Late Disclaimer: Ok I forget to mention that I based this story using the song Godhunter by Aviator, I was too tired when I uploaded her so I forgot to put the disclaimer, this is the first chapter, being the first one just a little prologue


Her day started like all the days of her life when the rooster started cackling at six of the morning, she washed her face and started preparing breakfast, after her sister left she has been in charge of cooking, shortly after she finished her dad came down the stairs.

"Good morning Ruby, what do we have for today?" His dad started eating as he looked at her daughter.

"The crops are ready, I can take care of that, you could repair the fence, the sheeps have been escaping more and more, also there is a leak on the roof, I already took the eggs so that's a thing least to do" Ruby took a spoonful of her potatoes soup as she continued to list the thing they needed to do for the day "Thwe wawer haws a weir wowor so..." Her dad passed her a cup with water, shutting her as she started drinking.

"Ruby, don't eat and speak at the same time, I can barely understand you" Taiyang pointed her daughter with his spoon as he admonished her.

"I said that the water has a weird color, so if you could check it, if all our water gets contaminated we won't have anything to drink until the next rain" Ruby finished her food, she started cleaning her plate in a monotonous motion.

"If we finish early, would you like to train? It's been a while since the last time" Taiyang tried to cheer her daughter, she gave him a sad smile.

"Sure, there is nothing else to do here" after that she went up to her room, she changed from her pajamas to some pants that she had laying around, a red shirt and her red cloak "Aaah, another day like any other" she sighed as she talked to herself, "When was the last time that I had fun?" before she started immersing in her thoughts she went to attend the crops.

Ruby took an old scythe and a basket as she started working on the crops, reaping the wheat, putting the wheat on the basket and repeat, like all days, she has been doing the same the last seven years, she was so engrossed in her work that she didn't notice how a crow landed on the fence.

"Caaaaww caaaaw" Ruby turned around to see where the strange sound was coming from.

"Where did you come from?" Ruby left the scythe as she approached the crow with caution, once she was just a few steps from the crow she noticed how it had a strange plant on her peak, she was about to touch it when a voice called her.

"I wouldn't touch it if I was you, he tends to bite" An old man called her from behind the fence, he had black greyish, spiky hair, red eyes and little facial hair on in jawline, he was wearing a red cape over an old gray shirt with a long tail and old black pants, if it wasn't for the state of her clothes Ruby would have thought that he was some nobleman "What's your name pipsqueak?"

"I'm Ruby, Ruby Xiao Long, do you need something" Ruby couldn't help but be wary of him, there was something about him that screamed that he was dangerous.

"Xiao Long eh? You sure don't look like one" The mysterious man inquired about Ruby's identity while he jumped over the fence, with each step closer to Ruby he took, she took one back "Where is Tai? I need to talk to him" he stared at Ruby waiting for an answer.

"Daaaaadd" Ruby started running towards the house screaming for her father. Before she could open the door a hand stopped her from opening it.

"I didn't notice it, but you have silver eyes" the old man approached her face until their noses almost touched, Ruby lowered her gaze, seeing how he was now brandishing a greatsword, it was easily longer than two meters, yet he was carrying it with only one hand. "Maybe I won't need to ask Tai for help" Ruby fell to the ground scared as the man was about to strike her down.

"Qrooooooooooowwww!" A knife went flying towards the old man, but he used his sword as a shield, "GET. AWAY. FROM. MY. DAUGHTER" Taiyang run towards Qrow as he threw a punch, only for him to dodge it as he leaps in the air and landed on the roof "Ruby, get inside the house and pack your things, only the essentials, I'll follow in a minute" Ruby obeyed her father an entered the house.

"I'm gonna be honest with you Tai, went I came here I didn't expect to find my prey this quick, just gimme the girl and I'll go, we don't have to make a scene out of this" Qrow jumped off the roof as he approached Taiyang.

"You know that I can't hand my daughter to you knowing what it's going to happen to her" Taiyang clenched his fist "Please, don't make me do this" tears started rolling from his eyes.

"You also know that I can't disobey a direct order, and if you won't hand her over then I'll have to take her by force, even if I have to kill you" Qrow took a fighting stance.

