Hello everyone, and welcome to my first RWBY story. I love this show because it has so many possibilities and there is just some much to work with when writing a story. I will not be changing much, it will still follow the canon storyline with a few minor changes to the past.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own RWBY. RWBY is property of Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth. But I own this story and my OC's.
Hope you enjoy.
DON'T SKIP THE BEGINING IT MAY SEEM THE SAME BUT IT IS DIFFERENT
Legends . . . Stories scattered through time.
Mankind has grown quite fond of recounting the exploits of heroes and villains, forgetting so easily that we are remnants, byproducts, of a forgotten past.
Man, born from dust, was strong, wise, and resourceful.
But he was born into an unforgiving world.
An inevitable darkness, creatures of destruction.
The creatures of Grimm set their sights on man and all of his creations.
These forces clashed and it seemed the darkness was intent on returning man's brief existence to the void.
However, even the smallest spark of hope is enough to ignite change.
For when all seemed lost, four of the creatures turned on their own and aided Man in their darkest hour.
With the help of The Four, Man was able to find the tools to help even the odds.
This power was appropriately named, "Dust".
Nature's wrath in hand, and The Four by their side, man lit their way through the darkness and in the shadow's absence, came strength, civilization, and most importantly, life.
With The Four as eternal guardians over the world, the future seemed bright.
But even the most brilliant lights eventually flicker and die.
And when they are gone . . . Darkness will return.
So, you may prepare your guardians . . . build your monuments to a so called free world but take heed . . . there will be no victory in strength.
Ozpin: But perhaps victory is in the simpler things that you've long forgotten, things that require a smaller, more honest soul.
/LINE\\
? pov
As I looked myself over in my reflection, I smiled at my new appearance. I had black hair with silver tips, I'm a bit more pail than most humans or faunus should be, black an silver fox ears sat on my head and twitched a bit. I had a black T-shirt with a symbol of a fox head surrounded by ten tails on the center of the chest and black jeans with white lines running down the sides. A black fedora with a white stripe on it covered my fox ears as it rest on my head and black shoes with white laces are on my feet. My eyes were a bright red, just like the Grimm, on my back were two swords that were about 3 feet long each that had a black blade with white edges and a grey hilt (think Cinder's weapon but can turn into one blade made of Dust along with what cinders can do like turn into a bow).
As I look up from my reflection in the lake, I gaze at the clearing I found in the Forest of Forever Fall. There was a large lake in the center of the clearing with multiple boulders scattered throughout it, along with a wood cabin that rested right next to the lake with a small dock going into the water.
"This is nice," I say to myself. "the sun is shining, the leaves are falling, the birds are chirping, and most importantly no-""RROOOAARRRR!" Before I can even finish speaking 5 Ursa Majors charge through the nearby tree line heading straight for me. "Ugh, why do I even bother?" I slowly stand up and turn around to face the Grimm, my eyes narrow, "You just made a big mistake finding me."
When the first Ursa gets close enough I jump to avoid getting sliced open and I land on its head which I then use to jump to the roof as the Grimm crashed through my house. When I land I quickly grab my swords and spin around to face the Grimm. All 5 look at me and roar with anger as they start to charge again. I link both of the swords at the hilts and jump directly over the first Ursa as three arrows made of fire dust are launched into its back and start glowing. When I land behind it, the Ursa raises its arms as it prepares to hit me, but it suddenly stops as its body starts to turn to ash.
Before the other Ursa can even move I slice the head off the second Ursa and I throw one of my blades right in between the third one's eyes. As those two dissipated I retracted the blade on a black wire back to my hand as I assume a battle stance facing the fourth Grimm bear. We both charge at the same time and as it gets close enough I slide underneath it as I raise my swords to slice it in two and flip upright to look at the defeated Grimm.
"Wait, weren't there five of you? Oh right!" I quickly stab behind me, impaling the last Ursa as it was about to slice me open. I placed my swords on my back once more as I let out a yawn, I walked back toward the dock as I think about how I'm going to fix my house. I am about to reach the end and notice there is a person already looking over the water. My eyes narrowed a bit as I sit next to the end of the dock with the man standing next to me. He had a green black suit on with a green undershirt and a type of scarf I think, white hair and glasses, he also held a type of cane with both hands. He just stood there looking over the water.
Ozpin: "Peaceful, isn't it?"
? : "Yah, it is."
Ozpin: "You handled those Ursa Majors quite effectively, almost like a trained Hunter."
? : "Not to sound rude or anything but why are you here?" I ask with caution because this man seemed different. "And more importantly who are you?"
