A/N: Fun fact about chapter four: I spent half of the time wondering how to name it.

Disclaimer: DragonFable and RWBY are owned by Artix Entertainment and Rooster Teeth respectively. I do not own any of the characters/settings presented here.

Crows and Darkness

A man wearing blue robes came out of the tent. His hair was long and white and his eyes were a lighter shade of purple. He was also wearing a few pieces of jewellery on his robe. Qrow felt an air of mystery coming from him.
"Well met, traveller," he said "what brings you to my tent?"
"I'm just lost," answered Qrow "you wouldn't mind telling me where I am, would you?"
"That won't be a problem; you're currently in the Elemental Foothills, north of Lymcrest"
Hearing that confused Qrow more than it answered his question. Elemental Foothills? Lymcrest? I've never even heard of those places before in my life! That's when it hit him.
"Where on Remnant are those places?" he asked.
The answer didn't surprise Qrow in the slightest.
"Remnant? Where on Lore is that?" the man answered.
His realization was on point. Qrow was no longer in Anima. In fact, his best guess was that he's in a place which was yet to be properly explored by any of the four kingdoms. While he was unsure of how he got there, he understood that the locals have been, most-likely, living without any contact with the rest of the world and as a result their names of things like the planet itself would be different.

"Remnant is this planet's name" said Qrow. After hearing that, the man's face started showing signs of confusion.
"The name of this world is Lore," he objected "there's no way that it would be called anything else, unless…."
The man lost track of his words and furrowed his brows, seemingly in deep thought. He the uttered under his breath: "Impossible..."
"I'd like you to stand still for a moment" he said after a few more moments of thought. Qrow became even more cautious and prepared for the possibility of battle. The man raised his hand towards Qrow and closed his eyes. A weird light started coming out of his hand. Qrow was confused. The man in front of him was doing something he'd never seen before. To top it off, the light felt warm, unlike anything Qrow had ever felt before. Before he knew it, the light had stopped and the man had started talking again.
"First, I'd like to introduce myself," he said "my name is Warlic and you?"
"Qrow" answered Qrow, unsure of what else to say.
"Qrow," started Warlic "you're no longer on Remnant. You are currently on Lore. I'm unsure of how exactly you came here, but it was most-likely through a portal of sorts."
"And I'm supposed to believe that?" objected Qrow. Warlic's words had shocked him thoroughly. I've experienced Raven's portals first-hand! I know their capability so there's no way that there are portals which can take me as far as wherever this Lore supposedly is!
"Okay, what're you playing at? What's your goal in trying to confuse me by telling me that I'm on this supposed Lore?" interrogated Qrow.
"I'm not trying to confuse you; I'm telling you the truth. You're currently on Lore. I learned that through scanning your body with my magic. There're sign of recent passage through some kind of a portal, but I'm not sure what kind."
Qrow paused for a moment after hearing that. He focused on one specific word which Warlic had utilised. Magic. He scanned me using magic!? I thought that there were only five people on all of Remnant who could use it! Was that light the magic he was speaking of? This time he was hit by a wave of realization and acceptance. He couldn't object to Warlic's words anymore. It was obvious that Warlic hadn't recognized Qrow which immediately convinced Qrow that Warlic wasn't Ozpin's latest incarnation. The fact that Warlic was a man also meant that he couldn't be one of the maidens. That meant that Warlic shouldn't be able to use magic at all. The only viable option left in Qrow's mind was that he wasn't on Remnant anymore. That he truly was on Lore.
"I assume that you've come to terms with the truth?" asked Warlic, noticing Qrow's face, to which he nodded.
"Then, would you tell me as many details as possible about how you came here? I might be able to help" asked Warlic. Qrow then recalled the moments before entering the portal, then the moments within the portal and ended with him waking up on Lore.
"I see," Warlic said "there were others with you, but now you're unsure as to where to find them."
"So," Qrow started asking "do you have any ideas?"
"Sadly, I'm not sure how to take you back to your world as of now, but I do have a few ideas about where to start looking for the other ones who came in with you." answered Warlic.
"Okay," said Qrow "where do I start?"
"Before I tell you that, I'd like to ask for your help with something." stated Warlic.
"And what would that be?" questioned Qrow. Even if he's not Oz, I definitely feel like they're similar in a way. But they also feel very different. It's as if Warlic's story is on an even larger scale than Ozpin's.
"Don't worry," said Warlic "I promise that it won't take too long. I just want you to investigate something for me. If you do, I'll help you any way I can."
Qrow pulled out his flask from under his shirt and took a sip.
"Alright, then. Where am I supposed to go?"

