“Here’s your order.” I gave the customer their cup of coffee, to a middle-aged woman.
“Thank you.” She said, taking her coffee before walking away.
My name is Alex, and I’m just a guy working as a barista at my local coffee shop.
I’ve been working here for a while now, and I don’t have anything else planned.
It was just a comfortable job, in a normal comfortable life, I looked at the clock and it was lunchtime. “Hey, I’m going on my break,” I informed my boss.
“Okay, don’t be too long.” My boss told me.
I left the shop to look for lunch, “See ya.” and I walked to my favourite subway shop. As I walked I saw a penny on the floor. “Hey, find a penny, pick it up and throughout…”
I heard a horn, I turned and saw a truck coming towards me at high speed.
It was too late to try and dodge
The truck hit me, but I didn’t feel it, or my mind wouldn’t let me feel anything, I saw the world spinning around me. “What happened?” I saw the hard ground coming towards me, and I hit the ground hard, and I felt joints of pain shoot through my body. At that moment my world was just pain.
I couldn’t move my body hurt too much, I saw the penny I picked up before. “Is this it? Is this how I die?” My eyes were closing. “No, I can’t close them!” But I couldn’t fight it, I closed my eyes and accepted death. “Looks like today isn’t my lucky day.”
I can hear birds singing. Why do I hear birds? I slowly opened my eyes, and I was blinded by the sun. Ahhh.
I blinked rapidly, trying to clear my vision. I managed to clear my vision. Man that was bright.
I looked around me.
“How did I get here?” I noticed my voice sounded different. “What’s with my voice?”
I looked down at my body. I was wearing a completely different outfit. I was wearing an olive green German-styled dress with a black hem that is striped with emerald green. The abdominal region is black with four golden buttons with matching buckles on my shoulder straps, also I was wearing an off-white blouse with puffy shoulders, frilled flared cuffs and vertical black lining down the front centre, of my collar piece that does away with the green accents and is instead finished with a black ribbon in the form of a power button at its centre. I wore black long-legged pieces that run up to my thighs.
There was a green stripe that runs down the sides, with a large green circle at the top and a small one at the bottom, both outlined with gold and capable of lighting up too. The knee piece of her legwear is heavily defined to look separate from the leg pieces. There was also a pair of black low-heeled metal boots with the tops hidden by the lower part of her leg pieces. My outfit was completed with a pair of black lacy cuffed gloves with golden stud detailing on the knuckles.
“What, I wasn’t wearing this!” I yelled in shock. “What happened to my uniform!?”
I looked at myself and saw….breasts?….breasts?…..BREASTS! I don’t have breasts!
“Wait, are they even real?” I touched them and they felt real. “Epp, what the hell.” I put my hands on my head.
I had long hair?! I ran my hand through my hair and it was very long, maybe too long.
“I’m I wearing a wig or something?” I try to pull it off, only to hurt myself. "Gah!"
“Okay, this doesn’t feel like a wig, or is this glued on? I need to have a full look at myself.”
I stood off the ground, I looked for a round, and my legs felt weird like I was walking on stilts. “Whoa!” I would like to take these boots off but I don’t want to walk around barefooted.
I saw a lake. “Perfect!” I walked to the lake wobbling every step of the way. “I'm going to kill whoever did this to me!” Soon I arrived at the lake and saw my reflection.
I saw a young woman with long curly orange hair that came down to her chin with a small ahoge on top inwards at the tips along with a black fabric bow under a pink metal bow that has a golden outlined green orb. The phone remains and is more prominent. She also had bright Silver eyes, light skin and freckles.
I remember this person, her name is Penny Polendina from RWBY. “Penny? Have….have I become Penny?” How was this possible?! I pinched my cheek to see if I was dreaming. “Ow!” Okay, I’m not dreaming.
“How did I become Penny? I mean, I was hit by a truck!” Ideas flew into my mind trying to make sense of this situation. "Did I get isekai'd? Or did someone put my brain into an android? Or am I in a VR game? Or….” My head begins to spin. “Okay, I need to….” I heard screams from three young female voices.
Was someone in trouble?! Without thinking I ran to where the voices came from.
I soon arrived at where the screams came from.
I saw three young girls in a treehouse, being attacked by a black fared wolf with a bleached white mask with red markings and claws. “Is that a Grimm!?”
I saw the Grimm forcing its way into the treehouse.
Something inside me compelled me to run towards the Grimm. I don’t know what was going on here but something came out from my fingers, and I felt something come out of my back.
I can feel something attached to…swords? Penny’s swords! I have her strings and swords?
My swords flowed around me like a swarm, I didn’t know how I was doing this, but I knew what I was doing.
The Grimm looked at me and charged towards me. I moved my hands and the blades flew towards the Grimm, I twitched my figures and my blade twisted and turned in the air. The Grimm was sliced into pieces. The Beowolf was reduced to dust.
