Note: I own nothing but my OCs; RWBY belongs to Roster Teeth and Monty Oum (RIP), Annabelle belongs to Loraine Warren and New Line Cinema, the Bride of Frankenstein belongs to Mary Shelly and Universal Studios, and both the following characters featured below belong to their respective authors and the creepypasta community.
The following story contains some violence and coarse language (as well as some possible wall breaking). Reader's discretion is advised.
Chapter 1
Beacon Ballroom
Night Before Initiation
Present Day
All that she could see was fire as it burned down the house around her. She screamed in pain as the flames burned through the rope and her skin, slowly and painfully. She knew that no-one could hear her screams of pain, everyone in the house around her was dead, all except for the person she saw outside the window. His red hair and dark brown horns glowed in the light of the flames and ashes, his face obscured by a white and red mask. Despite the horror she was being put through, all due to one simple decision from her parents, there was only one thing that would forever haunt her, the sinister grin on the vicious Bull Faunus' face, a grin that she could only describe as pure evil. It was just as she was about to be consumed by flames that she woke up in her bed at her aunt's, revealing what was just a nightmare.
"It's okay Jane, relax," Jane said to herself as she sat up in the comfortable sheets, "it was just a nightmare, he's not here, you're safe."
Her words echoed within the room for what seemed like minutes before a voice, a scratchy and terrifying voice she thought she'd never hear again, said seven simple words that sent chills down her spine, "What makes you think that you're awake?"
She turned around slowly as dread filled her, letting out a scream of shock as she sw the horrifying monster sitting next to her. A hoodie stained in blood, a bloody knife in pale hands, long black hair that reached his shoulders, eyes ringed in black and a horrendous grin stared right back at her just before she bolted out of her sleeping bag.
After pinching herself to make sure she was awake and noticing that she was at Beacon in the middle of the night, Jane whispered under her breath, "I swear someone up there's jinxing me, that damned 'dream-within-a-dream' thing always catches me off guard."
Realizing that she wasn't going to be able to sleep again, the Cat Faunus sighed and climbed out of her sleeping bag and started walking towards the nearest bathroom; What time is it anyways? she thought to herself as she looked at a nearby clock, noticing in frustration that it was only four thirty in the morning, not noticing just yet that she was being followed.
Entering the girl's bathroom to wash her face, Jane quietly whispered, "I sure hope my scream didn't wake anyone, that would just suck."
Not bothering with the lights of the small private bathroom, Jane turned on the tap and waited for a moment before putting her hands under the water. As she washed her face she couldn't help but listen to the calm background noises of the night, her cat ears picking up every single detail. She listened to the quiet breathing of the students sleeping just outside the bathroom, the slow trickling of the tap water, calm, peaceful noises like the sort. That is, until a sound began to ring through the bathroom, something that she didn't expect because she couldn't see where the object making the noise was. It sounded like the ticking of a small clock, something like an antique wrist or pocket watch, but whatever it was it was close and indicated that something else was in the bathroom with her.
Tick..tick..tick..tick...the sound was close now, and Jane could also hear the quiet shuffling of someone's feet; she immediately reached for her hip, only to remember that her broadsword was in a locker within the school.
"Who's there?" Jane managed to finally whisper, but then thought harshly to herself, Why am I even asking that, I would've been dead by now if this was a movie.
The ticking got louder and closer as whoever it was came closer to Jane, yet somehow Jane wasn't able to see where they were exactly.
That is, until a female voice behind her whispered, "Can't sleep either?"
Jane was startled when she turned around to see an emerald green eye staring back at her, barely five inches away from her face. Immediately Jane ran for the light-switch and switched it on, only to find a rather odd looking girl sitting on top of the bathroom counter.
She had shoulder length brown hair that slightly covered over her face, and was wearing emerald green pajamas that were covered with a picture of the CCT clock. Her left eye, the eye that Jane saw, was the only one visible to Jane, while her right eye was covered with a black eye-patch.
"Sorry, didn't mean to startle you like that, I was trying to not wake anyone else up," the brunette said quietly as she gracefully hopped off the counter, "but if you don't mind me asking again, can't sleep?"
"Bad dream, usually happens," Jane managed to whisper without sounding unnerved like she was, "you?"
"Insomniac, I have difficulty sleeping regardless," the brunette stated as she held out her hand, "name's Natalie Evans, what's yours if I may ask?"
"Janice, Janice Arkensaw-Belladonna, call me Jane," the Cat Faunus replied, but then her eyes narrowed in suspicion as she asked, "Why exactly were you following me?"
"Oh, sorry about that," Natalie declared after a moment of quiet, "it's just that I've never actually known anyone that was Faunus before, I noticed you on the Bullhead yesterday and couldn't help but come say hi."
"Well then, hi," Jane said as she took the hand and shook it, "so, what do you think of the whole team thing going on tomorrow? I'm curious to know who I'll be partnered up with."
"I honestly don't give a damn who partners up with me, so long as they can deal with the craziness that is me," Natalie replied with a nervous chuckle as she scratched the back of her head, and when the Cat Faunus raised an eyebrow in curiosity said, "All you need to know for now is that I have a lot more going on with me than just insomnia."
Jane decided that it wasn't important to know anymore about that, but then noticed the eye patch and after hearing the ticking again inquired, "Hey, what happened to your eye by the way?"
"Let's just say that during a mental breakdown sometime ago I did something stupid and gouged out my own eye, it doesn't hurt that much anymore, but that's a story for later," Natalie replied, "We should head back to bed, right?"
"Actually, you're not wrong about that, what time is it?" Jane stated as she turned on her scroll to look at the time, "Oh crap, it's five o'clock!"
"Well, that answers that question," Natalie muttered in surprise, "tell you what, you seem like a nice person, and we seem to get along, if we get paired up or end up on the same team I won't be all that concerned and I'll respect that decision, how 'bout you?"
"It's a deal," Jane stated quietly as she once again shook the brunette's hand, and then turned to leave.
"Oh," Jane continued before she left, "let's not tell anyone else about this conversation unless we're asked, unless we actually want to get in trouble for being up this early."
"Deal," Natalie said softly as she watched the Cat Faunus walk back into the ballroom.
The bathroom was silent for a moment before the one-eyed girl muttered, "Well, that was an interesting conversation, 'night Eragon!"
With that Natalie turned off the bathroom light and proceeded to sneak towards her sleeping bag to try to sleep...
Wait...
What did she just say?
A/N: Um, hello everybody, my name's Eragon and welcome to Jaded, my new RWBY fanfic featuring a new horror-character themed team, Team JADE! Team MJJK was an all male-horror icon team, and now Team JADE is an all female-horror icon team. Now, for those who've read Team MJJK chapter 4, you know for certain that Jane is based off of Jane the Killer (and if not congrats, you know now!).
And even though she doesn't share the same name as her inspiration, you probably can guess who Natalie is based off of. I know that said inspiration has a love-hate relationship with the creepypasta community, so those who are wondering why she's here please put the torches down. I see you Jimmy, put it down, thank you. Anyways, yes, I'm probably not the first to admit that the inspiration's story is crap, but she's here because I think she has some potential to actually be good, all she needs is a little adjustment to her story while being slightly faithful to the original (good thing Team JADE was brought to Remnant in a similar fashion to Team MJJK!), and we're good to go.
Also, is it just me, or did Natalie say good night to me? Either I'm going nuts or I've just created character that can break the fourth wall (note: it's the latter). Oh well, let's wait until next chapter to figure that out.
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