Tales of the Molten Fox

A month has passed since Mavis and I were sent to a new world and saving Tak. My mind has been stuck on that world ever since we came back, Grimm that look different and able to do things that they never did before and Pony people were some thoughts I’ve been thinking about. New doodles now join some old ones in my notebooks as my thoughts

Moving on to something else, the Tournament that has been pushed back and what not has now begun and the whole school is excited about it. Team RWBY has entered the Tournament with a few other teams while my team didn’t. Amaran and Umbra didn’t want to and Mavis was… Mavis.

During one of the days we had free due to the Tournament, I was asked by my Aunt if I could show Tak around the school… which I wanted to ask how since he’s blind but I did.

“So over here is Professor Ooblecks classroom, who I honestly think he drinks like… a gallon of coffee each day.” I told Tak as we walked by the caffeinated Professors Classroom, whom I believe is being one of the announcers in the tournament.

"That doesn't sound healthy…" Tak said in a quiet and shy tone, it was cute really. I looked over at him as he was following me behind. Even if I know Tak is a boy, not a girl, it’s really hard not to see him like that, as of right now as Tak was walking around in a yellow sundress with violet lines on it. It looked really pretty and fancy, making me think that my Aunt got him that… actually from what I heard Aunt Axycia has been treating Tak nicely.

“Yeah, but he seems to handle it,” I told Tak with a little laugh before the two of continuing down the hall. Some points Tak would raise a hand and feel the walls as we walk, making a mental map of the place is what Tak said to me. “So… how have you been… since coming here from your home.” I asked him. His mood took a sadder turn before he spoke.

"I… have these nightmares… nightmares of me being back there again, forced to… to…" He didn't get to finish his words as I was quick to change the sensitive subject, while mentally slapping myself.

“Uhh… that’s a nice dress you have! Yes… nice.” I said to him with a nervous smile on my face. “Did you just got it recently?” This seems to work thankfully as he soon nodded to my question.

"Um yes… Axycia bought it for me just yesterday." He said to me, to which I still found odd. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy Auntie is helping out Tak but… I don't know, it's just odd to know that she is being super friendly.

“And… how has Axycia been treating you?” I asked Tak which he arched a brow. “Call it me being curious about my aunt.”

"She's… kind, caring, thoughtful… she's like the mother I've never had." He answered with a smile, his praises towards Auntie sounding genuine. I smiled at this before pulling back to beside him.

“That’s good, and hey I always wanted a cousin,” I said with a big smile on my face. He smiled at this as well before I held his hand and guided his way down the halls, which did get some stares though not towards me, however. Everyone was staring at the feminine Bat Faunus that I was showing the place around. Some guys stared at us walk past, a little blush on their faces. As we were walking we ran into someone who I didn’t want to meet: Cardin.

“Oh, it’s you.” He said to me with a frown. Ever since Mavis kicked his ass, Cardin has some beef with her and the others in my team.

“Hi, Cardin.” I greeted him with a frown. He shook his head before seeing Tak.

“Who this?” He asked as he looked at Tak. He arched a brow at him before smiling. “She looks cute.” This got a squeak from Tak and blush as well before he managed to say.

"T-thank you…" Tak said, thanking him for the compliment in a quiet tone. I arched a brow at Cardin as he walked a little closer.

“What are you doing here? Taking a tour of the school?” He asked Tak, completely ignoring me. Tak nodded with a nervous hum before saying.

"Y-yes, Viri has been giving me a lovely t-tour," Tak said with a little stutter to his words.

“And we’re still on it Cardin, so if you don’t mind if-” I was soon cut off as Cardin moved in front of me of Tak.

“ Hey, how about I take over on this tour, give you a more… an in-depth tour of our school.” He said it as a flirt but I took it more creepy if anything.

"U-um, I'm fine with Viri but… thank you." He said to Cardin, rejecting the advances lightly. I frowned at this, seeing Tak so uncomfortable like this. Unfortally, Cardin continues on his advances.

“Come on, you would have a better time with me than… her.” He said with made me frown as I put my hand on his shoulder.

“Cardin, Tak said no,” I said to him which he shrugged my handoff. Tak shifted in place, looking almost ready to panic but keeping his calm well enough… for the most part at least until Cardin placed a hand on Tak's shoulder, which got a squeak from Tak.

“Hey!” a voice called out which Cardin and I turned to see Weiss there looking at us with a frown. “What you think you're doing?”

“What’s it to you? Just going to show this lady around.” Cardin explained to Weiss as she came up to us.

“Well from what I saw, you look like a creep.” Weiss pointed out. “And let me remind you that there are students from all four Academies here. What would you think will happen when word goes around that you’re some creep?”

Cardin didn’t say anything after this and frowned before quickly walking away in a huff. I went over to Tak to see if he’s alright. He was shaking and his breath was too but other than that he was alright as a while he heard Cardin walk away, he took a few deep calming breaths.

“You okay?” Weiss asked as she came over to us.

“Somewhat, thanks, Weiss,” I answered her before looking at her with a small smile.

“That’s good to hear, what about you…” She asked, glancing at me as Weiss was talking to Tak.

“Tak,” I informed her of Tak’s name which he now realized that he was being talked to.

