Prologue
"DENRICK, DENRICK GET UP!" Cinder yelled. Denrick looked around the forest to see what used to be his friends dead on the ground in puddles of crimson. The few that were still alive were trying to fend off the Grimm that attacked them but it was a losing battle. Denrick sat up only to find a sharp pain in his gut where a Ursa slashed him. Cinder helped Denrick to his feet and the two ran as fast as they could. Denrick tried not look back as he heard the last of his friends being devoured by the Ursa and Deathstalkers that has ambushed them.
"Cinder? We just..." Denrick was beginning to lose the ability to remain awake
"I know I know we left them, if we had stayed we would be dead too" Cinder was crying but she had to get Denrick to a medical examiner.
"Drop me and run then, I can hear them getting closer and you can out run them if you let me hold them off."
"You'd die though"
"JUST DROP ME AND RUN" Denrick pushed himself off Cinder and shoved her foreword. Cinder looked back with a tear in her and continued running as fast as she could. Denrick looked back at the onslaught of Grimm heading his way. The last thing Cinder heard before reaching the academy walls was the collective roar of the creatures she had fled from.
Chapter 1: Into the Forest
The RWBY team and team JNPR were sitting at one of the lunch tables discussing the game they were going to play once the school day ended. They were going to venture into the forests and have a nice friendly game of capture the flag with some other students and some of their friends. Yang and Nora had been designated as game planners and team captains for the game and the two were just giddy about it. Weiss would have stated that the two were so caught up that they had been ignoring all of their classes and missing homework just to plan the game although they rarely paid attention in class in the first person and relied on their teams to fill them in on the days lessons.
"I admit I'm excited for the game but don't you two think it would be more beneficial if you actually tried to pass these classes first?" Blake asked more to Yang than Nora.
"Blake you of all people know that I can't pay attention in class when a bug flying around the window is more entertaining than most of these teachers lectures." Yang retorted with a smirk. Blake rolled her eyes but knew what Yang had said was the truth. the lectures were quite boring at times. Perhaps this game would be just what the two teams needed to unwind for the first time in forever. Both teams knew that between classes and having to worry about what Roman and the White Fang were up to they had been ignoring the fact that they need to rest.
"I CAN'T WAIT!" Ruby exclaimed with enough enthusiasm to fill a entire carnivals worth of people.
The rest of the day went by uneventful prompting Yang to pay even less attention than usual. When the final class was released the two teams rushed to their dorm rooms to change into their regular attire and then quickly rushed to the forest. Yang and Nora had hidden both their flags in the early morning so all that was left was to hand everyone their game rifles and game equipment which consisted of a chest piece that would inject each player with a numbing liquid that would cause them to be down for ten minutes or until a medic revived them.
"Alright everyone settle down, time to begin" Yang stated with a wave of enthusiasm.
"First order of business is to pick teams, as you know Nora and I are the team leaders so we picked our teams accordingly. First on my team, Blake, Ren, Ruby, and Neptune. Nora's team consists of Phyrra, Sun, Weiss, Juane, and Velvet. The two medics are Juane and Ruby, with all of that out of the way let's begin shall we?" Yang asked as she turned and disappeared into the woods followed by everyone else. After a few minutes of preparation, Nora fired the starting gun signaling the games start. Yang could only smile in victory, her plan was foolproof and she knew it.