Team ALLY

Chapter 11: Whispers of the Dead

I get up and see the others are already gone. They must have tried to get some early training done. I go to get changed when I sense an odd presence in the room. I turn around and see a strange girl sitting on Lilac's bed. "Gyaah!" I grab the blanket and hold it over my bottomless legs. "Wh-who the hell are you? How'd you get in here? How long have you been sitting there?"

"My name is Amelia, I live here, and I've been here long enough to hear you mumble in your sleep. Who's Lilac?" My face goes red and I throw my boot at her. But it goes right through her. My face goes pale and I try to scream but it's like I'm screaming so loud that nothing's coming out. Finally a scream comes out and I go barreling down the hall, my blanket across my legs. I end up colliding with Weiss in the hall and a tray of piping hot coffee falls on me, turning my petrified screams into those of immense pain. She helps me up and I'm sure to keep the cover on. "What is wrong with you! What is going on?!"

"G-G-G-G-Ghost!"

"You moron! There's no such thing as ghosts!"

"Well then I guess there's just a girl in my room which can dodge shoes by letting them pass through her!" The others enter the hall and I head back to the room. I walk in and the girl's still there. I quickly throw my pajama bottoms back on and let them in. "See? Weird ghost girl on Lilac's bed!" They all gasp but they're looking at me. "Y'know I find that kinda insulting." One of them hold up their scroll in the self camera mode and I see one of my eyes are blue and the other is brown. "The h-he-who wha-? What?! Why is only one eye blue!"

"It might be your abilities have allowed you to see her, but you're not seeking an actual link so only your right eye changed." Pyrrha states.

"Why the right one?"

"Well symbolically the left is connected to logic, reasoning. While the right is linked to free emotion, creativity. That's most likely the side of the brain that has to do with superstition explaining why that side of the brain can sense her." Pyrrha continues.

"Is there a way we could meet her?" Ruby asks.

"Uh, I could try this." I close my eyes and concentrate, I open my eyes and the others are able to see her." Both of my eyes had turned blue as well. "Hello, I'm Ruby. This is Weiss, Blake, and Yang."

"I know you all. I sometimes sleep in your dormitory as well." The girls tense up and Amelia simply grins. "So...How'd you kick the bucket?" Yang asks plainly. Blake hits her in the back of the head for the insensitivity and Amelia laughs. "I was once a student here, I trained hard and studied harder but..."

"But?" I ask.

"I had to lie in order to get in, I falsified my medical record. You see, I was born with a weak heart. There was no way I should have been able to get in. But I lied my way in because I didn't just want to be a burden, I wanted to help people. One day I pushed myself too far and my heart gave out, right in the middle of the sparring room." We all fall silent, she was truly devoted to being a huntress but she was given a raw deal. I walk over and sit by her. "I find your drive inspiring. Hopefully we all find a purpose worth laying everything down for." She looks me dead in the eyes and I lean back. "You've found it. Yep, I can see it plain as day. You just haven't realized it yet."

"O-kay back to weird, I guess.": The others leave so I break the hold back down to a simple link. "Aries, that's your name right?"

"Yeah?"

"I've heard whispers as I wander the halls at night, something's amiss here."

"Like what?"

"I don't know, but it doesn't feel right. Whenever I go by their room I get this ominous feeling."