I screamed as I fell head first into the portal. That blasted demon filth pushed me through! If only I had been slightly faster none of this would have happened! Now I am tumbling headlong into only the gods know where with no backup and only one glaive that I had somehow managed to maintain a grip on as I was blasted through the air into the swirling yellow-green vortex. Looking below me I can now see a vast forest of red colored trees spreading out below me and I rushing through the air to meet them. Righting myself I called upon my innate demonic powers and spread my wings slowing my decent. Gliding over the trees I spotted a nearby clearing and made my way towards it and landed on the soft red petal-like leaves that blanketed the forest floor.
Sighing I sank to my knees on the forest floor and began to take stock of my meager provisions and assess my situation. Looking through my bags I was disheartened by what I saw. All that remained of my rations were a couple of hard slices of bread and some dried fish. As equipment went I was not much better off. Aside from my singular remaining glaive all I had was a long knife that I used for skinning and cleaning my kills for weapons. Checking my armor I was only slightly better off. I was wearing my standard leather trousers and leg-guards and my forearms were covered in a set of leather bracers studded with metal rivets. My chest was only covered by a tight fitting leather harness that was really more along the lines of two pieces of fur lined leather crossed over and supporting my bust and laced together in the back. Not particularly protective or covering but it gave me the widest range of motion possible to help with my preferred fighting technique. Also I had a loose cotton shirt and a long hooded cape in my bag for the more cold climates that I sometimes visited. I donned both of these and raised my hood, as the temperature of the air was drastically colder than my previous local.
Now, I thought, time to discover where I've ended up. This place... It feels odd. Also it matches no part of Azeroth that I know. Though I have not visited the island of Pandaria. Maybe the portal somehow sent me there?
With that I set off following the setting sun hoping against hope that I would find some inkling of civilization or perhaps someone willing to point me in the correct direction. I had been wandering for a couple hours when I heard it. Explosions and a roaring of some unknown beast. Being no stranger to battle and war after centuries in service to the Illidari fighting the Legion I rushed forward intent on reaching the fight and helping whichever side I felt could possibly help me more. Before I came upon the battle I again activated some of my demonic abilities and shifted into spectral sight allowing me to see what it is I would be dealing with before I arrived. What I saw however shocked me. There seemed to be four young women fighting a large ursine creature covered in spikes. As I was in spectral sight I couldn't make out details or faces but it was clear who I would be helping. Shifting back to normal sight I charged.
With a growl I bounded into the clearing and slashed at the monster across its right foreleg drawing its attention and saving a small girl with a impossibly large scythe from taking the blow that was meant to smash her into the ground. Looking at the monster in front of me I was perplexed. The thing stood roughly nine feet tall and was black as pitch except for the myriad of spikes sprouting from its back and a red marked face mask that were like the ivory tusks of an Elekk only whiter. The thing that perplexed my the most however was the fact that my glaive that could rend through the toughest demon hide had hardly scratched the ursine beast. There was definitely a wound but it was not nearly what I was hoping it would be. With another growl I lunged at the beast again determined for it to stay focused on me and away from the young women who quickly gathered themselves and now began to discuss something among themselves. Ignoring them I few into a complex series of attacks.
With a roar of agony and fury the ursine beast swung his giant paw at me and connected with my chest, shredding my shirt and revealing my toned stomach and intricate violet tattoos that ran the entire length of my upper body. Swinging again it smashed my into a tree next to the red haired scythe user who, with the help of a blonde haired young woman, hauled me to my feet and ushered me behind her.
"Stay here! You helped us regroup so now let us finish this Ursa so that we can help you!" she said with a determined voice that almost made me chuckle. It was just too adorable sounding coming from her.
"Blake stay with her while me and Ruby hit it head on. Weiss you provide us with some covering fire!" the blonde yelled at the other two members of this bizarre team.
The little red reaper ran forwards at speeds I thought impossible for a human while the white haired girl started casting streaks of fire and ice from her rapier, blasting the Ursa as they called it back a few steps. The blonde who had not been far behind the red clad girl, who I guessed was Ruby, caught up and started to add explosive strikes from some strange gauntlets that covered her forearms. Working together they easily dispatched the beast. The final blow came from a well placed strike from Ruby that separated the beast's head from its shoulders. After a quick round of celebrating they returned their attention to me.
