RWBY and Emerald
Prologue: Not In Bellwood Anymore
Earth, home planet to the human race. It is on this planet that many different events and stories take place. Today, we will be following one of these stories; it is one of adventure, self-discovery, companionship, trust, betrayal, growth, and heroism. The name of our hero: Ben Tennyson. Our story begins in a modest little city called Bellwood. It was here, sixteen years ago that our hero was born. From a young age, Ben had always wanted to be a hero, growing up he tried time and time again to protect people who were being treated unfairly, but because of his small size he was never successful.
At the age of ten, during his summer vacation, Ben went on a cross-country camping trip with his grand father, Max Tennyson, and his first cousin, Gwen Tennyson. Ben thought that it was going to be an average summer hanging out with his grandfather and constantly fighting with his cousin. That is, until his first night out camping when he came across a piece of super advanced alien technology called the Omnitrix that attached itself to his wrist, allowing him to rearrange his DNA, transforming him into ten different alien superheroes.
From that day forward Ben was thrust into an entire universe full of heroes, villains, magic, technology, aliens, and even old gods. And Ben loved every moment of it; he was finally able to be the hero he always wanted to be. Over the last six years, Benjamin has grown in maturity and power, defeating many tyrants and overlords and sometimes just the run-of-the-mill bad guys.
It is here the next great chapter in his story begins, in downtown Bellwood, where four people a sitting around in a public storage garage. One of these people was a boy who looked to be the age of sixteen. He was wearing a green jacket that had a white number '10' inside a black circle on the left side over his heart on top of a black T-shirt and blue jeans. On his left wrist was a small device that resembled a watch. It had a square black faceplate with two green lines forming an hour glass insignia; the strap it was attached to was white with a green outline. He had short brown hair and emerald green eyes. This was Ben Tennyson… and he was board.
"Gwen, how much longer is this going to take?" he groaned. He was sitting in a metal fold out chair set up next to a collapsible square table, which he lazily let his head thud against. The person he was talking to was standing on the other side of the garage, in front of a large pair of semi-circular stone doors, that looked out of place. She had short orange hair, with a blue hair clip, a light blue T-shirt with a cat logo on it, a blue plaid miniskirt and blue-tinted glasses. This was his cousin Gwen Tennyson… and she was annoyed.
"As long as it takes Ben. That is how long it was going to take when I stared, that is how long it was going to take when you asked five minutes ago, so five minuets from now when you ask me 'how much longer is this going to take?' the answer is still going to be as long as it takes." She said with a huff.
For over an hour, Gwen had been attempting to use the two stone doors in front of her, which were called "The Door to Anywhere" to reach the plain of magic, Ledgerdomain. During an accidental excursion to the planet Anur Transyl, Ben had an unexpected run in with a long time foe, Master Magician Charmcaster. Apparently she was searching for an all powerful mystical object called the Alpha Rune, which was stolen by another of Ben's enemies Zs'Skayr, a member of the Ectonurite race as well as High Ecto-Lord of his own home dimension, Anur Phaetos.
Zs'Skayr or 'Ghostfreak' as Ben used to call him, was once trapped inside of Ben's Omnitrix because all members of his race have their personalities genetically bonded to their DNA. But Zs'Skayr eventually broke free and made it his goal in 'life', to destroy Ben's. Zs'Skayr had taken the Alpha Rune and used its power to revive a member of an extinct species called Vladats. Ben assisted Charmcaster in taking back the Alpha Rune, only to have Charmcaster sporadically turn on him, (but that is to expected from a women who was talking to her purse). Ben was only saved when his partner Rook, had somehow preformed magic and sent Charmcaster back to Ledgerdomain.
After Ben dealt with Zs'Skayr and returned to Earth, he contacted Gwen and told her about his encounter with the Master Magician. Gwen became concerned with this information, while they and Charmcaster had never been on the best terms, she thought that they had at least gotten past the whole 'trying to kill you' phase. Gwen told Ben that she was going to visit the next time she was able and that she would use the Door to Anywhere to go to Ledgerdomain and ask Charmcaster herself what she was planning.
