( ) = Thoughts
Italic = Whisper/Singing
Bold = Yell/ Comm. Device
Underlined = Emphasized Words
Italic Bold = Store Signs/Titles (Read Aloud)
A/N: Roger: Hi, guess what? Volume 1 begins! I'm so fucking happy to start this! Oh and on another note for everyone who will try to call me out on copyright: I do not own RWBY, it's characters, story or music, and any borrowed OC characters belong to their respective authors.
Rodger: Now with that out of the way, let's begin with a little bit of foreshadowing...
RWBY's Origin- Volume 1; Episode 1: Ruby Rose
"Legends. Stories scattered through time. Mankind has grown fond of recounting the exploits of heroes and villains, forgetting so easily that we are remnants, byproducts, of a forgotten past. Man, born from dust, strong, wise and resourceful. But he was born into an unforgiving world. An inevitable darkness, creatures of destruction. The creatures of Grimm set their sights on man and all of his creations. The forces clashed and it seemed the darkness intent on returning man's brief existence to the void. However, even the smallest spark of hope is enough to ignite change, and in time, man's passion, resourcefulness and ingenuity led them to the tools that would help even the odds. This power was appropriately named, "Dust". Nature's wrath in hand, man lit their way through the darkness and in the shadows absence came strength, civilization and most importantly, life. But eventually even the brightest of lights flicker and die. And when they are gone… darkness will return. So you may prepare your guardians, build your monuments to a so-called free world, but take heed… there will be no victory in strength."
"But perhaps victory is in the simpler things that you've long forgotten." Rodger read aloud, leaning back in his chair. "Things that require a simpler, more honest soul." He finished, closing the folder and turning to his scroll. "Looks great Oz, it'll knock em dead at initiation tomorrow."
"I'm glad you like it Professor Mayson." Ozpin replied, a small grin appearing on his face. "So I assume you're partaking in initiation too?" I nodded, watching him chuckle slightly. "I suppose I shall never know your true intentions, will I?
"Nope, and if you try to find them out, you may go insane in the process." I said seriously, before breaking into a laughing fit with Ozpin chuckling. "Alright, gotta go. Need to pick up my crystal shipment for tomorrow, later boss." Ozpin simply waved his hand, simultaneously saying goodbye and turning his scroll off as well. "(Still need to learn that trick.)" I thought.
"Right, now where did I put that damned… Aha! Found you." I said, picking up a very technical looking bastard-sword. This was one of my stepfather's greatest creations, Trinität, or Trinity if you prefer english, a combination of Greataxe, Bastard Sword and Scythe, each with their own special modification. This was my pride and joy, the most powerful weapon in my arsenal. After gathering my weapons, I decided to change my look for once, rather than the same four colors I wore: red, orange grey & white. So I grabbed the brown leather coat that Yang gave me, as payment for her first lesson, a neon blue t-shirt, a pair of my trademark cargo-jeans and my classic black & brown combat boots. I decided to disregard my hat for today, since I was in such a good mood. I grabbed the custom sheath for Trinity and holsters for Soulad & Svár strapped it to my back and belt.
"Hmm… it's nearly dark out, thank god the shop I visit is 24 hour." I said, walking to my personal elevator. "Time to get me some new toys, and maybe a new charm." I declared, hitting the "lobby" button. Once the elevator hit the ground floor, I walked over to the building manager and a close friend of mine, Theo Martin.
"Evening Theo, how many did we get today?" I asked, wanting to know the amount of new residents.
"54 twin resident rooms, 18 single resident and 3 high class rooms, not a record but it's still great that so many people are moving here." He sighed, reveling in the pleasure. "So where ya' going boss?"
"Need to pick up my crystal shipment, won't be back for while." I replied, beginning my exit. "I'll be leaving tomorrow, so keep my place clean alright? We don't want another clean up session." I requested, seeing Theo mark my place for daily housekeeping.
