HEELLLOOOOO PEOPLE OF THE INTERNET! This is my first attempt at anything fan fiction wise so my apologies if its ass cheese. But comma I am going to try my damned best! (I'm kinda obsessed with character creation and development so I'm going to have A TON of stuff to do with this!) But if you've seen RWBY and know what it is then you will be just fine for this ride. This story will take place after the original teams have basically retired and settled down. Despite the grim of course, (if ya know, season 4 doesn't end with the end of grim and whatnot. At the time of writing this the backstory episode about fanus after chapter 4 came out a little ago so don't blame / sue me) but without further adieu, here is my story! ^-^
Wiona was about 6 and was swinging happily between her parents, grasping to their arms as tight as her small hands would allow. They had decided to visit a local lake only a short hike away from their house near Vale. Her father was a huntsman with a simple sword and shield. "Nothing like a simple tool to do a great job!" her father would always say.
"Peter, don't swing her so high! I don't want to hurt her!" Wiona's mom exclaimed.
"Again, again!" Wiona giggled to herself.
"See, Rachel, she loves it! Besides, she's got her old man's strength! Look at this little monkey!" He chuckled as he lifted Wiona up; still clinging to him like his arm was a monkey bar. She giggled even more as her father began to tickle her. She dropped down from his arm and skipped along ahead of them.
"Careful, sweetie! Don't run to far ahead! Peter, will you go after her please? I can't run on my ankle." Rachel frowned. Peter placed a kiss on the tip of her nose.
"Sure thing hun, be back in a jiffy!" He smiled and began to jog after Wiona.
"Come back her you little rascal!" Peter yelled to Wiona. Wiona only responded with more giggling and running faster. A rustle in the bushes a head of Wiona caught his attention and his smile quickly disappeared from his face.
"Wiona, please sweetie, come on back now!" He said worriedly. She turned around still giggling and completely oblivious, still thinking it was a game. She turned back around to keep running when a large grim jumped out of the wilderness and towered over her in the middle of the road. Rachel screamed for Wiona while Peter cursed under his breath and unsheathed his sword as he began to run towards the grim and his daughter. As he ran up he pulled out he shield to stop the grim's incoming claw swipe at Wiona, the metal sparking as claw collided with metal. He quickly scooped up Wiona and began to run back to Rachel. He ran back to Rachel and put Wiona in her trembling hands.
"Go! Find cover! I'll find you in a bit, alright!" He shouted. As Rachel grabbed Wiona and began to flee to cover, Peter turned to face the grim.
"Not my daughter, asshole." He muttered and charged the grim.
*Back to Wiona*
"Oh god, oh god, oh god…" Rachel worried to herself. Wiona began to tug at her sleeve.
"Mommy..?" Wiona started.
"Not now Wiona!" She said franticly, looking around for somewhere to go.
She spotted a small rundown shack off the road. It looked like the remains of a failed village that had been attacked by bandits a long time ago. She rushed towards the building as fast as her adrenaline filled but still irritated foot would allow. Once they were inside she bolted the door shut and sat down Wiona down on the love seat.
"Don't move from here Wiona, alright?" Rachel asked. Wiona nodded slowly, tears welling up in her eyes. Rachel tries to wipe away the tears that begin to flow over the dam. "It will be alright, be brave from mommy and daddy right now. It will be alight." Rachel hugged Wiona tight. Rachel stands up and begins to search the house for anything useful. She enters room after room, opening up drawers but finding nothing but a medium sized bottle. She runs to the kitchen to fill it up with water and is relieved to find clean running water. She fills the bottle and jogs back to where Wiona is sitting.
"Drink some water, it will help you calm down." She hands the bottle to Wiona who takes a sip from the bottle. After she finishes her sip Rachel puts the bottle in Wiona's small bag. A minute or two later they can here Peter calling to them. Rachel grabs Wiona and opens the door calling to him.
"Peter! Hey! Are you okay?" Wiona runs forward to go hug her dad as Rachel follows close behind. A creaking comes from the house as a large scorpion grim begins to crawls over the roof.
"Run!" Peter shouts anxiously to her. She turns to see the grim and begins to run to Peter.
"Stay here, Wiona!" Peter instructs her as he runs to Rachel. He still has his sword and shield out as he dashes into battle. He jumps up with his sword raised to strike down the grim but the grim suddenly changes direction and launches its stinger at him. He curses and brings his shield down just in time to block the stinger but gets thrown back several yards from the blow. He tumbles across the wood trying to get back into the fight. He dashes towards the grim who is raising its stinger again for another attack, its claws snapping in front of it. He is obviously injured but continues to push forward. The grim suddenly changes its position again and aims at Raichel who is still trying to flee.
"Raichel!" He yells to her. Suddenly the grim shoots its stinger out striking Raichel through the chest. Peter lets out an anguished cry as he swings his sword, cutting off the back end of the stinger. The grim recoils in pain and retreats slightly. He catches Raichel's body as she falls down. There is an immense amount of blood pouring from her chest. A stream of blood starts leaking from her mouth as she coughs. Peter places his forehead against hers and continues to sob. Wiona is paralyzed with shock, watching from afar. The grim begins to advance again forcing Peter to get up and try to fight again. Tears still streaming down his face and holding his sword slack in his hand he looks back to Wiona who is also crying. She tries to run forward but Peter holds out his hand for her to stop.
"Please Wiona, stay there. Daddy will be right over, just stay there until the danger is gone." He choked out. He turned back to face the grim and his face twisted into something ugly.
"You. Will. PAY!" He screamed and charge into battle. He jumped up and brought his sword down heavily and quickly, cutting off a claw. The grim recoiled and tried to swipe at him with its remaining claw. Peter easily deflected it off his shield and cut off the last claw. The grim began to back up, knowing its time was near. Peter raised his sword a final time and ran underneath the grim, slicing its underbelly as he went. The grim collapsed and disintegrated into ash. He looked back at Wiona who started to run over to him again. He looked over at her tiredly and dropped his sword and knelt down to embrace her. She began to slow down and stare behind him. He quickly stood up and whirled around only to be impaled by another stinger. Another grim had snuck up behind him after he defeated the other. The light from his eyes quickly faded and the scorpion grim flung his lifeless body to side and began to advance to Wiona.
Wiona screamed and started to run as fast as she could. She spotted a small crack in the side of the mountains that she could fit through. She quickly turned and slid through to the other side. The land was barren and gray with jagged pieces of mountain. It was rather bland besides the thunderclouds rolling over head and the lightning in the distance. There was basically nothing there except for these strange black pools scattered everywhere. The scorpion grim revealed itself on top of the mountain she had slipped past. As it began to crawl down the mountainside she began to run, dodging the black pools as she went. She stopped running when she came to a larger pool than the others and turned around. The scorpion grim approached quickly and swiftly. Wiona looked back at the pool; there was no way she would be able to out run the grim, much less find a way out. The rocks had formed to only let things out if they could climb out of the clearing. She peaked back to the grim; it was almost on top of her now. She stood, petrified and quivered in fear as the grim approached raising its stinger growing ever more near. She looked at the black pool, closed her eyes and jumped into the cool darkness as the stinger whizzed by over her head. The darkness surrounded her and she closed her eyes and drifted off into a deep sleep.
(end of chapter 1)
Now I'm giving no spoilers as to what is coming next but I really hope you enjoyed what I wrote!... Okay fine one spoiler! This isn't where there story TRULY begins. Hehe, the mysterious hint to keep people intrigued. Ahh, why am I like this? Welp, anyways I hope you all have an absolutely wonderful week! I also would like to give the heads up that Chapter 2 is on its way!