HAPPY HALLOWEEN! OR MORE LIKE HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH!
Authors Note: With that out of my system, hello my Dark Readers and welcome to "Derelicts in Black". Now this is not a chapter but more of a side short story in the spirit of HALLOWEEN! The reason I'm reposting this up again is because 1. Its Friday the 13th, it only makes sense to do so and 2. I have a second Halloween Special coming the end of the month! :D. I'm sorry there isn't a real chapter but Halloween is my favorite holiday and October is my favorite month so I hope you understand!
(Even if the enthusiasm has died down over the years :/) But it remains high for me!
Well then that's all I had to say. This story may be a bit different from the other specials in terms of events but let's just say you all get a sneak peek into the future. So, get ready because it's time to begin the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY; all rights go to the Legendary Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth. I do not also own any of the music that will be shown in the story.
Short Story: Happy Halloween
(One month after Beacon's initiation)
'It's finally here.' Thought Ruby. The most wonderful time of the year has arrived. 'This is going to be grand.'
She had been standing on the freshmen dormitory's roof for quite some time now, enjoying the cool wind rushing through her hair. She marveled at all the different colored trees around the dorms. It looked beautiful and she was glad the sun was setting. She hated the sun.
The night was her domain, her realm, and it was almost upon her. And making things better, there will be a full moon tonight. A perfect fitting for the night of Halloween.
Though Ruby was a girl with little emotion, today they were swelling with happiness over her favorite holiday arriving. She loved everything down to the core; from its origins, traditions, and aesthetics to its legends and superstition.
As a kid, she enjoyed reading books on the holiday and learning all kinds of stories about the unknown and macaw. Her mother was the reason for that, it was her favorite holiday too.
Ruby smiled sadly but pushed the thoughts away. She shouldn't think woe on this day. Instead, she thought of the superstition and terror coming together when their boundaries are at their weakest on all; Hallows Eve.
Ruby shivered happily. 'This is going to be delightful.'
Especially with what she had planned.
After a few minutes pondering, Ruby decided it was best to leave the rooftop and head back her dorm. Scanning the key card, she heard the satisfying click and entered. No one was inside.
She then glanced at the clock, it was four in the afternoon. The others were still resuming their objectives and if all goes well, their plan will take place a few hours from now.
With some time on her hands, Ruby walked over to several large bookcases her team bought a while ago and picked out the last book of her Grimm Reaper series. She was finally so close to completing it and eagerly took the book to her bed.
With quick fingers, she climbed up and flipped to the last page she bookmarked and began reading.
A couple hours have passed as Ruby had still not taken her eyes off the pages. She was far too deep into the story.
"Lux… can you answer something truthfully?" Desirae asked. Her nervousness started to return as she quickly resisted the urge to shake.
"Of course," Lux replied, with the gentleness of tones. "What troubles you?"
Inhaling a deep breath, the young raven-haired girl locked eyes with Lux. "You once said… a reaper's life revolves around reaping the creatura and preserving a balance to the world, right?"
The golden-haired boy slowly nodded. He remembers saying that around the time he met Desirae and her brother. His eyes immediately fell to the ground when remembering that. It was a long time ago.
"Then…" continued Desirae, "Does that mean that you… and the others, expect to… to…" She couldn't bring herself to finish that sentence. Her throat felt as if it was being strangled and she went mute.
"Die in battle?" Lux suddenly guessed as he glanced back up at her.
Releasing a breath, she didn't recount holding, Desirae nodded. Lux smiled sadly and turned towards the vast ocean painted orange and red from the sunset.
There was a sudden closing sound that Ruby ignored.
The questioned lingered in the air for several seconds. He thought of a thousand ways he could have answered her. But they all sounded like a thousand lies, and excuses.
The question was heavy but not unfamiliar to him or the others. After all, being a reaper, death was always on your mind.
With a sharp exhale, Lux turned back to Desirae and she could see his bright yellow eyes glinted with sadness. "To answer you plain and simple… yes, I do. We most likely will too."
"Hey."
Desirae's eyes slightly widened but quickly reverted to normal. She turned away, letting her hair fall over her eyes. She did not like the answer.
"As reapers we are automatically alighted in a life of combat." Lux continued gently. He gripped the snath of his scythe and slowly caressed the curved blade.
