Summary: AU. What if after Summer died, Ruby did not stay with Yang, rather Professor Ozpin adopted her as Summer's final wish. Follow Ruby as she grows up in a more matured and focused leader.

I'm only doing this once, because regardless of what you clicked, you're going to chapter 1, once.

Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY, the only thing I own, is the plot and any OC's that show up (Which I doubt will)


Professor Ozpin Emerald*, had found a letter on his desk one day.

"To Ozpin,

My dear friend, it's been a while hasn't it?

Well, I bring good news and bad news. The good news is that since the last time, I've had a child.

I've decided to name her Ruby Rose she was born on X999, . She has black hair but they are actually deep red.

She's been so fun to be around, well she is a baby, I suppose child by the time you read this. Anyways let's get onto the other news.

The reason you are only now able to see this are if two conditions are met.

The first condition, is Ruby has yet to reach the age where she can apply to Beacon, yes it is her dream to become a huntress, I find it quite amusing.

The second condition, is that I, have died.

Ozpin, please, as my final wish. Take care of Ruby.

You're now deceased friend, Summer Rose."

According to this message, Ruby would be around four to five years old. By the use of the word, child, Ozpin assumed Summer did not expect to die so soon.

He could not believe what he had just read and decided to confirm it with the Hunters Association. Summer is one of the top huntresses, for her to be killed, it is not a simple task she must have fallen from.

Ozpin spent the next three hours researching, following any and every reference to something else until everything pointed in one direction.

"Summer Rose, Vale's best female hunter, found dead.

She was assigned a task to clear out an area infested with Grimm. However, after a month had gone by an investigation was called as someone as skilled as Summer and her team would be impossible, what we found was haunting. Her team, comprised of Qrow and Taiyang Xiao Long, were sitting at a campsite with haunted looks. When asked where Mrs. Rose was, they found only one clue to her death.

Written in blood, with what appeared to be either hasty or weakened writing, Run, my friends, with the s trailing down to the right before stopping at the bottom, no blood pool, almost as if she had vanished."

Ozpin read it three times searching and scanning continuously looking for any sort of falsehood, however, though the media makes things worse, he soon realized, not even they would demoralize the huntress that protects them.

He then decided to heed his friends final wish, Ruby will be taken under his care.


Seven years later

Ruby was having a bit of a fight with her 'mother' or so was what Ruby called her.

"Why can't I go to Signal?!" Ruby fought again, she was twelve by now as her birthday had passed recently.

The blonde haired woman in question, Glynda, had sternly told her pseudo-daughter, she wasn't allowed to leave Beacon. "Because, though you are of age you are not ready." In all honesty, Glynda was used to this, being called mother by this child whom held no relation to.

"But mom! I want to be a huntress like you and dad."

Her mother looked at her sternly, "And you will be, you're just not ready yet and-"

"And I'll never be ready if I can't even go to school! I know everything about dust, I have my own weapon, I know how to use dust, but how can I be ready if you always tell me I am not ready?! When is ready?!"

Glynda knelt down, though she had no relation to Ruby, she still loved her.

She remembered when they first meet, everything was so different to now.

Flashback

Ozpin had just brought Ruby to Beacon, the young girl at the age of five, rarely talked on the trip, answering only in a 'yes, no, or I don't know.' Glynda, however, thought something was off.

When she had asked Ozpin and heard the story, her heart broke slightly. A little girl, who knew hardly anything of her own mother and her father was far too depressed to take care of her. However, knowing it was the best for her, he let her go, but his other daughter, he refused to leave, her mother was gone, but he was still there.

The man made a wise decision, his other daughter had a strong connection with him. Her mother had passed away, and now with a second, he's beginning to lose a mental war. He is fighting though, to stay well enough for her sake. But Ruby, with Ruby staying that's another plate on the table he can't afford, another child to pay attention that he won't have time for, another chance... to know someone will be gone for good.

With Ozpin taking care of her, he was certain she would be in much more capable hands.

Glynda walked to the young girl who was holding a single item, a red rose. "That's a beautiful rose you have, Ruby."

Whether she had heard or not, there was no indication, as the girl continued to look at the rose.

However, the woman saw that despite her far off gaze on the rose, Ruby was clenching the rose very tightly, and the thorns weren't cut so they were causing her hands to bleed.

