We're not wasting time today, let's go!
Everyone listened closely when Swift started reading, before they were surprised as the screen lit up slowly and seemed to show team RWBY's dorm, but it looked like a static image, with the girls themselves lying down in their beds, except they looked blocky and made out of polygons.
"What the heck is going?" Jaune asked in confusion.
"Well, the Dragoons originally came from a PS1 game, so I decided to make this interesting and represent the story using the same graphics as the game used." Swift explained with a grin.
Everyone else nodded, finding his explanation made sense somewhat.
*Chapter 1*
*Ruby P.O.V.*
I was woken up at FOUR A.M. by my scroll ringing, which also woke everyone else up.
Ruby actually twitched a bit in annoyance at that part, she may be an early riser, but even she had limits.
"Ugh, Who calling at this time in the morning, on the first day of classes no less." Weiss groaned as she rolled out of her bed.
"Hello?" I asked answering the Scroll.
"Ms. Rose, I need to see you and your team in my office, the matter is… quite important." Ozpin's voice said before he hung up.
"Wonder what Oz needs you kids for?" Qrow said.
I was woken up fully when I heard Ozpin's voice, "Everyone get up, Ozpin wants to see us, he said it's important!" I said loud enough to get the rest of the team's attention.
"Wait, why us?" Yang asked springing up.
"I don't know, but whatever it is we better get ready fast if he's calling us this early." Blake said.
"It can only be urgent at this time of day." Blake added after her other's words.
We quickly showered before getting dressed in our normal attire and ran toward Ozpin's office.
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"Thank you all for coming at such a time." Ozpin said as we stepped out of the elevator.
"You wanted to see us sir?" I asked.
"Yes Ruby, and I do apologize for waking the four of you after what you did yesterday however I feel that the reason I called you is because it already seems to involve at least one of you." Professor Ozpin said.
The girls were confused at that, and wondered how it was linked to their others.
"What do you mean Professor?" Weiss asked.
"You see, when you girls were battling the Nevermore in the Ruins I noticed a spike of unidentifiable energy coming from the ruins, more specifically it spiked and held that level of energy as you girls retain proximity to the ruins, yet when you left the energy died off very quickly." Ozpin said standing up.
"So what, some kind of ancient relic wanted them to grab it?" Nora said with a tilt of her head, while Swift's eyebrow twitched and Xander patted him on the back.
"What do we have to do with an energy spike?" I asked.
"I do not know miss Rose, however I called you up here because we're going to find out right now." Ozpin said.
"Wait, you're coming with us?" Blake asked taken aback.
"Indeed I am, I'm curious how those ancient ruins suddenly seem to give off energy when four seemingly average girls simply walk near it." Ozpin said.
"That would be a good question if you actually were average." Swift said a with a chuckle, making team RWBY smile.
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Ozpin escorted us to the ruins where we fought the giant Nevermore, when we got there Ozpin pulled out his personal scroll, "Hmm, it appears the energy is spiking again, girls see if you can find some sort of entrance into these ruins." Ozpin said.
Nodding the four of us split up and searched the walls of the ruins.
*Blake's P.O.V.*
After the five of us searched the general area of the ruins I noticed a dip in the ground and when I went to go investigate it I saw it hid a stone door, "Everyone! I think I found something!" I shouted.
Opzin and the rest of the team converged to where I was, "Good work miss Belladonna, now let us see if we can open it." Ozpin said as he put his hands against the stone door and pushed on it.
But the door didn't move.
"He should have brought me along! I would've broken it down!" Nora said as she stood up before Ren pulled her back down.
Ozpin stepped back in surprise, then he knocked on the stone door. "Hmm, the door isn't very thick yet it did not budge, it must have some sort of lock on it." Ozpin said.
Yang marched up to the door, "Well if we can't open it the normal way we can just break it down." Yang said pulling her arm back while activating Ember Celica.
"Yang stop!" Ruby warned, but it didn't stop Yang from punching the door with all her strength.
Yet the door didn't even chip.
"That's one tought door." Jaune said in surprise.
"OW!" Yang shouted extremely loudly cradling her fist.
Yang winced a bit at that, feeling sorry for her other.
However even though the door wasn't damaged there was a reaction, seven line glowed against the door, Red, Blue, Green, Gold, White, Black and Purple. The line formed from the edges of the door and congregated to the center to form an open hand.
"Magic~" Nora said as she waved her arms around.
"There's no such thing as magic Nora." Ren told her, before hearing Swift snort and turning to him.