"If that's how it's going to be, DRAGOON!" After screaming a golden dragon emerged from the ground, attacking Qrow "You don't expect me to fight one v one against a God, do you?" Taiyang punched Qrow in the face sending him to the ground, his hands turned in claws of a dragon and scales appeared on his neck and cheeks, "Dragoon, can you distract him for a moment?" The golden dragon had a serpentine body, with four pair of legs all over its body and a mustache

"After all this time, I finally can avenge my brothers and sisters, don't expect me to pardon his life Tai" The dragon spoke without moving his mouth, his golden eyes glared with fury to the body of Qrow still on the ground.

"I didn't expect to find a dragon here, this must be my lucky day if I could find my prey and a dragon" Qrow got up as he pointed his sword towards the dragon, "Let's see if you can entertain me lizard"

"Thank you Dragoon" Tai entered his house seeing a scared Ruby hiding under the kitchen table, "Ruby, come with me" Tai took her daughter's hand as he guided her to a secret trapdoor in the living room.

"Dad, who is that person? What is going on? Why do you have claws and scales now?" Ruby was confused about what was happening.

"He is Qrow Brawen, the God of Misfortune, he is here to take you, long ago I made a pact with a Dragon, he is lending me part of his powers" Taiyang didn't look at her daughter as he descended throw the stairs.

"A God? But why me? What did I do to have a God coming for me?" Ruby was getting more and more confused.

"I can't explain everything right now, but what I can tell you is that you are in grave danger" They finally arrived at a room under the house "Take this bag, it has provisions, a tent, and money, this book should help you, and finally take this" As Taiyang handed her the stuff, he handed her a necklace in the form similar to that of the strange plant that the crow had, "This is something that your mother left for you, its name is Crescent Rose, once you are away, repeat the words 'Crescent Rose, wake up', she will keep you safe" Ruby now wearing the necklace looked his father.

"What is this?" She pointed to the strange figure in the necklace

"That's a rose, a flower, now come here, we need to be fast" as they approached a strange arc of stone, runes starting glowing as they get closer "Once the portal opens jump"

"That's heretical magic?" Ruby was confused as to how her father knew something like heretical magic, but that thought was snuffed once she noticed something "Dad, were are your stuff, you didn't pack anything" Her anxiety started growing as she started realizing what was going on.

"I can't go with you Ruby, someone needs to stay behind and destroy the portal" Tears started to roll from his eyes, her daughter also started crying "Go to Vale and search for Yang, she will help you, I'm sorry" Both of them hugged, Ruby was crying harder and harder, once the portal opened she refused to let her father go.

"No, come with me we can wait on the other side and fight together, we can..." But she stopped once her father hugged her more tightly.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry Ruby, but I can't come with you, I need to keep him busy even if it's only for a brief moment," Taiyang broke the hug, "Please be safe" And before Ruby could protest he pushed her inside the portal, once he was sure she was on the other side, he conjured a fireball on his claw and throw it to the portal, destroying it.

As he started running towards the surface he started hearing how the sounds of the fight between Qrow and Dragoon started diminishing, only to stop once he left the house, Dragoon was on the ground immobile, Qrow had a leg on his neck, he was ready to execute him.

"I'm soorry Taaii, I couldn't avenge my brothers" Dragoon was barely conscious, his eyelids were barely open, "Have a gi..."But he stopped midsentence once Qrow cut his head.

"Aaaah, that was a good hunt, it's a shame that he was probably the last Dragon," Qrow lifted his sword, resting it over his shoulder as he approached Taiyang, "Now, Tai, the girl, where is she?" Qrow sounded annoyed, his patience was running out.

"I'm sorry to say that she is already far away" A circle of fire appeared on his feet, more scales were appearing on his body, he was transforming in a Dragon.

"So that's how it's going to be Tai," A pair of black wings appeared on Qrow's back, he adopted a fighting stance, "This isn't gonna be like the old times Tai, I'm not gonna go easy on you"

"I don't know what are you talking about, this will go just like the old times," Tai gave Qrow a cocky smile, his eyes becoming slit-like, "I'm gonna kick your ass as many times as it takes." He started running towards Qrow


"Daaaad!, Daaaad!" Ruby screamed at the tree trunk she came from, the portal now closed, "Aaaaaaaaaaaa" Ruby cried for so long that she didn't notice when the sky turned dark.

