Thus Forward

Scapegoats

Ace's POV

Still following Eric; he leads me right through the middle of Copper's White Fang camp. It was impressive to be honest. All the white tents, barely covered in snow, the colorful fires consisting of blue, red, and white flames, the silence between all the members there. It was almost magic.

"This is her tent." Eric says stopping in-front of a red tent, "If she is sleeping do not wake her. I will be waiting out here if I need to kill you." I nod towards him before walking in.

As I walk in I noticed my stitches slightly ripped open leaving a small trail of blood on my shirt. Wonderful. I look up to see her sitting in front of me at her desk, watching me. She points to a chair in front of her desk noticing I was accidentally staring at her. I sit at directed.

"What brings her here." She says blankly.

"Besides the obvious?" I say crossing my arms.

Her eyebrows twitch slightly, "You do have many reasons to be here; but I would you like to name them."

I roll my eyes. "Do I have to say them aloud?"

Copper crosses her arms leaning on the desk, "I don't have the energy to read you mind right now." She says raising her eyebrows slightly, the white mist of her breath visible.

I sit there for a minute. "I was going to say I wanted to join your little gang, and help you relocate it but-" I say looking at her again, "That would be lying, and I know how much you hate that. I actually want you back-"

Copper chuckles, "You never had me in the first place." She says, smiling slightly. "You came all this way just for that?"

"Well that and I want to not be called, 'The Fallen One' every single time Ivory and I run into you or your gang members. I'd also want my wings back. I'd also want my semblance back; but your number one on that list." I mumble watching blood drip further down my shirt.

Copper stares at me, "You ask for so much you know that..." she stands up from her desk, now standing beside me. "Phase one."She murmurs biting her thumb as the White Rabbit dude walks in angry.

"COPPER WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU. YOU DON'T LET THE TRAITOR INTO THE CAMP!" He yells with what seems to be a duck singled over his shoulder. Copper grabs my head and rubs her slightly bloodly thumb over my stitches before glaring at Jace, (Yes I just told you his name. I forget names okay.) "Ew..." I mutter under my breath.

"Jace. Is that the proper way to talk to me?" Copper says, "You'll attract grimm that way... Ace my blood has healing properties don't be too disgusted."

"I DON'T CARE!" Jace yells pointing to me, "He suppose to be dead!"

Copper looks between the both of us looking annoyed, "I don't take that language either..."

Jace notices his mistake.

Copper smiles, "Well with my new recruit, thanks to Eric patrolling his area, unlike you who was hunting when our food supply is full. You've outgrown your welcome." he grabs him by one of his rabbit ears, "This is your last straw." She leads him out of the tent not too gracefully as I follow; with noting better to do.

She throws him into the middle of the camp, as many members looks out from their tents with a chuckle or looks of fascination. "C-C-Copper I'm sorry-" Jace stutters. "As you can see everyone, Jace has gotten on my bad side, for the 15th time this month." The crowd gathers around us grinning. "disobedience is punished." She continues taking out her newly found katana. Stabbing at Jace as he rolls out of the way.

Jace pulls out a small knife, blocking Copper's next few slashes. I watch intently, never seeing Copper go against her own kind. Copper rips the small knife out of his hand then gutting him the same way she did to Lukas. Jace falling to the ground dead.

Copper bows, handing her katana to Eric who watched with a huge grin on his face. "I hope you all enjoyed the show, please remember, as you all learned from my parents... do not cross your lines. You obey, to earn your rights, you prove you're worthy; and you most certainly... do not hurt those who've done nothing to you." She walks back to her tent as I follow again.

"That was vicious." I comment sitting back down in my seat from a mew seconds earlier. Copper nods, "Yes, it was testing your tolerance though. He did take your wings with Eric's help. You didn't help him?" she says glancing at me. I nod, " I didn't have a reason to I guess? Maybe I wanted to actually talk to you instead of watching you kill Rabbit foot." I say.

She smiles, "It's 9 O'clock, we can talk later, I have work to do."

I raise my eyebrows remembering her staying up extremely late when we went to Beacon. "Eric, show Ace... to his own tent." Copper says gesturing to me. Eric crosses his arms as I get up from my chair and follow him; knowing exactly what type of mess I got myself into.