Child of Grimm Ch. 1

This is my fixed version of Something More Then a Faunus. The reason I wanted to make a fixed version is the fact that I screwed up while writing and made it almost impossible for me to write the Emerald Forest part, and it was just overall not very well written. But here we go, and I hope that this will turn out better. Also, I may change some other names around.

He was standing alone, at the back of the airship. He had found the one part of the ship that allowed him to be shaded from the general view of the people in the airship. He had angled himself to be able to see out the window, but not be seen by others. I'm safe right now. No one will know me for at least today. He found his mind wandering to his last day at Signal.

Signal Academy

He walked into the school, hoping that they didn't see him, that no one would see him. That was just too much to hope for. He was wearing his gray hoodie, with his gray long sleeved shirt, along with his normal jeans, all in hopes of covering up as much of him as possible. He walked down the halls, discouraged by the overall thought of this day. He could escape into classes sometimes, but that wasn't an option today. It was purely a celebration day for those that had gotten into Beacon, and a day of misery for those that didn't. He didn't feel like celebrating, all he felt was misery.

"Hey snake boy," he heard someone call out to him. He turned his head to the left slightly, catching sight of what he feared to catch sight of. A group of three boys and two girls, all of them dressed in leather jackets. "Yeah I knew you'd hear us snake boy." If they want a fight, let them fight me. I'm much too strong for them.

As apposed to fighting, they just started heckling him. It only took them four years, but they've learned their lesson. In the past, he would of have tried to steer them towards groups of faunus to see if they would go away from him. But what he was was much worse then a faunus, and that was something they took great care to point out.

"His mother must of have been a whore to birth him," one of the girls said. He stopped walking, and stared at the bullies. "That got your attention snakey." He calmly put his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"Leave him alone," said a voice from behind him. He turned to see a well muscled girl standing there.

"The fucking guard dog is here to save the day," one of the bullies said.

"Back off," the girl continued. The bullies all started to walk past them, hissing at the boy as they did.

"Are you okay?" The girl asked the boy. He replied with silence. "Are you okay?" She repeated. More silence. "Derek are you okay?" He realized that she wouldn't leave him alone until he responded.

"I'm fine," he replied. "They can't hurt me anyway."

"I'm more concerned about your mental health."

"I'm fine Monica."

"If it makes you feel any better, none of those idiots made it into Beacon." Like I'm supposed to care. A new group will take their place, one always does. "Did you make it into Beacon?" Of course I did. I'm a freak, an abomination, a monster. They want to see what the monster can do.

"I got in," he finally replied.

"Great. We can go together." Oh no. I was hoping she had gotten accepted elsewhere, but I guess I have no such luck. I've never had luck.

"Attention students," a voice called out from the loud speaker. "Will everyone who got accepted into Beacon please report to the auditorium, and all family of those students please report as well. The ceremony for those that have made it is about to commence."

"Come on Derek," Monica said. "We have to get going."

"Why do you stick with me?" Derek asked. "Why not go hang out with someone else, like the blonde?" Monica ignored him and just started walking towards the auditorium. I could just stay here. No one would miss me, and only Monica would know that I was gone. He looked down the hall, and made his choice. He started to walk towards the auditorium.

Present Day

He was still standing at the back of the airship. No one had seen his face at that point, and he had no issue with that. The more he was alone, the better he felt.

"I was beginning to think that the logs were wrong," came a voice from behind him. He didn't have to turn to know who it was. Why? Why can't she just leave me alone? "Hey," Monica said. "Derek? Are you awake?" Silence. "I know you're awake." More silence. "Come on, don't act like you don't know it's me." I do know it's you, that's why I'm ignoring you.

"Hey Monica," came a cheerful voice from behind him. He lifted his head slightly to see who was talking. Oh great. It's the blonde. Yes, Monica's friend, who Derek just referred to as the blonde. She always seemed to operate at 110% energy, and that bothered Derek. "Who's your friend?"

"This is Derek," Monica said, putting a hand on his shoulder. No. I don't want to meet her. "Who's your friend?" This caught Derek's attention. He lifted his head slightly to see a girl in a red hood standing behind the blonde.

"That's my little sister," the blonde replied. "Ruby, and I'm Yang. Nice to meet you Derek." He just remained in his corner. "Um, does he not like to meet people? My sister's like that."

"It's more like people aren't very excited to meet me," Derek finally said. Yang looked at him in surprise.

"What do you mean?" She asked. "Are you a faunus?"

"I wish I could say that was it."

"Well," came a small voice. Derek lifted up his head enough to see that it was Ruby who had spoken. "Why don't you just turn and meet us?"

"If you two really want to know so badly," Derek said as he turned to face the sisters. They both gave out a gasp in surprise. Derek's entire face was covered in gray scales, as was the rest of his body. He had amber eyes that were slits, and a forked tongue.

"How are you not a faunus?" Ruby blurted.

"I'm a Child of Grimm," Derek replied. He recoiled at his own words. Such a poetic name for such a gruesome thing.

"I think I've heard of you," Yang muttered. "Come on Ruby, I think we should leave him alone."

"Wait!" Ruby said. "What Grimm?"

"I don't think that's a-." Monica started.

"Taijitu," Derek lied. Taijitu. So much easier then the truth "Now will you three leave me alone?" He left as much of a threat in those words as he could. He heard the sounds of someone violently gagging, and he tilted his head in that direction. He saw an unimpressive, scraggly blonde boy that was walking around, with his hand up to his mouth. Because this day couldn't get any worse. He looked over to see that Monica, Ruby, and Yang had all left him alone. Finally. Some peace.

End: Questions, comments, and feedback is appreciated.