"The book!" once she had calmed down she remembered the book her father gave her, but there was nothing, all the pages were blank, "There is nothing here!" Ruby threw the book, and then she threw her necklace too, "What I'm supposed to do now? Go to Vale? I don't even know where I'm," she punched the tree a few times, blood coming from her knuckles.

She didn't even set her tent when she fell asleep or tried to clean the snow around her, she was just too tired "This is just a nightmare, I'll wake up in my bed, and my dad will be there" And with those words, Ruby Xiao Long went to sleep.

But the sun rose and she was still alone in this forest, with her eyes red from all her crying she woke up, "So it wasn't a dream" Her voice was devoid of any feeling, but she couldn't continue being depressed, or not at this moment, she could hear grunts around her, taking a stick that was nearby she covered her back using the trunk of the tree.

"This couldn't get any worse" And if the world was flipping the finger to her, a pack of Grimms in the form of giant wolves emerged from the forest, surrounding her "This stick won't be of any help," she threw it to one of the Grimms, she knew there was nothing she could do, but before she gave up she remembered something.

"This is something that your mother left for you, its name is Crescent Rose, once you are away, repeat the words 'Crescent Rose, wake up', she will keep you safe" Remembering her father's words she started looking for the necklace, at the feet of one of the Grimms, "Aaaaaa!" she ran towards the Grimm, when he jumped to attack her, she dodged it by sliding, taking the necklace and before another Grimm could attack her, she got up and fled from the pack.

"Please, Crescent Rose wake up" She screamed between gasps, the pack was getting closer to her.

"Alright, Partner" a feminine voice spoke, "Ooh, you couldn't wake me up in a more friendly situation" She sounded annoyed by the situation.

"Are you Crescent Rose? Can you help me with those Grimms?" Ruby asked her necklace as she continued running, stopping once she reached a snowy cliff.

"I can't do something with them, but I can help you to deal with them" Then Crescent Rose started glowing, blinding Ruby and the Grimms who have finally reached her, once the glow dissipated a scythe appeared in Ruby's hands "This should be enough."

Ruby didn't question what happened, once this was over she was going to ask a lot of questions, but first she needed to survive, despite the size of the scythe it was surprisingly light, it was red and the blade curved in a way reminiscent of a crescent moon, and there was a spike in the opposite side of the scythe.

When the first Grimm attacked her with a single move she cut it in half, its edge was sharper than it looked like. When two more Grimms tried to flank her she jumped over the one on the right, landing on its face and before it could react she cut its head, she cut the legs of the other Grimm and impaled it with the spike once it touched the ground, even though this was the first time she used the weapon, she knew how to use it, it was like playing an instrument after so much time has passed, the Grimms now attacked her together, Ruby dodged attack after attack, attacking only when she knew she had the opportunity to kill them with a single swing, before she knew it she was alone surrounded with the corpse of Grimms.

"How did I do that? Ruby was tired, but she was more surprised by how she fought, she used to train with her father and sister, she knew how to fight, but this was the first time she used a weapon.

"You always knew how to do that, it's only that you never tried to do it partner" Her scythe disappeared in a glow, "Now, what were we doing? A right, my name is Crescent Rose, I hope we get along, partner" Her necklace spoke once again.

"My... my name is Ruby Xiao Long, what are you supposed to be? a weapon? a necklace?" Ruby lifted her necklace as she tried to find something in it.

"You could say that I'm a weapon, to keep things simple, while I don't mind killing those mindless beasts, I'll appreciate it if you used me for what I was created"

"And what that would be?" Ruby was growing more and more curious with Crescent Rose

"What more could it be, than kill Gods?" at the mention of Gods something inside Ruby was set on fire, she had felt scared when Qrow showed up in her house, she felt sad when she had to leave her dad, probably to never see him again, she felt despair when she realized she was alone, but know that she had held Crescent Rose and tasted how strong she was, she couldn't help but feel hatred, hatred against the Gods that took her home, that took her dad, and now were probably hunting her.

