These three snippets were the prototype version of a Demons Rose(Which I haven't abandoned my muse is just a fickle beast and likes to jump around), I owe a lot to two authors, considering both Jin0uga and Axinite helped me out a lot with them, and the both have helped me improve my writing immensely...I still think I'm at best a 3rd rate author...if that though.
Snippet 1
Ruby staggers back to her dorm room swaying, and almost tripping over her feet multiple times, as she gets to her door she berates herself."Dammit...Dammit...Dammit, how could I have been so stupid, I can't believe I forgot to take my pill today, Doctor Helen and Professor Ozpin warned me if I missed taking one that I would get the full brunt of my sickness that the pills were holding back."
Ruby hunches over and starts coughing violently at the door, she drops to her knees as the fit gets excruciatingly painful and starts coughing up blood,seeing the blood she struggles to her feet and shakily opens the door before slowly dragging herself towards the bathroom, blood dribbles down her chin as she tries to hold the coughing back. Reaching the bathroom she fumbles with the door knob before managing to turn it, however before she can take more then two steps a coughing fit hits her five times worse then the one at the room door and she drops to her knees and then onto her side before blacking out blood splattering on the floor as it drips out of her open mouth.
Thirty minutes later.
Esdeath sniffs and smells the scent of blood down the corridor, Esdeath grins as she smells the scent of rose's down the same way. "My my it seems the little Reaper is in a bit of trouble, I wonder did she finally give into her instincts and go hunting or has she resorted to harming herself to hold back."
Five minutes before
Ruby jolts awake as her body spasms from pain, groaning she pushes herself to her knees. "*cough*...*cough*...What the hell was that...it never hit me that hard before when I wasn't taking the pills, it felt like my insides were being frozen and lit on fire at the same time." Struggling to get to her feet Ruby pants as freezing/burning sensation comes back full force before she collapses back onto her knees.
As Ruby sits on her knees trying to get her bearings she feels her body start to heat up and her heart start to race, spreading her aura a bit she senses someone approaching. As she wonders who would be coming since the aura is unfamiliar a massive wave of blood lust slams into her causing a wave of dizziness to hit her, her vision goes blurry and she collapses onto her side again. She moans before shuddering and spasming in pleasure and pain, this terrifies her as she has never had something like this happen before.
Smelling even more blood Esdeath quickens her pace until she reaches team RWBY's dorm room, here she sees the door wide open and blood splattered all over floor in front of it. Smelling the scent of the fresh blood Esdeath shudders in ecstasy and licks her lips."Mmmmmmm...oh how I missed this smell it seems like forever since I've smelt fresh blood."
Feeling Ruby's aura brush against her's Esdeaths body positively quakes in pleasure."Oh yes little Reaper you are exactly what I've been looking for aren't you?" Here she unleashes her blood lust and killing intent, focusing it on her target. Everything is silent for a minute before she hears someone moan lowly from inside the room, she smiles like a shark on the hunt for its next victim."Oh ho it seems the little reaper likes what she feels from me." Licking her lips she steps over the blood stain, into the room following the sound of moaning until she reaches the open bathroom door.
The site of THE Ruby Rose, Combat prodigy, Youngest student ever to attend Beacon, and known in some seedier circles as the Red Reaper, collapsed onto the floor completely covered in blood while her body shudders in pleasure is enough to make Esdeath start panting with desire and lust.
Shaking herself out of her fantasy Esdeath looks at Ruby, who hasn't noticed her standing there, and thinks to herself. 'I couldn't ask for a better chance now if I wanted to.' With the thought of finally having Ruby beside her and 'under' her guidance at the forefront of her thoughts, she walks towards Ruby and kneels down beside her.
Ruby still in a combination of pain and pleasure is startled when a hand touches her shoulder, turning her head towards the owner of the hand she sees her friend/history tutor, Esdeath Partas. "Es-Es-Esdeath-Sempai...wh-wh-what are you doing here." Stutters Ruby as she tries to calm her body down.
Esdeath smiles a gentle smile and replies. "I was heading towards my dorm room when I saw the blood by the door and heard you moaning in pain." As she says this she starts rubbing Ruby's head affectionately, to which Ruby leans her head into her hand as best as she could while laying on her side.
Ruby blushes bright red as she hears Esdeaths reply. "T-t-t-that's because I forgot to take my medication and my condition came back full force..." Here Ruby stops talking and tries to get onto her knees or at least try to get herself sitting up, Esdeath seeing this steadies her so she doesn't fall over again, after getting Ruby situated against the bathroom wall she starts petting Ruby's head again. Ruby feeling petting again croons softly before completely relaxing against Esdeath.
"Is there anything I can do you for Ruby?" Esdeath says softly and seductively to her as she stops petting Ruby's head and wraps the arm she was using to pet her head around Ruby's shoulders. Ruby hearing the low seductive tone and feeling the arm wrap around her shoulders blushes an atomic shade of red before gulping audibly and stuttering out a reply.