Ozpin: "Oh forgive me where are my manners, I am Professor Ozpin Headmaster of Beacon Academy, and you are.?" He asked turning his head in my direction.
? : I guess I would have to come up with a name sooner than I thought, "My name is Onyx, Onyx Midnight. So what brings you to my humble abode?"
Ozpin: "Well I often like to take a stroll through The Forest Of Forever Fall before the start of each new school year. Speaking of which, would you be interested in joining Beacon? You clearly have enough training to qualify to be a student, and from what I've just witnessed, you could be on par with some hunters. So, would you be interested?"
Onyx: "Hmmm." I think hard on this, if I accept then not only do I get a new place to live but-CRASH! . . . . . . Well there goes my house, "Seems like I don't really have a choice considering my house just came crashing down. What the heck it might be fun."
Ozpin: "Good to hear." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a stack of Lien and a piece of paper and handed it to me. "Take these it should get you a place to live till you are to head to Beacon since you no longer have a place to live and my Scroll number should you have any questions."
Onyx: "Thanks, I guess I'll see you at Beacon then." I say as I walk toward what remained of my house.
Ozpin: "I suppose we will, till next time then."
I turn around to see Ozpin walking calmly away back to where ever he came from. I sigh once more as I look up at the sun and say to myself "Well looks like things are about to get interesting." As I walk toward my now destroyed house I suddenly realize that if I go I might run into one of The Four. I clench my fist in as a loud growl escapes my throat in anger. "How!? How could I agree to go to Beacon!? I could run into one of them!"
My fist unclenched as I let out a heavy sigh as I pull a black metal staff with a square shape top from the remains of my house. "I'll worry about this later, for now I need to find a place to sleep." The staff collapses in on itself till it is about a foot long, then place it on my back and start walking toward Vale.
City of Vale
After making my way to Vale, and hours of walking, I sit down at a bench thinking on what to do next.
A let out a loud yawn as my eyes start feeling heavy. "Maybe I could take a quick nap here for a while." I thought to myself. I role onto my back as I close my eyes.
Time skip night time
My eyes slowly open as the street lights turn on signaling it's late out now. As my eyes adjust to the light, I'm greeted by a strange weight on my chest.
I look up to see a girl with pink and brown hair, her skin was pale white, her right eye was brown and the left one was pink but they changed color whenever she blinked, she had multiple black necklaces on and had a white coat on that had a pink inside as the collar was folded down, the jacket had long sleeves with pink cuffs and was cut at about where here middle is.
Her middle was covered by a black shirt that seemed to have stripes going up and down, the shirt also revealed her hips a bit but nothing else. She had a black belt and black pants with white high boots, she also had black gloves and was holding a parasol in her left hand while her right one was on my chest as she sat on my stomach.
She looked at me with her eyes half open and a smile on her face.
Onyx: "Um, miss is there a reason that you are sitting on me?" I ask.
She nodded her head yes.
Onyx: "Ok then, well-"
"Salutations!"
Both of our heads turn toward the shout we heard. What we saw was an orange haired girl who had a pink bow in her hair with bright green eyes. Her outfit was a grey dress mixed with overalls that had green stripes. Her shirt was a long white sleeved shirt with white cuffs and she had black pants that seemed to be part of her boots as well that had a long neon green stripe going down the side. Finally she had a strange piece of black clothing wrapped around her neck with green neon stripes on it. Oh yeah she was also as pale as the girl currently sitting on me.
She seemed to be greeting everyone that walked by but nobody even seemed to notice her. I looked up at the girl on me and said "Wanna be a nice person and say hi?" The girl nods and gets off of me so we can both go over and say hi to the new girl. As we get closer the girl is still trying to greet everyone that walks by. When we are right behind her I say "Hello friend."
She just stands still after I say that, not even turning around to look at us. Me and my new friend/companion look at each other and shrug. When I look back the orange haired girl is directly in front of me making me jump back in surprise.
Penny: "What did you call me?"
Onyx: "Um, what?"
Penny: "You called me friend, am I really your friend?"
Me and the small girl look at each other and shrug "Sure I guess."
Penny: "Sensational! My name is Penny it's a pleasure to meet you."
Onyx: "Hello Penny my name is Onyx and this is . . . um? Sorry I never actually got your name."
The small girl smiles and holds up a Scroll with Neo typed on the screen.
Onyx: "Ah, and this is Neo."
Penny: "Hello Onyx, hello Neo, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Onyx: "You already said that."
Penny: She paused "So I did."
