Cursed in Remmnant

by Ragnorak16

What if the fire died regardless of the undead's choice, What if the Chosen woke up in Remanent? What if I could write a good summary? Rated M You have been warned. [Jaune X Pyrrha] and the cover image belongs to yahoo and whoever made it. I own nothing except my Oc and imaginative abillites. Extremely Op OC

2. Chater five

Chapter five Vytal times

Spencer pov first person

I groaned as i fell off the bunk; I saw Ruby holding a whistle with a smile."Good morning" Ruby said innocently; I pulled myself up as I popped my back into place. "Good morning Ruby and why the whistle?" She giggled and said" For breakfast also for your fight with Yang. Now to the cafeteria." she declared, I chuckled and said," sure just let me get my armor on." I then started to take my shadow warrior armor off; Ruby for some reason turned red." what are you doing!" she squealed with steam coming out of her ears. I shrugged." were all friends here, so why is there a problem." Ruby then became redder and waved her hands in front of her face quickly." nope, nope no problem here i'll just wait outside the door." she then disappeared in a flash of rose petals. I was confused at her reaction but shrugged, I then heard John laugh loudly in my mind. ' why are you laughing?' I asked subconsciously he just kept laughing unable to answer. I shrugged and put on my usual armor it's weight comforting me while it calms my anxiety. I pulled my scythe from my bottomless box. I walked out only to be grabbed by ruby and dragged at incredible speeds to the food room or the cafeteria as Ruby called it. I saw my friends sitting at the table and we quickly joined them. I sat down only to get noogied by Yang again, I smelled bacon and my stomach growled for all to hear. I laughed lightly and when Yang released me and I all but sprinted towards the meat. I now had a tower of deliciousness made of bacon and ham and promptly swallowed it whole without hesitation.

I stretched my arms slightly and burped quietly. All of them looked at me in shock before they shrugged and went back to eating. I noticed Nora eating an equal tower of some sort of flour cake. She (like me) ate it before anyone could blink. I stared for half a second before guessing it was a normal occurrence since no one else payed to much notice to it.

My mind drifted towards the two powers connected to my soul; I could only guess how the first flame connected to my soul, 'perhaps this is how Gwynn felt after linking the flame. But Gwynn hollowed out; will that happen to me'? I was snapped out of my thoughts when Yang waved her hand in front of my face. " You alright Spence? You spaced out for a moment there." Yang asked in concern, I smiled behind my helm." yes i'm good I was just thinking." I said softly, " Also are you finished with your food so we can spar soon." Yang replied with a smirk and" Oh ready to lose so soon aye. How about we make it more interesting with a little wager." I was interested to say the least." what type of wager?" I asked, interested in where this was heading. Yang's smirk grew even more." Well if I win you have to strip naked for an entire week." everyone (besides me and Yang) looked horrified Weiss was about to say something until I said" sure why not, I don't have a problem with that." Everyone's jaw dropped at this, Weiss fell face first on the table from shock.

Yang who I could tell did not expect this if her body language was anything to go by, said."Ok and if you win you get to take my place in the Vytal festival tournament." I nodded in agreement before getting an idea and said." Also we have to fight fist to fist. Is that good with you." This caused Yang to have her smirk back full force" You really wanna lose that bad huh." I retorted as nice as possible"Nah just wanna see how well we fight on equal grounds besides i doubt you can use Ruby's scythe well." A smirk hidden in my helm as I watched her bamboozled reaction. Yang stood up and said" You're on." 'we are screwed, super screwed.' John lamented, 'when did you become a winer' Jack taunted subconsciously. ' why are you so worried John? Yes i know she is an expert in hand to hand and her semblance is with each hit to her aura adds on to her own immense pow- I see your point what in the world were you thinking man!' Jack exclaimed in my mind.

I shrugged mentally' well i do need practice with the dragon bone fists besides it could be fun.' I replied telepathically; 'oh that is a awful reason you fool!' John exclaimed mentally. 'And have you ever actually used those weapons before?' John asked; I replied mentally' I know how to punch.' I then heard them falling over inside my mind.

I noticed that they were all staring at me." what do i have something on my helmet." They just stared at me incredulously before Weiss said." Do you have a death wish you dolt." I was confused as to why she's mad. 'Maybe it's because you're taking on Yang in hand to hand combat!' John screamed in my mind; i promptly ignored him and replied" Nooo? Now i need to prepare." I left the table to prepare my fists for combat.

2 hours later

I strapped the dragon bone fists over my gauntlets. The orange bone gauntlets always felt awkward on me but I know how to use them so what's the worse that could happen. ' Don't say anything John.' I warned in my mind. Silence was my answer and it satisfied me to no ends. I took a deep breath before walking outside into a coliseum like arena. About two hundred feet in front of me is Yang she had her weapon of choice ember celica; the only reason i knew what that is was from Yang's memories that I skimmed over(much to my inner friends disagreement. They wanted me to go over her fighting style too but I wanted a surprise). The timer began ticking down from ten; we then heard 's voice." Now this match will be set with tournament regulations which means whoever's aura is depleted first is the winner. May the best hunter win, now begin!"

The timer blared and our fists collided; a couple shockwaves were created from the impact. "This will be fun." I told my opponent as we separated. I swung a left hook towards her midsection Yang blocked and delivered her own punch to my skull. I moved my head to dodge as I threw a flurry of punches; unfortunately only a few made any contact and even then it was a passing glance. That is until i threw a feint kick which she tried to block only for a right hook to slam her in the head sending her tumbling away. I peeked towards her aura bar to see it was a greenish yellow while mine was still in the green.

My opponent took advantage of this and sent several jabs in my abdomen. I backflipped away before she could get in anymore hits. She rushed towards me her hair glowing as she dodged my strikes. She tried to punch me again luckily I was able to dodge it and parry her next strike. I riposted first in the gut then the skull; she rolled away from me her aura now in the orange. I charged throwing a right hook she dodged it just in time to avoid getting hit straight on but my fist struck her hair effectively cutting off a single strand.

Yang went rigid as she watched the strand float to the ground.' oh my Gwynn were dead you just screwed us.' John lamented hyperventilating slightly. Before i could ask what was wrong i noticed a huge amount of power surging from in front of me. Yang's hair began to burn brighter(interesting pyromancy, oh wait she calls it her semblance) as her eyes shifted to a bright red. She yelled." You destroyed my hair i'll kill you!" I was confused as to why the heck hair matters that much. But she decided to attack and I was on the defensive from her monstrous strength. Each punch I dodged there was a new crater in the arena. I was lucky enough to put up a cross block in time.

