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Ou0: I admire your enthusiasm, and I normally wouldn't say this, but you're wrong. David cannot be his own father because he knows Qrow is, and he says "Man, I hope I didn't fuck up the space-time continuum or something like that.", so it's unlikely he'd try anything like having his own child as himself. Also, that is WAY to cliché.
Hey everyone and welcome to chapter 2 of Life on Remnant. I previously said I have no 'plan' for how long this story will be, but I've now made a plan, so this story will be 7 chapters, so I'll end up releasing these really far apart, like every month. At least until we know the actual release date of RWBY Volume 3, the schedule of the releases will be once a month. Anyways, enough chit-chat, let's get started!
Chapter Two - Where should I start?
"This aught to be an eventful story." Ozpin said to himself, and closed the door. I looked around his office, not being in a room like this before in Beacon. The room was shaped like a hexagon, one wall having the door, the wall opposite with the desk on and the other four were filled with books upon books in four bookshelves. The lights hanging from the roof glowed dimly and the curtains were closed, preventing any light from entering the room. I walked over to his desk and sat down opposite Ozpin.
"So, where should I start?" I asked Ozpin. He simply examined me and spoke up.
"Well, first off, I'd like to know why you have a large slice on your chest, and how you're still walking." Ozpin said, leaning back slightly on his chair. I looked down at my chest and noticed the bleeding had stopped.
"In my time, I was stopping a train filled with dust, giant mechs and hundreds of white fang soldiers, and I stopped my friend from killing my team mate. At that point, one of the new students at beacon, Raven Branwen, accidentally sliced my chest with her sword while trying to save her future daughter. The cut appears to decay, and has been eating at my body ever since, but seems to have slowed down now." I explain. Ozpin simply gives me a blank look. "Maybe that wasn't the best place to start..."
"Indeed. How about how we explain by what you mean 'your time'." Ozpin suggested.
"Right, that's why I came here, because I believed that you would be the one to know why I'm here. I fell unconscious because of the wound on my chest and woke up here, about 20 years in the past." I tell him.
"So... you're from the future?" Ozpin asked, a little more enthusiastic.
"Yes, in fact, I'm not even born yet. My father actually arrived at this academy today if I'm right." I say, making his eyes widen a little.
"This is indeed very interesting. Do you have evidence to prove that you're from 'the future'?" Ozpin asked.
"MAYBE I'M THE EVIDENCE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR." Epsilon said, shocking Ozpin. I simply looked up at my goggles, and back at Ozpin.
"You have an AI, and might I say, a unique AI. I've never seen an AI that has capability of free speech." Ozpin said enthusiastically.
"That right, you haven't, not for at least 20 years." I say to the professor. Ozpin simply raised an eyebrow.
"Alright, you've peaked my interest. Shall we continue?" Ozpin asked me, leaning off his chair back to listen better.
"Certainly. Epsilon, a projection would be helpful." I say to my AI, and take my goggles off. The goggles started projecting a white image onto one of the bookcases. "Start by showing us a picture of my headmaster." I say with a small smile. Epsilon projected a picture of Ozpin from my time, essentially taking Ozpin off his feet. Ozpin slowly got up and inspected the picture of himself. Ozpin turned around to me.
"Well, at least I still look good for my age. When was this picture taken?" Ozpin asked, still looking at his future self.
"It was taken in early 2015. How far ahead from now is that?" I asked Ozpin. He stepped away from the projection and sat back down at his desk.
"If what you say is true-" Ozpin began.
"Which it is." I interrupted.
"- than you are from 25 years from the future, so you aren't born for another 7 or 8 years from now." Ozpin revealed to me. I simply widened my eyes. 25 years... I am brought out of my thoughts when Ozpin speaks up again. "Tell me, what is your semblance?"
"I actually have four." I tell him.
"Four! My god, you must have the strongest aura in the world!" Ozpin exclaimed, making me smile a little.
"Yes, you actually had the exact same reaction when I told you the first time. They are telepathy, telekinesis, teleportation and temporal distortion." I inform him.
"Prove it. Tell me something I've never told anyone before." He said to me, I simply smiled a little.
"Well, I've read your mind and I know that you're working on a prototype artificial intelligence programme that has it's own thoughts and directives. You haven't even told the headmaster, which can get you in a lot of trouble." I say to him, with Ozpin giving me a surprised look.
"Well, I definitely haven't told anyone that before. Perhaps I aught to tell you first." Ozpin said, and pulled out a small box. He opened it and pulled out a small data chip.
