Chapter ten the new emblem
Ruby had explained to everyone that the shield was somewhere in the ruins that they had cleared out previously. Which was how they found themselves field testing their new equipment against the risen.
"So, these things are those creatures you were talking about?" Yang asked.
"Yep. They are a whole lot scarier than the grimm aren't they?" Ruby responded popping the "p" in yep.
"Yes, but that's because the grimm don't know how to use weapons. And the noises they make don't help anything." Yang said. They were back at the ruin to search for clues on the whereabouts of the second temple.
"Wait, I just found something really strange." Weiss said.
"Really? What is it? Ruby asked. "A book of some sort. I can't read it, but it seems to be reacting to my aura.".
"Well let's take it with us and figure it out later.". As they were moving on, Ren said,
"So what do we do when we have everything we need?".
"We don't tell ANYONE at Haven where we're going. We don't know who else Salem has in her pocket." Qrow said. After that there was a brief moment of silence until Iris piped up asking innocently,
"Mommy? How do people fit in pockets?". There was a moment of silence... Then everyone burst out laughing. Iris looked about in confusion and asked,
"What's so funny?" Ruby responded by saying,
"It's an expression Iris. People don't actually fit in pockets.". After that brief moment of levity they resumed their exploration of the temple.
"What is this?" Qrow asked. They had just entered a large seemingly empty room. There was only one door at the far end, and there didn't seem to be any obstacles in their way. Which is why it was a surprise when everyone except Ruby and Iris walked into a invisible wall.
"What is this!?" Weiss shrieked.
"I don't know." came from Qrow who was currently rubbing his nose.
"It's a barrier of some sort, so how come Ruby and Iris got through?" Ren asked.
"Maybe it has to do with her sword?" Weiss asked.
"It probably has more to do with who she is than her new sword." Qrow said.
"Really? Than how come I can't get through?" Yang asked.
"Most likely because you are half sisters instead of full blooded sisters." Ren said.
"That could be it, since the strangest things seem to be coming from her mother's side of the family." Qrow stated. This resulted in a slight pout from Ruby who asked
"Are you saying I'm weird?".
"Maybe." Qrow said. "Anyway what are you gonna do on the other side there?".
"Explore a little bit I think." came the response.
"Be careful lil' sis." Yang called after her as she walked through a door at the end of the room. On the other side it was quite bare. there wasn't any furniture to be seen. However, they began to hear a unfortunately familiar growling sound. 'Grimm!' Ruby thought. It happened to be two beowolves. Easy enough, even with having to protect Iris. A few moments later, there were two dissolving beowolf corpses, and Ruby was leaving the room. This pattern continued for three more rooms before the most recent passageway opened up into a large hall that had another pedestal in it. On this pedestal was the object of her search.
"The fire emblem." She breathed. She approached the pedestal carefully wary of any sort of trap especially because she Iris with her and no back-up from her allies.
A/N first story guys. Don't know how well I did, so bear with me please.