Chapter 7: Ceremonia
Beacon Infirmary
John slowly opened his eyes and he was met with blinding white. He winced a bit and he slowly got up from his bed, but he was quickly tackled back down by a red and black blur.
"Johnyou'reawakeIwassoworriedaboutyouyoujustblackedoutaftertheNevermorefight!" Ruby blurted out.
"Owowow! Okay, could you get off me for a moment? Everything still hurts." John groaned.
"Sorry!"
"It's alright, you didn't know."
Then the door opened and Professor Ozpin walked in. "Ruby, could you leave for a moment, I have to talk to John for a moment." he said.
"Okay, professor." she said, giving John a worried glance.
Once she left, Ozpin sat down on a chair beside John's bed. "First of all, I would like to congratulate you on retrieving the relics for your team. The ceremony will begin later and you are welcome to join if you are feeling better."
"Thank you, professor. I feel better now and I will go later."
"Secondly, it is about your unique Semblance. The records show nothing about a Semblance that allows people to turn into Grimm. But I did find an old manuscript in one of Beacon's Vaults that mentions about 'Grimm Shifters' several times and how they protected humanity for a while, but they disappeared a while after."
"Ivar said the same thing. He said that the legend was passed down in his family from generation to generation."
"Do you have any idea as to how you got this?" Ozpin asked.
"Yes. But do not tell this to anyone." John said and Ozpin nodded.
Burning Village
It was when I was a child. Grimm attacked our village and my family was running away while the Huntsmen stationed at our village were holding them off, but they were slowly being cut down. We were almost outside of the gates, but an Ursa Major blocked the path as it ate a person whole. The Huntsman guarding the gate was dead, his left arm was gone and a large pool of blood formed around him. Then, the Ursa turned to face us.
"John! Run!" my mother screamed as she let me down and I ran to hide under a porch.
The Ursa slowly moved forward and my parents were paralyzed with fear, but suddenly a Huntsman jumped off a building and stabbed it in the shoulder. It started thrashing around, but the man held on.
"Run!" he shouted.
My parents and I ran forward, but a pair of Beowolves jumped off the wall and onto my parents and tackled my parents to the ground biting their heads off.
The sight of my parents killed caused something to snap. I screamed so loud that I transformed into an Alpha Beowulf and pounced on the one that killed my mother clawing at its eyes, blinding it. I then dashed towards the one with my father's blood still on its teeth and bit it in the neck, killing it. The other one tried to rush at me from the sound of its brethren being killed.
I dodged out of the way and smacked its back into the ground and dug my claws into its back ending its life. The Ursa Major succeeded in killing the Huntsman earlier resulting in the man's torso being ripped in half. I ran forward and tackled it to the ground, clawing and scratching at its head.
When I was finished all that was left was a bloody mess. I howled in anger at the loss of my parents and the village then I morphed back and blacked out.
Back in the infirmary
"And that's the whole story." John finished.
"Interesting..." Ozpin muttered, "Well I'll leave you now. The ceremony starts at twelve o' clock."
"Okay, professor." John said as he exited the room and Ruby came back in.
"What did you talk about?" she asked.
"He congratulated me and asked me how I got my Semblance. The latter brought up bad memories that I need to forget."
"Oh. I'm sorry,"
"It's fine, you weren't there."
"Well, there's still a few hours until the ceremony. Can I stay here with you?" she asked blushing a bit.
"S-sure." John blushed.
She sat down on the chair and moved closer to John. "Um. R-Ruby, what are you doing?" John asked.
"Shh shh." She said putting a finger to his lips as she inched closer and put her arms around him and put her head on his chest.
"This is nice." She murmured.
John put his arm on her back and cuddled her as well. Unbeknownst to them Yang, Blake, and Weiss were peeking through the door and Yang took a picture of them on the bed.
"Dad is sooo gonna wanna see this~" she said taking a lot of photos.
"Lucky dolt." Weiss muttered.
Meanwhile, Blake was imagining some hot, steamy s[CENSORED] with [CENSORED] and [CENSORED].
Auditorium
"Russel Thrush, Cardin Winchester, Dove Bronzewing and Sky Lark. The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day forward you will work together as Team CRDL. Led by Cardin Winchester." Ozpin announced and the people clapped their hands politely as they got off the stage.
Next, were Jaune, Ren, Pyrrha, and Nora. "Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, Pyrrha Nikos and Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward you will work together as Team JNPR. Led by Jaune Arc." Jaune was shocked and Pyrrah gave him a playful punch in the shoulder causing him to fall down.
Then, Ruby, Yang, Blake, and Weiss went up the stage. "Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee and Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward you will work together as Team RWBY. Led by Ruby Rose." Yang hugged Ruby.
"Yeah! You go, Ruby!" John cheered.
Finally, John, Ivar, Daiki, and Adam walked onto the stage. "Finally, we have John Quinton, Adam Warden, Ivar Bjorn and Daiki Tokugawa. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward you will work together as Team JAID. Led by John Quinton." Ivar hit him in the back causing John to nearly fall over, while Ruby cheered for him with her team.
"Looks like things are shaping up to be an interesting year." Ozpin said as the people in the ballroom were all cheering.
Unbeknownst to all of them, secret plans were being forged by the White Fang with the help of Roman Torchwick to invade Vale.
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