"Got'cha, see-ya kid. Stay safe ya' hear?" Theo asked, wanting to make sure I'd be ok. I nodded saying, "I'll be fine, trust me."
It felt so good to let my ears be shown on a night like this, with the cool night breeze and the quiet of upper Vale made me smile in enjoyment. Yes, I'm a Faunus, a wolf in specific. I've tried to hide it as much as I can with little failure, only my closest friends know about my ears, and if I get comments about my teeth I tell them to mind their own dental business. I always hated showing my ears off, not because of discrimination, but because of all the abuse they take from the curious… yeah sounds stupid, but from Yang's mouth apparently I look like a "lady killer". After pondering about my Faunus appearance for a moment I noticed the shop I was looking for, "From Dust till Dawn". I walked into the slightly ancient looking shop, turning my attention to the shopkeeper.
"Evening." I said plainly, catching his attention. "A package for Mr. Mayson arrived today, and I'd like to retrieve it." I finished, placing my ID on the counter.
"The experimental crystals?" The keeper asked, I nodded in response. "I'm sorry, but your order won't be here for another week." He finished, seeing my surprised reaction.
"Another week huh, I guess I'll get a charm for my necklace then. Do you have any weapon charms?" He nodded, motioning his thumb to the back of the store. "Thanks, this should cover the cost." I finished, placing a green Lien card on the counter.
If you're wondering about the charm thing, I collected weapon charms from every city in each kingdom I visited on my journey to Vale. I have 17 in total, not having a Vale or Patch charm yet. I browsed through trying to find a scythe charm, when I heard the entrance bell go off.
"Do you know how hard it is to find a dust shop open this late?" A cocky voice asked, sounding irritated. I instantly recognized the voice, and stayed as quiet as I could.
"(No. Fucking. Way. He's here?!)" I thought reaching towards my ear to use my handsfree scroll, I turned it on, calling my associate. "Skylar, guess who's in the same store as me?" I asked, knowing my partner was coming. "Get over here, ASAP."
"On it, see you in 3 minutes flat." A young voice responded. "Leave some henchman for me eh?" He finished, jokingly.
~With the Shopkeeper~
"P-Please, just take my Lien and leave." The shopkeeper said, cowering in fear.
"Shh, calm down. We aren't here for your money." He said, in a mock calming voice "Grab the dust." As a few of the henchmen grabbed canisters and began to empty the storages, I decided to pay no mind, stay hidden. "Crystals. Burn, Uncut." I heard another voice demand. Trying my best to stay calm, and keep my position hidden.
"Alright kid, put your hands where I can see 'em." One of the henchman commanded. "Hey, I said hands in the air!" I looked around the shelf to see who the hell he was talking to. It seemed to be a girl about 15 years old, wearing a red cloak, clasped onto her outfit with two silver crosses. "You got a death wish or something?!" He asked, grabbing her shoulder, spinning her to face him. I got a better look at her face, she had black hair, with red streaks and silver eyes. She gave him a questioned look, as he pointed to his ear, wanting her to take her headphones off.
"Yes?" She asked.
"I said, put your hands in the air, now!" He said, growing angrier.
"Are you… robbing me?" She asked, looking confused. I finally decided to get involved, not noticing the lime & black, dressed Hunter waiting outside. "Yes!" The henchman said, completely pissed at this point. "Oh." She said, a sinister smile appearing on her face.
"Hey- HYAH!" I heard a combination of voices say, watching the henchman go flying across the shop.
"Freeze!" I heard another two henchman say, pointing guns at me and the girl. Which resulted in the two of them being kicked out of the window.
"This will be the day we're waited for. This will be the day we open up the door. I don't want to hear your absolution. Hope your ready for a revolution. Welcome to a world of new solutions, welcome to a world of bloody evolution-" I heard her headphones play, until she turned them off, while activating a collapsable sniper-scythe.
