The Rose Rebellion: Fight For Vale

Chapter One: War's Upon a Time

It was Atlas that fell first.

The White Fang had the sudden idea to fight for supremacy, under the guise of 'equal rights' for all. They committed a terrorist attack on the Atlas Communications Tower, which Atlas took as a declaration of war on the kingdom. The forces of Atlas fought back as hard as they could, but it did almost no good against the White Fang's overwhelming presence.

After breaking through the military perimeter, they quickly set their sights on their next target. The Schnee Dust Company.

As retribution for what they saw as slavery, they liberated the Faunus before implementing their own means of justice. And after raiding the dust, there was only pieces left of what was once a family's sanctuary. The companies Schnee ran in Atlas didn't go to waste, and were kept running, but under the White Fang instead, using humans as controversial labor to continue the supply of dust to their own forces.

Before Atlas went dark, they had sent a message out to the other communications towers knowing it was almost useless, for their towers dropped right after Atlas did. But at least they knew, now. They had time to gather armies and fight when Atlas was blindsided.

The White Fang, however, knew they had started on a good note. The only strongholds left in the Kingdoms now were whatever huntsman training schools there were, which would be easy to overcome with their growing numbers, which was the sole reason they were bothering to pass through every Kingdom instead of focusing on eliminating schools.

And so, even with the buffer of preparation time, Mistral was only able to hold out for so long with the added number of Faunus the White Fang had collected in Atlas as well as the support they had from Roman Torchwick. And such was the fall of Mistral. After once again collecting support, they zeroed in on their next target.

Vale.


Roman Torchwick chuckled to himself as he paced back and forth in his control room, waiting for a report from Emerald and Mercury.

They were already much closer to their domination of Vale, the dust factories there only proving slightly more difficult than the last thanks to their growing numbers. Just like Atlas and Mistral before it, Vale's supply of dust was cut off.

The White Fang's forces were tearing through the landmass at that moment, although most were set to converge on a certain point in just a few hours. Then and only then would Vale be completely under their control.

Roman's train of thought was broken when the door slid open, and the familiar eerie echo of heels clicking had begun. The fedora-wearing man didn't even need to turn around to see the new arrival, although he did tighten the grip he had on his cane.

"Cinder. What are you doing here?" He asked, almost pleasantly, but more afraid than anything.

"Just to report." Cinder said, with a smirk that Roman didn't even need to turn around to see was there. "We're about ready to re-invade the city itself, just waiting on a few more divisions of men. I'm not sure how they managed to force us back before, but they won't be so lucky this time." She said, her voice silky smooth and her eyes tinged red.

It was at this point that Roman turned around and waved his cane slightly.

"Perfect, now could you tell me where Emerald and Mercury are? They were supposed to bring this report." Roman said, his left foot moving backwards unconsciously.

"They're a bit occupied at the moment. They haven't returned from the scouting mission yet, so I figured I was the next in line." Cinder told him, glaring. "Is that a problem?"

"Not a problem at all." It was all he could do to keep the shakiness from his voice before he continued. "Although I'd appreciate a warning next time."

"Oh Roman, where's the fun in that?" She said, faking a step towards him and humming with delight when he placed his cane between the two of them. "See you later for the… evening report." And with that, the quiet echoing of her heels continued as she left the room in a stroll, in no hurry to leave.

Roman could still hear the faint echoing even after the door closed shut, and he knew she was purposefully making it so as he didn't hear her approach. As the last of the echoes died, he sighed and pulled out another cigar, holding it in his teeth as he lit it up.

"She'll be the death of me, I swear it." Roman muttered to himself in a puff of smoke before sighing again.

It didn't matter at the moment, Roman thought to himself, as the next attack was on the verge of happening. Soon they would have their combined forces rallied together as one large mass once more, and they would attack the last stronghold that the city of Vale had left.

The place that had managed to hold them off until now and get them to regroup back outside the cities limits. The same place that Roman would show no mercy.

Beacon Academy.


"-And so, as of recently the White Fang has retreated from the city, falling back to wherever they came from which is thought to be just on the outskirts of the city. After mysteriously spreading out through the Kingdom and crippling the local police force, the resident Hunter and Huntress training school, Beacon Academy, was targeted only to be quickly resolved as the Kingdom's stronghold. Upon driving them away, Beacon went into lockdown and underwent preparation for the second wave of attack, which is sure to come soon. This is Lisa Lavender, sighing off. Stay safe citizens of Vale." With that, the resident reporter's report ended and the television clicked off, courtesy of a student standing next to it.

