OH WELL, LOOK AT THE TIME!
Yes, I should have been writing Week Lovers, but the only thing that was on my mind this past week was this fanfic idea that I had while I was half-asleep in the bus, going to college. So, when I got a free time today I sat down and wrote it.
I'm really no expecting much things of this, first because I really didn't plan ANYTHING in this fic. Aside from the way the characters will be, of course.
I'm planning to get back on Week Lovers soon enough, the last chapter will be up at the end of the month. I think.
ANYWAY, just setting some things out right now:
Weiss design is totally original.
Ruby's design is based on the second version of "Future Ruby", by Dishwasher1910 (and by based i say Ruby here is 80% that drawn).
Jaune's design is vaguely based on "Future Jaune", also by Dishwasher1910.
I won't mention any other character because I'm lazy AF and didn't thought about it yet.
With that said, let's get into the story, shall we?
The airship slowed down and started to make its way to the pad on top of the giant wall that extended itself 60 meters high, where a man waited for the occupants to get out and greet them, while drinking whisky from a metallic flask.
This specific airship was an Atlas Military Airship, escorting a cargo transport from the Schnee Dust Company.
The air routes hadn't been safe since the dragon appeared in the Battle of beacon (as it was known now) a year before. A lot of things were lost in that day. Ozpin had disappeared. Pyrrha Nikkos died battling Cinder Fall. Yang lost her right forearm. And Ruby had lost her most precious thing: her innocence.
Qrow took another sip of the burning liquid in the flask as the engine of the ship turned off and the door started to open.
Two women got out, followed by a bunch of atlasian robots and soldiers that would help to defend the Outer Wall of Mistral.
The older woman looked over at the platform, that was now filled with workers helping the soldiers to disembark, until she found the man.
"Qrow!"
She walked fast in his direction, embracing him in a quiet and warm hug, with a wide smile dominating her face.
"Good to see you too Win." He said hugging her back for a few moments.
Although it was a nice moment, they were interrupted soon after by the other girl clearing her throat in an exaggerated manner.
She was glaring in disbelief at both of them. Winter sighed tired and responded to the question that was on the other girl eyes.
"Yes, it is exactly what it looks like. We don't actually… hate each other."
"I can see that sister. What I want to know is why you didn't tell me sooner that we would be encountering this… well, quoting you, 'drunk old idiot'." The girl said and smirked, while changing her weight to the other feet.
Qrow frowned at the other girl words.
"Wait, sister?" he said turning his attention to winter. "I thought your only sister was the Ice Queen."
Winter scratched her nape a little while smiling nervously. "Strange. This is the first time she's done that." Qrow thought.
"Well…" Winter started "She is Weiss." Pausing a little, then tilting her head to the side with a grin "Weiss Mark 2, maybe?"
Weiss groaned while face palming herself. Though she didn't blame Qrow for not recognizing her, it hurt a little. Sure, most of her old characteristics where gone by now. The frilly combat skirt had been discarded, and she now wore a pair of thigh-high dark gray boots, similar to her sister's, but not the same pants. She was using an incredible short black legging short, similar to Yang's. On the top, she used a formal button shirt, with the two first buttons left open, giving quite a nice cleavage for someone who, a year back, had less chest than Ruby.
However, her cloths were the smaller of the two changes.
Her skin, pale when he saw her for the last time, was now a little tanned. Not enough to let a hard impression on a more mature man like Qrow, but enough to tear apart the image of a Schnee from her. Her head, that once held her off-center white ponytail, now had an exotic haircut. The sides of her head shaved in a military way, but the top of her head was still occupied by a long hair that headed down to her back in two long and thin braids.
Although, in her waist there was still the same old rapier that she was so found of.
Qrow's eyes had gone wide as he looked the girl who was totally different not even 10 months back, when he saw a depressed Weiss walking while staring the floor in the Schnee mansion, not listening to her sister words, and even less to her father's.
Weiss sighed while observing Qrow's reaction.
"You want to know what happened, right?"
"Yeah. That would in fact be a danm good starting point."
She took a letter from a pocket on the back of her shorts and gave it to Qrow while explaining.
"Ruby sent me a letter. I received sometime 9 months ago, two weeks after you went on your 'secret mission' with Winter."
Qrow took the letter from Weiss's hands and unfolded it. Inside, it was a small text of what was, undoubtedly, Ruby's handwrite.
Hi Weiss!
I guess it has been some time, huh? We didn't have the chance to talk before you went back to atlas, so I figured I should let you know what is happening. Or, at least, the thick of it, since it's a lot of things.
