocked to see the person you saw from the initiation.
"You...!" You said with shock as she glared at you.
"Y/N--AHH!"Annie yelled as a tail suddenly struck her against a tree and slid down the stump in pain.
You turned around and when you saw who hit her, you were shocked from the appearance that the person had. This was another female who had black scales covering parts of her body as her long tail was black with fleshy red parts showing and the tip was bone and open flesh as well and she had a crazed look in her eyes.
"Oops, is the little dragon okay?" The new foe you met taunted as the other enemy spoke up.
"Diana, don't mess around." The enemy scolded her ally as you took a defensive stance. "Focus on the mission and capture the target. That's all we have to do." She said as her ally joined her side and examined you closely.
"You're right, Annabelle...He's the one. I can feel it from the radiation he gives off, though its really weak. He must be bottling it up." The crazy looking one said as you were breathing heavily.
"What the hell...More godzilla's...? No...This can't be good...I don't think they wanna talk..." You tightened your fist as your spines began to grow. "Julia, get Annie out of here now and take Sarah with you." You said as Julia helped Annie up.
"No, you don't make that call. I'm the leader here--!" Annie was cut off when she saw you turn around and your eyes were glowing blow as your spines flashed.
"In the next few seconds this forest is going to be a nuclear wasteland! Get out of here before you're killed!" You yelled as Sarah flew down.
"Y/N!" She yelled in worry.
"I'll be fine, go!" You yelled as Julia grabbed one of Annie's arms and Sarah grabbed the other.
"What are you two doing!? Let me go!" She struggled but her teammates held her as the two of them flew off.
"Y/N, we've been observing you closely and we know who you are. Come with us, and you can have the peace you wish for." Annabelle said as smacked your tail on the ground.
"Listen, I don't know who you are, or how many of our kind are left, but I know one thing. I make my own decisions and shape my own future and no one is going to take that away from me!" You said as your body flashed your muscles grew larger. "I'm not letting you take me!" You yelled.
"Ehe...Ahaha...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~~!!!" Diana laughed crazily as she smiled at you and waved her frightening tail around. "He's PERFECT! IT'S EVERYTHING I YEARNED FOR! A PREY WHO WON'T GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT!" She laughed as she dashed towards you.
You jumped towards her as well as your body was beginning to cover itself in black scales as her claws extended out more and grew sharper.
"You won't win!" You yelled.
"YES! THAT'S IT! LET OUT YOUR POWER!!! GIVE ME EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" She laughed as your fists both met in the middle.
Meanwhile as Sarah and Annie were both flying towards the area where the others were there was a massive explosion behind them as the force blew them around in the sky before they stabilized themselves. Annie turned around with a shocked look as they saw a small mushroom cloud form from where you were fighting.
"Y/N...! Ngh!!" Annie grunted as she escaped from Sarah and Julia.
"Annie!" Sarah chased her.
"Wait!" Julia followed as Annie soared faster than the two of them.
"Y/N...I'm your leader, remember...? I said leave everything to me!" She yelled in frustration as her dragon heads appeared on her shoulders and her wings grew bigger and she continued on towards the area you were in to aid you in the battle against two of your kind.
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