"That is an unchangeable fate that we have come to accept. It's sort of like… destiny. And I know how much you hate destiny." Lux gave his best attempts at a cheeky grin.
But he can see from the frown on Desirae's lips that it would be fruitless to try and make her laugh now. He sighed and stared down at his reflection on the scythe's blade. Even he can see how saddened he looked.
So instead of pretending, he decided to just be honest. "Look Des… despite how it sounds… I do not believe this is a bad fate." He received a small reaction as his friend slightly turned. "The Messorian reapers were valued guardians who defended humanity for thousands of years. The Scythian reapers were the first generation to combat the creatura, and bring balance to order. Each generation before us, fought hard and gave the ultimate sacrifice with honor. It only makes sense that us, New reapers, should do the same."
Lux smiled again, this time softly. He couldn't see Desirae's eyes and didn't know her reaction. He took a second to sigh and then turned back towards the ocean.
"When the time comes for death to take us, we will face it head on. But not until this is all over. And do not worry, when this war finally ends, you and your brother will once again return to your mundane human lives. I know you two wanted that for so long. And I'm sorry for having you two involved in this." Lux sincerely meant what he said. "We never intended to drag you into our fight. So, rest assured, we are doing this for you and every other human-"
"You're wrong!" Desirae suddenly exclaimed and stood up.
Lux jumped, slightly startled and glanced at his raven-haired friend with widened eyes. She was towering over him with her original dark eyes turning blood red.
"You think we can ever go back to normal?!" She screamed. "You think we can just… forget the things we've done?! Unsee the things we've seen?!" Her tone was rising higher and higher as she clenched her hands into fists. "Don't you dare say our lives will go back to normal, cause they never will!"
"Ruby?"
Lux felt grief in hearing the pain in Desirae's voice. But he especially felt it when he saw tears forming around her eyes.
"And you know what? I… I…" She choked back a sob. "I don't want them to!" She cried. "Before I met all of you, it was just my brother, Thorne and myself."
She lowered her voice as her head hung low. "We didn't have many friends and we rarely went out to do normal teenage things. But since meeting all of you, it feels like I made friendships that will last an eternity. And although the adventures are dangerous, I smile. Though the possibility of death is high, I laugh. And although we don't know our fate when this war is over, I never want to leave you guys."
Desirae started shaking and hugged her arms tightly. "For the first time in a long time, I finally know what it feels like to be a part of a wholesome family. And I know Mordecai feels the same way. So, whether you like it or not, Mordecai and I see you as our family. And we have one rule around that," She now locked her tear stained eyes with Lux's. "never abandon family!" She screamed.
"Little Red?!"
With a heavy and annoyed sigh, Ruby glanced up from her book and locked eyes with the one who interrupted her; Adam, who was currently poking her forehead.
"Didn't we establish a law about this?" She mused, swiping his hand away. Both then turned to the piece of paper they stuck on the wall.
#15: No bothering when reading.
Adam turned back to Ruby and shrugged. "Well, considering how I made the list; I declare: Overruled."
Ruby rolled her eyes with slight amusement. "Whatever." She smirked.
"By the way, when did you get back and why were you poking me?" she asked, closing her book.
"Just now. And I wanted to make sure you didn't lose track of time before our plan."
Ruby scoffed. "As if I would jeopardize a plan I came up with."
Adam smirked. "Whatever you say." He then briefly scanned the room in an alert manner and leaned closer to Ruby. "Blake just texted me. Everything is set in place."
The atmosphere became serious as Ruby nodded with narrowed eyes and placed her book on her night stand with the bookmark in place. "And Ren?"
"He got everything on his list and is coming back now."
"Perfect." Declared Ruby.
She walked passed Adam towards the window with the Faunus boy following. The two gazed down at all the students walking around the dorm grounds. Some were already in several Halloween costumes and chatting about with tons of laughter and smiles.
Ruby placed her arms behind her back and smiled sinisterly. "This is going to be… brutal."
Adam nodded and crossed his arms. "I can't wait. You are one wicked girl little red." He chuckled.
"I know." She agreed. "Halloween brings this out of me every year."
"You know if we get caught we could get expelled." Adam pointed out.
Ruby scoffed at that. "We won't. Not if we stay in the shadows and play our parts." She turned to Adam. "Have you been practicing?" she asked, he nodded.
