"Well, Slate, don't you think there's something wrong with putting a twenty one-year-old boy in charge of a village." Jaune truly felt how strange the situation was when he said it out loud.
"I guess it would be but out here age doesn't matter too much, it's what you do that does." Slate put on a thoughtful face. "You have completed basic education?"
"Of course." All of his sisters went through the same classes, so he basically had seven tutors when he had problems.
"Do you understand that people don't work faster by screaming at them?"
"Yes." Who would think that?
"You won't make me think you hired me for the sole fact that you would have someone to complain to when things don't go your way?"
"Of course not." That question sounded very specific.
"Well then." He walked towards Jaune and threw out his hand towards Jaune. "You're already ten times better than the previous guy then and I will have no problem working for you."
If this was some kind of prank then Jaune would really like for it to end. It didn't feel like it at this point, though, so Jaune had decided to at least play along until he was absolutely sure. Jaune shook Slate's outstretched hand and tried to get some understanding of his new job.
"I guess, I am the new mayor of Mining Outpost 341." Nope still sounded weird. "The first thing I would want to ask is if there's something you could tell me about the place."
Jaune had only asked Rufus to take him to a place as far away as possible and one that would definitely need new people. Who names their village Mining Outpost 341?
"Well, the best place to start would be the beginning." Slate moved over to a side of the office that had books stacked up from the floor to ceiling.
He pulled out a book from the middle of the stack and the stack somehow didn't fall apart. The book was laid on the desk and Jaune could read the title on it.
The legend of the Ghost Rider
"Once upon a Time a land far far away there was a rider who rides in the night with the flaming skull as his entire body was covered in flame They called him the bounty hunter of hell and devil personal favorite Hunter in himself as he has hunted thousands of thousands off souls and the damned who tried to escape the gates of hell as No limits."
"This is how The story goes of the Ghost Rider began over twenty thousand years ago, when the immortals known as the Blood allied themselves with the original Spirits of Vengeance in a war against a soul-stealing demon named Zarathos. To win this war, the Blood created the mystical Medallion of Power, which housed the assembled power of the Spirits of Vengeance. A portion of Zarathos became trapped in this Medallion, too, leading the Blood to decide that the artifact was too powerful to be kept intact. The Medallion was broken into shards and placed into the spiritual bloodlines of two families, both of which would be overseen and protected by a Blood named Caretaker."
As Jaune kept on turning pages after pages as he was reading the book some reasons he was familiar to the story as for some reasons he is connected understands where this is going and this is creeping the hell out of him
As he was kept on turning the page he saw its picture and let's just say he was traumatized by it ' holy dear Lord ' !!!

' That's how it looks like and who the hell's raw that's in the first of all damn that's when scary picture. ' As he thought.
( You have no idea my dear friend You have no idea the s*** you're going to go through I pity you)
As Jaune for some strange reason looked around the room as did he just heard some strange voice telling him something Now whatever as he kept on watching the picture and he decided to kept on reading.
"This arrangement lasted until the 1700s, when young Noble Kale of the spiritual bloodline fell in love with a woman named Magdalena. Fearing the reaction from his fire-and-brimstone pastor father, Noble hid his romance. When Magdalena bore him a child, however, Pastor Kale had Magdalena branded a witch and burned at the stake. As she died, she cursed Pastor Kale, invoking the legendary Furies to seek vengeance in her name, and these ancient spirits went on a destructive rampage. Pastor Kale sought aid from the demon Mephisto, offering Noble's soul as payment. Mephisto recognized the Medallion shard within Noble Kale and activated it, transforming the young man into a living Spirit of Vengeance, a Ghost Rider. Noble defeated the Furies and then turned on his own father, who slew Noble's son as a sacrificial offering to Ghost Rider. A horrified Noble tried to commit suicide, but Mephisto appeared, seeking to claim his soul. An angelic being named Uriel intervened, stating Noble's soul belonged in Heaven. It was decided that Noble's soul belonged to neither Heaven nor Hell, but would instead be consigned to the void, to be summoned forth by his descendants. He inhabited the first-born child of each generation, with documented occurrences during World War I and the lifetime of Naomi Kale, the birth mother of Dan Ketch and his siblings. Fearing for her children, Naomi left Dan and his sister Barbara with Francis Ketch in Cypress Hills, New York. Her oldest son was left with his father while she unsuccessfully attempted to end the curse."
" OKAY now That is one of the more creeps and weird story he has just read and who made this and And what kind of a right mind of a person is this really" as he spoke out loud " if some kind of a legend then that is one messed up one I have ever heard of he did hear some of creepy stories about Grimm destroying and taking away children from their beds and another one at the Boogeyman yes his mother used to deal with that one all the time forget about scrapyard and scary series right now " As he put down the book on the table as he look towards another book he had a history book It was basically one of the documents and one of the main books of dust and it's discoveries technology around here and contains the history of village and its purpose and it's mine as it was one of the first few months discovered in this regions 50 years ago When the company S.D.C. began.
As he grabbed the documents off the village history as he was preparing to read them and check what to do about it and what does it says about the entire village As you start reading it.
Loge 1
The History of Mining outpost 341
"The village was founded as a minor mining outpost over 50 years ago when the SDC discovered a large vein of fire dust." He turned to the first page which had a black and white picture. There were ten people in it, but one man and a teenager apparently in front held two dust crystals in his hands. "Edward schnee and his son Nicholas Schnee was the one that discovered it and would later find and an equally large vein of earth dust and a small one filled with lightning."
Nicholas Schnee, Jaune had only heard about him through history books and His father had said that he brother was named after him, Jaune's grandfather was one of his oldest friends as they told him that Nicholas did all of this to impress someone and have their hand in marriage but it did not work but One of his grandfather lend was one of the new trained huntsmen to Nicholas had hired for his expeditions in Sanus His parents also told him that once upon a Time that was one of our territories a long time ago as they have to give it up in the war a long time ago as the area was infested by the creatures of darkness as they were losing more people living over there and His grandfather later had been so impressed by him when he heard about his leadering and heroic skills on the field as his grandfather's men and Nicholas fought together on the battlefield as how the grims were closed on them and how the infested the entire region and as they mine it later words and how kind this person was that so he decided to gave his third son the same name to honor him and for his good deeds he is done.
"The SDC expanded their operations when they discovered iron dust a year later and soon there was a small, but growing population of people who called this place their home." Jaune continued. "Things went well, at least, until the Faunus Rights Revolution started."
The Faunus Rights Revolution, or what they called the Faunus War in school wasn't a subject they taught much about. In school, it was made out as a war that started when Faunus resisted the kingdoms attempts to move all Faunus to Menagerie.
