Crescendo Williams

Crescendo grew up in an orphanage in the Bellmuse Kingdom. She never knew what had happened to her parents that caused her to be forced to live trapped in that tiny building filled with parentless children. Whatever it was, she hated them for it. Cress couldn't stand living there, unappreciated by the Faunus owner for being human. She was convinced that the humans living in that orphanage would grow up to be like all of the other racist humans. It made one question why she was running an orphanage in the first place. The Human kids were treated much differently than the Faunus. The Human children were put under a stricter enforcement of the orphanage's rules, and any rule that was broken was followed by severe punishment, whether it was getting locked in a small closet for being late for dinner, or getting Whipped and Beaten for even the slightest accidental bump against one of the Faunus kids, who would sometimes lie and say one of the Humans did something wrong, just for a laugh.

On top of that, one day these two strange men arrived, visiting from a nearby kingdom. Crescendo recognized their uniforms from the news, the outfits of the White Fang. 16 year old Cress decided that something was off, so she decided to see what was going on. To eavesdrop on the conversation between the white fang and the owner of the place. The blonde girl could not hear much, but she did gather that the owner was allied with the White Fang, though not a member herself, and she had been storing dust for them, even though they were from a whole other region.

Surprised, Cress lost her balance and Fell against the door. The 'thud' sound caused hushed silence  within the room and the office door opened. Crescendo found herself Face to face with one of the white fang members, who immediately grabbed her arm. His grip was tight as Cress tried to pull away. "Oh? Looks like someone was curious." He pulled her into the room and sat her down on the chair, forcing her stay seated as the orphanage owner got her strange metal whip. "You shouldn't have been here Cress, now I have to do more damage than normal." Crescendo struggled against the White Fang man, but he just held her tighter. The owner prepped her weapon, about to strike. "No! Stop!" She screamed, Pulling herself away from the man that held her. Her blonde hair and blue eyes lost their color as she pulled away from the monster holding her. She felt stronger, more powerful. She leaped at the owner, wrenching the whip away from her, and then turned on the three with this new weapon. As a kid, she would watch a show about a fearless adventurer with a fedora and a whip. She admired that show and knew the moves. She attacked the trio till they fell, and then she ran. She ran and didn't stop until her legs gave out and she passed out in the woods, color returning to her features.

When she woke up, she was still in the woods so it was clear that no one found her. She felt powerful, having escaped Hell. She would grow do fear Faunus a bit, feeling like they are either from the orphanage to get her, or they could hurt her like she was used to. Still, She felt like she could do anything, and her pride grew. She lived on her own ever since then, Deciding at 18 to become a Huntress.    However, she wanted to do it on her own, and refused to join Syne, the local Hunting Academy. She would do her best to be the best all by herself.

Rani stood up, though it was slightly difficult with the sand moving beneath her feet. It was hard to get some balance for a bit. She dusted off her blue petal and cress dress and looked over to Brother Dove. The bird shook his body to get rid of the sand as well. Rani was relieved, Brother Dove didn't seem to be injured from the crash landing into.... where was this again? Rani looked around but all she saw was sand, sand, and more sand. She knew about sand, she was from an Island after all, but never this much and it was never so hot.

That was when she realized something horrible. The wingless hopped onto Brother Dove's back and they took off, reaching high altitudes so that Rani could see the world below. Of course, she didn't like what she saw and her heart sank. Where was the water? Back on Neverland sand accompanied water, but where was it? The more they flew the more that Rani could see that there was nothing but sand and occasionally rock. What a horrible world to live in where no one could enjoy a drink or swim. Rani cried for those folk. She really loved to cry.

As the fairy and the dove continued in search of a change in scenery, Rani suddenly spotted a large patch of blue. She perked up immediately. "Water?!" She Directed brother dove and they landed, nearly slipping and falling on the "Ice! ... Wait ice?" This was odd, it was much too hot for ice to form, and Rani couldn't detect any sea life below. Oh well, water is water. And ice was indeed water, just frozen. Rani ran out and started skating on the ice, just as she would all the time in Fairy Haven.