Which brings us back to right now. Gwen attempting to correctly guess Legerdedomain's current 'true' name, and taking forever to do so.
"Didn't you already do this once before?" Ben asked, desperately trying to find any clue that would mean getting out of waiting for a door to open all the more sooner.
Gwen let out a sigh, "The only reason that worked was because we got the door's true name off of Michael, which you accomplished if memory recalls." she said.
"Just suck it up Tennyson, this was partially your idea anyway." Said a boy from the back left corner of the garage. He wore a tight black T-shirt over a gray long sleeve shirt, blue pants, and black combat shoes. His hair, although long, is styled into a choppy mullet and a padlock necklace. This was Kevin Levin. Ben and Kevin had met six years ago on the same road trip that Ben received his Omnitrix. Ben later discovered that Kevin was a half member of an alien race called Osmosians. First impressions did not go so well, as at the time Kevin was a sociopath who was being driven crazy by the power he was absorbing. But after a trip to space and the null void, an interdimensional prison, for five years, as well as some tough love from the Tennysons, Kevin became a hero in his own right.
"I know, but I didn't think it would take her all day to pick Ledgerdomain's lock." Ben complained.
"Well if you have any other suggestions I'd love to hear them, provided you give me time to make some popcorn." Kevin said.
Ben rolled his eyes, "I don't know, maybe she could teleport there?" he asked.
"I can't go from my collage dorm to my first class without getting a migraine, there is no way I would be able to get us to another dimension." Gwen stated.
"Well what about that spell Rook used Anur Transyl? Come to think of it, how did you use magic?" Ben asked a person leaning against the closed garage door.
Said person was tall, with periwinkle-blue colored fur, black and white markings on his face, and pointed ears. He was wearing a black and blue plated uniform and had a alien rifle strapped to his left shoulder. This was Rook Blonko.
"It was not all that difficult. I just read the spells that were in Gwen's book." Rook answered. "Though I was surprised I possessed the appropriate level of skill to properly use a teleportation spell".
"It was the Alpha Rune." Gwen said, "Because you were so close to it, the spell you cast worked. Even Ben would have been able to use magic around it." She added with a snicker.
"Hey." Ben said indignantly
"You know it's true Tennyson, she inherited all the brains in your family." Kevin said smugly.
Ben just quirked an eyebrow and the former convict. "And yet I was the one who showed you how to tie a tie." Ben said completely deadpan. Kevin just let out a grunt in annoyance.
"And anyway," Ben continued, "how hard is it to guess a name?" he asked.
"A 'true name' Ben is more than just a designation, it is a description. When Charmcaster changes Ledgerdomain's name, she is changing its nature." Gwen explained.
So why does it always look like a big purple void with floating rocks? Ben asked himself. "So then why don't you just say something like 'open this door to the magical realm' or something?" He asked.
"It just doesn't work that way, and if we are not careful we could end up anywhere in the universe." Gwen said.
"So I would recommend shutting up Tennyson, unless you think you could do any better?" Said Kevin.
"It might be possible." Rook said, with an expression of thought on his furry face. "Considering Ben is at least ¼ Anodite, it would stand to reason that with proper research and much dedication and work, Ben could be just as powerful a magic user as Gwen."
"We are still talking about the same Ben, right? He can't even get his watch to work right half the time, well alone learn magic." Kevin said.
"Hey I could learn magic if I wanted to." Ben stated challengingly, he then gazed down at his shoes and mumbled, "I just don't want to."
"There is as much of a chance of you learning magic as there is Vilgax becoming a Plumber." Kevin said sarcastically. Which ignited a whole new argument between the two teenagers.
Gwen pinched the bridge of her nose. She knew that this was going to be a difficult task, but she never expected the peanut gallery to ware on her patience this much. For over an hour she had been at this, and the truth was she was becoming just as frustrated as Ben. She glanced over her shoulder to see Ben and Kevin attempting to square of, and Rook doing his best to break them up. Gwen let out a sigh and returned her gaze to the cold stone in front of her.