It was something his mom had not liked when she heard and she gave him extra lessons. It was in short, a war where the kingdoms were clearly in the wrong, but what the Faunus did to win that war but it did made them almost as bad as well and Jaune was glad she didn't go too much into that part.
"The SDC abandoned operations 28 years ago because of the rise of attacks and left only one man in charge. That would be the former mayor, Jenkins." He closed the book. "He used up all his money and influence to be the one in charge, two years before the SDC left. I didn't think he had the money to leave all of this already."
Jaune took in all that information in a account and the village had an interesting history, He can say that much but there was still one thing that bothered him.
As Jaune was thinking at the moment about the document he just read as he was thinking how to make sure he continues from now on as the mayor of this village' Maybe why not go and ask Slate about the situation and some questions I needed to be answered Maybe I should go find him ' as he got up the chair that was behind his desk and made his way towards his door as he opened it and made his way towards his trusty advisor as he thinks he is at the moment.
Five minutes later :
"Why haven't you changed the name of the village from Mining Outpost 341 after all these years services and It's has been a proper village for decades by now." As Jaune ask the one of the few questions he had in his mind because it sounds more like a military post then a village entirely.
'As slate Saw him a mile away coming towards him to ask one question he knows he was going to ask It was everyone who asked this even the kids and their pets don't forget the goldfish really those are one talkative goldfishes and the worst of all are those goddamn chickens really deal and that Dale I'm going to kill you one day and have that chicken soup I always wanted Oh wait there's someone here ' as he thought at the moment "The mayor didn't think it was worth the hassle." As he answered him blankly as he knew this question would have come one way or another f*** that chicken and started to continue what he was doing ( And What was he doing You might ask don't just don't ask 🫣 )
"Oh." Jaune didn't know why he expected any other answer entirely as he was going to ask another question but he was cut off By slate.
"Yeah, that was his response to most things here and Now that you're acquainted with the history of our beloved small village here, we should decide what the pla-" but then Jaune's stomach decided to make itself known then all as, it made a sound that was similar to a Beowulf's growl. "Hungry right?"
"Yes, it's been a few hours since the last time I ate something." He didn't he was so hungry that his stomach would be that louder What will Jennifer think of him at the moment.
As slate looked at him as he decided it was time for him to introduce jaune to the rest of the village "It would be best that you ate first before we started. There's an inn that serves good food and drinks " 'and The best part of it the prostitutes they have' As He patted Jaune's back a bit in whispered the last thing in silence Maybe help him out in his little problem'. "And you look like you need a little time for yourself and I can set up a list of tasks for you to look at when you're done, so you can get to know the village better."
"Thank you, but I don't have that much money right now." He had used most of it for the journey here And the last reserves that for Jennifer as he is planning on moving in in this village if he's going to work here he needs a house here where he and his wife can live maybe his kids one day too. As he thought at the moment he was really does misses her He wonders what she might be doing right now.
"Just tell them that Slate is paying for it and The place is further into the village, walk back to the plaza and then go left towards the mines. It's impossible to miss, it's the third-largest building after the warehouse and the church around here." As he wondering one thing Wait they have a church That's good He can go pray here with his wife She loves churches as he's thinking at the moment.
"Thanks." Jaune was too hungry to say no to the offer and would make sure to repay him. "I'll make sure not to order too much."
Jaune left slate left him to his devices as whatever the hell he was doing for the inn, he hoped that the situation could clear up once he filled his stomach. Things couldn't get any more complicated, could they?
Jaune had been wondered if he should tell Rufus about his new position when he reached the plaza but thought better of it. He could tell him later, they looked busy with their customers anyway.
He noticed something weird as he walked past them, there only five people here to buy stuff.
They had arrived here early in the day so people might be busy, but there should be more people than this. A trade caravan didn't come often all the way out here. Rufus had said there were only two other caravans that travelled through this region and there would be months until they came.
It would be something to ask about later, he had to focus so he wouldn't end up lost. As He took a left turn and was now in full view of the mountain that the village had been built against. Jaune hadn't focused on it much because of the excitement he felt of a new place, but he gave it a brief look as down.
A lot of villages would usually settle near a mountain. A mountain had a good chance to contain valuable resources. It also made it so that they only needed to defend from three sides and a sturdy bunker could be mined out. It was good that the place he was now in charge of had a good chance to survive an attack. The wooden wall worried him a little since his home had a stone wall and metal thickened he didn't see any machine guns mounted on the wall with guards armed to the teeth wearing some Royal armor.
It wasn't long until he reached a building that was as large as Jaune had imagined for a moment it was enough big as Her sister's entire house well Who is him to judge.
The inn was often considered one of the most important places in a village as small as this. It functioned as a place to sleep, but also as a place where people could wind down and relax. Food and alcohol would be served, it was a great deterrent against the Grimm.
After all, a good inn was one that always made sure their customers left in a good mood everytime.
Jaune walked inn and he could tell that this inn was one that followed that idea. He could hear a catchy tune from a piano mixed with laughter and cheers from the people that were already there. Jaune wondered what the song was, but the smell of delicious food reminded him about why he was here and himself a seat at the main counter.
The man who came to serve him was the classic image of an innkeeper with a mustache who He had a muscular build with a bald head and a powerful air around him and There was a glass in his hands that was clearly clean, but he continued to clean it with a cloth.
The apron he wore had the description, 'Please compliment the chef What would you like to order?" A wide, friendly smile greeted Jaune, the cheerful tone he used made Jaune smile in response.
"Something filling, I haven't eaten for hours." Jaune almost forgot. "And I was told to tell you to put in on Slate's tab."
"Slate you say." He put the glass down and stretched out his hand. "That must mean you're new here, Slate only does that for newcomers and I'm sure I haven't seen you before and You can call me Innkeeper Joe, people use that name more than my real one these days."
"Yep I can see that," Jaune shook his hand, the man had a gentler grip than one would expect. "Arrived here less than an hour ago with the trade caravan."
"They're already here? I will have to make sure to buy what I need before they leave again." He rubbed his hands together in anticipation and as he left the main counter and went into a room in the back, Jaune started to guessed it was the kitchen. "A vegetable stew should fill you right up and no need to worry about the cost, this one's on me."
As Jaune turned around on his stool and so he could enjoy the music better, it would take some time before the Innkeeper was done with his meal and as A waiter came up to him with a glass of water, and one that Jaune thanked him for, as the cold water felt good as it went down in his throat into his body as it felt good, Jaune leaned against the counter and simply enjoyed the mood in the room.
