Greetings folks! This chapter is basically a huge fight, so yeah. When I created this creature, I had the image of a giant spider crawling around the ceiling in the darkness as well as the concept of abusing the UI in order to win a boss battle. Hopefully it doesn't come out too egregious, so anyway, let's go!

Super hero time!

Zelda: I feel as if I've faced a Master Core before... fight on, Lilith!

Lilith: Argh, what is that!? Get it away, get it away, get it away! Kill it with fire!

Zelda: The darkness rarely ever is a pretty thing. we must strike it down immediately!

Lilith: Well, Kasandra might be a bit upset with that... but yeah, let's beat them down!

Z + L: The hero has come! Don't forget me!


The Blight let out a roar as the light of day hit it, Ironwood's eyes widening as glimpsed the giant beast crawling to its feet. This was beyond what the Grimm were like, half of its body rotted away and replaced with some sort of technology that he was unfamiliar with, pulsing with a strange energy. One thing was for sure – this wasn't going to be easy at all.

A few shots of his revolver immediately sunk into the monster's flesh, yet from the way that the general had to dodge around the laser blast that came in retaliation, it wasn't hard to guess how little it seemed to irritate the beast. They may have been in a less densely populated area, but that didn't mean there weren't enough trees for Ironwood to duck behind, only to feel the splinters decorate his back with a searing heat while he tried to move to another. The only reason the monstrous being took its attention away from the man was because Zelda had taken the distraction in order to ascend into the treelines, a blast exploding upon its mask resulting in the monster clawing at its face in pain, turning to where the princess was blowing away the smoke upon her ancient crossbow.

By the time the princess leapt from the branches, the tree was already falling thanks to the scythe that sliced it in half with a single stroke, the Blight reaching out to rend her in two. While not exactly cutting open the princess, it was down to Link to jam the Master Sword into the creature's flesh, forcing it to withdraw the energy scythe and lock with the Hylian's sword, Zelda looking down to her injured leg with a grimace. It was a risk to turn back and look at her wound, but Link did, barely managing to mouth out his plan to her.

If there was one thing to appreciate, it was the fact that despite being more intelligent than the average monster, the Blights were still incredibly one minded. If they were focused upon the Master Sword and watching as Link managed to avoid their strike by the smallest hair, going in at rapid speed with as many strikes as he possibly could when their defence was down, it meant that the Blight wasn't focused upon the small glint that came from Link's pocket, a simple bottle falling out. Link had to react in a second – the Hylian Shield sparked as it met the might of twisted ancient technology, the Blight crawling backwards as Link shoved it to the side.

"A healing elixir of sorts…" Ozpin mused as he watched the Princess reach out towards the small bottle. The plan was a reasonable one: keep the creature occupied with Link while Zelda healed up and Ironwood and he tried to accustom themselves to the threat they were facing. From the looks of things, Link was managing to keep up with the monster's rapid attacks, but the angle of his shield was off, only a red barrier forming along with the spirit of something the headmaster had never seen before preventing the beam from exploding in the Hylian's face. As it was, the trees of the Forever Fall forest were being decimated by the lasers that were launched in their direction.

Zelda wasn't too sure how to react when Ozpin casually walked towards their direction, the white haired man having kept rather out of the fight at first. A small nudge of his cane pushed the rounded bottle into the injured princess' reach, Zelda initially uncaring as she rose the red liquid to her lips, feeling the hearty effect almost immediately. Admittedly it wasn't the best it could be thanks to the lack of suitable ingredients, but when they prepared, they were forced to deal with what they had. It served to deal with the slice taken out of her leg however, the wound immediately starting to stitch itself back together (rather painfully, goddesses, how did Link manage to do this sort of thing as regularly as he did!?). Rising to watch the battle, it was clear that neither she nor Link were prepared for what the headmaster would do next.

His speed was incredible. Beyond even what Link was capable of after years of mastering his technique under training from hell. There was not a single Hylian Link had faced who had been able to match his speed and when it came to a direct sword fight, there were very few challengers from the other species populating Hyrule. What Ozpin was moving at however, the headmaster leaving afterimages as he moved, was a completely different level to what Link was capable of. The man repeatedly jabbed his cane into the mask of the Blight, the glowing blue eye being the perfect target for Ozpin to repeated stab with relentless brutality. No matter whether a leg tried to stab him, a laser tried to gouge him or the scythe in the beast's hands tried to cut him, Ozpin always seemed to be five steps ahead, even once slamming his cane down onto the ground in order to form a green shield around his being that stopped even the strongest of the Blight's attack. That was when it truly seemed to settle in for Link:

Ozpin wasn't doing anything.

