Hello! Welcome to my story! I don't own RWBY, that would be the Rooster Teeth guys that do. I also don't own Final Destination, I just love the plot around it, so I thought to join the two in this story. This is my first real written work (I'm more of a STEM guy :/ ) so any helpful criticism would be appreciated, any way, let's get on with the story!
It was a few weeks after the outbreak in Vale, and team RWBY, as well as their sister team JNPR, are finally relaxing after Roman was finally captured and arrested. Team RWBY had shared all their adventures and conflicts with the trusted friends after the Outbreak was contained, explaining to them how it all happened.
It was a nice and sunny day in Vale, to which the students of Beacon had the privilege to experience it…. as a view out the window from their classrooms. Teams RWBY and JNPR were grumbling about it the whole morning at breakfast about missing out on such a beautiful day. They were on their way to Professor Port's class talking about what they would have done instead of class, until a certain leader was starting to fall behind, looking a bit uneasy.
"Hey, are you alright?" his partner asked with concern in her eyes. The blonde leader looked up and peered into champion's eyes, sensing the worry and smiled warmly at concern.
"Yeah, I'm fine, it's just I have this uneasy feeling…. I don't know the cause of it though," Jaune replies, trying to aleve Pyrrha's apprehensiveness. The other blonde of the group perks up at this, turning around to take another opportunity to take a shot at the poor boy.
"Are we going to see a return of the famous Vomit-Boy? Should I go get my poncho in case I'm in the splash zone? Don't need you puking on my shoes again," Yang asked. Jaune grimaced internally at his infamous nickname.
"No Yang, I just feel as if something is a little... off.. today," Jaune tried to shake off the discomfort the name gives him, as well as the discomfort he was already feeling. It wasn't an upchuck type of feeling, but rather a feeling as though something sinister is working today in the shadows, as if something is about to lash out and surprise them at any given moment…
"It could always be because it's Monday?" Ruby appeared next to her fellow leader, giving him a possible reassurance of his inner turmoil. Jaune jumped slightly at Ruby's speed, her sudden appearance pulling him out of his thoughts and back into reality.
"Well if you need anything, you know I am willing to help," Pyrrha said reassuringly, placing a hand on his shoulder gently. Jaune flashed her his signature goofy smile in response.
"Thanks Pyrrha, you are honestly too good of a friend to me," Jaune replied, intending to make her feel happy. Unbenounced to him however, this sent a very small pain through her heart. It was no secret she fell for the resident goofball, well, except to the oblivious boy in question. She couldn't help herself falling for a boy that gave her a chance to be herself for once, her first true friend who saw her as an equal and not on some pedestal, a chance to be a normal teen (With normal knees as Ruby would put it), and to build an actual friendship other than one of just admiration. With this in mind, she manages to plaster her normal and cheery smile upon her lips, despite the sadness coursing through her.
They continue to Port's classroom, and took their regular seats, awaiting for the bell to ring, as well as for the instructor's lead. The bell finally rang as a few straggling students rolled in. Port looked among the class and began the long and boring day with a signature story of his youth where he prevailed some amazing feat. As the class drew on, the uneasiness Jaune felt grew stronger in his chest. He didn't understand what made him feel this way about today in particular. He didn't even feel this bad after he received that weird call from Ruby the day before the Vale breach! But still, the uneasiness grew. He seeped into his own thoughts as Port's story turned into background noise to him. Was something going to happen today? Torchwick was captured, and the White Fang is pretty much disbanded according to Blake. And to top it off, the Grimm activity around Vale had been low, so there was no need to worry about that. Before Jaune knew it, the bell rang, signifying the end of the class period. Port was about to reach the climax of his "incredible" story when the bell sounded, making the veteran puff in annoyance.
"Alright class, I guess that will be all for today, remember everything I have told you today, and stay vigilant!" Port decreed, raising his arm in almost triumph. Jaune was still deep in thought when the bell rang, so he made no move to get up and leave the classroom as the other students were. He only snapped out of his trance when a hand was placed on his shoulder, shaking him lightly. He once again was brought back into the real world, it was then he noticed he was being disturbed and his name was being called. Recognizing the soft voice, he turned his head to his partner, who gave him another look of concern, however this time, much more serious than before class.
