A/N
Let me say this first off, I am a RWBY fan and have seen every episode but am no expert on the show. So I apologize if along this story I get some details about a character or the world wrong, but I do feel I have an okay grasp of the world they live in. Not to mention this is set in the future so I'm sure I can tinker with just a few things. But okay, here is a new story just before 2019, hope you guys like it and have some happy holidays. Please leave some feedback and what you thought, as I really hope I did well on the first chapter.
Crumbling stones, screeching, blades, screams... These were the only things that the ex-schnee heiress could hear as she opened her eyes only to bare witness to a blood red sky with pitch black clouds rumbling up above her. She made an attempt to stand up off the ground but was immediately met with sharp pain in her right side causing her to grit her teeth and throw her head back as she made an attempt to hold back tears. Looking down at where the pain was coming she found her own weapon, Myrtenaster, driven straight through her. Weiss could feel her heart quicken inside her chest as she shut her eyes and reached down to grab her rapier, her hands grabbing it as firmly as possible before letting out a loud scream. All that followed was the sound of metal clanging against the ground as Weiss dropped her weapon and coughed up blood onto the ground.
Her breathing quick and her vision blurry the young girl could only lay on the ground on her side as she caught sight of a Grimm flying past her. Following it with her eyes she saw what appeared to be a crumbled castle with blasts coming from atop it, dust? No, magic. Magic from the person that they had come here to defeat, but victory seemed like a distant dream now as her eyes began to slowly shut. This was truly the end for her, her skin began to feel cold, her breathing slowing down, a pool of blood increasing around her and her consciousness fading. Her eyes watching as blast after blast more of the castle and the mountain it stood on fell, but before she drifted off to eternal sleep she caught the sight of rose petals zip past the explosions followed by the sight of a red scythe. "Ruby..."
"Excuse me Ms Schnee" upon feeling a tap on her shoulder Weiss quickly sat up go find herself not in an ancient battleground but instead what appeared to be the interior of an air ship. Glancing to her right she found a young girl with flowing blonde locks and green eyes framed by thin brown glasses. "Apologies! I didn't mean to interrupt your sleep but I thought you would like to be aware that we will be arriving shortly"
Hearing this Weiss simply nodded in response and was quick to lay her head back down onto the paper cluttered desk that she had fallen asleep on. "Thank you Emma, you're excused". The young blonde nodded in response and was quick to exit the room shutting the door behind her. Only to return a second later and salute "I-I mean of course! Thank you Ms Schnee!" She yelled enthusiastically before exiting again
"When is that girl going to loosen up around me?" Weiss asked herself as she sat up and stretched her arms up above her head letting out a soft yawn. Sleeping slouched over on a desk certainly wasn't the best way to sleep and it quickly dawned upon Weiss as she felt her back and neck ache in pain. Standing up out of her seat she stretched her arms up above her head before looking out the small circular window in her room. A smile coming to hee face as she saw a new school, nee students, a New Beacon of hope for the world.
Changing into a military uniform similar to that of her sister's except for sleeves covering her arms and a short white cape draped over her shoulders, Weiss soon exited the room only to be met by the young blonde. "You first have an appointment with Professor Ozpin concerning military troops in the city at 11. And after that General Ironwood would also like a report in by 4:00" She said reading off of a clipboard as she followed Weiss.
"Of course, thank you for the reminder" Weiss simply replied which received her a salute from her assistant as the airship soon landed down onto the landing docks for the school. As the bay doors opened and a ramp descended Weiss was met with the morning sun shining down on her along with a few students gathered around to see who would exit the ship. Once she descended down the ramp however no one seemed to pay much attention her except for a few whispers here and there. "I see he kept the design of the old uniforms..." Weiss said to herself as she took notice of the girl uniforms identical to her old one.
