This is a sequel. If you haven't read Unravelling a Revolution, I suggest you do, lest you not understand anything that's going on. I'm trying to make this as good as I can, so there's no telling how many parts it's going to be… But be assured, there will be at least two. I will not back down! Now, onward to my newest creation!
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY, no matter how much I wish I did.
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Recap: Narrator
We have seen our heroes from beginning to recent end as they have faced the horrors of school, decorating, their pasts, and, weirdly enough, romance. Along the way, they fought monsters, uncovered a hidden revolution, and are attempting to stop a homicidal organization that wants to wreak havoc on the entirety of Remnant. Join Ravena Wolfborn, Azura Horizon, Jack Revenant, Zamin Ward, Winter Schnee, and a multitude of other incidental allies in their journey to uncover one of the most sinister plots in the history of Remnant.
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Chapter 1: The Meeting that Will Shape the Future
On top of a Warehouse at Midnight: Corinthe Facsimile
'A warehouse at midnight is a creepy meeting place. Why did I choose this spot again?' I pace back and forth on the roof, trying to calm my nerves. 'I tried so hard not to be followed or found out. I can't believe that I'm actually helping them. What possessed me to blow months of undercover work for a group of teenagers?'
I hear a slight rustle of rocks on cement from below me. My Faunus heritage gives me the enhanced senses I need to detect the intruder. Ears lightly swiveling from side to side, trying to catch any and all sound. The shift stops. I glance over the edge of the building and see five figures that seem to be encased in shadows. I fall back from the edge so they won't see me.
Suddenly, a dark swirl of Aura opens up in front of me, ejecting the same five people from below. I scramble away, afraid for my life. "Alright, I don't know who you are, but you better stay away from me! I don't want to have to hurt you!" I stand in a hurry and straighten my skirt. I look up to the sky to see a full moon, or really what is left of it. I start to charge my Aura, willing the light to me, creating my Sun Warp, what I call my semblance's final form.
A dark man steps forward. "We mean you no harm. We are looking for a woman…"
Before he can finish his sentence, a young woman steps out of the darkness and runs toward me. "Cori!" As water extinguishes flames, her voice stops all the light and dissipates the glow I have accumulated.
"Azura? Is that you?" I squint in the pale moonlight, my eyes adjusting from the lack of light. My near perfect night vision doesn't fail me.
"Of course, girl!" She hugs me quickly. "This is my team, Jack, Zamin, and Rae.. uh, I mean Ravena. The other woman in the white is Winter Schnee." She indicates them with association to their name. I wince involuntarily at the Schnee name. I know Winter's no threat to me. She's been an avid supporter of peace and equality for Faunus since her disinheritance. I'm not worried in the least.
I return her hug reluctantly. "It's nice to meet you. You're here for the information, correct?"
The dark one grunts. "Yes." I see his ears twitch ever so slightly in annoyance.
I smirk at him. "Could you be anymore curt, mister shadow man?"
"The name's Jack. And, yes, I can be much more… curt, as you put it." He growls under his breathe.
I hiss at him. "Ever the K-9, friend?"
"I am no dog, cretin."
"And I'm not a cretin, wolf. I'm a fucking lion Faunus!" My voice raises louder than I expect it to. I cover my mouth with one hand and gesture for silence with the other.
He clears his throat softly. "There is no one here. You don't have to be silent." He gives me a smirk I can only imagine he thinks intimidates me.
"Listen here, wolfy. I am risking my life for this. I don't just want to sit by while these ignorant, sadistic motherfuckers ruin the reputation of every Faunus in existence. Here's the info you need. I need to go before I'm caught. My scent's already all over this area." I hand him a computer chip with all the information I'd gathered over my mission. Slowly, the breeze picks up, whipping my hair in his direction. I see him inhale deeply before his pupils dilate almost imperceptibly. I gasp involuntarily.
A low growl emits from his throat. 'Oh crap. Oh crap. I've seen this before. Shit, shit, shit.' In a split second, I make my decision. I turn and jump from the building, enacting a landing strategy to get away from him as soon as possible.
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Jack
I catch her scent on the air, her strawberry blonde hair billowing toward me. I inhale deeply, memorizing her scent. Suddenly, something primal in me awakens. Its voice permeates my every cell, telling me to catch her, to make her submit to me. As I watch her flee, that same voice insists that I make her mine, that I make her my… mate.
I gasp and clutch my head, trying to maintain control over this new urge. Her scent still lingers, but now that she's gone, it affects me less and less. I breath deeply through my mouth, afraid to let my nose catch her scent again. 'What the heck just happened?'
Someone behind me echoes my thoughts, but more crudely. "What the hell just happened?" Azura steps toward me slowly, emitting fear at my presence.
"Nothing to be concerned about. I have it under control." My voice is gruff, deeper than it usually is, because of my wolf's sudden emergence.
She looks at me with disbelief but lets it go nonetheless. "If you say so, boss."
