Prologue: The Hunter

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(Lauren's POV)

This chasm was dark, cold and quiet... I fell down here to save my beloved darling, Dairoku... His wings got injured so he couldn't fly so I saved him and took the fall for him... I'm surprised I didn't die on impact especially since my Aura was broken when I fell... I was just, lying in a growing pool of my own blood... My limbs felt... like noodles... I had an aching pain in my chest and head... but, despite all of this... I'm still happy that I saved him... He was always the one saving me in the past... so now that I got to return the favor, I'm... happy... I wouldn't mind if I died right now because I'll die knowing that he got to live a better life...I hope Pyrrha Kuraime and Celeste will take care of him for me...

My eyes began to close as I felt my conscious slowly slip away... This was it... I'm going to get to see mom and dad again... As I slowly fell unconscious, I saw a glowing red light, surrounded by a black mist... I... barely could make out what it was but I knew it walked over to me... That's all I remember before I blacked out...

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I felt myself slowly regain conscience which... was strange... wasn't I supposed to be dead? I woke up in a bed but... the room itself was dark... I groaned as I slowly sat up, hearing a few joints pop every now and then when I stretched... Then...

???: I see you're awake.

I jumped slightly, startled at the sudden voice but immediately regretted it as a spike of pain was felt in my chest...

Me: O-Ow... W-Who's there...?

All I saw was darkness, until I spotted a red light... one similar to the one in the chasm... The light moved over to an area before I was blinded by a light... He just opened curtains...? But as soon as he did, I heard growling coming from the outside... it sounded like... Grimm...? I looked back to the red light only to gasp, seeing who or what it was... This man was wearing a white Grimm-like armor with red glowing engravings and he had a black smoke-like cape...

 This man was wearing a white Grimm-like armor with red glowing engravings and he had a black smoke-like cape

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Thing: I sense fear coming from you.

His helmet had a beastly like mouth that opened whenever he talked...

Me: Who... uh... What are you? And where am I?

Thing: My name is Malak; Malak the Hunter.

Me: Malak... the Hunter...?

Malak: That's correct. We are currently in the Land of Darkness, the birth place of all Grimm.

Me: *slightly confused but shocked* Okay...? Why am I here? I was suppose to die in a chasm.

Malak: Well, we cannot allow such a strong and skillful girl such as yourself to meet their demise in a chasm. My mother saw potential in you, and so do I.

Me: You're... mother...?

Malak: That's correct.

Okay, this is fucking confusing as shit... I'm in the land of Grimm, I'm speaking to a Grimm-like creature... my wounds are all bandaged up... his mother wanted me here... what the hell is going on!? Usually, I'd be freaking out right now... but for some reason... this Malak person... I felt... safe around him... I looked in the corner of the room and saw a long sword with a black hilt, silver blade and red outlines that glowed like the ones on his armor... err... body? Then I saw something perched on a stick... A black and white owl with red eyes... a Grimm Owl...?

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