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Chapter 1

Lost Future

Unknown location

Unknown time

Blood and Ashes.

Those were the smells that filed the battlefield. A great castle and green plains now reduced to scotched earth and ruble. As war raged outside a great shadow was descending across the battlefield as the human forces were slowly, but surely being obliterated by black soulless creatures whose entire purpose was to destroy humankind, Grimm, hordes of them for every one they killed two more would take its place.

Amidst the ensuing chaos ten figures were holding their ground against the creatures of darkness. One of them, a grayed haired Knight, noticed the looming darkness in the sky as it obscured the ever present Broken Moon. "She is already here!" shouted the knight as he cleaved another Grimm with his sword.

"How is the ritual going we don't have much time left!" he screamed

"Almost complete, the relics are working overtime. The portal already appeared, but it's unstable we don't know if it will work correctly" Responded a regally dressed black-haired man as he started throwing knives at the Grimm from a distance. "We just have to wait a little longer"

"There is no time left; you know that if we miss this chance it will be the end of all" shouted the knight being slowly overrun by Grimm, but unyielding to their advances.

"Bu-"

"Ren!" The two men began staring at each other. It was a quick stare, not longer than a second, but it was enough to get the message across. With a quick nod the human identified as Ren issued a command. "Retreat to the castle and hold the line" As the troops where retreating one of the ten figures asked "Oy Ren, where is the princess" the figure had wild red hair, black jeans with boots, black top and a long white coat that fell to her ankles.

"She already retreated to the Sanctum with Cyan" Ren said "gather the others and tell them to go to the Sanctum"

Nodding she went and told the ten that they should retreat the battlefield and leave the fighting to the troops. As they began to gather, from the skies came a blood curling roar "▂▂▃▃▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅!" That made the foundation of the castle, or what's left of it, shake and set despair in the hearts of men and women alike. There was only one entity in the entire world of Remnant that could produce such roar, an entity so powerful that consumed the light of Remnant, so terrible that the ground withered at its wake, filled with only hate and with a want to eliminate humanity. There was no mistake.

She was here

"I hope we are not too late" said Ren while looking at the Gray haired Knight.

Inside The Sanctum

"Princess" Pov

"▂▂▃▃▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅!"

There is no doubt; there isn't a single being on Remnant that can emit that sound.

She is here.

"Cyan how is the ritual going?" I asked Cyan.

"My liege, the portal is open, but it's extremely unstable and with all the commotion upstairs I doubt it will stabilize itself" said Cyan while adjusting his eyeglasses.

"We knew this would happen, we knew that by sacrificing his spirit it would draw her attention" I said biting my nail. When we started the ritual I knew something like this would happen, but to this scale. I didn't foresee such a thing I guess this is why I am not cut out to be a leader, much less a King. "Regardless, we need to use the portal now whether it stabilizes or remains unstable; otherwise all our effort will be lost"

"Hmph I wasn't suggesting otherwise" replied Cyan with a serious look on his face. Even when he is serious he still manages to make it seem like he is mocking me.

"Well then let's go" as we start making our way to the portal we heard footsteps behind us, like horse galloping, the sound started to become louder and louder, until with a loud crash the doors exploded as we saw Ren running at our direction with our friends behind us and a horde of Grimm in pursuit.

"What are you waiting for?! Get in the Portal!" he shouted

Without thinking it twice we started running for it, as the walls began to crumble and the place started to crawl with Grimm. As I looked around I couldn't feel anything, but sadness, this place was where we trained, where we became friends, where the last hope for Remnant was stored, this was the last outpost of humanity, the shining beacon where my father led the fight against the darkness.

Now it was nothing, but a pile of ruble and dust.

But I have to steel my mind I cannot allow doubt and insecurities to cloud my mind. I have a duty to fulfill and a mission to complete.

As I briefly look back I saw my friends running miles behind me with hordes of Grimm behind them.

"Don't worry about them" said Cyan, breaking me of my trance, with a stern face while facing our objective.

"Huh"

"They will make it, put your trust in them as they put theirs on you" Those words resonated within me; I cannot fail because my friendships were a distraction, that would be betraying their trust. I quickly nod as we started getting closer to the portal.

The right wall broke letting more Grimm loose, as they came close to us they opened their jaws in an attempt to devour us.

„Gaaaaaaaaa!" shouted in unison.

Their jaws are close, too close to be exact; I can smell the putrid smell of blood coming out of their mouths.

