The Dawn of the Red Hood [For Badge]

Ed had been wandering the school looking for Barry. It was time he finally confronted him, but he was having no luck whatsoever. His mood wasn't the best when he started this, and it kept getting worse as the day went on. 'Where could that nitwit have possibly gone?' he thought to himself. He was also wondering where Feris was, as he had not been seen in the past few days. He gave in to one of his nervous habits and started messing with his unextended bo staff, wandering the entrance, making sure that Barry hadn't left. And if he did, he'd be sure to catch him on his way back in.

Things hadn't been going the greatest for Feris. He was sick of this stupid mission, stupid school...Stupid everything. Everything was ruffling his feathers - in the literal sense of the moment as he was a hawk hiding in the branches of a tree. Wanting time to himself, he had taken the liberty of giving himself a few days to himself. He didn't care if it messed with the plan, he didn't care what the hell Edward thought about it. But all he felt was himself getting more angry as the time went on. Seeing everybody here so...Happy, it really reminded him on why he hated people so much. He had never had an easy life - he never knew his mother and his father was a bastard. Gah...His father. Just thinking about him caused his talons to tense, digging into the bark of the dead branch.

His father never had given a rat's ass about him. Made him use his gift to make a living for the both of them while he did nothing but sleep around with whoever he damned pleased. Of course, while Feris could blame how he acted on how he was raised, it wasn't that simple. His beady black bird eyes glinted as he smiled the best he could with his beak. Feris learned when he was living on the street that he enjoyed causing pain. He loved the rush that he got from fighting others and working with Argona was just a way to work with that. Might as well make his blood-lust helpful to some people, right? Suddenly, he froze as some moment caught his gaze. He felt his whole body freeze as rage started to build when he recognized her.


Hosa let out a soft sigh as she hugged her arms close to her chest, shivering slightly under the sweater she was wearing. Christmas was coming closer and she was thinking about visiting her parents for the holiday but...She was left unsure. Things weren't the best with them, but she supposed it wasn't going to get better unless she tried to make things right. She had been thinking about it while walking and had simply found herself here when she pulled herself from her thoughts. Maybe she would say hello to some of the students or try to find Magic...

She frowned slightly as she blinked, suddenly feeling that something was off. Her hair moved slightly and the sound of wings suddenly echoed behind her. In a quick moment - almost on her own - she ducked as talons swept just inches from her head. She stumbled backwards as a hawk landed a few feet from her, quickly turning before a lion stood in its place. Her mouth suddenly opened slightly in surprise. "W-What?" she gasped as she suddenly recognized what had just happened as her gift. "Wh-Who the hell are you?" she growled as her hands quickly formed into fists, ready to fight. Whoever was stupid enough to pick a fight with her was going to regret it...But still, the fact that this person had the same gift as her threw her off. Weren't the suppose to be one of a kind?


A growl escaped Feris but a sicking smile flashed on his face as he took a heavy step forward as his tail slashed through the air. All he felt was blood lust racing through every inch of his body as his ears flickered. In this moment he didn't care what the hell Edward or even Argona thought about what he was about to do. He had waited for this moment for so long, he didn't fucking care. Their whole plan and mission could go to hell. He crouched as he titled his head slightly as a sharp hiss escaped him. "Somebody who is fucking going to enjoy ripping you to shreds."


Hosa didn't have time to react as the lion leaped forward with claws outstretched - fangs ready to meet her throat.

Edward saw the confrintation from about 25 feet away. He saw Feris turn into a lion and leap at Hosa. He dug his staff out, extended it, and sped towards the two, with blue streaks of lightning shining off of him as he ran. He dove in between the lion and the girl smashing the lion with the hand with his staff in it and pushing Hosa out of the way with the other. He came out of the jumble and landed flat on his back, winded.

He sat up, dazed, but quickly stood up and turned to Feris. "What the hell? Are you fucking crazy? Do you know what you've done?" he yelled. 'Of course he'd go and pull some stupid ass stunt like this.' he thought.

Hosa gasped as she suddenly felt herself being pushed to the side, hitting the ground hard as the sound of an angry roar escaped the lion. She looked up to see somebody standing between her and the lion, shouting at it. Did...Did he know who had just attacked her? What the hell was going on? She was dazed as she laid there, slightly pushing herself up as she struggled to gain her focus as she listened to the two argue with each other.