"We all have. It's taking some getting used to but we have it for the most part. How did you discover it?"
"That remains a secret." Ruby taunted which annoyed the Faunus.
Before replying, a few beeps erupted from Adam's scroll.
"Blake and Ren are downstairs. They request that we go down to the main lobby and help with the stuff."
"Very well, come on Adam." Ruby beckoned and smiled. "Tonight, the children of the night shall play on this spiritual holiday."
With a nod, Adam followed his team leader out the door with a modicum of excitement.
A few hours later, the night was now upon Beacon Academy with the luminous beauty of the full moon already high in the sky.
Hundreds of students, all dressed in countless different costumes, were already mingling both inside and out the Academy. The headmaster had allowed the dining hall and ball room to be a place to social gather with sweets, decorations, and music to make a festive night.
However, for one group of hunters in training, their Halloween night wasn't on the school yards, but rather in the forest in search of a "GREAT HALLOWEEN BALL", one of them learned from a flyer under her door.
Already dressed in their costumes, Yang, a sexy police officer, led Weiss, dressed in an elegant white and blue dress that belonged to a princess in a movie, Jaune, a superhero, Pyrrha, dressed in a red witch outfit with a broomstick, Neo, a vampire, Nora, a pirate, and the Malachite sisters, Melanie and Miltiades both being a sexy devil and angel, in that order, with a large map in hand.
"Alright so we're here… so then it should be- no wait that's not right… wait yes, it is!"
Weiss was beyond irritated. It was one thing that Yang dragged her and the others out to find this so called, "Halloween Ball", but the idiot had been muttering to herself the entire time trying to find it.
It was entirely suspicious that she somehow came across this flyer under her door, especially if it was taking place in the forest! But Yang, being stubbornly confident, told her to, "chill out" and "to live a little".
'The nerve of that girl!' Weiss thought. She was more than capable of "living it up"! Perhaps it would have been enjoyable if Yang was able to get team RBTR to come. Weiss blushed. She didn't care too much for that Blake girl or the Faunus, but if Ren and Ruby were there...
She shook her head. It didn't matter. They were already gone when Yang broke into their room and couldn't find them anywhere. But because of that stunt, they got in major trouble when the dorm advisor saw them break in and had called security and some of the teachers for assistants. The girls were scolded and given extra homework by Professor Goodwitch while she fixed the door and the security pad was quickly repaired with a stronger lock.
So now she was wandering the forest with a girl with no sense of direction, besides herself, constantly stopping every five minutes!
"Are you sure you know where you're going Yang?" Weiss asked.
"Of course, I'm sure. I have a map don't I!" The blonde confidently replied. She had been saying that dozens of times now.
It started to annoy Weiss now. "That doesn't mean you know how to use it you dunce! Now give it here!"
"No way, it's my map!"
"I don't care, I said give it!"
Weiss lost her patience and lunged onto Yang in attempt to snatch the map away. However, as she reached around Yang turned and resisted the navigation tool farther away which caused the heiress' face to fall onto Yang's… bosoms.
"Never!" The blonde shouted and didn't even realize that she was being motorboated by the heiress's reddening face.
The situation was looking too bad, and hot, for Jaune to bear. He blushed furiously and looked away, trying to think of "less naughty thoughts."
Pyrrha tried helping and gave him a bottle of water to drink, but he ultimately just tossed the liquid onto his face to cool his fluster.
Neo didn't have a problem with the current "predicament" and quickly took several pictures with her scroll. It would become great blackmail material in the future. 'Both of you will be my bitches.' She thought sinisterly.
Weiss was livid now when she pushed herself off Yang's chest.
"You… I…" She clenched her shaking fist. "I am going to destroy your chest!"
'That's what he said," Neo thought and gave herself a high five.
Yang had a look of terror and quickly covered her bosoms with both arms, "What did I do?!"
"You were born with those things, that's what!"
Taking some time to breath, Jaune quickly recovered and decided enough was enough. He jumped in between Yang and Weiss right before the snow angel was about to lunge.
"Come on guys, let's all calm down and try not to lose our heads." He softly proposed. He offered each girl a warm smile and hope his message got across.
