Shattered Huntress; Reformed Ice Cream.

Chapter one:

"Come on"

Panting from exhaustion Ruby jumps atop the remains of Beacon Tower, legs weak and arms aching her eyes snap on to the kneeling Pyrrha only to see her friend with an arrow through the chest looking up at her assailant. Witnessing her ashes blow away, overcome with emotion Ruby screams as her eyes shimmer and envelope Beacon Tower in a blinding light.

"WHAT!"

Cinder's right eye snaps open, leaning against the remains of Ozpin's desk she looks over seeing the collapsed body of Ruby Rose. That damn child, she thought; Little young to unlock her eyes, oh well She won't be able to use them for much longer. Attempting to reach her left arm out she screams.

"She broke my arm"

Using her left arm bracing against the desk she stands, walking slowly towards Ruby's body. Collapsing to her knees towering over her unconscious victim, Cinder grabs Ruby's scruff of her neck yanking her up to be face to face. To think you almost ruined everything, looking over towards the dragon she realizes Ruby must have frozen it in place, scowling back at Ruby she spat.

"YOU RUINED EVERYTHING"

Slowly that scowl turned into a raised eyebrow then a malicious grin. You may yet prove useful with your willingness to interfere with her plans. Placing the collapsed Crescent Rose on Ruby's chest she grabs her leg, carelessly dragging her away and towards the rendezvous where Mercury and Emerald were undoubtedly waiting.

…. 5 minutes later

Using the momentum from Harbinger, Qrow jumps atop the Tower.

"RUBY! Where are you kiddo?"

Hmm Weiss said you went to help Pyrrha, scanning the area noticing the discarded circlet and shield of Pyrrha his eyes fell on the blood on Ozpin's desk. Following the trail, he comes across the sudden smell of smouldering strawberries.

"RUBY"

Becoming increasingly alarmed and erratic Qrow frantically starts scouring the remains of the tower for any further remains of Ruby, to no avail.

… A few months later

Dragging her feet in the snow Neo became increasingly annoyed at her current predicament, rethinking the chain of thought that made her think this was a good idea. Thinking back, Spending weeks looking for Roman she finally managed to gain access to the crashed Atlas airship she last saw Roman fighting that Red brat. Cutting through grim she made her way to the bridge, using the remains of Cinder's virus she scours the security footage until her worst fears were confirmed. Seeing Roman standing atop Ruby victorious only to be enveloped in the mouth of a nevermore.

Collapsing in the snow she starts to cry. Damn Cinder, I knew it was a bad idea to use grim but would Roman listen, far too caught up in staying that godforsaken woman's good side. I'll make cinder pay for forcing Roman to be in that situation. Recomposing herself she stands, looking at the sign she smiles Finally, this place is far to secluded.

Welcome to Patch, home of Signal Academy Combat School.

…

Neo braces herself hand against the wooden door, again rethinking her plan. If there's anyone who's going to help me track down Cinder, it's these brats. Recomposing herself she knocks twice hearing the bang echo deep within the house. A few minutes pass and just as she's about to knock again the door swings open revealing the towering presence of someone who's assuredly a huntsman she scans him over noticing his blond her succumbing to grey, his eyes sullen accompanied with bags under them his face framed in a neutral expression of intrigue.

"Can I help you?"

Quickly reaching into her pocket she retrieves her scroll. Typing I'm looking for Red she shows it to the huntsmen.

"Red?... oh, you must mean Ru… she's not here right now"

Typing "Where is she?"

Neo knew Ruby couldn't be anywhere else she saw the brats friends were in Signal buying supplies, the blonde and pink one following green around like misbehaving children arguing over a team name.

"Look it's best if you came in and took a seat, it's cold outside and this is gonna take a while"

Cautiously nodding Neo agreed as the huntsman stepped aside holding the door she walked inside, taking note of her surrounding she turns back to see him close the door behind her.