“Did I just do that?” I looked at my hand and I saw the 10 strings attached to the 10 swords. “Wow, I am Penny Polendina.”
But I heard more Beowolf’s coming, “Shit.” I ready myself for the attacking wolves, I saw 5 of them slowly approaching me. They were analyzing me, looking for an opportunity to strike me down.
“Stay calm, I know these things feed off negativity.” The first wolf charged towards me. I move my fingers and my blades dance to my movements.
It’s like I’m a puppeteer and my blades were puppets.
My swords sliced and carved the first Grimm, I heard the Second Grimm coming at me from my left. I moved my left hand, and my blades flew towards the Grimm. I felt the blades cut the Grimm into pieces.
“This is strange.” I continue to fight the Grimm, using my blades. I slay the Grimm until none are left. After I killed the last Grimm my body was exhausted. “Wow, I can’t believe I just did that.” I sat down to rest, I’ve never done anything like that in my life.
I sat for a second when the three girls ran to me.
“Are yall okay?” One of them asked me.
I looked at the three girls. The first was a white-skinned girl with a red-head about medium length with a pink bow like mine, her eyes were red with hints of yellow.
She wore a green shirt, blue jeans with a brown belt, and yellow and red boots. From looking at her, she looks like the former.
“Yes, I’m okay,” I answered the redhead.
“Are you sure?” I looked at the second girl. Was pale skinned with light pink with purple. Her eyes were green, and her outfit was a white shirt with pink stripes, a dark pink overcoat, and a yellow skirt, she also had pink boots with yellow belts. She looks like an inspiring singer.
“Yes, I'm fine,” I replied to her. “I’m a little tired.”
“Well if you say so.” The third girl said. “So how did you control those blades?”
I look at the third girl. She was about the same age as the first two. Her skin was tanned, and her hair was dark purple, her eyes were also purple. She wore a black hoodie with a lame shirt, green camo shorts, back boots, with marching claim socks. From looking at her, she’s a Tomboy.
“Well I use these strings attached to my fingers, and that’s how I control my swords,” I explained to the tomboy. I saw my swords laying on the ground. “I better put these away.” I waved my hands, and they folded back in my backpack.
“Hmmm,” it was strange, I've never done this before, but it’s like I’ve been doing this for most of my life.
“Coooool!” The girl said to me in unison. “Teach us.” They asked me still in unison.
That’s actually both impressive and creeped me out a little. “Ummm I don’t think….” I heard something coming, something big.
I looked and a Ursa Major came towards us. “Oh no!” I turned to the girls. “Run home! Now!” I ordered them, and the girls followed my order and ran home. I summoned my blades.
I used my strings and my blades came to my side. “Come on big boy,” I said, ready to fight the Ursa.
The Ursa roared at me and charged towards me. I pointed my hands at the Grimm and my blades flew towards the Ursa.
Some bounced off the bony bleached Armor, and a couple of blades pierced its back furry body. The Ursa roar as it continues to change to me.
I rolled out of the way and pulled back the blades that bounced. The blades returned to me, and I faced the Ursa, who was circling me.
I stood back on my feet, and my blade’s returned to me and continued fighting the Ursa Major
I only managed to kill it. I was about to put my blades away when I felt something jump me. "Gah!"
I was trapped under a heavy creature. “GET OFF ME!” I demanded, I struggled to get free
I managed to push my arm out and I summoned one of my swords. But it cuts my strings, “Shit!” I felt it stated my arm with its boney Claw.
I felt pain And I screamed, I felt tears coming from my eyes. *it hurts! so much!*
It felt like my arm was getting ripped off! No, it was getting ripped off. “NO STOP!”
The creature didn’t listen to my begging and continued to pull, “STOP, STOP, STOP!”
Then my arm came off, I was in Shock, my brain didn’t feel it.
But the moment I saw my arm laying on the ground, I screamed at the sight.
“My arm!” I screamed. “Please somebody help me.” I whimpered.
I was in so much pain... *I'm so scared.* I don't want to die again!
The creature stepped off me. Not like this! I crawled to my missing limb. I can hear it behind me getting closer.
No... Next thing I knew the creature flipped over, and I saw The Grimm, it was THE. HOUND! From Volume 8!
My heart was racing from fear and anxiety. It grabs my neck and picks me up off the ground.
The hound pulled back its free claw, in my mind I saw my second death.
Just as it threw its claw towards me, it was cut off and howled in pain, dropping me.
Huh? I looked and saw a woman with long hair that looked like the night sky. I saw a long cross-guard rapier in her right hand.
Who was this?
She didn’t look like she was from RWBY. I saw her raise her sword to the Hound. “Vail creature!” I heard her hiss.
The pain and blood loss was causing my vision to fade, and I passed out.
Was this a dream? Was it a nightmare? Will I wake up in a hospital bed?
To be continued…..