Some time has passed since mine and Blake’s talk with Indigo. I was really sad for him that I kinda tuned out the world around me as I continued the last bit of school before summer. If it wasn’t for grandma I might’ve been depressed for quite a while.

Finally, after two last weeks, it was summer vacation and I was happy to finally got here. I was busy packing my things from my dorm since I added a few bookshelves, a couch, and some electronics that I got over my time. As I packed I heard a knock on the door, “It’s open!” I yelled out and heard it open. Looking over, I saw that it was Mavis adorning her white dress. I've been seeing her out and about in casual clothing lately, maybe Yang convinced her to try them out but today she wore her normal dress, giving her the royalty look I've grown used to seeing on her.

“Hello, Viri.” Greeted Mavis with a smile before she entered the room.

“Hey Mavis, how is it going?” I asked her. I’ve gotten used to calling her Mavis when she’s younger over time since when she’s older she’s my grandma. She smiled as Yang walked in and up beside her.

“Yo.” She greeted as she wrapped her hand around Mavis with a smile.

“We came by to see how you're feeling,” Mavis said to me while Yang nodded to her words. I'd think Yang just tagged along to be with her girlfriend than anything else.

“I’m fine, thanks,” I said as I finished up packing my stuff.

“Going somewhere?” Yang asked, seeing the bag I already packed.

“Yeah, I’m going to go see my mama, been so long since I seen her face to face in the flesh after the year,” I said to her. Mavis chuckled at this, knowing full well that it was true.

“Oh dear, I'm not sure how would she react to see me like this and with someone,” Mavis said jokingly, laying her head on Yang's shoulder.

“Maybe she’ll be fine with it.” Yang said, resting her head on top of Mavis’.

“Maybe, though she’s been pretty busy with her book. You know, a number of drafts for her stories.” I said with a chuckle. Mavis giggled a little at this while Yang looked surprised at the mention of mama working on her book. She stared at me, then looked at Mavis and sighed.

“Still trying to get used to the idea that really you’re much older and have a kid, er… daughter, already.” Yang said, shaking her head a bit. Mavis placed a hand on Yang's cheek as she said.

“I pray you to get used to it soon, love.” She said to Yang, making the blonde blush at the gentle caress of her cheek.

“Will do,” Yang said quickly, almost squeaking from Mavis’ action. I chuckled at this before looking at Mavis.

“Is it just you want to come to see me or is there something going on?” I asked, earning Mavis’ attention as Yang leaned into her hand.

“Well, I had noticed how good your grades were and after speaking with my sister about it, we've come to the decision in giving you your first mission,” Mavis said to me. My eyes grew wide as dinner plate upon hearing this.

“Really?!” I said a little louder than it should be. Mavis giggled at this as Yang tried to clean out her ear or something.

“Yes dear but don't get too excited as while we've decided to give you missions, your first one will be a simple scouting mission,” Mavis explained to me. She then continued on by adding. “Simply arrive on the world, scout around for anything noteworthy and report to me or my sister.” She said to me, now this interested me more. World? I get to on another world!?

“Seems she existed now,” Yang said with a chuckle as she looked at me.

“Wouldn't you be as well?” Mavis asked Yang, looking up at her as she still had her head on the blonde’s shoulder. Yang thought about it.

“I would… but I think being with you is just as exciting.” Yang said cheekily. Mavis chuckled at this but gave her a kiss nonetheless. Everytime they kiss, Yang is almost always left with a goofy grin when they part and not even Mavis knows why but serves as a good laugh.

“Alright… so I go to a new world, scout around and see what I find, report back to you or Auntie, then come back?” I asked before adding. “Seems simple.” Mavis nodded upon hearing this while Yang giggled quietly to herself with a goofy grin.

“Yes but do keep your guard up while you're out there, you may never know what creature will come to pounce you,” Mavis said to me before making a scroll appear in her free hand. “Take this scroll, my sister has made various modifications. It does not require any sort of connection the CCT tower as all scrolls do and it's virtually indestructible.” Mavis said to me. I smiled as I took the scroll from her and looked at it before putting it in my pocket.

