Jaune Mercer

Chapter 17: Storming the Castle!

[Evernight Castle]

Salem was walking down the halls of her castle.

Suddenly, four tall, robed figures crash through the windows and land near Salem. Each one wielded hidden or visible weapons.

Salem was surprised by their showing up.

"Who are you all?! What are you doing in my castle?!" She shouted.

The robed figures said nothing.

One of them rushes to Salem. As it gets close, it reveals a pair of gauntlets (A/N: Will Refer to as Knuckles). Once in front of Salem, Knuckles delivers a punch that sends Salem flying at a great distance.

*CRASH!*

Salem had just hit the wall. She looks up, starting to get a grasp of the situation.

"What is this? An assassination?" Salem thought.

Salem got up, having recovered from the attack.

"Fine. I'll take them in alive so that I can interrogate them."

Suddenly, the sounds of footsteps could be heard. They were getting closer. Coming from the opposite direction was a herd of Beowulves.

One of the robed individuals wielding a wrapped pole stepped forward to the pack. As they got closer, the pole was unwrapped, revealing it to be a guandao (A/N: Will refer to as Point). When they got close, Point lunges with his guandao with great force and speed, obliterating the pack.

Salem looked at the warrior. She couldn't take them lightly.

"You're skilled. I'll give you that. However-"

Salem was cut off from her sentence as her head was cut off. As her head flies, she notices one of the robed individuals was behind her brandishing a katana (A/N: Will refer to as Edge.).

"When did he-"

Soon, the severed head began to dissipate. On her headless torso, a new one had reformed. Salem looked at the Edge, slightly angered.

"Why you-"

*SLASH!*

"Ugh!" Salem shouted in pain as she was slashed across the chest.

Edge presses on and continues slashing at Salem, targeting a different part of her body each time. 

She grunts in pain at the slashes. Still, despite feeling pain, that was not enough to seal her movements.

She puts her hand out and uses her magic, sending a gust of wind at Edge. Edge stabs the katana into the ground and tightly grips it. The wind is strong, but Edge does not budge. As the wind rushes over, the robe flies off, revealing his appearance.

Salem widened her eyes in surprise and stopped her attack. Edge wasn't a human or Faunus. Edge was a Grimm. His body was humanoid and black just like all Grimm, but the bony plating on the body was arranged like armor that you would see on a samurai. Edge wielded a second katana as well, but has yet to unsheath it.

"You're a Grimm?" Salem asked.

A thought occurred. She turned to the rest and noticed their piercing red eyes amidst the darkness of their hoods.

"No...You're all Grimm."

Salem looked at their weapons.

"Grimm that can fight with weapons like any Human or Faunus."

Edge takes the katana out of the ground and took a battle stance. Salem put her hand out and tries to control Edge. However, Edge was unaffected.

She was surprised by this. She turned to the other robed ones, trying to control them, but they too did not bend to her will. Salem was surprised by these turn of events. She was the queen of the Grimm.