Thank you for the support you all have given. Support being people following and favoriting and 1 PM saying they like my story but the point is, I realized I never thanked you guys for any of that. It is a real confidence booster just seeing someone follow my little fanfic. So any positive words would be appreciated, I will continue once a week either way. I think I'm just gonna post what I have every Friday but try to give a decent ending to each chapter. (Or cliffhanger. Trollololol) so expect consistent posting, just not consistent length of chapters. I really don't like waiting a month or two for a chapter, even if it ends up being a long chapter. Even my great memory will still forget things by the next chapter so I'm not gonna post like that. Anyway, enjoy! Also, language warning. It IS what the fic's rated for!
Disclaimer: I still own just my OC, that won't change anytime soon, or ever. I don't own RWBY or any songs or videogames referenced or mentioned in my fic. I AM following ten different RWBY fanfics and NONE OF THEM have updated in 2+ weeks… kinda annoying.
Episodes 4-8! Watch that shit again! Visuals people! Visuals!
The "I'm done editing, last words before I post" note: It ended up 11000 words anyway… well then…
Chapter 4: Initiation
"AJ, get up." A familiar voice called out. AJ opened his strangely not tired eyes to see he was in a forest, a calm, quiet forest that made no sound, no insects of any kind were nearby, no wind was blowing, and there was a mist everywhere that kept him from seeing out of the clearing he was in. He sat up and saw Neko was next to him. "Good, you're up. I had to get you while you were dreaming to show you this." Neko turned to the other side of the clearing and AJ saw two wolves, one had white fur, the other, had red fur. Not red like Ruby's cloak, blood red, a very dark red, it was snarling at the other wolf. The white wolf was lying just out of reach of the red wolf, which was held down by pure white chains that were wrapped around its neck, and stuck into the ground. AJ stood up and observed the two wolves. "Where am I? Do these wolves mean something? Do they represent something?" AJ asked Neko.
"You are in your mind, again, and the wolves don't represent something, they ARE something. The red wolf is pure instinct and hatred, chained down by your choice of logic over instinct. I needed you in here because you needed to see and understand this, when you heard chains, this is what it was. The other wolf is friendly and logical. There used to be four animals, Friendliness, a grey wolf that behaved much like a dog, Logic , an owl, watching the three land animals bicker from above, Anger, changed between an angry bear and a rapid dog, and Instinct, a red wolf, red like Ruby's cloak. When I came to be, I saw them like this, just two wolves, the white wolf told me what happened in your mind a few years ago. Anger fused with instinct, turning into a blood red wolf. Logic used this chance to chain them both down but wasn't strong enough. So Logic fused with the grey wolf and became friendly logic. Your choice of logic and natural friendliness either came about because they won, or was what made them win. When you unlocked your Aura though, the blood red wolf didn't have to be repeatedly beaten anymore, the white wolf pinned him down with chains, but this meant that anger could effect you again, but was still held down by the chain. Logic knows better than to completely remove anger and instinct, you may still need them someday. Did you ever have a point when you weren't easily angered?" Neko asked.
"Yes, a couple years ago I realized nothing really angered me much anymore just frustration when playing online or something like that."
"That moment was around the time that things stopped being hectic in your mind, it went from four different animals, to two. Then Logic and Friendliness, now The White Wolf, beat The Blood Red Wolf that once was Instinct and Anger. Things really are much calmer in here. But again, unlocking your Aura created chains that would keep The Blood Red Wolf pinned down, but actually gave it more freedom than when it was beat down, just not enough to ever hurt The White Wolf."
AJ approached the two wolves, White Wolf looked up at him and seemed happy with his presence. AJ sat down and White Wolf sat next to him and the boy pet the wolf which had beautiful white fur that was really soft, kinda made him wish he was part wolf and that he could have a wolf friend to pet when he was lonely, but Neko was easier to hide and make up reasons for why he isn't here, so it was better in the end, but he wanted to just use this wolf as a pillow she was so soft! Looking at the Red Wolf it clearly resented his presence, and especially hated seeing AJ and the White Wolf happy together. AJ could understand why the wolf hated him, being ignored and neglected. But it wasn't what he wanted to be, so it had to be ignored. "So, now that I have met 'The wolves of light and dark' can I wake up?" AJ asked Neko.
"Well, you two are getting along well, I suppose it's about time to get ready for that initiation huh?" Neko asked rhetorically and AJ found his eyes were hard to keep open so he let his eyes close and rested his head on the White Wolf, 'the softest pillow ever, of all time.' He thought.
Among the early risers, AJ woke up, still in his sleeping bag, the sisters were still asleep but that Blake girl wasn't in the room as far as he could tell. He got up, did a few stretches, went back to his own room, went into the bathroom he had, saw his hair was black, took a shower, looked in the mirror again and with the grease gone his hair was brown again, checked the time and found that he had really taken his time showering and headed to the cafeteria. He was eating a stack of pancakes and saw some orange haired girl and a black haired guy with a streak of pink in his hair were also eating stacks of pancakes. The ginger girl was talking fast and loud.
"Right, what was I thinking? But still, I hope we end up on the same team together!" She said while there was still a pancake in her mouth. 'With my idea of partners you will be lucky if you end up with your friend there girl.' AJ thought wanting to see everyone's reactions to how partners work. "OOOH!" She said when she finally ate (inhaled) the pancake. "We should come up with some sort of plan! To make sure we end up on the same team together! What if we bribe the headmaster!? No, that won't work, he has a school…" 'No really?' AJ thought as he finished his pancakes and headed for the locker room like everyone else was. He was given his own locker even though he figured he wouldn't use it, and seeing as his sword is missing, Glynda probably put in in his locker.
He finally reached his locker that was only a few lockers away from the sisters, 'Probably Ozpin's doing.' and found his sword and sheathe were in fact, in his locker. He attached the sheathe to his left hip and sheathed the sword. The sisters had just arrived and were getting their things so he said hi and sat on the bench next to them, walking by the ginger girl and her friend. The friend was still getting his weapons out of his locker. He seemed the exact opposite of this girl, he was very calm and quiet, but must have been very patient to deal with this girl, they probably have been friends for years, they gave that kind of vibe. The girl, for the hundredth time said "I KNOW!"
"We'll have some sort of signal! Like a distress signal! OOH! A SECRET signal so we can find each other in the forest!" 'I suppose that would help them make eye contact first.' "Can you imitate a sloth?" 'Do those things even make noise?!'
