Well here we are, chapter 4! This is starting to actually follow a real plot, what am I doing now? And a cliffhanger. Kind of. Because I so loved tormenting you all in my other story with those, why not do it again? Mwahahahahahahaha *cough cough choke wheeze*...ok I'm done. Enjoy!

Disclaimer-No ownership of the RWBY has I.


Blake grabbed Weiss and Ruby by the arms, forcing them to look her in the eye. "Weiss, Ruby, fly. Fly as fast as you can away from here."

Weiss pulled her arm away, staring at Blake. "I'm not leaving a comrade in arms to die. Besides, I'm not fast enough. But Ruby, you can get away. You're fast enough. Go!"

Ruby glared at the two women. "Like hell I'm leaving you two behind! I don't leave my friends to die. We came here together, we're ending this together."

Neither Blake nor Weiss could stop the smile that flitted across their faces at Ruby's declaration of friendship, but a tearing sound dragged the three's attention back to the volcano. It almost seemed in slow motion, the thunderous explosion that ripped from the summit of the peak. Massive black clouds of ash flew into the air as the entire side of the volcano burst open, lava spilling out from it, flung into the air by the force of the explosion. It began to fall towards the three women in a deadly mockery of rain.

Thinking quickly, Weiss slammed her rapier point first into the onyx below, channeling her elemental magic. A thick dome of ice swiftly formed around the three, each drop of magma landing on the ice and hissing, slowly melting the dome. For the briefest moment as the trio watched the ice form, it had almost looked to Ruby as though something was pushing itself out of the lava, but the view was quickly cut off by the ice dome.

Weiss concentrated as best she could, pouring her magic into the ice to keep freezing the ice that was melting, forcibly cooling the lava as it tried to cut through the ice dome. Ruby and Blake locked gazes for a brief moment, nodding in concert. They placed their hands over Weiss' on the hilt of the rapier, combining their magic with Weiss'. Though they knew almost nothing of elemental magic's, they could at least give Weiss their raw magical power and allow her to power the dome.

Time seemed to pass ever so slowly for the three women. Weiss' entire form was shaking, her body rebelling from attempting to channel so much magical energy at once. Her head felt like a hammer was pounding on it from the inside as her entire body groaned with every twitch. Muscles tense and locked in place, the sweat slowly dripping down her forehead as she gasped for air. All light from outside had slowly faded away as more and more lava cooled around the ice dome, coating it in a dense cool rock. Ruby and Blake were not fairing much better, exhaustion written on their faces as they gave every drop they had to let Weiss keep the barrier up.

After so long, Weiss simply could not hold it anymore. Her trembling hands lost their grip on the rapier and she fell backwards, eyes fluttering shut. Ruby dove to catch her, grabbing her from behind but losing her own balance in the process, her wobbly legs causing her to trip. She pitched over, but Blake managed to slide in behind the two, her back against one of the walls of the ice. Ruby landed in Blake's lap, her head knocking back into Blake's nose as Weiss slumped against Ruby, breathing shallowly. Ruby half-twisted to glance worriedly back at Blake.

"Blake! Are you ok?"

Blake nodded, one hand over her nose. "I'm ok. Just a little bump was all. Are you ok?" Ruby gave a half-hearted smile back to Blake, nodding her head. Blake removed her hand from her nose, the remnants of her magic already having healed what little damage her nose had taken. She peered around Ruby to look at the unconscious Weiss. "How is Weiss doing?"

Ruby bit her lip worriedly, trying to heft Weiss up into a better spot. Eventually she managed to situate the angel on her lap, cradled in her arms. Ruby felt her heart begin to speed up when she realized the awkward position the three of them were in…Ruby was between Blake's spread legs, her back to the spirits chest, and Weiss was curled up in Ruby's lap. Not that it wasn't comfortable…considering they were in an icy dome covered in cooled lava, it was pretty cold. The combined body heat helped.

Several thoughts ran through the demon's mind. The first was that Weiss' wings, which were pressed up against her chest, were very soft, almost silky. The second was that she hoped her wings and tail weren't bothering Blake. The third was that both Weiss and Blake were surprisingly warm and comfy. The fourth was that in Blake's arms, Ruby felt…safe. Something she had seldom felt since she had been formed from the aether. Her musings were cut short by Blake's soft voice in her ear.