Well, that was a lie. The sheer amount of attacks that were being forced onto the Blight left it reeling, huge craters forming in the ground as it tried to brace itself for the speed of the headmaster's attack, but it showed no sign of major injury. Even attacking the weak spot that was its eye did little to add to the lacklustre damage they were dealing. That was bad. That was very bad. After all, even the weakest of Link's weapons could deal damage to the Blights, even if it wasn't a lot, and Ozpin was clearly well deserving of his position as a headmaster of the most renowned huntsmen academies to exist - he should've been dealing a greater injury than it appeared he was. So why wasn't he?

A sudden spike pit forming beneath Ozpin had the man jumping back, the lack of range he had preventing him from immediately going forth once more. Sure, he could easily leap the gap with the strength he had at hand, but from the looks of it, the monster could open those damnable pits anywhere; the man would have to end up flying in order to get close without falling into one of the pits and his powers as they were didn't allow for such a thing. The monster was changing its strategy, learning as the battle continued. They would need something quick and decisive before their tactics ran dry.

"This Blight is different, no matter how close it looks to the ones we faced." Zelda muttered as she tried to steady her aim, only to fire off uselessly into the sky as the ground beneath her shifted to reveal even more deadly spikes. It was only Ironwood's hand that prevented her from receiving any more wounds at that time, the general pulling her back with all his might to avoid the laser that was shot in their direction. "We must put a greater emphasis on the Master Sword for now; even if all else fails, the power of light will never fail to subdue the darkness. The only question is how are we going to approach it? If only we had the bow of light…"

"So you're telling me that we can't do anything about this?" Ironwood growled, firing off his revolver regardless only to watch as the bullets did nothing to hurt the monster, the general completely lost for words. There hadn't been a single Grimm they had met which couldn't be brought down with enough bullets and ingenuity, what the hell made this one so different?

They should've been able to do something, they had enough evidence to know that at least with the previous Blights, Ozpin and Ironwood should've been able to wreak havoc upon them. The Master Sword was powerful and called upon powers that the darkness naturally abhorred, but there would've been no point to the champions training with their personal weapons if they weren't going to be useful in the end.

"Well even if we can't deal any damage to them in this state, then we may still act as a distraction, yes?" Ozpin remarked, turning to where the General was reloading his gun, special dust filled rounds entering the chambers with a soft click as Ironwood gave a sigh. "Don't be like that. This is one of the few times I get to stretch my back, surely you're enjoying this as much as I am?"

"No time for jokes Ozpin. If all we can do is act as a diversion, then we have our orders. Even if they are from a pair of kids…" Ironwood grumbled half-heartedly, raising his gun as both men dashed forth. Whether it be grabbing a hold of the tree branches to swing over the spikes that formed, rapidly lifting themselves over the edges before the earth could clamp down on them like an early grave or preventing one of the Blight's many legs from goring the other, the two were remarkably skilled at fighting in a team. Well, that was what happened when two headmasters from academies dedicated to forming huntsmen teams decide to work together Link supposed.

The Blight fell for the bait perfectly, attracted to the open targets that were Ironwood and Ozpin. The Headmaster formed a steel wall with the powers he held, aura arcing off like electricity with every strike from the Blight bouncing off. Link couldn't help himself feeling a little bit jealous; his defence only allowed a set amount of uses before he was forced to wait out the recharge time, yet Ozpin was taking numerous beatings without as single flinch. A quick slap to the side of his face had those thoughts out of Link's mind however; this was the power of the champion of the Gorons, he couldn't degrade their strength like that.

With its back exposed, it was simple for Link to rush in, pushing his own speed to the utter limits as he leapt onto the Blight's back, stabbing the Master Sword deep into its back to keep his grip. An inhumane screech escaped the Blight as it tried to wrench the Hylian off its back, but it had already suffered several deep gashes on its back before Link was tossed off. The laser that pushed him off was met with the Hylian shield, yet the sheer force combined with Link's precarious position meant the knight was sent flying backwards, flipping in mid-air to land upon his feet. Pulling back on the Lynel bow sent a trio of ancient arrows soaring at the same time Zelda shot her ancient crossbow, the glowing projectiles smashing into the darkness incarnate. With so much of the energy flowing through its body, the concentrated shots were enough to disrupt that flow, the beast's flesh pulsating slightly at the collision points in a clearly painful way.

