//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: The Android and The Huntress // Story: Equestria’s White Fang // by Garnet Naturea //------------------------------// After entering the Astral plane again, I am greeted by a slightly worried looking Luna. She looks me over quickly, noticing my tear stained shoulder, and asks, “So what happened and how did it go?” I tell her about the dream and of Screwballs fear, but only after she agreed to not do anything drastic. She was complete shocked to learn that Screwball is Discord’s daughter and her fear of the Grimm. After agreeing to keep an eye on Screwball so Luna wouldn’t tell her sister and do something they may regret, we begin to go through the astral plane together. Whenever any nightmare doors would appear we would take turns on who dealt with them. It wasn’t all that surprising to find that most of the nightmares were coming from Ponyville and the surrounding areas. After dealing with the nightmares we would sometimes find some more doors scattered around which were just normal dreams. We did go into a few to find some either adorable or just hilarious scenes. Like Twilight being in an endless library with flying books and endless scrolls. It kinda reminded me of a skit in RWBY Chibi with the Geist Grimm controlling a bookcase and attacking Blake. We even found Celestia’s dream and decided to pull a prank on her. We entered and found ourselves in what could only be described as the ‘candy land of bake goods’. We found Celestia resting under a tree with a piece of cake in her hand preparing to eat it, only for Luna to turn the cake into a bunch of brussel spouts, the tree into broccoli and the surrounding area into a variety of other vegetables. Let me be the first to tell you, her face when she saw all this was worth being forcefully ejected from her dream. Luna and I laid on the ‘floor’ of the astral plain for a good few minutes, just laughing out asses off and taking a few more minutes to get our breaths back. We soon get up, wiping our eyes with the remnants of our laughing fits dying off before we completely right ourselves. “You know she will be wanting payback for that right?” I tell Luna with a smile. She just gains a victorious smirk. “She can try, but this is payback for all the pranks and embarrassment she has caused us in our younger years.” She says to me and I nod. “Well, the sun will be rising soon, but I believe we have time to see one or two more dreams.” She tells me. I was going to respond, only to stop as I get this wierd feeling. “Adam? What is it?” She asks as I go quiet and turn, looking around the area. “Luna, have you ever gotten the feeling that someone is calling out to you while you are here?” I ask her, beginning to walk. Luna quickly catches up to me. “A few time. Though that only happens when one of our subjects are having a night terror and are specifically calling for help.” She explains as we reach the area the feeling is strongest. Looking around, I expect a door or two to show up, but nothing. I am not sure how, but I know what I have to do. I raise my right hand, and the hand and my horns are quickly covered by a silver and red aura, much like when Luna uses her magic. Luna gasps, but otherwise stays quiet as I focus on the feeling. Before long two doors appear, but they are different than the ones we have seen tonight. The one on the left is neon green, silver, and white with the symbol of a sword that is split down the middle leading to a circle where the guard would be and stops just before the handle. The door on the right is red, gold and bronze with the symbol of a spear going though a large circle, looking like a shield. Both doors have a black and white aura around them, making them different from normal nightmares. “Luna, do you know whose doors these are and what is with the auras?” I ask her as I lower my hand, the aura vanishing. “No. We do not recognize these marks. However, the aura around them marks it as they are having a memory nightmare. We can go in and see what they are seeing, but we at most can merely pause the events.” She tell me. I stop and think, trying to think of where I have seen these symbols before, but for the life of me I cannot place them. “Luna, I think it would be best for the both of us to enter the same dream. These symbols look familiar to me, and if you do not recognize them, who knows what could be lying past them.” She looks to me and sees my determined yet worried face and lights up her horn and in a flash she is in the same outfit as our duel. She looks to me again and nods. We first go to the door with the sword symbol and walk though, the darkness covering us together. Opening our eyes, we find ourselves in a grey hallway. There appears to be some banners and a sign for a concession stand, if the giant tub of popcorn was any indication. Luna looks around us, just as confused as I am, before noticing a banner with a message on it. “Adam? What is the Vytal Festival Tournament?” She asked, and I turn to look at the banner and freeze. It is made to look like the sunset with a building in front of the sun with the