Hello everyone! Sorry for not updating for a super long time, even thought I kind of finished this chapter months ago. I could blame my studies and university job, but that would not be entirely honest. I am just horrible at managing my time with my work and hobbies, so please forgive me. I will still write the stories, but the updates will be very irregular due to my jobs. Sorry!

This chapter has more explanation than dialog. This is because I needed to explain this world a bit more so you could get a sense of what the combat and people are like. This fic was designed to be an alteration of the Fairy Tale mythology, so various events and objects will parallel real myths and legends. However, it is also a reverse of fairy tales as it tries to destroy the cultural structures in those stories. PLEASE ENJOY THE NEW CHAPTER!

19 Years Later

Sea between Vale, Mistral, and Atlas

"It's a wonderful view isn't it, Your Highness?"

The white-haired girl who was looking up the night sky slowly turned her head to acknowledge the officer asking the question.

"Yes. Yes, it is." Weiss said softly. She was slightly annoyed to be disturbed from her peaceful solitude, but just gave a small trained soft smile towards the officer.

The officer just nodded hesitantly, not knowing what else to do or say towards the Atlas ambassador and member of the Atlas Royal Family.

Weiss then slowly looked back up towards the night sky to mesmerize the view. She could sense the officer beside her trying to approach her but was either too afraid or cautious to do so. The princess just ignored him as he continued to hesitate, after a few seconds, the officer gave up and left with a bow. "Have a good night, Your Highness.".

As the officer walked back to his post, Weiss started to relax a bit more and focused more on the night sky that was filled with star of various constellations. She had never seen these many stars in one place before, part of her felt envious of the people that could see such marvel anytime they want.

She was currently at the balcony of a semi militarized cruise airship going to Atlas from Mistral. The cruise ship was designed to be in between a luxury and military cruise to be used for VIPs. Having state of the arts defensive and concealment technology. As well as being protected by two heavily armed and invisibly concealed Atlas destroyer class airship.

Normally, the cruiser would be guarded by two frigates for protection. However, 'normality' never did apply to Weiss. Especially as the Ambassador of Atlas to Mistral and a member of the Atlas Royal Family.

She had just concluded a major political and economic treaty with the royal family of Mistral and was now on her way back home. The princess sighed with exhaustion as she recalled the recent events that have transpired. The bombing of political buildings, the strategic mobilization of war machines, and illegal occupation of another kingdom's territories.

Escalation of another Great War is becoming more difficult to ignore. The Eastern Alliance and Western Alliance are both readying their military capacity in preparation of another war.

The Second Great War started 19 years ago and stopped 15 years ago. It was the bloodiest war to date, with a death toll of millions. However, the war never ended as no side surrendered and no peace treaties were made. Both sides just agreed to a temporary ceasefire due to exhaustion.

During the ceasefire, both sides continued to militarize rapidly in preparation for another chance to defeat their enemies. Nearly everything was focused on warfare, from the economy to education. Ancient academies such as Beacon, Haven, Shade, and Atlas were now completely used to train new generations of huntsmen and huntresses.

The devastation and lack of conclusion of the war left many survivors filled with anger and hatred towards their opposing kingdoms. Their anger and hatred passed on to their children with stereotypes and indoctrination.

Military service became mandatory after the age of 17, but schools would begin combat training at the young age of 12. Nearly everyone above the age of 14 were trained combatants ready to fight for their kingdoms. An entire generation trained for war that never saw peace.

Weiss closed her eyes and rubbed her temples, suspecting another headache from the stress. Sometimes she wonders if it would have been easier if she was indoctrinated like the rest of the commoners. She knew too much about the war and how both sides just kept escalating their aggression. Part of her dreamed for a more peaceful world where she would be free from the weight of her crown. However, another part of her wanted vengeance against the Western Alliance that stole so much from her. The alliance that killed and tortured her people. Insulted her kingdom. Took her freedom... And mom.

The ships silently sailed their way to Atlas as the princess tried to control her thoughts on the balcony. She looked back and could see from a window that the party was still ongoing inside. A party for her achievements during her stay in Mistral.