As The Innkeeper known as joe came back with a bowl vegetable stew and then left again Towards the other side the counter as he grabbed a water jug after a couple of seconds he came back towards him and as he filled up his glass with more water to drink.
"Here you go, enjoy your meal sir ." He then went straight back to the same glass he had put down before, and the started to clean it once again Maybe The innkeeper back home would do the same thing If he's bored or maybe it's part of the job some reason? As Jaune taught at the moment.
Jaune took his first spoonful of the stew, then instantly took a second to recover from the taste and the warmness he just felt, then a third and he didn't slow down until he was halfway through as The soup was so good, and a familiar aftertaste that he couldn't quite place made it even better and It had to be little spice in it and he might have used and Jaune really did wished he remembered when he last time ate something so similar to him. As The Innkeeper looked satisfied as Jaune ate and drank some water and before he would get back to the meal again.
"Really You must have been hungrier than I thought originally thought, I'm starting to wonder if you'll need a second bowl at this rate your going." As The Innkeeper joe looked towards the inn doors and frowned at that a bit. "I had hoped they wouldn't come in today."
Jaune started to wondered who 'they' were and started to looked toward the door as well and wondered What kind of group of man it made a man like the Innkeeper mood worsen so suddenly maybe gangsters or maybe bandits or lawyers or worse income tax What is a possibility '? At first glance, the group of people that entered inn didn't seem too bad at all They don't seem like the trouble in type or the bad type of people but they look like just tired.
As They were miners and must have come out straight from the mines with how dirty they were. The group had five people in it and they didn't seem violent, they looked more exhausted than ready to cause any trouble and They were faunus - no wait .. there faunus. As Jaune thought At the moment he then realize something he did hoped that the Innkeeper joe didn't have a problem with their obvious Faunus features all right.
"Why can't they keep themselves to their own part of the village as the Faunus are more trouble than their worth sometimes." Jaune was Really disappointed that the Innkeeper felt that way about the Faunus kind There are people too you know.
Jaune had met racists before, but he had hoped it wouldn't be as obvious all the way out here to and He would always be surprised when a person with a friendly face would suddenly glare at a Faunus who passed by and It made it impossible to think that only bad people could be racist to but Hmm." Jaune only hummed as an answer and it was better to act cautiously until he knew how much of a problem it was around here to like they avoid them like the plague or something or there's more to the story than meets the eye and these valleys as he has been having a lot of reports of destroy settlements around here by a group of troublesome people Maybe it's white fang.
He had just arrived here and so this was hopefully something that rarely happened here maybe.
"I would advice you sir to stay away from the animals sat there in the corner." The Innkeeper joe leaned closer towards him and whispered in his ear and spoke in a hushed voice towards them. "I had saw that one of them had a White Fang tattoo a couple of months ago, the one with the wolf ears Who sits over there with his pals and we all know how much trouble they always cause around these parts They do nothing but cause trouble and they have the audacity to come here and dinner here."
As Jaune kept on listening to Joe as he started to look at the group as he then spotted the one joe talked about, and he did had grey hair and one of his wolf ears was maimed and The man looked like he had seen much in his life and had scars with a large one that went diagonally over his right side of his face.
"A White Fang tattoo, and I didn't know they did that in this age." Jaune didn't know too much about these parts of the valleys since he or his family had never gone to his village and It's surroundings but he knew the truth about Faunus they were peaceful protestor at first and turned in to violent terrorists abd People who fought for Faunus right with violence and were responsible for a lot of deaths in the past and now in the future as everything they fought for is undone.
As the waiter had given them some drinks, as the waiter did looked liked afraid from them as he quickly dealt with them and moved out off their way and then hurried to another table around the other side. As They took the drinks from the bar and made to leave from the inn, as Jaune can could understand why. The music had stopped ever since they walked in and sat down near the corner as the other customers didn't help, as they weren't subtle with their glances.
"Who knows why and what they terrorists f*** sake do what they do, I can't bar them from the inn without fearing an attack from the White Fang anymore as they're done nothing because of trouble cut off our main supply lines and all that stuff They're the very reason that we're all suffering the first of all." He sighed at this claim. "But I know what the symbol looks, it had that vicious animal head and a circle around it to begin with."
"Wait A circle around it ? "
Why would someone else have the old symbol of the White Fang as a tattoo? The only one that had something similar was his mom maids and she never told him why she would have that when he asked about it. As The Innkeeper joe turned His direction to another customer as Jaune was getting up before innkeeper could ask if he needs anything else but he was gone and he was not sure where at the moment.
So Jaune decided to ask the person with it directly himself.
As He finished the stew, as he complimented the chef for the delicious food and ran after the miners. as They hadn't gone too far, one of them saw him and alerted the rest of the group. The man Jaune wanted to talk was the one that stopped while the rest went there separate ways on to wherever they were headed towards after the words.
As Jaune approach the man as he started to look up at him and asked him a question "What seems to be the problem sir." The man looked at jaune very suspiciously as act why would someone come close towards him all of a sudden and he's blonde that's a red flag. "Actually, Now that I think about it I don't think I recognize you at all. Are you new here in this town ?"
"Yes, I just arrived here today And my name is jaune Arc." Jaune decided to be as direct as possible he can. "Is it true that you have a tattoo of the old symbol of the White Fang?" As he asked this question then he started thinking something that he has done.
Was that too direct?
Then there was only silence after Jaune had asked the question and Jaune wondered what his reaction would be. And Would the man laugh at him, threaten him to make sure he stayed quiet or just deny it. The deep sigh combined a facepalm was not a reaction Jaune expected.
"No wonder the guys at the inn had acted so strange Then lately." He sounded tired as he faced himself towards jaune and then spoke. "Are you going to report me to the police or something sir ?"
As our knight just said one thing as he refused as he was shaking his head in a denial as he starts speaking "No, I was just curious since my mom had the same level of concern She would never tell me why she had it In the first of all."
And as for the person who is this looking at him as he was some kind of an idiot or sort "Yeah, but I don't remember what it said exactly." There tattoo was on her servants back and it was written in Mistralian, he had to write down what he remembered and ask his teacher what it said. "We fight. To defend the weak and the-" That was how much he remembered As he was looking at him that what is he playing but as he listened on he understood.
"Oppressed." As The man continued where he left off. "For if we don't, who will?" Just saw him as then he asked a question.
"She never told you what those words meant, did she?" Jaune shook his head, but the words he heard resonated him and made him wonder why his mom never told him. "That was the motto of the White Fang division that fought during the Faunus Rights Revolution, one that consisted of both Humans and Faunus at the time."
"Wait My mom and dad fought in that war?" It would explain why she would sometimes go quiet when people talked about it. "I thought it was a war against humans and Faunus."