"Oh u-um… Hi." He greeted Weiss with a nervous smile and a small wave of his hand. Weiss smiled at him.

“Hi, my name is Weiss Schnee.” Weiss greeted Tak with a smile. “Are you taking a tour to attend Beacon?” She asked him.

"I'm… I'm not sure about that b-but I am interested in the academy itself." Tak said to Weiss with a little smile which was a relieving sight to see.

“Well, if you do come, it would be nice to see you in the halls Tak,” Weiss said with a warm smile.

“Wah, Weiss Schnee being a kind and warm person? Shocking!” I said with a little laugh as Weiss frowned at me. I gave her a cheerful smile before she said her goodbyes and leaving Tak and me alone. I looked over and saw Tak frowning a little, possibly to me. “Oh, I’m just kidding around. Everyone here in school sometimes calls her ‘Ice Queen’ for a reason or another.” I explained.

"She sounded nice and sweet to me…" Tak muttered to which I couldn't help but agree oddly enough, I even tried to say the many things that make Weiss the opposite… but decided against it, I kinda want to see if Weiss would do a one-eighty or something. Blame my curiosity.

As we continue on the tour, we soon met up with the other two of Team RWBY; Ruby and Yang. They were walking towards us chatting and Yang was carrying… a punching bag?

“Oh hey!” Ruby called out happily and Yang smiled as Tak and I came closer.

“Hey Viri, who’s your friend?” Yang asked as she looked at Tak. I looked back at him and introduced him to my two friends.

“Tak, this is Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long. Ruby and Yang, this is Tak.” I said to the three. Tak smiled nervously and waved at their direction.

"H-hi." He greeted the two with his quiet and nervous tone.

“You okay?” Yang asked me. Tak looked around nervously as I just smiled.

“It’s fine, he’s just nervose with everything,” I told them. Everything went silent for a good three to five seconds before Ruby spoke.

“Viri… did you say… He?” Ruby asked as both she and Yang looked at Tak.

“Yeah… oh right.” I said, realizing that unless told, Tak looks like a girl. “Tak here is a guy,” I informed them as both their jaws dropped.

"U-um…" I heard Tak mutter as he tugged on his dress a bit while the two were quiet… he must've thought they were judging him.

“Wow… uhh… this is a first…” Yang said finally.

“Well… you remember that time with Uncle Qrow? You know, with the skirt?” Ruby pointed out… wait what? What this about an Uncle and a skirt. This caused Yang to short a bit.

“Oh Oum, that was funny.” Yang chuckled before clearing her throat a bit. “Right, so uh, sorry Tak. It was quite a surprise to see and hear that… uh…” Yang seemed to be stumbling with her words to not sound rude to Tak. Ruby decided to jump in to change the subject.

“You have a lovely dress! Where did you get it?” Ruby asked with a smile which Yang looked at her oddly.

"U-um… it was gifted to me." Tak said quietly, unsure how to react to the two's earlier laugh.

“Well, it looks lovely on you! Right, Yang?” Ruby asked Yang who was a little slow at this before Ruby elbowed her side.

“Uh, yeah… it looks really lovely on you Tak.” Yang said with a smile. I looked at the two of them before finally getting to the one thing with Yang; the punching bag.

“So… what’s with the punching bag?” I asked the two of them which Yang blinks at me before shifting a bit.

“It’s… a gift for my dad.” Yang said simply.

“Oh… but, why a punching bag?” I asked her as Yang looked back at it.

“It’s better than a coffee mug, or so I have been told,” Yang answered me to which I arched a brow at, thinking Mavis had something to do with this while Tak stayed quiet, which the other two seemed to notice.

“Uhh, we’re not making you uncomfortable are we Tak?” Ruby asked with a worried tone.

“Yeah uhh… sorry.” Yang followed up on saying. Tak smiled a little, making look cute with the smile before he said.

"I-it's okay… I'm just… I'm not that well with meeting new people." Tak said with a nervous smile and shifting a bit.

“That’s understandable,” Ruby said with a smile before saying. “But hey, it’s nice to meet you, and now you have some more friends!” This caused Yang to smile as well. Tak blushed at this and bowed his head a bit in thanks.

"Thank you…" He said in a hushed tone to which they both smiled back. The two of them smiled before they headed off, leaving me with Tak again.

“Those two are nice, and uh… sorry for putting you on the spot.” I said to Tak, feeling bad for what I kinda did.

"It's alright… I should get used to it at one point or another…" He said to me with a little smile as we began walking. I wanted to end the little tour with some lunch.

As we went to get some food I leaned into Tak a bit to whisper. “Hey, what kind of food do you like to eat?... and do you need help eating?” I asked him.

"I can eat on my own," Tak said with a little frown as we walked by more students who went about to their classes.

“Sorry, had to ask because…” I stopped as I felt like I was making it worse. “Never mind.” As we walked, we were quiet as there wasn't much to talk about between us. I mean, Tak is a nice guy but I still don't know much about him yet and I'm worried that I might push the wrong buttons by asking the wrong questions.

Maybe if I keep things away from his homeworld is good… “So… what do you do with your free time when you’re at my aunt's place,” I asked Tak.

"Well… Axycia likes to help me learn more about… the way I see things in life." He said to me, gesturing down to his bare feet. "She also spent some time teaching about Remnant." He added. I smiled a little at this, hearing this from Tak as I saw a smile forms on his face.