As she and her assistant walked on ahead Emma stopped in her tracks with her eyes drifting upwards to take a good look at the school. "Wow... Apologies if this is intruding on private matters but did you really study here Ms Schnee?" She asked almost like an excited fan girl
"Of course, before the Fall of Beacon that is." She clarified before turning towards the young girl. "I remember my first few days here as if it was yesterday, having arguments, being launched from a cliff, being paired with an insufferable dolt, and having to fight a giant Grimm. Certainly great memories..." She said with a smile coming to her face before feeling an arm around you
"Definitely!" Weiss immediately froze upon hearing the familiar voice right in her ear and turned to see her old partner now right beside her. The same red and black hair, a red hood that seemed to be the same one she's always worn, and those silver eyes. "Weiss! It's so good to see you!" Without warning Ruby's arms were around Weiss in a tight embracing hug. "Y-yes its good to see you too Ruby..." Weiss muttered in response
It was quite the embarrassing spectacle as students even began to watch briefly before walking along. Once Ruby let go and stepped back she couldn't help but reach out and poke a small pin on Weiss's shirt. "Oh that's like your badge right? So you're still with the military?" Smacking her hand away Weiss nodded before adjusting her cape in order to hide it. "Yes I am still an Atlas Specialist just like Winter was." She explained as Ruby nodded along before arching a brow, her eyes drifting over to the blonde simply staring at them.
"Weissssssssss... Do you know her?" Ruby whispered towards Weiss even though it wasn't very quiet at all. Letting out a soft sigh Weiss shut her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose before nodding. "Yes Ruby, this here is my assistany Emma Versailles. She helps organize my schedule as well as make my appointments, alert me of urgent needs and overall be very helpful. As well as... A fan" she explained which only further confused Ruby. "A fan? A fan of what?"
"Of you of course! Oh my gosh! You're Ruby Rose! The legendary hero of Remnant that defeated Salem! I can't believe I am actually meeting you!" Overjoyed Emma even let out an excited squeal while jumping up and down. "Oh your red hood is even cooler than the stories make it our to be! And oh wow silver eyes! Is it true that your first year here at Beacon you defeated a Deathstalker and a Nevermore all by yourself?"
"Not exactly all by myself..." Ruby said trying to explain but was cut off by another excited squeal, her eyes drifting over to Weiss who covered her face in embarrassment for both herself and her assistant. "I hope its not too much to ask but... Can I please see Crescent Rose!?" She asked being more excited about that then anything else as her eyes practically sparkled watching Ruby grin. Her hand reaching back to pull out her signature weapon but stopped upon hearing a certain yell. "Emma! Need I remind you that we are here on diplomatic business? Act accordingly or you can wait in the airship for my return"
Weiss threatened putting her arms behind her back and standing tall as the young blonde jumped and quickly saluted her. "Yes Ms Schnee! I humbly apologize and vow that it will not occur again during our time here!" She said in hopes of not getting punished or worse fired as Ruby simply stated at them. A smile crossing her face as she leaned over in order to whisper to the blonde "you want a photo?"
Emma tried to keep a straight face and even looked towards her superior who simply let out a sigh and nodded. "Make it quick" With that Ruby was soon taking selfies with the young girl as Weiss couldn't help but sigh once again seeing Ruby make silly, serious, winky, and goofy faces as she put it. 'Still so immature... What is even the difference between silly and goofy faces?' She thought to herself
"Oh thank you so much! For everything! Literally! We might not be alive if it weren't for you!" She cheered as Ruby simply chuckled awkwardly before feeling her hand be grabbed and herself be pulled along. "Come now, if you're here I'm sure its because Ozpin wants to have a word with you as well. Emma please book me an appointment tonight at a restaurant! Table for two!" Weiss called out while pulling her friend along. "You and her going out to eat tonight?" Ruby asked only for Weiss to softly groan "No you dolt, you and me are going out to eat tonight" she clarified.
"Ooooh okay, you look pretty by the way" At this compliment Weiss couldn't help but feel her cheeks burn slightly as Ruby simply smiled from ear to ear.