"No, plenty of Humans had something against their friends and family being forcibly deported. The White Fang division was a group that accepted humans that were willing to fight against the kingdom and there mistreatment and What's your mother's name?"
"Her name is Juniper." As The man started to broke into a smile at the mention of his mother's name for some reason. "So do You know her ?"
He started to chuckled a bit. "A woman like your mother isn't a person one easily forgets and Never thought Juniper 'Freedom' impaler would settle down and have a family of our own I always thought she would die alone and How is she doing these days anyways ?" As he asked curiously how could be the very legend herself be doing settling down having kids around of her own it's a very delightful and a horrible thought to think about She was the daughter of a noble Duke of this country now let's see.
"Fin-" Jaune was interrupted by another miner that ran up to them in a fast speed as She, a lion Faunus Jaune guessed with her sharp teeth and incisors that stuck out of her mouth, glared at Jaune For some reason and as The two miners started a hushed discussion at that and that ended very quickly, but the wolf-Faunus Man looked apologetic as he looked towards Jaune.
"Sorry about this kid, but there are some problems at the mines and they need the boss to take charge at this." He as well started to sprint towards the mines but called out to him in a voice that could clearly be heard over the distance. "Just come by the mines later for a talk, ask for Bazz when you get there ok." As the man started to run away twords his other comrade's as he was running He looked behind for a moment and bow towards him and disappeared.
Jaune just stood there until they were out of view of his, as it was truly a shame he couldn't hear any talk about his mom's past life and He would make sure to remember to visit the mines later check the problems that are occurring lately and he needs to know the other problems around this area If he's going to live here with his wife and As the new acting mayor, it would be one of his duties so he wouldn't even need to take a break from the job for the talk like this.
MAIN TOWN HALL OFFICE
ONE HOUR LATER
Slate had waited long enough at this point, it was time to see how much work does the job as a mayor would need and why It couldn't be too much for a small village like this, could it be ?
Jaune felt like he shouldn't have jinxed himself when he had made his way back to the office.
Slate stood next to the desk, but that wasn't what took his attention. It was the pile of paper on the desk that was almost as tall as Slate.
"There you are, was it a good meal?" Jaune wordlessly nodded still in shock about the number of papers Slate had gathered for him. "The stack of papers on your desk are the things that are the most urgent, if you have any questions then you have to only ask."
Jaune took a seat at his desk, careful not to jostle it so that the stack wouldn't collapse.
"I know that it might be a bit late to ask, but I never asked you what your name was. It's a bit tiring to refer to you as the mayor every time I think about you."
"Oh, it's Jaune Arc."
"Well then Jaune, if I can call you that." Jaune nodded. "Which task would you like to begin with first?"
"What do you think we should start with first?" Slate knew how out of his depth Jaune was, maybe Slate knew of something easier to start with.
"Well, the most pressing situation would have to be the sickness that's been going around."
"Sickness?" It would explain why there were so few at the plaza, were there that many sick?
"Yes, it been around for months and had led to twelve deaths and forty-three people are currently bedridden. It's not contagious, but we don't have any effective way to deal with it."
"Does the doctor know what it is?" Jaune wished they could start with something easier. The situation sounded too serious for him to ignore now that he knows about it.
"The doctor is one of the people who are bedridden and the former mayor refused to call for a second doctor, said it would cost too much." Slate spoke that sentence with uncharacteristic anger. Did he know one of the people who died?
"I see, then I will need to see this for myself. Could you take me to one of the patients, I have some medical training." Jaune had helped out at the clinic back home, maybe he could find some way to ease their pain.
This would be his first official act as the mayor, he was determined to not mess things up.
As you remember the last time he messed up something and his wife gave him a scolding or a damn beating cheese He doesn't want to be in her bad side as she will hear from the townspoke and he knows how she is with other people wherever she lives she scouts the area check it if it's safe or not she's been doing that for months since they're marriage in the way she's tried to protect me she's very protective He remember the time a month back or so that he had to help her and whatever hardest moments in life.
ONE MONTH AND HALF AGE
MOUNTAIN RANGE
NEAREST STRAWBERRY
"Father!"
"Where are you father!! "
Jaune jolted awake as he was sleeping peacefully in his bedroom as his wife Jennifer called out her old man name as he can tell she was very worried about him as she kept on calling his name. "Papa Where are you !" Jennifer said, her voice hushed but pronounced. As Jaune peered out from under his blanket, blinking harshly as The young woman came to there bedroom and paused by jaune bed side, as her body outlined in an orange haze from the dying yellow light behind her as Her hair was loose around her shoulders and she stood in her white nightgown as It was early in the morning 'too early.' The sun hadn't even peeked over the mountains range yet.
She sounded very worried like Something has happened to him and With an inward groan, jaune tossed aside his blanket and sat up in his cot, swinging his bare feet to rest on the cold wood floor. "What's the matter dear ?" he asked her, as he was pulling a shirt out His bedside and wearing it immediately and then started to buttoning it up.
As Jennifer turned her head to give him some privacy as he dressed, her cheeks flushed a bit she's still not used to it but she's trying as he faced him and start telling him what's the matter. "It's papa he's missing as he was so distraught last night conversation from his friends are his son and other problems as one of his friends Karen convinced his to drink, maybe too much - and I think he's wandered off somewhere and Karen's passed out and not much help anyways. And I'm pretty sure he went on foot."
"Mm," jaune Arc mumbled, as he pulling out his boots form under the bed as he start to put them on as The air was chilly. Spring was on their doorstep, but winter still lingered in the crisp morning air. As He put on his hat and pulled on a jacket from the coat hanger and then motioned his wife to get dressed and to follow him as The two of them headed towards ranch to the horses.
"Good morning', jackal' Raymond," jaune said in a low voice to his horse, a tall brown horse speckled with spots. "Let's get you saddled up."
"Thank you, jaune for everything" Jennifer murmured to herself as she Saw him signal her to follow behind him Has she thought for a moment two people will cover more ground than needed in this situation.
"You best follow me." Jaune set the saddle on his horse and began buckling it tight as . "If my wife is distraught, about her father well, them I better at words at the moment as I'll saddle up lightning here to but He's a bit new, but he'll do you fine."
Jennifer didn't went argue at the moment as she, only nodded her head at him silently. As She wrapped her black long blanket tighter around her shoulders and body covering her head as she was shivering from the cold. "We been through so much, I just hope he's alright, you know ?"
"I'm sure your father is surviving He's want the toughest persons I have ever met so don't worry about him'," jaune said. As He was patted jackal' Raymond and has he helped saddled lightning quickly for her as Once Jennifer was on the horse as she went outside the ranch, as he followed suit behind her and the two headed off toward the nearest town strawberry.
