A/N: You know, I might make this into a full chapter one day, but here's a summary. This is by far, my most thing to write.


Petal 06.25 - Darkened Desire


The Rose Scent. Power, as they say, is neither good nor evil. It's on how one uses it, that determines it's alignment. Men, and Faunus, are attracted to power. And Ruby takes it to heart.

Just think, this...gift is something that can help her achieve her dream of becoming the best huntress in all of Remnant. It's power to strengthen her team- it's amazing. However, it's cost always linger in her mind. The dark warning she heard about her gift- making her teammates do something against their wishes...it scares her to her core. After all, she experienced it first hand. The effects, the emotions, what is required, how it feels- everything scared her beyond reason. It was a trauma she wouldn't wish on anyone, and yet she has done it to her friends, to her sister.

Here lies... a memory. A specific memory where she accidentally unleashed it's power:


Yang returned to the dorm, feeling down on her luck. She lost a match to Cardin- Cardin of all people! Ruby thought of something to cheer her up. Nothing seemed to have worked. Weiss sat on her bed, looking at the two- nothing comes to her mind as well. Blake fared the same- she didn't know Yang as much as she has, but things are getting there smoothly. Ruby tried joking, poking her with a stick, tickling her but Yang returned to that stupor moments later.

Yang appreciated the gesture, yes, but she can't. Something to do with her pride as a fighter. Anyone would feel bad, especially this bad when you lose to a bully who uses cheap tricks to win by any means necessary. Ruby felt her frustrations grow. Her aura flare- she can't stand Yang to be in this state. She especially hates it when she's not her usual happy self. She tries everything- but as they say time heals all wounds. But Ruby, being as immature, is unaware of such things. Feeling little frustrated, she asked Yang to stop feeling bad and just smile, flaring her aura in desperate angst.

And...that sensation. She felt as her frustration came out- her aura flared a dark glow as it latched onto Yang, the muscles on her lips forcing up against her will as her widened in shock. Ruby unaware as she turned her back, while Yang felt the aura wrap her body burning her up- her skin felt like being branded by hot iron, her eyes started to water as she shook, twitching in odd places, she felt darkness creep as her vision tunneled. She could see Weiss and Blake widen in fear- Weiss covered her mouth, Blake looked like she was ready to jump and help her. Yang raised her hand to stop them- and they obeyed. As her body remained as stiff, she felt her heart clench, and soon, the life in her eyes darkened.

In a void, Yang hang by chains, surrounded by thorns that burn her skin. Any attempt to pull free ripped her arms, creating smoke- what she pieced together was her aura- her soul. She looked around, she saw two windows- her eye vision! She could see what was happening in the outside. She tried shouting, but her voice was gone. The vines continue to entangle her, and soon wrapped around her neck, and her legs. If she were to move...

On the outside, Weiss and Blake watched in fear- Yang had stopped moving. Her eyes unfocused, her mouth a thin line. The aura around her body was gone. Ruby continued on her tirade of frustrated emotions, when Yang moved. Yang hugged her sister, speaking in her usual light tone. Ruby turned to meet with a horrifying sight- Yang smiled wide, unblinking, her darkened irises growing darker. Her voice was calm as it ever was, yet behind it lie no human emotion. Yang continued t display her affection talking in her same tone, her same gesture, the same cringy jokes, yet Ruby felt nothing. The warmth in Yang's body was gone. She felt like...a corpse. Her skin started to turn pale, scaring Ruby even more.

She took a step back, Yang grabbed ahold of her and hugged her as tight as she could, her unblinking eyes and her sweet dark smile assuring comfort that would not come. Ruby tried to break free, but Yang was strong- too strong for her. Desperate, she used her aura, and instead focused them in her eyes, and stared at Yang's face. At eye contact, she saw true horror unfold. Her aura revealed Yang, her real sister, caged in aura, her arms and legs bound hanging to watch the scene unfold. Yang, on the inside cried out, with no one being able to hear her silent screams. Ruby felt her eyes water, her heart clench in pain- she could see the chain wrapping around Yang to tear her, slowly- as if they were leeching her very essence. And then... one of the vines tore Yang's limbs off- her blood turning to rose petals that the darkness ate. Her suffering continued, as other vines continued to impale her through the chest, her legs, her mouth, making Yang scream in silent agony. There was nothing Ruby could do, but watch in traumatic horror.

On the outside, Yang acted as if nothing is wrong- an empty shell. Ruby suddenly became aware as she laid her hands on her- the supposed mother like touch Yang gone. The kiss she pushed onto her lips felt like a strangers. The caresses were meaningless. Her fire didn't light up. The licks repulsed her- she pushed away, but couldn't. She heard a ruffle- Blake charged and tried to separate Ruby from her sister, but Yang punched her in the cheek, sending her to the wall, making an indent. Weiss tried to go next, but Yang caught her arm, and started to pull, all the while speaking comforting words to Ruby. Weiss could feel her muscles tear. Yang had the intention, of disarming Weiss- in the literal sense of the word.

She couldn't take it. She ordered her to stop, but she didn't. Yang continued, whispering empty words, empty assurances in her ears. She pushed her away, but Yang's overwhelming strength didn't let her. Ruby shouted at her to stop, but Yang bid it no mind, and instead, whispered the words of the evil that lurked in her: "Isn't this what you always wanted sis?" A phrase Yang like to use to tease her when kissing her, ends up being the catalyst sending Ruby down into a spiral of despair. With loud outburst of aura and a single commanding word, she sent Yang to the floor unconscious, her puppet body limp. She didn't move. Weiss and Blake now were scared beyond comprehension; Weiss looked like she was about to cry again, as Blake felt her body shake. They both saw what Ruby had seen, very briefly in Yang's darkened eyes- now limbless as her severed head screamed in agony. Ruby turned to ask the two for help, but Weiss and Blake flinched, and crawled away from her- scared...that what she had done to Yang. Scared of what the implications. Scared...of Ruby. Ruby froze, as she turned to her hands, and wept. Blake and Weiss realized too late what they had done. They tried to move, but fear controlled them. All three sobbed- there was nothing else they could do.