"My-my-my-my pill I need to take my pill, the fits will come back soon if I don't take it th-th-th-the bottle is on the counter."Ruby feels Esdeaths arm tighten around her.
"And which bottle would that be little one?" Esdeath purrs as she possessively holds Ruby against her.
"Th-The p-p-p-pink bottle...it's the pink bottle near the back on the right side." Ruby manages to stutter out as she feels her heart thump in her chest and her body heating up like she's using her sisters semblance.
"Be a good girl and stay right there I'll get it for you."Ruby hearing the soft, loving, seductive tone Esdeath uses, imagines herself blushing so badly that shes the same color as her cloak.
Esdeath stands up, turning away from Ruby and starts walking towards the sink purposely swaying her hips as she does. She smirks as she feels Ruby's gaze never leave her rear end following it back and forth as it sways. Stopping in front of the sink she grabs the pink pill bottle and pops the lid off.
She then turns the water on before turning to Ruby and asking her. "Exactly what do these pills keep in check if you don't mind be asking?" Ruby freezes up hearing her ask that, before she hesitantly replies.
"They keep my semblance in check, in battle It makes me the strongest, fastest and boosts my aura effectively making me the most powerful person in beacon, students and teachers included, but...outside of battle it builds up a large amount of blood lust and if I don't sate that blood lust it starts eating at my body and screwing with my head." Esdeath's Eyebrows raise higher and higher as she hears Ruby's explanation before she smirks and turns back around to the sink.
"Then it's just as I thought you really are like me." Esdeath say's in an off handed manner before she tips the pill bottle into the sink, the pills all come tumbling out and into the water and down the drain.
Ruby's eyes widen in horror as she sees her pills tumble into the sink and get washed down the drain into the running water.
Snippet 2
Esdeath hummed a happy tune with a sadistic grin as she sliced into her prisoner with a doctor like precision, Ruby who is chained to a dissection table modified to stand vertical gags and wretches at the site of Esdeath opening up the White Fang members chest.
Hearing her little reaper gag Esdeath turns and gives Ruby a look screaming 'As if you haven't seen worse' before chuckling and chides her. "Come now little one you've done much worse to people then this you should be shivering in ecstasy right about now. Or is it that this bores you now should I...shall we say spice it up?" Here she grabs a scalpel and stabs the faunus in the lung, causing him to scream then gurgle in pain as blood fills his left lung.
"NO you monster I want nothing to do with this why would I like this its disgusting and your killing that poor man, just because hes a member of the white fang doesn't mean he has no family to go home to." Ruby seethes out as she violently tugs at her restraints to get free and help the faunus.
Seeing the angrily pulsing red veins creeping across Ruby's skin as she struggles harder and harder to break the restraints sends Esdeath into a fit of insane laughter. "Ha Ha Ha Ha Hah...oh MY little reaper you say that and yet..., the veins creeping across your skin tell me otherwise. You don't want to save him...no deep down you want to rip him apart and send him piece by piece back to the white fang for daring to attack you."
As if in response to Esdeaths laughter and taunts the veins spread even faster before beginning to glow blue. Ruby breaks the restraints as the glowing starts to pulse like a strob light and drops to her knees. "Why...why do you continue to torture me like this, what did I ever do to you to make you want to hurt me so much." Sobbing as the pulsing gets faster Ruby keeps repeating that same sentence over and over again before the the pulsing blue glow fades away to reveal blue tribal markings everywhere the veins had been previously.
"Oh Ruby I'm not doing this to hurt you I'm doing this to help you." Comes Esdeaths deceptively soft tone as she makes her way over to the sobbing reaper. "Those people at the academy, they don't understand you but I do. I understand everything you've had to endure for the past three years." Kneeling down Esdeath wraps her arms around Ruby before fully sitting down and pulling Ruby into her lap, leaning against the very table Ruby was just chained to. "But where I embraced my bloodlust and love of killing, you suppressed yours and a good chunk of your power with medication to try and seem normal." Pulling Ruby's head into her bosom she strokes the soft Silverish red hair of her Reaper. "I do so hate to see potential wasted, it would be a crime to leave all that power you have locked away."
Ruby feeling her mistre-Esdeath stroke her thinks to herself. 'Is she right am I that different from my friends...NO No no she can't be right I'm not like her I don't like killing...I don't like blood...I-I-I-I...'Rubys though process is cut off as she hears the faunus start choking and gurgling before he goes quiet sending a shiver of excitement through her.
Snippet 3
Esdeath's delicate eyebrow rose in mocking disdain as she directed her sadistic grin towards Cinder, the woman responding in the form of a pained glare. With ice cold fingers, she smoothed down the cowlick that sprang from the hair of her favourite pet; and after it was flattened, she directed her attention to petting the unconscious girl who was splayed across her lap.
"Really, Cinder." The general said calmly. "Did you think that i was oblivious of what you were trying to do to Ruby? I mean, we've been fighting over her for the entirety of last year. You should have known better than that." She snickered. "Though unfortunately for you, that's all irrelevant now."