As the sun light mist started as they rode in to town, as putting a dour mood over jaune and Not even the birds were awake yet and They'd been in this location for a few months now, ever since he escaped the vale and Pinkerton's from the kingdom. Strawberry was a charming little town, as though it only felt temporary to jaune For some reason.
The whole business of his as had been restless and uptight ever since the transfer paper incident. As he pick up Jennifer along the way As you remembered he traveled to her father's in-laws home And then him everything What happened and she told the situation that she is in now Then one month later after The entire incident she heard news that her late husband recently get murdered, and his a captive in her own old home for who knows how long. She was a bitter at times and angry lady all the time but she's a kind woman He has seen that first hand but she can get pissed off very fast He learned that part of it You don't want to know. But Downright depressed, of course He won't blame them as all of them lost someone precious towards them as Jaune had been silently waiting for her and her Papa to explode at any time but they did not for few months and He guessed this was the start of it all.
"This way," jaune said, motioning toward Valentine. "I think he went into the town. Best we check the local bar. You said he'd been drinking'?"
Jennifer pulled down her blanket over her hair, blocking out the rain. "he usually doesn't, but, yes. Karen was only tryin' to help but Papa not a happy drunk like Karen, that's for sure."
"Perhaps a drink ain't the answer he needs at the moment."
"I don't think so."
Jaune could hear the tiredness in his wife voice at the moment. He had always wondered why she's stuck with the this group, as her head was in the clouds most of the time and and later he found out she was being a writer as well and Despite her reasonings, she had always pulled her weight. She'd been with this family through thick and thin the past few years - she was a con artist with her hands, a master cook of unrivaled skill if needed.
"Hold up," jaune said, looking to the road in front of them. He had been following a certain set of footsteps, easy to do when the road was a pile of mud. The steps began to wander off the main road toward a small bridge. "This way."
The two of them went off road and he heard Jennifer take a sharp intake of breath, and a second later he saw why. He felt his stomach churn as he saw a form hanging from the underside of the bridge, arms spread apart, the head and legs missing. Innards dripped from the torso to the ground and the smell was fresh. Very fresh. He motioned for Jennifer to move back as he stepped off his horse. Even jackal Raymond was unsettled by the smell.
He looked around for the missing limbs, seeing an endless amount of blood as if the limbs had been dragged and thrown around. He avoided the hanging body, stepping around it while holding a hand to his face. "Lord, it smelled."
"Jaune ?" He looked up the bridge and saw his wife papa standing behind a post, a paper in his hand, as his face pale.
"God's, old man, what are you doing here?" He said, moving to his side as He started to noticed the poor man's head by his feet.
"I was… needn't some air. I came across him," Logan sputtered, his voice shaking. "This map was in the guy's… mouth."
"Whoever this sick creature is, we should get out of here Before the law came." As Jaune Got off from his horse as he started to took off his jacket and placed it around his shoulders; he was only dressed in his light clothes As he can see old man was shivering from the cold and looked ready to collapse at anytime. "How drunk did you get to be wandering' around by yourself anyways ?" He led his toward the horses where Jennifer waited patiently as she was see as the entire situation how he was dealing with everything.
"I can take care of myself boy ," he huffed, though his words were slightly slurred. "And it's not my fault he's dead-"
"I know that sir-"
"-and if only Karen hadn't challenged me to a drinking game, I'd be just fine!"
"Oh? And who won that one?"
"I… don't remember Really," old man said with a concerned look on his face.
As Jennifer stepped off her horse and hurried over towards him "Oh, papa ! I was so worried about you." She grasped her father in law in a tight huge around. "I wasn't too sure if you had run, or been kidnapped, or-"
"Thank you, My precious little daughter," he said to her as he was pulling out of her hugging someone nature. "I'd just like to go back now please."
Jaune took that as his cue to leave. "Here we go Then." He grabbed and helped old man on to the horse as he helped to lifted him up to the old man own horse, then quickly hopped on in front his and Once Jennifer was situated, as the three of them headed back to there home as, their mood somber even further down as they saw the horrific seen in front of them.
"I think I'm going to be sick," Jennifer choked into jaune back as she held on. Before Arthur could protest, he heard her hack and he tried not to flinch as he heard something land on his side and leg.
"Oh my lord papa !" Jennifer said and reached out to catch her father as he began to slide from the horse and in to the ground.
"Shit," jaune cursed and as he quickly went to his side of the horse and caught him as he was slipping off stuff bars. As old man Logan had been riding side saddle he was easy to pick up and swing to sit in front of him, awkward as it was. he was out cold. "Let's get back quick. Giddy-up!" Jackal, one of his fastest horses, didn't let him down. As Jennifer trailed behind him on the other horse now as they approached there house as they did.
He stopped the horse there and hopped off and letting old man dangle a little before he was able to help lift him off the horse and Instead him to there home as of taking him to his bedroom as he used shared with his own wife as she passed away few years age and now his son damn don't went to in his shoes, as he took her to his destination as, setting her down on the bed. As he was a taller man, though thin right now in stature and easy to carry for someone like him. As his dress was covered in vomit, as were his own pants and shirt.
"Jennifer, would you mind cleaning's him up and getting' him settled in the house ok ?" Jaune asked the young woman to do an important task that he knows that she can do as she wanted to help them anyway she can as she nodded at him. "I'll go get cleaned up myself ok." As he told her that he will be taking a bath to and get ready for work.
"Of course," Jennifer confirmed as he can see as She ran off towards the wash bin, and most likely to grab a clean bucket and rag for her papa.
As Jaune went Back to his room and towards the his cabinet as he grabbed a change of clothing and headed towards the bathroom and started to get cleaned up in the shower The water was biting cold, sending unbearable shivers up his legs and as He rinsed out the clothing and set to drying and dressing himself and as came outside of it started to dry himself up and went towards the bath Where you lay his clothes as he started to change up in his getup as he wore a white shirt and blue light jeans and brown long jacket and made his way to his horse, thinking he would head to the nearby river. It was early enough there shouldn't be any traffic and easy enough to find a secluded place to fish. As He remember how is usually spent the extra money and bathed in hotels and spending the night and and buying food like beef stew and fry fish all the time and when he could have one- the outlaw life that He was introduced to after the incident that happened in the kingdoms did not allow a luxury such as a bath basin and privacy anymore he likes it or not as he's always on the run because they think he's more guilty as he's done something very terrible and his ideas It might be the corrupt our government system that are doing this to him and people like him So he made sure to treasure those baths and food when he could all the time.
