//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 Operation Snow leopard (edited) // Story: Sunset’s Guardian Angel // by Jakub the Reshiram //------------------------------// As I stare out of the window of my bedroom I notice the storm outside is getting heavier by every minute passing. I don’t know what this is about, but I start to get a feeling that someone I know is in that storm and whoever they are they need help and fast. I check my radio to see if the police need help with anything because they actually found out that I was the guardian angel that appeared three years ago. And just when I was about to turn it off there it was. “All backup is needed, there has been sightings of a snow leopard in the city over” one of the officers say and I respond, “Need any help with this you guys? because I’m just here sitting bored as hell and tired of checking Blue Rose if there’s any damage done to it”, “Jakub? I thought you were done with this? But hey, you do have the experience of a tracker so might as well send you the last known location of the snow leopard” he responds and I respond back “all right, but what are my orders?”. I wait for a few minutes until I get a response “ The least you can do is capture the animal so it can be sent back to where it came from” , “Okay” I say back as I turn the radio off. Knowing that this is a snow leopard I might as well take some sleep darts so it’ll be easier for me to keep it calm. I also might as well send a message to Crystal to take care of Nyx because both Celestia and Luna are gone to the school to see how Trixie was doing with the cleaning. How I met Crystal was by accident we bumped into each other at the shopping centre when Nyx, Celestia and I were getting some clothes for Nyx. Crystal has light tan skin, white hair with black stripes and purple eyes. The clothes she usually wears is a black t-shirt with a white tiger pattern jacket as well as the same pattern on her trousers and purple runners with black soles. She also wears white fingerless gloves that have a black dragon on them. Her attitude is kind of a mix of aggressive and kind, but also caring. She doesn’t go to CHS but goes to Crystal Prep Academy, but she doesn’t care what the principal thinks about who she talks to. Anyway I’m about to send a message to her until I noticed a message from the sergeant of the police saying that I’m to meet up with a new recruit that goes by the name Flare. Apparently he only joined and I have a feeling that I met him already. I open up MyStable and look for Crystal’s account which is called Darkfang and send her a message in private. Wolf's Requiem: Hey Crystal could you come over to my house I need you to take care of Nyx? Darkfang: Sure I got time Jakub I’ll be there in five minutes. Wolf's Requiem: Thanks Crystal see you soon. Turning off my phone I start walking towards my bedroom so I can change into my guardian angel uniform. The uniform was actually made by myself. It consists of a long deep black Trench coat which is bulletproof, underneath the trench coat I wear a white long sleeve shirt which is also bulletproof. I also have black trousers and a pair of spiked shoes basically retractable spikes that go back into the sole of the shoe which are black and red. The final part of the uniform is the mask this was the hardest to make because of the amount of metal and cloth put together to make it. It’s an exact replica of the persona 4 protagonist’s persona mask. I am a huge fan of that game mainly because of the protagonist’s persona Izanagi. Plus I also made izanagi‘s weapon so I wouldn’t have to carry all the different keychains all the time. After changing into my uniform I was about to leave the room when Rose suddenly jumped from somewhere and sat in front of the door which shocked me because I didn’t see her come into the room or anywhere to be seen when she was there. “So why are you wearing that uniform Jakub?” She asks. I knew I wouldn’t be able to lie to her because like Applejack she knows when someone tries to lie. “Okay you got me I was heading out to the city because the sergeant told me that apparently there’s a snow leopard on the loose and he also asked me to tag along with a new recruit.” I replied. “Jakub please tell me the reason why you’re actually going out?” She pleads. I know I have to tell her the truth about why I kept looking for different mentors because I know the look she’s making right now isn’t a look for asking about the safety of the city or myself, but a look asking why I’m actually going. “I guess the reason why is because of the promise I made with Gehrman six years ago before he died, I promised him that I will protect those that I love and those that are my family.” I say before continuing “everyone thinks I have a perfect life, but in reality I don’t have a perfect life, I saw a lot of my friends die in front of my own eyes I couldn’t save Lunafreya from Ardyn and I tried to stop him, but he tossed me into a wall saying that I was just a waste of time for him.” I take a deep breath before continuing “ I couldn’t save Djura from that psychopath of a hunter six years ago even though he risked his life to save me from the blood starved beast and even then I didn’t have time to say thank you before that psychopath killed him in cold blood” I take another deep breath before continuing “ And the Saturday before last I almost killed Cloud with that anger I had in me and Sephiroth, he was on the verge of fainting because of what I did I-I” I never get to finish that sentence because I start crying like mad. It took almost fifteen minutes of me crying before I could head out to see this recruit. Before I left Rose knew what to do after my mental break down, she went and hugged me. “Thank you “ I whisper before going out of my room with the mask hidden in the trench coat and hopefully Crystal won’t notice it because apparently she’s already in the house playing with Nyx as a give a look to Crystal she nods going back to playing with Nyx as I head to the front I start thinking about who to talk to about my mental breakdowns because I have no clue whatsoever on who I can trust. When I get outside I noticed a police car parked in front of the house. A young looking teenager probably my age was sitting in front of the wheel of the car this must be Flare. Looking at him I notice that he is an undercover police officer because he’s basically wearing casual clothes. A black zip up hoodie with a white flame coming from the bottom, a Latias t-shirt, camo Jeans and Black running shoes. His hair colour is a mix of red-orange and yellow, the colours that most pictures of fires have. As I come closer I notice he’s asleep so I do the only thing I can think of. “Wake up recruit” I say as he wakes up screaming like a little girl. He finally looks at me and motions his head to the seat beside