“That’s nice to hear,” I said to him before rubbing my neck and adding. “Truth be told, I haven’t heard my Aunt do stuff like that since I was very young when she did some things for me,” I added while Tak and I walked out into the courtyard for a simple shortcut through to the cafeteria.

"Like I said… she's like the mother I never had." He said to me with a little smile before it vanished and he muttered. "And the mother I always wanted…"

I looked at Tak sadly as I heard that before reaching over and giving Tak a one-arm hug which surprised him. “If you let it, Axycia would love it if you treat her like a mom,” I said to him, going off a hunch I have. He nodded at this before arrived at the cafeteria, where many others were already seated with their lunch trays and a small line. “So… you want to stay with me as we pick some food out or should I have you sit at a table?” I asked Tak, wanting what he wants to do.

"I'll wait by the table." He said to me with a smile before I guided him to an empty table and helped him sit down to which he thanked me for before I went to get some food. After waiting in line for close to five whole minutes, I finally got two trays of food and headed back to the table which I was quick to see Tak being talked to by some guys. From the looks of it, Tak was blushing badly. I frowned a bit as I made my way over to the table.

“You guys beat it, don’t you see you’re making my friend uncomfortable,” I said to the guys who looked at me with a frown. I arched a brow at them before they all walked off as I set the tray down and pushed Tak his. “You okay there Tak?” I asked him, a little worried about him now.

"Y-Yeah… I'm just not the one for attention." Tak said before reaching for the fork and taking a bite out of his food. I nodded at this as the two of us ate our food and chatted about random stuff, just to move things along. When we finished up our food we put our trays away and headed off to finish up the tour.

When that was done, we saw ourselves outside walking in the courtyard where I saw a Bullhead with Aunties company logo on it and Aunty as well. She seemed to be waiting before looking over and seeing us. With a smile, she came walking up to us.

“Hello you two, have a good day?” Aunty asked us which we nodded. Aunty smiled before looking at Tak. “Tak, did you have fun on the tour? No one bothered you?” She asked in a way that if Tak did say anything, Aunty will make that person's life a living hell.

"W-well… there was this one guy…" Tak said quietly, no doubt referring to Cardin before I stepped in for further details.

“There was this one guy that was a little pushy but that’s because he saw Tak as a cute girl, my friend Weiss came and got him to back off,” I explained before I notice Aunty having a look of silent anger cross her face.

“I see… tell me, what’s this young man’s name?” She asked sweetly but I felt a sense of dread coming off of her. This made me lean in closer to Tak.

“If you tell her his name, his life is going to go through hell,” I whispered to Tak.

"I-I don't know… he never really said." Tak said to Aunty, despite knowing Cardin by name already. Auntie nodded at this before letting out some held breath. "Other than that, it was fun," Tak added with a smile.

“That’s good to hear!” Aunty said happily, that sense of dread now gone as she smiled brightly. “Now if you want, you can stick around a little longer, or you can come with me back home. I have a few things to deal with but I’ll have some food made as we get there.” She told Tak.

"Okay, mom," Tak said with a smile. There was a brief silence as both auntie and I stared at Tak after he said this.

“M-Mom?” Auntie asked in shock at what Tak said to her.

"D-did I screwed up?" Tak then asked us, no doubt feeling the stares aimed at him and it only served to make him nervous. Axycia simply stared at Tak for a few more moments before pulling out her scroll and pressed something on it.

“... Hello? Hi, push all my appointments and calls to tomorrow… or the day after tomorrow.” She said in her scroll before arching a brow. “Why? Because my child has free time and I’m going to treat them greatly that's why.” Tak smiled happily at this, the biggest smile I've seen from him yet. Soon I watched the two of them walked off towards the bullhead, Tak walking beside my aunt before he went and gave Axycia a hug which she was happy to return.

I smiled and soon watched as their bullhead took off… Awesome! I got a cousin, score! With a smile and a pep in my step, I headed back to my dorm, wanting to watch the new review from Indigo he posted an hour ago.

Later

I was laying my bed with my scroll out, watching some videos as Mavis was floating overhead, being mushy with Sylph in her arms. The latter having been cared for and groomed by Mavis and by the looks of it, the fox grimm is having the time of her life with Mavis.

"Who's a little cutie~? Who's a little cookie loving cutie?" Mavis asked Sylph as I rolled my eyes. Sylph made some happy sounds from all the attention she was getting as I finished up the video I was watching.

“I’m still wondering where you found such a creature,” Amaran said as she was on her bed with a book in hand and Umbra on her bed, listening to some music. “She looks like a Grimm but, not one I’ve ever seen before.”

"Well she's special, like Oni but cuter!" Mavis exclaimed as she hugged the little fox. The mention of Oni caused me to look down at Amber, who laid beside my bed, still pregnant with puppies. Amaran chuckled a bit as she went back to reading, I smiled as I scrolled through the video list before seeing a message popped up from Auntie. I arched a brow at this before opening it and giving it a read. I stared at the message before looking up at Mavis.

“Hey Mavis, can you come to see this?” I asked her, getting Mavis’ attention from Sylph.