Ten minutes later he had found a decent spot and to fish as fast as he could and He supposed he could spend an hour hunting if needed it'd had been a bit since he had brought a deer back home.
An hour later after he was hunting for a deer as he spotted one near bushes as it was behind the tree eating the grass peacefully as he brought out a bow and an arrow from the horse satchel as he took him breathe it in and out as he let the arrow loose as it flow towards the deer as it hit direct to the neck as the deer fell to the ground as he knew one thing there's going to be something good today, the sun was rising, warming the hillside blissfully. So Jaune decided to made it back to his home and unloaded the deer from his horse, careful not to get the blood on his fresh clothing.
As he enjoyed The fresh Air around him as it was clean there was no over your goals no grims just mother nature itself and him riding in peace as you put the bow and arrow back into the satchel and brought out a gun His huntsman rifle a repeater as he's trapped it on his back as he made it back to his home After he came to his home He left it for her wife to cook as by her kitchen table and, don't bothering to skin it for her as he remember the last time he did this she nearly killed him because he doesn't like anyone meddling in her affairs basically the house chores and cooking that everything that's related to the house or her domain and she does not like anyone not even Jaune the middle in them as he want to help her many times but he can still remember her demon eyes as she stared at him with a cold gaze warning him try it and you die so he's not going to risk it not this time and he was disappointed in one thing that It didn't have the best looking coat, but it was sufficient enough for food.
20 minutes later
As he was preparing for work
As Jaune Left his house as he was feeling the cold breeze about outside his house as you can see some of the neighbors getting up as they came outside their house some had newspapers in their hands some even have pitchforks as they're planning on going on their daily routines as shepherds or as workers in the town as They're going to saddle up on their own horses and made it to words their destination as he saw some of the neighbors hanging their clothing on the wire in the front lawn of their houses as they said that good morning towards him or some of them tip their hats at him.
as jaune was going to saddle up as he went direct to his garage That's basically a ranch here as vehicles do not work up here in the mountains that often as they're more like a a death trap as monsters like the creatures of Grimm attack often and the roads are narrow They just need a few punches or to tackle the vehicle down into the mountain and that's all it takes basically trucks and big cars are not allowed here The only vehicle the people use here are motorcycles or horses as a mean of transportation He was planning on buying himself a motorcycle one of these days as he needs to go to long distances as the bullheads don't let them carry their horses around as he needs a vehicle to a board the bullhead as they allow only motorcycles on kind of hypocrisy if he thinks for himself as he was cleaning his horse up lightning as he brought the horse outside as he's going to mount it he heard a voice from his side as he saw little Jack from next doors neighbors son running towards him who's basically 7 years old.
"Uncle jaune!" Little Jack ran up to him, a wide smile on the child's face as He was up early maybe getting ready for school it's is Monday jaune Arc thought as Jack held a half eaten piece of a chocolate bar in his hand and handing it's towards him. "I saved this for you!"
"Good morning' to you too little one !" Arthur laughed, as he saw jack held chocolate bar towards him as he started to grab the chocolate from his little hand's. "What's this for?"
The boy had chocolate smeared across one cheek. "Mama said to give you sometimes' as he answered him innocently 'cause you got me that book !"
"Why, thank you !" Jaune grabbed a hanky that he kept in his pocket and as he wiped off Jack's cheek who struggled against it as He had chocolate on his face. "You wanna stay clean else your mama is gonna get angry with you."
Jack stuck a tongue out at him, as he broke away and ran off back to his, giggling as he did so. Jaune just had only managed to wipe half the chocolate off. "Hey, let's go fishing' again sometime, Jack !" Jaune called out after him as stop for a moment as he look behind him as he was shaking his head in a nodded.
"Okay!" As ran back to his mother as he can see she was standing nearby as she saw her son coming towards her as she kneel and one knee as she listened to what her son was saying as she rubbed his head and told him to run inside as she look the towords him and nodded at him as he can here before she was saying "thank you" as he nodded back at her as she got what she needed as she continued to do her chores as our knight left the area and went for stroll downtown.
Has jaune Was strolling down to downtown as he met many of his friendly faces like Mr Han from the medical store then he met Mrs Robertson from general store She runs in this town as he met many others like Miss Cruz who's basically the sheriff and the law in this town as he tipped his hat and said good morning to her as she tipped her hat in response and said Good morning too " Mr Arc I hope you're keeping old man Logan in check I heard he caused some chaos last night at the salon as he had a fist fight with one of the locals" as Jaune was listening as he was nodding his head in your response as he knew he had a habit of doing things like this if he's drunk as he was going to explain him she raised her hand and told him it's not his fault or Jennifer's fault here As she knows old man Logan he was not the most respected people in this town and he was the greatest lawman who lived here but what his son did was not a gentleman's work as he abandoned his wife and children and his old folk for some bloody money and he did not take the responsibility that he needed to and she was the one who reported and told them that they have found their son corpse next to the river off the town of Liverpool The place was famous for its River Roots as it was one of the best places for trade as she told him this. Jaune thanks her for letting him off easy as he made his way towards the town as he has some work to do trading can you believe it He became a good trader as he has storage room here into town as he deliver parts and messages around the towns as he heard there's going to be big sale coming up and that he can stock up and he can go around like the city of ember to trade some of his goods as Good money to put on the table as he knows his wife has it tough so does her family and are in-laws so he decided to feed both of those families as he knew he was the only man here and he knows those girls can't survive outside these areas as they need to stay close You don't know when the grim will come for everyone When they're together they're powerful for me I'm a train huntsman now I killed more tougher Grimms when I was on the journey We talk about that later first we need to finish our little job and then go home.
A FEW HOURS LATER
As HIS HOME
NOON :
As Jaune was chuckled to himself as he thought that it was a cute moment but at least he could do that much for the kid as he went back inside into his house and head towards to the main kitchen to grab some morning coffee as he spotted the coffee kettle on the table as it was set there with some cups beside it and coffee was also prepared maybe a few moments ago as He knows Jennifer had it done just for him in just a few moments ago as he went towards the table as he grabbed the kettle and cup was intending to get coffee and It was still early morning and people were mostly still asleep, though Mrs. Morgan was beginning her usual set of chores as He decided to stroll around the house to see who there's anything else to do or any other task before he head towards town as he was strolling around in the house He came across old man Logan's room as he entered just to check him out He then noticed Jennifer was still sitting by her father side of the bed and changed of clothes course.
"Jennifer," jaune said quietly as he was approaching her as he put his one hand on her shoulder as She was sitting in a chair next to the bed as she was going to falling asleep as then her head rolling to one side. "You better head off to bed now, okay? You took good care of your father and Get some sleep before he completely wakes up and continued to go to your work."
