Hey guys this is the Vigilant Spider here with my first fic called Ruby Rose the Spectacular Scarlet Spider that was inspired by inspired by fics like avatarconner's Spider man volumes 0-2 and the Brotherhoof12's fic The Amazing Jaune Arc. I've had this idea in my head for a while now, so I thought why not give it a shot and with that let's get this chapter started!
Chapter 1: A Rose in Bloom
Vale was quite beautiful at night. The pitch-black darkness of the night was lit up by the numerous bright lights coming from the many buildings around Vale brightening dancing on the streets causing the area to be full of life. The view was even more grandeur when you were as high up she was, and that made it truly spectacular.
This view never gets old thought a red hooded figure currently sitting or rather attached to one of the tallest skyscrapers in all of vale. Shortly after she said that she started to hear alarms blaring in the distance.
"Oh, you just had to ruin the moment didn't you". The hooded figure sighed. "Well it's not like i'm surprised. I mean it's bound to happen when your living in the city that never sleeps". The figure joked as she jumps off from the skyscraper and webs onto another building in the direction of the sound.
The name of the hooded figure was Ruby Rose the Spectacular Scarlet Spider and this, is her story.
Months ago, on the day it all began…
It would be quite an understatement to say that Ruby hasn't been having the best first day of of school. Oh, great just great. Ruby thought as Weiss continued her rant at Ruby.
I'm late on the first day of class, made a complete fool out of myself in Dust Studies with Professor Peach. I mean how do you even make ice dust catch on fire like seriously should that even be possible!?
She even became a new target for Cardin when she tried to defend Velvet when Cardin was pulling on her ears. To top it all off Ruby was even challenged by some other first years since Ozpin got the bright idea to let her in a whole TWO YEARS before she could even graduate from Signal.
Suffice to say, that Ruby hadn't thought that this day couldn't possibly get any worse (oh boy was she wrong).
There is no way this day could get any worse. Ruby thought as Weiss drove the final nail in the coffin with four painful words.
"Ozpin made a mistake" said Weiss Schnee heiress of the Schnee Dust Company as she finished off her rant at Ruby and began to strut off in the direction of the outside patio.
And there it is. Ruby sighed thinking how her big mouth got her in trouble AGAIN.
Maybe Weiss was right. Maybe she wasn't cut out to be leader after all. Ruby thought as she turned around to be surprised at the sight of Professor Ozpin with his cane and his favorite coffee cup.
"Hmmm now that didn't seem to go very well" said Professor Ozpin as he had observed the fight the two girls had earlier.
'Is she right? Did you make a mistake?" Asked Ruby as she was beginning to doubt herself due to Weiss's harsh words.
"Hmmm that remains to be seen" said Ozpin as he sensed the poor girls doubt.
This confused Ruby as she wondering what Ozpin exactly meant by that." Um what do you mean" she asked.
"I mean it's only been one day" said Ozpin. "Ruby" Ozpin chuckled. "I've made more mistakes then any man, woman, and child on this planet. But at this moment I would not consider your appointment as leader to be one of them". Ozpin leaned his face closer a bit closer to her for dramatic effect. "Do you"? Questioned Ozpin.
Well uh wow I never thought of it like that. I wonder what he meant by that he made more mistakes than anyone like ever. Geez he isn't that old, is he? I mean I know he has gray hair and all but he's not a like a senior citizen or something, or is he? Oh my gosh I hope he doesn't think i'm ignoring him because he's old! Thought Ruby.
Ozpin took Ruby's silence as a signal to continue the conversation.
"Being a team leader isn't just a title you carry into battle, but a badge you wear constantly. If you aren't performing at your best, then what reasons do you give others to follow you"? Said Ozpin
Wow I never thought about that. My team needs me to perform at my absolute best right? Hmmmm maybe I should take Weiss's advice on studying a bit more…. Thought Ruby.
"Never forget that you've been given a very great power with the title of team leader, but with that power also comes a very daunting responsibility. I advise you take some time, to think about how you will uphold it". Ozpin said as he soon walked in the opposite direction of where she was.
Ruby was silent as was walking back to her dorm as she was thinking very deeply about the Professor had said to her.
"Huh I could've sworn I've heard something similar to that before, but from where?" Ruby said as she tried to remember where exactly she's heard that phrase before.
What she didn't realize however was that she would find the answer to her question in one of the worst ways possible. Ruby had no idea that in a matter of minutes her life will be changed forever.
As Ozpin saw Ruby walking away into the distance, he began to shift his mind to other matters that concerned him far more than the argument between Miss Rose and Miss Schnee respectively. Now to find that spider… Thought Ozpin as he walked away to see if he could find the spider before it did anything that would come back to bite him in the future (Heh get it bite lol ok back to the story).
Hours ago, at Beacon's state of the art science facility….