I grit my teeth as i felt myself being pushed back as she continually wailed on my arms. I have one ace that might not even work. ' oh well this was fun win or lose.' i thought, I then began to activate my fists before i was pushed to far." Ancient dragons of flesh and stone please listen to my plea and lend me the power to defeat my enemies." The fists reacted with my plea. They were engulfed in twin flames resembling dragon heads, the fists roared with the draconic power of the ancients. I smiled at Yang who had a look of confusion on her face as i simply said

." you brought out your ace it only seems fair to show you mine." I rolled out of the conflict as yang began to fight even harder, I dodged some punches and blocked the rest with my now flaming fists. I parried her final strike before winding up my last punch. It connected with her gut as she was propelled in the air the dragon heads disconnected from the weapons as they attached themselves to her arms restraining her. I jumped high enough to be about eye level with her I smirked slightly(not that could she see it) as i brought down my leg for a devastating axe kick to the chest. She was propelled to the ground causing a crater to form, her aura depleted. When I landed I went to the crater to help Yang on her feet. "This was an excellent warm up thank you for such a good fight." I said in gratitude. Yang looked shocked from what i said.

Yang pov first person pov

Did I hear him right? He considered this a warm up fight; good Oum what does he consider a serious fight. "What do you mean a warm up?" I asked hoping for some clarity; he hummed lightly before replying" Well i almost never use these things; in fact this was my first time ever using them in combat." My jaw dropped at this information. He only used those things once?! my eyes couldn't help but drift to his aura bar and i was even more shocked to see his bar barely moved an inch during the fight. I couldn't help but try to 'remember' if he used them any other time.

He never did; only his scythe and his katana appeared in the semi blurry images and on some rare occasions he used a talisman that shot freaking lightning, a glove that spits fire and a tin staff that shoots blue beams. I gulped lightly hoping he didn't notice, unfortunately he did. " Are you okay Yang? Do you need medical attention." his concern shook me out of my thoughts i replied." Na just a bit dizzy is all, I'm fine." He sighed slightly muttering" thank Gwynn" under his breath before grabbing me by the arm heading towards the exit. I smiled lightly before thinking' what am i worried about? Besides I get to watch him fight other teams.'

Spencer first person pov

I half dragged yang out of the arena, even though she said she was fine I could tell she was hiding something. But I put that in the back of my mind for now as we walked through the door. Only for Ruby to come out of nowhere in a flash of rose petals and to drool over my 'new' weapon. She also was going on about our spar and how awesome it was and how my aura barely moved during the fight. I decide to let her look at my gauntlets closely. The second I handed them to her she started to drool a lot. 'Good Gwynn how does a person get so worked up over a weapon?' I thought to myself. After letting Ruby look at the gauntlets I had to pry them from Ruby's grip before sighing in relief and dropping them in my bottomless box; for later uses.

Weiss came over and shouted at Yang and I ." You dolts now we have to change our whole plan for the first round of the tournament." I chuckled nervously at this while rubbing my head sheepishly. Weiss kept her glare on us and I was going to say something only for Yang to cut me off." Chill out Ice queen-" Weiss and Ruby groaned at the pun, while I was trying not to laugh at how awful it was." Spencer won fair and square, besides he is part of the team. You four can wing it like we normally do." Ruby nodded her head as she disappeared in a flash of rose petals only to come back a second later with a huge smile on her face. Ruby said." Welp Spencer's signed up and is ready to go."

Whatever retort Weiss had died the moment Ruby said that. She settled for a groan and pinching the bridge of her nose; I caught her mumbling something about "dolts" and "my friends are" in reverse order. Ruby ignoring Weiss's annoyance was jumping in excitement." Yay I get to fight with you, maybe we could pull our own team attack with our scythes or something like that." She all but squealed in excitement. I couldn't help but smile warmly at my friend's antics. But I wondered when the tournament was going to start. I voiced my thoughts to my teammates. Ruby answered." 9:00 why?"

All of us couldn't help but turn our heads towards the nearest clock. The little hand was almost on nine and the big hand was in the middle of 11 and 12. Weiss face palmed before saying." It's 8:55 you dolts, we need to hurry to the arena." We made a mad dash towards the arena. I simply followed them since I had no clue where to go.

We made it to some sort of metal contraption that flew towards a big floating coliseum in the sky. My jaw effectively dropped at the sight; 'how is this even possible?' John questioned just as awed by this sight as I was. The flying machine dropped us off on the ledge and we continued to run towards a staging area of some kind. We stopped, I guessed we made it: the staging area looked very basic, there wasn't even a forge or grindstone anywhere. The girls didn't seem to care, I guessed this was how most staging areas were set up, I may not like it but I have no control of how this works.

Weiss was currently polishing her rapier and Ruby was looking over her scythe for cracks and malfunctions in the gears. While Blake was reading a book called ninjas of love part two; the ancient katana. I drew my scythe, katana, and my shield from my box. I began to go over them for any hidden damage before we had to fight. I could feel my blood pumping in excitement for the upcoming battle. My inner friends were not so excited and more nervous as all Izalith. I heard a booming voice that for some reason felt like I should sleep." Good morning everyone and welcome to the Vytal Grand tournament." At this point the girls stood up and began to get ready for combat. I myself was ready since we entered but there is a time and place for everything.

The room started to shake before we were pulled up by the floor kinda like a lift from my time. I was blinded by the bright light for a second before my eyes adjusted. Only to see a vast white flat surface in front of me: that and a group of teenagers standing in front of us. One of which was a short girl with blond hair and mocha brown skin, and she was dressed as a monk of sorts and carried no sort of weapon on her, and she was currently staring at me; almost like she's targeting me.

My examination was cut short by a very loud voice that sounded like the doctor." Indeed Port we have a change in schedule as well. A new addition to beacon and fifth member of team Rwbys. Spencer A Alabaster." There were murmurs rippling through the crowd. I guessed they weren't expecting me at all. " Now then the rules are simple; when all four members of your team's aura is in the red you lose, the team with at least one allie whose aura isn't in the red that team wins and moves on." I smiled under my helm at the challenge also I don't have to worry about a four man gank: I shivered slightly at that horrid memory. I heard a timer blare signaling the start of the fight.