Weiss never really enjoyed those events. It was so superficial to the point of suffocation to her. That was why she went outside to the balcony of the airship to get a breather. To try to distract herself from all the thoughts that ran chaotically in her mind.

She looked down tiredly and sighed again. Breathing deeply to force herself to relax in preparation to go back inside the ship. The princess looked up at the sky once more to see a shooting star traveling across the vastness of space. For the first time in a while, she gave a genuine smile. Even though it was silly, she made a silent childish wish. She wished she had someone to always be with her. To be there when she's lonely and scared.

With one last look, she walked back inside the ship. The moment she opened the door, all eyes were set on her. "I propose a toast to Princess Schnee! The most beautiful ambassador I have ever laid my eyes upon!" exclaimed a large bulky noble from Mistral while raising his champagne.

The entire hall clapped, and Weiss gave a polite bow with a smile to show her thanks.

The Mistral noble bowed as well. "As a small token of my appreciation, I have a fine gift to present to you, your highness."

Weiss stopped herself from politely declining his gift. It was always best to accept a gift from a noble to show friendship and to feed his ego. Declining a gift could express disinterest or insult.

"Well, thank you. I would gladly accept your gift."

The noble commanded a servant to bring a large chest and pulled out a giant fur coat. The coat looked like it was a mix of a bear and a wolf stitched together.

Weiss raised an eyebrow from the unexpected gift.

"I hunted the bear and wolf myself your majesty. Their furs too fine and smooth to be used for anything else than a clothing of royalty." The noble smiled while putting his right hand on his chest with pride.

"Ah… I am greatly thankful for the gift." Weiss smiled passively.

"Would I have the honor to see you wear it, your majesty."

"Of course."

The noble slowly approached her and wrapped the coat around her back. The first thought on Weiss mind was, it was light. Like really light. It felt like it was the lightest fur coat in the world.

"How do you like it, your majesty?" the noble asked eagerly.

"Its perfect. Thank you very much Count Adolph."

The count gave prideful smile and a small bow. Weiss gave a small bow as well to return the respect. When that was over, she excused herself and approached the captain of the ship who stood steadily near an elevator.

"Captain."

The captain bowed. "Yes, your highness, is there something you need?"

"No. I would just like to excuse myself."

"Oh, is the celebration not to your liking?" Concern was evident from his expression.

Weiss smiled to ease his worries. "No, I am just a bit tired from all the meetings I had this morning. I just need a few minutes to shut my eyes."

"Of course. Would you like an escort?"

"That would not be necessary. Its fine, thank you Captain."

"Yes, your highness. Good night."

With that, Weiss activated the elevator to slowly walk towards her living quarter. Her quarter was a luxurious room with a king size bed. She approached the bed and lied flat on its surface. Too tired to shower or even remove the giant fur coat she was wearing. On the contrary, it was rather comforting to have a fluffy coat wrapped around her body. It was warm and soft to touch. Without much effort, she fell asleep.

Weiss instantly woke up from the sound of an alarm coming from the ship. She quickly got up from bed but fell when the ship shook violently. Sensing an attack, she quickly grabbed her Myrtenaster and ran towards the main hall to find out what's going on.

The main hall was in chaos as everyone is either running to find their weapons or moving to their battle stations. It was an organized chaos, as everyone in the ship knew what to do in case of an attack. The crew must engage in combat to hold off the enemy while the VIPs evacuate immediately through a escape pod.

From the window, she could see various explosion appearing on the destroyer class airships as it continued to fire on enemies too far for her to see at night. The two destroyer class ships are being used as shields to protect the cruiser from harm.

The enemy attacks were continuous, it was as if there were a lot more than six enemy ships out there firing at them.

Weiss looked around the hall to find anyone she knew who could explain the situation. She then found a lieutenant yelling orders near the door.

"Lieutenant!" Called Weiss.

Surprised to see the princess still on the main hall. The lieutenant quickly grabbed Weiss's wrist to move her to safety. "Your highness, It's not safe here!"

Weiss just pulled her hand away from his. "Who's attacking us?!"

Conflicted between telling her or moving her to safety due to lack of time, he decided on the former. "The ships are from Vale. Please your highness, get to the emergency pods immediately."

"How many ships?"