With the solemn grace of the Gerudo, a powerful electricity shot through Link's veins. The warrior within wouldn't allow such an evil to survive, even if they needed to call upon an entire storm in order to bring it to its knees.

Link held his sword skyward as he rushed back towards the Blight, the creature distracted with how Ironwood circled around it, dodging every single attempt to pierce the general upon its legs. Ozpin had taken to the air, repeatedly jumping up to bat at its arms and face, whatever attempts to aim it made being foiled with a man of green in front of it, the scythe out of Link's way. The other arm came up in an attempt to block the Master Sword, only to be hurt even worse when a bolt of lightning shocked the blade, the fierce combination of lightning and light driving the Blight back.

Link was panting deeply as Ironwood and Ozpin re-joined their group, neither looking too much better than the knight. It wasn't as if they were done already, but they were still exerting a fair amount of energy to have reduced the Blight to about how far? Half of its stamina? A quarter? They wouldn't have the time to question it, for they were immediately falling into the darkness of the earth, the ground beneath them opening up far faster than it had before to send them tumbling downward, the ground reforming to block out the little light they had.

With rasping breaths, though not of weariness or exhaustion, the Blight opened up the earth beneath itself as well, powerful legs allowing it to safely cling onto the side of the hole as it climbed down after them, the area left silent as the ground reformed, almost as if there had been no battle if it weren't for the massive damage remaining.

They were in the Blight's territory now.


Link had the paraglider in order to soften the fall, reaching out to grab onto Zelda as she fell beside him. The princess' cry was cut short when she felt the powerful grip upon her arm, the terrifying fall slowing down to a much more manageable speed as they gradually floated down onto the hard ground beneath them. With Link lighting a torch between them thanks to a handy fire arrow, the two never broke their look between each other as they properly landed. It was almost romantic.

Ozpin and Ironwood colliding in a mess of limbs as they smashed head first into the ground? Not so much.

"Is this the work of the creature?" Ironwood questioned as he dusted himself off, Ozpin quick to follow. With only the light of a single fire based torch to fill the giant empty cavern, it was hard to properly gauge just how large the area was, but there was no doubt that it was the size of the Beacon hall, if not even bigger. "Damn it, we could barely deal with it before, how the hell are we meant to do it when we can barely see more than a metre around us!?"

Well if nothing else, then there was the way that Blights tended to glow thanks to the energy moving through their body. Like over there.

"Oh, right then… what!?" first it was the glow of a single blue eye in the darkness darting around as it tried to find its prey in the darkness, a simple enough task considering that they were surrounding the only source of light in the area. Turns out, an inhumane screech became even worse when it was isolated in an echoing chamber, two more dots gathering energy causing Link to shoot forward and hold up the Hylian shield, two lasers being deflected into the darkness. In the brief flashes of light formed by them, the Hylian knight was given a perfectly good look into the layout of the dungeon they had just found themselves trapped in and it was something he didn't like saying aloud.

The ground was dotted with spike pits. They were lucky when they landed.

"What's with this Blight and its obsession with spikes? How distasteful." Zelda remarked with a weak chuckle. It was a simple way to try and make the situation less tense, but with a spider like monster of the dark trying to murder them in a dark room covered in spike pits and with no means of escape, jokes could only do so much. "So, we're in a situation where having multiple people is dangerous. We can't spread out due to the danger of potentially impaling ourselves and it's difficult to determine where our enemy is. Unless you two just so happen to have some manner in which to produce light?"

"Seeing as we've proven our weapons are less that useful in this situation, then I suppose I could try a simple experiment." Ozpin's remark was punctuated by the man slamming the bottom of his cane into the earth beneath him, a barrier of translucent green bursting to life around them. It made the area around them much brighter for a moment, but the miniscule radius of the protection caused a small tut to escape the headmaster of Beacon. "Well, I was hoping that would spread out a bit further, but it is still a greater amount of light than a mere fire. At the very least, we have a protected area until we can locate the creature you call a Blight. Once it reveals itself however, you Link must be the one to approach it."

Well, simple enough. Fortunately for them, they had not been immediately thrown into the underground cavern; they had faced the Blight before when they couldn't see it and Link knew how to detect it. Holding out the Sheikah Slate, the knight activated the stasis rune, the golden light flooding the area and covering every single surface. Even if he wasn't in a position to attack or even defend himself properly, the fact that the rune's special view only moved across flat surfaces meant he could see very single dip and rise in the ground – including when the earth went down in order to form a spike pit. With something like this, it wasn't finding the blight that was the issue. It was the fact that when Zelda yelled out in triumph, shooting an arrow into the Blight's eye as it tried to power up its rifles, Link had to awkwardly manoeuvre himself around the spike pits and try to move towards the downed monster. In fact, the first time he tried it, Link didn't make it over in time to do anything more than a couple arrows into its hide, doing minimal damage.