"Hmm? What is it?" She asked, hovering over to me with Sylph hugged close to her. As she got close enough I showed her the message.

“Seems that Aunty got informed about some kind of find and wants us to check it out,” I explained to Mavis as she reads the message.

"Oh! It says here it's just off the coast of Vale on one of the nearby islands." Mavis informed us all on its location. Huh, I wonder what Auntie found as last I checked, the islands in questions were apart of the Great Invasion by Mystral, which makes me wonder how they could have missed something like that if they scoured the islands like the old reports say. Methinks it be the case of the lazies!... Or something.

Amber saw my expression shifting face and snorted, finding it amusing before letting out a yawn as I gave her a little glare… before scratching her behind the ears. I can never stay mad at her.

"So, what should we do, oh great leader of the team," I asked Mavis who floated back upwards.

"Should we go check it out?" Asked Mavis to everyone else while cuddling with Sylph. The other two looked up, even getting Umbra to pull out her headphones so she could hear the explanation from Mavis.

"Is this going to be the same thing like Yharnam?" Amaran asked, sounding a little nervous about this.

"Not that I read. It looks like we just go into some ruins." I explained. Amaran let out a sigh from this as Umbra spoke.

"Don't see why not. It be neat." Umbra said with a smile and shrug.

"And what about you?" Mavis asked Amaran with an arched brow. Amaran blinked at this before giving her answer.

"Sure, like Umbra said it'll be neat," Amaran answered with a kind smile. With a shrug, Mavis spoke.

"Then it's settled." She said before going over to her dresser and stripping there and then to get dressed in her usual outing gear. The rest of us did the same as we got out of our relaxed clothing.

"Do we need our full Huntress gear?" Umbra asked all of us.

"I don't know," Mavis answered plainly with a shrug, finishing up herself while Sylph nibbled on a cookie. "Maybe, maybe not. Who knows." She added with another shrug.

After a few minutes later we were all ready to go, Umbra was wearing a different outfit than the last one, she was wearing a dark leather jacket with a black undershirt and some pants with many pouches.

"Does this look good? I didn't think my normal armour would be useful." Umbra said.

"Really?" I asked Umbra which made her look at me for a moment before saying.

"No, it's just a bitch to put on," Umbra informed me while Mavis was busy bidding farewell to Sylph.

"I know how much you want me to stay but I have to do this," Mavis said to Sylph, who let out little whimpers at her before Mavis hugged Sylph. "You're only making this so much harder for me~," Mavis said, bursting into a waterfall of tears.

As this was going on I kneeled to Amber who raised her head up. "I'll be back Amber," I said to her which she snorted and gave me a lick. Her tongue flickered with flames which made me giggle. As I stood up Mavis put Sylph down on my bed and we all headed out. There were some more whimpers from Sylph before the door closes, Mavis was still crying.

"I miss her already~" She cried out dramatically while me and the others looked at one another.

"It'll be just a few hours, don't worry," Amaran said in her motherly tone and a kind smile.

"That's a few hours too long!" Mavis exclaimed before crossing her arms with a pout and walking ahead of us.

We headed outside and saw a Bullhead waiting for us with the Mal Kun logo on it. We climbed aboard which we saw that it had some other things in it, such as some bags of dried fruit and bottles of water. I picked one of the bags of fruit up to look at them.

"Rose would like this," I said to myself with a smile. I looked over at Mavis, seeing her by the window seat and looking out of it in silence. I frowned a little as I pocketed the fruit and sat down with her as the doors closed up and the Bullhead took off.

As we rode the other two were chatting with each other until Amaran spoke up. "Hey… does anyone feel… cold?" We all looked at her before realizing that it was colder. At first, we thought it was the AC in the Bullhead, which I wondered if Bullhead get AC, until I noticed a familiar white tail sticking out under the seats.

"Uhhh…" was all I said until Mavis looked at where I was looking at.

"Sylph?" Mavis said in confusion before waving her hand, causing the fox grimm to be pulled out from under the seats and into the air, where we all saw her holding a butter knife between her teeth.

"How did she get out of the room?" Umbra asked out loud as Sylph hopped over to Mavis lap. Amaran and simply stared at the frost Grimm as she sat on Mavis' lap.

"And… why does she have a butter knife in her mouth?" Amaran added. That was a good point, why does Sylph have a butter knife?

"Oh she just wants to join mama in her mission, don't you little cutie~!" Mavis was quick to say, snuggling Sylph in her arms with a big smile.

The rest of us looked at one another before Umbra shrugged and put on her headphones and listened to her music while Amaran was busy keeping herself calm as the Bullhead flew towards our destination.

After what felt like an hour we soon landed on the ground and the doors opened up to let us out. Once we did we got a good look around. There wasn’t much to look at, a small forest nearby, some dilapidated buildings and what looked like a ruined castle.

“Well, this place looks lovely,” Amaran said and she was right, it did look lovely, kinda like those images of rolling green hills with the sea in the background. Mavis floated beside us, holding Sylph in her arms as she saw the scenery.

"Hmm… one would think this would've turned into some tourist attraction by now." Mavis said out loud before Umbra walked up. She looked around at the place for a bit, her eyes looking a little more blue than normal.

“I don’t see one or thing on here...hmm.” She said as she thought about it. “Not… much to see here other than the ruins.”

