RWBY: Storm of change

by TheBaconadian

Rated T for Language, Violence. This story is about a boy who was happy with his life for the most part and one summer his parents decided to take them on a cruise. The cruise ended in tragedy and the boy is thrust into a brand new world for who knows what and who knows why. All he knows is that he has always wanted an adventure, and this might just be what he's looking for.

1. Chapter 1: Storm of change

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or any of the material in this story except for the OC. Also this is my first story so please be gentle with me *wink* * wink*

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Chapter 1: Storm of change

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It was July 12th 2019 when my parents decided to take me and my older brother out on a cruise across to the caribbean, since school was out, my most recent year of judo had ended and both my brother and my parents had taken two week off from work.

We had left Halifax nine days prior and we were in the open ocean. Now honestly, I love the open ocean, I also love thunder storms, just something about them that makes me feel excited in a way, call me weird. But when you put the open ocean and a thunder storm together, that can become a terrifying disaster.

"EVAN!" I call out looking despereately for my brother as the heavy wind and rain pelts my face and blow my slightly longer auburn hair back. My deep blue eyes darting around not yet having caught a glimpse of my brother or parents yet.

"MOM! DAD! WHERE ARE YOU!?" I yell out as I grip the railing on the side of the ship with both hands looking around the top deck, as thats where I was previously relaxing when the storm arrived seemingly out of no where.

A voice calls out "JESSE!" as I hear my name I spin around while still trying to hole onto the railing and see my brother approaching me slowly so he is not swept by the wind and rain "There you are little bro! I've been looking every where!"

"I'm not little! and also where's mom and dad?" I say

"Now is NOT the time to care about how virtically challanged you are." He says with a slight smirk "Mom was downstairs in the room but I have no idea where dad is!" Evan says as he winces from the rain pelting the side of his face and as that happens I yell to him

"LOOK OUT!" *SMASH* One of the deck tables nearly takes my brothers head off as I let go of the railing and pull my brother to the floor. Now unfortunately I have nothing to hold onto but my brothers sleeve as the half inch deep river of water covering the whole deck and the 30-40mph winds try to fling me across the deck of the ship.

"SHIT! Don't worry, I got you little bro!" We grab onto each others forearms as he keeps one hand on the railing and begins trying to walk forward while holding onto me, we don't make it anymore that three steps before an older man probably in his fourties is knocked off the observation deck above us "AAAAAAGH!" and as he yells he slams into my brother trying to grab him to save himself and as he does they both fling over the railing, the man tumbling into the ocean below, luckily the railing is at my stomach and I some how kept my grip on my brothers hand and forearm. He slowly starts to slip from my grasp when another pair of hands reaches over the railing grabbing my brothers free hand and says "Good catch Jesse!" I look over and see my dad helping me pull him up.

"DAD!" I exclaim before turning to my brother as he says "Less talking more pulling please!"

We finish pulling him up over the railing and take a few brief breaths before we're forced to grab onto the railing again.

"Hey pops where ya been?! Great timing by the way!" Evan says

"Never mind me, where's your mother?!" My dad says sternly looking between the two of us. we exchange glances briefly before my brother says to my dad and says "Last I checked she was in the room!"

My dad shakes his head "Thats where I came from, I was in the food court down the hall and looked in for your mom and the door was wide open!"

*CRACK* A loud bolt of lightning flashes and slams into the radio antenna at the top of the ship and we watch as it tips and breaks off hitting the observation deck and we immediately hear a yell of pain that is quickly drowned out by the sounds of the storm.

"We need to hurry inside!" My brother says as he tries to push off the railing in an attempt to reach the wall of the ship where the doors are, but before he can my dad stops him and says "No! The crew are trying to get together life rafts in case the ship starts to go under-" "WHAT?!" Evan says interupting my dad "I know the storm is bad but there's no way it's bad enough to abandon this bigass ship!" My dad looks at him with a very serious expression that he very rarely wears and it scares me when it happens because it's always dire when it does.

My dad finally speaks up after a few moments "They're saying an earthquake hit off the coast of florida... It was supposidly 8.7 and thats why the waves have been so intense, It's already flooded the bottom floor of the ship and they believe the ship is gonna sink."

Both me and my brother exclaim at the same time "WHAT THE FU-" *BOOM* *CRACK*

Another thunderous roar from the sky erupts while another flash of lighting strikes about 50 feet away from the boat and into the ocean on our side, I yelp in surprise as my brother spins to look away and says to my dad

"If thats true then what happens if there's a tsunami?!"

"Why do you think their getting the rafts genius?!" I yell at my brother with a scared yet annoyed expression.

"Thats why I need you two to get to the back of the ship where their gathering people and rafts, I'll look for your mother, she's probably looking for you two now!"

"Then I'm helping you look for mo-"

"EVAN!" My dad snaps at him angrily then quickly takes a breath and softens his expression. "Son, I need you to take care of yourself and your brother more than anything else right now. Please."

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"Fine." Evan says frustrated "Just be sure you come back with mom, after all, whats pint size over here gonna do without you guys?" he says as he lets out a nervous chuckle

"Hey! fuck you." I say to him with a attempted upset expression when my dad looks to me with a exhausted look and tone to his voice "Jesse..."

"Sorry dad..."