"So..." Ruby began "Who are you? Are you a huntress?"
"Huntress? Not exactly no. As for who I am that is easier to answer. My name is Kytaan (pronounce: kay-tahn) Shadowhawk. I am looking for someone to tell me where I am so that I may return home if possible" I say while clutching my bruised stomach. "And you? Who do I owe my life to so that I may properly thank you all?"
"I'm Ruby Rose. The blonde over there is my sister Yang Xiao Long. The one in white over there is Weiss Schnee and this one in black right here is Blake Belladonna. We are team RWBY form Beacon academy. As for where we are right now we are in the forest of Foreverfall. We were sent to clear out some of the local Grimm with teams JNPR and CFVY. That answer your question?" Ruby said this in a single breath and I was struggling to understand her ramblings.
"You dolt! You confused her! Sorry about that. Our leader has a bit of a motor mouth" Weiss apologized with a slightly abashed look.
"What is the world called. I do not know any of the locations you said," I said.
"Ummm...Remnant. Do you have some crazy amnesia or something?" Yang said which earned her a quick elbow in the side from Blake.
"Then it is as I feared. I am on an entirely different world." I muttered to my self, drawing some concerned and confused expressions from the group in front of me.
"Hey why don't you come with us?" Ruby asked politely "I'm sure our headmaster Professor Ozpin could help you out!"
"Very well. I will go and see your professor. Thank you Ruby Rose."
"No problem! After all you helped us! It just seems right that we help you. Also just call me Ruby," she said with a cute little grin.
A short walk later we met up with eight other individuals standing around some sort of transport. There was clearly two distinct groups one on either side of the ship's ramp. The group closest to us consisted of a tall blonde male with sapphire eyes sporting a simple white breastplate over a hooded jacket with a sword belted at his waist, another tall individual, this one being a red-haired female wearing a bronze corset type of armor with a short sword and shield on her back, a black-haired boy in green with pink eyes with no detectable weapon, and a ginger girl with a pink skirt and some strange silver contraption strapped to her back.
On the other side of the ramp stood the other team. There was a very tall man with a giant bronze sword and a singular green pauldron on his shoulder. Standing to his left was a dark skinned man with rust colored hair and milky white eyes that led me to believe that he was blind. Across form him was a woman in high heeled boots dressed primarily in brown with dark glasses perched on her nose and a black handbag hanging in her grip. What made me do a double take though was the fourth member of this team. She was beautiful with long, straight brown hair and a simple rust colored outfit with gold-colored armored pieces. But what made me do a double take wasn't her beauty though as I was used to beautiful people growing up in the elven city of Silvermoon. No what startled me was the pair of brown rabbit ears that sprouted from her head.
As I was observing these new faces all of them turned to greet the returning team and inquire about their whereabouts for the past few hours. Concern was obvious in their voices and they seemed to know team RWBY well and treated them almost like family. After several minutes the one with the rabbit ears caught sight of me in the treeline and stiffened reaching toward a trunk held at her back. Noticing this Ruby rushed to my rescue and introduced me.
"Every one this is Kytaan Shadowhawk. She saved us from an Ursa major and now she is coming with us to meet Ozpin. She is lost and trying to get home. Kytaan this is team JNPR and team CFVY."
She introduced everyone in turn and made no mention of my mutterings of being from a different world and I did not wish to elaborate any further in my bruised and exhausted state. Greeting them I slowly limped into the light and heard several gasps from the assembled teams, including RWBY. My toned torso was heavily bruised and my side had several bleeding scratches from the fight. My tattoos glowed in the soft evening light and made the wounds stand out in stark contrast.
"Why didn't you tell us it was this bad." Weiss murmured as I collapsed a short distance from them, "Did you not use your aura?"
"What is aura?" I wheezed. Damn this hurts! That thing hit harder than a Fel-Reaver!
"You don't know about aura? How have you been fighting Grimm then? Fighting without is almost suicidal!" Blake shouted concern and anger battling for dominance in her tone.
"Before today I have never seen a Grimm as you call them. I don't even know what this world is! All of this is foreign to me..." I said as my vision swam. I tried to stop myself from falling to the ground but was unsuccessful and passed out on the leaf litter around me succumbing to the immense pain I was feeling.