"I was told that there were ten destroyer class warships and an aircraft carrier." Fear was evident on his voice.

"What?!" Weiss was surprised with that number. Atlas prides itself for being the most technologically advanced kingdom. A single Atlas air warship could hold its own against three Vale air warships. However, the difference in numbers right now were too big. "How was Vale able to pass through without detection."

"I don't know mam. They just appeared out of nowhere and started attacking us."

It was then that she realized that she was the target. Vale figured out where her ship would pass and waited for them. The enemy ships stayed still, turned off their engines, and concealed their presence with the use of technology and semblances from its crew. There must have been a traitor within the three ships that signaled them the strike.

"Your highness, you have to evacuate now." The lieutenant stated urgently as he quickly grabbed her wrist to bring her to where the escape pods were.

Weiss allowed him to move her there while still holding her Myrtenaster with her other hand. She couldn't trust anyone right now but if he was genuine, then following him would be the better choice.

The lieutenant shouted everyone in front of him to make room to allow the princess to pass. They both ran their way outside the hall to a side of the ship outside.

Weiss could clearly see how the destroyer class ships were more focused on protecting the cruiser than going on full offensive. They were taking hits after hits from incoming projectiles and missiles.

Suddenly, gunshots could be heard from above and bullets enhanced by various dusts began to rain upon them from the sky.

"HUNTERS!" Exclaimed an officer to everyone on deck.

"TAKE COVER!"

Huntsmen and huntresses fell from the sky and landed on the many surfaces of the cruiser with great velocity. They performed a high-altitude dive and used their auras to negate the impact of landing. Some of them were shooting while falling or throwing their weapons on enemies close to where they would land.

The huntsmen and huntresses from Vale and Vacuo quickly began to attack the cruiser's personnel. Gunfights and melee combats were present everywhere on the ship.

Too distracted from the carnage, she was surprised when the lieutenant suddenly pulled her to another corridor for cover when an enemy huntsman fired at them. "Damn it!" he cursed as he quickly brought out his daggers that transformed to pistols to return fire.

While reloading, the lieutenant looked at Weiss with urgency. "Your highness, make one turn to the left and two turns to the right to reach the escape pods. I'll hold them off for you."

Weiss hesitated to leave him there. "Are you sure about this? Why can't you just come with me?"

"The enemy saw you, so they will send backup over here. I can distract them in thinking that you are still with me. This will buy you some time. Please princess, leave now."

Still hesitant, Weiss forced herself to nod and quickly gave her thanks. The lieutenant just smiled a bit. "Don't thank me yet. Now go!"

The princess quickly ran and followed the routes told to her. Before she could reach the site, someone shot her multiple times on her left shoulder with a fire dust enhanced rifle. Her aura protected her, but she was pushed to the floor and dragged due to the continuous force fired from the rifle.

After the 5th shot, the gun stopped. She quickly looked up and saw a fully armored soldier with the flag of Vale on his right shoulder attempting to reload his weapon.

Quickly, she activated her semblance and Myrtenaster to propel herself towards the soldier. Myrtenaster hit his neck, where the armor was weaker, but his aura blocked the attack. Upon contact, the red dust in Myrtenaster activated, causing a large fire explosion that pushed the Vale soldier and slammed him to a metal wall. The wall dented from the impact and his helmet fell off.

Not giving him a chance to recuperate, Weiss ran towards him to pierce his face. The soldier quickly transformed his rifle to a gladius and redirected the attack to his side. Myrtenaster pierced through the metal wall beside him and got stuck. He quickly used his sword to slice his opponent, but Weiss let go of Myrtenaster and moved closer to him to prevent the blade from touching her.

She elbowed him on the jaw and grabbed his wrist that was holding the gladius to control the weapon. She then twisted his wrist, which weakened his grip as he fell to the floor due to the wrist lock.

Not releasing his weapon even with the pain as his right arm was locked, he used his legs to kick upwards on Weiss before she attempted to knee his elbow. The kick landed on her chest, pushing her upwards until she slammed on the ceiling and fell to the floor.

Before he could attack her again, she flipped from the floor to move backwards to give distance between them. When she was near her Myrtenaster, she quickly pulled it out of the wall and prepared a battle stance.

