Special Chapter: Dean Villiers - The Man of A Thousand Crimes

Life was not very easy for this kid. Between his parents abandoning him at birth, being adopted by an abusive and alcoholic man, and being harassed by many men affiliated with his adopted father, he was bound to become a ruthless criminal/killer working for not only the White Fang by force, but for Cinder fall herself. What a life for Dean Villiers Where do we start? The beginning, of course.

Born to a teenage girl, who was raped by her own teacher, Dean was sadly brought to an orphanage by his mother. As she left him on the doorstep of the building in a basket, all she left with him was a letter she wrote for him when he was of right age and a silver cross with a silver star in the center.

That was only the beginning. As the child grew up, he watched many of the other children in the orphanage were adopted into other families while he could only watch. No one wanted him. But that wasn't until when he was 7 years old, when a man, who looked to be in his late 40s, stumbled into the building and adopted him. You'd think that his would become a very happy and bright one, right? Well, it became the complete opposite.

What really transpired for the young boy was horrible for anyone to endure. For the next 10 years, Dean suffered a lot from his adopted father. He would often be beaten for something ridiculous, have his money be taken by the man just so he could buy alcohol, and what's even worse, Dean was forced to pay off debts the man owed to other cruel people. If he couldn't pay them back, then he would be beaten up as well.

His life had become a living hell. But his life was starting to get better when he met a young girl in his neighborhood. Someone who was very nice to him. Someone who was there when he needed his wounds to be healed. A girl named Madison. The two first met at a young age when Dean was beaten up by his father's friends and left there on the street of his neighborhood. She brought him to her house and tended to his injuries using a first aid kit her mother owned.

"Thank you so much.", Dean said to her after staring at his patched up wounds. Madison would then smile as she sat down next to him on the couch. "You're welcome. My mom and dad always tells me to help out anyone that's hurt." She would then pat him on the head, which made the 7-year-old blush.

Over the next 10 years, the new friends would be inseparable. Dean and Madison attended combat school and Signal Academy together. They both shared the same dream of becoming a Huntsman and Huntress and they both wanted to achieve it together. During that time, they started falling in love with each other. But who would of known that love would come to an end with a single knife to the stomach?

On the night of their graduation from Signal, Dean and Madison were on their way to her house to prepare for the next day that was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives. But that day would never come. You see, just as they were about to walk inside her house, Dean's 'father' approached them after getting out of his car which he had just parked. "Dean. I need you to give me some money now."

Dean ended up sighing as he looked at the man. What he seemed to notice from him was that he reeked of alcohol. So he figured what he needed some money for. "Richard, I don't have any money at the moment. And can we talk about this some other time please?" Richard ended up chuckling after hearing the boy and, from behind his back, withdrew a knife. He grabbed Dean by the collar of his shirt and held it up to his neck. "I won't take no for an answer, boy. You will do as a say. Now give me your money now. I don't care if you're friend is watching, I will slit your throat if you don't hand it over."

Madison, wanting to protect her longtime friend, jumped onto Richard's back and tried to grab the knife from him. Richard had to let go Dean to try and pry the girl off him. What transpired next would haunt Dean for the rest of his life. "Out of my way, bitch!" Richard was able to throw the girl onto the ground and drove the knife he had into her stomach. Dean, laying on the ground with his hand on his neck, saw the scene in front of him and was in complete shock. "NOOOO!" After withdrawing the knife from her, Richard walked back to Dean to try and get what he wanted.

"The money. Now." That was when tears began to roll from the spiky redheaded man's eyes and down now face. Dean rose up on his feet with his hands over his face while Richard stared at him. "Why...? Why would you hurt Madison...?!" Richard had an unhappy look on his face. "Shut up! She's nothing but a stupid bitch! The mistake I ever made was letting you hang out with her!" Something eventually snapped. Removing his hands from his face and revealing an angry look he now had, Dean dashed at the man and tackled him with an insane amount of force anyone could give.

Pinning him to the ground on his back, Dean began unleashing a barrage of powerful punches to Richard's face until blood was seen on both his face and Dean's fist. All he could do now was lay there on the ground coughing in pain. After what just happened, Dean was quick to run to Madison's side and hold her in his arms. She had already lost a lot of blood from the wound given to her. "Hang in there. You're going to make it." Madison, weak from the blood loss, looked up at him and slowly placed her now bloodied hand on his cheek. "No...I won't...I'm not able to activate my Aura..."