The monk dashed towards me palm outstretched it slammed against my shield; pushing me back slightly. She kept slamming her palms into my shield trying to get past my defense; I only smiled as I parried her last strike I then kicked her across the field. I followed after her smiling madly under my helm; she stood back up unfazed as she tried to attack only for me to dodge each strike. They were slow but had a huge amount of strength behind them; meaning I can't let them hit me or else i'll be in trouble. She was growing more frustrated with each missed or block strike; she soon began attacking crazily her strikes growing in speed but losing their strength. Some slipped past my defense and hit squarely in the chest; seeing this as an opportunity to strike she put her hardest into attacking that one spot. I was ecstatic, adrenaline pumping in my veins as I slashed her with a overhead attack. She predictably dodged to the left where I bashed her with my shield, stunning her for a second giving me ample time to do a horizontal slice with my katana; shredding her aura into the orange. She backpedaled away most likely to catch her breath, I continued my assault not letting her recuperate; I slashed with Bloodlust rapidly, she dodged them, barly, each slash taking off a few hairs. That is until a ball of ice with two people in it interrupted us.

I took this reprieve to see how we were doing; I was glad to see my friends were doing just fine while the enemy had lost one of their own. " Spencer!" I heard Blake yell and I saw an opportunity. I quickly drew my scythe and charged the clustered group of teens and swung my scythe in a wide arc catching all three of them. I then proceeded to golf swing them out of the arena. 'Four!' John yelled mentally. Ruby had joined me and we jumped in joy at the victory. I stopped after a second while Ruby was hopping like a rabbit chanting" we did it" over and over; Blake and Weiss walked over to us; Blake with a small smile and Weiss with a glare. Weiss then proceeded to lecture us." You dolts that was only the first round; we still have a long way to go. Besides we need to decide who's representing team Rwby's in the next round." I hummed in thought; I was about to recommend Blake and Weiss until Ruby said." Oh I know, how about Weiss and Spencer."

You could hear a pin drop in the stunned silence." What now?" I asked trying not to sound shocked or confused but failing in both regards. Weiss just flat out screamed." WHY?! We've never fought together at all, so why am I being paired with him. No offense." I replied with a nod; I also wanna hear my new leader's reasoning. Ruby then said sheepishly. "Well since he's replacing Yang in the tournament and we had originally planned for Yang and Weiss I thought it would make sense to send him with Weiss." Everyone except me gawked at Ruby's logic at how simple yet brilliant it was. I decided to back Ruby up. "I'm good with it."

Ruby proceeded to smile hugely and hug me surprisingly tight to the point where I gasped for air. "Still… need...air...Ruby." She stopped when I was gasping for air; I thanked Ruby while catching my breath. Blake stared at us for a second before shrugging and saying." Why not." Weiss was currently staring at us like we were crazy; before pinching her nose in annoyance before muttering an agreement. Ruby's smile grew even more; how that is possible I've no idea. Then she shouted to the loudest possible. " We did it; is anyone else starving."

Somehow we were in a fair when no more than ten seconds ago we were in a arena in the sky. 'What in Izalith just happened!' John exclaimed mentally. I wish I could answer him but the girls were discussing where to eat." If only there was someplace to get food around here. Oh wait." Weiss then gestured to the whole fair ground; Ruby either ignoring her implication are just messing with her said." It's okay Weiss I forget about the fairgrounds to." I smiled happily as they had a small argument over nothing. After that Yang said she knew a place I was about to follow until Weiss got a call and she did not look pleased. I decided to ask her." Weiss you okay? You seemed a little aggravated there." Weiss smiled lightly before saying: "I'm okay I just got a unwanted call from my father."

She practically growled the last part. 'I figured they were on rough terms with each other but to what extent?' I wondered. I asked if she wanted to talk about it but she just shook her head saying it's too late for that. 'Okay i'm going over Weiss's, Blake's memories and the rest in detail.' I thought tenaciously. Yang then yelled at us to hurry up; we quickly joined with the rest of our team until I saw Emerald stealthily grabbed Ruby's wallet before putting on a mask of kindness. She then said." Hey it might be hard to eat without this." Ruby then did a frantic once over for her wallet. She then laughed before greeting Ruby and talking with her and the others. I was suspicious to say the least but since I had no solid proof I had to stay silent. I then caught onto their conversation." Yeah my team are all introverts." As if proving her point her teammate smelled a random boot. " yeah really socially awkward."

I began to reintroduce myself." Hello there I believe we met on short terms; your name is Emerald sustrai right." She seemed to hesitate for a split second before saying." Yep that's me." I then asked." How's your leader doing? Last time we met she seemed to be unwell." My tone was neutral almost monotone. She apparently wasn't expecting that but she replied. " she's fine, it was just a panic attack nothing to serious. So me and Merc are going to the doubles round. What about you guys?" 'She changed topics rather quickly' I noted. Ruby then proceeded to say." Well as the leader of team Rwbys I thought long and hard about this decision-" only to be interrupted by Weiss" we put it to a vote." She deadpanned, Ruby continued. "I decided to put it to a vote." She finished with a smile. Blake then added her opinion in. "We voted for Weiss and Spencer." Weiss then said she would be happy to represent the team or something like that. I just said. "I can't wait to meet you in the tournament." Emerald gulped slightly before nodding her head and joining her partner.

Yang had picked out a small booth with a strangely familiar old man behind it. The old man spotted me his eyebrows going up in shock before resting into a relieved state. We sat down and he brought out some menus at insane speeds. I took a look at my menu to decide something, only to stare at the title. I could feel a sense of deja vu when I read the top. It said "Trust in my cooking and were already pals. Cause nobody is as trusty as me; hell it's in my name." I stared at the old man for a good three seconds before seeing him bring out everyone's food. The portions were ridiculously huge definitely worth the price of admission. Weiss gave him a plastic card with her name on it. I watched him go over to a metal thingy and swipe it only for it to say no sale. His eyebrows knotted together in fury before he tossed the plastic back at Weiss so hard it went into the countertop. 'Yep it's Patches alright' I thought in amusement as he swiftly took back his food, much to Blake's disappointment. I decided to pay him in the only currency he'll take. "Excuse me sir." I called trying not to laugh as I saw his bewildered expression at being called sir. "You accept any currency correct?" Patches nodded slowly.