As they entered the rebuilt school Weiss took in the surrounding area as it seemed almost like an exact replica of the old school. Or more precisely the old school with a new coat of paint. With a large majority of it still standing after the so called Fall Of Beacon all that was required was to tidy it up a bit as well as remove the stone dragon from atop it. Stepping into an elevator Weiss reached over to press the top floor button as Ruby gazed over and smiled seeing a small snowflake necklace around her neck. "You're still wearing it?"
Upon realizing where she was looking Weiss looked down at it and nodded, grabbing it almost as if to examine it. "We promised each other didn't we? I'm sure you have yours as well"
At that Ruby nodded quickly and reached for her neck but her eyes widened upon not feeling anything there. "Yeah, totally. Just uh... It was dirty so I took it off!" She said with a sheepish smile as her former teammate's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. "I can't believe you! This was your idea in the first place! How could you lose it!" She yelled as Ruby nodded, not bothering to argue. "I know... I'm sorry! I'm sure its at my place I swear! I'll totally find it!" She reassured even though when looking up at Weiss she clearly didn't look convinced.
With nothing but awkward silence the two simply stood there as soft elevator music played through the small speaker on the ceiling. Ruby rocking back and forth on the heels of her feet as they ascended floor by floor. "So... How ya been?" Ruby asked with a smile on her face as Weiss simply crossed her arms. "Fine, and you?" Ruby simply shrugged in response before looking forward "best friend is being a dummy but overall fine" she said softly only for Weiss's eyes to widen "wait what?"
It was at that point that the elevator dinged and its doors slid open revealing the same room that Ozpin originally operated in. Not wanting to face her fury Ruby dashed out the elevator as a bunch of rose petals before taking a seat in one of the chairs across from the desk in the room. Weiss following right behind with a small huff before noticing a chair turn revealing a taller and leaner Oscar in it with a suit and tie on. "Good morning ladies"
"It's a pleasure seeing you again Professor Ozpin" Weiss stated while taking a seat in the chair next to Ruby. Oscar letting out a small chuckle as he loosened his tie and leaned back "no need to call me that when we're alone Weiss. Ozpin has been gone since the we took down Salem after all."
"Of course well its just that people do believe you are Professor Ozpin, albeit with a darker skin complexion" she reasoned as Ruby nodded quickly in agreement, Oscar leaning his head back. "Yeah I know, it being a lot easier to open the school back up with the great Professor Ozpin working at it as well as the great hero of Remnant" he mentioned using the nickname that Weiss had heard quite alot when Ruby was brought up in conversations. "Wait just one moment, you work here? As what?" Weiss asked looking surprised at the news. "You said you were just going to help clear out the Grimm when reconstruction began"
"Yeah buuuut..." Ruby simply looked to the side unable to come up with a real explanation as Oscar smiled towards the military specialist. "I asked her to become a teacher, she was all but ready to leave till I offered her the position. Having her here helps every one feel much calmed about having Beacon reopen its doors. After all, even though Salem was defeated the Grimm don't appear to be simply dissapearing meaning we will need future huntsmen" Ruby nodded in agreement as Weiss let out a small sigh "Moving on from that... You know why I'm here Oscar."
"Yeah I know Weiss, and I am still not certain that its such a good idea considering what happened during the Vytal festival." A confused Ruby couldn't help but raise an eyebrow in confusion as she turned towards her best friend for clarification. Weiss glanced back at her before returning her gaze to Oscar "Is she even aware of what this meeting is about?" Weiss asked Oscar who smiled and nodded in response "Of course, I put a note about it in her school mailbox. Isn't that correct Ruby?" However at this news Ruby simply looked away with a an awkward chuckle escaping her lips. "Uh... Yeah..."