“Okay…” I said as I looked at the two. “So… what are you two going to do after this?” I asked them.

“Huh? Oh, don’t know. She said she has plans.” Yang said, now out of her blissful state. Mavis giggled at this, this one sounding a little mischievous.

“Oh don't worry, I'm sure you'll enjoy what I have planned.” She said to Yang, her tone taking a hint of seductive lust, a tone that surprised Yang in a good way. Yang blushed at this, laughing nervously at this as she pulled Mavis closer to her. I arch a brow at Mavis as she did this. “Oh don't give me that look, Viri. Don't you have a mission to do?” She asked me with an arched brow.

“Yeah…” I said as I looked around and walked to my door. “You two have fun,” I said before I walked out of the door. I turned around and saw… I was in a forest. I blinked a few times before looking back just as the door disappeared. I slowly nodded to myself as I turned and headed off into this new world.

A few hours passed and I noted down a few things about this place, for one it’s bright and… colourful as all heck. It’s almost like I’m in some kind of cartoon I used to watch when I was little… okay, that’s a lie… I still watch cartoons. I didn’t see anything that was dangerous yet but I still kept an eye out for anything.

Before long I heard a snap of a branch nearby that got my attention. I moved my way over to a tree to hide as there were large thuds coming closer and closer. Soon I saw a large Grimm walk out into the clearing. From the size and shape of it, I could only guess it was a Ghoul. A large deer like head with antlers sticking out over the treetops and long arms in front of it as it walked in front of me. What was odd about it was the colours, normally a Ghoul was black, white and red in colour, this one had a shade of purple in its fur and markings on its head. It looked around for a bit, letting out a few sounds before moving on. I turned to the other side of the tree and took a few pictures from my scroll before it disappeared into the trees.

“What was that? I knew it looked like a Ghoul but… what’s with the purple markings and… well purple.” I whispered to myself before taking a few moments before stepping out into the clearing and continue on. As I walked along I saw wildlife frolic around which made me smile a bit, seeming to take it easy at the serenity of the place… Right before an arrow hits the tree right in front of me. I let out a girlish scream before falling down onto the ground. I looked towards the direction of the arrow but all I could see was the foliage of the trees. I kept low and moved around and behind the tree. “I’m warning you! Come out or I’ll start a forest fire!” I threatened. There was no sound afterwards for the longest time until moments later something or rather someone dropped down from above.

The person in front of me was an odd sight, they were androgynous and maybe a year younger than me, wearing some dirty ish clothes. Their hair was a dark brown colour with two bat ears sticking out of their head, I guess they're a Faunus. Their eyes threw me off though since they were clouded over, were they blind? They held a bow at the ready as they turned their head, listening to anything around them. The Faunus walked over towards the tree they shot at earlier, feeling the tree up before taking a hold of the arrow and pulling it out. I looked at the Faunus as they were near me, my hand already had a small fire at the ready, it flickers around my hand as I waited for the bat Faunus to talk or something.

“W-who's there?” They asked the voice was that of a male and a nervose one at that so I guess the faunus was a male.

“Hi, nice to meet you… or should I say nice to meet your arrow,” I said with a frown. This seemed to spook him as he turned towards my direction with the bow at ready. He took a minute but he lowered his weapon.

“I-I'm sorry. I- I d-didn't know the-there was anyone out here.” He said genuinely apologetic over having nearly pierced me with an arrow. I narrowed my eyes at him.

“It’s… fine.” I said as I stepped out from behind the tree. “Who are you?” I asked. He took a moment as if waiting for me to attack or something. I guess the flame in my hand didn't help.

“My-my na-name… is Tak.” He said with a stutter in his words. His whole demeanour isn't really what I expected from the guy who nearly got me with an arrow. I dismissed the flame and looked at him.

“My name is Viri, hiya.” I greeted him with a smile. He blinked before shakingly waving his hand at me, a nervous smile forming him. My ear twitched a bit. “Uhh, you okay?” I asked him.

“I'm fine, fine fine… p-please don't hurt me.” He said, cowering as soon as he said this. I stared at him oddly.