"It's alright, go! Now!" he yells as he stands up and starts pulling himself to the front of the ship holding onto the railing.

"Alright Jes you heard the boss! Lets go!" He starts moving in the opposite direction my dad went "Alright E-Vcard-an!" I say at him with a hint of playful spite in my voice.

"Can you stop using that like it's my nickname!?" He shouts

"Only when you stop calling me short!" I shout back

"Not my fault you can't handle the cold hard truth!" He says as we make our way to the back of this god foresaken boat.

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After a few more minutes of arguing we arrive at the aft (the rear) of the ship and notice that there's probably two dozen people gathered here four or five of which appear to have uniform outfits of navy blue with a white trim and tie's that are tight arounf their necks and drape down to their lower chests. An older man that looks to be in his early fifties and has a greying beard appears to be yelling out orders as he helps inflate a raft and turn his head around noticing us and yells for someone to take over while he slowly makes his way over to us pushing against the high winds.

He call out to us "HEY THERE! YOU BOYS ALRIGHT?!"

"YES, WE'RE FINE!" My brother shouts back before we get closer and when we do my brother says "Have you encountered a woman in her thirties my the name of Joann Vermillion?! She's our mother and we haven't seen her since the storm hit!

"No I'm sorry I haven't! We have some crew going around and rounding up as many people as we can find! I'm sure you're parents will be along shortly, now quickly, help inflate a raft and lets get you both off this soon to be wrecked ship!"

"Sir, I mean no disrespect." My brother starts hesitantly "But if this ship won't survive then how will we on rafts?!" The man looks at him for a few moments before letting out a sigh and stating "Because we have better chances on life rafter then we do on an already sinking ship." Both the brothers eyes widen at this as they recall what their father had breifly mentioned to them before about the flooded bottom floor of the ship.

"Now hurry, we don't have the time to be lollygagging!" The man says snapping the two brothers out of their confused and worried state.

As they rush up and help inflate rafts and help lower people on the rope net down to the restless ocean, "Hell of a lot easier said than done" I say as we lower the last person that can fit into this raft, *CRACK* another thunderclap roars above which is quickly followed by a crash of lightning and a scream as we turn around to see a now burnt woman standing on a newly made scorch mark on the deck, she collapses, I hear screams, I go to scream but my voice is caught in my throat as I look beyond her to see a gargatuan wave making its way towards us. My brother shakes me out of my daze and yells "Snap out of it! It's time to go!" I nervously nod my head without looking away from the large, looming wave.

My brother grabs a raft and starts carrying it down as he decends the rope net with me following quickly after, a large wave slams into the side of the ship which forces my brother off the rope "AAAA-*gargle*" "EVAN!" I yell with an outstretched arm. not moments later does he resurface holding onto the side of the raft "Dont't scare me like that yo-" I'm cut off mid sentence as another wave, larger than the last, hits me while I'm not paying attention throwing me under the waves, I struggle, I choke. "BWAAAH!" *cough* *cough* I resurface about 20-25 feet away from my brother noticing he's calling for me while looking around frantically "EVAN! I'M OVER HERE!" He spins around and notices me and swims over to me pushing the raft and as we meet together and clamber into the rafts we breifly hug before another wave comes toward us, not dragging us under but almost sending us flying off the top of the raft as we grip tightly on the rope thats weaved throughout the edge of the raft.

"Well what do we do now?!" I yell to Evan as he looks towards the ship

"We wait for mom and dad. Not much else we can do!" *BOOM* Another hit of thunder and lighting can be heard as the lightning strikes the water on the opposite side of the boat, of which now has a towering, colossal wave up against it. the creaking and cracking of the ship can be heard as it is forcibly tipped towards us by the wave, our raft, lifting higher and higher along the wave we are eventually pulled into the wave by the sheer force of it. The last thing we see is people jumping and falling off the ship before our vision is blurred by the water.

After what felt like an eternity of suffocating we're launched out the other side, falling a short distance back into the ocean and as we hurridly fight the wave to back to our now toppled over raft we hold onto the ropes on it for dear life as we look over only to see the ship, upside down in the ocean and disappearing into its depths.

"...Oh my god..." Evan says as he stares in disbelief, I quickly snap him out of it by yelling at him "We're not through this yet, look out behind you!" He spins his head around to see another wave crash into them, and another, and another and another I barely reach the surface grasping for breath only to notice that the raft and my brother haven't surfaced "EVAN!? BRO, NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR YOUR SHITTY JOKES!"

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Nothing.

"GOD DAMNIT NO-" I'm cut off by another wave and as I resurface and cough I feel and unnatural pull, I start being pulled in a wide circle and I turn to see a whirlpool has opened up and is threatening to swallow me, I desperately swim against the current flailing to no effect. "I. Don't want to die. Everything was fine. I was happy. Why?" These are my final thoughts as I yell my lungs out and am pulled under by the whirlpool. Darkness quickly consumes me as my lungs fill with water "It burns. Someone, help me, please!"

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"Everything doesn't burn anymore. Nothing hurts." I think to myself "Am I dead?" Something soft and cold hits my face "I didn't think the afterlife would be this cold." I slowly open my eyes to see a gray clouded sky with gentle snow falling down. I sit up and look where i've been and i'm partially covered in snow in a small clearing in a forest by the looks of it.

"Where... Am I?"