Onyx: "So what are you two doing in Vale?"
Penny: "I'm going to attend Beacon Academy and become a huntress!" She exclaimed with delight.
Neo: Typing on Scroll then shows it to me. It read "I'm in town cause my boss said he might need me for a job later, but right now I'm just following you for fun"
Onyx: "Oh well first, I'm going to attend Beacon aswell, and secondly I don't know how to feel about you following me."
Penny looked as if she would explode with happiness and Neo silently laughed at me. I guess Neo can't speak, or chooses not to, I'll ask her later. "So Neo, do you by any chance know a good place to sleep for the night? I'm pretty tired as it is."
"Oh." Says Penny. "I should probably head back home now, see you tomorrow new friends!" She ran down the street waving at us before turning a corner.
I look at Neo, "So know any good places to sleep for the night?" She smiled, grabbed my wrist and started pulling me along with her. "I'm gonna take that as a yes."
Time skip next morning
So after Neo dragged me to her apartment she let me crash on the couch for the night. When morning came around I had a message from Ozpin that the transport for first years to Beacon would arrive tomorrow. After seeing Neo eat an impossibly large amount of ice cream, I'm not even going to ask where it all went, I decided to go into town. I first went to a Dust store called From Dust Till Dawn, I found the name funny (note: My character LOVES puns and I'll let you imagine what will happen with Yang and if you have suggestions for puns for the eventual pun fight between these two I would appreciate it). I purchased multiple Dust rounds and vials for my weapons. I then went to an armor store to get some more protection. I bought some black metal gauntlets that held a strong thin cable with a spear point on them and could fold into black bracelets, I figured that they would come in handy. Now onto my next problem.
Onyx: "Ok I've got till tomorrow to find a way to make sure they don't realize it's me."
Penny: "Make sure who doesn't realize it's you?"
Onyx: "AHH!" I yelled in surprise. "When did you get here!?"
Penny: "I have been with you for the past 5 miles, and who were you referring to?"
I sigh as I motion for Penny to follow me. We make are way down a back alley where nobody would hear us talk. After making sure nobody was around to hear us I turn to look Penny dead in the eyes.
Onyx: "Penny, can you keep a secret? A secret that might change the way you look at me."
Penny: "Don't worry Onyx I will keep your secret."
Onyx: "Alright but first, tell me how much do you know about The Four Guardians?"
Penny: "I know the basics about them, why?"
Onyx: "Let me tell you a story."
/LINE\\
(Think of this part as a world of Remnant)
In the beginning, when man was on the brink of death at the hands of the Grimm all seemed lost, but four of the creatures of darkness saw something in Man that caused them to turn on their own kind. The Grimm that turned were a serpent dragon (Chinese Dragon) that resembled the ones found in the ocean only without wings and has 4 legs, a large winged cobra with spikes protruding from its spine and its head, a large 6 winged bird that's feathers almost moved like fire, and finally a massive fox that had to many tails to count.
Being some of the strongest Grimm allowed them to protect Man long enough for him to learn how aid The Four in fighting the other creatures of Grimm. With the aid of The Four, Man was able to push the darkness back long enough to thrive on their own. Feeling they weren't needed any longer The Four decided to leave, but Man convinced them to stay and help them grow, they agreed to stay.
While The Four are Grimm, they have the ability to change their size at will and are also able to turn into either a Human or a Fanus while also being capable of generating their own Aura as well. They were so helpful toward Man that they have authority over almost everything on Remnant, they let the council run the kingdoms but will intervene if necessary.
As time went on they brought many gifts to Man. The Bird, who had taken the name Tempest, taught Man how to build things to help them fly and travel throughout the Kingdoms by land and sea as well, along with teaching many how to build ranged weapons. Tempest is well respected, an expert markswoman, knows every type of ranged weapon on Remnant, and can control the wind/air.
The serpent Dragon, who had taken the name Shard, helped Man learn how to fight more effectively without weapons and has taught many different ways of fighting to even those who posses weapons over the years. She can also use any weapon that exists as well as learn how to use it to its fullest potential in seconds. Shard is well respected, an expert in fighting, knows every fighting style on Remnant, and can control ice/water.
The winged Cobra, who goes by the name Sparks, taught Man how to use Dust and all its uses. She taught Man how to properly use dust in weapons and other things that allowed them to grow even more and defend themselves even better from the Grimm. Sparks is well respected, is able to use all types of Dust, can control Dust from a distance, use it in ways nobody else could hope to do, and can control lightning at will.