"Ruby?"

Ruby remembered that Blake had asked her a question before she became lost in thought. She giggled nervously. "Umm…I think she's ok. She's just exhausted." Blake gave an hmm noise in agreement. Ruby pressed on cautiously. "You think we should try to get out? It's very quiet outside." Ruby felt more than saw Blake's shake of her head.

"Better to wait for Weiss to wake and remove it herself. Who knows how long it'll take us to break through it." Blake tightened her hold around Ruby subconsciously. When she realized what she had done, she went to release her hold, but Ruby made a soft whine like a small animal when she did, making Blake freeze. Ruby fidgeted for a moment, seeming to get more comfortable as she let out a tiny satisfied sigh when she leaned further back onto Blake's chest, Weiss still curled in her lap. Ruby mumbled something softly, too garbled for Blake to understand. "What did you say?" Blake asked.

"I said you're very comfy," was Ruby's sleepy reply as she snuggled closer to Blake. With her head tilted to the side, Blake could see the demon girl's eyes were closed. Blake wanted to say something about the inadvisability of sleeping in their current situation, but Ruby simply looked far too adorable to try to move. Weiss looked nearly as cute, curled up as she was, unconsciously snuggling closer to Ruby and Blake to get to the warmth they exuded. Blake closed her eyes tightly, clamping down on her sudden desire to squeeze both girls tightly in her arms, merely holding them as she had been.

Ruby's breathing slowly fell down into the deep, slow breaths of the dreaming. Blake took a deep breath, wondering what she had done to be tortured with not one, but two adorable women asleep in her arms. Some sadistic deity had it out for her, of that she was sure.

Blake's musings were interrupted by a massive crash right outside of the previously quiet ice dome. Ruby jolted awake in Blake's lap, attempting to leap to her feet, her warrior instincts kicking in. However, she had not taken into account the fact that Weiss was on her lap still, and Blake's arms were still wrapped around her. With a raucous 'whoa!', she fell out of Blake's lap, dragging the dark-haired spirit with her, landing across Weiss' legs as the angel went sprawling out on the ice. A low groan came from Weiss as she slowly came to. Her eyes opened to take in a scene of Ruby splayed out across her upper legs, Blake with one arm stuck beneath Ruby and dragged onto her side next to Weiss' pinned form.

Blake met Weiss' eyes, embarrassment flickering in amber eyes as blue eyes widened in shock. It took mere moments for Weiss' temper to return, and as blood rushed to her face she opened her mouth to begin lecturing the two of them, but was interrupted by another massive crash, this one shaking the ice dome itself. A loud scraping noise was heard from the outside, the three girls looking up to see light slowly filtering into the ice, the lava seemingly being scraped off.

As they stared dumbfounded, the light was dimmed as some figure stretched out over the dome. Suddenly, with an immense smash, three colossal claws rammed into the ice, the curved tips mere feet away from the three as they lay on the ground, fear apparent in all of their eyes. With a grunt, the claws dragged the ice backward, ripping the side of the dome off as though it were simple paper. As bright starlight flooded into their eyes, the trio blinked rapidly to clear out the blinding effect of the change in light, only to gape.

A sinuous golden, scale covered neck, attached to a vast body that stretched far behind where they could see, a golden tail curled out of their sight. Above them, looking down at the trio with a tilted head, was an intelligent serpent-like face, brilliant lilac eyes gazing down to them. A multitude of bright yellow spikes flowed behind the head, steam slowly escaping from its mouth. Two wings folded against its back, a row of spikes following the spine. A creature all knew of, but had never seen…a dragon.

The three had no words, shock keeping them frozen in fear, until lilac eyes narrowed at the three of them and a low growl came from the throat of the titanic creature. It opened its mouth, revealing razor sharp teeth lined along a mouth large enough to swallow all three of them at once, its voice a deep rumble. "Do you three have any idea how loud you are?! I was having a nice nap!" its voice switched to a roar, the force of its angry yell sliding the three backwards along the ice-covered floor, sending them careening into the still standing far wall of the icy dome.