Gwen was a smart young women, she knew that just saying random names to try to open the gateway before her wouldn't work. But the longer she spent on guessing this magical combination lock, the more desperate she became. And desperation has a funny way of making someone try thing they would normally never do. So after double-checking to make sure no one was listening, she very quietly, under her breath, in Latin, whispered the phrase "open this door to the magical realm".
To say Gwen was shocked when several purple, glowing runes appeared across the top of the archway is a gross understatement. She was shocked that it had actually worked, frustrated that was all she needed to say from the beginning, and annoyed that it was Ben's idea that had paid off.
The magical glow the doorway was giving off had managed to catch Ben, Kevin, and Rook's attention, which stopped their argument turned rough housing at this point.
"Awesome, you got it to work!" Ben exclaimed happily
"What do you say to it?" Kevin asked curiously.
Gwen turned to face them, "um…well…" she began, attempting to stall for as long as possible.
But whatever excuse she was going to come up with was cut short when she felt some kind of suction coming from behind her. She turned back to face the doorway to find it opening very slowly, with pink light escaping between the cracks in between the doors. As the doors slowly opened inwards, the vacuum like suction began to increase.
Gwen took a few tentative steps backward away from the archway, who's vacuum was now beginning to affect her hair and clothes.
"Uh Gwen…is that supposed to happen?" Kevin asked cautiously.
"No, it's not." Gwen said with growing concern her voice.
The doorway continued to inch open and the suction continued to increase to the point where our four heroes needed to purposely lean against it. Inside the doorway looked like a vortex of spiraling pink energy and mana. Wherever it led to, it was obviously not Ledgerdomain.
The doors begin opening faster, and the vacuum kept increasing. Gwen, who was now actively fighting against the suction, accidentally lost her footing, fell over, and began being dragged towards the archway. Panicking, she was at a loss for what to do, when out of the corner of her eye, she caught a flash of green light. Gwen felt something grab hold of her right arm which stopped her, she turned her head to see what it was.
Wrapped around her arm was what looked like white silk. The silk strand were being held by what looked like a large, blue furred, four-armed monkey. Said monkey had four green eyes, a long tail with two white stripes at the tip and an black and green hourglass shaped insignia in the center of its chest. This was Ben, or more appropriately, one of Ben's alien transformations. Ben gave this form the name Spidermonkey.
"Hold on, Gwen!" Spidermonkey yelled over the sound of air rapidly rushing past them.
"Oh, I have a choice?" Gwen yelled back. Ben began reeling her in with his top set of hands while the bottom set as well as his feet kept him anchored to the opposite wall. Gwen looked to check how Kevin and Rook were doing. Kevin had used his power to absorb matter to coat himself with concrete. He then reshaped his hands into hooks, which he drove into the wall, and Rook was busy holding on to Kevin.
After Ben reeled in Gwen, he sprayed spider silk out of his tail on the spot on the wall next to him and stuck her to it. "I'm gonna plug this drain." Ben shouted over the vacuum. He then slowly began inching his way towards the now fully open gateway.
"Be careful Ben!" Gwen yelled after him. Ben who was now just ten feet away from the doorway, shot a line of silk from his tail which attached to the center of the right door. He then began to pull as hard as he could using one three of his limbs while the other three kept him tethered to the floor, but the door wouldn't budge. Even after using all four of his arms and more silk, the doors still remained still. Just as Ben considered changing to an alien with much more strength, he heard a sound that made his heart sink. The tell tale sound of the Omnitrix running out of power.
"No, not now!" he exclaimed, but it was all for naught. In a manner of seconds and a green flash, Ben had reverted to his normal human form. With no super spider or monkey powers to keep him rooted, he flew straight towards the doorway.
"Ben!" Gwen shrieked in fear, her hand shot out and from it a stream of pink energy erupted from it. The energy, or mana, shaped into a giant hand and made a grab for Ben, but it was too late. The second Ben crossed the threshold, the two stone doors that were so adamant to move a second before, slammed shut. And Gwen's spell shattered upon contact with the cold stone.
Gwen, Kevin, and Rook just stared at the closed archway with looks of shock and horror. Ben Tennyson, the protector of Earth, was gone. And no one knew where.