I don't know how much you know, but things got pretty messed up on our part of the team. Blake vanished, no one know a thing about her. We even talked with that Yang's friend, Junior, I think is his name. He said that someone saw her entering a cargo ship to Vacuo, but that's the only clue we got. Yang is… worrying me, to say it easy. Losing her forearm got her head pretty messed up. She almost doesn't talk, she eats only when we force her, she sit in bed all day and all night, only looking to the window… seriously, it's terrifying. I think she… need some time, you know? And having her partner and best friend run away did nothing to help. I wish I could stay with her, but I can't.
Oh, yeah, I didn't said anything about me.
Actually, it's been one month now since the Battle of Beacon, as they're calling here. I… kinda run away from home. But don't worry! I'm with Jaune, Ren and Nora. We're going to Mistral, you see? Somehow, I have an ancient power or some shit like that in my eyes, crazy huh? I thought that it would be nice to learn how to use and control this, and since I wanted answers to all the things that happened recently, I going to search them over at Haven academy.
The others are alright. I saw team CFVY early this week in Vale, it seems that they were some of the less affected of the Beacon students.
We are at Jaune's house right now. Although Nora and Ren are kinda bad with what happened to Pyrrha, Jaune is surprisingly strong about the matter. He never once shed a tear when talking about her, but you can see it in his eyes. Every time he talks about her, his eyes flares like Yang's. The first time everyone got freaked out by his eyes turning from light blue to pure white, but now is common. Every time an emotion becomes too strong, it's like he glows from it. Ren think it's the first sign of his semblance, but we didn't discovered anything about it yet.
We're… waiting. I'm building a new weapon set to Jaune, and upgrading Ren and Nora's weapons. I'ts fun, but we will be moving pretty soon. The journey to Mistral will be hard, and we decided that we would not take any flights to there. The world doesn't need children playing hero at a time like this. They need Hunters and Huntresses. So our journey to there will be on foot, to train ourselves.
Oh, I have to go. I wanted to say soooo much more Weiss. Hope you're not too depressed by what happened. I will send you a message when I get to Mistral with the others!
Miss you so bad. Kisses, Ruby.
"So, this took you out of your depression?" Qrow asked while returning the letter.
"Kinda. My father talking bullshit to me 24/7 was the other thing that helped. I trained mostly in my room for about 2 months after the letter. That's when I run away from home, stole a ship and went to Vacuo. Winter found me last month by chance, since dad never said to anyone that I ran away and she was searching for some soldiers that defected." She explained with a tired and depressed voice.
Qrow walked to her with a angry look on his face, just to end up glaring at her for one moment and putting a happy smile on his face, messing a little with Weiss hair.
"Anyway, it's good to see you again kiddo."
Weiss smiled under the old man hands.
Winter giggled a little at the scene, remembering that they had some new to Qrow.
"Well, that is only one of the reasons she's here." Winter started, taking Qrow's attention. She extended a digital notepad to the men, who grabbed it.
"What is this?"
"This" Weiss started "Is the security camera of one of SDC mines in this region. 23 days ago, a pack of 700 or so Grimm assaulted the mine. Or, at least, tried to. During their incursion, a team of Hunters took they out and killed every single one of the monsters."
Qrow looked at her with some kind of disbelief in his eyes.
"And how do you get access to this? Didn't you ran away from home?"
Weiss rolled her eyes before nodding and responding to him in a calm tone.
"Well, yes, but I figured a way to enter the system. if I don't try to enter the HQ system, they can't notice me."
The man gave a happy and impressed nod and turned his attention to the notepad.
Qrow hit the play in the video and saw a small horde of Beowolfs and Ursae advancing in the city's direction. After a fast forward, that lasted no more than 10 minutes, the defenses began to crumble.
They fought fiercely, but they didn't have the capacity to back the Grimm off, killing no more than 60 in that time.
But then, on the edge of the forest, a white light began to shine shyly. Nothing happened for ten seconds, and then, on the other second, the light became blindly, shining through the Horde of Grimm, that stopped on the same instant.
They stopped with what seemed to be a confusing look, then turned their gazes to the source of light, preparing for an attack.
But just preparing, as the entire back line of Beowolfs was cut in half in a flash.
A tremor in the earth made the camera lens to turn to the side, and he saw it again.
A red and a green blur got out of the smoke of an explosion, each turning to one side of the small horde and cutting down and shooting every Grimm they happened to cross during their sprint.
Some pink explosions popped up in the middle of the Horde, now reduced to around 150 Grimms. The strikes stopped, but the forms continued to move around the small pack of Grimm for no apparent reason. Until the light faded and a white armored knight appeared from it, with a shield and a large broadsword.