He ran at her to slash her neck but was redirected immediately by Myrtenaster while using lightning dust. This electrocuted his weapon and his right arm, temporarily immobilizing his right arm. With that, Weiss activated his semblance to time dilate herself, performing dozens of precise strikes on the soldier per second.

Realizing that his aura couldn't take more damage, he charged towards her and pushed her till her back hit the wall. Preventing her movements, he kneed her on the stomach, and elbowed her back when she leaned forward from the first attack. He used his left hand to grab the blade of Myrtenaster and used his gladius to slash her.

In desperation, Weiss used the wall behind her as a support as she used both of her legs to push him away from her. He flew 20 feet away on the corridor. In his midflight, Weiss propelled towards him using her semblance and pierced him with Myrtenaster. The additional force kept him still in midair until he slammed on a wall.

Myrtenaster was piercing deeper into him due to his low aura and his movements were limited because he was trapped to the wall. He frantically let go of his gladius and used both of his hands to grab the Myrtenaster to prevent it from going deeper.

Weiss shouted as she continued to put more force on her weapon and activate her ice dust. Hundreds of spikes began to appear around Myrtenaster and penetrated through the soldier's hands, arms, and shoulder. Blood spurred out everywhere from his arms as he agonized over the intense pain.

Some of the blood went to her face and dress, but she ignored them. She continued to push her blade.

The blade passed through his grip as his blood was used as a lubricant. It penetrated through his aura and chest until the hilt of Myrtenaster touched his chest. He was pinned to the wall and was trying to remove the blade with his destroyed arms.

He tried to cry out in pain, but nothing was coming out of his mouth. One of his lungs was pierced, preventing air to hold inside and allowing blood to flow in.

As he frantically tried to remove the blade, slowly but surely, his body became less active till he turned motionless on the wall.

Weiss was breathing heavily from the encounter and her aura was nearly depleted. After a few breathers, she pulled Myrtenaster out and ran towards the escape room.

When she entered the room, there were still a couple of escape pods waiting for launch. She quickly went to one of them and activated it. The escape pods look like a metal sphere with bulletproof glass on the front.

However, before she could launch, a couple of Vale soldiers entered the room and saw her in the escape pod. They quickly fired their guns at her during the launch. One of the huntsmen with a grenade launcher landed a hit on the left side of her escape pod as it escaped.

Thrown out of the air cruiser, a small explosion erupted inside the pod due to the damage from the grenade launcher. A large metal piece from the left side of the pod broke and stabbed Weiss just slightly above her left waist. Her aura was not able to block it properly because of how low it was.

Weiss screeched in pain, gritting her teeth and tightly shutting her eyes. Blood began to flow on the cockpit, straining the chair and the white dress with red.

When she opened her eyes, she realized that the controls were damaged as well. All systems were not responding as she panicked to get things operational. The pod wasn't flying but falling towards the ocean.

The pod smashed to the ocean and began to sink at a fast pace. The damages from the pod caused water to leak inside and flood the cockpit. Pressure and water kept building up as the pod goes deeper in the ocean.

The princess removed her seat belt and tried to wear the emergency diving suit. However, she realized that she couldn't wear because the cockpit was flooded, and the large metal piece was still attached to her waist.

As the pod kept going deeper and deeper, her ears felt like they were about to explode. What frightened her to no ends was that the window showed nothing but pitch black. She was so far from the surface of the ocean.

Hysterically, she grabbed the emergency kit and the oxygen mask. She was going to try to swim her way to the surface before it was too late. She pulled the emergency eject lever, but the window won't open due to the damage.

Pure white dread and fear kept filling her from within every microsecond. She was so scared to die like this.

She kicked on the window with all her might. Out of desperation to get out, she used Myrtenaster with cyan dust to shatter the window. This broke the window, but the sudden wave of water knocked her out with its tremendous pressure and density.

A small piece of the reinforced glass gazed her eyelids when the water charged in.

Slowly going unconscious as well as not being able to remove one of her restraints, she continued to go deeper to the ocean with the pod.

Her eyes closed as she saw two glowing red eyes looking down on her from the pitch-black darkness. Then everything went dark as she continued to fall.