Dr. Curt Connors was currently busy taking notes on his newest project which he dubbed the "Dust Spider". `
This spider was a special genetically engineered "super" spider that was born by infusing dust into the DNA of a spider egg to see how the dust changed the spider. However, out of the 100 eggs they infused with dust, only one managed to survive the infusion. The Dust Spider is mainly black in color with red accents on its legs and a big red 31 covering most of its abdomen
Doctor Connors is trying to find a way to safely infuse dust into humans to help accelerate healing for the sick and injured. However, Curt was so focused on taking notes from his recent experiments that he didn't notice the spider escaping from the glass case and crawling into one of the nearby vents.
"How is your research on the spider coming? Said Ozpin curious to see how much his little "gamble" has been paying off.
"It's going great Professor despite only having the spider for a matter of weeks I've learned so much it's absolutely incredible"! Curt said happily.
Professor Ozpin had come to Curt asking if he could find a way to healthily infuse dust in someone's system to help accelerate there healing. When Curt had asked why Ozpin said that he was trying to help a friend that was involved in an "accident".
Whatever happened was the least of his concerns, as he was just happy that a man like Ozpin was willing to fully fund his project. Whoever Ozpin's "friend" was they were to lucky to know someone with as big of pockets as Ozpin.
"Very good I'm happy to hear it". Said Ozpin.
Ozpin has been funding this project for the last few months as he hoped the findings from Doctor Connors experiments will perhaps aid him in his attempt to heal Amber from her little "accident" that caused her to lose half her powers which in turn caused her to go into a coma.
"May I see it". Asked Ozpin as he was hoping to see the fruits of his labor.
"Oh, certainly Professor right this way'. Curt said as he led Ozpin to where the spider was supposedly held.
"Here we are Professor look at the first ever genetically engineered dust spid...er? IT'S GONE! Curt yelled as he realized that the spider, he held so near and dear to his heart is nowhere to be seen.
Now Ozpin has been through a lot in his 1000s of years of walking the planet but that did not mean that he still wasn't concerned at the prospect that the spider that could help amber escaped. "I…. see". Well this is most certainly troubling news". Said Ozpin as he began to take out his scroll.
"Professor what are we going to do now that the spider is gone it was a key part of the research! Said Curt as he is panicking at the thought of an experimental spider getting exposed to the hundreds of Beacon students just outside of his lab.
"You will not have to worry about that Curt I have it covered. However, do try to find a potential replacement for escapee". Said Ozpin in a low hushed yet authoritative tone.
"Yes professor of course I'll start right away"! Said Curt in a panicked tone of voice as he rushed back to his desk trying to find his files on the prospect of using lizards for such experiments.
As Ozpin walked away from the lab, he used his scroll to call Glynda. In a very low yet calming tone of voice Ozpin said "Glynda we seem to have run into a small problem…."
Ruby's POV
Ruby was still silently on her way back to her dorm still thinking hard about what Professor Ozpin had to said to her. Hmmmm what would impress Weiss? Ruby thought with her hands on her chin stroking it as if she had one of those long beards that old people always had in those old wizard movies
Maybe I should make her cookies? Hmmm no that wouldn't work. Yang said the last time I tried to do that I almost lit the whole house on fire. Besides, they never would've been as good as mom's….
Ruby stopped for a second and realized what she just thought and soon started shaking her head to try to think of something else, but it was already too late.
Mom… Ruby said as she now began thinking back to how much she missed her mother despite her being dead for over 10 years as of now.
Maybe I should have taken more notes when dad took me to grief counseling…. she thought sadly. However, that statement caused a sudden thought to come into her head which caused her eyes to widen in response.
"THAT'S IT!" Ruby yelled with joy as she now realized what she was going to do. "If Weiss sees me study then she might start to think that I'm not some no good child that snuck her way into beacon". Ruby said with conviction and with a newfound confidence Ruby started to walk back in the direction of her dorm.
Unknown to Ruby, while she was brainstorming ideas to impress Weiss, she failed to notice a lone spider crawled up through her leggings and was steadily making its way to Ruby's right hand like it was drawn to her presence. Ruby didn't realize it but what was about to happen would change her life forever.
"Oh man I hope this works". Ruby said as the spider was nearing her right hand. "Maybe after this is over, I can get Weiss to think that wow that Ruby girl is really really coo- OW!". Ruby yelled as she felt a sharp pain emanating from her right hand.
Ruby looked in the direction at her hand and her eyes widened in horror as she saw the biggest spider she had ever seen in her life.
"EWWW SPIDER GET IF OFF GET IT OFF!" Ruby shrieked in a mixture of fear and pain as she slapped the spider as hard as she could which resulted in large slapping sound. Ruby soon saw the squished remains of the spider on her hand as she eagerly shook it off.
Now that the spider was dead ruby took a sigh of relief.
"Oh, woof thank goodness that's over with. Ruby said as she looked at her hand, discovering a big red bite from where the spider had bitten her. "How in the world did such a big bug get into beacon anyway? Like seriously this place is crawling with huntsman to be how hasn't anyone got to it before I did?" As Ruby was saying this, she soon began to feel a bit lightheaded and dizzy.