him before the two of us head to the last known location of this snow leopard. The drive to the location was a bit long since the roads were crowded, but during that time I got to know Flare a bit more. He’s one of the few people living in Canterlot that plays Pokémon professionally and placed third in the world tournament two years ago, he also attends Crystal Prep, but like Crystal he doesn’t like Chinch and says that she only cares about winning the friendship games every year that most of the school students are actually bored of winning and the lack of fun. His father said that after the Halloween break he’s going to attend CHS. When he asked me how come I can perform magic I said to him I had a lot of people teach me magic from a young age and told him if we talk to each other while I wear the guardian angel uniform he’s to call me Angel. “So how long were you the guardian angel Jakub?” Flare asked. “About two and a half years” I replied this of course was true because I didn’t start being the angel until I was thirteen years old and had at least some knowledge on basic hand to hand combat as well as multiple non-lethal takedowns. I only would use my weapons as a last resort or if the people I’m after are armed and have a death bounty on them, but I try to bring them in alive. But if for some reason my spear is broken I have an ace up my sleeve. A memory is coming back as I think of the ace up my sleeve. Flashback  Location: Lucis tomb of the Wise  Time: eight o’clock in the morning “Soooo what are we doing today Ignis?” I asked my mentor Ignis. “Well Cor, a friend of ours has contacted us while you were sleeping in the regalia that Noct is ready to start collecting the royal arms of the thirteen kings” Ignis replies to my question. Being eleven years old was tricky for me because Ignis would always tell me that I can’t help out the others because I’m too young to fight. As we approach the tomb the others notice Cor standing in front of the door of the tomb. “You came” he says only then noticing me with the other “ so I see that you took him with you no matter the more the merrier, as you know Noctis you’re the chosen king so it’s your responsibility to look for all thirteen royal arms, not only will this be a hard task for you gathering all thirteen will bestow a great power that you’ll be able to use” he finishes. Cor walks up to the door of the tomb and places a key in the lock which in turn opens the tomb of the Wise to us.  As we walked in, I suddenly feel great power coming from the sword, I look to see if anyone’s looking and I take my chance to see the sword when time stops. “an Equestrian in Lucis now that’s something you don’t see every day so what brings a young Equestrian all the way to Lucis?” a voice asks me “I was looking for a mentor so he or she could teach me how to use different weapons and magic” I reply to the voice “ well you’re quite young eleven years old I presume well no matter the reason I’m talking with you is that you have the same potential as the chosen king meaning you can wield the royal arms as well and you’ll not lose life energy when using them, so I can see that you’re going to ask how am I to keep them equipped well I’ll use this Buster Band+ and I put a spell on it that will allow you to summon any royal arms that you’ve touched ok?” he replies and I nod. Suddenly a wrist band appears in front of me. But as I take the wristband the sword of the Wise appears in my left hand shining in a purple aura and then disappearing in the same aura before time returns to normal. I walk up to Cor to ask could he be another person able to wield the royal arms that isn’t the chosen king and he says “no, no one but the chosen king can wield the royal arms, but others can wield them for a short time if the chosen king unleashes an Armiger chain link, but---” as he finishes I summon the sword of the Wise to show him that I can wield the royal arms. The face he made was so funny that it made me burst into a fit of laughter, Noctis and Prompto start laughing as if we had breathed in too much laughing gas. End of flashback  “Eh Jakub are you coming out of the car?” Flare asks me as I noticed that we have arrived at the last known location of the snow leopard “sorry I was recalling a memory. “ I replied as I leave the car, but as I leave I notice something in the bush that is five houses away from the two of us. A big fluffy tail coming out of the bush. I give a look to Flare saying that I found the leopard, as soon as I give him that look he goes and grabs sleeping darts, but was unable to get them because I gave him a look that says we won’t be needing them. As we finally reach the bush I start hearing a familiar voice saying “help me”. I know this voice too well to know who’s hiding in the bush. “It’s okay Maeve you can come out of there” I say hoping that she’ll leave the bush which she dose and in turn shocks Flare because he’s looking at a talking young snow leopard that walks on its hind legs wearing a coat and trousers with a hole in them for the tail to go trough. “J-J-Jakub!?!?” She almost screams with happiness as she runs up to me jumping into my outstretched arms before she starts crying. “Flare can you bring me and Maeve back to my house “ I ask “Sure, but you’re probably not going to tell me who is that snow leopard because she’s your friend so I’ll just stay quiet as I drive you home” he replies and starts running to the car. The drive home was quite mainly due to the fact that Maeve went asleep the minute we started driving. I answered some of his questions on who Maeve is and what she is, things like that. Knowing that Maeve is in my world means something must have happened to her mother Adira because I did promise her that if something happened to her I would take care of Maeve no matter how old I would be if during the time Maeve would appear in my world. I hope that Nyx will be able to stop herself from brushing Maeve’s fur to which I doubt she’ll listen. I take out my phone and send a message to Crystal saying that she can go home. I probably will have to look for a psychologist real soon if Maeve’s going to live with me, Principal Celestia, vice-Principal Luna, Rose, and Nyx. It’s still quite early eleven o’clock to be exact today plus tomorrow’s a Monday so I can’t complain. I hope Trace will send me something so Maeve can start CHS next week and a letter given me an explanation on why Maeve is in my world. As me and Maeve enter the house, the first thing I notice is that Nyx is asleep and Crystal is nowhere to be seen, so she must have left after Nyx fell asleep so I can’t complain about why she left. Taking Maeve up to my bedroom I notice Rose giving Maeve a quick look before going downstairs knowing I’ll have to explain to her who is the person I just brought to the house. This will be a long Monday for me.