My second fanfic. A white rose fanfic, that I will take seriously when it comes to typing this. Enjoy.
Chapter Unum. Change.
Ruby Rose felt a sharp pain in her side, as she shakily stood she felt warmth forming around the pain. She got to her feet and yelped as the pain overwhelmed her. She landed on her bloody and scraped knees, gasping for breath, blood flowing from the corner of her mouth.
Cinder slowly walked over to the young huntress and took hold of her throat.
"Why do you keep fighting?" Cinder asked softly as she studied Ruby's bloodied and beaten body.
Ruby strained to face Cinder. She was clenching her teeth, she was obviously furious.
"Answer me you little brat." Cinder ordered.
Ruby smirked and chuckled softly.
Cinder was taken aback. "Why the hell are you laughing? Aren't you scared?"
Ruby shook her head, then locked eyes with Cinder. "For everyone you took away from us...from me." Ruby's voice was strained and weak.
Cinder sighed and punched the small girl hard. "Give up Ruby, it's over!"
"Not...not until you've been stopped." Ruby shakily stood, gasping for breath and holding her side as blood slipped through her fingers, coating the ground beneath her.
Cinder rolled her eyes and conjured her bow, taking aim.
Ruby drew Crescent Rose in Scythe form and smiled. She squeezed the trigger. Usually she'd have gone flying towards her enemy, and sliced them apart, but instead of the small explosion of the rifle...a faint clicking filled the air.
Ruby's eyes filled with horror as Cinder drew an arrow.
"Goodbye Ruby Rose." She let the arrow go.
Ruby yelped.
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"RUBY!" Weiss sat up in bed yelling her team leader's name, tears streaming down her cheeks, sweat coating her entire body.
She looked around the room frantically and realized she was in the dorm, and a shocked Yang Xiao-Long and Blake Belladonna were staring at her with utterly confused expressions.
Weiss blinked a few times and then composed herself. "I apologize. Ruby appeared in my dream and completely messed everything up. I suppose when I was yelling at her in my dream, I must have woke in the middle of yelling."
Yang glanced to Blake, the two still very confused.
Weiss sighed and stood, stretching.
"Where is Ruby anyway?" Weiss asked quietly.
Yang covered her mouth and giggled as Blake walked over to Weiss and tapped her shoulder.
Weiss looked to her, partly confused. "Yes?"
Blake pointed under Weiss and the white haired girl looked below her.
Ruby was still asleep and on her stomach, Weiss's feet on the leader's back.
Weiss yelped and jumped off Ruby, and sighing. "RUBY! WAKE UP!" Weiss ordered.
Ruby yelped and sat up, drool coming from the corner of her mouth.
The image of Ruby kneeling in a puddle of her own blood, as blood poured from the side of her mouth flashed in Weiss's mind and she flinched.
"You okay Weiss?" Yang asked after noticing the girl flinch.
Weiss nodded and sighed. "She's more of a mess than normal, it surprised me is all. I thought after a year of living in the same dorm I had seen her at her worst but I guess not."
Ruby drowsily looked between her teammates and smiled. "Hey guys, what time is it?" She asked with her soft voice.
"Six o'clock." Blake responded as she made her bed. The young faunus was already dressed for class, her black bow tied around her ears.
Ruby rubbed her eyes and looked to Yang who was dressed for her morning jog, and Weiss who seemed to have just woken up. That's weird. Ruby thought to herself.
"Weiss did you just wake up?" Ruby asked as she stood and stretched.
"No, I just showered, brushed my teeth and did my hair, just to wear my nightgown to class today." Weiss said sarcastically.
Ruby, still groggy, didn't notice Weiss's sarcastic tone. "Why though?"
Weiss groaned. "I was being sarcastic you dolt! Gah!" Weiss pinched the bridge of her nose and grabbed her clothes, heading to the bathroom to get ready.
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Yang was jogging through Vale with Sun and Neptune, the three chatting about the Vytal festival that was soon to come when she ran into something solid.