Unknown Cave

Weiss woke up to the sound of sea birds all around her. When she opened her eyes, it took her a few seconds to process that she was no longer in the air ship. She was inside a cave with a giant hole above and below at the center. The hole above allowed the sunlight to light up most of the cave. There was even an apple tree growing near the center, with its leaves and branches growing towards the light.

She looked around the cave and could see that she was lying on the base of the tree. The cave was over 30 meters in diameter with a small waterfall falling from the opening above the cave to the hole below it.

She tried to remember what happened and quickly recalled the attack on the airship by Vale. The feeling of dread filled her once more when she remembered falling to the ocean with her pod. What confused her was how she was able to get out. She couldn't recall if she removed her restraints and swam back to the surface. Not to mention, if she did reach the surface, how did she end up inside a cave with no ocean in sight.

She continued to jagg her memory but could recall nothing. The last thing she could recall was a pair of eyes looking at her.

The princess frowned, thinking that she must have had a concussion to imagine something like that.

Weiss tried to get up, but a sudden unbearable pain started to form around her left waist. The pain drained all her strength and caused her to sit back down on the tree.

The large chunk of metal was still impaled on her. Observing the wound, Weiss exhaled in relief because the metal didn't hit any major organs or blood vessels. However, she couldn't leave it there too long as infection or chemical deterioration could poison her body.

Auras were able to heal any non-critical injuries. However, auras are not able to heal wounds if there was something blocking it or preventing it from repair. Like a bullet, a knife, or a giant chunk of metal that was currently impaled to her.

What was worse, the wound around the metal that impaled her had healed completely. Making it a lot more difficult and painful to remove.

One of the disadvantages of auras was that it could be too effective. It would heal anything quickly, even if said injury shouldn't be healed at the time being.

She touched the metal a bit to see if she could remove it herself. White pain electrocuted her entire body the moment she tried to remove it. She clenched her teeth to ease the pain and gave up on the idea of removing it herself now. Her aura should prevent infection and poisoning for the time being.

It was then that she realized that she was still wearing that stupid fur coat. She must have forgotten to remove it from the chaos that occurred back on the ship. Trying to remove it would be difficult because of the metal that was impaled to her. It also wasn't that wet so she might be able to use it as a blanket while waiting for rescue.

Speaking of rescue, the princess looked around herself to see where the emergency survival kit was. She felt relief when she found it, but it quickly turned to despair when she opened the kit. The kit had a large hole at the side, so the GPS tracking and various other equipment were lost in the ocean. The only things left on the kit were medical tools and various survival tools.

Her hopes went up again when she found a phone. "Yes!"

Turning it on, static was the only thing she could hear from it. "Hello! Hello!"

There were no replies.

Suddenly feeling tired from all the stress and emotions she went through. She placed her phone down. She concluded that she must be in a remote area, far from networks. The phone could be used to send short ranged signals to nearby vessels to inform them of her location. She could even contact them when any vessels were close enough.

It was also fortunate that the phone was solar powered, continuous use would not be a problem. She also needed to be careful though, because a vessel from Vale of Vacuo would also be able to locate her.

The princess looked up at the giant hole above, thinking of ways to climb up there in her current state. Then she heard something moving in the darker side of the cave.

Feeling both fearful and hopeful, more on the former, she kept her eyes on where the sound came from. "W-Who's there?!"

There was no reply, but the sound of something moving began to increase. It sounded like dozens of joints cracking on each other's.

"Show yourself!" She demanded in a frightful tone while using her free hands to look for Myrtenaster. Only to feel more scared when she realized its no longer with her.

The unknown sound kept getting louder in the shadows. Weiss was able to get a small glimpse of something on the wall.

"I'm warning you, show yourself now!" she demanded while trying to move far away from the shadow as possible.

The movements in the shadow increased.

"I'm a member of the Atlas Royal Family. I know powerful people." She informed out of panic.

The figure was slowly moving away from the shadows that concealed it.

"We can negotiate. I can give you a lot of money if you'd show yourself and help me."

However, what came next shocked her beyond anything she could have ever expected. From the dark shaded section on the roof of the cave, a pair of red glowing eyes was intently staring at her.

A strong chill traveled across Weiss's spine. That's when she realized that the person looking at her was not human, but something else entirely.