She took out a handkerchief and gently pulled her hands away from the flower as she wiped the blood away.

Finally, Ruby began to speak, "Roses were my mothers favorite..."

It was the most she'd spoken so far.

Glynda smiled, perhaps it would take a long time for her to warm up, but she knew she would do anything to make sure this flower blossoms and won't wither, not on her watch.

End Flashback

She then put her hands on Ruby's shoulders and looked at her dead in the eye. "Ruby, Ozpin and I care about you very much. We know how much you can't stand just sitting on the sidelines, you can't just watch and be expected to follow orders and that's not a bad thing. But Ruby, we are trying our best to keep you safe, one day you will be ready, but-"

"No."

"I'm sorry? Ruby what did you say?" Glynda asked hoping she misheard.

Ruby looked at her mother sternly, "I said, No. I'm not five mom, I can handle myself and it's not fair! You and dad risk your life for my safety but you're not going to always be there for me! If you do love me, I mean honestly with all your heart, then you know I have to do this."

"And you will, in time." A new voice called out. The two girls looked towards the sound, only to see Ozpin.

"Exactly that's why I need to go to Signal!" Ruby exclaimed.

Unlike her mother, her father smiled. 'Oh, Summer, your daughter is so much like you.' "No."

"DAD!" Ruby yelled in anger. "But I-"

"You will not go to Signal, your mother and I shall train you, personally." The moment he finished his sentence the eyes of both Glynda and Ruby widened. "Your mother shall teach you all the combat teachings, and I shall help you in other areas such as history, math, and science."

Ruby smiled and ran to him, "Oh thank you thank you thank you! You won't regret this dad. I'm going to be the best huntress ever!" Ruby then ran out of the room in a storm of rose petals.

He smiled and Glynda looked at him, "Are you sure this is alright? What if she gets hurt!"

"Precisely why you are her combat instructor, I am certain you know to be careful of her limits but not baby her to much."


Two years had gone by since she began training under her mother and father.

She became proficient at her highly calibrated sniper scythe, as well as being able to use a bit of dust, but her forefront was using the recoil from the sniper to add on to the scythe itself.

In the dust category, Ruby managed to mix the floor basic dusts, ice, fire, lightning, and wind to create or kinds. She even managed to mix them into her bullets giving her explosive, incendiary, and bullets that gave extra recoil. However she doesn't rely on them unless she is in a pinch knowing the resource is finite.

She is also quote well at adapting to situations, sliding attention quickly without forgetting her surroundings. Her mother also taught her to control her semblance more as the only time she can is when she can't control her emotions.

Her father however, taught her subjects others in her age group would have to wait for.

Last year, they told her what happened top her real mother. Of course this shocked her and she grew cold. But after a few months she began smiling again, it was a start but neither Ozpin nor Glynda would blame the girl. She rarely spoke still feeling the weight of the words.

Ruby would rarely rest from training. She would either try mixing dusts or in the training facility in Beacon.

When the students came in and saw the young girl some asked teachers who she was. Many would tell them simply not to bother her, others to simply ask the girl herself.

However the only places she would ever be are in the sparring room or the dust lab.

When approached in the sparring room, Ruby would be practicing with her Crescent Rose and nobody would want to approach a girl who could wield a scythe, especially one of that size with one hand.

Yet on the other hand, in the Dust lab, they would rather not be in the same room. Ruby was rather fixed onto the lightning dust and things get a little hectic. This might be due to her semblance and lightning being a very fast attack dust, yet also a powerful one.

That is until one day, when her mother was teaching a class in dust when she came across a little dilemma. While Glynda would talk about dust as though she were a master at it however she is more adept at combat.

Today's goal was actually simple but it wasn't. The new students were having trouble with dust, and Glynda was the only available teacher who had time to teach it.

"Professor Glynda, I'm having trouble getting my fire dust to form properly." "Same here, my ice is a bit... small." "Um anyone know how to control wind!?" ?I can't produce anything but a spark from my lightning one."

The students were getting quite rowdy. She sighed and decided to make a call. "I'm not quite sure how dust works children. I am more proficient with weaponry rather than dust, unfortunately, none of the other teachers know any and prefer their own topics."

"Then how do we get this to work?"