description being. ‘The 40th Annual Vytal Festival Tournament. Hosted by the city of Vale’. I stare at the banner, shellshocked, only for Luna to begin shaking me. “Impossible...how-how do they know of this?” I question myself. Luna grabs my face and forces me to look at her face. “Adam, what is going on? Where are we?” She asks worried. I shake my head and get my bearings. “If this banner is any indication. We are in Remnant.” She looks confused before remembering our talk about the Grimm and her eyes widen in shock. I continue, “More accurately, it looks like we are in the Amity Colosseum where the tournament is held. Long story short, Remnant is split into four neighboring kingdoms: Atlas, Mistral, Vacuo and where we currently are, Vale, each with their own schools for training Huntsman and Huntresses. Every four years the kingdoms have a tournament that pits up and coming huntsman and huntresses against each other to show who has the best students for that year and essentially gain bragging rights.” Luna looks to me in shock. “They pit children against each other in battle?!?” She yells in outrage before I place a calming hand on her shoulder. “Remember Luna, Remnant is not Equestria. Also they have very strict rules so no one is every truly injured. They are either rung out, or have their auras depleted, where they would be eliminated from the fight. But what I do not understand is how somepony could know of this and be having a memory nightmare of it.” She puts a hand on her chin in thought. Before she can speak some static comes though the speaker in the stadium, followed by a voice. “Alright, it is now time to begin the randomization process for our next fight!” The muffled voice of one Dr.Oobleck says, to which I again freeze. “No...” Luna sees me frozen and gets worried. “Not here. Not this point in time!” I say in a slightly panicked voice. Luna puts her hands on my shoulders for support. “Adam! What is happening? When and where are we?” She asks. I don’t get to answer as another voice speaks up. “It looks like our first contender is...” the voice of Professor Port pauses for a second, “...Penny Polendina from Atlas!” He finishes and we hear a crowd cheer outside. My eyes are as wide as dinner plate and my pupils are pinpricks at this point. I know when and where we are. Luna continues to try and get a response from me, only for Port’s voice to soon come back. “And her opponent will be...Pyrrha Nikos from Beacon!” At this point Luna slaps me in the face, causing me to stagger back and come back to my senses. “ADAM! What is going on!?!” Luna yells at me in panic. I shake my head and get back to my senses. “Luna, this is the beginning of one of the worst events in Remnant’s recent history. An event referred to as ‘The Fall of Beacon’.” I tell her and she looks worried. “B-but isn’t Beacon one of these Huntsman schools?” She says worried and I just nod. She realizes the severity of the situation we are in, even if this is a dream. I quickly grab Luna’s hand and begin to run to one of the entrances to the stadium, bursting though, the light blinding us momentarily. Once we regain our sight, we both see a packed stadium full of humans and Faunus, Luna looking at the crowd in shock. I ignore her and look to the stadium where I see them. The two opponents of the beginning of the fall. Penny and Pyrrha. Penny looks like a pale human with curled orange hair with a pink bow like Applebloom. She has a black and neon green choker a pale white blouse, a grey and green skirt and black leggings with green lines down the sides and black high tops that looks attached with a green circle she also has bright green eyes. She has her swords resting in her back and her green parts look like power buttons. Pyrrha is a white human with red hair in a ponytail and a bronze or gold circlet, gold choker with an emerald in the center and bright green emerald eyes. She is wearing a brown, bronze, and gold breastplate, arm guards, leg armor and high heel boots. She has her spear and shield on her back, a red sash the same color as her hair around her maroon short skirt with her symbol on a gold medal. Luna and I watch as Penny and Pyrrha talk to each other before their match starts. It is only once they get ready that I remember something. “The symbols!” I yell out in realization. Luna jumps and looks to me in surprised, confused, shock. I look to her and see her confused look. “The symbols from the doors. They belong to Penny and Pyrrha. That is where I remember they are from!” Luna looks to me with wide eyes and then to the two girls as they get ready, momentarily blanking out as Penny’s swords come out. “But...if this is not Equestrian, then who’s dream is this?” Luna questions. I think for a minute about this before remembering how the doors had the Cutie Marks of the ponies. But the door we walked through had Penny’s symbol. “Luna, you said that we cannot actually interact with this dream, right?” I ask her. She looks to me in confusion and nods. I think for a minute before getting an idea. “Luna, can you use a spell to track the dreamer in the real realm?” “Yes, there