"Right, and I'm a woman." he said as he held up a finger and created a ball of water the size of a tennis ball at the tip of it.
Ren looked at it for a moment before shrugging "I stand corrected then it seems."
"It appears miss Xiao Long's rather blunt attempt to open the door has yielded something after all." Ozpin said putting his palm against the handprint, yet nothing happened.
"I wonder, miss Rose, place your hand on the handprint." Ozpin said.
"Yes sir." Ruby said happily as she did what she was told.
Yang's first reaction would have been to do a dirty joke at that line, but this was about her sister, so she decided not to.
The lines on the door flashed brightly before ceasing, then the door slid open slowly.
"Now I see, it appears this ruin was designed to open to certain people, likely through their Aura signature." Ozpin said as we stepped inside.
"Wait you mean this place was built so it would only open to this dunce!?" Weiss yelled out.
"Hey!" Ruby shouted indignantly as she turned to Weiss.
"Other me. I don't call you that anymore." Weiss said as she raised her hands placatingly.
"Perhaps, but we may find out more if we proceed into these ruins." Ozpin said.
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The hallway of these ruins were lined with dozens of images, most of which depicted creatures I couldn't recognize.
"Strange, these walls depict a war between two races, one side is Human, yet the other side is a winged raced, but not the Faunus. Yet there is no record of such a war." Ozpin said.
"It looks ancient." Pyrrha said as they all saw the images.
"Maybe it's a legend that's written on the walls?" Yang asked.
"All legends come from somewhere Yang." I said.
Soon the hall abruptly ended, leaving us in a single large room occupied by eight pedestals, yet seven statues.
Each of the statutes were of human figures wearing unusual armor, the most noticeable features of the armor were that there seemed to be no opening in the armor to remove it and the large wings that appeared to be part of the armor itself, not protecting wings.
Everyone looked at the statue's in awe.
"That kind of design... I'll have to recommend something like it to the General." Winter said thoughtfully.
Each statue has a signature difference, however what got my attention was a large book sitting on a metal table in the middle of the room. I walked over to the book and carefully opened it, but I couldn't read it, not because of lighting issue's as a series of torches lit themselves when we entered, but because the language that book was written in was unfamiliar to me.
"Professor Ozpin, I think you might want to look at this." I called out, Ozpin walked over to me and lifted the book.
"The language used in this book was abandoned soon after the appearance of the first Grimm, fortunately I have studied this language during my time as a student." Ozpin said as he began translating.
"Makes sense he would have studied it." Tai said as he looked at the screen.
"To the beings that have opened the door to this temple, be you Man or Woman, be you Human, Faunus or Wingly." Ozpin said.
"Wingly?" Yang asked.
"I remember reading about them once." Weiss said earning a look of surprise from us, "Wingly's are creatures of Legend, the legends say that Wingly's had wings of light they could conceal with a thought and were naturally capable of magic, legends say the Wingly went extinct because of the Grimm to due their hatred of human attracting the Grimm."
"They don't exist in our world though." Weiss said.
"That is correct Weiss, but people do claim every now and again that they saw a silver haired figure flying on nearly invisible wings." Ozpin said before he continued reading.
"The fact that you have opened the door has show that you are the next in line to become a Dragoon, a warrior born with the right to rule Dragons. Within this room are Eight Dragoon Spirits, Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Light, Darkness, Lightning, and the Divine." Ozpin read.
Everyone was once more in awe, before they looked to team RWBY "Well, damn." Raven said quietly as she looked at her daughter.
"Ruby what are you doing?" Weiss snapped suddenly, I looked over to see Ruby was walking over to a statue of a man holding a Spear as tall as he was, Ruby looked at the pedestal however, I walked up to her and notice an inscription below a green jeweled sphere.
"Professor Ozpin, what does this say?" I asked as Ozpin approached.
"Albert, King of Basil and Dragoon of Wind. Taking up the mantle of Dragoon after the death of Lavitz, King Albert sought to end the war against his country." Ozpin said.
"Woah, a king... awesome." Ruby said as she looked at the statue on screen.
Ruby reached out and pulled the stone free from the pedestal, the stone was giving off a gleam as she held it in her hands.
Suddenly the jewels gleam magnified into a powerful green glow that completely enveloped Ruby.
Yang and Tai both looked at the screen in worry.
"Ruby!" Yang shouted out in worry.
