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Tyrian was checking his nails only paying haft attention to the glaring going on between Roman and Qrow. Glancing up at his mistress he took the book she passed him without hesitation. He wasn't quite sure why he was here, but he didn't really care. The god said that this girl would change them. He, however, didn't want to change.
"Can we just keep reading," Willow snapped cutting in on the silent argument between the two men. Qrow glanced at her but backed down. Huffing he motioned for Tyrian to read chapter three.
Long braided black hair with red highlights reached her waist. She wore tight black pants that were stuffed into her black red laced combat boots. She shrugged on the dark red tight leather jacket so that it rested on top of the tight corset type top. She had gotten Nicolas a retired huntsman to turn her cloak into a hooded leather jacket infused with dust. Crescent Rose was holstered at her back and Thorn rested in its place on her thigh. Red earphones hung around her neck her rose emblem imprinted on the side and on the back of her jacket in black. She pulled up the black fingerless gloves she wore and entered the shop.
Marcus frowned at the name of the huntsman. He was pretty sure he'd tried to kill the guy a few years back. Tilting his head he considered commenting but decided not to. Qrow was smirking at the first description he'd gotten of his daughter.
"I'll be in the back," she said slipping on her earphones and grabbing a basket. Wandering through the shop she restocked on ice dust bullets and several tubes of powdered ice and fire dust. Briefly pausing to push a lock of hair behind her ear as she glanced around the shop before moving to the back. She sat her basket on the ground before looking over a magazine on weapon upgrades. Thorn needed to be upgraded after all. She was humming along to her music when she was tapped on the shoulder. She removed her earphones and spun around and saw a red blade pointed at her nose.
"I said hands up," the sunglass wearing thug said. She tilted her head slightly.
"So you're robbing me then," she said and grinned when the man replied with a yes.
Roman winced knowing that he'd hired thugs from Junior again. Why the man just couldn't train them properly was beyond him. Catching the malicious smirk on Raven's face he sighed. Well, at least he wasn't on the chopping block anymore. Feeling an elbow dig into his side he glanced down at Neo. Amusement was swirling in her eyes.
Ironwood frowned his eyes going to the criminals sitting a few feet away. Every part of him wanted to bring them to justice but he had a feeling that it wasn't possible right now.
She activated her semblance and vanished. With a groan, the thug fell to the ground. Twirling Thorn in her hand she turned and picked up her basket. She left the knocked out thug and walked to the front of the store. Without caring she bypassed the know alert thugs and set her basket on the counter. With a wink at the worried and fearful shopkeep, she vanished into rose petals.
When she landed back in front of Roman she kicked him out of the store. His poor thugs were unconscious from the blunt force trauma to their heads courtesy of Thorn.
"I like her," Cinder said her amber eyes lighting up slightly. Roman winced resisting the urge to insult her. His pride was already wounded enough.
"My daughter is amazing," Qrow said proudly not noticing the amused look his teammates sent over his head. Glynda rolled her eyes moving closer to Ozpin and gaining more of Salem's ire. Patting Tyrian on the head the grimm queen encouraged him to continue.
Roman watched the girl warily. Griping his cane he was surprised when she slipped her dagger into the holster at her thigh.
"My name is Ruby Rose and you are," she asked silver eyes watching him curiously. Roman twitched before throwing back his head and laughing.
"Roman Torchwick," he said a wide grin on his face, "thief."
"Seriously," Emerald asked tilting her head to the side. Smirking at the crimson eyed girl Roman winked. It wasn't every day that people introduced themselves to him, usually, they were to busy being afraid. Qrow merely sighed as his daughter introduced herself to a criminal.
She nodded before activating the scythe mode on Crescent Rose. There was no way he would be as weak as his thugs. Placing both hands on the shaft of her weapon she aimed it behind her and pulled the trigger. Flying forward she twisted. Blocking the blow with his cane Roman whistled at the force behind the blow and pushed her back. Landing in a crutch she jumped back to avoid the shots from his cane.
She landed easily and looked back at him with a raised eyebrow.
Much like Raven was looking at him now. He grinned daring her to say anything. The pride he had in his weapon was immense. Especially since it was a gift from Neo, said woman was poking him in the side amused at the pride filled expression on his face.
"Well it's been fun Red," he said before firing at her face. She dodged. Waving her hand to get rid of the smoke from the blast she rolled her eyes. He was climbing a ladder to escape.
"Really a ladder," Qrow teased amusement in his eyes. Cinder even smirked at the falling pride on his face. Tyrian snickered but continued reading when Salem tapped his shoulder.