The great thing about the situation however? They were creatures of instinct – rather than change their tactics in accordance to what their opponents (namely, Link) did, they simply carried out a set routine in order to kill their enemies, admittedly a rather successful tactic considering the very same creatures led to the death of the champions. When their initial routine wasn't successful however, they only had a second back up plan. Before they could pick up a third tactic, they had usually already fallen by Link's blade and that was demonstrated perfectly here.

Zelda and Link's ears offered them a greater sense of hearing, the scuttling similar to that of spiders allowing them to predict where the Blight was going to be next, link already moving as the Blight crawled out of the hole in the wall it was using to move around, Zelda letting loose with a shot from her ancient crossbow that was already aimed and prepped to fire the moment she caught sight of the glowing blue energy. Screams and cries of pain escaped the Blight as Link let the Master Sword dig deep into the creatures flesh. No matter how the monster of darkness tried to swing its scythe blade, the Hylian was too nimble, planting the torch into the ground just before the downed creature so he could see the perfect places to dodge to in order to avoid the wild strikes. While it took an incredible amount of time and perseverance, sweat dripping down Link's face as he stuck the Master Sword in once more, the creature groaned as an eerie puff of dark purple smoke escaped it.

The Blight tried to scuttle away in a last ditch attempt to survive, but the blue energy encasing its body caused it to stumble in the middle of the dungeon of its own creation, the trio waiting behind protection backing away as the monster took one final swing at them. It had overloaded its own systems; with the lights upon its body flickering, the beast let out a low rumble before with a disgusting noise, the malicious material that made up its body began to leak out in a pressurised blast. With three of its legs leaking the material, the Blight fell onto its side, a weak deformed arm trying to prevent the malice that came from its neck. With the way its body began to bloat however, there was only one way it could go; the barrier formed by Ozpin was perfect for protecting them from the pink tinged explosion of pure energy that absolutely disintegrated the spider like creature's body, briefly lighting up the whole cavern for a moment before all that was left was something Link was very well acquainted with.

Except, not.

"Ah, I've always wanted to look upon a heart container!" Zelda remarked as she carefully treaded towards Link's location, only for the hero of the wild to throw his hand out before she could move any closer. "Link, what's the matter?"

This heart container… it wasn't what he was familiar with. Sure, it still held the bright crimson he remembered so vividly thanks to the amount of them he had to collect and the pattern upon the majority of its body was still the same but… the casing itself, it didn't have the same golden hue that a heart container should have had. Instead, it had a darker colouration to its golden detailing, almost approaching a purple colour as Link hesitantly held his hand out towards it. That hand was quickly drawn back when the same dark mist began to emanate from the heart container, trails of black entering the red of the heart container before spreading more and more, resulting in Link backing away from a pure black heart covered in malice covered metal holding it together. No, not a heart container he was familiar with at all. Without a moment's hesitation, it started to move of its own accord, leaping through the air until it burst a hole in the ceiling, heading for some unknown location. Part of him was tempted to follow it, follow after what could potentially be the difference between life and death quite literally, but they had more important things to think about at that moment. Namely…

So, how are we getting out?


What a shame. So the first of his creations had fallen at the hands of the cursed Hero of Hyrule. No matter what he did, it always seemed as if the brat was one step ahead of him regardless of age or location. Still, that didn't mean his plan was over with. On the contrary, this was far from over.

He looked upon the delicate object floating in front of him; having a heart container act as the base core of his Blights resulted in immense power, at the cost of allowing the hero to utilise their strength when the Blights were beaten. One might've thought he was an idiot for using the same system again. That was something else he had to thank this strange new world for.

The matter that made up these pitiful creatures, while not suitable for acting as powerful enemies without years of experience or assistance from his own Malice, still held its own particular properties. Specifically, the way that it made the heart containers far more malleable to his orders without an excessive amount of his own malice needed to subdue them. Without restraint and without having to sacrifice so much of his own power to form his Blights, he was free to grow even stronger than he had done so before, maybe even… no, he was getting ahead of himself.

He had thought that the greater amount of dark magic within their bodies would be enough to nullify the power of the Master Sword, yet of course those cursed goddesses had made it strong enough still. It did result in a greater immunity to the pathetic weapons all the other humans used however and a hero could only do so much by himself.

