"-ake up… wake up…" Violet rolls around in her bed, trying to block Orpheus' voice from reaching her ears.
"If you don't get up, you will be getting a knife through the hand." Almost instantly Violet is awake and out of her bed.
"You were actually going to stab my hand weren't you!?" She exclaims, glaring at Orpheus as he sheaths a throwing knife.
"I was, yes." He says, looking at her blankly.
"You are so mean. Fine, I'm up. I'm going to have a shower." She exclaims, throwing her arms up and stomping into the bathroom.
Glad to see what has happened hasn't changed you.
*ring ring*
"Hm?" Orpheus glances down on the bed, and sees his scroll lit up. Looking at the scroll, Orpheus presses the 'answer' button, and puts it to his ear.
"Hello?" He says, slightly hesitantly.
"Hello Orpheus? It's Ruby. I… uh… want to apologise for my sister yesterday. She obviously said somethings she shouldn't haveandIjustwanttosaysorry-" Ruby says very fast before getting cut off by Orpheus.
"Calm down. Sorry for reacting the way I did. But don't bring that topic up again. It's still sensitive." He replied in his calm, monotone voice.
"O-ok. Say, what classes do you have today?" She asks, curiosity seeping into her voice.
"Something about Grimm studies?" He replies, questioning at the end.
"That would be Grimm studies with Professor Port. Luckily for you, we have that first up as well. What about after that?" She continues.
"Um… after that is History, then fight..training? what?" He says, sounding very confused.
"Well History is with Professor- doctor," Ruby is cut off by Weiss, her voice coming through softly, "right, Doctor Oobleck. And Sparring is with Professor Goodwitch." Ruby finishes.
"She's the one who was with Ozpin yesterday, right?" Orpheus asks.
"Yep, that's her." She responds.
"Orpheus? Who are you talking to?" Violet asks, stepping out of the bathroom.
"Ruby. She called asking about classes." He replies.
"Ooo, ooo, let me talk to her!" Violet exclaims, taking the scroll from Orpheus before talking into it.
Well if she is going to be pre-occupied with that, I'll go for a walk. Still have time before class anyway.
I walk out of the dorm, closing the door behind me. Walking past RWBY's dorm, I can hear Ruby's muffled voice, she is obviously being over burdened by Violet. She tends to do that to people. Sighing, I continue my walk out the dorm. As I walk I take out my earbuds, the cord going into my original scroll filled with music, and press random. As the music plays, I let my thoughts drift off.
"Orpheus. Orpheus. HEY ORPHEUS!" Violets shouts into my ear. Sighing I look up at her, a silent question in my eyes.
"We are supposed to fight RWBY now. I was told to find you." She says, her eyes brimming at the thought of a fight.
"Two against four? Doesn't that seem unfair?" I question, directed at no one.
"Apparently it's all random who fights who." She answers anyway.
"Somehow, I don't think this fight is random." I sigh, as I start to walk towards the arena.
Following Violet, we end up standing on the opposite side of Team RWBY in a circular arena, with other students sitting in rows around us.
"Allow me to explain the rules, as I'm sure you don't know. If your Aura drops below 15% you are out. If your foot touches anywhere outside the blue line, then you are out. The fight will last for 5 minutes. And your time, starts, now." Upon Goodwitch finishing her sentence, I notice the blue line. 10 meter radice, enemy has a brawler, dust user, agile fighter…and is that a scythe? I think to myself. I look to my right, seeing Violet with her bow out and ready, and arrow already cocked. The countdown begins, and as it reaches zero, an arrow is already flying towards Yang.
(3rd Person)
She brings her fists up to block it, the arrow bouncing off harmlessly. But that's all the time he needs, and Orpheus is in her face, fist planted firmly in her stomach. He pushes off, sending Yang backwards before jumping back himself, placing him back in line with Violet.
"You alright Yang?" Weiss calls back, not taking her eyes of their opponents.
"Yeah. He sure is fast." She said, standing back up.
With all the information they need, Violets sends another arrow flying through the air, heading straight for Ruby's scythe. Activating her semblance, she blazes past it, racing towards Violet.
*Clang*
The blade of her scythe meets the end of Orpheus's katana as he intercepts her. He glances past her, seeing Blake and yang move up while Weiss moves to Violet. Sending only one to Violet, rookie mistake.
Orpheus drops his sword, falling with it letting the scythe fly calmly overhead, before grabbing it and whipping around with a kick to Ruby's face, sending her flying across the stadium and past the blue line.
