{Jaune POV}
I wake up to the feeling of my broken arm being shaken, most likely by Modred.
I grit my teeth to hide the pain before I open my eyes, and it looks like I was right again.
It is indeed Modred who woke me up. +1 point for Jaune being right, and -1 point for Jaune because she woke me up by shaking my broken arm.
When Modred saw my eyes open, she stopped shaking my arm and took a look at my dirty, disheveled appearance.
"Jaune... the fuck?... your face... you look like you've been fucked by a Grimm..." She then came close to me and grabbed my arm, not knowing that it was broken.
I let out a small gasp of pain. "Modred, let go!"
When she let go of my arm, I used my other arm to hold it close to my chest and used my Aura to lessen the pain in my body.
Modred looked at me in shock at the fact that I had unlocked my Aura.
When I rubbed my broken arm with my right hand, Modred finally opened her mouth. "Jaune... did you unlock your Aura?!?" She almost shouted in excitement at my Aura being unlocked, but she managed to stop it from becoming a full-blown yell.
"Yeah... I did..." I told her before I let go of my arm and let it rest at my side. "Wouldn't recommend the way I did it, to be honest..." I let out a chuckle.
Modred then hurriedly went to the door and opened it a little before she peeked her head outside to check if the coast was clear. She nodded in satisfaction when she confirmed that there was no one in the hallway. Then she pulled her head back in, closed the door, sat on the bed, and looked at me curiously.
"When did you do it, Jaune? And how!?" she asked excitedly.
I covered her mouth with my right hand and started to concentrate on the sounds in the house. When I heard silence and concluded that they were most likely downstairs eating breakfast, I let go of her mouth and told her, "Don't shout, Modred... the others could hear you..."
"Yeah, yeah. So now answer my question, lil bro bro! How did you do it?" she asked me once again, and I sighed at her. It wasn't loud, but it still hurt my ear.
I chuckled as I felt the excitement and pride coming off her while she looked at me expectantly, waiting for the answer I would give her.
"Well, last night... I snuck through the window to go to the woods... I know that's stupid. You don't need to scold me for it. I already scolded myself enough... hopefully. And then I got ambushed by an Alpha Beowolf that I assumed was the one that got away when Dad and the other hunters hunted the reported pack of Grimm a few days ago," I answered gently.
"What! Are you dumb!? You could have died, Jaune!" Modred grabbed my shoulders and started to shake me, and I could see her eyes starting to water.
"Don't cry, Modred. I'm here now, right? I didn't die."
She sniffled before wiping her eyes. "Okay. Now tell me what happened," Modred said, trying her best to sound scary.
"Well, when I got ambushed by the Grimm, it managed to smack me into a tree, breaking my left arm and, from what I think, a few ribs from the impact," I told her gently, not wanting her to feel guilty for aggravating my broken arm.
Modred's eyes opened wide when she finally understood why I reacted like that when she grabbed my arm, and she looked like she was about to cry again.
Modred then reached her hands toward me, wanting to check my injuries, but her hands never touched me because she didn't want to make them worse. She nervously looked me over.
"Oh, Jaune! I'm sorry! I-I'm sorry, Jaune!" Her eyes started to water, and her voice began to crack.
"No, no, no, it's alright, Modred! It's okay! You didn't know!" I tried my best to calm her down, and after five minutes of calming her down again, she finally managed to settle herself, even though she was still crying a little. "I-I'm sorry, Jaune... I'm such a bad sister..." She hiccuped a few times.
"No, Modred. You are not a bad sister. You're the best big sister I could have, Modred," I told her as gently as I could. "Now, how about I continue my story, Modred?" I asked, trying to get her mind off my injuries.
"Yeah... that w-would be great," she answered softly, wiping her eyes with her hands.
"So... after I got hit by the Grimm... I did my best to stand so I'd at least die on my feet. And the Grimm was so scary, Modred... it was so big..." She could hear the fear in my voice as she tried to imagine how I survived. "But I couldn't be scared, Modred.... I can't leave the family behind... so I... I started thinking about why I want to become a Huntsman. I started thinking about the family, Modred... about how much I love the family," I told her with a wide smile, and she looked transfixed by the expression on my face. "And then I started to hear the sound of chains breaking, Modred... and after that... my body glowed white, and I felt... powerful..." I told her. "And the circuits... my body, from what I saw, was covered with glowing white circuit patterns..."
"And then... I saw the Grimm try to hit me again... but it was so slow, Modred... like I was inside one of those slow-motion videos that you showed me..." She nodded mindlessly at that.
"And then, when I tried to step around the Grimm to dodge it, suddenly the world turned blurry, and I arrived back at the tree... you know... my tree... the usual one..." She nodded again, fully engrossed in the story.
"And then, when I picked up my sword, I had this feeling to flow my Aura into the sword, so I did. And lo and behold... the sword got the same exact circuit-like pattern on it, the same as my body!"
By this point, she was completely focused on my story, and she got excited, wondering how I beat the Grimm. "And then? Next! Next!" She started to bounce on the bed.
"And then I saw the Grimm swing at me again, Modred! But I dodged under it and swung my sword upwards at its jaw. After that, the sword and the Grimm's head exploded!" She stared at me in wonder, like she couldn't understand how I had managed to blow off an Alpha Beowolf's head with a wooden sword.
"And after that... well, I guess I exhausted my Aura, because the circuit-like thing also disappeared from my body... and then I fell down and fainted, I guess..."
"And then... what happened, Jaune?" Modred asked gently, trying to hide the fear clawing at her chest, not wanting me to see that side of her.
"And then, when I woke up... I think it was about 3 hours before dawn... my whole body was in pain," I answered her.
"Did you get helped by somebody, Jaune?" Even though she tried to hide it, her worry was clear in her voice.
"No... I woke up alone... but don't worry! I managed to use my Aura again and walk my way back home," I said, trying to calm her down. It looked like it worked, because the most important part was that I made it home alive, and that was enough for her, even if it hurt her deeply knowing I only survived because of something close to a miracle.
She took a few deep breaths, steadying herself. "All that matters is that you're here, Jaune... I... please don't do this again, Jaune... I don't want you to die." Her eyes started to water as she fought the tears back.
I looked at her, knowing how much she cared. "Okay, Modred. Now, how about I change my clothes and clean myself up, so the others don't check on us and see me looking like I've been dragged through the dirt by a Grimm?" I said, trying to lighten the mood, and it managed to get a small laugh out of her.
"But.. are you sure Jaune? You're really injured... you told me yourself that you got a broken arm and possible broken ribs." She looks at me straight in the eyes and i knew then and there than if i don't convince her.. she's probably gonna tie me to the bed and won't let me go until i'm healed.
"....Mordred.. i am fine.. its.. its healing.. i think... if i can't handle the pain, i'll go straight up to my room... please.. i don't want the others to check on me and.. you know... find out about this whole.... thing.."
After what felt like forever, she finally nodded. "Okay... i'll hold onto that promise, Jaune.."
When she stood up and opened the door, she spoke to me one last time before she left. "See you at breakfast, Jaune."
Then she left me alone in my room so I could clean up and go downstairs.
I started thinking about what happened last night, and I couldn't help but smile at the fact that the outcome of the whole incident was me unlocking my Aura and taking a step closer to my journey to become a Huntsman.
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