I riffled through my box until I found a greater warrior soul. His eyes widened immensely at seeing the soul. "Will this cover the fine?" I asked innocently, Patches quickly nodded before grabbing the soul and crushing it immediately. He brought out the food all of which was in a bigger size than before, he then cleared his throat before saying." Ah finally I can speak again, well thanks buddy I thought you were a goner there." I looked at him in confusion before asking." How long was I gone?" Patches sighed lightly before responding. " well over three thousand years my friend." My jaw dropped from shock but I needed some answers and he was my best bet. "Are there any others from our time?" Patches scratched his head in thought most likely trying to sort through eons of memory's." Well I know lautrec is still kicking, there was also this tall young lady said she knew you, she also had a furry white dragon's tail oddly enough and she held onto a doll like her life depended on it." My eyes widened at this "Pris is alive?! Thank Gwynn above. Where is she? Is she still around here." I asked desperation in my voice; Patches sighed loudly before saying. " Last I heard she was living outside the kingdom of mantle, since she was labeled as a fanus because of her tail. And in mantle fanus are discriminated the worse in all other kingdoms." I clenched my hands in barely concealed fury, she was subjugated to further discrimination? Poor Pris. "Who?" It may have sounded like a question but Patches got the message. "Some bigot named Schnee, he controls the government and he is to blame for the poor girl's disappearing act as well for pushing the subjugation laws for fanus. Basically he's trying to make them have no rights and into free slaves (nearly as bad as those self righteous clerics)." He added on the last part silently.

'Schnee? As in Weiss's father?!' I exclaimed mentally. I checked on Weiss through my peripheral vision and I noticed she was anxious? No, more like worried. I decided to alleviate her fears. "Don't worry Weiss this changes nothing between us. We're still friends, and I don't think anything could change that." I looked back at Patches only for him to have a creepy smirk. "Well look who's trying to deflower her rose. Hmmm and I thought Priscilla would be your first, she was dead set on making you her's." I just stared at him with a confused look on my face. "What?" I questioned unaware of the girls reaction.

"You know, pouncing on the python. Popping the cherries, purging the dungeon?" I replied with a "what?" For each response; noting that the girls grew redder with each question. Patches was growing more frustrated with each failed saying. "Alright how about love making." My response was " what in Izalith are you talking about man!" He began to get red in the face from frustration if I had to guess. He yelled loudly." Baby making!" "What do magical storks have anything to do with Pris and me deflowering a rose she owns or this conversation!" Patches mood did a 180, instead of frustration now he was stunned at my answer. Ruby who lost her blush said." Yeah baby's come from storks everyone knows that." I nodded my head in approval as Patches just looked at us in disbelief before sighing," how you two are this innocent i'll never know but back on topic. Did you get your memory back buddy."

I nodded my head he seemed ecstatic. I could tell he wanted to know my story so I gave him a summary of my past. His mood switched between happy to disbelief before settling on anger. " Damn dirty clerics. I just, wow." He said finally. I nodded in response, the girls held a expression of pity. " I'l adjust besides you probably had it harder if your utter hate for the way of white is anything to go bye. Remember the time you kicked me over the edge in the catacombs because you thought I was a cleric?" I said chuckling, Patches had a sheepish smile on his face, most likely reminiscing as well.

Before we could reminisce any further we heard sniffling, when we looked towards the sound we saw Team JNPR in various stages of sadness and shock. I smiled sheepishly towards the now saddened teens while rubbing my head. " Sorry about that. Didn't mean to make you guys sad before your match." As if on cue we heard doctor Oobleck's voice." If team JNPR could come to the arena for your match which was supposed to start 30 minutes ago!" How and where that voice came from I'll never know but that snapped them out of their sadness as they dashed towards the arena. I chuckled lightly with Patches as we watched them off, the girls asked if I wanted to watch the fight I told them I'd be right behind them. I gave Patches a nod and I followed the girls to the arena. I sat next to Ruby on the aircraft as it took us to our destination. I decided to try to make small talk with Ruby. "So who taught you how to use your scythe like that? If you don't mind me asking." I said to Ruby, Ruby smiled greatly and said." My uncle Qrow taught me. I was garbage before he took me under his wing, now I'm all." She then proceeded to make karate noises and mimicking them. I had to move my head to avoid getting whacked in the face. " Sounds like you care for him greatly." I commented, Ruby smiled softly." Yeah well he's the only family I have besides my dad and Yang. Ever since my mom died…"

Her voice drifted off as if she were a thousand miles away. I had guessed her mother died thanks to the flashes of memories I got from her and Yang, but hearing the sadness in her voice all but confirmed what I knew was true. " Do you have any fond memories of your mother?" I asked trying to steer the conversation in a happier direction; Ruby smiled sadly before saying." She was amazing, you would've loved her. She was unbeatable able to be everywhere at once, it was actually her semblance. She would disappear in a flash of white roses only to be right behind you. But then she took on a mission that was supposed to be routine; a 'quicky' she would call them. She said 'i'll be right back my little rose' and then she never came back." I noticed her body language began to stiffen meaning she was on the verge of crying; that and the fact her silver eyes began to mist over helped my hypothesis a little. 'Damnit I wanted to bring up happier memories with her mother not her saddest.' I mentally berated myself as Ruby was sniffling but surprisingly she continued." After a few days my dad went looking for her but when he came back all he had was her cape, torn and stained red with blood."

She was crying freely now tears streaming down her face. I reacted on instinct and engulfed her with a sympathetic hug. She cried into my chestplate, which was fortunately waterproof. I began to condole Ruby to help her calm down a little; thankfully her sobs became hiccups relatively quickly for this situation. I let out a silent sigh of relief as I began whispering. " It's okay, you're not alone." in her ear, 'thank Gwynn, she's calming down.' I thought in somber silence; I felt guilty bringing up such a horrid memory. I was about to apologize when Ruby said. " Thank you for listening, I needed this." I smiled under my helmet before responding. " hey it's what friends do for each other." I would've sat there comforting Ruby for as long as she needed. But" AHEM" apparently we had arrived, if the drivers 'cough' was anything to go bye.

