Chapter 2
Glynda came the next morning to find Cieryl already awake. He was sitting in the bed, performing maintenance on his weapon. It was an impressive piece; a sleek, dark, metal Claymore with a few empty Dust cartridges in the cross guards
"Morning, Glynda" He grumbled; "Is it time already?"
"Yes, Mr. Jade, they are moving out to the Emerald Woods as we speak, follow me." She said curtly
Cieryl put Tempus Comedenti into its scabbard, and followed her out onto the cliff face, where Ozpin was standing, monitoring the students with his Datapad
"I'm afraid you missed the launch" he said. Cieryl nodded, pulled binoculars from his satchel, and watched the events of the day unfold.
There was some poor blonde kid speared to a tree, some redhead that looked like a Spartan, an Asian kid rather skillfully taking out a King Taiju without breaking a sweat while a ginger with a mallet bigger than she was sat in the tree above him. There was a blonde fighting a few Beowolf alongside a dark haired young woman. The he saw her. That hood and cape, just like Summer... That had to be her!
"That's the one, Ruby Rose." Ozpin said, looking over Cieryl's shoulder "She's very talented with that weapon of hers, albiet very uncoordinated with a teammate,
much to the dismay of Miss Schnee there"
"Schnee? As in the Dust company?"
"That's the one."
"Why isn't she studying in Atlas?" Cieryl asked
"Not sure, but everything checked out, so we admitted her." Ozpin replied They continued watching the initiates, but Cieryl only had eyes for Ruby. He watched as she ran up the side of the cliff in a flurry of rose petals and decapitated a Nevermore
She shares her mother's semblance Cyriel thought to himself With that, he started to leave "I'll be back, Ozpin!" He called over his shoulder
Badlands
Cieryl was in a state of depression. He took an airship out to the Badlands in the hope of hunting some Grimm. "What do I tell her? What if she asks how her Mom died?"he asked himself. As he zoned out of his thoughts he noticed he had no idea where he was. He went to take his scroll when he had a sudden thought. Where are all the Grimm that used to be here? He wondered. Something moved in his peripheral vision and he drew Tempus from his back. He heard the cock of rifles and turned around to find 3 men, all of them obviously Fauna, wearing sinister looking masks
White Fang
Cieryl raised his sword as the Dust bullets started raining on him. At once, Tempus activated, and began to glow as it absorbed the Dust that came in its direction, filling the empty Dust crystals in its hilt, the White Fang members tried to run, as he focused his blade and a beam of ice Dust returned to his attackers, freezing them in place. He quickly barreled into them, swinging Tempus down upon them, shattering the now dead frozen men. He then looked around, trying to spot more
Pain. Pain tore through his body as a blade impaled him from behind. As he fell to his knees, he saw a pair of white, high heeled boots approach him from behind. He looked up at his attacker, one eye closed, and was surprised at the sight. A very short girl with pink and brown hair, toting an umbrella, stood before him, grinning down at the dying man. Then he noticed her eyes.
One pink, one brown
"Interesting eyes you have there;" he spat "I can do that too!" he said as he opened his other eye. His left eye, she saw to her amazement, was a now a silver and black clock "Tick, tick, tick, tick" she heard as the clock wound backward. She then saw that his would had disappeared and he was beginning to stand. The man was easily 6' 6" and had a salt and pepper goatee with shaggy salt and pepper hair
Her eyes widened. He leaned down next to her ear and whispered "Run" She back up in a panic as Cieryl raised his blade, but when he struck, she shattered like glass, and she was gone. Cieryl pulled out his scroll and dialed a number "Ozpin? There's White Fang out here in the Badlands near beacon. They have someone with them. I'm heading back there now to give a report"
"Understood. I'll meet you in my office when you get here" Ozpin hung up
Minutes later, an airship started descending overhead. As Cieryl got on board he looked back Who was that woman? He thought; And what are White Fang doing in this area?
He scratched his chin in thought as the airship took to the skies once more