Weiss couldn't help but shake her head at the thought of Ruby being a teacher to the future huntsmen of this world, perhaps when it came to combat and tacticalness but basic education fundamentals? "Oscar I think it would be wise for you to agree to the agreement I sent you. Having soldiers patrol the perimeter of the city would protect against Grimm as well as rowdy hoolums"
"And I think it would be wise of you to think of just what this new school represents. Its not only to train students but to inspire hope and safety among them, to show them that in the end we won. It is quite literally a New Beacon of hope for these new students that wish to make a difference." The two seemed to stare the other down as Ruby wasn't even sure why she was here, just that Oscar sent her a message earlier to remind her of the meeting she was supposed to attend. But she could see why this was an issue between the two, last time they allowed military forces into the city they turned on the civilians.
"The idea of some military in the city isn't too bad of an idea, especially around the border to keep Grimm out." Ruby said finally speaking up, a smile on her face as she glanced over at her best friend who clearly seemed to like the backup even if she wouldn't easily admit it. Oscar however didn't seem too happy as he leaned back with a contemplating look on his face. "Alright, I'll consider it for the time being. There's alot of variables to take into consideration for this after all"
"Agreed, if you need anything else please contact me and I'll get back to you as soon as possible" standing up out of her seat Weiss began leaving for the elevator only for Ruby to wave bye to Oscar and follow her. Stepping into the elevator with a clearly stressed Oscar being the last she saw as the doors shut. "Unbelievably..." Ruby glanced over at Weiss with a smile on her face as she nudged her best friend with her shoulder. "Lighten up! So what if he doesn't want military in the city? You and me could clear out all the Grimm if we wanted to!" Ruby exclaimed with excitement in her voice.
Even the usually serious Weiss couldn't help but smile at her friends childlike sense of power before turning towards her. Reaching out and moving some of her black and red locks out of her face, the smile fading on both their faces as Weiss could now see Ruby's face clearly. "So how is it?" She asked while staring at Ruby's right eye, now with a scar over it similar to her own. With a shrug Ruby pulled away and let her hair soon fall back to cover it. "Fine, still feels weird seeing it in the mirror sometimes. But at least I can still see out of it right?" She asked forcing a smile on her face as Weiss simply stared. Soon opening up her arms and hugging Ruby "I've missed you Ruby, its been far too long since we last saw each other."
Finally receiving the hug she had been waiting for ever since seeing her best friend in the court yard Ruby hugged her back tightly. "Of course it has! You need to drop by more often!" She said quite loudly as the hug only tightened between the two. "Work keeps me occupied you dolt, and I'm certain begin a teacher here keeps you busy as well with papers to grade and all." Similar to the conversation in Oscar's office Ruby looked to the side and let out a small chuckle "yeah well... Um.. Never mind! Ooh do you wanna hear this funny joke I heard?" She asked excitedly only for Weiss to step out as the elevator doors opened. "Wait you haven't heard the joke!"
Unbenounce to either of the now professional huntresses though, as they exited the building with Ruby trying to tell Weiss the joke, a tall slouched over hooded figure's eye immeditaly locked on them before following. Not much care in his movements as he bumped into numerous passing students without so much as a passing glance at them. His left foot steps light and normal but his right more heavy with stomping sounds. As the mystery person followed them over to Weiss's airship growls began to leave his mouth with a large fang-like tooth able to be seem popping out his mouth. "And then the girls like! Now that's a katana! Isn't that hilarious! That joke never gets old!" Ruby said even letting out a few laughs as Weiss simply rolled her eyes "So childish. Would you like to come in for something to drink?"
"Oh well what do you-" Now being near the practically empty landing docks however Ruby's ears picked up on the irregular footsteps as did Weiss when the two turned to see a hooded figure stumbling towards them. "He wouldn't happen to be one of your friends would be Ruby?" Weiss asked as her friend shook her head in response, the two watching as he came to a stop. "Can I help you sir?" Weiss asked while taking a step forward but upon only receiving silence narrowed her eyes and shifted her left hand over to her weapon still hoisted onto her left hip just in case.