Tears began to roll down his face once again. He wanted to help her in any way possible, but couldn't figure out what to do. "P-Please...Madison..." Madison was able to give him a weak smile while her hand remained where it was. "Dean...don't be sad...I wanted to protect you...so I did...after all...I do love you..." Just as she uttered those last words, her hand slipped off his cheek and slumped to the ground, leaving a trail of her blood on his face. She was now dead.

Dean began to cry loud at the loss of his only friend, the one who stayed by his side for 10 years, the one who helped him with anything Richard ever did to him. The one he fell in love with. Now she was gone, leaving him all alone. It wasn't long until sirens could be heard in the distance. Not wanting to face the police and be blamed for Madison's murder, Dean was forced to flee the scene. "Goodbye, Madison...I love you..."

What had went through his mind after that was why he didn't finish off Richard after that. Was it because he wanted the man in prison for his crimes? Or was it because he wanted to leave him with a warning? He himself didn't know the answer. All that mattered now was running away from that neighborhood as fast as he could.

How long has it been since Madison's death? A month? Two months? At this point, it didn't really matter. But what did matter was that Richard was never arrested, but hospitalized because the authorities believed that he was a victim, not the suspect. This angered Dean for a very long time. He believed that the law didn't care about what really happened. Dean, now with spikier red hair with white streaks, wearing black military like clothing with a black trench coat a shotgun strapped to his back, was sitting in an abandoned apartment building eating a cheeseburger while watching the news on a small TV.

"In other news, the death of Marcus Black and the destruction of his home has yet to be explained, as well as the disappearance of his son, Mercury Black. It is believed that the White Fang had lynched him and abducted his son. The investigation has yet to be closed and will continue to-" That was when Dean turned off the TV with the remote and finished his food before hearing a large crash from downstairs.

Grabbing his shotgun, he made his way to the second floor and began to look around for where the sound was heard. Opening the door to one room and pointing his weapon inside, he saw that there was nothing there aside from a bookshelf that was now broken. Dean lowered his weapon while staring inside. "Huh. Must have broken on its own." Just as he was about to walk away, he was met by a green-haired girl, who held up one of her blades to his neck. Dean stood still as he looked down at her.

"Who are you?", he questioned. The girl didn't answer him. Just then, teenage boy with grey hair and wearing black and grey clothing and armor walked over and stood next to him. "This the guy?" The green-haired girl shrugged lightly while keeping her weapon where it was. "Looks like it."

"What do you two want with me?", Dean asked the two. That was when a woman with long black hair, wearing a red dress and what appeared to be glass slippers, approached the trio with a smile on her face. "There's no need to resort to violence, you two." Dean was now confused as he looked at the woman. "And who are you?" The woman chuckled as she had the girl remove her weapon from his neck. "You ask a lot of questions. My name is Cinder. These two are named Emerald and Mercury." Hearing that last name, Dean stared up at Mercury and quirked an eyebrow. "You're Mercury? The news said that you disappeared."

Mercury chuckled after hearing about his reputation. "Well, I didn't. I've been here with these two." Dean would then placed his shotgun back on his back. "I can see that." Cinder examined the redhead while keeping her smile. "What's your name?"

"Dean."

Emerald's eyes widened upon hearing his name. "Dean? As in Dean Villiers?" Dean then nodded to the girl. "Yeah. why do you ask?", he questioned. "Locals have talked about you disappearing after the death of some girl 3 months ago." Suddenly, a crashing sound was heard for Dean had struck the wall right next to him, leaving a rather large hole in it. "Don't ever speak of it." Mercury ended up whistling after seeing how strong Dean was.

Soon, Cinder stood there right in front of him and placed a hand right there on his shoulder. "Something like that must of been very hard on you. What if I told you that you could get your revenge on not only the very person who ruined your life, but also the very people who did nothing to help you?" At that very moment, he seemed very interested in her offer. Getting revenge on the man who killed his friend and the people who let him go free? How could he say no to that? "I'm listening."

"Join us and we can help you accomplish that goal." Eventually, Dean gave her a slow nod. He was willing to join their new team to get what he wanted. This made Cinder smirk evilly. Her plans were now at work.

There you guys go! Now you all know who Dean is and why he became part of Cinders's team! I hope I didn't make the backstory too dark for you guys. I had to make it very detailed in order for you guys to better understand it.

RWBY Fact!

The famous quote by Weiss, "It's a combat skirt!", was recited in the third episode of the Rooster Teeth miniseries Ten Little Roosters by Miles Luna after Ryan Haywood questioned him about wearing Ruby's outfit.

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