“Yeah… I guess the historic tourist attractions.” I added on before looking around some more. “But, this place has been here for a while, why didn’t anyone come here beforehand?”

"There have been a few, though that was during Wartime." Mavis said to me as floated on ahead. The rest of us looked at one another before following behind.

“Hey Umbra, do you have really good eyesight?” Amaran asked her as she looked around. “I can’t see as well as you can.”

“Uhh… yeah… I have really good eyesight.” Umbra said simply. I arched a brow at her, feeling that she’s hiding something. I took out my scroll at the feeling of it vibrate before I saw that Auntie had sent a message detailing of the find, which came as no surprise when I saw that it was the only standing building here, that being the castle looking place where we soon found ourselves in front of. The large doors looked… worse for wear, scratches and chunks torn off not to mention the rusted metal and the foliage that covered it. Amaran had to push the doors as hard as she could for it just for it to budge.

"You've been slacking on your training," Mavis said to Amaran simply, hovering above her head.

“It’s… heavier… then it looks!” Amaran grunted before opening the door wide enough for all of us to walk through.

"It would've been easier if you followed the training program~," Mavis said in a sing-song tone.

“Yeah… but I like having my arms feeling normal, not jelly.” Amaran said to Mavis, the latter simply rolled her eyes and floated in. As we all headed inside we all looked around and saw a large number of suits of armour, not the normal ones we see on tv, I mean medieval knight armour.

“Oh Oum… please tell me they aren’t going to get up and attack us?” Amaran asked in a worried tone as I went over and move the helmet off… which detached and rolled away. I looked in and saw that there were only dust and old bones.

“Only bones, so I doubt it.” I said to her which Amaran wasn’t convinced.

“What if they rise up into skeleton knights or something?” Amaran asked more worried, this got Umbra to frown.

“How can you believe in that, that’s High Fantasy stuff, like that old gamebook you had.” Umbra said with a frown.

“Hey, my little brothers love that game, and that also brings up the question on why were you reading it that one time?” Amaran asked Umbra and the two continued talking as I went over to Mavis as she set Sylph down which made her sniff the helmet that rolled off.

“So, what your thoughts on this?” I asked her. Upon hearing this, Mavis hummed at this.

"Well… this looks familiar, that's for sure." Mavis whispered to me, sounding as if she is forgetting something. "I can't seem to recall… I'll figure it out eventually." She said. I looked at her with an arched brow before the four of us headed on deeper into the ruins. As we walked I put up my scroll and started to record everything we see.

While we walked, I began to see more suits of armor, though a lot of them were looking a bit different than the others. “I guess they were attacked.” I said out loud.

“More like sieged.” Umbra said to me. “Some of the stuff outside looked like old siege machines, and the placement of the bodies look more like a fight that was pushing in one way.” As she said this she gestured to a few suits of armor to the others. “See, the further we go, the more of the other suits of armor we find.”

"Seems to be the case." Mavis muttered, Sylph in her arms as the fox watched the littered halls. Amaran was still jumpy. We continue on before finally we came to a large set of doors that were still sealed shut. The two guards that I guessed were meant to be here are on the ground and had large spears through them, but from the looks of it the raiders didn’t get the door opened.

“Looks like door number one is important.” I said out loud.

"It's on the tip of my tongue…" I heard Mavis mutter on behind me before Amaran felt the door and despite the aged wood and rusted metal, she was shocked.

“Oh my… these doors are… wow.” Amaran said in shock. “Even with all the damage of anything that was here, even time itself, these doors withstanded all of it!”

"Impressive." Mavis said, taking a moment out from her thoughts before Amaran grunted and pushed, trying to get the doors open but to no avail, not a single inch. "Oh dear that's not good." Mavis said at this sight.

“Ugh… it’s like… trying to move a mountain!” Amaran grunted before she fell onto the ground. “I can’t make it budge.”

"Perhaps because you weren't meant to." Mavis said, gaining the attention of both Umbra and Amaran while I walked up to the door and looked at it. "If it stood the test of war and time, to expect for such a thing to budge is… well kinda dumb, you'd need a key or maybe there's some sort of switch." I heard Mavis said to the other two. Umbra and Amaran looked at one another before they each went over to the guards, looking them over to find a key or something to open the door. I looked around at the door, looking for a switch or something.

“Hey Mavis, can you see any buttons or switches up above?” I asked her, since she could float higher.

"No." She was quick to answer this, not even taking the time to float up to check. I frowned at this as I didn’t actually know if she did this due to being lazy or not. I looked back at the door and got a closer look.

“Maybe if I dust some of it off, I could find- ah!” I yelped as the door started to glow, catching the attention of the other three. The doors glowed for a few moments until they're was some loud clicking sounds and the doors finally opened. We all stared at it before Amaran and Umbra turned to look at me. "I-I don't know why it opened!" I yelled. This only served to make Mavis laugh a little before she walked ahead of us with Sylph.

"Well let's go see what's beyond this door." She said simply, getting yip from Sylph. The rest of us looked at one another before following in behind her. Unlike the other rooms, this one was left untouched by any battle from the outside, torches ignited along the walls, showing different tapestries. The three of us continued on looking around in awe at what we see.

"Hmm…" I heard Mavis hummed quietly before I noticed one tapestry that really caught my eye. It showed two beings, one that was a white colour and the other a dark colour handing something to six kneeling knights. For some reason I feel like I recognize the two beings in the tapestry, but the details are very vague.

"Oh~" I heard Mavis have a sudden realization, albeit a quiet one while I was confused at this. "Oh boy, this isn't… oh no." She added in mutters before noticed six thrones all lined up in a circle, five out of six of them had their respective knights slumped and long since passed except for one, which happened to be holding some form device or relic of sorts.

We all looked over to the one with the relic and stared at it. "That… it looked like one of those dice in board games." Umbra said out loud.

"It a D20." Amaran corrected her which got some odd looks from us. "I'm from a big family, some of my siblings play a lot of games."

I shrugged at this as I looked at the other five knights. "Did they… lock themselves in here?" I questioned.

"It appears to be the case." Mavis chimed in, walking up to me while Sylph watched cutely within her arms. "Seems as if they chose this fate themselves." She added.

I didn't say anything as I looked at the six figures, then at the door. They all sat there for who knows how long and died in this room.

"Hey… you guys think this a little odd?" Umbra said which got everyone's attention. "The other five died from old age or hunger, or thirst… but this one looked odd." She said, pointing at the one with the relic. Now that she pointed it out, the one holding the relic is sitting upright instead of slouched over. I looked at the figure and stared at them.

"What makes you special?" I asked the figure in question. It didn't seem all the special besides the seated positioned and the object in hand. The same rusted metal armor as the other five. That's when I noticed something odd, unlike the others, this one had their gauntlets off and… well it wasn't bones that held the object… it was stony hands.

“I’m no expert but… that’s not normal…”Amaran said as she pointed the stony hands. I arched a brow as we looked down at the stone dice.

“Mavis… any thoughts on this?” I asked Mavis just to see her staring at the figure with wide eyes. “Uhhh, you okay?” I asked her.

"Oh nothing… umm… have you tried taking the thing in their hands?" Mavis asked me before adding in a whisper. "Whatever you do don't get tempted." She whispered to me. I arched a brow before walking forward and looking down at the relic. After a few moments of staring at it, I reached down and picked the relic up like Mavis said. Uncenermonicly I picked it up… simply.

“That… wasn’t so hard.” I said to everyone.

'Use it… the relic of desire will grant any wish…' Some creepy echoey voices spoke out to me. I looked around at the place.

“The heck? Did anyone hear that?” I asked the others. Oddly no one answered me… what?

'Use-' Was all I heard before Mavis snatched the thing and frowned at it before looking at me.

"Sorry bout that, I'll tell you later." She said to me in a whisper before she spoke up. "Now then, anything else of inter… est?" Mavis said as something caused her to trail off. We all looked over and saw the stone body slowly started changing. We all stared at the figure as they turned from Stone to flesh.

"Ugh. .. Fos. .. Kolos Zu'u?" A voice spoke out, definitely not Amaran or Umbra. We all looked at each other and then at the knight who was now… moving.

“Uhh… what should we do?!” Amaran asked with a worried tone.

“I don’t know! I didn’t know this sort of thing happens?!” Umbra said in shock as we all backed away. The once stone encased knight stood up, holding her helmet covered head in disorientation while also muttering some weird stuff.

"Faal Tholaar... Kolos…" They muttered though judging from the sound of their voice this was a woman… I think. As they looked around, I could practically sense the sadness from them. "Zeymah... Briinah… Zu'u fend lost saluk asamit voth hi pah." They uttered in sadness.

“Does… does anyone understand what she’s saying?” I whispered to the others, seeing their heads shake. I looked back at Mavis and whispered. “Do you have anything?”

"I mean… it's a long shot but I have something in mind." Mavis said as she handed me Sylph for a moment, the latter licked my face as Mavis walked up. The three of us watched this happen just as the knight looked up and sees Mavis. The two stared at each other before the knight quickly got off the chair and was kneeling down in front of Mavis.

“Uhhh… what?” Umbra asked out loud. Amaran was equally confused as the two looked at me.

“Hey, I’m confused as well.” I said to the two as Sylph continued to lick my face.

"Dii ekrah, hi dun daar kendaar voth hin nuvah." Said the knight to Mavis, only glancing up to meet her gaze for a brief second. Mavis took a moment before responding, taking this time to clear her throat and began to speak.

"Alok dii vahlok, zey do thy krosis." Mavis spoke out in the same language the knight spoke, only fueling Amaran and Umbra's shock and surprise while the knight went on, detailing something to Mavis while she listened quietly. Again they looked at me as I'd I was some translator or something.

"Just to let you both know, I have nooo idea what they are saying." I explained to them. Amaran and Umbra looked at each other before looking back at the other two.

"They sound like… they know each other somehow." Amaran said as we all watched on. Whatever those two spoke about, it sounded important and somehow involved the object in Mavis's hands. Umbra stayed silent at all this, possibly trying to get over the fact this was all happening right in front of her.

"Tinvaak ni thy kruziik vun, uth lost mahlaan ahrk hin heyv los fullfilled. Tinvaak vun do jul, fah Zu'u drun hi stin." Mavis said to the knight, who kept silent for the longest time. We all waited for a few moments as the silence was setting in… and waited a little bit longer before the knight cleared their throat.

“Mine apologies mine lady… it hath been a long time since I spoke in a different tongue.” The knight said… oddly.

“What?” I whispered to myself.

“It’s old speak, it used to be what everyone spoke a few hundred years ago.” Amaran explained to me in a whispered.

“Well… this’ll be sorta annoying.” Umbra said with an annoyed frown and soon asked. “Who here knows how to speak old speak?”

"You know you all suck at whispering." Mavis said to us plainly, having heard all three of us. We all didn’t say anything about this, not knowing if we spoke too loudly or Mavis has really good hearing. "Anywho, we should get going now. I rather be out in the sun than cooped up in here any longer." Mavis said to us before looking at the knight. "You as well." She added.

The knight nodded at this and stood up before all of us headed out of the room. The knight stopped at the door and looked back at the six thrones, five of which held the other knights that were still slumped over, the Knight sighed sadly before following us out.

As we walked out, I moved back to Mavis and handed her Sylph. “So… mind telling what’s going on?” I asked her quietly, enough so no one can hear us.

"Stuff and things." She said to me, her smile going wider once she had Sylph back. I felt my eye twitch a little at her answer, but I took it as Mavis won’t tell me in front of everyone. So I kept quiet as we all finally got outside where the sun was still shining and it looked like a nice day. "Ah much better." Mavis said out loud before she added. "Now then, I suppose you have questions." Mavis said to us all.

“Yes.” Amaran, Umbra, and I said at the same time.

“Like, who is this Knight that… was a statue.” Umbra asked,

“And how they know you.” Amaran asked.

“And other things.” I finally added. Mavis frowned at me, no doubt for the vagueness of my answer but she soon spoke.

"Hmm… I was planning to tell you two tomorrow… eh what the hell." Mavis said with a shrug before snapping her fingers, causing the once broken doors to fully restore and repair themselves, the rust practically melted off of the metal as it was replaced while the wood looked good as new. All that before they closed shut. We all stared at the now repaired doors, Umbra and Amaran looked on with shock as I was… sorta not really that shocked.

“Wha…” Umbra said in shocked as Amaran looked at Mavis in confusion as Sylph licked Mavis’ face.

"I'm a lot more than a simple hot piece of ass." Mavis said to them with a smirk before giving Sylph some kisses. The knight stood behind Mavis not saying a word as they looked around the area.

“I’m so confused at all of this now.” Amaran said as she scratched her head a bit before looking at me. “Did… you know what this is about?” She asked me.

“Well… yeah.” I answered her, shifting from foot to foot.

"From the very start." Mavis chimed in before floating and adding. "I'm actually not even her cousin but let's not go around telling everyone that." Mavis said before her body changed right before their eyes and the knight almost on instinct knelt down at this.

“Wha… the… fuck??” Umbra said before looking at me, now I was feeling uncomfortable with Umbra looking at me.

“Viri… just what is going on?” Amaran asked me. I hung my head a bit before speaking.

“It’s...complicated.” I answered her.

"Don't be too hard on her, you two. I trust you both to keep my secret, and I trust the both of you a lot." Grandma said to the two, her tone now taking a serious one. "I've been debating on telling you both for a while now." She added while the knight stayed knelt down before she gestured the knight to stand up.

“I… I need to sit down.” Amaran said as she soon sat down on a large rock. Umbra looked at Grandma, then at me.

“Sorry…” I simply said to her as I scratched my head. “And even if I told you, would you believe me?”

“No, not really.” Umbra said bluntly. “I mean… this shouldn’t be possible!” Grandma arched a brow at this.

"Anything is a possibility, Umbra. No matter how outrageous or how childish they may be, anything is indeed possible." Grandma said to Umbra calmly while Sylph was… well she was all the more happier to cuddle with Grandma. "Oh and before you think about it, I have never influenced anything in any of your favors regarding Beacon nor previous missions… with the exception of the city but let's not bring that up, the less it's brought up the better." Grandma said to Umbra and Amaran but the former glanced at me.

“Right… none of us, but what about Viri?” Umbra said, crossing her arms. “As far as I could tell, you helped her out with stuff.”

"True but I did nothing of the sort." Grandma answered back before adding. "Every exam, every grimm she took down, every assignment she has ever done was all her own doing. If you count me boringly floating about watching her do those things influencing then yes, I did that a lot." Grandma said to Umbra. Umbra didn’t say anything after this as I looked back at Grandma as she held Sylph in her arms.

“This… this is a lot.” Amaran said to everyone before looking up. “Had I known this is what I’ll be getting myself into when joining Beacon, I would’ve questioned a few things.”

"I think you two are overreacting just a tad." Grandma said to them while the knight walked off towards the beach, no doubt to look out into the horizon. Umbra shook her head as Amaran looked up at Grandma.

“Can you blame us? This is a little… out there.” Amaran explained to her. “If I didn’t see it for myself, I wouldn’t believe it.”

“I’m… still trying to believe it myself.” Umbra added after Amaran.

"Take your time, I'll be over there giving our knightly friend some information." Grandma said before hovering over to the Knight, leaving me with the two. I looked over at the other two as Umbra sat down on the grass, looking like she was trying to figure out everything that just happened.