"Weiss... Schnee..." He said in a raspy voice, some black sludge even hitting the ground beneath him as it seemed to fall out of his mouth as he spoke. "What in the world...?" Weiss asked softly with her eyes focused on the sludge that even seemed to bubble. It was at that moment that ths mystery man raised his right arm and threw his arm towards the two, his arm extending out and stretching with Ruby using her semblance to move the two of them out the way. As the two looked back they saw a long black arm stretched from the mystery man that went through the metal of the ship wall. Ruby glad she reacted in time otherwise it might have gone through Weiss instead.
"Thank you" Weiss simply stated as the two quickly drew their weapons, Ruby's scythe extending out and Weiss's rapier now aimed directly towards the hooded man. As the man growled his arm retracted back revealing an equally black hand with razor sharp claws, a roar leaving his mouth as his face was revealed. Fangs popping out from his mouth, his right eye completely red, and black spots all around his face with small white rock pieces as well. His left eye seemed to be completely normal but the two Immeditaly noticed the similarities "What is he? I've never seen a... Grimm-person before. Ooh Grison! That's what we should call him!" Ruby cheered as Weiss scoffed "now is not the time for dumb names!"
And Weiss was right as his arm soon flew our towards them with Ruby using her semblance and Weiss using her Glyphs to move out the way. The arm easily shattering the concrete as his eyes drifted over to Weiss "Diiiiiieeee-!" He was immediately silenced though as a giant arm holding a sword appeared above him to slam the sword down onto him sending him into the ground. "Aww come on! I didn't even get to hit him!" Ruby whined as Weiss looked at her in disbelief. "You can't be serious, this isn't a game Ruby!"
"I know! But you didn't have to one shot the Grison!" She called out as Weiss stomped her foot "We are not calling him that!" Their arguing was soon silenced however as the sword soon began to be lifted and even as Weiss focused the sword continued to be lifted up off the ground. The Grison, now with a tattered cloak was holding it with his right arm, his left arm appearing normal and his now visible left leg also appearing to be part Grimm. He threw the sword up into the air even causing Weiss to lose her balance before forcing the sword to dissapear as Ruby moved in. "Gotcha!" She yelled with her scythe out and attempted to slash at his back but failed as when her scythe came into contact with it it was like it was made out of steel.
With that not doing any apparent damage the Grison quickly turned around in an attempt to grab her but instead using her own weapons force Ruby shot into the air sending her down to the ground as her scythe changed back into a sniper form. The barrel of her weapon pressed against her enemies chin as Ruby smirked up at him "Gotcha" pulling the trigger she shot him point blank sending his head back. Ruby's smirk quickly dissapeared though as the Grison simply looked back down at Ruby and with such a short distance between the two Ruby prepared for the impact only for Weiss to rush over and tackle her out of the way of the attack. The two gaining some distance between them and the attacker. "Dont rush in like that! I thought you would have learned after all these years to-"
"Think before I attack? Yeah I did. That's how I know his body is about as durable as metal, he prefers power over speed, after stretching his arm it takes about two seconds to retract it, and black sludge falls out his mouth" Ruby explained with a smirk on her face as she glanced at her former partner who had a surprised look on her face. "Also we are SO calling him a Grison"
"For the moment... But seeing as how you know so much about him how do we defeat him?" Weiss asked as he crouched down, cracking the ground under him as he launched himself towards the two only for both of them to dodge swiftly. Ruby shooting him in the back twice but as she suspected it didn't seem to do any damage as he simply turned around to roar at them. "Hmmm... We could get him info your air ship and blow it up" Ruby suggested only for Weiss to immediately shake her head "How about this instead?" She asked forming a glyph in front of them with Ruby smiling and nodding in response "Ice Flower!" Shooting through the glyph Ruby continued to land more and more ice onto the Grison. Eventually freezing him in a large chunk of ice, the two staring at the now frozen enemy
"We're going to need a bigger gun" Ruby simply stated as the ice began to crack bit by bit before soon shattering as a large Grimm arm flew out towards them , Weiss creating multiple layers of ice walls to protect them. "Dammit where are the other teachers?" Weiss asked with Ruby stomping her foot "on missions with their students! I was supposed to be on one as well but Oscar said I should stay back!" She yelled in response as the Grimm arm finally flew through the ice walls nearly hitting them. "Dammit Weiss let me blow up your ship! We need something big!" Ruby demanded only for Weiss to once again shake her head, but something quickly dawned on her as she began running towards her ship "keep him busy"
"Wait what?" Ruby asked as she watched Weiss launch herself into her air ship with a glyph, the Grison turning towards her until a shot to his head drifted his attention back to Ruby. "Hey I'm over here! Right here!" She yelled firing off more shots towards him which certainly got his attention as he quickly rushed towards Ruby with an extending arm. Ruby once again dodged it but attempted to cut through his extended arm with her scythe only to find it just as durable when extended. "Dammit! Just break!" Ruby yelled before attempting to shoot the Grison again only to find her bullet magazine empty, her eyes widening in panic before hearing Weiss "Here!"
