The Ghostbusters of Remnant
Chapter 1: An end for a new beginning
It was 10 years after the battle against Salem, many had forgotten about the dark witch and her lust to drown the whole of remnant into darkness. However, there are those who haven't forgotten what she had done. The fall of Beacon, The attack on Haven Academy, and the many other catastrophes' that had happened. Even with the Grimm gone from the face of Remnant, many survivors of those attacks had never forgotten what happened. All was peaceful, to an extent, and all of the huntsmen and huntresses had disappeared into legends. With the huntsmen and huntresses gone, the academies had changed vigorously. Instead of training future huntsmen and huntresses, they morally focused on teaching the kids the history of the past events. Again, all was peaceful... Or so they thought.
"Hurry up," said a violet haired girl, "Come on, Hurry up!"
"Brig, calm down, it's almost finished" said the dark brunette next to her.
The two girls were bunched together around a strange creation the brunette had made.
"Is it done now?" Brig asked "Rosie, Is it done?"
The brunette tinkered more until she said, "Now it is."
"Yes, great work Rosie!" Brig said as she picked up the device.
The device was small, not very colored, and had the letters PKE on the top.
"It's perfect!" Brig said excitingly.
The brunette looked at her violet haired friend.
"Well, I'm hoping this thing will change the course of science forever" Rosie explained.
The two girls smiled, showing they weren't afraid of the scientific path they chose. Just as they were about to leave, a large beam of light shot from the floor of the building. While the violet haired girl was given only a shock from the energy beam, the brunette was in the middle of all the excitement. Rosie screamed in pain as the beam was still running. After a few minutes, the beam of light had vanished, Rosie fell to the floor, still breathing, but very weak.
6 years later
A girl with Red washed hair woke up, her hair was frizzed up like an afro. She stepped off of her bed, grieved over the nightmare.
"Why... Why do I keep on dreaming of that moment?" the girl questioned.
The girl hopped into the shower, humming a theme to a show she loved. Once she was all cleaned up, she got dressed, got her bag ready for a new school year, and picked up and put on her glasses.
"It's finally the day," The red haired girl said "I'm finally gonna see her again."
The girl walked down the stairs and was greeted by her mother, who resembled the girl. Her mother had a grin on her face that meant something.
"Mom, you don't have to remind me all the time" She said.
"Rosie, I know you're tired of me saying I'm proud of you, but I really mean it!" Her mother said excitingly
"RUBY, CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THIS FOR A SEC?" said a voice from the yard.
"Just a sec, I was just about to see Rosie out!" Ruby said
Ruby Rose, the red hooded ex-huntress. Rosie liked the stories of her mother's adventures through the kingdoms, as Ruby was a survivor of the attacks. However, Ruby decided to ditch the hooded cape to live a normal life, which proved difficult for the legendary heroine, as her whole life was full of heart racing battles. Giving up a life of adventure meant getting used to a new style that she almost never had.
The voice from the yard, was Rosie's grandfather, Taiyang. Tai was happy his younger daughter was a mother to a brilliant young girl. Tai was impressed that his granddaughter was a young genius. Rosie looked at her Grandfather, surprised he was up this early due to his old age.
Ruby ran over to the front yard, helping her dad with lifting some boxes full of Rosie's stuff, packing it into her bright red minivan.
"I can't believe my little redhead is grown up now," Ruby said in exaggeration" I'm gonna miss you!"
"I know mom"
Rosie goes back to her room, to find it mostly empty, other than the iron frame bed. She goes over to the box on her bed, looking in it, she found the prototype PKE meter in it, memories flew back to her, this prototype was the reason Rosie couldn't see her best friend for six years. Rosie could never forget the incident that happened in Signal, the incident was broadcast live before the paramedics arrived.
6 years ago
"We are standing here live after a beam of energy had just blasted up towards the sky, millions are questioning whether or not this was a planned terrorist attack by some unknown group or an experiment gone wrong, whatever the case may be, this is sure to have scared billions across the kingdoms!"
As the reporter carried on with the report, an ambulance ship landed towards the scene and some paramedics emerged with a gurney.
As the paramedics rushed into the building, Bridget Ran out of the room both of the girls were in, she shouted for help. The paramedics ran over to the ten year old's voice, hoping there were more survivors.
"OVER HERE!"
The paramedics turned to the hall, looking at the scared little girl. One of them ran into the room she came out of, while the other bent down and ask the girl what happened.
"Are you ok, are you hurt?" The male medic asked.
"My friend!"
"WE GOT A BREATHER! GET HER TO THE SHIP!"
The female medic rushed out the room, pushing the gurney that held another ten year old, with white washed hair. The male medic picked up Bridget, and ran out of the building with her on his arm.