Glynda suddenly remembered Ruby showing her, her new bullet variants. "Let me call someone, she's practically an expert at the basics and can do much more in the advanced, in the masters part of dust though, she's working on it." This gets the students attention, someone who was better than any teacher and was working towards being a master at dust.

Glynda pulled out her scroll and called her daughter. "Hello, is this a bad time?- No? Perfect, can you come to the Dust Lab #4? Some of the students are having some trouble with the four basic dusts and you are much better at it then I am- No you won't need to talk much.- You'll be right over? Thank you, I'll be sure to treat you later."

The moment she put her scroll down the students broke into whispers, they knew it was a girl, yet they were confused as to why Glynda, their professor, said she would treat her.

It wasn't long before their questions were answered as the door opened. Many of the students gasped as they saw a girl with black hair and red ends, silver eyes and a red cape with black clothing as well as a box strapped to her back and a pack on her side.

She bowed to the students which surprised them considering the girl was one many wouldn't dare approach. Ruby proceeded to take out the four base dust in crystalline form, as well as four vials of the same dust in powder form before looking at her mother and nodding.

Glynda noticed and nodded back, "Does anyone have any question they need help with?"

The first girl asked, she had brown hair and rabbit ears, a faunus. The girl was Velvet Scarlatina, "My fire won't form properly and tends to... get a bit out of control?" She finished with flushed cheeks.

Ruby was surprised, "Are you using a crystal or powder?" This of course shocked them even further hearing her voice. She couldn't be that old!

"C-crystal." She stuttered having a hard time believing this girl was a soon to be master at dust.

"Then it's understandable," Ruby replied, "Fire dust in it's crystal form is highly compact and is usually highly explosive." This caused many of their eyes to widen and set it just a bit further away from them. "Of course this could be neutralized by taking a bit of powdered ice dust to keep it balanced, but they must be activated at the same time, if you power the fire dust first, you could burn the ice dust, however using the ice dust first would only result in you causing the fire to melt it and just have itself go out.

"I would recommend using powdered fire dust which is much more controllable, of course it's a little more sensitive as it doesn't have it's hardened structure anymore, but so long as you don't do something ridiculous like sneeze on it, you won't explode." Ruby said before demonstrating the ways to do it.

First by taking a fire dust in crystal form, and a bit of ice dust in powder form before letting her aura activate both causing a steady fire before putting it out with more ice dust. The other by taking powdered fire dust and setting a small portion on fire. "It helps to keep either ice or wind dust, preferably in powder form simply for transportation, on hand in case things go out of control." She said before taking ice dust and manipulating it onto the new fire.

"Next question?"

"My ice dust, crystal form, won't form properly, I can hardly manage a cube." A male student complained. "Am I doing something wrong?"

Ruby thought it over, "You are underestimating the amount of aura needed to cause a reaction, use enough so that the dust glows and don't stop until you see a size you like." He did so and cheered. "Next?"

"I can just get a spark out of my lightning dust, crystal form cut."

"Simple, lightning is the more difficult dust and requires something to stabilize it." Ruby said as she grabbed her own. "This dust requires a medium as one, lightning is not something you want to touch freehanded, and two, it's dangerous." She pulled out a metal rod from the table and set the dust crystal on top. "Simply let your aura flow through the material to the dust." As she did, this caused a lightning bolt to strike from the crystal to the shard she had in her other hand. "Of course, having a second lightning dust in uncut form can store the excess energy it releases. Anymore questions?"

"How do I stop this wind?!" It was a girl who was having trouble, "I used a bit of wind dust in powder form and now it's building up!"

Ruby sprung into action and grabbed her own wind dust in crystal form before activating it. "Using the same amount of wind to counter the wind is a simple way, you could use ice and make a wall for it to die down from, but it's pretty dangerous around fire dust in it's powdered form, that would almost certainly cause a wild fire. Now, if that is all, I'll be on my way back to the sparring room." She said packing her things.

However before she could leave, the first girl spoke up and said, "Wait, who are you?"

Ruby turned with a confused expression, "Ruby 'Emerald' Rose-Goodwitch, I'm the headmasters and your teacher's daughter." There was silence for a moment before-

"EEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeehhhhhhh?!"

"Oh hush up children, she's adopted but out daughter all the same. Technically I am not even her adopted mother, she simply treats me as one. Ah, Ruby would you like to stay or?-"

"I'm returning to the sparring room." She said before making an exit.