Looking towards the air ship door Ruby saw Weiss toss something towards her, catching it it appeared to be a crystal sniper bullet with energy swirling around inside of it. "What it it?" She called out as Weiss surrounded the Grison in an ice dome. "I was saving it for later but for now just shoot him!" She yelled as Ruby nodded and quickly loaded the bullet, the Grison easily breaking through the ice dome only to have a giant ice hand grab and hold him in place. "Hurry!" Weiss yelled as his increased strength proved to be a struggle
Reverting her weapon back to sniper form Ruby looked through her scope and with a clear head shot she pulled the trigger. The recoil being quite strong as it sent her back a few feet before watched the crystal bullet shatter against the Grison's head. A small tornado surrounding him as electricity, flames, and small ice shards flew around in the tornado dealing ever increasing damage to him. Howls of pain able to be heard before it all soon exploded in a bright flash of light blinding both huntresses. When the light settled the Grison stood there motionless before falling forward unconscious. "Finally..." Weiss muttered while leaning against the wall of her air ship.
"What was that!?" Ruby asked rubbing over to Weiss with a large smile on her face. "What was that bullet? Do you have more? Was it really for me? Oh please tell me you have more!" Ruby said loudly with a small smile coming onto Weiss's face "Its an experimental bullet that the military has been working on. We needed a trained huntsman to test it out and I figured who better than the best shot I know" she said before her eyes drifted over to the unconscious enemy. "Not dissapearing, guess he's more human than Grimm" Ruby mentioned as Weiss nodded in agreement. "Now the real question is, where did he come from?"
"Subject 17 is down, the two of them managed to take him down with a new type of super dust bullet. Uncertain of the make up of it or the quantity but it is powerful. The two seem tired, would you like me to eliminate them?" A woman asked into a scroll, a pair of bright blue eyes staring at Weiss and Ruby through a pair of binoculars from a hilltop.
"No, even if subject 17 was taken down he can still be of use to us. Keep an eye on them but remain out of sight, no need to have our cover blown so early on after all" A male voice answered from the other end of the call, his eyes staring at number of pictures on the wall in front of him. "Understood, I will return back to the school" With the call ending the man on the other end stood up out of his chair to walk towards the mural of photos in front of him, the large room with flickering lights above him highlighting numerous pictures of New Beacon, Ruby, Oscar, as well as many of the new students. With soft brown eyes that contrasted his tall muscular form and long black hair, he straightened his lab coat as his eyes focused on a picture of Ruby. "You may be the hero of remnant for now Ms Rose, but soon you'll be known as the villain of this story"
Stepping back he walked over to two large metal doors and unlocked them, stepping into an old rusty metal room with numerous faunus tied and captured. Their eyes drifting over to the pale skined man who stood in front of them, his eyes flashing from brown to completely black and a wicked grin on his face as he looked at the large number of tied up faunus in front of him. "Now then, what do you say we begin this story?"