Feris was sent crashing to the ground as the blue blur that was Edward smacked him in the face with the bow staff. He however quickly clambered to his feet as he glared daggers at the speedster, his tail lashing as he struggled not to attack Edward right there. "Do you think I fucking care?" he spat back, bearing his fangs. His eyes shifted toward Hosa as she struggled to sit up, anger bubbling in his veins. He almost had her...He would of been able to take care of here right there and then if it wasn't for Edward pulling that stupid-ass stunt.

His eyes snapped back to Edward as he took a step forward as he lowered his head, growling. "I don't care about your stupid plan - I don't care if this ruins all of our stupid work because we aren't getting nothing done! I'm tired of waiting for something to happen - I don't care! Now get out of my way, Edward, unless you want to take her place." He raised his head slightly as his eyes glimmered. "See it this way - she is a threat. You've heard of what she can do - I would be doing her a favor taking care of her right here and now!"

"What matters is you've blown our fucking cover, dumbass! She's a Guardian, if you can remember what that means. Any lower student would've been better! But a fucking Guardian, Feris?" he retorted. "She doesn't care for personal vendettas, or have you forgotten that as well? Besides, I'm too fast for you." he said, adding the challenge with a sneer.

Feris bared his fangs with a grin, titling his head slightly. "You act as if I care in the slightest," he snorted back, his eyes locked onto Hosa to make sure she didn't try to make a run for it. However, his grin quickly turned into a snarl as his eyes shifted onto Edward for the last few words. "You just had to say my name, didn't you? Besides, it isn't as if I would tell her about why I did this. But...I suppose I will have to tell her something, won't I?" He took a step forward, his tail thrashing as his eyes glimmered dangerously. "Maybe I'll tell her that you blotched the plan - got to attached to your dear relative here...Messed the mission up causing me to have to try to take you out because you were a threat. Who would she believe, the one with a known connection here or the one whose 'personal vendettas' is very...Personal. Tell me, what do you think of that? You might be able to outrun me, but can you outrun her?" As he finished spitting those words out, he leaped forward toward Edward, hoping to get him off guard.


Hosa blinked as she watched the two argue back and forth, swallowing as she tried to decide what to do. Her ankle throbbed, telling her that she might of twisted it when she was thrown to the ground by this...She blinked. It looked like he was a student, but his words slightly confused her at first. Plan...Cover...Her. Something bothered her about this all as she forced herself to sit just a bit more upright. It was the repeated mention of this 'her' that rubbed her the right way, as if she should of put something with it. Maybe...Maybe it was something the Headmaster said when he talked to her about becoming a Guardian but in the panic of the moment it blanked on her. But she did know that this whole thing meant trouble - if not the fact that...Feris? Was that what the person called him, had attempted to kill her. Part of her thought about making a break but she found herself rooted to her spot, her eyes darting between the two of them. The tension was thick and she was worried a fight was about to break out. She didn't care who the hell the two of these guys were - she didn't want any fights happening and she would put a stop to it if it started.

However, her eyes kept lingering on the shaped shifted lion. Who was he? It was clear he had the same gift as her but how? Some small part of her brain wanted her to ask but that seemed like a horrible idea at the moment. Instead, she just sat there as she clenched her fist, ready to make a move if anything happened. Then Feris leaped forward. Her eyes widen, her mouth opening just slightly but she refused to move - she wanted to see what exactly was just about to happen before she made her true choice on jumping between the two of them.

Edward's eyes narrowed but he had no time to retort when Feris had leaped at him, trying to catching him off guard. It almost worked. Almost. He slid underneath of the lion and jabbed his stomach. He slid out of underneath his former partner and yelled, "Run Hosa!"

While she was relived that the myserious student (due to not knowing his name) manged to doge Feris, her whole body went ridged when he called out for her to run. Run? Run?!? She was a Guardian! She wasn't going to run! It was her job to protect the students from any and all outside forces. She pushed herself up to her feet as he took in a breath, steadying herself as she stared at the lion as she flexed her hand open and closed, waiting.


