Hey everyone! Glad you could check out this story. A couple nights ago we actually had a surprise Blood Moon and then the idea for the story just went from there. I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or any of the characters, they are owned by Rooster Teeth.
Ruby.
A long way from her home in Patch, Ruby wandered through the city of Mistral, the city she had fought tirelessly to get to along with her friends.
While the relief set in, the rejoicing was short lived as realization came back to them.
She had still lost one of her dearest friends, her team was no more and this new, greater threat was looming over them.
Even in victory, they still seemed to be losing.
Ruby stared up at the night sky, looking at the oh so familiar moon, it's pieces shattered and slowly drifting away.
"Not too different from us." She thought.
She couldn't have known how right she would be in just a few moments.
Ruby loosened her grip on her scythe, leaving herself at ease as she put it away.
Taking another look, she noticed something peculiar, the shattered pieces had begun to move.
"What the?" She said.
Ruby looked around, wondering if anyone had noticed the strange activity, but to her shock, she was alone.
The area filled with people not a moment ago, now deserted.
Ruby turned her gaze to the moon once more, only to find its shattered pieces taking shape, combining together with its other half, forming a full moon once more.
She was astounded, to anyone it would seem impossible, like a downright fairy tale.
But she couldn't deny what she was seeing was true.
A weird sensation began to alert her in the back of her mind.
All lights went out, leaving her bathing in the glow of the moonlight.
Eeriness surrounding her as another impossibility revealed itself.
The moon once glowing white, slowly dimming, changing its shade to a red rivaling Ruby's cloak.
Ruby continued to stare, not taking her eyes off it for even a second.
"Hey, kiddo, what are ya doing out here this late?" A voice called.
"Oh I'm sorry, I just…" Ruby trailed off a she looked behind her, seeing someone she had not expected.
"Dad?" Ruby said in confusion.
"Yeah, by the way, somebody missed you." Tai said, motioning to someone behind him.
Zwei ran over, immediately jumping into Ruby's arms.
"Awww, I missed you too." Ruby says.
"No welcome for me." Another voiced joked.
Ruby looked up, gasping at the sight.
"Not even gonna welcome your sis huh?" Yang said.
"Y-yang." Ruby stuttered.
"That's not all." Yang said.
Behind her appeared her once closest friends, the rest of Team RWBY.
"It's about time you showed up." Weiss said.
Blake just smiled, looking up from her book.
"But…what are you guys doing here?" Ruby asked.
"You are the only one who would know that Ruby." One final voice called.
As soon as that oh so familiar voice fell upon her ears, tears began to stream down from her eyes.
"P-Pyrrha?" Ruby whimpered.
Pyrrha stood before her, unchanged, looking as happy as she was before that day.
Images of Pyrrha's death raced through Ruby's mind, unrelenting in their torment.
Pyrrha stepped forward embracing Ruby, helping her to calm down.
"I'm sorry." Ruby whimpered, still sobbing.
"Don't be, it wasn't your fault, besides, we know Pyrrha would not be mad at you." She pointed out.
"What?" Ruby asked in confusion.
With that said, Pyrrha faded away in a cloud of red dust, encircling Ruby before flying off into the night sky.
Taiyang and Zwei followed suit, leaving Ruby and her team be.
"Closure, unity, forgiveness, that is what you desire." Weiss spoke, her tone now more serious.
"We have shown what you seek, it is your choice to make it a reality." Blake spoke in the same tone.
"Good luck, young one." Yang spoke.
The three faded away, just like the others.
Ruby stood there for a moment before blacking out.
Waking up, Ruby took in her surroundings, she was in the same spot as before, still walking, weapon in hand, people crowding the city.
"That couldn't have been a dream." Ruby thought.
Ruby looked to the skies once more, only to find the shattered moon in all its nonexistent glory.
Ruby lowered her gaze and made her way back to Haven.
She plopped down on her bed in exhaustion.
Staring up at the ceiling, she chuckled at her daydream.
"Weird." She thought.
But the words they spoke rang in her head.
They were right about what she had been trying to achieve.
Closure for all this chaos, unity in bringing her team and friends back together and forgiveness for the one she could not save.
"They said I had a choice to make it a reality, but how?" She asked herself.
Ruby looked to her side, looking at the picture Team RWBY had taken all the while ago.
She smiled, reminiscing a bit.
"One step at a time." She whispered.
Tomorrow would be another day, she had made it this far, it was time for a new beginning and she would be the start.
Thank you all so much for checking this out. There will be three more parts, one each for the rest of Team RWBY. Each one seeing what they truly desire. Thanks again for reading and have an amazing day.