"Oh, I hope that spider wasn't venomous or anything, I don't think those cute little gummy bears would help with that". Ruby said as she began to think about those little vitamins her dad gave her when she wasn't feeling too good.
As Ruby said this, she used her semblance to run back to her dorm to start studying forgetting about the spider as her mind shifted gears to the task at hand.
"Are you feeling okay Rubes?" Yang said as her voice laced with concern seeing that her sister clearly wasn't feeling well.
A few minutes later...
"Yeah Ruby are you okay? I know you had that fight with Weiss today but your being even quieter than me and that's saying something.
"Aww so you do have a sense a humor!" yang remarked jokingly as she hasn't really heard Blake crack any jokes before today. However, that did raise a question. "Hey, wait a minute if you have a sense of humor then why don't you laugh at any of my jokes! Said Yang.
"That's because I only laugh at jokes that are actually funny" said Blake as she smiled seeing Yang's shocked face from clearly expecting Blake to have a burn like that. Even in her sickened state Blake heard a small giggle coming from Ruby.
"Geez and I thought I was the one that burned" said yang jokingly as she is clearly enjoying the back and forth between Blake and herself. "But seriously rubes are you feeling alright? Blake wasn't joking your being even quieter than her which is unusual considering that your usually more well…. Yang trailed off finding the right words to describe her sister.
"Outspoken". Blake said as Yang smiled and silently thanked her for the save.
"Yeah what Blake said". Yang said using the opportunity to finish her little ramble.
"Seriously guys I'm fine it's probably just a stomach bug or something. I've had them before, and they were usually gone within a day. Ruby said in a very sickly tone of voice that didn't help her with her case.
Seeing that Ruby wasn't going to stop she sighed. "Ok Rubes if you say so. Yang said as she headed off to bed but before she did, she turned back around to her sister.
"Just don't stay up too late ok? Last thing we need is our team leader being temporarily out of commission ok?
"Ok mom" Ruby replied jokingly as she went back to studying on her bed.
10 minutes later…
Ever since the bite Ruby has been feeling very sick and tired. While she was strong it seemed to finally be taking a toll on the poor girl and she soon began to fall asleep on the notes she was using to study.
A few minutes after Ruby fell asleep Weiss showed up hoping to try to make up with her team leader. However, when she was about to wake her up, she noticed just how uncomfortable Ruby was in her sleep. Weiss started to notice how she was shaking, and muttering things Weiss couldn't even understand.
"Hey Ruby, are you okay you don't look to good"? Weiss said as she was concerned by the seemingly distraught state her team leader looked to be in.
"Oh, Weiss I'm sorry IwastsudyingbutthenIgotbitbysomespiderand….". Ruby said at a speed that not even the flash would be able to understand.
Weiss put her hand on Ruby's mouth and said "Hey don't worry about it" Weiss said in a soft tone. This left Ruby confused since she was still thinking back to her last encounter with Weiss.
Weiss saw an empty coffee cup on her bed and asked Ruby "How do you take your coffee".
Weiss asked sweetly while Ruby as you can imagine was still confused at what exactly was going on.
"Uh I-I I don't". Muttered a confused Ruby.
"Just answer the question. You look really sick it would probably help you". Said a now more irritated Weiss
UH CREAM AND FIVE SUGARS! Ruby said in a panicked tone since she didn't want to piss off Weiss for a second time.
"Don't move". Weiss said simply as she rushed to get Ruby her coffee.
Ruby was still extremely confused as to why Weiss was suddenly being so nice to her, but she wouldn't deny free coffee.
Ugh why do I still feel so sick... This reminds me of that time I ate those rose petals I put hot sauce on but like….10 times worse. Ruby thought as Weiss came with her now full coffee cup.
"Um thanks Weiss". Ruby said in a surprised but pleasant tone.
"Ruby I think you have what it takes to be a good leader". Weiss started surprising Ruby with her choice of words.
"Just know, that I am going to be the best teammate you'll ever have". Weiss finished which put on Ruby's face.
"I hope you feel better tomorrow. Weiss said propping herself down to the ground. "That's wrong by the way". Weiss said springing back up and pointing her finger at her work.
'Hey Ruby". Weiss said quietly while on her way out of their dorm.
"Uh huh". Ruby said while tilting her head.
"I always wanted bunk beds as a kid". She said before closing the door on her way of the dorm.
Ruby made a weak smile and went back to sleep hoping that this "Stomach Bug" will be gone in the morning.
And that's a wrap for chapter 1! Oh man was this harder than I thought. Luckily, I had someone help me out when I had some trouble with stuff. This is my first fic so it's rough around the edges, but I think I did an ok job for my first fic. Reviews are welcomed and I hoped you guys enjoyed! See ya next chapter will probably be in a few weeks we'll see how I feel after I see how I can improve my writing. Bye!