"Hey Crescent Rose, why are you helping me?" Her voice was a whisper, she tried to suppress her anger.

"Let's say, that you remind me of an old friend, so I want to help you as a favor to that person" Crescent Rose was hiding something from her, but right now that wasn't of importance.

"In that case..." Ruby took a small pause as she thought on what she was going yo said, "Can you help me? Can you help me to kill the Gods? Can you kill the Gods?" she lifted her head to the sky, "If the Gods want me dead, then I'm not going down without a fight" Even if it was in her mind, Ruby Xiao Long declared war to the Gods.

"Ha, hahahhaha, unbelievable, a human wants to kill the Gods? AHHAHAH!, sure girl, I also have some unfinished business with the Gods." Crescent Rose laughed once more after she finished talking, "Of course I can kill the Gods, that's why I was created, now partner, where should we go" the necklace now around Ruby's neck spoke.

"First we need to go to Vale, my sister could help us, I suppose you can't point to where I should go right?" Ruby asked as she walked into the forest, to the place where she left her stuff.

"Sadly no, but wasn't there an old book with me?" Crescent Rose asked in a curious tone.

"Yes, but it was completely blank, there is no way it can help us" Ruby continued walking until she reached the place where she left her stuff, as she started picking them she noticed the book.

"Try opening it, I assure you that something will happen."Crescent Rose whispered to her.

Ruby picked the book and open it on the first page, still blank "See, nothing" She put the book in front of the necklace, but when Crescent Rose glowed a map appeared on the book, it market were she was and she also saw how she was a few days of travel from Vale, "How?" she could only ask in confusion.

"It's an old trick, you as long as I'm with you this book will show you its contents," as Ruby passed the pages she noticed how a few pages were still blank, only to notice that there was a page dedicated to Qrow, status; indisposed, it showed who he was, where he was, his stats, everything. Ruby then let the book drop when she saw a page dedicated to her father.

Taiyang Xiao Long, status; dead.

Tears started to fall as she broke down crying, her screams could be heard all over the forest. After a few hours, she packed everything and started to walk towards Vale, "The book only shows you information of people you know, the map will always show you were you are, if you were to meet a strange animal or plant it will be added to the book, its a really convenient tool if you ask me" Crescent Rose tried to make small talk but Ruby didn't respond.

"Hey, Crescent Rose, what are flowers?" Ruby finally spoke once the night fell.

"Oh right, with her there couldn't be flowers on this world, they are probably one of the most beautiful things to have ever existed in this world, imagine plants with different colors and shapes, a person I knew used to said that a world without flowers was a world devoid of beauty," Crescent Rose then started to tell her all the different types of flowers that used to exist until Ruby fell sleep.


The farm that used to be the Xiao Long household was now on fire, all the animals have escaped and the crops were burning, in a crater lay the lifeless body of Taiyang, while on the tree besides the house lay Qrow, his left arm an leg were gone, and the left side of his face was burned, he had a giant hole on his stomach, and there was also the numerous burns all over his body.

"Congratulations Tai, even if it was with the help of a Dragon, you are the first one in a thousand years to actually harm a God, I'll make sure that the Walkyre girl takes your soul to The Palace" Qrow growled as he tried to move, "I won't be able to move for a while, and besides not only you broke my weapon" he tried to lift his right hand who held the handle of his sword, "But now that you are dead the barrier around your house cant be taken down" he closed his eyes as he leaned his head on the tree, "Aaaa, I don't know anything about magic, I'll need to wait for Glynda or someone else to come for me, it seems that I have run out of luck.

"Caaaw Caaaw" His crow landed in front of him, he had a rose on his peak.

"Where did you find this?" Qrow took the Rose with his good hand, "It seems that there is no time left, the last rose of summer it's about to bloom" and Qrow went to sleep, he dreamed of his adventures with Taiyang when he was younger, a single tear escaping from his eyes.


AN: Went I thought of this chapter I thought it would be something like 1,500 words, not 3,568, maybe I made Ruby a little OoC, but I promise that inside she is still the same Ruby we all know and love.

And because I don't know when I'll write it here is the title for the next chapter: Heretical Princess