Chapter 2: A Heart of Ice
2 Months after the Dust incident
A notable amount of time has passed since that fateful night. If it wasn't obvious, a lot has changed since then.
It didn't take long before you adapted to your new looks, but your powers was a different story. Even now, you're still discovering new things about yourself.
For starters, your normal body temperature is always below zero. Something that would be impossible under normal circumstances. But obviously you weren't normal. Not anymore.
Second, because of your incredibly cold body and essence, you are unable to stay in one spot for too long. Doing so results in everything within a 15 foot radius to completely freeze. This includes living beings.
Therefore you cannot stay in one spot for more than an hour, this clearly makes a lot of things much more difficult in life, but you've learned to tolerate it.
Another thing worth noting is that your innards had undergone some drastic changes as well. Mainly your digestive system.
With your body being so cold, a lot of your digestive fluids became frozen. You can still digest food, but the process is much longer. However this isn't as bad as it seems. In a way, you're almost like a human fridge keeping your food cool. Since the food digests slower, you stay full for much longer. After eating one meal, you can potentially go weeks before having to eat once again.
This made surviving in the snowy woods a lot easier. However the Grimm were another story. Working normal jobs for most of your life, you had never had to engage in combat with those creatures until recently.
A lot of Beowolves inhabited this area because of the cold temperature, so they were all you found. They weren't too difficult, especially with the offensive capabilities of your powers.
You were currently wandering aimlessly in the forest. It wasn't snowing but it was still very cold.
It didn't take long before you heard the growls of Grimm all around you. Checking your surroundings, you could see 3 Beowolves slowly closing in on you.
it was at times like these that you wished that Grimm were edible and didn't just vanish into smoke upon death. Though, eating Grimm probably wouldn't be a good idea anyway.
Glancing at the surrounding Grimm one more time, you remained perfectly still, shaking your head to get your hair out of your face before muttering one word.
Y/N: Come.
Without warning, all three Grimm proceeded to bolt towards you without hesitation. The first one lunged at you with its mouth open wide.
Before it reached you, a thick layer of solid ice materialized around your arm and acted as Armor. The Beowolf's jaws slammed down on your arm, but your ice was too tough to be penetrated by its teeth.
Upon doing this, you swung your arm and threw it forward, hitting the second Beowolf in the process.
Meanwhile the third Beowolf did the exact same thing as the first one. Lunging at you with the intent of sinking its fangs into your flesh.
However instead of protecting yourself with Armor like Ice this time, you grabbed it by the throat, holding it up high.
It stretched and gnawed, but it couldn't get free. You looked the creature dead in its eyes as an ominous frost began to emit from your hand, it didn't seem like much at first, but that changed very quickly as its throat was now frozen solid.
You watched as its entire body was slowly being overtaken by the ice, eventually its entire body was frozen excluding its head, but that didn't last for long.
With one last attempt at biting your hand, the Beowolf's head was completely engulfed by the ice. It had been completely frozen to the bone.
Y/N: Maybe not painless, but I still tried to be merciful.
You then threw the now frozen Beowolf at a nearby tree, shattering it on impact, and thus fully killing it.
The sound of the Beowolf shattering caught the attention of its fellow Grimm, which both looked at you with the same evil and mindless glare that all of the Grimm share.
Y/N: Who's next...?
Upon asking that question, you slowly began your approach towards the two remaining Beowolves as they merely continued to growl and snarl. Both of your hands now emitting that same ominous frost as before.
A few days Later
After killing the Beowolves that attacked you, you kept moving forward. This forest was massive, but you began to notice a change. There wasn't as much snow and it was beginning to warm up.
The trees had actual leaves on them. It was clear that you weren't in that snowy area anymore. You had finally gotten a step closer to finding help.
After a little more wandering, you spotted something in the distance. It looked like a structure of some sort. With a glance of hope, you rushed to investigate.
Upon getting a better look, you were disappointed to see that it was merely an abandoned temple of some kind. But the relics inside seemed untouched, contrary to the structure that held them.
Y/N: What is this place...?
???: Who's he?
For the first time in a long while, you heard the voice of another person. A female voice, and another one spoke right after.
???: I'm not sure, I haven't seen him around at Beacon...is he even a student?
???: He must be if he's here.
Upon hearing this, you noticed that they started approaching the temple as well, and potentially you. Two girls. One had blonde hair, purple eyes, and wore an outfit that was a bit more revealing than what you're used to, the other had black hair, yellow eyes, and wore an outfit that wasn't as revealing. You couldn't put your finger on it, but something seemed off about her.
Despite everything that's happened, you were...not that excited to see other people. The first to speak to you was the blonde girl.
Blonde Girl: Looks like you beat us here.
Y/N: What? Was it a race or something?
Black Haired Girl: Were you...not paying attention to the headmaster? We have to retrieve the relics.
Y/N: I literally have no idea what you're talking about, I've been lost out here for months...
Blonde Girl: "Lost...?" How? This forest isn't that big...
Black Haired Girl: That doesn't matter. If you're lost then you should come with us. We can take you to Beacon, and there you can find your way home.
Y/N: I guess so...
Blonde Girl: So...what's your name?
Y/N: ...It's—
???: GAAAAAAAAAH!!!
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