"Ruby Rose has been eliminated." Glynda says over the loudspeaker.
The rest of the team looks stunned, but Orpheus gives them no chance to recover as sheaths his sword and runs up to Blake and Yang, knocking them back and disarming Blake. Without Gambol Shroud, she has no chance of defending herself from his attacks. Instead Yang closes the gap quickly, throwing punch after punch at him, but he just sidesteps or counters them. He hears a soft clicking noise behind him and nods his head, stands up straight.
"Weiss Schnee has been eliminated." They hear. Now completely stunned, Blake and Yang stop what they are doing and look towards where Violet is. All they see is Violet, standing up straight, two arrows notched, pointing at them.
"Checkmate." Orpheus says as he ducks, and the two arrows fly right towards Blake and Yang.
"All of Team RWBY has been eliminated. Violet and Orpheus are victorious." Glynda says, her voice holding a rightful amount of surprise.
The crowd is so silent you can hear a pin drop. Footsteps sound as Orpheus turns and walk out of the arena. Watching him leave, Violet runs over to help RWBY, worried for them.
"How did you do that?" Yang asks, picking herself up.
"Knocking you over with an arrow, or winning in a 2v4?" She asks, tilting her head.
"Both."
"Well, knocking you over, my arrows are tipped with gravity dust. And winning in a 2v4, well, we just have good teamwork, I guess?" She said, trying to laugh of the last question.
"Well, either way, good fight." Yang finished before turning and walking back to the locker rooms with her team.
"You're crazy! I can't believe you would make Team RWBY fight them!" Glynda shouted at Ozpin, who was just swirling the coffee in his mug.
"If they tried anything, you would have put a stop to it." He said calmly.
"Like hell I would have been able to do anything if they actually tried to fight." She countered.
"They won't. They said it themselves. They wanted out of that life." He said, standing.
"That was simply a test." He said, looking out the window down at Orpheus who was through the courtyard, presumably back to his dorm.
"Orpheus did not turn up to a single class today, except sparring at the end, and that is only because Violet dragged him." She read off her scroll, with a look of disappointment on her face.
"He isn't used to this. Give him time." Ozpin took a sip of his coffee, ending the conversation.
Orpheus
Sighing, I walk back to the door room. I close the door behind me, slumping onto my bed with my earbuds in, and music playing.
The door opens again, and Violet walks in, making a beeline towards the fridge, and takes out the ice-tea. Chugging down the tea, she sits down on her bed.
"Are you ok?" She asks.
I nod in response.
"Are you going to sleep? It isn't even night yet." She says, taking another drink of the tea.
I nod again.
She sighs,
"I'm sorry for dragging you into the fight. But we need to participate in the classes, and the sparring is a class." She apologises, crossing her legs.
I shake my head.
She sighs again, standing up.
"I'm going to go get something to eat with RWBY. Want anything?" She asks.
I shake my head. Footsteps sound, and a door closes.
Why am I here again? Violet wanted to come to beacon, but I simply want peace… I don't want to be here. I want to be engulfed by the darkness, to never feel anything again. Live in a world, where all that exists is music.
Sighing, I stand up and open the window. Looking down, I think about the height. Hmm, only three stories. I jump. Feeling the breeze on my face, I flip over and land on my feet. Taking a quick look, I see what looks like the emerald forest, and make a beeline towards it.
I just want to be alone…
A/N: SO, NOT REALLY LIKING THE FIGHT SCENE AT ALL, BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO WRITE FIGHT SCENES. AND YES, VIOLET AND ORPHEUS ARE MEANT TO BE OP. TURN BACK NOW IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT. THEY DO HAVE THEIR WEAKNESSES THOUGH, AND THAT WILL BE SHOWN LATER. AND I DON'T EXACTLY HOW THE SPARES IN THE RWBY WORLD GO. SO JUST WENT WITH THAT. FELT LIKE IT WORKS.
SO IF YOU COULDN'T TELL, ORPHEUS IS THE SILENT CALCULATING ONE, AND VIOLET IS THE ENERGETIC ONE. COMPLETE OPPOSITES.
I'M AWARE THIS CHAPTER AND THE 6TH CHAPTER FOR INTRUDER AREN'T VERY GOOD, BUT I'M JUST GETTING BACK INTO WRITING AND I'M STILL TRYING. ANYWAY, HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT.