The Black Reaper (Male Reader X RWBY)

A Painful Past

Your POV

A few years ago, walking down the streets of your home town would have given you nothing with joy because you usually only did this with your parents. It had been that way all of your life as a matter of fact. Until that fateful day when it was all taken away from you.

Flashback: Four years

You had recently turned thirteen and later this month you would start your new life training to become a huntsman at Signal Academy. To celebrate this occasion, your parents told you that they would be heading to a special restaurant after you all had finished shopping. You were so excited to find out what it was that you did not even realize that you and your family had already finished shopping and were heading to the place now.

You: "So what's the restaurant we are going to mom?"

Mom: "Calm down sweetie, we're almost there."

Dad: "That's right sport, you'll just have to wait a little longer but don't worry, you'll know soon enough."

You: "I can't help it, I get to go to a special lunch with my family and I start my training at Signal next month."

Suddenly, you saw as a group of four random guys came up out of no-where and surrounded you and your parents. They seemed to give off an evil vibe but you were not entirely sure. They all seemed to wear similar attire except for the one in the middle of the group. He was wearing a dark grey jacket with a red shirt underneath. The jeans he was wearing were as black as the night sky itself. He also wore a black hat that had a blue ribbon looped around the base of the hat. The others just wore a black shirt with blue jeans along with dark blue leather vests.

Dad: "Is there something we can help you gentlemen with?"

???1: "You can start by giving us all the money and valuable things you have."

Mom: "What?"

???2: "You heard the man lady, now start emptying your pockets and we might let you all live."

They all pulled out guns and your parents froze. You were cowering behind your father and hoping that this would all turn out with nobody being hurt or killed. After all there was nothing anyone could do in your family. Your mom and dad never trained to become huntsman or huntresses. That's why you wanted to train at Signal, to protect your family.

Dad: "Alright, you can take whatever you want, just don't hurt us."

???3: "We decide that. Now start putting all the money in the bag."

They held up a large grey bag and your parents just started emptying their pockets of anything and everything that they could find. After about five minutes, they finished emptying their pockets of everything valuable to them.

Mom: "You have what you want, now just leave us be."

They all started to walk off in the other direction. As soon as you thought you were safe, the man with the grey jacket halted and turned around slowly to face your family.

???1: "Change of plans, FIRE!"

The three goons quickly turned around and shot their guns at your parents. You watched in horror as their bodies were riddled with bullets. Slowly before your eyes, their bodies fell to the ground with a thud. They were no longer breathing, your parents had been killed in front of you. Tears flooded your eyes and you could no longer see what was two feet in front of you because of how blurry your vision was thanks to your tears.

You: "No. This...can't be happening."

???3: "So what do we do with the kid boss?"

???1: "Hmm. Let me think about it."