"What do you think, should I go after him," she asked causing the old man to nod. Spinning her scythe she pulled the trigger and launched herself up. Once she got up high enough she twisted and activated her semblance. Roman rolled to the side with a curse as the scythe dug into the concrete roof of the building.
"Persistent brat," he said with a growl. She mentally praised herself for making him break composer. Standing slowly she watched him closely. She saw his hand tighten around a fire dust crystal and tensed. The sudden arrival of a bullhead caused her to cover her face. The wind blew in her face as she stepped back. When the flying machine turned around she blinked. Roman was standing in the open hatch a wicked grin on his face just before he tossed the fire crystal, "bye Red."
"Roman," Qrow growled leaning forward slightly. The urge to kill the thief overwhelming him for a second. Knowing how dangerous dust crystals were, he knew his daughter could get hurt trying to save herself.
Seeing him about to fire at the crystal by her toes she readied her semblance. He fired his cane and a flash of purple appeared between her and the blast. Quickly shifting her scythe to gun mode she fired as soon as the purple shield was gone. As such Roman had to dodge both the purple woman's attack and Ruby's. It didn't really matter though because as soon as Roman saw the huntress he handed the job of dealing with them to his friend with the glass heels. It wasn't long before they escaped.
Cinder tilted her head glancing down at her shoes as she connected the dots. Mercury raised an eyebrow at the sudden scoff she let out. He could feel the amusement radiating off her.
Ruby stared at Glynda Goodwitch for a moment before sighing and sheathing Crescent Rose, "thank you for the help. I'm going to check on the old man."
Glynda was ready to scold the girl for running off when she actually processed the child's words.
Ozpin smiled at his judgmental assistant. Glynda herself flushed slightly at the grin on his face, seeing it Salem frowned. Was he replacing her yet again? She wasn't a fool, she knew he fell in love over and over again. But she only loved him. Looking away from them she brushed her fingers through Tyrian's hair the action keeping her grounded.
Ruby landed gently on the ground after using her semblance to leave the older woman on the roof. Entering the shop she was surprised to she two policemen escorting the now awake criminals out into the night. Reaching the counter she smiled at the old man.
"Did you get him," he asked and frowned when she shook her head. Sighing the old man pushed a few bags in her direction. She was surprised to see it was the dust she meant to buy tonight. When she looked up the old man's frown was gone, "for saving my shop."
Jacques frowned at the actions of the shop owner but held back his complaints when his wife glared at him.
"Are you sure," she asked and waited for him to nod before picking up the bag. If he said it was free who was she to argue. Walking out of the shop she wasn't surprised to find Glynda waiting for her. Sighing she spoke, "I suppose you want me to come with you."
When the blonde woman nodded, Ruby groaned. Not even an hour later she was annoyed beyond belief at the deputy headmistress of Beacon academy. So much so that when she slammer her riding crop onto the table to get a reaction, Ruby caught the weapon and glared up at her.
"First of all the only person I put in danger was myself," Ruby said calmly not letting her anger show in her voice, "second it's late and I need to get home so I hope there's a point to your presence."
"Did she just call me unimportant," Glynda asked her voice low. Qrow snickered only to fall silent when she turned her glare on him.
Ruby saw the exact moment on Glynda's face when she caught the insult. Her green eyes narrowed, but before she could retaliate the door opened and in walked the black and green clad headmaster of Beacon himself. The silver haired man carried a plate of cookies that although looked rather good at the same time gave the annoyed girl a chance to toy with him. Raising an eyebrow as he saw the plate on the table she grinned.
Ozpin groaned burying his face in his hands. Why was he always the one who got picked on? it wasn't fair. Salem smirked at him only to frown when Glynda rubbed his back. Ironwood looked away from the two his jealously over their relationship clear for all to see.
"So do you always give cookies away to fifteen-year-old children," she asked. For a second she saw him falter, "I mean it's just kind of strange that the first thing you put on the table is potentially drugged cookies."
They all froze. The words registering in their minds before Qrow toppled over laughing. Mercury snorted covering his mouth to hid his amusement while Emerald giggled. The knowing smirk on Cinder's face deterred Markus from coming near his son.
Tyrian tilted his head waiting for them to regain control. Glancing up at his mistress he noticed the amusement in her gaze. The room quieted down slowly with even Willow raising an eyebrow in amusement.
Hearing a cough that sounds suspiciously like a laugh from Glynda she blinked. Realizing she was still holding the woman's weapon she released it.
"I assure you that the cookies are not drugged," he said and she smirked.
