Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY it belongs to Rooster Teeth and the Late Monty Oum.

Authors Note: hooo boy Chapter 12 was a heart breaker, I wrote this to try and get my muse going again since the last episode completely destroyed any plans I had for my other two stories and I'm seriously thinking about Re-writing them now. The ending to this is purposely open ended so anyone who would like to could write a sequel could, be it good or bad that would be completely up to them.

Hope everyone likes it.

This is Drednaught Signing Off.

Beacon Tower.

Ruby dashed up the side of Beacon tower following Weiss's glyphs determined to help Pyrrha. As she lept onto the top she heard Pyrrha say, "Do you believe in destiny?". Looking around she spotted Pyrrha on her knees and Cinder in front of her a bow with an arrow drawn pointed at Pyrrha.

Seeing this caused Ruby to snap, after everything that had happened, Penny dying, the Grimm invading Vale, her sister losing an arm. Everything went white, a scream of "WHAT!" echoing from Cinder.

A wave of power unleashed and blanketed everyone on the tower, Cinder was thrown against the dragon only to bounce off and land onto the ground. The dragon itself screeched in terror before it went silent.

Pyrrha gasped as she was blown onto her back, everything going dark.

Cinder groaned as she pushed herself up, feeling as if a goliath had used her as a rag doll. "What in dusts name hit me?" Climbing to her feet she noticed the Grimm Dragon she had called to her was frozen, as if time had stopped around it.

Looking around she spotted the child that had caused her present discomfort and formed her bow. "Always trying to be the hero aren't you miss Rose, don't you know heroes never have happy endings? Don't worry I'll make it quick and painless." Forming an arrow she pulled back and was just about to release it when the voice of her master called out to her.

'Stay your hand Cinder, the child can be useful to us bring her to me.'

'What? She's a child she will just get in the way.' Cinder was not happy at all that her master was telling her to stay her hand.

'So were you when I found you, think of the possibilities Cinder, you the Fall Maiden and your apprentice the last of the Silver Eyed Warriors. No one would be able to stand in our way with her under your thumb.'

That brought Cinder up short she had been so focused on Ozpin and the previous Fall Maiden that she had forgotten the one thing her master had stressed. Never underestimate the potential of the next generation.

'Very well Master, I can see where you're coming from and I can't say I'm adverse to it all that much. However she's not one to give in easy, she's proved it time and time again by interfering and this latest show she put on is cause for concern.'

The sound of evil laughter filled her mind. 'Don't worry about that my student I have ways of making sure she listens why after all why would she stay loyal to the humans if she knew Ozpin had sent her mother on a suicide mission.'

This made Cinders eyebrows raise and she hummed thoughtfully. 'So she's like me then, betrayed by those she trusted without even knowing it. Yes I do believe we will get along just fine, I always did wonder what it would be like to have a child. Emerald and Mercury are such disappointments; they bolted the minute Brunhilde woke up.'

Walking to the unconscious child took a moment to think on the future, she would need to be more careful in the future Ozpin had nearly did her in, if her master hadn't interfered on her behalf. Still things would go along much smoother with the death of the previous fall maiden and the death of Ozpins star pupil.

Bending down she picked the child up, a small weak gasp sounding out behind her caused her to smirk as she stood back up with the child in her arms. "Ms. Nikos I had almost forgot about you, a pity, if you had stayed quiet I would have left you alone."

"Wha—wha-what do you want with Ruby." Came the weak gasping voice of Pyrrha Nikos as she struggled to try, and fail, to get up. Falling back onto her stomach Pyrrha could only watch as Cinder walked closer to her an unconscious Ruby in her arms.

"Nothing that concerns you Ms. Nikos, after all the dead tell no tales." Here Cinder shifted Ruby into a one armed hold and lifted her free hand up, pointing towards Pyrrha. A bolt of fire came into existence growing larger with each passing second.

"RUBY! Ruby where are you!" The shout surprised her as Qrow Branwen, Glynda Goodwitch and General Ironwood lept onto the tower. There was an awkward silence as the trio of Hunters looked at Cinder holding an unconscious Ruby Rose with one arm while the other was point at Pyrrha Nikos, a fire ball hovering over the palm.

Qrow seeing his niece in the arms of the person who had very likely killed Amber snarled and flew at her. "Let go of my niece you bitch!"

Pivoting Cinder let the fireball loose at Qrow, causing him to dodge and the fireball to slam into Ironwood sending him into a pile of rubble. Glynda snapped into action sending various pieces of Rubble at Cinder, only to have them swatted out of the sky by her.

Qrow swings his scythe at a piece of rubble sent his way and darts toward Cinder, aiming to make her drop Ruby so he could go all- any other thought is cut off as a gear slams into him, sending him flying into Glynda and causing them both to fly off the tower roof.

Ironwood staggered to his feet only to be slammed back into the rubble by a girder, pinning his robotic arm and trapping him there. Seeing the last of the annoyances trapped she turned to Pyrrha. "Tonight's your lucky night Ms. Nikos it seems I'm out of time and you get to live."

Turning away a portal opened in front of her and she walked towards it, just as she is about to step through she hears the sound of someone landing on the tower. Turning around she sees a bloody, panting, Qrow with an unconscious Glynda in his arms. Deciding to get one last taunt in she spoke in a vindictive voice. "Always late you dusty old Qrow, first to rescuing Amber, now you've lost your niece It's a wonder anyone you care about is still alive."

With that she turned and stepped through the portal, a scream of rage erupting from Qrow as it closed.