Ruby's eyes flickered open slowly as a light groan escaped her mouth. Looking around she noticed that the hallway she was just in had morphed from the vibrant greens and whites to a dull grey. Confused the rose stood up and moved to the window.

Placing her hands on the glass she stared outside in disbelief. The courtyard was, for lack of a better word, bland. The trees had all died, the sky, grey . "Everything is grey..." Ruby mumbled aloud hearing the distinct footsteps of Glynda goodwitch she moved to look at her only to be met with, 'a Mask?'. The girl focused more and noticed the mask had black glass covering the eyes, a round structure to fit anyone perfectly and small strips of metal ran down the huntress's sides under her clothes and ending at her fingers where they wrapped around in thin elastic.

It was then that Ruby noticed that she herself was wearing one of these exo-skeletons. "Professor what's going on?!" confusion and fear rising in the girls voice. Glynda said nothing as she walked past silently.

Ruby pov:

I walked into Glynda's pathway and waved my hands in front of the mask, garnering no reaction. With a shaky hand I grabbed her by the arm. this got a reaction. A very hostile reaction as the older huntress pulled out her riding crop and scanned the hall. "She can't hear or see me." I wondered aloud my panic levels rushing through the roof.

Rushing off in a cloud of petals I ran to the class I had, history with Oobleck. When I entered the class I was met with nothing but empty black stares of the masks. All of which were a light grey, "Just like Glynda." I spoke observantly. noticing a mask that hung by thin wires on my chest I picked it up and placed it on my face only to throw it off with a yelp. It was then I realised. That saying about masks? It's true.

The world had turned back to what it looked before my mask had fallen off. all the masked students, including my team and JNPR, had freaked out and looked at me. When the mask came off it went back to normal and all the masks were staring at me with their cold, hollow eyes.

Running back to my dorm I began to notice several things there were cameras everywhere. And I mean EVERYWHERE. One saw me and turned red and as it did a bunch of Atlesian knight looking robots came out of hidden panels and I just rushed faster to my room as they fired bullets at me. "AHHHHHHHH!" I screamed out loud as the bullets ripped my clothing to shreds. Thank god for aura.

As I slammed the door shut I reached for crescent rose only to find it was also a lie. "No." I spoke in shock and anger as I found out that Crescent Rose was a metal pole with another metal pole on top. throwing it and sliding down the grey door tears welled up in my eyes and my tail and ears drooped as I realised this was my life now.

BANG BANG BANG.

There was a frantic banging on the door and I shuffled away in fear, tears falling harder as I thought about death. "Rubes?" Jaune opened the door and I looked at him without the mask he had on in Oobleck's class, "It's okay I'm not a Mask."

Masks? Robots that want me dead? whats going on!?

10 mins later.

Pulling off my desecrated cloak,and letting my tail and ears cool down after being cooped up in clothes in the process, I moved to my wardrobe as Jaune explained what was going on. "Is that all?" I inquired pulling on my favourite red zipper hoodie. and changing from my from my school skirt to a pair of Autumn combat shorts, black leggings and my usual combat boots. Looking back at Jaune he had a major blush on his face that made my own face light up as I realised I had Just revealed myself, and changed, in front of my crush and best friend.

Oh god, mental diary I'll get back to you later.

AN:

sorry for not posting on Rosefall. My next post will be a new story as well then I'll move back to Rosefall.

Until then

R&R pls

TheWonderlandProject

02/01/19

updated some minor errors. Added some description. All in all not very incredible.