Ruby sat straight up, blushing slightly before saying." Come on Spencer we should hurry and catch up with the others." Ruby dashed outside the metal vehicle leaving behind a trail of petals in her wake. I got up and left the vehicle then I followed Ruby's trail to the coliseum; I saw my friends on the front row Yang noticed me before flagging me down to sit next to her. Apparently Ruby and I missed half the fight and right now Team Jnpr were in the middle of a team meeting. The crowd was not amused by the stand off. " Were in the middle of a battle!" one of Jnpr's opponents yelled. I could understand their frustration, 'they did come for a battle not a conversation' Jack said mentally. 'I agree but we need to be patient, besides looks like they just lost' I replied mentally with a hidden smirk as I watched Nora whack the enemy team out the arena. The crowds reaction was priceless and I couldn't stop a chuckle from escaping my lips.

As I was about to leave Yang pulled me down, she then said." whoa where you going? Team Sssn is about to join the party." I guessed that is another team they know. I took my seat as I saw a two more teams take the field. " Go neptune." Weiss cheered, I was a little surprised at this then I noticed Weiss's expression shift from happy to angry quicker than a great arrow shot from Gough himself. Weiss then shouted." Kick his butt Indigo." I didn't know what caused the attitude change in her and something told me I didn't want to know. 'Father did say women were fickle' I thought with a sad smile on my face. I decided now would be a good time to sort through the memory's and organize them. I closed my eyes for a second and when I opened them I was back in the archives of my psyche. John noticed me and waved me over and he was holding a multicolored binder. I walked over noticing Jack was reading one of the many books in this place, he looked up for a second and sent me a wave. I walked up to the former darkwraith and I took the book he showed me. I opened it up to see a list of chapters and the page numbers their on. I was scanning the chapters when something caught my eye it read "Weiss schnee's childhood memories/ traumatic memories".

I quickly flipped to the page where it started and I was disgusted by what I read. Her father outright abused her for little things, sometimes to the point where she needed immediate medical attention. According to this her only salvation was her siblings, specifically her older sister Winter. Weiss idolizes her sister and from her memories in written form Winter was there to make the pain go away and help her through the night. John put a hand on my shoulder and said." It's sick isn't it?" I nodded in disgust, " how could a father do that to their own child? If I ever meet him. He's going to burn." I all but growled. John nodded sagely but his attention drifted towards my soul. I sighed as I tried to calm down before returning to the waking world but while calming down I noticed my soul was flaring before returning to a passive state. John noticed my confusion and explained." Your soul seems to flare when you're experiencing strong emotions and it tends to exert its own influence if your emotions are strong enough. Do you think it could be you're semblance trying to break free?" I looked at him with a blank expression before saying" I have no idea John but thanks for informing me about it." I think I saw a smile under that skeletal mask of his before I returned to the waking world.

I opened my eyes to see that the fight was about to finish. The male team lost two of their own while the girl team lost one. I was close to laughing when the blue haired one tiptoed to the water's edge and stuck his spear into the lake frying the ladies and eliminating them from the tournament." Well that was a shocking victory." Yang punned, Ruby, Weiss and Blake groaned while I laughed at the horrid pun. Ruby quickly said." Please don't encourage her." I shrugged in response, promising nothing. We all stood up and we're about to leave when another metal aircraft flew above. It was smaller than the other metal vessels I witnessed, it appeared to have ribbons trailing behind it. Before I could comment on the vessel I saw Weiss's face light up with childlike happiness. She said with glee." She's here." My eyes widened immensely at this. 'Well looks like we're going to meet Winter a little earlier than planned.' John remarked casually as I walked out of the arena with my team; Weiss was close to bursting with excitement a wide smile painted on her that could give Solaire a run for his money when he was talking about the sun. I however was a little nervous with the idea of meeting her sister, a person Weiss idolized to the point of lunacy.

'Easy there killer no need to be worried besides just be you, worked so far. Also there is a good chance Winter knows about you, Weiss keeps in contact with her often so no worries.' John said trying to calm my nerves; I was confused on how he got this information then I realized we have a copy of Weiss's memories and left it at that. We boarded the metal vessel again but with one noticeable difference, which was Weiss was the hyper one not Ruby; everyone else was confused on what had gotten Weiss happy while I was contemplating how to make a good first impression. 'HI i'm Spencer A Alabaster and I'm an undead who slaughtered gods… No that's stupid. What about I'm Spencer Alabaster; scythe extraordinaire and murderer of seventeen people. No that's worse.' I was rocked out of my thoughts by the vessel landing; Weiss was walking quickly towards the loading docks where the vessel I saw earlier landed. Weiss was getting more giddy with each step she took, Yang decided to get some answers." What's got you so happy Ice Queen? It's kinda creepy." I felt the sudden urge to facepalm but Blake beat me to it. Weiss turned around and said." If you must know my older sister Winter has arrived and I want to greet her before she leaves." Before Yang could ask any details Weiss moved forward towards the vessel, Ruby and I sprinted to catch up with her. When we did we were in front of the vessel; now that I was closer I noticed there were emblems on the ribbons I didn't recognize. The emblem itself looked like a white snowflake with several rapier like blades through it.

The vessel hissed and it opened up to reveal a woman that looked to be a older Weiss; she was a bit taller than myself, she wore a white and black business coat with white boots; she had blue eyes a darker shade than Weiss's and hair just as white. I noticed a small blue rapier on her hip, the blade itself was thinner and longer than weiss's rapier; I've seen blades like this in my time, swordsmen would forgo stopping power and durability for speed and reach but because of the trade off these types of weapons are extremely fragile and will brake if it comes in contact of a solid shield or armor of similar stature. Ice blue eyes focused on us; she smiled lightly when her eyes landed on Weiss and Ruby but when her gaze locked with mine there was mistrust and disgust in her eyes, even if her body did not show it. A look any undead could decipher with a glance, looks like those led to imprisonment and hollowing but not before horrific torture and public humiliation. Her stance itself could be considered that of nobility and high birth; her shoulders were stiffened, chin up and hands behind her back. She even has a escort of metal men to do her bidding.

'Stay calm, we can't judge her, yet.' John warned mentally. I know I can't judge her by looks or else I would be no better than those horrible nobles, so I bit back any rude remark I could come up with as she walked towards us. " Hello Weiss it's good to see you again." Winter said her voice sounding monotone with a undertone of joy; Weiss calmed down and mimicked her stance before saying." It's good to see you too Winter. This is my team leader Ruby and this is my new teammate Spencer." Winter seemed to be sizing us up, Ruby stood up straight and I kept my posture the same under her critical gaze. She spent more time on me than Ruby; she outstretched her hand to me her gaze unbroken." It's nice to meet the two of you; Weiss mentioned you two a bit in her letters she sends me." Ruby grabbed her hand and shook it fiercely; I simply gave her a nod of recognition. Winter hummed lightly before saying." Weiss think you could give me a tour of your school and perhaps your dorm room," Weiss immediately replied." Yes! I mean I would be honored."