"Nora." The boy suddenly spoke. 'Nora is her name? Gonna forget that in a couple seconds…'
"Yes Ren?" Nora asked. 'I guess he kind of looks like a Ren.'
Ren pulled out two pistols/SMG's with long blades under the barrels, and they disappeared in his sleeves. "I don't think sloth's make a lot of noise." Ren said quietly. Nora looked like she realized she would have to think of something else, but no, that would have been too easy…
"That's why it's PERFECT! No one will suspect we're working together!" 'Except anyone that hears you, like I am right now.' Ren simply smiled and closed his locker. "Come on Nora, let's go." "But not together, together." *Giggles* 'That giggle REALLY suggests otherwise Nora.' AJ thought, saying their names as many times in his head as he can so he doesn't forget that interesting duo's names. Now that they have left.
"Wonder what those two were so worked up about." Ruby asked without looking at us.
"Oh who knows?" Yang responded. "I do." AJ said quickly. "So, you seem awfully chipper (I think that's what she said… *shrugs*) this morning." Yang said to Ruby, who was just getting her weapon out of her locker.
"Yep! No more awkward small talk or getting-to-know-you stuff." *cuddles weapon* "Today I get to let my sweetheart do the talking."
"Ruby, there are others in the initiation just like you, you're gonna have to learn to talk to, and work with, others." AJ said. "Couldn't have said it better myself little bro." Yang said and slapped him on the back. "You're going with that now?" He asked. "Yep."
Ruby groaned. "Ugh, you sound like Dad… First of all, what does talking to people have to do with fighting? And secondly, I don't need people to help me, I. Drink. Milk." She said folding her arms. AJ burst out laughing. His laugh being gasping for air and that gasping being the only sound he makes. Ruby blushed in anger that she and her milk drinking were being laughed at. So she shoved him as hard as she could and he only just slightly moved, still sat on the bench, not even realizing he was being pushed. Yang saw this and laughed a bit as well. Ruby grunted in exertion and her feet began to slide and she decided to give up while she was ahead. Being that AJ was still laughing/gasping Yang to up the argument.
"What about when we form teams?"
"I don't know," Ruby said sheepishly, clearly realizing she was being backed into a corner. "I'll just be on your team, or something." AJ recovered from his fit and found he was leaning slightly further back than he was and suddenly flailed and fell off the bench. The sisters looked at the source of the thud and saw AJ with his legs up and the back of his head on the floor. "If I fell on any other floor my cloak would be dirty." He said without moving. Yang held back a laugh and helped him up.
"Maybe… you should try being on someone else's team." Yang said, worried how Ruby would react.
Ruby got in her face and pointed an accusing finger at her. "My dearest sister Yang, are you implying you don't want to be on the same team as me!?" She said angrily. AJ got between them.
"Ruby, you can't hide with your sister forever, you NEED to break out of your shell and meet people. I still need to break out of the same shell frankly…"
"WHAT!? I DON'T NEED TO BREAK OUT OF MY SHELL," AJ stepped away from Ruby to let her yell at her sister and not him. "THAT IS ABSOLUTELY" "RIDICULOUS!" A blond boy yelled as he walked between the arguing sisters without acknowledging them. AJ knew he was told the name by Yang but couldn't remember. AJ listened to this boy instead of the sisters, Yang can probably handle her little sis, right?
"There is no way I put my gear in locker 636 yesterday… I would remember having to count that high… oh why did this have to happen today?…" 'Well he's depressed… poor guy, so much for getting well soon… seems things just got worse for him.' He would have gone to help him but found he walked by a red head girl in red and gold Spartan armor. 'Or maybe it's orange for all I know!' And next to this girl was… Weiss… *clink* *clink*(whatever sound a chain makes) 'No, calm down, she isn't doing anything right now… calm down…'
"So, Pyrrha," Weiss said to the Spartan girl. "Have you given any thought to which team you would like to be on? I'm sure everyone must be eager to unite with such a strong, well known individual, such as yourself." 'Then how come I have no clue who she is?'
"I'm not quite sure." The Spartan girl Pyrrha said. "I was planning on letting the chips fall where they may." 'Might as well, I mean come on, unless your Nora, you haven't much a choice on who you make eye contact with.'
"Well, I was thinking maybe we could be on a team together."
"Well that sounds grand!" 'She was quick to except that… still, not their choice.'
"Oh this will be perfect!" Weiss said to herself and a dark Aura surrounded her. AJ felt something in his Aura, like It wanted out and wanted to get rid of the dark Aura. So he waved his hand calmly in front of him and let his Aura flow out without any Energy to control it. A white mist went through the air and surrounded the dark Aura and collapsed in on it, removing the Aura. Weiss suddenly found it hard to think on her 'plans' any longer. 'Oh, blond guy's back, he doesn't look depressed anymore.'
"You know what else is perfect?" 'Wait… that sounds like… is he?…' "Me. Jaune Arc. Nice to meet you." 'Jaune! Alright, remember that. Wait… oh god he's flirting with Ice Queen!?'
"You again?" Weiss said annoyed. 'Guess those two have met.' Pyrrha cut in. "Nice to meet you, Jaune." Jaune pushed her out of the way. "Ya, ya." 'Wait, he just rejected the nice girl for the mean one? Idiot! What the hell Jaune?…' "So, Weiss, couldn't help but notice your fondness of me the other day." Weiss face palmed, so did AJ. "Oh, you've GOT to be kidding me!" 'Agreed, for once.' "No need to be embarrassed. So, been hearing rumors about teams, thinking you and me would be a great one, what do ya say? 'Alright, wasn't gonna tell anyone but I need to stop him now. YOU DON'T DECIDE TEAMS.' AJ began to walk over to them but Pyrrha spoke up. "Actually I think the teams are comprised of four students each so-" "You don't say?" Jaune interrupted. "Well hot stuff, play your cards right and maybe you could join the winning team." 'I suppose that works, if it makes him STOP.' Weiss got between them.
"Jaune, is it? Do you have any idea who you're talking too?" Weiss asked.
"Not in the slightest, Snow Angel."
"This, is Pyrrha." "Hello again!" Pyrrha waved. "Pyrrha graduated top of her class in Sanctum."
"Never heard of it."
"She's won the Mystral Regional Tournaments four years in a row. A new record." 'Winning four years in a row has to be quite an accomplishment.'
"The wa?" Weiss lost it at this point.
"She's on the front of every Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes box!" *GASP* 'Wait, he recognizes her now!?" AJ began laughing his usual gasping laugh, both at Jaune's stupidity and Weiss's anger.
