Chapter 1: Legends from the past.
Legends tell from warriors, cast in metal, masters of gun and blade, fighting for balance in the world.
These warriors protected mankind long before the formation of the kingdoms we know today.
But during a catastrophe, long since forgotten by many, they vanished, as if they never existed.
Centuries passed as the stories of mankind's protectors became legends and legends become myths, fading to nothingness. Only a few know that beneath the cloak of these myths and legends lies a core of truth.
Present day, somewhere in a forest a few miles outside of Vale´s mighty walls.
"Anyone found something yet?", asked a certain red-hooded huntress-in-training, waiting for her teammates to report.
"Nothing, why did Ozpin send us here in the first place? I really hope we don't miss the greeting of the foreign students coming for the Vytal festival.", complained Weiss loudly.
"Same. He must have a reason for us to investigate this place.", answered Blake calmly.
"Well i found something that seems to lead somewhere under the mountain.", Yang reported.
"Well i think we got our hint to follow, go team RWBY!", cheered Ruby, leader of the named team.
Yang lead her friends to a hole in the side of the hill, leading into the depth beneath it, covered behind thick verdure.
"I hope you brought some flashlights, Ruby.", Weiss demanded of her leader.
"Uhm… uhm … uhm… please don't be angry, Weiss…", stuttered Ruby.
"Lucky for you i knew this would happen and i bought some myself.", commented Weiss as she handed everyone a flashlight.
Without further ado, team RWBY entered the hole only to find themself on the edge of a deep cave, leading almost straight down, a narrow path leading to its floor, vanishing in the darkness.
"How deep do you think it is?", asked Yang no one specific as she grabbed a small rock and dropped it over the edge.
Seconds passed in which the team exchanged nervous looks, as they waited for the sound of the rock hitting the ground.
The sound of stone hitting stone brought the awaited relief.
"Hey if we had jumped down we would have hit rock bottom sooner or later…", joked Yang, earning groans of annoyance from her team.
"You saw the path winding down right?", stated Blake guiding the attention of her friends as she pointed at a small gap, about 20m to their right.
"Seems like that would be the safer way down. I guess we don't have an other choice. Let´s go.", said Ruby walking towards the beginning of said path.
They followed the narrow spiral into the depth for what seemed like hours.
As they reached the ground they found a blazon that looked like a calligraphed depiction of a blooming flower as well as Yang's rock.
"Yay, i found my favourite rock again!", the blonde cheered.
"What's this? Looks like a flower, but which one?", asked Blake inspecting the symbol that spanned the whole ground of the cavern.
"Let's take some pictures for Professor Ozpin. He might know more.", stated Ruby raising her Scroll.
As they looked around a tunnel, reinforced by simple metal rings, engraved with some kind of writing, caught their attention.
"I wonder where this leads, sis", said Yang indicating the direction with her flashlight.
"Only one way to find out.", added Blake.
"Right, let's go.", said Ruby heading towards the tunnel, her Scroll raised as she recorded the whole tour on video.
The closer the got to the presumed end of the tunnel, the louder became a slight hum coming from their destination.
They exited the tunnel and found themself in a room about the size of their trainings hall back at Beacon academy.
In its center was an object that looked like a casket made from ice and lined with gold.
Fog came from the object, dissipating into the air around it.
Ruby slowly and cautiously walked over to the casket to take a closer look, still filming everything.
She extended her free hand and touched, what she thought was the head part of the casket.
To her surprise it wasn't as cold as she expected it to be and she could feel a light vibration coming from the casket, in the same frequency as the hum that filled the room.
"Guys, i think this is what Professor Ozpin wanted us to find.", said Ruby, turning to her team.
The hiss of releasing pressure caught everyone's attention. Looking around for the source, their eyes widened in shock as they saw that the casket had opened, revealing its content.
Ruby jumped back a few meters out of reflex. The rest of the girls readied their weapons.
They waited a few seconds for nothing to happen to approach the now open casket.
As the fog dissipated it revealed the caskets content, a humanoid figure wearing a full body armor.
The armor's helmet lacked any facial expressions except for the hint of a mouth. On its body it has the same writings as they were on the metal rings back in the tunnel. Colored in dark and light gray and lines of blue, it was intimidating yet somewhat calming at the same time.
Ruby, being the closest to the armor, made a step back as she saw the armors hands and fingers began to twitch.
"Uhm … guys, i think it's waking up, be ready to attack.", she warned her team, keeping her focus on the armor.
As the warrior woke up, he grabbed the edge of the casket with his hands and pulled himself up slowly, seemingly still dazed from waking up.
The warrior turned his head towards Ruby and tilted it slightly in a questioning manner.
He shifted his focus to the other members of team RWBY, after that he let his look wander around the room, sticking to a big object in the darkest corner of the room.
As he stood up he startled the four girls but ignored them, heading towards the strange object.
The moment he touched it, it started up, startling the girls even further.
"Yang what is happening?", Ruby asked her sister.
"I want you to ask the same question, sis.", replied Yang, equally intimidated as her sister.
"Operator, it is good to see you after all this time.", said a synthetic sounding voice.
"Indeed, Karis, it´s been a while. I am sorry to keep you waiting.", a different, a female, voice said, seemingly coming from the warrior.
"What about those strangers over there at the cryopod? Are they friendly?", asked the synthetic voice again.
"The girl in the red hood is the one who woke me up. That reminds me….", the warrior turned towards the girls, who were slightly shaking in shock and fear.
"I forgot to introduce myself. Greetings, my name is Ralhyn and i am a tenno."