She landed on her rear and rubbed her head, looking up she saw Penny.
"Sal-u-tations Ruby's sister Yang!" Penny said cheerfully to the blonde with a small wave.
Yang smiled and stood, patting Penny's head softly. "Hey Penny, what's up?" Yang asked as Sun and Neptune watched.
"Many things! Like the Vytal festival, General Ironwood preparing for the festival and Winter Schnee is coming!" Penny said excitedly.
Yang smiled at the young redhead's excitement, before a question popped into her head. "Who's Winter Schnee?" Neptune asked as he popped into the conversation.
Penny looked utterly shocked at Neptune's question. "How do you not know of ?! She's the older sister of Weiss Schnee, one of General Ironwood's most trusted and skilled fighters!" Penny yelled.
"Got a picture?" Sun asked as he calmly walked over to the group.
"Of course!" Penny pulled a picture of Winter and Ironwood from her pocket and held it up for the trio.
"Meh, not much to look at." Was Neptune's comment.
"Yeah, she looks like she'd be colder than Ice Queen" Sun commented with a chuckle.
The two looked to Yang expecting to hear a hilarious pun about Winter, only to find that Yang was staring at the picture, smirking mischievously like she does when she forms an insane "plan" of sorts.
Sun and Neptune looked between each other and mumbled something. They turned back to Yang, about to tease her, only to find her, and the half of the photo with Winter on it were gone.
"Wha? Where'd she go?" Sun asked, dumbfounded.
Penny who looked quite surprised, perhaps scared, shrugged.
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A scruffy, rugged black and grey haired man, was stumbling through the halls of Beacon, and he reeked of booze. He sighed and stood straight. He heard her before she appeared.
Glynda Goodwitch stepped out of one of the dorms behind him, though something was off.
The man spun around, a witty comment just about to escape as he realized what was...off.
She was limping, and her leg was heavily bandaged, a trickle of blood oozing from a spot in the bandages.
The man's eye's widened and he rushed over to her. "G-Glynda?" He asked softly.
Glynda sighed and looked up at him as she spoke. "If you must wonder young ma-" Her voice caught as she recognized the man.
"What the hell happened?" Qrow asked/demanded.
She straightened her glasses and took his hand, as she limped towards an elevator down the hall.
"I'll tell you later, we need to get to Ozpin's office now." She said angrily.
Qrow stopped her easily. That was way too easy. He thought to himself.
"Glynda, what the hell happened to my friend?" He asked as he scooped her into his arms and carried her to the elevator.
She sighed and leaned back. "Someone was in the communication tower during the school dance, and I went to investigate...when I arrived, there was a woman in all black. She attacked me and….she dropped the roof on me...and my leg was crushed." She said softly.
Qrow grimaced as his next question popped into his head. "Did she use two swords, and a bow?"
Glynda nodded, looking as if she'd seen a ghost.
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Ruby idly sat alone under a tree in front of the school, deep in thought when someone tapped her shoulder.
Velvet, the rabbit faunus smiled down to her. "Hey there Ruby, whatcha doing?" She asked in her australian accent.
"Hey Velvet...I'm just thinking." Ruby replied with a smile.
"Must be something important, you looked really deep in thought...mind if I ask what it was? That you were thinking about?" Velvet asked as she sat down next to Ruby.
Ruby looked around and sighed, leaning close to Velvet. "I'm thinking about Weiss." Ruby admitted.
"Her sister's coming to watch her fight in the festival...and I'm worried the added pressure might mess her up a bit...you know how Weiss is...she's all….Weissy!" Ruby gestured causing Velvet to chuckle.
"Ruby, Weiss comes from one of the most well known families in the world, and she's destined to own it one day. It may be her sister, but I'm sure she's probably relieved to have her sister visit, or maybe excited...I bet she's probably mentioned you to her." Velvet said with a smirk.
Ruby's eyes widened. "I need to be well behaved so I can impress her sister, so she doesn't decide to take Weiss home!" Ruby yelled determinedly.