"That's you! They only do that for star athletes and cartoon characters!"
"Ya, it was pretty cool. Sadly the cereal isn't very good for you." Pyrrha said.
"So, after hearing all this, do you really think… WHAT IS SO FUNNY!?" Weiss yelled and looked behind her and Pyrrha and saw a brown cloaked boy laughing his head off. "You! What do YOU want!?" Weiss yelled. AJ stopped laughing. He approached her with an evil smile.
"Oh, Ice Queen. I want nothing more than to be there whenever you're angry or feeling down." He lost his evil smile to a normal smile. "It's just too funny!"
"Ice Queen…" Jaune said seeming to be thinking about the name. "Not bad, but Snow Angel is better!" AJ stopped smiling and glared at Jaune.
"It wasn't a compliment…" "Oh…" Jaune said.
"Hey Pyrrha, get this jerk away from me!" Weiss said. AJ's cat ears and tail turned white and glowed, indicating his 'fight mode' and turned to Pyrrha who threw a spear at him. In a flash, like literally, an actually white flash from AJ letting his Aura flow, the spear was deflected and instead pinned Jaune to a wall be his hood. Pyrrha found a sword pointed towards her throat with no weapon in her own hand. This guy was strong, she respected him for that, but didn't appreciate the threat. "Pyrrha, you seem like a really nice girl who had done great things if what Weiss says is true." The brown haired boy sounded friendly for some reason. "So don't listen to Weiss, she doesn't deserve someone as great as you to even be in her presence." He sheathed his sword, Pyrrha let out the breathe she didn't know she was holding, and went over to Jaune, saying she was sorry. Now that she had time to think, the guy was nice, he just defended himself, very well, and told her that Weiss wasn't worth being around. He clearly meant no harm to her. As odd as it was to say, he wasn't bad at all from what she had seen. Just does things bluntly, which he seems to feel is necessary.
Weiss was absolutely shocked. She just stood frozen at what this disrespectful guy had done. He just turned around and beat Pyrrha! Pyrrha of all people! She began to realize that maybe you shouldn't piss this guy off. "Test me, and you will fail Weiss." She realized she had been subconsciously grabbing for her sword and stopped. She didn't want to test him right now to be honest, she still hated him. "Thank you." He bowed his head slightly and smiled, 'why?' And walked away to the sisters whose jaws had dropped.
AJ couldn't believe he just did that. One: He never thought he would make that reference and be serious about it. Two: that Pyrrha girl was supposed to be, like, the best of all the students here pretty much, yet he just turned her spear away in an instant! 'Normally I would have thought that through, but I guess while instinct is chained it actually can do something, unlike before when instinct had no spot in my life. But I moved even faster than I thought I could! I wish I could control that speed and reflexes, but I already move faster and smoother that many so I shouldn't complain.' He really did have high reflexes and reaction time but even THAT was less than what he had just done. Ruby and Yang understandably were shocked but before questions could be asked.
"Would all first year students please report to Beacon cliffs for initiation. Again, all first year students report to Beacon cliffs, immediately." Glynda said through the intercom. AJ quickly left to get away from asking questions and joined Glynda and Ozpin, standing between them at the cliffs, the Emerald forest below them. The other students eventually reached the cliffs and stood on the metal pads laid out for them. Ozpin had another speech for us.
"For years, you have trained to become warriors." 'Or two months with Aura speeding up the process on its own.' "Today your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." Glynda took over.
"Now, I'm sure many of you heard rumors about the assignment of teams." 'Or made them up like Jaune. Man, I'm getting good with names!' "Well allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates, today." Ruby looked distressed about this and AJ couldn't help but smile, and feel bad, but mostly smile, she needs to break out of her shell, this will help anyone else who has people problems anyway. Ozpin continued.
"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at this school, so it is in your best interests to be paired with someone whom you can work well with." Ozpin smiled. "That being said, the one that gave me the idea can tell you. AJ!" 'You son of a-' "Tell them how they will meet their partners!" AJ's heart was racing with the spotlight on him now. Throwing him under the bus is what Ozpin is doing, the smile gives it away, but if he can just calm down, 'I could consider this being given the punch line.'
AJ cleared his throat and tried to stop visibly shaking. "The first person you m-make eye contact with will be your partner for the next four years." "WHAT!" Ruby yelled, and reminded AJ why he did this, so he could laugh. Which he did at first from Ruby's reaction.
"AJ!? HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME!?" AJ stopped laughing for one second.
"Because your reaction!" Was all he could say before he started laughing again. With AJ no longer with them, Ozpin had to continue.
"After you have partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest." Glynda was glaring at AJ who wouldn't stop. "You will meet opposition along the way." Glynda waved her wand and threw AJ to Ozpin's left away from the group. AJ stood up, and was barely laughing now. "Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path…" Glynda waved her wand straight at AJ using her semblance to push him back, but he had been shoved by Glynda many times, and he let out his Aura towards Glynda and the Aura stopped the invisible force, making it visible as something the mist pushed against. Both AJ and Glynda seemed to be pushing as hard as they could despite not touching anything. The white mist wasn't gaining or losing ground, suggesting him and Glynda were at a stalemate. "Or you will die." Ozpin finished, then saw that everyone was looking to his left and saw Glynda and AJ fighting again. "Children!" Ozpin said scoldingly. AJ looked at Ozpin and Glynda looked over her shoulder, there was a pause, then Glynda spun around and looked at Ozpin as if she was a child that was caught. Giving a smile that clearly showed she was scared. AJ shoved something to his right as hard as he could and an invisible force tore a nearby tree off the ground, and he spun at the same time Glynda did, sporting the same smile. They looked like siblings that fight until their parents look at them and then they stand with their hands behind their backs with fake smiles until the parents turn away, but instead of continuing the fight, Glynda and AJ just stick their tongues out at each other in the most childish way that Ozpin would have been shocked if he saw it. (Would you believe that that entire 'tussle' wasn't thought up until I got to his speech, literally I started his speech and then started the 'fight' in my head, then typed it up.) Ozpin went back to his speech.
"You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple" The image of the ruin AJ found when he met the spirit forced its way into his mind. "at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair chooses one relic, then you must return to the top of the cliff. You will guard that item, as well as yourselves, along the way and be graded appropriately. Are there any questions?" Jaune had looked worried since the mention of death and clearly had a question. "Ya, um, Sir?" "Good!" Ozpin cut Jaune off. "Now, take your positions. Whatever your landing strategy may be, you will need it." Everyone but Jaune got ready to be sent into the forest via the pads they were on launching them in. Jaune was still raising his hand.