"That sounds exactly like what someone would say if the cookies were drugged," she said with a grin. He grimaced.
"Miss Rose, I would never drug a child," he said and she saw yet another opening. Tilting her head with the most innocent expression she could muster.
"But you would drug someone who wasn't a child," she asked. He stared at her in complete silence.
"I love my kid," Qrow said snickering. Adam leaned back in his chair hiding his own amusement.
"Your daughter is a menace," Ozpin snapped an embarrassed flush covering his face.
"Oi, take that back," Qrow said childishly sticking his tongue out. Raven sighed looking away from her brother.
"Can we continue reading," Ozpin whined sounding like a five-year-old. Cinder raised an eyebrow at her enemy but said nothing. Feeling a weight touch her arm she glanced at Mercury who was leaning against her slightly. Hiding a smile she returned her attention to the book.
"You're toying with me," he finally said and she laughed and nodded. She was actually surprised he took this long to figure it out. When he commented on her silver eyes she simply blinked.
"Yes I do and you have brown eyes," she said. While she knew the importance of her eye color she wasn't going to let on that she knew.
"And how did you learn how to do this," he asked showing a video of her fight against roman with her scythe.
"Qrow Branwen," she said simply. He nodded before pulling up her file on his scroll.
"Ruby Rose graduated Signal two years early and it seems your coming to Beacon this year. My name is Ozpin headmaster of Beacon and I was curious about our youngest first year ever, even more so when Glynda mentioned she tried to stop a known criminal."
"My daughter is a prodigy," Qrow bragged earning a slap on the head from his sister. Shrinking down he looked away from her. Markus simply raised an eyebrow at the hyper man.
From there the conversation continued with him interrogating her about her beliefs and motivations for being a huntress. The conversation continued until midnight and when she finally did stumble into the house in the early hours of the morning she was greeted by a worried Tai.
"Ruby, thank god," he said drawing her into a hug. Sighing as she hugged him back and tried to keep her bags of dust out of the way.
"Sorry about being out so late," she said softly before yawning. Tai pulled back slowly and looked her over for any injuries.
"And it's the return of mother hen Tai," Raven whispered to her brother. Snickering Qrow nodded. Their teammate did have a habit of being a little bit over protective.
"Go on up to bed," he said and she nodded, "we'll talk tomorrow."
Walking into her room she had the presence of mind to put the dust on her desk before falling into bed. She didn't bother to change her clothes or unbraid her hair. As soon as her head hit the pillow she was fast asleep.
Tyrian slid the book back onto the table. Not one person moved to pick it up. Ozpin hummed getting their attention.
"I think we should take a minute to get everyone's thoughts on our situation," he said avoiding Salem's gaze. Most people thought it was weird being in the same room as your ex-wife. He just thought it was a form of cruel and unusual punishment. After all, she killed him, several times, and killed their children. Also hunting down and killing his several times. Thinking back did they ever even get a divorce? Had he been cheating on her these last few hundred years by starting new families?
"Why do you look so pale," Ironwood asked narrowing his eyes on his friend. Ozpin gulped. Glancing at Salem he winced.
"I wonder how she's going to change us," Cinder stated deciding to ignore the anomaly that was Ozpin.
"Probably through our children for those of us that have them," Khali pointed out. The words caused Neo to wince slightly. Pressing against Roman she pretended not to be affected by the simple words.
Adam leaned back not really seeing how the girl would even interact with him. He wasn't a huntsman and unless she actively sought him out, he doubted that she would meet him. Looking at Cinder who hummed he was surprised to see a lack of arrogance on her face. Almost as if she had taken off a mask. Beside her, Mercury flinched when his father's boot hit the floor. It was an instinctive action that drew the attention of every seasoned fighter in the room while also drawing the attention of every mother as well.
"Who cares how she changes us, a naive child like her will just die anyway," Markus stated glancing at his son for support. Instead, he was met by Cinder's glare. The woman daring him to say anything to his own child.
"Want to repeat that," Qrow asked feeling Raven's hand holding him back. Without her here, he would have torn the man apart for that comment. Smirking Markus leaned back amused.
"I think we should keep reading," Jacques stated. The sooner they finished this book the faster he could get home. From the way his wife leaned away from him, she could tell.
"Well if your volunteering," Roman said nodding toward the book. The Schnee frowned the urge to say that he was above reading out loud rising in his blood. Before he could start an argument Willow leaned forward grabbing the book off the table. Ignoring her husband she began to read chapter four.
Ruby sighed her hair falling around her shoulders. It'd been a week since what she now called the dust shop incident.