“This… feels like a dream.” Umbra said as she shook her head. My ears flattened on top of my head, feeling bad that this all happened to them.

“Well… what can we do about it?” Amaran asked her teammate. Umbra looked at her for a moment before shaking her head.

“Again, I’m really sorry about not telling you two.” I said to the two of them. Amaran simply smiled and waved it off.

“It’s alright.” She said with a small smile on her face.

“Yeah… not your fault.” Umbra added with her own smile. I looked over at Grandma and saw her talking with the knight lady, who happened to have taken off her helmet and… Wow.

The woman was a Faunus with long gray hair, and she looked young… give or take. A pair of wolf ears on top of her head and from my angle where I stood, I saw that her right eye was covered with an eyepatch.

We all stared at the two of them as they talked for a few minutes. The knight was quiet throughout most of their talk for all I saw. Grandma came back with the knight in tow before the latter gave the three of us a bow.

"Apologies for my silence, I am Amelia of the Guardian Order." The Knight said with a bow before Amaran and Umbra looked at one another.

"Hi… I'm Amaran and this is Umbra and Viri." Amaran introduced all three of us to her. We also all noticed that her speech changed to more modern talk. Umbra simply waved at Amelia as I gave her a small smile.

“Hello.” I greeted her.

"Amelia will be joining us through our years at Beacon, she has nowhere else to go and… has lost her purpose as she has told me." Grandma said to us all before then adding. "So why not have her be defender of the people like us." She said. We all didn’t say anything to Grandma as we looked at one another.

“I mean… I don’t think anyone has any problems with that. Right?” I asked the other two.

“Not at all.” Amaran answered with a smile. I looked over at Umbra as she tilted her head.

“I feel like this is sorta like what happened with Rose…” Umbra said. This got Amelia curious before Grandma said.

"A woman from the fifth kingdom… I'm sorry." Grandma said to Amelia, the latter's ears flattened atop her head at this. As we heard ‘The Fifth Kingdom’ Umbra, Amaran, and I shivered a bit. “Anywho, can I trust you both to keep my secret?” Grandma asked Amaran and Umbra. The two looked at each other for a few moments before answering.

“Sure.” Amaran answered.

“Yup.” Umbra also answered as the two smiled at Grandma. “I mean… who would actually believe us if we did tell?”

"Oh that? No one, I just wanted to know if I had to wipe your memories. I have to keep myself hidden after all." Grandma said to the two of them, making them both freeze at this while I… Well I didn't know she could that… and it sounds cool.

“Y-You’re not going to do that… right?” Amaran asked, now sounding worried about having her mind wiped. Umbra looked worried as well from hearing this, even covering her ears in some sort of defense from getting her mind wiped.

"No… and I meant your memories regarding the revelation." Grandma said with a frown. "If you thought I mean more, I meant nothing of the sort." She added. The two of them let out a breath they were holding as I looked over at Amelia who was staring at the ruins of the castle. A sad look on her face as she looked upon the ruins.

“You okay?” I asked her, getting her attention.

"It's… hard to walk away from this… From my fallen comrades. Perhaps they are in an afterlife much deserving for each of them." Amelia spoke out, once again surprising me with her modern speak.

“Do… you need a few minutes alone?” I asked her, kinda awkward standing here. I’m not really good with this sort of situation. She looked back before sighing.

"I can only hope that with the guidance of my goddess, I may find peace…" She said with a sigh, calling Grandma her goddess. I gave her a simple smile.

“Well… if you need any help, just ask.” I said to her, hoping I’m being anyway helpful. Amelia nodded at this before I heard Umbra bring up the issue of traveling back home as the Bullhead that took us here is nowhere to be seen.

“I mean… unless you want us to swim, which is not going to happen!” Umbra said with a bit of a huff as Amaran rolled her eyes at her.

“Still not over pushing you into the pool that one time?” Amaran asked and Umbra grumbled more as Amelia and I came over.

“That’s a good point, how are we getting back Grandma?” I asked her, getting my teammates to look at me oddly. “Yes I know it’s weird… it has been weird for the first few months of school.” Grandma chuckled before looking at Amelia and saying.

"Now remember, you cannot reveal my presence to anyone. The order and worshippers have long since passed, and as much as me and my sister took your worships like compliments, some of them were… too obsessive." Grandma said to Amelia, who nodded at this and said.

"As you wish my lady." Amelia said with a bow of her head. The rest of us looked at one another in silence as the two had their chat. It wasn’t until Umbra leaned over to me and whispered.

“So… how are we getting back?” She asked before adding. “Are we like, going to teleport there or… what? Fly?” The word fly made Amaran make an odd sound.

“Please no, I’m already have issues with planes and Bullheads. This would make me panic.” Amaran explained, already looking a little green.

"Well, we have plenty of options of travelling but for Amaram's sakes…" Grandma said before snapping her fingers, causing a rather well made looking wooden door to appear with a key on its lock. With a simple turn of the key, the door opened up to reveal our room with Amber… on my bed- not again!

Amber looked up from my bed, which was on fire and her tail was wagging happily as she saw me. My head dropped down as I have to go out and get new sheets… and blankets… maybe a new mattress. Ugh...