"Jump!" Shouted Cyan

With all my strength concentrated in my feet I am able to jump through the portal with Cyan following behind me. As I went through the portal I could feel it's overwhelming energy coursing through my entire body; I could only see white and shades of blue and felt as if I was falling through the sky, but unable to feel the wind in my face or move my body for that matter. My mind went through different scenarios; what if the portal malfunction and we end up trapped in here, or if it sends us to another dimension where we are unable to save Remnant.

I quickly get rid of such toughs as I start to see ripples in front of me, the ripples start growing and growing until they start to shake violently, suddenly a fissure appears in front of me and I feel my body being drawn up to it; as I went through it I could recognize something familiar, The moon, it wasn't an unusual sigh, I have gazed upon the broken moon many times, but this time was different, there wasn't a sense of dread or the feeling of an upcoming battle, this time it was rather soothing, the night was calm and there were no traces of war in the environment.

After admiring the moon I quickly regain control of my thoughts and my body only to realize that I was falling right into a forest. I start scanning my surroundings in search of a scapegoat, until I notice Cyan falling close behind me.

My mind goes into overdrive in order to formulate a plan to our current situation; a fall from this height to the forest bellow would certainly mean a quick death. "Cyan!" I screamed at my ally.

"Yes my liege"

"Come close to me, I'll use my semblance to slow our descend, then I need you to use one of your gravity bombs to create a good landing zone, can you do that" I stated

"Of course" he said, as he began preparing a gravity bomb.

"Wait for my signal" I said as I prepared my semblance.

As I put my hand into my sword I thought 'Okay this is it, now the fate of the future rest in our shoulders. I have to block my personal feelings and my personal needs to achieve my mission, for the sake of Remnant, my friends, and my father. This is the only way, this is the only path'.

As I began to concentrate; I blocked my surroundings the sound of the wind, the smell of the trees, all gone as I began to draw the power passed down through multiple generations; that power, the power of my father and his ancestors, my power. Time stops as I concentrate my power into my sword arm.

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"Now!" I shouted as time resumes. A small smile appears on the edge of my lips as I thought 'Yes, this time we will be able to make a difference, this time we will save Remnant and protect the future '.

Sadly at the time she didn't know that with their arrival things only with become more complicated, because once you break the time barrier ripples of distortion will run across the time flow shifting everything a tiny bit, but enough.

On the way to Mistral

6 Months after the fall of Beacon

After the fall of Beacon the former students of the now former school decided to take different paths in live, some decided to go back to their home in order to run away from their problems, others decided to embark on an unwanted path for the sake of their family traditions, while the most unfortunate of them are still haunted by the events of that terrible unable to cope with their own memories. These four students don't fit in any of these categories. They are team RNJR; composed of the former leader of team RWBY, Ruby Rose, and the remaining members of team JNPR, Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren. After the destruction of Beacon Academy and the death of their fellow friend, Pyrrha Nikos, team RNJR embarked on a journey towards Haven Academy in order to find the one responsible of such acts, Cinder Fall.

Now after many months of traveling, side jobs and grueling training on the outsides of vale team RNJR found themselves…

Lost

"Are we there yet?" cried Nora Valkyrie with her head and shoulder down.

"No Nora, we are not there yet" replied the ever stoic, but patient Lie Ren as if he was talking to a little child.

"Ah Oky" replied Nora now with a normal face, no longer than 5 minutes later "Are we there yet?"

"No Nora, we are still half way through and with our current rhythm we won't be in Mistral for the next months" Replied a frustrated Jaune Arc with a map tightly grasped by his shaking hands, turns out Jaune's patience has been reduced to almost nothing thanks to a certain orange haired hyperactive girl; who has been doing nothing, but asking if they have arrived at their destination for the past hour. "and Nora I would really appreciate if you could stop asking the same question every five seconds" added the irritated Arc with the most forced smile ever.

"Okey dokey fearless leader" said Nora while doing a solider salute.

"Good" said the supposed fearless leader.

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Five minutes later.

"Are we there yet?" whined the Valkyrie to her team.

"Nope" responded Ruby as plainly as human possible.

Jaune at this point was at the brink of a mental breakdown. Being tasked to figure out exactly where they were was strenuous enough plus having played part in this asking routine for the last hour had drained every single once of patience in his being. He swears if Nora asks that question one more time he will-

"Are we there yet?" asked Jaune's Grimm reaper.

"That's it!" shouted the frustrated Arc "We don't know where we are! This map is all wrong!" he said while showing the map in his now shaking hands. "And Nora has been asking the same question for the past hour so-"

"Jaune" said Ruby sheepishly while raising her hand effectively stopping Jaune's rant.