Roman ignored the glances and Neo's grin. He would not fall for bait so easily. The amusement in Willow's voice as she said those words annoyed him though.
She eyed Yang warily, she had already tried to hug her several times already.
"I can't believe you're actually coming to Beacon with me," Yang said again for the fourth time in less than an hour. Ruby felt her eye twitch but didn't push her away when she came in for a hug once again. Ruby sighed.
"Yang," she said simply.
"Yes," her sister asked.
"Can you not hug me in a room full of our future classmates," she said. Yang mumbled a quick sorry before pulling away,
"Come on Rubes," the blonde said, "be happy you've graduated at the top of our class and two years early too."
"It is impressive," Ironwood said softly. There was only a handful of people skilled enough to do something like what she had managed to do. Some of them, however, were sitting in this very room. Although he would never admit it even Tyrian was one of the strongest people he'd ever met.
Ozpin felt the same although in the past such a thing would have been more than common.
"True but some people will still think I cheated my way into Beacon," she said causing Yang to frown.
"If they do I'll just beat them up," she replied her eyes glowing red for a second. Yang was protective of her younger sister and she wouldn't allow anyone to bully her.
Tai cooed finding the sentiment adorable while his wife rolled her eyes. Qrow burst into laughter at the sound coming from his best friend. Who was supposed to be a guy!
Nodding she tuned out her sister and looked out the window of the bullhead. The streets looked so small from up here. Absently she pulled Yang out of the way when Jaune stumbled past looking green.
"I'm going to find a place to sit down," Ruby said before wandering away from her sister. Drifting through the crowd her eyes lit up when she found an empty bench. Curling up sideways she watched people talk and joke around. Closing her eyes she leaned back and allowed herself to drift into a light sleep. Ever since Qrow learned of her early graduation he had pushed her beyond her limits, even going so far as to wake her up for morning training on the day she left for Beacon.
"Of course you did," Raven stated like it was a known fact. From his sheepish expression, he seemed almost guilty.
She jolted up as the other end of the bench sank down. Opening her eyes she expected to see Yang sitting there. It wasn't her sister though. It was a male with burnt orange hair and striking indigo eyes.
"My names Cardin," he said and she stared at him. Part of her wondered why he was bothering her and the other part panicked at the small change to the timeline. Blinking she realized he was waiting for a reply and hoped he thought her slowness was due to just waking up.
"Ruby Rose," she said shaking his extended hand that made hers seem tiny. Against her will, she felt her heart flutter when his face lit up with a smile. Stupid teenage hormones.
"No," Qrow said the horror in his voice clear for all of them to hear. His daughter might have the soul of an already grown woman but he'd be damned it she was allowed to be near boys. It just wasn't how the world was supposed to work.
Feeling a sudden chill go down his spine Adam shivered glancing at the book like it was the devil. Why did he feel impending doom?
They didn't get much of a chance to talk though because she heard a familiar enraged growl from the other side of the bullhead. Sitting up she shot him an apologetic look, "sorry it sounds like my sisters about to explode. But we should totally talk another time."
She threw in the last bit when his face fell a little. When she found Yang she wasn't surprised to see her glaring at Jaune who seemed to yet again be losing his lunch. The green spots of puke on Yang's shoe was clear to see.
Glances of amusement and horror were thrown at Tai by his two teammates when he blanched. He was in total agreement with his daughter at even the thought of his shoes being thrown up on. Patting his back Raven looked away to hid her smirk.
"Yang I don't think he meant to puke on your shoe," Ruby said taking pity on the poor boy. Her sister obviously disagrees but luckily for him, the bullhead decided to dock at Beacon before she could murder him. Taking the chance to save him from her sister she dragged the taller girl away.
Freezing Ruby cursed her luck. Of all the things that she inherited from the original Ruby, it had to be her antisocial nature. The number of people gathered in the courtyard was way too many for her to handle. So instead she focused on their weapons, trying to gauge their fighting styles. It was easier for her to focus on that than the people themselves.
"Come on Rubes, meet new people don't just stare at their weapons," Yang said forgetting all about her poor shoes when she saw her sisters overwhelmed and lost look. Throwing the blonde a glare she shuffled her feet nervously.
"What if they don't like me," she whispered but Yang didn't hear her. Ruby stumbled as Yang rushed past her yelling something about seeing her friends.
"Your daughter seems to do that a lot," Ghira said a frown on his face. Yang had abandoned her sister at Signal and now at Beacon. Wincing Tai looked away while Raven narrowed her eyes. But there was really no excuse they could make for how their daughter acted.