"Um… Sir… I got a-uh… um… a question…" 'Spit it out already!' "So um this, Landing strategy thing. Um, what is it? You're like, dropping us off or, something?" 'Well… he's dead.'
"No, you will be falling." Ozpin said as students are being launched off and the launchings are getting closer and closer to Jaune the last one soon-to-be-off.
"Oh… I see…" Jaune said he scratched the back of his head. "Did you, like hand out parachutes?"
"Jaune… look to your left." AJ said. "Do you see any parachutes?" Jaune saw the next student, Nora, get sent flying. He gulped in nervousness. (I'm sorry but as I'm watching the episode and copying the show right now and I have to point out that I paused when Glynda blinked and her eyelashes disappeared so she just didn't have eyes! XD) "You have to use your own landing strategy." AJ said.
"Uh huh…" AJ realized the only ones left besides Jaune were the sisters and Yang put on some black aviators before she went flying, Ruby confidently looked at Jaune before launching off as well, then there was an oddly long pause before Jaune went.
"So, what exactly is a landing strateGEYYYYYYYYYY! Jaune was finally launched as well. With all the students now flying away AJ looked at Ozpin and saw him sip his mug and smile. 'He enjoys their suffering as well.' AJ thought.
Now Ozpin, AJ, and Glynda all got out their scrolls and began looking through cameras. AJ looked at the number of different cameras. "H-how many thousand!?" He turned to Ozpin.
"It's a large forest." "How do we even manually go through all of these!?" "We don't. Just press the name of one of the students. The system finds the cameras with the best view and shows them to you so you may choose which one to view. Don't bother doing it yet though, they haven't landed yet." Another minute passes and the three begin walking around mindlessly as they view the students through the scrolls. Ozpin has all students on multiple little screens at times and sometimes zooms in on one student slightly and sometimes has a student take up the whole screen. AJ always has one student take up the whole screen and switches between students. Glynda maintains a view of all students at all times, rarely even zooming in slightly on one student, never giving one full focus like the other two would do.
AJ watches Pyrrha throw her spear at Jaune as he flies by. Later hearing a "thank you!" in the distance. 'I guess he ISN'T dead.' He looks to his left and sees Ozpin has slightly enlarged Ruby's screen and decides to turn to Glynda. "So, you never actually told me. When am I going in with them?" He asked Glynda.
"If you end up passing by someone you'll end up their partner, and seeing as you being here creates an extra student, you will have to wait until everyone has found their partner. We don't want a fairly enrolled student without a partner." Glynda finished.
"Hmm… smart. Fair enough then, I'll wait." AJ said and went back to his Scroll. He saw on Ozpin's Scroll that Ruby had run into Weiss who turned and walked away from her. He prayed for her safety and found Jaune on his own Scroll. 'Oh, hey, Weiss found him in a tree. Oh, and she walked away, right back to Ruby. THERE'S Pyrrha!'
"So," Pyrrha said, looking up at Jaune who is pinned by her weapon again. "Any spots left on your team?" "Very funny." Jaune said looking away from her, before dropping the act and smiling back down to her. 'Alright love birds, I'll find another group.' "That's two groups already. At this rate I'll be down there pretty soon." He said out loud in case either professors didn't know, which they probably did, they are using the same cameras. He pressed Yang's name to see what she was doing, which was walking blindly through the forest calling out.
"Hellooooo!? Is anyone out there!? Hellooooo!? I'm getting bored here!" 'Keep yelling and you won't be bored for much longer.' Rustling in the bushes got her attention. "Is someone there? Ruby is that you?" She parted the bushes, then looked up. "Nope." She said before jumping away from an Ursa. Just like the Beowolf. Pitch black, bone spikes, the weird bone mask, but it's a big bear instead of a werewolf. Yang activated her Gauntlets. Another Ursa jumped out at her and she jumped out of the way, now the Ursa were side by side preparing to attack her.
The first jumped at her and she punched it in the gut, then her gauntlets fired and shot the Ursa away and a shotgun shell came out of her gauntlets. 'Interesting weapons.' The second charged. She uppercuted it in the jaw, firing another shot. Then firing a shot from her other hand away from her opponent putting more momentum into her kick, which sent the Ursa back to its partner.
"You guys wouldn't have happened to see a girl in a red hood would you?" Yang asked the Ursa, who both roared at her. "You could have just said no." Yang said before jumping back from two swipes. "Jeez! You guys couldn't hit the broad side of a b-" She stopped and saw one single yellow hair fall in front of her. "You…" She closed her blue eyes. 'Oh she's pissed.' She opened her eyes again and they were light red. The two Grimm actually looked at each other and made a confused sound. "YOU MONSTER!" Fire exploded around her and she charged one of the Grimm and smashed into it, hitting it with punch after fire-and-shotgun-filled punch. Until one final strike sent it barreling away in a trail of fire. The other Ursa approached and stopped in front of her, red eyes meeting angry red eyes. "WHAT!? YOU WANT SOME TOO!?" Yang yelled at the Ursa. 'All this over one hair? So…..DUMB….' The Grimm suddenly fell dead revealing Blake behind it, her weapon, attached to a ribbon wrapped around her arm stabbed into the Grimm's back. She pulled her weapon back and sheathed it behind her. She smiled at Yang who was back to her blue eyes. "I could have taken em'." Yang said.
AJ saw Ozpin was watching Weiss fighting a pack Beowolfs and he decided to go back to Jaune and see if Pyrrha kept him from dying yet. He caught Pyrrha moving a branch out of her way which flung back and hit Jaune in the face. 'Glad I switched just in time for that moment.'
"Jaune! Sorry." Pyrrha said to the boy as she helped him up.
"Ah, its ok. Just a scratch!" Jaune said.
"Why didn't you activate your Aura?" My what?" "Aura." "Bless you." (Couldn't find how to spell the word he actually said) "Jaune… Do you, know what Aura is?" Pyrrha asked.
"Of course! Do YOU know what Aura is?" Jaune was clearly lying.
"Aura is the manifestation of our soul. It bears our burdens and shields our hearts. Did you ever feel like you were being watched when you didn't know anyone was there?"
"Uh, ya." Oddly enough. AJ saw Glynda watching Ren on her Scroll and he seemed to just realize something was there. The black head of a King Taijitu snake appeared behind him and he fought it while Pyrrha explained Aura.