But it only annoyed Weiss as she turned towards the blond boy insulted. "What are you trying to say scraggly? Are you suggesting that I cannot remain calm? Don't you tell me what I can and can't feel! You never tell a girl that you dunce, it only wiles us up even more!"
The more Weiss yelled, the more Jaune backed away which was useless in doing because Weiss kept closing the gap between them.
Noticing the fear in Jaune's eyes. Pyrrha sighed and slowly got in-between the two.
"Um… I'm sorry Weiss but I believe Jaune only implied that we should travel with ration and not allow the tension to get to us."
Weiss glanced at Pyrrha and couldn't believe an incredible, and beautiful, person such as herself, was defending… him.
But, knowing better than to be argue with the famous Amazonian, Weiss crossed her arms and scoffed."Humph!"
Nora seemed to be ignoring the argument entirely and was too busy jumping around excitedly. "I can't wait to start getting all that delicious candy!" She giggled. "Bringing two big bags was a good idea Neo!"
The silent girl turned and proudly nodded to her partner as she held her own two giant bags tightly in her arms.
The Malachite twins stood at the back of the group, both with bored expressions on their faces. Melanie was getting annoyed with the constant delay of their mobility. If it wasn't the blonde bimbo stopping to rethink her steps, it was the heiress muttering nasty comments on Yang's sense of direction. It was always those two annoying simpletons.
Militia let out a sigh as she turned to her sister. "Are we even near this place yet?" She asked and shivered from a gust of wind. "Ugh! Its freezing out here."
"I don't know Militia. I just hope this party is worth it."
"Well it's always worth it when we show up right?"
Melanie smirked as she nodded. "You got that right. Hey blondie, can we hurry up already?!"
"Yeah! Standing in the middle of the woods is beyond creepy!" Militia added.
"What? I don't have the map!" Jaune retorted as he looked all around him. "At least I don't think so."
"Not you, you blond idiot, the OTHER Blonde idiot! The one with the giant FAT GLANDS on her chest!"
Yang, who smiled until this point turned directly towards Melanie. "Excuse me? What did you say?" she asked as her eyebrow and lip started twitching.
Knowing where this was heading, Pyrrha waved her hands awkwardly with a small smile. "Girls please let's just-"
"You heard me," Melanie responded then smirked. "or is that giant bush on your head clouding your hearing?!"
Yang narrowed her eyes. Making fun of her, self-proclaimed amazing, boobs was one thing, but no one, and she meant, NO ONE, made fun of her dew!
She was going to yell but then had a smug look on her face as she placed her hands on her hips. "Better than having all that make up on you dried up cougar!"
The Malachite twin stopped smirking and growled in anger. "You bitch!" She then grinned sinisterly. "At least my Darling Ren thinks I look better than you!"
Knowing that Ren was a sensitive topic among these girl's, Pyrrha tried to interject quickly.
"Girls please-"
"As if!" but she unfortunately failed again when Weiss now got involved. "I'll have you know Ren deserves someone with class, maturity, and, as unfortunate as it is for you two, he already thinks I am the prettiest."
The fact that the heiress was belittling Melanie had her visibly shaking with rage. "Stay out of this Schnee!"
Militia quickly grabbed her sister before she did something regrettable. "Chill out girl!"
"Yeah seriously," Yang agreed. "And stay the hell away from hot stuff! He's mine and Ruby's!"
"You both can't have him you perverted freak! That's incest!" replied the angered twin.
"Better than you and YOUR sister going for him!"
Militia turned to Yang offended and shocked. While she did think Ren was cute, she would never brake the girl code like that to her sister. Plus, there was Adam and… he knew how to play hard to get. "You better leave me out of this! I already have eyes on- wait... forget what I said!"
Nora suddenly jumped in-between everyone and giggled, "Actually, as Ren's best friend I already know what kind of girl he likes-"
"Stay out of this Nora!" Simultaneously screamed Yang, Weiss and Melanie.
At this point, the white wearing twin had enough. "You know what, let's settle this blondie!"
Yang grinned and cracked her knuckles. "Round two huh? Bring it! Just expect a repeat of last time!"
"Ooo a cat fight! Meow, right Neo?"
The silent girl nodded and had her scroll ready to record it.
'Guy's please!" Jaune begged. "Can't we just-"
"ENOUGH!"
Silence emerged. That voice sent a booming chill down everyone's spine. And all eyes turned to the red head who shouted it.