"Jaune, are you sure you're alright? You spaced out the entire class period, and looked like you were about to rip a hole into your jeans by the way you were gripping them..." Pyrrha notified, nodding to his hands. Jaune peered down to notice the death grip he had on his thighs, so much his knuckles were turning white. He released his grip and shook his head lightly.
"I'm sorry Pyr. Again, I just have this uneasy feeling that something is going to happen, like something terrible.. I can't shake the feeling and I'm just thinking about what it could mean," he explained with a bit of hesitation, fearing what his partner might say. She looked at him, her expression shifting from a serious one to a more relaxed and worried one. She stepped closer and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Jaune, you don't need to be anxious about a thing, Torchwick is captured and the White Fang are dealt with. Besides, if anything does go wrong, you know you will always have me by your side.. a-along with the rest of your team of course!" Pyrrha was quick to add the last part in, blushing very lightly. With Pyrrha's words in mind, all he could do was smile and nod.
"Yeah you're right. I'm lucky to have you guys with me, now come on we can't be late for Combat Class!" He exclaimed, grabbing Pyrrha's wrist and rushing her out of the classroom, and toward the Arena. Port had watched them leave, smirking under his glorious mustache.
"Ah young love.. reminds me of the time when.." Port then continued to talk to no one in particular as he recounted once again a tale of his youth. Combat class had gone as normal as it could. Jaune, even with Pyrrha's words back at Port's class, couldn't shake the ominous feeling of being watched. Combat class finally ended, with Goodwitch managing to get every student to participate in a duel, making most of the class having a depleted amount of Aura.
"At least we get to have lunch after this to attempt to restore our Aura.. is it just me or did Goodwitch seem to have extra hate toward us today?" Yang chimed, rubbing her arms to attempt to rub out the soreness she could already feel. The rest of the group sighed and nod with her statement. They made their way to the lunchroom, and Jaune's uneasiness had grown into a light headache, to which only got worse the closer they got to the cafeteria. They sat down, and grabbed the food being served today.
"This spaghetti doesn't even look like real food…" Blake chimed in, pushing it away from her lightly, pulling out a book from her bag. Yang had a gleam in her eye, to which everyone had grown to fear with their lives.. The sign that Yang was about to make a terrible pun that only she will appreciate.
"Yeah Blake, I agree, you could say that this food is a real im-pasta!" Yang exclaimed, spreading her arms out and expecting her friends to die of laughter. She was only met with their usual reactions to her terrible wordplay.
"Yang… stop…." Ruby groaned as her head hit the table. Blake stayed hidden behind her mysterious book, Weiss look annoyed to no end, and JNPR looked halfway between disgusted and supportive.
"I don't know how you can come up with such terrible jokes on the fly like that," Weiss said with a scowl.
"Come on, give me some credit, it was one of my best if I do say so myself," Yang gloated. After a few minutes of sitting and eating, Nora chirped up, realizing they never told RWBY about how their Deputy shadow mission went the previous week. As RWBY listened intently, Nora (With the help of Ren's corrections) told them about how they went to the village to shadow the sheriff. Then how the sheriff got a call about something weird in the Emerald Forest, and he sent them to go check it out. The team went into the Emerald Forest to only find out some Terminal was causing problems, which eventually led to them tracking down some guy named Dr. Merlot on a deserted island.
"And then.. We defeated the mutated Deathstalker and escaped the compound before it exploded!" Nora finished as she jumped up spreading her arms to improve the amazement. They all turned their heads to Ren to confirm her information, to which he nodded, much to their surprise.
"Wow, was there something in the water at that Village? That all sounds too.. Insane! Mutated Grimm? Evil Doctors? That can't be true," Weiss folded her arms, refusing to believe the Valkyrie's tale. Suddenly, there was a yelp next to them. They all turned toward the noise to witness the everyday torment of the one bunny faunus.
They all sighed and turned back to what they were doing like usual, until after a few seconds, Jaune stood up and walked over to Cardin.
