Silver Rose

Chapter I - Hall of Heroes

Silver Rose

Never Shall I Leave You. Never Shall I Forsake You.

By: Necron

Cast thy burdens upon me,

Those among thee who are heavily laden.

Come to me, all who are weary of carrying heavy loads.

For the yoke I shall give thee is easy,

And my burden light.

Come to me,

And I shall give thee rest.

PROLOGUE

Lilly ran out of breath as she finished off another set of Corrupted. This was much different from fighting the Grimm. At least the latter was mostly mindless and taking them down was a simple matter of endurance and strength with a little finesse on the side, but the Corrupted were a different beast altogether.

She looked around, spotting another group stalking her. They had been chasing her in this direction for a while now.

A trap, she thought before rushing at one of the Corrupted to get off of the path they were forcing her down.

She managed to break through the enemy's formation, but her left arm was sore. She put her other hand to the spot, feeling warm liquid.

Dang it. Gotta get out of this mess and patch myself up. If only my aura worked in this place, I wouldn't have to worry so much.

She came upon an abandoned village. The sun had yet to rise and she had no idea what this village would be hiding, but she had to take her chance with it; the Corrupted were gaining on her.

This is insane, she thought as she quietly opened a door to one of the huts.

She quickly bandaged her wound with the first-aid kit she had brought with her, careful not to make too much noise and attract their attention. Once her left arm was wrapped, she picked up Myrtenaster, gripping it tightly as she peeked out at the horde of Corrupted scouring the village.

They're not just running through. Crap, they know I'm here.

She looked around for a way out, but the front door was her only path into and out of this small house. The rear entryway had collapsed and clearing it out would take too much time and make too much noise.

Footsteps neared the door. She held her mother's sword to her chest, preparing her body and mind for the worst.

CHAPTER I

Hall of Heroes

Lilly disembarked the Atlas shuttle, looking straight down the path at Beacon Academy. The brochures didn't do this place any favors at all. She thought the campus would look beautiful from the way it was presented online and in the pamphlets, but in person it was so much nicer. She looked all around, wide-eyed, slurping up some drool she hoped no one else had noticed.

So, she thought as she proceeded down the thoroughfare toward what she figured was the main building, this is where mom went, huh? The school that created the heroes of the Labyrinth War.

Someone bumped into her.

"Oh, excuse me!" she said, turning to the amber-eyed girl she had bumped into. She looked up on top of the girl's head. Finishing off the look of her black hair was a set of what she figured to be cat ears in addition to her human ears. She gasped. "You're a Faunus!" she whispered loudly.