Red Reaper moved swiftly into the forest, avoiding open ground and sticking into the shadows. It had been three days, and her option is to move north using her compass.
She had to live off the land, killing wild animals like boars, snakes and the like. She would conserve her ammo, as to not use her rifle to draw any Grimmspawn attention.
Her objective: find a small settlement or town, and set up a OB (Base of Operations).
"Still no sign of civilization" Red Reaper muttered to herself, she's getting a bit frustrated and hungry, she hadn't found any sign of a road or a house.
She was moving in a fast pace, moving from shadow to shadow, tree to tree, avoiding to step a twig or pile of leaves, always on a swivel, her weapon held behind her cloak ready to attack.
"Raaaggghhhh!!!!!!!!!" A monstrous cry echoed to the forest, Reaper tensed and bought her weapon in her double edged scythe form. She immediately recognized the cry
"A Goliath (Beringel)!?" She whispered, she knew that if a Grimmspawn, or specifically a Goliath is nearby, then someone's in danger.
She had to move to where the direction fo the sound is, before that Spawn kills that person. She ran towards that source of the scream and found herself in a open ground
A Goliath (Beringel), eleven feet, filled with bone plate armor and a glowing red eye. Reaper knew that engaging in prolonged close quarters combat with this Spawn is a bad idea, she had to take the damned Gorilla fast, and luckily she knew Grimmspawn anatomy, and knew it's weakness.
She then looked at the soon to be victim of the Goliath, a girl about close to Reaper's age (15) she was wearing civilian clothing, had brown hair and blue eyes, but what stood out was her 'features': she had a wolf's ears and a tail, colored brown. Of course this would've surprised Reaper but the threat of the Goliath overrided her suprise.
"You! Move out of the way if you want to live!!!" Reaper shouted to the girl, the wolf-girl immediately responded and ran. The shout distracted the Grimm for a bit and took it's attention to the Blood red cloaked human. Reaper looked at the Goliath in the eye and made a "come on" hand gesture
The Goliath gave a glass shattering scream and charged towards Reaper, the Red Cloaked teen just stood there with her weapon in it's box form, her eyes hardened to that of steel, narrowed and her stance readied to strike
"Get away!" The Wolf-girl, now in a safe, but visible distance, she shouted in fear that the Red Cloaked human will die
"Evanescet inconnexum sicut nullum dissipatur"
Reaper's words echoed into the forest, and for a moment the trees stopped moving, silence reigned, and a feeling of nothingness is felt.
Then a bloodcurdling scream was heard, the Goliath's limbs then burst with blood, black fountains of Grimmblood spew in the Grimmspawn's limbs, cuts all over it's body, and behind the Goliath's back was Reaper, her weapon in one hand, scythe stained in blood. She then ran towards the Goliath's back and jumped to it's shoulders, she then kicked the head of the Goliath down, bringing it on it's knees. She then bought her scythe into the Goliath's neck and in one swift motion she cut the Grimmspawn's head off. After that the trees started moving again, the sounds of the forest was loud again, and what remains is the decapitated Grimmspawn, the Reaper, and the terrified fox girl.
Of course the girl was terrified and in awe, of the Beringel and the Cloaked Figure. She was terrified of the Grimm because she almost got torn to pieces by it, and of the Cloaked Girl because of how emotionless she looked while she killed that Beringel, she showed no fear and that her face looked like that of a dead body.
"You over there!" Reaper shouted to the girl, the Faunus girl looked surprised and a bit scared
"Ye-Yes?!" She said nervously
"Are you hurt? Do you need medical treatment?" though it sounded cold, there was concern behind the words.
"No, and thank you for saving my life Huntress" The Wolf Faunus gratefully thanked the figure
Reaper was silent for a few seconds, then nodded
"If i may ask, where is this place?" Reaper asked the Faunus, who was confused by the question
"What do you mean? You do not know where you are?" She answered
Reaper then made an excuse, "I have lost my communication device and my group a few months ago, i had to rely on my survival skills and wits just to survive" She answered with an annoyed tone
The Faunus immediately apologized, she then answered her question "You're in Avelion (The Unnamed Dragon Continent north of Sanus, where Vale and Vacuo is), though not exactly it's name but many of my people back home called this place Avelion"
'Avelion? Interesting' Reaper thought, she then asked "Why did you choose to live here in this Hostile Enviornment?"
"A lot of my people didn't want to, but we had no other choice" The wolf girl shrugged, "We used to live in Mistral, but Racial Tensions between Humans and Faunus were reaching all time high, it got to the point that we decided to move out of Mistral and go to Vale, but ever since Vale had increasing White Fang problem" She said the word White Fang with disgust and contempt, "We were not welcome in Vale, as we were under scrutiny by the people. Vacuo was out of the question since we can't handle the weather there and Atlas is a big no, since the Altesian Military is stationed there, they are the largest Military Power in the Remnant, they are the ones fighting the WF threat, Menagerie was out of the question since the White Fang's Base of Operations is located there"
'Vale, Vacuo, Mistral, Atlas? White Fang? Faunus and Atlesian Military? You now have my attention' Reaper thought to herself, those names helped her a lot, information that can help her know more about this world. But she needed more info, she made her desicion.
"Well okay then, if i may ask what is your name?" Reaper asked
"Well my name is Sarah, Sarah Goldbloom"
"Well Sarah, i would be grateful if you can help me, i'm in need of food and shelter, i haven't had a good meal in three days, please?" Reaper smiled
"Of Course! Why wouldn't i? You saved my life, the village would be grateful to you. Don't worry, the village chief is my father, so let me do the talking" Sarah explained, Reaper nodded.
After a few minutes to get their bearings, the two are on their way. The two walk down a makeshift stone path that leads down to a valley that had a waterfall that flowed water out of a rock, green forests below, and mountain rock from the sides, protecting the village from natural threats

"Welcome to Sanctuary Village, where Faunus and Humans live together in peace, no prejudice, no racial tensions, everyone is equal. Of course, there are the occasional Grimm threat, but no Grimm ever knew this place, i hope" Sarah introduced with pride, and uncertainty in the end. Reaper was silent, but was basking in the fresh air.
"Before we go and meet my father, may i ask for your name, since i'll be introducing you to my pops, i gave you mine, so i'll ask for yours" Sarah explained
Reaper was still silent, but she removed her hood, Sarah then looked for the first time her savior's face

"It's Ruby, Ruby Rose Xiao-Long, call me Red if you want"
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