"WHAT!" shouted bashfully Jaune while looking at Ruby with eyes bigger than a human should have.

"You got the map upside down" said Ruby with her characteristic innocence, while pointing at the map with her index finger and flashing an innocent smile.

"Oh" said Jaune Arc with an expression as if he had discovered the meaning of life at that moment. Moving the map in his hands and giving it a quick glance he just uttered a single word "Ohhh" this time with a tone of understanding as if he was looking at something so elemental that a toddler could figure it out. "Ouh" said the fearless leader this time while slumping his head and shoulders down; realizing that a toddler could figure that out in less than five minutes.

After his outburst and realization; Jaune suddenly straightened him up, put a serious face and proceeded to move forward "the next village is Shion, we should be arriving before dusk if we hurry" stated Jaune with the plainest tone ever.

Ren and ruby shared a mutual glance and a nod of understanding and proceeded to follow Jaune suit.

While Nora only sighed and started following the others; five minutes later she uttered those dreaded words "Are we there yet?" it was going to be a long day for team RNJR, but nothing could prepare them for what's to come.

With Team RNJR

Outside of Shion

After witnessing the death and destruction present in the Village of Shion, team RNJR mood was rather on the low side to say the least. Ren and Nora haven't uttered a word since then; which wasn't so weird for the ever stoic Lie Ren, but very unusual for the Hyperactive Nora Valkyrie. Ruby was trying to raise the morale and failing miserably at it. Meanwhile Jaune was oddly serious, something really out of character for him. After a very awkward campfire meal the members of team RNJR went to sleep.

Except for two; the first one Jaune Arc woke himself up in the middle of the night for some midnight training and the second one being Ruby Rose, who woke up after dreaming of the voice of her former classmate, Pyrrha Nikos.

After waking up Ruby made her way through looking for the source of the familiar voice, as she got closer to the source she could also make out the sound of heavy footsteps, sword slashes, grunting and forced breathing. All these multiples sound culminated in the form of a sweaty Jaune Arc with his sword in one hand and his shield in the others, but what really caught her attention was Jaune's scroll which was laying on the floor and it was playing a prerecorded video of Pyrrha, Jaune's former partner and lover.

As the video gave him instructions Jaune followed them even before it gave them, as if he had already memorized the words of the video and at the end its length, instead of stopping, the video repeated itself and Jaune proceeded to perform the same moves that he was instructed just a minute ago. The sight made Ruby's heart sink; she knew that Jaune blamed himself for Pyrrha's death, but she didn't know that Jaune's survivor guilt was so bad. All those notions changed after seeing him torturing himself with her memory.

As she was ready to go back to the camp and get some sleep, something unexpected the night sky lit up and above them a huge tear in the sky appeared accompanied with the sound of crystal breaking. Ruby could not believe her eyes, so she rubbed them and double check to see if her lack of sleep was playing tricks on her, and as expected the huge crack in the sky remained there. Without thinking it twice she began sprinting towards Jaune in order to warn him about this crazy phenomenon. She acted without thinking, because if she stayed and watched for a bit longer she would have seen two figures falling down the sky.

Jaune Pov

Useless

'I am so useless' I thought as I slashed my sword wildly at the air.

Not only did I fail to save Pyrrha, but also if I hurried up a little we could have reached Shion faster and help the victims of the Grimm attack. So I have to get stronger for the sake of the other, but also because her memory otherwise I won't forgive myself. I said in my mind as I finished another sword thrust.

It's hard to realize that it has been already six months since that day.

I began to relax myself; it's not every day that a forest is this quiet normally there's always a Grimm prowling in the dark corners of it. Today the night is so soothing better to not waste it, it will be a good way to clean my head of my previous thoughts.

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The sound of glass breaking brought me out of my trance. As I looked for the source I noticed a bright light not so far from me; as I look up I see something that left me speechless. In the sky there was a huge crack on in, as if someone smacked the sky with a sledge hammer.

"What the..." was the only noise I was able to produce.

As I focused my eyes onto the anomaly I see two figures drop out of the tear in the sky.

Before I could even begin to process what I saw I hear footsteps behind me and suddenly…

"Jaune! Crack in the sky! No time to speak! Come with me!" said Ruby with a face of panic as she tried to drag me with her.

"Hold on Ruby, you are not making any sense" I said as I stopped her.

"Bu-" before she could say anything a huge gust of wind knocked us, making us fall straight to the ground, followed by a loud explosion that was the equivalent of increasing the bass to maximum volume.