Glynda sighed, "I'm thought she'd be over it by now." However everyone was able to hear her and began wondering what that cryptic sentence could mean.


Anotheryear had gone by and Ruby 'Emerald' Rose- Goodwitch was at a dust site listening to music as she browsed through a magazine, she had come to buy some more ice dust in powder form and a crystalline fire dust-cut. Now she was looking at a magazine for dust.

She was reading about the latest Schnee dust company mining, the largest producer of dust in the world. While skimming through, she noticed another tabloid of Faunus creating yet another strike.

Ruby didn't understand what they were thinking. This is only going to cause more strife between humans and faunus. She also couldn't see why they caught, in all honesty she thought the faunus were better, sure they looked different but they have more natural advantages than humans do.

While she was reading however the now growing criminal, Roman Torchwick, decided to rob the very same store.

Roman walked right to the man at the counter and pinned a gun at him. "Please, just take my lien and leave." The man spoke with a hoarse voice.

"I don't want your lien, grab the dust." He ordered his goons.

They began to take the dust from the storages at the side of the store.

One if them who was about to grab white dust in powder form, noticed Ruby. "Alright little girl, put your hands up."

Ruby had her music up too loud floor her top hear him. "Hey," the goon called out once more, "I said, put your hands in the air! You deaf or something?" He asked as he walked closer. was then he noticed Ruby had her headphones on and considering even he could hear it, it was turned up quite a bit.

His first mistake was trying to rob her, his second was getting her attention, his third? Expecting she was some weak girl at the wrong place and time.

He tapped her shoulder, Ruby jumped a little as she thought she was out of the way. She lifted her head from the magazine and looked at him. He pointed at his ears. Ruby then took her headphones off, "Yes?"

"I said put your hands up!"

She then played innocent "Are you... robbing me?"

"Yes!"

She glared, "Ooohh."

And just like that the man who foolishly went to her, and Ruby herself were flown through the window. Roman and the rest of his squad walked out to see what was happening.

Ruby in the meanwhile pulled out her scroll and made a call, "Hey dad, tell mom I'm going to be a little late home." She said before stopping her music and extending her sniper into scythe form.

Roman, agitated a little girl thought she could handle them, ordered his group of thieves, "okay... get her!"

They ran in only to be easily defeated. Ruby made use of her dust and used the ice dust to create a slippery surface. This wasn't a problem for Ruby who modified her clothing slightly to fit more situations. Her shoes had small metal blades on the soles letter her glide her way across the ice.

Soon after Roman clapped slowly, "well red, as much as I would like to continue this meeting, I'm afraid your time, is up." He said as he pointed his cane at her and a crosshair popped out. He then launched a grenade like projectile at her.

Ruby anticipated this, switched to her lightning recoil bullets, and pointed at the ground. Just as she pulled the trigger the rocket hit the ground where she was. However thanks to the lightning properties, she was launched high into the air just before it could reach her.

As she landed and the dust cleared she looked around. "Mind if I go after him?" She asked the store owner.

He nodded and let her go.

As Ruby climbed the ladder, her scroll went off, it was her mother. "Ruby Emerald Rose Goodwitch! Where on earth are you! Your father just informed me you were going to be a bit late."

"Roman came by Dust till dawn, I'm in a bit of a hurry he's getting away CALL YOU LATER!"

"Ruby don't you dare-!"

"Sorry mom, but I am not letting this criminal walk away scottfree." She said as she got to the top.

Roman let out a sigh as he was getting on the copter. "Tch, persistent." He turned around and took ed out an uncut fire dust. "End of the line red!" He threw it at the ground.

Ruby instantly analyzed the situation. 'Fire crystal uncut, explosive rank- five of five, area damage- abandoned building no danger, incendiary rank, two of five, damage caused- minimal, necessary distance - 5 meters.' in that milisecond it took for her to calculate the threat, Roman began pulling the trigger and Ruby had to act fast. She changed her lightning recoil for her standard recoil bullets and pulled.

The explosion was bigger than anticipated and she tried to shield herself with her arms. But when she opened her eyes she saw a back cape with a brown crown. However it was this very image that made her pale further.