Jennifer just blinked blearily in affirmation and nodded at him as he helped her made her way to her bed to sleep as he before leaving he gave one more look over old man Logan as - he was a bit pale, but he was cleaned and resting peacefully in his bed and when He was done he went Back to the kitchen to grab his coffee. He was going to meet Charles after this as he has some work to do with him as he did said a few greetings to Charles earlier when he was in town as he was working with his colleagues at the stables as he grabbed another cup his coffee, then settled down in the chair at his living room as he was planning on resting a bit and He took the quiet time As granted as he didn't get this much time to himself that often as he's basically always working or moving place to place as a merchant but why the hell not as he decided to write in his journal and documenting the entire time life story into his journal since 5 years old when he learned to write and read as years passed by he improved after improved and now is writing everything even about body they had found near strawberries entrance as it was near the bridge site.
30 MINUTES LATER
Writing time
Then all sudden Jaune when he was writing about his time at beacon academy his betrayal how's the people The council and others turned him into an outlaw and he has no choice to move out of the kingdoms and start his new life outside their walls as he found his home in the mountains as he became a young merchant and then a few months later he got married DRUNKEN married basically As what adventures he had with his wife Jennifer as he found out about her past her hobbies and many more things as how his days have become more brighter the day when he met her as he was going to tell more than All of a sudden his thoughts were interrupted by some loud banging on the door and some loud voices coming from his door as he started to the recognize the voices who they belonging to first It neighbors next door John and Abigail.
But With a sigh he decided to set aside his journal and his nearly empty coffee cup, on the table in front of him and made his way towards the commotion as it was getting louder and louder all of a sudden.
John stood in front of his house, with his scarred face as he can see he is very angry about something and It had been several months since John had suffered a Beowulf attack while being on a hunt for a deer bleaving his face injured as It was nearly getting healed over, by now and save for some lingering redness around the marks it left behind as a mark the rest of his life as he was right now standing in front of his door for some reason unknown to him.
As Jaune decided to head towards his own door to check out what the hell's going on outside And why there's so much loud voices outside of his door There are more than 50 doors a here choose another People to fight over.
As Jaune Just opened his door as John's face darkened even more once he saw jaune face to face As he can see something is not right as John decided to to antagonize him as he started speaking. "And here he is! The man himself! The hero of our fine town here he is !"
As Jaune Saw and heard his attitude He had a question mark on his head as he raised his eyebrow at him as he asked him "What's getting' you all uptight about now you couldn't find another deer to hunt ?" As Jaune demanded at the surprising attitude of his neighbor as he saw Jennifer was outside sitting beside Abigail as everyone other started to show up as well as he was thinking did something happen that he doesn't knows. As He saw Abigail and Jennifer sitting on the garden furniture as her face buried in her hands as Jennifer What's rubbing her back as she was helping her in some way he saw others his neighbors lake Charles and others like Miss Pattinson from next door as she was sitting near the girls.
John stormed up to him and starting to scream at him. "Talkin' about you, endangering my son few days ago you son of a b**** "
"I took you sent it to The peanut store few days ago at your wife's request if that is the problem ?" As he had more question mark On his head What the hell's going on here.
"That's not all you even took my son m- Taking my son on a fishing trip yesterday morning" As he had more question mark On his head He was getting more confused by the minute.
As Jaune still stood up taller as ever as he can see John clenching his fists, trying to quell his anger. "You shouldn't been there for him As this is my family problem You should not get involved in this huntsman" As he said the last word with the venom as he send a cold glare at him but jaune was still unfazed by this He have seen worser people glare As example his mother and his wife those are glares my dear friend.
" ok "
"He's my son you bastard ! Not yours! You want to know what Jack said to Abigail last night?" John looked to his wife and to Jennifer and his face desperate and The other one in disappointment at him with all reacting. "He wished you were his daddy. Not me."
Jaune decided to took a deep breath, as he not knowing how to respond to this mess at all, but deep down inside of jaune Was getting very anger and kept rising in him as John kept on barking in front of him. As He took another deep breath before he spoke. "How did you did you came here to do Johnson think you're some kind of tough guy coming here in front of my door and accusing of things that I did at your wife's command as she told me too do them in the first of all and now because come you here And you claim that you care no your people should have told me if you had a problem in the first of all Isn't that right, John?" As he said that as Jaune was starting to glaring at him a bit.
John's dark eyes flashed at his claim as he was clenching on his fists even tighter as he wanted to punch him right in the face as everyone saw this they knew one thing There's going to be a fight and it's going to be an entertaining one as we can see some of the people bringing out popcorn as it was setting on there porch as they started to bring out some drinks as well Abigail was just holding her hands on her face as she knows her husband has done something very stupid as even Jennifer knew s*** is going to go down As for Charles he was prepared to come in the middle if needed Now that's a wingman but he couldn't because he was shaking for some reason. "I'm here now, ain't I?"
"Your wife told me that you were busy and you will be gone for a year or so in the kingdoms to get yourself a job as she told me to help the boy around a bit That's all I did nothing more !" Jaune roared at him and as jaune questionable pointed a finger at the man. "A year! And she didn't know if you was coming' back or not ! And why the sudden change of heart and mind All of a sudden ?" Jaune was took a step back and crossed his arms. "You Always told us that you refused to say he was your son for the longest time When we used to go to hunting all the time as you told us you didn't want him as you always avoided him and your wife for years as you always wanted to do something more with your life You always told us that you never wanted them in them What happened to that." As he opened up a locker that everyone did not knew as they all will grasping as the drama continued even Abigail saw this as she had her hand covering her mouth as Jennifer for her hand behind her back as she was rubbing it the soothe her pain away as everyone even Charles and the others were disappointed in John and what was he even thinking and saying some of them even knew this did not tell anyone about this but now hearing it the second time damn it's this horrible damn man.
The then smaller man bit his lip as he want to say something else or start something else. "I'm tryin' to change that do you know Life isn't that easy not like yours huntsman At least you get to get out of here whenever you like We don't."