After taking a bit of time to readjust our senses; I took a quick glance at Ruby and without a thought decided to run to the source of the explosion. It was a dumb decision, a dumb move; the best course of action would be returning to the team and then see if approach the zone of explosion. But something made me drawn to find out whom or what made that mess.

"Jaune!" I heard Ruby shout behind as I go headfirst to the source.

As I made my way through the forest I arrived at the zone of the explosion. In the zone of the explosion it seemed as hurricane had just passed; all the tress were broken and bended in an uneven way and the grass bellow had been completely blown off.

Amidst this commotion I noticed two figures in the center of the crater, with a quick glance I could make that one was female while the other was male. As I set my eyes on the female I notice she is sheathing her sword. As I start glancing her I noticed something, she is one of the most beautiful girls I have ever seen; she was wearing white shoulder pads, greaves, gauntlets and chest armor. She was also wearing a light purple combat dress that reached below her knees accompanied by combat boots that looked efficient in combat while not sacrificing her appeal. On top of her head she had a huge metal circlet that seemed like its main function was to act as a pseudo helm. Her face was fair she had yellow eyes and yellow hair, and had a calm, but cold expression as if she had one thing in mind that took priority above all else; I would estimate her to be the same age as me perhaps a bit older. She was standing in the middle of the crater with a dignified pose, but strong one that you would only see in tales of knights and magic.

After breaking my trance I glanced to her partner; he was wearing a formal tuxedo set up with a trench coat on top of it accompanied with a star on the left side of his coat and long, but elegant, boots. He was carrying around a gun on his left leg and a bag filled with something which I could not identify. He had combat gloves on and glasses. He also has yellow hair; but different from hers, while hers was almost golden hair his was darker more akin to brown. He had a very strict face as if to say that he demanded perfection in every aspect. Something about the way he carried himself seemed very familiar as if I have already seen him before; but most likely was my sleep deprived mind playing tricks on me.

Gathering my courage I decided to break the silence and speak "Hey! Who are you and what are your intentions!" it was the most basic of sentences I could come up with, but after all the crazy things that happened in the span of minutes, coupled with my sleep deprivation, my mind wasn't working at its full one-hounded percent.

They seemed to have noticed me, as they shifted their attention towards me. Their gazes meet mine, a quick shiver goes down my spine, as I see only steel in their eyes; eyes filled with determination. It seems that they were not expecting me as I see their eyes widening for a split second before going back to its cold nature. Whoever they were, they were clearly well trained. Perhaps they were Huntsman, but I shouldn't jump to conclusions so early.

Their focus seems to drift from me to their surroundings, as if they were expecting a possible threat. Am I getting ignored?

"Hey both of yo-"I tried to voice my displeasure, but I am quickly cut by the sounds of footsteps coming behind me. I noticed that Ruby was approaching me with an uncharacteristic angry face.

As she goes near me she screams "Jaune! Why did you leave me behind…" as she shifted her gaze from me to the unknown individuals in front of us. "Who are they" she asked with genuinely curiosity.

"That's what I am trying to figure out" I replied as I held my sword and shield in a defensive stance.

I hear movement getting closer to us from behind, as I move my head to the source of the sound I notice Ren and Nora running towards our location in a full sprint with weapons already in hand, the probably woke up from the aftershock of the explosion. Good; if the situation turns dire we could overpower them by having the advantage in numbers. I quickly glance at Ruby and noticed…

Damn it.

She is unarmed. Doesn't matter even without her weapon she could provide some sort of support with her semblance.

"Jaune, what's going on?" asked Ren with a serious expression.

"Who are they?" wondered Nora with curiosity.

"That's what I am trying to figure out" I replied while keeping my gaze fixed on our guests.

One second passed, but felt like an eternity as the tension is palpable and causing me to start feeling hot…wait that's not it, it feels like the entire area was getting warmer by the second, but my attention was so fixed on them that I didn't notice the high increase on temperature, that shouldn't be possible since we are on the middle of Fall season.

As I look to my side I see in the horizon the cause of the increase in temperature; it was the last thing you would want to see while deep in the forest.

Flames

There weren't many at first but in the blink of an eye they spread like wildfire, as I start to think again, the forest began to burn rapidly. Soon the trees around us were enflamed with fire. Thankfully whatever the mysterious Huntsmen did created and area where there were no trees, but still we were surrounded by fire caged with possible hostile enemies.

Great, just great. They couldn't be in a worse situation.

As I quickly gather myself, I glanced at the yellow haired Huntress; her face quickly becoming serious and the amount of killing intent she emitted going from zero to a hundred in a split of a second. In less than my brain could process she reached for the pommel of her sword and entered combat stance, extending her legs to her sides and slightly crouching. Then out of nowhere she disappeared leaving only a crater where she once was and a vacuum of air.