As the crowed that had gathered around the TV dispersed, only a select group of students remained in their positions, all of them directing their attention away from the television. Among them, Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long sitting on the couch in their classic attire, considering there was no class today there was no reason to be in uniform.

"This looks bad, Yang. I'm worried." Ruby told her big sister, who sighed in a rare moment of seriousness.

"I know, Rubes. We all are. But I can promise you one thing." Yang replied, smiling brightly. Ruby shot her a look.

"What's that?" She asked, intrigued.

"No matter what happens, to Vale, to Beacon, whatever, that we'll always be okay." Yang promised, her eyes sparking.

"But what if-" Ruby started, before Yang interjected.

"I'll make sure of it." The blonde haired girl assured again, cracking her knuckles.

It was childish, she knew, but Ruby couldn't help but feel one hundred percent safe under her sisters' promise of protection, just like when they were little. Just like when they were little, Yang would make sure she was okay. She knew that, and she knew that as much of a force as her sister was, there were forces stronger. Even knowing that, though, didn't phase Ruby's faith in Yang even a little.

"I know." She said instead, leaning more heavily on her sister's shoulder.

"You and I, we're safe." Yang continued, waiting to see Ruby's reaction. Just as expected, her head shot up.

"What about Weiss and Blake?" Ruby cried in alarm. Yang pretended to think about it.

"I can promise Blake will be fine… Weiss, eh, I don't know, she stole my yogurt last week…" Yang said, rubbing her chin and humming in fake thought.

"YANG!" Ruby yelled, causing Yang to break down into chuckles.

"Yeah, yeah, don't worry. They're safe too." Yang assured, letting her sister fall back onto her shoulder before she delivered a line to get her riled up again. "Jaune's team on the other hand-" She cut herself off intentionally.

Ruby just groaned loudly.


Roman stood up from his desk and reached for his cane on top of it, easily laying it on his shoulder as he removed his dying cigar from his mouth and died it out on his desk, leaving it to scorch a small area and fall over. Next, he looked over at his small television screen, currently playing the news on mute.

It seemed that the last fleet was almost in position, and then they could move out once again shortly after. Yesterday's attack on Vale had gone well, and despite their advancement being halted at Beacon it was not in vain; they had successfully depleted the resident police force of officers fit to serve in combat as well as taking out more than half the local hunters and huntresses.

While Beacon might have held them off last time, all they did was prolong the inevitable as now Roman had his entire army together and almost all completely rested. Beacon would still be on it's last legs, the amount of students fit to serve in this level of combat for long was at a much lower percent compared to the ones that wouldn't last the hour.

Still, Roman knew, that he could not underestimate Ozpin's school or his students. It was part of the reason they were driven away yesterday, that insufferable Rose girl and her team. Despite the still-overwhelming odds Ruby Rose and her teammates lasted much longer in combat than expected, longer than first years should have been able to. Unless Roman was severely underestimating the class-level that Beacon taught at, there was something unique in her team.

Even so, they wouldn't fail a second time. Ozpin's school would no doubt pose the biggest threat to stopping them so far, which was saying something considering they had practically dominated two Kingdom's already, but even them Roman wasn't truly worried about yet. Not with all the support they had gained from those fallen Kingdoms. Despite his confidence, Roman wasn't one to drag anything out and wanted a sure fire way to seal the duel at Beacon as fast as he could.

And he had just the idea as he watched the images on the television flicker between his own mug shot and Ozpin waving a reporter away. Yes, that would do nicely.


"-Can't help but feel like something else is coming, you know?" Blake Belladonna's voice echoed from around the corridor. Sure enough, moments later the raven-haired girl rounded the corner walking side-by-side with her teammate Weiss Schnee, who looked disgruntled at the moment.

"I know it just bothers me that I don't know." Weiss replied back, earning sympathy from Blake who fell onto the sofa next to her partner Yang.

Weiss sighed and gracefully sat backwards onto the sofa beside her own partner, Ruby, who was still leaning heavily on Yang.

"If I didn't know better I'd think all of yesterday was only for set up, and that the whole point was to weaken the academy. But if yesterday was a set up, then they wouldn't have been so brutal; they would've had the specific aim to cripple us, not fighting like they were." Ruby analyzed, eyes staring straight forward.