“Why would I hurt you? I just met you… well, actually I met your arrow first then you but still.” I said to him, putting a hand on my hip and frowned at Tak. After a minute or so, he stopped shaking though he was still nervous.

“I- well… I'm not g-good with people or-or ponies f-for that matter.” He said, his stuttering wasn't as bad as before but it was still there. Progress? I think so… wait a sec, what? Ponies?

“Wait a minute, back up Ponies?” I asked, putting a hand out to roughly the size of a pony which was up to my waist. “You mean mini horses?” He blinked at me and said nothing for the longest time before tilting his head and finally shaking his head out of the confusion.

“No. They're like us, walk on two legs, hands and feet. We faunus are practical equals to them… if even cared enough.” He said this time his stutter was gone. He looked down and sighed. “They treat faunus as nothing more than animals.” He added in a defeated tone. I frowned, even more, I dealt with people like this in Beacon, but not to this extent.

“That's… awful.” I said with a hand on my arm as I felt cold.

“Yeah, I know but they don't seem to care as long as they find enjoyment.” Upon saying his, his hand travelled on his back and I could swear I heard a whimper from his once felt his back. I frowned darkly at this.

“What… what happened to you?” I asked him. He flinched a bit, it looks like it was painful for him to say. “Uhh, nevermind.” Nothing was said after that and for a solid thirty seconds, I thought of just leaving but our ears picked up a sudden twig breaking not too far from us and Tak panicked.

“Oh no, they're here.” He said, his voice now sounding distressed as he hooked his bow around him. “Can't let them see me, can't let them see me.” Was all he said before effortlessly climbing up the tree nearest to him. Wow, points for agility.

I wondered what he meant by ‘they’ as I heard someone getting closer. I soon hid behind the tree in some bushes and peeked out to see who's there. There was silence before I saw two figures walk out. My eyes widen when the two were, in fact, bipedal Ponies. One of them was a tall lengthy purple furred one with wings while the other was a short black furred one. They looked around before the tall one spoke. Lords they can talk!

“I hear it right around here.” the Purple one said.

“Yeah? Well, I don't see shit.” The short one said with a grumble. “This is what I get for listening to you.”

“Don't get mad at me, I heard some of those animals out here.” the purple one snapped, making the other roll his eyes.

“Again I don't see shit.” The short one said. The purple one frowned before looking up into the trees.

“Maybe they're hiding? Maybe up in the trees?” The purple one informed, making my hand tighten on the bark a bit. The short one shook his head.

“Well you can stay here and look, I'm got back where I can get a good cup of coffee.” With that, he turned and walked off.

“H-hey! Don't leave me here! This place is creepy as shit!” The purple one yelled back as his friend walked off. The Pony looked back where he was before running off after the short one. After a few moments, I stepped out of the tree.

“Coast is clear,” I called up the tree. Immediately upon saying this, the leaves above me rustled before Tak appeared from above, somehow keeping himself upside down. I remembered trying something similar when I was a kid, it didn't end well. He stayed quiet for a little longer, his ears twitching no doubt still able to hear them. He soon let out a sigh of relief.

“Some Ponies have been hunting us for sport for a long time, just because they can,” Tak said to me, a frown slowly forming on him. “But those don't compare to what the huntsmen will do to a Faunus,” Tak added, giving me a little more background as to what was happening in this world. So far all I've heard are bad things with little no good to combat the bad.

“That's awful… Huntsmen are supposed to protect life, not hunt down life. These huntsmen sound worse than the Grimm.” I said as I crossed my arms. Tak took this time to get down from the tree, landing somewhat on his feet albeit shakingly.

“I need to get going, I don't want to be out here at night.” He said before moving onto a bush before sniffing it, he then stuck his hand in it and pulled out a handful of blueberries before he put them away in the makeshift pouch he carried. “This’ll have to do.” He said himself. I looked around at the forest then back at Tak.

“Where do you live?” I asked. His answer was given to me by pointing towards the west, at least I think it's west, that's what my new scroll says.