A gasp escaped Feris as he hit the ground, managing to stick the landing but having lost all the air from his lungs when Edward jabbed him.  A snarl escaped him as he glanced over his shoulder to look at the Winter as he shouted for Hosa to run. His ear flickered as he turned to look at Hosa, who was now standing up. She didn't make any movement to run away or join the battle, leaving him wondering what she was planning. Edward was right about one thing - he could out speed him. But could Hosa? With a grin, he ran a few steps before leaping with his claws outstretched - ready to slash at Hosa.


Hosa returned the grin as her eyes glimmered. This was what she was waiting for. She darted to the side, quickly disappearing as a bird took her place and she easily dodged out of the way. She turned to face Feris as he hit the ground with a snarl, his face whipping around to stare at her as she darted back, her body shifting into that of a chimera. Her goat head bleated as her main head - the lion head - open up its maw and fire danced across her teeth for just a second before it came billowing out.


Feris' eyes widen as he jumped into the sky, taking back onto the form of a hawk to escape the flames but winched as his talons were seared by the flames. Mythical creatures, huh? he thought with a snarl as he flapped a bit higher into the sky as he debated on what to do. He could match her form for form, but it was a risky gambit. there was always that dragon form but...He didn't feel like informing the whole school that he was here. He had wanted to take out Hosa quick and easy - something that wouldn't have even messed up the plan all that much if Edward hadn't butted in! They could of gone back to being student and pet afterwards and the whole school would be none the wiser cause why would they expect them? But now...Now he had an issue on his hand.

Gah, all of this thinking wasn't helping. He narrowed his eyes as he settled on a course of actions, folding his wings at his side so he could drive straight down at Hosa. As he neared her, he let his form shift and came barreling down as a wolf with claws oustreached. Hosa opened her mouth in responce as fire started to build but it quickly ended when she no doubt made the calculations that she didn't have any time. Instead, she reared onto her back legs to meet him as he crashed into her.


Claws slashed across Hosa's cheecks as she let out a roar and bleat of pain as she crashed to the ground, Feris rolling off of her as she lande don her back. Blood dripped down her face from the two slashes that Feris had manged to get when he landed on her - one on each of her faces. She rolled onto her stomach, stumbling to her paws as she shook her head, sending blood splatting onto the ground. Her eyes locked onto Feris only to see that he was charging at her once again, having already recovered from the landing.

She responded quickly, attempting to slash at him with a claw but he saw it coming and jumped the moment she was about to hit him. He rammed into her, quickly being replaced by a bear as he digged his claws into her shoulders, teeth quickly attempting to lash onto her neck. In a swift movement she slammed her head into his to stop him, causing him to reel backwards as his grip lessened. Hosa kicked out with all four of her paws, sending Feris rolling backwards away from her as she once again recovered, her snake-tail hissing as she crouched down, ready to attack if he tried to make a move against her.

Magic was a decent ways away from the entrance but he could still hear everything that was going on. At first he thought it was just another student scuffle, but it got more intense, and then the mention of a certain friend's name put the winter on edge. Quickly Magic stopped what ever he was doing at the moment, and started running over to the area that the others were in.

He was surprised by the sight he saw. The one winter kid on the ground, and a bear, and Hosa fighting. But he could tell this bear just wasn't a regular bear. The winter quickly became pissed of that whoever this was would attack his friend, and a winter student. Though he wasn't aware of the whole thing behind this. Gray-green eyes glanced around, he couldn't use any long range attacks with out hurting the others.. There wasn't any choice but to get close. Using sound to help assist in his speed, he raced forward ready to punch the bear, with a sound enhanced punch. Yeah punching a bear probably wasn't a good idea, but it was his only option unless he wanted to hurt others.

Edward looked up after being winded to see the Winter Prefect punching Feris. He couldn't get up because he had expended too much energy. 'Damn hypoglycemia.' he said to himself. All he could so was watch as the Prefect and the Guardian took on a trained killer.

Feris gasped when he was suddenly smacked across the face with a fist, causing him to stumble from the sheer force behind it. Barely avoiding falling over, he quickly recovered to see another student having come to Hosa's aid. He recognized him - he was a fellow Winter student that had lived a dorm away from where he had been staying with Edward if he remembered correctly. Not that he cared. He didn't fucking care who this student was. He was going to pay for punching him. Letting out a roar, he charged forward toward Magic, his eyes glimmering with the blood-lust that he loved oh-so much. He would take them both on if he had to.


