{FIRST PERSON POV}
{Greta's POV}
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Look at that... as soon as i lead the pack, we instantly found the way out of this shithole.
Well.. its not a shithole per say... the place here is just a little bit worse than khaleed considering that khaleed is a coastal settlement/small town that is basically the main place for shipment to come from the south.
Schist sadly doesn't have the protection and care that Khaleed got from the other kingdoms.....
That is also why the Red Cactus influence there is not as strong as it could be, don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that it is weak by any mean considering that they have the cops there on their pockets but the Red Cactus knows better to not cause too many problem or they would get the attention of any other kingdom/merchants that use Khaleed to drop off their shipment or shits like that.
I ain't the smartest person in the world but i fucking sure as hell know that even the Red Cactus don't want that to happen to them... if the kingdom got their eyes on them, well they could lose all footing in khaleed and maybe more... as for the merchants? Well they know that the Red Cactus have some control over Khaleed and as long as they don't disturb the merchants business.. i don't think the merchants would care.. and if they do have their business disturbed? Well the Red Gang wouldn't be able to buy shit from them or even worse.. the Merchants could tattle tale to the other kingdoms...
Damn... walking through the sand is pretty boring i guess.. John is infront of both me and Hans and had taken over the lead..
And Hans? Well.. he is in a world of his own.. thats for sure..
I turn my head and look at Hans face for a few more second that necessary and it managed to get his attention as he turn his head and look at me.
"What is it, Greta? You're tired?" He asked me with that dumb face of him.
"Nah, i ain't tired... just can't imagine the reason why you look so fucking Ugly, Hans." I smirked and tease him.
"Ugly? I am not ugly!" He covered his face with his hand and starts to examine it with his hands.
"John!" He called out to John and John then turn his face to us and raised an eyebrow.
"What is it Hans?" He asked Hans.
Damn... how did he not hear what we were talking about? We are literally not even 1 meter away from him and Hans is pretty loud...
I think John is lost in his minds or some shit... from the time that both Hans and i knew John.. which is not that long considering that its isn't been an entire day since we first met.
But Jaune... well he easily get lost inside his minds.. like the time when we were still in our old home... it can't be because he had killed those two rapist.. he look way to calm whole doing it so that can't be the reason why he easily get lost in his minds.
So what could make him think so hard... is it.. his family? Wait.. i don't think i ever asked him about his family before.. i wonder what his family is like.. are they as.... experienced as him? Probably... so what could it be that is stuck on his minds.
Wait.. he did talked about his family to me while i was asking him questions about Hunters! He talked about his father.. and judging by what he is saying, his father is most likely the one who trained him.
No matter how hard i try to think of a reason, the only one that make sense to me is that...
He is thinking about his past training.... god damn.. i still can't wrap my mine around the fact that he had fought a grimm without that Aura bullshit while only using a wooden sword..
Like what the fuck... who would sent a 7 year old child to kill a grimm alone with only a fucking wooden sword.
Like shit.....
"John! Am i Ugly?" Hans shouted at John as if he doesn't believe what i am saying.
Like shit Hans.. trust me.. don't you trust me? Greta? The person you know the longest for? If you can't trust me then who could you trust?
John starts to hum and rub his chin. "Ugly... well i wouldn't exactly call you ugly..." he then chuckled. "You are... you look good." He told Hans and Hans look so relieved as if it was true.
John is too fucking kind for his own good cause Hans may not exactly be ugly.. but with how dirty he is? He ain't even average looking.
That remind me.. i am also dirty, there's a bunch of sands in my hair.. in my clothes.. everywhere.. shit.. its hard finding a place to take a shower while you're a street rat.
Hopefully Shade or our next destination got a toilet i could use to clean myself.. i don't need a shower, just a bucket of water and a closed space would do.
I am honestly kinda jealous at how clean John is.. well he isn't exactly clean with how dirtied hid cloak is... but still.. he look a million times cleaner than us.
I tap Hans's shoulder with my hand. "Don't believe him Hans.. you look ugly as fuck.."
Hans then look downtrodden again and John give me a look like why would i do that?
Well can he blame me? I am fuckibg bored.. we had been walking (hopefully north) for the past couple of hours.. by the looks of it, we are just an hour or two away from sunset.
"John.. how long do you think before we reach our next place?" I asked him cause fuck me.. he looks like he knows what he's doing.. well i guess he is a traveler and a hunter in training.. i guess that gotta counts for something.
"Well i have a feeling that we sre close to our next settlement.. hopefully." He shrugged his shoulders and continues walking but slightly faster.
I sigh again cause shit.. this is going to be boring as fucking hell..
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{JAUNE'S POV}
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..... to be honest.. i am just saying that just to make her feel better.. cause i don't know how long it would take for us..
We could had missed it cause i am not walking exactly north or some other things.. but still, hope is a good thing to have.
And i am kinda curious why Hans asked me if he is ugly or not.. maybe Greta teased him or something..
I wouldn't be surpised if she did..
And he really isn't ugly.. just dirty... if he take a long bath he would look okay...
The walk continue for about half an hour more before i can see what would be a wall..
"We're close." I announce to them and they nodded to me before we walked faster to the place.
As we reached close enough to see the settlement clearly, it doesn't look like it had been attack by grimms in recent times.
But there's no.. sign for its name.. well if there is one maybe its not at this entrance.
"Come on.. lets try to sneak in." I tell them and we walked away from the entrance until we reached a wall that have no man manning it.
"So.. are we going to climb that?" Hans asked me and i shake my head.
"No." I look at them before i gentlu carry them both each on my arms and i used my low level reinforcement and the new foothold technique i got before i jumped over the wall and land on the other side.
We look around and see that no one is around and breath out a sigh of relief before we continue to walk as naturally as we can through the settlements.
After a couple of minutes hans and greta sattts talking to each other but i sigh and starts to plan our stay in this place.
First.. we need to get a shelter... that would be easy considering i could just carry them ontop of a tree and we stay the night there.
Water? We got a stock of it..
Food? There are still some left from my rations..
As i continue to think of what we should do, i didn't notice the person walking infront of me and we bumped into each other and i accidentally knock the person on their butts.
"Oum!" The cloaked person shouted as they fell down.
My eyes widen before i instantly move closer to the person and pull them on on their feet.
"Sorry! I wasn't looking where i was going!" I really hope they can feel the sincerity on my voice because i actually doesn't meant to do that to them!
"Its okay..." the person sigh and dust off some sands from their cloak.
Seeing that the problem is solved now, i reach my hand out and decided to introduce myself as to not come across as rude.
"My name is John, sorry for knocking you over." I tell her my fake name, i don't think that it is that bad to tell them my name considering that its fake and no one except for Hans and Greta know about it.
"John..." the cloaked person repeated before they then remove their hood and revealed the most beautiful hair i had ever seen as she take my hand.
Its as red as a ruby.... flowing like silk liden cloth.. i... i think... damn.... and her eyes... her eyes is as green as emerald.. is this.. is.. is she real? How could a person be this.. beautiful...
"Sapphire.... you can call me sapphire." I could hear her voice from the edge of my mind.
Sapphire.... what a beautiful name for a beautiful woman...
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