“It's a cave not to far from here, I know it doesn't sound like much but it's home.” He said before he began to walk towards the direction of his cave home. Does he live in a cave?

I followed him west as he seemed to know his way of being blind. Surprisingly enough it wasn't long until we came upon said cave if it weren't for Tak going into it, it was basically out of sight. Upon entering, I was met with the living space of Tak. A makeshift sleeping mat, firepit and a place to put down his weapons which consisted of several spears along with his bow and arrows. Tak sat by the firepit and began to light it some flint with a torn scrap of steel. It took a few tries and I was about to step up but he managed to start the fire before he sat down.

“Someplace you have here,” I said, stepping in and looking around. It was better than the shack from when I was young, I can say that much. He took out one berry from his pouch and ate it before saying.

“I know it isn't much but… it's my home.” He said with a shrug. I know I didn't notice this before but I saw the lack of shoes on him and they certainly weren't anywhere here. I looked at Tak and saw him with a sad expression as he ate the berries. I know what it felt like be despised for what I am but this is a whole new level of hate and cruelty. One could only imagine what kind of cruelty the faunus of the land had gone through. I sat down just a bit away from Tak, knowing that if I got closer it would've made him nervous again.

As I sat I pulled out my scroll to type down what I learned, it was long as I put in my thoughts on what's going on. As I did this I saw Tak's ears twitched. He faced towards my direction and tilted his head a bit before speaking.

“What is that noise?” He asked with a curious tone in his voice.

“That's me, just typing out a message,” I answered him but this only gave him more confused.

“Typing? Don't you mean writing?” He asked me. I nearly flipped my scroll so he could see that I was indeed typing but stopped when I remembered his lack of sight.

“Uh, well… I have something called a scroll. No, it's not the writing kind, it's an electronic device used to communicate from long distances.” I explained to him and judging by his silence, he was more lost than before. I could only sigh to myself before I spent the next hour or so not only explaining the scroll but who I am and where I am from. He took more interest in the latter two, when I told him I wasn't from this world he was left speechless with mouth agape.

“Yeah, I was pretty surprised as well when I heard it,” I told him with a chuckle. He lightly shook head to get him out of his shock state. I couldn't help but chuckle a little, seeing the same reaction I had as a kid on someone else. After a moment of this, I had an idea. “Hey, you've been around here, mind if I ask you some questions? Would save me some time.”

“Um… Sure I guess.” He answered, placing the pouch he had on him beside his makeshift bed. The next while we talked and I note down everything I thought was important, which was most of it.

As it seems the place was called Equestria, there were three main races in the land other than Faunus; Earth Ponies, Pegasi, and Unicorns ( I added a note that they should be subraces of Pony) as well as Griffins, Yakmen, and dragons. There was another race that only a few is around and they are called Alicorns. They are the embodiment of the pony races into one being. The only one that is known to be around is the leader of the land, Princess Celestia.

Supposedly she had the power to move the sun and moon which was dumb because I know my science and that's not possible. I was also told that there are rumours of a second princess but no one knew where she is. This went on before I was out of questions. I was busy typing this down in my scroll before Tak finally spoke up.

“So… What is it like where you're from?” He asked me as he faced towards the roaring flames of the firepit.

“Oh, uhh… it's… well, it's nice.” I told him. “Faunus are treated a bit better, not as great in some places but they're not being hunted down,” I told Tak. He looked down in sadness but a little smile formed, I guess the thought of Faunus being treated better as they are here is pleasing to him.

I stared at him then look around at his cave, sure he's fine now but how long is his luck going to hold out. “Hey… if you want you can come with me when I go back.” He immediately faced towards my general direction though not directly but it still allowed me to his look of surprise.

“W-what? But you just met me.” He said with confusion. I simply shrugged at him out of habit.

“Yeah… but I believe if I don't something bad will happen. If that were to happen I would feel bad, like really bad.” I told him. Truth be told, I wasn't sure if Grandma or Auntie would even allow this but it's worth a try at the very least. Tak seemed to consider this deeply, placing his hand on the rocky floor as he did before slowly nodding. I smiled at him before adding something at the end and sending the report to both grandma and Auntie. “There… and maybe with some luck, you can se-uh, hear what a real Huntsman can do.” I said with a smile. This got a smile out from him, one of excitement and lacking worry.