Cinder snarled at the disgusting germ of a woman, her body shaking in pure rage. The movement made her body strain against the large structure she was crucified to. The cross rattled ominously, the vibrations agitating the wounds in her hands where the nails had pierced through; blood oozing from her wound and dripping onto the ground.
Esdeath laughed, her eyes glinting with enjoyment as she watched Cinder futilely struggle against her prision. Cruel, thy name was Esdeath. "Yes...that's right, struggle with all your strength you pathetic worm, for it will be even sweeter when Ruby awakens and snuffs out the life from your conniving worthless hide." She said. A delicate finger teasingly caressed Ruby's cheek; Esdeath almost keening in delight when Cinder let out a choked growl. She grinned and continued:
"You really over played your hand. And now...she is mine. Ruby has accepted my blood and with that, she will be loyal to me and only me. I no longer have to waste my time in this academy, and even better, I'll get to present your head to the Emperor as a gift!" She laughed. "Of course, this could have been avoided if you'd just stayed away from this jewel of mine."
Esdeath taunted her with a 'come hither' gesture, blizzard white hair pooling at the base of her shoulders. Cinder watched with growing fury as the woman's hand started to trace the blue replica of the infamous teigu mark which was situated between Ruby's b***. The girl shuddered visibly and moaned lowly, the small body reacting to the minstrations. Slowly, Esdeath felt her vision narrowing, no longer interested in taunting Cinder. Eyes liddled and breathing heavy, she continued tracing the mark on her sweet little pet. Ruby groaned at her touch, chest heaving as an intense pleasure coursed though her. Lip quivering, she mewled when Esdeath's tongue ghosted over her flushed skin. The general smiled when she moaned, the sound making her nerve ends tingle with unbridled lust and joy. The sounds escaped Ruby with increasing frequeny, when the pleasure suddenly hit its peak, both she and Esdeath shuddering simoultenously.
The blood in Cinder's veins froze as she watched a storm of rose petals beginning to swirl around the two with eeire speed. The tornado of petals obscured her vision as the crimson sheet rippled around them, the storm turning violent. The petals trembled, the action so eerily human, but that was forgotten when it lashed out at her.
Mute horror turned into disgusting fascination as the rose petals stilled for mere moments.
One petal turned blue, the speck of colour standing out against the blanket of red.
But then, the foreign colour gradually began to spread; all the red petals soon gaining a cold, blue sheen.
The storm slowly began to disappear, and with dread roiling in her stomach, Cinder let her gaze settle upon a now unfamiliar Ruby.
Her once warm, red cloak was now the same pale blue color of Esdeath's hair, and likewise the tips of Ruby's hair shared the same change, having also turned ice blue.
The glaringly big difference however, was the color of Ruby's skin: which had changed to match Esdeath's own. On her hands, twin star burst scars stood out proudly, the beige glow fading fading into dark blue like the mark on her chest.
Esdeath tilted her head, raising her eyes to meet dimming embers. She chuckled at the animosity that stared back at her.
"Now you know the true meaning of fear." She said, "Gaze in horror, tremble in hatred as Ruby moves further and further out of your reach and with each passing second, she becomes mine just a little bit more."
Esdeath smiled when Ruby purred into the dip of her clavicle. "Now that the change has happened she will care for no one but me. Not for her own sister. Nor even for her former friends. Your plan to isolate her and make her hated by the student body of beacon has worked to my benefit and now, I have not only someone who will love me unconditionally but is the strongest person in this academy bar myself."
A shrill laugh made Cinder flinch.
"Yes I can see the disbelief on your face but it's quite true that she has hid a lot of what she is capable of, the crafty little minx."
The general shifted Ruby's head off her lap in one fluid motion and stood up, walking towards a table full of syringes.
Silence reigned as she finally decided on the wicked looking syringe filled to the brim with viscous black liquid, picking up it up with a flourish of her wrist. Inspecting it with a keen eye Esdeath then grinned menacingly; turning around and walking toward Cinder.
Chest squeezing with fear, Cinder fought to keep her body from flinching when the woman had approached. Esdeath stopped in front of her with a grin that practically split her mouth. Delight filled her as she observed the primal fear in Cinder's normally neutral eyes. "That expression...it suits you, I can almost taste your fear..." She gripped the paralysed woman with aching force, making her cry out in pain. "Your death will be exquisite but I wont kill you...for now at least. So don't worry."
Cinder felt the needle pierce her skin, and she bit her bottom lip so hard that the skin was broken. Trust the frigid b*** to choose the bluntest needle in existence.
"My beloved pet will get the honor of separating your head from your spine. But for now, I'll hope that you will be contented with this."
Cinder suddenly felt her aura flare and then, her body was seized by a horrible burning sensation. It felt like someone had dumped a bucket of acid into her intestines and sent a vat of hot liquid down her throat. She writhed in agony under the cruel gaze of Esdeath.
"You won't be able to activate that pesky semblance of yours anymore." She said. "And your aura is to you like arsenic is to rats..." Esdeath smirked. "Deadly.