"We are now here after the paramedics entered the building and…"
The paramedics rushed back to the ship, IV's hooked up to the ten year old Rosie on the gurney.
"It seems we have a young child who has survived the blast, but is in critical condition, we'll have more on the condition of the child after we've gotten more on what has happened here, this is Kadis Luvcore, Vale 9 news, back to you Lisa!"
Present day
Rosie sealed the box with her Prototype in it, bringing it out to the minivan as the last box to get packed up. She packed it into the back seat and jumped into the passenger's side, ready for the long trip to Beacon Academy.
Beacon Academy's transport bay
As Ruby's van pulled up towards the entrance to the transport bay, a familiar yellow motorbike caught the eye of the Red haired genius. Along with a familiar long, messy, blonde haired woman.
"Sup lil' sis, long time no see" Said the blonde woman.
"Same to you, Yang…" Ruby said, picking up the boxes of stuff.
Yang Xiao Long, or as Rosie likes to call her aunt 'The Blonde Badass', as she too had become another mother, however, her skills as a mother were as questionable as her attitude towards old friends, as she and Blake were the reason the gang had split up again, but when you needed brute strength, Yang was the woman to go to.
"Come ooon, you know you missed me a lot…" Yang said with a smug grin, "I see you still have your one daughter…"
"And I see you still have the same stupid messy hair you used to have, oh wait, you still have it?" Ruby said smugly.
"Damn, seems to me you got feistier over the years," Yang replied, less smug than before.
"And better at being a mother," Ruby shot back, "you have to admit, your child takes more from you than me and dad, combined."
"Good to see you Aunt Yang" Rosie said.
"Hey cuz, how are ya?" A young blonde boy asked
Rosie turned to see her blonde, messy haired cousin, Yale Goka, unlike his mother, Yale was more mild mannered and respectful towards other teens, especially girls. Yang Xiao Long wasn't very pleased when Yale was talking to a girl, due to his semi-timid nature, thinking the girl would take advantage of him.
"Better than an atom in a positron battery," Rosie replied," Not that you'd get that…"
"yeah, see that the science talk hasn't stopped…" Yale smirked
"You're lucky she survived that beam, you wouldn't have lasted half as long as you did with school…" Ruby snickered
"Mom, can we not bring that up again?" Rosie asked, not wanting to remember.
"Sorry kiddo, forgot…" Ruby said, giving a slight neck rub.
The four unloaded the cars full of the two teens belongings, packing them into the transport ship. Before Ruby and Yang left, the two teens kiss their mothers, and walked into the ship.
Beacon Academy front entrance
The ship was flying into a docking station, Rosie was holding her prototype in her hands, still dreading the memory of the "Accident" at signal, when a stiffy, yet soft tone voice asked the girl what she was doing.
"What are you doing with that… thing in your hand," asked a boy as Rosie turned to face a white haired rich boy, " The hell is that thing anyway?"
"A prototype scanner, never used it… in six years…" Rosie replied.
"Six years," The boy exclaimed "Why haven't you?!"
"Because It only works with a particular type of subject, one that people don't believe in!" Rosie answered frustratingly.
"Oh, can I ask what type it is?" The boy asked.
"Ghosts…" The girl answered softly.
"Ghosts?" another boy asked, mockingly "Haven't heard of that word in years, Ghost girl…"
"Ricky, Why the hell am I not surprised that your bone headed self is on this ship?" Yale asked, throwing back an insult.
"Least I'm smarter than you.." Ricky mocked "You had Ms Ecto geek help you all the way."
When it came to mean girls, Yale was respectful enough not to egg them on or fight them, but when it came to boys and insults to any of his family members, it was on.
"You know what, you can insult me, you can insult my friends, but when it comes to family, piss off or get smacked down" Yale said, angrly.
"It's ok Yale, Ricky's just jealous that all his siblings do is basic primitive thinking while I helped you with advance science while researching quantum and theoretical particle physics" Rosie said, spitefully.
Ricky was dumbfounded that the girl he made fun of fought back with an insult he didn't understand.
"Damn, Ricky finally got his!" A boy shouted.
" SHUT UP!" Ricky shouted infuriated.
"It's true…" said a familiar sounding girl
Rosie turned to see a familiar looking girl, with black hair, and a black and violet outfit.
"Brig!?" Rosie questioned excitingly
"Long time, hasn't it?" Brig asked, with a face of excitement, happy to see her best friend after a long time.
"Six years,"Rosie answered, " I see you dyed your hair."
"I see you did the same" Bridget shot back.
"Brig, what have you been doing after all this time?" Yale asked the black haired girl.
"I've been doing and studying experimental particle physics. Along with building a prototype protonic particle accelerator with a cannon barrel" Bridget answered.
