Hello guy's Phoenix Champion with Yet another story for you all.
Yes, I know I have enough to do as it is, but this is something that's been gnawing at me all week.
Flarea: Basically Phoenix has delved into reading Medieval RWBY A.U.'s lately because for some reason out of all the stories he's following so little has actually been updating.
Lloyd: So in the end Phoenix ended up growing the urge to write one of these.
Marie: This might actually be good for his creativity, or his lack thereof.
Phoenix: I heard that.
Anyway this might not update too often at the start because I will be honest, I have no idea what I'm doing right now. This is something I'm most likely going to work more on when my other stories have matched RWBY canon, so I don't end up losing my touch during the hiatus I'll be put into waiting for the current season to end so I can continue the story.
Also this story will not be held back by canon at all, meaning this will only stop when I hit the dreaded wall of writers block.
Anyway, I'm going to start this up now, everyone enjoy.
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Four figure's rode swiftly through a forest path, each one on a horse.
The leading figure rode a white mare, she wore a white cloak as it billowed through the air, under that cloak one could see she had silver eyes and black hair with red tips. She had on a mail made of silver metal links over a black tunic, her legs were covered by some simple leather greaves with a pair of leather boots.
This was Summer Rose, a woman often considered a powerful Sorceress.
Just behind her was a blonde man with rather short hair and lilac eyes riding a tan horse, he wore a leather chest piece and left his arms open to the elements, save for a single shoulder guard on his right arm, his legs covered by cloth greaves that hid silver chain mail that was carefully and skillfully sewn into the pants. On his hands were a pair of steel gauntlets that were spiked at the knuckles.
This was Taiyang Xiao Long, a Pugilist fighter that most would avoid fighting in close combat.
To Taiyang's right, riding a black horse, was a more heavily armored woman, wearing black armor that covered most of her body, said armor highlighted in red at the edges, she wore a helmet designed after the face of a Grimm known as a Nevermore, this helmet perfectly covered her face, though it left her remarkably long black hair flow free in the wind. Sheathed at her hip was an abnormally long katana.
This was Raven Branwen, a relentless Dark Knight that has left no surviving opponents, save for sparring matches.
Finally to Taiyang's left, also riding a black horse, was a man with short black hair, red eyes, and a stubble of a beard, he wore a simple steel hauberk over a grey tunic, and a pair of steel shin guards, as well as a tattered cloak that flowed behind him. Latched to his back was a large scythe with a curved handle.
This was Qrow Branwen, a Reaper class warrior, not a type of fighter often seen due to how dangerous a scythe can be without proper training.
"Summer, you do remember where we are going right?" Tai called ahead over the wind.
"Of course I remember Tai." Summer called back, "Remember the whole time we were setting up our new home I was studying the map of Vale, I know exactly where Oakheart is."
"If I recall this town was cleared out before the Grimm approached, what's the rush?" Qrow called.
"I am not leaving Ruby or even Yang alone in that place with Port or Oobleck there!" Summer shouted.
"She's got a point." Raven said, "I'd trust Port to drive Yang to sleep with those awful stories of him, but to babysit? Hell no."
"And Tai!" Summer called back, "I know we're dealing with Grimm, weak ones at that, but if you get yourself injured again through your hardheadedness then so help me Oum you will be cleaning the whole Fort for half a year starting with the second you've fully recovered!"
Summer was being serious about this, last time she swore something would happen Raven found her hot bath turn cold in a flash freeze.
"R-right." Tai said. Summer had a mischievous streak, and it made Tai worry that if he got stuck cleaning the fort for six months, Summer might intentionally make things harder for him by making more messes for him to clean up.
"Nevermore!" Qrow called looking up.
Summer's head snapped up as she saw a medium sized avian Grimm, she threw out her left hand, which quickly became coated in ice, she then swung her left hand toward the Nevermore, which shot out an icicle that impaled the Nevermore through the neck, killing the Grimm.
"Our first job as mercenaries huh?" Qrow said.
"Yep." Summer said, "The Valesian Knight's were good, but they had so many restrictions."
"They wouldn't even have let me join the training courses because I'm a Dark Knight if it weren't for King Ozpin vouching for me." Raven grumbled.
"Bastards." Qrow muttered.
"At least the good king's pushing to allow Knights to fight however they feel the most comfortable right now." Tai said.
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The four mercenaries arrived in the small village of Oakheart less than an hour later, the place was void of Human's or Faunus, yet there was a whole pack of Beowolves milling about in the town square.
"Least kill's pay for lunch." Tai said leaping off his horse and sprinting toward the Beowolves.
"Idiot." Raven said getting off of her horse and drawing her sword, and dashed toward the group of Grimm.
"And yet she's had a kid with said idiot before breaking up with him." Qrow said with a chuckle as he pulled his scythe off his back, and rode his horse toward the Grimm.
"And I took him from under her nose before she could get him back." Summer said smirking before she disappeared in a flash, reappearing ahead of Tai, "Too slow Tai." Summer teased before she called down a bolt of lightning on the nearest Beowolf.