Velvet facepalmed. "Ruby, it isn't Winter's decision. Weiss will be fine, trust me, she's Weiss after all."
Ruby sighed and leaned against the tree, closing her eyes. "You're right...I'm thinking way to hard on this...thanks Velvet."
Velvet nodded. "No problem Ruby, anything for one of my best friends."
Ruby smiled and slowly stood, opening her eyes. "I should probably go find my team, classes start in an hour."
Velvet stood and smiled. "Talk at lunch?"
"Course." Ruby turned to leave when she felt the ground begin to shake.
"What was that?" Velvet asked as she steadied herself.
The ground slowly stopped and Ruby looked over to her. "Earthquake, or Yang in the gym."
Velvet nodded.
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The elevator door to Ozpin's office opened and Qrow stepped inside, about to yell at his oldest friend when the ground began to shake. He stumbled, nearly dropping Glynda.
Ozpin and James were looking at hologram of the city.
"Qrow, so nice of you to make it." Ozpin said as he sipped from his coffee.
Qrow stalked over to Oz's chair and set her down, before walking over to the silver haired man. "What the hell's with the earthquake Oz?" Qrow asked impatiently.
"We're going over that now Qrow." James said angrily.
"Well? Spill it, I just nearly dropped our wicked witch of the south because of it, and they've been happening since 1 this morning!" Qrow yelled.
James turned to the hologram and it zoomed out to show the surrounding terrain. The largest mountain was highlighted red.
"Seismic readings put the epicenter inside the mountain. Like somethings moving in there." James said softly, his expression grim.
"What we know so far about the area is that supposedly an extremely powerful Grimm is trapped there, and when there is enough negativity nearby…" Ozpin sipped his coffee, glancing to Qrow.
"It'll come for the city." Qrow finished, knowing the legends.
James and Ozpin nodded.
"We sent a team of huntsman in to deal with it and the moment they got close to the mountain, their Aura vanished." James said as he turned to Qrow.
"We think that our enemy is there...you know their capabilities best..so, we'd like to ask-" James continued before being interrupted.
"What team?" Qrow asked, anger filling his voice.
"A team made of Yatsuhashi of team CFVY, Pyrrha Nikos of JNPR, Carden of CRDL, and Blake of RWBY." Ozpin said softly, noticeably upset. "We sent Glynda to check on them…"
"But I was ambushed and rushed back by Peter." Glynda added.
Qrow sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "They're dead Oz...you know they are."
Oz remained silent, glaring out his window at the ominous mountain, miles away.
"Ozpin?" James asked, as he stepped towards his friend.
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"How much longer do I have to wait for the next phase of the plan?" Adam asked the black haired woman.
"Not much longer dear Adam. It's only a matter of time." Cinder Fall said, smirking as she stared at the mountain above. "It's only a matter of time." Her amber eyes glowed gold.
Adam sighed and glared at the mountain. "What's so special about the mountain?" He asked softly as he stepped towards her.
"Your revolution." Cinder said as if it was obvious. She slowly approached the bull faunus and cupped his cheek. "Be patient. We're very close to victory."
Adam lurched back, as if her touch stung. He sighed and turned to his tent, walking off silently, his hand beckoning Cinder to follow, and she did.
Emerald and Mercury had watched the exchange.
Emerald locked eyes with Mercury and they giggled to each other. "They're so into each other! It's like they can't be apart!" Emerald said as she laughed.
Mercury nodded in agreement when a loud roar rang out, freezing them in place.
"I never need to hear that again." Emerald said as her bones seemed to be frozen solid.
Mercury nodded and swallowed hard.
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Outside Beacon, a young faunus girl was crawling towards the school, a trail of blood behind her. Her eyes barely stayed open as she saw Ozpin and a grey and black haired man with a sword running towards her. " !" Ozpin yelled before Blake Belladonna passed out from blood loss.
END of chapter one. I hope it was enjoyable, leave comments of all kind below, I'll do my best to respond. Have a good one my lovelies.