Prologue: Caught
(Y/N) Pov. 10 years old
"Get back here, you filthy faunus!", the fat drunk shouted at me as I flew through the streets and passageways of Mistral. He was clearly mad that I was able to steal directly from his hand and copy his friends semblance. I quickly turned left into a dead end and teleported behind the wall. I've been living in this city for over a year now and I know every inch of it. "Did you get the brat?", I heard the man's companion ask, on which he simply replied, "No." As I was sure that they left, I sighed in relief and opened my palm. I stole something really expensive, a diamond ring. If I sell it on a right place, I will have enough money to buy food for a month. I thought about how did I end up living like this. The village, the grimm and finally, the bandit which taught me how to survive in this rough world. As I wandered through the streets I saw something odd. There was a woman, a tiger faunus to be exact, which seemed to be feared. The humans were backing away from her with terror on their faces. I recognized this reaction, I've seen it before with other faunus. The woman was apperantly someone important in the White Fang. It happened sometimes that a high ranked officer walked through this area, they were buying here their weapons and dust at all. And a White Fang member on a shopping tour means money, a lot of money. I silently sneaked to the woman from behind and tried to reach her wallet, slowly and carefully. But in the very moment I touched it, her hand launched as quick as an attacking snake and caught my wrist. And before I knew what was happening I stared into someone's eyes. They were beautiful, but their gaze revealed the anger hiding behind the beauty. That was the first time that I've seen her face.
"Well, it looks like you have something that belongs to...", she began, but before she could continue I teleported my arm out of her grasp and ran. I heard a quiet, "I am going to enjoy this.", before she chased after me. I tried to loose her in a maze of small streets, but she was able to keep up and was getting faster and faster. Right then I weren't anywhere near a dead end, so I used my semblance to teleport myself into the sky. After doing so, I spread my feathers in order to glide away, but before i could fly anywhere, something wrapped around my leg and pulled me down. I turned around and there she stood, slightly amused and with a chain in her hand, which had a blade on its end.
I quickly drew Pride in it's dagger Form and aimed it on her. She chuckled and said: "Put that tiny knife away, your gonna hurt yourself." Instead of obeying I threw Pride at her. She dodged and my weapon got stuck into a wall. Her amusement seemed to grow with my attempt. But to her surprise I pulled out glory and activated the gravity dust in my right bracelet, which caused Pride to fly back and unfold into its tessen form and lunge at her. She noticed it and quickly jumped away in surprise. I caught pride and went into defensive stance. Remember your training, I mentally scolded myself and waited for her attack. After she went out of the shock, she grinned and said: "You better surrender, you have no idea who you are up against, child." I responded in activating dust in Glory and Pride. The woman chuckled. "So be it.", she whispered and jumped forward, her bladed chain spinning around her. I blocked an attack from the left, and launched a fire shockwave at her, hoping that she will be distracted long enough so I could escape. She wasn't a simple thug who would go down in a matter of seconds, she was apparently a highly skilled fighter. I had barely enough skill to defend myself against thugs and bullies, so I was clearly out of her league. But my attack got blocked by the another end of the chain, which immediately disarmed me and warped around my hands. I tried to teleport away, but she quickly caught me again. "I can do this all day.", the woman. After six more attempts I had to give up. My aura was still developing, and this little escapade drained it completely. She smiled in victory. "So you finally decided to use the tiny thing you call brain. I'll make sure you get taught a lesson." The tiger faunus, chained me up, took my hand fans and took me away.
Timeskip
Replace Adam with yourself chained with cerberus whip.
This is the worst situation ever, I thought while the mysterious woman, who I now recognised as the high leader of the White Fang, sat down on her throne. If I get out of here in one piece, I'll never rob the Fang ever again. The women looked at me, while I refused to watch into her eyes. I felt ashamed. The others never caught me, I were always smarter then them. I guess, I overestimated my abilities. Then she finaly spoke up: "You sure are aware of the trouble you are in." I nodded, too afraid to talk. "A lot of my soldiers recognised you as the little thief, who was stealing our money for munitions and weapons regularly. Would you like to explain, how were you able to rob my brothers and sisters for so long, without getting caught?" I stayed silent, not knowing what to say. "Don't be afraid to say something, I won't hurt you because of speaking." She seemed to smell the scent of fear that was emerging from me, because she spoke in a reassuring tone. Or perhaps she noziced my shivering feathers? I decided to talk, I didn't want to be in more trouble. "I-I've been roaming through Mistral for a long time, so I know how to get rid of unwanted attention.", I replied and kept staring to the ground. There was silence for a while, then she stood up and walked towards me. I immediately froze, waiting for a punch or a slap. But she grabbed my chin softly and forced me to look at her. "You know, if you talk to someone, you should look into the persons eyes."
Sienna's Pov
I looked at the little child in front of me. He seemed to be weakened and starved. I felt pity for him. Peacock faunuses were rare, but everyone knew that they were all rich and noble warriors without fear, so why was there one of them, wearing torn clothes and with fear reeking from him? She wanted to know what happened to him. I swear, if this is the work of those filthy humans, I'm going to officially declare war against them. Only the thought of humans hurting such an innocent child, a descendant of mighty warriors, made me growl in anger. Before I started the interrogation, I took a look at his weapons. They seemed to be only harmless hand fans, but they were as dangerous as my cerberus whip. I nearly got a taste of one of those tessens as he used gravity dust to attack me from behind. I decided to ask him: "Where are you from? Where are your parents?" Tears started running down his face, as he started to reveal his story to me.
Flashback
"(Y/N), duck!", (F/N) shouted as he threw his hand fan on me. I dodged and ran towards him, throwing him over and placing Glory on his neck. "Very good, you are improving.", (M/N) applauded and picked me up. I just celebrated my seventh birthday and tried my new weapons, Glory and Pride. Suddenly a huntsman ran to our garden and screamed: "Mr. (L/N), we need your help, a large grimm broke into the village." (F/N) became nervous. Grimm normally weren't able to get inside the village. "We're on our way.", he announced, "(Y/N), you will stay here.", and left with (M/N) and the huntsmen. I didn't think twice about it and followed them. It took me a while to find them. People were screaming and fleeing. And as I saw the monster, I couldn't move because of fear.
The grimm easily blocked the attacks and let out a loud roar, sending all of us flying. As I turned towards my parents again, I was exposed to a horrifying sight. My parents were laying lifeless on the ground, pools of blood forming underneath them. My sight blurred. I knew I should run, but I couldn't. My legs felt numb. Then a huntsmen got me and told me to run away. I obeyed and flew out of the burning village.
Flashback end
3rd person Pov
Sienna stood before (Y/N) unable to react to the story the boy told her. She felt sorry for him and wanted to help him. The tigress unchained (Y/N) and gave him a hug. The boy was very surprised, he didn't even think of this outcome. Sienna then released him and said: "I'm sorry to hear about this tragedy. I hope you will accept my offer to help you." (Y/N) didn't understand. "Excuse me?" Sienna chuckled. "Do you want to stay here? I can offer you food, clothing and proper training. Your tricks back in the alley didn't impress me." (Y/N) laughed and rubbed his head, but his mind was working nonstop. He knew that this was his chance to get out of the streets and begin a new live, but he never thought about hurting someone. Does accepting the offer mean that he has to kill people? Sienna was getting impatient and asked: "So, what is your answer?"
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