Legend of the Black Lightning

The Vale Chronicles

By Kyle Feller

Author's Note

Now I know what you may be thinking. And yes, I have written over 100 chapters for the other version. My very first Fanfiction. However, I came up with an idea of how the story could be written in a whole different sense. I plan this out to be around 50 chapters. But if more come up, then by all means it will expand. Also, this an AU, so it is non-Canon to the main story, and I do not own RWBY or any of its properties. With that out of the way. Please Enjoy!

Chapter 1

A New Beginning

My name is Kyran James Rhodes, and...well I was someone of significant importance. Who I served, what my job entailed. I enjoyed every part of it. I was to serve the Schnee Dust Company as a bodyguard. At first I thought such a title would be mudane, dull and boring. That was, until I found out who I was to protect. By order of the President of the Schnee Dust Company, I was to protect Heiress Weiss Schnee, with my life if necessary. Because at that point in my life, tensions between Humans and Faunus had escalated into armed conflict. I was a special exception, joined the military at 15 years old. We were desperate, beyond desperate. And my father pulled many strings, and I was thrown on the front lines fresh out of boot. I survived, how I don't know. But I did. When I was 17, a special meeting was called for new orders. Everyone got sent to the front lines, Everyone except me. And it was then, I figured out why. Why I never went to the front lines. It was because someone in particular found interest in me. And over the next 3 years. I found how important she was to me. And why, I can never go back to the way I was.

The briefing room reeked of copper and gun oil, nothing else. We had all returned from the frontlines after a gruesome conflict. So blood became a by product of everyday life. I still hadn't changed out of my fatigues. We were all waiting for our CO to give us an update or rather a briefing on what the hell was going on. We were recalled almost immediately from our temporary leave because we had new orders. What they were, we didn't know. At least not yet. Just then, the metal door opened as we all snapped to attention as a rather old man stepped in the room bearing the rank of Major, it had seemed that even officers were on the field. I guess we were getting pretty desperate.

"At ease soldiers." He called out as we immediately relaxed and sat down back in our chairs, some eager to get back to battle, others like myself were more or less curious to figure out what was going to happen. "When I call out your name, say here." The officer started calling out all my fellow comrades, young recruits I haven't met and so on and so forth. However, I thought it weird when everyone but me was being called out. Slowly but surely the room started to empty with new orders and battle hardened soldiers started leaving. After a grueling ten minutes, the entire room was empty with me still in it. I had to speak up.

"Excuse me Major." I stood asking the old man as he turned his head towards me. "Sir, I believe I was supposed to receive orders correct?" I asked the man as he gave me a small smile.

"Ah, Sergeant Rhodes I believe it was?" He asked me as I chuckled, he was getting senile.

"First Lieutenant Actually sir." I corrected him.

"Ah, a fellow officer, my apologies. Theses eyes of mine, however LT, you have special orders from the top, and a special guest here to brief you on the topic. Ah here he is now!" He commented turning to an old man with snow white hair and ice blue eyes bearing a large white trench coat with the infamous Schnee Dust Company Emblem. The Schnee Company? What the hell did they want with me? I asked internally as the man turned towards his potential new recruit.

"Lieutenant Rhodes correct?" The man ominously asked me. I slowly picked myself up from seat and walked down the stairs.

"Yes sir." I gave a simple response.

"Please, no formalities. I have an assignment for you if you wish to accept it." He told me as I tried to examine him. Yet, what this job was, he wasn't hinting towards.

"What kind of assignment?" I asked.

"That I am forbidden to discuss until you accept the assignment." He snapped back.

"Special Ops? Escort? Infiltration? I need some idea if I am going to accept. I don't do silly things like accept missions blindly." I said now standing before him. His size dwarfed me by at least 2 feet. I felt rather tiny.

"Bodyguard Mission, that is all I will disclose. Unless you prefer to go back to the battlefield where you could die tomorrow." He said as I chuckled.

"It would be comforting considering you are recruiting bodyguards from the military, I guess we are losing. But I don't want to die, so I think I'll say yes. Now who am I protecting?" I asked him as he handed me a Schnee Scroll. I tapped a small button as the scroll opened to a young creamy pale woman with the same icy blue eyes and long white hair. To me, she was the prettiest girl I had ever seen in my life. Then I noticed the name.

Weiss Schnee

"Weiss Schnee? You mean THE Weiss Schnee? The Heiress of the Schnee Dust Company?" I asked confused as the older man chuckled.

"My Daughter yes." He said as I realized who he was. I immediately bowed to him.

"I'm sorry Mr. Schnee! I was unaware sir, I apologize!" I begged for forgivness as he laughed at my reaction.

"I told you not to be so formal. However, I need you to be the personal bodyguard to my daughter for multiple reasons but two in particular. One: Your actions in the Battle of Forever Fall have shown you can be quite capable when outnumbered and outgunned."

"It was just luck sir. And...the second reason?" I asked.

"My daughter Weiss while is brash sometimes, in the next in line for the company. Her Sister Winter is at Atlas attending School. So Weiss has chosen to run the company. And I personally do not trust the guard within the building and require an outside source uninfluenced by the corruption of my company. And since we are the topic, she is a high priority target for assassination. Which is also why I required someone capable. You were the first on the list." He finished.

"I feel honored sir. When do I start?" I asked.

"Tomorrow. And you should be son, not many get to meet my Daughter in person, much less be her personal bodyguard. I do warn you however, she can be rough on new people, but she'll grow on you. I shall see tomorrow Lieutenant." He said turning around leaving me alone with the Major.

"I guess you got lucky Rhodes." He commented.

"I don't feel lucky, I actually feel bad. Some of my good friends are more thank likely going to die tomorrow. And I'll be living a cushy life within the walls of the Schnee Corporation." I said.

"In any case, good luck. You are going to need it. Take the day to rest." He finished leaving me alone in the briefing room as I sighed leaving the room to my quarters. Walking past men and women in body armor. I kept thinking about the whole conversation me and her father just had. I was going to meet the Heiress of the Dust Company that provided so many resources to the local populace. I entered my room taking off my fatigue top and collapsing on my bunk, my eyes shut almost immediately as my mind entered darkness. Tomorrow would be a very long day, and there might be some unexpected hits along the way. I might as well get as much rest as possible.

Weiss Schnee...

I wonder what she is like?