"Evening Skylar." I said, nodding to the Hunter in the black & green trench coat. "Hey Rodger, so where's Torchwick?" He asked, drawing his katana. "There." I said, pointing to the shattered window.
"Okayyy…" The now identified Roman Torchwick began. "Get her!" He said annoyed, motioning for his henchmen. "The Hunters are mine." That's when all hell broke loose.
As the henchmen charged the girl, we saw Torchwick walking toward us. I drew Trinity, as Skylar drew his knife & deagle, sheathing his katana. "We meet again, Coffee, Lime." Torchwick began, aiming his cane. "I'm sorry to say, but you two are interfering with a very delicate operation. So I'll have to remove you from this plane of existence." He finished, firing a large flare-like projectile towards us.
While we dueled Torchwick, I glanced to see that the other girl was like a red blur. She was using her scythe to move around the battlefield, leaving a trail of rose petals in her wake. Each of the henchmen that tried to even hit her were sent flying, she was knocking them left & right, dodging their gunfire and even picking them off with the same concussive rounds that I used.
We had Torchwick on the ropes, until he leapt back watching as one of his minions land at his feet. "You were worth every cent. Truly you were. Well, Red, Coffee, Lime, I think we can all say it's been an eventful evening, and as much as I'd love to stick around… I'm afraid this is where we part ways." He said, firing three shot towards us. I deflected the shot fired at me with Trinity's greataxe form, while the girl & Skylar jumped to avoid the other shots. Noticing that he was trying to escape Skylar activated the 'jumping' & 'strength' runes on is outfit and grabbed me by the collar of my jacket. (I was used to him picking me up like that.) Strangely the girl had gotten ahead of us and had already began confronting him.
"Hey!" She called, stopping Torchwick in his tracks.
"Persistant… " I heard him say, until the familiar roar of a Bullhead filled my ears. Torchwick jumped up onto the Bullhead and turned to face the girl, "End of the line, Red!" He called, throwing a fire dust crystal at the girl.
"NO!" I yelled, sprinting towards the girl, seeing the crystal land at her feet & Torchwick firing another projectile. I pulled her into me and turned away, waiting to feel the burn of the blast, but it never came.
"Whoa-ho-ho!" Torchwick yelled, as the smoke cleared he saw a purple barrier protecting me and the girl. "Huh?"
"What the?" I began, I turned my head and saw a familiar sight. "Glynda?" She turned her head, seeing that I was ok. "Thank god you showed up." After standing up, I switched to Trinity's Scythe form and switched it's chambering to assault rifle rather than sniper. Seeing this Skylar loaded his deagle with electric rounds and followed my lead and opened fire. Glynda assisted in our assault, launching a barrage of dust towards the ship.
Torchwick was trying to keep his balance as our combined attack was about to knock the ship out of the sky. He stumbled to the cockpit and called to the pilot. "We got two Hunters and a Huntress!" After hearing this she swapped places with Torchwick and walked out to face us. I glanced into her eyes, and froze. Amber, and seeing a small part of her hair, colored ash-black. I switched to my handguns after dropping Trinity and just held the triggers down. Glynda was trying to use her own attacks against her while Skylar was trying to knock her off balance.
Ultimately all of our attacks were either turned against us, or completely deflected. After both of my clips were almost empty, I noticed the woman flinch. One of my shots hit her, grazing her cheek, leaving a small glowing wound- wait glowing? In a last ditch effort she created several marks of flame dust underneath our feet. I grabbed the girl & jumped away, Glynda leapt backwards to dodge hers and Skylar used an explosive round from his deagle to launch backwards. After the dust had settled the Bullhead was gone, thankfully everyone was alright, I also noticed the look of awe on the girl's face.
"You guys are Huntsmen and she's a Huntress right?" She asked, Skylar and I nodded. "Can I have your autographs?!"
~In an Unknown Location~
"I hope you realize your actions tonight will not be taken lightly, young lady." Glynda began, using her trademark disciplinarian personality. "You put yourself and others in great danger."