"Hey Cardin, remember that time when I told you to not mess with any of my friends? Velvet happens to be one of them, soooo… Back off." Jaune said with a little bit more ferocity in his voice than usual. Cardin just scowled and eventually let the faunus' ears go and walked off, muttering something under his breath.
"T-thank you Jaune," Velvet smiled, and kissed his cheek. Jaune looked at her with kind eyes, going back to his goofy self. The girls, Yang in particular, whistled and catcalled Jaune as he received his esteemed "Reward" for saving the damsel in distress. Well, the girls aside from Pyrrha of course, who only fumed internally at the gesture.
"No problem Velvet, take care okay?" he said as he head back to his table. As he sat down, his friends looked at him with such pride.
"I'm so proud that you finally stood up to that jerk," Pyrrha said, as she put her arm around her partner possessively, eyeing Velvet a little, to which he only took as a friendly gesture. Yang gave Pyrrha a knowing look that Jaune missed, and to which Pyrrha turned away to hide her blush from the boy in question.
"Wow Lady Killer, looks like you're a true Knight in shining arm-" Yang's teasing was cut off with a light shake of the room they were currently residing.
"...What was that?" Blake asked, finally looking up from her book. The room shook even more as panic spread throughout the cafeteria. Everyone dove under the tables as earthquake protocol calls for.
"It's just an earthquake, should pass any minute!" Ren shouted over the panic, being level headed as usual. However, this earthquake in particular wasn't stopping anytime soon, and only increased in severity. The building itself was starting to become loose and fragile, making the infrastructure cave any minute. A piece of roof finally gave away and fell, right as Nora peeked her head out to see if everyone was okay. Since her aura was depleted, there was no hope for a shield or healing from the impact. Her head was crushed as the ceiling toppled on top of her, with a puddle of blood shortly following. They all screamed at the sight of their friend in a bloody heap of concrete. Ren looked devastated as his childhood friend and secret crush died so gruesomely in front of him. The building was then starting to collapse ontop of them.
They all got up and tried to run out, realizing the tables would not be enough to withstand the impact of the concrete. Weiss tripped and got trampled by the weight of the students running over her. Ren finally came to his senses and he got up, but got pushed over by the retreating students, resulting in the back of his head hitting a sharp corner of a table nearby, severing his skull from his spinal cord. Some of the collapsing ceiling fell in the kitchen, causing some of the gas tanks to leak into the room. Blake decided to use some linked sausages to get her out from the high ground. She picked up a link and swung up into the rafters, but the link broke from tension, which made her fall into the kitchen, hitting the stove and creating a spark, causing a big fire, which engulfed her.
Yang made it outside, but turned around to try to find Ruby among the massive amount of students retreating. The fire had spread across most of the cafeteria, especially in a corner where Ruby had her cape stuck on a bit of table. She frantically tried to pull it out as the fire enveloped her, burning her alive. The fire caused an explosion to happen, sending shrapnel everywhere. Pyrrha pulled Jaune to the floor and created a magnetic field around them so no metal would impale them. The shrapnel was sent everywhere, especially to an unsuspecting Yang, who stood there as a large, sharp, and flat piece of metal flew toward her neck, decapitating her. Jaune and Pyrrha looked up mortified, and saw the rest of the building was about to cave. Jaune scrambled to his feet, but Pyrrha wasn't so lucky as part of the ceiling fell onto her lower half, too heavy for Jaune to lift off of her. With tears in her eyes, she could see Jaune wasn't going to leave without her, so she used the last of her strength to use her semblance to push any metal Jaune had on him, which happened to be a necklace he got from his family, some change, some metal laced throughout his uniform, and his scroll. It was enough to push Jaune out of the building as the rest of the building collapsed, swallowing the Invincible Girl. Jaune flew out and landed in a way where his leg snapped. Jaune cried in pain for both his leg and the death of all his friends he had just witnessed. Jaune, still on the floor, looked up as a tree he was laying next to was slowly falling in his direction. He tried crawling away, but the heavy tree was just about to make contact when the world went black.
Hello again! So if anyone knows anything about Final Destination, you would be able to guess that yes, the resident goofball is the visionary! But how can he convince the others? Who will survive? Stay tuned to the next Chapter to find out!