Ruby sat up, rubbing her head ruefully as she pouted at the dragon. "Well, it's not like we knew you were there! And how is sleeping for millennia a nap?! Besides, we had to take care of those Grimm!"

The dragon cocked its head to the other side, seemingly perplexed. "What in the worlds is a…Grimm?" The trio blinked at the dragon as they sat up, utter confusion written upon their faces. The dragon glared at them. "Well come on, I've been asleep a long time! I have no idea what happened while I was napping!" The exclamation once again pushed the trio over. Weiss leapt to her feet after that, her shoulders shaking as she pointed at the dragon angrily.

"Would you stop that?! That is very rude!"

The dragon blinked, narrowing its eyes at the angel for a moment. It huffed, the force of that nearly throwing Weiss from her feet, before nodding. "Hmm, yes, I guess a conversation is tough with how tiny you are. Gimme a sec." The dragon closed its eyes, its entire being becoming suffused with golden light. It flared brilliantly, sending a scintillating cascade of gold swirling around its form, coalescing in front of the trio. As they shielded their eyes from the blindingly bright glow, they were able to squint and make out a glowing humanoid being walking towards them, before the glow finally faded.

Once again, all three gaped as the sight before them. The dragon was no longer a dragon, but a woman. A naked woman, with well-defined musculature, a pair of large, firm breasts, and flowing golden hair cascading down her back. Eyes closed, she stretched for a moment, bringing her arms above her head as she jut her chest out, arching her back for a second. When she released her stretch and glanced forward at the three, she smiled brightly. "Hi! I'm the Sun Dragon, Yang!" She waved happily to the three, leaning slightly to the side when her greeting got no response. Narrowing her eyes and noticing how the gaze of all three women seemed to be lingering upon her upper body, she smirked for a moment before rolling her eyes. "Ehem. Ladies, the eyes are up here."

Ruby jolted, chuckling nervously as she looked up at Yang through her eyelashes. Blake shifted her gaze to the side, refusing to look up as blood rushed to her face. Weiss squirmed in place guiltily, her throat dry as sandpaper as she tried to keep her gaze above the throat but finding it very, very difficult. She squeezed her eyes tight for a moment to concentrate. "Y-you should put some clothes on then!"

Yang looked down at herself for a moment, before glancing back up at the three bashful women. "Oh right, you people and your clothes. Fine, fine. I'll put clothes on." A flurry of golden light surrounded Yang once more, spiraling away to reveal what Weiss would loosely define as clothing. A partially open vest over a low cut top, with a pair of short shorts with a back-skirt trailing behind. Yang rolled her eyes at the three women, hands on her hips. "Alright, I'm wearing…clothes. Ugh. So uncomfortable. Anyways, what's up? Why did you wake me?"

Ruby squirmed, hands folded before her as she muttered. "Well…there were Grimm. We had to kill them!"

"Ok well how about you actually tell me what a Grimm is in the first place?" Yang said, exasperated.

"Grimm are corrupted creatures native to the Spirit World. Ever since they came into being, Grimm have been hunting and consuming the souls of the sentient species of the realms, but humans most of all. That's why hunters from our species hunt down and destroy Grimm, so as to keep people safe from them," Blake explained.

"Corrupted? How did things get corrupted? And how long was I out? And why does everything feel so…full of anger? And why can't I sense the other…dragons…" Yang trailed off.

The three girls shared a glance that spoke volumes, before Ruby cleared her throat. "You might wanna sit down for this..."


"WHAT?!" Yang exploded, fire flaring out from her figure. "Twilight killed himself? And all because you stupid, STUPID people were fighting over absolutely nothing?"

Ruby cringed, shrinking back from the enraged Yang. Blake and Weiss casually slid forward, slightly blocking Yang's view of Ruby as the demon girl curled in on herself. Yang didn't seem to notice, her hands pulling at her hair as she paced back and forth. Trickles of flame spilled from her mouth as she growled indecipherably.

Yang suddenly came to a stop, now crimson eyes narrowing as she turned back to the three women. "Is Twilight the only one?"

"The only one who took his own life, yes. As far as we know. The rest simply disappeared after a little while. No one knows where they went," Weiss replied curtly.

