Beginnings: Death in the Family
There were three things that you believed in your short life alive. The first one was that your father, whoever he was, was still alive, and would one day walk through that door and get the shit out of him by you and Hesper.
The Second was your mother being able to survive anything. Your mom always told you of her wilder, younger, days, back when she was a huntress herself before she hung up the blades and raised the two of you. How she could take down a thousand Grimm in the morning and still arrive at the town to sip tea in the afternoon, without breaking stride.
The second was the hardest thing to accept when your mother started coughing up blood. The doctors told you there was nothing they could do, that there was nothing anyone could do.
Well, that started your obsession. The third thing that you and Hesper believed in like it was a life preserver keeping you afloat in a terrible sea.
The belief in magic.
Magic existed in the distant past, it had to. The story of the maidens, and the power to control the elements, summoning controlling animals… Being able to feel nature's energy flowing into your body.
Fairy tales, legends, folk tales, even events in the recent past during the Great War… There were too many things that pointed to its existence.
And you were desperate enough to get through every lead.
Even if it killed you.
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"Hey, mom." You whispered as you felt your tail wrapped around your leg. Your mother looked up at you weakly, giving a small smile. Her heart rate picked up.
"Oh Phos… You need to rest." Even as she lay dying, she was caring for you.
Hesperos came into the room, carrying a large book. "Hey, it's ready. I cracked it." He stated.
"What are you doing?" Your mother asked.
"Trying to save you." You replied.
You nodded to Hesperos, and the two of you both started to read.
"Boys. Stop." Your mother pleaded through a whisper. "I've accepted the fate I've been dealt. Don't do something stupid."
You narrowed your eyes. "Really? You think it's okay to just give up and die, mom, when you have so much to live for?"
Your mother frowned, before coughing, hacking like a person choking, only instead of choking on something, she was choking on herself. "Boys. I have done everything to help you, and I am proud of you, for the men you've become. But I beg you, please, stop. I know what you're doing and it won't work, please. Stop, before you hurt yourself."
Hesper hesitated, but you put a hand on his shoulder. "If we have to be hurt so that you can live, then that's a price we will take."
Your choice, along with your brothers were made a long time ago. "Ready?" You turned to your brother for one last look of encouragement.
"Yeah." He replied.
Both of you looked in the book with the words you had translated. Your hands began to glow as you whispered the words in your heads.
Your hands than were placed at where the disease was, your hands feeling like they were in golden water.
Then it glowed brighter, and you felt like you were burning.
"Ah!" You yelped and tried to stop. But you couldn't, you felt like you were dying.
Hesper also screamed falling to the floor, clutching his side as if he was stabbed.
Your mother had tears in her eyes, and she clutched your hand, before closing her eyes for the last time. Her heart stopped.
No.
And you fell into the black void.
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The man stopped and smelled the air. The burning sensation filled his nose, and he understood what had happened.
He reached into his pocket, pulling out his scroll. It beeped for a few seconds. "James. It happened. Make sure their aunt knows… And make sure to keep them safe."
"They will be." The General of Atlas replied. "Did you find Hazel?"
"I'm on his scent. I'll keep you posted." The man replied.
Damn kids. They should have listened to their mother.
But they were as stubborn as him… so he shouldn't be surprised.
He then hung up and called another number… a more secure number.
"Ozpin. They managed to do it. They managed to do magic without dying."
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Salem smiled. "Perfect."
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You awoke in a hospital room, your brother next to you, your weapons and clothes resting on a chair across from the hospital bed.
Who was in the room with you:
[]General James Ironwood: The General of Atlas was reading some kind of report. Why was he here?
[]Colonel Olivia Orinn: Auntie Olivia? Oh, gods... You're screwed.
[]No one: You were alone with your brother… Thankfully he looked like he was waking up.
AN: Enjoy.