Pyrrha looked around awkwardly and covered her mouth. She looked just as shocked as everyone else did that there were even some tints of red on her cheeks.
"I'm sorry!" She squealed and hid her face.
This was a complete bewilderment, never had Pyrrha ever raised her voice before. No one even knew she could yell like that. It always was indeed the quiet ones.
"Let's... let's just get going." Yang muttered and everyone nodded with no complain.
"Hey guys! Was it always this foggy here?" Nora asked.
(Music Start: Michael Myers Theme)
Everyone looked around and noticed that Nora was right. It has gotten incredibly foggy.
"Does… this happen at night?" Yang asked as she glanced around.
"Who cares, it's creepy!" Melanie retorted and got closer to her sister. "Let's just keep going!"
The fog was thickening and everyone felt incredibly uncomfortable.
"Umm yeah.." Yang nervously chuckled. "Anyone know which way we were going?" She muttered with embarrassment.
Everyone stared at her with shock.
"WHAT?!"
"YOU WERE LEADING!"
"YOU STUPID BIMBO!"
"DUNCE!"
"OH MAN WE'RE LOST!"
Jaune's eyes darted back and forth and felt a little nervous. Then he heard something and turned to his left.
"Ah! What was that!" he screamed and fell to the floor.
"What was what?" Militia frantically asked.
"I saw something zip passed!"
"Stop joking like that you dunce!" Weiss screamed and instinctively grabbed Yang.
"Oh man, oh man, oh man, we don't even have our weapons!" Jaune cried.
"L-look maybe it was nothing… it could have been the wind!" Pyrrha reasoned until she shrieked and jumped into Jaune's arms.
"What is it?!" Melanie screamed and clutched onto her sister for dear life.
"Something just brushed passed my leg!"
"Oh god, we're gonna die! I don't wanna die! I haven't even kissed a girl yet!" Jaune's legs felt wobbly.
"Shut up you dunce!" Weiss exclaimed. "Why don't you do something useful and go out there and divert whatever it is towards you!"
Jaune violently shook his head. "No way!"
"You're a man aren't you? So, get to it!" Replied the heiress.
"Why don't you do it princess?!" Militia challenged.
"Shut up!"
"Guys we have to do something!" Nora cried. "I haven't even gotten my candy yet!"
"Already on it!" Yang yelled as she distanced herself from the group.
"Hey! Don't leave us here to die you bitch!" Melanie screamed and followed in suit.
"Wait up Mel!"
"Every man for himself!"
"…"
"I refuse to be left behind!"
"Pyrrha you're really heavy! Can you please get off!"
The group started dashing blindly through the fog as they tried to catch up with Yang. But the fog was thickening worse than before and they couldn't even see her form anymore. But what they heard next paralyzed them.
"AHH!"
That was Yang's voice.
They stopped and stared at the direction she ran off too. The Malachite twins held each other shakily while Weiss and Pyrrha gripped each of Jaune's arms tightly. Neo and Nora were looking frantically around until they heard a snap that made everyone shriek. Then an item fell in front of them, Yang's police hat.
"Oh god Yang." Pyrrha muttered as Weiss gritted her teeth.
"That dunce…" she whispered with a hint of sadness, and closed her eyes.
"Oh my god Neo!" Nora called and grabbed her silent friend's shoulders. "They really do start off with the funny comedic ones!" Neo's eyes widened. That meant…
From out of the fog a black whip appeared and suddenly wrapped around Nora's leg as she pushed Neo away.
The orange haired girl shrieked in terror causing everyone to turn and watch with fear as the whipped tugged her to the ground and started dragging her away.
"No! Why do I have to be the second one dead! Can't I at least be in the final three?!" Nora cried as she was dragged further away. She closed her eyes but opened them immediately when she felt her arms being pulled back.
It was Neo who desperately tried pulling back.
"Neo save yourself!" Nora cried. "The captain always goes down with the ship!"
Shaking her head furiously, Neo pulled harder but she didn't have enough strength in her tiny figure. The heels she wore couldn't hold a grip on the dirt either, no matter how hard she sunk them in. But she didn't give up. She tried her hardest to save her friend until she saw Nora smile softly.
