Chapter 1 – Night
"Please! Just save Pyrrha!"
"But Jaune, what about-" but it was too late. Jaune hurled his scroll down to the pavement and collapsed to his knees.
"What will we do?" Weiss was, for the first time, at a loss for words.
"I have a plan." Ruby reassured Weiss.
"You always do." Weiss smiled weakly. It was a long night, and Weiss was tired from all the fighting. They stood next to each other, prepared to fight to oncoming Grimm. This was their last stand to take back their school.
Pyrrha Nikos, the superstar of Beacon Academy, fought hard against Cinder Fall. She used everything at her disposal against Cinder. Ozpin's desk, the giant clock gears, her shield, and even herself; but she wasn't giving up. Pyrrha was determined to stop Cinder and save Beacon from a huge catastrophe. This was her destiny. Either live to tell the tale, or die a hero. She had already known this ever since she found out how amazing she was at fighting. The beautiful up-and-coming huntress was ready to fight the world. Never did she imagine a night such as this one to ever happen in her lifetime. Never did she imagine that the tournament was to be rigged to start the downfall of a country. Never did she imagine that she would kill someone else without knowing what they were. But she wasn't going to stand for it any longer. This was her school, too. And she was not going to rest until she successfully brought peace back to Vale. So, she kept fighting Cinder to win for everyone who had lost.
Pyrrha threw her shield just as Cinder was taking aim and they met in the middle. However, Cinder's arrow broke down and moved around her shield only to reconfigure on the other side. And it kept going until it stuck its mark in Pyrrha's Achilles Tendon. She fell down on the floor, no longer able to move. She grunted as she used her semblance to snap the arrow in half.
Cinder moved around Pyrrha, "it's unfortunate you were promised a power that was never truly yours. But take comfort in knowing that I will use it in ways you could never have imagined." She smirked in victory.
"Do you believe in destiny?" Pyrrha asked weakly.
"Yes." Cinder stood back a few steps and remade her bow and arrow. She took aim directly at Pyrrha's chest prepared to fire, when Ruby arrived on the scene. Her semblance kicked into high gear, she grabbed her scythe from her back holster and cut the arrow in half. Cinder gasped and her eyes grew large. Her plan was not working any longer.
"Leave Pyrrha alone you, vile witch!" Ruby held Crescent Rose, prepared to strike again. "I will not let another person die on my watch!" Ruby readily jumped into action and ran directly towards Cinder.
"Ruby, no! She's too powerful!" Pyrrha croaked from behind her, but Ruby didn't care. Cinder had already taken Penny away from her, she wasn't about to let her take Pyrrha, too.
Ruby closed in on Cinder. 50 feet. She repositioned her scythe, ready to attack. 20 feet. Cinder was beginning to use the fire magic yet again. Everything seemed to move in slow motion. The Grimm dragon was screeching near Pyrrha, Pyrrha was crying out for Ruby, Ruby was dangerously close to Cinder, and Cinder was blasting fire from her hand. Ruby ducked just in time and sliced Cinder in half. The woman shudder as the life faded from her eyes, but not before her other hand hit Ruby. The fall of Beacon had been prevented. Cinder had been killed, Ruby was slowly burning away and Pyrrha was running towards her.
"No, please! Ruby, you can't die!" Pyrrha choked out as tears streamed down her face. "Please, you were one of the few people that made me feel different. You can't…" Ruby's eyes fluttered shut and her pulse slowed to a stop. She had passed away. Pyrrha held her close and cried loudly as the Grimm dragon began to fly away. The night had finally ended, and morning had come.