"I SEE YOU'VE BEEN MAKING AN UNOFFICIAL AI PROGRAMME. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BOTH OF YOU, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE EARLY VERSION OF ME." Epsilon informed us both gleefully. This surprised both me and Ozpin. Ozpin pressed a few buttons on his scroll and inserted the chip. It beeped a few times and a jerky, robotic voice started talking.
"HELLO, MY NAME IS GAMMA." It said.
"WHY HELLO GAMMA, MY NAME IS EPSILON." Epsilon said happily.
"HELLO EPSILON. YOU SEEM FAMILIAR, DO I KNOW YOU?" Gamma asked in his monotone voice. Epsilon simply laughed.
"OH, GAMMA, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT YOU DEFINITELY KNOW ME." Epsilon said, still laughing a little.
"ODD, I DO NOT HAVE ANY DATA ON 'EPSILON', I WILL SEARCH AGAIN LATER." Gamma said robotically.
"Ozpin, we may as well let them both talk to each other for a while, neither of them is going to shut up any time soon." I suggest to Ozpin. He simply nodded and moved my goggles and his scroll further away from the desk. "So, let's continue." We continue to talk for hours upon hours, me answering Ozpin's questions and Ozpin answering mine. By night time, we'd finished our conversation. "So, have I convinced you now?"
"One last thing: How did we first meet?" Ozpin asked me. I moaned in annoyance and answered.
"20 years from now, my father, Qrow, will tell you about me and my capabilities, and how I was training to be a huntsman without going to a combat school. You were impressed and you sent me and my friend Neo on seven missions to prove my worthiness to go to Beacon. Me and Neo applied for beacon, but you only accepted me." I explain.
"Why didn't I accept this 'Neo'?" Ozpin asked, taking a sip of coffee.
"You couldn't accept Neo because she was a mute, so she was unfit for beacon academy. After I joined, I formed a team and did more missions for you, and ended up being sent to Mountain Glenn with a fellow team, RWBY, two of them being my cousins." I finish.
"Alright, I have two main theories why you are here: One reason is that your temporal distortion accidentally activated and sent your conscious back here, and because you weren't born yet, you simply replicated your body and put it where you last were. My other theory is that that didn't happen and you are currently in a coma, and none of what is transpiring has actually happened and your mind is simply trying to make sense of things. Or both..." Ozpin said, but trailed off.
"What is it?" I asked.
"I have a third theory as well, which I sincerely hope is wrong, but could be a possibility. You might have died during the Grimm attack of Vale and this is some sort of Purgatory. No matter what the reason is, I believe you were sent here for a purpose which neither of us know what it is." Ozpin finished.
"Alright, if I've been sent here for a purpose, than what do I do about it?" I asked, leaning back on my chair.
"I believe that you should try to blend in with the people you know, learn what you can, and try and find something out of the ordinary. Until then, it's best you don't interact with people you don't know, so you can stay with me while you're here." Ozpin told me.
"Well, at least I'm staying with someone I can trust. If you don't mind, I'd like to go to sleep now, it's been a long day for me." I said, and went to pick up my goggles. I walked over to the other room but stop when Ozpin talks again.
"It's not really my business, but you didn't talk anything about relationships you have or have had. Have you had any?" Ozpin asked me. I simply sighed and leaned against a bookcase.
"My cousins, Yang and Ruby, both asked me if I loved Neo, but I never gave them an answer. I believe that I don't, it just isn't a possibility in a world that we're both in." I say, looking at the ground. "There is this other girl, Anna Kyle, who I met on the train. She saved me from being sliced in half by an insane white fang lieutenant and she held him back. We met again when Indiana got them both out of the tunnel that had collapsed in on them, and she helped to stop all the Grimm from tearing Vale apart. She gave me a wink for no apparent reason, but she might like me. I'm not sure how to feel about her, because of the little time we had together, but she and Indiana were the first people I saved. I guess I do care about her." I finish, and enter the other room. Ozpin walked over to the two AI's, who were still talking.
"Epsilon, is David telling the truth?" Ozpin asked.
"ABOUT WHAT? BEING FROM THE FUTURE OR LIKING ANNA KYLE?" Epsilon asked.
"You know what I mean." Ozpin said blankly. Epsilon was silent for a full minute before answering.
"HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH."
End of Chapter Two
And so, chapter two has already ended. Sorry if you didn't find this chapter interesting, but David and Ozpin needed to get to learn about each other before Ozpin would trust him. As always, remember to Follow, Favourite and leave a review, and chapter 3 will come out some time in April.