I let a smile form on my face as I watched the interactions between the two. 'See maybe she's not as bad as others.' John said mentally. I hummed lightly in agreement but before I could get better acquainted with the elder Schnee, I heard two things hit the ground behind us. When I turned around to see the culprit; I saw a man about thirty or so with red eyes and black hair. He was about my height maybe a little bigger; he wore a gray duster with red and black highlights. I noticed a red cape flowing behind him, it was slightly torn up at the bottom. But what really caught my attention was a great sword he was currently equipped with. It had a red handle, looked to be about two feet or so with markings that looked like fire on it. The blade also had straight lines that went across the blade every three inches or so.

With my examination finished I looked back towards the girls and Winter. Weiss had a confused look on her face while Ruby was bouncing with even more energy than usual. While Winter didn't hide her look of disgust, this time it was on full display for the world to see. "You do know you just destroyed Atlas technology right?" Winter asked the stranger, revulsion evident in her voice. The stranger opened up a flask and took a large gulp of whatever was inside. " Oh these are yours I'm so sorry I mistook these for, sentient garbage." He replied sarcastically, I could hear Winter's blood boil from here. Winter regained her composer and said. " I don't have time for your immature games Qrow." My jaw unhinged slightly at the new information 'seriously is it invasion of the idols, this is just ridiculous.' Jack murmured in my head and I couldn't agree with him more 'Don't forget these two apparently hate each other.' John added I sighed lightly and tried to pinch the bridge of my nose to stop a headache from forming but only pinched my helmet. Weiss interrupted." Wait you know two each other?" Qrow ignored Weiss in favor of talking to Winter. " Gee you specialists think you're so special don't you." There was bitterness in his voice when he spoke to Winter 'but what was the cause I wonder.' I thought to myself. Winter gained a cocky smirk before saying." Well it is in the name."

My eye twitched in aggravation from the arrogant tone in Winter's voice but I forced down my discomfort so I could make a good first impression. Even if I hollowed from it. I shook my head out of that disturbing thought and focused on Qrow who continued." Well you know what you really are. A bunch of sellouts just like your boss." I could tell that's not such a good thing if Winter eyes narrowing was any indication. 'This is not going to end well' I lamented in thought. "I'm not sure what you think you're implying but I heard enough." Winter said in a tone I recognized when a noble didn't get his or her way, and what followed was either an apology or an execution. " Oh I heard things to like how old Ironwood turned his back on Ozpin." Qrow said with a underlying venomous tone to his words. This was beginning to escalate quickly and because of this I hurriedly grabbed Havel's greatshield from my bottomless box and stabbed the slab of stone in the ground. "Ozpin?" Weiss questioned before Winter shooed her away." Weiss it's time for you to go." " Listen to big sister weiss she'll protect you. Just like Atlas is going to protect all of us huh." I quickly led Ruby and Weiss behind the greatshield of course it was a tad bit difficult with Ruby drooling over the 'new' shield. 'My word does she have an addiction to weapons or is it just me!' I mentally added in exasperation. Winter was visibly angry and she let Qrow know." If you won't hold your tongue. I'll gladly remove it for you." she finished with her sword drawn threateningly, while I was stopping myself from laughing at that horribly cliched line. Qrow apparently did not hold his tongue." Alright then; come take it."

At this I just laughed, an even worse cliche line than before was said. Qrow and Winter looked at me incredulously before forgetting I existed. Winter dashed at Qrow(who had yet to draw his weapon) and thrusted her weapon at his head. Qrow dodged it like it was nothing as he did for the next strikes; even making funny faces before he did a mock bow while dodging another slash. Winter did a overhead slice which pinged off of his sword that was still sheathed. Qrow grabbed the handle of his blade and pulled it free from its sheath. I lost focus when I heard Ruby shake herself from weapon coma (as I call it) and looked at weiss form behind the shield, Ruby then asked." What's going on?" I had no idea but I was enjoying the show. "Some random guy just attacked Winter." Weiss stated. Ruby looked to me for confirmation and I simply shrugged in compliance before saying." Qrow was antagonizing her but she struck first physically." It took Ruby a second to process what I said; when it sunk in she peeked around the shield too see the two locked into a stalemate with neither backing down. Ruby then gained a huge smile before shouting." Go uncle Qrow!" and that statement told me all I needed to know.

Weiss looked baffled for a second before shrugging and cheering on Winter. I decided to watch the fight but to A. make sure no rubble would hit Weiss and Ruby and B. to see their idols fighting style. 'Sure and manus is a egomaniac who loves humans.' Jack deadpanned mentally. I sighed but I knew he was right, I just wanted to see them fight; everything else is a bonus. I watched with rapt attention as their weapons clinged and clanged as they block each other's hits, neither of them giving an inch. What surprised me is that Winter's sword is also a dual blade; a rare and versatile weapon, quite hard to master and isn't often seen in the hands of nobility during combat. I could tell the battle was reaching its climax as they seperated; Winter had a large glyph behind her most likely for a momentum or speed boost. While Qrow was smirking as he pushed a button and his blade began to curve into a sickle or scythe. I noted that the gears that made it possible were literally out in the open and unprotected; I was currently watching them spin for Nito's sake. That is until the gears stopped completely and Qrow sheathed his sword on his back and silently taunted Winter with open arms and a take your best shot look. 'He's playing her.' John said mentally voicing my thoughts.

I looked to Winter only for her to be glaring ultra greatswords at him; she shifted her stance slightly and did a warcry(with a hint of killing intent) and was propelled like a great arrow shot by Gough himself. I saw it in slow motion she shifted her arms so one of her blades could pierce his throat with no intent on stopping. I quickly equipped my normal shield and positioned myself in front of Qrow much to his shock and prepared to block. When the sword hit the shield I was a little surprised to find myself being pushed back by a fair bit; but my momentary shock was nothing compared to the absolute shock that was on Winter's face when her sword didn't pierce my shield.