The insignia belonged to her mother and if she was here, one she was in so much trouble and two, her dad is most likely watching. Her mother sent a 'You're dead when we get back' glare.

However neither had time to render the thought as Roman left them.

"We got a huntress!" He told the pilot. She got up and walked out to the exit.

Glynda began casting spells as Ruby shot her sniper at the figure. However the woman on the airship didn't even care for them as she blocked them with her aura.

Glynda created a giant spire and sent it towards the figure only for it to be destroyed. Thinking on her feet she changed the broken spire into three tendrils. While they started to form the woman sent a Shockwave of energy stopping her attack entirely. Just as she did, Roman managed to get a jump start away.

As the battle ended Glynda gave a stern look at her daughter.

"H-hey mom! Funny seeing you here." Ruby was only digging herself a deeper grave.


"What on earth compelled you to not only take on a criminal, but also do it alone?!" Her mother scolded. "Do you have any idea how much people could have gotten hurt-"

"The store was empty." Ruby answered only to be ignored.

"The property damage-"

"Building was abandoned." Yet again ignored.

"And how you could have been in danger had I not shown up?"

"Okay, so I'm not ready for making quick decisions with dust yet, but I'm learning mom!"

She glared, "If it were up to me you'd be back home at Beacon, studying or training with a pat on the back." Ruby smiled. Glynda faltered for a second, she forgot the last time Ruby smiled, she was always busy and with last school year she was too busy to see her own daughter. However, though she was a mother, she also cared for her safety and knew that if she wasn't punished she wouldn't take her seriously. With a hard heart, she took her riding crop and continued with, "and a slap on the wrist." before slamming it down at her hands.

Ruby pulled her hands away just in time. She pouted, "But I am fine!"

Glynda didn't believe her and went to check her. "Hey mom, wow, um I said I am fine!"

Her mother rolled her eyes, "The last time you said something like that was when you said you had this under control when you tried to combine lightning and fire dust together."

Ruby blushed, "That was ONE time!"

"And the time you tried mixing fire and wind?"

"I just started using dust!"

"What about when you nearly sliced off Peter's hair?"

Ruby tried to think of something, "Wait, that was when I just started training!"

"Ruby that was yesterday."

"..."

Glynda sighed, "Your father wishes to have a word with you."

This made Ruby shrink back, while her father was kind, he was also serious.

Her father, Ozpin Emerald walked in. "Ruby, tell me, why did you not ask for help? You aren't ready yet."

"I'm trying dad, I am trying so hard to be ready! I want to show everyone I am capable of handling myself. I just... I want to make you guys proud."

Ozpin sighed, "Ruby pack up, we are going home."

She sighed and hung her head. Once they got home, Ruby went to her room, "I just wanted to help."

After Ozpin and Glynda went to the main office, they started talking. "I think we should let her attend this school year."

"What!? Ozpin, she is still too reckless, sure she has the smarts to get by and the physical capacity to be on par with the others but she's still just a kid."

"And we should let her. Glynda, I know you feel protective of our Ruby-"

She glared at him, he raised a brow. Glynda sighed in defeat, "I don't want her to drift any further apart than she already is."

Ozpin put a hand on her shoulder "You won't always be there for her-"

"But I want to be. Ruby, she's much more than just some girl, she's like my own daughter. She treats me as her mother as I treat her my daughter."

"And all mothers know their little bird will one day leave the nest." Ozpin countered. "Glynda, Ruby is ready."

She sighed, "I know that. I just, I like to think she'll still be my little girl."

"And she always will be. Let her go for now, she'll always have you to go back on. For me, while I may be her father, I am also the headmaster and unfortunately I must watch over the students first."

Glynda could only smile, "Oh, is that why you want Ruby to be a student?"

"I have no regrets." He said jokingly.


*- I chose Emerald as his last name because of the fact that Ozpin is a reference to the wizard of Oz, which is in Emerald City.

I thought it would be interesting to make a RWBY fanfic of my own.

If you are reading this story because you followed me myself, and were expecting a Jack Frost update, here's a short talk about it.

This story is just for me to get the idea out of my head, by no means am I abandoning Jack Frost. I simply write under 2 conditions, 1. What I am passionate about and 2. What idea comes up.

I'll hopefully return to Jack Frost but for the moment, please bare with me as I journey through the interesting life of A Rose in Bloom.