"With practice, Aura can be our shield. Everyone has Aura, even animals."
"What about monsters?"
"No. The creatures we fight lack a soul. They are creatures of Grimm." Ren took a strong head butt from the black head but landed easily. "The manifestations of aninimity." The black head of the snake surrounded Ren and he pulled out his dual SMG's and jumped out of the coil, firing at the snake. "They are the darkness and we are the light." Ren kicked the black snake in the head before knocking it down again. Then it lunged to bite him again. He dodged and stabbed it in the head.
"Right. That's why we fight them." Jaune said.
"It's not about why. It's about knowing. Understanding the dark and light is what helps manifest our Aura. Everyone has some of both." The white head of the snake revealed itself and the black head got back up again. "By barring your soul outward as a force, you can deflect harm." Ren was sliding along the snakes body and firing at it. The white head hit him in mid-air and he lost his weapons. "All of our tools and equipment are conduits for Aura. You project yourself and your soul when fighting." Ren got up just in time to see the black head lunge to bite him. "NO!" He yelled.
"It's like a force field!" Jaune yelled.
"Yes, If you want to look at it that way." Ren had blocked the fangs of the head with his hands pulsing with Aura. He snapped the fangs off and stabbed it in the eye with one. He used the Aura in his hands for a powerful strike that drove the fang further in and the head exploded from the force. He then charged at the white head.
Pyrrha walked up to Jaune. "Close your eyes and concentrate." "Uh… Ok…" He closed his eyes. Pyrrha began glowing lightly from her Aura and Jaune began glowing brightly with his white Aura.
"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite and distant and unbound by death. I release your soul, and by my shoulder protect thee." 'I didn't get a cool speech when I unlocked me Aura…' Pyrrha almost fell from exhaustion.
"Pyrrha!" Jaune said, concerned.
"It's alright. I used my Aura to unlock yours but the energy that protects you now is your own. You have a lot of it." Jaune looked to see the glow around him fade away. "Wow…." He said. AJ was so focused on this that when he looked back to Glynda and her Scroll Ren was standing on the King Taijitu's corpse. He had won. Good for him. A sound that somewhat resembled a bird in AJ's opinion was heard. Ren looked and saw Nora appear from a tree upside down.
"I still don't think that's what a sloth sounds like." Ren said. His response was Nora poking him in the nose and saying "Boop!" which got Ren to smile.
Glynda and AJ approached Ozpin, who was at the edge of the cliff still looking at his Scroll. "The last pair has been formed." AJ said, excitement evident in his voice. "Yes, Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren. Poor boy, I can't possibly imagine those two getting along." "I wouldn't think so either." AJ said. "But it clearly seams that they are old friends." "True. He is still probably better off that Miss Nikos." "I agree." AJ said. This alone shocked Glynda and Ozpin but only Glynda showed it. AJ continued. "He clearly isn't cut out for this yet. He seems to have very little training." Glynda nodded in agreement. "Well AJ, I believe it is time for you to get ready to head in. At their current pace they will reach the temple in just a few minutes, so you have some catching up to do." "Alright Glynda! I'll catch up in no time I'm sure!" AJ said with confidence.
"Speaking of the temple, what did you use for relics this year?….. Professor Ozpin?" Glynda asked. Ozpin wasn't even listening, he was still looking at his Scroll. AJ stopped getting ready to see what was so interesting. It was Weiss and Ruby. Every time he checked on Ozpin he was looking at Ruby and Weiss. 'What is so special about Ruby anyway? She's nice and clearly capable of this level of combat but why?' Ruby was sitting cross-legged messing with a leaf and Weiss was walking around behind her. The look on Ruby's face said "I'm so done with this."
"It's this way" Weiss walked away, then came back. "No, it's this way, definitely this way." She walked up to Ruby who stood up. "Alright, it's official… We passed it." Weiss said.
"Why can't you just admit that you have no idea where we're going?" Ruby asked.
"Because I know EXACTLY where we're going. We're…. going…. To the forest temple!" Ruby groaned in annoyance. "Oh stop it! You don't know where we are either!" Weiss yelled.
"Well, at least I'm not pretending like I know everything!" Ruby yelled.
"What's that supposed to mean?" 'Oh no, you heard her right Ice Queen.'
"It means you're a big, stupid, JERK and I HATE YOU!" 'Wow, she finally got to Ruby.'
"Just keep moving."
Ruby did a mock princess voice. "Wah, just keep moving. Hurry uuuup! Waah waah wah. Watch where you're going!" She goes back to her own voice. "Why are you so bossy!?"
"I'm not bossy! Don't say things like that!"
"Stop treating me like a kid!" "Stop acting like a kid!" "Well stop acting like your PERFECT!"
"I'm. Not. Perfect!" 'At least she recognizes that.' "Not yet…" 'YOU WHAT MATE!?'
AJ walked away from Ozpin and stood at the very edge of the cliff. Aura was leaking out. He was visually shaking with rage. His hands were bleeding because of his nails stabbing his hands, he had them in very tight fists. What Weiss said kept repeating in his head. 'She actually thinks she can be perfect!? That bitch! That Bitch!' "THAT BITCH!" AJ exploded a massive amount of Aura, a lot more than usual. Knocking Ozpin and Glynda a large distance away. Glynda got up and went to stop him.
"IM GONNA GIVE HER A PIECE OF MY MIND THAT ASSHOLE! FUCKING BRAT! AAAAAAGGGHHHHH!" Despite the amount of Aura he had just let out, he exploded even more Aura, knocking Glynda down again. He couldn't stop violently shaking with rage. In this state he wanted nothing more than to kill Weiss. He could hear the chains being pulled on repeatedly in his head, but then he heard something else, a click. Like something just unlocked. He saw a bow made of Aura appear in front of him, it shouldn't be able to stay in such a stable form when it's just made of Aura, but it was, no outer layer of Energy holding its shape. He grabbed the bow and an arrow made of Aura appeared as well. He tried to pull the arrow back but it seemed to require a lot of force, so he focused a large portion of the Aura that is flying everywhere into pulling the thing back. "AAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!" He yelled in exertion, now the Aura flowed form him just a bit more than normal. He suddenly felt like it was easy to make this motion again, as if the string was simply stiff from never being pulled and next time it will be as easy as any other bow. Now he pointed the bow in the direction of the pillar of smoke in the distance, and released.
