"Come in, (F/n). You must be hungry from that trip," said Rogue as he leaves the doorway.

"Don't worry about that. I still got some fruit left from the city," I said, entering the dorm, Echo following me.

He made his was to his desk, and it looks like he was sharpening his katana, using... over twenty polishing stones, and most of them are broken into pieces.

"That must be a sharp Katana if it cuts through the polishing stones," I said, admiring the Katana itself.

"Yeah, they can cut through pretty much anything, so be careful around it," he said as he continues to work on it.

I pull out two apples, one for myself and the other to Echo, and started eating it. After some time, Nickel came out from the shower.

"Hey Nickel, we have a new member," said Rogue, pointing towards me.

"Ah, (F/n). Welcome to Team Sylph. Please, have a seat," he said, pointing towards the sofa in the room.

I walk towards it and the moment I said down, Echo jumped on me and started to cuddle against me.

"So, mind if we ask a couple of questions?" said Nickel.

"Go ahead," I said to them.

"If you don't mind me asking, I want to know about your past. How did you ended up in one of the most dangerous part of the city?" asked Nickel curiously.

I started explaining, my past, in a similar way I explained to Ozpin. I grew up in an orphanage, they abused me, I left to the city and started to feel alive there.

"So, it's not just us that had a rough past. I'm glad to know that there are other strong willed people out in the world," said Nickel with a small, sympathetic smile.

"Not the only one with a rough past?" I asked in a confused and curios manner.

"Yeah. Both, Nickel and I had a rough past. Sadly, worse than your. You had the luxury to never have met your parents..."

-Rogue's Past-

I was five years old when it all happened. When they broke me. When I discovered myself.

It was my birthday, and I was celebrating it with my family. My mother was a white fox fauna and my father was a normal human. They loved each other, no matter what the outside world may say. Everything was great, until there was a knock on the door. My father went and opened the, but the moment he did, a loud bang was hear. My mother started to panic and brought me to her room.

"Hide under the bed!" she said in a panicked tone.

"What's happening mommy?" I asked as tears started to form around my eyes.

"I don't now, my dear snowflake. But no matter what happens, stay strong," she said as she runs out of the room.

Suddenly, more gunshots was heard through the halls, and the lifeless body ofmy mother fell in front of the door. I screamed for her out of instinct, that was one of the biggest mistake I've made. Three White Fang Soldiers quickly came into the room, looking for the source of thescream. Moments later, they found me and pointed a gun towards me.

"Well, well, kid. There are reasons why Faunas and people don't have relations with each other. Because we don't accept them," he said as he was about to pull the trigger.

I suddenly felt a jolt of power going through my body, as if something snapped in me. I look at the at the soldier who held the gun towards me straight in his eyes and he started to tremble as his eyes were turning pure black. Next he pointed the gun to one of his comrade and shot him in the head as blood started to get fly everywhere. I look at the soldier to my right and lifted my arm towards him as green venomous air started to generate from it. The gas started to float towards the panicked soldier, and the moment he breathed it in, he fell to the ground like a dead fly. The last one standing was the soldier that I possessed.

"Kill yourself," I commanded in a cold and lifeless voice.

The last soldier put the gun in his mouth, and pulled the trigger. The moment the bullet went flying through his head, fell to the ground, joining his comrades.

After a minute of silence, is started crying. My parents are dead, and I have nowhere to go. I look up and look at the soldiers corpses and noticed something. One of them had my family Katana. I quickly grabbed it and hold it tightly.

Ten years has passed since that dark day of mine. After the cops did everything they could to help, I ended up in multiple orphanages over the years. No one wanted to adopt me, and over the years, that caused to become very isolated from everyone else, but I also studied and practice with the Katana.

One day though, that change. There was an attack of Beowulf near the orphanage, and I took action. I run out of the orphanage and started to kill the Grimms with with my Katana like a hot knife through butter. After the fight was done, a few Hunters arrived the scene, only to find that I killed them all. Surprised by my fighting abilities, they invited me to come to Beacon. From that day, life started to change for the better.

-Present-

"Jeez... that's rough indeed," I said in a sad tone.

"That may be true, but in my opinion compared to you and me, you went through worse," said Rogue.

"Yeah. You said that you left your orphanage thirteen years ago, and you're twenty years old now? That means that you were fighting against all kind of Grimm creature when you seven years old. And survived without any help," said Nickel.

