Have any writers have that moment when they are unsure of what to write? Well, that what I've been through. Anyway, onto the story.
Chapter 1
Flames. That's the only thing that the Winter Maiden can see as she wonder through the burning village.
"How much negative emotions did this village have to attract so many Grimm." The Winter Maiden thought as she tried to see any survivors.
A few growls caught her attention, causing the Winter Maiden to turn her head to see many Beowolfs. Wolf-like creatures with black fur, red eyes and covered in bone-like pieces.
"I expected that I would run into some Grimm soon." The Winter Maiden thought as she draw a sword with a teal-blue hilt that as a emblem of a snowflake and a crescent moon imprinted on the blade.
"Prepare yourseves." The Winter Maiden said as she got into a battle stance. The Winter Maiden and the Beowolfs stood still for a few seconds until the Winter Maiden charged. The first Beowolf didn't had time to block the attack as the Winter Maiden's attack as she sliced off it's head along with a arm.
This cause the other Beowolfs to lunge at her who managed to jump out of the way of the Beowolf's claws. The Winter Maiden's eyes suddenly glow a light blue colour and ice shards suddenly appear in front of her. With a flick of a hand, the ice shards were sent flying.
Some of the Beowolfs managed to jump out of the way, however many started to dissolve when pierced by the ice shards. "I guess that those still standing are the older one's, since your clever enough to dodge them." The Winter Maiden said which cause the Beowolfs to growl angrily.
Suddenly, a small snow storm appeared, causing the Beowolfs to be unable so see anything. This is the reason why they didn't saw the sword that ended their life.
"Its over." The Winter Maiden thought as she sheathed her blade and her eyes stopped glowing. I was then that the sound of crying can be heard.
"That sound...a child!?" The Winter Maiden exclaimed in her head as she started to run. It took her a few seconds to find the source of the crying, however due to the flames, she could only see the shiloet of a child.
"Poor child. This must be very scary for them." The Winter Maiden thought as she started to approach the child. It was then that a section of a stone wall started to fall onto the small child.
"I won't make it in time!" The Winter Maiden exclaimed in her head before her eyes started to glow again and slammed a hand on the ground. This cause a wall of ice to appear behind the child before any stones could hit them.
From the soft light that the ice is giving off, the Winter Maiden could see that the child is a girl with short black hair with crimson tips and silver eyes. Wasting no time, the Winter Maiden run up to the girl and grab her just in time for the wall of ice disappeared.
The Winter Maiden looked down and saw the girl shaking in fear and having a tight grip on the Winter Maiden's clothes. "Everything's fine, your safe." The Winter Maiden said in a soothing tone of voice as she looked down and saw the silver eye girl has falling asleep.
"It must be from all that fear. I need to get out of here." The Winter Maiden thought before making her way out of the burning village as fast as she could.
When Ruby Rose open her eyes, she became confuse as she looked at her surroundings. The five year old girl saw that she is in a plain, yet simple bedroom with a wardrobe, desk and a bed.
"How did I get here?" Ruby thought as she stared at the bed sheets with a frown.
"Oh! Your awake." A voice said, causing Ruby to look up. The person who spoke is a women with long blond hair that has blue tips at the end and green eyes. On top of the women's head are two animal ears.
"Your a Faunus?" Ruby asked, causing the women to chuckle.
"Yep. I'm a tiger Faunus. My name is Kagura Luna, what's your name, little girl?" The now named Kagura asked as she approach Ruby.
"M-my n-name is Ruby R-Rose." Ruby replied whilst stuttering slightly.
"Hehehehe. You don't need to be shy. That's an adorable name." Kagura said, causing Ruby to pout slightly. It was then that a question enter Ruby's head.
"Er...Miss Luna. Where am I?" Ruby asked nervously. "Your in my house. I brought your here after a existed the burning village." Kagura explained, causing Ruby to become confuse.
After a few minutes of confusion, Ruby's eyes widen when she started to remember the past events. "Where's Mum, Dad and Sis?" Ruby asked in a panic tone of voice.
"I'm sorry to tell you this...but your the only living person I found." Kagura replied with a sad expression on her face.
Ruby stared at her for a few seconds before crying. "No. No. It can't be." Ruby said through tears as she continue to cry.
Kagura wrapped her arms around Ruby and held her close. She stayed like that until Ruby calmed down.
"What I'm suppose to do now?" Ruby asked in a sad tone of voice.
"Well...you could live with me." Kagura replied, making Ruby surprise.
"Are you sure?" Ruby asked in a surprise tone of voice.
"If you want to. It s kind of lonely living by myself." Kagura replied whilst scratching her cheek. Ruby though for a few minutes before nodding her head.
"Sure." Ruby said whilst smiling, causing Kagura to smile as well.
Its been seven years since Ruby has been living with Kagura and she's been managing to get over the events that happened seven years ago. However, Kagura has a times seen Ruby having nightmares.
Kagura hasn't told Ruby about her status of being the current Winter Maiden because she didn't want Ruby to worry about her. However she has been telling Ruby about the fairy tale version of the four maidens.
When Kagura found out about Ruby's dream of becoming a Huntress, she enrolled Ruby into Leporian Academy, a combat school that is located in the town close to where the two of them are living.
Kagura found it amusing when she found out that Ruby is a weapon fanatic and the silver eye girl almost fainted from excitement when she found out that Leporian Academy allows it's student to build their own weapons.
When Kagura first saw the design for Ruby's custom made weapon, she was intrigued.
This is because at first glance, the weapon looks like an ordinary shield, which is black in colour with a red outline, about the size of a person's body. However, the shield has two small gun barrels at the bottom of it and it has a sword built into it, which has a red colored hilt and a silver blade and Ruby named it Rose's Hope. Kagura became surprise when Ruby told her about the third form of her weapon.
when asked about the shield part of the weapon (Kagura has been training Ruby in the way of the sword), the Winter Maiden discovered that Ruby still want to protect her still broken heart.
Ruby named her named her weapon Calamity Rose, causing Kagura to presume that the name came from the events seven years ago. The emblem that Ruby placed on the shield is a red rose in front of a amber coloured sun.
When asked this, Ruby told Kagura that her family have a aspect of the sun in their names, so the emblem is a tribute to them. Kagura found this ironic since she's the Winter Maiden. So far, the two of them lead a peaceful life. However, Kagura can feel that something bad is approaching.
And there's the first chapter. For the third form of Ruby's weapon. I have a few ideas of what it could be, but if anyone have their own suggestions, please bring them in. Until next time everyone.