He reached out a hand, grabbing the black heart container hovering before him. Yes, he could feel it already… the purity that had once plagued the power source, it welcomed him now. The darkness that the Grimm held, even if it was inferior to his own power, was far more abundant and pouring it into the Heart container had been simple enough with skilful control over the substance. What had once been a beautiful gift to the light was now poison to them, a far better power source to his Blights and also…

Within his powerful grasp, the Heart container was crushed, the tainted fluid that made up its being almost leaking between his fingers. Already, he could feel the rejuvenating effects that had once been dangerous to the darkness, the healing power that had once been forever lost to him. In a single motion, he swallowed the whole thing, a brief burst of purple light filling the area as his body grew in strength. It wasn't what it had been before, not just yet, but given enough power, perhaps he could finally gain the strength to terrorise this new world and Hyrule once more. It was a waiting game.

The matter which made up the lower life forms needed time in order to corrupt the heart containers and what better incubators that his own Blights? Yes, he would wait for the next power up. After all, despite how smart the hero and his princess thought they were, they would never be able to let his Blights go free and if the aspects of him died, then they would release the precious power sources back to him - a win-win situation for himself. He could feel the revitalisation of his body beginning; how sweet the next corrupted heart container would be.


Fortunately, with the assistance of a Rito's skill in the air and the paraglider, Link was eventually able to break free from their underground prison, the Forever Fall forest left deadly silent in their wake. The return to the headmaster's office back at Beacon was just as silent, Link watching over the grounds diligently as they passed; it was strange, team RWBY seemed to have disappeared.

"I must ask, what was it that floated away when the Blight was defeated?" Ozpin asked as the man positioned himself behind his desk, Ironwood taking a position beside him while Zelda and Link sat on the other side. "It looked to be a heart of some sort, though not the sort of heart you would expect to be taken from a living being's corpse."

"It's a heart container, a special object. From where our research stood before hand, we're not too sure how they come into existence – initially, our thoughts were that they were a blessing from the goddesses, yet they were found after the defeat of the Blights, as you saw." Zelda recalled, taking the Sheikah Slate for herself so she could skim over the masses and masses of notes the girl had scribbled down and taken pictures of. "The one that came out of that Blight however… it was different from what we're used to, what Link has seen and what had been hypothesised before. From what Link has told me, they are inanimate, yet this one started to move of its own accord and its colouration darkened, almost as if tainted. It shouldn't cause any harm normally if someone finds it, the opposite in fact…"

"Well if it isn't an issue, then I should be getting back to my own academy. After all, the major concern was the defeat of this creature." Ironwood declared, turning to Ozpin with a certain look in his eye that Link couldn't make out properly. "Should anything come up, then feel free to call me. I'll need to find a way to explain this off to the men who detected this."

"Going so soon? A shame. In that case, I feel I shall be calling you sooner rather than later." Ozpin answered absently, watching as the general gave a small salute and disappeared out of the door, a weary sigh coming past his lips. "My apologies if your first interactions with James were a little abrasive. The man means well, but this sort of thing is far out of his field. He's more the man to stick with rational ideas and introducing him to things he cannot see the logic in can disrupt him a little more than he's willing to admit."

It made sense. Had he never witnessed what the Blights were, just what they were capable of, Link would've reacted in the same way probably. They had been tailored in order to defeat their set champion, yet whatever had created these, if Ganon had truly come back, then there was nothing to base them on specifically. If Ironwood was confused, then they were only a tiny step above – there was no way to predict them and their power was great and varied.

"Still, the Blight has been defeated- that is a weight upon our souls lifted for now. At the very most, the Calamity could only form four when at the pinnacle of its power. Producing more should be unreasonable after its defeat." Zelda reasoned, letting the slate in her hands fall down onto her lap. "Then again, there has never been a time where the actions of the darkness have been predictable. Even with this victory at our hands, we should not underestimate what may come next. Heightened security and vigilance is of the utmost importance."

"And it shall be done immediately. In fact, we were naturally planning to have a greater security presence around Vale. After all, the Vytal Festival is coming up and with such a concentration of teenagers, armed and with all of the impulsive recklessness that their age brings, it would only make sense to have few… precautions." Ozpin replied, with a small chuckle to himself. "I'm sure it won't be too remiss if I were to request to increase them. After all, the safety of our people is paramount and when there have been rumours of a particularly powerful Grimm lurking around, there's no room to slack. Now, go rest. You two I feel deserve it right now."

