Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY, Roosterteeth does.
Special thanks to LockonMe from DeviantArt. He's pretty much the beta reader, also the one who helped make chapters 1-3. The rest I went solo, so if the quality drops, then you know why.
The idea originated when I saw RWBY Chibi and a suffocating Ruby with her cape. I thought of Ruby and the Noose. However, a few months passed and I decided on changing to something more… believable. The original group she was going to see in limbo was Penny, Weiss, Torchwick, Pyramid, Yang, and Qrow.
Chapter 1: Ruby's struggle against Salem
The final battle at Beacon Academy had been lasting for hours. Ruby Rose alongside her friends, family, and comrades of hunters and huntresses had become humanity's last glimmer of hope against Salem's seemingly infinite armies of Grimm.
Ruby's friends and allies assisted her in reaching Salem, where they could do battle, however they could not help her fight because more Grimm got in their way. As Ruby fought Salem, everyone focused on defeating the army of Grimm that separated them from Ruby. As each hour passed, more of Ruby's comrades fell to exhaustion and their time had come under what seemed the final fight against Grimm.
Under the fifth hour, all her friends and allies were dead at Beacon's Fallen academy. Ruby was now everyone's last hope in defeating Salem. Would Ruby Rose soon join them? Upon the sixth hour of fighting, laid Ruby Rose being strangled by Salem, the Ruler of all Grimm.
Ruby had her only scythe broken in three pieces, along with her body in serious damage, her aura was practically wiped away and of no use. A large part of the scythe was still stuck inside of her, after Salem pierced Ruby with one of her remaining pieces of the scythe.
Salem, too had received multiples wounds by fighting Ruby. Her legs were blown off, she had lost her right eye, by Ruby's special abilities upon her Silver eyes. However, it would take more than that to defeat the Queen of all Grimm. She was slowly regenerating as her grip strengthened.
"How does it feel, Ruby Rose? To feel your life slipping with every second?" Salem put more strength into her hands against a powerless Ruby," This actually give me nostalgia, why is that? Oh wait, it's because I killed your mother, Summer Rose, in a similar fashion. Like mother, like daughter I suppose~"
"Th-that's what you think S-Salem!" Ruby could barely shout back," I will stop you, here and n-now... ughh…"
Ruby's body was giving in to the pain, and she was nearly out of determination to stop Salem. Hope began to slip as her vision was beginning to blur. Finally, her vision faded to black.
Ruby opened her eyes once more, she realized she was no longer in battle, and was sitting in a chair. In front of her was a table; a brown table with a list of names from people who she met along her journey. Past the table of where Ruby sat, stood a white gate. Many names were highlighted, while a large portion were either crossed out in blue or red ink.
Within moments she heard the echoes of heels clicking against the floor, coming from the white gate the person revealed themselves; it was…