RWBY: LIFE AND DEATH - CHAPTER 2

[Umber Khan - 1-year-old]

Unexpected things, happen unexpectedly, and so was this life, I never expected to have a second chance, I never asked for one, if I asked for something was to die, but I had gotten a new chance at life, I was what my parents called, a Faunus, a term I had only ever heard in RWBY, at first I was reluctant to believe such thing as a magical world was possible, that was until I saw my tail, my brown tail with black stripes, that matched my dark complexion, funny considering my name, which is a dark color.

I had a tail, and boy was that tail useful, I learned or relearned how to walk in four months, apparently not as prodigious in the Faunus community, but still, having a tail made things like moving, or keeping balance so much easier, in short, it was cool, though it hurt if someone stepped on me by accident, a lot, almost like a nut punch.

As for my family, well, first there was my father, Shade Khan, almost like Shao Khan, haha, he was a hardworking man, that spends most of his time working to support his family, apparently finding work as a Faunus was a difficult matter, so he had multiple jobs to keep the family boat floating, then there was mother, Mocha Khan, she was a lovely mother, that also worked most of the time to help father, leaving me with my older sister, Sienna Khan, she was five years older than me, making her six, and she was a very loving sister, carrying me around like a trophy, and giving me the best bits of food when she cooked, which there were none, cause her cooking sucks, but she made an effort to see what part looked the best, and that was the part I would get.

I am not gonna lie, I loved them, how could I not, considering the level of toxicity my last family had, this was heaven for me, family-wise.

As for me, well, a lot of things had changed, while I at one point was an adult, right now my mind is victim to the impulses of a child, and I can’t help it, like… and this is embarrassing, but I can’t stop biting mom’s and Sienna’s ear, and dad’s tail, I see my objective, and a primal instinct takes over me, and by the time I realize what is going on, well, I am biting someone, I have no idea why, but I do it anyway.

I also can see at night, like very well, which is awesome, and have an acute sense of smell, that I use to steal cookies from the neighbor when he’s not looking, I only take one, so as not to start a whole cookie investigation.

Oh, oh, I also purr, which is something I don’t like, because I can’t hide my emotions, the moment mom, Sienna or dad hug me, I purr like a freaking cat, and well… it’s embarrassing, then again, Sienna, Mom, and Dad also purr when they hug me, so I guess it is not so bad.

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[Umber Khan -  3 YEARS OLD]

Time goes by really fast when you are a kid, or a baby in my case, though technically I am considered a toddler now, well, enough about semantics, anyhow, in the blink of an eye, I turned three, and I was now able to run, climb stuff, and do things I painfully admit I couldn’t do as an adult in my past life, and before anyone shames me, Faunus and kids in general in this world are way beyond kids of my past world, especially my kind, I have the mobility of a cat, not to say I am stronger or faster than my old self, that would be ridiculous, I am a toddler, not a super baby, although I might as well be, all I have right now is immense agility and surprising flexibility.

My sister however was more… graceful than me, while I sometimes crash myself against walls because I.. failed to calculate the depth of my jump, Sienna is like a trained assassin, skipping through her jumps with grace and skill, something that comes with age I guess, she was eight, so… five years of practice ahead of me.

“Let’s go home, or mom will get angry,” Sienna said, pinching me on my cheeks.

“Auch,” I glared at her, my cheeks were to not be pinched, I was not adorable! (I was adorable) “Sure, let’s go,” oh yeah, I forgot, I relearned how to talk, and to avoid getting awwws, I articulated every word carefully.

All and all, life was great, yes this world had… some threats that could possibly kill me before I reach adulthood, Grimms, Salem, etc, etc, but right now, life was awesome, and I was happy with it.

“Hop on,” Sienna smiled, she wanted to give me a piggy ride. How dare she! I am a… man… a tired man, fuck it, nobody knows about my previous adulthood.

“Otay!” NO! I FORGOT TO ARTICULATE!!!

Sienna turned around, a mischievous smile on her face, as she looked at me, oh no… she wouldn’t! “Awww!~” the worst part of this was, she knew I didn’t like it, she was just doing it to bother me, how dare she behave like a sister!

“I am deeply insulted,” I turned around, giving her a good look at my back.

“So, no piggy ride?” Sienna inquired.

“Of course, I want a piggy ride woman, I am tired and angry, not stupid!” I huffed, jumping into her back.

“Alright! Grab on! Super train Sienna is on the move!” Sienna giggled, as she ran through the streets, towards our house.

In the meantime, I focused on the sounds around, trying to find anything interesting. We had no TV at home, because we couldn’t afford it, so my main source of entertainment was hearing the neighbors fight, or do crazy stuff.