By now, the entire colony off the lane was and had woken up and all eyes were on them at their conversation was going on just as we know But jaune wasn't done with him yet. "You want to know something interesting, John?" he asked, his tone quiet a bit but heated up by this going conversation. " me and Jennifer was gonna helped Abigail in this matter as We all talked about it while you was gone, because I was more a dependable than you ever was As you always going somewhere else gambling away then complaining afterward and then whoring with other women in the saloon in the other place is as Abigail told us if something ever happens to them or to her that take care of Jack as their own as she thought at least the boy could have a better future with us than you !" As he told them this the entire area or grasping again as another plot twist was given to the show as they were munching even further at their popcorn at some of them even put on a popcorn and hot dog stand and as they started to sell this as they found the perfect business spot for the moment as you can see they were telling him keep on going the business is going great He gets 5% each and that moment Jaune Arc thought at the moment damn I'm making money while arguing I should have done this years ago as he was thinking about this but he remember there was a person in front of him
"You were no better than I was! Look at yourself in the mirror for once as can you see what type of failure You have been everything at beacon academy not even your friends want to be with you not even your own god damn pair-" John couldn't finish his conversation as he halted as Jaune blindly unleashed a fist against his face, sending John sprawling to the ground A few feet around as he landed on the street as he was going to jump at him again and beat the living s*** out of him but he couldn't as he wanted to.
Because Someone was holding him back And that's strange someone was no other than Charles as he was controlling his dear friend not killing dear old John here in front of his wife and kid as a few minutes later jaune started to holding his clenched fist away from John. He shrugged them of As he decided to leave the area for a few moment.but before he leaves the place as He stood over John, who held his cheek as he lay on the ground, guilt written all over his face and started regret at his choices as then jaune start speak again "You still don't know half the truth that depend at everything that has happened between you and your family and your goddamn problems Abigail still chose you stay by your side till death do Both apart ," Arthur spat at him and John Just listen closely as he's kept on speaking "Jack needs time to get to know you and He needs a father figure on him to teach him around how to be a proper boy and one day a proper man but Instead of saying's you're his father, do everyone I got them favor here and start act like it If you don't then you're nothing but a true failure." He turned on his heel and stomped off and towards his horse as he was going pull off some steam off of him as he was not in the mood first thing in the morning he had to do this He even, ignoring Jennifer who started to followed him to his horse as He took notice of old man Logan awake as he was standing a bit of a distance away, a cigar in his hand.
He looked upset At the entire mess that happened just a few moments ago as he nodded at him as jaune didn't care at that moment As he wanted to leave for a moment It doesn't want to start another fuss or another mess entirely so he should leave for a few moments and cool off somewhere as He stopped by his room grabbing his stuff and grabbing his weapons He needs as a lasso , double barrel shotgun and one revolver as he was going to hunt as he was about to leave the room then his eyes saw he had a sword on his wall he remembers when he used to use it when he went Grimm hunting so he grabbed that sword as well put it on his back as he took his weapon directly to his horse as Jennifer had kept on following him as he was going around the house and as she left during the fight as she saw and as she began pulling together his pack of cigarettes from his pockets as She knew he was going to do something very stupid or something very dangerous.
"Where are you going dear ?" Jennifer asked him as she was worried for him and what could he be going at this type of hour.
"Hunting."
As Jennifer turned towards him and nodded after a moment of watching as Jaune was throw his clothing into his pack. "Take care, dear and Please be safe okay." As Jennifer knew better than to argue with jaune when he was little angry at moment as she patted Arthur on the shoulder and and kisses him on the cheek and as she walked away from his path as she was going to continue what she was doing.
Jaune was All of a sudden fuming inside and He hadn't thought of Is beacon friends and His family in months as they did not try to even contact or find him or at least he hadn't tried to do the same and Not everyone knew the story about them as jaune had only entrusted it to several people in his social circle in the town as John had been one of them and he had turned around and blurted it out off the place as he head towards his horse.
Jaune was huffed as he pausing his flurry of packing. He would be level headed about this. He had to be if he wanted to be smart about it.
A paper on his table caught his eye and he opened it slowly. It was the piece of the map they had pulled from the head this morning. There. Something to do. He could hunt for this place - he swore it looked familiar - and he would find what the map was leading to. He stuffed the map in his satchel. He headed out into the forest, taking one last look at the group that still outside his house as then Everybody started to moved around slowly and trying to keep their eyes on themselves now.
It wasn't news that jaune and John had fought few minutes age and this happen Ever since John had left him and everyone else behind a year ago now before jaune was married to Jennifer and now returning by three days ago and he heard a few hours ago that John has been and started to abusing his wife and child as he can hear her screams and crying of Jack sometimes as he was not the only one who knew about this the entire neighborhood he knew and their pissed about it but they did not do anything because it's not their mattered again to begin with as John always beat her up now and then as when he left in the morning first daily routine as his wife Jennifer used to rash over and towards their house as When he left a few moments later out of his sites.
she entered inside her room and fine Abigail a woman with long brown hair who's wearing a green dress that was long till her needs probably everything of her body and She used to wear a greens scarf around her neck as she used that to cover her head sometimes when she go out do her chores or go, to town for some groceries as she was on the side of the wall and Bruised up as blood was dry on her lips as she had a bruise on her head from his punches as her tears were dried from her eyes as she was in a horrible state but she was covering and protecting someone that was Jack the little boy Who witnessed everything that transpire last night and everything that happened to his mother as Jennifer starter to bring our home for treatment as she used to lie her down as she helped her dress and clean her up and comfort her in her need as he remembers how she treats her As she used to grasp as She started to heal her wounds and treating them with some medicine they had as she told him but few days ago basically one day ago she asked something from.
Jennifer and him as she was explaining to him how violent John can be at times and what he is capable of as she was explaining everything and then what's going to happen to her if this goes on and She told us to take care of Jack push comes to worse as The two couples stared at each other as the road noted and nodded do one another as They both did promise her will protect the boy and raise him as his own Abigail was happy She even wished that she would have met someone like Jaune a good person who's always there to help somebody who's in need and treat everyone equally She always wishes that she would find a man like him a long ago That she would will never been in this situation to begin with.
but something In that room all of a sudden as he saw his wife Jennifer staring at her The eyes of pity as then he swears he heard a light bulb going up as he then saw Jennifer going towards Abigail and started to whisper in his her ear about something but 20 minutes later the boat separated as they both had blushing about it something so he decided to ignored it for now as it is not concern him at all and that and He had other thoughts on his mind as how every thing was going in John's family he had been struggling to forgive him for his actions He would never do this to his own wife or kids not even his father or therefore fathers has ever done something like this in their entire life And now this fight had pushed it even further in to a mass.
He whistled for his horse to follow him as he went to the forest Jackal was still saddled and ready to go, neighing happily as she reached his side. He patted her head lovinging and got on. He traveled to the main road without much thought about the world around as he was headed toward the town of Strawberry. It was the only place he could think of to start his search.
An then hour after traveling there, as he started hear a horse gallop up behind him as started to and slow down and see who was behind him as He then stopped his horse completely.
TO BE CONTINUED