Hey guys. So this is my third story. I'm sticking with these kind of stories. This story will have some character deaths and war situations.
I hope you all enjoy it. Please review.
RWBY belongs to Monty Oum and rooster teeth
Rangers Apprentice belongs to John Flanagan
Chapter 1
Scythes and swords last night in spring
Near the end of the tunnel fight
Remnant POV
As we fight our way on the top of the train the fight gets bloody. Ruby was speeding up as she swings her scythe around making bullets fly everywhere. White Fang fell in waves as she spins.
Down in the train Yang, Blake and Weiss are fighting to the front cart. The umbrella girl vanished when they all attacked at once and the white fang lieutenant fell in a few strikes. They almost reached the front car when the coupling what shot. They look up and see Ruby being pushed back by a hail of bullets. Ruby jumps back just as the Lead cars are moving off. She lands and more bullet fly at her
A volley of bullets bounced off her scythe and barely missed Weiss's head by a millimetre. Then Ruby sees the train is splitting and she jumps over to her team mates. Weiss is spitting flames. Ruby just let Torchwick go. When they get back they hear that solo missions are now open for them to take.
Ruby decides to take these missions when her team sleeps so she can work hard and show she is worth being here. But Weiss sees her leave and decides to get revenge and she knows who to get help from. She smiles as she watches me walk to the forest, she sends a message to 3 other teams and team CRDL.
Ruby POV
After mountain Glenn no one talked to me. It started off with just Weiss, Team CRDL and some other first year students. But then more of my friends just blow me of like I was a fly. Some of the teachers started to pick on me in classes. I could only think and ask myself why this was happening.
It's been 3 months since then. The Vytal festival has been and gone. Coco from team CFVY won. Solo missions become open to us, so I took them when I could, so I could get stronger. I lost my right eye from a lucky swing by an Ersa on my third mission, I never told Yang how it happened. After 3 months of being alone, the one person I thought I could trust, shatters my heart.
I was in the rose garden cleaning Crescent Rose, when Yang walks up to me. I look at her with my good eye. She looks angry but I don't know why.
"Hey Yang" I say calmly.
"Don't hey Yang me you little bitch". She snarls at me.
I'm shocked at what just happened. What did I do to make her hate me so much?
"So what's this I hear about you doing midnight favours for guys around school"? She asks, her eyes going red.
"I don't know what the hell you're on about. I've been doing sole missions and they all run at night, go check my mission log. I lost my eye doing a solo mission." I say in return. I move to sit when Yang grabs my hair and slams my face onto the stone fountain to my right. My aura stops the impact from causing any problems.
"What was that for"? I scream
"I know your lying. Cardin's going around school claiming he's banged you 8 times this month and he knows about your birth mark on your back" She screams. Getting ready to defend myself I grab CR and get ready.
"He only wishes and he only knows about that because he was perving on the girls change room near the start of the year. You found him and smashed him through 7 walls into the teachers' lounge". I state in a calm voice.
"What about everyone else who says you do this. My sister would never do this". She shouts.
"And my sister would defend me and know I would never do that". I say back. I start to walk away when I see Weiss with her rapier out at one of the garden entrances. I look around and the entire first year class and half the second year class have me surrounded. Yang was a diversion.
"So this is how it ends". I say looking at the only silver tipped rose in the garden. "So I die because my sister believes a stupid rumours, my friends turn on me and now what, I get murdered". I ask looking around.
"No". Says a male voice. I look and see Jaune walk over to me shield out and sword at the ready. "I'll stay by your side crater face". He says with a smile.
"Thanks vomit boy" I say as a tear roles down my face. I whisper something into his ear, he grabs my shoulders, jumps and I activate my semblance. In a flurry of rose petals we vanish.
"Where did they go"? Shouts Weiss
"There is only one place to go". Cardin says pointing into the emerald forest.
Remnant POV
The massive group spreads out. They make a massive column and make it impossible to get past without a long bloody fight. Ruby knows this. As they move to the cliff, they see there is nowhere to go but into the Grimm infested forest.
"What are we going to do"? Asks Jaune.
"I'm thinking" Ruby replies. She then sees the jump pads. "Jaune we will need to go into the forest and run that way. We come back at night fall in a day or two and tell Ozpin what's happened". Ruby says with confidence. She then resets a jump pad and pulls Jaune onto it.
As they launch they see Pyrrha run into view. She throws her spear but it hits Jaune shield. Ruby helps them land and they keep running. Aiming for the forest temple to then find a safe place.
On the cliff everyone else has gathered.
"They got away. We need to find them". Yang says.
"Calm down. Bulkheads are on their way now to get us down there". Says Weiss.
"What will we do about Jaune? He's working with her" Asks Cardin.