It was attached to the wall, crawling on it like it was the floor. What was disturbing was his lower body was crawling with its back while his front body was crawling with its front. It was as if his waist rotated to a 180-degree angle. His head was also turned to 180 degrees and was looking at her intensely.

It moved around the wall like a twisted form of a contortionist while it tilted its head observing her.

Weiss screamed louder than she ever thought possible.

The figure let go of the wall and dropped down to the ground in front of her. The creature was nothing like she has ever seen or heard from. In fact, it was a grotesque form that could not be imagined easily.

The creature's skin color was completely pitch black which gave an affect that it was a part of the shadows in the cave. Its skin could not easily be described as it looked smooth and shiny but from the way it absorbs light, it was far from it. The light looked like it was being absorbed and devoured by countless microscopic organisms moving rapidly on its skin. It only had a few moving hairs all around its body with multiple holes that appear to be opening and closing on its skin.

Its body was filled with multiple skin and muscle lines as if the figure was an over sketched drawing of a human form. This gave the figure an appearance that it was entirely made of tiny small lines put very close together.

The bone structures were also completely different, it had more bones than what a humanoid figure normally has, and they were all hidden underneath its skin. The stomach, chest, arms, neck, legs, waist, and head looked denser and more intricate. The figure also had six digits on each hand and foot.

However, what scared her the most was its face. The front of its face looked like an additional skull layer was placed inside it which made it slightly elongated, causing its unnatural glowing red eyes to be placed too deep on its eye sockets. The eyes were in vertical slit form but there were also rows of horizontal near transparent ommatidia that crosses the slits.

It was nearly bald, with some short black hair like tentacles moving on its head. There was no nose, but twelve silted holes placed close to each other.

There were no ears at the side of its head, what replaced it was a small tiny hole surrounded by lines of opening like the ones under a mushroom which appeared to be moving as well.

It also had two mouths, one very closely overlapping the other giving it an appearance of only one mouth. The front mouth had a few short razor-sharp mandible fangs that covered its lips that was also covering a more human like jaw. It's tongue, showing a bit from its mouth, was a black long organ that separated to four parts at the end. With hair like substance emerging from between the split.

It was also big, being at over nine feet in height when standing.

"Stay back!" screamed Weiss, frightened beyond reason.

She tried to move backwards, but the metal still attached to her just made it too painful. The moment she tried to move back, the pain would remove all the stamina from her.

Too scared to think, she got any rock from her surrounding and threw it at the figure. Hoping that it would stop it from approaching her.

The figure didn't move and just took the rocks on what should be its chest. It just continued to look at her intensely without sound or any other movements.

Weiss quickly grabbed the phone again and called on it frantically. "Could anyone read me?! This is Weiss Schnee, ambassador of the Kingdom of Atlas! If anyone is hearing me, please help me! I don't know where I am! Please hurry, something is going to kill me!"

Fear and panic were the only thing she could feel.

"My life is in danger right now! Something is here with me and is going to kill me! Please help!"

The creature continued to look at her with unreadable demonic eyes.

"I repeat again, can anyone hear me? This is Weiss Schnee, ambassador of the Kingdom of Atla…." She continued to repeat her calls over and over again. It must have been over two hundred times now, but she will not stop. She was too afraid to stop.

"Please help me! Please! Please!... Anyone! Please…" The scared girl continued to call as the hours go by. Till hours turned to days. While calling, she never took her eyes off from the monstrous figure. And it never stopped watching.

Two Days Later

The bright light from the sun shined on a pale girl's sleeping face. She turned her body to prevent the light from touching her face. Within a few seconds, the girl instantly got up when she recalled the monstrous figure.

She quickly looked around her and could see the monstrous figure inside a small cave. Its back towards her as it was eating something. Her eyes widened, and she quickly looked through her entire body to make sure a limb wasn't missing. Relief washed over her because everything was still in place.

The phone was still clenched tightly on her hand. She realized she must have fallen asleep due to emotional exhaustion, continuously calling and not sleeping nearly two days.

While double checking her body, she realized that the metal piece that was supposed to be attached to her was missing. The wound was completely healed, only a scar remained.