"I agree, yesterday was a sure-fire full-frontal attack that they did not intend to walk away the failures of." Weiss agreed with a nod. "But losing yesterday only put them in a better position; we're weakened, they're hardly finished and now also the cities only remaining line of defense."

"I'll show them weakened alright if they think they're just gonna come in here and-" Yang started angrily, before Blake put a hand on her shoulder.

"I know, you've still got fight in you. We all do. But we're not in as good of shape as we were yesterday, my wrist still hurts, Ruby's ribs almost definitely haven't healed and Weiss' ankle hurt so much this morning she couldn't wear heels yet. You're no exception, Yang. How's that bruise coming?" Blake reasoned with her partner, who grumbled in response.

"What bruise?" She, well, grumbled. Blake semi-glared, moving her hand down to Yang's forearm and squeezing a tiny bit, causing the blonde to instinctively flinch away, although she tried to correct herself.

"That one." Blake's response came simply, and Yang sighed in defeat.

"Whatever." The defeated reply sounded from Ruby's older sister, as she re-focused back on the blank television screen.

"Weiss." Ruby's voice sounded next, finally picking her head off her sisters should to look directly at the white-haired girl that was giving her a questioning look. "When do you think they'll be back?"

"Soon." Weiss said, confident but also upset. "Too soon."


"Mr. Torchwick, sir, we're ready to commence take off." A masked, Unknown Soldier of the White Fang reported to Roman, standing at the doors to his office.

"The last squad has returned and re-prepared for combat?" Roman insisted. The soldier nodded.

"They became ready just five minutes ago, sir. We're set for deployment when ready." He informed the ginger further.

"Excellent." Roman said, smirking. "Send word throughout the fleet, take off is in two minutes, any squad or ship not absolutely equipped are to be forgotten, no room for slackers today."

The soldier nodded his acknowledgement and hurried out the doors, not looking back as he quickly sped down the hallway and around the bend, out of the leaders sight. Roman hummed to himself with delight.

"This will be the day," Roman began turning to look behind his desk. He gazed out at the glass that let him view the blue sky that made up the entire wall, bending slightly into an almost circular shape. Initially, there was nothing, until the clouds looked to be getting closer and the ground further. Take off had initiated, indeed. "That I've been waiting for."

Roman smirked more as he walked around his desk, standing before the panels of glass that let him overlook their path. It was to go directly to Beacon, paying no mind to all the already destroyed buildings and whatever hunters stood left to try and stop them. The entire fleet of two-dozen airships rose from the ground and propelled themselves in the direction of Beacon, Roman's the biggest of all leading the charge.

Roman was a man on a mission. A mission to collapse Beacon Academy.


Team RWBY hadn't moved from their positions on the couch. They were lined up the same way, talking amongst themselves and others bustled buy and they paid no attention to the chitter chatter in the background. And that's how they stayed, until the alarm started to go off and the loud noise and flashing lights filled everyone's senses.

Immediately, Ruby sprung to her feet and whirled around towards the front entrance. Not slowing down for even a minute, she used her semblance to make her way to the front of the school out in the yard, stopping at almost the center in awe. Above her, there was an army of airships a few dozen strong. And they were heading in Beacon's direction.

They were almost here, she realized, as they continued to pass over any and everything else in their path. They were zeroed in on their target, it seemed. Ruby glared and got into a combat stance, although she had to admit to herself she wasn't really looking forward to fighting today. She was still reasonably tired from yesterday, which is understandable considering she was on the field throughout the whole battle that took place yesterday, unlike most.

Still, despite her tiredness, she prepared herself once more to fight for Beacon. For Ozpin. For her friends.

That's chapter one, folks! And yes, another RWBY story. We (yes, there are two of us that work on these {crazy, I know}) felt that the other one got out of hand and became more of a crack-fic than what we intended. So, we'll be using this one to rectify it.

OC's will still appear, although they won't be as front and center as last time they are still going to be used as we have a purpose in mind. Once more, majority of the OC's will be enemies, as to avoid having all the enemies be faceless grunts.

This story will also get much darker than our other, if you couldn't tell already. The stakes will be high and the possibility of death is very real (unlike in the canon RWBY-verse) so be prepared!

Thanks for reading, remember to review with your thoughts and patiently await our next update!