"Schnee!" A booming voice that I didn't recognize; when I looked to see who it was I saw a middle aged man with a couple gray hairs highlighting his hair. His posture screamed that of military background perhaps legionnaire from the air of authority he was exuding. Other than that he was dressed in a formal blazer which was a similar color scheme as Winter's. I also noticed something peculiar; he was favoring his right side slightly as if it wasn't there and I could hear the slight turning of gears were a heartbeat should be. 'Strange, perhaps he lost a limb or two in a battle and they were replaced with artificial ones' I filed that thought away for further questioning. His eyes seemed to bore through Winter and Qrow; the result was Winter standing at attention while Qrow simply rolled his eyes at the man. I however simply stood as I was not showing any disrespect but most likely not showing a large amount of respect. As far as I'm concerned we are all equal.

I went around the three to retrieve my greatshield currently three inches in the ground. I took a deep breath before pulling the slab of stone free from the ground. 'Now what should I do with you?' I questioned mentally as I looked over my great shield for nicks and dents; after a couple glances and checking the chains for cracks I stuffed the over sized stone into my bottomless box. Only Qrow noticed me if his wide eyes were any indication. "Now now there's a sanction fight going on in the arena right now and I can assure you there are better seats. And popcorn." Ozpin said as he walked towards us with miss Glynda in tow. If miss glynda was here than I should go; I prefer not to be dragged again thank you very much.

Before I could sneak away I felt Glynda's and Ozpin's gaze on me. "Oh and mr. Alabaster if you please follow us to my office so we could talk about your situation and what happened here." Ozpin said with a grin. I sighed lightly before turning around to follow the two 'it was a valiant effort' Jack said trying to comfort me after my failed escape attempt. 'Just how?! I didn't even make a sound' I mentally lamented. I followed after the hunters with qrow and Winter trailing behind me. I saw in my periphery vision that Winter was glaring at me quite heavily. I ignored her in favor of preparing myself for a interrogation, what i'll say and how to answer any questions they might have about me.

I soon found myself cramped in the lift shortly after my thoughts. A piercing silence hung over the lift only interrupted by the occasional dings of the machine. I decided to make small talk with Qrow. " Afternoon, I don't think I had the pleasure of meeting Ruby's teacher/idol. Nice to meet you Spencer A Alabaster." I said offering a outstretched hand. Qrow seem to look me over for a split second before smiling and returning the gesture." Nice to meet the only person who could not only like Yang's puns but return them. Qrow Branwen the name pleasure to meet you." He introduced with a smile; under my helmet I smiled widely, 'Welp that's one good impression down one more to go.' I thought happily. For the next few minutes we talked about scythes and guessing how much ruby would pay for to use either of our weapons. But soon the lift stopped at Ozpin's office and we all stepped in, very happy for the extra leg room. Ozpin took a seat at his desk already holding another mug of some sort of concoction; I saw a metal chair and promptly sat down, quietly wondering if this was the same chair I used the first time. The hunters all stood up sans Ozpin in a semi circle; I knotted my hands together, patiently waiting for the first question to drop.

I did not have to wait long at all. " Now the first question, if you don't mind could you tell us more about yourself?" Ozpin asked politely; I answered truthfully." alright. My name is Spencer A Alabaster; my home is the kingdom of Catrina. I am an undead warrior and as such I won't stay dead for very long at all. I linked the fire after slaying Gwyn the lord of sunlight and I had arrived here in this land after falling asleep for a very long time and the rest is history." The looks of shock was plastered over the faces of those who did not know my story, which was mostly everyone here. Winter seened to glare at me further and said." What is this fire or Catarina for that instance, no place like that exists in remnant." her words carried doubt that much was obvious; I rolled my eyes slightly but before I could answer her question Ozpin stopped me. " Could you please take off your helmet before answering miss Schnee's question?" I faltered for only a second before removing my beloved helmet before placing it on the ground. I looked towards Ozpin who made a go on motion with his hands. I took a deep breath before saying." The first flame is the creator of life itself, souls, animals, and everything you see has the influence of the flame in one way or another. It's only capable enemies are the Dark and the Abyss ."

I didn't even had time to breath before Ironwood asked." What is the Dark and the abyss? Are they not one in the same?" I looked at him incredulously before remembering he had no clue what either power was. I schooled my features to replace the shock with calm and said." Well yes and no. The Dark is not evil, it is in fact where humanity was birthed from-" I was interrupted by Winter." Humanity came from dust not darkness." She said with absolute conviction in her voice. I gave her a deadpan look before muttering." What are they teaching these children in this age." I took in a breath to finish my explanation." Winter you are very wrong. Now as I was saying before I was interrupted, humanity was birthed from the dark soul of the primeval human who found said soul after the fire was weakening. After ripping his soul in pieces humanity was born from the pieces. Which leads to the creation of the Abyss." Almost everyone leaned in to hear more sans Winter who was currently crossing her arms together like a spoiled child who had not gotten their way. I continued my explanation. " The Abyss is pure evil, created from the negative emotions of the primeval man now known as Manus Father of the Abyss. The Abyss's only goal is to absorb and destroy all in it's path and from it many horrific monsters who would love nothing more than to smother humanity along with the Flame. One such monster are the Darkwraiths. Creatures who rip out the souls and the humanity from careless humans in their path."

After dropping this information everyone's faces took that of fearful awe. Ozpin asked the unanswered question." through what method did they do these horrible things?" I nodded in understanding before grabbing my bottomless box and pulled out a blood red glove with a swirling darkness in the center. All eyes were on the object as I cleared my throat to explain." through this, the forbidden art of lifedrain. The darkwraiths would have these gloves on them ready to pull humanity and souls from their victims at any given moment." I quickly tossed the a cursed object into the bottomless box and sighed in relief as the evil weapon is safely in the box.

Ozpin shook out of stupor with a nod before his expression turned serious as his eyes narrowed." Now this may be an invasive question but it must be asked. Why didn't you want team Rwby to unlock your aura and what did you mean by 'more like would rather they do not go through the horrors I've been through'?" I was not prepared for this question but I knew not to lie to him, he would most likely see right through it. " I have died many times Ozpin; I have killed demons that would make the grimm seem like ants under a god's foot. Yet I've killed the demons that afflicted my world, brought down the Gods of my world with my own two hands but only after dieing many times to these foes. So if you had the choice, would you let anyone go through that Izalith if only for a moment?"