I look over at our mission leader to see her with an amused glint in her eyes and a knowing smirk plastered across her face. "Yes, well, as entertaining as this little… whatever you want to call it is, we best be going." She walks toward the edge of the warehouse and just drops off the side of the building. I rush over just in time to see her land perfectly about fifty feet down, on the ground.
Unphased by her show of competence, I drop as well. I land, albeit less graceful than the white haired woman, but I land. The rest of my team follow me down. Zamin is the only one that stumbled, creating a small quake that rattles the warehouse behind us.
"Follow me. We need to get out of this town before anyone suspect anything. There's an airship waiting for us at the edge of the forest nearest here. Hurry!" She begins to run toward the forest, which, by my estimate, is at least five miles away from our current position. I motion for the others to follow her as I, myself, pick up speed. 'I hope this was worth the hassle.'
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Corinthe
I run from the predatory creature who I know has recognized me as his mate. 'Why does stuff like this always happen to me? Why am I so unlucky!? Godsdamnit!' I sneak a look behind me to see if he followed me. No one is in sight. I slow down, taking in my surrounding. 'No one's there. I've never heard of a wolf Faunus NOT chasing its chosen mate.' I shrug it off temporarily. 'It can't get any worse than this, can it?' I slump against a nearby building, falling to the ground. I pull my knees to my chest and lay my head on them. I take a deep breath to steady my heartbeat.
The shuffle of feet make me pick my head up. Soon, heels clacking on cement follow. I look around frantically for the source of the sound. A blinding flash makes me close my eyes quickly.
A smooth voice whispers in my ears. "Hello there, Corinthe."
I open my eyes to see none other than Cinder Fall, supposed mastermind behind what is the White Fang of today. "Miss Fall." Fear seeps into my voice. I'd heard of what this woman does to deserters. I couldn't imagine what she'd do to me if she ever found out about my life as a double agent.
"Miss Facsimile, Corinthe, Cori. You have been a very bad girl." She gives a devious grin before letting out a short, maniacal laugh. "I know who you are, little girl." She grabs my wrist tightly. Slowly, a light begins to emanate from her hand, smoking slightly. Eventually, pain sets in, bringing me to tears. I scream at the pain and try to tear her hand away. I scream until my voice goes raw. When she lets go, her handprint is visible on my arm. The burns have already started to blister and swell. "Do you know what we do to traitors?"
She snaps her her fingers and two of her goons grab me under my arms and begin to drag me away. I try to pull away with all my strength, but the two of them together seem to be enough to hold me. I scream as my last resort, calling for help. Unexpectedly, a pain crashes through my skull, then everything starts to go black. The last thing I see is Cinder, a smirk on her face and a calm madness like I'd never seen before in her eyes.
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On a Private Airship: Jack
Winter had been kind enough to obtain a private airship for us. We all get our own room. I pace the floor frantically, engaged in a battle for control with my inner wolf. It urges me to let it control my body. It wants its mate, it wants that girl!
"You can't have her! I don't even know her." I growl at the wolf.
'But you will. She belongs with you, belongs to you.' My inner wolf voices its demands for the first time, appearing as a shadowed figure in my mind. I can barely understand the gruff comments that comes out of its mouth.
"She belongs to no one!"
'She belongs to me.' A possessive grin appears on its face.
"I will not let you force her."
'I will do as I please!' He resumes trying to bust through my natural defenses. I've rarely had this sort of problem before. Usually, I just do small things for him here and there, and he stays complacent. Today, though, after seeing that woman, he won't stop trying to get through my mental wall.
"You can't force me to take her! She has rights."
'Wolves mate for life. I have chosen her for you.'
"But lions don't mate for life! They mate with the strongest. They have no chosen mates!"
'Then you will prove to her you are the strongest! You will fight for her!'
"I will not give in to you." I growl a warning.
He growls back, but it's much deeper and far more intimidating than I ever imagined. 'I have wasted too much time already on your incessant yammering about something that you no longer have control over! I will have what I want! I will have that woman if it is the last thing I do!'
With that, he goes strangely quiet. The constant collisions with my mental fortifications stop. I straighten, realizing the excruciating migraine that I've had since meeting that woman, Corinthe, is gone. I breathe a sigh of relief. 'Thank the gods that's over.'
A knock sounds on my door. A voice from the other side shouts at me. "Jack? You okay? You've been in there a while."
I clear my throat. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"Good. Well, Winter's got the information decoded. Come on, we need to get going."
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A/N: I really hoped you liked the first chapter to this one. I like this one and the contents, albeit they are a little depressing, just sayin, more than the last story because, well, the last one was mostly introductory. Now I don't have to describe every minute detail of everything. But, there will be a lot of emotional descriptive, so hold on for those. So, you know, just Follow, favorite, and review. I gotta know who's out there, reading. Cause, personally, it gets really discouraging to me that only one person reviews. How am I supposed to know if I'm doing this right if nobody gives me proper feedback. Honestly.