All Ozpin and Glynda saw was AJ disappear. All AJ saw was he was suddenly in the air over the pillar of smoke and he was holding his sword. 'I never pulled out my sword. Why am I in the air. OH GOD IM FALLING!' "I WASN'T READY TO FLY APPARENTLY!" He yelled as he fell into the forest.
What actually happened? The arrow flew perfectly straight at the speed of light, and popped where he wanted the arrow to go. Not that he knew the arrow would teleport him when it 'popped'. He automagically pulls out his sword when he does this. Even he doesn't see the arrow fly, all anyone sees is him disappear and reappear in another area.
He realized now that he had no landing strategy, and actually wished for a parachute. Then he remembered the bow and willed it to appear, again, a pure white bow made of Aura. He pulled back the Aura arrow and released. He found himself crouched in the middle of an area that had just burned, flames were still common in the area, oh, and he's in the middle of a pack of Beowolfs. The ones Ruby and Weiss fought. Not that he knows that. They all stood surprised at the sudden appearance for a moment, then prepared to attack. AJ could take these guys no problem with his sword, and he still has Aura flowing out right now so this is just too easy. His thoughts about killing Weiss are a bit over the top so he could just take his anger out on this pack. No one has to die. He got his best German accent, and got a very scary/evil smile.
"Oh hello everyone! I… Am Za Docta! IT'S TIME TO RUUUUN!" A white blur went through the group and cut them all down, some in half, some missing heads, all of them missing at least a leg or arm. Some had their heads and were missing all their arms and legs. The Alpha? Oh a REALLY powerful Energy blast made him cease to exist…ya…. Breathing slightly worse than at rest, satisfied but still angry, he decided to head towards the temple in the direction everyone else went. Losing the smile he had the moment he started walking. He ended up making himself really angry again by thinking about what Weiss said, resulting in a once again, large explosion of Aura and needing to kill something.
Ozpin and Glynda saw the whole thing through their Scrolls. Speechless at how he just cut down the whole pack in MAYBE two seconds. MAYBE. With nothing else to do but observe, they went back to their Scrolls. Looking at every student BUT AJ. They don't really WANT to see what he's doing right now. They saw Blake and Yang arrive at the temple.
There were pedestals surrounding them in a circle. The relics were on each pedestal.
"Chess…Pieces?" Blake asked.
"Some of them are missing… Looks like we weren't the first ones here." Yang said.
"I guess we should pick one."
"How about a cute little pony!?" Yang asked. Picking up one of the chess pieces.
"Sure." Blake said rolling her eyes but smiling.
"That wasn't too hard!" Yang said.
"Well it's not like this place is very difficult to find." There was a loud scream in the distance.
"You hear that Blake? Some girl's in trouble!" Blake was too busy looking up at something in the sky with worry.
"Blake did you hear that? What should we do?" Yang asked finally turning to see Blake was looking up and she did as well. Just to see her sister falling from the sky.
"HEADS UUUUUUUUP!" Ruby screamed before being hit midair by Jaune, who had also been sent flying, and they both went into a nearby tree.
"Did your sister just fall from the sky?" Blake asked disbelievingly. "I" was all Yang got to say.
A few trees at one end of the clearing fell showing an Ursa Major on its hind legs flailing. A pink explosion went off behind it and it fell, dead, showing Nora had been riding the thing with a "YEEEEHAAAAHHH!" She slid off the back of the Grimm and looked at it. "Aww. It's broken." Ren appeared from behind, breathing heavily from running.
"Nora!….. Please….. Don't ever do that again…." He finally looked up and saw Nora was gone, she was now at the temple picking up a random piece singing "I'm queen of the castle! I'm queen of the castle!" "NORA!" "Coming Ren!"
"Did that girl just ride in here on an Ursa Major?" Blake asked Yang. "I uh-"
The trees in a further away part of the clearing revealed a pack of Beowolfs running away from something. That something, was AJ with Aura not just leaking, but blasting out from his body. He was slowly walking towards the Grimm that were all stumbling as they ran they were so scared. "OH NO YOU DON'T!" He screamed as he charged up and literally threw a large ball of Energy (to everyone else it seems like Aura) and created a crater that went from his side of the clearing to the middle of the clearing. The Aura that was flowing off him was down to normal levels again.
"Did AJ just chase a pack of Beowolfs out of the forest by scaring them? Grimm can fear? What the heck did he do to cause that?" Yang didn't even respond anymore.
A REALLY BIG Ursa Major ran by AJ as fast as it could into the clearing. "GET THE FUCK OVER HERE!" AJ yelled in a way familiar to a certain video game character as he created chains out of Aura and an outer layer of Energy and threw them at the Ursa and wrapped around its neck, he yanked hard and sent the thing flying towards him, he didn't realize he had actually snapped its neck with that pull, and punched it with all the Aura he had left that was leaking off him and vaporized it instantly.
"Did he just create chains out of Aura?"
He stood for a moment breathing heavily, then collapsed onto his hands and knees from using the amount of Aura he had used. He figured he wouldn't be able to use this amount of Aura for months but apparently anger is a good motivator. He waited a few minutes for his breathing to slow and eventually looked up and saw Blake's bright yellow eyes looking at him with concern.
"Are you ok? You just used an ungodly amount of Aura." Blake said.
"Ya….Totally fine…just tell me…if Weiss comes by….. So I know not to look…." AJ was breathing heavily still and it didn't help Blake's worry. It was a few more minutes before he finally stood up with her help, and they walked over to Yang. Yang looked like she was holding in quite a bit of anger.
AJ couldn't help but notice that this was the temple where he met the spirit, though back then it was a half circle. His Aura unlock must have cleared away the dirt. Or maybe he was at another ruin similar to this one. Either or. "Wait, AJ? You're doing the initiation? Since when?" "Since I decided to Yang." AJ responded. Clearly not caring to give a good answer to the question.
Trees parted again as Pyrrha Nikos ran through with a VERY large scorpion on her tail. A Deathstalker, a scorpion Grimm. Large plates cover its body, it has moss growing on it and there are large slash marks on the armor. It's a very old Grimm. Pyrrha dodged some swings of its pincers and kept running. "Did she just run all the way over here with a Deathstalker on her tail?" Yang was about to lose it.
"Jaune!" Pyrrha called out.
"Pyrrha!" Jaune responded still stuck in a tree. Ruby saw the Grimm and jumped out of the tree. "Ruby!" Jaune called to no avail, he's still stuck.
"Ruby!" Yang said seeing her sister and starting to calm down.