She looked at the creature that was still eating something with unease. Surely, that thing didn't remove the metal piece and healed her. She also didn't know what exactly that thing was eating, nor did she really want to know.

Weiss also realized she was less scared of it than before. Probably due to continuous exposure and the monster never actually attacked at all. It didn't seem interested in eating her. However, she informed herself that she shouldn't let her guard down. It might just be waiting for the best time to eat her.

She had to escape the cave while it was distracted. Slowly and quietly, she began climbing the walls towards the opening on top of the cave. Making sure to move as quiet as possible to avoid its attention.

The cave was tall, she had to climb over 20 meters in height to reach the opening. As she neared the opening, the wall above her became unstable when she grabbed it. She screamed while falling and hit the floor with a loud thud. Her aura protected her from any damage. But the massive wall was also falling towards her. Having no time to dodge, Weiss fearfully closed her eyes and used her hands to cover her face.

But nothing fell on her. She slowly opened her eyes to see a pair of red eyes looking back at her. She stiffened in fear and held her breath.

The creature was on top of her. It used its body to block the giant wall from falling towards Weiss. Tilting its head, as if trying to understand the human's expression. In its mouth was the piece of metal that pierced Weiss, but smaller. It was eating that.

The creature stood up and slowly walked towards its smaller cave to continue eating the metal. Acting as if the previous event never occurred.

Weiss continued to lie paralyzed on the floor with shock. The princess breathed deeply when she realized she held her breath for over a minute. She remained like that for several hours.

Hours Later

After the incident, Weiss tried to climb up the wall again. This time properly with her semblance. The creature just ignored her as she moved upwards.

When she got out of the hole, she realized that they were on top of a mountain on a lifeless island in the middle of the ocean. The river on top of the mountain came from the gathered moisture above.

Feeling very thirsty, she used her hands to drink as much as she could. When looking from the mountain, she could see no land on sight. Just a vast ocean. "Damn it."

Moving downwards to the ground was difficult because of the high incline, but she managed to get down without too much trouble. On the ground, she made sure to stay alert, incase the creature suddenly ambushes her. Using the phone, she checked if there was a signal close by while walking circles on the island.

After the 5th rotation, it was concluded that there really was no network anywhere near the island.

Tired from the walk, she sat down on the beach. Calling the phone every hour in case any ships or planes passed the area. She tried to find wood to create a fireplace or a giant sign for air ships to see, but there were absolutely no trees in the island. The only tree on the island was the apple tree in the cave with that creature.

So, she just stayed on the beach and continued to wait.

Three Days Later

Hunger. Hunger was the dominant feeling the princess was having right now. With no vegetation or animal life on the island, there was no way for her to find food. There was a lot of fresh water from the river, but no organic substances.

She hadn't had anything to eat for five days. Five long days of continuous activity and difficulties had placed a lot of stress on her body. Her aura was now dangerously low from the lack of nutrition and trying to protect her from the elements on the island. Especially during the night when temperatures could go below 10 degrees Celsius.

Finding food was her utmost priority or else she won't have enough energy to function properly. There was only one area with a food source, and that was the apple tree inside the cave. The cave where the creature was living in.

Weiss avoided that place like a plague. The creature never left the cave and never bothered her at all for the past three days she was outside. Aside from some nights when she felt like something was watching her.

Getting food would mean that she had to go back inside the cave. "Was it worth going back inside to get food with the possibility of being attacked?" A part of her didn't think the creature was trying to eat her or kill her, if it did, it could have done it anytime. Not to mention, it did heal her by removing the metal piece from her.

She was still fearful though, as there is always a chance it might attack when she enters the cave. It might be territorial, or it might be an animal who could only stay inside caves. That face also didn't give any signs that it could be a kind animal.

Should she die by the elements or possibly get eaten by a giant monster? One was a certainty while the other a possibility. With that, she forced her resolve to climb up the mountain to the cave.

When Weiss reached the peak, she looked down on the hole to see if the creature was still in there. Hoping that it might have left somewhere else.

The creature was still in the cave, slowly digging a smaller cave in a wall.

Taking a gamble, Weiss took a small rock and threw it on the creature. She was ready to run away if it showed any aggression.