When I next woke it was in yet another unfamiliar place. This time I was in a clean room that was startlingly bright. The floor appeared to be tiled in marble and the walls were the color of alabaster. The ceiling housed several light fixtures that kept everything bathed in pale unnatural light. Looking around I saw that the room was empty save for my bed and five padded chairs that were arrayed around the room, all pointed in my general direction with the closest one being right by my bedside near my head. All of them were occupied as well. The members of team RWBY sat in the four near the wall and door and a man whom I had not yet met sat in the chair by my bedside. Gingerly I sat up and coughed to wake the others which startled them into more alert states.
"How ya feeling Kytaan?" Yang asked quietly.
"Better. My body's enhanced regeneration must have kicked in while I was out."
"Actually it is because we activated your aura. It did the healing while you were unconscious these past two days and I must say you have a lot of it," the man beside me said.
I turned to get a full view of this newcomer. He looked older with silver hair and a cane. He was dressed in a fancy suit of some kind with a green scarf around his neck and a steaming mug of some dark liquid rested in his hand. Perched on the end of his nose were a pair of small dark spectacles that I assumed were more for looks than practical use. Even sitting down I could tell he was tall though just how tall I was uncertain.
"Hello, I don't believe we have been introduced. I am Professor Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon academy for huntsman and huntresses. My I ask what you are. You are clearly not human nor are you faunus. Your ears are a dead give away to that."
Reaching up I realized I was indeed without my hooded cape and my shoulder length strawberry-blonde hair was released from it's customary ponytail and my dagger-like ears were on full display. Sighing I nod and proceed to explain.
"The thing you must first know is that I am not of this world. I am from a place called Azeroth which is very different from here. As for what I am... well, I am known as a blood elf or Sin'dorei. I however have somewhat abandoned my race and am now an Illidari or demon hunter. I have been infused with the Fel energies of demons, for what better to hunt demons than someone who is part demon." Ozpin nodded and gestured for me to continue.
"I know not where I landed or where I am now but I wish to know if you could help me home or if not help me to find a place with your people. I don't know if I will be of much help as my weapon seems useless here on Remnant but my blade is yours if you are willing. I know you must have questions of me now so ask. I shall be an open book," I say this with a slight quiver to my voice at the sudden rush of emotions I was feeling.
"What happened to your eyes. We removed your veil to check your pupils for dilation and your eyes seem to be made of pure energy. Unusual to say the least."
"I removed them," I state simply to a symphony of gasps from team RWBY and a raised brow from Ozpin " It is part of becoming an Illidari. We can still see as you do but we also have the ability to see more. We call this spectral sight. It allows us to see everything in a way that even on the blackest of nights we can see our surroundings. This is not all it dose however. It allows us to see living things through solid matter so there is virtually no surprising us and if our foe were to become invisible they cannot hide from our gaze."
"Intriguing. You mentioned Illidari being part demon. How so?"
"We take on certain demon characteristics like my horns and some even grow scales on their skin. We also have wings that we can summon from our more demonic side to allow us to glide vast distances and we can even shift into a full demonic form for a brief period of time to help mitigate the amount of damage we receive and increase our own prowess and strength. Also we can channel our excess energy into a powerful beam from our eyes which is part of why they appear to be made of pure energy."
"Hmm..." Ozpin gazed out the window and seemed to ponder something for a while. Finally he spoke again "Would you like to become a huntress? It is not the easiest or most glamorous life and as you saw in team RWBY's hunt it can be extremely dangerous. It would mean you would need to forge a new weapon or set of weapons and take classes with the rest of the teams for four years but it is an honorable life."
I could hardly believe my ears! He actually wanted me for his school. I was ecstatic and accepted without a single thought. Finally a chance to do some good after all my wrongs! With a small smile he rose and excused himself saying he needed to go place me on the roster and add me as a fifth member of team RWBY, leaving me alone with said team who were excitedly discussing school with me. Ruby saying she would help me with forging my new weapons, Weiss and Blake offering to tutor me so as to not be behind the freshman class that they themselves were in, and Yang offering to spar with me and teach me all about fighting. I was looking forward to it all. Later that night I fell asleep with a smile on my face ready to start my new life.
