RWBY: Shattered
Chapter 1:
Today, was NOT a good day for Arthur Lance. Get sick on the flight to Beacon? He could handle. Tossed into a forest full of murderous beasts ready to tear his throat out? He's trained his entire life to combat said beasts, but somehow end up being surrounded by several dozens of Grimm? That's a bit much...
Arthur thought as he once again rolled to the side, dodging the Ursa that barrelled past him, intending to rip his head from his shoulders.
"This is starting to get really old, really fast" Arthur thought as he went through the motions of blocking the strikes of the surrounding Grimm using his shield and at the same time striking back at any Grimm stupid enough to lower its guard with his sword. Any attacks that did make it past Arthur's guard was also fortunately deflected by the plate armor worn by him. However, Arthur knew that he couldn't keep this up forever, and the Grimm knew it as they continuously struck at him, leaving him no time to rest.
"Damn! Will you bastards just die already!" Arthur shouted in frustration, the fatigue from constant battle starting to catch up to him. "Shit, if I don't get away now, I'm really gonna die" Arthur thought as he desperately tried break away from the onslaught of Grimm, only to be cut off by an Ursa slamming him into a tree, the tree cracking under the massive force exerted by the Ursa.
As Arthur lay at the base of the now destroyed tree, stunned, he could only watch helplessly as the Ursa got on its hindlegs, preparing to deliver the final blow. "Sorry I couldn't avenge you" Arthur thought, as he closed his eyes, resigned to his fate, a flood of regret filling his mind. But while Arthur waited for the blow that would end his life, the blow never came. Instead, everything around him became engulfed in fire as the boom of explosions resounded all around him. The Grimm, didn't even stand a chance as they were ripped apart from the force of the explosions, their dismembered appendages flying through the air. Wisely, the Grimm bid a hasty retreat, disappearing back into the now burning forest and leaving a completely dumbfounded Arthur.
After several minutes of shock and disbelief, and after the ringing in his ears went away, Arthur got up raggedly, using his sword as a makeshift cane, and quickly hobbled off away from the blast site, eager to use the moment to make his way to the temple described by Professor Ozpin and hopefully, find a partner.
With that goal in mind, Arthur left hurriedly, oblivious to the fact that throughout his entire engagement with the Grimm, he was watched.
"Well... that was fun! Now... how do I go about replacing all the fire dust I just wasted... oh well I guess I just gotta steal some more from the military" a masked figure pondered amusedly to himself, following Arthur's trail, all the while humming a cheerful tune to himself.