Finally is the Fox, who had taken the name of Flare, helped man learn how to use Aura and Semblances. She taught them how to use Aura to protect themselve and use every unique semblance that came her way to aid them in their own way. Flare is well respected, knows the Aura and Semblances of all on Remnant, can use any Semblance ever to exist, knows everything about Aura, and can control fire at will.
Those are The Four Guardians of Remnant.
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Penny: "But I already know all this, why tell me information I already know?"
Onyx: "Because not everyone knows the rest."
Line
While the Guardians are the protectors of Remnant, the Fox felt something was missing from her life. Flare wanted something that no one else could give her. So she spent months searching Remnant for an answer to her problem. After searching for so long she came across a woman dressed in a white cloak and had silver eyes. After speaking with the silver eyed woman about her family, Flare came to realize something. What she was missing, was a child.
After returning to her home and asking the other Guardians for their help to provide magic to make her a child. When the time came for the spell to make her idea of a child a reality everything was ready. But when the ceremony was over and the child opened its eyes for first time it was greated with pure hatred coming from the other 3 Guardians. The child looked at the fourth occupant of the room and saw a look of pure sorrow on Flares face as tears ran down her face looking at the child as the other Guardians grabbed it and tossed the child from their sacred temple and threw multiple elemental attacks at it. When the dust cleared there was no child to be seen.
/LINE\\
Penny looked at Onyx in shock and sadness when he finished the story, "That's horrible!" She exclaimed. "Why would anyone do that to their own child!? It makes no sense!"
Onyx: "I don't know, but I assume they were disgusted with the child and decided to get rid of it." He said in an emotionless tone.
Penny looked at Onyx with confusion as she narrowed her eyes "You don't seem to be angered or saddened by this story and what does this have to do with a secret?"
Onyx let out a heavy sigh and removed his hat revealing his silver tipped black fox ears as multiple shadows began to solidify behind him forming ten large black fox tails with silver tips to match are now spread behind him.
Onyx: "I am Onyx Midnight, I was made by magic from the Guardians and cast out out because of hatred and sorrow. I am going to Beacon and I am going to show my creators exactly what they created."
Penny looked at Onyx with amazement, she never thought she would meet someone who was like her. Someone who was made, not born. She wondered if she should tell him about her not being a real girl.
Penny: "Onyx there is something I wish to tell you."
/LINE\\
Forest of Forever Fall at Onyx's old house
The clearing that used to be Onyx's sat completely still, the only source of movement was the lake as ripples kept appearing across it as a loud rhythmic boom, as if a very large creature was walking toward it. A large paw crashes through multiple trees as the body of a massive black fox walks into/above the clearing (current size is double the Grimm Dragon). It had large white spikes coming from its front shoulders and a white bone mask covering the top of its head and face as multiple plates of armor covered its body with red and orange veins on it aswell. This was Flare, one of the four Guardians of Remnant.
Flare looked at the area where she sensed the large increase in Grimm activity, she looked down and noticed a destroyed cottage. Flare gazed down at the cottage in sadness, had she been too late? She sniffed the air for anything that could give her an idea of what happened but as she got the scent of aura her eyes widen in shock as she remembered her darkest day.
Flashback Flare pov 17 years ago
Me and the other four were in our beast forms to channel the most magic. As I am channeling magic into the spell for my new child I couldn't wait to see how they would turn out. I was so excited that I didn't think about how much power I was putting into it and accidentally put in nearly everything I had. When the spell had finished I fell to the floor, I looked up and saw it, my child, so precious, so innocent, I just wanted to rush over and hold it for ever. But for some reason I couldn't move a muscle, my sisters rushed to my side to help me but for some reason they became incredibly angry.
I tried to ask them what was wrong but I couldn't even move my mouth. They started yelling about how it was the child's fault, did they blame my child? How could they think that there is no way that it was there fault they were just made. As my sister moved toward my child, tears started to pour down my eyes as I watch helplessly, but before they reach my child it looks right at me with fear in its eyes. My heart ached as I could do nothing but watch in sorrow as my sisters picked up my kid and tossed them out into the world and fired their elemental attacks, my heart felt broken after that as my strength returned to me, I cried for days possibly months after the loss of my child, my sisters felt like they couldn't apologize enough for their actions. I was angry with them at first but I then started to blame myself, if I had been more focused on the spell I wouldn't have used too much power and I could have done something to stop them. It took years to get back to how things use to be before my child was lost to me.
Until now.
Flashback end
Tears were pouring down Flares eyes with joy, her child was alive, and she was going to find them, no matter what got in her way.