is a spell that could let us find the dreamer. Why?” She asks and I look to the duo as I know Port is about to start the countdown. “I may have an idea on who the dreamer is. I think you should use the spell so we can find this person in the morning.” I tell her, and she thinks for a minute before nodding. Once she begins the spell the fight between Penny and Pyrrha starts. As they begin, Luna watches their battle in awe, seeing their skills as they trade blows. Though she looks worried as Pyrrha begins to panic and looks to me. “What is happening to Pyrrha?” She asks. I look around and find the reason. Emerald Sustrai. She is a dark skinned human with red eyes and pale green hair done in a bowl style with two long strands down the back. She is wearing a forest green bra-like front and a white back straps with a black gemstone symbol on her back. She has some white pants that end in her mid-calf and brown pant covers and brown strap shoes. I point to her and Luna sees the women. “Her. Her name is Emerald. She is a minion for the one responsible for the Fall. Her Semblance is to make someone experience illusions, making them see something that isn’t there. Right now Pyrrha thinks her Semblance of magnetism is going out of control and affection her weapons.” I tell her and Luna look to Pyrrha in worry. The fight goes on and midway though Luna finishes her spell and gets the location of the dreamer. After Penny manages to disarm Pyrrha do I remember something. “Luna, there is something you should know about Penny.” She looks away from the fight and misses Pyrrha’s reaction to her swords. “Penny is not a human or a Faunus. She is an android.” Luna tilts her head. “Have you heard of Golems before?” She nods, not seeing where this is going. “Well, think of an android as a mechanical golem that is preprogrammed for a specific purpose. Penny is unique as she is true first android capable of generating an aura. Meaning, she is the first robot to have a real soul.” Luna’s eyes widen and she looks back at Penny. “Why do I need to know this?” Luna asks as Pyrrha begins to use her Semblance. I just grit my teeth and point to the fight. We watch as Pyrrha takes control of the metal strings attached to Penny’s swords...and slices her apart. Luna covers her mouth in shock and begins to shake as a few stray tears escape my eyes. I hated this scene. Penny is my favourite character in RWBY and the fact Cinder had her killed... We stay there, looking at the aftermath, the crowd going nuts for what just happened, when a new voice comes over the speakers. “This is not a tragedy.” The voice begins and I feel my blood begin to boil as Luna looks around in confusion. “This was not an accident. This is what happens when you hand over your trust, your safety, your children, to men who claim to be our guardians. But are in reality...nothing more than men.” Luna looks to me and sees my enraged expression and involuntary takes a step back. “Our Academies headmasters wield more power than most armies and one was audacious enough to control both.” Luna and I look nearby as General Ironwood stands in defiance and walks away. “They cling to this power in the name of peace, and yet, what do we have here? One nations attempt at a synthetic army, mercilessly torn apart by another’s star pupil.” “Adam, who is that that is talking right now?” Luna asks, I just look to Emerald as she leaves and then to one of the monitors that have a chess piece on it. “Cinder.” I growl out, Luna still worried about me. “What need would Atlas have for a soldier disguised as an innocent girl? I don’t think the Grimm can tell the difference.” Cinder continues her monologue, all the while I am seething in rage at this mad women. I soon begin to walk to the arena, Luna following close behind. “And what I ask you, is Ozpin teaching his students? First a dismemberment, now this? Huntsman and Huntresses should carry themselves with honour and mercy. Yet I have witnessed neither.” At this point Luna and I have jumped into the arena itself and begun to walk to the girls. “Perhaps Ozpin felt as though defeating Atlas in the tournament would help people forget his colossal failure to protect Vale when the Grimm invaded its streets. Or perhaps, this was his message to the tyrannical dictator that has occupied an unsuspecting kingdom with armed forces.” Luna and I make it to the girls, Luna looking at Pyrrha’s broken and saddened face, and I seeing Penny, laying motionless with her eyes looking glossed over. “Honestly? I haven’t the slightest clue as to who is right and who is wrong. But I know that the existence of peace is fragile. And the leader of our kingdoms conduct their business with iron gloves. As someone who hails from Mistral, I can assure you; the situation there is...equally undesirable.” I walk over to Penny and crouch down, looking at her face with sadness, before noticing a slight spark in her eyes. “Our kingdoms are at the brink of war. Yet we, the citizens, are left in the dark. So I ask you...when the first shots are fired...who do you think you can trust?” Cinder finishes as the feeds cuts out and