"Yang!" Ruby said seeing her sister.
"NORA!" Nora said as she jumped up between the two before they could hug.
"AJ?" Blake asked seeing AJ was backing away from Yang.
"Blake…" He said pointing at Yang whose anger had been reignited.
"I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!" Yang yelled as her eyes were red again and flames flew around her. "Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again!?"
One…
Two…
DING!
"Uh… Yang." Ruby asked. Yang just gave up. Her eyes were blue again and she just sank.
Everyone was looking up and saw Weiss hanging onto the talon of a bird Grimm, a Nevermore.
"How could you leave me!?" Weiss yelled.
"I said jump!" Ruby said.
"She's gonna fall" Blake said.
"Please…" AJ said out loud.
"She'll be fine." Ruby said, she seemed pretty sure of that for some reason.
"She's falling." Ren deadpanned.
"Yes!" AJ whispered. Then looked up and saw the sisters and Blake were glaring at him.
As Weiss was falling, Jaune jumped out from a tree and caught her. "Just dropping in." He said. Then realized they were still gonna fall and did just that. Blake saw AJ was already mostly back to normal and walked just a bit slower than normal and it was clear he was heading towards Weiss. 'Oh no.' Blake thought and tried to stop him but he dodged her grabs and kept walking, she couldn't see his face as she was always behind him and his hood had been pulled further down so it cast a shadow. He finally reached Jaune and Weiss who had just stood up. Weiss looked at him and froze, Blake feared what was about to happen. Then he walked by her and looked at Jaune…
"JUST DROPPING IN!? ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS!?" Everyone but Jaune breathed a sigh of relief. AJ didn't actually say anymore, he just walked back to the group and Weiss, Blake, and Jaune joined him. Just in time to see Pyrrha get knocked over to the temple as a gift from the Deathstalker, not really, but she did get hit.
"Great! The gangs all here! Now we can die together!" Yang said.
"Not if I can help it." Ruby said before charging the Deathstalker.
"Ruby wait!" Yang yelled. "Ruby don't!" AJ yelled
Ruby shot her scythe and charged only to be knocked back by the Grimm's pincers. "D-don't worry! Totally fine!" Ruby yelled towards the group before firing her scythe, the bullets bouncing harmlessly off, and running away.
"Hey, AJ don't suppose you can use those awesome powers on that thing!?" Yang asked.
"No I did that in a blind rage I have no control over those powers." AJ said regretting that he can't help. Yang, seeing Ruby running towards them, ran to help her. "Ruby!" She yelled. The nevermore that Weiss and Ruby had used for a ride, flew by again and, with a screech, flapped its wings once hard and a hail of giant feathers rained down and one pinned Ruby be her cloak and a few others stopped in front of Yang, stopping her in her tracks. She called out to Ruby again.
"Ruby! Get out of there!"
"I'm trying!" Ruby yelled as she pulled hopelessly on her cloak, then looked up and saw the stinger of the Deathstalker about to hit her.
'NO!' AJ thought and his bow appeared again. Unlike anything else he created, this bow was really easy to form, the chains however, that tired him out like nothing else could. He can't just create things at will, well actually he can, but it really weakens him if he does. He let loose the arrow and he appeared between Ruby and the stinger but since he was in midair he had no leverage to block and was knocked down next to Ruby and the stinger struck again. They both closed their eyes and waited but instead heard Weiss. "You are so childish!"
They both opened their eyes and saw a wall of ice trapping the stinger and the Deathstalker. "And dimwitted, and hyperactive, and don't even get me started on your fighting style Ruby! And I suppose, I can be a bit…" Ruby braced and AJ raised an eyebrow. "Difficult. But if we are going to do this, we're going to have to do this together. So if you quit trying to show off, I'll be… nicer." AJ found great relief in this. Weiss is capable of being nice! Knowing this, he can safely say 'she doesn't need to die! Still is a brat but not just a brat. What was the phrase? Tsundere or something like that? She's probably like that!'
"I'm not trying to show off. I want you to know I can do this." Ruby said.
"You're fine." Weiss said before walking back to the group. 'Really? You think she is? Alright, she is definitely bearable now!' AJ looked at Ruby to see how she felt about this. "Normal knees…" Ruby whispered to herself. 'Yep! She's fine.' "Come on Ruby, your sister is worried." AJ motioned for her to follow.
They turned to walk over and saw Yang already running to them and she gave Ruby a tight hug. "I'm so happy you're ok!" She said. Then looked at AJ and gave him a crushing hug as well. "Thank you for saving my little sis!" "No….problem….air though…..would be nice…" he said unable to breathe. Yang released him. They joined up with the group at the temple.
"Guys," Jaune said pointing at the sky. "That thing is circling back. What are we gonna do?"
"Look, there's no sense in dillydallying. Our objective is right in front of us." Weiss said pointing at the temple and the chess pieces.
"She's right." Ruby said. "Our mission is to grab an artifact and make it back to the cliffs. There's no point in fighting these things."
"Run and live. That's an idea I can get behind." Jaune said. He, Ruby, and AJ all went up to get a chess piece. 'Is there even a piece for me? Ozpin would have thought about this and left a piece for me right?' AJ eventually found a King piece that was painted grey. 'Odd, but probably what I'm supposed to grab.' He took the piece and joined the others. Ren saw the ice was cracking because of the Deathstalker's struggle. "Time we left!" "Let's go!" Ruby said and took the lead.
They eventually made it to the ruins in front of the cliff. There was a large drop between the group of nine and the cliff. Part of the ruins was a large bridge that allowed them to cross, their only way to cross. When you make it across the bridge there is a large spire, the Nevermore landed on said spire, blocking off the group from crossing the bridge. It cawed down at the group which took cover in the ruins.
"Well THAT'S great!" Yang said sarcastically. The group heard noise behind them and saw the Deathstalker slam through the trees, now forcing them towards the Nevermore.
"Oh man run!" Jaune called out. "It's our only choice! Forward! Towards the Nevermore!" AJ called out as well. "Nora distract it!" Ren said, pointing at the Nevermore before joining everyone else in running away from the Deathstalker.
Nora ran out in the middle of the field and the Nevermore took flight, firing a barrage of feathers at Nora who easily jumped through before pulling out a grenade launcher and firing off her grenades which hit the bird Grimm in the face before it could fire another volley, forcing it to leave and circle back. The Deathstalker was right on top of Nora but Ren and Blake came in and blocked the attack while Weiss used a glyph to get her and Nora away.