When the rock hit its back, the creature stopped its digging and looked towards Weiss. It looked at her with a neutral expression for a couple of seconds, then it continued digging.

Weiss sighed in relief and slowly climbed down to the cave. She kept her eyes on the creature though, incase it would suddenly attack her.

The creature continued to ignore her to focus on its task. It also appeared to be eating some of the rocks.

In the cave, Weiss carefully walked towards the tree to look for any apple on it. When she found one, she quickly pulled it out from the tree. But the moment the fruit separated from the tree, the creature in the cave stopped its digging.

Weiss didn't realize that when she took a bite from the apple, the creature flinched and looked towards the source of its discomfort. Its eyes glowed even brighter when it looked at the apple on Weiss's hand.

Panic started to swarm in Weiss when she saw that the creature was looking at her intensely. Its expression was no longer neutral, but in aggravation.

It started to walk towards Weiss as she tried to run far away from the monster. She couldn't escape quickly or use her semblance due to her low aura level. They kept moving until she was cornered on a wall.

As it slowly approached her, she could now clearly see how big it was. It really was over 9 feet in height, and from the sound of its footsteps, it must weigh nearly a ton.

When the creature came close to her, it slowly extended its hand towards her. As if it was trying to grab something.

From her fear and panic, she couldn't realize that the creature was aiming at the apple that she was still holding. Out of adrenaline or sheer survival impulse, she slammed the apple on the face of the creature when it was close to her.

The apple exploded due to her strength and a large chunk of the apple went into its mouth. The creature quickly went back and whimpered from the attack.

The unexpected behavior caught Weiss off guard as the creature continued to whimper. It tried to its best to spit out as much of the apple from its mouth. Vomiting out its stomach while using its hands to force things out of its mouth.

The creature backed away even more while trembling. Its trembling continued to grow each second until it grabbed its head in pain. It then started to cry in agony as it tightly clenched its head to relieve the pain. Trying to rip something from its head to ease its misery.

It then quickly went to a wall and kept slamming its head on it. Every impact caused the entire cave to tremble slightly from the force. It even grinded its head on the walls, causing a line of black blood on them.

Still in great pain, it cried and screeched even louder as it fell to the floor while scratching its head. It looked like the creature was trying to rip its head apart. Its cries sounded horrible, like the sound of babies of various animal species crying in union. Black tears were also falling from its eyes.

When Weiss glimpsed its eyes, it looked like the creature didn't know what was happening to its body. Its eyes began to show sighs of sadness, confusion, and fear.

Black blood splattered the floor as it continued to rip its own tissues apart. However, the creature had a remarkable healing ability. The moment a tissue was ripped off, it would instantly regenerate. This made it even more difficult for it to rip its head off.

Weiss continued to watch as the creature that plagued her mind for the past couple of days squirmed in agony below her. It continued to scream, cry and rip itself apart on the floor for a minute till it suddenly look like it was in a seizure as black foam started coming out of its mouth.

The seizure continued to nearly three minutes till it suddenly stopped moving. The monster lied still on the floor, piled around its own flesh and blood.

The princess, too shocked from what she saw to move or do anything, could only stand on the wall and watch. Not understanding what happened and what to do next. She could tell that the creature was still alive from the rise and fall of its chest.

Too afraid to stay any longer in the cave, Weiss went to the tree and grabbed as many apples as she could carry and climbed out of the cave. She looked at the creature that was still lying on the floor one more time above the hole. With that she proceeded to climb herself down to the surface of the island.

Thank you for reading! To those wondering what that monster was, well that's Jaune! I wanted a Grimm beast that people could not relate to, so I designed his entire biology and social behavior. :D If you expected a vicious animal like monster, well this is not really the fic for that. This is a fic more in light with corruption and emotional degradation. You'll see what the Grimm Jaune will act like. Also, if you are expecting smut, this is not the fic for you. There will barely be implicit sexual actions. This is a twisted fairy tale, so it will be a twisted story of love, fear, and betrayal A song of crow, owl, and dove! HAHAHA!

P.S. Sorry about the spellings or grammar. I'm not good at writing, but I love thinking of stories. Please review and message what you think about it! I love reading all of them!