"They started it!" She half-whined.
"She's not kidding." I muttered to Skylar, as we waited in the shadows. "Torch & his goons threw the first punch in this situation."
"If it were up to me, you'd be sent home… With a pat on the back," Earning a hopeful look from the girl, "Here it comes." Skylar whispered. "... And a slap on the wrist." She finished, bringing her riding crop onto the table in front of her. Earning a yelp from the girl. "But… There is someone here who want's to meet you." She said taking a step aside, letting a man I knew, hated and trusted since I arrived in Vale, into the room.
"Ruby Rose…" Ozpin began. "You… have silver eyes." He finished, looking into her eyes.
"He has silver eyes too." Ruby said, pointing at me. "Indeed he does." Ozpin commented, returning to his previous conversation.
"So! Where did you learn to do this?" He asked, as Glynda revealed the footage of Ruby's part of our encounter.
"S-Signal Academy." She said, stuttering slightly.
"They taught you how to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" He asked, sounding curious.
"Well, one teacher in particular."
"I see…" He said, placing the platter of cookies he had in his hand on the table. She looked at me and Skylar, worrying that if she took one we might get mad.
"All yours kid, just toss us a couple alright?" Skylar asked, as Ozpin handed us a couple from the plate. "Thanks boss." As we clinked our cookies together and downed them in a second, while Ruby began to devour every cookie on the plate.
"It's just that I've seen only two scythe wielders of that skill before, one is in this room. The other… a Dusty, old crow." Ozpin noted.
"Mmmm!" Ruby grunted, beginning to speak with her mouth still full. "Thash ma Unkul!" Earning a confused look from me and an eyebrow raise from Ozpin. "Sorry, that's my Uncle Qrow! He's a teacher at Signal!" She began proudly. "I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing. And now I'm all like- Hooowaaah! Withcaaa!" She finished, earning a chuckle from Skylar and I.
"So I've noticed." Ozpin began, smiling . "And what is an adorable girl like you doing at school designed to train warriors?" He asked.
"Well… I want to be a Huntress." Ruby admitted.
"You want to slay monsters?" Ozpin asked.
"Yeah! I only have two more years of training left at Signal, and then I'm going to apply for Beacon! You see my sister's starting there this year, and she's trying to become a Huntress, and I'm trying to become a Huntress 'cause I want to help people. My parents always taught us to help others, so I thought, 'Hey, I might as well make a career out of it!' I mean the police are alright, but Huntsman and Huntresses are so much more romantic and exciting and really, gosh, you know!" She concluded, I was surprised she could say all of that on one breath. While Ozpin, Glynda and Skylar just stared, thinking.
"Do you know who I am?" Ozpin asked.
"You're Professor Ozpin. You're the Headmaster of Beacon." Ruby said.
"Hello." He said simply. "Nice to meet you." Ruby said cheerfully.
"You want to come to my school?" He asked.
"More than anything." Ruby replied. Ozpin gave a look to the three of us, wanting confirmation.
"Hmmph." Glynda grunted.
"I'd enjoy someone my age around Beacon." Skylar admitted, looking hopeful.
"You already know my answer." I said, smiling.
He looked at us, with that little grin on his face. He turned back to Ruby and simply said. "Well okay."
~On our Way Back to Signal~
"Why do I have to be escorted by you two again?" Ruby asked whining, as we walked back to Signal.
"Ozpin's order, and we'd like to get to know you better." Skylar explained.
"Okay, well… My Name's Ruby, my favorite color is red, I'm a soon-to-be student at Beacon, I use a scythe with a high caliber, high impact sniper rifle, and I have a half-sister named Yang."
"Wait, did you say 'Yang'?" I asked, Ruby nodded. "I… actually know your sister." I admitted. "Really? From where?" She asked innocently.