the sirens come on. Soon Grimm fly past the stadium, the crowd panicking. “This is the beginning of the Fall?” Luna asks in shock seeing the monsters go by and the civilians panicking to get to the escape ships. I go to answer, only for the area around us to become muted and darkness to surround us and Penny. In that moment Luna and I get close, standing back to back and look around, before hearing a gentle, yet strong male voice. ”No. It is not yet your time, young one.” it says, and their is a bright flash, causing me and Luna to look away. Before we are gone, I see the outline of two men. When we open our eyes again, we are back in the astral plain, the doors are still there, but the one we went though now lacking the aura and looking to be normal. I look to Luna who looks very saddened by what we had just witnessed. I go over to her and bring her into a hug, one she returns in full. We stay there for a bit, before letting go and turning to the other door. The one with Pyrrha’s symbol. I look to her with worry, but she nods with a determined expression. I nod back and with that we enter the second door. Opening our eyes we see we are in a long and tall hallway with green lights near the tops of the walls. I recognize this place immediately. We are in the vault under Beacon tower. Luna looks around us, noticing the elevator moments before it opens revealing Professor Ozpin, Jaune Arc and Pyrrha. Jaune was a pale white human with blond hair and deep blue eyes. He is wearing a white chest plate over a black hoodie with orange interior and white armored shoulder pads, brown gloves overtop some are guards, blue jeans and black sneakers. His sword is held in her right hand and his shield over his left arm. (I just thought this looked awesome for Jaune) Ozpin was a tall, older looking human with grey hair and forest green eyes, and pair of glasses lowered so you could see his eyes. He was wearing a dark green overcoat over a button up black vest and green t-shirt, a green ascot around his neck and a pair of dark green pants and black dress shoes. He held his weapon, a retractable cane in his hand as they rushed forward past us. Luna and I follow behind them as Jaune asks where they are and Pyrrha answers, before arriving at our needed location. Just past them was some kind of machine that had two pods, one on which was occupied by young tan women with brown hair and a severe scar on her face. The current fall maiden Amber. “What? Who?” Jaune asks in confusion. “Jaune.” Pyrrha start before being interrupted. “Pyrrha! Get to the pods!” Ozpin says urgently. Pyrrha looks to Jaune and nods slightly before going to the pod. “Mr. Arc, if you would like to help, you can stand guard here.” Ozpin says, to which Jaune nods and turns around, sword and shield at the ready. Ozpin begins typing some data and readies the pods while Luna and I watch. “Adam, what is happening?” Luna asks me. I focus my mind and momentarily pause the events. “That woman in the pod is named Amber. In Remnant, magic does not exist, except for in four maidens. The maiden of the seasons. Amber is the current fall maiden.” Luna looks to Amber and cringes at her injuries. “Not too long ago, Amber was attacked by Cinder and her team and for the first time in Remnants history, part of her power was stolen.” Luna look to me in shock. “Cinder has half of the maidens power, so if and when Amber dies, it is likely the rest will seek out its other half. The plan was to physically move the other half to a new host so Cinder couldn’t get it. That selected host is Pyrrha.” Luna looks to Pyrrha and Amber in pity and worry. “But...if the magic within her would seek out its other half after death, how will they transfer it to Pyrrha?” She ask and I sigh. “She cannot be gifted her powers naturally, but they can move what their powers are connected to.” I look to Luna with a grim expression. “Her soul.” Luna gasps and looks to Ozpin. “You mean that they are going to force young Ambers soul into Pyrrha?” She says in shock. I just sigh again and unfreeze the dream. “That was the plan.” Ozpin finishes the data entry and tells Pyrrha she has a choice. Pyrrha looks to Jaune as he is standing guard in sadness and longing, something that doesn’t escape Luna’s sight. She look to me and then point from Pyrrha to Jaune. I nod and she gains a sad expression. Pyrrha steps into the pod and Ozpin begins the process after thanking her. The pod holding Amber raises slightly and her eyes flutter open as an orange and gold aura covers her before going though some tubes into Pyrrha’s pod. Pyrrha is covered in the aura and begins to scream in agony and pain. Luna and Jaune both go to her pod in worry. “I’m...so sorry.” Ozpin says in remorse. It only last for a minute before we hear a bow being fired and glass breaking. Looking to Amber, Luna gasps and covers her mouth when she sees an arrow going straight in the center of her chest. We all look back down the hall and see her. Cinder Fall. She is a white skinned human with raven black hair that covers one of her bright gold eyes. She is wearing a below the shoulder short red dress with