AN
So, this is my first posted FF, and uhh, yeah. Let's just say that I'm suprised at how this turned out, considering this was originally written on my ipod in a moment of boredom. I'll put some notes at the end of the chapter for a couple points, if you've got a question about something, send me a PM.
Right, moving on, please enjoy and I guess rate and review. ~ PastyKing.
It had been seven months since Ruby Rose had her funeral. Seven months since an unknown killer had slashed her wrists and drained her, leaving her propped against the wall opposite her apartment, hads folded neatly in her lap. When Yang had found her in the morning, she had thought that Ruby was just sleeping, but unfortunately, she saw the cuts and had broken down. It had taken weeks for her to get a semblance of normalcy back, and adding to everything was that there was practically no evidence, just that her body had been moved from the original crime scene, and that her own knife had been used to kill her. Two other things were out of place; 1, there were no signs of struggle at all, as if she had died like a lamb to the slaughter, and 2, when it was time for the autopsy, her body was mysteriously gone from the morgue. When her funeral rolled around, the casket was empty and the family's hearts broken.
Meanwhile, in Atlas Ruby was as 'alive' as she had ever been, and she herself was crying, hating every second of her new twisted , her sire as he termed himself, had forced her to drink his blood after she had died, turning her into what she viewed as a monster. A Vampire, a freak of nature. With the whole process requiring the death of the new vampire, David had removed Ruby's lifeless body from the morgue taken to her to Atlas to help her with the re-adjustment to her new life.
It was the seventh month after her death when David placed some papers on the coffee table in the lounge of the house she was sharing with him and one other.
"Miss Rose, I do believe that it would benifit you to seek employment," he stated, his age showing only through his voice and his deep brown eyes, "so we shall create a new identity for you."
Ruby looked puzzled for a moment before realizing why she'd need a fake identity, "oh, right, Ruby Rose is dead."
"You only need supply a name and a date of birth, as the rest has been taken care of, but you will have to memorize who you are, okay?"
Her bitter reply was, "Fine, not like I really have a choice, right?"
After two or three hours Ruby had her details firmly in her memory, and was slightly excited.
"What is you name?" David questioned.
They were conducting a fake interview to make sure that Ruby would be able to answer most questions, as well as keep up the act of actually being alive.
"Scarlett Bloom," was her response.
"Age, date of birth and living realitives."
"I'm 19, born on the 13th of the 4th, and my only living relatives are my uncle David Foxwood, and my cousin Soyka Foxwood."
"What happened to your parents?"
"They were killed by gimm while in the forest near my old home when i was seven."
"Alright, who did you go to live with after they died, and where did you live?"
"I went to live with my ucle in minstral as he was the only one able to look after me."
"After high school what did you do, and why are you now seeking employment?" was his final question.
"Well, i never actually went to high school, i was home schooled, but I spent that entire time training for Beacon, but i recently decided against becoming a Hunteress," Ruby paused here to simulate a breath then continued, "Now I'm looking for a job that plays well with my strengths."
"Well done, Scarlett, I do believe you're ready for the next step, which is to complete an interview for one of these jobs."
He place several summaries down and after a few minutes, Ruby had ended up tossing up between two of them, one a city guard job, the other a bodyguard one. She was about to select the City guard one when she saw that the other may require leaving the city on various trips. This instantly changed her mind, as she wanted nothing more than the chance to get out of the city.
Her voice tinged with excitement, she said to David, "I want to try for the bodyguard one."
There was a slight pause in the coversation as he debated the benifits befor nodding and telling the time and place of the interviews.
"Friday, 10 AM to 3 PM, at the arenas, be sure to get a suitable outfit and do try not to be late."
With an small, unreadable smile, he walked off and left behind Ruby's new papers and a file that went into greater detail about the job. Which was propmptly ignored. Thank Dust that's over she thought to herself, I hate this whole thing, and i'm sure it's hell on Yang and Qrow. While looking over her new papers she decided that she could dye her hair and possibly change her outfit colour scheme a little, It's a new life after all. Unfortunately, there was one more order of business before she could head to bed. Feeding time, the absolute worst part of her days. making it all worse was the fact that blood apparently tasted like your favorite food; David tasted apples, Soyka tasted plain old blood (being Turned when 12 will apparently mess you up a little), and Ruby tasted her mother's cookies. It was like a slap in the face, having her dead mother's presence in her eternal world. As the hunger pangs started Ruby dumped the contents of a blood bag in a bowl and placed it in the microwave, because wam blood was just easier to eat.
While waiting for the ding, she gave herself a small pep talk, "Don't worry about it Rubes, you'll do great at this thing, and you've got a whole day tomorrow to get yourself ready!
"And if they decide that you have to shom em your skills, well won't they be suprised! Yeah, this'll go awesomely!"
At that moment her meal dinged and with a false sigh she grabbed a spoon and her bowl, trying to act like it was just soup. The best tasting soup ever, and that made her sad all over again.
NOTES:
Okay, so people might have a few questions, and her are hopefully some answers.
1. Vampires are essentially people who have been suspended between life and death by something (major plot point!), and as a side effect they have increase healing abilities and boosted physical capabilities. They do not die in sunlight, but it does make them essentially normal people in the way of healing and physicality. They can only eat blood, all other food/drink except for water is actually toxic.
2. David's semblance is Mesmerise (hypnotism), which is why there was no struggle when he killed/turned Ruby.
3. Ruby still has her awesome canon abilities, meaning Crescent Rose is still there, as well as her kicka** Semblance. But it's not quite the same.I hope this has cleared some stuff up, thanks for reading, hopefully it won't take too long for another chapter to be up.
