#tyriant

It was like looking into a mirror. Tyrian couldn’t believe his eyes as he caught the sight of the other man--someone who looked just like him. Same eyes, same face, same everything. Fear momentarily filled his veins as Tyrian as he thought it was an illusion, a momentary distraction from Emerald before her and the others of Salem’s group would burst from the trees to--

No. No, none of them even cared about Tyrian anymore. It had been months since he had so much as heard of them and their plights across Remnant--this wasn’t their doing, but it--how? What was going on?

After a few moments, Tyrian slowly stood onto his feet, body tensed and ready for any moment to fight. Was this a dream? Was he hallucinating? His golden eyes narrowed and stared the man down, wearing his face and body and everything else.

  Xixi

  By Kalataria

    Empress POV

My eyes widen in horror as I watch my daughter run up to the Emperor, who sat on his throne. My horror was made worse when she plopped herself on his lap. I nearly fainted, not even I, his wife, can go up to him like that.

“Daddy, daddy! Wacha doooin’?” She exclaimed in front of the whole court. That was it. I was surely going to die. I wasn’t being careful with watching her enough. I didn’t hear what he replied with or what the rest of their conversation was, I was panicking. I rush in there, bow on the floor, and profusely apologize for my careless behavior with my daughter. I grab her off his lap and usher her out of there. I have her arm in a tight grip as I head out to the courtyard of the main palace. Once we arrive, I squat down to my daughter, Xixi, so I was at her level. “Xi Lynn Yu Xiaoling, We do not run up to the emperor like that. Ever. Understood?” I swiftly stand up and start whisking her away to the Emperor’s dining area as originally planned. I was in so much trouble now, any hope of the dinner going well are now ruined.

“Mommy?” I turn to look at Xixi

“Yes Xixi?”

“Why do you call daddy, Emperor, and not daddy?”

First Princess POV

I was so bored. I love mommy, but everytime she takes me to the big building, it’s soooo boring.  We are walking and I spot the round room door, I smile wide and run out of my mother's grip and rush into the room. I see daddy sitting on a fancy chair, I haven’t seen him since my 3rd birthday! I run up to him and climb onto his lap. I look up at him and smile. I decide I am having a staring contest and stare into his eyes. Daddy’s eyes are kinda scary, they are sharp and red. He frowns for a moment then gets a bored look on his face. He blinks and I declare victory.

   “Daddy, daddy! Wacha doooin’?” I say, I am so excited to see him, it's been 2, no,  3 years!

“Working, Having a court meeting,” he looks down at me and rests his head on his hand. He looks confused for a moment before showing a more gentle look. I frown, I could tell daddy was very bored. I can understand it. “Well it’s dumb and boring. I can tell daddy is very bored,” he laughed at my comment. I smile and giggle, daddy isn’t as scary or mean as mommy and the servants say.

“It is very boring, none of these courtmen amuse me,” I look around and see the round room full of people. They all look boring and dumb with frowns on their faces. I huff and turn back to daddy. Before I can say more to him, mommy comes rushing into the room and falls onto the floor saying a lot of sorrys. She grabbed my arm and dragged me off. We walked for a bit before we entered the outside place. She squats down to my level and says something. 

“Xi Lynn Yu Xiaoling, We do not run up to the emperor like that. Ever. Understood?” I nod, but she doesn't see and continues to drag me somewhere. Why does she call daddy emperor all the time and not daddy?

“Mommy?”

   Emperor POV

Boring. Every Court meeting was. These men have the illusion that what they say will change my mind on anything. When one of the court officials was in the middle of suggesting something on a social issue, the room was filled with the sound of a child running. I look at the right side door near me and see First Princess Xi Lynn running up to me, and climbing and plopping onto my lap. We stare at each other till I blink and she gives me a wide victorious smile, must have been a staring contest. I should be angry right now, but I find everytime I try I just can’t be. I glance to the right to see my wife in an absolute panic. I look back at the First princess as she speaks.

“Daddy, daddy! Wacha doooin’?” she draws out the ‘Doing’.  I glance around and decide to amuse her. “Working, Having a court meeting,” I look down at her and rest my head on my fist.  I should be really angry. Then why aren’t I? I can’t be, she is just so innocent, merely a child. I watch as she frowns and gives an adorably angry look at the men around.

Roez wandered further into the forest. They were pretty sure they were safe from anyone who might not be too happy to find out that all their mechs were missing their energy cores. Damn Atlas military could stand to be knocked down a peg. Or twenty.

The snake faunus gripped the bag slung over their shoulder holding the valuables. They might have no use for them, but someone else should. Someone who isn’t the military. They were just about to stop and rest when they heard the sound of leaves rustling nearby.

Cinder snarled, the torrent of flame from her palm growing more intense as she focused, she’d spent alot of time by herself, honing her skills and trying to regain control of herself. she had to be stronger. every time she felt like she was improving, she’d hit another wall. never good enough. always a step out of place...

how could she be so pathetic? so weak?

she was better than this. she had to be better than this.

she let the fire die out, doubling over as she breathed heavily.

she turned, glancing over her shoulder to seeing the familiar flick of a scorpion tail just outside the doorway--

“Tyrian,” she said roughly, her vocal chords still not quite up to their usual par-- gone was her sultry purr that’d made her so intimidating in the first place. who would be afraid of someone who could only croak?

she felt an odd sort of... comradely with him, even though from his recent failure, she also knew enough to be extremely terrified of him, as well.

but they’d both disappointed Salem...

they were both victims of the same silver eyed girl...