Ozpin seemed to contemplate this fact before shaking his head no. I smiled slightly, glad to know he understood. Winter however looked ready to pop with anger while I was cautious of her, not knowing what I said to upset her so much. Miss Glynda asked something that made my blood run cold and make my body stiffen like a board. " While I was in your mindscape I saw three people lying in their own blood, dead and there was this child who wielded a katana, who had no qualms of killing me for intruding. My question is who were those people lying dead, what happened and was that child you?" I had to steady my breathing immensely before I could begin to answer her. I had to grip the chair to get a hold of myself and to calm my breathing before looking Miss Glynda dead in the eyes before asking." Do you really wish to know what happened and who those people were?" I asked ominously; miss Glynda physically took a step back before catching herself and nodding. I pinched the bridge of my nose to stop the migraine from forming so I could answer her question." Yes that child you saw was me or at least a version of myself from when I was younger when it happened. Those people you saw dead were my family after a psychotic way of white member killed them all in front of me." I barely got the words out before I needed to steady my breathing again and force myself to become calm. They looked at me with interest secretly asking for more details and so I told them everything. From my family was descended from Manus to the brutal slaughter of my family all because of our heritage and the rape of my sister and mother in front of me. To a seven year old creating a sword made out of his family's blood and the pulsing darkness of his soul.

By the time I finished I was shaking. My breathing hitched up and down as if on the world's biggest, rickyist lift. I quickly regained control of my body schooling my face into a monotonous mask; no emotion visible at all. I noticed Ozpin had a look of pure sympathy as did miss Glynda while Qrow was chugging a silver flask like no tomorrow and if the smell was anything to go bye a alcoholic drink was what he was drinking with reckless abandonment. "Do you honestly believe these obvious lies?" Winter's voice cut through the silence like bloodlust through flesh. My eyes narrowed in anger as my hands crushed the metal chair under me. "What is it you're implying Winter." I asked coldly waiting for her answer. I didn't wait long." Your story, all of it is ridiculous and outright impossible. A fire that created souls, humanity coming from darkness like the grimm. It's all impossible. You said Catarina a made up country plagued by monsters far worse than the grimm? The grimm are humanity's number 1 enemy and will always be." I seethed in anger as she called my past fake, the trails I've been through, all the friends i've lost to hollowing or went mad because of it for naught.

But she wasn't done. " And your story, 'oh look at me I had a hard life and you should listen to my bullshit.' In fact I bet you had a more direct role in your family's death then you let on. Maybe there was no psychopath, maybe it was you who did those things." 'What did she just say?!' Jack and John screamed in unison with me mentally. " What did you say?" I 'asked' fury evident in my voice as I gripped the chair tighter easily puncturing the metal of the chair. Winter replied with a cocky smirk." You killed your family and raped your mother and sister. Your family was weak with aura and died to you who had one-" She was interrupted by Ironwood. " Schnee that is enough! If you don't desist i'll have you courtmairtled." It sounded like a warning but I didn't hear it. I was having very bad thoughts. Very murdery ones.

New pov third person

As the hunters tried to reprimand Winter there was a faint sound ba-bump,ba-bump like a drum faintly beating to a unknown rhythm. Only Qrow and Ozpin heard the sound but as seconds passed the drumming got louder ba-bump, ba-bump. It soon got to the point where everyone heard it, only one thought was going through their minds. 'What is that sound' another oddity the natural sunlight was beginning to be filtered out by a increasing dark. The drumming got louder as the room became darker ba-bump, ba-bump; "What the hell is going on?!" Qrow cursed loudly as the drumming grew louder and the dark suffocated the natural sunlight. Instead of getting colder it got steadily hotter as the dust powered light bulbs began to flicker and dim as the darkness suffocated the mechanical lighting. It soon got so hot that their clothes clung to them, sweat on their brows ba-bump, ba-bump the drumming continued. But that is not the last thing. The drumming stopped on a dime at it's loudest, the dark receded slightly to see the ancient warrior unaffected by the strange elements that plagued them. But before they could relax and ask questions: the hunters felt a massive killing intent flood the room, the utter malice in it couldn't rival anything they felt before, only comparable to a ancient grimm. But even then this malintent, this willingness to kill was far stronger and far more personal.

The undead gained two different aura's, both felt primal and ancient, both were powerful and threatened to squash them under their influence. The aura on his right was a blazing flame that threatened to burn them to ash, the flame threatened to feed off their very souls for to make itself more brilliant, while the other side was the exact opposite. A never ending darkness spewed forth from his left; cold, unfeeling darkness that would like nothing more than to absorb them or to erase their very existence from the annals of time itself, sending them into oblivion with ease.

But the one who felt this pressure the most was Winter schnee herself. She couldn't even stand because of the immense pressure the undead was exerting. The undead began to walk towards the defenseless Schnee; his greaves clicking on the floor as he walked. "You pompous nobleman, you who have gotten everything you asked for on a gilded platter think to tell me my trials did not matter? What my friends and every other undead went through did not matter?" His voice sounded like three different people talking in unison with each other. He took another three steps, his eyes like molten magma fresh from a volcano, flashed with pure anger. "You who blamed me for the murder of my family in cold blood! You who undermined the absolute hell i've seen and went through. What my friends who died went through! You call that meaningless!?" The undead was now in front of Winter who was at his mercy. The ancient warrior picked up Winter by the collar and like a doll yanked her to eye level without trying. His eyes only had one emotion and it wasn't forgiveness it was blinding rage. "Well answer me!" He demanded with unknown authority in his voice.

To say Winter was petrified right now would be an understatement. She was so scared she couldn't say an apology or beg for forgiveness from this monster in human skin. His eyes of molten fire pierced through her very soul. She prayed, not to any specific god but to anyone to stop this beast from skinning her alive.

Then he dropped her on the ground, the polar opposite auras gone, just vanished in a puff of smoke. The undead took a couple calming breaths to curb his very violent thoughts. Spencer was still very angry but was now rational enough to use it productively. "Ozpin? May I go into the forest to clear my head for a little while, I think it would do me some good." Even though it was a question it was more a statement than anything else. Ozpin recognizing this to be a good idea allowed it with a nod. Spencer nodded before grabbing his helmet and putting it back on then began walking back towards the elevator but stopped right before entering it. " Oh and I expect your answer on the battlefield after I'm done. Good day to you all and sorry about the chair." He said before entering the elevator and disappearing from sight. All the hunters looked towards the chair to see it have two new molds in the shape of the undead's gauntlets on each side.