Well, that was an order Link didn't have any issues with, the pair of blondes walking out of the headmaster's office and down the elevator in quiet contemplation. Their travels saw them sitting upon one of the benches in the central square, a deep sigh escaping Zelda as the princess mused.

"What do you think has happened to that heart container? Leaving something like that out in the open… who knows what someone could do with a greater vitality than normal." The princess muttered, link remaining silent at first as he formulated his thoughts.

The princess had said it before – there wasn't really an issue if someone normal came across it. If it was a civilian, they would have a greater chance of surviving should there be an attack on them and that was never a bad thing. If someone with villainous intentions managed to get their hands on it however, then things would be far different. There was no denying that they would become a greater threat.

But there was no telling how much greater they could become. After all, he had only used heart containers and stamina vessels in order to return to his original state before his deep slumber had reduced him to a shell of what he once was. Every time he had used one, he hadn't been gaining anything, but merely having his body returned to what it had once was. How many 'hearts' worth of vitality did the people of Remnant have? The only way to know would be to reduce someone to their absolute minimum and it was considered frowned upon to push someone beyond the limits of their aura protection. For all they knew, beyond someone's aura, they might only have a single 'heart' of vitality and adding another one wouldn't make much of a difference when faced with a strong blade and wielder.

"That's true. The moment that a student hits the red marker when a scroll is monitoring their aura, then the battle is considered over no matter the circumstances. I suppose we could research health and anatomy, but the conversion would be difficult." Zelda agreed, resting her head against her hands as she leant forward. "Why does this have to be as difficult as it is? Why couldn't it just be another trip to the Zora domain?"

They could never have had it any other way – it was woven into their very souls that they would be faced with a constant battle against the Calamity. They had taken down once, they could do it again and they had proven that with their demonstration against the Blight that had appeared before them. Sure, it was more difficult than it had been before but they had proven themselves successful. There was simply no one else who could deal with it, even if the battle had spread into an entirely different world.

"Zelda! Link!" the cries of a young girl drew their attention towards where the four girls of Team RWBY were running towards them. Well, it was more like Ruby running towards them and her teammates trying to catch up with how the scythe bearing girl had changed into a blur of red petals. "It was so weird when you left because Blake said she was going out to get some fresh air, but then she seemed to be gone for so long so we all went out looking for her, but she wasn't in any place she normally was, so we thought that Weiss had still upset her, so we ended up looking for Blake except she was with some monkey guy and they were trailing the White Fang and there was the really mean thief who I thought just before we came to Beacon and I met this cool girl called Penny who was kind of weird but she was super strong and we managed to stop the White Fang and it turned out that Blake really didn't feel upset with Weiss! And now we're here!"

How… how much of that made sense? Was it just Link who was a little bit confused?

"I think we might need to hear that again. After all, we have our own story to tell while we were gone." The Princess answered, Ruby nodding rapidly as her teammates merely gave their sighs and teasing to the youngest girl. Link let the others do most of the talking, merely listening with the odd chuckle and nod of acknowledgement whenever Ruby paused in her storytelling to look at them in anticipation. It wasn't that her story was anything boring, far from it – the fact that they had managed to bust a major operation while still in their first year of proper huntsman training was something that he would praise in the soldiers he had trained – follow by a far harsher regime as punishment for acting out of line rather than requesting more assistance.

When Ruby heard that, she did pale a little bit, the others laughing at her misfortune.

That laughter stopped when Link reminded them that it also applied to them. Blake especially, she should've known better and from the way this story was being told, she was the one most responsible for it. A healthy blush appeared on the faunus' face when she heard that.

"Well, at least we can be certain that you lot have become more accustomed as a team. Now, all we have to do is make sure your physical skills are up to scratch." Zelda remarked with a pleased clap of her hands.

"It's a shame though, that spider thing was asking for a beating and I wanted to be there to add in my own punch." Yang lamented, dusting off Ember Celica with a grin. "You should've told us what you were doing and I could have called shotgun."

No, bad Yang. No puns.


And boom. So, there are plans unfolding as we complete the first season of RWBY, and things are only going to keep getting crazier from here! i always wondered how the lore would explain why the Blights have Heart Containers to give, seeing as they're meant to be a blessing from the goddesses. My interpretation is that they're being used as a power source for the Blights and the amount of Malice that forms the Blight keeps it under control. by using the matter that makes up Grimm however, there's no need to sacrifice as much Malice from himself in order to produce them, allowing for Blights to be created even in a weakened state.

Super hero time! See you next time!