"That may be true, but what about you, Nickel? What kind of Hell did you went through?" I asked, curious about his past.

"My past? Well, it started 18 years ago, when I was seven years old..."

-Nickel's Past-

I used to live in a calm and peaceful village with my parents and my brother Chrome. Everyone was friendly there, except for one person called Ryan. He pretty much bullied everybody, but he did the worse to me and my brother. One day, however, he went to far.

Ryan hired some kids to help with a sick plan he had. He was going to drown Chrome and held me in place, forcing me to watch my brother slowly die as he says stuff like that it's my fault that he's dying. The moment that my brother lost consciousness, I snapped. This caused me to unlock my semblance, but it caused to loss conscious as my semblance went overboard and creating 'The Four'.

Origin the First Son , Noir the Ebony Death Knight, Void the Abyssal Stalkerand Steve Scevi the Mad Destroyer. These were my first creations and due to them having no clear instructions, they were feral and almost mindless with only one clear goal in mind, to destroy everything. They started to destroy the village and cause a massacre, to which there weren't any survivors left. During this, one of the summons attack sent me flying and got impaled my a tree.

When this happened, The Four snapped out of their feral state of mind and went to rescue me and my brother. This happened because I subconsciously commanded them to save my brother. The Four nursed me back to health over the course of three weeks, but... they weren'table to save my brother. I blamed everything that happened to myself. I couldn't forgive myself, only for my brother, but for what I caused tot the entire village. I killed them all.

Days later, I was found by a group of Hunters led by young Ozpin. I begged them to end my life, so I could join my family in the afterlife, but they didn't do it. Instead, they brought me to Vale's Hospital. The group of Hunters, that consisted of Peter Port, Bartholomew Oobleck, Glynda Goodwitch, and Ozpin himself as the leader, visited me on ocations and asked for what happened in that village.

Around the age of thirteen, I was able to move on, but I wasn't able to fully forgive myself. As time went on, I started to follow in Ozpin's footsteps, even using the same weapon style as him. When I was able to attend Beacon, I was in a one man team, because of my semblance. I was able to summon my own teammates if necessary. I also met the team that gave me a second chance in life, in a way. They turned into teachers and Ozpin has turned into the Headmaster of the academy. I grew quite close to the cast of teachers that were there, and I was glad to become friends with the team that have given me a second chance in life.

But I also had a crush on one student at the time there, Amethyst Peach. When we graduated, Amethyst and I decided to stay at Beacon and become teachers here. I became a professor of Mythology, because I was always fascinated by the legends, and some of them have been proved to be true, while Amethyst became a teacher about medical attention and first aid. After a year later, I decided that it was time to confess my feelings towards her, which she whole heartedly returned, and started dating.

(A/n: This is how she looks, designed by Nickel)

Few years later, Ozpin called me to do a 'special' favor. He asked me to be part of a team with Rogue Locklear, a first year student at the time. He explained what happened to him, and felt a bit of sympathy for him. He suffered a similar kind of past as I have. I agreed to this and became a team with him. He was secluded and would push everyone away, but over time, he would open up to me up to the point that he tells his story to me, and I told mine to him.

"The world may be a cruel place, but as long as people like us keeps moving forward, nothing is impossible to change in this world of ours," I said with a smile.

-Present-

"And from that day onward, we started to act like a true team," said Nickel, finishing his story.

I was speechless, to say the least. These two really went through similar situations like I did.

"Well... It's getting late, so I'm going to hit the hay," said Rogue, walking towards his bed falling on top of it.

"Oh, right. That might become a problem," said Nickel in a hushed tone, but I managed to hear it.

"What is?" I asked to him.

"Well, there's only to beds here, as you can tell," he said pointing to where the beds are located.

"Don't worry about that. You said it yourself, I lived in that abandoned city for over thirteen years. The only real bed I had at the time was the floor, and believe me when I say this. After sleeping like that for so long, I don't thing I'm able to sleep differently," I said, as I started to lay down in the corner of the room.

Suddenly, a pillow was through against my head.

"At least have a pillow for your head," said Rogue.

"Ehm...thanks?" I said, not really knowing how to respond to this.

Moments later, we all went to sleep. Tomorrow will be a big day for me, to say the least.

A/n: Greetings everyone, I just want to say that Rogue and Nickel aren't mine. They belong to RoguetheUndying (Wattpad) and BaltizarD (DeviantArt)