"He dies with her" says Weiss. Then 15 Bulk heads appear and start to transport the students to the forest. Pyrrha saddens at hearing this, then gets mad. Ruby will pay for taking her love from her.
Jaune POV
As we run I think about whether I should tell Ruby she still has people who care about her in school. I see I'm falling behind so I chase her and start to walk next to her.
"Why did you help me back there"? She asks me.
"You looked like you could use some help" I say with a smile but she wasn't smiling.
"Then why didn't you help me at school, or offer to go with me on missions. I lost my eye because I had no one to help me" She screams storming off to the temple. I walk over to her.
"I wanted to help, but if I did we would not have known they were trying to kill you". I shout back. She lays down and cries on the temple floor. "I wish I could just go somewhere, where I could fit in more". She cries softly.
Some old runes on the temple light up but most aren't glowing. A 2 gun shot's ring out and a bullet smashes into Ruby's hip. I block one with my shield.
"RUBY"! I shout as I run to her. Another shot bounces off my shield. Ruby's blood fills the cracks in the floor. The last of the runes glow as a bright light flairs. I look out to the forest and see everyone, I look to see who took the shoot and it was Pyrrha. I look at her and one question leaves my lips, one question I need to know the answer to.
"Why are you all doing this to her?" I ask a tear in my eye as I hold her. It was Weiss who answers first.
"It's because she never belonged here, she stole my rightful place as leader and she almost blew the mission by getting court". Weiss states, Anger starts to fill me.
"SHE WAS YOUR FRIEND. THE ONLY PERSON WHO WANTED TO BE YOUR FRIEND BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT YOU WERE NICE NOT A PILE OF MONEY"! I shout loud. Now crying. I look and point at Yang.
"And you. I can hardly stand to look at you. You don't deserve to have someone as special as Ruby in your life. All you care about is finding your stupid mother". I say in a really bitter tone. I then look at Pyrrha. The light is blinding but I can still see her.
"And you, I never want to see your face again". I say. Everyone was shocked at that last part.
Cardin speaks next.
"Well now that's over with Jaunie boy, hand her over and we will only make you a mute." He explains, as he nods Dove points his gun sword at us. He fires.
I put up my shield but more people start firing. I flair my aura and an explosion happened. In a flash of white I open my eyes to see we are in an old castle. Where are we? I ask myself.
Remnant POV
Everyone with a gun was shooting the temple. Then the massive flash of light, Jaune and Ruby vanish. When the smoke cleared all but 5 people were shocked at the disappearance. Weiss was pissed that Jaune had made her look a fool, Pyrrha was crying her eyes out that Jaune hates her, Yang is confused and shows no emotions as she tries to think of what she did wrong, Cardin doesn't care and Coco arrives to take everyone back. She had no idea what happened.
"HOW DARE HE MAKE ME LOOK LIKE A FOOL" Weiss screams. "He will pay. I will destroy him". She says.
Jaune POV
"Where are we" I ask myself. I look through a window near us and only see trees. I move over to Ruby. She is still bleeding but it's slow. Her aura is working overtime to help her, so she is unconscious. I take my jumper pocket and rip it off, I then use my jacket sleaves to hold this pad in place. I pick her up and carry her on my back. I walk out of the destroyed building and head into the woods.
The woods was quiet. It was a calm that I have never known in a forest in Remnant. But there was something that was sitting in my mind that screamed danger but a danger I didn't know. I keep walking till I hit a small creak. I put Ruby down and test the water. It's cold and clean. I drink the water and calm down. I start cleaning Ruby's wound when 5 armed men walk out of the bushes. They have their weapons out and they mean business. I pull Ruby back and draw my sword, my shield folds out and it shocked them.
"Drop your sword and shield boy, you're out numbered and I don't think your dad's sword will help you". Says the Bandit with the crossbow.
I raise my sword. I'm not going to drop my sword till I know why you want me to lower my sword". I say back, getting into a stance.
"Well we will take the girl off your hands and take your things. What else would bandits do?" He laughs. The others laugh with him.
I raise my sword and get my shield up. "You're not taking her or our things" I say with a growl. The crossbow guy just shakes his head. He then points the crossbow and fires. I just move my head when the arrow makes a big cut. I charge and slice the first man down without a thought. I pull my blade out and deflect a blow with my shield. I stab him in the arm.
Things were looking up but the leader shot another arrow and this landed in my left forearm. I shout in pain. I take out the next guy but I drop my shield. I then see 2 arrows take out the last 2 guys. I look behind me as my vision is blurred by blood coming from the cut on my head. But I can make out 2 people on a hoarse before another man in armour catches me as I fall. I look at Ruby and black out.
Unknown POV
5 minutes before
As I ride on Tug, Halt, Horace and I are on our way to do a brief job. We were told some bandits are attacking travellers along this road and we were told to find them.
