11 Journey (1/2)

After a day, everyone was up and fully rested. Magna actually gave Luna a bear hug as soon as she woke up, thanking her for everything she's done.

With everything taken care of and everyone finally recovered, Magna told the girls about his plan of leaving the ruins so they can catch up with his parents.

As expected, Luna and Argo quickly voiced their approval before quickly leaving to gather supplies for the trip.

Being left alone inside his temporary room, Magna slowly lost his smile as he thought back on to the appearance of that bird.

'That bird is definitely one of the Branden twins. That things stare was way too human to be an animal. Only problems is that I have no clue which twin it is.'

Remembering the stare down he had with the bird, Magna couldn't actually feel what it's feeling. It felt kinda fuzzy, as if something was blocking him. However, the one thing he did manage to make sense of was the curiosity held within its gaze.

Shaking his head, Magna wryly smiled as he quietly mumbled, ”…All things considered, I just hope it's not Raven.”

Before he could think any further, two b.a.l.l.s of fluff burst into the room with huge smiles. Argo, who had a huge bag on her back, happily exclaimed, ”All packed and ready to go.”

…

After a while, Magna noticed a silhouette in the distant background that seemed to be following him and the girls. The impulse to turn around and shout, ”STOP FOLLOWING US!!!” was intense and extremely hard to hold back. However, he knew better than to open his mouth like that.

As Magna didn't trust either one of the Branden twins, if he just up and shouted that, he'd basically be telling them that he knows about the deal they had with Ozpin even though the only people who should know about it are Qrow, Raven, Ozpin, Glynda and Ironwood.

Suddenly, the silhouette in the background shot towards them, or more specifically, at Magna. Just before the bird reached him, it suddenly flew upwards before flying out of sight. Magna sighed before continuing forward with his sisters.

As day turned to night, the group decided to camp in a small opening for the night. As they knew that resting outside with no cover was akin to asking for death, they decided on taking nights.h.i.+fts, to which Magna asked to be on first watch.

The trio honestly had a merry night, eating and chatting away before the girls collapsed onto their makes.h.i.+ft beds. Magna released a sigh as he stared at the girls with a complicated gaze. He knew that the trip has been really rough even though they can count not meeting any grimm as a blessing. However, the girls didn't complain once and just soldiered on with a smile.

Sadly, his brief moment of relaxation came to an end as the sound of rustling could be heard from around the camp. As he was about to move, the rustling slowly started to become quiet before instantly disappearing.

Stunned, Magna could only sit back down with a wry smile as he caught a glimpse of a black bird landing on a tree a couple feet away from him.

With the bird staring at him, Magna released a tiny cough and blushed slightly while sitting down. With literally nothing to do now, Magna picked up a rock from beside.

Rolling the rock between his palm, Magna curiously studied the rock before muttering, ”Demon Wind Shuriken: Windmill of Shadows…”