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No that isn't right she didn't disappear, she jumped but I am too slow to see her move. What kind of speed is that? That speed could be faster than Ruby's semblance, granted it could be slower but my mind jumps to the closest hyperbole. As I pulled myself out of my thoughts I see to my side the surprised faces of Nora and Ren. Time slows down as the adrenaline in my system goes to the roof.

I see Ren and Nora preparing for combat.

I see the other Huntsman pulling out a weapon.

I see the place where the Huntress was standing a second ago and trace with my eyes to the most probable place where she would go.

My mind wants to deny such possibility, but the evidence present suggest otherwise.

As I see the broken ground beneath her and the aftershock present in the wind around her. As her hand starts to unsheathe her blade I look up to Ruby's face and all I see is shock and terror. She was unarmed and unprepared for the attack.

I feel time starts to resume as I muster every ounce of strength in my being in order to intercept the incoming blow.

Sadly I tripped with a stone lying on the ground and hit the floor. Damn it even in when my friends are in danger I am still useless because of my own clumsiness and now Ruby is going to die because I made i foolish decision.

Useless

As I laid helplessly on the dirty ground I could only see the death of another friend I was unable to save, as I screamed at the top of my lungs.

"RUBYYYYY!"

Qrow Pov

Once you start working as Ozpin's errand boy you start to witness a lot of weird shit. You think that you have seen it all and out of nowhere you witness the birth of a deathstalker ursa hybrid… it was not a pleasant sight to say the least, but at least you can use a little bit of alcohol and then things will start to make more sense.

The babysitting job I've done during the last months has been nothing short of uneventful. You know a pack of Beowulfs here a Grand Ursa there and sometimes if my semblance decides to get a little creative it will throw a Deathstalker or two at me, but nothing that I can't handle. At least I am making the kid's journey easy and pleasant.

Lately I have been running out of Alcohol, huh, I guess I should stop in the next tavern, it is difficult to find good juice in the middle of the forest.

At least this night is quiet enough to let me have some shut eye.

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That was what I would I have done if a huge crack in the sky hadn't appeared out of nowhere. From it I could only make out two figures dropping out of it to the forest bellow. Seconds before their fall a huge explosion occurred destroying the trees and creating a crater.

Shit! The kids are in that forest.

Before I could gather my things and go below I noticed that from the crack in the sky starts leaking a substance, like a black mud. Something in my being started warning me about the black substance, called it instinct if you will.

My curiosity got the better of me as I stood in my place intrigued as to what that black mud was.

It was a terrible mistake by part.

As soon as the mud touched the ground; the ground started withering, flowers died, the grass turned black and trees started crumbling. No longer than 2 seconds the mud started burning everything in its wake.

Fuck, I gotta hurry if I keep staring they will be consumed by the fire.

I started making my way to the forest as it transformed into a burning hell. Even if I tried to go in I would be burned alive before making it to Ruby's camp.

"I am too sober for this" I said as I started to prepare my weapon.

I hope I am not too late.

That night the flow of time was altered in the world of Remnant. The Remnants of a lost future will challenge their fate; in order to save their future they must first secure the past.

As the sky split it draw the attention of multiples spectators; a small kid in a farm watched this phenomenon with awe, as if we has seeing a fairytale come to life.

A Faunus remembered the old days with her friends at Beacon and found a reason worth fighting for.

An Heiress watched in wonder as she renewed her will to keep pursuing her dreams.

And a sunny little dragon whose light was gone, felt like she could try to rekindle the flame she had long lost.

But beware that with every new light that is lit it will always cast a shadow that will seek to consume it.

To be continued…

Author Note-

So want did you think. It is my first story after all and English isn't my mother language so forgive my Grammatik errors. I am willing to accept help of those offer it; after all I am trying to improve my writing. Also anyone that wants to help me by making a cool image for the cover I would appreciate, you don't have to if you don't want to.

The story will be centered on volume 4 and onwards; since volume 5 is now airing it may end up affecting some of the events I had planned but in general the story will drift away completely from the canon. Also i will try not to retell whats already on the show, i will rather concentrate in none canon events as the canon events of volume 4 will stay more or less the same.

I will be making a codex where I will summarize the general idea of some of the characters that I will introduce later on. You are not obligated to see it and by doing it you won't get anything different that you wouldn't get from the main story; it is more to visualize some of the characters appearances trough the face claims that I will be using.

I am open to criticism and suggestions and I will try to update as soon as humanly possible.

So until next time