Everyone was now running across the bridge. "Nice! The Deathstalker is too big to cross!" AJ called looking over his shoulder at said Grimm. He looked forward again just in time to see the Nevermore slam into the bridge destroying it. The group was now separated. Weiss, Ruby, Yang, Jaune, AJ, and Nora had been sent across. Blake, Ren, and Pyrrha were sent back to the Deathstalker, leaving one direction to go that didn't include falling, the big scorpion. The forward group was shooting at the Nevermore, except for Jaune, AJ, and Nora, who were looking at the back group.
"Six on this side, three on the other, not good." AJ said. "Ya! They need our help!" Jaune said. "Let's do this!" Nora said. "Uh, ya. I can't make that jump…" Jaune said concerned. "I could throw you." AJ suggested but was cut off by Nora mecha-shifting her weapon into a war hammer and knocking Jaune back. She jumped forward and spun around, facing them. AJ realized she was giving them a catapult like throw with Nora slamming the end of the bridge down causing their side to go flying up. AJ jumped up just as the ground him and Jaune stood on suddenly shot up, launching Jaune towards the back group, Nora fired a shot from her hammer which sent her flying with Jaune, but much more gracefully. She went right over Ren and hit the Deathstalker right on the head, it wasn't fazed, so she fired a shot from her hammer, which actually effected it and knocked it's head into the ground, didn't effect it enough because it still struck out with its stinger at Nora, who blocked it with her hammer but it knocked her into Blake and Blake fell off. AJ looked at her as she fell but saw her use her ribbon-attached weapon to get back and she landed on the Nevermore so he went and joined Weiss, Ruby, and Yang on the spire.
"It's tougher than it looks." Blake said when she finally landed next to them.
"Then let's hit it with everything we got!" Yang said reloading her gauntlets.
Weiss began firing white magic missiles, Blake fired her little pistol, Yang fired gauntlets, AJ fired Energy blasts and Ruby fired her Scythe-Gun. The Nevermore continued to fly right at them, many of their shots missed with how far away it was and the few that hit weren't strong enough. It eventually reached them and slammed into the spire destroying it. AJ pulled out his bow and shot it upward and landed on what was left of the tower, Yang joined him, and the others were at the foot of the broken spire.
"None of this is working!" Weiss said. Ruby was looking around and saw Blake using her ribbon and finally land nearby, Yang and AJ were on the broken spike firing at the Nevermore, oddly their shots were the same in fire rate, in size, the only difference you could really see was the way they fired, and the color of the shot. "I have an idea! Cover me!" Ruby said.
AJ and Yang clearly did nothing as they fired and tried to figure out a way to hurt this thing, Yang kept shooting at it. He thought he was hearing music and it was hard to focus, he heard Nora yell "REN!" and he turned and saw Ren get thrown away from the Deathstalker and hit a wall hard. It appeared Pyrrha's weapon was in one of the eyes of the Grimm and the stinger seemed only partly attached. Jaune apparently noticed this and called it out. Pyrrha threw her shield and it cut off the stinger which fell on the Grimm's head and stabbed it, its thick armor kept it from going in deep and he saw Nora jump on Pyrrha's shield which had somehow bounced back to her. She fired a shot from her hammer into the shield and Pyrrha jumped, sending Nora high into the air and she shot her hammer to go flying back down and drive the stinger deep into the Deathstalker, for good measure she fired off another shot and the force broke the bridge and sent Jaune and Pyrrha over the Grimm and Nora landed next to them, Ren walked back over to them and then passed out.
Couldn't take it couldn't stand another minute
'Now there are voices along with the music, great.'
Couldn't bear another day without you in it
All the joy that I had known for all my life
Was stripped away from me the minute that you died.
AJ looked back at Yang and saw the Nevermore charging again and him and Yang jumped up to meet it.
To have you in my life was all I ever wanted
But now without you I'm a soul forever haunted
Can't help but feel that I had taken you for granted
There's no way in hell that I could ever comprehend this
Yang kept the beak open and fired into it, while AJ was hit by the wing and was send flying all the way to Jaune's group.
I wasn't dreaming when they told me you were gone
I was wide awake and feeling that they had to be wrong
AJ landed and stood up quickly, he saw the Nevermore slam into the cliff. The song made it hard to focus.
How could you leave me when you swore that you would stay?
Now I'm trapped inside a nightmare every single f-ing day
AJ found that he was now quietly singing the song out loud and he put his right hand to his head because it hurt. Jaune was talking to him and asking if he was ok but he couldn't hear it.
It's like a movie but there's not a happy ending
Every scene fades black and there no pretending
The nevermore tried to take off but Weiss used ice and pinned it by its tail.
This little fairy tale doesn't seem to end well
There's no Knight in shining armor that will wake me from my spell
I know you didn't plan this
Weiss went back to the group.
You tried to do what's right
But in the middle of this madness
I'm the one
I'm the one
I'm the one
You left to win this fight
AJ put both hands to his head and fell to his knees. He suddenly found he was on a cliff, there was snow everywhere and there was what appeared to be some gravestone. The name was covered in snow but he could see the quote under it. "Thus kindly I scatter." Then everything went black. He eventually got back up and was actively singing the song. Not quietly at all and Jaune's group wondered what was wrong with him.
Red Like Roses
Blake got on one pillar and threw her ribbon to another. AJ jumped across the gap to the group and kept running.
Fills my head with dreams
Yang at the other pillar, caught the ribbon and tied it around her pillar. AJ ran between the two pillars.
And finds me
Ruby jumped on her scythe and used the ribbon as a slingshot that Weiss pulled back with a Glyph.
Always closer
Ruby looked to her left and saw AJ just standing there looking at the Nevermore and singing a song she knew all too well.
The nevermore broke out of the ice and began to take off so Weiss shot the slingshot and Ruby went flying towards it.
To the emptiness and sadness AJ created eight glyphs in Ruby's path.
That she hit the first glyph and it shattered and she sped up.
Has same with the second
Come the third, even faster
To the forth
Take fifth
The sixth
Place seventh, little more than a red blur
Of the last, she almost disappears from sight.
YOU! Her scythe goes through the neck like butter.
She slows down, becoming visible again on the other side of the Grimm who just lost its head.
Weiss creates glyphs for Ruby to come back down and when Ruby finally joins them they see
AJ pass out.
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PS: The fanfics I'm following still haven't updated what the hell?
PPS: Alright, ONE updated! Yay….