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Prologue


The woman and Ruby Rose were watching the City of Vale as grimm entered the city through many areas in a much similar way to the Breach as it was called. The city looked as if it had been through many years of war, though it hadn't even been a day.

"How could it have come to this?" voiced Ruby.

"The men and faunus have brought this upon themselves," stated the woman as Ruby walked down a path next to them. "I expected you to see the world differently, after all, you know much more now than before."

Ruby looked back and replied, "How would I? I don't agree with what is going on here, and I don't think I ever will, even with my change."

"You know I care deeply for you," the woman said back, "Ruby, you see, we don't fit in this world of humans and faunus anymore. I never meant for this to happen to you as well, what happened to me was tragic and should have been avoided and stopped from happening a second time." The woman said as she sighed and then continued, "But alas, nobody knew what happened to me the first time so it would be hard to avoid a second time."

"I know you care, it's just that I don't understand how we lead up to this point," Ruby said as she contemplated what to do next, "All my friends that I had before, including my sister, father, and uncle, now think I am an enemy."

"I just don't know what to do," Ruby thought.


Chapter 1


It was an average day at Beacon for Team RWBY; they were just leaving Professor Oobleck's class to head back to their dorm when Goodwitch came by.

"Ms. Rose, I suggest you and your team head to Professor Ozpin's office with all immediate haste, he has something important to tell you." She informed them.

"Will do, Professor! Let's go, team!" Ruby yells at the end walking away.

Weiss cringing says, "Ruby, please turn it down a few, you're the noisiest person I know, and that yelling doesn't help."

"Ah, stuff it, Ice Queen."

"Yang, you, you, I can't believe you, Humph."

"Come on you two; Ruby is going to leave us behind."

"I wonder what Professor Ozpin wants us for, and maybe it's about that mission we wanted earlier." Ruby thinks as Yang and Weiss continue to argue. "Come on team we have a Professor to talk to!" She says as she sprints away.


"Professor, you wanted to see us?" Ruby says as she walks in Ozpin's Office with the rest of her team.

"Yes, Ms. Rose, I trust Professor Goodwitch reached you," Ozpin replied back, "Though you and your team probably want to know what this call is about."

"That would be helpful Professor," Weiss responds as Blake nods in agreement.

"Well on to business then," Ozpin answers, "Professor Oobleck has talked to me and has agreed to go on a mission with your team to explore a ruin."

"Yay! You ready te—"

Ozpin cuts Ruby off and adds as Glynda walks in, "Ruby know this mission will be much more challenging than others you and your team have been on. This will be no common ruin. Also, this mission will test your skills as huntresses."

"We got it, Professor, when are we going?" Blake says.

"You should meet Professor Oobleck tomorrow morning at the landing pad." Ozpin replies back, "And do make sure that you keep that you are going on this mission relatively quiet, please."

"Will do Professor Ozpin," Ruby murmurs while walking into the elevator with her team.

As the elevator door closes, Goodwitch says, "Are you sure they are ready for this? This is the same type of mission Summer disappeared on."

"We will see now, but unlike Summer, they have each other and also Bartholomew with them."


As RWBY walked back to their dorm room, they were all in thought about what the mission was since Professor Ozpin was so vague. Also, he told them this task would be harder than others they had in the past. All of this had left the members of Team RWBY thoroughly confused.

"I wonder what could be so important about this mission, maybe there is just a lot of grimm in the area," Ruby concluded and then asked, "Hey team, what do you think is so important about the mission? I mean Ozpin sounded pretty serious there."

"He did seem a little more deliberate than usual," Blake echoed, "Usually he doesn't cut people off when they are talking, Hmm, I wonder."

"Let's get back our room, we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow," Weiss pointed out.

"Let's," Blake agreed.


After a short walk, Team RWBY made it back to their room. All of the team were in thought about the mission and why it had to kept a secret. This most of all puzzled the team, because typically the assignments that they took were relatively public, excluding the one on the Breach of course. Team RWBY were broken out of their thoughts when they heard a knock on the door.

"Hey guys, it's Jaune—"

"Nora!"

"—Pyrrha and Ren here," Jaune announced as Yang walked to the door to let them in.

When Yang opened the door she said, "How's it going, come on in!"

"Exceptional, how have you all been doing?" Pyrrha asked.

"Superb! We just got a mission to go on too," Yang exclaimed.

"Oh! Oh! Tell us about it!" Nora shouted.

"We even don't know about it yet, honestly, what could be so secret about this mission that is so different that others," Weiss complained.

"Awww," Nora whined, "Will you tell us about it once you know?"

"We are not supposed to, and when we do learn about it, we will be on the mission since it is tomorrow," Weiss stated.

"Well make sure to stay safe otherwise I will never hear the end of it from Nora," Ren sighed.

"I don't know about the rest of the team, but I need sleep, and they probably do too since the mission is tomorrow," Blake advised.

"That's most likely a good idea for us too, well JNPR we ready to go?" Jaune proposed.

"I for one agree, not everyone is a ball of energy like Nora, and I for one require sleep like an average person, Pyrrha probably does too since it is getting late out," Ren replied.

"Ren and Jaune are right, and we should probably get going, see you tomorrow?" Pyrrha questioned.

"Sure, we should have some time before we have to leave," Ruby replied back.

"Bye guys!" Nora interjected.

"See ya," Yang said.

Little did Team RWBY know, this mission was most definitely not going to be like other ones. On this mission, something would happen that no one could ever predict.


Author's Note


So I am starting this aren't I? This is an idea that has been floating around in my head for a while and I have been debating whether or not to do it. Just for the context this is an AU that diverts at the end of Volume 2 of RWBY after the Breach. Please leave reviews and tell me how I am doing!