"Neo… it's ok! Just live on for me! Remember our dreams! Remember the candy kingdom!" With one final effort, Nora pulled her arms away causing Neo to fall.
The multi-color haired girl stared wide eyes as Nora's form was dragged far enough to be barely visible.
"I regret nothing! Wait, I take that back, tell Ren t- ahhhhh!"
Everyone jumped when they heard Nora's final scream before falling silent. Immediately after, they heard a thud fall behind them and looked down.
It was Nora's pirate hat.
Neo instantly grabbed it and cradled it in her arms. That was until she felt something wrap around her leg and was on the ground shortly after.
"Neo!" Jaune cried and tried to help her but was pulled back by Weiss.
"You can't help her now you dunce!"
"Screw this come on Mel! Every man for themselves!" Militia cried and dragged her twin away from the group and into the fog.
"What?! Mil we can't-"
"Shut up and come on!"
"You idiots come back!" Weiss begged.
But it was no use, they were gone and the heiress was going to shout until she was beaten to it.
"AAAHHHHHH"
"MEL! NO STOP- AHHHH!"
Pyrrha cupped her mouth as she tried to hold Jaune back from doing something stupid.
Neo, on the other hand, wasn't doing any better. She struggled and struggled but couldn't break free. She then reached around and pulled her notebook out and quickly flipped to an empty page. She jotted down, as fast as she could, whatever she wanted to write then felt a harder tug pull her away from the group as they now faded from sight. The last thing she saw was her note book before seeing nothing but black.
"No!" Jaune broke out of both girl's grasp and picked up the little notebook. He brushed some leaves off the page and quickly read what Neo worked so hard to write.
"I thought the quiet ones survived killer movies! T-T! This suc~~~~~~~~"
"Neo…" Jaune muttered and gripped her notebook tighter.
"Jaune get over here now!" Weiss screamed frantically.
"Yes, please Jaune hurry!" Pyrrha cried and extended a hand to try and grab Jaune but she squealed in fright as the dreaded black whip wrapped around her arm and started pulling.
"Release me!" Pyrrha squirmed hard but it seemed even with her strength the whip was stronger and easily able to pull up. Weiss tried to pull Pyrrha back down but was instantly knocked down by something. She screamed and frantically looked around. The Amazonian was already being lifted off the ground when Jaune rushed towards her.
"Pyrrha!" he jumped and grabbed a hold of her legs and dug the soles of his shoes into the dirt. "Weiss what are you waiting for? Help me!" He screamed in a state of panic.
Slightly in shock she shook her head and tried to stand up but that force came back and knocked her down again. "Something keeps knocking me down!" she cried. She didn't even realize that Pyrrha and Jaune were already gone from her sight. She looked all over and couldn't see them anywhere.
"J-Jaune?! Pyrrha?!" she called.
"NO DON'T- AHHHH!"
Weiss trembled at the sound of Jaune's scream. Her breathing intensified, her heart raced, she felt like throwing up, and didn't know what to do. Her team was gone; the others were gone, everyone was gone.
She wanted to scream, cry, huddle in a ball, anything. She had failed to keep those who relied on her alive. She failed to do anything except complain and shout. She let everyone die because of her weakness.
She twirled around when she felt something swoop making the air swish. She gritted her teeth. "Do you know who I am?!" She shouted. There was no reply.
"I am Weiss Schnee, Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company!"
Again, no reply.
"And you won't get away with this!" She exclaimed. "My father is a powerful man! He will hunt you down and make you pay!"
That swishing sound stopped. Instead she heard something new. Something worse.
Chuckling.
"Hehehe"
That was the most malicious laugh she had ever heard. It didn't have any tone of sympathy or regret. Only malice and evil.
"Did you hear that? Big daddy's going to get us."
"Let him try."
"He will not save you now."
"You're ours now."
That was not the same voice. They were different but all sounded inhuman. Demonic was a better term.
Weiss trembled harder. She was alone, vulnerable, and unsure of what to do. She was used to people coming after her family but this was new. These… "things" didn't care about her name or her back ground.
She turned and tried to run but that force returned and knocked her down again.
"There is no escape."
Every time she tried to stand she got knocked down again.
"Stop it!" cried Weiss.
She started crawling now. What else could she do. This seemed to work as she got farther than before. She felt like she could now start running and when she jumped up, she was knocked back down. She twirled on the ground and scattered in a new direction. Her dress was starting to tear and rip. Her palms and knees had scratches and drew some blood but she didn't care.