Yang nodded absently. "So…I'm the last to wake?"

"Yes."

Yang ripped her eyes away again, pacing once more. "So no one has seen another dragon in how long?"

"…five hundred years," was Blake's reply.

"…so I'm the last?" Yang paused in her pacing, her back turned to the three. Her shoulders began shaking as her voice trembled. "I mean…Dawn said I'd be the last, but I thought she just meant the last to wake up, not…this." Yang's legs gave out. She fell down onto her knees, head in hands.

Ruby peered out from behind Weiss and Blake for a moment. The sight of Yang suffering was too much for her, and in a flurry of petals she disappeared and reappeared beside Yang. Carefully, she reached out and wrapped her arms around Yang's shoulders, pulling her close. Weiss started forward, worried Yang would react negatively, but Blake held her arm in front of Weiss. Blake mouthed 'wait and see' to the angel. Weiss gulped but paused, eyes fixed on the situation before her.

Her worries seemed for naught, as Yang just leaned into Ruby's side. Silent tears were trickling down her face as she wrapped her arms around Ruby's waist. She nuzzled into Ruby's side for a moment, before lifting her face up. Lilac eyes locked with silver ones as Yang gave her a warm smile, tear trails still evident on her cheeks. "Thanks, Red. I needed that."

"Of course! Everyone should get a hug, especially right after they wake up!" Ruby's statement was met by eye rolls from the monochrome duo in the back. Blake and Weiss shared an indulgent smile.

"I dunno what to do now though. Can't go back to sleep, far too awake," Yang's musings were interrupted by a massive growl from her stomach. Ruby's head jerked back in shock as Weiss and Blake stared at her, eyes wide. Yang glanced down at her abdomen. "Well, that settles it I guess. Anyone know where I can get a decent meal?"

"You can come back to my place! Red is a great cook!" Ruby exclaimed.

"Who is Red?"

Ruby opened her mouth to being explaining, but Blake stepped forward and lay her hand on Ruby's shoulder, interrupting her. "Let's explain on the way back. It won't be long before someone comes to investigate…be it Grimm, Angel, Demon, or Spirit, I don't think it'll go over well to find all of us here together." Ruby and Weiss nodded along, Yang shrugging her shoulders. She clambered to her feet, pulling Ruby up into her arms effortlessly. Ruby squeaked for a moment as she felt herself suspended in midair in Yang's arms, held bridal style. Yang winked at her, sending a pulsing heat through Ruby's chest, before she let Ruby down from her arms.

Weiss crossed her arms grumpily over her chest, her cheeks flushed as she glared at the two. "Ok, can we go now?"

Ruby gulped, feeling the inexplicable urge to fan herself, before responding. "Umm, yes. Yes, let's go. Blake, could you do the portal thingy?" Blake rolled her eyes, a tiny smirk across her lips as she began the chant.


"It's begun. The last has awoken."

"Are we sure this is what we want?"

"Of course we are! We've worked towards this for so long!"

"We're still not certain this is the right path. It's very manipulative."

"We all be too worried 'bout this. It's what we wanted in the first place, innit?"

"The last woke. It's too late to back out of this."

"We could still stop this now, if we wanted. It's within our power."

"We agreed long ago this was the way to go! C'mon, we know this is our only chance to fix it!"

"Is it? Are we sure about this? We made this decision when we were one, but now we are many. And we do not all see the same as we saw long ago."

"Does it really matter? We have sacrificed much, as have those we love. We must see this through to the end."

"We are still unsure."

"We all are unsure, but we are all sure. At this point though, our path is set before us. We have made our choice. The last has awoken. She will push and push and push, as she always has. When she pushes too far, they will move forward, they will fight, they will make their choices. What choice they make is up to them, but we must see through to the end. This is our last chance to make up for our mistake long ago."

"…yes. Our path is set. But why them? Why did we do this to them?"

"It hurts to do it, yah. We shouldna dun it to them, but they were the only ones we saw with this in them. They'll probably never fergive us, but we gotta do it."

"We agree. Someday we must tell them. Someday they must know why we did this."

"It is time to begin the next phase."

"It has already begun."