The glow died as suddenly as it appeared, except Ruby had changed. Instead of her usual red cloak she was wearing green armor same as the statue, except it was more form fitting for a girl.
Crescent Rose also changed, now it looked like it was made naturally, what was metal was now wood, but the blade was now crystal, yet it still looked like it could change form.
"W-what happened to me?" Ruby said panicking and looking at the armor, then her scythe.
"That's what I want to know! I mean it looks cool and all but still what happened?!" Ruby said as she looked at her other on the screen.
"It appears that the stone Ruby took was one of the mention Dragoon spirits, and it seems to have chosen Ruby as it's master, and I'd wager those wings are not just for show." Ozpin said.
"That's awesome then!" Ruby squealed happily.
"I have wings!?" Ruby squealed, the panic completely gone from her voice as she looked at her back. Finally seeing the wings she must have tried to think about moving then as they suddenly stretched back and nearly hit Weiss.
"Hey careful with those!" Weiss snapped.
"Sorry." Ruby said as she flexed the wings several more ways before she started to flap them, lifting her off the ground.
Ruby was practically gushing about how awesome her other was, mostly due to the fact she could fly.
"Miss Rose, what compelled you to touch the green Dragoon Spirit?" Ozpin asked.
"Uh… I don't know, I just felt like it was reaching out to me." Ruby said as she put her feet back on the ground.
I raised my eyebrow before I moved my attention to another statue, this one was of a woman holding a rapier, but Yang interrupted my thoughts by running past me.
*Ruby's P.O.V.*
This armor is awesome, I feel so in tune to wind and I can FLY, if I see that Torchwick guy again he's toast.
I looked over and saw Yang jog over to a statue of a man holding a sword, his armor also had an armored headband, "Who do you think this guy is." Yang asked.
Ozpin walked over the statue and read an inscription.
"Dart Feld, Dragoon of Fire. After losing his family to the Black Monster, Dart hunted the creature down to avenge his family." Ozpin said, "The rest appears to be worn away by time."
Ruby quieted down when she heard that part "He lost his family?"
"Both his parents yes, when he was still a child." Swift said.
Ruby frowned, as she also remembered the fact she had lost her mother.
Yang smirked before reaching for the red Dragoon Spirit, "Dragoon of fire eh?" Yang said as a red glow enveloped her.
"Makes sense I got fire, I am hot after all." Yang said with a smirk, while nearly everyone groaned, save for Tai and Swift who laughed.
The glow died to reveal her wearing a feminine version of the armor the statue of Dart wore, plus when she extended her Ember Celica they looked like the upper jaws of a dragon over her fists.
Yang grinned when she saw her other "Now that is what I call awesome."
"Oh yeah, I can get used to this." Yang said as she took flight and threw a few mock punches, not firing the weapon fortunately.
Blake then took my attention as she walked over to the statue of a woman with a rapier, "Ozpin, can you-" Blake started, but Ozpin was a step ahead of her.
"Rose, The Dragoon of Darkness, The Black Monster. This is the first Dragoon of Darkness, having her life extended to over eleven thousand years, she chose to slay one known as the Moon Child every one hundred eight years to prevent the God of Destructions birth." Ozpin read.
"Ok, well, that's a lot of information in a few seconds." Jaune said after a few moments of silence.
This is the Black Monster, and she was friend of Dart, wow he must have been really level headed. Blake reached out and took the deep violent (almost black) stone and was covered in an identical glow.
Swift actually laughed after reading that part "Dart wasn't THAT level headed, he was a bit brash sometimes."
When the glow died Blake wore the same armor as the statue, save for the fact her bow is now armored, why? Anyway her Gambol Shroud had changed as well, it became smoother and when she pulled out the blade from it's bladed sheathe we saw that it had smoothed out as well, even Gambol's ribbon was altered too, now it looked like it was made of shadows.
"Considering what we know now, it's to protect her second set of ears." Weiss said, with Blake nodding, as that was the likely reason why her bow was armored.
"This is… " Blake said unable to find the right words to describe the feeling of her new Dragoon form.
Weiss seemed to be growing irritated and looked around until her eyes locked onto a statue of a young girl holding a hammer with it's head being almost as big as she was. "This is…" Weiss started as Ozpin checked the inscription.
"Meru, Dragoon of Water and Ice, Wingly Dancer. One of the few Wingly's that never held a hatred for Humans." Ozpin read.
"Huh." Weiss said as she grabbed the blue stone and was covered in a blue light.