The Grimm attacked him with no hesitation, only to meet his shield. The man in white stabbed the Ursae that tried to sneak up on him. The fate of the monsters was then sealed. The man carved the edge of his shield in the ground, the light shining again, but this time not as bright.
The Grimm attacked him in unison, and he just stood in the same place, slashing Grimm after Grimm that launched itself on him.
Done.
Two and a half minutes were all it took for the four people destroy a pack of almost 800 Grimm.
Qrow turned his attention to the women in front of him.
"And why this is a reason for you to come here?" he asked plainly.
"Your sight must be getting bad old man" Weiss said, receiving a glorious death stare from Ruby's uncle while sighing. "Look again at the start of the video. Carefully this time."
Qrow groaned and played It again, paying attention to the start. He noticed nothing, until…
His eyes widened beyond humanly possible.
"Wait, are there rose petals?!" he looked at Weiss, who was still smirking.
"Yes" Winter responded. "We believe that Ruby was among this group. The miners said that they saw a woman clothed in dark red walking to the forest after the battle in the blind spot of the camera."
"Goddammit Rubes." Qrow muttered annoyed. "You can't surpass me before you hit 20, that was the promise."
"Said something old man?"
Qrow looked at Weiss again, even more annoyed.
"Okay, now listen here Ice Queen, stop calling me that, because I don't want to go to my lover's sister funeral."
Weiss grinned, having fun teasing her old partner uncle.
"Aw, how humble you are! Up for a bet, old man?"
Qrow groaned.
"Ha! Me and you down there when the Grimm come. Who kill more pay the other's drinks for a night." He said in a pose while extending his hand.
Winter shivered at this, and tried to stop them from doing something stupid.
"Hey Qrow, I don't think that is-"
"Deal." Weiss said gripping the man's hand.
Winter started massaging her temples just at the sight of one of them drunk as hell. "This wont be fun. At least for me."
"Hehe… wait, aren't they coming here? If I remember correctly, the nearest Schnee mine in the region is around 20 days by foot."
Winter closed her eyes for a moment, trying to forget their stupid bet, and then responded in a serious tone.
"Yes. And we have reasons to say that they will get here in the next hours, at best, if they aren't already here."
"Well, they are not in the city, or I would have known. And if they are close, Oum protect them from the Horde." Qrow said with a worried look on his face.
Weiss perked up at the mention of a Horde. She had been brought to Mistral by her sister, but was not informed about why. But with the mention of a "Horde", things started making sense. Qrow must have been looking at her, because she responded the question forming in her lips.
"Yes, that is exactly what is happening. A Grimm horde is on its way to Mistral, and they are very close."
"How much?" she asked with a hint of fear in the voice.
"We have one day at best. Two if we are extremely lucky."
A shriek sounded in the distance. Then another. Then a few more. The night sky filling with black spots obstructing the moonlight. A pack of at least 100 Nevermores, starting to get in a disorganized V formation.
On the ground, two kilometers from the giant wall, small black forms painted with white masks and spikes started to emerge from the forest. Beowolfs, Ursas and Deathstalkers emerging destroying the border of the forest, ready to siege down one of the last four pillars of humanity.
Qrow sighed again while he sent a message to the people who would defend the place.
"And we are unlucky once again. All of the defenders, move your asses to the front line, the bloodbath will start!"
"H-How many there are…?" Weiss asked picking up Myrtenaster and preparing to fight.
Qrow took his weapon, transforming the sword in its scythe form while massaging his chin for a moment.
"The last airship survey said at least 9000. But I say around 12000."
"And we have?" Weiss asked, already regretting.
"200 Hunters, 500 atlasian troops, robots included, and the weapons on the walls." Qrow responded while moving to the border of the wall with a wide grin on the face.
"Oh, fuck me!" Weiss shouted as they jumped down to the plains where the fight would occur.
Yeah, fuck my cliffhangers actually huh? Actually, I like to think of this chapter more like a prologue, but anyway.
What did you guys think of Weiss change both in appearance and personality (kind of)? I thought it would be funny. Next chapter or two from now it will be explained in details what happened to her.
The next chapter will present the team JN_R and Ruby after nearly 11 months of battle across Remnant, with new weapons, clothing sets and manners. I have an idea for Yang as well, but this will be in the future.
OH, AND THERE WILL BE SHIPPING! Snowbird - [confirmed] / Renora - [confirmed] / Just these for now, but there will be lesbian pairing in the future.
Oh, I wrote a lot in the A.N..
FAREWELL MY PEOPLE!