"Did you use a cyclotron particle generator?"Rosie asked, interested in what Brig made.
"Synchrotron, and I made blueprints for a small portable unit, as well as a containment device and storage system" brig answered.
The ship docked on the platform, students walked off and on to the campus of Beacon academy. Brig and Rosie both walked with both prototypes being carried by them.
Ballroom, 9:30 pm
Rosie looked at the PKE meter, it was turned on, but no spikes, the deadpanned look of disappointment was spread around the red haired girl's face. The boy from earlier walked up to her.
"Nothing on your...radar thing?" He asked.
"PKE meter, and no… not even some damn spell stuff, sorry but I don't even know you…" she answered.
"Walter schnee, son of the CEO OF Schnee Dust, you?" Walter asked.
"Rosanna Redhood, Rosie for short" she answered again.
"Your the daughter of my mother's friends aren't you?" Walter asked.
"yes and…" she answered, before she could say anymore, the meter spiked, and a moderate gust filled the room.
"Hey, ghost girl, this one of your things?" Ricky asked concerningly.
"No, this is spontaneous… I just need to recalibrate to pin point…" she was interrupted as Walter pointed her head towards a blue spectral figure.
"Class 3 full roaming echo!" Brig piped up.
"Full torso entity!" Rosie added.
"Tell me someone is filming this!" Yale said aloud
"Rosie, get over here and help me with this!" Brig shouted
The girls set the particle accelerator and activated the generator function. Rosie grabbed the emitter cannon and plugged it in. The generator hummed as the particles accelerated through the machine.
"Ok Rosie, aim the barrel at it!" Brig demanded
"No problem! Set power to 67 percent!" She fired back
"Right, ready, aim, FIRE!"
Rosie pulled the trigger, a fluctuating beam of protonic energy emerged from the barrel, entangling the ghost.
"KEEP IT UP!"
"I GOT IT!"
The ghost had tried to escape from the girls, but to no avail.
Just as the girls were about to rangle it, the doors flew open, crushing the ghost and allowing it's escape.
The girls turned to see a infuriated Glynda Goodwitch.
"Oh boy."
Headmaster Pine's office
"Would you four care to explain to Mr. Pine about this?!" Glynda asked, infuriated
"Now now Glynda, I'm sure they have an honest explanation for this." Oscar calmed.
"So "Ghosts" is a good excuse to cause this much racket!?" Glynda shot back.
"We're not lying, There really was a ghost!" Yale said
"To be specific, a Class 3 free roaming, full torso echo." Rosie piped
"You still think this is funny!?" Glynda shouted
"GLYNDA!"
"Sorry, it's just, you're making this sound more ridiculous than an actual believable story" Glynda said, calming down.
"As much as I want to defend your side of the story kids, I have to agree with Glynda, Grimm coming back would make for a more believable tale than ghosts, however, I am intrigued by the design of this machine you've created Bridget Belocan" Oscar said, smiling a little.
"It's only a prototype, I made schematics of a mark 2 model, as well as…" Brig replied
" Might I ask what it's purpose is? The headmaster questioned
" It's kinda like a weapon, but it only affects ghosts, and some structural stuff…"
"We've noticed"
"And you Ms Redhood, can you explain your device that detected this… phenomenon?" The headmaster asked Rosie
" It's a scanner, it mostly focuses on Psychokinetic energy apritions let off" She answered
" I see, well, as most of the staff and students have wanted a warrant for your arrests, I have decided to give you a paid suspension" the headmaster replied.
"What?!" the four shouted.
" I've seen your equipment in action, now I want to see what happens when it's used in a more open environment" Oscar explained
"You will be monitored by me for your actions, so don't expect a comfy living space" a voice said from behind the kids.
Rosie and Yale looked behind to see their Great Uncle Qrow, the two ran up and hugged him tight.
"GU Qrow, Where have you been?!" the two asked excitingly
" Hey, hey, calm down, I said I'd look out for you, making sure this "thing" Os is talking about doesn't get you in trouble, or worse, killed" he replied, the smell of whiskey odered the room.
"Crow, you are to keep these kids in check" Oscar said.
"I know, I get it, don't let them blow themselves all the way to Atlas" Qrow shot back.
" Wait wha?" Yale asked, his question hangs in the air.
" Crow, would you please escort the children off the campus?" Glynda asked.
"Will do."
Transport ship
"Mom is gonna be pissed" Yale said, eye widening as he finished.
"Don't worry, they already know how and why," Qrow replied, " Besides, you four have a job to do."
"And what's that?" Brig asked
"To show Os and Goodwitch the things you can do" Qrow answered, showing confidence in his tone.