"Beginning of August, when your sister went on her 'motorcycle ride around Vale'." I told her everything that happened at the nightclub, she and Skylar just stood there and listened.
"Her version was a lot less… detailed." Ruby admitted. "But she'll be surprised when she see's me going to Beacon with her!" She added, showing a cute smile.
"Yeah, I bet. Well, you can walk the rest. We'll see you tomorrow." Skylar said, waving goodbye.
"Bye!" She yelled back.
~On the Airship to Beacon~
"Oh, I can't believe my little sister is coming to Beacon with me! This is the best day ever!" Yang exclaimed, squeezing Ruby in a bear hug.
"Please stop." Ruby groaned.
"I think you're hurting her Yang." I said, walking up behind her. "Maybe you should stop before you break her ribs."
"But I'm so proud of her!" Yang whined, finally letting go of Ruby.
"Really sis, it was nothing." Ruby began, until she was interrupted by Yang.
"What do you mean? It was incredible! Everyone at Beacon is going to think you're the bee's knees." Yang declared, trying to cheer her sister up.
"I don't want to be the 'bee's knees' ok? I don't want to be any kind of knees! I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees."
"Come on Rubes, lighten up a little at least." I asked, placing my hand on her shoulder. "This is a pretty big honor."
"I know, but it's just… I got moved ahead two years. I don't want people to think I'm special or anything." She admitted, looking sorrowful.
"But you are special." Yang said, half hugging her sister. "I can follow that statement, you've got talent Ruby, and it takes something unique to peek my interest." I said, taking the other side of the half hug. As a news broadcast began to play in the background.
"... The robbery was lead by nefarious criminal Roman Torchwick, who continues to evade authorities. If you have any information on his whereabouts please contact the Vale Police Department, back to you Lisa."
"Thank you, Cyril." Lisa began. " In other news, this Saturday's 'Faunus Civil Rights' protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now disrupted…" The broadcast was cut off, as a holographic image of Glynda appeared in it's place.
"Hello, and welcome to Beacon!" The hologram-Glynda said warmly.
"Who's that?" Yang asked. "My name is Glynda Goodwitch." The hologram continued, simultaneously answering Yang's question. "Oh."
You are among the privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy! Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsman and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task and now, it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world." It finished, fading away.
"Oh wow!" I heard Ruby say, dashing over to the to the window to see the spectacular view. "Look, you can see Signal from here! I guess home isn't too far after all!"
"Beacon's our home now." Yang said, placing her hand on Ruby's shoulder. "I think you'll like it here." I followed up. "Oh and I think that guy may vomit… so we should probably move away from here."
"Good idea, I want to be the first one off, so I can see all the awesome weapons everyone has!" Ruby squealed, dashing towards the exit ramp leaving a trail of rose petals in her wake.
"She's obsessed with weapons huh?" I asked Yang, she nodded in response. "She and I are going to get along just fine." I said, thinking about my new future at Beacon.
A/N: Roger: Whoohoo! 'Episode One' done! CAn't wait to do the rest of this series, with my fellow authors standing beside me. Ain't that right guys?
SirArondight: With you all the way!
Assassin of RWBY: I'll do whatever I can, whenever I can. It's great to be a help with this.
Legendary 2096: I'll be happy to help, just keep us updated and posted about any events 'k?
VenomousFantum: I agree with Legend, keep us posted and we'll keep assisting you whenever we can.
Rodger: Wow, you were able to get the four of them to help you? Then I'm with you until you stop writing any of your stories. By the way… what story are you doing next after you finish with RWBY?
Roger: If you must know, it's 'Fire Emblem' and as a reward for the four of you helping me… you may want to do some research on Fire Emblem Awakening, 'cause you guys get your own characters to assist Robin, Chrom and Marilyn in their journey across the Halidom of Ylisse!
Rodger: Wait, Mari did Awakening? So that means we're both going to be in Fates then?
Roger: Correct, so until next time, Bye!