She felt her nose twitch and decided enough was enough, activating her semblance she vanished. She wanted to get to the auditorium quickly and bypass the crowd at the same time. Sadly she overshot her landing and rammed into a person that felt more like a moving rock wall than a human.
She groaned and sat up slowly not noticing at all the amused indigo eyes that followed her every move.
"Fuck," Qrow groaned. Hiding his head in his hands at the mention of the boy again he didn't see the amusement that everyone wore on their faces.
"You do know that iteracting with boys is a part of life," Glynda asked honestly wanting to know if he'd forgotten that. When he sank lower in his seat, Markus scoffed.
She rubbed her forehead trying to alleviate the pain that had suddenly sprouted and opened her eyes. Cardin watched bemused as she yelped and sprang of him like a spring. If it wasn't for the fact her face was bright red with embarrassment he would feel insulted.
"Yes stay away from boys," Qrow shouted almost cheering. Willow felt her eye twitch. Glaring at him she waited for him to stop waving his hands in the air like an idiot. Roman snickered at her expression. If they were learning about this girls life then she would eventually fall in love and he couldn't wait to see what face her father made when that happened.
Feeling someone hit him in the back, Qrow pouted as he slumped back down in his seat.
"So I guess you just couldn't stay away," he said after standing and if possible her face glowed even more. For a second she struggled to stop her head from spinning before simply deciding to abandon her goal of keeping the timeline in check.
"Shut up," she mumbled a pout on her face. It was bad enough she ran into him but now he was mocking her for it.
"Well I'm not the one who decided to tackle me," he said that stupid grin still on his face. She glared at him for a second before deciding she was not going to be mocked in this manner. Stomping her foot like a child she vanished in a swirl of petals. She didn't, however, see him catch one of the red rose petals and stare at it thoughtfully.
Cinder frowned. Was the boy planning something? He'd approached Ruby immediately and then gotten into her path once again. Either way, it was something to look out for. Watching Salem and Ozpin share a glance she wondered if they had noticed it too.
When she found Yang inside of the auditorium she was still annoyed. The blonde grinned at the distressed look on her sister's face, "so have fun sis?"
"I hate you," Ruby hissed not meaning a word of it. Yang laughed. Her bright lilac eyes flashed with humor as she watched her pouting sister.
"Come on it couldn't have been that bad," she said and didn't have to wait long for Ruby to start ranting at her.
"It was embarrassing for you to just abandon me in a strange place, Yang," she said but didn't mention Cardin at all. She had no idea why the male was acting the way he was but she didn't want Yang to kill him either.
Ozpin began his speech before Yang could reply and she sighed. It was mostly the same as the original timeline yet she could hear the sadness that echoed in his voice. It must hurt him to see the students he watched over and taught thrown into danger that can get them killed. Watching the passive headmaster give his speech made her sad.
"Aww, Ozzy someone noticed your sadness," Salem teased surprising them. Glynda blinked as her headmasters face turned a violent shade of red. Looking away from the pale woman he huffed. Laying the book on the table Willow watched as Tyrian stretched his tail out behind him.
"Break time," Tai announced before rushing toward the refreshment table. Sighing Raven followed after him along with her brother. They could tell he wanted to speak to them alone about what they'd learned. Easily reading between the lines the others settled into groups around the room to talk.
Raven leaned against her brother as Tai grabbed a serving tray and began filling it with more sweets than either of them wanted him too. The blonde going on a sugar high was not the best thing to think about. His sweet tooth was a well-known fact. Especially since he'd had a stash of candy hidden under his bed at Beacon.
"Are you okay," Tai finally asked when he realized stealing all the chocolate cookies wouldn't work since they kept replenishing themselves. Tilting his head he lowered his voice saying, "I mean Alice did take the place of Ruby."
"I don't know," Qrow admitted. He'd been trying not to think about it. Raven hummed in agreement.
"Personally I think she's interesting," Tyrian said cutting into their conversation. Squeaking Tai almost hid behind Raven in an attempt to put distance between him and the man who'd snuck up on him. The creepy giggle the man gave didn't help at all.
Willow felt her lips twitch into a small smile as she watched the Branwen twins begin to scold the faunus. It was interesting to watch. And favorable over her husbands ranting. Pushing her hair behind her ear she turned her eyes to Cinder who was whispering with her two companions. At least she was safe here. Her husband couldn't actually do anything against her here.
What scene are you guys looking forward to seeing the group react to? Also how many chapters do you think are enough for them to react to in one go? And what do you think of Markus? I've never written him before and I hope he's coming off well. Not that the show gave me much to work with anyway.