She kept crawling. She couldn't see ahead of her. Her eyes burned now as tears started to shed. They burned more and caused her to shut her eyes.
Now she was moving blindly, hoping to whatever celestial force that she could escape.
"Please help me, please help me, please help me, please help me, please help me, please help me, please help me, please help me, please help me." She whispered over and over. "I'm sorry for always being mean! Please just let me live! I promise to be a better person! I swear I'll be good from now on! I- ow"
She hit something. It was hard and painful that she rubbed he head. Slowly opening her eyes, they sprung wide when she saw it.
In front of her was figure in a black robe in a white opera mask. The thing was growling and towered over her like a giant over an ant.
"Hello, I want to play a game."
Weiss screamed and turned to run only to be pushed back down by another figure in a similar black robe and mask.
"Want to take a swim in a pond?"
She didn't know if this one was a male or female. Its voice was lighter than the other but it was so demonic.
Weiss jumped to the side and tried to get up but fell out of shock when a new figure jumped in front of her.
"Greetings. You'd make a fascinating subject."
Weiss couldn't utter a word. Only cries and chokings of sobs were the only thing she could muster.
"Please… just let me go."
All three figures tilted their heads to the side and chuckled menacingly.
"I'm afraid that's not up to us."
"He is right."
"Your fate is for our leader to decide."
As if on que, a new figure jumped behind her which jolted her to turn to the new figure's direction.
It was smaller than the others and Weiss didn't know why but she felt like that was a very bad sign.
"Hello there, Heiress." This voice sounded crueler than the others. There was no light in it and it sounded like her fate was already decided by that greeting.
The figure crouched down and examined Weiss's tearful face. It placed a hand on her cheek and tilt her head from side to side, inspecting it.
"What a lovely girl. I wonder what to do with you." It turned to its other companions. "What do you all think?"
"We should play a game with her."
"We could take her for a swim in a pond."
"She would make a fine specimen to experiment on."
Every option mentioned cause Weiss to whimper more and more. The figure leaned closer which caused Weiss to freeze.
"I bet you're wondering something." It said. "You're wondering what's behind our masks."
Weiss didn't move or say anything.
The thing waved over the others and they all moved behind their leader and crouched in front of Weiss.
"If we show you, will you promise not to scream?"
Weiss didn't respond.
"Good. Well then… enjoy."
Slowly each figure reached for their masks and one by one they took them off.
Weiss' eyes bulged as her lip quivered. These things… their faces were burned, scarred, cut, deformed, and repulsive. Parts of their faces were gone to reveal nothing but bone, muscle, tissue, and even maggots. No skin at all.
Weiss tried to look away but she couldn't. Not when she gazed into the leader's eyes.
Actually, there were no eyes at all. All she could see was pitch blackness in the sockets. It wasn't just her. The other three had the same all black eyes. She felt her heart race so intensely she feared she would die of fright.
Those eyes were staring into her soul. And they wanted it.
"Now that you've seen us, we can put you out of your misery." The leader pulled out a small knife and made sure Weiss could see it.
"Or perhaps, we can make you one of us. Hehehe." The other figures laughed as well.
Weiss violently shook her head no but the knife was coming closer.
The leader grinned wickedly. "Alright then. LET'S PUT A SMILE ON THAT FACE!" With blinding speed. The leader jabbed the Knife into Weiss's forehead.
There were no words to utter, no sounds to make, Weiss felt entirely empty as blackness consumed her.
(Music End)
The three figures looked at one another and then back down to Weiss.
"Um… did… did she?"
"I think she did."
"She actually fainted from fear."
The leader nodded as she pulled the fake knife away and cradled Weiss' unconscious body. "That worked out better than expected."
"Just hypothetically, what if she accidentally died from fright."
"Is that even possible?"
"I believe it is. Isn't it?"
"There are evidence to prove that theory correct."
"I told you we could have gotten expelled, Ruby."
"Alright cut the chatter." The leader ordered. "Also, revert back to your normal voices and eyes. You remember how right?"
"Of course."
"Yes."
"Mhm."
One by one, the figures cleared their throat and closed their eyes. Then instead of black, lifeless pupils, magenta, red, and yellow replaced them.