The two of us sat around for about an hour talking to one another before I saw a door from out of the cave wall. Tak jumped in surprise from the sudden noise as the door finished forming before opening allowing Mavis to walk out.

“I must apologize for the wait, your scroll is still experimental and while I did receive your message it was an hour late. Your sister is still working on a solution for some of the buggy functions.” Mavis said to me, regarding the latency of the message I had sent an hour ago. Tak had crawled a little aways from Mavis as the door had formed beside him. I sighed a bit as I looked at Mavis, arching a brow at her unkempt hair and the dress she wore looked like it was put on in a rush.

“Guessing you and Yang enjoying your time together?” I asked with a giggle. She merely rolled her eyes at me before finally noticing Tak.

“Is this the boy?” She asked me, glancing back at me when she did. I nodded at this before she looked back at Tak. “You are Tak, yes?” She asked him, to which Tak shakingly nodded. “Viri has informed me of your predicament and her offer to you. I will allow you to cross over with Viri and I will see to that you are provided with your own living quarters.” She said to him.

“I… thank you.” Was all Tak could say to not only Mavis but me as well. The two of us smiled at Tak as he said this. Mavis took some time looking around in Tak's cave as the two of us sat with our backs to the wall.

“Well, I see no sense in dilly-dallying so come you two,” Mavis said as the door opened once again. Tak stood up and dusted himself off before placing his hand on the cave wall and walked forward before feeling the doorway with his hand. I walked behind him until he stood in front of the door and stood there.

“Anything the matter?” I asked him. He didn't answer immediately, no doubt still letting this all sink in.

“No… I'm fine it's just… I would've never imagined something like this to happen to me.” He said to me. I stepped up behind him and put a hand on his shoulder.

“I try not to question it, if things like this didn’t happen I might’ve been dead in an alleyway in the freezing cold,” I said sadly. Maybe those weren’t the right words as now I felt that cold feeling and sad. He nodded, understanding what I meant surprisingly enough. The two of us looked up and walked through the doorway together.

We stepped through and into a room that I know very well, it should since it’s my room back in Beacon. Mavis was standing nearby, smoothing out her dress and straighten her hair a bit as she waited. It was a funny sight seeing her like that, she was always so proper beforehand. I guess a little bit of Yang is rubbing off on her. It wasn’t long before she noticed the two of us stepped through the doorway and I was staring. I smiled at her as I looked over to Tak who had his hand on the wall.

“So, welcome to a new world. We are now standing in my dorm room.” I told Tak. He had a look of lost on him even after telling him where we were. Right, he’s blind… crap. I helped him over to one of my chairs I had and had him sit down.

“S-sorry. I'm not so good with new environments but I'll be fine.” He said to me, even giving me a reassuring smile. I smiled back at him as I looked at Mavis.

“Thanks for doing this, and uh, sorry for dragging you away from Yang,” I said to her. Mavis gave me a smile before saying.

“Oh don't worry about that, dear. Yang can be patient if under the right circumstances.” She said in a joking manner before handing me a key. It was an ordinary looking key, with the exception of it emitting a golden glow. “That key will allow you to traverse from home to here and back.” She said to me before turning to look at Tak. “As for you, young man, for the time being, you will reside in this room,” Mavis said to the blind bat faunus. I looked over at Tak with a smile

“I’ve been living in this dorm room for a year, it’ll be nice to have a roommate,” I said happily. What was even better was that Mavis was quick to make a bed just for him, which he happily took after a little searching. Once he laid down on his new bed, he could only let a sigh of pure bliss.

I looked over at Mavis before she said she had to leave and disappeared. That was… kinda rushed. I couldn't help but giggle a little before getting settled… even though I left here a few hours ago.

Magic, sometimes it screws with you.

Author's Note

Now for those of you that read the old story might see a difference in Tak. Tak used to be a workaholic but now they seem more... different. More on that soon.