"We have been up and down this road for almost for 4 hours and nothing". Says Horace. Halt sighs.
"It's called patients. We will find them in time". He says calmly. "For now we keep looking". Finished Halt.
We then hear the clash of swords, smash of a shield and the cry of death. He get off our horses and creep into the woods. We find a creak and on the other side, a blond boy his fighting the bandits we were looking for. 3 lay dead but the boy is losing a lot of blood and he has an arrow in his arm. I look at Halt and we draw our bows and shoot. Killing the last 2 bandits. Horace runs to the blond as he falls. He's looking at a girl in a cloak and an eye patch on her eye. She looked no older than 15. She had a wound on her hip.
"We need to get them to red mount". I say to Halt. He nods.
"That would be for the best Will" he says talking to me.
We put them on Kicker, Horace's horse. We ride to the castle when the blond speaks.
"Ruby I'm sorry" Was all he said that trip. As we stop for some water we have a look at the girls wound. Whatever it was went clean through and she is still bleeding.
After 10 minutes of fixing the wound we look at the boy. He seems shaken and looks defeated. Horace walks over to him and looks at the boy and his weapon. The boy grips the hilt and the handle and just looks at him with a message that just says 'back off', Horace grips his own sword and he sees the boy is about to spring into action if he tried to take the weapon. He steps back, looks at me and we draw our weapons and look at him.
The boy has look at us and just placed his sword on the ground and leans against a tree. Horace takes the sword and examines the blade. Not a single scratch, yet the blade looks hundreds of years old. He sees writing etched into the blade. He reads it out loud.
"Crocea Mors" He says aloud. The boy looks up at him and nods. He speaks.
"It's a hand-me-down. My great-great-grandfather used it to fight in the war". We look at him puzzled then a faint raspy voice is heard.
"Look like a family air loom to me. Well I like it, not many people have appreciation for the classics". We look and see the girl is awake and smiling as she says it.
"Yeah, the classics". The boy replied with a smile. The girl stands up and tries to walk to the boy. She takes the sheath and the sword from Horace and walks to the boy. She falls to the ground but crawls over to him. Handing him the weapon back. He then pulls a metal red box from his back and hands it to the girl. She smiles as she lays there asleep now. The boy strokes her hair softly.
In this whole event Halt has stayed quiet not saying a word. He looks at the boy and asks his name.
"Boy what's your name?" He asks in a neutral tone.
"Jaune Arc, short sweet, roles off the tongue. Lady's love it." He reply's with a smirk.
"Do they"? The girl Mumbles in her sleep. The boy smiles at her statement.
"And the girl?" He continues.
"Her names Ruby Rose" He says as he keeps patting her head. Horace speaks up.
"That sword, it looks old. Yet there is no sign of wear or tear on it. What is it made of"? He asks.
"Super-heated steel, hammered for 12 hours and the steel rods are then twisted together and hammered more. Then it's infused with a rare Dust to give it the finish. So Dust Steel". He replied. Horace was confused. He has never heard of mixing dust into a sword and what does he mean by super-heated?
Halt speaks up.
"So why are you in the woods with her injured like that"? He asks, the boy's face darkens. He stops stroking her hair.
"We are on the run". He replied.
"On the run from what"? I ask. We all grab our weapons on instinct. He looks at us, it's a sad look.
"We are running from those we once called comrade, allies, teammates, partners, friends. He looks at Ruby. "And Family". As we look, we see the girls awake and she is crying from her good eye. For the rest of the trip to Castle Red Mount, we are silent.
Ruby's dream
Ruby POV
I'm in a black world where there is nothing but a distant light. I walk towards it. I look and it's my room. I see a computer and its date. I put a hand to my mouth. It's the day I found out my Mum died.
5 year old Ruby lay crying on her bed. The door opens and I see 7 year old Yang walk in. I'm crying as I watch the memory.
"Hey Ruby, come here" Young Yang says pulling Young Ruby into a hug.
"Mummy is never coming home" She says as she cries.
"I know. But I promise I will look after you and never leave you no matter what". Yang says. I laying on the ground crying harder as I watch this.
"Thank you Yang. I love you big sister". Ruby says. At remembering this I lose it and cry harder. But unknowing to her Yang was having the same dream. She mumbles in her sleep.
"I love you too sis". A tear roles down her cheek.
Remnant
Remnant POV
The first years sit in their dorm rooms thinking or discussing about the day's events. All but one that is. One who's hair is white as snow. She is in the library reading a book on ancient runes and the Emerald Forests history. She finds a match to the runes she needed.
A dark aura covers her. They were alive and she is pissed. She looks up and is now fuming with rage.
"I will look for them, I will find them… and I will kill them" She states slamming the book shut.