RWBY: Remnant at War

by Bright Hopes

After a massacre leaves Vale in ruins, the Atlesian Army goes to war against the now extremely violent White Fang. Also Ironwood decides to enforce martial law. Huntsmen and Huntresses are given a choice. To join the Atlesian Army, or to be imprisoned as a war criminal.

1. Chapter 1

RWBY

Remnant at War

[Note: This story is made to take place 17 years after the canon series (as of thus far). This is not meant to be considered/ compared to canon events. I do not own RWBY, RWBY and its characters are owned by Monty Oum and rooster teeth.]

Chapter 1: What Remains

Boots stepped through rubble and dust. Slowly and cautiously their owner, a woman clad in black with a red cloak, stepped through brick and rubble. She looked around at the familiar streets. At the piles of destruction that used to be shops and apartments. The remains of people and families lay scattered about, as if they were ancient. She continued down the cracked asphalt of the road as memories of that day flooded back. The great battle that ensued an attack on the city. The enemies had gained control of the creatures of Grimm some how. Thus the city got laid to waste. Then something unthinkable happened. The gravity plates for beacon failed, and it plummeted to the earth below causing mass destruction. The Atlesian Army had to pull people out. However not everyone made it. Then due to heavy dust in the air the whole city of Vale had to be quarantined. Thus nobody was allowed to set foot inside Vale for years. At least not until now.

The woman approached the ruins of beacon academy. She stopped in her tracks as she approached a skeleton on the ground. It bore a cracked cranium and several broken limbs. However loosely fitted on its arms were a pair of gauntlets. Though the color is mostly faded it was easy to tell that they used to be yellow. The woman recognized who's corpse this was. She had hoped it wasn't true. She was clinging onto the hope that this person had been pulled out by the Atlesian Army just like she was. However all those dreams were shattered at this moment. The woman stood. She decided that this one at least deserved a proper burial. First she removed the gauntlets and placed them on her own wrist. She figured she would give them a better home then this wasteland could.

After digging a grave on the hillside and burying the corpse. The woman marked it with a gravestone that read "Yang Xiao Long". Now Yang's soul could rest in peace. The woman now made her way back toward the main part of Vale. She needed to leave Vale now. She got a cold sense of dread. She began to run as she could hear the hum of an Atlesian drop ship approaching. She ran as fast as she could, however she was soon blocked off as Atlesian Soldiers landed surrounding her. A sleek dropship hovered nearby, the hot air it used for hovering blew through the woman's cloak. Causing the hood to be pulled back and revealing her black hair and silver eyes.

"Ruby Rose, stand down!" a voice over the intercom ordered, "We have you surrounded!"

Ruby analyzed the situation. She was surrounded by twelve Atlesian soldiers. The dropship appeared to have guns mounted on them which looked ready to fire. This was obviously not a good situation. Now she just had to figure out how to get out of here. Her motorcycle wasn't far, but the current setup wasn't too convenient for being able to get to it.

"According to Article 27 you are to be placed under arrest," the intercom speaker said.

Ruby gave a single glance up at the dropship . With a smile she back flipped out of the way from the drop shipped target, so once they fired it was a miss. Activating Ember Celica, while mid-air, Ruby fired two shots at two different soldiers, completely knocking them down from the sheer blast. Opening Crescent Rose Ruby made a large sweeping swing with her scythe knocking the rest on their butts. Then using her semblance Ruby made a break for her motorcycle, dodging shots fired from the drop ship. Getting on the motorcycle and starting it up, Ruby was able to take off with the motorcycle. The dropship tried firing after her, however the drop ship is luckily not as fast as Bumblebee. She quickly out ran the slow moving dropship leaving a trail behind her of dust. It seemed that the army was waiting for her the entire time. Obviously they knew what she wanted. However they were unsuccessful.

However as Ruby drove her way back to her home, she started to think about recent events.

"What did Remnant turn into?" she asked herself.