"Goodness, that… felt weird." Recounted Ren.
Blake nodded as she blinked her eyes a couple times. "Indeed. But… it was rather interesting."
"I never knew there was a way to actually become one with the darkness and shadows." Adam commented.
"Good work everyone." Ruby praised. "You all seem to have mastered the Night eyes quite well." She slowly released Weiss and stood up. "Alright, let's go."
Ren, Blake, and Adam all exchanged looks.
"What about the others?" Blake asked.
Ruby raised an eyebrow. "What about them?"
Ren crossed his arms. "Aren't we going to take them with us?"
Their team leader shrugged. "I… never had to do that when I did this before."
"You mean you actually left those you scared passed out in the cold?" Adam interrogated.
"Don't be ridiculous." Scoffed Ruby. "… I placed them in a dumpster or someplace to keep the wind out."
Adam raised an eyebrow to Blake who shrugged as Ren sighed.
"We are taking them back to their rooms. That is final." Ren stated.
"Fine." Ruby agreed and bent back down to Weiss.
She gently picked her up and shook her head in annoyance as the heiress nuzzled into her. "Does anyone want to trade? Ren, I'm sure she would be happy if you did it."
Her partner gave an awkward smile as he walked away. "Sorry Ruby, but I have to go get Nora and Jaune. Those two are the heaviest and I feel bad for scaring Nora like that."
Gritting her teeth, Ruby followed the others and just tossed Weiss over her shoulder. "This girl is surprisingly light."
Within the hour, team RBTR was able to sneak themselves back into the academy, get the two respective teams, who were still unconscious, into their dorms, and returned to their room to remove their makeup.
"I have to admit, that was pretty fun." Adam commented as he sat on the floor near his bed. His face was rid of the makeup Ruby and Blake put on him and he was happily comfortable in his pajamas.
"It was." Agreed Ren who was also free of the make-up, as well as, in his sleeping attire. "Though I do feel bad for doing that to them."
"You weren't the only one." Blake added. "Even if I don't see eye to eye with some of them, I did feel a slight modicum of guilt. But the pleasure was there." She stretched her legs, which were now bare, and wrapped her kimono a little tightly as she sat on the floor as well.
"Overall I am happy to say that our Halloween plans were a success." Ruby applauded as she wiped her face with a towel. "I have confidence that we won't get caught. They will probably all think of it as a dream."
"More like a nightmare." Blake muttered.
"What about our equipment?" Ren wondered. "They're still there in the forest."
"We can get them tomorrow morning." Ruby answered. "It shouldn't be too much to worry about." She then smiled a little. "And you know something… it felt nice to… not be alone on my favorite holiday."
"Here, Here." Ren said.
"Adam and I only had Halloween together. But even then, we never got to have this much fun before." Blake commented.
Ruby smirked and crossed her arms. "Well it's not over yet." She turned to Adam. "Did you get them."
Adam scoffed with an amused look. "Of course I did." He stood up and walked to the closet and pulled out a box full of goodies. "I got the chocolate, candy, soda, plus diet for Ren, three pouches of popcorn with extra butter, and dvds of some classic Halloween specials."
Ren whistled impressed as Blake stared at the amazingness in front of her.
"Wait… something is missing." Ruby muttered.
"Oh yeah." Adam went to the fridge they had and pulled out a box. "I have the wings and hot dogs here. I'll heat them up."
"Now you have everything." Ruby chuckled.
Ren and Blake smiled at each other and as Adam returned to the floor.
"You know… overall we had a fun time… as a team. So… good job." Ruby extended a fist out. One by one, Blake, Adam, and Ren each added their own and formed a circle with their fists, lightly tapping each other.
"However, next year we have to do better. So, I was thinking we have to scare the Headmaster and Professor Goodwitch."
Everyone chuckled and simply held that idea for next time. For now, they had food to eat and Halloween specials to watch.
"Happy Halloween to us." The simultaneously said.
I hope all you dark readers enjoyed this little side story. Let me know what you think. Your words are what I seek to read. Also, I hope you all had a great Halloween, and hope you don't get sick!
P.S.: That writing from Ruby's book was actually a piece from my actual book that I am working on. So let me know what you guys think? :)
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Until next time my Dark Readers. Forevermore - FT