a lot of leg showing with intricate yellow designs down the arms ending at her hand. On her back is a black tattoo of her odd symbol. She lowers her bow she just used and looks to us with a blank expression. “Cinder!” I say, Luna’s eyes widening as she looks at the woman responsible for all this. “That is Cinder!?” She asks in outrage and I nod to her. We look back to the others as the aura surrounding Pyrrha rapidly returns to Amber before being launched out and into Cinder, who rises into the air with her eyes seemingly having fire coming out of them. Jaune rushes forward with his sword at the ready. “Stay back!” Luna and Ozpin say together, before Jaune was forcefully pushed back and onto his back. “JAUNE!” Pyrrha uses her power and pushes the door to her pod open and gets her weapons to fight, only for Ozpin to stop her. “Take Jaune and get out of here! Find Glinda! Ironwood! Qrow! Bring them here right away! The tower cannot fall.” Ozpin orders, Luna looking to them in worry. “But I can help.” Pyrrha says. Ozpin looks to her with a serious face. “You’ll only get in the way.” He says, Luna looking shocked at the declaration. Pyrrha looks sad for a moment before running to Jaune and helping him up and they begin to run to the elevator. “C’mon Luna.” I say to her, grabbing her hand and following the two students. Luna looks back at Ozpin and Cinder, and she silently prays for him. We get to the elevator and I have Luna cast the same tracking spell as before as the four of us run out the door. Luna looks around in complete shock at the destroyed area. She looks up and sees some Grimm flying over the city, and sees some of the evacuation ships. “Ok, I think I have Glinda’s number.” Jaune says pulling out his scroll and going through it. “Oh, where is it?” Pyrrha and Luna both look back to the tower in worry. “Pyrrha?” She turns to Jaune. “What was all of that?” He asks breathless. “I-I...” she doesn’t get to continue as an explosion rocks the ground and we see what looks like fire rapidly climbing the tower. Luna’s eyes widen with tears and she looks to me. I just nod solemnly. “But...Ozpin...” Jaune says in shock. “There’s no time...” Pyrrha looks to Jaune. “Go! Get to Vale and call for help.” “Huh? What’re you going to do?” He asks as Pyrrha looks at the tower. Luna realized what she is planning at the same time as Jaune. “No...No Pyrrha, you can’t! You’ve saw how powerful she is! Pyrrha, I won’t let you do-“ Pyrrha cuts him off by bringing him in for a kiss. Jaune is shocked for a moment before actually joining in. Luna looks to the two students with tears in her eyes as she knows what it going on. I put my arm around her and she lays her head on my shoulder and sniffles. She finishes her spell as Jaune and Pyrrha break apart. “I’m sorry.” She says before pushing Jaune into a rocket locker and setting some coordinates, Jaune begging for her to stop all the while. Jaune launches off as Pyrrha look to the tower again and runs in with a determined expression on her face. “She doesn’t make it, does she?” Luna asks me. I remain silent and follow after Pyrrha, Luna by my side. We go into the destroyed elevator and Luna watches Pyrrha in awe as she uses her powers to lift the elevator. We soon make it to the top and Pyrrha thows her spear in before launching herself with her shield. Cinder blocks both and Pyrrha backs up, ready to fight. Luna and I watch from the side of the room as Cinder and Pyrrha fight with all they have. Luna is awed by both of their abilities. We get interrupted by a screech out the window and see the large bat-like Grimm dragon as it comes for a flyby. “What the buck!?!” Luna yells as Cinder breaks Pyrrha’s spear and the Grimm flys by, destroying the top of the tower. We turn and see Pyrrha crawling to get her shield as Cinder levitates above her, before she looks around and sees all the gears. Pyrrha uses her powers to throw Ozpin desk at Cinder while grabbing her shield. Pyrrha is put on the defensive as Cinder launches several fire blasts at the young Huntress. Pyrrha throws her shield at Cinder like Captain America and while she is blocking, uses her power to levitate several gears around Cinder. Luna watches her magnetic powers in awe. “Star pupil is right.” She mumbles as Pyrrha trips up Cinder and buries her in the gears. Nothing happens for a second before the gears begin to glow orange and burst away, Pyrrha being sent into the wall and her aura shatters. Pyrrha gets up and throws her shield again as Cinder fires an arrow. The two weapon would have collided if the arrow hadn’t turned to shards and gone through the shield, continuing on and striking Pyrrha in the heel, causing her to go to her knees. Luna looks to her in fear and even though we cannot do anything walks to her and puts a hand on her shoulder. Cinder walks to talk to Pyrrha face to face. “It is unfortunate you were promised a power that was never truly yours.” Cinder lifts Pyrrha’s head up and continues. “But take comfort in knowing that I will use it in ways you could never have imagined.” Luna is seething at the woman who did all this. Pyrrha moves her head