A forest of darkness. That's the only way Ruby would describe the forest through which she was running. She had no idea of the time that had passed or if she was getting any closer to escaping. On the rare occasion where she could take a breather, her mind would be beset by many thoughts. Thoughts like if she was actually somehow running in circles, thus being unable to ever escape. Thoughts like the amount of time that could have passed since her arrival. She would worry about how she has yet to see the sunrise, even though she feels like she's been here for at least a day. She was able to notice that much due to her having run out of supplies. No food, no water. At the very least it hasn't been too long since she ran out. She was sufficiently satiated for the moment. The worst part about all of this was when her thoughts turned grim. During those times she was at her most hopelessness. She thought that the thing into which she had fallen along with her friends was a kind of portal which lead her straight to hell. She thought she was stuck in a hell where the souls of those who she wasn't able to protect would torture her. She wasn't able to forgive herself for what had happened during the Fall of Beacon, so she thought that this was her punishment for it. But that was only the worst-case scenario she would imagine every time she lost her hope. On the other hand, whenever she was running it was the same never-ending nightmare. She kept being attacked by skeletons, slimes with bones within them, living trees and many more monsters. After managing to defeat so many of them, she was able to defeat them in a much easier fashion. She was able to figure out and focus on the enemies' weaknesses and preserve her energy better. That didn't mean that she didn't still feel the slightest bit less terrified of these creatures.

Even more time had passed. Due to her food and water having run out, she was now starving and extremely thirsty. She was unsure of the amount of time that had passed, but she knew that she had been reaching her limits. She was hoping that she'd find some place with food and water where she'd be able to rest sometime soon. She barely kept running. And more. And more. Until she finally reached an open area. This one was different from the others. There were three paths leading from it and around the side there was a sign. She walked up to it to read it.

N – Falconreach
SW – Amityvale
SE - ?

She looked in all three directions. Two of them were simply paths which could've lead to their respective locations after an unknown amount of time. Past the third path, the path to Amityvale, she could barely make out some light. Deciding that it must be the closest, she took off immediately. She was filled with hope that she'd finally found civilization. That she'd finally be able to rest. That this never-ending nightmare would finally end. She was too hopeful. As she kept going towards Amityvale, a group of skeletons emerged from the bushes and intercepted her. Seeing that, she immediately prepared for battle. She knew that she couldn't run away in her current state, so she decided to fight them but as soon as she took a few of them out she felt even worse than earlier. She was too exhausted, starving and thirsty to fight. She was struck by a great headache and she felt herself loosing consciousness. Everything around her slowly turned dark as she lost her footing.

It was yet another day in Doomwood. Artix was enjoying yet another day of his life. He was on his way back to Amityvale from his daily undead hunt. He was quite proud of the number of undead he had purified. It was shaping up to be yet another normal day in his life. That was until he saw someone collapsed on the road, surrounded by undead. It was a total of three Shake Spears and four Bone Fires. He knew he had to act immediately, so he sprung into action. First, he formed a spear of light in his hand and threw it toward the Bone Fires. Needless to say, they were engulfed by the light while their bones were shattered into many tiny pieces. The Shake Spears noticed that and focused their attention towards Artix. Before they had a chance to run due to them having noticed that the one charging at them WAS Artix, they were all sliced in two by Artix slashing at them with his Blinding Light of Destiny. Having defeated the undead, he turned his attention towards the person who had collapsed. He noticed immediately how injured she was and that his healing magic wouldn't be able to sustain her. He quickly picked her up and rushed towards Amityvale in order to get the healers there to heal her.

A/N: Thank you very much for reading this! Btw, reviews are quite appreciated regardless of how positive or negative they are (at least as long as we're talking about constructive criticism). Chapter five'll be dropping sometime just before New Years as long as things go according to plan. Also, quick heads up: the next chapter will be extra special so it might come out a few day later than planned, but I'll try my best to get it out just before 2018 begins.