I was alone. Well, not alone but I'm not allowed to get close to people, not even my own family knows my secrets. That is except for my uncle Qrow, he knows because he has the same secret. And now that I think about it, Yang, my sister, is the only member of my family that doesn't know to some extent. But that doesn't mean I can talk to my dad about anything that goes on in the Guild. I guess I should explain what a Guild is. A guild is a group of people who have a similar skill set who are either born into the Guild, lie myself, or join one, like Yang. Certain Guilds are very secretive, mine for example, while most Guilds are open with their rosters and offer or hire services, like Yang and dad's. They're part of the sae Guild, the Fighters Guild, while me and Uncle Qrow are in the same Guild, The Reapers Guild. All off the Guilds have responsibilities, for the most part it's to protect the people, but some have very important responsibilities, like The Reaper Guild. We, The Reapers, Harbingers, and Vassals, are tasked with the gathering of souls and the relieving of those awaiting death. Meaning that we appear after every murder and every battle to collect the souls, and we kill really sick or fatally injured people.
Our Guild has a very small roster which is good and bad, it's good in that it helps us stay hidden, and bad because it means we are almost always on jobs, giving us minimal social mobility, oh and we're despised by most of society. So being born into The Reaper's Guild, while great later, was pretty hard for a child to handle.
An Excerpt from Ruby Rose's The Reaper Guilds affect on my Childhood
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I was sitting next to uncle Qrow in the conference hall. This was an emergency meeting that had been called by one of the Elders, Elder Almawt I believe. And it was about me.
"She's a prodigy, why not further her training?" Asked Elder Almawt.
"Because she's too Young, she needs to become a full fledged member before we send her to train with those ignorant fools." Responded Elder Morte.
"With all due respect Elder Morte, she has collected hundreds of souls and killed many in the name of the Guild. She has proven her dedication to our responsibilities. What else must she do?" Asked Qrow.
"She is not of age, and has much to learn in the was of our spells and powers." Retorted Elder Rufu.
"She has yet to receive a second soul." Said Elder Kifo.
"I will bestow upon her her second soul, and I will give her the knowledge of our powers." Said Guild master Shade.
Silence was all that followed that answer. Since the Guild Master had decided there was no room for argument on the matter. Elder Almawt Thanked the Guild Master and the other Elders before the meeting was called to a close and the displays went dark.
"If you will excuse us I wish to get this over with." Said Shade
Both Qrow and Elder Almawt left leaving me alone with the Guild Master.
"Come here child." He said.
She scurried over to him.
"Sometimes I hate how over zealous the Elders get when it comes to things like this, They cannot see that our way, while necessary and effective, is detrimental to children like yourself." He said as he reached into a hole that appeared in reality.
"I am going to give you two souls now, since you are most likely going to grow much faster now. They are very special souls, the first is that of the original Guild Master and the second is your mother's." His face was solemn as he said the second part. He then pulled two small flames out of the hole, one was a black so pure it was as if it spread outward, and the second was a pinkish color, very similar to rose red. He pushed the black one into my chest and then followed with the rose red one. Suddenly a flood of memories and knowledge that weren't mine flowed through me. I gasped and then he placed his hands on my head and suddenly more things flooded my mind. There were not memories but techniques that I needed to know. Then everything went black.
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I sat in a chair, in a room I had never seen before, looking around it was evident that I was no longer in the guild. A black shadow appeared before me and said in a raspy voice, "Come now little one, I need to teach you."
"Who are you?"
"I am the first Guild Master, Terror."
"Where are we?"
"In your mind little one."
"Why?" I asked, my mind was running rampant with the idea of someone inside me.
"To teach you what you must know. Come, watch and mimic."
He started to dance, making eloquent and controlled movements across the expansive room. I tried my best to copy him, but was far from his level. For what seemed like hours we danced around the room, doing the same thing over and over again, not speaking a word. And then I collapsed and closed my eyes once again.
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A/N: Hi people. This is another idea that I've been sitting on for a while now. A fantasy adventure starring Ruby Rose(The Red Reaper), Weiss Schnee(The Ice Witch) Blake Belladonna(The Black Cat) and Yang Xiao Long( The Blazing Brawler). I loved playing with a semi sociopathic and socially awkward Ruby paired with people who have an extraordinary distaste for her Guild, forcing her to hold onto a darker secret than the white fang. Anyway I loved writing this and really hope someone likes this as much as I do. I promise that the second chapter will be more than just set up. I will use Ruby almost exclusively as the perspective so no set up chapters for the others.
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