"Ah, no fair Sum." Tai said throwing a haymaker at a Beowolf that got close to him, snapping it's next from the sheer force.
Raven made her way to the nearest Grimm and cleaved it in half with a single slash of her katana, before spinning to stab a second Grimm. Raven looked to the Grimm stalking closer to her, "Next." Raven said.
Qrow leaped off his horse at last and drove his scythe into the skull of the nearest Grimm before vaulting over said Grimm and pulling his scythe through it's head and beheading another.
Summer found Tai at her back before she smirked, throwing her hand upward Summer created several spikes of earth that killed off several Grimm.
"That's not fair." Tai said as he continued throwing punches almost wildly at the nearby Grimm.
"Sucks to be you Tai." Qrow said.
"I offered to at least give you some Dust enhanced gauntlets, but nooooo." Summer mocked, "You wanted to keep it simple."
"You're behind on all of us in that regard Tai." Raven said as she slashed through another Grimm, "And that should be the last."
"22." Qrow said.
"25." Raven said with a chuckle.
"21." Tai sighed.
"Look's like lunch is coming out of your wallet Tai." Summer said as she dusted off her cloak, then froze, "Wait... who got the- AHHHHH!"
"SUMMER!" Tai shouted as the Alpha Beowolf had come out from hiding and struck Summer in the side, clawing a large gash just below her hauberk.
Raven reacted the fastest, her katana creating at wispy trail of darkness as she swung through the Alpha, tearing the Grimm in two.
"Tai get the medical kit." Qrow said as he quickly covered the wound.
"Looks like... The scores... twenty six... to twenty six... Rae" Summer said, trying to control her breaths.
"Summer, save your breath." Raven said as Tai ran over with the medical kit.
"Fine... I'm gonna... take a nap..." Summer wheezed, "Wake me up... when we get back home." she finished closing her eyes.
"Summer..." Tai said worried, "SUMMER!"
[14 years later]
"Gwah!" A woman groaned as she fell over from the strike to the gut.
The woman was a 17 year old blonde with lilac eyes, her hair was almost as long as Raven's, she was wearing a simple brown tunic and loose yellow pants.
"Ow." The woman groaned.
Raven gave a slight huff as she watched her Daughter get knocked over by her father's punch.
"I told you Yang, you would have done better in the ways of the Dark Knight." Raven said, her helmet gone, revealing her red eyes.
"Yeah, but fighting with my bare hands is so much more exhilarating." Yang said getting back up.
"You sure you and Ruby want to take the test?" Tai asked throwing a few mock punches at Yang.
"Dad, Ruby and I have trained for years, we're ready." Yang said blocking the punches.
"Where is Ruby anyway?" Raven asked.
"In the forge." Tai said.
"Raven, Dad, Yang!" Ruby called running up to the trio, carrying a large red cloth bundle with her.
Ruby looked like a miniature version of her mother, Summer, except she wore a red cloak instead of a white one.
"I stand corrected." Tai said, only to get gut punched by Yang, "Okay..." Tai wheezed, "I'll give you that one Yang."
"You finished it already Ruby?" Raven asked slightly proud of Summer's daughter.
"Yep" Ruby said putting the bundle on the bench next to Raven and tore the cloth off revealing the weapon.
The weapon was a large scythe made of red tinged steel save for the blade, it had a straight handle unlike Qrow's scythe. The blade was made of platinum, which was an expensive material to get and normally Rookie Smith's were not allowed to use such a material.
Of course, Ruby was an incredible blacksmith, the moment she began to practice the art she out did many people who had started at the same time she did.
"What's her name?" Raven asked running a hand across the blade of the scythe.
"Crescent Rose." Ruby said proudly.
"Nice name." Yang said picking up the gauntlets Ruby had made for her a month ago.
The gauntlet's were yellow tinged and made of steel, they had small spikes at the knuckles but if one looked closely they would see flecks of red Dust mixed into the metal, giving them a fire property that could be toggled on or off. They were called Ember Celica.
Soon enough Qrow came over, "Lunch is ready everyone!" Qrow called.
"You didn't spike anything with alcohol this time right Qrow?" Raven asked, "Last time you were in the kitchen fifteen years ago we all got drunk from the booze you poured into the soup and I woke up buck naked in bed with Summer."
"I did NOT need to hear that." Yang said walking ahead.
"What's so bad about being naked in bed toget-" Ruby started before she realized something, "Aw Auntie Raven that's nasty!" Ruby shouted running off.
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The group arrived at dinning room of the fort they called home, where they saw the table had a feast perfect for the number of people attending, not too much or too little.
"Alright Everyone, Dig in!" Summer called as she already sat at the table, eating a turkey leg.
"Hey no fair Mom!" Ruby cried out tearing the other leg off the roasted turkey.
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Alright everyone, what did you think?
Now, everyone in this story will have a 'Job' or 'Class' or however you want to refer to their skill set as.
This makes things easier for me to write this.
Anyway I hope you all enjoyed this and I'll see you... sometime soon hopefully.