One thing I can say about the Water Dragoon armor was that it didn't really cover the legs all too well, then again she didn't wear any leg covering before so at least she's armored now. Myrtenaster now seemed more elegant than before somehow with the thin strip of water heading to the tip of the blade, and was it longer than before?
Weiss looked at the sword on the screen before nodding slightly "It is."
"Well this is… actually pretty nice, Myrtenaster even still feels balanced, more than before in fact." Weiss noted.
"It appeared that the four of you posses the right to rule Dragons, I believe we should gather the rest of the Dragoon Spirits so we don't have to come back here if we find another with the right to rule Dragons." Ozpin said approaching the statue of a woman holding a bow.
Nora gasped as she seemed to realize something, before Swift slapped a hand over her mouth "Not a word."
She reluctantly nodded, figuring he wanted it to be a surprise.
"Sacred Sister Miranda, Dragoon of Light. Took the Mantle of Dragoon when Shana was rejected by the Dragoon spirit realizing it's true master of that era had neared." Ozpin said.
"Rejected? True Master?" I said as Ozpin took the Dragoon spirit.
"I don't know either miss Rose." Ozpin said as he walked over to a statue of a mustached old man with no weapon.
"Haschel, Dragoon of Lightning, Martial Arts master, Grandfather of Dart. Haschel followed Dart and his friends in hopes of finding and apologizing to his daughter who abandoned him, not realizing he traveled with his grandson." Ozpin read.
"Wow, it's kinda sad when you think about it, Dart was his grandson, and Dart's parents died to Rose who was trying to kill this 'Moon Child'." Blake said.
"Yeah the story had a lot of ups and downs." Swift said with Xander nodding, as he had studied it before coming here to help Swift.
"It is indeed sad, it makes me wonder why his daughter rejected him." Ozpin said taking the violet stone then moving on to a statue of a man who was giant compared to the others and held a massive axe.
"Whoa, he's big." I said.
"Kongol, Dragoon of Earth, last of the Gigantos. Kongol once served Emperor Doel and opposed Dart, however Dart offered him mercy and he soon began to return the favor and assisted Dart."
"I guess the Gigantos are a race of Giants because this guy is huge!" Yang said.
"That's basically what they were yeah." Swift said and Yang fist pumped.
"Most likely miss Xiao Long." Ozpin said taking the golden stone from the pedestal.
We all converged on the eighth pedestal, which used to have a statue on it, but it had fallen to disrepair. "The text is mostly gone, but there is some still left." Weiss pointed out.
"The Divine Dragoon. The youngest of the Dragoon spirits carved directly from the Divine Dragon, it was handed to Dart Feld during his final battle with… it cuts off there." Ozpin said taking the silver orb.
"Ok, so just from the name, that's the strongest one isn't it?" Tai asked, with Swift nodding.
Ozpin then pulls out the journal and noticed a passage he hadn't read yet.
"These Dragoon spirit gleam in the hands of those who are chosen to rule Dragons, to those without the right the Dragoon spirits will only seem like ordinary jewels. However the day the Dragoon spirits choose their successors en mass signifies a evil force planning to make it's move. Train yourselves, master your Dragoon forms, and prepare for the final battle- Dart Feld" Ozpin read.
"Ominous much?" Yang said with a frown.
"Okay that's bad." I said.
"Fortunately you four are attending Beacon, speaking of which we better head back, classes start in two hours and I believe you four would like to take some time to decorate your room before class." Ozpin said.
"Yes we would." Ruby nodded with a smile.
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We stepped out of the ruins and I looked up at the cliff we needed to climb, "Hey professor Ozpin, do you mind if we carry you up to the cliffs?" I asked flexing my wings.
"I don't see why not, however I'd recommend someone helping you carry me." Ozpin said.
We landed inside through the open window of Ozpin's office and through a quick thought reverted back to our normal selves. "Thank you, now off to your dorm you go girls, I need to talk to Doctor Oobleck about any Legends regarding what we found in those ruins. I will also be alerting the other teachers of the situation at hand." Ozpin said.
"Okay sir." I said as we left the office.
"And that's the first chapter." Swift said as he closed the book.
"That was so awesome!" Ruby said happily.
"I guess you really are an Ice Queen Weiss." Yang said with a grin while Weiss glared at her, and Winter sighed at the fact her little sister had the same nickname she had.
"I wonder what this evil force is though?" Blake said thoughtfully.
"You'll learn soon enough." Swift said as he gave the book to Ruby.
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