Hosa was ready to charge into the combat once more when Magic came out of nowhere and punched Feris. All of her eyes blinked in surprising as her tail stopped hissing. She let her whole body relax as she watched the two face off before turning her attention to where Edward was. She was left conflicted on what to do for a moment but when she saw that he wasn't getting up anytime soon she let her attention turn back to Feris and Magic. Her body ached as blood dripped down her cheek and shoulders, but she pushed it off to the side as she crouched down. She wanted to leap back into combat but as Feris charged at Magic, she was afraid she would hit her friend. She was just going to wait for a moment she could join in.

Magic glanced around making sure the others were out of the way before would use any sound attacks. A loud roar caught his attention, turning back to Feris, the winter danced out of the way of the large bear. This was pretty easy seeing how he had fought Hosa before, but this lion didn't have any fire breathing capabilities. Once he was behind the animal Magic let out a yell to push the animal back and cause some damage with some painful sound waves.

Edward was finally able to get up when he saw Magic send Feris backwards using sound. Using this to his advantage, Ed ran toward him and used momentum to charge into the bear. He felt like he was hitting a brick wall, but he felt the huge furry beast give way as he was already stumbling a bit. He went over the bear and landed, once again, on his back. He got up slowly, coughing a bit. He looked at Magic, and then at Hosa. They seemed relatively unharmed, except for Hosa's leg.

Feris snarled as Magic manged to avoid him, only to be sent stumbling forward by the sudden sound waves that smashed across his back. He winched at the sudden attack, wondering what the hell had just happened. Was this the student's gift or something? Before he could recover he felt something else run into him - the blur telling him that it was Edward. Tumbling with a roar, he weight of Edward disappeared as his ex-partner flipped over him.

He quickly rolled back onto his paws, letting his body shift into a new form. This bear form wasn't working so he had to get something else. Deciding to take a page out of Hosa's book, he was soon in the form of a sleek-black Hippogriff with faint brown markings. He shook his bird-like head as he scanned the clearing, his back hooves clopping as he decided upon his next action.


With everybody out of the way, she charged at Feris as flames danced across her fangs as she prepared a flaming burst. Upon almost reaching Feris, she released it as her attacker turned to look at her. She saw his eyes widen as he spread his wings. She figured he was about to take flight but when he turned and quickly flapped them hard in her direction she was taken by surprise as parts of the flames were directed back at her even though most of it still hit him. A hiss escaped Feris as the fire burned at his feathers as he danced backwards a bit. The flames quickly died down as he narrowed his eyes.

Ah, screw this. In a quick movement, he took into the air. He would have to retreat for now...He wasn't going to fight all three of them. He wanted this to be quick and easy, but it wasn't going his way...His eyes landed on Edward as the winter started to get up. "You win this round," he shouted, retraining his voice from hissing. "But 'win' is just a loose term as I will make sure you can never return back. You will be hunted down, Edward Jackson!" A crackling laugh escaped his beak. "She will have you hunted down as I will spin this story so you are the traitor! And I think we both know who she will believe..." With those final words, he spare a glare toward Hosa once last time. I'll get you one day...He growled softly in his head before he turned and took the form of a hawk before quickly soaring away.


Hosa stood there for a few moments in her chimera form before she returned to her normal human one - breathing heavily all the while. She winched as she reached up a hand to touch her bleeding cheek, also noting how her shoulders were still bleeding. She really hated that her wounds somehow transferred between forms...She turned to look at Magic and Edward, relieved to see that the two of them seemed to be unharmed. However, her eyes lingered on Edward for the most part as she stormed her way over to him. "I think you have some explaining to do, Edward," she growled softly as she held her now blood-soaked hand to her cheek.

Magic was ready to jump into the action once again, but it seemed as quickly as it started it was over. Watching whoever it was leave for a moment, then looking back to the others. "Alright what the fuck just happened? And why in the hell do you look like Barry?" He asked. He was really confused. Whoever this Edward was he had a lot of explaining to do not just some. He followed up behind Hosa, standing behind her. He would be as angry as her if he knew what the hell was happening.