Chapter 2 - The Dark Cloak
"Come on Weiss it's almost Christmas and we're on our break. Plus I'm cold standing here." the girl with the black hair fading to red tips begged the older girl.
"No! Ruby I won't go to town until I'm completely prepared, and you chose to wear your combat skirt in the cold without anything else to keep your legs warm." Weiss said her white hair almost camouflaged against the snow.
"But Yang and Blake are already there. Can we please go see the town's decorations already!?"
"They aren't there, Ruby. Blake messaged me two minutes ago saying they forgot something and asked me to stall so we could get the shuttle down to the town together," Weiss announced to Ruby who stopped bouncing around the place for a change.
"...oh. Okies! Lets head to the fountain and wait there. It's near enough the main steps that we won't have to wait outside if you get cold." Ruby said and began walking back to the academy's entrance.
"Eh... Ruby. Can you come here for a second?" Weiss asked a hint of nerves in her voice.
"Ok," Ruby oblivious to what was bothering Weiss. "Hey what you looking at Weiss?" Following Weiss's line of sight Ruby saw what she was staring at.
A figure in a jet black cloak was walking up the path to Beacon.
"Do you know them Weiss?" Ruby asked getting nervous herself. The fact that she couldn't tell the figure's gender, height, weight or even see their face because of the cloak wrapped around their body didn't help her nerves. The thing that worried Ruby most was the mask the person was wearing. It looked like a wool mask with a skull printed on it but it wasn't a human skull, it was animal with the teeth and fangs tinged red.
"I don't know them. Now get behind me and load Crescent Rose and send a message to Professor Ozpin informing him that there is an intruder on campus." Weiss ordered pushing Ruby back towards the main entrance.
"Intruder, stop where you are right now and do not come any closer. You are on private grounds. If you come any closer I will be required to attack you." Weiss shouted over the wind sounding braver than she felt.
The figure stumbled to one knee but rose to its feet quickly and kept advancing. With no further warning Weiss drew her saber back and using a glyph launched herself at the figure. Speeding towards she swung aiming to injure the figures shoulder and incapacitate them. After landing Weiss turned and noticed the figure was still moving apparently unfazed.
"I missed?" Weiss whispered to herself seeing Ozpin appear on the steps behind Ruby.
Ruby now charged at the figure using her semblance to leave a trail of rose petals behind her. Closing the gap quickly she swung her scythe at the figure only finding air.
Looking up she saw he'd gone backwards to avoid the strike but had put himself in between her and Weiss at equal distance.
Weiss raised her hand casting a glyph holding the figure in place and both her and Ruby charged Weiss aiming for legs, Ruby the chest.
Before they struck the Figure broke the glyph and back flipped, their legs raising above Weiss's saber and lowering their chest below the blade of the scythe.
Both girls now charged the figure attempting to land a hit but the figure dodged each attempt but did not strike back. As ruby switched her scythe into its shotgun form the figure thrust both of their hands onto the ground their aura flaring around them as they sent out an aura shock wave that threw both girls on their backs. Ruby's shotgun fired as they hit the ground catching the figure in the head but they were physically protected by their aura. The mask was ripped nearly off his head however exposing his face to the cold. Aura still glowing the boy channeled a blast beneath himself launching himself onto the front steps in front of Ozpin. Landing on one knee as Yang and Blake ran out of the entrance to discover the source of fighting to see the boy speak to Ozpin. Ozpin listened to the figure and felt his face drain of all colour in response to the statement; "Char is gone. SummerRise has fallen."
A/N Sorry it is still short but it's only the set up so far. I have longer chapters already written.
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