away and looks to Cinder. “Do you believe in destiny?” She asks, tears falling down Luna’s face. “Yes.” she says simple before standing up and summoning her bow before pulling the sting back with an arrow appearing in it. Luna walks back to me and buried her face on my shoulder again, just watching in sadness. I hear running so I look left and see the one and only Ruby Rose coming up the tower. Luna noticed her as well but did not look away from the two adversaries. Just as Cinder fires. Pyrrha struggles for breath for a second before Cinder walks up and lays her hand on the side of Pyrrha’s head. In that instant, Pyrrha’s body flashes and turns orange, before dissolving into bright ash and blowing away. We watch in agony, Luna openly crying, before we turn to Ruby, Luna now seeing her silver eyes are like mine. Ruby looks at Pyrrha in disbelief and sadness before all those emotions burst. “PYRRHAAAAAAAA!!!!” Ruby screams as light comes from her eyes. The Grimm dragon that had just been watching screech’s in shock and rage. “WHAT!?!” Cinder yells in outrage. The light covers the area, Luna and I having to shield our eyes once the light dies down we are not on the top of a destroyed Beacon tower, but some kind of grey void. We look around for a bit before I see something. The bright orange ashes that we once Pyrrha Nikos. Before we can do anything they ashes glow brighter and form again, and as the glow dies down, there laying on the ground is Pyrrha, once again whole but without her circlet. Luna and I look to each other before we are interrupted by a new voice. ”It would appear that another has fallen before her time brother.” an almost teenage sounding, cocky voice says with remorse, before the same voice from before come back. ”Indeed they have brother. I believe she would do well to join her friend from before.” the gentler, slightly older sounding voice said. Luna and I continue to look around for the source of the voices before Pyrrha begins to glow black and white and there is another flash, blinding us for a second. We come to in the astral plane again, both doors now lacking the memory nightmare aura and seeming normal. I get up and help Luna stand before she hugs my chest and begins to cry anew. I just hold her close, being mindful of her horn, and let her cry. We stay there for who knows how long before Luna lets me go and summons some tissues for herself. She gets herself under control after a moment and looks to the doors. “Do you still have their locations?” I ask her carefully. She nods and summons a table with a map of Equestria on it. She uses her magic and the two symbols from the doors appear. It zooms in and what we find is rather surprising. The two symbols are hovering over Canterlot. More accurately, what Luna sees is the royal hedge maze. I look to her with a raised brow and she looks just as confused as I am. “I-I do not understand. How is it these two are in the royal garden?” Luna questions aloud. ”Because it was the safest place for them.” Luna and I quickly turn around, weapons at the ready, and pause at what we are seeing. There are two beings standing there. One is completly white with a black outline and the other, slightly taller, one is completely black with a white outline. I can’t help but get flashbacks to FMA when the characters meet Truth. The four of us just stand their not moving before the shorter of the two speaks up. ”Ya know, I never expected a copycat of one of our people to appear here as well.” he says and I can’t help but think he sounds a bit like Michel Jones, the voice of Sun Wukong in RWBY. “Yes, well it isn’t like I knew what would happen when I bought this weapon.” I say back, the younger (I think) one laughing at my response. ”However you came here is not really relevant to us. Tell me, what are you going to do once you find the ones who dreamed these events?” the older one, who actually sounds a bit like Monty Oum the creator of RWBY (RIP), asks calmly, but with an undertone of protectiveness. “The plan for us is to find them and ask how it is they know of such events. Afterwards we will, as they say, ‘play it by the ear’.” Luna answers, the bigger of the two nodding. The brothers look to one another before looking to me. ”Young man, we have a request.” the younger one asks, to which I raise a brow and motion to continue. ”When you find the two, please, protect and help them. They have been through far too much, too fast for their age.” the older finishes, this all but confirming my theory of who it is. I look to the two and summon my mask before taking out my sword and placing it across my heart. “You have my word.” I tell them with determination, not noticing as Luna looks to me and blushes slightly. The two being nod in thanks and begin to fade away from the strap plain, likely returning to their home. I look to Luna after dismissing my mask. “I believe it is time we wake up.” I tell her and she nods. Her horn lights up and the area around us begin to crack and soon the ‘ground’ shatters. We are consumed by light and I wink to her before we leave this land of dreams. ‘Penny. Pyrrha. Hold on.’